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ADVERTISIG RATES. T H E H E R A L D - Advertisemnents insert<d at the rate cml $1.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion, and 75i cents for each subsequent insertio)n, IS PUBLISHED . Double column adverisements ten :er cent, VEyWNotics of meetings, obiuaries and tribt:t s - of respoet, same~ rates per square as ordinu;y EVP~ W5A OD-LG Iadvertisemen ts. At N whrry,S. .S-eil Notices in Local column 1.5 ceni s Advertisemencits n~ot inarked with the num iTITna 1 ?~D~TEiV1YI -.ber of inisertions will he kept in till-forbid, Brtaad charged accordinly. , Editor and Proprietor. Snmd Tw stisers, with liberal d$2eti0rrs o rates. Terms,s$2.0 per a~nnu, A Family Com1panion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture Markets, &c Invariably in Advance. The paper is stopped at the expiration of - tie for which it is paid. 29 The X mark denotes expiration of sub oDNESDAY MO crintion. iron Works. TRY HOME FIRST. CONCAREE IR1 WORW COLUMBIA, S. C. JOHN ALEXANDER, PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: VERTICAL CANE MILLS, . . LIST OF PRICES, 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter, $35 00 2 " 12 " 45 00 2 " 1 i " " 55 00 3 " 10 " "00 3 " 12 " i 70 00 S 14 "" 800 Above prices complete with Frame. With out Frame, $10 less on each Mill. HGRIZONTAL, 3 Roll er Mi, for Steam or Water Power, $150. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR CANMIS and SYRUP KETTLES, TO. JOHN ALEXANDER, COLUMBIA, S. C. April 3, 1878-14-1y. MisceUaneous. SE8ONIBLE COODS AtBOTTOM PRICES. -tdUiT RECEIVirbg A FRESH LOT OF CRACKERS, CANNED GOODS, PLAIN AND FRENCH CANDY, LEMONS, FRUITS, &C. H. A. BURNS'. March 20, 13-10mo. 1IAILPTON ROUSE, IAINf STREET, SPARTANBURG, So. Ca. S, B.CEALCUJTT, PROPRIETOR, (Formerly-of Palmetto House.) House well ventilated .=rooms newly fur nished and carpeted-tables supplied with the best in the market-attentive servants -bmnibus to all trains. Terms $2.00 per day. Jan.17 3-tf. & Great chance to make money. If you cnt gt o'od you can gt aevery town,- to take subscrip tions for the lm'gest, cheapest and best 11 lustrated Is.mily publication in the world. Any- one can become a successful agent. 1e most elegant works of art given free to sbscribers. The Ifice is so'Iow that al most everybody subscribes. One agent re ports maing over $150 in a week. A lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in ten dlays. All who eng'age make money fast. You can devote ali your time. to the in~lQ es awon from hoe over'night. You ea Olas)well as others. Full par ticualars, directions and terms free. Ele gant 1and expensive Outfit free. If yon want profitable work send us your .d-8 at once. It costs nothing to try the usiW ness. No one who engages fails to make gret pv.Addres "TePole's Journal," kortand Mane.33-1ly MORE OF TVOSE ELITTLE tONES. Come and get one at once. HERALD .BOOK STORE. Jan. 30, 5-tf. 'C . sidsl~PoN. J. WsTAB smlisos. JBMB89 & SMWPSON, PRLO?RIEToRS ~Spartanburg County, So. Ca. OPEN TO VSOESALL TEYARROUD. Accessible from Union C. H., g the taaog opR. R ;'sid ep Wiles South-east te prings, an d'Trni Sj9.ar ti.nbw C. Th,;twelvannles North. Thefe' kj fttrySalsa each of these points. RATES OF BOARD, COTTAGE REST, &C. For Single Meals................ $ 75 For aDay....----..----- --- -- 200 .Sor afW.ek 'er Bay..-.....-.-.... }75 Fo ad eni Y2&.-. --- -.- - -- . 15 Cottage Rent, per tenement, 3 rooms per month.................----17 00 Water per Gallon (vessels extra at cost)....-... -....-.. -....... - -- -- 1 Feb. 20., 8-tf~ W. HI. WALLACE, Attorney-at-Law, Oct.ERRY,4S.tC. .lIiscellaneous. VEGETINE FOR DROPSY. I never shall Forget the First Dose. PROVIDENCE. Mi. 11. R. STEVENS: Dear Sir,-I have been a great sufferel from dropsy. I was confined to my house more than a year. Six months of the time I was entirely helpless. I was obliged tc have two men help me in and out of bed. I was swollen 19 inchbs larger than my natural size around my waist. I suffered all a man could and live. I tried all remedies forDropsv. I had three different sloctors My friends all expected I would die; many nights I was expected to die before morn. ing. At last Vegetine was sent me by a friend. I never shall forget the first dose. I could realize its good effects from (lay tc day; I was getting betJr. After I had taken some 5 or 6 bot..es I could sleep quite well at nights. I began to gain now quite fast. After taking some 10 bottles. I could walk from one part of my room to&the other. My appetite was good; the dropsy had at thh time disappeared. I kept takng the Vege tine until I regained my usual