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j?:> \'.BY ?. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.' """""a;bb^VILLE; S. q., AVE 1)\?<I)AY, SE PIOJ.ER 1874. .... " ^ ?J - CONGAREE MVIIKS Columbia, S. O. J01 Mill, Proprietor. ^Manufacturer of Steam Engines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. Iwas awarded tho first premium on castings at the State Agrieul i-.-i V?.ira lurai uiiu iuuuuivinvai held in Colombia, November, 1871, *72, 73. MANUFACTURE Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. ALSO Took tho First Premium at Stato Fairs held November, 1S71, '72, '73 Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. Gin Gearing of tlio following sizes, i 5) feet wheel and pinion $30 00 10 " " 44 44 32 r,o 31 " 14 44 , " 35 00 12 44 " 44 14 4-5 00 14 " " 4i 44 50 00 With Bolts $0.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cotton Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. Dec. 10, 1873, 35-tf New Store! HEW GOODS!! THE undersigned have just opne* \ an entire new stock tif GROCERIES, Provision and liquors, At well as Other Goods in1 their Line. At the Old Stand of A. M. TIIIYL, re-' eently TROWBRIDGE & CO., where1 w? will be pleased to serve the public ? t CHEAP FOR CASH. A. M. HILL. Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt CHANGE OF SCEDUL.E. On and after Fridayjff^ugust 28, 1874, the Jfansenger trains on thin Road will U run as follows, daily, Sundays excepted : GOIXO WEST, OK UP. Leave Columbia 7:20 a.m. " Alston 9:05 a.m. " Newberry 10:31 a.m. 41 Cokesbury z:uq p.m. " Bcltou 3:50p.m. Arrive Greenville 5:25 p.m. GOING EAST, OK DOWN. LeaveGreenville 6:30 a.m. " Helton 8:30 a.m. " Cokesbury 10:13 a.m. ** Abbeville 8:15 a.m. " Newberry 1:30 p.m. " Alntou 3:13 p.m. Arrive Columbia 4:45 p.m. H?- Connect at Alston with trains on the Spartanqurg and Union Railroad connecting at Colum; ia, 8. C., with Night Trains on the South Carolina Kailroad, up and down ; also with Trains going North and South on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Baflroad. ABBEVILLE BRANCH. . Train leaves Abbeville at 8.15 A.. 3VI., connecting with Down Train from Greenville. Leaves Cokesbury at 2.10 P. M.. eonnectlnc with U|? Train from Columbia. Accommodation Train, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Leaves Cokesbury at 10.13 A. M.., or on the arrival of the Down Train from Greenville. Leaves Abbeville at 1 o'clock P. M., connecting with Up Train from Columbia. AXDERSON 1JUANCH & W.UE RIDGKDIV'tf DOWN. Leave Walhalla 4:45 a.m. " Perryville o:30a.m. 44 Pendleton 6:20 a.m. 44 Anderson 7:20 a.m. Arrive Bel ton 8:10 a.m. UP. Leave Belton 3:50 p.m. 44 Anderson 4:50 p.m. 41 Pendleton 5:50 p. m 44 Perryvllle 0:35 p.m. Arrive Walhalla 7:15 p.m. Accommodation Train between Beltou and Anderson on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Leave' Belton at 9.30 A. M., or on arrival of Down Train from Greenville. Leave Anderson at 2.00 P. M., connecting with Up Train PnlnmKin iivui V>V?UUIUIM* THOS. DODAMEAD, Gen'l Superintendent Jabez Norton, Gen'l Ticket Agon DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! Dr. H. D. WILSON OFFERS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County And of upper South Carolina. Having just finished a course of study in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, he feels fully competent to attend to all ca?es requiring the exeicise ol skilled Dental Surgery that may be brought to him. He asks the patronage ~ " - *-11 2 of the people, ana guarantees iun #im complete satisfaction. He has procured a full set of first-class Dental Instruments, and Is prepared to do first-class work at most reasonable rates. t&~ OFFICE jnst over Post Office. |* AMP CHIMNEYS of good qualIty, afcpARKER & pERRIN,St [DRUGS & MEDICINES I SR. ANDREW YATES., No? 190, .Abbeville* j 0 I KEEP on hand constantly a; well selected Stock of DIJUGS, I (CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, PATIENT MEDICINES, SOAPS, TOILET A RTICLES, &c., &c. | Having increased my Stock of . Drugs and Chemicals, I am now prepared to supply Physicians, at an | v I exceedingly liberal discount, and re-IP quest them to call ou us before ordering elsewhere. bi Physicians' Prescriptions compound-! tl cd with care and accuracy. j'< If vnn> hnir is thin and inclined toi drop, vou can prevent it by using my -1 IIAIR TOXIC. Thousands have ? tried it, and ail have been pleased di with it. Contains no Dye, and will S| answer the purposo of a perfect hair ~ dressing. Price 50 cents per bottle. ^ A well selected Stock of VAR-|p NISIIES just received, which can be m had at greatly reduced priccs, A Dr. ANDREW YATES, ? No. 190. August 5, 