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WmSfWVaSnBQfc - ' '.*^E*5 [Froui the Journal of Commerce.] 'HE IS HOT DEAD." ! J Thou can?t not bring liim back, again give o'er.' , 'Twcre vain to wish it. thou canst ne'er restore Thy loved one to this world's life, and 'twere 1 vain i To wish Itiin bark to this sad earth again. Yet may wc all indulge the silent tear : Ureal lie out the weary sigh ; nor have a feir, j Thou may st do aught that is forbid?JL'hrist w ept At the grave of Lasaros, who had slept lA)ur days the sleep of death ; his spirit fled, Y%t doubted not that sister when he said, "THy brother shall arise again," nor doubt "" ' -- J? k?'? ? ?ii?ill arise from out mine own unr uiV?uv His ciny-cold tenement, his narrow grate, Wliere now he li<3, whcu Christ shall conic to ? save All (hose who trusted in his grace and might, And beautiful, his raiment pure and whiU As the driven snow, washed in tho precious blood Of Jesus, who for us was slain. The good Die, and Heavenward are borne, while the bad Arc left to wear a life out, slow and sad. Then wherefore mourn the lot of him that's gono. lie's happier far than thee he's left alone. "He is not dead," he has but chacgcd his home, Iiis dwelling-place is Heaven's celestial dome, Canst doubt it ? You, who gnred on tbnt sweet j face, Dids't sec one mark of anguish? One faint I trace Of pride or passion on his noble brow? Deceit, untruth or cowardioc? Oh, no! That face was just in life as 'twns in death. J We might bclioro he slept, came but the breath i From out those parted lips, his manly breast Upheaving; one might think he did but rest, 'Twns ever so; and all who knew him loved. And were beloved by him ; bis life but proved 4.?i-'o5^fUi3SOvd, pure, undeftle^? - \r. A'."" | - - ^ , SO HOW TO CATCH A BZAU. in Little lady, do you ask me How to catch a beau ? *r Surely you, a winsome lnssic? \v Surely you should know. Let me tell you, en passant, 'I hat there arc many ways, JLit I will only mention to voii ^ Those that win men's praise. al When your fricinl drops in to see von, c< (Jreet with happy lace, Laugh ami sparkle brightly n] With your rarest grace; Hut, with all your pleasant humor. Though you wear line lace, Ne'er forget your mother's labors An?l her careworn face. si Learn to labor?help your mother In the household cares? Learn to bake, to cook and iron ; . Don't learn idle airs. tl True, a man docs not deserve you If he'd make you slavo ; Hut. recollect that men, tho* rich, Love women who can save. . Learn to be a good, true women ; Master every art tl That} to home and those you love best Pleasure cnu imparl : si School your mind and heart and fingers, Learn what yon should know, And then you need ne'er ask the quostion s' How to catch a beau ? - o Swkf.t Potatoks.?And now for the potato patch, as we call it. Plough your inteuded potato patch two or three times, be- rj f.irc setting out draws, having it in rows.? hi Plough and reverse, getting the soil in line m tilth. When the time is near for setting out, take a single shovel plow, open your tl hods to the depth ot three inches, put a lit- y, tie pure stable manure in the trench, and f await the rain. If tho rain docs not come, set out with water?half a pint to each hill ?the earth being pressed firmly around i g: *" the potato root, and a little dry earth sprinkled artund the top ground. Next is the , >.n( ? cm.in ?!iv nnr> fiint smite sav ....v ...J - -, ? J two feet, apart; I say four inches. The best 1 cultivation is to plough your potatoes all the w time, pulling tin; earth up around the little cc plants with the hoc the first working. Nov- w cr bar oil', thereby saving the small roots ^ which make potatoes, and saving one-half the ploughing. In 1S7G, I made 150 bush- 1 pis sweet potatoes on one-half aero of land | to by this mode?giving one hoeing, or pulling hi up with the hoc and two ploughing* to the j, potatoes.?