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THE MODERN MEETIN' HOUSE. J BY WILL 8. 1IAY8. llowdy, Davy! light ami hitch; (liar's no 011c at home but me ; i Thar ain't a uian a livin', sir, 1 sooner liko to set; For Nance and biddy's gone to sec a sick man on the hill, An' lliraui's gone to git his grist at Jasou Turner's mill. I was in town los' Sunday, an' my heart an' mc agreed To go to mcclin'?of you'll wait I'll tell you what I seed. The hells were tollin' lively on the lialmy mornin' air, An' folks were in a hurry, like the rushiu' to a fuir. The ineotin' house wor built of stones, the steeple p'intcd high. The winders they wor painted all the colors ov the sky; An* rminifi' un the steenle was a ercat lone I ' lightnin' roil? < 1 kinder thought the members lacked a coufi- i deuce in (Jod. I The big bell sorter hushed hitsclf an' then hit 1 rung souie more, ! An' people cum in carriages and got out at the '> door; i The witntnen fixed thar drcssei liko they meant , to make a call, I Thar faces showed they warn't a thinkiu' ov the'r souls at all. i Wall, Davy, thar 1 stood on' thought?'twas > wicked I suppose? , fonte go to church to close thar eyes, an' some to eye thar clothes ; l'Overheard old Missus Swell to Missus Slcbbins 1 say, ".My darter P.ccky's dress warn't done? she ] won't be here to-day." I stood thai- hesitatm' like what sort ov move 1 to make, I thought that 1 should go inside for my snlva- 1 lion's sake, i I started meekly in the house, I knew it warn't ] no harm, . i 1? With inv old oroau onni uui iu u?u. ....v. , coat oa mjr urm. I wont along 'bout half way up the velvet car- | pel ile, , The iiiou an' winn.ien shut tliar gates, and they ( began to smile; I seed one open just a bit, went in and pulled 1 it to. i When Brown, the banker riz an'said, "this'ore's a rented pew." , I got out ov his "rented pew" an' sot down ' near the door, Kxpcctin' for some man to say, "this 'ore's : a rented tluor." I A tine drcssei stranger?lie cutn in?tho rncni- ^ burs didn't wait, But every feller jumped at liim, an' openedwidc his gate. ' The parson riz an' raised his hands, with cold ' and haughty air, I An' everybody in the house stood up an' heard his prayer. I dun1 ( Knurr iiurr it ia nilh llutiu n?n>?li?w 1 ' always feel, i I'm doiu' Uud injustice when 1 get too proud to kuccl. Then all sot down an' stared about, then at the parson's face, While ho put ou his specs and sed "Let's sing, Amuziu' Grace." An orgin busted loose up stairs?the music hit was guy, Ilit tickled thorn as could sing, an' them wot iicu iu pujr. The music quit, the parson riz?they passed the hats round next, An' when the deekius sot them down?the parson tuck his text. lie preach'd about two hours 'bout the Fuith iu (tod to keep ; The wiiutncn folks were uodJiu' while the'r husbands wor asleepOne gal set! to another, "llcv you seed my bow to-day ?" She'd nod her hed an' then say back, "The party hit was gay." One whispered loud enough behind her fan fur xne to hear: "That bonnet Sofa Tag's got on is one she had last year." Tha parson quit and then sot down?tho or gin played agin; I thought ef that was scrvin' Clod, the tunes they played was thiu ; I hcarn the bands at circuses jest play the self same air, The paison, when the organ quit, dismissed 'om all with prayer. Now, Davy, ef the angels seed what I did, 1 believe, Thar warn i a one, among 'cm all, b it what laired in thar sleeve ; I'or Hod don't smile on Christians who His blessin's will abuse ; lie hain't no use lor orgins an' lie don't like lie rings no bells to tell cm that the Sabbath's come once more ; The angels have no carriages to drive up to His door. Such Christians might -as well look up to tiod an' sweetly smile, An' say, "I send my soul, dear Lord ; I'm comiu' after while." Our Master up in heaven, Davy, sees? hears everything. He likes to see His chihlrcu kneel?an' loves to hear 'cm sing. For whar He lives the angels sing, an'Christians git their tines. His music costs Mini nothin' ami he hcs no rented pews. Thar ain't no use o' folliu' long the roal down to the grave; Thar is "no way o' dodgin' when you've got your soul to save. Fine churches, orgins, carriages, clothes, rented pews an' "|>clf." Don't count that day ?it lays between ycr Maker an' ycrself. No animal should be killed l'or food immediately alter violent exercise. Under bueh considerations the meat will keep but a very short time and sometimes it is impossible to keep it sweet with all the salt that can boused. 