health. I heard of a great many cures by using Veg tine after I got out and was able to attend to my work. I am a carpenter and builder. I will also say it has cured an aunt of my wife's of Neuralgia, who had suffered for more than 20 years. She says.she has not had any neuralgia for eight months. I have given it to my children for Cancer Humor. I have no doubt in my mind it will cure any humor; it is a great cleanser of, the blood; it is safe to give a child. I will recommend it to the world. My father is 0 years old, and he says there is nothing like it to give strength and life to an aged person. I can. not be too thankful for the use of it. I am, Very gratefully yours, JOHN S. NOTTAGE, ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.-If VEGE. TINE will relieve pain; cleanse, purify, and cure such disesses, restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physi. cians, many remedies and suffering for years, is it not conclusive, proof,:if yol1 ,re a sufferer you can be cured? Why is this med. icine performing such great cures? It works in the blood. in the circulating fluid It can truly be called the Great Bood Purifier. The great source of disease originates in the blood; and no m.edicine that does not act entirely upon it to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public, attention. VEGETINE I OWE MY HEALTH TO YOUR VALUABLE VEGETINE, NEWPORT, Ky., Apr. 29, 1S77. M. H. R. STEVENS: Dear Sir,-Having suffered from a break. ing ont of Cankerous Sores for more than five years, caused by an accident of a frac. tured bone, which fracture ran into a running sore, and having used every thing I could think of and nothing helped me, un til I had taken six bottles of your valuable medicine which Mr. Miller the apothecary recommended very highly. The sixth bot. tIle cured me, and all I can7 say, is that I owe my health to your valuable Vegetine. Your most obedient servant, ALBERT VON ROEDER. "It is unnecessary for me to enumerate the iseases for which the VEGETINE should be used. I know of no disease which will not admit of its use, with good results. Almost innumerable complaints are caused by poisonous secretions in the blood, which can be entirely expelled from the system by the use of the VEGETINE. When the blood is perfectly cleansed, the disease rapidly yields; all pains cease; healthy action is promptly restored, and . the patient is cured." VEGE TINE Cured xne when the DOCTORS FAILED. CINCINNATI, 0,, April 10, 1877. MR. H. IR. STEVENS: Dear Sir,--12 was seriously troubled with Kidney Complaint for a long time. I have consulted the best doctors in this city. ] have used your VEGETINE for this disease. and it has cured me when the doctors failed to do so. Yours tiuly, ERNEST DURIGAN, Residenc 021 Race St. Place of business, 573 Cent. Ave. VECETINE . Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, M~ass. VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL BRUGISTS, Jul. 3, 27--5t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, E. P. Chalmers, as Clerk of the Circuit Court, gath made suit to me, tc grant him Letters'of Administration of the Estate and effects of Win. F. Noble. de ceased. These arc therefore to cite and admonisli all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceised,. that they be and appear, before me, in th~e Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry 'Court House, S. C.. on the 16th day of August next, aftei publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 2nd day of July, Anno Domnini 1878S. * J. C. LEAHY, J. r. N. C. July 3, 27-5k. L R. MARSHALL, BOARDIN4G HOUSE, cotUME IA, s. C. TERMS, $1.00 PER DAY Camden (Taylor) St , No. 102. Five min utes walk from Main (Rick .rdson) Street. Eastside. Can accommodate from one tc a dozen. You will be pleasec with the ac, commodations. Any of my frijends desiring to stav a week or more wou d do well t< write~me in advance for tern .s. I have a well of excellent water. LAWRENCE R. MIARSHALL. July 3, 27-12t eow. NOTICE. The undersignied respectfully in:orms thi public that he has now in charge and foi Isale, a stock of -DRUGS AND FANCY ARTICLES, Sech as are usually kept in a Drug Store, t< wijch he respectfully invites attention. Erescriptionls carefully compounded at al Ihonrs of the day and night. Can be fount on Pratt Street, near Public Square. Apil 22,17 tf D S. POPE, M.D. SNOTICE. I will apply to the Court of Probate fo Nebe'gr County, on-the 3d day of August 1878, fo'r Letters Dismnissory as Guard:an o W. 1. Ifir. H. S. BOOZER. July lst, 1878-27-5t*. - wcanmak money faster at work fo us timan at anything else. Capital ne required; we will start you. $12 