The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 18, 1860, Image 4
Yankee Jewelry and Southern
Gullibility.
" I came through Lynn, Boston, etc., to
the little manufacturing village called JST.
E. Village, and learned something about
making the bogus jewelry with which the
country is flooded, either by pedlcrs or
gift book enterpriso. One company is
making ear-drops of a composition called
oreide, which will sell for gold, but is not
worth as much as brass. The other com?
pany is mantifacturing gold chains out of
German silver, brass, or oreide. The pro?
cess of making was interesting to me,
and may be to others. I'll give it:
The links arc cut from wire or; plate,
according to the kind of chain, and some?
times soldered before putting into a chain,
and sometimes afterward. After it is
linked, it is drawn through a machine to
even it?boiled in vitriol water to take off
the scales caused by heating?drawn
through a limbering machine, and dipped
in acid, to clean it, after which it is dipped
in a solution of pure silver, and finally
dipped in gold coloring?making a chain
which they sell at the rate of 812 to SIS
per dozen. This is gift-jewelry, which is
marked "Lady's splendid gold chain,
812," " Gent's guard chain, 88," or "810,"
etc. The car drops cost less, and are of?
ten marked higher."
These items come from the pen of a cor?
respondent to the lYeio Hampshire Journal
of Agriculture ; and may be regarded as a
truthful statement of the case. It is a
little humiliating to the Southerner to
think that this spurious jewelry?this
worthless melange of the basor metals
with a specious gloss on the outside?has
given a greater impetus to the book-trade
with us than almost any tiling else within
the last few years. We would be glad to
see this increased demand for books, if it
really indicated a corresponding improve?
ment of the reading appetite of our peo?
ple; but unfortunately it shows no such
thing. It marks' the desire for specula?
tion and empty show which is only too
rife among the young men and women of
our land. This is proven by the fact in
many cases, that the buyer of the books
docs net wish and scarcely expects ever to
read it, but is simply gambling for the
jewelry.
The books, loo, arc gotten up usually
in miserable style; and while the propri?
etors of Gift Book Enterprises propose to
give the purchaser double "value receiv?
ed," he often makes one or two hundred
per cent., perhaps, on the capital invested.
We have no doubt hundreds and thous?
ands of our voting folks have been bit by
theiiLbar^ains. Indeed, we have seen
hoys wild lia'3,:^SWnfca*procty heavy'
stock of bliese "Yankee notions," actual?
ly have a mock auction to get rid of
them. The whole affair from beginning
to end is a cheat, a swindle, that is sup?
ported to a great extent by Southorn gul?
libility.
Again, if avc look al this "bogus jewel?
ry" in its bearings upon the security, har?
mony and happiness of Southorn society,
it is equally an evil. It cultivates a taste
and tendency for gambling and other im?
moral speculation. Peddlers find it no
inconsiderable source of their profits while
travelling among us; and they are gene?
rally regarded by our wisest and best cit i?
zens as a public nuisance. They certain?
L iy, if1^ieA\d?~nlnTfci4Uf-\v?r3e. t&kv ntf lit?
tle trade out of tho hands, especially of
our country merchants, who are our
neighbors and friends, and vertebra} of the
backbone of tho country. These men
justly feel that they have claims to the
custom of their acquaintances, infinitely
superior to those of strolling adventu?
rers, and it may be, abolitionists in dis?
guise. The patronage given to these lat?
ter, then, has a direct tendency to estrange
those who^havo common interests, and
who, as they live in tho samqBneighbor
hood, should be bound together/try tics of
social good feeling and sympathy. Wo
might pursue these thoughts further; but
we have said enough to set each reader
to thinking for himself; and we hope the
result will ^be an abandonment of the
practice, if ever followed, of selling his
birthright of common-sense for the poor
pottage of a "Yankee notion" that thrives
only as a "practical joke" upon our gulli?
bility.? Yorkville Enquirer.
