Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, April 01, 1876, Image 2
sunbeams;
"Always oporutlug for a riso-emetics.
Leap year. Select your victims, ladies.
A Kill of in-bred usefulness Sally
llat us. 1
The Babeock extinguisher -crooked
whiskey.
A slow match?-a ten years' engage- <
mont. " ' j (
Always happy to meat lis customers i
?the butcher. * i
i 1
Ilall's Journal of Health Insists that t
wc shoul 1 eat onions. Have one? t
The llartford Tours alludes to Chap, i
IiXXVI. of the 1 u\v her scandal. Who's i
lie?
llaekmen are the best hearted follows
in the world. They never seo a |
lone man making his way homo at ''
night without asking him to ride. j 1
Bread is the staff of life, and liquor
f Iwt et lit i t h-? f : :
t itu puns "UIH* I 91 i 11 * * I MlSliUIIlUH fl I
limn, and the luiter elevating him for
u fall%
A Florida Judge sent his wifo to
jail for stealing, and when she got out
bho had him impeached for dividing
the plunder with her.
The Temperance Alliance thinks 1
the spirit of '?(> is all the intoxicating
beverage Hurt should be allowed at the
Centennial. ! (
Mrs. OneAYho-HoldB-tho-1 ,od?e Pole
"W"ith-IIer-Iiainls was h< foi a Dakota
Grand Jury as a wunosa the other
clay. , |
' One of Tweed's relations says that
ho used to he fond of learning versos |i
from the lliblo when a boy, and now '
ho has committed Exodus.
; The average length of a Minnesota,]
courtship islVvodays. Girls are.seare.o ,
and the m-'ii inu;), n:rl so they "pop" !
and marry, and light, and repent, and i
divorce.
A tramp arrived In .Sussex county, i
New Jersey, where tin* authorities
gavo him stones to hre.ik before lio j
liad his dinner. Then up spake the i
tramp and said, "When they ask for
brcau will ye give them a stone."
When two young Chinamen, now hex
ing educated in u howell factory,made '
application the other day for permis- ;
toon to cut off t heir pigtails, for fear of
tlioir catching in tho maehim rv, I ho
request hurl to bo first lor warded to '
the authorities in China.
Lucy Stone writes n letter to tho j
Boston Tranvriitt recalling tho his- I
tori (Mil fact that ihmher Jiili moiniment
was unfinished nil Jl > ton women
raised the money, and tliut fanny
Ellsler gave the proceeds of an exhibition
for tho capstone.
A Danbury man wishing to engage
Boveral bushels of potatoes from a party
in the suburbs, asked a neighbor
what sort of a man lie was. "Well," I
paid tho conscientious nei ;'nl.>or, "1 1
don't known liuicli about him, but X
think ho would make a tip-top
stranger."
A tailor, of a melancholic temperament,
was observed recently sitting
crossed-legged on tho (.'-annua shore,
gazing intently at the Horseshoe I'all :
with its blade eloud of spray. A reporter
stole up unohserve 1, and heard
liini mutter, "What a place to sponge
a coat!"
The most prominent bridge in the
world is the bridged Mrs. John ('amp- !
bell's nose. She lives in Virginia, and !
eho has been suing a railroad company
for tho last thirteen years to get
.I...-.-. r i .. i. . . i
Miuniim's un <i iin>se. rwie means
tv poke her nose into the ease until
eho get $10,000 in cash.
A gentleman looking from his store
window ami seeing a lady |>ass by,
llnely dressed, with the exception of
lier sleeves being made of dilVerent
material from the waist <>f her dress
exclaimed through sheer ignorance,
"What a pity that women hadn't
enough in her dress pattern to complete
the suit."
ptHesat in a railway ear. llis head
was thickly covered with a mass of
red hair, llchind him in a seat sat a
man with hardly any hair on his head. |
Lie said to him, "I gic^s you wasn't
around when they dealt out hair."
"Oh, yes, I was " replied buhl-heml,
"but they offered me a l??t of 'red hair,
audi told them to throw it into tho
ash-bin." *
The other evening, wlmn a Pelroiter
and his wife felt lonesome, 1 hey decided
to go over and call on an acquaintance
and pass an hour away. "Ah!
I'm glad to see you!" exclaimed tho
acquaintance as lie opened the door.
'"Come light in and take off your
things. I've got IGo verses of a poem,
written, and 1 want to read them to
you and sec wluit you think of my
talent."