1 logs, especially, should be butchered early in the morning after a tjuiut rest during the night.? Our J/nine Journal. Nothing has so many ties binding it to the earth as a railroad TENEMENT HOUSES IN NEW YORK. T Nparly every bouse in the leucuicut (lisI net is live or six stories high. The hallways are narrow, aud at night are mostly . without lights. Many of the bedrooms ner- * cr have a ray of sunlight in them. The 11 rooms at front and rear, which have windows, aro used for living rooms. The bed- c' rooms have windows locking into the uar- V' row and unlightcd halls. At the rear of 11 the hall is a window, looking out to another 1*. tenement house in the rear, whose wall is twenty live feet away. This distance of 1' twenty five feet is required by law, othernriso the whole ground would be built on, md tenants might seek for light and air as v> hey pleased. Family privacy is out of the reach of these people. The sceues which . ire enacted in the lialhvavs are ten ahomi jablo to put in print. Tlio utter demoruli- 8 sntiou of every boy or girl who is reared r' linong such surroundings is a matter of ^ course. To pass along these uieghborhoods in a summer evening, wheu the lodgers sl who have been at work have conic home, is ( :o see an unpleasant sight. The pavements 1' will not hold half the people who would 01 swarm out upou them, flutter and street _ ire amply occupied. From almost every window all the way up to tho top men and ' women, in over style of slovenly dishabille, F' lean out to get the fresh air and chat.? l' Much of what they say is "unlit for publi- a cation." If that is the state of things in ^ summer, what are these people about in ' winter"' A winter evening in a crowded tenement houses present possibilities too diszustiug and too demoralizing to contemplate " with pleasure. Therearo hundreds of these j pest-houses wliero from tweutv to fifty fam- 1 ilics live and move and have their, being under one roof. While some of the expensive families in costly dwellings uiouru the ^ fact that Provideuce has vouchsafed them c rnily one or two children, the tenement house folks have little oues bom to them as j plentifully as kittcus, puppies or rats.? l'hc brutalization cf those children is ono of the most terrible elements of tenement 1 house existence. They "go astray as soon as the} arc born" and contribute Irrgely to a the ranks of the paupers and the criminal classes. In some of tho lower and viler l( classes of tenement, houses, beggars aud pro- C stitutcsand thieves herd like vermin. And 1 yet these unclean and bestialized persons manage to prolong their wretched existence \ and seeui to defy tho laws of health with a some degree of impunity. It is a wonder that the bad air does not kill them. Almost any respectable and well-fed Christian n..-..11.1 >k. u:.i . nvuiu |I| UIIWIILlUi; IUU Ult't UI il ll'inilliuni .J liouse family enough to cause death in a c week. Yet they manage to stand it.? j, They are not heathy. They arc lor ( the most part aillletcd with consumption j and kindred diseases, whose seeds they s Lrausuiit to the otUpriuu they ?o liber- t ally bring into the world. It must he ad- j ded that tlie abominations to which i have t alluded take place in houses which are built ; in accordance with the requirements of the | laws of the city and which are regularly inspected. t It may he asked, who arc thcic people, t and whence do they come ? Many of tlicui . are reduced people, who have seen better , days. Many of tlieni are mechanics, who , work in factories. 80111c of them carry on , light work iu their rooms. Much of the | cigar-making of the city is dune in the ] tenement houses. It may not be very pleasant to think of putting in one's mouth the end of a cigar which has been rolled to- N gethor by a fever-stricken woman with six ^ unwashed little children playing about the f floor among the tobacco leaves. JJut to those who have doubts as to this business ^ many a tenement-house dour is open lhr , free observation. There arc many of the | tenants who seem to have no particular trade j or profession, and whose source of income is a mystery. It is often asked why those who are not yet down to the lowest degree | of degradation do not seek cheap homes in j the country. The answer is two-fold. In , the first place, there are no cheap homes to j which they can go. In the second place, j they have lost their ambition. Satisfied , to live from hand to mouth, and having 110 . money with which to better themselves by \ making a move, they