pe Iday at home made by the industrious Men, women, boys and girls wanted ever3 yhere to wrork for us. Now is the time Costly outgt and~ termsfree. Address TRU e o. Augusta. Maine. .1-I. Gni hi NO HOME-.a BY ELLoIE. In th> "No home, no home," plead a little girl, At the door of a princely hall, As she trembling stood on the polished steps, And leaned on the marble wall. Her clothes were thin, her feet were bare, But the snow had covered her head: fa "0 give me a home!" she feebly cried- C0 "A home and a bit of bread! F "My father, alas! I never knew -sa And a tear dimmed her eye so bright- gE "My mother sleeps in a new-made grave; di 'Tis an orphan begs to night." ra 'Twas cold and dark, and the snow fell fast, But the rich man shut his door; And his proud lip curled with scorn as he is said, in "No room,-no bread for the poor." "I must freeze," she said, as she sank on the th step, br And strove to wrap her feet In her tattered dress, all covered now Yes, covered~Vth'snow -nd sleet. of fo. The hours passed on, and the midnight chime th Rolled out like a funeral knell; en The earth seemed- wrapped in a winding sheet, And the drifting snow still fell. se *ch The rich man slept on his velvet couch, And dreamed of his silver and gold; th The little girl lay in a bed of snow, W And murmured, "So cold! so cold!" The morning dawned, and the orphan child gc Still lay at the rich man's door; But her soul had fled to a home above, Where there's room and bread for the ca poor. th all. FoR THE HERALD. BROADBRIM'S PARIS LET TER. se sc 9. fri th Pe Paris Restaurants-How Frenchmen take their fo Breakfasts-French Wines and French Cooking-Night Scenes-Romance of a M1 French Restaurant. th th One of the most interesting fea- tn tures of the Paris Exposition is ab the restaurants in and about the of grounds. You may see much of w< French life in the theatres, in the art tir galleries, in the streets and in their th public assemblies ; but if you want fa: to see it au naturel, as a French- at man would say, you must see it in at the restaurants. When an English- so man eats he seeks a modest seclu- th sion ; the American dges not par- XX ticularly care about making a pub- bt lic exhibition of himself ; the Ger- sii man likes to sit under the branches is of a shady tree, or anywhere with a A gew gi-een leaves around him, that ce remind him of the woods and the F3 fields. Not so with the French- te man; give him a roll, a bottle of ag "yin ordinaire," set him out in the Al middle of the street or on the side- th walk, where thousands can see him, E: and he is happy. There- seems to ar be no such thing of privacy or th~ home life in Paris, as we under- ot stand it in other lands. - t There are a great many time Vi honored humbugs co.nnected with Ni Yrench cooking and French restau or rants, which ought to be exploded b( by somebody. There are undoubt- w. edly excellent French cooks, but m like every other good thing in ta France they are exceedingly dear, wi and altogether out of the reach of de ordinary people. There is not an N< Englishman or an American in re moderate circumnstances but who, ot in his own country,.eats every day m a better dinner than is eaten by fo ninety-nine hundredths. of the peo ple who come to Paris. There is at not so dear a- city to live, I believe, F: on the face of the earth. Kid es gloves may possibly be a trifle de cheaper, but every thing else is- be enormously high and growing worse ps every day. Before you venture in- br to a restaurant feel in your pockets kr and examine the state of your treas- to ury ; if it is light, do not go in, for "( if you do you will find yourself on C the stool of repentance for the next T. six days. Everything is charged th~ for, even the napkin with which af you wipe your lips ; and after you et have settled your bill, the man for lii whose service you have already paid di expects a little something for him p self ; if he has takenyour umbrella, he sa charges you for that; if he gives th your hat a rub, another trifling ax charge} when hie pulls yourchair sa from behing you, he holds out his es hands ; and if you fail to interpret a m i anoie heM a n generally Ii mt up English enough to make; iu understand that he wants-some .rgent." The restaurants are all iout the grounds, mqny of them agnificently fitted up and most of em have peculiar, and some of em excellent features. About the ur of noon you can see them in: I their glory. This is the hour at the Frenchman eats his break st, and his English.and American usins who want to appear like -enchmen eat their breakfast at the me time. Everybody who can t out of doors does so; cold