One of the saddest results of the
war is the almost total extinction of
tho rice industry in the Cape i-'ear dis- j
trict. Immense tracts of rich swamp j
land, drained at immense cost,ditched,
banked,aud cultivated with tlie nicety
of a garden, have reverted to nature
and become a hideous morass. Tho
ruin is so complete that it seems im- i
possible now that money or labor can
ever again retrieve it.
Tho other eveninir he crime home
with the air of a man bent, on business,
and, after throwing off his hat
and coat, deliberately produced a brace \
of pistols, and clappeu them down on i
the table. Ilia wife cave a lilt le shriek,
and started toward ihe door, but ho '
Bpoke to her gently,saving: "l)?>n't bo
alarmed, my dear. The gas man's
coming to inspect the meter to-morrow
morning, and 1 thought I'd bo
prepared."
"Open that safe," sahl a merchant
to an export who had been sent for. j
"Opon it in twenty minutes and I'll
f*ive you $20." Tiie safe was open in
live minutes. "All right," said the
merchant, "hero is $10 enough lor
live minutes' work." The $10 was
looked at but not taken,and in a mo- j
mcntthe safe was closed as light as
ever. "Oh, how is that?" "The how," ,
*>ald the man, "is that \ charge nothing
for closing the safe, but more
tor the next opening sm in all, and
want my pay in advance." Of course
lie did, and whoever has anything to
It i'<M her pillow lair ^
lock of golden hair,"
|| ThHbaidoo, smiling. s\\eet ly snid.
VA l'10 ol' a chair
Tin: j
11 OH 11Y MOWS.1,
T. W. IJKAT V, Kimiou. ' ]
.^A 11 Mil) A V, AI Mi !L I, 1870,
w??WM?WOTMr?rwwmiw??Aifvm-r? i? i HJ*?M
Special Coi respond -nt of the lloily N?-vv?.)
Washington, .march 27, IS7d.
.Marsh, i lie much abused ami long:1
lcsiied witness has returned from |
Janada, He arrived en Wednesday
uul has heen before llio Judieiu-|
ry eoinmiltee. lie does noi seem |
Mitirely assured of his safety, for in I '
riving his test iinony he is restless and
uneasy. This is ihu result of the no- I
lion ot 1'resident, tiranl and atloiney j
eneral 1'ierrepont. .Marsh says thai ,
Mr. Clyiner did not tell him to go i
i way and thai he had no intention of |
leaving i he country when he left 1
Washington, Ho it appears thai all J
I he ahuse heupe 1 on t'lvuur f or j
Marsh s disanpt aranee is mere radical ,
venom. M ?>. .Marsh has also testified ;
and t lie re is sneh a chain ol evidence
from a cloud ?d witnesses testifying to |
substantially the same taets, that the!
eon\ let ion of ! n'lknap is assured. I he I
eoinmiltee, it is sai i, will report the
articles ol i ni teach men I on Wednesday.
Kv Senator Stewart's testimony belorc
the committee on foreign alfi'rs in
tegard t ? the Kuiina mine swindle is j
the most amusing and interesting ever
given since Sain Walker testified in i
the great ease ol Harwell vs. l'ickwiek.
(See t liailes Dickens reports). |
1 lie ex-Senator elotiies his answers in 1
useless verbiage, tli.it would reunite i
the ingenuity ol iuie of the proverbial j
k v / 'hiladcl plna lawyers" to discover
the meaning. lie evidently believes ;
with Tadyrnnd "that, svoids were in- j
vented lo conceal thoughts. l!A mm.
if-tor Sehrnk is In re l?ui up lo to day i
has been (ho ho says) too unwell to
appear holoro liio committoo.
The kitchen cabinet organs have
di lighted in harping mii what they
call the want <?t action in the House, j
vol i hey say nothing about an aei !
which originated in a Ucpublitan !