1874, 17-tf ^ Cotton Gins. s of The brown, the taylor lj and the GRISWOLD (un fur- [J nisJied tn order. Repairing promptly ^ done. Also kept on hand a good stock of Bedsteads. Bureaus. Washstands, Tables, Chairs, Chamber suits and other furniture, together with Sewing Ma- aJ chines, White-Wire Clothes' Lines, jY warranted rust proof, Maps, Charts, Picture Frames, &c., &o. Orders solic-:cc ited by J. M. MATTHEWS,! Ninety Six, S. C. May G, 1874, 4-ly CARPENTRY. * THE undersigned hereby gives notice that be is prepared to do all _ kinds of CARPENTER'S WORK and BUILDING. He also repairs COTTON GINS, THRESHERS AND FANS. A full supply of GIN "MATERIAL ~ always on hand. Farmers are requested to bring their Gins up early in the season, to allow time to have them properly i prepared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, the Brooks Cotton Press, and ail kinds of rubber and loathei belting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. H., S. C. {\ July 15, 1874 14-Gm J ? a) | DISSOLUTION. | THE Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, is here- t! by dissolved, and the business will be P hereafter conducted at the old standby " J. B. ROGERS, who will collect the ?j i accounts of the old firm. j. b. rogers. n w. j. rogers, h Aug. 16, 1874. Ii c aPr d. * In retiring from the late lirin of J. B. 01 & \V. J. Rogers, the subscriber returns n his thanks to the public for their past g 'liberal patronage and trust that the Isame will be continued to his successor. I.1 w. j. rogers. {< Aug. 1G, 1874, 19-.1t j; ilv sex&?>. s t ? " r Br. J. W. T&omas * I . f IS prepared to furnish all kinds of LUMBER at the shortest jnoticc at the mill formerly known as ~ iMaury's Mill. The Mill is in good repair, and with a good supply of logs ;on hand, customers need have no 'fear, of delay in fillidgorders. Price \ 'S1.50 per hundred, CASH. a J. W. THOMAS.! April 10, 1S74, 52-tf 11 VALUABLE PLANTATION;! For Sale. !? ! r THAT Valuable Plantation, known!a as CHERRY HILL, on Savan- C I nah River, near Willington, Abbeville | i County, Is offered for sale. On the a ' premises is a large Dwelling House with V i outbuildings. There is a considerable o body of BOTTOM LAND and cleared ; land 011 the Tract, which eontains 4 rtftrt A l)OUU AUCB, I more or less, bounded by lands of Dr.!" J. A. (iibert. Win. Ten nan t. andiT others. If desired, will be sub-divided. 1 For terms apply to WM. H. PARKER, Attorney at Law, Abbeville C. H., S. C. ! July 15, 1874 14-tf MORNING STAR * CORN STARCH, a superior article tor puddings, &c., at ijDuPre, Gambrell & Co.'s 11 May 2(i, 1874. 1 ' Sactopeptlne for Dyspepsia i AND KINDRED DISEASES, will be found SUPEKIOil In such diseases, at Parker & Perrin's, "A corrupt treo," saith the Inspired olunie, "bringeth forth not good fruit," or can corrupt blood impart health, eauty and good flesh, or spirits. "The .Iood is the Life," and health can only s enjoyed in its full perfection where le blood is kept in a pure and uncorinted state, hence the necessity of pure lood, to give health, beauty, buoyant jirits, long life and happiness. An impure condition of the blood, lanifests itself in different forms of iseases, such as Tetter, Salt Rheum, wild-head, Ring Worms, Pimples, Roils lotches, Spots, Eruptions, Pustules, arbuneles, Sore Eyes, Rough Skin, jurf, Scrofulas Sores and Swellings, ever Sores, White Swellings, Tuiors, Old Sores or Swellings, Syphilitic ffections of the Skin, Throat and ones, Ulcers of the Liver, Stomach, idneys, Lungs and Uterus. In this condition of things something needed at onco to cleanse the blood, ?d neutralize the insiduous poison that URNS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE i it courses through the veins, sowing eds of death with every pulsation. Dr. Pemberton's Compound Extract ' Stillingia, (or Queen Delight) will >sitively effect this disideratum, expelng every trace of disease from the ood and system, and leaving the skin DFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL. For all diseases of the blood, livers id kidneys, the Great Vegetable Alrative is without a rival. It will cure ly chronic or long standing disease hose real or direct cause is bad blood, heumatisni, pains in limbs or bones, institutions broken down by Mercurial other poisons, arc all cured by it. or Syphilis, Syphilictic Taint, there is jthiug equal to it. Atrial will prove , It is a most useful Spring and Fall urifier of the Blood. { Its safety and innocence have been Ily ted, so that it may be administered the most tender infant. Beware of counterfeits and subitntcs. Try the Genuine Extract UEEN'S DELIGHT, prepared by Dr. S- PEMBERTON, Atlanta. Ga. For Sale by