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1 r ZE\ A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1879. No.9. THE MEHALD IS PBUBLISVED EVEERY VEDNi-SDAY MLoNING, At Newberry, S. C. BY THOS P. GFNEKR l&itar an.d Proprictor. nr.o.i9 per -.'avia, invariaijy ii Advance. -tcpped u ai tie exlpration of T4 g mark: dIn.otes expiration of sub e ript ion. i 's fel4aee ou2e IS. This i-portant organ weighs but about three po an ll th 0 in a living person about three gallons p:.sses throuZh it at least once every half hour, to have the bile and other im:)ari:es s:.icd or fiitered from it. ile is the natural purgative of the bowels, and it the Liver becomes torpid it is not scparated from the bloocl.. but carried through the vens to all parts of the system. and in trying to es. cane through the pores of the skin, causes it to urn yello vor a dirty brown color. The stom ach becomies diseased, and Dyspepsia, Indi gestion, Constipation. Headache, Biliousness, Jaundice Chills, Malarial Fevers, Piles, Sick and Sour Stomach, an d general debility foliow. SMERRELL's HEPATINE, the great vegetable dis covery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw oiF from one to two ounces of bile each time the blood passs through it, as long as there is an excess of bi!e; and the effect of even a few dQses upon yellow complexion or a brown dirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it-they being the first symptoms to disappear. The cure of all bilious diseases and Liver complaint Uis made certain by taking HEPAT:IZE in accord ance with directions. Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes. and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist if a fair trial is *given. SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE POR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25 C. and $100 1LUNiGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least one-third of all death's victims, arises from the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stupefies as the work of death goes on. $1o,ooo will be paid if Opium or Morphine, or .an preparation of Opium, -Morphine or Prus sic Acid, can be found in the GLOBE FLOwER SCOt-GH SvnuP, which has cured people who are iv ing to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that Consumption is incurable. GLOBE FLOwER Covam-SvRup will cure it when all .other m'eans hatve failed. Also, Colds, Cough, Ast hma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the th-roat and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov.Brown of Ga.,- Hon. Geo. Pea body, as well as those of other remarkable cures in our book, free to all at the drug stores, Q and be convinced that if you wish to be cured y ou can be by taking the GLOBE FLOWER C~oLGH SvaRUP. Take no Troches or Lozenges 0for Sore Throat, when you can get GLOBE FLow ER SvRr at same price. For sale by I alDru~ggists. PFrice 25 Ct. and $1.00 4Grave mistakes aire ;nade in the treatment o? all' diseases that nise frcm poisn in the blood. Not one case i:f Scrofula-, Sy philis, White Swelling, Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in 0atousand,-is treated~without the use of Mer -yin some form. Mercury rots the bones, the diseases it produces are wo-se than - ee~oher kind of blood or skin disease can be. DRt. PEMBaERTON's STILLINGIA or E.$. ~DE.roxT is the only medicine upon which a lope of.recovery from Scrofula, Syphilis and iMercurial diseases in all stages, can be reason Aably founded, and that will cure Cancer. I$o,ooo will be paid by the.proprietors if a jercury, or any ingredient not purely vegeta. ble and harmless can be found ia it. .Price by all Druggists $r.oo. GLOBE FLOwER COUCH SyRUP and MER - REI.L's HEPATIN~E FOR THE LIVER for sale by all Druggis:s in 25 cent and $i.oo bottles. *A. F. MEBRELL Jc 00., Proprietors, *PHILADELPHIA. PA. Dsc. 4, 49-ly. P(IMARIA XLRER, Thrifty, healthy and acclimated FRUIT TREES, F~rom earliest to latest. Jbaciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubbery, CRAPE VINES, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, FRoses, Dahlias, Etc., Etc. For sale at Pomaria Nurseries. Orders filled correctly and satisfaction gaaranteien For C-alogue or information, address J. A. SUMMER, POMARIA, S. C. Jan. 15, 5-$nii. NOTICEI is hereby given that on tha 28th day of 1 ebruary next, wce wili apply to