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? T? Ti!IS-; SElF ^ TE> AM^MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^ "NIGHT THE DAV, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN- . ^ BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878. VOLUME XIII_NO. 51. i >l I? REV/iJ.P. UJOLQW WRITES! 178 B?'ft??' STREET, BROOKU?, Ni Y., . w., . November 14, 1870.| Pf. tt. STEVENS, Esq. Dear Sir-Froth* personal benefit roobiv?d by its use, as well as Iroin personal know ledge of those- whoso ouros thereby hnvo 'Scorned almost miraculous, I can most heartily ?and sincerely recommend tho VKOETIN.E fpr ?thc complaints which it is claimed to euro. JAMES 1?. LUDLOW; , i I.ato Pastor Calvary Baptist Church,, , .".,-i ^ Saqramonto, Cftl.,|.. /'.'v VEGETINE ; : Bho Rests Well. SouTn POLAND, ME., October ll, 1870, MR. II. lt. STEVENS. o . Dear Sir-I have beon sick two years with 'tho livor complaint, and during that timo have taken a great many diff?rent medicines, but nono of thom did mo any good. I was restless at nights, and had no appetite. ?Sin KO taking'the VECETINS t r?st woll and rollah my food. Can recommend tho YROETINE for what it bas dono for nie. Yours rospootfullv, MKS. ALBERT KICKER. Witness nf tho above, MR. GEORGE M. VAUGHAN, Med ford, Mass. : YEG?TINE : Good for the Children. BOSTON HOME, 14 TYLER STREET, BOSTON, April, 1876. MR. II. R. STEPHENS? ''Dear Sir-Wo feel that tho children in our homo have beon groatly benefited by tho VEGETINE you have ao kindly given us from timo to time, especially thoao troubled with the Sorofulu. With respect. ; fi Mas. N. W?RME LL, Matron. . VEG?TINE ? Rov. O. T. Walker Says: PROVIDENCE, R. I., 104 TRANSIT STREBT. ll. R. STEPHENS,-ESQ. 1 fool bound to express with my sig^aturo tho high vnluo I placo upon your Y EGETINB. My family havo used it for tho l^st two years. In nervous debility it is i^valuablo, and I recommend it to all who ^mv ncod an invigo rating, renovating tor,'l0> - O.T. WALKER, Formerly P?*>?,0r of Bowdoin>squurc .Church, Boston. VEG?TINE . Nothing ?qual to lt. SOUTH SALEM, MASS., Nov. 14, 1870 MR. II. R. STEVENS. Dear Sir-I have boen troubled with Scroj fula, Canker, and Liver Complaint for tbroo year. Nothing over did mo any good until I commenced using tho YEOETINE. I nm now getting along first ruto,. and still using tho VEGETINE. I consider thorc is nothing equal to it fur suoh complaints. Can heartily recommend it tn everybody. Your? Truly, MKS. LIZZIE M. PACKARD. No. 10 Lagrange Strcot, South Salem, Mass. Rocominend it Heartily, Soimi BOSTON. MR. STEVENS. Dear Sir-I have taken several bottles ot'your YEOETINE, and nm convinced it Is it Valuable remedy 'foV Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint, and Gonoral Debility of U.VHIuuii I oan hear tily roouinmond lt to all Bufferers from tho ubovo complaints. Yours rcspoo'fully. MRS. MUN HOW PARKER, Proparod by ft, R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vogetiue is Sold by all Druggists SPINNING WHBEL. T A II ROW away your old Spinning Wheel and ?buy BRYCrVS NEW TATRNT. Spins twonty ifivo hanks every day. Mado of iron. Hun by friotlon. Will last a lifetime. Nothing to wear .or broak. Cnn be run in any position and only oooupies a spnoc of eight by twelve inches, Prloo, $6.00. Call on or addross DR. J. P. HARRIS, Agent, West Union, S. C. <Oot 8, 1878 40-8tn WOOL CARDING. OUR WOOL CARDS HAVE BEEN NEWLY clothed and put in thorough repair for tho Pall Carding. ?Al) 'WOOL brought to us will bo promptly curded mid satisfaction guaranteed. Wool loft with C. L. llKin& Co. ?ill bc carded and returned to tho store at same prioo as at Fnotory. Prloo 10 cents per pound for white and 12} cents for mixed. The Factory will bo run by Mr, W. J. Suttlos an oxporlonood carder.' ' Wool bought at Ibo market prloo. NEVILLE & HOLLEMAN, WALHALLA, S. C. August 22, 1878 40-3rnQ PERSONS indebted to mo by note or ucoount wjtl como forward and moko payment. ,1,, can't oonduot my businot without money. '*A word lo tho wiso is sufflo.ont." MILKS N. CHAPMAN, Wpsimlnstor.S.C. Oot10,1878 47. JTMiS M ?I w Ki: MiSS MAN. BY HENRY BTANTOHi _ ts thero DO plaoo on tho face of tho barth' 'Whore charity dwelleth, whoro vtrtuo has birth, Whore bosoms in kindness- and moroy will . . heave M Vi li:rT 'S'Mt Ml And tho poor and tho wrgtphod way ask and re?oive? ts thoro no plaoo oo earth whero a knoob from tho poor Will bring a kind nagel to opon tho door? Ahl soaroh tho wide world wherevor you eau, Thoro is no opon door for tho moneyless man. Qo look into tho hall whoro tho chandelier light Drives off with its splendor the darkness of nightj Whoro the rioh hanging velvet, in shadowy fold, .