have given up any idea they may once have entertained ot \ changing. It may be that beneficent cap- t italics will do something fur this class of ; people in erecting cheap houses in the re- . gions to be reached by the elevated railroad. Ccrtainlv. it is greatly to be hoped that ? . ? ? We confess our little faults only to per- , suade others that we havo.no great ones. | Whosoever would work wisely and with | success must have clearly before him the c ends he wishes to accomplish. ( Have nothing to do with any man in a t passion, for men are not like iron, to be , wrought upon when they arc hot. I It is a most mortifying reflection to any f man to consider what lie has done compared | with what he might have done. i The object of all ambition should be to t ho happy at Iioj.c. If we arc not happy t there, wc cannot be happy clswherc. It is better to wear out tliau to rust out. j Wo must not only strike the iron while it i is hot, but strike till is made hot. 6 It is easier to detect error than to discov- , cr truth; the one lies 011 the surface and can be easily discovered ; the other lies hidden deeply, and few are able to find it. <1 It is difficult, I own, to blend and unite c tranquility in accepting, and energy in us- s tl.~ i:?'~ . i...? : - na^t i??v; UVU Ui JIIC* y UUl It IS'IIUt 1 LI)J)OS* I) sible to be happy. o You know that it is a right heart that, r in tlu end, makes a safe head, and the an- n cients used to say that the punishment ol" a r knave is that ho loses good judgment. d Times of general calamity and confusion 11 have ever been productive ol the greatest <| minds. flic purest ore conies fVoid the hot* s test furnace ; the brightest Hash from the tl d ii kest e! -ud e % HE EXHAUSTION OF SOILS BY PLANT OBOWTH. Plants are constantly drawing water from 10 soil, through tlieir roots, and throwing 1 off through thoir leaves, and this water i the sojt,is?carry{pg away froui the rniu- r rals in the soil ash constituents whieh are 1 jnstautly boiug developed through the | xygen of the air, and this process, if left i a state of nature, as iu our abandoned . asturos and forests, will add fertility to 1 ic soil at each fall of the year. So that ' lunt growth, if not disturbed by mau, tends ! > make the soil richer every year tiil it . ccouies a magazioe of plant food. Jlut ' hen man comes to the scene and carries IV . I. . - I . .1 . 1 . I ii uio plains, iim store ui icruiity decreases, 'lunts may get ahead oi' nature?that is, icy may take up the plant food iu the ^ il faster than it can be developed by natuil forcer. We havo no soil here in the United ' tates that cannot be made infertile by conant cropping without returning anything ] ) it. The growing ofcropsisan enriching rocess, but harvesting them is a depletiug , tic. liven the great barren deserts are full f phuiuioud, ami iu a" soluble Condition, too. 'he sauds of Utah- uuder the influence of atcr, have been made to blossom like the isc, and what water will do in Colorado, " i will do in a certain souse iu Massachusetts nd New Kugland. It is said that Massachusetts soils arc no >:igcr suitable for growing wheat. That rop was grown till the yield ran down to I ve bushels per acre ; then rye was grown 11 the same land with yields of twelve usliels per acre. Why could the ryo prouce double tho aniouut of grain, both : cquiring the same material in growth ? limply because the rye had the greatest ower to gather this food. After land boouies incapable of producing full crops of ye, it still may be made to grow a good \ rop of corn, partly because tho corn has a mger period in which its roots can suck i jod from the soil, but chiefly because of Is greater root power. Some plants are as unlike others in their bilitv to live froui a soil, arc as mules unlike hort horn steers in their ability to live upon lie vcgctatiou that grows from the soil. The orn plant, with its multitude of roots has great power to pump water through the oil, carrying away at the same tiuic tho issolvcd mineral elements set free by the etion of the air and water, or the inrgauie portions of the earth.?Act? Eugimil Fanner. .