E. P. Chal miers, Esq , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Newberry County, for a Charter incorporating "The Colored Presbyterian Church," situated1 in the town of Newberry, in the Counny and State of South Carolina. JAMES L. RATLEY. GLLFRED SNOWDEX. TH[ORNWELL GOLEMAN. SiMEON YOUNG. W. J5. SMITH. J. WILLiAM ELIHELBERGER. PALMER HIENLY. SAMUEL VEIL. WADE II. COLEMAN. A. L. SN EAD. Jan. 29, 187ih. -t ST business you can engage in S5 to $20 per day made by any work er ot either sex. right in their own loc-alities. Part ieul ars and sam ples worth $5 free. Impr)tove your spare time at this business. Address STINSON & Co., Portland, Maine. 21-1y CLOTH1G k1l L1YrKY f0 Y-!l NEW STOCK! NEW PRICES! WRIG, T & IAW, OPCK Respectully cali attention to their splen did stock of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING. TyE CHEAPEST AND MOST COMPLETE Ever Offered to the Pubic., BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS IT ROCK BED PRICES! Which Defy fompetitiou. -0 Hats, Shoes, Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises. SHIRTS, LOWER THAN EVER. And all other kinds of^ GENTLEMEN'S and YOUTHS' FURNISHING GOODS. No. 4, Mollohon Row. CALL AND BE CONVINCED. R. H. WRICHT. J. W. COPPOCK. Sep. 25, 39-tf. .7iseelFaneous. NOTICE! I would announce to my friends and the public generally, that I have the agency fUr the sale of the folloving named Fertilizers Palmetto Acid Phosphate, Eutaw Ammoniated Fertili zer. Merryman's Ammoniated Dissolved Bones. Allison & Addison's Com plete Manure for Cotton. Bradley's Patent Phosphate. All of which will be sold on as good terms as any other Fertilizers of the same grade, either for cottou or money. I respectfully solicit your patronage. W. W. HODGES. Office at Jones & Satterw hite's Store. Feb. 12, 7-2m. THE WEEKLY NEWS CONTAINS. LIVE EDITORIALS! THE LATEST TELEGRAMIS! CAREFULLY SELECTED MAIL NEWS! BESIDES THE FOLLOQWING S EIALT.tE PRIZE STORIES! PRIZE STORIESl A CHESS COLUMN! AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT! EECORD OF MARRIAGEs AND DEATHS! The Weekly News GIVES MORE FOR THE MONEY Than any other Southern Weekly ! SEE THE PRICES! Single Subscriptions, per Annum..$ 2 00 ive Subscriptions at $1.75............S 75 en Subscriptions at $1.50............15 00 wenty Subscription at 315.........5 00 ifty inubscript-ioiis at $F.. 2.......50 001 The WEEKLY NEWS will be sent to year ly subscribers to the Daily Edition o.t THE NEwS AND) COURIER for $1. The WEEKLY NEWS will be sent for one ear to six months' subscribers to the Daily dition of THE NEwS AND COURIER for $1 50. No reductions will be made in the price to sbscribers of THE NEWS AND COURIER ex ept as above. Remember ! The WEEKLY NEWS contains a11 the Latest News, selected from THE NEWS AND COURIER, besides those specialties which (10 not appear in tiLe Daily at all: A PRIZE STORY ! A CH ESS COLUMN ! AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT ! And a Complete Weekly Record of DEATHS and MARRIAGES in this State. Any one of these specialties alone is worth the price of subscription, andl the subscriber really gets A FIRST-CLASS WEEK. LY PAPER BESIDES FOR NOrTING. EIOBDAN & DAWSON, Feb. 19, 8-tf. CHARLESTON, S. C. North Carolina Presbyterian. This organ of the North~ Carolina Presbyte rins, always orthodox and ably edited, has been improved by the addit-ion of depart ments of Church and General Religious In-. tlligee. Its Family and Miscellaneous readjog is both1 ttractive and instructive. An epitome of Seenltir News is furnished ev ry week. The ablest writers wriie for it, among whoip are theq fligng: 'R.v. Drs. Drury Lacy,' J. Henry Smith, J. B. Adger, and A. W. Miller; Rev. Messrs. Jos. M. At kinson, E. M. H arding. D. E. Jordan, J. Rum pe, E. F. Rockwell, P. HI. Dalton, L. C. Vass, H. G. Hill, W. S. L:icy, W. W. Pharr, F. IR. Johnston, P. T. Penick, R. Z. Johnston, S. H. Chest:er, J. W. Primrose, S. M. Smith, A. F. Dickson, J. M. W harey ; Prof. J. R. Blake; Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Mrs. Mary Aer Miller ("Luola") Mrs. H. M. Ir.vin, and many others.