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THE ABBEVILLE PRESf AND BANNER. BY ?. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1874. VOLUME XXII--NO. 22.11 <f* C0NGARE2 OH II! Columbia, 8. O. jiii ini Proprietor. Manufacturer of Steam En gines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of al Descriptions made to Order I was awarded tue nrso pruuuuu on castings at tho State Agrir.ul tural and Mechanical Society Fairs held in Columbia, November, 1871 72, 73. MANUFACTUBE Cricular Saw Kills of all sizes ALSO Took tho First Premium at State Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '72 Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. Gin Gearing of tho following sizes. ft fw nrhon] nml nininn ?30 Of 10 " 44 44 44 32 5( 11 " " " 44 35 Of 12 44 44 44 44 45 0C 14 14 44 44 44 50 OC With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot ton Press $10.00 auil $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. Dec. 10,1873, 3o-tf New Store! NEW GOODS!! * *y THE undersigned have just opne* an entire new stock of GROCEBIES, Provision and Liquors, As well as Other Goods in their Line. At the Old-Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TROWBRIDGE & CO., whew we will be pleased to serve the public CHEAP FOR CASH. A. M. HILL. .Tan. 29, 1873, 42-tt | POSTP^EMENT! FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT IN AID OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. DAY FIXED AND A Full Drawing Assured ?OX? May, 38tl Jiwite. 1874 LAST ^ANCE " " flAWHIl M ?1 ( All JSA0Z rUAAUKA i A postponement of the Fifth Concer of the Public Library of Kentucky ha* been so generally anticipated, and is w manifestly for the interest of all con cerned, that it must meet the approva Kit all The day is now absolutely flxe? and there will be no variation from tin programme now announced. A suffi cieut number of tickets had been sold t< have enabled us to have bad a Iarg< drawing on the Slst July, but a shor; postponement was considered prcferabh to a partial drawing. Let it be borne ii mind that THE FIFTH GIFT C0NCER1 IS THE LAST WHICH WILL EVEI tr%tr\T<n mrvf.i * % * t & JiJBi U^J-Uilv inics triAti TER AND BY THE PRESENT MAN AGEMENT. That it will positively and unequivo cally take place as announced on Monday, 30th November, that the music will be the best thi country affortds, and that $20,000 CASH GIFTS, AGGREGATING $2,500,0001 will Vm rliotrihnfo/1 hv Inf. nmnnir tin mill tfV UIVVI1VVK.VVI WWQ ?" ticket holders. 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Ayer's fever & ague cure. $1,00 per bottle, at PARKER A PERRIN'& V July 1874, 14-4t DESERTED. i The river flowed with the light on Ita < breast, And tbe waves went edding bv, I And the round, red aun went down in , the West, 1 "When my love's loving lips to my lips were prest, t Under the evening skyNow weeping alone oy the river I stray, For my love has left me this many a day; 4 Left me to droop and die. I As the river flowed then, the river flows j still, ' ) In ripple and foam, and spray, I On by the church, and round by the , hill, And under the sluice by the old burnt mill, ' And out by the fading day: But I love it no more, forideliRht ffrows i cold i When the song is sung and the tale is J told, i And the heart is given away. I Oh river, run farl Oh river, run fast! ( Oh, weeds, float out to the sea! For the sun nas gone down on iny beau- i tlful past, i And the hopes that like bread on the waters T cast, Have drifted away like thee I Bo the dream it is fled, aud the day it is J done, i And my lips will murmur the name of , one ( Who will never come back to me. ^ , Our Evening Party. I thought, said Miller, there was iioiriftthincr in the wind that cold Mon O " day night when I got back from the oity and found a double supply of favorite hot buttored muffins awaiting me, and my slippers 60 nicely aired on the hearth. Hut I was sure of it when my wife said smiling, "I hope j'ou like the tea, dear; I put an extra 3poonfnl in, because it is such a bleak oight for you and my eldest daughter, Molly, laughed so very heartily at my old story of the Chinese Missionary, which I think so good that I Lake every opportunity of repeating it. "Now Molly," said I, as I took down my meerschaum after tea; "now, Molley, what is it ?" "What is what, papa?" said Molly; \.i* olirt InnfrKr>rJ rnriRfinns little augh all the same. 'Come,' I retorted, 4let us have it. What is it you want to coax out of me now ?' 