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1 1- ? THE HEW THUBCH DOCTRINE. MY WILL CARLKTON. There's "Come a sing'lar doctrine, .Sue, Into o?ir cliureh to-day ; These cur'us words are what tflo fccw Young preacher hnd to say : f That literal everlastin' lire Was mostly in our eye ; That sinnersvdead, if they desire, On get another tryt He doubted if a warmer climo 'J'han this world could be proved. The little snip?I fear eouic lime He'll get his doubts removed. I've Watched my duty, straight an' true, An' tried to do it well; fiut of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear o' hell ; An' mow half ol' this work is naught, If I must list to him. An' this 'ere devil I have fought Was only juat a whim. Vain are the dangers I have braved, The sacrifice they cost; For what fun is it to he saved, I f no one else is lost ? Just to think 1?suppose, when otic? I view The heaven I've toiled to win, A lot of unsaved sinners, too, <\>tncs walk in' grandly in ! An' acts to home, same us if they Had rend their titles clear, An' looks ut me, as if to say, "We're glad to see you here !" As if to say, "While you have been So tyst to tec the tbnrk, MV waited till it rained, nnd then Got tickets for the ark !" Vet there would be some in that crowd I'd rather like to see. My boy Jack?it must be allowed There was no worse than he ! I've always t'e'.t somewhat to blame, In several ditlerent ways, TliRt he lay down on thorns o' shame To end his boyhood's days ; An' I'd be williu' to endure, If that the Lord thought best, A iiltnic's unite hot temperature, To clasp him to my breast. Old t'aptain Barnes was evil's son, With heterodoxy crammed ; 1 used to think he'd be the one . If any one was damned ; thill, when 1 saw a lot o' poor That he hud clothed and fed fry desolately round his door As soon as he was dead,. There came a thought I couldn't control, That in some neutral land I'd like to inect that scorched up soul And shake him by the hand. l'oor Jennie Willis, with a cry t\C l<M?Aloua uuil jliul rnuu Sunk sudden down one night to die, All in her balI-room dress ; She had a precious little while To pack up tin' uwuy ; She even left her sweet good smile? 'Tivns on her face next day; Her soul went off unclothed by even One stitch of saving grace ; How could she hope to go to heaven, An' start from sue i n place ? ltut once, when I lay sick an' weak, She came, an' begged to stay ; She kissed my faded, wrinkled check? She soothed my pain away; She brought me sweet bou<|Uuts of flowers, As fresh as her young heart? Through many long an' tedious hours She played a christian part : An' ere I long will stand aroun' The singin' saints among, I'll try to take some water down, Too cool poor Jennie's tongue. Hut tears can never quench my creed, Nor smooth tiod's righteous frown ; Though all the preachers learn to read Their Kibles upside down. i noiu mint* rigni skii' up won care, To shield my eyes from sin, -An' coax tlm Lord, wit it daily prayer, To call poor wanderers in ; lint if die sinners won't draw nigh, An' tukw salvation's plan, I'll have to stand an' see 'cm try To dodge hell, if they can. A Nkw Industry for tub South.?It would bo strange. indued, if tHic rich soil and tine climate of the Southern States should he fitted for the production of one staple article only, viz. cotton. The fact is that the Southern States will in time become the richest portion of the country, agriculturally, because ot the great diversity of products possible. A new op ning has been found for enterprise, viz: the production of winter butter, and we learn that one farmer of Tennessee, and another of Arkansas are sending fresh grass butter to Boston market this winter. These farmers keep Jersey cows, which pasture during the wiuter upon the native grasses, of which Blue < i rass is the chief. Blue Brass lor winter pastrc, and Bermuda Brass for the summer, will sustain cow* in fine order, and there is tlie whole winter for the production of butter Why should nut southern farmers avail themselves of the advantages of their climate