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IP j&L. m , $$? * Tiib ?''iitsr(joi.p Mink.?The first Gold iniiio discovered in llio United States v;as tho Itecd Mine,'in Cabarrus County, North (Carolina, ol which the following iH a Uriel sketch : The first piece* f found al this uiino, was in the year by'Conrad Heed, a boy of about twelve years old, a sou of John Heed, the proprietor. Thediseov H cry was uiado in an accidental manner.? The boy above nauicd, in company with a sister and youuger brother, went *.o a smaW stream, called Meadow Creek, on a Sabbath day, while their parents were at church, foi the purpose of sliootiug fish with abowaud arrow, and while engaged along the bank ol tho creek, Conrad saw a yellow substance shining in the water. He went in and picked it up, and found it to be some kind ol metal, and carried it houie. Mr. Reed examined it, but as gold was unknown in this part of the country at that time, lie did not know what kind of metal it was - the piece was about the size of a small smoothing iron. Mr. Reed curried the piece of metal to ('uncord, and showed it to William Atkin son, a silversmith, but he not thinking ot gold, was unable to say what kind of metal it was. Mr. I iced kept the piece for several years on his house Hour, to lay against the door to keep it Iroui shutting, in the year 1802, he went to market to Kayetteville, and carried the piece of metal with hiui. and 011 showing it to a jeweller the latter immediately told hiin it was gold, and requested Mr. Kecd to have the metal with him and said he would flux it. Mr. Kecd left it, and returned in a short lime, and ou his return the jeweller showed him :? large bar oi'goldsix or eight inches long. The jeweller then asked Mr. lltcd what he would take 1'or the bar. Mr. Reed, not knowing the value of gold, thought lie would ask a ''big price," and so be asked three dollars and litly cents. The jeweller paid him bis price. After returning home, Mr. lleed examined and found gold in the surface along the creek, lie then associated Frederick Kisor, .lauies Love and Martin I'hifer with himself, and in the year 18015 they found a piece of gold in the branch that weighed twentyeight pounds. Numerous pieces were found in this mine weighing from sixteen pounds down to the smallest p irtielos. The whole surface aloug the creek for nearly a mile was very rich in gold. f The veins of this mine were discovered in the year 18111. They yielded a large quantity of gold. The veins are flint 01 quartz. 1 do certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the discovery and history ol this mine, as given by John Rooel and hit son Conrad Reed, now both dead. GKouui-; Rf.kmiaudt. 1Q.1Q Weight of different pieces of gold found at this mine :? * . 18U11, 28 pounds ; 1801, pounds; 180-1, y ?. 7 pounds ; 1801, 8 pounds; 180-1, 2 pounds; F 1801,1,' pounds; 1821, 10 pounds; 1821, OV pounds; 1821, 8 pounds; 18115, 18', pounds; 18115, -lA pounds; 18115, 1 pounds; 18115, 1 pound ; 18115, 8 pounds. Total 115 pounds steelyard weight. - J'lCKKD Ul?.?We picked up a letter in the street, says an exchange, the other day of which the following is a copy, excepting the addresses. The owner can have tin original hy calling at our office : J)KAU IlitOTII Kits, SlSTKUS, CoLMNS Aunts, Knci.ks, etc.:?I now take my seal and set down to take this opportunity tr inform you that I am "Daudy," that is. I suppose I am, for Ahbie has got a nice fat baby, and we hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same great blessings.? Now this is to ho a strictly business letter. Firstly, as I said before, Ahbie has gut as nice a baby as over made up faces. Nextiy. I have swapped away old lluckskin. and think 1 have got a pretty nice horse, it is a little girl and weighs nine pounds [I mean the baby,] and is just as fat as butter, ami has got a good strong pair of lungs; she i? red and got a bobtail [the horse 1 mean] and a white strip in her face, and is a good driver; she has got blue eyes and a diuiph in her chin ( I mean the baby now), ami just the prettiest mouth that ever was (ol course), and judging from her teeth 1 shouh think she was about six years old [1 meat the horse now); she is sound, snioothe ami kind (I moan the horse or baby either, (m?