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"iposnrav. Better Late than Never. I/ifo in a raro where Rom? kuceocd, While others uro Imgiimiug; 'Tit* luck, at times, ntotlim** apved, Tluit gives un early winiunjr. Hut if you ehanee to nlllbchtnd, NV'er alneken vour endeavor: iJ list keep this wholo&onie truth In mind? ' l is better Into than never. If you can keep ahead, 'tis well, tint never trip your neighl>or; 'Tis noble vrlnu yqti etrn excel By honest patient labor. Hut, if you are outstripped at hist, L'resa on a.s bold as over : Keuienihcr, though you are surpassed? 'Tis better Into than never. Ne'er labor for an idle boast OP victory o'er another ; Dub while you Ntrivo your uttermost, Den! fairly with a brother. AVImte'or your station, your he*t. Anil hohl vour |??irover : Ami if von fttil to beat the rest? 'Tis bettor Into than novcr. Choose well the path in which you run, Succeed hv novhi during ; Then, though the lant, whence oVuo 'tis won, Your crown in worth the wearing. Then novcr frot if left behind, Nor slacken your cnder.vor : lint over keep thi.s truth in mi ml? i "1'is bettor Into tlinn novor. va^TYT' Kitty Pleasanton's First Offer. I cannot remember the time when I was not in love with Kitty JLMcasanton. it must have begun when we were botli babies. I urn sure 1 loved her as wo sat together by the road-aide soaking ouv dandelion stems in the little puddles of water to make them curl. My passion was in nowise abated, when, somewhat later, I climbed clierrv ! trees at her bidding; nor later yet when at ; u dancing school 1 awkwardly made my ' new learned bow, and asked her to be my ; partner ; nor, 1 am very sure, was my boy-! ish passion at all damped, when, on uiy raturn from cdliegc, I found my sweet little -i j I-- * ixmj v iiiwiguu, uy avum tuuKMiiiaino alteration, from a lovely child to a bewitching vpttng woman. She was almost the same fts when I parted from her three years before ?the woman was very liko the child? i there were the same rosy cheeks, the same I - Routing, innocent mouth, the same curling j hr.ir, but some charm, grace, or sentiment was added, which made niy heart thrill with ! new emotion as 1 gazed at her. " Kittv." Knid I tii linn, mm #lo- ?T had boon at home a week or two, ami I found 1 could restrain mysolf mo longer, " Kitty, I'm very much in love with you, ns you know as well as I do. I've always been in love with you, and I fancy you are in love with mo; but now I want you to | promise to marry me." 1 paused, but Kit-1 ly mnuc no answer, ami I said, " You like ! mo, Kitty, don't you?" " Kirnt tell 1110," Haid Kitty, blushing, ; and with an odd mixture of delight and I hnshfulnosH in her face, ' if you've made me what is called 'an offer,?' " " To he sure T have, my darling," I reified ; " an offer which I trust and hono you'll accept." " Don't bo too sure of that," snid Kitty, demurely. " Kitty! you love me?" 1 exclaimed, it " i '? j ....v .-> iiiji rviyiti, IIIC pVOVO- I kinjr littlo tiling. " J3ut ut anv rate,", she ; continued, " 1 could not possibly think of j accepting the very first offer I over received ?1 should be mortified all the rest of my life if I did. No, indeed; no girl of spirit wmilrl flrnnm Af .^a?. - ? v. ??v;vv '?*** lli.'U IIUVI, ?IS . if she wove afraid ,sho should novel* havo I another, ftxcu.se mo. .James, I can't possi- j hly accept you till I've hud at least one' other offer." " But, 1113- dearest Kitty," I began. " Kitty ! Kitty ! Kitty !" she exclaimed, 'will you novcr. jVlr. Brant, learn to cadi I me by my proper name '( J confess J did i hope that on receiving my 'first offer,' the j person making it would address me with proper courtesy, and in a manner befitting the occasion, irivinir me mv name of Katlia vino; but now you've gone and spoiled it nil." " Oh, I suppose you wanted n Ktiff, ceremonious proposal in form," I observed; "but I'm no Sir Charles (Jrandison, Kilty tr.ii - f ? * ? iMiuianur, i wouuisay; tlierelore clou t he l'nolihh; bo content to know in plain words that my whole hrart is yours ; and have the },cod sense to accept. my first offer, mr.co your sccoml may not be j good-" Nut vajn were my1 argument* and rcasoi'ingrf. Kitty was deteruiinod not to accept her first offer, and finding her resolute ; I eliangod my tone, and acquiescing in her ; views, confessed mat utter all I too had a j certain pvide on that point, and should be rather mortified to know that my wife had Uflyer had any offer but that I had. myself rohaoher; and so T promised to suspend my suit till Kitty should he so fortunate as to receive an offer from some other quarter. Now, not far from where Kitty dwelt, there was a favorite doll, or bower, or something of the kind, to whieh sho daily repaired with somo chosen volume to sit and Jaii- i * lomi. .'