I WUD KNOTT DYE IH WIlfTUR. I wud knott dye in wiatur, When wliiske puncliiz llo? When pooty gala air skating O'or fealda or ice & sno? When sassidga meet is phrjring w At llickeri knuta is thick I si Owe I who kud think of ever dighitig, 0| Or oven getting sick ? sj I wild knoll dye in spring tiem, ai At miss the turn up greens, >n fi tho pooty song or the little frawgs, & the ski larks arly screems ; yi W icn burds 1 egin thare wobbling, & Inters gin to sprout? w When turkies ge a gobbleriug, ol I would knott then peg out. ui 1 wud knett dye in suminur, Ac leere the gard'n sass? P1 The roasted lam and butter milk? W The kool plase in the grass ' bl I wuu knott dye iu summer, When ererytliiug's so hot, (>( & leere the whiski Jew lips? Owe know ! ide rutlicr knott, al a I \vut course. Some of them were widows ( when he married thoui. In connection with the marriages there was a standing joke told at the expense of the (Sovcrnor, which was * that when he went to ask the old gentleman's * consent to marry the last one, the venerable father is reported to have said : Yes, Claib., I you can have her. You have got thorn all. :J For goodness sake don't ask me for the old woman."?T<.rurK'tnui (..1/7.0 Dt mm rut. < * ' ... :1 I do not Know a more beautiful sight on ^ earth than a man who lias served his Lord f for many years, and who. having grown ( gray in service, feels that in the order of . nature ne inusi soon dc caucu nonie. lit* v is rejoicing in the first fruits of the Spirit , which he has obtained, but he is punting after the full harvest of the Spirit which is v guaranteed to him. 1 think I sec nun sit ,| ting on a jutting crag by the edge of dor dan, listening to the harpers on the other <] side, and waiting till the pitcher shall be v broken at the fountain, and the wheel at v the cistern, and the spirit shall depart to y (rod who gave it. A wife waiting for her litis- ,, band's footsteps, a child waiting in the dark- t jioss of the night till its mother conies to ,| give it the overling kiss, arc portraits of our ( waiting. It is pleasant and a precious ? thing to wait and so to hope.?Sj>urc I1 u good coarse house cloth?an old coarse ' towel does splendidly?and wash the painting; do m t use a brush ; when washing b places that are extra yellow stained, soap f the cloth; then sprinkle it with the dry li powdered borax, arid rub the places well, w using plenty of rinsing water; by washing e flic woodwork in this wt incouyeuien'oe the authorities jii jduirge I' the penal institutions or militate serious' against the welfare of the State. The uttoni facts must be obtaiucd, and every ie connected with the jobbing and robbery I' the past must contribute his share to the LMieral stock of information which has been ceded to secure the conviction of the priuipals. Invasion aud silence will not answer, ud whenever one of the paltry crew atunpts to shrink his share of responsibility lere is only one course to be pursued, liieh is to push them to the wall through ie medium of other testimony at hand or isily procured. An example of this kind as already been made, and a repetition of ich conduct ought to meet with prompt nd similar actiou in every instance. Forma tely, the work cannot bo balked by any ambulation of recalcitrant participants, for lie evidence is not wanting to reach the reatest criminals of the reconstruction era. his much may ho r?girrdod as sure and teadTast.? ('<>1. licijislcr. ' A l'KKAMilt;LATINO PltlNTINO OPFIOK. ?The Virginia (Nev.) Fntorprise says :? Sonic printers of this city arc contemplatag the fitting up of a small printing olfiec rhieh can he moved from place to plnee on tlieel.s, as are tlie traveling photograph gal fries. Tliey intend linking tltcir sturt in 'alilbrnia, anil will travel through the stnall awns where there are no papers published tul no printing offices. Once they arc nchored in a town they will send their devil" flying about the place with all the at est news of the neighborhood and the idvertiseincnts of the business men. They vill ptint cards, bill heads, circulars, and ill else rcijuired, and when they have supdied the wants of a town in the printing inc they will give some ranchman or livery tabic keeper a bisr puff and an acrostic on he name id* his favorite daughter, to hitch o their office and haul them to the next own, where the devil will again he set llyrig about and where the bugle blast id' freeIoiii will again be heard. Thus they will ;o from town to town, remaining from a reek to a month or two in a place, making i.oney and friends wherever they go, andlaving a jolly good time at all the balls, iartios, weddings and iuucrals. They may ven work their way up to Oregon, or