/*. L Tanner. 01 Chick kn Ciioi.kua.?For a few years my H chickens died so rapidly that I abandoned ol all care of them, thinking it labor lost. In j, 1872 1 commenced feeding with air slacked | lime; I lost a very few that summer. In ; the summers of 18711 and 187 I I lost none at all hy that disease. I put half a pint in ; n a vessel and filled it with water (or milk if h I had it) and put it for them to drink. As | r they drink off the top I fill it up again.? j Sometimes 1 mix a half pint with a peek of " Btirrcd-up feed and give them. The lime j ' also helps to form the shell for laying hens, j I give them iiuie two or three times a month ' j and always when I see any signs of the dis- ! ease. I raised about twenty dozen last : . ' summer, and healthier, brighter looking chickens 1 never owned.? Iinfiana Farm- j. cr. I , ! l<o\v Runt fou Faiois.?New Knglaml | ' I farmers must have a hard row to weed in c 1 this life. The majority ot them are tenants. 1 and a Boston paper says, the land of moral * ideas is dotted all over with farms that have t. been run down by two or three successive I generations of owners who have rented to changing tenants until at present hundred- ( i acre farms are everywhere in market to rent j at one d'dlar an *>ero or sometime* for less i / rJ hat paper says, "the pastures will summer j f ) two or three cows and a horse poorly, and j t the upland fields and lowland swales will ; s cut hay enough for a winter supply for the i s same number of animals, leaving a ton or | c two of the host to be sold in market towards i 1 paying the rent." What farm in the South , i A,. I.I- fur both owner and tenant i i than these New Kugland (arms? The inundation of 1771. which swept 5 away a {.'rent part of the ohl Tyne Hridge, 1 Newcastle, Kngland. was long remembered 1 and alluded to with emphasises "the flood." .< A few years later. Mr. Adam Thompson : was put into the witness box at the Assizes. 1 The counsel, asking his name, received for 1 answer?"Adam. sir.?Adam Thompson." j ? "Where do you live?' "At J'aradibe, k sir." i'aradisewas a village about a mile and a half west of Newcastle, but now closely 1 H adjoining the town. "And Imw long have ' ??)' dwelt in J'a radi.se, continued the 1 j 0.1I. i.mVI . livti since the flood, was flic | 1 reply. , ? . * r 11 A man "down Kast" returned his nous- J paper to the printing ofliee with "jackass" | written on the margin, and in the next is- t sue the editor stated the fact, ami wound ! ( Up the paragraph by asking: "Will our in- I I dignant subscriber please let lis know at j I: what stable he can be found ?" ? ? -? m n. i Hukhau por the Hkhald.?New York, 29.?The Herald iu rolcreacoto th? ouUry )!' Northern Radicals for summary notion in relation to the Kemper County. Mississippi riot, thinks thai is mlhcr nauseating to hear Republican partisans at the North clauie'ring at this time of day for such law* less action iu the Southern States as would not be tolerated at the North. The editor adds: "Meanwhile it is just as well that the Northern Radicals should understand that it is they, and not the people of the Soutli who are uow required to bring forth fruits kneet for repentance. It is they, aud not the peoplo of the South, who have boeu uovcruing the whole country for twelve years past. It is they, and not the people ot ttrc South, who inflicted Boutwell with his hideous self sufficiency and ignorance upon our linunccs, aud Grant with his blundcriug incapacity upon our politics. It is they, nnd not the people of the South, who have ruined our commerce, palsied our industries exposed our Government to shame and derision by the rascalities of the men whom they put iuto positions of power, and turned our laborers into mend cants. It is they, not the people of the South, who have \ YiroufcVi*. v\\e couiiltj to t\\o vctj v?vw? ?