'Well, Molly, as papa seems so cunning at finding us out, I think we had better tell him what wo have been talking about,' said my wife. 'Well, Tames, the girls and I have been talking all the afternoon, and, ahem? Lhese poor things, James, do t<o want fou to give tbem an evening party? something a little stylish, you knowike other people,' 'An evoning party!' I repeated in imazement. 'Oh yes! do, papa,' said Molly, siting down on the hassock at my feet, ind putting her rosy cheek "on my tnce. She is an admirable haud at joaxin^, is M0II3*. 'Yes, dear, why should wo not be 1 ike our neighbors, at least sometimes ?like Mrs. Vyner, for instance ?' pur- c Hied my wife, singling out an ac- r juaintance who was my pet aversion. 1 'Well, bccause wc can't if we tried; * >vc haven't got the money,' I replied. r You must surely soo what nonsense it f s to talk of our being like Vyner, f *hen his partnership in Double X wrings him in a couple of thousands a ' fear, and I have barely as many hunJreds.' c 'Well, bat we might just show Mrs. s ^yner we know what's what.' When we went to bed my wifo re- c. turned to the attack, and did not leave ne till she was victorious. Her chief } argument now was that we 'ought to J jive Molly a chance; and Molly c thought so herself* There was young Kelly looked very sweet at her; but ' bow could we expect a respectable foung fellow like him to come forward j: unless ho saw we knew somebody, und were not quite out of the palo of ?00d society ?' My dear,' said I, 'pray do not put 8 these silly notions into Molly's head. ? Kelly always seemed to me to be : rather spooney on Ellen Yyner, and : not at all on Molly.' 'Ah, the Vyners always try to v make out that he is quite devoted to c them; but I flatter myself I know white from black when I sec it?yes, * pes, I think so, indeed.' r 'Well, if you really think so, we \ Slight to give Molly this part\\' said ' [, reluctautly. * 'Yes, that would bo a good excuse 1 for beginning. But I think we ought to give one every year for the future.' I I groaned in spirit and said, 'Pray ] let us get safely over this before we ' talk of any more. I confess I think f the whole notion absurd?the ex- ' pensc, the trouble, the probability of 1 a break-down with such servants as ( ours. But I supposo you must have your way.' < Accordingly, in the morning my 1 wife and two daughters formed themselves into a permanent committee of < ways and means. They decided that J things could not possibly got ready i under a month, and for the wholo of i that time we were in a state of dis- i turbance. First, it was found out i that tho drawing-room curtains were I old and shabby, and wo must have ? new ones ; then, that tho dining-room carpet did not suit tho furniture? 'and you don't wish people to think i we have no taste, dear ?' said my wife. < Now. it was my old book-case that i had to be shoved into an unobtrusive i corner, where I had to go and hunt s for my papers in ^he dark; next; oue nearly broke ono's neck over a now ' music-stand which had arrived that morning, and had been left in the i passage, 'only just for a minute till the carpet was put downthen if any < friend came in, there was scarcely a single place where one could sit down. In a word, all quiet, homely, 1 comfortable ways wore at an end; and j what with upholsters, carpenters, piabo tuners, an^Aurners, and others, it was just as bad as if wo were 'flit- < ' T m?o kaiiwfiNr /#] n A 4 K Vlllg* X WOO til J UJU V* ViV/A V. when they at1 ast declared themselves ready to send out 'the invitations/ r* The first name written down in all' tho lists was, of course, Fred Kelly's sc ?to catc h whom (in plain English) gi >ur party was given. ac Next after Kelly in our common gi list came the names of the Vyners? da father, mother, and two daughters? de without whose eyes to observe our te success in securing Fred, the triumph th ivonld scarcoly havo bcon complete, dc A.11 the rich people of our acquain- th Lance followed; singularly enough, th there was not a shadow of doubt th ibout any of these, nor about thai Lawny young idiot Northcoat, who ti< knew the younger son of a lord, di rwo budding barristers from the Sc fempie were also passed, nem. con.? on 'they moved in such good society." a i [ suggested asking the Prince and ly Princess of Wales, but found my little ge oke received (for the first time, I wi nust confess) with chilling silcnce, as