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-p; ' * -fas* w i : v.v . && . /- ^ ^ ' " ' _ " ~ BY W.--A. HTJfiH ?1LS0N ABBEVILLE, S. C., ?EDNESDAT, APRIL 14, 1875.~ "" CONGAREE I HRKSjl Proprietor. Manufacturer of Steam EnOnfl "Rnilnvc gxixvro c*au MVAxv^wi Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. I I was awarded the first premium on castings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, { held in Columbia, November, 1871, '72 '73. MANUFACTURE Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. * ALSO Took the First Premium at State, Fairs held November, 1S71, '72,'73 Manufacturer of . Grist Mills Irons of all sizes., For Sale. 1 Gin Gearing of the following sizes, j 9 feet wheel anil pinion ?.'50 00 | 10" " " " 32 501 u " ? " " 35 oo 12 " " " " 4-5 00 r 14 " " " " 50 00 iv With Bolts $G.50 Extra for each set. I Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot- / ton Press $10.00 ami $12.00 per set. M D. B. SMITH, Agent, | Abbeville S. C. Dec. 10, 1S73, 35-tf j New Store! i NEW GOODS!!i THE undersigned have just optic -r an entire new stock of J GROCERIES, j' Provision and Liquors, |J As well as Other Goods ink their Line. ! i l At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, rc- i; cently TltOWliKIDGE & CO., wherpj, we will lie pleased to serve the public j _ CHEAP FOR CASH. 'y - A. M. HILL, i; Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt |t CARPENTRY. fx T1IE undersigned hereby gives no-! tice that he is prepared to do all j kinds of CARl'EXTEK'.S WORK and,' BUILDING. He also repairs ,1 COTTON GINS, THRESHERS * AND FANS. ' A full supply of GIN" MATERIAL al ways 011 hand. Farmers are reqnested ' to bring their Gins up early in the season, to allow time to havclhem properly; _ prepared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, j / the Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds I of rubber and loatliei belting. . D. B. SMITH, I Abbeville C. H? S. C. I July 15, 1874 14-Oin J Mark the Spot of Your De- 1 ceased Friends. !M!arble "Works- i A FULL line of .stock on hand and ! all work sold at the lowest price, j and work done in thebest workman-like manner. Several hundred new and J handsome designs on hand to make selections from. We will duplicate city j. price in all monumental work, l?y which 1 parties can save freight. * j < Very respectTulIv, ' J. D. CHALMERS. ! Sept. 1,1874, 21-tf C. WEST & SONS, 1 ALADDIN soiltyI THE BEST OIL IN USE. j. WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST. J Water white in color. Fully doodenzcd. j And it will not explode, jj It burns In all Coal Oil and Kerosene1' Lamps. THY IT. Ask for "Aladdin jSecurity," and tnke no other. C. WEST & SONS', j: 113 and 115 W. Lombard St., Bait. Md. ! Nov. 7, 1874 j;0-Gm "NEW FLOUR, LARD, SUGAR, BAQpN, COFFEE, TOBACCO. NAILS, &c., &c., at DnPRE, GABBRELL & CO:S. i Sept. D 22-;f eb. 17, 1875, 45-tf THE ALSTON HOUSE. f / The Misses CATER, ANNOUNCE to the PUBLIC that they still keep The ALSTON HOUSE open to persons who apply for regular or transient BOARD duringthisyenr.? Board reasonable. Fare as good as the Country afl'ords. Jan 13?tf I STFAM MI MILL Columbia, S. C. P. W. WING, 7| Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF Sash, Blinds, Doors,! WINDOW | AXD DOOR FRAMES, j nsifle Pivot BliMs anil Men! COLUMNS, Pilasters, I MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Brackets, Hand-Rails, 'JEWELS, BALUSTRES, ! tall Wort of all DescrijtioD. [ 111 Work Guaranteed A No. 1. May 28, 1S74, 7-1 v. JTOVES & TIN-WARE, MPS, OIL, &C.. &C..I FOR SALE BY 3, W. LAWSON & CO AT Post Office Building.!^ r.HK subscribers have now on hand, and arc selling at lower rales iian ever before, t -e most complele in hock of Sieves, T?n-Ware, Lamps. )il, &c? which ll.cv have ever offered I o the people of Abbeville. t\v ^1* i r\#* P/tnl/In .f Rfnr^a - hi* j iiv*j i uuviib v/? v/uwivi.iji, * unusually large, comprising tlic'an nost popular varieties, as the *'Ma:*i-1su< id," llto -'Cotton Stales," "I'iro Side," bo Forest City," "I)irector" and others. A vbieli will be guaranteed to plcpsejal ?oi li in slyle f.nd price. jbu Their Slock of Kerosene Lamps is on innsually hii;'24and select, and wili er; ie found to oli'c? inducements to those sti rilhing a good article at low rales. ra Tliey liavf- l\o. 1 Kerosene Oil, at h i..... ! !. . in" tVnm 23 cents to *!0 <tl) 01.ts )K r ga'lnn. ; toi Their Stock of Tin-Ware contains;de very varicu of Buckets, Boilers, i 'an*:. Coii'.-o Pols, kc.. and till the-be helves lioni floo" to ceiling. lei: The sabM-riltors solicit a call and j xam'ha.ioii fiom their i:iends, and j eel confident in their ability to please, on ' hu H. V/. LAWSON & CO. |ba Nov. 11. 1874 31-tf i* ! _ __ lit CALL AMD SEE! 2 ^ * -r?