W. T. PENNEY, Druggist, Abbeville, S. C. March 18, 1874 49-tf m U H U 1*3 i 1 Nearly all diseases originate from Tnigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, nd relief is always anxiously sought rter. If the Liver is regulated in its jtion, health is almost in variably sejred. Want or action in the Liver uises Headache, Constipation, Jaunice, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, hills, .Dizziness, Hour Stomach, l>ad iste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palitation of the heart, depression of spirs, or the blues, and a hundred other nnptoms, for which SIMMON'S LIV;R REGULATOR is the best remedy .of linu nvur lmoil HidPnWrril]. Tf, BCtS lildly, effectually, and being a simple egetable compound, can do no injury 1 any quantities that it may be taken, t is harmless in every way ; it has been sed for 40 years, and hundreds of the ood and great from all parts of the sun try will vouch for its being the pujstand best. immons' Liver Regulator or Medicine 3 harmless, 3 no drastic violent mtdicine, s sure to cure if taken regularly, 3 no intoxicating beverage, s a faultless family medicine, 3 the cheapest medicine in the world, i given with safety and the happiest results to the most delicate infant, foes not interfere with business, loes n'ot disarrange the system, akes the place of Quinine and Bitters of e%-ery kind, on tains the simplest and best remedies. OR SALE BY ALL DllUGGISTS. March 2-3, 1S74, 50-ly TVT r>e. All those indebted to the late firm of miTE, HILL & CUNNINGHAM, re earnestly called to come forward and ^ttle their accounts as early as possible, lie claims may be found in the hands f the new firm, to whom payment lust lie made. Cunningham & Hill. 'resh Arrrivals atWier's Store. The ladies are invited to call and see iv fine stock of FRENCH CANDIES. iCKLES and JELLIES. The best Bsortment of PLaIN and SWEET .'HACKERS in the market. Company Commissaries will come up nd fret their Reef and .Sausage Meat on Vednesdays and Fridays on the arrival f the 12 o'clock train. JNO. A. WIER, Agent. April 8, 1S74, 52-tf iron's Caitlarafliae Plaster OJl BLISTERING TISSUE, AT PARKER & PERRXN'S. July 29 lG-tf SEGARS. S. NEW. AND BETTER BRAND a m iV 4. PARKER & PERRIN'S, A YER'S FEVER & AGUE CURE ?Sl $1.00 per bottle, at PARKER & PERRIN'S. July 187'4, IWt MY HUSBAND. What man is this I must obey; Who, when IJd go, oft bids me stay, And to my Yes says ever Nay? My Husband! What one is this whose lordly soul Is so impatient of control, Lest his dear liberty be stole? My Husband! Who is it frowns when bills come in, And swears it is a shameful sinThrough me he'll soon be ruin's twin? My Husband! When I feci cold, who's ever warm. And thinks a draught can do no harm? Thus always causing me alarm ? My Husband! And when my bones all ache with pain, For which some nostrum I obtain, Who calls me foolish, crazed, insane? My Husband! Who is it thinks his angry brow Must find an answering smile somehow, Temper in me he'll never allow? My Husband! And yet, who is it I love so, That if he bid me stay, not go, I change my Yes to suit his jSo ! My Husband! What tho' he frown when bills appear, Who buys the best for me to wear, To please me well, his greatest caro I My Husband! And when I'm sick, tho' he can't nurse. Who's ever ready with his purse, .And trembles lest I should grow worse? My Husband! What though hisanger sometimes rise? Who keeps mo for his loving eyes, And shares with me both smiles and sighs? My Husband! Who such unsceptered power can wield, To which I fond submission yield, With his strong heart fore'er my shield? My Husband! Who is fny sovereign here on earth? Despite whose faults, is fully worth Tho fondest love that e'er nad birth? My Husband I Sam's Lack. "Confound it!" shouted Sam, ferociously, "My luck again!" Sam was angry. lie had lost the game, and had to pay for tho coffeo. Sam and I were sitting at one of tho windows of the cosy little restaurant where we both usually dined, myself in that delightful dolco far tiicnte state which generally accompanies post prandial digestion, he chewing his scrubby mustache fiercely, and glaring around for some object to vent his wrath upon. Samuel is genorallj- delivery clerk in the post office of our town. Ho is a single gentleman, aged about thirty, as honest and good a soul as ever breathed; has a dry way about him that is quite amusing, and is very fend of grumbling?a habit which tho vexatious duties of his position havo quito naturally made him fall into. His particular forto in this line is his chronic ill luck, which, by tho by, 1 do consider wholly imaginary. Glancing casually out of tho window, I beheld our mutual frieud, Jack