wi :he awful gravity of tho occasion re- pr juired. ' io< There was a charming unanimity 'b\ ibout asking some of our less iin- de portant acquaintances. Thus poor he Miss Graham was asked, because she pe tvaa so good-natured, and 'never qb- in ected to nlay any quantity of dao4t>- w< nusic.' Then Tomlins could carve, Hid Tickers talks so well. Mrs. foi jruhbins, too, and the three Miss bl< -? LL: I ryfiPnnA I MA jruuuiuoco >yuuiu uc uiui muj vuvuu- av 3d if they were left oat?so 'there he svas no help for it, we mast have in ;hem.' ve Other names caased more discus- he ?on. I was obstinate, when I found ny wife and Molly were positively pe Junking of leaving out my old school- M 'ellow, Dick Wotherepoon?the best 1 i >f good fellows, only rather rough in.fo< lis manner, as most of these enthusi- up istic artists are. It was not, however) >n this account so much that my wife ? lislikcd him, as the fact that, though pli >ver thirty, he seemed to bo making all 10 headway at all in life, and w$9 inj limsclf beginning to think he had hu nistaken his profession. Indeed, he ,vas so poor that I had frequently wi ent him a five pound note. But I ac mtiT ntrorrnlAri mv wife's nhiectionsto wl ,w " w * v* * **'v,w mm" J ~ ~ ~ ^ lim and insisted on his being invited, yo iVith his name onr list of forty-five th vns complete, that number being ten th >r fifteen more than our rooms would w< eally hold; but then, as my wife said, 'w They would be sure, some of them, mi ,o be engaged; and so wo might as un veil have the credit of inviting them ill as not.' til To bo in proper form, wo gave a ten pc lays' invitation, and the interval was da uled over by the milliners. From th norning to night there was nothing ou aut consultations about blonde and M< nuslin, mauve and magenta, or criti- Fr :al examination of patterns, or 'fit- ne irigs on.' For my part, I undertook na o look after the tea supper, and at- ab cndance, for all of which it was m< ibsolutely necessary to contract, siucc tic ve only kept a maid-servant of Iwep- it' y. he The nil-important nignc arrivca at co ast. and the fever of expectation and ea inxiely which had held my woman:ind all the month reached its height, w< I had scarccly taken my position no >n the hearth-rng when a loud rant- wt in at the door and a hearty voice in ac ho passage announced the first arri- I, ral. 'Mr. Wotherspoon!' whispered cri ny wife to me with a touch of annoy- th tnce in her tone; 'ho at any rate rai akes care to be punctual?knows no su< >etter, I suppose.' Whon he was rw tshered in by one of the imitation K< ootmen, he took much the same view an >f our proceedings as I took myself, ity md began chafing me in his free and thi sasy way; 'well, now, Miller, to think coi >f you coming out in such a swell ashionl What on earth possessed by ou to begin giving state-parties, eh ?' tb< 3ut Mrs. Miller?with that increase ph >f dignity which the peach-colored ful atin always gives her?cut his aoda- mi iions levitv short bv asking sharply, "" ' V w V ?well, and why shouldn't we give a sh< >arty like any one else, Mr.?a?Mr. an >Votherspoon ?' The assumed forget- wt ulness of his name was a master- di< >iece and capitally done, considering ' he had never practiced the art of th: nuhbing before. At all events, poor sai )ick seemed to bavo the ground ta- mi ccn from under him all at once, and un >e subsided into a corner near Patty, It vhere he seemed to be better wel- un :omed. yo But hark! the roll of wheels?'the be )razen thunders of the door'?soon ?e' lot intermittent, but continuous?and ve are presently in the thick of it. a ^ velly came about ten, a little stiffor p?* ban usual; but not until half-past did 60 ,he Yyners sweep into the room, Mrs. V? 17 1 1 ? : 1 ? nA??tnniia anri' til' r yner uvcrwiifimni^i^ wut bwuu ? >*. jatronizing in her bluck velvet drees. m' But she soon contrived (without say- 8W ngso) to make us understand that ihe wondered T\e could venture to w' nvite her, and that she considered it de jo little, condescension on her part to c0 some. th There could be no doubt that my laughters, Molly and Ellen Vyner, tvere the prettiest girls in the room. *n Yet it was amusing to note the differ- vc jnee in their stylo and appearance. ? Molly, whoso good-natured, rosy faco ^ above her light blue dress seemed like ? \ cherub's floating in the sky, was . radiant, full of life, and sweet as a nij now-blown rose; but she was a little 3*? inn