and raise dairy products at the time when northern dairies art? suspending operations '{?.1)11. A'/rirulturist. Columbus was a son of a weaver, and a weaver himself. (.Maude Lorraine was brought up a pastry cook. Molicrc, the great Breach comic writer, was the sou ofa tapestry maker. Cervantes served as a common soldier. Ifomcr was a beggar. lie siod was the sou of a small farmer ; Demosthenes. of a cutler. Terence, the Latin comic writer, was a slave. Oliver Cromwell was the son id' a brewer. Howard, the philauthiopist, was an apprentice to a grocer; Benjamin Franklin, the son of a ta low chandler; Dr. llishop, of Worcester, son of a linen draper. Do Foe, the great I'iiiglish political writer, was the hoii of a butcher. Whilefield was the son of an innkeeper at Gloucester; Cardinal Wolsey, the son of a butcher. Ferguson was a shepherd. Virgil was the son of a porter ; Shakespeare, of a wool dealer ; Horace, of a shopkeeper; Lucian, of a stationer. Hogarth was an apprentice to an engraver; Dean Tucker was the son of a small farmer,and came to Oxford on foot, liishop 1'rideaux worked in the kitchen at Kxcter College.? I'M in u ml 11 alley was the son of a soap boiler. The Georgia gold mines yield $20,000 fcr month. - ?' ' ' r= KEEPING PURE-BBED STOCK, J, ' Many farmers have made the uiistare Of trying to keep ami breed a herd, or jt&ek, of pure-bred uuitnah, and have, thrvbgh their frequent failures, brought discredit upon such stock, l'ure-bred stock, as a rule, arc not prolitable for fanners. J'hey cost too much ; no farmer can afford tp pay $2,000 to.?&U#y for ha^jk^ieipurebrcd cows. They'are USCd to caroful tending and high feeding, and their *ptoduct isj no greater than the averago of good grades of these breeds. Wo know of qt> herd of purc-bnd animals in existence, fJfafc- Would pay its cost of purchase and keeping by its product of milk, butter, or meaf, alone; it is only by the sale of animals ftv brewing that the profit is made. Hot admitting this to bo true, pure bred Stock are not, foMhis reason, to bo considered of Icjs value.;: If we have not the pure stocky how can ,we procure llie grades, wlpcli ajie found so proiitable i Ci rules, of hflgh character, are-the most profitable farmetp' c<fM.T Experience proves this to be so io event:ease. A nvust not ible instance of it is foblt'in the herd of Mr. Thomas Fitch, <>?| HjTow .London, Conn., who has been engaged in Cross'iug the Jersey upon every othutireed, including what are known us "il|iiye". cows, for more than 30 years. Thid^rieder keep* a herd of choice pure-bred animals, descended from the old-fashioned importations, uiude when the butter product was more thought of than black points, solid-color, or other fancies, for the purpose of raising grade cows of large producing capacity of rich butter. Probably no bre. der in the country lias been more su cessful in bis l:uc, and bis success is an example for farmers, which proves that it is best to choose one breed with which to improve his native stock, to adhere to that, gradually grading up his herd, and selecting only the best to breed from. One pure bull, which may cost. 1250 to 8300, will sire, during his vigorous pa... r.M ....i..?? .i...? i"U...n ? i"u, t?u lutiai ' tun vo, niuo iiuuui^ U|PUI?ui trifle to the cost of each over that of from a common scrub bull, lly udhtfitig to one breed, there is a certainty of Mftyv* ing at a definite result very soon ; bdlliy the too frequent habit of changing two or three years, no satisfactory re stilt* is trained, and after a life time ot futile t ffbft, the farmer ends where he begun, amf l>etrates pure bred stock as the cause of his failures. As with cows, so with sheep, swine, and poultry. The pure breeds nro not found profitable to keep, except for their services in raising grades, and in keeping up a supply if bre ding animals for this purpose. In this way a farmer, who can ufford if, may be justified in purchasing two or three pure-bred animals for improving a herd of good natives, and if he uses these with skill, he may find it very profitable.?Am. Agriculturist. AFRICA'S SUPERSTITIONS Mr. Paul I?. I)u Chaillu lectured Friday nigh at Association llall, New York, on the ' Witchcraft autl Superstitions of Africa." I am going to take you again, said he, into the jungle of Equatorial Africa.