aughts, miserable dust, drizzliig in, are nothing if they can only hibit themselves. The breakfast simply a respectable lunch, be- 1 g taken as a general thing with t tea or coffee; or anything else at would remind one of a home eakfast in England. or America. id one of the singular features their restaurant business is that, r many of their most important ings, they are depenslent almost tirely upon Englaid. Pickles, eserves, condifnents, soups, pre rved meats, potted hams and ickens, are mostly furnished by e great firm of Crosse, Black Ml & Co., of London, their signs tt yoc everywhere and their iods are on every counter and te every shelf. To look at their talogue, one-; would think that ey had taken a contraet to pro ioe, not only Paris, but the iole world. Their case in the nex to the main building is a w revelation of gastronomic won rs and curiosities. It almost ems as if they had exhausted the ience of "cuisine." Baked, boiled, ed, fizzed and grilled, everything at man ever did eat, or even ex ets to eat,it seems to me can be and there; and as for pickles, my )uth waters at -the th'Ught of em. It seems astonishing, but ere are no others used at the ,enty-four restaurants in -and out the grounds. Sunday is one the most popular days in the sek; the number of entries some nes reaching one hundred and irty or forty thousand. At break st and dinner, everybody (who is .ybody) drinks wine, and this ais other grand humbug. The rea n given for drinking the wine is at the water of Paris is bad. eli, it is not particularly good, t the ordinary wine is worse and iply execrable. I believe there better wine made to-day in nerica, with some very few ex ptions, than can be found in all ance. Who, that visited the CeW rnial at Philadelphia two years ,.can "forget the exhibition of nericajg wines, equalling~every ing to be. found in the present sposition. I am sorry that there e not some of them here to show eni what can be done on the her side of the water. I recollect at for six months the Pleasant Lley Wing Co., of Hammondsport, aw York, kept their champagne tconistant exhibition, not only in ttles, but free to all comners ; and en the last trial came before the of critical committee of wine sters in the world, they came ff .th golden honors. Good wine is arer here than it is in London or aw York. Many of the famous staurants have faded entirely t of sight. Tortoni's still re a,ins, but only thme shadow of its rmer self. The celebrated,"Maison ree" has long since disappeared, d the great "Cafe des. Trois *eres Provencaux," one of the fin t restaura.nts in Paris in the gol n days of the Empire, is num red among the things that are ,st. There are plenty -of cele 'ated restaurants still where they LO how to. cook and know how charge,-the "Cafe Anglais," the 1afe American" and the "Cafe ardinal," all on the Boulevards. me most attractive time to see em is along towards midnight, ter the theatres and concerts are ded. Hundreds of little tables me the sidewalk and elegantly essed men and women, seemingly ~rfectly unconscious of the thou nds of passers by, are discussing eir ice cream and cakes,,.or coffee d cognac. The interior of the loons is brilliantly lighted, and .ch of the small tables represents Republic, a kingdom or an empire. -peralits mourn for the departed glories of the Empire, and Radicals predict the future greatness of the Republic. Monarchists weigh the chances of the old Bourbon stock coming in for their legitimate rights, and Communists curse the whole batch and swear we never shall see good .,imes again till the rich are pulled down to the level of the poor, society reorganized and prop erty equitably divided. At times it seems as if everybody was going in for a free fight, but nobody fights. A quiet military looking gentleman walks leisurely along the street, apparently looking for no body in particular, but everybody, in general, and his presence acts like bil upon the troubled waters; he speaks to nobody; he carries no policeman's rattle or club, but he represents a power before wbich even kings have trembled, the or ganized force which in his person represents the majesty of the law. Fouche was gathered to his fa thers many years ago, but the ter rible system cf "espionage" of which he was the father survives him all over France. There ap pears to be no such thing any where as personal or business con fidence or trust; every department, public or private, is surrounded by guards and checks as though all the pecple were thieves. If you go to the theatre one man sells you a ticket, another man punches it, a third examines it, fourth takes it up, and every fellow has another fellow