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In one of the down east seaports lived
a sailor noted for his great u power of
swearing," and ono day last spring he
was observed by some persons to fall
" broadside to," on a small patch of ice in
the street, which had resisted the ameli?
orating influences of the season. The
persons who were passing stopped, ex?
pecting to hear some gigantic oaths from
Jack under such trying circumstances.
The old salt got up very coolly, however,
and taking a good look at the treacherous
ice, merely exclaimed: " Well, old fellow,
the Fourth of July will fix you, anyhow."
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"Where are you going?" said a young
gentleman to an elderly one in a white
cravat whom he overtook a few miles
from Little Reck. "I am going to Heav?
en, my son. I havo been on the way
-chore for eighteen years." " Well, good
bye, old fcllc^gifyou have been towards
Heaven eighteen years, and got no nearer
the Arkansas, I'll take another route."
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If you were binding an Indian with a
cord, what single word in theEnglish lan?
guage would you use to express to him
what you were about? Ingenuity. (In?
dian you I tic.)
A Father's Advice to his Son.
by goethe.
?The time draws nigh, dear John, that
I must go the way from which none re?
turns. 1 cannot take thee with mo, and
leave thee in a world' where good counsel
is not superabundant. No one is born
wi.se. Time and experience teach us to
separate the grain from the chaff. I have
seen more of the world than thou. It is
not all gold, dear son. that glitters. I
have seen'many a star from- heaven fall,
and many a staff on which men have
leaned break. Therefore I give thee this
advice, the result of my experience:
Attach not thy heart to any transitory
thing. The truth comes not to us, dear
son; we must sock for it. That; which
you see scrutinize carefully; and with re?
gard to things unseen and eternal, rely
on the word of God. Search no one so
closely as thyself. Vvttliiu us dwells the
judge who "never deceives, and whose
voice is more to us than t'he applause of
the world, and more than all the wisdom
of the Egyptians and Greeks. Resolve,
my son, to do nothing to which this-voice
is opposed. "When you think and pro?
ject, strike on your forehead and ask for
his counsel. He speaks at first low, and
lisps as an innocent child; but if you
honor bis innocence he gradually loosens
his tongue and speaks more distinctly.
Despise not any religion; it is easy to
despise, but it is much better to under?
stand. Uphold truth when thou canst,
and be willing lor her sake to be hated;
but know that thy individual cause is not
the cause of truth, and beware that they
are not confounded. Do good for thy
own satisfaction, and care not what fol?
lows. Cause no gray hairs to any one ;
nevertheless, for the right even gray
hairsjire to be disregarded. Help and
give willingly when thou hast, and think
no more of thyself for it, and if thou hast
nothing let thy hands be ready with a
drink of cold water. aud_cstecm thyself
for that no less. Say not always what
thou kuowest. but know always what
thoujsayest. Not ^thc" apparent devout,
but the truly devout man respect, and go
in his ways.[?A man who has the fear of
God in his heart is like the sun that shines
and warms, though it does not speak.
Do thai which is worthy of recompense,
and ask none. Reflect daily upon death,
and seek the life which is beyond with a
cheerful courage;' and. further, go not out
of the world without having testified by
some good deed thy lovo and respect for
the Author of Christianity.
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Invention of Suspension Bwces by
hie Chinese 1600 Years *xQO.?The
most remarkable evidence of the mechan?
ical science and skill of the Chinese at
this early period is to be found in their
suspended bridges, the invention of the
Han dynasty. According to the concur?
rent testimony of their historical and
geographical ^writers, Shang-leang, the
commandcr-in-chief of the army under
Keoutson, the first of the Hunt;, under?
took and completed the formation of
roads through the mountainous province
Shcnise to the west of the capital. Hith?
erto its lofty hills and deep valleys had
rendered communication difficult and cir?
cuitous. With a body of 100.00i> labor?
ers he cut passages over the mountains,
throwing the remove: soil into the val?
leys, and where this was not sufficient to
raise the road to the required height, he
const rue ted^ bridges which rested, on pil?
lars or abutments. In other places he
conceived and accomplished the daring
project of suspending a bridge from one
mountain to another across a deep
chasm. These bridges which are called
by the Chinese writers, very appropriate?