(, Sweeps gracefully down, with its trimming of gold, And mirrors of silver toko up and renow In longsighted vistas tho wildoriog view; Qo thero in your pntohes and find if you eau, A welcoming smile for tho monoyless moo. Qo look in your church of tho cloud-rca oh ing spiro, Which gives back to tho sun his same look of fire, Whero tho arohos and columns aro gorgeous within, And tho walls seem as pure as a soul with? out sin; Go dowu thc long aisle-Boo thc rich und tho great, lu tho pomp and tho prido of their worldly estate; Walk dowu in your patches, and find if you oan, Who opona a pow for tho monoyless man Go look to your judges in dark flowing gown, With thc soulos whoriu law weighoth quiet ly dowu, Whero ho frowns on tho weak and smile; on thc strong, And punishes right while he justifie wrong; Where jurors their lips on tho Bible ha .< luid, To rondor a vordict they have already made; Go thero in tho court room, aud find if yoi can, Any law for the ooso of a moneyless man. Go look in tho banks whero Mammon ho told His hundreds and thousands of silver am gold; ' Where, safe from tho hands of tho starviuj and poor, Lies pile upon pilo of tho glittering oro; Walk up to tho oountor-ayo, there you may stay, % Till your limbs havo grown old and you hair turns gray, And you'll find at tho bank not ouo of th clan With money to lond to a moneyless man. Thoo go to your hovel-no raven has fed TilO wifo who hos suffered so long for he broad!; Kneel down by hor. pallet and kiss tho deat frost From the tip? of the BPgel your povort lost Thon turn in your agony upward to Got And bless whilo it smites you tho chasten iog rod, And you'll find at the ead of your lifo little span, Thero'8 a wolcomo abovo for tho money'ei man. [From tho San Fraooisoo Chronicle] Caiintmlism ns a Fine Art-Cook and Cookery. HABITS OP THE MAN-EATER OP TH MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Among the passengers by tho Grcyhoun arrived ut this port from Tahiti, was c American named Lewis Chase, who f more than a quartor of a oontury has DOV soon n oivilizod country, and has scldo lookod upon tho faoo of a white mao. Si Francisco is tho first glimpse of oivilizatit ho has had since ho left his nativo home Danbury, Cooueotiout, twouty-sovon yoo ago. For twenty-five years and six mont precisely ho has livod ou a group of ?shin inhabited by forooious oanoibals; an fortunately for himself, has como out he and hearty, without ovor haying as mut as a slice of hitman ?teak taken from 1 anatomy. ? Chronicle reporter h obtained from Mr. Chnso tho followil story: j .Tho group of islands on whioh ho h passed bis quartor of a oontury is the Ma quesos, whore before his own eyes hob noon cannibalism prnotiood both as a fi . art and as a flore? display of human forceit This horrible praotioo is indulged io pr.m pally to gratify a doadly spirit of roven whioh ono tribo of natives holds ? again another. In tho many brutal and blom ol vii wari whioh thoy have1 waged again ooo another, tho slain and captured viotti ar? eaton with a vongo?no?. Io thc religious rites, also, thoy offer up humi sacrifices captured in battle. When a vii tim is selected for a cannibal feast his bot is washed olean, aud tho hair of his hoad bumed o!?. tf tho feast ie not of n religi ous character, tho victim is simply bootoo to death with war clubs, and whoo dead his body is again washed aod plaoed io a largo ovoo dug into the earth. The hole forming tho ovoo has a Bro beooath, aod ovor this is a pile of round stooo. Oo the top of tho stones mats raado of a strong material aro plaoed, io whioh tho body ts wrapped up. These,mats are thoo oovored over with n great pilq of leave, aod all is agaio oovored with