Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f *&* w- - ?*'' * - "w p P AIVD,. BA^^^EIRt _ ^8 h BY ?. A^XETAND HUGH W1LSOT. ~ ABBEVILLE, S.~C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3lJl8r^^SS^I VOLUME IIIHo! 5lJJp ' 1 :i matottw fff Columbia, IB. O. i iniSiiiiiiij: U Villi - . IlLiJUilililULiilJ Le I Pifoprietor. [ Manufacturer of Steam En- Ar ^ gines and Boilers. XP Iron and Brass Castings of all Lc Descriptions made to Order.1 T was awarded the first prcmiuml J[ on castings at the State Agricul- K r tural and Mechanical Society Fairs, ^ held in Columbia, November, 1S71,L.U 72, 73. i Pa. \f a VTT w A PTT I? T* ! Tri ! for Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. n>i ; un ALSO ter Took tho First Premium at Slate | Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73 ax Manufacturer of Le Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. i For Sale. Ar Gin Geariugof the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 10 " " " " 32 50 1 11 " " 35 00 Ar (12 " " " " UU i 14 44 44 50 00 tor With Bolts $0.50 Extra for each set. Tu Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot- Nc ton Preaa $10.00 and $12.00 per set. riv . D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. M< Doc. 10, 1873, 35-tf Al New Store! Lc NEV GOODS'! Inn HE undersigned have juwt opne* an entire new stock of C'o I GROCERIES, 1 Provision and liquors, I j* I As well as Other Goods ic! xneir jjiue. j At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, re- " Sg cently TKOWJJRIDGE & CO., where, 13 u-e will be pleased to serve the public r I CHEAP FOll CAS 12. f : A. M. HILL. E Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tf wl CARPENTRY. | fllHE undersigned hereby given no-;^ M. tioe that he is prepared to do all I pr kind* of CARPENTER'S WORK and <ir (BUILDING. He also repairs j 01 COTTON GINS, THRESHERS AND FANS. A full supply of GIN MATERIAL [ ^ al ways on hand. Farmers are requested; to bring their Gins up early in the sea- " son. to allow time to liuve them properly' prepared. * I % Also Agent for the Tnvlor Cotton Gin, l * tbellrooks Cotton Press, arid all kinds! of rtibber and laathei belting. D. B. SMITH, $ Abbeville C. H., S. C. !^j July 15,1874 14-Gm | { II b&W idii I Br. I. W. Thomas p TS prepared to furnish all kinds JL of LUMBER at the shortest notice at the uiill formerly known as Maury's Mill. ?'The Mill is in good re-p pair, and with a good supply of log6 ^ UU MUIJU, UUSb^UlVin IIVVU UIMV uv fear. *>f delay in fillidg orders. Price ii" 1 $1.50 per hundred, CASH. ^ J. W. THOMAS. April 10, 1874, 52-tf T THE ABBEVILLE HOTEL, BY JACOB MILLER. ? IrflHE subscriber directs the attention Jt" of the traveling public to his commodious Hotel, located in the town of Abbeville, and solicits foi the same a j, foil' share of the public patronage.! With convenient rooms, a well-kept i t table, aud attentive servants, no efforts will be spared to give satisfaction. JACOB MILLER. J - Oct 14, 1874 27-3m 1 Mark the Spot of Your De- ? 71 ceased Friends. v * ^ 'Marble "Worksa VTTT.T. Unn of stork on hand and t I/m all work sold at the lowest price, i ? and work done in thebest workman-like manner, Several hundred new and handsome designs on hand to make' selections from. We will duplicate city j price in all monutnental work, by which parties can save, freight. Very respectful I v. J. D. CHALMERS. Sept. 1, 1874, 21-tf I j HABTER'S CBERBFBITTERS. | moisr tonic. a Theso are good preparations. I PARKER & PERRIN. Jf -. July 28 16-tf 1 reenville & Columbia R. R. CHANGE OF SGEDULE. On and after Wednesday February 10, 75, the Passenger trains over the eenville and Columbia Ilailroad wiJ1 run as follows, daily, Sundays expted: MAIN STEM. TKIAN*, NO. 1? COL'A TO CJlt'XVILLK. ave Columbia 7:00a.in! " Alston 8:4oa.m. " Newberry 10:03 a.m. " Cokesbury 1:37 p.m. " Belton 3:-<> p.m. rive Greenville 4:oo p.m. IAIN NO 4?GRKEXVIM K '*> CO MM HI A avc Greenville 0:00 a.m. " Bel ton 7:55 a.m. " Cokosbnry 9:35 a.m.! " Newberry 12:59 p.m. " Alston ...*. 2:35 p.m. j rive Columbia 4:20 p.m. ^seugers by Night Train on South ; rolina Railroad connect with No. 1. ssengers by No. 4 connect with Day) aiii on the South Carolina Railroad I Charleston, Augusta, &c., and with ght Trains on the Wilmington, Col-1 a.in oiiii aii<rn<ita Railroad lor Sum-; , Wilmington, Richmond, Baltimore, j &c. PERSON BRANCH & BIXEKIlXiEDI V'N DOWN. aveWalhalla 4:15 a.m. " Perryville 4:45 a.m. " Pendleton 5:<K) a.m. " Anderson G:50a.m. rive Belton 7:35 a.m. Li'. aveBelton 3:20 p.m. " Anderson 4:20 p.m. " Pendleton 5:20 p.m I " Perryville G:10p.ra.j rive Walhalla 6:4op.in.l Accommodation Train between Bel-1 ? and Anderson Tri-Weekly, viz; esdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. >. 2 teave Belton at 9.30 A. M.; are Anderson 10:30 A. M. No. 3 leave ulerson at 2.00 P. M.; arrive at B#ll 3 P. M. The Trains will run on mdays when Court is in session at iders'on. ABBEVILLE BRANCH. DOWN. ave Abbeville 8:00 a. m. rive Cokesbury 9:10 a. m. ? I UP. ave Cokesbury 1:49 p. m.! rive Abbeville 2:35 p. m. j Accommodation Train on this Branch: II be run on Mondays, Wednesdays j d Fridays. No. 2 leave Cokesbury *ati o a. m.; arrive at Abbeville lOrlW a. ni.! ). ^ leave .