* Priee 8.2.65 a year. Send for Premium List. Address. JOHN McLAURIN, Editor anid Proprietor, Feb. 12, 7-3t. Wilmington, N. C. ~TEW YORK SHOPPING. - HAVING formed a connection with the Lamar 'uchainlg Agency, I will give personal su pervision to the auswering of LETTERS OF INQUIRY and for warding of Samples. Pur chases made with taste and discretion. LUCY CARTER. L AMAR PURCHASING AGENCY.4 Established. Reliable. Send for Cir ctlar. Address, MRS. ELLEN LAMAR, 1 877 Br..awa (irt floor), Nw York Csiy T otti. A LEGEND OF THE ROAD. It was two rival drummers The merits that did blow Of safes were in St. Louis made And safes froin Chicago. They chanced upon a merchant Who fain a safe would buy, &nd in the praise of their houses' wares The drummers twain did vie, Each striving to see which could construct The most colossal lie. Up spake the St. Louis drummer, "Once a min a cat did take And locked the animal in a safe Of our superior make. rhey made a bonfire round the safe With tar and kerosene, And for four-and twenty hours it blazed With raging heat, I ween. ce fire went out, the safe was cooled, And I will forfeit five lundred good dollars if that cat Did not come out alive." rhen mild upspakp and answered him The Chicago safe agent: 'With our safe one day we did essay The same experiment. We placed the sfe selected on Of coals a firev bed, And pitch pine we heaped in coal oil steeped Till the iron glowed bright red; And in forty-eight hours we ope'd the safe, And, alas! the cat was dead)" t 'Was dead? Aha!" his rival cried, With a triumphant breath; But the Chicago man replied, "Yes, the cat was frozen to death !" t !o word that St. Louis drummer spoke, But silent he stood and wan, While the Kansas merchant an order gave To the Chicago man. t IR10 OF THE 1ORS it it A wide streteh of breezy M0oor and, covered with purple beather, sky whose radiant sunset tints vere fast f4gding nob euctral gray, ar in the distance some slowly ising spirIs told of warmth a"A m'-etr. It was a g'rateful sight o the eyes of a young man who ad lost his way a ong the seem ngly interminahble solitudes, bro eni only by the sound ofa startled abbit, or whirring wing of a Shouldering his game bag he at mee turned his steps toward the ~velcomne harbinger of home comn o rt. As he reached the modest cot ~age he paused almost uncon eiously, and looked in upon the amily group just gathered around he table for their evening meal.C hen be passed on and gave a )risk rap at the half-open door.t It iuas answered1 by a young t ;irl. Doffing his cap the strangeri "I am alone, and have lost my vay among the moors. Can youS ive me the wheren 'itbal to break ny fast, and after that a directing tint homeward ?" "Come in," said the fa.rmeor, w ho ad followed Marion to the door. You are welcome to aught we ~ae. Eat and drink first, then it vill be time to think of leaving. Este, Ma.rion, and set a chair for ,he youlbh, and bring ho tpor idge." Marion obeyed, Louis De Mo zay's eyes following her with a ook of wonder .Jurking in theirL lark but brilliant depths. HIowr al snch a purec white lily blos ~omed from stuch a rugged stem, ,vith a skin so sati!-; soft that 1 he blu. veins up~on thme temfples ,oud be traced beneath it, and ys so large and clear in their ruclouded blue that !he could ~asily imagine them tinted iromn t heI sky itself as they looked outIL -om waving masses of sun-bright ~ ai, fastenued only by the tmodest boon oif blue ribbonS. Louis De H1ornay was a youn~~fg ( Zuban w bo had lately fa'lent heir " large estates, both ihi England ~ mud upon the continent. One of~ Lese was a fine hunting seat in 3cotlad, where he was spending U .he Autumn months; and being of C Sromnantic temperament, it was great pleasure to him to sally ut without his gamekeeper, and r 6 make his way over, the ~ :ourtry alone. This was the first '] im;e ho had become bewildered as a o0 eation, and with the enthu- I ~iast of his tropical nature7 he a idded a silent but earnest thanks .riving to the old cottager's bless ng over the food they were about ,o partake ; for it was to him like he hand of fte that he had been ed t- the home which enshrined 1elh a maiden. Never, in his wanderings over and or sca. had his eyes rested on >ne so beautiful, and like some Aossom that remains folded in its -rvpt for years and then bursts at >nee into love-compelling beauty, ;o did his heart open to receive in ,o it sweet Marion's image. She could not but feel the in lueceIC of his magnetic glance, and color stole softly into her :heeks and the blue eyes scarcely lared lift themselves from out the Lmbush of the fringed lids as she