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rnmm " , ip i.nwwr?. ? ?? miami, i wv-KMiMim^m^-^t <i. J'I.-'8 OdiX?OO "IRV fi 8</OtO . .i ??; v.tM' J.H. Ol TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY IO, 1870. VOLUME XIV.-NO. 34. ?TML? T? ftisvllH.n? * IA?I VJ ii. AN Ul IN JD* DB. C. McLANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. 'SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. fFHE countenance is pale and leaden J- colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; thc eyes become dull j the pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the 1< i\ver eye-lid ; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds ; a swelling of the upper lip ; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the cars; Ihi unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning ; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; .not unfrcquently tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry? and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms arc found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form ; it is an innocent prepara tion, not capable of doing the slightest injury to the most tender infant. Thc genuine DR. MCLANE'S VER MIFUGE bears the signatures of C. Mc LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the wrapper. -:o: DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS ore not recommended as a remedy "for all thc ills thnt flesh is heir to," but in affections of thc liver, and in all Bilious Complaint?, Dyspepsia and Sick Ilcndnchc, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. Nobctter cathartic can bc used preparatory to, or after Inking Quinine. As a simple purgative they arc unequaled. BEWARE Ol' IMITATION?. Thc genuine nre never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on thc lid with the impression DR. MCLANE'S LIVER PII.I.8. Each wrapper hears the signatures of C. MCLANE mut FLEMING BROS. Insist upon having thc genuine Dr. C. Mc LANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., tho market being full of imitations of thc name McLane, spelled differently but same .pronunciation. ^Profession. eJL Osurd-s. J. H. PITCHFORD, OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE, WALHALLA, S. 0. WILL givo prompt ottcntion to collec tions and all other business confided to him. Moy 15,1879 26-ly WM. C. KEITH. JOHN S. VEttN.ER. KEITH & VERNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in Equity, Will practico in the Stato Courts on tho Eighth Judioinl Circuit and in tho United States Court Office on Public Square, Walhalla, 8 O Jan 0, 187o 8 tf ft. MCGOWAN. R, A. THOMPSON .'A-hboville, S 0 Walhalla, S 0 MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, AT T O RNE XS AT LAW, .Will givo prompt attontion to all business eon tided to thom in the Stato, County, and J/nitod States Courts. pffice on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C 'I .ie junior partner, MR. THOMPSON, will also practico i n tho Courts of ricken s, (J r o on .ville and Andorson. January, 1870 tf PR. J. M. MCLANAHAN, HAVING rosumod the praotloe of medicino, oilers his professional services lo tho oom munlty. Oflico at his rosidenoo at Baoholors' Itotroat, .Ooonco Ooonly, S. C. 1 August 8, 1S78 SQ energolio oanvassors to ongagoin a pleasant and profitable businoss. Good mci) will find tins a rare ohanoo To :MIa,l*9 Money Suoh will ploase ansvor this advortisomont by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they hayo bcon engaged in. None but thoso who moan business need apply. Address, Finley, Harvey & Co, Atlanta.Ga? March 18, 1870, . . ' 17-1 y GATHERED HOME, MY WAUY BTANLKV. ODO by ono our loved oro taken, Taken to tho mansions fair; Ono by ono sweet flowors aro gathered, Gathered oft tho choice, the rare. Ono by ono fond 'ios are levering, Sevoriog from thia earthly home; Ono by ono our treasures going, Going to the Great Unknown. On t.hot overswelling gathering, Gathering round tho groat white throno Loved ones going, dear ones leaving, Leaving hearts so sad and lone Oh, time's dim and misty veiling, Veiling from us forms so dear, How earth spirits long to viow them, V"iow thom OB they now appear. Swcot their spirits near us hover, Hover near us all the day; Keep us close-ob, close to theo, love! Lovo and lead us in tho way. Draw our earth-worn spirits upward, Upward to tho realms above, Whisper to us words of comfort, Comfort soothiug, peaoo and lovo. Stay thou with us os we journey, Journey sad, as strangers roam, Let thine unseen prcsenoc guido us, Guido us till we're gathered homo. MOUNT VERNON, The Homo of Washin g ton. [J. ll, Randall in Chronicle and Constitu - tionalist.J WASHINGTON, Juno 23.