\uucviiiu i-;ov j?. m.% ani>c> ikesbury 1:2-5 p. in. Train No. 1, on lin Stem, Columbia to Greenville, >ps twenty minutes at Cokesbury for! liner. Train No. 4, Greenville to' ilnmbia, stops twenty-five minutes at j ilton for Breakfast, and twenty mini's at Alston for Dinner. THOS. DODAMEAD, j Gen'l Superintendent j J A nr.'/ Nokton, Gen'] Ticket Apen | | eur Advertisements, I nifl ?Tho choicest in the world, j Iliad Importers' pritrcs? Largest mpauy in America?staple article? rases everybody?Trade continually i L-rea.sing?Agents wanted every ' :>ere ? best inducements ? don't isle time?send for Circular lo| >bert Wells, 43 Vesey St., N.Y P. Box 1287. | k||y A WEEK to Agents to sel i )g an article mleublc a# flour. ?\ ofils immense. Package free. Ad-! ess BUCKEYE M'F'G CO., Marion,! lio. j Penn'a Agricultural Works, ^*an^ar^ *?~fe^k4^ a months to afieuts every i j?*y& y" 9 where. Address EX, LSI OR M'F'G CO.. Buchanan, Mich. . DVERTISIXG : CHEAP : GOOD L Systematic.?All persons who com mplate making contracts with news .pers far the insertion of advertise ents, should send 2o cents to Geo. P r*wo! 1 At 41 Vurlr Rnw \W YnrL* r their" PA MPHLET-BOOK* (ninet'yvcnth edition), containing lists of 2,000 'wspapers and estimates, showing the st. Advertisements taken for leading tners in many States at a tremendous auction from publishers' rates, (iirr IE nooK. 50 C0flPer al ',0,ne* Terms r1 J)yU free. Address, GEO. riXSOX & CO., Portland, Me. on A WEEK guaranteed to Male )l / and Female Agents, in iheii cality. Costs NOTHING to try it. urticulars Free. P. O. VICKEIIY & (>., Augusia, Me. MOST EXTRAORDINARY erms of Advertising are offered for Newspapers in (he State of S. CAROLINA! [ ml for list of papers and schedule of rates. Address Geo. P. Rowel I & Co., Advertising Agents, No. 41 Purk Row. New York. ;efer to Editor ok this Paper. C. WEST & SONS, ALADDIN schlty THE BEST OIL IN USE. 'AKRANTED 150 DECREES FIKE TEST. Vatcr white in color. Fully deodorized, And it will not explode. t bums in all Coal Oil and Kerosene .ampa. TRY IT. Ask for "Aladdin Security," and take no other. C. WEST & SON* 13 and 11"? \Y. Lombard St., Bait. 3NId, Nov. 7, 1S74 fctMim NEW FLOUR, iARD) SUGAR, BACON, COFFEE, TOBACCO, NAILS, &c? &c., at MRE, GAMBRELL & UTS. Sept. 0 22-tf STEAM PUB Ml! Columbia, S. C. ! F. W. WING, * Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF I Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW AXI) DOOR FRAMES, j Inside Pivot Blinds and Slitters; COLUMNS, Pilasters, MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Brackets, Hand-Rails, NEWELS, BALUSTRES, Scroll Work of all Description. All Work Guaranteed A No. 1. May 28, 1874, 7-ly. ?? ft ntfiT irrinTI STOVES & Tin-WAM, LAMPS, OIL, &C? &C? FOR SALE BY H. W. LAWSON & CO AT Post Office Building. THE subscribers have now on hand, j and arc Belling at lower rates I than ever before, t e most complete Stock of Slovcs, Tin-Ware, Lamps J Oil, &c? winch ti.ey nave ever oncrcu to tho people of Abbeville. Their assortment of Cooking Stoves is unusually Targe, comprising the most popular varieties, sis the "Marion," the "Cotton Slates." "Fire Side," ' Forest City," 'Director" and others, which will be guaranteed to please both in style and price. Their Stock of Kerosene Lamps is unusually large and select, and will be found to offer inducements 10 those withing a good article at low rules. They have No. 1 Kerosene Oil. at prices ranging from 23 cents to 40 cents per gallon. rA. i r m ttv _; llieir OlOCK OI Jin-unru coiuamsi every variety of Buckets, Boilers,' Pans, Coffee Pots, &c\, and fill the shelves from floor to ceiling. The subscribers solicit a call and examination from their liicnds, and feel confident in their ability to please. H. W. LAWSON & CO. Nov. 11, 1874 31 -if GALL AND SEE! I ^ _ j 3 >00 lbs Bacon Sides, ' 1,000 lbs Bacon Shouldera, j 3,000 lbs Bulk Sides, | 300 lbs Plain Hams, I Alio Ih* Snornp fiii-prJ (''nnvatispH TTnnis i Barrels and Kits New Mackerel, ; Barrels and Half-Barrels White Fish, I Barrels N. O. Syrup, i Do. Florida " Do. Sugar House Syrup, Do. Common Sugar, 16.000 lbs Fresh Wheat Bran, j 1(10 Barrels New Crop Flour, I 3,000 lbs Assorted Sugar, 500 lbs " Coffees, 3,000 yds " Bagging, 80 Bundles Beard Tie, All our goods are guaranteed, both as to quality and price. Call and see. DuPre, Gambrell & Co. ! Oct. 21 27-tf DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! nr W T) WTT.SfW OFFERS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County jand 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 cases requiring the exe.cise oj skilled Dental Surgery that may be : brought to him. He asks the patronage j of the people, and guarantees full and complete satisfaction. Vie has procured , a full set of first-class Dental Instruments, and is prepared to do first-class work at most reasonable rates. BtxT OFFICE jnst over l'ost Office. !m. goldsmith. r. kind. (xoldsmitli & T^Iind, ; FOUNDERS & MACHINISrS, (p1kenix ikon works, ICOLUMBIA. S. C. Manufacturers