down o Arizona, but what they now think of [oinsr is. to establish a circuit of good towns or their business, and visit them several imes in the course of a year. The boys ?mi < i 111 mu i ii it i [?i i>tr, ?n: uui:iki*ji'I hal I hoy will bo able to niakcvit a success, s all three are good printers and writers, nd their contemplated devil' is not only a air type setter, but also a gem in other repoets?in flying around, for instance.? heir little paper will bo called the Postal 'aid." \n Knrroiii.m, Uitt ri s?An editor out iVest indulges in the following talk to his ub.se ri bo rs and patrons. The famous speech if Hrutus, on the death of Ctosar, rendered >y Shakespeare, is made to do service in this itnusing travesty : *llear us for our debts, and get ready hat you may pay; trust us, wo have been is you have long been, trusted ; acknowledge our indebtedness, and dive into your puck ts. that you may promptly fork over. If here be any among you?one single patron ?that don't owe us anything, then to him tro say: Step aside, consider yourself a :entlcnian. IT the icst wish to know why ve dim them, this is our answer : Not that re cure ainou ourseives, nut imr creditors |ii. Would you rut!km* that we went to jail ml you go freed, than that .you pay your Icbls and keep us moving? As wo agreed, ic have worked for you ; as we contracted, re have furnished the paper to you; hut as on don't pay we dun you. . Ilere are ngrcencnts for job work ; contracts for subseripion ; promises f ir long credit, and duns for leferred payment. Who is there so gre?n. hat don't tak i a paper? If any, he need mt speak for we don't mean hiuf. Who is hero so green that he don't advertise? If ny. let him slide; he ain't the chap either. Yho is there .? mean that lie don't pay the winters? If any, let him speak, for he is he man we're after.'' . o < 'fit K KOli (i llAVKIa.?Mullen leaves oiled into*a strong tea-; driuR fAtly mi" wo or three weeks. The subscriber hereto ad the worst of spells for months, and ben he was told that liiullcn tea would ure. ho drank it freely for six weeks, using 0 other drink in the time, not even the nneecssary stimulant of coffee. This was 1 IStlii, amino symptom of that terribly istressing disease has ever been felt by iui since, lie knows of several cures hieli have |na it effected by the above reniy*'m that date W I. <1 U!m?a. BULK FOB SPELLING. The following rules should be carefully 0 committed to memory^ as the knowledge of n theux, will proveut that hesitation ubout the g spelling! of common words which is fre- c, quently experienced eveu by the well edu- (j cated : p .a All monosyllables ending iu 1, with a sin- ? g& TO! rel before it, have double 1 ut the c ttjodbfWl Hill,'WWII. i? "* An monosyllables ending iu 1, with a t double vowel before it, have one 1 only at c the close ; as wail, sail. c Monosyllables ending in 1, when com- t pounded, retain but oue 1 each; as fulfil, ^ skilful. , All words of more than one syllable end- ^ hut in 1 h?ivn nnn I nn 1 v in f.Yii* oIimp nQ ,1 faithful, delightful; except recall, befall, ji unwell, etc. f All derivations from words eudeng in 1 0 have ouc 1 only; as equality, from equal; c except they end in ur, or ly, as small, smaller, full, fully. u All participles ending in ing from verbs u ending in. lose the c tinal?as havo, hav- i ing; amuse, amusing; except they come v from verbs ending in double c, and then j thoy retaining both?as see, seeing, agree, v agreeing. ?, ^Vdverbs ending in ly, aud nouns in mont, J retain the e liuui jf the primitives?as { brave bravely ; refine refinement; except i judgment, acknowledgment. j All derivations from words ending in er a retain the e before the r, as refer, reference ; , except hindrance from binder, remembrance ; from remember, disastrous from disaster, monstrous, from uioustcr, wondrous from wonder, cumbrous from cumber, etc. ^ All compound words if both end not in c I, retain their primitive parts entire?as { millstones, chargeable, graceless; except 11 always, although, almost, admirable, etc. a All monosyllables ending in a consonant, 0 with a single vowel before it, double that 1 consonant in derivatives; as sin. sinner; ship, shipper; beg, beggar; glad, glad- I dcr, etc. Monosyllables ending in a consonant with double vowel before it, do not double the consonant-iu derivatives ; as sleep, sleeping, troop, trooper. All words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives; as commit, committee ; compel, compelled; apral,appalling; distii, distiller. Nouns of 0110 syllable ending in y, change y into ies in the plural; and verbs ending in y, preceded by a consonaut, change y 1 into ics in the third person singular