* Stanley met that jungle at the head waters of the Congo; hornet there the cannibals I saw and the dwarfs I discovered. And what a jungle it is ! At the end of each day's journey I made, no negro could tell me where that vast forest ended. There sire great dangers there, and sometimes one has to fight the people. It is not very pleasant to fight ; it was not very pleasant for Stanley but lie had to fight or he killed. The | eople are scattered in great tribes, r . 1 1 r A i i.i i . / uiviucu into cuius ami ino ciaus into tatiulies. the chiefs and ihe ohi men making the laws. Three institutions are everywhere prevalent?polygamy, slavery and witchcraft. It is wonderful how these people love to got married. They marry all the time and never get tired of it. Same of them marry as old as eighty-live or ninety years, just as some of us do at home, you know, [Laughter] The largest number of wives I have seen belonging to one man was about three hundred, and when I asked him how many children he had, ho said between six and eight hundred. Two hundred, more or less, didn't seem to trouble him at all. The wives are not slaves, Imf their husbands buy them when they arc three or four years old from their fathers; that is a sort of dowry. Polygamy is also a political institution. The tribes are always at war. and hence a man tries to get as many wives as he can from the .surrounding tribes so as to have friends among them. They have a great abhorrence of blood relationship. and no man is allowed to take a wife of his own clan. The great curse of that country is its sit perstitiotis, and it is very hard to get at the bottom facts about their religious belief ? They have two names which icpresent our ideas of (lod ami ol the devil. The devil is the source of all evil and withcraft ? When a person is sick he is bewitched by some one, and the sorcerer or sorceress has to he killed. The doctors point them out. and they have to swallow poison to prove I . mi t _ i turn iiiiiouuiict'. litis poison IS [111! root OI a tree called ubundo," belonging to the strychnine order, but these doetora take it and do not die. Here, if a man sees the now moon over his riirht shoulder, or his left, it is lucky or unlucky ; hut there it is unlucky if he sees the new moon at all, and on the d iy of the new moon nobody dure go out of his hut. The queen of witchcraft lives in the moon, and the people of the world arc the insects 011 which witchcraft feeds, and when witchcraft is very hungry she sends the plauge and kills more people. Those who have any connection with the spirit in the moon arc women and must be in a trance. The people are honest in their beliefs, but of course there is jugglery among them. Among many tribes cannibalism exists, but I think it is a sort of religious feast, as they do not kill people purposely, except prisoners of war. As among the Indians, they have no mercy on those taken in war. I made inquiries about this cannibalism; 1 wanted to know which were the best eating, wouieti or men. They all i ugree that the women were beet. They did-' i not tell uio anything new, lor I knew that befofp. , [Laughter.] Their war dance is i perfectly terrible. They cover themselves all over with war paint and with clay that that has bepir-saturated with tho decayed flea^^aod brnina from-the heads of their dqtti^fcjJRriora, which they always kept iu a ^pUfrpifclar house iu every village. Thou they* have ,a dauce, and when morning i cornea eaciimiati cuts his hand in several places atifl lets the blood flow into a large wooden dith^and they rub themselves with th^ blood and then go to war. The most difficult thing the missionaries haw to do is to bring themselves to a level of chinking with these people. Some of tho' aegrocs are very fierce. They would not he so had if tln> tradios did not hrintr ? ? ?? --? ??o thorn to.c^ an utnouut of spirits. It is laughable.sometimes to .