Senate, a lew days ml!" and lor utter ,
stupidity, iinpract icabil't y and want ot
statesmanship has not leul its parrallcl
since tile session beg.m 1 allude to
the lull ol Senator llainhn regulating I
the llaiisinissnni ot third class mail i
uiitter. It will he ivnn inhere 1 what
a /'<(u.r put the same gent ennui made
last session when he raised the rate no
that species ol matter l?oui one to tw?
cents peroLtnee?lie now proposes a
sliding scale, making tlte price ?I this
class ol matter depend upon the distance
it iscarritd, and the postmaster
is to bo judged the plate, li adopted
such a law wouhl only result in total
contusion, besides oil ning additional
Induceineuts and opportunities to postmasters
to steal. Lvery newspaper in
the country is ridiculing (he proposed
law, and its author's name will he
hamled down as the champion hlun
derer ot the limes. Our post oiliet
must he wretclied 1 y managed as theie
is a deficiency ol ten milium dollars,
It is expected that tlie Patent ollice
will soon receive the atlciilioii ol a
eoiuinittec. It. stems ?o be a< 11ni11e<i
that no red net ion should he made in ,
t lie toivc ui this otlice, or in the pay ol j
the clerks, bvcaiisc the otlice is more !
than sell sustaining and I he employees
have to he skilled men who are enln leti I
to good salaries. '! he work ot the;
C? >1111111 It I/O Will IH! 1(1 tllSt'ONCf wli.lt 1
(iisposilion is made i>l llio surplus received
evcty war. It. is thought lliui !
some liiu'testin deyt-lopineui, oi
money |>:ii11 to ouisi lc parties, will be
mailt!. The law reipiircs mat each j
depart nuuit or bureau shall publish
each year no exact statement 12 v 111 v?
tie! name ol ?acii mployee ami the
amounts paid to oaeii, toucher with
ot her ex poises incurred. This has not
been tlone in the Patent otliec sire
I ?S0 I, ami t h" re is probably "a Into-.sisetl
hil'4 tltnler the chip." Senator:
Conklino has violated anolhei law by !
apjie helore the appeal board ol
the Patent ollice ami nr^uim.; a ease . rj
in terlei cnct between patentees. Oi- j
I ? 1 1 '
course the Senator, whose hire word
couhl ilisinissanv member ol theboaiil
oaiued tin the c iM'. The insolence o '
Blaine as the Kt-uubliran leader in the 1
, 1
bouse uas become almost unbearable
ami it. reeeivetl a wholesome check oti
Thursday Iroin Mr. Vt-auiinii ol North
t arolina, who deprecated the eontin?
ual use ol the term 'hvldu" to ilesi^iiate
soul hern men in tin- eonletb-rate
army. He ola'iuMl tor himseli ami his
souulhern eompalriots >?h uoieh p.nri?
otlsin ami low ol 1 lie union as was to
be* IoIIIkI ,'111101)0 I III* lie | > 11 hlicUUS. lie |
show ed i hill no sooner ?11. i a soul In in i
mall become a i epu hi lean as 111>:il< 11
ot X. C. ami ]?oiio>t feet had * 1 ?
that, at once t hey wore no longer
rebels, all trail being removed, and j
that the only reason lor the use nl this
t(Jill) was that the people el tin* South
w on Id not accept the learning* ol i epuhlicauisin.
In other words that they
were "t'eblcK," against repu blteaii
domination and not against '.lie country.
Nothing ol luteiesl has 01 ctli red
in either House. The legislative appropriation
lull is being discussed and (
will he passed as reported. 1 he Senale
will not a '?ve to il and a general
r try
light may he expected.
I) KM.
J For the 1 lurry X cw s.j
Toll lies.
Mr. Editor:
Politics with tnanv people are a subject
ol grt at discussion ? a hohhy that
is idolized by many who know no i
ruoit about polities tha/i i do.
HO 1111V YVEKKLY I
We are living in a tlay ot prog ret) 1
si it. We must get out ot llio old <
tuts, and form new ones when we find l
lii.it the old ones tail to accomplish t
our designs. Some Whigs, ami many t
Democrats still live. Where are the t
Knov..nothings and IMng oglms? 1
can answer loi the A hold tonist ? lor ? <
number ot years polities have Iiitii I
spiVulation instead ot principle.
We ate now about to enter upon i
the politteal campaign ol 1*70. Some
advocate a strict Democratic oiganizalion
with a strict, party line, while
others ditier in opinion. 1 want the i
bent | lau adopted to insure success lo
Honesty and Kconomy in udmiui>tra- <
lion ot (iovcrnmCnl, both "Slate and <
National. I
1 can see but one plan ot organization
to insure anything like gem ral i
j h> ^
success; we must organize so as to ]
unite the holiest lb-publicans ami I
Democrats together?Something new <
must he devised. S??ine people abhor
the name Democrat. Ditto Kepubliean.