of steam Engines of all sizes; Horse powers, Circular and Mnley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugur Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental, House and Store Fronts, Iron , Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. | Hrass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order 011 short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. j May 28, 1873, 7-12m DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST, OFFERS his professional services tc the citizens of Abbeville, and tht |Surrounding country. I Office over Citizens' Savings iBank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 2, 1873,28tf. / " kL- 'I.Ti.I-I- . tfjra'n; The Dlffhrenco. | & This is the pnth, there stands the trco And on the rock the shadows play ; And here we met, and I stall be ] t] As blest as on that blessed day. j, tc Now Nature knows?did she not riso I hj That day and hearken to our troth, j it Made in the liasie of love's surprise, And happy secrets tell to both. 6( Besides the spell of looks and word?, There were sweet whispers from our trc? From bough and brake sang back the birds, * The grasses owned the mystery. it Swppt-Vrn and briers along the wall ^ Sen. message by the steadfast wind; fa Afar we heard the blue tea call? it AT tilings and we were of one mind. gj No i.> ,,ing comes?lie is not here; C] Thus all is changed, nor shall I see 0j How Nature makes herself so dear Till he returns to her and me! Harper's Ma'jaxint. ? CI fo HOKTGAGED. 1 ai "Ah," said Harry Graham, looting ^ across the tea-table at his pretty wife, "say J J( what they may, there is nothing on earth I m sopleasant as this having a home of one's j own!" s j Mrs. Graham smiled fondly on her hus band as she handed him his carefully prepared cup of tea. to "I am so glad you feel like that, Harry, I ^ will do my best to make it a happy home for you.'' P! "You darling I You shall have a kiss for that sweet specch the moment tea is over!" k< cried the young husband, committing rava- ^ ges among the "rolled" bread and butter, the home-made preserves, the dainty ehav- di ings of dried beef and cold ham, and the ^ delicato cake, with which his Margaret had 1 h: furnished for her tea-table on this first evening in their "very own home." "Where w did you ^get these delicious quince pre- ai serves, my dear ?" w ' I made them, Harry." "Possible ?" P< "Ye3,1 made them in the last days at the 60 farm. Mother showed me how." 1 "Then you shall ask her to come and see us in our little cottage before the preserves ra are all eaten." "She will be very glad to come," said h< Margaret, with a delighted look. "She *3 never liked our plan of boarding, Harry." f? "What else could we do my dear ?" asked the young husband, in a slightly altered 1 h< tone. "I was too poor to puy a house when ' a( we were first married. As we could not j well roost upon the trees liko tho birds j when they begin life together, to board was 01 the only way possible. But I never liked J ^ it myself," he added, his face clearing' again. "It was a nuisance to be confined j w to two rooms as we wore; and how John | Grey's children did scream at night, on the j ^ opposite side of the hall. Besides, that cc untidy chambermaid never half cleaned our rooms. Now this is what I like!" he I 81 concluded, rising from the supper table, j E1 and t'Lineinf? croudiv round the neat.! bright parlor, with its open firo and caaychair dra^-ii up beside the grate; its crim- j rJ son curtains and table-covers and carpets; j al its tea-table, sparkling' with china and ^ silver, and its tall glass-doored book-case,! stowed with volumes which ho was to read i ^ aloud, while his wife sewed, on chilly, rainy , 61 evenin&s such as this. j P1 Mrs. Graham rang the bell. A tidy young servant-maid came in and took away j 4,1 the tea things. When the room was made , " orderly for the evening, a handsome dress- ^ ing-gown and a pair of embroidered slippers appeared, conjured from some mysteri- n< ous closet by the happy wife. di "My first present to you in our home, 81 Harrv." she said, with moistened eves. le And he drew her fondly toward him and ! gave her the promised kiss, with many | & another after it. Tlien, putting on the I ^ comfortable evening attire, he selected aj book from the crowded shelves, and sat J P< down in the easy-chair, while Margaret; ** drew her little sewing stand nearer the' ^ fire, and prepared to enjoy, with heart and soul, the first quiet evening beneath their sc own roof. But before the book was opened, ?1 a shadow had fallen over the brightness of her joy. n< "Your mother would like to look in at us *? now, my darling," said Harry, glancing i i*1 round the pleasant room again. "I knot* ^ she will think this house a bargain when ^ she sees it. Six rooms and a garden?a I ?'