oncfor tn nlojiso nnd triod loo ovi- ^ Jently to mako everything go off ve well. Miss Vyner, on the other hand ?palo, slight, and with finely chiseled ne features?moved through the rooms to [v very statue of dignity and self-pos- e3 3C8sion. Quiet, perfectly well-bred, a 1 and polite, she rather discouraged the m: advances of her admirers, including Kelly; but her very discouragement ?P seemed only to make them more at- th tentivc. If she had a fault, it was Jc she evidently knew her own value so dc well; she might have been a duke's daughter instead of a brewer's? an though, indeed, I believe Yynor and M C Li_ I iLl-l. - many ui ma uusiiicbb iiuijk. a uiw?w iu or a banker now-a-days a greater 'B grandee than any nobleman. m I am glad to say the party itself, El notwithstanding our misgivings, went off withoot any particular hitch. In W fact, it seemed like thousands of siqii- he l&r affairs given by ppqp.jp of the i| middle classes who know no better. Thcro was tfec sftiuc rvo at first, since in a miscellaneous ithering very few of the guests were iquainted with each other; the same adual thawing as we got up a little mco (which, with hypocrisy that iceived nobody, we pretended to exmporizc); the same intense heat in e rooms, the same jamming in- the lorways, the same forlorn groups in e corners, groups that looked as if ey knew they ought to be enjoying omselves and were not. And, when tho novelty of the posi>n wore off, I did not find it very fficult to play the part of the Jbost. > I tried to say a pleasant wortl to \j guest that seemed doll, arranged couple of whist tables for the elderpeople, and in fact worked hard merally at amusing everybody. My ife, however, as the hours wont on ithout mishap, grew prouder and ouder of her hired grandeur, and deed, like old Wcller's Shepherd, veiled wisibly' in magnificence of portment and manner. In my aring alone she told six different rsons that 'there were forty-five vited: but unfortunately so many jre engaged.' 'I think you ought rather to say rtanately,' replied that disagreeab Mrs. vyner, as my wife made this mark to her. 'My dear Mrs. Millor, >w eould you get any more people l-rt ttiunn wnnmo ? A nd o ornwil 19 HO UV bllVOV iUVUlO i 1AIIV4 M V1VIIU -? -r w ry unpleasant,' she added, fanning irself vigorously. When I took Mrs. Vyner in to sup-' r, she said, blandly, 'I did not know r. Miller?yes, champagne, please? aevor knew before that you kept a Dtraan,' looking hard at one of the iholsterer's mutes. Why, he is like Vyner's small ale for verv occasional use only,' I re ied, determined sho should not have [ the sarcasm to herself, and knowgshe hated any reference to her isband's business. She took revenge, however, on my fe, by saying to her soon afterward ross the table, 4How very nice these lips are, Mrs. Miller! I must get u to give me the recipe.' Of course e odious woman knew verv well at tho creams, like everything else, <re furnished by the upholsterer ho did for us;' but she succeeded iu iking my wife blush and feel very comfortable for tho tirao. The dance was kept up with spirit 1 lour ot* five o'clock, and the young nnlo At. anv rate, esneciallv rav """ "J ~ / "I" ~ tr ughters Molly and Putty, enjoyed ia_part of the business most thorghly. Toward the end, bowover, ally became rather sulky bccause ed danced so much with Miss Yy- i r;and my wife was highly indignt at Dick Wotherspoon's hanging out Patty. Indeed, she would al)st have proceeded to open hostiliia if T hftfl nnt. Kt.onn?d her : and. as kvaa, Wothorspoon evidently guessed r motive in always disturbing bis nfubulations with Pattv, and left rlr. Wbcn our guests were gone wc H-e soon in bed, from which wc did t. risR till noon. Even then Pattv is very tired, and Molly bad a headhe?doe to Miss Vyner, I suspected, too, was disgusted with the hypoitical pretenses and tho bother of e whole thing. My wife alone was diant, and thought the party a great ccess, owing to her own admirable magement. She was sure, too, that , jlly on leaving hod thanked her, i d pressed her hand with a cordial; most unusual with him; and on j is ground, she told Molly to take , urage, and all would come right. And her exultation was increased , several of our guests who called in a afternoon, and lisped the usual , rases on such occasion. 'Delight- ( gathering.' 'Enjoyed ourselves so ich.' 