I undeistand the word Kepublican
to mean a (iovei unieiit in the
hands ol lim people who advocate a
Republican Govern meal, ami a Ucpnb
lie i < > be a Coinnruineall h without a
a King. What more is Dcinoeiaey in
sense ami meaning.
Tiie lirst ehetiou ailer the late vvir
I dillVled troill the opinion ol Oilier !
Democrats: It proved thai 1 was
right, ami as I dill'cr again, 1 may he
wrong; though I think not.
1 helieVe it would he policy to let 1
Democracy sleep and organize under <
another name: Why not say liej'or.n
II ptililicuit/ There are many men,
i .....! i. .... i...i ; i'..
- i "" y j i
11111' I i t *: i ii j :?11 y wlui will not or^ani/.e
Willi I he 1 )cinoerat s. As t < > I he colored
people, liif majority of llieui think
cv?iy democratic \ ole cast is It) re-eiislave
111 < 111.
At present there are t<><> many pule i
lit! olliccs ?salaries tnti liiy?h ? Ihereby J
retpurin^ exorbitant taxes to keep ihe I (
olliee maehiir'ry in operation, ami |(
wiih all stealage, like leakage, is the j i
<> real cwlj and \vh\? because ilieji
w roni? men ai e in i lie w ronji places, i |
W'lieil we jel olliccs lilted by men w llo I
havf i nl e res Is at their homes ? such as
11 n.s ha ml inc. n ?> t the s ii 1 ? we may I lien I
o.xpect, or hope h?r aood w ha soine j \
law-, Is' a l e and X a I i <?n a!. j |
1 am no political man,? have only i
touched (lie point in \ic\v, hoping that '
some expert wiil explain the situation '
I idly. X. ,1. [).
Mart h 17, 1 *7tj
' _
A t'anl.
7o the J'l/bllc of Horn/: I i
1
! deem it but my duty to the ?r?K? l 1
| pie oi 111 v Malive ?*?*11111 y to warn
I In in ol I lie base aii 1 \ illianoiiH cotill
net <>l i * i if S. A. AI lord, w lii I si in this >
Slate, w lio 1 am m-iiv to nay is a I
11at ivf < ! 1 lorry eounty.
This youuo man r.aine out lu re with
lis (I lolliilay. Lain* Sc Co.) last winter, j
ami Offoinitio ac (j u a I ut f il with- a \ery !
uiff ami i'f hj iff t able youiijjr lady, M us
M ir\ da.if lOvf i ?-t I, lif foil11 ni and !
nriir.fd law about live Wffks ;i^n, ami
aiift livit.o Willi luw a bout three
weeks, | if If it In-r without, any i'ihisi; M
uliau-vi r. His next exploit was to j 5
buy Irani in a *10 suit ol elolhintl on |
a fi'fdil, and leave llif same ni?jht lor I I
1 lorry, where, I Imar he inlfiids to i
marry a resp?elablf y? now lady by |
lb" nayif o| billy, witli whom he was
keeping up a, o<>rrfsjxmdfuff while
liviiisjf with his wil'f hi if, and fVim up
to thf tiuif ol his ruuniiio-Away.
1 dso had it my duly to warn tin* 1
pfoplc, fspffially i he tnriehants,
against oiif G. C. Small, who 11\ !
bfi u ffii thf Lake Swamp ami Kh?vdV I <
I'lMfS ibi.nls. lb* also hoiio'ii a suit i
<d flothi's on a mvdii, and dffampfd ,
in f.oinpaiiy with Alton), without pay
i '!?_? lor i he in
1 r? i ih.it it lias fallen Io my
I as'i lo rxpo.se l hfsf ouplrasrut lai'ts^
but Ii is dim, no b'-s, lo unlive fili/.eiis I
ol 1 bury, whose |.?l is east in a \
sit in?f I md amoim strangers, in I
whose noMrilsihey are made a slfiieh, |
at d the very name of a South Carolinian
a i'epio.ioh and by word, than to
tin' vi'i v respi'flable vounolady whose
happiness has been lorever blasleil
ami destroyed. hy the perfidious eondin
t ol this base and vile man S. A.
AI lord. lifHpef t lull v,
(iKoiuiK It. LAM:.
A. G. Ii. !L, 1 lolliesV ille Gil.,
.Mai eh 10, IS7G.