-nJ tvlon f/vu-fr?r twn l.liAiie- SI I gWU'WiCU ?4WUVM, vw V M.WMM I and dollars!" b< "And the pretty furniture, Harry. All D( paid for, too. That is the best of all! U! and very good, substantial furniture it is," 8' replied his wife. j w "Yes. I was determined that should be j 'r paid for, on the nail. What sticks I have I about me must be my own." ! B' "Oh, Harry! How can you call our nice j P1 new things sticks!" "Chairs and tables, then, child! I got a !" good discount by the way, because I paid | cash down. I wish I could have done the ' ! same by the house. I might have had it I two hundred dollars cheaper. However, !1 j if we arc careful of our expenses, chicka- 1 I biddy, we shall soon clear off the mortgage, j It is only nine hundred dollars." ' I The fancy work dropped from Margaret's j hands. . * "bino hundred dollars! she said, turn- ; Lng a little pale. "A mortgage ! On this ! house, Harry f" j "On whoso house should it bo ?" said j | he laughing. "Why, you look as scared c j as if I had stolen fie house, child?" "I thought it was paid for !" "How on earth did you suppose I couM 11 I pay such a sum down, and buy the furnii turo as well?" ho answered, sharply. "I n : can tell you it took every cent I had in the j I bank, as it is." | "But the house-expenses! What shall j i we do about them?" asked she looking c bewildered. 5 He laughed again, "Is there no such thing as credit, Mar- z I garet ?" I . j Sho was silent. 1 { "Got whatever you want at the shops, | child. Of course you will bo aa economi- I ' | cal as possible; but still we must live, you , I know. Once in three months, or once in Rix months, I'll settle the bills. Then whatever we can have shall go toward clearing off this mortgage that seems to be <uch a bugbear in your eyes." "I will save in every poitsibTe way, Harry ," she said, earnestly. "It is foolish, I ? suppose, but a mortgage ia a bugbear to me. Father had a heavy one on his farm, Harry, and tho firert tiling I remember as a ' little child is seeing him sitting on the granary stairctsc near tho big barn, sighing i ad groaning to himself. I was frighten1, and ran and told mother; and she kisa1 me and began to cry, because she said 18 interest was due on the mortgageion# that week, and poor father was unuppy bccause he could soe no way to pay >1 "And did he pay it?" questioned Harry, imewhat interested. "Yes. He borrowed the money somehero, and then, of course, there waa the iterest to pay on that; and so it went on, orn bad to worse, till father died, and the xm went back to its own jr. Mother said had fairly worried him into his grave." ie added, wiping the tears from her os. "You cannot wonder if I am afraid : mortgages, after that." "But, pet, the two cases are entirely difrent," said her husband, kissing her icek. "Your father was a poor farmer, and iund it alni03t imnossible to raise mnnnv. dare say. Now I am a thriving merchant, id if all goes well, I hope to mr.ke enough 10 coming year to clear our home. Don't du see ? Come don't think of trouble any ore. Bo as careful as you can in the duso expenses, and you will find that we tall own our pretty home, clear of any aim, before you know where you are." He drew her down to the wide crimson otstool before the fire, and resting her 2ad upon hia knee, began to read aloud. The fire and lamp burned clearly, the retty French clock on the mantelpiece eked musically, and rang out its fairy sur chirncs once before his voice ceased to :ho in her ear. The book was a lively and ieaaant one, and Margaret was able to scuaa it with him intelligently as they tigered before the blaze for one delicious ilf-hour, before going up stairs. Yet; all the while her thoughtful eyes ere Seeing visions in the crimson coals, id her heart and brain were busily at ork, devising plans to ward off the evil iat, to her, seemed to be threatening the jace and comfort of their little dwelling, ? Inner iLH niiv ntlier nnrarm hr>lrl .a lereon. The chiming bells of the French clock mg out ten, and Margaret rose and went >out the room, putting it daintily in order jfore leaving it for the night. Her pret' face was blooming and happy as ever, r at last she saw the way clear before her > banish, with the .energy God had given ?r, this brooding cloud of evil from their >mcatic sky. As their married life began, so it wont j, in the new home for nearly three years, he house expenses were |carefully kept )wn by Margaret, who made one servant lswer where many of her other friends two; and once in three months, or ofner in six, as the days went on, the acmnta were settled by the husband, cheerilly enough at first, but by and by with ghs and shakes of the head, which Mariret seemed not to notice, and of which ic certainly never spoke. During the last of the three years, Ilarr's handsome face began to jwear a look of lxious care. Not a cent, so far, had been .id aside to pay off the mortgage on their jme, and the chance of succe33 seemed less ion ever to him now, because, like all ?til's in business, ho began to see a time aproaching which would "try men's souls." The evening reading was gradually laid side, and during the summer months of the lird year Harry began so sit brooding afir |tea, in his arm-chair before the empty jarth, till Margaret, without appearing to Dtice his depression, came to him and iniced him to accompany her on a walk. At ich tiroes he strode along beside her, sint and