istcned to his conversation with hem. Why did her heart flutter o with pleasure when he accepted Li invitation to remain until the norrow ? She was glad to seek he solitqdp of i1pr room to ques ,ion and chide herself. What had ,his fiery-eyed stranger to do with ier simple cottage life ? Yet the nemory of those burning glances vould come back and fill her squlI vith Sweetness. All u1nwitting of the true at raction, farmer McGregor re ponded to the young man's ex >ressed desire to try his hands at he birds upon the surrounding oors for a few days, by a cordial nvitation to him to remain as is guest. In his sturdy pride iP nevee en cred hi s mind that his child Vould think of lifting her eyes to hat of a dark strner. whoa houggh to his knowledge a man of aijk and consequence, was not all . his ste in looks, with such aidnight dark hair and eyes, and a mplexion like a Spaniard, though c well liked to talk wvith him nd listen to his tales of other vnds and cities, So itame upon him like a hock, when after the stranger's tay had lengt.heoed into weeks, e sought him one morning and old him the real attraction. It vas his pearl-his lilly-it was Jarion. The old man's lips opened at rst f- .a burst of anger, but he gas his guest. He had eaten of is salt., He controlled himself and nswered quietly, but with a firm ess which argued ill for the oung mnan's suit. "My daughter mnust marry in er own station, when the time omes, She's o'er young yet to ake her choice. You do us hon r, sir, by your proposal; but the1 ime will come when you wil ank me for seeing the folly of is unseemingly union." "Sir, she shall be cherished as be deserves to be, if you will only ie her to mne. The DeM4ornays ere never known to be aught uit a. chivalrous race. Think gain, I beg you. I love your au ghter so truly that it can but e that she returns it. Such a re could not burn without ca ing at least a shadowy flame."~ "Have you not sp'oken to Ma ion yourself ?" "It is the custom of my coun ry to sneak~ first with the lather," ud the young man raised his ad proudly to meet the old far 1er's questioning look. "I have ought you first." "That is well, I should ill like a have my daughter unhappy. wish you well, sir, and success a all else you undertake." "The wish, vthout the grift .4 eek, will be but little good. You ke the spring out of my life, and en hope the machinery will ork." There was a bitter sting in his oice as he spoke, but Dunecau Me ~regor was unmoved. Miarion as' his on little lamb, and no tranger could claim her, unless it as a youth after his own heart. Trure to his code of honor, Louis eparted without telliug Atarion f his feelings, although he did ot intend to give her up. After he had gone Marion drop ed. She made a brave effort to .eep up, but it was to no purpose. be light died out of her eyes, n the soft bloom left her cheek. [er father noticed the change nd Lad her with it. "1 hope it's not moping you are after that dark stranger, Marion. He's naught attractive to my way of thinkingi. IIe'l Fot be back. either, for he got nure from me than he looked for." "Oh ! fiathur ! Tell me, what do you melau) ?"' The blue eyes looked unnatu rally bright as they gazed up into the old man's stern Iace. "I ILM that what I told him is true, and the sooner you put thoughts of him out of your mind th better it will be for your peace. .No lad from foreign parts, with such a blackanioor flace, can mar ry my snow-white lass." A sudden joy kindled the pale face and looked out of the wide eyes. ':Oh, father. did he ask you for me ? Then Heaven be praised! I read his looks and acts aright. Oh," she, sinking down upon her knces and catching her father's horny hand and kissing it. "I had lost my faith in human na ture, and you have Liven it back. Bless you for it! Oh, father, if that face could tell a false story, tiien the angels themselvos would bo untrue !" "Cahn yourself, Marion," inter rupted her fither, sternly. "Did you not hear me ? It's all at an nd. You cannot bo his bride. [t would be like the mating of the crow and the dove." 