watch ing him to see that he does his duty. The passengers, in every omnibus, are watched with Argus eyes, and a change of position from one seat to another is a matter of official investigation. Cab drivers look like soldiers in disguise, and omnibus conductors like officers on half pay. FEvery store has.an army of well-dressed fellows whose busi ness it is to keep An eye on the fel low who takes the cash. That sub lime prayer of "Lead us not into temptation" seems~ to be regarded by all classes, and such moral safe guards are thrown around the youthful shop keeper that his finan cial salvation, at least, is assured. One of the largest restaurants in the Exposition is attended exclu sively by girls, and many of them are remarkably good looking. They wear spotless white aprons, clean looking sleeves and coquettish little eps, so that they all appear like young widows looking out for fpine one to supply the place of the dear departed. Just after,the opening, a stout old gentleman used to breakfast at this restaurant every morning. His dress was rather rough ; he wore high military boots and a large broad rimmed soft hat on the side of which was a little red feather ; on his finger was a massive ring in which was set a diamond of enormous value, and a larger solitaire diamond glistened in his breast. Who he was nobody knew, but every morning found him at the same table attended by the same girl. Last week he disap peared and the girl has disappeared also. The night before he left Paris a brilliant wedding took place at one of our most fashionable hotels. The bridegroom was the gentleman of whom I have spoken, and the bride was the pretty at tendant at the Cafe Duval. The Countess is now on her way to her. estates in Hungary, Viva la Re-t publique! Viva la France ! Truly yours, - BROADBRIM. - Mr. Francis Darwin believes that plants dream. He has been watcing in a greenhouse at n igh t, sitting quietly and making obser vations on the sleep of plants, and has noticed that the leaf of a seni sitive piant would drop rapidly to its fullest extent and slowly rise to its old position. Now in thbis action the plant is behaving ex actly as if it had been touched on its sensitive joint :thus some in ternal process produces the same impression on the plant as a i-eal external stimulus. In the same way a dog dreaming by the fire will yelp and move his legs as if he were hunting a real instead of an imaginary rabbit. The oigin of miental characteristics must be sought, as Prof. Grote has recently suggested, in automnatic~ move mn ts THE DEMOCRACY. Is the Democratic party willing to see the State go back under control of the Republican party ? If not, then it must bestir itself. Two years ago the Democracy by raising the standard of Reform en listed in its ranks many who to day are asking themselves wheth er their course was wise or not. The Republican party confessed its wrongs and promised. at every campaign to correct them, but nevor did, until at last, tired of promises which seemed never to be realized, thousand% of gqod honest Republicans united upon what they deemed* the only alter native, reform outside of the par ty, swelled the ranks of the De mocracy, thereby rendering cer tain the defeat of the Republican party. The question' which now presents itself is, has reform out side of the party proved more realistic than reform inside the party ranks? Has the Demo cratic party carried out its prom ised reform wholly or only in part, or at all ? It must be patent to the most casual observer that there has been a most alarming im-ien on the part of the Dem oerati paty of the practices of its opponents. The Democratic party indeed seems to out-Herod Herod. So far from admitting their errors and promising amends, they steadfastly refuse even to discuss their most important acts and seem actually to announte and adopt that shameless plank in the Republican platform, viz : the party superior to every conside ration. It only remains now for some prominent Democratic leader to announce that duty would re quire voting for the devit if he should be nominated by the party, to place the Democratic patty on the same platform a's that which supported Republicanism -to its grave.. The time-honored custom of the Democracy has been the dis cussion of the measures of the par ty, in order that its leaders and rep resentatives might know whether mistakes had been committed or whether they had met the appro bation of their constituency. In the old days of purity and virtue, when principles made the party and not party the principles, this custom was held sacred ; why not now ? Whbydoes the party shrink now from