sad, and returning to liis home iried himself in the columns of the anker's Day Boole till it was time to go to xl. And nil this time the true wife held her ;ace. She noticed everything?she guess1 more; but, till the ice was broken by im, it was not her place to speak. So it went on till that dreadful autumn jason of crash after crash, ruin after ruin, d and long-established houses toppling ito the gulf,' and carrying a thousand mi>r ones with them in their fall. Men oked at each other with pale faces, askig, "Who will go next?" and all through 10 country, wave after wave, the wideheading stream of desolation rolled. During that one last hideous week of tspense, J Harry Gr.iliam came and went it ween his store and His heme, saying 3thing, suffering everything. On the Sat^ rday evening he went out, alone, for a roll after tea. But in half an hour he as back again, Jhaving mode up his mind i that brief time to tell Margaret all. He found her in tho parlor. She sat bode the window, bending over a small lckage in hor U]>. At his sudden entrance ic started and hid the package in her >eket, blushing sj violently that at fany .her time ho would have noticed and won L'l'cd at it. But now his mind was full of his own uubles, and he had no leisure to notice illes. He went straight up to his wife and took . tit her hands. "Margaret," said he, "I am a ruined man. 'hi3 panic?" And then he broke down and hurst into ?ars. He fell upon his knees beside her hair. "Oh, Margaret," he sobbed, |"I thought I ould give you a pleasant home! And now re shall bo beggar3!" Margaret put her arms around him, drawng his face down upon her breast. When he was calmer, .ihe kissed him and sked him to sit down beside her and tell icr all. She listened mutely. "And if the panic ends, and these country ustomors pay all that they owe you, can ou tro on. Harry ?" she asked. "Yos; that is, I need not cl030 the shop lor go through bankruptcy. I?ut, then, the >anic may not end; I see no signs of it* at >resent.'1 "Panics always do end," said Margaret, lopefully. But in the meantime, Margaret, what are ve to do? All the bills for six months past lave come pouring in upon me, and I can lot meet them. And Sadler wants the nortgage money on this house. Ho has lunned me for it all the time since it fell lue, and lately he has threatened to forcjlose. Now he says he uill do it. We shall lose our home, and other people will jufler because I cannot pay theso bills. I mve strained every nerve to do it, but it is ill in vain. I wish I was dead and out of iho worry of it all." "Oh, Harry," cried his wife, reproachfully. "Do you want to die and leave me ?w & "They would not worry you for the mon- _ 9 y, my darling, as they do me. And yet I . w cannot blame them/' said he, sighing. ^ | "They leant their money, and I feel like a m thief as long as I. withhold it from. them. ^ j Margaret, I see .'my mistake now!" heudd- ^ ed, energetically. ."Credit' has been my bane. If I was beginning life again, I ^ would buy nothing that I could not pay for B at the moment; and before I would livo in m a mortgaged house I would build a log hut j-j for myself at the foot of a tree! But there! A< It is too lato to talk like that!" ho concluded, burying his face in his hands. p "No, dear! It is not too lato! It is nev- a cr too late to try and do better!" said Mar- w ' garet, wiping the tear3 from her own eyes. Sl I "Harry, I have always dreaded debt, as you p: I know, and I am so glad to hear you say a] that you have grown afraid of it too. Oh! ia my dear, dear husband, take this. Pay all n: that we owe?pay off the mortgage on the. * house?and then we will live on bread and w water?if needs be, till tho better days ti come round again." w "This" |was a purple-morrocco pooket- w book, well-filled, which she thrust into his T hands, laughing and weeping at the same ti moment, in her joy. ti "Open it?open it, Harry," she sobbed, u: "It is all yours. I have saved it for you." aj He opened it. It was full of bank notes F ?tens, twenties, fifties, and two one hun- tc dred dollar notes nestling in a compartment di by themselves. Fifteen hundred dollars in w r.U! rt "Where in the world did all this money hi come from?" he asked, with an astonished al look. 0 Margaret wiped away her teare and kiss- di ed him. tl "Isn't it delightful, dear ?" ai "But is it yours. Margaret ?" w "It was. It is yours now, Harry." a "But where did you get it?" he per- n; sisted. tl "I have not been out on the highway to a' rob people, and I have not committed burglary,1' laughed Margaret, whose good spirits began to come back. "Come up stairs, Harry, and you shall see the good Fairy that earned it." tl He followed her, with a bewildered loot,J al up into a pretty back clumber, furnished' jr with chairs, ^table, and a stove. Near one' tl of the windows stood something covered ti over with Ja cloth. Margaret drew the cloth! a] aside. It was a sewing machine. p( "Ever since I knew about the mortgage ti on the house I have used this," she* said, w looking at him with her eyes full of love, tl "I had all the work I could possibly do in n your