# Poultry Mixes.?These small iusccts, ftcr they secure a lodgment, may well be lassed among the pests of the poultry louse. They are often termed liec, but hoy belong to the spider family They ueicase with astonishing rapidity, aud soon warm by millions in the nests, on the icultry house. They will cause sitting hens 0 leave their nests; and wo have heard of nstunccs where they have worried the poor ions to death on the nests. The best plan to follow is prevent tan. In hese eases, it is worth more than ua pound if cure." Clean out your roosting places, md keep thorn clean by removing the droppings at least once a week, but better relieve every day. A ton of hen manure is vorth at least one and a half tons of the jest commercial guano sold in the State.? Keep all the perches well whitewashed.? Ydd to the wash sulphur and carbolic acid. Apply kerosene with a brush or rag once a vock to the roosting poles. In the nests of rour sitting liens sprinkle sulplur and snuff >r tobacco stems. Follow the above treatment, and you vill never be bothered with mites. l>ut ' rou must commence now and keep it up. f you wait till the weather gets warm beore you commence, these pests may get ibeail of you and cause you more trouble. Yl'tir tliey once secure a lodgment iu your icnuury, you can only get rid of them by 1 sharp, quick war of extermination. You nust make thorough work ol it, or your a bur will be lost. Wash all the roosting jerehes with kerosene, and whitewash the vails of the house. Jircuk up and bum ill the litter in the nests, and anidv scald ng water to all the parts infested by the rci'inin. Wash all your fowls with carboU c suds before yon allow them to return to heir cleansed nests. ]>y this course, with i half day's work you can cleanse them out. ?J. 1*. il. 11HOWN, in So Cultivator. Profits ok IIkavii.y Man'crino V wr:'- 'l?f? JVeto York ir/onncsuys, the plots which his miner nannrcd so heavily thirty years ago yielded 'ar heavier wheat this year than the other portions of the field. From the yield of me load, tallied and thrashed by itself, lie 'stiinatcs the produce as over twenty bush;ls per acre. "Our clay," he says, Sloes iot soon forget a heavy manuring." This act is not unknown to many observing ultivators of the soil. The profits derived roin a heavy application of manure arc lot to bo calculated merely from tlio ndd> ional produce of one crop. The improvcnciit of the soil from the good cultivation, ud more still, from the heavy manuring n one season, makes itself known in tl e ncreascd profits reaped by the farmer in uccccding years. This is au invariable ulc in animal and inanimate nature. a si A A U !?Af? k? K ? ...... r.r.,, , Mn.i.? a uorresponcut of an rxchangc has tried soaking seed orn in a solution of chloride of lime, and ays of it : "l?y ftoaksng seed corn for seven i ours in a very strong decoction of chloride i f lime, corn can he forced ahead to inntu- < ity two or three weeks sooner than it will < nature otherwise; besides, lie thinks, it ; endcrs the seed almost proof ngaiust the | epredations of gophers. The lime warms j j) the germ of the seed, and sends it up niekly, giving it two or three weeks the ' (art of corn planted in the ordinary way. hereby injuring against the 1'rost at tl c " lose of the season." j Muck on 8anpy Soils.?In somepo;ions of iho Southern States, where they ire slow in adoptiug '?cw inethodb of culuic or hints leading to experiments, they ire beginning to find out that muek hauled ipou sandy soils tends to iucrease their jroductiveness. This is no new thiiTg? Wo recommended it, as did correspondents, ivc-Hud-twenty years ago, and pointed < ut nstanccs that had been attended with narked success. Even pure clay hauled ipou light sandy soils, nud intermingled, las been followed by excellent results, the and increasing its crops full fifty per cent. Where clay or muck is as convenient of transportation as manure, there is no question hut its application as here suggested would prove of the most decided advantage. Kvcn in gardens, where the soil has become exhausted by long-continued cultviation, a Jressiug of clay is far better than a coat of ,he best manure.? Gcrmunluum Tclcgruph. Mow a Tiacnvo Mai JL1 V VV p- JL/VJUH LtUIU Fall ed Winter Stock JUST RECEIVED BY J. T. HILL & CO. \TT"lt respectfully inform our patrons ami tlie VY public generally (hat our large and well selected Stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is in Store, and was purchased at a time when good bargains were to be had, and with the view of pleasing the people of the County, both iu QUALITY AID PRICES. OUR STOCK CONSISTS IN PART OF 1>RY GOODS, Ladies' Cloaks, Fancy Articles, Notions, BOOTS i SHOES. WE WOULD CALL PAltTIlTLAlt ATTENTION TO OUR 12.000 STOCK ?OF? MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTH IN G, Which wo were induced to buy bccousc of the extremely low prices such goods