ly, 'flying bridges,' and represented to be
numerous at the present day, are some?
times so high that they cannot be traver?
sed without alarm. One still existing in
Shenise stretched 400 feet from mountain
to mountain] over a chasm of 500 feet,
jlost of these Hying bridges arc so wide,
that four horsemen can ride on them
abreast, and balustrades arc placed on
each side to protect travellers. It is by
no means improbable (as M. Pauthicr'sug
gests) that as the missionaries in China
made known the fact, more than a centu?
ry and a half ago, that the Chinese had
suspended bridges, and that many of
them were made of iron, the hint may
have been taken from thence for similar
constructions by European engineers.?
History of China.
School Scene.?"Boy, yon seem to be
quite smart?altogether too smart for this
school. Canyon tell me how man}- six
black beans are ? "
i; Yes, sir, half a dozen."
" Well, how main' arc half a dozen
white beans?"
"Six." "
- Tremendous smart boy! Now tell
rnc how many white beans there are in
six black ones ? "
" Half a dozen, if you skin 'cm!"
In consequence ofthisanswer, the schol?
ar came near being skinned himself.
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Bishop Burnett, once preaching before
Charles II, was much warmed by his sub?
ject, and, uttering , a religious truth in a
very earnest manner, with great vehem?
ence, struck his clenched hand upon tho
desk, and cried out: " Who dares deny
this?" "Faith," observed the king, in
key not quite so loud as the preacher
:i nobody, I should think, that is within
reach of that great fiftf of yours."
John Hancock.
Among the remarkable men whose
names will forever stand part and parcel
of "Declaration of Independence/' Han?
cock, whose bold signature strikes the
eye; was, perhaps, all things considered,
one of the most remarkable. He put
most to risk, so far as fortune and its ap?
pliances were concerned, for he was the
richest man in the country. He inherited
tho business and fortune of a millionaire
merchant uncle. "When he was first elec?
ted to the provincial Legislature, Adams
said to a friend, "Boston has done a wise
thing to-day?she's made that young
man's fortune her own; and the prophecy
was literally fulfilled, for it was all devo?
ted to her public use.
The contrast between him and Adams
was very great; Adams was poor, and
held in great contempt the style and show
of fortune. Hancock kept a magnificent
equipage, such as is not known in Ameri?
ca : his apparel was embroidered with
gold and silver; he rode with six beauti?
ful bays?he was fond of dancing, music,
routs, parties, rich wine, dinners, and all
that class of things, called . elegant plea?
sures.
How he estimated the goods of fortune
and their concomitants, in comparison
with the cause of liberty, is illustrated by
the following anecdote:
Djgring the siege of Boston, Gen. "Wash?
ington consulted Congress as to the pro?
priety of bombarding the town. Hancock
was President, and, after the reading of
Washington's letter, a motion was made
to go into committee of the whole, to en?
able Air. Hancock to give his opinion, as
he was deeply interested?all his property
being in houses and real estate. He left
the chair, and addressed the Chairman as
follows: ?' It is true,- sir, that nearly all I
have it; the world is in the town of Bos?
ton; but if the expulsion of the British
troops, and the liberties of thy country,
demand that the}* be burned to ashes, is
sue tho order, and let tho canon blaze
away.'*
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Old Job Dundee was at one time one of
the must popular darkies in our city. He
was a kind of a patriarch among the col?
ored population, and universally liked by
the white folks. About the time that he
stood at the head of the New street
church, he was supoenned before 'Squire
(now Judge) "Wiseman, to testify to the
character of a negro who was charged
with petty larceny.
? ;; Well. Job/' said the 'Squire, " what du
you know of the character of the defen?
dant ?"
" Well, I knows considerable 'bout de
colored m^klual, and I ncber fin s Ann'
guilty of only one 'fence," replied Job.
with great reverence.
?? Well, what is the nature of the offence
you allude to ?"
?? Why de nigger am bigoted."
"He's what?"