-I am ashamed to say that, up to Saturduy last, in spito of many opportunities, I had never visitod Mount Vernon. On , Saturday morning, however, at tho express invitation of Mrs. Dickens, Vioe-Regent for South Curolioo, a porty of us determined to moko amends for all putt neglcot to tho mighty shade of Goorgc Washington. Assembling on board tho swift and elegant steamer IK. W. Corf coran, wo wore soon gliding by tunny spots cither of historical importance or command ing beauty, Tho first object to attract at tention is tho United States Arsenal, tho grounds of which aro arrayed with more than tho glory of Solomon. Over its fair, est fea tines there is a shadow that can never bo banished, for hero it was that Mary Surralt, an inuooent woman, was judicially assassinated by Stanton, .Johnson and Holt. That dreadful crime clings to it liko an anathema. Several Government and railway stations aro passed, and then wo como to Alexandria, which is o finished town, but not quito doad enough to have, some Virginia Colonel Jones Biogs its rc? quiem. In tho days of Washington Alex* andria was not to bo sneered at, The Father of bis Country hero performed his religious and Masonic rites, and here, too, ho oast his first and lust votes. Alexandria barely missed being tho oupiial of tho Union, thc high tono of Washington pro venting what might seem to bo partially for Virginia. Tho old hero, providentially perhaps, little dreamed how much was to depend Upon that punctilio of his, especially in thc era of J 800-01. It would toko ninny sheets of paper and much space to record thc memorable deeds that attach to this venerable town, from Braddock's de feat to tho shooting of Col. Ellsworth. Tho warehouses aro mainly deserted, tho mills idle and tho wharves dilapidated; only a spasm of vitality remains in tho coal trade and the tenaoity with which gomo of tho "first families" oiing to their ancient shrines where momory sits in funeral weeds and nil but that oracle is dumb. I smiled to seo over ono store that fronts tho river, tho sign of "Washington & Co., Grocery and Com mission Merchants." It was equal to tho famous inscription of "Mirabeau, Draper and Taylor." But how muoh worthier is this honest woy of securing a livelihood than dying like tho Prince Imperial of Franco at tho bands of blackamoors light ing for their homes, or like the Prince of Orango in tho lap of harlotry. Leaving Alexandria, wo rcaoh Fort Washington, an old stono fort, which did not stop tho British in 1814 and is utterly UBCICSS except as comfortable quarters for snob parts of tho army as are not fighting Indians, pursuing moonshiners or dancing tho Gorman in this city. From this point there is an ozecllont view of Mount Vernon, whioh is roached in a fow minutes, the toll ing of the bell onnounoing that foot. The approach to tho wharf is through very shal low water. A rather rough road for vehi cles loads up to tho Mansion, whioh is situ, a ted upon a bluff two hundred feet high. A smooth and commodious foot-path runs moro directly to tho top of tho aoolivity, Midway tho height is tho tomb, a littlo distant from whioh droops the willow that once grow over the grave of Napoleon, at St. I lol ODO . Tho Superintonaoot has promised mo, as a spooial favor, a cutting of this tree, and I propose giving it to my good friend, Mr. Bossman, for perpetual I preservation io Augusta. Tho tomb is a plain brick struoturo, built aooordiog to Washington's instructions. A doublo gate of iron provosts intrusion, but admita to full vip w tho mar bio sarcophagi, containing tho romains of George and partim Wash ington.' T|iat of tho lady is porfeotly plain. Tho other is elaborately