\u my enoeavorn to pemwiilo her to allow mo to accompany her thither had always boon quite in vrfn. K?tty was firm in preferring hor undisturbed skditudo, and T was daily (lorirfvcd to an hour or two of tho mopes during her romautic woodland visit. t Tu p\irsuancc with this custom Kitty set out poop after the conversation I nave ketched; declining n? usual, my offer of companionship. Not more than half tin hour had elapsed aftor she hud reached her favorite scat, tfru her attention was attracted hy a yonnp gentleman who wdft fishing itt thefciV^i wliieh llowed neaf her. Kitty drew bao!< ft little on ?eciujj; him, hut her curious eytK ooeftKiOna'ly wandered towards the stm^er.?i The latter no sooner perceived his fair oh-1 Horvcr thiin Iio iwwod with on air of jrrqnt ]?oIiLlqJ few fltcps vcnt niv.il nWuTew words of couiV.ionjpm^o ^greeting. The yrfun<? man's mt words woro indeed commonplace, but hi? eyes wero far more efomiept t nan his totygne i ?^ir// idaihly informed tho fair Kitty thut 1 she hud found a new admirer. Kitty, high- i ly flattered, received the stranger's advances i graciously, and the youth being by no i means bashful, half an hour found them chatting easily and gaily on various topics ui inn iivH. xii? ciay in ino woocis was something longer than usual that afternoon. " What is tlio matter, Kitty ?" I asked, on meeting her soon after her return home, i " Your eyes sparkle, aud you look as pleased i as though you had met a fairy in your 1 afternoon ramble." " It's better than a fairy," cricd Kitty, 1 hreithlcssly, "it's a young man." i " Indeed !" I ejaculated) with a whistle, i " Vos, .James," she replied, " and he's i so handsome?so agreeablo?so delightful, i that 1 can'*, say how things might go if lie i wore to make mo, som0 of tlio.se clays, my I second otl'Cr." ' " Vuu cm't iinpyso upon mo in that kind of w y Hwoot Kitty, so don't attempt it," 1 i cxcuiimy'v!. "in |i<? bounfi the linpu- I i (lout follow, whom 1 wouldn't object f?p<nk- : ing !V bit of iny mind to, is not handsomer or ?uorc agreeable than I am myself." i Kitty laughed aloud in derision. "He's a thousand times handsomer than you are," slio cried scornfully, " and us much more entertaining a*s he is more handsome." i "Come, Ivitty, don't be too ending, too I cruel," 1 began; bnt Kitty drew herself up with dignity. 1 "Tliey call mo Katherinc, who do speak < to me, sir," fdie said. <i r.. 1,11 t > i i ix.nil.it mu, lIUUUnillnD . X ITR'U. " Kitty i? the prettiest and sweetest name in the world, and conies most natural to me ?don't bother mo with your Katharines." 1 *' I <lare say you may like it," said Kitty, pouting, half angrily, "but T don't.? I ts too free. How would you like if I persisted in calling you dim f 1 declarc I'll call you Jim, if you go on calling mc Kitty." 'i \ :* i;i. -?>T i-i " * I - j/n hu ii you iiki', i rcpuea, " ftim it will soon sound to mc like the sweetest name in tho world. But may I presume to beg from my fair and gracious Lady Katharine a description of the wood-Adonic she has boon encountering?" " Mo is tall," began Kitty. " Taller than 1 ?" 1 interrupted. Kitty almost annihilated me by a look. " By at least half a foot?and of an ele a n._ )? - * * * 4,ilill. IIU'HII', SIU' CODMDUOU Wltl) lll:.rKC(l emphasis. " He was dressed in a fishing costume, which greatly bccamo him." "I havo an old fishing blouse, up stairs," 1 muttered, sotto vow, "I think I'll get it out." "The young man's manners were uncommonly easy and gentlemanly, ;nd withal perfectly respectful and deferential," .1 11xx . i rum11humi iMuy. "xiunug ascertained my name, he never oneo forgot himself so far as to abbreviate it, his conduct contrasted favorable in that respect with some of his friends." | ""Well, Kitty," said T, "what other perfections had your hero, ci have you exhausted your list ?" car irom it, ' saul