absence, and I was well paid for it. b And when Uncle John came to see us this tl spring, he gave iuo the two hundred dollar [ p bills for a birth-day present. I am so glad! tl if the money can help you in your troubles, | ? Harry.11. tl "Helo me! It will save me!" said her h husband, clasping her to his heart. "Oh, t Margaret, I will repay you for your gift a! w thousand fold when once the good times g, come back again. Tins will pay off the u mortgage, and settle tlie bills, and pay our u way through the year, if we arc careful.1 ^ Oh, Margaret, what a treasure you are!" j C( "And we will ask no more credit," she j, whispered with her lip3 close to his ear. I y "Not a bit, my love?so help me God. I' jr say it reverently, my wife." y And he has kept his vow. a] tl CLEUICAL ADVKKTI3INO. Pi 1? An illustration of the desire existing with sj most people to "keep their names before j tho public" is shown in tho case of Eev. J. S. Groves, of Iowa, who, it seems, was j not exempt from ita influence. For some w time past the'members of his church, in 0j juaquuiteui, navo ucen rraun luiuu/uivua ^ letters, charging him with numerous sins, jg and hinting at shocking depravity on his part. The letters were regarded by the flock of the pastor as evidence of the malice of evil minded persons who, instigated by the devil, were seeking to destroy his use- ei fulness, and the effect naturally was only jj to increase their confidence in him. They j? determined that the slanderers should be g ferreted out and punished, and they set fj detectives to work to trace the author of tt, the anonymous communications. The sue- j, ccss of the detectives was immediate and ^ ^istounding. They discovered that Mr. ^ Groves hiihsolf was that identical individ- p uaJ who as an anonymous letter 'writer had f, been making accusations against the char- a acter of Mr. Groves as pastor, and when : confronted with the proofs of his duplicity ^ he was compelled to acknowledge the au-. ^ thorahip of the damaging charges. His | c, object, of course, was to excite an interest (.] in his favor, and extend the usefulness ol j ;? his labors. It is doubtful whether his con- f, grcgatioa will see the force of his excuse or | overlook tlie adoption of so questionable Ja ^ I mode of advertising. p t( "IT'S OI K BAI1Y." w T. J. Wolfe is not an old in m; he is not i a young man, but he is a married man, and * ' has been for several years. Ho lives one ^ mile west of Woatport, Mo., but no chil- ^ 1 dren climb upon his knees when the day c 1 declincth and twist the cat's tiil and listen to big stories. Yesterday morning he 'l went to the fodder shock to get provender l iui inn iiiiiv.11 tuw, iiuu iia in; owj'|?i;u w pull the cars he su Idenly discovered mid-j > way in the shock what he at first took to " bo a horse blanket. IT.' picked it up and t< unrolled it, and dis-overed two bundles of' k red Ihmnol. lie unntveled these, and thero ' t< lay a j^irl baby, about four or five hours old. He took it in the house and allowed, it to Mrs. W. She remarked that it had ! 1 blue eyes , and then she looked into her; husband's eves to satisfy herself that sho ' ?hadn't been mistaken. Wolfe held up his ^ hand and said he would swear, but the good > ^ wife didn't require it. So this new found- \ ^ liu'' was Liicounia.-.-'.od about with new, ? linen, and Mrs. W. sat down to make baby ! *, clothes, while Wolfe got out in the floor and (lancod and sung and hit his wife on f. i the baek ol' tlio he id and "holloivd." j q 1 "Bully for us. It's our young one, isn't! u it, Mrs. Wolfe ? and didn't cost a cent did 8 it? Hurrah!" I j, j And then ho went out and hitched up a j 6 yoke of calves, and drove all around the | c house, yelling like an Indian. The little r . stranger has a good home, and may yet be ?_ the queen of its lealin. Here's luck to tho I 0 jbaby. 'e . - . SPONGE-FISHING. The majority' of the boats u: ed in the iheiiea are ordinary'fishing-bonta throe; irte decked over, and carrying one mast ith an ordinary lug-eail. They are fromj ghtoen to thirty feet in length, and are anned by a crew'of fpxir gr fiTe men, one ' whoin.? * flpecially engaged for the pur>se of hauling, while the reat are divers, i some cases, the men .own' -their own ?{^bnt generally thfl^fl^e hired for the aaon," which' extends from Jnne to the iddle of October. No wages are paid; ie remuneration consists in an equal share the produce of the fishing. The profa of a good diver reach as high aa forty mnda a season. Diving is practiced from very early ago up to forty year3, beyond j hieh few are able to continue the purlit. It doc3 not appear, however, that ractiee has any tendency to shorten life, [though, 03 the diver approaches forty, lie : [less able 1o compete with his younger and lore vigorous brother. The time during hich a Syrian diver can remain under ater depends, of course, on his age and aining. Sixty seconds is reckoned good ork, but there are rare instances of men ho are able to stay below eighty seconds, he men on the coast, however, make ex aordinary statements ai to the length of me their best hands arc able to