another layer of mats. Tho uro beneath absorbs ooough air to keep it burn ing steadily, and noon a volume of steam is goucratod. Thia escapee slowly through tho mats and leaves, aod gradually tho body beoomes eooked through this simple but curtain steaming process. Tho cooks are of superior skill in thoir profession, aod oan toll to tho instant wheo tho body is sufficiently "dono" to suit tho tastes of tho guests. When roady to take it out of tho oven, all the material covering is carefully removed, aod whoo it oomos to tho Inst layers surrounding the victim tho mats ara takeo off with a sensitivo touob, lest any ol tho skin oo tho body should bo torn away, Whoo all is bare, aod tho body looks browo and beautifully cooke J, a shout ot demoniuc laughter rends tho air, and tho cooks ore complimented ia tho highest terms by thc hosts uf cannibals thirsting to enjoy tin dreadful luxury. Tho cannibals have opicuroo.n tastes sod a (ino senso of tho various shades of dolioaoj of different elapses of victims. The flos I most highly prized is that of tho Afrioao and a colored man who io lifo neither draul liquor uor smoked, if ho falls into hands o tho Marquesas oanuibals, is certain to hovi tho highest respect shown him. Ho wil be fed luxuriously and tended carefully u] to tho timo that ho is to bo aneri hood. Tin bodies of missionaries toko second rank booauBO in life thoy aro supposed to hav used neither liquors oor tobacco. Sailor are not csteomed a luxury, bcoause thoi flesh is thoroughly saturated with smoke whiskey ond salt water. Tho cannibal havo the most dainty sense of smell in thii respect, and will tell instantly whether thoi victim has ever been in tho habit of usia liquors or stimulants of any kind. Youn children aod women, especially unmarrie women, aro great luxuries. Porsons ad vanood in years oro seldom oaten, as thoi i bodies aro too full of well developed an j tough sioews. Mr. Chaso has oovor seen ."hito porson offered up as a saorifioe to th cannibal appetite, but there aro well au thentioated oases of such being tho foo ? missionary and twu oolorcd mon ai knowu to havo been eaten on Doroioiqi Island, ono of the most savage of tho grou( In rooent times tho cannibals rarel sacrifice a whito victim, but thoy ai entirely willing to do so if tho opportun i I offers. There are thirteen islands in the Marqu sas group, seven of whioh aro inhabit?* and on six of these cannibalism is practice Mr. Chaso is a resident of Uhua, known moiioers as Washington Island and to h knowledge there has not been a o.isc of ca nibalism there iu the twenty-live yoars 1 hos ruado it his homo. Thc natives Uhua say they never practiced ounnibalisi though a few of the oldest iohabitan remember their parents telling thom th such was tho case io old limes. The oat nibuls scorn to indulge in their horrid pr ?n tico from a pure lovo of revengo. They a oortaioly not driven to it for want of foo as there is au nbundunco on tho islam No doubt immemorial oustora has much do with keeping tho beastly indulgence st io vogue. Children aro apt to follow io t footsteps of their fathers, and goncroti gives to generation laws and customs. T religious sacrifi?es of human bodies and t habit of offering them up as food, is nt moro common than any other kind of cnn bal is m. The prto a ts know that if th relinquished suoh rites they would bo sha of so muoh authority, ond hoooe they oli tenaciously to their sacrificial ol tars. INDIAN OUTRAGES.-Tho Indis roached tho vioinity of the crock aboul o'olook in tho morning. James .G. S m i his son-o young man of 21-and Jo Hudson wore in thoir meadow, a milo fri tho trail, loading hay, when tho Indu rodo towards thom to tho numbor of fiftc or twenty. Tho savages made friom signs os thoy come up, and tho elder Smi who had boon acoustomed to Indians, went with his work. Ooo of the Indians tool horno by tho bridle and struck it on t hoad with a bow. Tho old man dung his team, fighting tho Indians, who coi menood shooting at him with arro' Meantime Hudson started to tirivo off team, but tho animals woro frightened t ran ai)'. . Whilo running to catch thom was shot dead. After firing soven arre into Smith's body tho Indians fired at h with rifios, fraotuting tho loft arm a inflicting a flesh wuond in the loft th ii Young Smith started to run, and was f lowod by a mounted Indian, who rt alongside of him and fired seven shots him soven shots at him from a Wi oohes riflo* He oamo so oloso that Smith stn him in the breast with a pitohfork. 