embossed I upon (he top with tho coat of arms of1 tho j Union a?d a draped flagi During tho war. pome soldiers climbed over tho portal and broke ott ono talon of tho eagle in tho soulpturod coat of arms, and thia is tho only desecration, tho piokots ot both armies meeting hero in peaocand unarmed. Book I of tho onto-room, where Washington aud I his consort repose, a massive ?rou door is observable. This is tho cotranoo to a vault in tho rear, which contains tho dust ol thirty members of tho Washington, Black burn, Corbin, Bushrod, Lewis and (Justit families. Monuments to thc moro noted oi theso aro eieoted outside. To provoot anj moro interments hero tho key of tho vauli has been thrown into tho river. Washing ton wau originally hurried in what is nov known as "Thc old tomb/' A relio*hunt ing Ghoul having broken into this recepta, clo aud stolen a skull, thinking it to b< that of tho great nan, but which was tin belonging of a Blackburn, it was deter mined, in 1837, to rem ove tho bodies t their present placo of security, Qu th foot slab of Washington's sarcophagus, uotcd that the chisel had erased some mar ble lotloring, and, upon inquiry, discoverc that tho gentleman who presented the sion collins had, Yankee like, advertised bimse and trado, an abomination partially abate by order of tho Board of Regents, An yet, curious investigators liko myself oanuo help noticing this matter; so tho advertise ment i? not wholly obliterated. Tho Su periotendent told mo that Europeans til wai removed their head covering in tho present of Washington's relics, while Amerioat nover do so, uuloss their attention is calli to thc matter. I was ono cf tho delinque Americans, until a lady good humored took my hat from its perch and handed lo mo. I dura say my emotion,, in Quak slvlo, waa just au profound os that of tl mun who Stood uncovered. There is a de of humbug about this outward show grief, as Hamlet has delineated for t time. Tho old tomb ls a very plain afluir, i empty vault where anybody eau enter wit in or promenade without. Great trees ha grown upon tho top of it. It is surround by a picket fence, and looks so much li the ico house, just beyond, that I do ii wondor a sentimental woman,prior to 18.' mistook tho ono for the other ami vt found in au agony of tear? al tho wro piuco. Just before reaching the MOOB?OU, carno to a brick boro, ereotcd in 17d3. is in first rato preservation. Tho Mansi House is of wood, out and painted to i semble stone. It was built by Law rec Washington in 1743 und niitned after A mirai Vernon, of tho British navy. '1 pavement under the piazza roof is made Isle of Wight flugsloDCs. In tho main li is the Key of the Bustilc, presented Lafayette, and untouched since Washingl placed it io position. There ore somo \ uablo Revolutionary manuscripts hero, 0 sotno execrably executed coat of arms States, especially tho escutcheon of No Carolina. I havo not time und you lu not room for a specifio enumeration of many objects of intercut. Several Stn havo furnished rooms in exact similitude thc original array. The Nelly Custis ro is charmingly quaint, aud in it is tho liar] chord given her by Washington and vab then ot 81,000. Hero, too, is tho Goner flute. Rembrandt Pcul's immense cun\ representing Washington boforo Yorktc is tho most promiocnt ornament of State Dining Room, which also contait superb marble mantlepieoo, the work of novo, a olio ir that name over in tho Mayjlov and a model of tho Buatilo moulded fi tho stono of that dungeon. Tho fun dining room hus BOHIO ancient article: dornest io uso, among them a sideboard v knifo and spoon cases belonging to L: rouco Washington. Tho Council Room numerous reminders of Washington, nc bly Lafayette's Freemason apron, and i of olothes worn by Puter Patria?, tho i of which, a very loud pattern of tai yellow, no well conditioned gentleman Georgia would wear lo church on Sunt if bis lifo depended on it. Tho old Gen must have looked "fearfully and wo ml erl ly" in that pr? postcrous waistcoat. (J tho mantle in tito Council Chamber it oil painting of Mrs. Pamela Cunningh of South Carolina, tho first Regent, v despito of sickness and disoourngom seemed inspired from on high to