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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ^ """" ABBEVILLE, S C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1874. """" ^ ^I^^^n---NO. It, r ' CONGAREE 111 110 Ool-U.X23.l3iA, S. O. IN MIDli, Proprietor. I Manufacturer of Steam Enf gines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. j I was awarded tbo first premium i on castings at tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Columbia, November, 1871,! '72, 73. MANUFACTURE Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. I ALSO Took tho First Premium at State j lim> '79. '73 i 1' >(113 11C1U hu?viuwv<i j ?v. ) ?, . - | Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. t'S i Gin Gearing or tno ionowing sizes. > ' 0 feet wheel and pinion $."0 00 10 44 44 44 44 U2 50 ' n 14 " " " 35 00 12 44 41 44 44 4-5 00 ' 14 44 44 4< 41 50 00 "With Bolts $0.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Coti ton Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. f I ; Dec. 10,1873, 35-tf f | McDonald I & Haddon Aro now opeuinj: their i spring & smmm STOCK, ; ~i.uk t.vnviail mid attractive. cmbra Icing many novelties of the season, espe- {; einlly in mess goods!; ! GENTS' HATS. We will not begin to enumerate the many articles kept by u.s, but will simply t?ay every department is full. Give us a call mid we will repaf you . by selling you goods at the LOWEST j CASH FIGURES, as we are determin ed to sell aud not carry over to another season. Ol T_ ' uur 0WC&. UA 11 . < Groceries & Coniectionanesl; Is full and complete with new anil fresh'! goods. < April 15, 1874, 1-tf || Cotton Gins. K HPHE BROWN, THE TAYLOR I' MS* nnd tlft GRISWOLD GIN fur Iniahed to order. Repairing promptly! done. AIho kept on hand a good stock [ j of Bedsteads, Bureaus, Waslistands, , Tables, Chairs, Chamber suits and oth-j or furniture, together with Sewing Ma- I chines, White-Wire Clothes' Lines, 1 i warranted rust proof, Maps, Charts, , I Picture Frames, Ac., &c. Orders soiic- , itedby \\ J. M, MATTHEWS, Ninety Six, S. C. * May Gf 1874, 4-ly Millinery! millinery! 1 HAVE just received from liammore and New York a full stock of . MILLINERY GOODS,! of-the latest styles and finest materials, I consisting in part of Bonnets, Hats, Eiihons, Flowers, Ties, Rufflings, Handkerchiefs, | und everything kept in a first-class Millinery establishment. ?r if WttTTE JR&X0* Aii jjj.0 April 8, 1874, lUf School Vacation. BY resolution of the Board of Ex-! amiuers, tho Public Schools of tbo County aro hereby ordered to close for the monlhs of July and August. The Trustees and Teachers JD will take duo notice and govern them- j selv^ itttfsordingly. i W. M. PRESSLEY, School Comm'r. Jane 23, 1874,11-tf fe i SJbllirAJtlS. A NEW AND BETTER BRAND, PARKER & PERRIN'S. New Store! NEW GOODS!! THE undersigned lmve just opnc* an eutire new stock of GROCERIES, ? ! /\ ATI J T "1 A tl AVC JTJLU YlSIUIi auu lii^uuioj As well as Other Goods in their Line. At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TROWBHIIMiE & CO., where we will be pleased to serve the public CHEAP Foil CASH. A. M. HILL. I Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt ^BBSK f iiif FOR 20 YEARS THE Standard of Excellence THROUGHOUT THE "WORLD. Over 900,000 Sold. 100,000 more than of any other kind. VT.'U' WITVPT.T?!? -<V WTT SflV Received in 1873: The Highest Awards at the Vienna Exposition. The Gold Medal of The Maryland Institute Fair. The Four Highest .Premiums, (vteluding two medals,) at Georgia State Fair. 1JKST OK ALL: The Wheeler & Wilson has the approval of millions of Ladies who have used this well tried machine. Physicians certify that it is the only Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine lit for Family use. Its light and easy motion does not fatigue invalids. Its rapid execution of work recommends it to all who sew for a liv ing. It is the most economical, because the most durable. /?.... mwl rwuinlnr Vr? (5 Afwliino idapted for Leather work and general Manufacturing purposes, is now used by he leading tailoring establishments and ihoc factories. Send for our circulars. Maehinessold >n easy terras, or monthly payments aken. Old machines put in order or eceived in exchange. W 111:1:1.KK &, \Y 11,SON MK'g