State It.ink Hills for Taxes.
We fear, says the Knion /'{tnt'S, }
that t hose ol our riii/eiis who have
(elldried Stale It ink bids in p:?\meiit j
of taxes have been mistaken as io the j
effect vi liieh sueh a lender will ha\e i
upon i lie ae.iion of the Treasurer tin- j
del* t lie law.
Plui I leasitrer recoives the bills, sc*
c'lii'ly flickers them in ;mi envelope,
upon which In* wibes tlx* amount,]
dale, ifci*., then hands (hem l?-4ck i<?
l lie p< immi who has tendered i 111' II i, I
rid* package must In* opened only in
open Cmiri. Xo t m \ receipt is jj>ivcn
\\ lien sin k lulls art* tendered, there- j
lore tm one olli i in^ sueh kills will
have any evidence tkal his tSlalc lax
lias I mm n paid. Tin* (nut that tin*
packages can only la' opened in !
Conn, presuppose* in law to make j
(lie tender ol I lie kills a valid payment.
In ike meantime ike duty ol the Treasurer
is plain. lie will issue executions
at the proper time in every !
Btich ease, and the only way for the
taxpayer who lias presented those!
lulls to prevent the. sale ol his property
lor taxis will be to have an injunction
issued, restraining the Treasurer 1
NEWS: A1MUC 1, 1^
rom Belling the properly, until a
ompetent Court kIia 11 decide that I
lie law has been complied with and ]
he Treasurer is compelled to receive j
.lie bills ami gu e a tax receipt lor
; hem.
I'rom what we can learn, every
ase, I rom the lowest to the highest
taxpayer, where Slate I hank bills have
lieeu tendered lor taxes, will have to ; |
into Court, and we tear that those I
who have brought such bills to pay I
lheir taxes have purchased law suits. I
Lnt.il a lew davs n<?o, we were not *
I wale that tin' law imposed sueh Mil
josi and uoieasonahle reipiii vinent s |
or we should have apprised our Tellers
o| it. The U. S District Court I i
having decided that the Stale L
hound to take the State llauk bills lor
(axes, we supposed thill in order to 1
?11 a I'd against such bills being pn sen- '
Led i wire, the Legislature had nrovi*
dcd tlial they should he handed over J
to the Court, as they were endorsed I
hy the Ti casti rer; and then destroyed i
hy the Judge or his order.
The Seltool Fund Apportionment.
'I he following table is published by
t he Colu.uhia Union-Ifct'dUl to show j
the exact share ol each County in t lie
State appropriation tor Public School*, j
Some Counties do not get as much as J
i hey did last year, while some g? I
more. This is due to '.lie fact, that j
i lie motiey is apportioned to the Conn
lies on t lie basis ol the school attendance.
Tlio.se Counties in which the
average attendance was less than last ,
year do not, thcrei.irc, receive so large
i share ol the 1 tind:
JSfume of School ApportionCounty.
Attendance. meat.
Abbeville, . 5,3s 7 * 1-2.1 1? 25
Aiken, . 2,30 I 5,1 St) 00
Aiehuson, . 4,847 10,020 00
I >arnwell, . 4,000 0,224 40
lleauloit, . 5,802 14,210 40 1
I 'baldest on, . 1 1,070 24,004 0",
Chest el", . 4,0 14 9,049 74 j
t'hesti rlield, . 1.001 4,010 40 ]
Clai'Midon . 1,002 4,815 05 I
I 'olleton, . 4,704 8,407 2.)
I):o lington, , 2,702 (i.uo l 4o
Kdgcfichl, . 4,021) 9,045 85
I 'aii lieM, . 1,482 4,44 2 05
I ieergel o wn, . 2,585 4,820 45 !
II ivt n\itle, . 5,470 12,0 10 On I
Hurry, . 2,2*5 5.152 00 I
Kershaw, . 1,554 3,502 20 !
Lancaster, . 1,157 4,2*5 70 1
1 ,aur< lis, . 4,444 9,000 0?>
Lexington, . 2,257 5,089 80
.Marion, . 2,018 0,5so 40
Marlboro', . 3,184 7,178 0<>
New berry, . 1,040 4,472 05
Dcoiiee, . 2, t>4 5,500 4 5 I |
i )i aiigcburg, . 8.8 11 8,00 I 00 h
Pickens, . 1,7 7 1 3,004 80 1
Kichlaiid, . 2,0 11 5,055 75
"Spartanburg,. 5,7 10 12,04 4 4o .