- ? SCI ;.000 lbs Bacon Pities, j br ,0(M) lbs Baeon .Shoulders, I wi ,000 Iks Bulk Sides, ! f0 300 lbs Plain Hams, I 500 lbs Sugar Cured Canvassed Hams, t barrels and Kits Now Mackerel, ! P'j barrels and Half-Barrels White Fish, j he iarrels N. O. Syrup, |re Do. Florida 44 W( Do. Sugar House Syrup, I. Do. Common Sugar, I , 8,000 lbs Fresh Wheat Bran, 100 Barrels New Crop Flour, ly 3,000 !Ij4 Assorted Sugar, an 500 lbs " Coffees, a I 3,000 yds " Bagging, j SO bundles Beard Tie, All our goods are guaranteed, both as on o quality and price. Call and see. !sa l)uPre, Gambrell & Co. ji? Od. 21 27-lf : fe DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! U. Dr. H. D. WILSON U ;ai OFFERS his professional services to I pi the people of Abbeville County 'c; ind of upper South Carolina. Having ija just finished a course of study in the I Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur-jo' ;ery, lie feels fully competent to attend to all cases requiring the exc'.ciso oj \v skilled Dental Surgery that may be m brought to hi in. He asks the patronage u yf the people, and guarantees full and . complete satisfaction. He has procured | a full set of first-class Denial Inslru- bi mollis, nml is mvnared to do first-class! l< work at most reasonable rates. 1t< $/& OFFICE jnst over Post Oflice. I M. CIOI.DSMJTII. 1'. KIND.), Cxoldsmitli So Kind, j" FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, v (I'll (UN IX IKON WOCKS, L COLUMBI A, S. C.la Man ukactu i: ki;s or steam En-j o ginesof all sizes; Horsepowers, Circular and MuU-y Saw Mills, CJrist and Sugar Cane Mills. Flour Mills, Ornamental, I-louse aiu\ Store Fronts, Iron! I1 Ilailings, Agricultural J mplements, etc.] Urass and Iron Ca'-ilngs of nil kindejg made to order 011 sliort noliee, and on u the nio>t reasonable terms. Also, man- j s, uracturers of Cotton P.esses. |J Mnv 28, 1S73, 7-1 I'm STAPLE DRY GOODS, ' Wood and Willow Ware, 'y Boots and Shoes, Crockery and GlassWare,,1 A Full Assortment of Staple c Goods of every description at j DuPre, Gambrell& Co's.it ct. 21 23-tf 4 -- - ' -VI>CI'M- iiiiillilrtfT - LIKE A CHILD. Playing (hero in Hie sun, Chasing the butter flies, Catching his golden toy, Holding it fast till it dies; Singing to match the birds, Calling the robins at will, Glancing here and there, 1 Never a moment still? JLiltca child. Going to school at last. 1 Learning to read and write, Puzzled over his slate, Busy from morning till night. i Striving to win a* prize, Careless it is gone, Finding his joy in the strife, Not in the tiling that's done. Busy in the eager tide, Buying and selling again, I Chasing the golden prize, j Glad of a transient grain ; Always beginning anew, Never the long task o'er, 1 Just as it used to be? i Tho butterfly before. Seeking a woman's heart, Winning it for his own, Then too busy for love, Letting it turn to stone. Sure of his plighted truth, I What more had a wise to ask ? ; Each day his daily task? ( A child to pine and complain ! . A child, to grow so pale! For want of some foolish words > Shall a woman's faith fall? < Words he said them once? 1 What need of any thing more? j Does one who has entered a room Co back and wait at the door? ' K'nld ! JJiWJ ...... .Never can climb his knee; i Motherly arms are open? < "Father is busy you see" ( Too busy to stop to hear A babble of broken talk. To mend the jumping-jack, Or make the new doll walk. i ( So busy that when Death comes ] He pleads for a little delay, If not to finish his work, At saolt a word to say ? A. word to wife ond child. I A ;entance to tell the truth, i That he loves them now at last, With the passionate heart ol youth. The kisses of Dealli nro cold, I And t hev turn his lips lo stone ; ' Out of the'warm Origin world |i The man goes all a lone. , Do angels wait for him there . Over I he soundless sea ? He goes, and tame, the helpless 4 weight. lie Story of an Umbrella, J "I'll wager the best box of cigars n the city." i "Done." This short dialogue took place bcecn two }*oung men as they rusbed eatblesslv down two flightsof stairs, r d seizing hats and umbrellas, is- I ed from the door of a fashionable r arding house in Xew York city.? t young lady was just stepping upon i liorsc-car before the door, and both r irried toward it. The car passed t , leaving the two lines of aristo- ' alio houses that cotnposcu thoji ect wrapped in the mists of the I iny afternoon. s That evening a youn^j lady entered s c dining-room of one of these aris- i i*ratic houses, and, on. being chid- 1 n for lateness, rejoined pittishly : t "1 couldn't help it, mamma. I've \ en so unfortunate to-day. I de- I ire 1 could cry." ' Why how ? What doyou mean ?" I "in the first place, I left my purse ^ my toilette-table, I was in such a c irry to catch the car. I stuffed the I nk check into m)* glove for safety. I ivent tathe bank and got it cash? s ly dollars, you know?and