\> and the doctor sais she it the fains hi ever saw, without any exception (he mean* the baby). I got lio dollars to boot, not ii the baby scrape, tho', for the boot was on the other foot, and two or three sizes largei as near as I can lind out. I am going to liar ness the horse now, and go alter mother she was born last Wednesday iiiuht, lit minutes past nine (I hope you dont think I mean mother or the horse, 1 mean the bahy ) She is as hearty as a pig, ate an eg',', a biscuit, and drank three cups of tea lor bet dinner ( 1 mean Abbiej. She is getting along nicely, and if she don't have any bad luck she will get along fustrntc. She b rather windy, and they say that is a sign ol colic (1 mean the baby], 1 hop< it is, I'm the nurse says col icy babies never die. Slu talks through her dose (no.-c) as she take: stuff (the miss I mean now). There. I've been reading this over,and I see plainly that I ain't lit to write. Tin amount of it is, I am llu?trated; I amdaddt and that accounts lor it, so you nnet excuse mc this time. ,S.wi. I>.\i?i?v. ? "Kkkp tJiTTiMt'."?"My friends," saie I'lato lobnsoi), in one ol bis oratoriea moods, "?le worl" am so coiistertntod dai while dar am jest "bout 'null' for cveryb d\ who is willin' t> work, dar ain't a morse left fur do man who sits under de trees an 'spects de a ppl e to bill in bis nmuf. ' Now, I s studied apples all my days :in' I nebber kiuw one dat wouldn't hanjj onto do limb until it was shook down?dat is, ob course, a sound, sensible apple. ' Don't stan' roun do Corner ob do street wid a wild expectation dat the man who libs dar isgoiu' to couic out on de cold sidewalk an' ask you to be his son in law. ' I've seen many a man loafm' 'roun' Forty second Street Depot as though ho Jell sure dat if he stayed dar Ion-.' 'null' Mr \ underbill would come out an' hand him a check for one million dollars an' say, "Younir man, t.iko dis small pile an' be happy." ".No; de better way am to yit your eye fixed on something, an'd n keep movin', keep movin'. De whole philosophy of life is in de little word-, 'l\ei p oillin', and after awhile _\oii are sho' lofin' yourself s >mcw liar.'' I Thk Nkuiio Hur.fe at the Sot'tii.?A. ? K. McClure, the editor of 4hc -Philadelphia i Time*, writing to hid paper from Columbia, r says: V#?t ."None know better than the musses of I the colored voters of .South Carolina that i their attempt at self-rule has been a torri ble failure, and they are now distrustful of - all colored leaders, while they have noth* i ing but curses for tho desperate white ad* I venturers who impoverished both races while i assuming to elevate uid benefit the negro. It was this feoliug that made the elccliou I of Hampton possible in 1870, and the secptrc once wrested from such a race will not soon be regained. 'They led little hope of aiding themselves by a negro restoration. I They saw-the State robbed of lands for no I gro homes and the property stolen by those who claimed to be the fricudsof the negro. They saw taxes wrung from property toed; ucate the negro, ami a large portion stolen outright and the schools made merely a mockery of education. Now they see sevi cuty-fivc thousand colored children in free niul niKii-lu f'junluit 1? it ml r<?il milni'iul teachers instructing them under the beneficence of the State They see, also, an amendment of the Constitution adopted, making fixed and irrevocable appropriations ? for free and equal education, and the (jov, crnor el tin State declaring for still greater increase in the facilities for instructing both whites and blacks. They see business and I confidence revive; they have more labor i and better pay ; they are steadily increasing their friendly relations with the whiles by leases of lands, and many of them are becoming small proprietors since they have ceased to neglect industry to follow the commands of selfish leaders ; and a large proportion of the more thrifty class have op-uily taken their political stand with the whites, while thousands of others, especially in minority Counties, refuse to take any part in politics They have a majority of from 20,000 to 110,000 in the State, on a strict color line division, but there will never , be another solid negro vote east in thisState. Superior intelligence and will must rule i here as in all other places in the world, and both whites and blacks understand it. There I will be unjustifiable methods here to rei press such negro Counties as Usaufort. and s Charleston, and they will need the corrocti iug hand of justice; but until all the laws of human nature and of interest shall be I reversed, the white man will rule the infe! rior race, and be will do it better in the South :ut this time than the negro can rule himself. This is not the sentimental view s of the race issue iu the South, but it is the I' truth." t ? What Yot Do, Do Wki.i.?When you undertake to do anything, be iu earnest about it; do it with your might. Fortune and lame are often lust by not being in earnest. This is a real world?a world of real work, real success, real conflicts, real fail ; urcs, real triumphs, real defeats. And lot ( no man Lie so over confident in liis own abilities as to look with indiifercucc upon the difficulties before liiui?the danger and tri1 als that he inu..t pass in order to reach the goal upon which his eye is fixed. Full and glorious success never yet did crown the 1 languid and indifferent exercises of the powers of mind and body. It requires J effort to push one's craft against the current ! of rivalry, jealousy and vice, and if one would have bis progress marked by complete i triumph his efforts must be well directed, - constant and uurolaxiug. lJut he who feels ' that he has only lobe inactive and wait for thi wind of fortune to drift hiui into the haven of wealth and fame, has lost every promise of success, and is in far more danger of ultimate disaster than the tempesttossed mariner, though bis mast be gone 1 and his vessel shattered and torn by the raging sea. lie in earnest ; meet the difficulties which daily arise with determination 1 to conquer and rise above them. Let not 1 your adversary find you sleeping or dreatn' ing of an easy conquest. Too much e n' ; iidence in one's powers is fatal to success, I and often brings defeat most disastrous.? ' i lie faithful, be true, be kind, bo linn, bo - earnest. I I' St it Diviiunc Lauok Plantations. l|?Mr. Daniel Dennett writes to the New i Orleans I'ictij/un>\ urging upon land-owners I the policy of dividing up their extensive | plantations into leaseholds. He says: | "livery succeeding year the large cotton , i and sugar planter becomes better satisfied i I that plantation, Held and sugar-house labor i become weaker and less reliable. Without reliable labor plantations must in time prove failures. It will not do to pitch crops with ; about even chances whether the planter I may or may not have the labor necessary to | cultivate or harvest them. Nor will it do i for strikes to compel him to pay twice as much for his labor as lie can afford to.? What is the condition of the unharvested f ' sugar and cotton crops in Louisiana and I Mississippi at the present lime '! The plan< ter and his merchant shudder at losses which f1 appear inevitable. Kxecssive rains, a sin j gle violent storm, an early freeze, a severe drouth, very low prices?any one of these < may bankrupt many planters in a single j year. (Jive white men a fair chance to make | money on these plantations, and the most of the sugar lands and the cotton lands, except in most sickly and malarious regions, ; could be leased on time to white men. The ! negroes prefer tin- swamps and the richest lands to any others, and there is where the ' | la>; of the race will probably be found gen' oral ions hence." L! Tiik Diahv or a Dot.i.Ait.?hound myI self yesterday morning in the pocket of a man who had promised to love, honor, protect and cheri-h me with all his might and main. And thi-. morning where am I f Durst. Droken. In a hundred pieces.? I ?' *<# .liei.Kito innnilir-i r?f/? in imil) n tills or dirty pockets. Hut I anticipate. I was on tlic reserve force and laid l?v to pay 1 | a bill. My comrade was a fifty-cent piece, J who was expected to pay that day's expenses. (Pi dit. he was borrowed. I carnc next. 1 went thus: For a cigar after breakfast, ten cents; for a glass of beer at 10 \ M , five cents; for four glasses of beer i for the crow11 at 