lvitty, indignantly. " Tic wearshu hair parted down the middle iikc a poet, or that charming Signer I'ozzolini in the part of hMgardo " " Or a Methodist parson," I observed. " And bosideaull that," continued Kitty, "he has a moustache." " A last., best gift," said I; "but Kitty, thai perfection, I hope will not be very difficult of achievement. I'll begin to-morrow. Let me see?tall?handsome?agree aide?good manners?elegant ligurc, and a moustuchc! Oil the whole, Kitty, I think Tin very much afraid of my new rival." " You have cause,'' Kitty replied, with grave dignity. | Tlic next day when Kitty reached hnr I retreat, .she found the stranger again in its i neighborhood, f must do the little co| rjnette the justice of confessing that she rliil lnr\lr ct-ivtlrwl mid wl vA?-n. 1 | ? n.ii-ii she saw him} but perhaps thinking it t >o late (d vetreat she advanced timidly. Tho yout.li mot licr with many apologies, and a plausible pi'etoflco for his intrusion, which she could i(ot gniusjly, while something flattering in his manner made her blushingly divine that the hope of again Hoping her | had been the true pause of his reappearance. | Be that as it 1 ight, tho stranger, perhaps ; m j'vii.ijr wiim w ii t.ivi r m;r conil'ieiKjC, immediately flnuntcrftd (iff in pnpmit of his sport, and Kitty, fancying she hud Ro.pn tlie last of her new admirer, draw forth her book, and sotting herself in a mossy corner began to rea l. She however had scr.reelv succeeded in fixing her attention on its pages before the pertinacious stranger reappeared, atid declaring that fishing was dull work and the fish would nut. Kiti> t>? composedly Heated himself at Kitty's foot, and bepr^ed to know the uamo of the book sho Wiib raiding} " Topnytfon's Princess," rcj?llcd Kitty, curtly. The imperturnblo stra npor declared the book a grout favorito of hit?, and bojjrjin to talk ho encouragingly of books and mVthort, that Kitty warmed by the subject, forgot to DC " gmuea, ana an animated discourse of favorite authors ensued. Afterwords the young man begged permission to read bur a few admirable pas^Ag^s from thcbqok she bold ;n her hand, and it so happened that the parogen ho had selected wove tho V.ery ones Kitty loved best j he road thorn weii, too, ami kitty's bright eye? sparkled with delight nS she listened. Turning nt. Inst to the exquisite concluding interview i between Ida and tho youug prince, tho stranger's voiee bocflmo nior? nnd more earnest as lie read, till coming to the words : Indeed T Jovo thee; cowo, Yield thyself up: my hopes nud.thiuo nj-o one; Acoomnfiah tluni inV nuuJirtod i?nrl tlivanlr? i J,a?y ihy ftvreot hatxin irt mi no, and (rust to f'lji - ; t.'t 4 '. lie tfU(hh?ity /lupg yis book aside, exclaiming " What '.viivils! what words! What would I ri6t,giv<s for courage to utter thorn j to the being I love beat on earth !" The fltrangoj-jmujed a moment nnd than hvolco | forth impetuously, "TlutJ forced silence ih ' 4 m* mr ul] in vain the word* I would express will couie. Xn vain have L strivon to bo prudent?^-cautious?to allow you time?not to startle you?lovely, bewitching Miss Katli-" urine"?you are yourself the object of my secret adoration?to whom j would say milch if I dared," and thereupon the youth rather melodramatically fell on ono knee, uucl forthwith proceeded to nuiko Kitty a very pluiu ofler of libs hand. Meanwhila Kitty had risen from lior seat, and rocovoring froni her astonishment, ilic drew herself up with dignity and replied, " I lnmljy know, sir, what you mean by your strange words and conduct. The liliertv vnu litivn tjilroii liiiu mmln ! . .. - ? ' *},r sensible of my own iinprupcnco in having allowed tlio advances of a stranger so presuming?an error I shall he careful never to repeat." So saving, my proud litty Kitty [ never had she looked so lmudsoino) turned from the stronger with a distant how, and walked directly home. I did not see Kitty till some time after } lier return ; perhaps she was recovering her | spirits in her own room, for when 1 met her i she was sis full of mischief an ever, II \U-11 T - 1 1 ?. v;n, miiiuuh, why aon t vim iuig me :ibout my adventurer to-day ?" she inquired. " Because," J replied, " I didn't supposo you would be ho imprudent an to go again to-day where you would be likely to encounter the insolent puppy who presumed to address you