?'Bigoted, bigoted?doesn't you .know
what dal am ?"
" "Why lip," replied the 'Squire, who is
much of a wag. " "Will you define the
term. Job ? "
"Sartainly, sartainly, I does. To be
bigoted, a colored pusson must know too
much for one niggar, and not enough for
two uiggars."?Cincinnati Times.
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Juvenile Simplicity.?A friend says
the following story is a fact. Two boys
of tender years, who went by the names
of Tom and Jack, became members of a
district school in a New "England town.
On making their appearance, the teacher
called them up before the assemble 1
school, and proceeded to make certain in?
terrogatories concerning their names, age.
&c. " Well, m}' fine lad." said the teacher
to the first one, " what is your name \''
" Tom." pi'omptlyanswered thejuvcnile.
" Turn!" said the teacher?"thai liosn't
sound well. You should have said Thom?
as." Now, my son. (turning to the other
boy, whose expectant face suddenly lighted
up with the satisfaction of a newly-com?
prehended idea).?-now, then, you tell
me what your name is ! "
" Jack-as?" replied the lad, in a tone of
confident decision.
The teacher was taken with a sudden
fit of coughing, and merely motioned the
lads to take their seats.?Hartford Times.
Pose Bugs.?Among the fruit destroy?
ers mentioned in the -Pests of the Farm"
are rosebugs, which have within a few
years prodigiously increased in number,
attacking at random various kinds of
plants in swarms and have become noto?
rious for extensive and deplorable'rava?
ges. The grape vine in particular, the
cherry, plum, and apple trees, have annu- j
all}' suffered by their depredations; many |
other fruit trees and shrubs, garden vege?
tables and corn, and even the trees of the
forest and the grass of the fields have
been laid under contribution by these in?
discriminate feeders. They come forth
from the ground during the second week
in June, and remain from thirty to forty
days. When they appear as bugs they
may be crashed, scalded, or burned to de- J
prive them of life, for they are not affec?
ted by any of the applications usually
found destructive to other insects. They
are of a yellowish white color, with a
tinge of blue towards tho hinder extremi
A little girl asked her sister, "What
was chaos, that papa reads about ?" The
older child replied, " Why, it is a grej.t
pile of nothing, and no place to put it in "
Colors in Ladies' Dresses.
Incongruity may be frequently ob?
served in the fidoption of colors without
reference to their accordance with the
complexion or stature of the wearer. Wo
continually see a light blue bonnet and
flowers surrounding a sallow countenance,
or a pink opposed to one of a glowing
red ; a pale complexion associated with a
canary or lemon yellow, or one of deli?
cate red and white rendered almost color?
less by the vicinity of deep red. Now. if
the lady with the sallow complexion had
worn a transparent white bonnet; or if
the lady with the glowing red complexion
had lowered it by means of a bonnet of
a deeper red color; if the pale lady had
improved the. cadaverous hue of her coun?
tenance hy surrounding it with pale
green, which, by contrast, would have
suffused it with a delicate pink hue; or
had the face
Wlio.se red and white
Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on,
been arrayed in a light blue, or light
green, or in a transparent white bonnet,
with blue or pink flowers on the inside?
how different, and how much more atrree
able would have been the impression on
the spectator! How frequently, again,
do we ceo the dimensions of a fall and
embonpoint figure magnified to almost
Brobdignagian proportions by a white
dress, or a small woman reduced to Lil?
liputian size by a black dress ! Now, as
the optical effect of white is to enlarge
objects, and^that of black to diminish
them, if the large woman had been dress?
ed in blade, the small woman in white,
?the apparent size of each would have ap?
proaches the ordinary stature, and the
former would not have appeared a giant?
ess, or the latter a dwarf.?Mrs. Merrifield
in Art Journal.
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Torn Babies not my Babies.?About
thirty-five years ago, there resided in the
town of Ifcbr?h, in this county, a certain
Dr. T.j who became very much enamored
of a beautiful young lady, who resided in
the same town. In due course of time
they were to be married. The doctor was
a strong and decided Presbyterhin, and
his lady love was a strong and decided
Baptist. They were sitting toget her one
evening talking of their approaching nup?
tials, when the doctor remarked?