discussion ? Why do the leaders and representatives of' the party ignore the custom, deny it, and seek to cast opprobium up on it ? Why is the DemGcratic press, or that portion of it which prides itself upon being the fugle man of the party ominously Si len t? Ah ! We fear, that goose has laid more than one golden egg. The Democratic party is pre in its body, but it has some dreadfully afflicted limbs, and the disease will spread and attack the trunk unless remedies are speedily applied, and here let the party stand upon no false sentiments or ceremony ; apply th-e remedies at once, aye resort to them speedily, shudder not at amputation if ne cessary ; save the trunk, keep it spotless, for in it only is hope and safety. We see Orangeburg setting a noble example. One of her Dem oratic elubs has passed thbe ~phos pate resotution of the Charleston mass meeting and recommended to other clubs to follow suit. This is right. Every Democratic club in the State should do likewise, and thus teach would-be leaders and representatives that they may lead the party if they- wish to but the party intends to, and will, select and designate its own route. In the Republican party the lead es virtually were the party, the balance follow like donkeys after a bun'de of fodder ; but this is not so' with the Democracy, and God be praised- it is not. The Demo ratic party must assert its man ood and its purity, if it con tinues to follow the insiduous ad vice of' those whose only mo-rals, principles and creed is self interest it will find itself soon as great a slave to an unprincipled and cor rupt tyranny as ever the Repub licans were. Awake then Demo rats ! let your leaders understand hat thne are merely your agents and servants andi if they serve uot truly and honestly for the people, the whole people, they must vacate; they are not masters, the people are the masters, and no matter who be may be, however great or trusted, the moment he ceases to'be ueful to and mindful of the peoi,. 1-e people will ig nore him and substitute another for him. No royal prerogatives exist here. No divine rights of kings. No aristocracy rule, not even that cheap and contemptible imitation of blood aristocracy, the money aristocrat. The people are sovereign and supreme and the good of the whole people should be the highest aim of every party, and this sentinient was the key note of the last campaign, and. has been reiterat6d again and again by our wise statesman and noble leader who so safely conducted the party through the trying period of the last campaign, and whose. warnig voice has been steadily heard during the two years of Democratic rule. The party must sustain itself against the evil effects of the course pur sued by those who seem to re gard the party as a species of property, the fee simple of which is vested in themselves. These people must be taught that when the State was wrested from the plunderers there was a nobler purpose than merely to put her into the hands of a clique or ring to be.run Afr. their exclusive bene fit. The Democratic party has a higher destiny than simply gath ering the spoils, and it the leaders of the party can't.appreciate the fact. the party must show a want of appreciation for those gentry and establish the fact that the last campaign was no conflict be tween vultures for the exclusive picking of a carcass.-Beaufort Tribune. SHE KNEW HER RIGHTS. The passengers in a sleeping coach in Delaware were just doz ing off when something-howled out: "Great dragons, there's a young one aboard !" growled a fat man from his upper berth, "I'll bet a hundred dollars none of us get a wink of sleep Lo-nighbb." "Wow - wow !" whined the child. "There he goes again !" growled the fat man. "I never travel but what I[ run acroSs some ope's off spring." "Who's that talking ?" ,asked the mother of the child in a loud voice. "Me," answered the fat man. "Why didn't you. leave that child at home or stay at home your self ?" *"Are you talk in,g to me ?" de manded the woman. "Yes mamn, I am. I say it is a shame to bring a sick child into a sleepi'ig-car to disturb twenty-five or thirty people." "Are you a fathsi?" she asked. "No, I han'n t." "Ndr a mother." "Well, sir," said she, as she poked her head out between the curtains, "when you've been the mother of seven children, moved forty-eight times, and lived in nine different States, you'll begin to think you know your own busi ness. I1 think I know mine ; and if this baby wants to howl he is going to do it, if I have to come over there and kick.a ton and a. half of conceit out of you." One of the most wonderful cities in the world is Bankok, the capi tal of Siany. On