CO.'SOFC'S, J. H. TKUMPtf, Agent, Augusta. (in., Columbia, S. C. W. B. (JLEVES, General Ag't., Savannah, Ga. April L'~', 1S74 I'-lUl NOTICE. FSTATE OF 11 FRANKLIN, i ALL persons indebted to I. X. J FRANKLIN, dee'd, will make i payment at once to me, or their ac- < counts will be -placed in the hands of 1 in officer for collection. All persons holding claims agaiust I. X. Franklin, dee'd, will present the same to < me duly attested. L. D. BOWIE, Administrator. Feb. 24 4G-5m ARTISTIC TAILORING, 1 WOULD respectfully inform my 1 customers that 1 have just returned from the North, and am now opening a select Stock of Clotss, Cassimeres. and Trimiip, which I will CUT and MAKE up to r>rder, or sell on reasonable-terms, FOR UASH. TAILORING done for Men find Boys in the LATEST and BEST STYLES. Shirt Patterns. I would especially call the attention of ;very one to uiy# splendid fitting Shirt Patterns. Give me a call without fail. S. A. BREAZEALE. Sept. 24,1873 i.'4-tf FRESH ARRIVALS." Maccaronij, Buckwheat. Crushed Coffee, Cream Cheese, Soda Crackers, .Lemon uracfcers, Choice Sugar Cured Hams, Bacon Sides, Bacon Shoulders, Bulk Sides, Bulk Shoulders, Leaf Lard, Pearl Starch, Snerm Candles, "I Adamantine Candles, Fancy Family Flour, Bolted Meal, Fresh Ground Hominy, at BAMWEIL & CO'S. Feb. 11, 44-tf "feesh"aerivals7 100 lbs Best French Candies, - ? it 1200 lbs " Assortea IS Jellies, 3 bbls Fresh Crackers. . McDONALD & HADDON. July 1 12-tf WJARLOR BRACKETS ? new and Jhandsome styles, just to band. J. D. CHAL 'ERS &Ca BAD BLOOD !j "A corrupt tree," saith the-Inspired volume, "bringeth forth not good fruit," nor can corrupt blood impart health, j beauty and good flesh, or spirits. "The Blood' is the Life," and health can only j be enjoyed in its full perfection where j the blood is kept in a pure and uncor-j rupted state, hence the necessity of pure; blood, to give health, beauty, buoyant spirits, long life and happiness. ~ An impure condition of the blood, manifests itself in different forms of t diseases, sueh as Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald-head, King Worms, Pimples, Boils Blotches, Spots, Eruptions, Pustules, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Rough Skin, S Scurf. Scrofulas Sores and Swellings, Fever Soros, White Swellings, Tu- ? mors, Old Sores or Swellings, Syphilitic AfFoetions of the Skin, Throat and Bones, Ulcers of the Liver, Stomach, ? Kidneys, Lungs and Uterus. In this condition of things something ? is needed at once to cleanse the blood, and neutralize the insiduous poison that BURNS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE A as it courses through the veins, sowing seeds of death with every pulsation. Dr. Pemberton's Compound Extract of Stillingia, (or Queen Delight) will positively effect this disideratum, expelling every trace of disease from the blood and system, and leaving the skin SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL. For all diseases of the blood, livers j, and kidneys, the Great Vegetable Alt/u-nfivn w wiMinilf. ft l'ivttl. It Will CUl'e ! any chronic or long standing disease It whose real or direct cause is bad blood. Rheumatism, pains in limbs or bones, constitutions broken down by Mercurial <p or other poisons, are all cured by it. For Syphilis, Syphilictic Taint, thero is nothing c(jual to it. A trial will prove it. It is a-most useful Spring and Fall * Purifier of the Blood. 5 Its safety and innoccnce have been fully ted, so that it may be administered !f to the most tender infant. 8?t,. Beware of counterfeits and sub-j Twr tl>p Cptiuine Extract I QUEEN'S DELIGHT, prepared by Dr. J. 8- 1'EMBERTON, Atlanta, Ga. For Sale by W. T. PENNEY, Druggist, Abbeville, S. C. March IS, 1S74 49-tf I Nearly all diseases originate from Tn- p ligestion and Torpidity of the Liver, V hiul relief is always anxiously sought d< ;ifter. If .the Liver is regulated in its j ai action, health is almost invariably se-f cured. Want of action in the Liver! muses Headachc, Constipation, Jaun- W dice, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, d< Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, pal- T pitationof the heart, depression of spir- ?its, or the blues, and a hundred other jlii svraptoms, for which SIMMON'S LIV- nl