'I care not, so he loves e mxurmured A.ariozi, softly. "Hear Lmy vow," she added, suddenly :nd again she sank p. n her kn.ees and raised her pure, child ike but resolute face to his. "1 will never marry .qis Pe Mor, 4.y witlout your consent ; but I will love him rmy life long, and .lie a maid for his sake if I cannot be his wife," it[ wat too late to check her. Fhe vow bad been taken, and would be kept. Th strict old Eaher himself would not have :Jared to ask her to break it. Matters went on about the same at the farm. Several years passed by, during wich pouis wis con stantly changing his location, tas, indeed, it~ wasd necessary for himn to give personal supervisions to bis various estates. During this period of unmiti gated pr1osperity to the wealthy young land pwner, farmer Mc Gregor bad been gradually but surely going down in the world. A sugeessioo of bad crops, a dis ease among nis fine Durhams, un til scarcely a poor half dozen re mained of his large herd, and a murr'ain wvhich- proved fatal to the sheep, left him at last in a very strained condition. Still be managed to get his rent money together. The pay-day was near, and the farmer had put the ardly earned money in a leathern wallet preparatory to a start. "Well, wife,'' he said with a ig,"respay frtelast year. [t's maiu doubtful, though, where the next will come from." "Keep up, Dungan,"~ was her ,eerfut answer. "It's all for the aet though one cannot always snow wby." So he started away to the laird's ounty seat on his stout cob, svithout a weapon of defence ; for t was a peaceful country, and he 2ad no fear of molestation. But his joneney was not half >ver when in some lonely woods brough which the road ran, an scap)ed convict seized his oppor ~unity and knocked him senseless rom his horse, rifled his pockets, nd mounting, rode rapidly away vith all his plunder. About half an hour later he as found by the game-keeper of in adjoining estate andI taken at >neCe to the big house and cared o. The master was away but he house-keeper was kind and ficient, and under her good offices 2e oon carme to cousciousness, ut not to the ability to hellp him iel. One blowv had fallen on his shoulder and it proved to be dis oated. Tbere was no alterna .ive but to remain, perhaps for eeks. So the gocd woman sent or Marion to come to her father, aving by judicious questioning scertained tha't she was the light ft his old eyes next to the good vife. who, of course, could not be m.a-ed from the home duties. M1arion cane. much to her fi ther's delight. The day after th young proprietor arrived als The housekeeper told at once i his stranger guests, an.d he ha: tened to assure them of his coi As he entered the room Marim arose from beside.her fither's bed side, and after one surprise rlanice held o ut her hand, he eyes shining like twin stars. I was Louis DeMornay. His face brightened with a sud den light as he went forward Taking her two tender hand: within his own he turned to th< old father. "See," he said gravely. "It i: the will of God that you shonl give me Marion for my own. Hei steps have been led to my roo tree by the hand of fate. She i. to ine the most precious treasur< in the whole world. Will vol not give her to me The old man looks-d up into th< dark, earnest face. Its expressio! of sincerity could no, be misinter preted, and inspite, he became foj the first time conscious of hi noble, manly beauty. Then, too Marion's vow ran through hi. ears, and he turned his eyes o! her, which was lka an Apri morniig-lirst smiles and ther tears. At last he reached out a trem bling had and placed it upor Marion's bright head. "Take her," he said huarae1y "It is God'S. wiIl, and the las. loves Vo. i'm 1Q sq!- iO wouldn't give be up, but thal tlhe poor bairn might soon be without a sheltering rooftrece. Th world's not gone well with rijq late, young man. "1hat is because you slighted Love, and the little tyrant i8 angry," said Louis, playfully, as hi turned and looked guestioninglY into Marian's blushing face. "Little one, is it true ? Do you love me? Look up and tail." She tried to raispu her blue eyes to hi', but their radiance wa~s toc p)owerful. Her aweot lips trern bled, but before the words came they were drowned in a shower o tear's. Thus they were betrothed. FREE SCHOOLS. The Barn well People says : "The free school system so far ha: proved a signal failure. The schQQa: in this county generally close after session of eleven weeks for the scholas tic year. We undertake to say that the litti instruction acquired hy the pupil: during this limited time will be for gotten before anot her year opens, an and the money so far spent might a: well have