yesterday." " 1 didn't in the least oxpect him to be there," said Kitty, blushing and somewhat confused, "but lie was there." "Ut cour.se," 1 replied gruffly. "Well, was your Adonis as hnudsoiuo and agreeable as ever?" " More so !" cried Kitty, recovering her L-onipoHUVo; "he looked more Massauielloliko than ever in liis fishing dress ; and for entertainment, lie first rend ine all the finest part of Tennyson's l^rinccM, and then made a marriage proposal, and I don't think any man could he expected to do more in one ..fi >? itiLi;ruouii. " L should think not indeed!" said 1; "pray what reply did you muko to the rascal ??that you had a friend at homo who would he happy to kick him well for his : _i- ?>9 IIIKUM'UCC "Far from it," Haiti Kitty; " what my reply was, is my socrct?and his; but for you, my poor .James, I'm sorry tor you? it\s all over with you, and your offer." ",\Vhy you good-for-nothing, little deceitful pus#t" cried I, losing patience, "there never was a more arrant dissembler living. Behold how plain a tale shall put ,1? I i?.._ I r i? ' jun uuwii .?iui 10?i myseii disguised merely by a little paint?a fishing-blouse, a false moustache, anil u change in the arrangement of my hair, was in uiy own person this elegant?captivating?handsome, agreeable stranger, whose praises you have been so lavishly sounding." i'oor Kitty was completely confounded. "1 low could I have been so stupidshe murmured, " and the voice, too, which sounded so familiar all the time 1" " ) cs, Kitty, you're caught," said I, j "and to punish you for attempting just now to palm a wicked falsehood upon me, I shall impose a two-fold iino. Kind, you shall kiss me; and then lix our wedding day, which must be very shortly, for I'm going to Paris in a month, and you must go with ine." Kitty gave a little scream, and declared l.ot cl.'> l.l ?i.:-i. -e ?v. !..; VIIUV U|(\> \ VIIIVl IIVM cllllltv (II JSU 1)11 1 II I 1 11^" W) either of my penalties; but in vain she struggled ami protested?T had her in my arms, and finding at lust all her efforts to release herself fruitless, her jests and laughter suddenly changed to earnest tenderness, and closing her arms round me, she spid, " As you will, dear?dearest Jamio !" " One month f.totn to-day then, my own, i sw..nf ,l >vr.iw.. " r 1 ' ! r-M *!-. A u Kutncrino !" whispered Kitty. " KatUcrilie, then," T repeated, smiling j nt her pertinacity on this point?" one ' month from to-dnv, my Kntlierinc.'' " You never put any adjoctivcs before Kathe,vine," ninrmured Kitty, evasively, hiding her blushing and pouting face. "My own dear, gracious winning, be- i \vW<*ll 1 no* niAflt Hue ililn Iv" " 1 1 1 f,, ...vi.V lUIIUUMlV. iv.Uliyi IIITj PilIU I J J "shall it he as I say ?" " If mamma chooses," wlnspored Kitty. And so T pcvfltirtaea the sweetest and prettiest pjirl in the Qount'ry to accept Iicv lirst nncl only lover; and though to this day my merry little wii'c often complains that I do1. muled her, by my tricks, of her natural wohlftlllv l'HMlt. of l)lT>nl(in? ion r?v tliMA hearts at least eve she mode one man supremely blest, still sho generally concludes her rep roaches in a manner most flattering to tny vanity, by declaring that sho had two offers after all, and that eaeli of them was worth a thousand common ones. i Is She "Knoaoko?"?"Is Miss BliuikiinH at home?" asked Mr. Sanders of the maid who answered hirf ring at the door.? utT* . ...,i i.n i- M . ? h;h, iwiu u iiivu ano is, Kir. "is hJic engaged ?" inquired Mr. Handera. "Engaged is it. ? I can't;ay, oir; but shekisHcd Mr. Vincent ln*t ovcning as if nho had novor pcen the likes of lum, and it'a engaged I b'lavc they are, air," T.T-r-nT c n:..l fl 1> v* 11 " jl <>, uiuu lyuu wnij) me for biting Tommy?" Papii? " Yon, my ohitf i lor you hurt him very much." Little Girl?" Well, then, pn, you ought to whip mamma'm music teacher, too, for he hit her yesterday right in tho mouth, and I know it hurt her, because aVo put her armrt around hi? neck, and tried to chojko UiW <i . ?!, .i!.i ? i ' ' ?* ??wrtr.LN'?,uiu jrou Know uifii mo uni* tc?1 States liavo been >? tlw IvaUit of encoutKging nnct nekiiawledging tories ?"? "Certainly hot; whftt kiiidoftorioq}" "Twri-toVIe*! Now give me rottki Wtonnta, or Til oatcli tb? mciwlu*, ft ml make yob nay furW" " What flnimnl lias tlio most brains ?"? CJivo it up. ? Tlio hog. 