'Quito a success.' When Mrs. Vyner called, however, ! e threw a little damp on my wife's j lor. She pretended to praise?she , is always more malicious when she i that. I 'How very good of you to take all , is trouble?so unexpected, tool' she id. 'And how very well you did mage, considering you were quite accustomod to this sort of thing! mnat. liar a hopn n mnflfc formidable dertaking, I'm Bare. And I hope n, Mr. Miller, were not very much j hind-hand with your work in conjuenco.' Generally I could give Mrs. Yyner Poland for her Oliver; but on the esent occasion, ray conscience sided much with her in her politelyilcd sarcasms?I mean I thought em so just?that I really could only utter out some common-piace ao'er, 'I'm afraid you are a little tired th your exertions, Mrs, Miller; ined, they must have been immense,' ntinued the merciless virago, seeing at I was in no mode lor reply, ut 1 am sure, it was very kind of u to try so hard to give us a pleast evening. And as you are such ry old friends, I thtnk I may tell >u a little secret, just to show you w much we aro indebted to you. * ? ? t_ _ x a, I uare say you Know wnai it is. ed Kelly proposed to Ellen last ' ght, and it all arranged?so kind of iu, I'm sure, to give him tho oppornity. And wo think it will be a ry nice match, don't you, Molly?' Poor Molly held out till Mrs. Vyr was gone, when she made a rush her own room, with a tear in each e. She had scarcely left us when doublo knock announced tho post an. 'It is from Wotherspoon,' I said, ening tho lettor. 'Do you know I ink our new splendors, Jane, made >u seem a little rude to him ycsterty?' Ah, well I if I am never rudo to y one of more' consequenco than r. Wothorspoon, it will bo no great atter,' she replied, contemptuously, ut I am grieved and vexed beyond ? 7T.1I.. easure auout tms young . len Yyner, indcod!' Dear me j' said I, as I glancetj over ftUlprspoup'e letter; 'yon'11 lijse to i^r this, I think, Jane.' So J read io Uer. 'Dear Miller I am sorry to be ijiged to lc-ftvp wHhoqt filing to bid yon good-bye, but have just met some friends who arc going to Italy, and I have decided to accompany them. As we start to-morrow, X am in an awful hurry, and I shall bo away at least two years.'" 'And a very good thing, too,' interrupted my wife. 'Do you know I am quite sure he would have made Patty an offer last night, if I had not looked so well after her that I never gave him the chance? I have always wondered, James, you never would seo the depth of that man. However, we shall be safe from him for some time, it seems.' (Hitifn ' antrl T \?uitu oaivj ouiu jl? "'Thcro were ono or two things that I particularly wished to tell you) last night, but in such a crowd 1 had no opportunity, and ' 'There, I told you James 1' broke in my wife again. 'One of those things, you may depend on it, was a proposal, and I'm glad I stopped it.' 'All right, only do let me finish 1' 'And, to tell the truth, I was a little nottled, (you know that I was always too sensitive) because I thought Mrs. Miller last night scarcely treated me with quite the kindness due to an old friend. So I ran away early, and did j not say what I intended. Perhaps it j is as well. One bit of news about J me, however, I am sure you will be J glad to hear, and I feel that I ought ' not to go away without telling you. { A few days ago, to my iramenso de- 1 light and astonishment, 1 received a ? lawyer's letter, informing me that I was heir-at-law to a distant relative 1 who had died in Jamaica; so that I f have dropped all at once into five 1 thousand a year. Rather jolly, isn't ' it? But I won't forget all your five- ( pound notes; and if ever jou want a ' little cash, old follow, just you ask 1 your old obliged friend, 1 R. WOTHERSPOON.' " ( 'Five thousand a year!' groaned my wife now. 'But how could I know, Jaraca? Why didn't Mr. Wotberspoon tell us?' 1 'Well probably, dear, because you 1 stopped nim so adroitly,' said I, laugh- 1 ing maliciously, 'and perhaps he first wished to see whether we cared for 1 him without his money.' 'Oh, dear! oh, dear! couldn't I write a note of apology and bring 1 him back?' 'No; if I know Wotherspoon, it is too late. And you said, Jane, he is too deep for that'.' 'Ah, well,' said she, quite piteously. 'And this is all the reward one gets for putting oneself out of the waj*, and going to all this expense to give 1 one's friends a treat.' Our motives, I could not help think- 1 ing, had not been quite so disinterested as my wife now wished to mako out. Few people do give parties, I fear, on the pure principles of Pick- 1 wickian benevolence. However, we had got a lesson, and I am happy to say our first evening party was our 1 last. I The Newspaper. 