-co the missionaries on the <l$ck of a ship ami the barrels of rum under the deck, both going to the same place They are kind to the missionaries, but.you know when one gets a little civilized he gets selfish, and they know that where the missionary comes the trader wi'l follow, and they like trade. Stanley mado.-a*ftrcat, grand journey. If you will 1 look at the labors of that man you will see it is perfectley marvelous. And how quickly he did it! He explored the lakes discovered by Spckc, Burton, Baker and Livingstone, followed the Congo river past any amount of rapids, and fought his way through to the coast. Livingstone was' a great man, but liia labors were in South Africa. Stanley just went right through under the equator and in that deadly climate where the natives had heeu spoiled and made fierce by the slave trade. THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG. A REMINISCENCE OF TIIE WAR. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Jourmtf, writing under the date of Harrodsburg, Ky., Junuary 20th, gives the following, interesting incidcat of the late war: * A remarkable illustration of the influence wrought by music was related by (general J 1*. Nuekols, who in a conversation with your reporter, told of an incident that happened on the "bloody field of Shiloh." General Nuekols was a gallant and distinguished officer of the Southern army, and now carries more lead in his body, as reminders of the bloody struggle, than any other Confederate hero we know of. Auioogst the soilders of the Fourth Kentucky Infantry, C. S. A., was otic Hector Owens liurton, a tall, brawny, blue-eyed, brave fellow?a Titau in strength, enthusiastic in his devotion to the South, and yet, with all his reckless courage, he was joyous as a school boy. and loved music and t'un next to fighting, ft was on the plains of Shiloh, the evening of the last day of the battle, and the Kentucky brigade,"-widely . had suffered fearfully, was covering the rc"tieat of the Confederate aruiy. Major Monroe had been killed, Capt. Monroe had been mortally wounded, Captain John Adair badly shot, and the command of the regiment had falleu upon Geu. Nuekols, who was himself severely wounded and faint from loss of blood. The regiment, tired, wornout and fearfully depleted, retreating sullenly and slowly as a wounded bear, no' satisfied with his recent rencontre, was halted to receive and repel a threatened charge of the enemy, and the men were lyiug listlessly about 011 the ground. Snddjuly a voney ui snot, ami sncn 'rum a \ ankec battery was poured into tlieir midst, with the design of throwing the men into disorder preparatory to charging upon them with intautry. As the shells, "like angels of death, spread their wings on the blast," Burton, who was standing up in front, facing the enemy, was seen to fall, being wounded in the head by the splinter of an exploding missile. All hearts for the moment stood still, for the icgiment saw him fall, covered with blood, and with hated breath and blanched cheeks, they witnessed him writhe and struggle in what they supposed was his death agouy. On came the Federal intautry in uniform rank of unbroken blue, with gleaming bayonets fixed in I'mut Suddenly Burton staggered to his feet, steadied himself. looked with dazed eyes and addled sight at the approaching enemy, and rousing himself with a dauntless and alums*, superhuman effort, dashed the blood from his face, seized his gun, tossed his cap high in the air, and, with a voice like a war trumpet, broke out in the chorus of the Keutuekians' battle song, Hurrah ! hurrah! for the bonuie blue flag, that hears a single star." Th j men sprang into columns as steady as if on dross parade. I he chorus rang along the lino, the Yankees hesitated. ' .Steady, men, aim low. lteady?aim? lire !" roared out the command from Nuekols. The enemy halted; their lines were broken. "Charge bayonets !" again came quick and clear from the gallant Nuekols. The one iiiios in front no longer faced