'lie 1ms a hoashtad full of Pn . V/^.o T>. I > i .?. > ?'?i "i n8s run nxrny j from Mr#. Pig-fr nnd lortr litilo Pig*. Tlio I Post says lj,c is a liorr. I , * .# *' I Jftf Beauty. "f is not tho fairness of the brow, , Nor brightness of tho eyes Nor the check, whoso radiant'glow, , Can with carnation vie, That 1ms power to chain my garo, Or hold it in control! Tlio beauty that I most admiio, 1 Shines spotless from tho soul. 1 The beauty <>f the form and face, i ' La.it unlv in our prime; Tho charms that centre in tho soul, AViil never waste with time; ' Tho nulianco from thnt inner shrine, I Will chain for hours my earnest gaze, | Its charms can never die. I A Remarkable Magician?Tho Neoromancer m Algeria. . < Every one has scon, or hoard spoken of. < tho great, Robert lloudin. Beside being ! j I ho princo of conjurors, ho is nn able math- ] ematician and machanician, and his dec tiic clock, made for tho Hotel do Villo of hia native town of Blois, obtained a medal 1 at the Paris Exhibition. It is not generalI I .i.t .... . i ly Known iurn no was sent 10 Algeria 1>V the French Government on a mission connected with tho biack ni't ? probably ibe first timo tlint ft conjuror lias been called | upon to cxerctso bis profession in Government employ. Some details of !iis exhibl- j troll have just been published. lis object j 1 was to destroy the influence exercised ?-i lllniir/ lIlA A Hill I fllwio 111* lllfl \t <> rnltnK I a I ' ; f? " y "J , an influence <?ften mischievously applied.? Ily a few c1um?y tricks and impostures these Marabouts pasfl themselves oil' as sor- | cerors ; no one, il was justly thought, was belter able to cclipsiS thoir skill and d'.s- I , credit their seiencc than the man of iuex- I | haustible bottles. Ollrt f\C tlin nrrn'jf 1\??nlnin:i/?ne s>.f "K f.. .. V..V V. ?I>V vnv |'? v.vnnviio \J I HIVJ miil ' j about was to invulnerability. At the mo- | mcnt that a loadod musket was aimed at ; 1 him, and the tripper pulled, ho p onouno- j 1 od a few oabalistfe words and the weapon j 1 did not go off. lfouflin detected tho trick, i ' and showed that the tubehole was pinged. 1 Tho Arab wizard was furious, and abused hia French rival. "You may revengoyourself," quietly replied Iloudin ; "take pis tol; load it yourself; here are bullets; put one in the barrel; but before doing so,mark it with your knife." Tho Arab did as bo was told. "You aro quito certain, now," said Iloudin, "that the pistol is loaded and I will go olV. Tell mo, do you feel no remorse I in killing mo thus, notwithstanding that T ' authorize you V' " You are mv enemy," j ' il,n A ?..K . <.i ) ' V.VTW ..j IVJM.VU U.u ill.U' , J. Will Kill JVlh j Without replying, lloudin stuck an applo on the point of a knife, and calmly gave the word to fire. Tho pistol was discharged, the apple flew faraway, and there appeared in its place, stuck on tho point of tho knife, the Indict | lint Marabout had maikcd, Tho spectators remained muto from stupefaction ; tho Marabout bowed before his superior. "Allah is great!" he said, "I am vanquished." Instead of the bottlo from i which, in Europe, Robert IIou<lin pours nn endless stream of every description of wino and liquor, ho called for an empty bowl, which he kept continually full of boiling eoltoe, but few of the Aralw would taste it, for tlicy made sure that it came direct from the devil's own coflfeo pot. IIo then told them that it was in his power to deprive them of all strength, and to restore it to | them at will, and he produced a small box, so light that a child could lift it with his finger ; but it suddenly became so heavy lliot llin 1.1 - vu?? iiiv aiivii^vnv 11J<111 |/ii;auiit WUIU IIOl raise if, and the Arabs, who prize physical strength above everything, looked with tor- j ror at the groat imtgidrtn who, they doubted not.conld annihilate them bv tlio mere exertion of his will. They expressed this belief; 1 loudin confirmed thorn in it, and promised that, on a day appointed, he would \ convfcrt one of tlicm into binoke. Tlio day ] camo ; tho throng was prodigious ; a fa- ; uatical Marabout had agreed to give him- ' soli'lilt I r? t.lui inrnnnir 'I'liov !.! ?? ' " , " ...... , , stand upon a table and covered liiin with a j | transparent gauze; the Houdin and anoth- | er person lifted the table by the two end*, | and the Arab disappeared