'J Indian throw himsoif bohind bis hon nook, firing a I o oj shot nt Smith, who gait tho brush and hid. They hunted for 1 sonto time, but he csoapod unharmed. 'J eldor Smith crawled into tho bushes, wh ho was found t won ty eight hours aftor. lived ton hours aftor being found, dy from exhaustion oohscquont upon loss blood, nono of his wounds being ncoessa: fatal. Thrco-quartcrs of a mile up gulch} ot tho mouth of whioh Smith i Hudaoo wero killoe), is tbo oabio of Mr. Colvin. As tho Indiana approaohod, Col vin stationed himself at ooo eadof.tho oabio, armod with a revolver, while his wife, with a doublo barrelled shot gun, stood guard at tho other, and tho little girls kopt watch at tbiough tho chin Us ot the side, io whioh there aro no window, to give warning of tho approaoh of the savages. Aftor don ing and yelling about the oabio to draw tho Oro of tho inmates, ODO of tho Indians carno within range of Oolvio's revolver, and got a broken arm for his indiscretion. Ile re turned tho shot, but the Indians loft almost immediately, tho bravo defenders escaping unharmed, and saving their prop orty. From there thoy struck ovor to tho trail. Haifa milo from tho orook crossing thoy met Mr. William Lang, who with his young est son, Freomao, and two young ladies, si8tero, was going ovor to Prairie Dog Orook. Ono buok rode up to Mr. Lang and ox tended his hand, with a "How." Whilo tho old gentleman was in thc uot of shaking hands with tho savogo another oamo up ond shoulden through tho nook. Freeman Lang was shot through tho body, Tho ladies wcro taken out of tho wagoo and held while tho "vogon was plunderod. The horses wore out from the wagon and tho harness de stroyed, and thon commenced their brutality to tho womon. Tho young ladies wero seized and stripped. Eaoh was then seized by two mounted Indians and dragged through tho thickest underbrush for half a milo until their bodies woro ono mass* of lacerations. Occasionally thoy would suffer tho half dead girls to go off a short distance and then a frosh detachment would arrive aud tho outrages would rooommenoe. Fi nally, half dead willi fright and oovcred with bruines, they wero allowed to depart, and made their was to tho nearest ranch. Denver News, October 13. A WOMAN Wno HAS HAD FORTV Foua CHILDREN -Sotae porsons have given themselves considerable unoasincst lest from paucity of children born tho Amer ican parents of lalo years, tho raco should die out. Certainly, tho size of families, from whatever oauso, hos tftfon greatly reduced in this country during tho preseni goncrotiou. Whero thero used to b< eight, nino and ten children, thorn aro no now moro than 2, 3, or 4 at most, two beiuf what may bo called tho regular number Thero aro many oxoeptions, howevor, t< this rulo. A conspicuous exception i; Mary, wife of Wn\. Austin, now n residon of Washington, win has had 44 children only eleven born alive. Sho hod twin thirteen times aud triplets six timos. Ho sister, Mrs Carrie Kinney, aged forty-throe has had twenty six-children, and her hus band's sister has had forty-one children making a total of lil for throe womec This scorns almost incredible, though th figures aro vouched for. Mrs Austin, native of South Carolina, and ronred i Tcnunssco, ia tho daughter of John 1 Klind, a printer. She was extremely loyi during tho civil war and renoored exceller service to tho cause by nursing and admin Uttering to thc sick ond wounded in th army of tho Cumberland, often going I tho field and taking wounded soldiers fro tho front whero thoy had fallen. Sho is rogular physician, ond has practised fr. tweuty five years, havio? boon ono of tl first women dootors in tho oountry. $1 studied medicino ia New Orl?nos undi tho well known Dr. Stone. She lost t oyo whilo with the army in tho volloy Virginia, received medals for tho oblo ar fearless manner in whioh sho hod disoha god hor duty, and was granted likowiso rogular commission. Sho is fifty four, good proportion and appooranoo, and, : may bo infered, of vigorous oonstitutio Her husband was oho in tho union arm and must have bcon a gallant soldier, for 1 bears tho marks of a Booro of serious wound which would havo killod ony mau lo tough. The Klind and Austin blood is prolific that a few members of tho famili would bo welcome immigrants to a now Ol thiuly settled country. Whero thoy woi progeni ty would bo assured. Mrs Austi judgiug by Nnpoloao's standard as reveal to Mme. D. Steal, is unquestionably tl groatoat woman in America. [New York Times. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON NORTHERN AI -Tho following is an oxtMOt from o loti writton by cx-Prcsidont Joff?tsoo Dai from his homo ot Beauvoir, not far frc Now Orleans, to a friend to New York, a f< days before tho death of his son: "Tho tit is at hand whon frost may bo oxpeotod Memphis, and, tho effect it produces h usually boen folt for several dogreos of lal tudo South of tho plaoo whoro lt ooourc Wo aro boro surrounded by fovor, and t oiroles steadily narrow, but my rosidenoo so insolatod that wo may fairly hopo not bo invaded by tho infection. Tho disoof howpver, has this year ?orno oharnotoristi hitherto unknown, and tho suffering Y bcon and is moro severe than of any previo epidomio. Tho noblo gonorosity of t them pooplo in this day of our cxtroi alhiotion, has boon felt with doop gratitut and has dono moro for tho fratorniznti of whioh many idly prate, than would ma volumes of rhetorical assurance." A girl will sit with a fellow oil night tho stairs at a ball, with no olothos OD abc hor waist worth spooking of but wot faint nwny dead if tho sanio fellow woro moot hor on tho slain, m nilled from hi to foot in three night gowns. Curio isn't it? Marriage Vows. Tho corner stono of marraiago, it ia pre sumod, ia laid as tho foundation of a futuro templo, which will bo tho monument of folioity and oooBtaooy. Tho bride aud groom, ataoding uoder the floral marriage boll, beside the alter rail and before tho surpliood priest, and gathered throng who witness tho solemn oeremony fully believe that courtship's vows and lover's pledges of fidelity and faithfulness are being ratified io the holy rito of matrimony. It is ofton forgotten that hymeneal love is variously defined by individuals; eaoh has a different interpretation of its sanctity, depth and strength. Upon the right explanation de ponds content and bliss; upon tho wrong thero follows misery and regret. Marriage so ofton representa sordid interest, selfish purposes, an advancement of personal eleva, tion or exaltation! There are women who unhesitatingly soil therapelvcs as if they wero in a slave markot, to tho highest bid der who will bestow upon thom a luxurious home, with rioh apparel. Only that ardent attachment, which finds its paradiso in tho companionship of tho best loved aud dearest ooo on earth, will receive the beautiful recompense of unalloyed blessodnoss and pure happiness. To avoid a serious mistake of tho heart, to prevent a oharming dream from being exchanged for nomo dis appointment, precaution must be token to understand the real omo tion, to oomprehend entirely its ovident meaning. Tho awakening after marriago to discover that love was masked io tho ordeal and trial of many unsuspiolous husbands and innooont wives, either of whom may hold the cherished name without its qualifications or endearments; . no twio spirit, only tho viotims of oredulity and folly. Tho stability and tho immutability of connubial affootion aro oonterod ia that absorption that forms of tho pair an undi vided heart, all to ouoh other in this world, death being morely a brief .separation, to be.ro united again in the world of redeemed spirits, whore angels have'waftod on their white wings a glowing and undying dovotion that will livo ouco moro in boundless celestial glory. THE WOMAN Wno NEVER GOSSIPS. Oh, no! I never gossip. I hove onough to do to take caro of my own business, without talking about the affairs of othors, Mrs. Smith. Why, there's Mrs. Croker-she deals in scandal by the wholesale, lt does seem to mo as though that woman's