it oe rreu lo me the money woulun t be fe in my cloak pocket, so I unfowed the top of bundle of my urn 1 ella and put the bills in that hollow I thin the broad part. Then I went s the -photographer's and gut my jj oofs, and, for want of a better I ace, I foolishly put those in the c illow, too. Well it rained in tor- s nts, and two young genUcmeu I Die following mo. You needn't jk shocked, mamma?they were, t ough they did it very unobstusive- I . I've seen both of them before, 1 d I believe they room opposite.? t any rate, they got on the car that s ;lid, this noon, and they got on the 0 I came homo in. One of them t next me, and tbo other near the ior on the opposite side, and if turned my eyes anywhere but l raight forward, I was sure to re- | ivo a glance of admiration." i "We'll dispense with that part of , Mary." ' No, wo can't, mamma," was the I miure response, "for my confusion, f id the fact of my umbrella's drip- j ng all over my dress, caused the i itasiropc. 1 had lo set the umbrelaside a little, you sec, and when i i Dt up to leave the car, both these oung men rushed lor the door. 11 j as really comical, mamma. I was! o soonor outside the car than two ...1 ll..o hi ui iao nai u \ vji inj, nuuu, iviiu icre f>lood tlio yomig gentlemen oth quilo determined to CdCOrt me ) the house door. I never wanted I i laugh so much; but I didn't laugh, thanked them with a very dignified ow?one apiece?and then produclg my own umbrella from the folds J f my water proof, opened that and; ralked off. Mamma." continued the peaker. tragically, "1 never will have nothev umbrella that is like everyno else's." "I don't see at all what j*ou're comng lo, Alarv," eaid hor mother, pcrilcxcdly. What was tho trouble ?" "Trouble? Why, mamma, when I ;ot home I found 1 hadn't my own imbrellu at all, but some one else's' ust like mine!" "And the fifty dollars and photo;raph proofs ?"' "Were gone." Is tho one you havo just like ours ?"* "Precisely, black alpacca, with an vory handle." "Somebody must have stolen yours iMithnr AvnhnntfArl niimftQftlv'* ... J. ' I don't think it, mamma, in fact, I enow they couldn't. No one could lave known what wan in tho handle >f mine; and tho ono I brought homo , .. * ifiliiiMiiiiifF is much sprucer. I'm 6uro the person who took mine would ncvor think of looking in the handle." "Perhaps not, but you had better advertise your umbrella. Some of the pcoplo in the car must have it." Two days later appeared An advertisement to this effect : "Lost, on Tuesday last, on an 8th avenue car, at G o'clock, a black alpaca umbrella, with ornamented ivory handle. The finder will be rewarded if it is returned to Xo. S street." "H'm!" Raid Miss Mary Armstrong, is she glanccd over this paragraph in the morning's paper, "that'll never bring back the umbrella." In the bachelor aparlmcnj, across Ihc street the advertisement was differently commented upon. Mr. Frank Kennedy, who had been tilted back in his arm-chair; when his eye fell upon it. suddenly .sprang to his feet with the exclamation : "lty Georgo, I'll win that wager!" 1 "I wonder," he continued, appro- i hensively, ,:il Courtcnay 'II see it?? : borrow his morning paper, for fear lie will. Why, what a royal road to in introduction this is! I'll take an />!!???ir>\r 11 rr> In mv mvn JIliUlVUM" ?J ivoukl answer the description?no, t>y Georgo ! it's too much worn oat ind I'll bo ashamed of it?and go| )vcr and present myself. Courtenay I It* be furious?ha! ha! J5y Gecrgo, ' -hough, how did this umbrella get so shabby? I've only had it four weeks, t'll go and buy a new ono, black 1 ilpaca, with a carved ivory handle, xnd introduco myself to Miss Armstrong with that. I feel the box of ' jigars ill ready in my pocket." Mr. Kennedy walked across the Kill and tapped thrice, each time 1 onder, upon the opposite door.? jetting no answer, he called through ceyhole: 1 "I say, Courtenay!" No reply. Mr. Kenncday shook ,he door, then hailed tho chamber- 1 naid. "Where's Mr. Courtenay." "Uonc uovvn town, sir, nan an nour igo" "Gone down town ! Tho doucc ho; iasl muttered .Mr. Kennedy, search-i ng distractedly for his hat andj1 'love*. 1 say!"