in a cloud of | smoko. The terror of tho spectators was indes- . ciibable; they rushed out of the place, and i ran a long distance before some of the boldest thought of returning to lov k after the Marabout. They found him near the place whore ho lia<! bfon evaporated, but 1 lie could tell them nothing, and was like a drunken man, ignorant of wliat had hap* pened to him. Thenceforward IToudin wm venerated, and the Marabouts despised ; the object of the Frenoh Government was c.om pletely attained. The fashion of "tealimoniala" having, it appeared, infected oven the Arabs, and a number of chiefs presented the Preach conjuror with a piooo of Arab writing, wonderfully decorated, byperboli cnl and culogistic, and to which they were so attentive as to append a French translation. Besides this memorial of his Algorino trip, Ilouilin has a rosary which ho one day borrowed t'rom an Arab to perform a trick with, and whioh the owner, persuaded that Shi tan in person was before him. rofttsed to receive back.? London Txnus' I'ttri* Correspondent. nuananmno win Upisions?As many writers hftvo taken the troublo to define whnt ft wife ought to bo. wo mny as well nd<l our idea on tho subject to the general fund : A wife should bo like roast lamb, louder and nicely drwaed. " Captain, what's t\ie faro to St. Itouisf" "What part of the boat do you wi#b to'go tr.?-cabm or deckl" hHang your cabin," mid the gentleman, from Indiana, a t livo in ft pabin i\l komojgivq me the best you've AN Old Ifttcy oji JiOMg Island, Bftjd her klcu of a nfco man was: "A man what U kccrful of Ills cJokhw, don't drink no "spirit, kin road the friblo without ftpcllin' iho words, and oat a eOld din nor on wash-day, to saro tho wMftim folks from cook in'/' *??.--?i- ' * <WiHr in mich a Imvry ?" said a miVh to an acquaintance. " Why," ,>aM tho vnuri ({ T iuuK Wi/vKf o > WWWiilV III J <T?? ? III ? bonnet, and Fear tW tlio fashion rimy ohongo | ' I afore I got homo." " ' |, > ' (W 0, **V , ? x -.4 . it w..V . An old lady waj a?kod what she thought if one of hop neighbors of the name of Jones, iiud with a Knowing look, replied : "Why, f don't liko to Bay anything about my neighbors} but, as to Mr. Jones, soinctiinoH I think, and thuu again I don't know, but after all, I rather gucafl ho'll turn out !o be a good deal auch a sort of a man ns 3 lake hiui to be I" " Mauokuy, what did you do with that ,nunw nine in r. .jones greased ins boot* with tlii.s morning?'' "l'lenso mnroi, 1 baked the griddle-cakes with it." "You did; I thought you hod wasted it." "Say, Pomp, you nigger, whar you get hit new hat?" "Why, at do shop, ob 30ur.se ?' " What is the prico of such an irtiole asdat?" " I don't know, nigger? I don't know ; the shop-keeper wasn't dar." Footk once asked a man without a senso >f tune in liiin : " Why are you for over liumming that tune?" " Because it haunts ine," was the renU. "No wonder," said I'ootc, "you aru tbrovcr murdering it." IIoi'Rt?A Hoiuimoni exhibited in ft dog'* ail, when wailing for a bond. " Motukr, I've got puuh a had hcadacho, ! iixl soro throat, loo." "Have you, tnyd<*nr? | well, you sliall liavo some medicine*' "It's 10 matter," retorted tho ehrewod urchin : ' I've got 'em, but they don't hurt me." m n ti .1 i - ? - auuK.?i'orny is mo miinopoi Uns?1 liim who expects* one chws of soi-ioiy to prosper in the highest choice, whilo the oilier is in distress, try whether one sido of his face can smile while the other is pinched." Punch nays I lint the trees, with the modjsty of nnfitrc, knowing hut they are about to be stripped of their roues of foliago, mid stand nidied before the world, will soon ominunec to change color. J--!?LJ. . 1 J..!. ' J L. ?LU.J?LI E. B. BENSON & SON ARK .\\)W JtKCV.tVINd \T "?!.!> VMOKRHKN F.HAL AND KXTENSIVK iiHflorfmcitl of Fall and Winter In every department than heretofore, n list of which wuitila bo too long for a newspaper advertisement. All persons in -want of t'JQODS of any kind ure invitci1 to examine their Stock before pur i-nnsing, . s ttiev li. vo the UooUs, .\nd are do- ! torinined to sell. Oct. *28. 