of the present tense, and icd in the past tense and participle ; as fly. Hies ; 1 apply and he up- ' plies; I replied or have replied, or he replied. If they be preceded by a vowel, this role is not applicable, as key, keys ; I play, be plays; we have enjoyed ourselves, ? The Sour ok a Man eou a IIl'shand ?Dickens said of the following anecdote : uVoiii.must know that 1 have appropriated that story and acquired immense reputation ' by itJ" It occurs iu a paper of reminiscence in Scribner's for October, entitled "A Yankee Tar and bis friends On one of (Jjrpt. Morgan's voyages from America to England, he had under his care a very attractive young lady, who speedily distinguished herself by reducing five young gentlemen to the vorgo of distraction She was (|uico roauy 10 marry one; dm wnat a could she do with five? In the embarrassmcnt of her riches she sought the captain, who, after a few moments' thought, said : "It's a fine, calm day ; suppose, by accident, yon should fall overboard, I'll have boat lowered ready to pick you up, and you can < take the man who loves you well enough to jump After you." This novel proposition inet the young lady's views, and the programme was accordingly carried out, with the trifling exception that four of theyoutig men took the plunge, and being picked up by the boat, presented themselves a dripping quartet upon the ship's deck. The object of their undampencd ardor, no less wet than themselves, fled to her state-room and sent for her adviser, the captain. "Now. captain," cried she in despair, "what itm I to do ?;' "Ah, my dear," replied the captain, "If you want a sensible husband, ; the tlrjf one"?which she di'1. Stojppixo tilk ixtkitkst.?Daniel Webster ouce dined with an old Boston merchant, and when they came to the wine, a dusty old bottle was carefully deeantered by John and passed to the host. Taking the bottle he poured out Mr. Webster's glass and handed it -4'v him., .Then pop ring out another glass for himsfilif heiu-ld it to the light and said : "HVtw do you like it, Mr. Webster ?" "I think.. it .is a lino specimen of. old Porltf. ".Now, can you guess what it cost nie : said the lo>at. "Surely not,"'said Mr. Webster, "I only ^ know that it is excellent." "Well, now I can (ell you, for I made a 1 careful estimate the other day. W^en 1 add !l the interest to the first price. 1 find that it 8 cost UK just the sum of one dollar and !l twcntKCcntfi por glass !" "(lofr! gracious ! you don't say so," said ,, Mr. >Vebster ^ and then draining his glass [ he presented it again with the remark : I "Fill it up again as (juiek as you can. for c I want to stop that confounded interest." , . * A tyiau wl;o cominittcd murder, was tried, futii.u guitty an?! condemned to be hung. A ( few days before his execution lie drew upon the walls of his prison a gallows with five !< steps leading up to it. On the first step he . wrote, "Disobedience to parents." On the p second step, "Sabbath breaking." On the third step, "Gambling and drunkenness." On the fourth step, lie wrote "Murder."? t The fifth step was the platform on which t the galluws stood. This poor fellow doubt- l1 Its.- wrote the history "f many a wasted ;nid(Ln ruined life. i? Colored Men in Congress.?The day f colored represcutativcs in Congress is umbered. It has been a matter of very cnerul remark that there are but three olored members in the present House? !aiu, Ilainey aud Smalls, of South Carolina, 11 of whose seats are contested by white len Iu the lust Houso there were seven olored members, aud iu tha Congress before Ihrt- iftorer- w' ?he general impression hat hereafter, unless colored members arc leeted iu the Northern States, norfe will vcr agaiu be sceu in Congress. As the hree iu the present Congress have onl) een admitted on prima facie cases, on ecriiieates manipulated by tlie notorious Chaui erlain and Cardozo, cooked up by the frau ulent returning board of South Carolina L would not be at all straugo that the Iloust Elections Committee, after a consideratiot f their cases, should give their seats to th? ontestants iu each instance. The colorci 'ougrcssuijin has been a very decided fail ire. Elliott, of South Carolina, was th< uost prominent one that ever held a seat lis speeches were remarkably good, and i ras generally believed that they were pre >arcd for him by Hen. HuMor. Smalls rho now represents a-South Carolina con tituoney, I)uk just emerged IVotu jail, when 1C was ttttufined for frauds in that State.? f the juries of that State do their dut; hey will have him in the penitentiary be ore long. Southern States will not elec my more colored Congressmen, as even th lcgroes are opposed to them.?Ilart/on Timrs. 