>' A%a7l?c A itrcd, if it is saved at all, by the products ininly of the very region which they have icd so hard to destroy, and which the are eary now of misrepresenting and abusing.' ClMtlOsiTV.? A man was yesterday pushig an iron lawn-roller around a yard on foodward avenue, when an old lady came long, leaned up against tho fence and watch1 him for a while, and then called out: "Say,Mister, what are you pushing that round for ?" < "To roll tho lawn," lie answered. "What do you want to roll the lawn for?" "To make it level." "What do you want to make it level for ?" ic continued. "1 hat's what I was ordered to do," he aswered. as lie wiped away the pcrspiraou. "Hut what did they order you to do it : >r ?" "Why, they think a smooth lawn looks ic best. I suppose " "Why do they think a smooth lawn looks ic bestshe persisted. "I haven't time to talk," he said, as he artcd up again. "Why haven't you time to talk ?" she louted. "Go'u ask the boss ?" he yelled. "Why shall I go'n ask the boss ?" she reamed. lie disappeared behind the house to get d of her, and after waiting live minutes for iui to reappear, she s'owly sauntered off, uttering; , "Souie folks are so smart and stuck up lat you can't get within a mile of 'em unless 5u blaze all over with diamonds."?Detroit re* Press. - - Thk G.v.mk ok Likk.?Mau's life is a imc of cards. First it is "cribhage." Next c tries to "go it alone," at a sort of "cut* iutile and deal" pace. Tlicu be gambols "on ic green." Then lionises the "douce" hen bis mother "takes a hand in." and, mfrary to Iloyle, "beats the little joker ] ith her five." Then with his "diamonds" 3 wins the "queen of hearts." Tired of playing a lone hand," he expresses a desire i "assist his fair "partner," "throws out ' is cards," and the clergyman makes a tenillar hill out of him "on a pair." "She ders him up" to build fires. Like a knave" lie joius the "clubs," where he j J rtcn gets "high," which is "low too." If I c keeps "straight" he is oftentimes' flush." Ic grows old and "bluff." sees a ''ileal" of ouble, when at last he "shuftlcs" off his i lortal coil and "passes in his cheeks," and c is "raked in" by a "spade." 1 die's lit- j til "game" is ended, and he awaits the uminoiis of (jakriel's "truuip" which shall order him up." A cow stealer in I 'ike county. Miss., who < tad been captured by a party of men, was ecently punished in a novel manner. They tilled the cow, removed the viscera, placed he thief inside, with only his head out, and hen sewed him in securely with a rope.? le remained there four days, and was then aken out almost dead, having had a diffiult task in preventing the buzzards from licking out his eyes. [It would take too many cows to punish nw thieves that way, in this region.3 .Journalism is flourishing in Southern 'alifornia. An editor there has issued the iropeetusof a new paper, to be called the Uttltlr 4 rr ,.Hi* "uI1 bllowing hellieose announcement: "lruth . . ? ... i .... i.. i?m :imi muininiiicu mi umiuumiau nj ht, ilined with nitro-glycerino and dynamite, et on fire by the lightning volcanic blazes d' indignation of a once free, but now rubied and enslaved Commonwealth, becomes nvulncrable and treasured by all honest non. There is something refreshing in the abiolutcastonishment that visitors toa printing iffico sometimes display at the commonest things. ' What is that black-looking thing standing up in that corner is sometimes asked by an unsophisticated observer; and the nearest typo answers, '-That is the printting office towel. We always stand it up in the corner." Willi many persons tbo early ago of life is passed in sowing in their minds tho vices (hat are most suitable to their inclinations; he