12 M . twenty cents; for i another glass of heer. five cents. Verily, what a shadow is a I? '! What a shadow it pursues. ? .Y? c )"/ / (1 nt/'/u'e. <?. , * A in I looking Ibr work !" indignantly responded the holiest, tramp. ' Not. iniieli 1 ain't. There's too much work in the country now. I am trvoig to l;e"p out of ' the way id it." ~ - 1 ii i i J1 ^but A Uoou lloitSK.?"I cau'texptaiUe best a real good burse is," said ouo of tbJK>y are naturcd dealers iu the street. "Thflrsc you as ditfereut as men. lu buying a b?iJ,rgigUS must look first to his bead uud eyes IV hones of intelligence, temper, eourago andA oau't 1 ty. Unless a horse bus bruins yoAou can teach hiui anything any more tbau mil, bay teach u half-witted child. See that if Ififteen < there, a tine looking animal abouf^^horso 1 hands high? You cau't teach iIiAvmu a i anything. Why? Well, I'll shu^Bry. iis I difference in heads, but have a .-?dat I heels. Look at the beast's MB], that I rounding nose, that taperiug forebcaSi cau't t broad, f ull place below the eye6. YoB so.? j trust him. Kick '! Well, 1 guess A has u I'ut him iu a ten acre lot, where 'I n off I plenty of wing, and he'll kick the .V f the moon". ^Voeast r The world's treatment of man and"B?sify v has the teudeucy to enlarge and iutclThis t bad qualities, if they predominate. f'rain t good naturcd phreuologist could not rcrhose h from slapping iu the face the horse vnted, character had been so cruelly deliuolt for a while ho had but the gentlest trcatuicdears s a slick limbed sorrel that pricked het^ to t forward and looked intelligent encd^ u understand all that was being saitifl >ded. u "That's an awful good mare," hBO see t< "She's as true as the sun. You I a breadtl? and fullucss between eyes. You can't hire that mflrc to act v> nieau or hurt anybody. Thefcyc should be It full, and hazel is a good color. I like a b small, tbiu car, aud want a lVprse to throw p his curs well forward. Look o\Ji for the brute e that wants to listen to all tWe conversation n that is going on behiud 'hiui. The horse w that turns back his ears till they almost o meet at the poiuts, ?,ake my word for it, is tl sure to do something wrong. See that b straight, elegant lace '! A horse with a w dishing face is cowardly, and a cowardly c brute is always vicious. Then I like a ? square muzzle, with largo nostrils to let g pleuty of air to the luugs. For the uuder side of the head a good horse should J* bo well cut uuder the jowl, with jaw- tl boucs broad and wide apart under. the ii throttle. ? ''So much for the head," ho continued, is "The uext thiug to con idor is the build of h the animal. Never buy a loug-lpggcd, / stilty horse. Let him have a short, straight back and a straight rump, aud you'.ve gut a gentleman's horse. The withers should u be high, and the shoulders well set back S( and broad, but don't get thcui too deep 11 in the chest. The fore legs should be v short. (Jive me a pretty straight hiud u leg, wi h the hoek low down, short pas- 0 tern joints, and a round mulish foot.? 1 There are all kinds of horses, but the 11 animal that has these points is almost n sure to be slightly graceful, good-ualured 11 and serviceable. As to color, tastes differ. 11 Lays, browns aud chestnuts are the best.? ^ ilouus are very fashionable at present. A I1 great many grays and sorrels are brought here for shipment to Mexico and Cuba.? v They do well in a hot climate, under a trop- '' ical sun, lor the same reasou that you find I1 light-colored clothing most serviceable in ^ summer. That circus horse behiud you is 1 what many people call a calico horse ; now, c [ catt him a genuine picbakl. ItH-?. U of nature, and may happen anywhere.? 1 Scribiur's Munthly. s . . ?