ER REGULATOR is the best remedy ^ I 61 that has ever been discovered, it acrs mildly, effectually, and being a simple C vegetable compound, can do no injury a, in any quantities that it may be taken. It is harmless in every way; it has been used for 40 yeqrs, and hundreds of the lo good and great from all parts of the n( country will vouch for its being the pu- v rest and best. - x Simmons Liver Regulator or Medicine jj Is harmless, jf Is no drastic violent medicine, , Is sure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, }'< Is a faultless familv medicine. t-i Is the cheapest medicine in the world,'.'7 Is given with safety and the happiest) results to the most delicate infant, j l'< Does not interfere with business, i Does not disarrange the system, I iT Takes the place of Quinine and Bikers V of every kind, j Contains'the simplest and best remedies.1S FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIST, j u March 23, 1874, 50-ly j W S( 3XT otice. f, * 11 i. 1 ~ ? t .? ,1 .<1 . ^/,,1 i n +U/\ Attm nf - VII III US t; I IMll'iJltril n# LIIU inu; mm w. . WHITE, HILL A- CUNNINGHAM, j t] ure earnestly called to come forward and i settle their accounts as early as possible, i The claims may be found in the hands!11 of the new firm, to whom payment ft must be made. L. Cunningham & Hill. :j 1 Fresh Arrrivals atWier's Store. jo The ladies are invited to call and seei0 my line stock of FRENCH CANDIES, ja PICKLPjS and JELLIES. The best assortment of PLaIN and SWEET CltACKEIlS in the market. : Company Commissuries will come up 11 and get their Beef and Sausage Meat on Wednesdays and Fridays 011 the arrival | t of the 12 o'clock train. 1 JNO. A. WIER, t Agent. " Anril 8. 1874. 52-tf li ?1 I Dissolution. i r TIIE partnership Iicrotofore exist-!0 ins between WHITE, HILL jCUXNINGIIAM was by mutual eon-It !c.nr>? ilJco/ilit/.i-I nn f Im 17f h insf.. hv ! r the\vUhdrawal of Mr. W.~B. WHITE. { The business will be conducted at their old stand (190) by ( CUNNINGHAM & HILL. ' March 24, 187-4, tf j |Bm&'s CantMrafline Plaster,. OR 1 BLISTERING TISSUE, j AT 1 PARKER & PERRIN'S. i The Story of the Waves. "lie moon's pale light is calmly beaming O'er verdant slope and bosky vale, 'he (lancing waters, brightly gleaming, Leap up to kiss our snowy sail. Lfar they keep a ceaseless beating Along the ceho-haunted shore, ?he same sad tale they keep repeating That they have told since days of yore. 'hey murmur of two lovers, drifting Upon the bosom of the lake, Vliile pencil rays of moonlight shifting With silver frost-work trace their wake. )ne whispers love to oars that liston With tremblings as of half-affright, Vliile through their drooping lashes glisten Her eyes, likd dew-drops in the light. Jer velvet cheek now glows, now n<ilt>rli And liutters like a bird lier breast; ler snowy litind all idly traileth A lily by the wave caressed. ler lover's arm now close# enfolds her, Their lips are wedded in a kiss; ;lose o'er his swelling heart he holds her, All trembling with ecstatic bliss. ome lurking goblin saw their wooing, His baleful eyes ablaze with hate ; [e sought to compass their undoing, For envy of their happy state. [esummoned to the work unholy The slumbering demon of the wind, [e, creeping from his cavern slowly, Like an assasin skulked behind, .nd pouncing on his prey, he heaved them, All helpless, to the yawning deep! he madly-tpssing wave received them, And closed aboVe with angry sweep. LiU ^WUiill OUI^UU IUV mum uuu MV?V iier In triumph (o his dark abode; 11 vain her lover lingered for her Upon the beach with pebbles strewed. he woods wild rocks with his lamenting Were tilled from morn to fall of night; he waters cold knew no relenting, Nor recked they aught of his sad plight. nd still the waves keep ccaselcss beating Along the echo-haunted shore, lie same sad tale they keep repeating 'I'linf ?lwii? Imvn t/ilfl ul'lwo (llivtinf vnrp X liUb UJVJ liU ? IUIV4 Ui i< VV %*%?J w w? J Tits Byzantine Set, "I don't deny that men arc a reat convenience in the present ute of society. They talk well, i-ess well, feed well, and smoke ell, but they don't domesticate ell. 