middle age goes on in nourishing and maturing Micro vices; ami (lie last, am ui'ii- ) hides in gathering, in pain and anguish, I he bitter fruit > of the most accursed seeds* j Very warm weather makes a man fe(*| nergctic and kindly, and lie gets up ho- j iincs in the morning, eats a hoartv break list, Imiks over his garden patch, takes his , ioe a lid spade -Sets cm in the shade aiid ( ' ot-rt down town to see a man ' SOM^THI HiNWEit 1 NEW STORE AT r -a K~m u o It XTJH XX , HAVING purchased thaenUrs forest of hii Store, respectfully anoou**,u the old Friehdg an< i of the former owner that lie v GROCERY t|ie O and will always keep: a full PL ANS4TI0 Table and other Cutleirf ALL BRANDS OF which he P 1* ICES TO H TJ I respectfully invite the old fri iind any number of new ones, to CALL AN You will find two "Live young to wait on you, and what we can asking for or having. Call the Ro If you want good bargains, po tion. TO THOSE HAVJXll sold out my entire interest anxious to settle up all outstanding in any way indebted to me to come forward ai My Hooks and Accounts arc still at the 1 James II. Rodger, is empowered to make March 2 ATTENTION COrl You can save TIME, T By using the Celebrated WEST'S GUAN( 15 .V L K NTINE'SC < Manufacturcri by GOWEIt, COW. A. NICHOLSOr March 16, AN ELECTIONEERING DODGE BY T. T. HART. ^OMKTIIING may be gained Jo nil who desire O Io buy good aud cheap Groceries for Cnxh !>y calling at my slore, one door west of lliee, Mcl.urc & ?'o., where you will get the Worth of Your Money in BACON, LAUD, SUGAli ami ('OFFER IE A aiul CHEESE, FLOUR, MEAL, SPICE HUNGER and PEPPER Knowing One* Say that I keep the best CREAM, LEMON and SODA CRACKERS, NIC-NAC8 and GINGER SNAPS, in town. ALSO, FLAVORING EXTRACTS. All kinds of CANNED GOODS. Best Plain and French CANDIES. To all who desire a pleasant smoke or pleas at clicw, just try sotuc of my choice Cigar* ami Tobacoo, and a wee dip of nty snuff, and if you are noi pleased, you tnay say I'm a llart-less fellow. '""-.i.t'-ilARTr Oct. 27. I*70 43 tf ENCOURAGE HOME PEOPLE AND * * .v ??? .? it! * t. t* l* it l* i w e. GEORGE S. HACKfit & SON S F A O T o in*, I Charleston, S.C. rpllK only Door, Sash d factory I. owned and managed l>y at'aronninn in this t'ily. A I.I. \Vo|{K (il'AK AN'KKl). Always on Inuid u large Kick oKJ'oor*. Na?li. Klin ! >, Mouldings, Krnokols,Scroll and Turned Work of every description (?la->s, W liilo Leads, and BilJeiV Hardware, n Manufacturers' Prices. II. \ T. i'litoring Boards, ad dresstd Lumber >f every description, deliver.1 at I'niiti at the fiirrgl ti'/u/i , ' . March n. l?7d o 1 y . \ I [ N G N E W HE (IS(O)IV. rHE OLD STAND. . RODGER ' j father, Mr. JOHN .-RODGER, in hit Grocery 1 Customers fill continue the BUSINESS Id StancT, stock of all kinds of Groceries, N SUPPLIES, >w Steel, Einned Fruits, Meats, Oysters, &c,, TOBACCO, &c., &c., will sell at IT TIIE TI3IES. [ends and customers of the house, D T R Y M E. r men," standing ready at all times not show and sell you is not worth dg-er Old Stand lite attention, and-perfect satisfacJAMES H. RODGER. INDEBTED. iu tho Grocery Business, to my soil, I am debtedncss. I, therefore, call upon those in id make settlements immediately. Store, and if I aui not present my son, Mr. settlements. JOHN ltODGKIt. 8 tf PTON PLANTKUS! ROUBLE AND MONEY, "FARMERS' FRIEND" ) DISTRIBUTOR, J O TON PLANT 10 11 , ( A ^AltKLEY, Circcnvillc, S. . 0, Agent, Union C. H. 10 3m* ; I THE Oreenville Hotel. GREENVILLE, S. C. rTlII K UNDKllSIGNHP having leased this prop' i _L city, took possession on Thursday, the 8th inst. TIIKGUKRNVIM.K HOTKL is complete in all its appointments, and has many advantages for ladies and children in its comfortable rooms, large verandahs and shade trees, and its conve, niencc to the beautiful grounds of Furinan University. 