?lo the chamber-! naid?"where is nearest umbrella i store ?" ".Right round the corner." ' "Run out and buy mo an umbrella vi 11 you ? There's a good soul! Take; ,his bill, and keep tho change, andl1 jet me a black alpaca umbrella (ladies j li/.e,) remember that with an orna 1 nented ivory handle. Understand ?" M "All right, sir." ' "And hurry? do 1" i< The maid vanished, and Mr. Iv.cn-11 icdy began to make himself irresisti-1' >le as far as hasto would allow. lie, net tho returning chambermaid at I1 .ho door, and inspected the umbrella]1 it the hall, aiul then triumphantly' narelied across the street, lie rang, ho bell, inquired confidently forM 'Miss Armstrong," and was ushered I n. With umbrella still in my hand,1 ie walked into the parlors, but was irrested on the thresh hold by the J' ight of his chum, Ellis Courlenay, rho, also holding an umbrella in his land, occupied an easy-chair by the' able. Mr. Courlenay was dressed j villi suspicious nicety, and the urn- ' >rolla ho had was apparently new. < The two occupants of the parlor accd each other in blank surprise, |j vhich, in Mr. Courtenay's case, :hangcd to amusement. Ad for Mr. J vennedy, after uttering explosively lis favorite. "By George!" lie sub-1 ided into a chair, and began, feebly ; | "How ?how in"? "Eh ! Some one's coming I" ' Miss Armstrong opening the parol door, had to hide her face behind ler handkerchief for a moment, ere 1 lie could advance with requisite gravity. Iler Lwo 'knights of yes- 1 crday' were considerably embarrass:d, but managed to present them- ; elves, there excuses, and their umbrellas. 'By George I' finished Mr Kennc1}', 'being on the car, you know, I Oil, US X nilgni/ say, uucrusiuu, juu know.' 4I am much oblige to you, I am ;urc.' 'And this isn't your umbrella?" 'I am sorry to say, it isn't.' Mr. Co ur ten ay rose to go. '1 should have been glad to have eturned you your umbrella,' ho said, jolitcly. 'As it is, I can only hope it may bo restored.' 'As I do myself, I assure you,' Miss Armssrong responded. "Not for the umbrella's sake, but for the jako of lifly dollars and some photographic proofs, which were screwed into tho handle.' Constraint was forgotten in the sudden surprise crealcd by this statement. Before half an hour had pass cd llic three were quue at ease iugether. They passed fiom speculation about the fate of the umbrella to tho weather, and to tho locality and season, to amusements and to music. When they Jolt, it was with the understanding that there might be future visits. However, neither of tho young gentleman had his cup of satisfaction full to the brim, because of the other. ih <1 sonLencc did either inter as they crossed llie street. In the up-1 per hall of the boarding-house nt last 31 r. Kennedy broke silence: 'I sa}r, Courtenny, where did you see that advertisement?' 'About eight tins morning,' was the laconic response, as the one addressed fumbled with his key. 'And you went down town and'? 'I always go down town,' 'Oh, pshaw ! Don't he high and mighty! Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' And 31 r. Kennedy's voice grew fainter as he retired into the depths of his dresssing-room. Presently he emerged therefrom, and shouted across the ball. 'Well, we neither of us won the i n-'L > 1"?,1 ClgZU'S. DUIU l 111 U UU UUCU tliU nullify minuto, by George! Wo will go halves on a box.' It was noticoablo aftor this that tho young gentlemen both cared very much for two things. Thoy carod for their front windows, and they eared very much for the, owner of the lost umbrella, the lady of No. 8. Tho umbrella was not returned. It became a thing of the past. Now tho state of feelmg between Miss .Armstrong's two oavalicrs was anything but cordial. To say that they avoided each other in a mild description. They issisted on being apart. Instead of having, a .tooiai cigar together, they, whenever they spent an evening in, 6at apart in mood^ un approach ability. Toward spring matters grew still worse, and Mr. Kcnnody bccamo oblivious of hjp former friond's existcnco. Ho, moreover, ceased going to No. 8 orTtirely, and to Mr. Courlenay's amazement, appeared to have made up his mind to dissipation. Probably this did not agree with his health, for toward the middle of March he became invisible for several days, and it was reported that ho was ill. So it happened that, ono windy March evening, neuralgia and lonesomoncss conquered pride, and ho sent a messenger to know if Courtcnay would 'como over.' Courtcnay was really shocked at the ehango in his friend's appearance, and was so cordially sorry for him mat Air. Kenneuys reserve uueriy relaxed. You're a good fellow, Courtenay ; but it isn't neuralgia altogether that is using mo up. There arc things worse than neuralgia, by George I' His hearer replied: 'Of course?of course there arc.' 'There's nothing,' resumed tho in valid?'nothing in the world, and I tiopo nothing in tho next, as bad as women!' 'Women?' echoed his surprised companion. 'They are tho coldost?tho?by George 1 I never saw a woman who bad a heart. Did you ?' Mr. G'ourtcnay wondered vividly whether tho lady across the streot possesses one; but ho only said, vaguely: 'A rather strong statement.Mr. Kennedy nodded grimly. 'You'l com<? to toy conclusion ? you'ro on the way to it now. You have been ever since that confounded umbrella matter. I say old follow, I've a great mind to save you from yourself. Eh ?' 