the boys in grey. ''This was the last charge made upon our army at Shiloh," says (ieneral N'uckols, "and it was repulsed by the song of lice. Burton," he modestly adds. Captain Burton now lives in one of the Southern States. Ilcisu lineal descendant of Simon Kenton, and was one of the bravest soldiers in the Southern X^onfederacy (ieneral Nuckols, as is well known, is now the very efficient Quartermfister (Jbncral of Kentucky, and will doubtless be quite surprised to see this incident in print, as he was totally unaware, at the time he narrated it, that lie was conversing with a scribbler. . * . "You have often," said the clergyman, 'heard the brethren say Amen ! amen ! while some one was praying. What do they mean? If any one knows let liiui hold up his hand." I p jumped a little lidlow. so eager to answer as not to wait for recognition. "I know!" he called out.? I "It means hurry midget through." There was iiu audible smile. Somk Rat Killing.?The dog fanciers and other sporting men of New York attended a match one uight last week, in which one dog was to be selected to kill 100 rats in fifteen minutes. The stake was 810th The place selected was a well kuowu resort on the west side. The dog was the imported black-aud-tun bull terrier, "Harry/' , owucd by John Carman. lie weighS^ttfciP ty-onc pounds and is about five years oloT His work last night has eclipsed any previous record. The fact that the match had been mad was kept as secret as possible, but wheu the room was opened it was quickly filled by a gathering that embraced not only sporting mcu, but a large number of well known Wall street brokers. The disorderly class, which is generally at such sports, was abscut. The dog was handled by Dick To ucr, alias 'Dick the Rat," who was in tho pit with him before the rats were let loose. When the nits wonf turned into the pit they were so lively tcMLt the hotting was at Grsl against the dog. *^s scon as he was lot slip it was seen that>Jje was more tfcan a match for them, ait^odSh they showed much fight, and several fastened on his and throat. The dofc.nocbmplished his j HB| iq *14 minutes aud 43 seconds, boating tVMinio oy 17 soconds. "At rtlO end he was so exhausted that ho was unable to stand, and his owner had to carry him houic. Much money changed hands ou the result. CHEAP GOODS! ?AT TI1E? HOTEL STORE. "VTTE ARK receiving a very large Stock of YV all kinds of Goods, which we arc determined to Sell at the Jjowost I'rieos. No store or town shall be able to say they sell cbenpcr than we do, and no firm keeps a better assorted Mock. OUlt DltY GOODS COX SI ST OF Blenched and Brown Shirting and Sheeting, l'laid Osnaburgs, Flints, Ladies' Dress Goods, Domestic Ginghams, Kentucky and Columbus Mills Jeans, Fancy Cussimcrcs, Water-l'ioofs, Tickings, Flannels?Bed and White, Flannels?Shaker and Opera, Blankets?White and Colored, Ladies Shawls and Gloves, Notions and Hosiery, SHOES AND BOOTS, in Great Variety and Prices. READY-MADE CLOTHING. .Jfyol. and Fur lints, for Men nud HafF G Rt> CMUIESi Sugar, Coffee, Tea, * ? Bacon, Flour, L?ard, Molasses, Salt, Mackerel, Tobacco of all Brands. llAGGING AM) TIES. Hardware, Crockeryware, Tinware, Woodenware, BRIDLES, SADDLES AND SADDLE BLANKETS. Specialties, Ladies' Custom-Made Shoes, Unit's Hand-made Shoes, Sine Shirts. Feeling thankful for the patronage heretofore extended, we guarantee satisfaction in the future. (j Fsi: iv m.r i? 11 it i i:s. Del 12 dO If Ckufas For Sale, ssv .1. u. Jan 11 - 1m JOSEPH STRAUSS. SL'ffHSSOlt TO I 31. 1 5 1'ltIKDllKltGKK. \\roil.l) respectfully inform the citizens of VV Union that lie will continue the mercantile business formerly conducted by M. 15. Friedherger, deceased, and asks a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore given his predecessor. In order to close out the old stock, lie will, during the X i: X T <i O 1> A X s SELL AT AND BELOW COST FOR CASH. o THE STOCK CONSISTS OF I> I* Y ii <><>J)S, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Crockery and Hardware, d 1 !