- t Indiana's IIuk.vt Phi eon-Roost.?The t most notable niircon roost iu the West is lo- 1 eatcd in the southwestern part of Scott I County, Indiana, and covers many hundreds f of acres of the forest. To this roost couic s nightly, in the full season, .vhon pigeons are J abundant, millions of these birds. They n commence arriving as early as 5 o'clock (. in the evening, end often until midnight the i flocks pour in. The birds leave at daylight, c and by S or o'clock all have departed for 1 the feeding-grounds, often hundreds of miles i away. During roosting season this pigeon- ^ reost is an exciting place. Hunters from j all parts of Indiana, from Ohio and Keu , tueky come armed with shotguns and long poles, and supplied with torches and sacks, the latter to be used in carrying off the ' captured birds. The hunters usually begin ' their work about 8 o'clock in the Evening [ and thence on through the night the scene 1 is an exciting one. The roar of shotguns is 1 heard on all sides. Added to this is the ' cracking and falling of the limbs of the ( trees from the accumulated weight of the ( pigeons upon tluun. Torches flash on all 1 sides through the forest, the crash of the ' long poles through the lower limbs of the ' trees as they sweep down the birds, the ] shouts of the hunters and the whirr of the ' wings of the rising and settling flocks ere- ' ate confusion worst confounded. Thous- 1 amis of birds are killed nightly, and during 1 the day droves of hogs roam through the for- ' I est to fatten on the killed and wounded birds 1 left on the ground during the night's foray, t At intervals of many years tiie pigeons change their roosting place, hut never locate ^ far away. The Scott County pigeon-roost has been a faunus resort for more than ! eighty years. A Thought h>u tiik Miixx.r axkl>.? : | It is the solemn thought connected with the 1 middle life that life's last business is begun 1 in earnestness ; and it is then, midway be- ! twecn I lie cradle and tiio grave, that a man begins to marvel that lie let the day of ' youth go by so half enjoyed. It is the pen- 1 j sivo autumn feeling ; it is the sensation of ' half sadness that wo experience when the ' I longest day of the year is past, and every 1 j day that follows is shorter, and the light 1 i fainter, ami the fechlo shadows tell that ua- ' ' tore is hastening with gigantic footsteps to i her winter grave. So does the man look hack upon his youth. When the first grey ' hairs become visible, when the unwelcome | truth fastens itself upon the mind that a j ' ' man is no longer going up hill, but down, ; and that the sun is always westering, he looks hack on things behind. When we were children wo thought as children. Jlut j I now here lies before ns manhood, 'with its ! earnest work, and then old age, and then the | ! ; grave, and then home. There is a second ' youth for man, better and holier than the ' i lirst. it lit; will look on ami noi iook. duck. ? l'\ \\\ iioiikiitson 1 A cross-eyed man who said that lio was 1 jjoinir I" '"Vole ;is ho sli??t," had his ballot 1 J i' ii'i't 'illv put among the "'scattering" by the I judicious inspector. * " ? ! ' Married ,lilb roaches the acino of happi- | l lies s when a woman can eat crackers in j I i I'd with eh any o'inplaiiil I'm nil In r bus- j | hand | i *rf Ark We Going Too Fast.?Sevcra writers iu a position to koow the exact state of commercial affairs have roceutly uttered ouiinoux hints. They say that the coudiCious uow alarmingly resemble those .preceding crashes that in the past have shocked the business of the entire country. The. prosperity of the last low years haa again called iuto life and reckless activity the speculators whosj destruction is only a question of time, and general business is becoming rapidly cntauglcd and identified with them. Men aro uulearning bitter lessons and departing froui the safe rules of lair returns for fair investments. Another jra of "flush times," based ou hollow apjcarauces and airy trust, is being brought ibout. Southern business men are naturaly conservative, having neither the superluity or tho irresponsibility that produce ecklessncss and dangerous methods. It irould bo well however for them to look well o themselves, and make all sale against the hreatoucd storui. Kach man kuows best iow to do this for himself. The great commercial crashes, occuriii" I most periodically at the North, supply a trong reasou for a commercial divorce from hat seetio.i, in addition to others. Their icthods of doing busiuess are too fast for a Wc have not yet acquired the strength 0 withstand a severe shock and recover As mg as Northern cities are our recognized usiness centres, we are constantly exosed to dangers which we can not avoid, veti