'I du not follow you. But go ahead by all means.' "A month ago," resumed 31 r. Kennedy, solemnly?"just a month ago Lo-nighl? I went over to Number 8 to make a call. Frankly, I went more Lban thai?lo make a declaration ; intl I had every reason to think I'd bo accepted, if smiles and blushes and ill that are signs. Wo went into the conservatory to look at the stars, nod 1 then and thcro made a fool oi' myself, and made a declaration at Lho same lime. I was standing in a draught Blaring at tho sky ?I know that's the way I got this neuralgia? and when I had finished, and stood Lhcro, feeling that life or death depended o i hor answer, what do you think sho said?" Mr G'ourtcnay responded, in strangely muffled totes, that ho hadn't an idea. ' Give a guess 1 l'T ron'f fin nhnfifK" "She said and I could liavo sworn 'he was laughing: 'Why Mr. KonncJy, don't you know I've made a vow? I'm going to marry some one.' I gasped out: 'Who?' 'The person who returns my umbrella. Confound umbrellas!,' finished Mr. Kennedy, savagely kicking tho table leg. Mr Courtenay's face, surrounded by wreaths of tobacco smoke, was very solemn indeed. It was more solemn still the next morning at the breakfast-table For almost a week it was as dolorous as tho weather, nnd not onco did sho sit in his accus lomed place at Iho front window or call at Xo. 2. "Frank," ho shouted orio morning across Ibo hall, "lend mo your umbrella, will you ? I can't find either of mine." There was a sound of rummaging in Mr. Kennedy's apartment; then an umbrella camo flying across the passage and landed on the door-mat, "You'd belter loose it some whero down town, growled the owner. I never want to see it again. In a simular gloomy mood, Mr. G'ourtcnay began to perambulate the rainy and muddy street*. Whether his state of mind made him desperately careless and oblivious of his fellow pedestrians is uncertain. At any rate, ho came in violent contact with a truckman, and was sent staggering blindly back into a doorway by the force of the concussion. As for the umbrella, it looked like a wielkcd vessel, for three of its ribs were Iroken, and the stick, minus the handle, pointed proteslinglyj upward. The handle was still clutched in Mr. Courtney's hand, but that loo seemed suddenly to have become rickcty. As he tossed it angrily against the wall it fell back disjointed, and a little roll o'' papers lumplcd at Mr. Courlenay's very feet. For ? once in his life, and only once, the latter individual whs uuu^iu mtv liis friend Konucdy's expression, '-By George." IIo did not go down town, but returned homo and shut himself up till after dinner~At seveu o'clobk he might have been seen crossing?street wiih a disreputable-looking umbrella in his hand, which just held together, and that was nil. Bearing this, ho entered Miss Armstrong's presence, and answered her merry iniquity as to where ho had been the last week, briefly; "I've been finding your umbrella, j Here it is." I Somhow it took a great while for ! Miss Armstrong to understand how lit had come about. Sho was freshly Inmi7n(i pvftiT five minute to think that "her idenlicial umbrella" had beou nil this time in Mr. Kennedy's possession, just across tho street, And to think besides that she had taken Mr. Kennedy's umbrella on the horse-carl It was tho very strangest thing that over happened, and she must go straight and tell mama al about it. - - i "Bat you havo not done your part,' interposed Mr. Courtonay. "Yon saic tho finder would bo suitable rewar dcd." "For returning a wholo umbrella Thanks will be paid for a broken one replied Miss Armstrong, saucily. "Do you think'so? But you havi lo keep your voVr besides," said Mr Courtonav' with Derfect crravitv. She looked at him witii wide-eyec surprise, then flashed and faltered at she asked:."-'" "What vow?" "To marry the person who return ed your umbrella." "OhI'wastho horrified response ' Did Mr. Kennedy"? SpeakiDg of Mr. Kennedy, that in : dividual was interrupted as he wai ligtining his first cigar on the following morniDg by a ,tap at the door, at I ?-v?-?rvn T?rv/1 AT n Prtnff nnov lifilrl rv iiiuix appuaiuu jjxi. wu? wvuwj uviv* ing an umbrella. "Miss Armstrong returns your urn brclla with thanks, and apologizes for^having unknowingly exchangcc with you. You have had hers foi four months, and I unfortionatelj broke it yesterday when you lentil <2u-i.i i:i,? ?v,, IU IIJU. V J 11U Li ilt\U J UU IV V/AV^W^/v i.ut contents of tho handle of hers, and alio insists on you taking "this photo graph. It is no moro than right since j'ou've carried tho proofs aboul so long. Old fellow," he added break inginto'along-represscd laugh, "you'l havo to be content with tho] photo graph. Sho's promised tho original to me. ? ? Give Credit,?Tho world would move on smooth, and people be happier if tho efforts to pleaso and to dc good were always properly appreci alcd and duo credit given. A liitlc praise or well done