>/?./< I.1" I > W fc-J And all other (Joods to he found in any Store in the County. IF YOU IV A XT CHEAP (JOODS NOW IS VOI R TIME TO WET THEM. CALL ON ,I<>!-s. STKA I Jnn IK 'Jin Buist's Fresh Garden Seeds. I 1ST receive! and warTan led. hv ?l CIIUIES & Co. Jnn 25 >1 If J. E. ADGER &"c'oTi 137 AND 139 MEETING- ST., CHARLESTON S. C. JOD1IERS OF FOREIGN ^ -?J?MES'nu HARDWARE, Cilery, GUns, Saddlery, RAR1R0N AND PLOW STEEL, nTTnTT1\/rX3Tn-D T5TTTVyr"DC! W w V W JL VJAUJk U| FAlmiANKS' SCAL10S. Agents for South Carolina for the rotent Steel llarbe Feucing. nnd the celebrated Farmer's Friend Plow, one, two or three horse, ntreduced prices. LIBERAL TERMS TO THE TRADE. Large Assortment of Agricultural Implements. A# ricultural Steels a specialty. Bull Tougucs, Tarn Shovels, Scooters, Sweeps, Heel Bolts, also rough St :el Shnpcs &c. StntC agents fot1 Tredegar Horse and Mule Shoes. Orders re-^ ccive prompt and careful attention. j. E.EH & COM * ^jj| ' ( If *RLESTO\, H. r, ? Jan 11 2 * eotn 3m SAMUEL S. STOKES, Attorney tit 4^ AXI) "trial justice, Villon (!. II., S. ., WILL practice in the Circuit and Probate Courts. All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Justice nttonded to with promptness. Special attention given to collections, &c. nm...i n.. .......? ? ?i._ n-. ? -- v??vv ?? ??V JMvavul, 11 t IIV 1 U81 UUIl'U. March 2 8 If TIMt TABLE OF T1IF Spartanburg & Ashevillo R. R. Vm> S . V. RAILROAD. Totio Into EfTrctjiMoinlay, Oct. 22, 1877 DOWN TRAIN. l"l? T11AIN. STATIONS. ^ Letve. Leave. Arrive (JO ; I Tryon Oily*. 4 30p in j 8 18a m* Lnmlrums. 4 4 40 8 02 Canipobclla. 6 6 00 |7 42 lnninn 5 5 20 7 22 Air-Line Jnn'it 10 0 00 , 0 f>0 Spartanburg^ 2 0 00am ,0 10 a ni 815p Pucoleltc. 11 7 03 7 28 7 18 .loncsvillc. 0 7 40 0 f>4 0 41 Union. 10 9 01 0 04 5 24 Santuc. 9 9 40 4 48 4 40 Fish l)ani. 0 10 10 .4 19 Shcllon. 0,10 47 8 65 3 50 Lyhnfortl. 8|11 04 i 8 88 Sirothctr: 6,1132 |9*8 fr?T Alston f. 12| | 2 80 p ni tSitpper. fDinncr * llrenkt'ast. JAS. ANDERSON, * - . Superintendent. Not 2 48 If Greenville and Columbia R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run ilaily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Kufitroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 21'lh, the following will b# thcr schedule : vp. I.cato Columbia at...............??..... 7.4.? a m Leave Alston 0.80 a in Leave Newberry 10.50 a tr> Leave Cokesbury ?. 2.17 p no Leave Helton 4.00 p m. Arrive at Grccuvillc - ....? 5.35 p m> nowx. Leave Greenville ?1 8.05 a mi Leave Helton ^ * nu Leave Cokesbury 11.3'' ? Leave Newberry 2.40 p w> Leave Alston 4.20 p ni Arrlvo at Columbia 5.55 p m ANDKKSON 1511A NCI I AND HLl'B H1DGE DIVISION. pow.v, it. l.eave Wnlhalln.,,,6,15 a in Arrive 7.15 p ui Leave Perryville...7.(K> a in Arrive 0.40 p in I.oave Pendleton...7.50 a hi Arrive 0.00 p ni Leave Anderson...8.50 a ni Arrive 5.00 p ni Arrive at Helton...0.10 a in Leave 4.00 p ni THOMAS PODAMKAD, General Superintendent. I a lit:/. Nokto.v, J i!., General /Picket Agent, .lunc 0, 187t?. '2d tf VICE'S riowor s? si el Vogettiblc Gitrilen Is the most beautiful work of the kind in the world. It contains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine Illustrations, and *iz L'/iromo J'lales of F/?ucrs. beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price 50 cents in paper covers; $1 00 in elegant cloth. Printed in German and Knglish. 17c*'a I Hun, rnlttl Monthly Mnynzinf.?32 pages fine lllustrati'rttion, and Colored Plate in every number. Price SI 25 a year ; Five copies for <M?. Virk'a Catalogue.?!5(?0 Illustrations, ouly 2 cents. TICK'S Flower and Vegetable Seeds* . Address JAMKSVICK, llocliester, N. V. Pioneer Paper .Manufacturing Company. MANUFACTUItKltS of Hook, News and . wrapping l'Al'KU. John W .\i<'liol*on, Agent, Alliens,On. For sample of News, see this sheet. Nov 22 45 tf God Liver Oil AN1> I.inic, for sale at. I!, F. HAW A CO'ft. No. I. Fust l.'iiirn. I .. I.. vu ij +\j II Paints and Oils, I )AINT J>ni*lics, l"??r *alo nt 1>. F. HAW 1.S A CO S. No. 1, East Union. July A) i'H ?f 1> . A . T <> W TV S 10 IN 1> , Attorney at Law, V N I O * *. II., H. March 2 8 ?'