if we sec them. However averse we lay bo to rash speculation in New York, 'o form so small a part of its interests that ur protests or resistance arc not felt, alliough the fall will drag us down. With usiness centres in the South, however, they 'ill be coutrolled by the geuerally idential Southern interests and sentiment, and 'e will lave our affairs within reach of uidancc. Meantime those who arc involved with Northern cities would do well to see that lie wreck will fall clear of them. Ijcgitnate risks are necessary to all busiuess, if rc desire to progress at all, but if the ship > being steered toward a rock wc should >ok carefully aud prepare.? Greenville VeicsT Tiif. IIamt ok Ski.k-Contuol.?If there 1 one habit which, above alk others, is decrving of cultivation it is that of self-con? rol. In fact it includes so much that is of alue and importance in life, that ituinyallost be said that, in proportion to its pow? r, does the man obtain his manhood and he woman her womanhood. The ability to icntify self with the highest parts of our ature, and to bring all the lower parts nto subjection, or rather to draw theiu all pward into harmony with the best that we now, is the one central power which suplies vitality to all the rest. liow to develop this in the child may roll absorb the energy of every parent ; iow to cultivate it in himself may well employ the wisdom and enthusiasm of youth, 'et it is no mysterious or complicated path hat leads to this goal. The habit of selfontrol is but the accumulation of coiiliuled acts of self deuial for ? w ?ol.y ; t is biu the repeated authority of the reaou over the impulses, of the judguicut over he inclinations, of the sense ol duty over he desires, lie who lias acquired this labit, wh > can govern himself intelligent y, without painful effort, and without any ear of revolt fro in his appetites and pasions, has within him the source of all real lower and ali true happiness. The force md energy which lie has put forth day by lay, and hour by hour, is not exhausted nor :von diminished; on the contrary it has in:rcased by use, and has become strongcrand ceeuer by exercise ; and, although it has ilready completed its work in the past, it is till bis well-tried, true and powerful wca)on for iutlire conflicts iu higher regions.? I 'It iUub fph id Jjt tlyr. A Moi.sk in 11 Kit 1'ocivKT.?A short imc since an elderly lady of this city starled the household with a piercing slnick md the information that there was a mouse n her pocket. Some one rushed to her rescue, hastily assisted her to divest herself >f her wrapper, firmly grasping the mouth if the pocket to prevent the escape of the Jangorous animal. The garment was then turned over to the man of the house, and Ite, armed with a club, proceeded to the (jack yard to dispatch the offender. The pocket was opened gradually, buUno mousi ippeared. Finally, gaining courage, he rcntured to investigate, and found the cause jf all the excitement to be a pocket tapemeasure, from which the spring had heroine detached and had unwound with a whirr. How is ''dope" or harness blacking made? A. 1. Molasses, ilb.j lampblack, 1 oz.yeast, a spoonful ; sugar, olive oil, gum tra; gacanth, and isinglass, each 1 oand a iow's gall. Mix with 2 pints stale beer unl let stand before the fire for an hour.? 1. Molasses, 8 parts; lampblack, swc;t jil, gum arabie, and isinglass, each 1 ; water, .'<2 ; apply beat. When cold add 1 o/. spirits of wine, and apply with a sponge.? If too hard place the battle in hot water before using. i?. Black resin. 2 omelt ii i glazed earthenware pot and add ozs beeswax ; i oz line lampblack, ] dr. Prussian blue in fine powder ; stir well, take of] the fire, and add sufficient oil of turpentine I/, f/iriti n tli m ti:isti> Atitdv with a tiieci ' I "I I V , if lilt mi rag, and polish ?vith a brush.? Sricntijic American. Arri'.mi i.atimx ok Manuuk in Staitl.ks.?A large mass of tiling, unless frozen >r kept near the freezing puiiit, will under jo decomposition, and gives off, besides steam, ammonia, and other gases. 