goes a long way, and acts as happily as the old far mcr's greaso. lie found it the bcsl thing and used it libcraly like a -wise man; wife,children, cook, chamber maid man servant and all came for their sbaro and worked better for it, The mood of application was to give them pra>so when any thing is done I ?T?nll onrl on nnnnin-nfrinrf Of I HWIlj 14MV* Ull 4%0 ' ~ " smile when in difficulty. There is a word of moaning in this thing. Grcaso of this kind is a lever which lifts burdons from the brow, lightons tho heavy, heaving heart, and by its happy influence every thing mcvej cheerfully. Practice it reader, if anj one does .not good acknowlag< it, if you see any one trying to dc right encourago that one. Don't b< sparing of praise, givo a good share to wife, husband, children, servants friends. Wear a smilo always anc not a frown. What a happy world this would be if thcro wcro moro o] this kind of grease used. We woulc ! bo a band of brothers indeed. I ^ I ? i Judge Cooke om Hot Suppers.? jTlie Judge mado Lhc following re marks nt tho Anderson Court in the Jnnic* Walker case of murder: ."H( I warned the colored people ngainsl 'giving "hot suppers," whether loi 'gain ov otlierwiso, and said that h< believed these very suppers wcro tlu origin of more difficulties and crime.' than anything else, lie told them that during his short period of twe years on the Bench, it had been his painful duly to preside at tho trial*oj v!v- mni(Irn'oi*.? whose dark crimes ; were all (.rateable to "hot supper*.' | He .said it was the duly of all in in is iters of Lhe Gospel among the colorcc 'people to endeavor to put a stop t( jlhis demoralizing custom, and if the} | did not .succeed, to report ihe case 01 cases to the neat csi Trial Justice, whe | would investigate the matter, and i .sent up to this Court, rest assured iimi ilii>v will ?.-oL twelve months ir ' v o - the Penitentiary as vagrants. <gh4 Notwithstanding tlio fact Mr I'-ootlier oncc commenced a sermoi in L'lymolh Church* by staling llial ii was "damned hot," it seems, and singulai ly enough, loo, that lie lias conscientious scruples against judicial swearing. When put upon ihe stand the oilier day lo lestify in bis own behalf lie rejected ihc bible when ii was handed lo him, declaring he had conscientious scruples against swearing upon the Iloly Scriptures. He was accordingly qualified as a witness bv raisins his rirrhl hand and repeat' I " */ " O w . ing the words of iho o .th. Consul cHng iho nature of liis icsiimon}perhaps liis eonscicncc ri^hlly ad vis oil when ii admonished him of ihe impropriety of placing liis oanc's 01 his lips upon the Word of God. Forciw.e Jail .Release?Darinc Act.?On Thursday last, in tlic dnsh of the evening, as Jailor J. D. Sin Iji'leton wasjjntering the coll apart | inonl of tlie jail ill Slimier, ho w:i? Iseized by Stephen Woods, a vigorous I young negro, who had' been commit lied on a charge ol'illegal voting Immediately, almost, Bill Williams charged w'lli bacon stealing, came ic I lie assistanc e of' the former, and the two threw the jailor lo the floor when both of them made their waj down iho stairs and out by the real door, leaping tlie fence and making 1 licit- oscnne."?Emitter Watrhmun, The paper* stale an iastauco of i 'Judge having ordered I he arrest of : citizen fur contempt of his Court |The citizen pleaded innoccueo, as tlx Court \va? not in session. The Jud?< replied, "I'll have you understand jsir, that litis Court is always a sub jeet of contempt." Miss Louisa Kern, an aged lady o j Greenville, walked out of a window which opened to the iloor one nigh |last week and fell to the ground frorr j the second story. She died in a few j days. i The heavens havo at last spen , their dew, the clouds arc scattered eunshino streams upon tho earth, tin i minstrels of the air have found tlici , voices, the buds impatiently peep ou ! for light; tho heart of the husbaud 1 man rojoiccs, lovo revives?an< SpriDg is como. '" Back Biters,?A friond from Anl trevillo send us the* following about - Bacs-Biters: * Thete are those in this community ? . who, with willful, known falsehood , and Glanderous report, would, if in their power, defame reputation and ' 0 blast-the faSf'Qharaqter of white-robed . innocence, ocViftnoU^self, and then . devoutly. ibanfc^Ggd that; they are 1 not as othej^ape; ?