been thrown in the fire foi all the good it has done th cause 01 education. Tfhere is certainly something rad ically wrong in the whole system, and we call upon our Representatives tc use every endeavor to have the stat ute book purged of our present cum bersomne school act. It was never in tended for such a State as soutli Carolina, and as little suited to the wants of our people and their social and political condition or their spar sely settled territory, as Locke's granc constitutional model was for the first settlers* who built their log cabins on the banks of the Ashley and Cooper. We call upon the practical teachers throughout the State to meet in con vention and to let. their protest be heard against the continuance of a system which has proved oniy a doe lusion and a snare both to teachers and taught, and we would further suggest that a memorial be drawn up for presentation to the Legislature embodying th~e leading features of some practical school act that will best utilize the bounty of the tax payers so liberally and yet so fruitless ly dispensed for the cause of edu cation."~ The po.ver ->f persistence, of en during defeat, and of gaining vic tory by defeat, is one of th~e forces that never loses its charms. Bodily enjoyment depends upon ealth, and health depends upon THE Tt AP.7170' YARN. "Quad Box" writes in the Ameri cdan Vewpper Reporter: There are but few prinlterns throughout t he cuntry but what have seen or heard of' George Washington M3IAette, probably the oldest tramp printer on the road. He says ic has tramped across the con tillent seven timos, and has visited t almost every printing office in t-e Union. The following is a story related by him on his last trip through this place: He was on one of his long walks, and had got as far west as Kansas, and had found little work during his journey ; but one day he "struck" a smail town with one printmg office in it. Ho went up to the office, and found the editor scratch ing away with his pen, and the -devi!" seated upon a stool. He asked the editor how work was. and what was the chance for a -sit," and upon being told that he might have a job for a few days, and that he could go to work at once, he asked where he would find the type and cases, and was told that the typo w4is upstairs in a sack, a Ohat he would have to a his case out on the floor. He went to work and marked out his case and laid the type. He worked aii the week, and when Saturday. night came he went to the "boss" for hi 9onv where upon tie latter went up stairs and threw down two coon skins, and expljined to G. W. that they were currency in that country. George had to make th! best of it; so be threNy the coon skins over hia shoulder and started down town to a store. He got some tobacco, a paper of pins, and some thread and threw down a coon skip. to pay for it. T& storekeeper took the coon skin, and banded him back two squirrel skins and one opassum skin in change. Machette told th6 story Iwith a relish, and after taking a collectiQn1 departed on his weary THE DANGER OF CHEWHNO GUM.1 -Sweet are~ the diversions of in nocent girlhood, but not alway harmless. Dainty Lida Sm~ith, a Louisville lass, has had, during thbe past year, no higher aspiration than chewing gum, and the mo bility of the lower section of her countenance has increased fr'om week to week. On Saturday week she was very thirsty, and went to the kitchen to get a drink of cold water; and when she re turned her jaws were moving rapidly. Her mother told her to throw the chewing gum away. The girl pointed to the mantle piece where she had laid her mouthful of wax before going into i kitchen. Tbere was nothing in her mouth, and yet her jaws were moving rapidly. Her mother F teased, implored, commanded the child to keep her face straight, and still the jaws were moving rapidly. A physician came and put a tight bandage over the child's mouth, but excitement in creased'the action ofthejaws, and the nervou,a twitching extended to the upper part of her face. A dose ofimorphine was administered, but through the night the jaws were moving rapidly. It was not until dawn that the muscular dis turbance ceased. The physician said that it was a case of spas nmodic action of the facial muscles caused by over action. Sweet six teen, eject froni thy rosy mouth the trencherous chewing-gum ! Qarriuious adult, who talkest thyI neighbor to death, take warning now, while thy jaws are moving rapid ly.