Sumter, . 4,o05 0,070 52
Pnion, . 2.425 5,4 08 05
\\ illiamsburg 3,095 0,07 0 55
*i urk, . 4,530 10.2 15 05
School blanks, ... 1 .000 00 1
Totals, . 110,4 10 $250,000 00 '
C.imi. 11 rits Inoai.is is somewhat distiirlieil
l?y recent newspaper publications persond
to himself, and betrays un anxiety to ]
01 reel misappielicnsioio. I lis honesty ami
jinrity lia\ ing lieen questioned, tie wants to
know, if that is so, 11?> w it eoine.s thai af'cr I
hi: I \-seven years' service lie is unable to pay
liis debts, nod i?. ?li:m?iulMiif mu.it l.i?- u .1...... i
|- mo ^ I i
!? i initiuleiiuuco. ? (Jiucimtdli Cohmu rviuf.
It Gen. IJuhis Ingalis wants ( ? !
know 11?*w it conns lint lie is unable
to pay 11is i|fl?is, wo can ti ll liim that,
it is beenuse he lives and spends beyond
!'is moans. It, is not proof at
all ot his honesty anil purity, the
ijnesti<ming ot which has dis'ttrbed 1
1111?1. Wo have IkhvI ot a good many 1
iiu 11 not ili.-t ingui-dicd tor Inmost ? or
purity ttnahlo to pay their ilehts. In (
lari, when a man, during t bin y-seven
years ot scr\ ice, goes on incurring
loins lor his living which ho cannot
moot, there is ground ot sus'ticion
against him. It In- were as honest as
he might to ho,'lie would live within 1
his means, ospoetallv if his income .
wore as large as that which comes to '
(Ion. lugallis Irom his rank ami position
in the army. (Jon. Ingalis says
he can't pay his debts, though it
seems he oouhl find money to htiy
1 hit woiulortnl chronometer, which
don't keep time.?iV. /Sun.
The Senior moinher ot the hanking
house of (Irani it Sherman, at. Washington,
is Col. Fred (Irani, who has, in
violation nt la w ainl prec eilent, tetain.
< <1 lm. position tn th army ami curiied
on a hanking business at thr same
time. It was announced that when
Kred got hack Irom the Yellowstone
that he would immediately convert his
spear into a pruning hook, wash olV
war, and betake himself to tin* peaceful
pursuits ot a private citizen, lie .
1.. . ) . 1 1 >
Ii.-i.-s ooue I Ol ire KIIXI, Ills
retention o4 his commission, however,
11 :i -* Wert) without its belief] i P.
IU' has become troublesoine ol Into,
not only by repealing remarks of
*41jh her," but it m i'his to l?o generally
eo need ed that ho known too in noli j
about t lie? opeialions ol i ! <? (Jrant
group tor l In* eon\cn;??nee o| the president.
(ertainly there must have
been souiething very serious about
('olonel Fred's position to send him,
post haste, to the frontier to run his
ohniiees w it h the hul'els ol Sitting
l>ull\s people. The ruse is a sad one
in olhel respects. Frederick is about
to assume the duties of a father, and
the lad that lie lias been torn livm bis
home at that interesting juncture
shows conclusively th;?t the president
had some very powerful reasons for
getting rid of him.? Courier Journal.
)7t>.
TJIE KAIXOi'FLKS1I. c
)cscription of tlie Ilemnrkable I'beuonieu- ,
uii in Kciitiick) ?A IJuteller I'i oiiuuikcs
it ralutable. (
i
I.otJisvti.i.K, March 10, 18TG.
On Friday last a most wonderful J
dieuomcuon occurred at a point in
I tat li count v, Ivy, two miles li'oin Mud !
Lick Springs. At ilie time, 2 1'. M., ('
lie licaveus were bright, tlie sun was ,
dsiuiug and only a tew floating clouds j I
were visible. Suddenly there appeared
a li?*hi (loud over the tarin of
Mr. Crouch which seemed descending
upon the eartli. It hung over head a
lew hricl moments and then something
white fell to earth. The tall continued
ten minutes. Men and women j
then went out and examined the
flakes, and discovered I hem to be flesh,
resembling mutton. Winn picked up
I hey quivered. A patch 200 by 100
yards in extent was covered and a
number of trees, fences, Ac., were
also lull ot the strange substance.