IrVRnnrlnl. Rjiunterinf? leisurelv bv. v J -0 _ ^ ? / with his charming intended, Miss May Moonshine, hanging tenderly to his arm. ' Sam !" said I, meditatively. "What is it, George?" inquired tho epistolary apostle. "Just see who is passing by." Sam jerked himself forward and looked. He started. A scowl black as midnight gathered upon hi3 intellectual brow, aud in a tone of unmistakeablo sincerity ho ejaculated,? "Confound it I" "Sam!" I cxelaimcd, in a tone of mild reproof, "methinks I have heard you make that remark before." "Just to think," Sam rambled on in a savage soliloquy, "that tho insignificant secretary of an insurance company, with nothing to recommend him but his impudence, a pair of bristly red side-whiskers and fifteen hundred a year, should swoop up tho only daughter of a gouty old fool worth a quarter of million?and all my fault, too 1" "Your fault? What do you mean ? What the deuco have you got to do witb Jack's love affair ?" "Tho scoundrel owes his good fortune solely and entirely to mc, and now he walks by without even poigning to bestow a glance upon his bene. factor. This ingratitude truly is lilfifl.- dinhniifnl ! ' 'Look here, Sam, you have the nightmare?you haven't got over the ; effects of yur dinner. Or, if such is ' not the case, then explain." "My usual luck 1" groaned Sam. "Sam," said I, with great awakening ire, "I command thee, elucidate! Whence this mystery?" "Listen, George," said Sam, hcav' ing a deep sigh. "'Tis now but three months since, when O'Bandcl and I, li after having dined and played a game lof dominoes at this very tablo, which i I, of course, lost, strolled over into i the post-office, I to resume my duties, and lie to purchase a quantity of stamped envelopes. I stepped around into my office, Jack waiting at the delivery window. I was just on the point of handing him his envelopes, iwhen up stepped a rather pretty 'young lad}', of seventeen or eighteen ' summers, and Jack, with the most unblnshiug politeness, stood aside and made way for her. "The little bread-and-butter miss inquired for a registered letter, with fifty dollars enclosed, for Miss May Moonshine. I found the letter at once nnd she mado an eager grab for it. "JNot so fast,' said I, keeping the letter safe be\'ond her- rcach. 'You must first prove identity.' "Identity 1' she repeated, pretend ing not to understand, and assuming ' an .aii' jof consternation. "Of course T I excloimcd, with the sharp accent of the official on duty. ' 'You must provo that you are in reality the person for whom the letter is * intended.' ' Indeed, tone. 'I am in tho city on a visit, and ( don't know anyono but the McFlim- i se}'s, with whom I am stopping, and they have all gone into the country to-day. I havo just received word 6 that my father is dangerously ill, and ( this money is to defray my expenses 2 home. Do please let, me hnvo it, sir!' ( 'Can't do it I' I said, emphatically, locking tho letter up again. It's s against tho rules, which I must stick t to.' f "Now she began to whimper, but I remained inflexible, for I was con- c vinced that 6he was a sly little swin- i dler. c 'Now what do I behold to my horror! O'Bandel is endeavoring to < console her, and while ho gives mo a venomous look, he hauls out his pock- v et-book, and offers her his cash. ' "Here, my dear young lady,' he f says, 'I am happy to be able to offer e ydu succor. Go to your sick father I at onco. Here is my card, so that 1 you may know my address.' I 'She took cash and card without hesitation, and exclaimed, overjoyed? t "A thousand thanks, my kind dear air I. You shall hear from mo soon, f. depend npon it, sir I1 c "Wi'.h this she vanished. j "Well, I'll he hanged, O'Bandel, if 1 I thought you were such a fool!' I c said, with commiseration, 'You have ' been noatly dono out of fifty dollars.' 1 "You arc mistaicen, Sam,' he calm- ^ ly rejoined. 'This certainly was a i lady!' t "Bah 1 I have such characters to 1 deal with every da3r of my life. I t tell you, Jack, I know 'em. That t was something too thin, about the c AIcFlimseys having gone into the 1 countiy to-day.' i "Shut up, Sam, and giro me my envelopes.' \ "All right, here they are!' And, r as he hurried off, I yelled after him, 1 'Whon the genuine A!iss Moonshine comes for her money-letter, I will ' notify you instantcr.' r "Several days passed, but tho gen- t uin6 Miss iloonshino did not appear, and the registered letter remained in t the post-office. My teasing O'Bandel t whenever wo met hero at dinner, consequently grew rather weak. e On the fifth day a letter arrived containing fifty dollars, addressed to ji ' ? - J ? 1. 