-Ex.( A company with $3,000,000 cap ital has been formed at London, Out., to make India-rubber from the juice of the milk-weed. lIe who builds his reputation on his clothes, must look to the foun- e Idation, that it be not rotten. Mortgage is Latin for "death n grip." t A bad habit-A dilapidated ul ster. I A brakeman-An extravagant wife. ri ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rabq of 41.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion :Ild 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. Douw' -olumn advertisements ten per cent. on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributs s of respect, saic rates per square as ordineiy advertisements. Spepial Notices in Local column 15 cents per line. Advertisements noL i.ked ith the numr her of insertior.s will he kept in till forbid, and charge .1 accordingly. Special contracts made with !arge adver tiscis, with liberal deductionson above rates --:0: JOB PRLOTIAG DQNEI WITH NEATNES6 AND DISPATCH. TERMS CASH. THE CoNSUMPTToN OF TIMBER. -We have Iow about 90,000 miles of railroad ; the annual coIn sumption for ties orsleepors alone is 40,000,000, or thirty years' growth of 75,000 :,res. To fence these roads would require at least 130,000 l ls 'eee. We have 75,000 :iies of wire, which re quires in its putting up 800.000 trees, while the annual repairs must take 300,000 more. The little, ic,ignifleant luc-ifer match coiisnsmes annu13ally in its manu ticture 300,000 eubic feet of the Iest pine. The bricks that are anualy baked require 2,000.000 ,ords of wood, which would sweep Lhe timber clean from 50,000 acres. 3hoepegs are quite as important in article as matches or bricks, i:id to make the required annual ,upply consumes 100,000 cords of Ine timber, while the manufacture >f lasts and boot-trees takes 500, )00 cords of maple, beech and birch, and about the same amount 's required for plane-stocks and Lhe handles of tools. The pack og-boxes inade in the United States in 1874 amounted to $12, )00,000 while the timber mann ~actured into agricultural imple nents, wagons, etc.. is more than 3100,000,000. The farm and rural ences of the country consume an mmenso amount of lumber and imber annually. but as we grow >lder as a nation this consumption nay, and probably will, be re luced by the more general use of' ive fences or hedges. Ou rcon sumption of timber is not only laity on the increase, but our ex 3ortation of timber is also rap dly increasing. Our staves go by bhe million to France annually ; alnut, oak, maple and pine to ngland and spa'r and docking ~bor t MaaJapan. ( Lumberman's Gazette. Most of the colored emigrants who 'ent to Liberia in the Azor are yearn og to return. Letters continually ap ear in our exchanges begging friends ir former masters to bring them yack. Among others, Rufus Clark, whbo from his letter appears to be a rery intelligent fellow, writes to lIessrs. Walker & Trenholm, of Jharleston, that if they will advance 1he money to bring himself and fami y back, he will bind himself and 'amily to them until the money is re aid. While those dupes who have tone out will hardly see America again, heir fate may teach a lesson to their rethren in the South who are dis bonten ted with their present lot. Ih. leed, it may be laid down as a gene. a1 rule applicable to every class now idays, that wherever an individual is nanaging to make a subsistence in my place he bad better stick right here. Nine out of ten who emigrate lo not better their condition, while nany are worse off than before. A young man who get's a subor linate situation sometimes thinks t not necessary to give it much ~ttention. He will wait until he ;ets a place of responsibility, and bhen he will show people what he ~an do. This is a very great mis ake. Whatever his situation may ~e, he should master it in all its letails, and perform all its duties ~aithfully. The man who predicted that ~here would be only thrceinebes of ce this winter will not go into he almanac business permanently. What is the difference between 6 spider and a seagull ? One has uis feet upon a web, and the other uas a web upon his feet. Happiness consists in occupation >f mind. Small minds require to Ce occupicd by affairs. Great Tinds occupy thbemselves. r1~be bummer who cannot get