rode through tho women of tho land, tho Iv of Washington. But for Mrs. Gunn ham, it would havo boen bought on spc lotion and turned into a beor gurdcnl thank God that a South Carolina woi provontod that! Her memory will bo mortal and sho deserves a plaoo beside most glorious of tho daughters of ti God raised her up for a great work nobly did sho perform it. If any hu being is woitby to sloop ut Mount Vcr alongsido tho dust that sanotifics it, Pai Cunningham is that exceptionally dil guishod porson. Her body mingles \ other olay, remoto from tho soone of dovotod labors, but ber spirit is pre ovory where on this sacred spot and tito will romain whilo anything that broatht Washington survives to witoh tho word Only in passing, can I speak of tho v ous rooms assigned to and furnished different-States, all of whioh contain oles that summon baok tho doathlcss of our horoio ago; tho property of W ington himsolf, Charles Carroll and o sons of farao. Tho most awo?inspi room is that whom Washington brea h|s last. Ifore is tho identical bed i which he died, tho* gift of Mrs. Robor Jjoo. After thc doatli pf tho ox Preajc bbl room Wis closed. Tho widow then bo took herself to a chamber j dst above, where, eighteen months afterward, she left this world to rejoin her spouso in tho loud of spirits. Tho washstand is an original piece of furniture. All else has been re produced with great fidelity. Tho lady visitors take much interest in a hole cut in tho door to furnish freo cntrauco and exit for tho family oat. Lady Washington is said to havo constantly sat at tho window from which sho could view her husband's tomb. The servants on tho catato aro the de scendants of Washington's body servant and butler, named Kord aud Johnsou, rev. spectivoly. They aro tho best-bred and most aristocratically respectful uegroes I over saw, They furnish luooh to visitors and ere ongaged in various functions about tho plaoo. They consider themselves, I om told, tho cream of their ruoe, ond do not associate familiarly with common folks of either color. Tho flower gardon aud conservatory oro admirably kept. Tho bcd go wus planted by Washington, and vigorously flourishes. At ouo timo Mount Vernon wes offered to Congress for $25,000 and declined. It was finally purchased for ?200,000 from Mr. Johu Augustino Washington, who was killed in battle ot South Mountain. Kd waid Everett's lcoturcsproduoed?08,404,59 of thc sum required. Tho rovenuo is now ample for tho support and improvement of the property, and there is no debt Tho Superintendent, Col. J. MoUonry Hollingsworth, is u Mexican wnr veteran, deduced from Revolutionary aires and con nected by blood and inurriugo with tho ii most distinguished families of Maryland ? and Yirgiuia. He is au enthusiast about ) his busiucss, is every way qualified for it, I and adds an attraction to tho historic spot, f I have to thank him for many courtesies. I I am told that while many thousands from the East and West and the PuciGo , slope visit Mount Vernon, very few visitors . from the South put in an appearance. , This is shameful. Wushingtun is our boro \ and belongs to us ns much as Lee does. 3 13ut there is ono compliment paid tho ! . South, and that is entire freedom from iconoclasm aud petty theft, which became t so flagrant and frequent that barriers had to , be erected against thc sacrilegious forays of ' malo and fem?lo robbers. I trust that } when tho South sends her sous and l daughters by hundreds, if not thousands, hore, what is true of their honesty now will re mu i n conspicuously to her credit j then. Just before thc time of departure, Mrs. , Piokcns Bat down beforo "the rickety, ram ai ?huckle, wheezy spinet," in tho Council j Room, and played thereupon uMy Mary r land.'