1- iU J U'J5anaei, anu Miiuiiiunuuuajj tuu u registered letter for Miss Moonshine u was recalled' My usnal luck, by Jupiter I Jack entered soon after, dc- Ii manding his letter, and saying, ear- e castically,? u "Do j*ou require my identification) t Mr. Delivery Clerk ?' I, "Never mfnd,' I answered, coolly, t 'your ugly insurance mug is sufficient- J 1 y well-known all over town.' d "O'Bundcl opened the lcttor right t before my nose, and, besido the inelo- t suro of the fifty dollars, he received c a note from Judge Moonshine, thank- t ing him in tho warmest terms for the A great service rendered his daughter, I stating that he had happily recover- t cd, wishing that he could express his gratitude in person to tho chivalrous f gontlemen who, etc., etc. c "The matter was now apparently ^ efldud forever. Still I could not help * feeling that, whilo I had strictly ful- j filled my dut}', I had nevertheless L playod a rather unenviablo role." "You cannot reproach yourself, however," said I to Sam, "for you 1? 1 ?\\f An vrlnV'i) ^ mtTCiy cuiuruuu IliU KiVT va tiuiVM you have made oath." ? "Precisely what I said to myself," ^ continued Sam. 3 "And, although I fcol dissatisfied 13 with this pieco of businoss, yet, in a similar case, I should act again exactly as I did then. But, George, let F [me tell you tho conclusion of the ^ whole story. By jingo! here's Jack. r Sure enough; O'Bandel entered saloon at this moment, and grcoted us cordially. "We woro just speaking of you, Jack," said i. "Wo jnst saw you d pass with your lady-love." t "Yes," rejoined Jack, laughing; ' "left her down tbc street, shopping." "But finish your story, Sam," I sud- v denly insisted. "What story?" queriod Jack. | "Tho history of your lovo affair," f snorted Sam. "Pray finish it yoursell, as you know tho details best. I . had just reached the point whore ? you got tho letter from old Moonshine." ? "Why not?" said Jack; stroking * his auburn side-boards in a sclf-satis-;! 6ed ?ort of a way. "The happy al-l. ways like to speak of their happi- . ness." c "All of which you owe to me, you j. villain!" affirmed Sam. i8 "True, Sam," said Jack; "but you knew not what you did. But listen : | I had just received mj'^money back g from tho lovely unknown?" "Lovely unknown!" I exclaimed. a "How differently that sounds from; [ littlo bread-and-butter-miss' and 'lit- t tie swindler.' 1 'Did Sam say that?" asked O'Bandel. h "Remember, I spoko only in tho 'past tcnso !" cried Sam, hastily. "Well, let it pass. At^iny rate, j several weeks went b}\ and I had jnearly forgotten the little episode. | Receiving a eouplo of weeks' vaca- j tion, I improved the time by taking a y trip to the springs. The day after my arrival, as I was trudging up a 1 deep declivity beneath which was a'L dark, rocky gulley, I heard voices | and laughter in close proximity, and 11 looking up saw a party of ladies and ! t gentlemen about ono hundred yards j above mo. They were evidently bav-l? ing lots of fun, and ono of them, ajj young lady in a fleecy, snowy-white jj dress, ran from the rest to avoid capture, and came flyfng down the hill j toward mo. A shriek of terror from her lips suddenly made mo aware t inai sne wouiu not uo uuiu iu unuuivj^, her progress, and was in danger of 7 being precipitated into the gullcy. Quick ns thought I leaped forward and caught her trembling form plump in my arms. < "While I was trying to recover i my breath and self-possession, I dis- t tinctl^ noticed ber take $ good loolc i jaickly pushed aside,' exclaimed joy ally,? "Mr. O'Bandel!" "Who should it bo but the fair itraoger of post-offico memory! You :an imagine tho questions and aniwers which followed each other in luick succession. "Finally grasping my hand unreservedly iu hers, she hurried mo up ,o the company, and, beforo wo had airly reached them, she cried,? "'Papa! papal here is Mr. 0\Banlel, the man who gave me the money n tho post-office, bccauso the rude :lerk wouldn't give up my lotter 1" "Kudo clerk I did alio say that?" yeculated Sam. "I am adhering strictly to fact," rack assured him, and continued: 'Papa instantly approaching me, his ace beaming with pleasure, and ihook me warmly by tho hand, at ;he same timo introducing mo to his lis friends, and relating to them my jhilanthropic action." <'Prnv rinn'fc mnnt.ion tho triflfi 1" jogged Sara, "Trifle? ThriDdcr! how many Hhers do you suppose would have lone tho same? 'You must assuredly lossess a good and noblo heart,' said ler papa to me, 'for only such have :onfidence in their fellow creatures.' Well, to make a long story short, I lad to remove to' their hotel that rory day, and through that splendid xioonlight evening 1 strolled about in ,he gardens with angelic little Maysio hanging to my arm. I went to my oom at eleven, but did not sleep; on ho contrary, I again sought the >pen air, and strolled about alone. 