Stains like those produced by blood
in its secondary condition marked
spots w here the flakes had touched.
Ih'ovcs ol chickens and hogs swar.lied
around the place and ate the lies!)
with a great gusto. The inhabitants
lor miles around came for several
days alter ward and collected specimens
11 undrcds arc w illing to testily
by ailida\ it to the truth ot the entire
mailer.
Captain Ikmt, a well known retired
attorney ot .Mount Sterling, gave the
Courier-Jour tut I reporter Home llakcs
11 1 1 i . i ...
to iitgul, ami the latter ptaecu mem iu
charge i)| I'rool. .1. Lawrence Smith, a i
c cicu list, who will examine'? hem. lie
says tin* substance '> ol ;iu animal na
inn1. W 111*11 i In1 (lakes It'll limy were
li'oiu liu* i/,<* t?l a pea lo ihalot a human
linger, ami an eighth inch in
t hickue>s, ami ot the color ni llesh.
l imy have since assumed a dull red
and while hue, and soturw hal withered.
A butcher ale one ll ike and pronounced
it mm v palatable, hut was
uiialde to sn\ what kind ot an animal
the llesh eanie Iroiu. The inhabitants
ni the locality where the phenomenon
ooeuned approached the llehs with superstitious
awe, and at lirst would
not touch it. Mr. II. (Jill, of .Mud
l/i k ^prinos, procured a number of
specimens, and preserved them for
scieu11lie examiualinn.
"?) wa<l some power the gift to gi\? us,
To see oursid's as illier.s see us."
behold l! ot, pale, emaciated figure, with
downcast eye, like some erintiiial about to
meet Iter late! See that nervous, distrustful
look, as she walks along with a slow and unsteady
step, 'i he pink has left her cheeks
k1111 the cherry her lips. 1 he once spa: kliii!/,
daneiog eyes are now dull and e.\pro? sionless.
I he once warm, dimpled handsale now thin
and cold. Her beauty lias tied. What has
wrought this wondrous change? What is
that which is linking beneath die surface ot
llr.it once lovely Ibnn ? Does she realize her
terrible condition? Is she aware ol the
woeful appearance she makes? Women,
fiom I I'M* very nature, is subject to a catalogue
of diseases from w hie'1 man is out ii cly
exempt. Mai v ?>l these maladies are induced
by her own carelessness, or through ignorance
ol the laws of her '"dug. Again, many
f emale Diseases, it properly treated, might
be airested in their eouise, and thciehy
prove ofsliort duration. They should not be
left to an inexperienced physician who does
not understand their nature, and is, therefore,
incompetent to treat them. The importance
of attending to female Diseases iu
I heir carlesl stages cannot loo strongly
urged. For ii neglected, they frequently
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dIl(Mili incs to insanity. In all classes of
I cm.lie Diseases, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prei
tiplioii is without a rival. No medicine
has over surpassed it. in " I he People's
i onnnon Sense .Medical Adviser," of which
K. V. Pierce, .M. D. of liullalo, X. V., is the
iitilhoi and publisher, is an Extended treatise
on Woman and iiku Dim-: asks. Under
[his head, the various ntlceiions to which
woman is incident are carefully considered,
accurately portrayed, and a restorative
course ol treatment suggested. lOvery woman,
as she values In r life and health,
should possess a copy of this valuable book.
LI she be oiseased, this "Adviser" will show
her how she. may be losluied to health, and
ulso direct her how she may ward oil many
mo+uuifs to which she is constantly being
exposed. Let every suileiiog woman heed
this time!) advice aim see horsed'us others
see her. Price of Adviser, ^l.od (post-paid)
to any adihess* (?8)
A strong movement is on fool
among the *1 ry trnods commission
merchants oI New York City in opposition
to the proposed repeal of the
bankrupt act. A petition against the
repeal has already received the signatures
ol dry goods commission houses,
representing aggregate sales estimated
at * 150,(>0(),000. Similar petitions are
to l?e circulated among the bankers
and other classes of business men in
that city. Petition* ol the same character
have been signed in lioston by
most ol the leading houses.