* Then wc were invited to step out ( upon tiie sido piazza, where Washington used to smoko his pipo ofter dinner, and j partake of a "lunch" that makes my mouth j. water ns I think of it. Wo hod turropin k stew, Maryland stylo, luscious broiled \ chickens, vegetables of various kinds, winding up with raspberries and cream. And such croom! Tho Ayrshire cow that j- produced thc lacteal fluid is a famous thor oughbred, gives live gallons of milk per day, nod would make Major T. P, Branch j gesticulate enthusiastically and talk like a Congressman docs to his constituents. Little did I think, a few months ago, that I should bc sitting at Mount Vernon, on Washington's porch, cuting thc sublime terrapin of this gastriuomio paradise, with tho majestic Potomac flowing by, sparkling in tho sun and bravo with white winged 1 vessels. It almost took my breath away, r and nearly mudo mo a "swell head." If ,. some ono had not seriously told mo that tho vistas through which I beheld the mogniii - 1 cont river had been out by Washington himself with his little hatchet, I might have 1 "dropped into poetry," instead of into ' terrapin. As it is, 1 havo given you on I immense amount of prose and fear that \ your readers will wish I had made short . rhymes instead of this long lotter. [Correspondence of the News and Courier.] Forty-Four Years Ago. Wu AT WAS PROPOSED AND WHAT HAS BKKN DONK. S PA UTA NH uno, June 28.-.Tho Fourth of July is tn bo made thc occasion tor cele brating at Hondcrsouvillo, N. C., tho com pletion of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad to that place. A barbecue is to bo given by the pcoplo of tho town and tho surrounding mountains, lt is to bo hoped that a largo and influential representation will bo present from tho oity of Charleston to witness tho faot that tho railway lino which was so ardently supported by her citizens forty-four years ago hos crossed tho BJuo l?idgo. A few historical facts token from tho proceedings of meetings hold in 1835, 1830 and 1837, may bo of interest in connection with tho meeting to bo hold on thc 4th in Hendcrsonvillo. Wo find from tho journals of tho meeting held in Charloston on Thursday, tho 22d October, 1885, at tho City Hall, tho fol lowing: "At a mooting convened by thc City Council, tho intendant, his Honor Edward W. North, was culled to tho chair, and John Crawford, Esq., appointed Secre tory. Oon. lt. Y. ll ay ne opened tho meet-? ing by bringing to their viow and explaining tho various considerations to induoo tito citizens of South Carolina to enter heartily into tho scheme of extending n railroad from Charleston to tho Ohio Uiver." Then follow resolutions looking to that end; which "wcyo supported by James O. Holmes, and L. II. Kennedy, Esqs., and unanimously adopted." A committee of fifteen victo appointed to tako into consideration tho proceedings of a meeting at Cincinnati, and to open correspondence. Gen. ll. Y. 1 layne was chairman ofthat committee, which was composed of "(Jen. James Hamilton, JUIUCB Q. Holmes, Charles J. Coleook, John Rob inson, S. P. Ripley, Korr Royce, Alexauder Black, Charles Eduioudston, Mitchell King, ll. W. Conner, John Stoney, Thomas Ben nett, R. J. Howland, J. N. Cardozo." Tho committee prepared an address, which WOB was written by Gen. Hoyne, and made their report on tho 4th of November, 18-35. Tho result was tho assembling of a conven tion at Knoxville, Tennessee, on tho 4th of July, 183G, in relation to tho proposed '.Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad." Tho following is from tho journal of tho proceedings of tho Conveu tiun: "Pursuant to notice tho delegates assembled at Knoxville, Tennessee, July 4, 18oG. lu orgauiziug thc Convention, Col. John Williams, of Tennessee, was called to tho chair, thc Hon. Pryor Lea acting as secretary; thc Rev. Thomas Wilkerson was invited to precede tho other business by prayer. Tho delegates' then being called by States, registered their names os follows: Prom Ohio 6, Indiana 4, Kentucky 60, Virginia IO, North Carolina 30, South Ca rolina SI, Gcorgiu 55, Alubania 0, Tenues sec 12S. Makiug iu all 880 members from uino States, '.On motion of Mr. Robert Wick lille, o Kentucky, Cen Robert Y. Huyou, of Soutl Carolina, was unanimously oboscu President and, being conducted to tho chair, he ad dressed tho Convention." The following is a list of thc delegate from South Carolina; Robert Y. Haync, Chas. JCdmondstoo John J. Brisbane, James Marsh, Alexan der Black, Thos. Lowndes, James Nichol son, J. \V, Y. Wulton, James Cuthbert Samuel P. Ripley, A. S. Willington, J. R Poinsctt, Henry F. Faber, W. P. Finley J. E. Holmes, John