'A man that's married is a an that's marred,'" said Con ance Marble, turning her magni;ent eyes away from the piazza of ie Mountain House, where two of ie masculine persuasion were to j seen dimly through a cloud of noke, to where sat, or, rather, reined, a midge of a woman upon pile of cushions. "But you must marry some time, onstance. Everybody in our set 3es. I cannot see tnat there is lything gained by putting tlie ,*il day afar off. You surely ould not be that abomination of isolation, an old maid?" "And why not, ma belle Adria? have no sympathy with monopoes anyway; while youth lasts I refer the favor of the many rath than the tyranny of a magtiiti;nt one; and when in the sere id yellow leaf, I'll " "'Live forgotten and die forrn,'" interrupted Adria. "What miseuse you do talk, Constance! 11 1 attire wouiu never nave wusiuu > much that is charming upon one }stined for a life of celibacy, and I don't dance at your wedding efore next year this time, I'll give 3U that set of byzantine jewelry :>u admire so much." "Consider the jewels mine, 0 ish predictor of evil!" said Conduce, laughing, as she nodded ood-by, and left the apartment, "lie laughs best who laughs lasthe is not the petrified lump of ldift'erence she fancies herself, and re shall see what we shall see," )liloquized Adria do Vargas as the oor closed, and then aroused herslf to the necessities of the toilet. Meantime it might have afforded lese ladies some satisfaction to avc overheard tho conversation linglcd with the blue rings of sufjcation from the fragrant Partagasj pon the piazza beneath their willow. "Well, R03', after four weeks of bservation, what is your opinion f Constance the Magnificent?" sked Fred Travis. "She does the statuesque well," espondcd Templeton, somewnat adifferentlj*. "By heavens, she is glorious! ler presence somehow makes one hiuk ot' a delicious day in early utumn, nhile summer's bloom yet tngers, and the mellow ripeness of useious fruit ecents the air." " nlufnva on Z til lliuiu 13 illH HJ o un ill -luoiliere of winter about her, if I may omplete your figurative flight. I lave little taste for those inconsistent pcrsonellcs that tempt'you with mlseless passion and defy you with nobile indifference." "Well, she is a trifle icy, I must confess. I rather prefer 'a being ill life, light and color,' like the ittle De Vargas." . . T "JL'lieUc Vargas is cnarming. j. athcr affect those crosses betSveen i yellow-jacket and a humming )ird; she glitters so bewitchingly tnd sings with such infinite tact md zest, that I like her- by Jove, [do!" t . "So do I, and I fear 'not wisely jut too well,' " said handsome Fred, thking a lonjj pull at his cigar. " ^Ilard hit, are you, my boy. ;W & 'X - ^ . - - JIB Well, I give you my blessing; she pays a nice little income tax. But 'speak of angels and you hear their wings.' Here comes the rival belles now!" With something like a sigh, Roy; Templeton threw away the stub of! his cigar, and gave his attention to the rising star, while Fred walked jotf in the sweet summer sunshine with winsome, witty Adna. "That couple do try my patieuce so," said she as they went, throwing a backward glance at the pair sitting in lazy impassibility upon the piazza. "How so?" queried Fred. "They appear to me a very iuoffensi vedao." "That's just the difficulty. If they would quarrel between themselves, or with any one else, I should feel better about them. When they first came here I deci- i ded in my own mind that the}' i would make a match. After la- 1 ' - * ? . * , boring a montn to give tnem every possible chance for sentiment, i there they sit, manifesting about as ] much interest in each other as if ] they were a plaster of paris clog and < cat sitting upou some best-room inautelpiece.'* ; "Well, match-makers usually do i have their labor for their pains. Don't you know that it is very < wicked in you, Miss Adria, to be , cherishing such designs upon the 1 liftfand liberty of your friends?" I 'tYou are wonderfully sympa- i thetic, Monsieur Travis, I cry peecavy! But it would be such a com- t tort to see Constance in love: be- i sides, I really think them perfectly < suited to each other." j "Indeed, I do sympathize, mam'- j selle, to such an extent, that I wish you would take to match-making | on your own account." "You might regret it forever af- } ter if I did. But tell me, do you think Mr. Tcmpletou fond of rny cousin ?" ( "Indeed, I am as much in the ( dark in regard to the state of his i feelings as you. lie is as u 11 com- < municative as an oyster, and as < v J * hard to understand as a proposition \ in 'Euclid.'" i "Qucn desespoir! It is enough to < exasperate a saint. One day they 1 oa 1 \r on/I nnncrAnflr nl\- i til V_? OV II IV^lIU IJ U?1 M. VIIK1 y I sorbed in cach other, that I am ] quite encouraged, and the next ( they act very much as if the North ] Frigid Zone had dropped dewn be- ? tween them. Oh, dear, it is too ( provoking! and Constance knows i tiiat I won't marry until after she does!" \ "Alas!"