9 Science, it may be said, has shown ns how to make a newspaper tho 1 cheapest created articlo in the world, > As an oxamplo of workmanship, the | damp, fresh journal that lies on the breakfast-table is the highest type of ' what capital, industry and skill can < produce in the way of cheapness. 1 The needle, tho common pin, tho steel ' pon, in their way show a similar re- 1 suit. But it would bo far easier for ' tho unskilled person to make a nee- < die, a pin or a pon than to compose I " n*n-tin<iTiflii Tn nno xva con what. 1 lb II V v? C^UfJVI AU VMV ?1 V WW .. the perfection of machinery will do t in the way of fineness and cheapness < of workmanship.But the newspa- 1 per, says an exchange, represents the I achievements of machinery and the i results of enorgy and patient thought t combined. For less than the cost of 1 a cigar, a loaf of bread, or a cop of ? coffee, the journalist sells the com* 1 bined efforts of hundreds of men. 1 To enable him to make his newspa- I per, his ministers go to ail quarters of < the world. And so perfect has the ' relation between the true journal and < u ?lwtf - n?WO_ 1 UIO pCUJJIO UCI/UI1IV, tuok U givua IIV.IU- paper is no more and no less than a ' great commonwealth. It has the re- ' sponsibility and many of the attri- j butes of sovereignty. There is no 1 Buch power for good or evil as now J rests in the hands of the journalist. > Every day he scatters his sheets ' broadcast to the four winds, to fall I like seed npon barren and stony as < well as upou fertile ground, to bear ( fruit which may bo wheat and may 1 be tares. We do not say that in all 1 cases this labor is honestly, carefully J done. We are well aware that thou- < sands of tares are sown every day? slanders, falsehoods, disparagements, reckless statements that* faring forth | sorrow and heart-burning. But we do feel that every year there is less and less of this, that journalism is j becoming moro and more a profes- | sion, that the truo editor feels that he is in some sense a judgo, and that it will bo woo unto him if ho deals un- j justly. So that in a moral sense, as a mighty influence acting directly and incessantly upon public opinion, as well as in a social and bueiucss , sense, as tho instrument of news and j business affairs, tho newspaper takes ' ? ?1. am ? cf O_ every uay u uuu uv.. , tion, { , Tho vonerable Archdeacon Scott, of Dunham, Canada East, says that he | suffered from dyspepsia more than , twenty-five years, but that three , weeks' use of the Peruvian Syrup, (an Iron tonic) has benefittted him so , u?r>n/irtHiiHv ihftt ho can hardlv nor- i suade himself of the reality, and people who know him are astonished < at the change. -? "Had you, air," said Jlenry-Grsklno to a dilatory carpenter, "been there 1 to buil'i the ark, we should not havo 1 had the flood yet." 1 ' i "Wuittier beiug asked far his auto- ( graph wrote: ~ rfiie name is but the shadow, whioh we find, TqpfteB, larger &9 man behind, I *"' - ; y':-: '? '/ An Agricultural Ode. . \ Far back in ages . The plow with wreathes was crowned, j The hands of kings and sages Entwined the cnaplets round, Till men of spoil I Disdained the toil 1 By which the world was nourished* Ana blood and pillage were the soil In which their laurels flourished. < Now the world her fault dispaii^?? ( The guilt that stains her story, And weeps her crimes arald> the cares That forms her earliest glory.* ' The throne shall crumble, fs| * The diadem shall wane. Jfcn The tribes of earth shall hurobf^f , The pride of those who reign ? < And war shall lay k His pomp away; The fame that heroes cherish/^ t The glory won in deadly fray j Shall fade, decay and perish, , 1 Honor waits o'er all the earth, - f Through endless generations, ' The art that calls the harvest forth, And feeds the expectant nations. ^ ? Wm. C. Bryant, t ?, Walk for Lift. We remeftber the case of a friend ] who dosed himself with laadannm ] tvfthonfc knowincr it. bv eatincr too freely of a certain coagh nostrum. He was made to drink pare stroDg ; joffeo and kept walking seven hoars j. before he recovered. The laudanum ileep is fatal when onco fastened on ts victim. The Baltimore Gazelle v says: d On Sunday afternoon a young man C aamed George Falk, swallowed, as he stated, three