remain nder water, and gravely assert that eight ad ten minutes are not impossibilities, or the benefit of the Jeurious in such mat:rs, we lgive a description of the manner of iving:?The iliver?naked of course? ith an open net around his waist for the iceptacle of the prizes, eeizea with both inds an oblong white stone, to which is ttached a Jrope, and plunges overboard, n arriving at the bottom, the stone is eposited at hi j feet, and keeping hold of le rope with one hand, the direr grasps ad tears off the sponges within reach, hich he depos its in the not. He then, by series of jerl s to the rope, gives the sigal to those above, and is drawn up?very lankful to once more breathe his native STONES OF SIZIi Some of the blocks of granite used in ic construction of the treasury building t Washington are the largest ever moved l this country, ami were all carried from | ic eastern part of Maine. They were ansportod to Washington by water, and, "ter their arrival there, moved by ox-, :>wer upon a double pulley system, a dis- j mce of two miles, to the spot where they' ere wanted lor use. The worK 01 moving lem was performed with compartive ease^ ot more tlian eight or ten yoke of oxen eing employed to move a block of more lan seventy tons weight. The fluted illars, great numbers of which are used in 10 building, are forty feet long and woigh fty tons, at least. The largest blocks, lirty to forty feet square and thirty feet lick, weighed upward of seventy ton3. 'he facility with which these large blocks ere moved and fixed in their places was a auree of wonderment, and seemed to adliring spectators to be the perfection of lcchanical skill and ingenuity. And yet, ow insignificant the achievement when Dm pared with the triumphs of ancient art. n the foundation of the great temple of k/% rim of Tl.illtn/* iv villi co*?n nrnn i tho second course, stones which are birty-seven feet long and nine feet thick; nd under these, about twenty feet from ae ground, three stones which alone occuy one hundred and eighty-two feet in tngth by twelvo in height. These threo :ones are estimated to weigh nine hunred tons each. But wo read of an Egyptian idol-temple, laris, far surpassing this, in which there as a sanctuary composed of a single block granite sixty feet square. This is tho irgest and heaviest stono mentioned in tory. A BREATHING CAVE. In the range of the mountains in Westm North Carolina known as the "Fox jinge," a most singular phenomenon exits. It is a "breathing cave." In the ummer months a current of air comes om it so strongly that a person can't walk jainst it, while in Winter the suction is ist as great. The cool air from the mounlins in Summer is felt for miles in a direct ne from the cave. At times a most unleasant oder is emitted upon the current om dead carc;isses of animals sucked in nd killed by the violence. The loss of ittle and stock in that section in Winter i accounted for in this way. They range >o near the mouth of the cave, and the jrrent carries them in. At times, when 10 change from inhalation begins, the air i filled with various hairs of animals; not equently bones and whole carcasses arc >und miles from the place. The air has een known to change materially in temerature during exhalation from quite cool ) unpleasantly hot, withering vegetation i'hin reach, and accompanied by a terrile roaring, gurgling sound, a pot boiling# t is unaccoimted for by scientific men who ave examined, though no exploration can ike place. It Jis feared by many that a volxnic eruption may break forth there someime. Such things have occuiTod in places s little unexpected. "My son," said an American father, how could you marry an Irish girl ?" Why father." said the son, "I'm not able i keep two women?it I'd married a Yanee girl I'd lave had to hire an Irish girl 3 take care of her." SCOICI'IOXS. Scorpions are numerous in India, and are rcquently very troublesome. A physician here has recently been trying some expermcnts with their poison, which he obtained y irritating the animal. The experiments ,-ere conducted upon dogs, pigeons, and rogs. The nine-thousandth part of a grain f fresh venom injected into the thigh of a rog caused the skin to become violently inInmod and the animal to die in fifty-sovon ninutes. On examining the blood microcopically under the influence of the poison t was found that the corpuscles wore trangely deformed, and they rapidly bcatno agglomerated into viscous masses, unning into each other. Tho function of ho blood is thus destroyed, and death in nc of its moat ngonizing forms must cniuv NEVER GET DISCOURAGED. Never irct discouraged'," Though your eHbrtsseem lo fail, If right, have faith and patience . And your cause will yet prevail. The man who goes to battle . ' With flinching coward's soul, Will never .wear the laurels ^TMrifiV While the years in order roll. *" ?. -f-. Never get discouraged; . ?& ?.'Putyour shoulder to the wheel; V Let your will be like to iron, . And your nerves to finest stoe!. V,%. Let the faltering call you foolish.r -5^ Let the weak in heart deride,' If a "neighbor stop your progress Put him gently to the side. i . Never get discouraged, " Tho' the sky seems dark as night. v ' ii.