- 1 "And I don't dare to say a word s for tear I shall spoil it all, they are so ? queer; but I feel certain that if ? this uncertainty continues much longer my nervous system will suf- s fer serious disarrangement." ^ Of course Fred laughed at the ? idea of her having a nervous system, but could lend her no light on t the perplexing Templeton-Marble t question?which goes to prove that ^ a third party "can't most always tnll" inaf linm mflttprn nf I OUUJ^tllllVO IVil JUUb 1IVM ?**wvvv* V V I ^ a private interest do stand between | two people, even though those two! ( people are the Fidus Achates of 1 one's daily life. ^ Notwithstanding the apparent indifference of Roy Templeton, he \ was determined to make Constance ( Marble his wife; but he was wise l in his day and generation, and, i knowing that the race is not always to the swift, he waited, like a sau- ( guine, philosophical Micawber, for ( something to turn up in his favor. ) While apparently the case stood < in statu quo, and; that pretty little i intrigant Adria was bewailing the situation and beguiling Fred Gravis ] of his heart, Mr. Templeton was j conducting a seige that, bad it been < to carry any fortress but a woman's heart, would have entitled him to a generalship While thp other men were bowing clown in figurative adoration of ] the perfect beauty, and making ^ fools of themselves generally over , her, he contented himself with showing her that agravnted kind of ] politeness that a man might show his grandmother, and daring to ? criticize her style by insinuating j that a touch ot rouge would be a J, great relief to the opaqueness of ' j [her complexion. | This policy was good. It won,'< T-.I.T-1 filof im\'f POM-1 j 111111} UlOl} lUlWKlta'IJ ) vv?. sideration; and lastly, pique. At first she found his presence tolera- i i ble, because he did not nauseate her wirh compliments, nor offend < her good taste by exaggerated attentions. After a little, his not | falling in love with her, being a departure from .her usual experi- i jence, set her to studying him much I as she would have studied a natur!al curiosity not mentioned by 'Goldsmith; and lastly, his lack of j I appreciation, imperturbability andj j utter savrj froid put her upon her I mettle, and the cup was won, al-j though the home-run had yet to be! made. One day when the air was heavy with languorous heat, even in the mountains, Constance went out along a narrow, winding pathway leading to a grassy plateau, closed I in rm tVimo cirloa cwloq V>V the 111 Lll VU lltl VV W4UVW UIUVW J most perpendicular walls of stone forming the mountainous peak, and overlooking an almost fathomless lakelet lying many feet below. The Aerie^ as it was called, was a favorite retreat of hers, and, absorbed in her own beautiful thoughts, she heeded never the flight of time. None but Adria knew where she had gone that day, and she was lost to things terrestrial in the industrial perusal of the "The Gates Ajar." A thick fog settled clown over the mountain; and, driven by it within doors, Travis and Templeton sought beguilement of the hours in the society of tho ladies. Finding Adria, Templeton made inquiry tor Constance. - ' . "She went out to The Aerie three hours ago, and has not yet returnedwas the reply. "My God! slie can never find her way back through the fog!" exclaimed Travis, while Templeton, with something like a grasp for breath, rushed out through the night of gathering mists. Adria, now thoroughly alive to the danger, fluttered out, like a demented magpie, after him, as far iuto the gloom as her prudent lover would perinit. "Oh, dear!" she sobbed, "I can shut my eyes and see her groping tier