?? 1 am thinking my dear of two events
which I shall number amongst the hap?
piest cf my life."
?? And pray what may that be, Dr.?"
remarked the lady.
" O.ic is the hour when I shall call you
wife for the 6rat time."
?? A nd the other ?"
1? If nrWcrr-w\'' .sTiall present our Brat
born for buptism."
?: What, sprinkled ! "
?? Yes. my dear, sprinkled."
?? Never shall a child of mine be sprin?
kled ' "
?? Every child of mine shall be sprin?
kled."
<; Thoy"shall be. ha ? "
" Yes, my love."
Well, sir, I can tell you then, that
your babies won't be my babies. So, good
night, sir."
The lady left the room, and the doctor
left the house. The sequel to this true
story was, that the doctor never married,
and the lady is an old maid.
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The Farmer.?What occupation is
j there upon earth that is more conducive
to health, independence, long life and hap
pincss than the farmer's? Engaged as ho
is in a pursuit in which the first human
being that ever was on earth was engag?
ed, for when Clod created Adam and plac?
ed him in the garden of Eden he command?
ed him to till the earth, and the farmer
is engaged in the same occupation. The
tanner wiio causes one spire of grass 1.0
grow where there was none, does more
than the greatest merchant that ever, liv
I ed, for in the mercantile business it is on?
ly exchanging goods from one hand to
another, and ofcour.se he brings nothing
into the world, while on the other hand,
the fanner is continually causing vegeta?
tion to grow.
Again, the farmer's lot is the most con?
tented of any; he who raises his own
bread by the sweat of his brow, has it
honestly; he does not wring it from the
hand of his neighbor by tin improper or
false story.
Why is it that public men, when tfiey
retire from public life, choose the cultiva?
tion of the soil as their employment? It
I is because it is tho most heathy and pleas?
ing occupation of life'.?Norway Advertiser.
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Why is the Ocean Salt ??The salt
ncss of the Ocean has usually been re?
garded as a special provision of nature to
guard against certain incoveniences which
might otherwise have resulted. The
presence of much. saline matter in solu?
tion depresses the freezing point of the
water many degrees, thereby diminishing
the dangerous facility with which fields
of ice arc produced in the polar regions.
It has been said that the salt is useful in
checking evaporation, and also that it aids
in preventing corruption of the water by
the accumulation of animal and vegetable
remains. Without for a moment ques?
tioning the incidental benefits from the
circumstances under discussion, and which
in one case at least, are quite obvious, it
may be considered more as an inevitable
result of the present disposition of things,
than a special arrangement expressly in?
tended to fulfil a certain object.
Habits of a Man of Business.?A sa?
cred regard to the principles of justice
forms the basis of every transaction, and
regulates the conduct of the upright man
of business. He is strict in keeping his
engagements; does nothing carelessly of
in a hurry; employs nobody to do what
he can as easily do himself; keeps every?
thing in its proper place; leaves nothing
undone which ought to be done, and
which circumstances permit him to do;
keeps his designs and business from the
view of others; is prompt and decisive
with his customer, and does not overtrade
for his capital; prefers short credit to
long ones, and cash to credit transactions,
at all times when they can be advanta?
geously made, cither in buying or selling,
and small profits with little risk, to the
chance of better gains Avith more hazard.
He is clear and explicit in all his bargains;
leaves nothing to the memory which can,
and oaght to be, committed to writing;
keeps copies of all important letters
which he sends away, and has every let?
ter ai d invoice belonging to his business
titled, classed and put away. He never
buffers his desk to be confused by many
papers lying .upon it; is always at the
head of his business, well knowing, if he
leaves it. it will leave him ; holds it as a
maxim that lie whose credit is suspected
is net safe to be trusted, and is constantly
examining his book, and sees through all
his affairs as far as care and attention en?
able him; balances,, regularly at stated
times, and then makes out and transmits
all his accounts current to his customers
and constituents, both at home and
abroad; avoids, as much as possible, all
sorts of accommodations in money mat?
ter-; and law suits, where there is the
least hazard; is economical in his expen?
ditures, always living within his income;
keeps a memorandum book, with a pen?
cil in his pocket, in which he writes every
iii'le particular relative to appointments,
addresses, and petty cash matters; is
cautious how he becomes security for any
person, and is generous only when urged
by motives of humanity.