A. Stuart, R. Bard well Smith, Sames Gadsden, Mitchell King J. Edward Glover, Bouj. F. Dunkin, WU liam B. Pringle, Charleston; Patrick Nobb Joliu Logau, J. Wardluw, J. Edward Cu houu, Abbeville; Thos. F. Jones, M. I Watts, Wm. F. Downs, J. H. Irby, Georg Bowen, Laurens; Johu J. Gray, Beech Is land; James B. Davis, Wm. K. Clownc; Nathaniel Gist, Joseph II. Bogan, A. \\ Thoro8ou, Union; John B. O'Ncall, M. '1 Mendonhall, Geo. VY. Glenn, Newbcrr Whit. Brooks, Edge?eld; B. J. Euri' Satn'l M. Earle, Grocuvillo; J. Pcttign Georgetown; Thos. Smith, Society Hil Tlios. Addison, Barnwell; P. ll. Elinor James H. Adams, John Bryoo, Willia Rice, William Blauding, Richland; Thom Poole, Thoa. J. Moore, Geo. W. H. Leg] Sum'l N. Evins, Wilson Nesbitt, Spartui burg; Win. J. Alstou, Edward CL Palme James Barkley, John M. Starke, John Bi ohnuau, Fairfield; Patrick Todd, ll. . Cuughman, Lexington; John R. Calhoui J. Overton Lewis, O. lt. Broylcs, Samu Muvrick, John Maxwell, Pendleton; Josef Grisbam, Piokcns; J. W. Norris, Ale: Evins, Edward Hurlcston, W. H. D. Cai lard, Anderson; Theo. Randall, John J Bradley, Chester; Abraham Blnndin Shubc! Islanding, Columbia Wm. Moffei John Simpson, Chester;J. M. White, Hui Harris, York. The convention met on Monday, July 1836, and continued its meetings durit tho 5th, 0th, 7th and ?Sill. Thc charters granted by tho respecti States were accepted. Tho estimates Capt. Williams, tho engineer for thc co .struction of tho road-tho road was con ploted then from Charleston to Branchvi -was from that point: Branchville to Columbia, 02 miles, $ 711,0 Columbia to junction of Wiokctty with Broad Riv er, 05 milos, at $12,000 per mile, 780,0 Thence to junction of tireen and Broad River, 52 miles, 713,G Thornie to Asheville, 40 miles, 700,0 Thcnco down Frcnoh Broad to mouth of Nolnohucky, 1,800,0 Thence to tho junction of 101k with Clear fork of j Cumberland, crossing tho streams iu East Tennes see, 2,700,0 Thcnco to Ciuoinnatt, 2,310,0 Estimate from Branchville, S. O,, to Cincinnati, ?0,80?;5 Tho aftor history of this outcrpr is pretty woll known. Tho financial cri of 1837-the death of its great hoad n advocate, Governor Hoyne-tho division lines-tho petty looal divisions and prcj diceH in ourowu State-tho chango of pc oy from that ns advocated by Govert Hoyne-aro matters of history. Sub quontly tho road was constructed to Colu bia by tho South Carolina Railroad, fr. thence, to Alston, ns tho Greenville a Columbia Railroad, thence to Spnrtanbt OH tho Spartnnburg nnd Union Roilro and within tho lust month completed Hondorsonvillc, aoross thc Blue Ridge, tho Spartauburg and Asheville Railro with nearly ton milos to grudo, of li; work, to complete tho lino to tho town Asheville. This bas all bcou dono throi much hard work, difficulty, disappoint m and suorilioc, in which thc pcoplo all ah tho lino have participated, and to wli fiostority will bo largely indebted. 1! oog will tho progressive spirit und lo enterprise of tho present day allow Bhorb rotuuining link to fitand uncompleted: Let ?B hope that willi tho forty-lour yoara of increased incentive;), of steamships, thousands of miles of railway, telegraphs, Atlantic cables, thc lessons of peace and war, thc meeting at licndcrsouvillo on tho 4th July, 1879, may not bo behind in pur pose and spirit thc meeting of Knoxville ou tho 4th July, 1830. Selt'-Rolianeo. There in uo cue element in a mau's ohar nctcr that contributes more to hit* success in life, wisely says tho United States Econ omist, than confidence or self-reliance ia his own ability. A faint-hearted man is unstable, and will never excel. Faith iii tho endeavor to will und to execute is as impor tant in a successful business career as is tho keystone to thc arch. A man possessed of n bold, darius;, and resoluto will may bo modest iu revealing his powers, but will bo determined iu performing what ho con ceives to bo right. To men with this never dying faith there is no such word as defeat, mid when obstacles present themselves iu their path, it oaly results in their putting forth a greater effort to accomplish their purpose. Toil, trial, disaster, gloom and danger may environ und thrcatcu to overthrow tho most