-? ' j Tbew roalicidnB'gbssip and tattlers 1 are a carse andVeorirgo to envy community. They contaminate and defile - every thing which comes under the i lash of their, serpent toungs. They . own children imbibe it bv contract: prono by nature to evil, and following examplo rather tban receipt, they i aro taught scandal before the story j of the cross. They sow the seeds of . siscord and sorrow broadcast over - society. Their pestilential breath infects t be whole land. This earth by - them is made a hell, and by them the j regions of darkness aro mado popul lous. , i , ' Murderer Caucii.t?Yesterday we ] published tho account of the killing , I of Ecv. Mr. Miller, a Mothodist preacher, near Santuc, Union county. Mr. Alley succcedcd in captnriDga ' iiiuiuiiu uuiu lurcu ui IUUI lunua lium ' Spartanburg boforo day yesterday. ' lie acknowleged killing Mr. Miller, ta- 1 ken him for a horse drover, thinking i to get his money. Tho coat of de- ] cease was in his possession, having i two bullet holes in it. Ho cays tho < first shot did not kill him. Intense i I excitement prevails near Ssautuc on account of the affair. The murderer 1 was captured in a booth in tbo woods, and is thaught ho was tho ringleader f ! of the crowd that has been commiti ting robberies and attacking trave- 1 ' lers on the public highways' 1 ' He has been taken to Union C. H., ' io dc irica ior mo onence.? ureen- 1 villa News. J j IIow to Alleviate a Cough.? Tho London Lancet, which ought to , bea good authority, says: "Anodynes f narcotics, cough mixtures and lozen- c ges, are practically of no good, and 1 but loo often increase the debility and i hasten the fatal end. The best melli- r ( od of easing cough is to resist it with . ( all the force of will possible, until the r accumulation of phlegm becomes 5 greater, then there is something to ' ) cough against, and it comes up very ( , much easier, and with half tho cough- ' j ing. A great deal of hacking and ' lu'mmin<? nnil rrmohinor in invalids is 1 O O O ? I nervous, purely nervous, or from the I force of habit, as is showD by the ? P frequency when thinking about it, ( j and the comparative rarity when the 1 person is so much engaged that there | lis no lime to think about it, and lho j 'attention is compelled in another direction." j Maj. Erastus "ST. Everson, Librarian | of the Stale University, andformerly s ' au efficient "local" on several papers, j is preparing for ibe press an account . s of centenarians living in South Caro- 1 j iina. We wishes a list of those actu- ' t ally 100 years old, and those nearly ' ( thai nge. He wishes to collect the ? , recollections of these centenarians in ' p regard 10 revolutionary events, travel, , trade, manners and customs, means i ? of communication, ways of amuse- ( mcnts, and any events in their lives ] I which will go to illustrate the pro- i j gross of tho countryfrom thci:* early 1 .ici ays. c f ) The religious conflict in Mexico in- ( f creases in bitterness. The Catholic j I organ at the capital declaims vigor- j i ously against the granting of privi- ? leges to the protcslants, and intimates that the-loyalty of ihe church party to the government depends upon a ' j sanction of the crusade against all ? anti-caiholics. A few nights since- a ( I number of armed men surrounded 1 , and attacked congregated Prcsbytc- ' I rians who wore holding divino serI vice iu an old cathedral, and murder- . ! ed a number of the worshippers. A | very considerable number were [ wounded. Tho assailants dispersed ( before the police, and no arrests were , , made. ( A Mistake.?Sorao persons main tain that there is nothing now under ' ' the sun, but wo dispute tho point, 1 and aro prepai ed besikes to provo it. 1 ) It is not a difficult matter either to * gel scores and hundreds of witnesses I to establish the fact. To do so it is c only necessary to refer to the new . bonnets which Mrs. M. M. White and . ! Miss Jane Uamcy arc offering for [ sale. i What is Bonanza.?Literally, (lie i i word bonanza means "boon" or "i'ree i - gill," and in the mining districts of' . Nevada, it is used as illustrative of , the treasures of silver with which ( > her Mountains abound. When a vein y > of remarkable rich oro is found in c , unexpected places, running not in the,1 ' predicted direction, but diagonally through several mines, or when the 1 ; yield of a "lodo" is unusually heavy, at comparatively little cxpen.so or ( trouble, it is called a bonanza. , i! -Abbeville and Anderson pride 1 . themselves on their annual cxhibi- 5 ) lions of stock and the' products of 1 5 their farms, and why should Green- ( , villc fall behind her neighbors? ? ' -1 Greenville JVetos. I ( Stheet Roller.?Our council needs ( u heavy roller, of casliron or wood, , I to be used in leveling the highways. ( [ J It will pay, for we have seen it tried. ( j j GrcQnvillc JWcios. I r f&" We'd like to see the roller that i ,, would level the roads about Green- t S'ville. 