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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Proprietor.
MANUFACTURER OF
Sash, Blinds, Doors,!
WINDOW |
AXD DOOR FRAMES, j
nsifle Pivot BliMs anil Men!
COLUMNS,
Pilasters,
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MANTEL PIECES,
Mouldings, Brackets,
Hand-Rails,
'JEWELS, BALUSTRES,
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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
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H. V/. LAWSON & CO. |ba
Nov. 11. 1874 31-tf i* !
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CALL AMD SEE! 2
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;.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
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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
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-- - ' -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,