ounces of laudanum and v five grains of morphia, in order to v and his life. There was but ono tfay jf saving him, and that was to keep him in motion. After rolieving him [is far as possible, his physicians or- t der that he bo walked until he was d out of danger. s At half past two o'clqpk, Sunday morning, he was put upon his tramp fl for life, and was to walk in th6 open c air as rapidly as ho could. His fath- c er kept for a long time, and a friend or a policeman assisted, After some hours the father gave ont, and finally * officers and friends grew tired. At ^ last officers bad to be taken from ' their beats and made to do duty in I Baving the life of the would-be suinirlo < ^4UV| K "When the walk commenced it was t with great difficulty that ho could be I Kept going, and so great was his stu- 1 porthat at times he woald almost fall like a stick. Frequently it was , necessary to catch him and move him on. He reeled at times like a drunk- . en man, and then he would revive ! considerably. The dreary, monotonous walk was kopt up without inter- * mission until haif-past six o'clock next morning, whon the physician c consented that he should bo allowed fi to take rest.; ( The life of the young man wa3 t saved, but the struggle lor freedom v from the effects of the drags was a * Bevere one. To have stopped three minutes would have been fatal. x b Eaten by an Aligator. ? A I Queensland paper gives the following t account: Early in April a boy, aged a about fifteen years, the son of a Mr. Porter, of Enri Creek, was dragged t by an alligator into a water-hole a jloeo by his father's house. It ap- t pears that this boy and his elder ^ brother had been engaged in getting j, pigs into a stye, and that tho poor ' ad who is gone went into tho edgo \P 4 Im mnlai<.linla 4ft wneh n. rrpnnn t SJL bUV II MbVi'ilV/IW VV ?l t?WU M VWM bide rope which they had been using r with the pigs. While he was so en- v *agcd his little sister, who was sitting a >n the bank hard by, saw the alliga- 8 tor seize the boy by the leg and drag t lim under ihe water. She gave the b ifarra, bat it was, of coarse, too late; .he brate had dragged the boy down jo tho bottom, and nothing more was n teen of !iim for several days, when a D eg and a portion of his clothing v loated to the surface. A few days j, atcr the same paper thus records the 3 AC *U/\ ftlliMflfAH TKa 4C0U UUUUU VI IUC (lliigavuit J.I1V Q jrute was over twelve foet long, and jf very great ago, probably over one hundred years. This was indicated * by the condition of bis monstrous 1( teeth, many of which wore gone alto- * jether, and the remainder ver much jj worn. He also showed scars and ? jevoro marks of former battles, hav- y ng lost a considerable portion of ono ? >ido of his snout, probably Ditten off w by some rival alligator. Inside the v stomach was found the skull and jomo of thoboncsof the boy. Among q ihe bones wero ftund some of the v s^rtobrte, already much worn by the ? iction of the stomach, and also soft- f jned, probably by the gastric juice. a t Probabilities. ? Tho following 1 beats old probabilities out of sight: 1When you sco a man going home L at two o'clock in in tho morning, and know his wife is waiting for him it is j. likely to be stormy. ^ Wlmn o mon Tv>rf?icpq n bill for . joods his wife bought unknown to L bim, look out for 'thunder and light-! c ning.' t When a man goes home and finds | no supper ready, the fire gono out, ( xnd his wifo crusading, it is likely to t bo 'cloudy.' fl When a man promises to tako his u wifo to a party and change his mind j after she is dressed, you may cxpact t \ 'shower.' j When a man saves his cigar money to buy his wifo a new bonnet and the children now shoes, it indicates a i jpell of sunshine. j When a man dies and loaves a nico i poung widow with plenty of money, ( ?nd you see her walking out wilh \ 3neoi uio executors on Sunday, & ? ohange Is imnJr,cut. r i ? c Medical students are warned not to e isk a ccrtain Western jtiiaister to preach for them. J(o has his text * ready. "In his diseases Asa sought not to the Lord, hut to tho physiuians. And Asa slept with his futh- r 3rs." j! ??