- ...in ?i, _** JL Ui UIC ?UU ?Ui OliliiC W-UiWliy?Y| And God will aid the Right. Success in Life. dp What is success ? The answer to - i this question depends on the different conrses which men persuo, and the lends they have in view. The goner- * al object of pursuit is that which people most want?money. Tho money test of fiuceess is that which they best understand. To make a certain income, therefore, is among the first duties which the world proscribes. v People cannot all appreciate the poet or tho thinker, and they cstimato his works accordingly by the prices which they realize. There arc oUkjt^" ideas of success, lwwevcr, than tbiav trading notion. The soldior seeks it , in promotion bv deeds of valor: tho' scholar in the discovery or cnunctation of truth ; the poet in the praises* r'f. V*. of his generation ; the lawyer ip-pro- r fossional advancement; the jiplitician in the ascendancy of his- party and his succession to office. When Agassiz, engrossed in scientific pursuits, was told that ho ought to look more after the pratical ends of life, in leaving a provision for his family : "I have no time," ho replied, "to make money." Tho making of "getting on" an ond in life is purely an English n'otion. The ideal of man is generally in happy continuance. As to making ud[vanccmcnt in tho world, as we understand it, tho object of cxistance, an Asiatic would think his iife thrown away. "Why should ho get on ? He lis whore ho is by tho Almighty's will and why should ho interfere with the I Divine appointment?" It is thisanxj iety to succeed which givo9 to Euglish ipratical life its fierce competition and icarncst tone. Tho attainment of alj most any position or dignity being made possible to suitable talent and 'well directed effort, ir.spires hope. What a blessed possession is hope? ; It is the salt of humn?^ifetthat sweet? 'ens all toil and difficulty. Phoenix ilike.it "spriugs eternal" from tho 'ashes, of tho pyrites we place in the crucible, as gold, it is the pinacca to the disappointment that makes tho heart sick ; it is tho dawn of the rad- . iant orb which after a season of darkness, is yet to shine in noonday splendor; it is the buo}-ant element that > J bark afloat ti!l wo reach tho harbor 'for without hope there can be no en'deavor. Excelsior is only hope intesjtified. What ever he should aim at (the first rank and foremost place. "It I can't bo done" is a dolence. Such a I plea is a mere excuse for not attemptI ? -11 T\-.cc ? l,;? ?l.??1.1 1U?> ^L ail. J-SJll/l'lU livn P1JUU1U OVitU i but to reveal a maD's true strength, I to test his power of will, to train 'to the exereise of his noblest only the ! week and unstable are overwhelmed. I Dilligence in business should form part of a man's religion, as it is in idissolubly associated with the spiritual in worship. i A Man Who Never Tasted Meat. ,?A correspondent writres that about one half mile south of Holineadorf ^'a., live an old farmer by the name of Abraham Blatt, robust and as strong as a horse, who has never in :his life tasted the least bit of meat of !any kind, lie says he never tasted [beef, pork, mutton or vea!, no kind of !poultry, no kiud of fish no kind of igame, in fact nothing pertaining to imnnf II.> ImsHu^h .in nhhorrcnca of i/*,vwv' --- ? ' moat that when they kill a cow 01 a 'hog on hia pre lises, hcgetierly leaves ! homo and gcc.. about other business. ' IIo is the father of a large family, all j healthy ohildron. Among the lot is 'also one boy, like his father, eats no meat of any kind. In reply to the 'questions put to th? father how ho [could work so hard without eating any meat, he says he believes he is ! much healthier than if he ato meat, lie uses very little butter. i w ? t ? r. r< Ml' dll'pill'll* Willis iruui viumiuiuvillc Gorgia, to contradict in the most posivc terms, a pretended report given in corrcspondcnco from jOalumbia to the Cliarlotte Observer, | of a conversation held with him, in which it is Plated that he denounced [Govenor Cambcrlain, using courso jlanguage, itc. It was a fabrication ;from beginning to end. lie littered j no opinionjor sentimcnl|about GovcrnJor Chamberlain, while in Columbia or on his way home, except such as was expressive of gratification at tho general satisfaction which his admintration seemed to be giving through! out the State?even to many intelligent ciiizcns he had met with who I had not favoite his election." * <> Phenia Kpps. of Hamilton, Ohio, asked her mother to take a note for her to a friend of the family living in a near street. The note, when opened ] was found to read : "This is a littlo ruse of mine to get mother out of tho house, lie fore she can get back I ! will be on the cars with dear Lorenzo land before night will be married." 1 - -- - ? ?--i:- ,.e ? A Hofiton (iramanc trim; o^o ut iV gifted actress: "Sho wore a handjsome dress, and thereby hung a trail. Here subtle grace, flexible as the sin'uositics of a morning's mist, and 'yet thoroughly proportioned to the curves of the character, are most cs: penally noticeable."