either side of the wide, majestic stream, moored in regular streets 'and alleys, extending as far as the eye can reach, are upwards of 70,000 neat little houses, each one floating on a compact raft of bamboos;1 and the whole iqtermediate space of the river is "one dense mass of ships, junks, and boats of every conceivable shape, color and size. Those who are watching for op portunities to do good will find them often occurring ; if the morn; ing does not afford them the even Ing moay1 FOR THE IERALD. S.oKEY ToiWN, S. C., JUly 8, 1878. DEAR IIERALD 'Your valuable pa per maies its appearance in our midst every week , giving all the news, coun ty, State and otherwise, and, best of all, telling what the different Demo eratic Clubs are doing in this County -with one exception however. I do not see auythiig from your correspon dent from tbis section. S-ijokey-Town Club holds mouthly meetings, and will send her (juta of delegates to the Convention from time to time though the distance is great. The Conven tion is the stepping-stone to victory for the party in this County. We should never change our tactics so long as success crowns cur efforts. Our Club held a meeting last Satur day, ,which was very interesting and - harmonious; all seemed to be unitei to. a man on all questions that were laid before the meeting. I would try to give you in detail the proceedings of the meeting, but think it would be out of order, as it is the Se.cretary's duty to give you the full proceedings. A matter which I think sho-uld sink deep in the inds of all voters in this County and State, is the further re duction of salaries from the Governor 4own to Co'roner. That would cur tail our taxes; for at the present value of money our taxes are as highas-when we paid fifteen and-sixteen mills. Some will say, not so. I say it is so; be cause when we paid sixteen mills we sold our cotton at seventeen to eighteen cents per pound. A gold dollar then was worth from twenty to twenty-five cents more than a greenback dollar; now greenbacks' are made equal to specie, hen~cwe should have a great reduction in all salaries- and if the nominees of the' Democratic party promise to reduce salaries to a mode raie and reasonable standard we will have no trouble in- the future. Reduce the pay so that the offi-e will seek the man, not the man the .office, and I venture to say in foir years, yes, two years, we will not have so nianj office seekers and will ha.ve less yir-pulling for office. It is the fI pay that makes men stand ronnd the corners on the Convention days adnd watch for the delegates and ask them $o remember them in making the nominations, say ing I will do thus 'and so if elected. We should shun thei'as much so as the poisonous adi.er. The Representatives liave, as a gen eral thing, 'been holding Iong s'essions at fine pay, putting up at those fine~ hotels, paying high for beef-steak and fried chicken, sm-ok'ing fine gegars, drinking the best of i'ines and bran dies, at the expetse of the taxpayers. I will state hiere that I-think we have two many laws already. Repeal some of' the ones already made; kill that 'bird-law out at- once, and reduce the nuinber of ofiees. The' Board of Examination for school id~achers for Public Schools is entirely uncalled'for, and'sho6ild be dispensed with. We pay the 5chool Comnmissioner,' and let him examine the teachers, and that will be a saving. If it'has to beicon tinued let 'the Com inissioner pay them out of his own salary. We should practice economy, and if we1 don't at >nebe up and at' it the farmers will ~et so poor that they will not' 'be able to pay the taxes. But for 'fear of . wearying the patience 6f"your' many readers, I"will subscribe zaiyself 'SMOKEY TOMW Y.OTER. NOTE.-We have cut out a pottion >f the above communication; 1st, be :ause we had not room for it all, and 2ndly, because-a large part of' it was taken up in recommending a 'certain person for office, and we always charge for such things as advertisements. EDS. HERALD. VAUCLUJSE FAcTRoY.-We learn ~hat the wheel of the new Vaueluse f'actory will be started for the first ime to-day,. so'as to test the ma ,hinery, which is all in position. The ~apacity of the mill is 10,000 spindles. L'he machinery is. all of the most im >roved style. The building is three ~tories in height (exclusive of the >asement), and is 2363 feet long by 74 wide. The first story is the weaving ~ room, the second the card room and - pickery, and the third the spinning' - -oom.- The corner stone of the fac ory was laid on the 23d of July, 87.-Augusta CGironiale. In every soul there lies a finer ature, which, if once broken, an ivmr be restored.