3y sunrise, I had como to a certain inutterable determination. "Before breakfast I met tho judge, vho was glowing with kindness to ne, and I inquired about the state of lis health. "'ExcellentP he said, laughing. But Maysio slept very little last light; I really can't imagine what is he matter with tho child.' "My heart beat violently. I told lim that I too had slept but poor and lad therefore como to him. "'Tomel'he exclaimed, astonishd. 'I am no physician.' "'But for me you may be, dear udge, for your daughter's picture Irove all sleep from my eyelids last light.' "The murder was out. IIo did not ook unfriendly, canecquently I gathred boldness, and began to tell him bout my antecedents, my present losition, prospects, etc., when suddeny he cut me short, saying"Oh other 1 don't speak of that. Old udge Moonshino has enough for his laughter and his daughter's husband 10th. You have proven yourself a rue-hearted man, and that is the ;hief thing. I shall never stand in he way of my daughter's happiness, l'ou suit me first rate, and if May will lave you, all that I shall have to say hon, is, bless you my children.' "X don't remember now where I bund Maysie, and how it all happend ; but 1 do know that I escorted a ittlo angel to breakfast that morning, vho had promised to be my wife. Clio wedding takes place two week's lenco, and both of you are invited." "The rude post-offico clerk ?" asked lam, incredulously. "JNo, that jndgmeht has been corected?the faithful and trustworthy 'fficial, whose traditional sternness leeamo tho bridge to happiness for our humblo servant and his beloved iride." Sara and I both were at tho wedling, and no one, excepting tho hap>y groom, danced oftener with the dooming little bride than did my norose friend of the post-office. Sam till grumbles about his luck; but if le couldn't, he would bo happy. An Indian Belle. ? A corresponlent has this to say about a Kiowa telle, the beloved daughter of Ivickng Bird:? She is a lively, piquant little thing, vith arch, soulful eyes. Iler name is 'Topin," meaning a woman. She is >ut twelve years old. Shall 1 describe ler wardrobe ? First and most raro, ler buckskin cloak fringed and epoted all over with elk's teeth, paid to >e only now and then in the elk?this :iud of teeth?and the elks being tnn ni'fl VAI'V VIIVO fllld L\syj, '?j lostly. Two of them are valued at a nule. There weio five hundred on icr cloak. Think of wearing two mndred and fifty mules on one's lack. Paris and New York aro outlone here. A skirt, sometimes of >uckekin, sometimes it is a plain hawl bought from the traders, competes her toilet. Topin is not all rivolity. Some horses had been tolen from the Texans, and wero raced to Kicking Bird's band. The igcnt demanded their return; the jorscs were gone, the affair was likely o causo some troublo, when Topin, of ier own accord, came forward first ind offered ten horses out of her own ierd to help repair the damage. "Ma."?If there is one word in the English language dearer than all tthers, it is that of Ma. There is a weet tenderness about the name of ila that tho pen fails to describe. (Vherevcr wo may go, however cxilted or depressed the circumstances < - >f life may make us, uie muuuiw m hat blessed name still remains. It is >ur Ma who directs the tiny feet in heir first struggles; it is our Ma who caches the prattling tongue to excess the childish thought, and it is inr Ma who, as wo advance in maturo ifc, through all the stages of youth, mplants within us the purer thoughts md stronger principles of an honest ife. JSTo line of pocty ever written ia Icarer to the heart of man than hat which asks with powerful signifiance,?"What is homo without a kfa ?" Queer people, those Kansans. They jot rid of a man who borrows a horse t ? A n au JlOUl" H UlllC, UlIU ^cn IK (.itciwa .to tnajgg up their tose of a man who Carrying Deadly Weapons. The frequent occurrence \of homicides and murders in various parts of the country is becoming..'y.erjr- alarming. At public meetings, at election, on the street, wherever a .jmacre} i* commenocd, some insane-Cempered man nroduces a revolver or knifev and attempts to murder or maim his op* ponet. The fruitful soui'do 6f these unfortunate results of pnf^ie quarrels and broils is the inflisejgninate carrying of deadly weapon&*3|y private citizons. In most awof the States there are strict laws,' enacted prohibiting any person from'carrying concealed a deadly weapon^jopon or about their persou. The law isavery just one, and founded on reason, and upon the experience of the world. A man under tho excitement of great anger will use a deadly