tongue must almost bo worn out; but no, there'? no danger of that. If everybody was Uko mo th ore wouldn't bo much trouble in tho world. Oh! no, I never gossip! But did you know that Miss Elliott hud got n new silk dress, Mrs. Smith? You didn't? Well, shn has. It's a real brocade; I saw it myself; and 1 say it's a shamo for her to be so extravagant. I mean to givo her a piooe of my mind, Mrs. Smith. You boliovo her undo gavo it to her.? Wollj I don't caro if he did. Why, its only two moolita ninoo hor father failed; and now to seo her dash out in that style! It's a burning shame. I suppose she thinks she's going to oatoh young lawjor Jones, but I think she'll find herself mistaken. He's got moro sonso than to bo caught by hor, if shu has got a brooado silk dress. And there's that upstart dressmaker, Kate Manly, setting hor oap for thc dootor's son. Tho impertinence of some people is perfect ly astonishing. I don't thick she's any hotter than sho ought to be, for my own part. I novcr did Uko ber, with.her mild, soft look, when anybody's about. My word for it sho can look cross onough whon thero ain't. Then she says sho ?sonly seventeen. Goodness knows she ia as old as my Ara bella Lucretia; and she's-well, 1 wont say how old, but she's mor'n sevontoon, and I ain't ashamed to say so either; but I think Doctor May's son will have moro disorction than to think of marrying her. Some folks call her handsome. Well, 1 don't. Sho ain't half so good looking as ray daughter Jano. Thon the way sho docs up her hair in such flyaway ourls! and if you boliovo it, Mrs. Smith, sho actually had tho impudcooe to toll mo that sho oouldn't moko her bair as straight as Maria's. Impertinence! If she'd lot curling poporo and curling irons alone, I'd risk but what hor hnir would bo as straight as anybody's. But what do you think of tho minister's wifo, Mrs. Smith? You liko her? Well, all I can soy is, you havo got a peculiar taste. Why, she's as proud as Luoifor-boon married a wholo weok and hasn't been to seo me yot. You presumo oho hasn't had time? I don't seo what tho minister wanted to go out of tho town to get him a wifo for, anyway, and above all things, to got that little girlish looking thing! Thore's my Arabella La - tia would havo mode him a botter wifo than he's got now. And she's just about tho right ogo for him. What do you say? that Arabella Lucretia is two yoars older than tho minister? I should think it was a pity if I didn't know my own daughter's ago. Mrs. Smith, if some folks would mind their own business as I do, I'd '.hnnk thom. ? SIMPLE INSEOTITUDE-Hot alum water is tho best insect destroyer known. Put tho alum into hot water aud lot it boil till it is all dissolvod; thoo apply tho solution hot.with a brush to all oraoks, closets, bed steads, and other places, whore any insects are found. Ant?, bed-bugs, ooohroaohes, and orooping things aro" killod by it; while it has Do dangor of poisoning tho family br injuring property.-Journal of Chemistry. Too HOT FOR HIM.--AB Confederate /J war romin?Boenses aro tho ordof of the day, horo is ono too good to lie buried. Tho .' *l boro of tho joke wo will eal! Jim. Ho *a*|Ky9 attaohed to Rosser's Cavalry, io StuarWM .8 command. Jim was noted for his strong y antipathy to shot sod sholl, aod a peouliar way ho had of avoiding too tdose a oom? | manion with tho same,"bat at last'alljptafcft j failed to keep him out of a "row," and he I with his comrades, under a lieutenant, wip~-T& r! detailod to supporta battery that composed ^fc"* a portion of tho roar guard. Tho enemy \ kept prcssiog so oloso, in faoty as to codon- l>, gor the retreating foroes, and the troops covering the retreat had orders to keep tho onemy io check, for a given -period, at all. hazards, and the ordor was obeyed to the letter, though under a galling fire. Our friend Jim grow desporate. He stuok behiud trees that appeared to his oxoited j vision no larger than ramrods. Ho thou tried lying down. In fact, ho plaoed him self in every position that his gouius^oould invent, but tho "hiss" of the bullet hunted him still. At last, in despair, ho called to Jj his commanding offioer: "Lieutenant, lot's ??'rn fall book?" "I oaauot