way along the narrow rocky path; with death yawning on cither side." "She would know better than attempt a return until it cleared way," suggested the comforter. "No, she wouldn't! Perhaps 3vcu now she is drowning, or is ilready a cold, moist corps in the bottom of the lake. Oh, Con 3ood Lord! there she comes; or sit. a ghost?" Sure enough?wet, draggled, ind lookiug like some pale Peri wandered from Paradise into linacjustomed places?Constautine appeared upon the scene from an opposite direction. Adria exclaimed: "un, uonstance, ne nas gone co he Aerie after you." "Who, child? Speak quick? vho ?" "Roy Templeton." "Gone to his death for me. Oh, 3od !" she groaned, and raised her ;yes to heaven, despiring, appealng, rebellious. No other word iscaped her lips ; but, like a figure jut in marble, she stood gazing A*itli frightful intensity into the mpenetrable curtain of mist that Miveloped the mountain path. It vas a long terrible watch; but as :he day faded, the wind arose, and ifting the vail, carried it high over he mountain-tops. liiessecl wind! Like some winged spirit, Conitarice sped along the now clearly lefined footway, followed by Fred md Adria. About halfway to the pleateau vas a place whero loosened earth ooked as if some one had slipped struggled to regaia a balance, and jone over the precipice iuto the iullen waters below. Constance stopped, reeled as if * ? % rT ti i _ I ihe would nave ranen, ana, in a :oicc llmt sounded distant and itrauge,moaned: "Roy?oh, Roy!" She thought him forever beyond he-reach of her voice; but instead here he was coming toward her, vith outstretched arms. "My own dear Constance, safe! jreatGod! I thank Thee!" ''It's awfully damp out here, the srimp is all goingout of my hair; et's go in," whispered Adria to ler beau cavaleer. "Not until you promise to marry ne as soon after Constance be*/vvv>aO AT fO T uririT\l<ifnii n? flip I ;uuico IUIOI xwiu^/ivbVM MV engtli of the ceremony will pernit,'? answered Fred.' ' ; "I shall catch my death staying jut her, and as I'm not prepared to lie, I suppose I might as well be "esignetJ, and say?Yes. Thank goodness, I did not lose my byzantineset!" "Pertinacity and match-making iiath its reward," suggested the irrepressible ; and so ended this new 'Much Ado about Nothing." An Inquisitive Customer. Amiable shopkeepers deserve to be cannonized* Here is an illustration of the trials to which they ire constantly subjected. One midsummer day, when iEous slept, a lady entered a store in t Atlanta, and inquired for parasols. The thermometer stood in the nineties. The obliging proprietor spread out before her samples of a! large and varied stock. 'Ilave you any a shade larger?'i she asked. | The size larger was produced. I 'I think, on the whole, I prefer! the 6ize smaller.' The dealer presented tlie sizes i smaller. 'Ilave 3*011 any of this size a; lighter shade of blue?' The required shade of blue was produced. 'Haven't you any of this kind I with a crooked handle?' The shade with the crooked hanrllrt or>n*Mi rod "t r , 'Have you any with the crooked handle not so heavy V said the lady, and so continued her inquiries for every shade, size and weight possible in the line of parasols. After nearly an hour had been thus consumed, the fair shopper gathered lip her gloves, etc., and moved for the door. 'Can't I sell you one?' asked the exhausted dealer. 'Oh, dear no,' replied the lady, 'I was merely inquiring the prices. I'm going in mourning myself, and huve one for sale.' t t Tickling a male's loft hirid leg with a tooth pick is said to be a sure cure for the dyspepsia. School Exhibition at Ninety-Six. Editor Pi'ess anil Banner The morning of the 6tli instant, dawned rather nrmronitionslv. hnt. ?J- - - J,- , the threatening aspects of the weather were succeeded by beautiful >eun9hiue about o'clock A? M., and by 11 every seat in the Academy was occupied by an anxious crowd to witness the closing exerctees of Prof. J. It. Blake's school; 8nid exercises were opened with prflrjrch* by the Rev. Mr. McBride, of Macon, Ga., followed by speeches, r6 liearsals, essays, debates, &c.J by the scholars of the school, many of which were well-timed and evinced careful preparation, and showed that close application,! which alone enables the student