weapon, and commit a crime that ho would not think of doing in his sober moments; and the law has very wisely and justly provided that no man shall exposo mmseii to too temptation. There is neither necessity nor apology in this country for carrying weapons. No man's life is in danger, and if he so wills, a man has it in his power to avoid the personal broils which result in such disgraceful consequences. It is neither the part of manhood nor true courage to attempt to vindicate a supposed or real insult by the commission of a monstrous crime. , No tnan has either license1 pr authority to talce the life of a fellowman unless to preserve his own, and the law well provides that the danger must be imminent to authorize the resort to deadly weapons. If our law officers will seo to the prompt arrcst.and punishment of all persons, AM nAAH liisvK AH IAW f liof. OVA , UUU VI JJUVlj ill^U VI iv?lj bUMU MI V/ found having concealed in their possession deadly weapons, they will do t more to prevent tho occurrence of these sad encounters, which result in bringing such misery on society, than in any other way. So long as it is popular for a person c to boast of his having about his person a pistol or bowie-knife, or other g murderous weapon, so long will their use bo noticed in the constant recurrence of tho commission of crime. " ?: .?<? Supervisors op Election.?'Ihe c laws of tho United States provide for tho appointment of two supervisors of election, at each polling precinct, j1 at every Congressional election.? " These officers are to bo selected from different political parties, so that " each of tho great parties into which p our people are divided, may have, at oach precinct, a man of their own so- ? lection in whom they have confidence, 4 whose duty it is to see that the election is properly condueted. It is required that the supervisors s* all be voters, and shail be ablo to read and tl write tho English language. Ten C citizens will make application, in h writing, to tho chief supervisor of the Stato, asking for tho appointment L. * ^ n Am A>1 4- V* ATf nHAOAni1 I . Ui UVU ?v Jiuau naiiiuo buc;jr jitcaciiu. j. Samuel T. Poinier, Esq., Chief Suporvisor for South Carolina, will be & ,at tho United States Court IIouso, in Charleston, for three weeks previous ^ to tho election, to make appointments, n and all applications should be ad- n dressed to Lira. Tho supervisors are ^ not entitled to any compensation for their sorvices, oxcept in cities having ai 20,000 inhabitants. Xi 3' Nominating Convention op Third Congressional District. ? At a " meeting of the delegates to the norai- s' nating Convention of tho Conserva- a tive votors of the Third Congressional 0 District, held at Bolton in Anderson County, on Tuesday tho 22d day of a September inst., it was resolved that a said Convention do adjourn to meet <r at Newberry Court House, South Carolina, on Thursday the 8th day of October next, at 5 o'clock p. m., aud that tho Counties of Abbevi.lc, An- 81 derson, Oconco and Richland bo re- ^ quested to send delegates to said ft. Convention on the basis of their rep- sl rescntation in tho IIouso of Representatives of this State, and said h Counties are hereby requested to be a so represented. 'I J. X. LIPSCOMB, President, si R. A. Child, Secretary. *?>? It Tkap for Mice.?To make a sim- P. plo and efficient mouse-trap, procure 81 a tolerably tight barrel?a salt barrel lc with one head will answer?bore a n hole near tho bottom for a place of entrance, 6et it in the place where tl the mice "most congregate," throw a! into it an armful of cars of corn and ri a handful of rags or wasto paper to g make a nest, cover it so that the mice s\ may "keep dark," and let it stand quietly a few da}*s to give tho mice time to colonize, then plug up the m4~nr,nn A a mipn llvnlv V/ll H tillV/V? vw ** ' "'J i 11 animals, dash in a few gallons ofj watter to moderate their friskincss, ?( then takf tho game at your leisure. u' set your trap again, and go on your way rejoicing. ju sr A young lady in a neighboring; w town has taken up dentistry for a bi living. All the gentlemen patronize her. When she puts her arm about . the neck of tho pationt, and carcsses his jaw for the offending member, the P( sensation is about as nice as they if1* make 'cm. One young man has be- ir come hopelessly infatuated with her. Consequently ho hasn't a tooth in his tl head. She has pulled every blessed p one of them, and made him two new s( sots and pulled them. Sho is now al d work on his father's jaw. sj I # I Many suffer rather than tafconau-j" seous medicines. All who suffer from ! coughs, colds, irritation of the bron-! chial tubes or tendoncy to constipa-ju tion, will