do it, Jim," replied .9 the offioer. "Well, I'll be drat if we don't M got cleaned up if wo stoy here!" "My || orders, Jim, are to hold this plaoo sud sup? 11 port that battery of guns," pointing to tho Jj I artillery olose by. "If we fall baok, th? > vf|j enemy will rush io and capture the guns." \'0 Just ot that time a well direoted bullet \$M impresBod Jim with the faot that a ohango '^tf of )oso became necessary. Jim found another apparently protective spot, and, aa "M ho reoovercd his mind, ho sang out: "Obi LiouteoantI what do you think them ero v. v ca uno os cost?" "I dou't know, Jim; I sup- ' pose $1,000." ?'Well," said Jim, let's take . up a oolleotion and pay for tho d-d guoB, and lot tho Yankees have 'om." [Free Pre??. KINDNESS NEVER DIES.-Wo dip tho following from an exchange, and think it is woll worthy of a froo passago all around tho press oirolo: During the war our townsman, James ll. Mooro, on one oooasioo went out in front of our Hoes to give somo water to a wounded Yankee, who was lying in a helpless condi tion upon the ground so lately occupied by tho F?deral forces and from which they had hoon driven. Tho man was orying piteously for water, and tho bullets were muling around from bom armies. Mooro said ho? in tended to risk tho exposure to do a deod . of meroy, and wont out to him. lt proved to be a captain of a Pennsylvania regiment., who was profuse with thanks, and offered Moore his gold watoh, whioh the gallant Confederate dooli ned. Ho begged for Lia oame that ho might, if ho survived tho war, . romombor him. This ho wrote down ia his 1 memorandum book. The captain reoeotly wrote here to know if Moore was living said he was rioh, but dying of consumption, and wanted to provide for Moore in his will. Mr. Mooro wroto to him and rooeived *. - friendly lotter in reply, telling him the? '}\ was $10,000 set apart for his use, to bo paid in installments of $2,000 oaoh. Tho Federal offioer has since diod, and tho othor day the first of $2,000 was reooivod. Truly, 'tis "good to givo oven a oup of water io tho right spirit." [Morgantown (iV. C.) Correspondence. SAY WnAT You MEAN. -Let your friends know that you lovo them. Do not keep tho alabaster boxes of your lovo and tenderness sealod up until your frionds ore dead. Fill their lives with swoetoess. Speak approving, cheering words whilo their hearts oan hoar them, and while their hearts can be thrilled by them. Tho things you mean to say when they are gono say boforo they go. Tho flowot* you mean to send for their coffins, send to brighton ' and sweeten their homos before they leave them. If my frionds have any alabaster boxes laid away, full of porfumes, of sym pathy and affeotion, whioh they intend to break over my dead body, I would rather thoy would bring thom in roy woary hours and opon them, that I may bo refreshed and ohoered by thom while I need thom. I would rather ^have a bare coffin without a flower, and a funoral without an oulogy, than a life without tho sweetness of lovo and sympathy. Lot us learn to anoint our friends beforehand for their burial. Post mortom kindness does not ohcer tho burdened spirit. Flowers on the coffin oast no fragranoo baokward over tho woary days of our lives. Tho roport of tho commissioner of tho genoral land office shows that wo disposed of 8,686,178 aoreslast year, on improvement ovor the previous year of nearly 4,000,000 aoros. Tho oash ontries amounted to only 877,666 Bores; home?toad ontries, 4,418, 844; timber oulture entries, 1,870,484; desert land entries, 810,668; locations of military bounty land warrants, 84,720; state locations approved, 214,982. The moneys rooeived during tho year amounted , to $2,022,680.10, au increase over last yoar of 8560,666 08 Wo still have over n thousand millions of acres of uusutveyed lauds. GOOD RULES,-First, koop oool; scoond. eat regularly and slowly; third, maintain regular bodily habits; fourth, take early and very light suppers-or better still, none at all; fifth, koop a olean skin*, sixth, get pion ty of sloop at night; seventh, keep ohoorful and rospeotablo company; eighth, keep out of debt; ninth, don't set your mind on thing you don't need; tenth, subduo curiosity.