to succeed. The crowd were greatly disappoints ed by Col. Cloth ran of your town, failing to put in an appearance. The Colonel was to have been the orator of the occasion and thegood people , regretted very mnch itiat his arduous professional duties pre-, vented him from cbming. The exercises of the day were closed by an address by Prof. Blake, on "The True Aim of Life," which was rich in thought, and pointed out the Scylla and Charyb: uis, wiui trie ciiannei of uprightd6ss between, iu eloquent and spirited language. At night the house was packed to its utmost capacity, while many were compelled to take side-walk tickets. .The programme consisted of charades, tableaux, music, &c;, &c., and was one of the best performances, when age and experience are considered, that it has ever been our good fortune to wit ness. lean scarccly refrain from mentioning some of the performers, but le8tl might do injustice to others' I forbear. The interval between the day and evening performances was improved by the young folks in "tyipr>in<r the the lisrht fantastic toe" at A. <J Hale's Hotel. Everything passed off quietly and everybody in the large crowd had a good time. Yours, &c., MEDLEY. SARATOGA. The Diary of a Day of FrivolityDancing, Flirting,-Talking, Drinking, Gambling. { _ SARATOGA, AUgUSt 8, 1S74. What do tho "swells" do in Saratoga? Well, at eight A. 31. they appear on tho hotel balcony. He is dressed in soft hat, with feather, and English cut-away coat; sho in Leghorn' hat, cocked up with plume. Sho carrics o pongee parasol, bound with black lace, ana wears a pongoo redingoto, with black lace sleoves to match her parasol. In tho old tirno of Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis and Mrs. Dr.' Hush young ladies and poodles in hot weather both needed muslin; but times havo changed. "Aw, Miss Ashton," Augustus remarks, "thwal I ethkort you ,to tho Congwcs Spwing?" "Thanks, Mrsthei* de Gourtney, thanks 1" replies Miss Ashton, taking his arm. J/ Then they saunter to tho spring, drink two glasses and walk around tbo park. She hangs lovingly on his arm as 6he watches the swirreis and fawns, or looks up sweetly as she gossips confidentially about the "horrid dresses the Scroggs girls y,ear." Iiefurning to the spring, they drink the third glass and return to "The States.1 Now thoy walk threo times up and down the balcony to show their morning coptumcs; then spcep in to breakfast, where they read the Saralogiav, eat Spanish mackerel, woodcock and spring chickcn, give tho waiter a dollar and gossip about tho Jones girls, whoso mother used to keep a boarding house. 'Bah ! Some people do put on such airs!" remarks Miss Ash ton. Af>r>r hwnkfiist and ciirars all sit on the back balcony of "The Stutos" to talk and "spoon" and hear Professor Stubs' muific. Timo, half-past ton. Sentimental young ladies now "spoon" under mammoth {umbrellas, with newspapers in front. ' Oh, Mortimer! I am afraid somebody is watching us!" "5io, they kont, you kcw, Mith Mollie; but its hawid to sit in such n cwowd ? perfectly atwoc-ious; let's, walk up to the gwaveyard." "To see the Indians. Mortimer?" "Oh, yes; they're jolly nice?perfectly lovely?splen " And off they ^o to tho Indian encampment on the hill. At two P. M. dinner?sweetbreads, salad, Philadelphia squabs aud champagne. "0 gracious! Mortimer, arn't my [checks red?" Mortimer's Jatiiev-^nrter eating squabs and drinking champagne, sherry and claret remarks:? ' Did it ever occur to you, Mr. Smith, that a plaiu Kko mc could havo tho gout?" Dinner operand all retire to balcony "to smoko and read the papere. Sentimental 3'oung pcoplo retiro to ? iim/Iau nm Kunllnc an/1 curiicra UIJU UHU unuvi uutvi vnc*^ miiv twenty inch fans and Mr.' Courtney reads sentimental poetry: You kissed me! My soul, in a bliss so divine, Reeled and swooned like a foolish man drunken with wine! j.And I thought 'twere delicious to die I thou?if Death " y'r-y'; v :t: ' .ujms ,iqj3?? 3&3?! Would but Q^ne while ray lips were yet motet with your breath ! Ami these are the questions I ask jflay . ! Must my life taste but one such exquisWould you care if your breastwer? And?if you cvere here?wwld - Then lire '^poonic8t''-yoi!ng^^j!^j!