find in Dr. Wistar's Balsam :a of Wild Cherry a remedy as agreca-l ble to the palate as effectual in rcmo- n vingdiseasej The Balsam is a pleas- fi ant remedy; it is a safe remedy; it is o a powerful rcmod}'; it is a speedy a remedy; it is a remedy that cures. a When tlio breeze with a , A swoet earnest lisper ^HB&gjggj A? n.notn nn^ lrvtra HfjrTMTwnnUl i1 mmi' KJi ill nu u;*w, ^ v ^ ^^ . ?vinu t*ti Tnl Nr r\nmf . And the forests low shiver , Is borne on the blast* J&. : v.',V"J^bHK! When wild tones are swelling . . v_. SgK^gt . From earth, air and sea, r.; if? My warm-heart is dwelling; ; v kweetspirit, with thee. When the night-clouds are And the young moon is gliding,._ When the ocean is sobbing%;%!$* ^ In ceaseless unrest, . .^^jSaSSU And its great heart is throbbi^f^^ All wild in its breast, ^ "When the strong wind is wrestling. . ,v With billow and tree, My warm heart is nestling," .. r, . Sweet spirit, with thee; When in slumber thy fancies^iajj|6 In loveliness gleam, And a thousand romances Are bright in thy'dreatn, When visions of brightness ' * : ljl lit! you I IK UUgl'l* BUtl'b lit beautiful lightness All wide from tby^arfc*- > . -r']| When thy calm sleep is giving. Thy dream-wings to thee, ' . Oli say, art thou living, -... ffijffijk. ^ .< Sweet spirit, with me? ; SCRAPS. The less men think,the more .they A highly intellectual dog r? The y pe-settcf. A man who has no mind will^raKS hange it. Job boiled ovor when his paUeuafce rave way. Ilorso thieves in Texas are soretotf*'': od by string bands. . .' P A Polite way of putting it: Tronfyid with a chronic indispositibtf-to - auiliuij. . * i--jjs Eight Connecticut young ladies avo taken the veil. They w$re. opelessly frcckled. When a Maryland doctor spells ik accnfortas" is it any wonder that a ationt dies on his hands? A small boy forgot and asked Jiis < * ither for a "chaw uv tubaccortbo * ther da}', and is now very reticent n the subject. Brooklyn is a pions place. l?veh bo saloon keepers quote scripture. - no of them has for a sign|PcWhy alt ye between two opinions;" A negro insisted that his rae?? was lentioned in the Bible. Ho said ho eard tho preacher read about "Niger Domus wanting to bo boijp again." An actress in California, a Miss ;inliti, lately married a professional araed Wood, and her stage name.ie ow hj*phenated into Mme. Kiniinv iTood. < * "Is the candidate for sheriff here?"' ?kod a stranger as he looked into an ' llinois bar-room. "Yes, why ?" an* svered eighteen men, as they rosb.. An Omaha paper advfscs the people not to make such a fuss about the booting of one constable, as theco ] ro over forty candidates for tho ffice," ' Two Kochcster men rowed a boat round in a circle for three hours, nder tbo impression that they wero ' oing down tho bay, and yet Eochee3r is a temperance town. Now is the time when the irrcsponible urchin glueth the house fly'srings togother and walketh him gainst time around tho nose Qf hislooping grandfather. * ' .A ' An Alabama paper states that tho ogs in Walker county, in thav State, ro dying of diseaso of the braiu. ii lj. i it,.:, i / Iiey UUgiii uu j&vujj liiv.ii uu-jo uuui iudying so bard then. Indiana threshing machines arc tshing off legs and arms with romptness and dispatch, and occaonally leaving a handsome widow >r posterity to take to candy pulls oxt winter. It is not an uncommon observations lat a man who is continually talking bout his "ceaseless yearnings afterghtcousncss," can't get trusted at tv roccry store as quick as a man who .vears. - Last year ho was worth ?200,000. hen ho began to drink whiskey and' :ltzor, and now ho's a pauper, fhcro theso ravages of seltzer are Ding to cease the most prcscient of 3 cannot tell. The Detroit ?"Vee Press man has st returned lVom Saratoga. Do> i}*s: "The Saratoga belles'merely istc food .it the table, but tee tho. aiters to bring a square meal up tho. ack stairs." There is a parrot on State street lat cries "Stop thief!" It fakes fouyDlicomen to keep tho side-walk clearx j every native feels he has a personal , ivitation to tarry. E. II. Weston, the f\mny man of >o Lancaster Republican, subraita" ronuueiation of "Erastus Richard>r" as being a test whether a man is runk or not. "Eassus Risson" he vys wen't do. It's a^ful lonesome in Mexico just s\>rv I AAtio f i.Inl'lrt /I All?n f Kn fc f K UW, iVllU LCtkid tllliviv; U \J U UiV 4tw VI * r'B cheeks as he takes Iiis son on hia ncc, and tells him how tho country scd to bo blessed with a revolution bout every two weeks. When a well-known Omaha thief icots a policeman nnd hands him ve dollars, it is tho duty of tho ftlecr to go and sit down in an aliey nd sco nothing for the next hour?, othing but thc2fivc dollars.