cherished plans, yet over and abovo lill hindrances a heroic Eoul Will triumph and win fume and honor. Thc discourage ments that would retard thc irresoluto only discover tho weak places to the brave, aud, strengthening these, they renew thc oon fl ic t with increased vigor. Timidity ereotes cowards und never wins success. It is n strong and abiding faith in ono's own ability to perform that overcomes difficulties that others thought could not bo surmounted, In all tho pursuits of lifo wc find that those who achieve honor and distinction ore strong and self rcliunt in their powers, exorciso faith in their own ability, and carry out plans conceived iu their own brain. Morse had faith in telegraphic wires, und Field in submarino cubics, aud to-day, iu consequence thereof, thc light uing is harnessed to convey thc news of tho world in every part of tho habitable globo within tho compass of a few hours. Two young men in 1802 commenced a banking business, in Wall street, in a small office. They hud faith in their own ability and ulso that of thc United States to pay its groot war debt. To-doy they aro tho leading bankers iu government securities ou this continent, their daily sales running into tho millions, and their name and credit take high rank in all tho financial ccutres of tho world. Not mony years ago Edison occupied an bimble position as a telegraph operator; to day his name and fume uro world-wide us associated with some of tho grandest discoveries of auoicnt or modem times. Astor, Stewart, and Vanderbilt furnish examples in thc largo fortunes they created as to what well directed energy ond determination can accomplish in business pursuits, while the eventful life of tao lalo Judgo Packer is another striking illustra tion of tho high position that oan bc at tained by reliance ond pcrscvercncc in tho individual mau, backed by a liberal endow ment of common sense. In tho ever-. widening paths of commerce and the ever increasing monetary circles there open up before tho young men of tho nation raro opportunities to win wealth ond fortune. In ogriculturnl, mining, industrial and mercantile pursuits like avenues to attain distinction uro presented. Hut fortuno will not como by chunco nor distinction by hazard; both must be won by strong, heroic endeavor. Backbone is vital in thc nchicv ment of lofty aims, and nervo and grit aro essential requisites in tho bottle of I ifs. A man, to triumph, must have faith in his enterprise and rcli .ncc in his ability. SCARLET FEVER AND DIPHTHERIA.^ All influences which depress thc vital pow ers, and vitiate tho fluids of thc body, tend to promoto the development and spread of these disoascs. Among these thc most common and powerful arc impure air ond im pure water. Because of this, o nd as a means of lessening tho danger of contracting almost all other diseases, tho following precautions should always bc taken, but moro particu larly during tho prevalence of such diseases us wc arc considering. 1. Tho grounds under and around tho house should bo woll drained. 2. No vegetable or animal matter should ' bo allowed to decompose on tho surfaco of tho ground nour tho bouse. 3. Your whole house, and specially its sleeping rooms, should bo well ventilated. 4. Your cellur should bc dry and well vcntilatad; it should frequently bo white? washed, und always kept clear of decompos ing vegetables or other substances. f). No cesspool should bo allowed near tho house. If ibero bo ono it should bp thoroughly and frequently dis'lijfcptpd with sulphoto of iron (coperas.) 0. Your houso drains should bo looked to with scrupulous oarc, to seo that they aro well trapped, kept clear, and ventilated into tho open air. 7. Ho suro that your drinking water ia not contaminated by surface drainage, nor by loakogo from tho drain, gas prpc, sewer, oess pool or yuult. By tho obsorvanco of these simple rules these dangerous opidomio discasos may bo almost entirely kopi ot boy, or if ooutrootcd, bo cosily brought under subjection. Expo* rionco shows that tho individual health is chiefly in cadi ono's own control. And ono chief factor in scouring it is to koop tho house and all nur ouudings in a {?tate ol perfect cleanliness.