'IIo.NKSTY IS THE 13EST POLICY.' Oil lay about a week ago, a strange customc a me to a grocer. He wanted goods, am aid the cash down. The next day h undo another purchase and paid cash, am s the days went by his face and cash be anie familiar. One day he returned witl he change given him, and said : 'J believe 1 am an honest man. Yoi aid me twenty cents too much.' The grocer received it and was pleased 'wo days after the stranger returi^d frpt he curbstone to say : 'Another mistake on your part. Yoi vcrpaid me by forty cents.' The grocer was glad to have found a lonest man, and puzzled to know how h hould have counted so far out of the way ['hrec days more, and the stranger picke ip a dollar bill in the store and said : 'This is not my dollar I found it on th loor, and you must take charge of it.' MM. ? 1 . 1 - * i u? grocer a ncart. tneiieu, ana no won lered if the world was not progrcssim tuckward to old time honesty. A skip c no day, and then the honest tnau brough [own a wheelbarrow, ordered eighteen dol ars' worth of groceries, and would hav aid cash had ho not forgotten his wallet le would hand it in at noon as he won >ast, he said, and it was all right with th trocer. This was the last of the honest man.? doming fades to noon, and noon molt iway in darkness, hut he couieth not.? I'here are no mistakes in change, no mor lollar bills on the floor, and the grocer' yes wear a way off expression, as i reaming to sec some one for about tw niuutcs. A Wonokrpui. Titkk.?There is, in W: auga County, X. ('., near the dwollinj louse of Frederick Shook, ou'Dutch Creek i flourishing oak tree of vigorous growth lie leaves of which, when they first burs brth from the bud in the spring, are of ; night golden yellow color, and retain tlii olor during tiieir whole growth and ma urity. In autumn, when the coining fros lyes the other forest leaves in the wav< irilliaut hues, which give such wondcrfu leauty to the mountain sides, the leaves 01 his remarkable tree begin at length to tun treen. as its own the fresh tint which is jus leparting from the others.?Hickory /V# IWss. Tit kaciiKit v ?Injury may wound, and b orgiven ; insult may stirg, and he forgotten >ut treachery bewilders and chills us ; am yg know, even while we struggle to pardon hat for it there is no oblivion. A bright less and a melody have gone from our lives v.hetf onee we fee) we have been betrayed in asp has sprung from amid the flowers .1 iur paradise, and we can never more trea here as fearlessly and gladly as before.? i rust, mat messed portion f JSupper. f Dinner * Breakfast. 'l JAS. ANDERSON, I- Superintendent, o Nov 2 43 tf t Greenville and Columbia R. R. I'll AKdlv hi.' mcii run p . jawikaa^agra ^ ~ Rasscnger Trains run dnily, Sunday* exceptconnecting with Night Trains on South Car_ ..'itia Itailroad up and down. On and after ? ?.\,O.NDAY, May 29th, the following will be the ..module: *1 VP. ' t.eave Columbia at 7.45 a m 0 I .cave Alston 9.30 a m I .cave Newberry....* 10.50 a ra Leave Cokcshury 2.17 p m t Leave llclton 4.00 p m Arrive at Greenville 5.35 p m r> DOWN. Leave Greenville at 8.05 a m i. Leave Helton 9.55 a m t Lc:i?e Cokesbury 11.88 a m Leave Newberry 2.40 p m Leave Alston 4.20 p m " Arrive at Columbia 5.55 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUK lUDGE t DIVISION. .. nnwv T" I Leave Walhalla....6.1i a m Arrive 7.ir> p m Leave Perryville...T.00 a m Arrive 0.40 p m " Leave Pendleton...?.50 a ra Arrive 0.00 p m n Leave Anderson...8.50 a ra Arrive 5.00 p ra t Arrive at Bellon...9.i0 a ni Leave 4.0Op m c ' THOMAS DO 1)AMEAD, General Superintendent. Iabf.z Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. e June 0,1870. " 28 tf 1 HAMPTON HOUSE. i, MA1X 8TKEKT. ? SPARTANBURG, So. Ca, '? j. N. 33. Calcutt, (1 (Formerly of Palmetto House,) Proprietor. v HOUSE WELL VENTILATED, * c ROOMS NKWI.Y FUIINISHED AND CARPETED?TAIU.ES SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST IN MARKET? ATTENt TIVE SERVANTS?OMNII) BUS TO ALL 1 RAINS. il TERMS iiS.OO PER DAY. 0 Jan. 12, 1^77 1 tf 1 PAINTS AND OILS. n Linseed Oil. Raw and llollotl. Maeliine Oil, Turpentine, Kerosene Oil, voior.s in uh, 1 Varnishes, c Window (iluss, Putty, Sand Paper and glazier's Paints. For Sale by "A. I It WIN & COMarch 2 H tf ^ SAMUEL S. STOKES, Attonioy nt Luw AND TRIAL JIJHTICK, 1'iiioii II.. S. | practice in the Circuit and Probate \? Courts. All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Jus" tice attended to with promptness. , Special allenIion piven to collections, Sec. Ollice for the present, third door to the left in the Court House. March 2 8 tf Pure Corn Whiskey. I)UHK Mountain <'<>rn Whiskey, for medicine purpose, for sale at w 1 \ It:WIN, & C<> S J eh 4 (T