Habits or tue-; Nice]:Yo?xg Man.?At?
tends evening parties?and hands the
muffins round. Smiles if he burns his fin?
gers with the kettle. Plays the flute.
Sings -'Do you love mc now as then r"
Parts his hair in the middle. Takes an
umbrella with him lo an evening party.
Wears goloshes after dnslc. Has a se?
cret passion for gruel. Writes acrostics,
and contributes to Ladies' Albums: (Juris
his whiskers. Is the "Hon. Sec:'/ to tlio
?Ladies Benevolent Mangle Distribution
Society." Keeps a cat, and a regular ac
t'OUllfotf his (iai^'^rrxpmses-.? H^jewttt1
est pleasure is to attend a meeting at Ex?
eter Hall, and his next greatest pleasure
is to have his name mentioned "among
those whom we observed on the platform."
&e. &c. His fondest tie. next to an aged
gradmother, is that of his white neck?
cloth. Can hum the overture to Der
\ Freisch?tz. Carries a pincushion, and ae
cidulatcd drops about with him ami is
never unprovided with a scent bottle, for
fear of accidents. Goes out in the rain
to (fetch a cab- Docni't smoke. Help3
Mamma's shawl on with the grace of one
of Holmes' shopmen. Has his hair, and
hankerchief full of scents, and it is a pity
the same cannot be said of his head.
Holds a skein of silk with exemplary pa?
tience?turns over the leaves of music
with great digital skill?reads novels in a
clear secretary-like voice?laughs affectu
oso?lisps modcrato?jokes with the old
maids allegro?quotes poetry penseroso?
runs ladies' errands prestissimo?and
makes himself generalto usefulo. Such
are the habits of the Xice Young Man.?
Punch.
God With cue Right.?Wc have one
ennobling idea of God's presence, and
that is. in his sustaining the right, and
making it triumphant. Here is a lesson
to man in all time. God's cheering pres?
ence is with the right, while his frown
and his judgement await the wrong. !N"o
matter what the world may say; no mat?
ter what its opinion, custom, fashion, or
Jaw may be to-day, to-morrow, next
week, or next year;?if these shall clash
with the truth, and give countenance to
the wrong, God's blessing shall be upon
all righteous opposition to them. Here
is the brightest ray of encouragement
that shines upon the path of true reformer
from the sun of the upper heaven ! Long
since, the world, with all its error, receiv?
ed conviction enough of its power to adopt,
at lc;ust in word, that well known max?
im?
" Great is truth, and it will prevail."
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A notorious thief, beginning to be tired
of his lire, confessed the robbery he was
charged with. The Judge hereupon di?
rected the jury to find him guilt}- upon
his own confession. The jury having
laid their heads together, brought him in
not guilty. The judge bid them consider
it again ; but they still brought it in not
guilty. The judge asked the reason.
The foreman replied, "there is reason
enough, for we all know him to be one of
the greatest liars in the world."
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A Touch or the Sublime.?A Turk?
ish paper says " a soul-animating rose?
bush, bud and blossom yielding, in the
happy Imperial Rose-garden, has exhibi?
ted signs of vegetation." Which, in plain
English prose, means, the Sultan is about
to be blest with a young one.
True Happiness.?Let a man have all
the world can give him; he is still misera^
ble, if he has a grovelling, fettered, unde^
vout mind. Let him have his gardens,
his fields, his woods, his lawns, for grand-'
cur, plenty, ornament, aDd gratfication,
while at the same time, God is not in all
his thoughts; and let another have nei?
ther field nor garden ; let him look at na?
ture with an enlightened mind?a mind
which can see and adorn the Creator and*
his works, can consider them as demon?
strations of his power, his wisdom, his
goodness, and in all his poverty, he is far
happier than the other in his riches. Tho
one is but little higher than a beast, the*
other but a little lower than an angel.