'J'host tend to soften and injure the hoofs of ani tiials, and especially horses that may bt forced to stand continuously upon the accumulation of dung. These gases cause inflammation of the eyes, and injure tlu general health, interfere with the digestion tnd reduce the vigor of the animal. There diould be no mass of manure in any stabh where horses are kept. A clean floor ami pure air are requisites for the best health ol .he ajimals. A Iter listening to t lie various ills to whieli people were exposed?bronchitis in Florida yellow fever in New Orleans, lightning ii lie pine lands?the laziest of the group pushing hack his hat. remarked : "f act is, {* rather dangerous livin unywbai." NEW and WONDERFUL! THE TTO SPRING BED 48 HONEST SPRINGS FOR $5.00 millS is without doubt the ('liviipCNl and _L tuost Durable Spring over offered to I lie public, mid is fur superior (o any lied in the market. Some of the advantages of this Spring over all others are? tai. /i is cieun, noiseless, nroi Wrong. > Each Spring is made of the best liesscmer Sprinj Slcel, cacii Spring having an individual strength of Sixty rounds. 3d. The body rests smoothly and evenly upon these springs, and a light and heavy person sleeping in the same bed does not cause it to sag, as with Slat or Woven Wire Beds. 1th. Ihisisthe only Spring in the market that can be adjusted to any b<*d ami moved from one bed to another with the same ease that you can move ordinary sluts. * 5th. It makes a smooth, even surface <*?L.""' mattress to rest upon, with no end.s ^^.v-'dr the wear the mattress. ... to chafe and titli. This bed we go- 1 clastic, and adjusta'Ja^V.irantco to be noiseless, will of the o'rtiiJ .""'ft*: to be hard or soft nt the moving "vCupants, (by simply adding or ro?>vc,^a ^ow 3Pr'nBs? which can be done in minutes,) and to fit the body in all parts 'and positions, and nut to g'?v. way ???J-? tu. strain, each spring being severely tested before used. TI110 PllOOF : We, the undersigned, arc now using the Twin Springs, made by Messrs Kison & Sassaman, and take pleasure in stating that they aro superior to any we have ever seen : Wni. Monro, llev. 11. G. Clifford, S. M. Hice, B. M. Stokes, S. S. Farrar, J. 1). Smith, 11. W. Tinsley, T. K. Bailey, J. 1'. Mullinax, T. C. Nelson, F. X. Barker, I T. M. Alvcrson. For the present these Springs will be made at the Union Motel, and we invite the citizens to call there and examine them for themselves. LISOX iV SASSAMAA. Dec 17 50 tf Diamonds arc More llinn Costly (Muss, nnd so ore Strictly first-class, High Toned, Superlative Stoves, Lie the Times, to inferior ones. T II E TIMES COOKING STOVE Costs more to manufacture, but is sold at nearly the same price as ordinary Stoves, and possesses so many advantages over all others that it is necessary to iuspect it iu order to appreciate it fully. THE ACME OF PERFECTION, Has taken the Premium at Every C ontcst. Guaranteed in every Respect. If you want t lie very host, buy I lie TIM ICS COOK. Over DO,000 homed made happy by possessing this Jewel of the tirst witter. I-OH SM.K JiY J. H. RODGER. Oct 22 42 tf W. It. TS < > 1, 12 TV, BILLIARDS and SAMPLE Rooms. DKALKR IN Fine ttraiidios, Whiskies. lVincs, A'( ,4 Ac. pukk mountain cok.n wiiiskb\ a sl'ecia ltv. The Finest Brands Domestic and Imported. , Cigars, Chewing Tobacco, &c. ! S1WHTAN1MTUJ, S. C. n"AVINO opened a branch of my estahlisli. inenl in the commodious and handsome j new MERCHANTS' HOTEL, at which Mr. : KOEEIIT LA Mil will always be found ready to wait upon patrons, I invite those who may visit Spartanburg to give us a call and test the qualities and prices ol' what we have for sale. W. II. NOLKN. Nov 'Jtl -17 tf NEW MILLINERY ltecjcivca Weekly ?r.v? | Ml IS. M. VINSON, over f s. w. roiMurs STom:. fllll I! latest styles of Ladies llats and Trim _I. tilings <>f fill descriptions, from tlic largest ami best wholesale establishments, can always he foil ml in the Millinery rooms over S. W I'orler's Store. Ladies are invited to examine i my s'ock ami prices?tny aim is to please my . customers in both. M. VINSON. . Nov I'.t lo tf H. L. FARLEY, ll'ornc} til liiiu mill Hcul llsltile A front. , SPARTANBURG, S. C. Prompt attention given to all business. Mai eli 0 ly ' Ladies' Cloaks. 