% an tin tor nrop In tlia rp?? o^ffiHi/T? -V & or"do wn VoThT doiibT^Be|^IJ1n^^n-gTto^ALta,d ba^bnr thwp grosVrnin silks, tight to hipj^orig lon^"-train, -tfftfc % Hair braided in abort- stem; beiilfftt.' r? Gentlemen in 'tevv^tyw tails." "Mr. de Courtney, isn't ibis, d?ess too sweet for anything?" >. "Just tdo lovely,- Mith Asbjfrn. And ain't the mewsic awful jolly toi njgbt^uV^ , , 'it : . Admiring mothers now loo.rt-on;f|r?a hold extra - chairs. Rich old^ ' ; j. lors who otftt'dogcarta^ bow, pti&gBBB ; bouquets and retir'c/1 m plc^s jecltido jfic^ liiuiuui'b ucaipy lODg^uc^.w cnaira ^pj around the hop room- and-' com men-cos.- Small talk ttstfrps-nire ' tinip b^*ce^tIio sets.. ? ^ 'V' ; ' Youxo ifADY?Gibi ; Mf. Brown I $ kont, yen kneu! flho sqnar donee# Jl arc beastly?perfectly atwocious? hawible ? perfectly dro'jul." LetV donee a galop.' They'r lawful jolly-1 perfectly divino. 'Twelve P. M.?Hop oyer and light* out. Girls drink lemonade in rccojition room, talk about ruined, dr.<ws skirts, and handsorno follows rash down to Morrissey's. : 71 "I'll make or break to-fligbl."' : -i. Table loaded with white and r?d checks, champagne flow^ and cignr smoke fills the air, like a cherubim. "Gus, lend mo $10?'! "The whito loses and the.red wins,!' slowly repeate the dealer. w4 "My God, l!m ruined K' ~ * After midnight?streets, silent; hotel dark. The click of the gpn)biers' of the gamblers' checks soirakfa out irora tne gilded baunt'of tlte revellers. Lizzie dreams' of -dresses, of love, of heaven? and of her dear innocent Augustus, ; :r> : "Who smashed that cbampaga? bottle into the mirror?" Then they carry Augustas ho'ba&ihnir over hi3 face and lies blue bleared and blinded. ^ "Oh, please keep it from father!" v Why do I reflect ? Why do X loolc upon all this sinning ana soirOjffiri this verity anil vanrty^this; glatfnj&s and giddiness, and rio'goodj; Sarrowfull I bow uiyhe^widsax:;.;. , . | We are born; we dance.; w^weeprt'; We love,.we laugh-rwediel . Ah! wherefore do we laugh or we<!p? Why do we love?and die?. / "Who'knows that secret deep?- ..." Alas r not I. We toil through pain and wrongs- \ We fight?and fly;, "We love; we loset and then, ere long; Stone dead we lie-! -v 0, life! is nil thy song, ' * .liioii. . a jf:. jL^jiuuie in HI uie r "EL'I Perkins >-fav(t ;ri:;a '.fyislu '*ul. t*l > Mfl}WfrOC>: . -Ji r ? . The Columbus Enquirer, Laving completed'its inquiry into the state of local social science, presents' tfie | followifi^ report,'which'is as vividly drawn as one of l)ore's pict'nrfea: <A sorry?sight it is to see a spike team, consisting' ot a * skeleton steer and a skinnyj blind mule, with a rope harness and a squmt?eyf& I driver, hauling a barrel of new, whiskey over poor roads, on a heV' maphroditc wagon, into a forming district where the people are In I #1 ft n /I 4l? A /ill 1 lrl l?An ^At?AA/^ f A uv;uij turn mi? vuiiv.il ^11 iui^u vw practice scant attire by day and hungry sleeping at night.' <> - ^ * The Tipton Shishcr speaks thus of Mrs. Sartoris: "Nellie Grant had only twenty-fivo trunks ?of clothes when sho started across the occan. Fourteen years ago, when she droro the old blind horse in a bark-milkshokept her duds in a soap-boy. Tho l whirligig of timo, along with a few raids through tho South and soine : contracts, ' work wonders." Tho | full-grown white man who would I write thus about an unoffending little ! female woman, merely because her i father happens to bo a political iraud, i _ i it. . Mo ; uusurvcB IU IPIVU uiu gi uvu ui m* I raotlicr-in-law run over by a drove of i wild jackasses.?Courier-Journal : ! Sufferers from coughs, coltis, bronchitis, croup, innuenza or whooping cough, will fin4 relief in Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which has now been in use for Incarlv half a century, and still' maintains its long established reputation as the great remedy for all diseases of the throat, lungs andchest. : . ? A Kentucky man whilo druhk ordered Lis wife to take a hamn/er and a nail and knock his teeth out. With that meekness of spirit and ; obedience wliioh characterizes her sex, that loving wife obeyed the orders of her lord. AVbeu lie ^ot sober Iris swearing didn't eoujif^ because he mumbled it so it codld not be understood. ?r?: V.." The vegetable that young ladios love is to matc-obf . . - " - ' ' ' ' i