1 am prepared to promise to the patrons of the ' Greenville Hotel new and neatly furnished rooms and a rnble not surpassed in the up-country. The house will be under the direct management of the undersigned nnd his family and will be kept scrupulously clean in all its dcpnrt incuts. He invites the patronage of his friends nnd the public generally. A. M. SPKIOIITS. Greenville, S. C., March 23d, 1877. March 23 11 tf PAINTS AND OILS. Unseed Oil, Raw and Roiled. Machine Oil, Turpentine, Kerosene Oil, Colors in Oil, Varnishes, Window Glass, Putty, t Sand Paper and Glazier's Paints. For Sale by A. IRWIN k CO WEST SPRINGS INSTITUTE" | rnilK.Spring term of tliis Institution, wilt open X to Males anil Females, with a competent crops of Instructors, on the 8th of January, and close on the 15th of June. The location is fine. Situated in Union County, twelve miles from the 0. II., near the Spartanburg line. Its healthfulness ia unsurpsscd, and the Mineral water inferior to none in the State. Tuition Tor term of twenty weekn: Primary Class $ 7 60 Intermediate 12 60 Higher Hranchea 16 00 Hoard, with fuel, for females, in the Institution, $10.00 per month ; for males, in the community, $0.00 per month. For further particulars address llev. (i. S. ANDK11S0N. Principal. ( lenn Springs, S. C. Feb 2 4 tf_ HAMPTON IS GOVERNOR. .ii 'm t so sum: I AS HAMPTON IS GOVERNOR JI SI SO SI KK j Will those who owe me will hare lo pay mo, JI'ST SO Sl'IlK I Will nil papers left in my oflicc for llecord have i lo l-c accompanied with the Cash to receive proper attention. Take llenl CHAIU.KS ROI.T. Clerk. I?ec 2t' ,VJ tf t M'i STRAIGHTOTJTISM ? TRIUMPHANT. 2 BC Li L L '* L A L L Wade Hampton ? L A T CI A o L Our Governor! \ I A Democratic Congress 1 AKD A Democratic Legislature; AS1> Till UNION TIMES * ' * ? w.r.i. oivj r XWct'kly ftyuopntfl of'tlic'ProccodingH of 150TII THESE BODIES. | Now is tlio Time i TO SUBSCRIBE. ; Now Is tlio Time TO ADVERTISE.: n A NEW ERA HAS DAWNED UPON , THE STATE AND NATION! THE NEWS WILL BE STIRRING AND INTERESTING TO ALL CLASSES OF THE PEOPLE. FOR $2 IN CLUBS, j . ? **> > *2 ? - i Yoii WilTBCfeVp P5sfZ8 a "Whole Year. . *-.4 ' Sintrle Subscribers. $2.50. U ? - ~ ? . ... ? I 1 I PAY WHAT YOU OWE anil It KNEW JL. j\. I> 110 H : ! I [1IAVK just receive?la nice lot for |',llfttcr! t such as 11 in boss, SILKS, FLO WFliS. SILK IXO LACK F/seurrs, COLLABKTTRS, LOVKLY XF.CK TIFS y\c-. -ic.. Jr. Also, A small variety <>f hats of tlto latest style Cull ami see for yourself, t i.i, riiFt i> roit < isii. M. tilt \NT, .1 March 23 11 tf reenvillc and Columbia R. R, K CHANGE GF SCHEDULE. M Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays except- mm I, connecting with Night Trains on South Car- w ina Railroad up nnd down. On and after w ONDAY, May '29tli, the following will be tba * hodule: dp. jf cave Colombia at 7.45 a ft* - w tare Alston 9.3? a tot Jl care Newberry - >? a tn 1 enve Cokeshury >;i 2.17 pm w eave Helton 4:00 p as ^9 rrivo at Greenville 6:96 p m M down. m eave Greenville fd..,. ; $d)6 a ax | cave Bclton.... 9.r>r> a r. ease CokesbW.(.,^........r^...........ll .^3 am A cave Newberry ....r?;.-!*flF.40 p m eave Alston 4.20 pm 7 reive at Columbia 0.65 p m | ANDER80N BRANCH AND BLUE R1DGR I DIVISION. | down. up. 1 eavo Walhalla....0.15 a m Arrive 7.1$ p m> f ,eave l>crryville...7.00 a m Arrive 6.40 tn- | ,eave Pendleton.-7.60 a m Arrive G.OO p in | -cave Anderson...8.00 a m Arrive 6.00 p ra- i .rrive at Belton...9.40 a m Leave 4.00 p ?v I THOMAS DODAMEAD, | General Superintendent, 1 Jarcx Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent, J Juno 9, 1876. 23 tf M PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS. J Which may be dono with one-fourth the 1 usual expense, by using our DATVVT GT ATT? D4TVT * L X1X jUII 1 OJUA1JU A * jj (Fifteen Years Established.) . MIXED READY FOR USE. ' * Fire-Proof, Water-Proof, Durable, I Economical and Ornamental. F One-third the Coat of Re-Shingling. 