An Apprai# to Pa hunts?Parents, do
you love your children? Then preserve their
health. Nest to the blessing ol lile itself, is
tlie enjoyment of perfect health. How many
me slrieten down m their infancy almost
without a moment's notice l>y that insidious
disease, < 'roup, simply through the neglect to
1>- provided with the proper remedy? The
tenia r plant is nipped and witheis ere it
blooms. When the little sufferer has short,
dillicult, hoaise breathing, with a harsh, metallic
cough, like coughing through a brass
truut|KU, there is no time to lose. Begin at
once the use of Dr. Tutt's Kxpcctorant and
the disease wiH readily yield to it. Always
have it ready in the house, as this fatal malady
reptiles the promptest treatment. It is
V( TV lib iisent tn III#' on.! ..I.! i .#......
(. f . ?w ...? VHUVV) iliivi Vl.liuu;il UUvU
ii readily.
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11 \ ui'k it's Maoa/ink kou Ai'kiIm 1S70.?
11.ii pcr'.s Magazine lor April, with eighty-live
illustrations, contains a rich variety of matter,
suited to all classes of readers.
The end of the Second Hook of ''Daniel
Deronda," (.corge Kliot's new novel, is given
in this Number in tlx so chapters the hero
ol the story appo.vs, and the masteily sketclies
of his youthful career are more beautiful than
the pictures previously given of the "spoiled
*1
hild" (.wendolen.
Julian Hawthorne's ?( artli" is continued
ind few loaders can resist tlie peculiar tasciM'ious
of this remarkable novel.
A story of considerable length, entitled "Old
; irdiston," is contributed by Constance Feuiuore
Wool sou. It is a Southern storV, and
is characters ate strongly drawn, Three
xcellent short stories are contributed by
\itbur Hastings, Ann C. Swazey, and Alaiy
If liigham.
Benson J. Lossing's opening article on I
'The Konianoe of the Hudson,'' beautifully
illustrated, is not confined to Ucvolutiouury
events, but deals also with lighter legends ami
matters of literary interest. Among the illus:
rations is one of the interior Madame JumiTs
mansion.
In view of the Centennial imposition, soon
to be opened in lMiiladelphia, Mrs. llebeeca
Harding Davis' exceedingly entertaining
paper ou "Old Philadelphia" will be lead
with the greatest interest. This paper, which
is profusely illustrated, relates entirely to the
social life and customs of Ante-revolutionary
rhiladelphians. A second paper will follow,
treating of the Kevolui ioii n y period.
l'rclessor Samuel Corkwood's second paper
on "The Micioscope," amply illustrated,
presents s?inc very curious results of mi
scopic investigation.
The "First Century" paper this month, devoted
to "Progress of the Fine Arts," is contributed
by fcj. ?>. Cotiaut, and is illustrated
with sixteen portraits, beginning with that
of l'aul Uevere, of Kevolutiunary fame, and
cmliug with that of John F. Kensolt.
Dr Samuel Osgood contributes, in his characteristic
style, an illustrated paper on ".m.
Johnland," a bettuliful charity conceived
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J UtVI O IIqV %/J IHV I'l A'lUMV, UWUIijj illlCl
now in successful operation.
A homely article, lull of practical suggestious,
is contributed by Dr. Hubert Tomes,
entitled "At, be lorn, and after Meals. '
William K. Hooper gives, in a short article,
a very interesting account ot the famous
"Tulip Mania," early in the seventeenth century.
The poetry of the Number is contributed
by llose Terry Coulee, Lord Houghton, Celia
'J haxter, and A. F. ?
The Editor's Easy Chair pays a timely and
appropriate tribute to T homas Paine, as the
author ot uf ominou Sense," and devotes
considerable space to Household Art.
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to man prices!!
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Take pleasure in announcing to the public
that they have just received direct horn
Charleston, and ojRined in the Store next to
Dr. Norton's otlice, a
Stock of New Goods
which have been selected with care lo the
l>eoplc, and w hich they intend to sell
At Pricss So Low
that all who call on them will be surprised
at the quantity
A Little MONEY Will Buy.
j
| Our stock consists in part of
THE IJKST FAMILY FEOUH,
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Supplies art: complete, ami will bo kept so by
every arrival of the boat.
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jan 22-tf.
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against James M. Bell, deceased, (formerly
of Orcenville N. C., but who died in
this County in 18(10,) are requested to present
them, properly authenticated, to the
undersigned.
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Admr. Do bonis Noli.
February 2tlth 187(5.
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Home Enterprise.
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