18.')7 JLO 4 Administrators' Sale. rpil KHli will bo sold, on Thursday tho?f>th J., day of November, instant, to tho. highwit bidder, at the lute residence of Ctipmin llobort Stewart. deceased, nil the Personal Kstatc of euid deceased, consoling of Corn. Fodder, Wheat, Shucks, Bye, Cattle, 1 yoke of Oxen, 4 he:id of Horses, 2 Wagons', 20 ^ood fat Hogn, stock Hogs, 1 Still flnu Stands, Farming Tools, Household and Kitchon Furniture, and many other nrtielcs too tedious to mention. TKltMSi?All sums over fivo dollar* on n credit of twelve months with intorest; of and under that amount, cash. A MKA11 AM STEW A KT, ) . , , T. N. McKINNhY, '} Admrs Nov. 0, i8*>7 18 ' 2 'liic Stale of South C'ai'ollsia, IN OTIDINAHY l'll'KKNH. Jonns Phillips, .lr. j vs V Summons in Partition, | It r\ - -. i l jmtiitj tiusHwnj, ci am j IT appearing to m.v sritiufnction thfit Jolin Onsnwny, James Guaaway, Tluchcl Gateway, Ira Gasaway, William fltrta'wny; Jerefnlah Sutton ami wife Sarah, Wesley Gnsawiiy. llryant. Handy. and wife l'htt?he. Nathan Vliillijm ami wife Muliala, lvlward Williams and wife Mary, reside boyontl the limit* of. this State: It is oftbifd, therefore, tliut tha Bjiiil absent parties) before named do aivDoar in mv oflici! at. Plttaim <' II., cither pernonfilly or by attorney, un<l object to tlio division or .stile of tho Ileal Kstutc of Henry llmmwny, deceased, within three months from the publication hereof, or tlicir oonvent to the same will be entered of rcovd. IV. j, l'AUSO.NS, o.i' p, Orrtlniftry'n Qffico, Not. 7.1857. Dn Coroner's Sale. 1 >Y virtue of a writ of Jirri Jtu-ivA to mo I w dirootod. I \vill noil V?? rli>-> i.s.i dor, before tho Court Hound, in Pickens district, yithi a the legal hours of tmlo, <m the lirst Monthly in Dacenll^ noxty Two hupgieH; ulso, 4 whenlx, 2 holster*, the hoUndu unil tnnj'ue'nf u two hov.-w wngon,all levied an the property of John T. WiitfSon, at jljo suit of li. Ooatsworth Orhi;* v? iUdsnidJohn T. WuUon and Joshua Jameson. W. J. (JAXT^P, r.f.n. "Nov. r?, 1S">7 17. td' Pinal Settlement. 4 TiL persons interested will take notice jl\.. that a final settlement of Kstatoof Thomas II. Oasaway, decensed. will he tnado before iho Ordinary* at. Plckorts 0. If., on Monday* tho 11th day of January next.? Thftsc mdebtod toxaid Estate must mako payment, and thoso having demands will render tt.AM. i u? i-i * *? -* till-m III, juuilliy IlllllMCM, uV MlUt lllltf*. J AS. I). MASAWAY, Adin'r, Oct. ft, 18T>7 . y v 13 Bin LUMBER! LUMBER! rPHli tindcrfcigiird nro now procured to fill orI doi'H fur LUMliKK of nil kimls, lit their Mill Oil ( k?.onr*0 (Il'pak K1V<.1V rnlfnu 1V-1 halla. Lntnbor \rtll be delivered if it is d?$#i>od by the purchaser. Our tvriiiK vlll ho itMCne Hhferf com mounting, nnd tvo respectfully HvlicilUie |>wtronngo of tho public. JAMK& GBOROH, M. K. MITCIIliM,, Feb. ID. 1 H,~?7 fll J. N. LAWRBSCK. NOT1UJB, > LT. porsontt having demand* against the j. JL. estate ot Ho.t>ort Mtewar*, IS|., bile of I'ickftnH district, .docea#vd, are romiosted to hand them in, Inanity attested; ami, thonn indebted to Kail! Kstato, miiHt ntiikc immediate payment to the nndorflH'nod. . , \ "t T. ft. TOfrtRk A.diu r. PjM. 2ft. 1857 If, C & V- W- JiKC'BJ VlKa i.iirgo lot 01" 4jiltCMUimt.ll?? of nil l<in(J?, *1* : Fngnr, fortes Ix?n> tVmon, A4., &o., owefully Hctected forth? fall Trttdw, ija-y ~Aii?o? 1 f 5,fKX> lb*. BhcoU- Kidw?? ft0 coifc Rop?, 10 Iwlttrfi llagpinjr. iWnlhur #nrt fvn^Mei lircigiirt#, Iphdintr Article* In Hiwd*>.r<v Khovsln. ftp ' Pr>U ??. MM old ntnnd> ftt -ANDJillHtiN r<WIlT IKHJSK, K. ('., iind. wo'U do wlu?t'?>:iglii i 9. * K. >V. UUOWN, ?.r J on 1d'.A ril -r -"j -vw " w H i TO FARMERS AND BUTCHERS I KNOW nil men by iiivnv j?'rwt?n}s,lhat!, . N. SMITH, am now giving the highest, price for (.iUKKN AN1) DllY iUDKS ever be? fore offered ill thi.i country, imtuely : Hides, Oreen, from C| to Ti cents per pound, do! Dry, ?? JU to 12J ' " < Bring your Hides to me Jiwrt ns *6011 op yon get theiu off the beast, and it will be hcltdv for UK o\l. J. 1.. N, SMITH, .h.n. SO. 1H.-.7 _ ly Pondleton Rail Koad Company. 'PUB Klevfrnth, Twelfth. JfKh'tfcOrHh^ I'oilr-1 focntli, and i'lricj'filli ftiHiiVlnic^iip of ft)fS DOhhAK each on >(ic of (ho IVmlloUm Rnilroml <'oni|ifiiiv will "ho Vn.vable as follows: Klcvcuth ln?talinci:twii tho I??t of Aueriut, 1807 Twoll'th ?* 41 * Orldhnr 44 Thirteenth " " " l>ccom1?cr" Fourteenth " " , " ]'d?\v, lBi>8 Fifteenth " " " Aniil *' W, IT. IK (lAtLI.AIUt. See. iwd Treils. l'cnclleton It. 1). Cq> IVmllMon, M:iy 2'). 