The Dignity of Labor.?Without mo?
tives for exertion, without labor to occupy,
and its rewards to stimulate us, what
were life but the performance off animal
functions common to us and to "the beasts
that perish." If we had harvest without
seed-time; if nature spread before us all
and always the spontaneous products of
the earth ; if food and clothing were the
gifts of her bounty, instead of being the
result of human industry, we might still
walk erect in the image of God; but we"
should look around upon the fair face of
nature, almost equally indifferent to this
work of his hand and to the great purpo?
ses of life. ?Hon. Lewis Cass.
The Alleged Slave Plot.?The excite?
ment in Princess Anne and Norfolk Coun?
ties, Va., growing out of the late alleged
insurrectionary plot, is subsiding. Dick
Ryan, the suspected leader, has been ar?
rested, together with eighteen or twenty
other slaves, and a white man is said to be
implicated in the manufacture of pikes for
the slaves. . 4
The jIuse in the Bushes.?A down
east poet, in one of his desperate efforts,
thus eloquently sets forth his choice of
life:?
Some poets t!ie:ne is t!ic foreign clime,
Or a life in the raging sea,
But a life in the woods, with the country bloods,
And a t.m'.n patch for me.
An exchange sa}'s that putting a stop
to a woman's.tongue, is a "difficult punc?
tuation." Our devil says that a pretty
girl's arm. form a parenthesis, and when
lie was enclosed in one, tie felt as if he
should never again be uuiteiia1 to the
sense.
?; PfttheV, it fells here about ti.V illu?
minated MSS; What' were they lighted
with :"
The father hesitated, and when the
question was repeated, answered dosper
I atcly, ;: With the light of other days, my
KToiiT7 '?
An Irishman who had jumped into the
water to save a man from drowning, and
as a reward for hii services, received a
sixpence. He looked first at the sixpence
and then at him, and at last exclaimed,
?By jubers I'm overpaid for the job.'
?: Alary, my love," said a not very, at?
tentive husband to his wife at the dinner
table. ?? Shall I help you to a piece of tho
heart?" "I believe, said she, "that a
piece of heart was all I ever got." There
was a commotion among the dishes.
Mens' lives should be like the day, more
beautiful in the evening, or like the sum?
mer, aglow with promise, and the autumn,
rich Avith golden sheaves, where good
works and deeds have repined on ihe
field. ;
It is about its hopeless a task to get a
I rich woman to live a life of common
sense, as it is to get a rich man into the
kingdom of Heaven.
A sick man was told that nothing could
do him any good but a qnart of catnip.
" Then I must die," said tie; "I don't
hold but a pint."
One ought every day to hear a song, to
read a little poetry, to see a good picture,
ami. if it is possible, to say a few reasona?
ble words.?Goethe. ? ?
Dogs arc said to speak with their .tails.
?Would it be proper to call a short tailed
dog a 'stamp orator!'
Jcan Paul says love may slumber in a
lady's heart, but it always dreams.
NO HTTMB fJG!
Fifty Cents
Will Get Youh Likeness at
not a "little bit of a thing,"
BUT A GOOD LIKENESS, -
In a Good Case.
CHILDREN UNDER 6 TEARS OF AGE
Double Price.
Call Soon, as his stay is liaiited.
Aug. 14, I860 I tf
moore & fe a t h ee. s to?,'
Attorneys at Law,
HAVE formed a copartnership for the practice'.of
Law iii the Western Circuit. Business en tspsfsd
to their care will be promptly attended to.
The senior pnrtner wiU also attend to any matter
coming under the jurisdiction of the Court of Equity.
Office in Masonic Building, Anderson C. EL, S. 0.
JOHN V. MOORE,.J. C. C. FEATHERSXOLf.
August 14, IS.iO I ij