1 J Broke iits !Ntkck.?Charles Mur- I e ray, a prisoner on his way from An- . r derson to the penitentiary for stealing 1 t a carpet bag, jumped out of the car I - window, falling on the timbers of a i ifbridgo below Ninety Six and break- 1 ing his ncck. ' SCRAPS, The original grecrftfacks?frcga.' A patient waiter?r youug doctor. High living for hard times?rooms in tbo atttc. The late.st thing in front door locks ?night keys. Men who never do wrong fceftJoittC Jo anything. It is estimated that'efery pMjpfet in San Antonia, Texas, ownafaibont sflven dogs. Correctly^ don't seem like a fiard word ; yet Ihey all go down because they can't spell correctly. Party ties?those little white cfjO< kcrs worn by blonde gentlemen who part their hair in the middle. Rhode Island bristles with spelling matches. Some of .tho dictionary words reach clcar across tho State. Quincy, Illinois, has tho latest case Df Enoch Arden; but tho marrief! * widow had collected the life insurance, money, and a compromise will bo effected on easy terms. ? London is ahead. It has more ' ' lews than Palestine, more Scotchmen Llian Edinburg, more Irish than"Dublin, more Catholics than Rome, and more thieves than Chicago. t _ ?j iL.i 11 *n is saiu mat noiuiug win euro a poet's affection for his idol sooner . Lban to catch her at the dinner tablo . excavating tho kernel of a .hickory uut with a hair pin. A widow was weeping bittejrly at the loss of her husbaDd, and the parson tried to console her. "No, no," saidsho; "let mo have my cry oaf, ind then I shan't care anything more xbont it." Rev. J. C. Hilden, the minister, recently called to the pastorate of the ' Baptist Church in Greenville, is ex-' icctcd to arrive here by Sunday, 18th nst. Thero wero 12,620 bales of cotton shipped from Anderson sinco the first )f September, 1874, to the first of Ynril. 1875. I 1 A mystery?how the girls can keep tway from tho Emporiamof Fashion. L'he mystery solved?they can't. An economical farmer's daughter in Massachusetts put off her wedding lay becanso egga had gone np to for.y cents a dozen, and it would take :wo dozen for tho wedding cakes and ludding, Apromineno Detroit Unfrersalist, iome months ago, married a red-head:d widow with four children, and last iveek remarked to a friend: "I was )lind when I believed there is no lell. I see now." A countryman recently visited the So. 3 engine house, and set his watch jy the steam guage of tho engine ivhich measured twenty pound of steam.? Cincinnati Saturday Night. Alabamma barbers bavo ?fine feeing. One tried to shoot himself Ibo Mbcr day because a customer asked bim why be didn't use a crow-bar to ibave with. Ho couldn't b'ar to be lalkcd to in that way. One of tho theatrical critics bavng spoken of Emily Soldeno as "tho j'ordlan shape of dazzling hue," tho Providencc Prassays: "Wesuppose be ncans to convoy the idea that she's inotty as well as Dice." Nevada brides won't .8land,jnuch foolishness at a wedding. Recently jd them while going up to of he visle of tho church stopped short and deked all tho skin off the shins of a L _ 1...3 1 i fl jroorasman wno iroa uc aur iran, Yesterday some meddlesome person nterfered with Dennis Slattery's Utempt to drown himself by leaping >ver Brickley's and North Wharves. Well oven ? earners must. havfe their jnemies.?St'Johns (iV. B.~) Tribune. Edgar Poo said : "Tovillify a great nan is the readiest way in which a iitle man can himself reattain greaticss. Tlio crab might never have be:ome a constellation.hdt for the course it evinced in nibbling Hercules ;n tho heel." When a common Japanese goes in,o the prescnco <5f on office-holder ho nust say: "Great' and distinguished :hild of the sun, deign to pill your oot upon my ricck." There's some ilea sure in holding an office in that iountry. A paper in Southern Illinois rejrcls that it went td press "one day.. .00 early to record tho death of John Dates." This is not .qtrfte as cool is the paper which said ^"Justjas wo tro going lo press, John Smith is beng run over by tho cars. Wc learn that .Rev. Robert King, )f Anderson County, met with a sc 1 i 1 - I- ?L!.L x 1 i ;ere acciueni lasi weeit, wuicn wmcut?ns bis life, lie was tin-own from a vagon, and fell 011 his head and .boulder, thereby sustaining serious nj u ties. The Grand Jury of Anderson in heir Presentment to the Court last ,veok say: "A committee of our body nsited lliePoor House, and it is our infortunate and humiliating duty to state that tho home of our helpless loor is a shame and disgrace to AnJcrsou County, and even to human nan civilization." OUIIJU pcupiu HliCIICICI Ul TTHViWf jr, you start a conversation with .hem, or, as is most likely, they start with you, arc bound to do all the .alking. Whether this arises from a ionsciousness of their suporsor ability and wisdom, or becauso thoy feel t to bo their duty to instruct you, Jiis deponent sayeth not, but simply lestifies lo the fact. The alarm note has been sounded that yellow fever has appeared at Key West, Florida. The troops stationed there have been removed to a licalthier locality by ihe post commandment. An exodus will doubtless immediately take place, driving the wealthy invalids northward,