4 IT STOPS EVERY IjEAK, . * EXTREMELY CHEAP. IS No Tar is used in this Composition^.*"' . 1 I CHOCOLATE COLOR, 9 \\ TIN ROOFS 1 BRICK WALLS Our pnly colors are Ciiocoi.ate, Ran, BRionf tan, and Orange. NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST. 1 Gallon, can and box $ 1 GO 2 ? 2.# 5 ? " G ,W 10 ?? keg 9 GO JO " half barrel 10 00 n 10 " one barrel 30 0C J 10 lbs., cement for bad leaks 1 25 j 1000 Rbls Slate Flour per bbl. $3 00 1000 ? Soapstone Flour " " 3 00 V 1000 " Graflon Mineral " " 8 00 \ I 1000 " Metalic Faint, dry " " 3 00 } Special prices per ton or car-load lots. A N. Y. SLATE PAINT COMPANY. ] 102 & 1(14 Maiden Lank, New \ork. Feb 2 4 3ms. g HAMPTON HOUSE. HIAIX STREET, SPARTANBURG, So. Ca. S. B. Caleutt, | (Formerly of Palmetto House,) Proprietor. HOUSE WELL VENTILATED. ROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED AND CARl'ETED?TABLES SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST IN MARKET?ATTENTIVE SERVANTS?OMNI- ? A BUS TO ALL TRA INS. - ^ * V % TERMS #2.00 PER DAY. Jun. 12. lrt77 1 If VICE'S FLORAL GUIDE A BEAUTIFUL Quarterly Journal, finely illustrAtcil, ami containing an elegant colored Floicer J lute with the first nninlier. Priceonly 25 cents for the year. The first No. for 1877 just issued in Herman and English. Viek't Flower Vegetable Garden, in paper 50 cents; with elegant cloth covers, $1.00. FioFi Catalogue?300 Illustrations, only 2 cents. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. Dcc.l, 1870 48 If V I C K'S' Illustrated Priced Catalogue. 1 TUFTY PACES?300 Illustrations, with l)c...ascriptions of thousands of the best Flowers and Vegetables in the world, and the nag to grow them?all for a Two Cknt postage stamp Printed in (iermau and English. Viek't Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25cents a year. VicF* Flouer and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents in paper; in elegant cloth covers, $1.00. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. Dec 1 1876 48 If Flower and Vegetate Garden TS the most beautiful work of the kind in the JL world. It contain* nenrly 150 pages, hw7 drcds of fine illustrations, and nix Chromo Plates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored froni nature, l'rice 50 cents in paper covers; $1.00 in elegant cloth. 1'rinted in German and English. Viek't Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year Viek't Catalogue?300 Illustrations, only 2 cents. Address, JAMES V1CK, Rochester, N. Y. Dec. 1, 1870 18 tf Application for ( linrtcr. NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made sixty days from date, to Charles Bolt, Clerk of the Court of Union County; for a Charter to organize a Charitable Association, under tho name of the "Green Young Menl? Truo Society." " May 4 17 . Client'* lfnn?l Made Nhoe*. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT just received at gee & hum Humes' Hotel Store. April 21. '7(1 lti tf ItUMUVAU flllv F. N. FAKR A- CO., HAVK removed their Steek of Groceries to, the Store opposilo B. F. Howls Si Co., ilongsidc the Knilroad, where they will always bp pleased to meet their customers. A full Stock of Groceries anil I'lantation supplies will always be kept for sale at the lowest market prices. Feb 2 4 If PADLOCKS, TABLE and POCKET CUTI.KHY, Trace Chains, 1 lames, Backhands ind Hooks. Spades and Shovels and l'low lines, it HUB ,t HUMIMIRIKS'. Feb I 6 tf Teas ! Tcatt!! IilINK Blnck and Green Ten for sale at 1 A. IHWIN & CO. s. Feb 0 A tf BLANKKTS?W1IITK AND CO I, OHIO|), at (IKK A; ill M I'll 111 KS' net. 10 li tf. lliintl-.Mittlc ISools an?l SIiooh, IAOH Octitlcw-n. I-itdies and Children, war' ranted HICK. M< I.CHK CO. Oct. 1"? II It I