were selling at, and we propose to give our customers the benefit of our bargains. ?ALSO TO OUll? Jlomplete Assortment of MEN'S AND BOYS' HATS. WE IIA VE A FULL LIXE OF GROCERIES, 3 I A RDWAR 15 , TINWARE, CROCKERY, &C. We simply ask an examination of our GOODS and l'Ult'ES (o convince the public of the fact that they can save more money by purchasing froiu us. J. T. HILL & CO. Oct 18 4> tf 15. l \ RAWLS, DEALER IN (iKO( EllIES, HARDWARE, DRUGS, AC. NO. 1, EAST UNION. LOO WOOD, MA DDE 11, CODE HAS, HOSIXE, FOH COUGH AND CONSUMPTION Wild Cherry and Tar, t.uu liitvi wn?i ure, CoJ Liver Oil with Wild Cherry and Lime? tastes good. Cod Liver Oil with Lime, 1IU ITS! rill ITS! oiiax(Jj:s, JIAlSfXS, ciJWAxrs, ALMOXPS. COCOA X ITS, French Candles a full Assortment, Don't forget to call at No I, East Union. Dec 13 50 tf OILS, LINSEED. KEROSENE. HARNESS, MACHINE, SWEET, CASTOR, AND TURPENTINE, SoM Cheap by 11. F. HAULS. Nov. 15 !<> tf PAINTS AND VARNISHES. ! WI NT niU'SHKS, >KtTGS AND MKDICINKS, '1(?A ItS, SNLTF, "HEWING AND SMOKING TOHACOOS I V FINK LOT OF CHOCKKllY, J I'ST IN. I'lNWA HK, WOOD FN WALK, i IAKDWAHK, J ICS, JAl'.S k<\ 'or pale very low by 15. F. 18 \ IV I.S. <>I<1 I'npeis For ?-*s?1'-. at (hi.? el'icc. S. W. Porter's * NEW STOCK! :o: LOW PRICES, A.V O (ll'ICK SALES. F OR CASH ONLY. TIIE CHEAPEST D11Y GOODS, NOTIONS. GENT'S HATS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE ?AND? GROCERRIES, Can be bt?<l at S. W. Porter's Cheap Store,?for CASH ONLY. Please don't ask for credit," as it is very unpleasant to refuse it; but 1 sell too cheap to allow a day's credit to my best friends. S. W\ 1'OltTElt. Sept '27 81) if V UNION HOTEL Reopened nntl Furnished Throughout "with NEW FURNITURE, ? :o: THE Subscriber has the pleasure of onnoune- ] ing to the public that he has leased the Union Hotel and fitted it up with new Furniture and every other convenience for the comfort of the traveling public. THE TABLE shall be provided with the best of everything and served in the best style, to suit the tastes of all. Attentive and obliging Servants will be found at all hours to respond to the calls of tho patrons of the bouse. A First Class Itarr in the basement, where gentlemen can always find the choicest of all kinds of malt and spirituous liquors, served in all styles. Having determined to make the Union Hotel equal to any Hotel In the State, in all respects, 1 hope to receive the patronage of the public. 11. J. THOMPSON. Spartanburg Herald and Carolina Sjuirtan copy three months. '/Vb KJ **?/ n Fine Brands of Chewing Tobacco: LUCY J//XTOX, OOLDFX I'll'/'FX, Ptn TAIL TWIST, FIXF CUT, TIM TAG1 XA rr, NICKEL, r.i.n.i .1 ,\j> Q f 7D 1'liO QUO, For Sale by 11. F. 11 AWLS, No. 1, Fast Union. Dec 20 61 tf Trusses, Trusses. A LARGE assortment, for Sale Cheap, by 11. F. It AWLS. Dec 20 f?l tf Greenville and Columbia R. It, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. iScam^ssggsaga Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up nnd down. On and after MONDAY, May 21)1 li, the following will be the schedule: pp. Leavo Columbia at 7.4b a tn Leave Alston (t.80 a in Leave Newberry 10. bO a m Leave Cokcsbury 2.17 pm Leave Helton 4.00 p in Arrive at Greenville 5.85 p m vows. Leave Greenville at S.Ob a m Leave Helton 9.fib a m Leave Cokcsbury 11.83 a m Leave Newberry 2.40 p m Leave Alston 4.20 p ir. Arrivo fit Columbia 5.55 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE DIVISION. * down'. rr. f At> v a ll'o I i.o 11 o ft It n ta Ari-irn 7.15 p IT1 Leave l*erryvillc...7.00 a ni Arrivo 0.10 p m Leave I'endlcton...7.50 a m Arrive 0.00 p m l.eave Anderson...8.AO a rn Arrive A.00 p m Arrive nt Bolton.10 a ni Leave 4.00 p ni THOMAS DODAMKAD, (ieneral Superintendent, Jaiikz Norton, Jh., General Ticket Agent. June 0, 1H70. 'JO tf Pioneer Paper Manufacturing Company. Manufacturers of Hook, news and wrapping PAPER. .loliu \V Nicholson, Agent, \tl?cnf, Ga For sample of News, seo this sheet. Nov 22 45 tf FAMILY GKOCKRIlvN. HAMS AND MIDDLINGS.. MACK Kit KL, KICK, FLOUR, LARD. CORN MF.AL AND MOLASSES. %?? Soltl cheaper than ever, by It. F. RAWLS, at No. 1, Kast Union Nov 15 -Hi tf Miss Reid's School. 1111K exercises of Miss C. M. Reid's school 1. will lie resumed on Monday .Ian. fitli ii tin- building occupied Inst year liy Mnj. i'owusend, as a School House, next door to Capt, F. M. Fare's residence. The course of study will embrace nil the (ranches of a thorough F.nglish education. *? Instruction in Cnlisihcnics given. Terms, tin i ciit prices. Jan 1 1 It