> \ Stepping dawn and out?Ho wh<a U l hanged* ' Thn Anrfftvonn /7???IU- ?."IT " r. J. Hobertson as its' candidftta J. B. Kershaw will bo tho Coiweiy v f" rativo candidate for Governor of thw H No locals in the Lexington Ditpttich or the past month. We have trie# v.;' ,o get one from it for onr paper bat >;. pwu. Tho Newberry Herald says: Tbo. dewberry base-ballists arc lood., in heir praises of tbe Cokesbary peopI^J^ * ispe^nUJy the female portion.; " 26,520 bales vf cotton were shipped rom Newberry from Septom%? l9 873 to September 1,1874. o the people of Anderson, in * In tho Grcenvillo Hepublicatt! eon* 'ention resolutions were adopted-; orsing Chamberlain for tho next .* rovernor, and Wallace for CoogSM^^^ ' Mr. John Catlett has gone on a iait. f.n Tonnnanoo IT a will* nth a drove of horses and mulea. his fall.?Andersoh Conservator. Mr. A. 0. Langston, fbrmerly ho Anderson Conservator office, haa ecided to make his home ia Jefjpfr* on City, Texas. There is threat diversity of! opinkwfe ,s to the fall trade prospects-,. Somo nerchants are hopeful, bat others are } lespondent.?Newberry The Marion Observer comes to n& his week in half sheet. Cause?the 3evil absent 'from tho office-. The Editor hopes for his return, when tho japer will come oat as usual. Mr John Cannon, from Pomarta, 5. C., has bought Mr. Bozcman'n lot ; it Williamston, for which ho |>aid iUU cash. He expects to baud & arge hotel and store on said lot. Workmen are busy repainting tho' Episcopal Church. It is to be paintid a light stone color, and when, finshed will be one of the handsomest mildings in town.?Anderson Conser'ator. Gen. John A. Wagoner is annoah- . :ed in the Charleston Daily Sua, as a mitable candidate for Governor. Jen. Wagener is a gentleman )f inegrity, honesty rnd ability, and voald doabtless redeem the fallen /, brtunes of the State. Absent.?For the next four or five reeks the editor of the A. B. Prosyterian expects to be absent at Pros- ' * >vtery, ministering to the comfort Of he sorrowing and bereaved, and at-. H .ttcnding the meeting of Synod. ^ A new postage stamp, to bo iseded o postmasters for the purpose of ffixing them to newspapers under he new rates, which goes into effect. he first of next next year, will shorter be forthcoming. Mr. John L. Harper, a young genloman of Lowndesville, who nad ecently returned from Baltimore rhere ho completed his odncation ia . basmess collcgo, died from & con;estive chill on Wednesday evening; he 10th of August. He xyas to bav.o eg an business inAnderson this week. Newspaper Postage.?In regard o the new postal law, we stafcTtbat ewspapers now go through tho sails free of postage in tho County rhero published. That part of tho &w took effect on the first of July. ?he othersections of the law go into pcration the first of next January. Courteous.?Tho editor of tho democrat North- West makes this rojinder to bis competitor: "The edior of tho Henry County Signal simply ics when ho says this p^pcr received : 3,500 from tho county Treasury last ear. Wo novcr received 13,000, nor alf that sum, and this highly moral uss know he was tolling a falsehood ?hcn ho mado tho statement. The Eub ?"Wo understand the Jokesbury Club of Ease Ball players rill come down soon to play tho rub ame with our Nowberry bovs. Wo lope they will come. Oar lioys aro .nxious to reciprocate tho hospitality hey enjoyed in Cokcsbury daring heir stay there, and to win'thechamtionshid. Hurry ap, Cokosbufy.? Vewberry Herald, Rev. J. I. Bonner, the ablo and lighly popular President of the Duo ? Vest Femalo Colloge, expects to bo n Charlotte, JN. C., Thursday night, ho 1st of October, and will lako harge of any pupils that may be.enrusted to his care, theuo or on inc of tho Charlotte "Railroad, o? in, InliimhiA Ha rtvnfi/.ffl waOft , w. v. ... ?.V VAjFWWO IV WVJ he Charlotte Koad on Frid*\yx tb,o 2d?, ,nd up tho Greenville Ro&4 OA Sat-.! irdoy, tho 4th of CMofoej?, stopping, Friday night in Co^uWibj^. $e hopes] o fia^c parents iyoy,Wie. audi expeusQ. )y this arrangowafc* "Wo hoay all tho Club, iba% icvor hefove in their lives did they nook with auch hospitality and kini*. less, They say that tho people of }afcesburv are tho most generous, find onri hrvan? t fthlft rvf\nn)A thnv li?vit - 1 1 -~~J "? >rey seen* It was a perfect - feast froth nights there was given a dancet it whioh the people vied with each ither to Bhow the strangers favor* >nd kindnesses. .We bear that severe ii oi ino v/iuo ten ineir nearis ai tuo. cone of their dofeat and brilliant ictory. "Wo are glad to know that >ur "boys" received such kind treats nent at the hands of tho Cokesbury >eople, and, c^n truthfnlly say, thai vhen tho Co^esburians como down lere, we will see that they shall not^ ;ojnpIHerald.