18f>7 iO nl DR. />. W. 0liI$KlS OFFKKS liih riofcssl^nnl fetvlcca to the citi'iie?? of I'lckeiiM District, in the Jivnctiee or Mcdieiuo in its various benmheo. He would, s.av thnt lie hits an exrtericneo of ton vnnin ii? prnettro, Ollice in lii.i Store. [AprJll-l, WINDOW SASHES 01' all kimta. mnmifacturod t?y HnslcV & Ohvif, Huporim- for tliftiv oxnoliiosh nml dtirnhtlitv. ami already pain(ocl mid glaxod, vrith tin1 Ijcst Americanand Frwreli Window AUmiajj on ltand (?' WulhaDn, and for salo low by JOHN KlU'SH. Pure Zinc, niul American "White Lend, forwhich the hijrho.it premium wn? ntraniod nt; tho Worhl'? IfJiir. N. Y. Snlo Agonth for South Carolina, ('tumult. it in Cliur k'hton. For .-ulo at Wulhullu l>v .1011^ KKt'SK. Wi^OOW UIjASS, ? Haw nntl tWilml l/ihsrotl Oil, 8pirit.s Tufnwi-J tilio, Putty, nil kiu'l* of Paint*, ilry nud nl80 ground in Oil; f!luo, Paint ttninho*, ami all articles.in this line. For sale, at the lowest figUrb for cash, l?v JOHN KUUSK. AVs.llmlln. Ffh. 12. lf?r>7 _ 511 t'f JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. .110AN TItk. WSOIIKSStiiL Wallmlln, 8. < ., ' UAH ju.?t now rdturnml from New York with iv Inrgo and bcnutilul nMortnunf of WATCIIGK, JOVKLU1, (llolh QOI>D ami Bll.vElt,) Clocks. Mn.?ie IJoxos, Coniba, 15ru?liee, Fancy Articles. Perfumery, Siiap.s, (.JoM Pons, .etc.: oil of >\hich lias lieen bought for CAHll, ami which lib oner* for !>?lo on the inosl accommodating terms. 03T Ho also HKI'AIKS WATCH KS tmd oth vr nmnn iu? imc, mm (jouciis'iiu! pnironnio of tlio public. 11 i a Ktniwl it* ncnr tlio puhiicxquavo, lit WulhtillH, ii. <\ Ucji. 15, 18oO 24 tf I \V. K. KARI.KY. IK A AO WJOK I.I f KK- ( EASLEY & WICKLIEFE, A(t?iiiv)K at law, Y'Y'il.L ntUtu! punctually to nil business ont T trusted to their caro. in iito I)is(rict? comprising tho West urn Circuit. OFFICK AT I'lCKENS C\ II,, S. C. Sept. 26, 18">5 1ft tf A LIj personal iuilebtcil to tho Katato otr f\ /I 1- 1~J- .**!?* ? ? * _x WIMlll Vl'Hl'H, JHIU OI 1 1CK0I1S IllStriCI,. diseased, arc licrehy notified that they must niako nnytneili; and, those having duiunndri agfiinst said cstftte, will present them to us legally attested. MARY A. .COUGH,) A.hn'x. KOB T. COUCH, )' Adm'r. , Sept. SO. 1367 ? ; .1-1 3m rvtfriiio. APPjUEOAl'ION will he made to the Legislature of South Carolina, at its next fusion. fojran net to inegpornte the I'iekens V. If. Church. Sept. S, 1&V7. ^ IMPLICATION will l>e nuulo to the T.egWn r\ t<ire, at i? next deftlbn, for it renewal the not incorporating Vio village of l'icken?, with nmemlincntx to the tame. August .22. lft">7 6 Jim LOTS FOR S AM! 4 Pl'ltSONS ilertirouH of purchasing Lf)TS IN Tin-: TONVN OK WAUIAU.A, can hnvo them on the usual conditions. Apply to II. OSTKXDOll.vr; Agent. WnlhnUa, Nov. 1S~>4 20 if mi m m \ :> 4 FIKALsefllontcnt of the Estate of C, ft. Koiili, ducowied;- will bo inr?4? beforo (lie * Ordinary, at I'ickon* C. H,, on the firnt .Saturday in January next. All pyrflons indebted to paid estate must c6me forward and pay up, and tlio*c liaving demands) will render thorn in le^r?l.ly attested by (but timoj- ; < M ATTlUvW KK1TH, Adm'r. .August 20. lfr>7 7 #in GUN & BLAST1NG POWTIPTT MY rO\\'L>EK MILL lifting now in nctivo operation, .5U ? u lt<l KIhkUak l*O^V<kr can lie furnished to denlerx rinqi other* nt low rnte*. All ordors n<l<lr?a?ed' t<V 1>. Bikmank, Wullirtlln. will ho fttta|uhhLM.. .JOHN A. 2(>, lsr.O 12 x mui j^8^ato jnoucw^^ NOTICE ?? hereby aivpiv 1 ixirtioB ir.te tliftt n 1???1 *eUlonmt> of tfto Kstrito of Alton UobiiiKon, nccflh^H',, will l>o hi4rfo hefovo tho Or<Univ?-y* nt Hokmm C: I!., on Monilay tb^lt <b?y <>f lumbernext. After thai v<>t ho liel-l re-. ^.isjgsHiiKnx. aia* mi aHSKSii ; y. Estatb Notico. 'J 4 FhNAL Sfttlouicnt of tho ?>f /\ Dan in) I?oo$H}r, (locciif.od, will W-Jh^Jo heuTro thn Ordinary, at Picons (}. Friday tlio 2$U' d..y of Jftrin^fy next. <VU p?i%.m.s Indebted to nnhl Kftyto Jtftat $oirt? forwf(KF.*nd pny np, nnrti thono h?>vir)f^ di^ maodH will thorn, '?n kgullv *ttwted by that n TBjWKflM, AdmV.. Qrtqo'ikT K, Ito J*/'; VO'ftCK inh<r?by gftuk to tho judgment- * A ?kM? vJr JLiw .nrfnU' K 'but tlioy ljuiKt tlvo. doinmidM b?for? us, oh or be/We Mvimkty IM 7th diiy of Dofoniljor ntoft ntthctwh^ ^ tboy will bo b^rrofli.' . ^ ""*> W E. n. KKITU, KVtrlx j. -i. k j-.irrB i * 1 Skp.AWT ... a- ? "" ?? ? 1 .. '^*Br * * !' * ^ , . ?? > '? ' > . * ' *V" ' :/