1 WK have an circuit assortment of (ho latest I styles of Ladies t 'looks. f .i. p. hunrun & co Black Cashmere. i If yon Intend buying a Black Cashmere doiit fail to examine those at , SPKA IIS Si tMLToN S . ICuhhi'i* thioils. r Ruhher (foods for Gentlemen and Ladies can he loitml at SI'HAILS \ COLTON'H. dtt I notice' .. I I To Tourists and Health Seekers. vJhH SUMMER SCHEDULE TO THE MOUNTAINS. V^Bj Spartanburg, Union & Columbia A Nil 1?| Spartanburg A AhIicyIIIc 11. If. m &&Cg?QB33S3B%g%SB H Spartandviui, S. C. May 17, 1880. vj On and after (lie above date (he following Schedule will be run over these Roads daily, (Sundays excepted) : 1 11 lhdhA. 1 Leave Alston 1 : 00 p. m. Leave Union 1 : GO p. m. ^|Q Leave Spartanburg 4 : IS p.m. ^B^B Arrive at liendersonville 7 : 10 p. m. |H Close connection is made at Alston with train V^H from Columbia on Greenville & Columbia Hood. ? W At Columbia, connection is made fronu.'too, o?c ^y ' fl[ ton, Wilmington Ciiar'csAt Sr" j ?and "Augusta. I I Vj Li-,a?tanbiirg, connection is made at Air 1 .,^,nc"l)epot with trains from Atlanta and Clinr- . | lotte, also with Stage Line to Glenn Springs. r I 1 At Ilendcrsonvillc, connection is made with I 1 .jm a first class Line of Stages to Aslicvillc, arriv- J , ing there the same evening. Btriy* Parties desirous of visiting Cresor's --^^B Head or other points of interest can be provided with first class conveyances from the Liv^r/ btables iu Hendorsonville at reasonable rates. W Ui,lt 7 I TIM V OOI'IIH .... ,.y Lpi', ,/ Will leave Ilendcrsonvillc 8.35 a. lit B i I Spartanburg 1 .80 p. in.' i fl Union 1.60 p. m^g| L. i Arrive at Alston 4.30 p. m .' * / j These ltoads nrc in excellent condition; fur-' v I ^B nislicd with first class Coaches; provided with" . L (C all necessary appliances for safety and comfor' ln^ of Passengers. At Spartanburg and Header sonvillo the Hotel accommodations are now ampie for a large increase of travel. They will bo P* found well supplied with good Mountain fare % at reasonable rates. ' //j ^^B FREIGHT THINS. ^ The Freight trains will run three times a K, week, viz: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. k JAMES ANDERSON, Sup't. R May 0 0 (f W- M 5 1 S T Y id A R ' HHHHj GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, .$2 PER YEAR. ANOTHER NEW DEPARTURE1 Beginning with January No., 1881. In obedience to what we believe to be a growing desire of the reading public, the publishers beg to announce that Cooky's Lady's Hook in 1881 A COMPLETE NOVEL BH IN EVERY NUMBER I * ^KN Besides the following old-lime specialties: ^BIB Hcautiful Original Steel Plate Enyravinys. Diagram Pattern* for Laditt and Children. B Mammoth Colored Fashion Plate. Short Stories, Poems and Sketches. Our Popular lYovelty /'ayes in Colors. Illustrated Art and Fashion Home Work. Architectural JJesiyns for Ileautifnl Homes. (Jodey's Recipes, (Jodry's Puzzles, and Games. ^BI^RB Monthly Chit-Chat on Fashions, etc., etc. ^E Hi ISO tUIHIUUdl uivmm. EVERY NUMB Kit COMPLETE IN ITSELF! Subscriptions will be received nt this ollicein B clubs willi this paper?The Union Timks and (jodry's Lady's Book for one year, post-paid, only s:t 90. PB B The JJ|Hilary Nllllllior will be ready f Deo. 1st. On receipt of ?0 cents a sample B copy will be promptly sent by tbc publishers, and (his amount can be deducted when the price of a year's subscription is mailed. Remit by money order, or draft on l'hiladelphia or Now York, or by registered letter, pay- S^BBj to (Jodey's Lady's Iiook, Pub. Co. (Limited) 100G Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY. I I HAY INC opened for the public at Jonesvillo fl B S. C. a full assortment of JBQ^^H Wines, Liquors, Lager Beer, Oyster*. Sardines. Salmon, Crackers, Pickles, ? B Candies, l'owder. Shot, Cigars, Tobacco, Coffee, Sugar, and ice in any quantity. ^B fl 1 \voul<I lie pleased to incci nt nu miiva m; old l'ricuds ami the community ut large. Iced Lemonade A Specially. HHfl Drummers will find my stock the Ne Plus UI- H Ira. (Jive tnc a call. 11UGUBY 11ENTLBV. I Joucsvillc, July 1st, 1880. raHflfi It. W. It.\i.i?, ImIiiri'ii.s. S. S? S'loKlis, I'tdou. It ALL & HTOKKHB9H ATTOUAEYS AT LAW, 1t UNION O. II., S.C. | WILL practice in all the Courts of this State. Prompt attention given to tho Collection of j^8HB Claims in all parts of the United States. Hj Dec tf OWBj Sewing Machines. j&HK| I AM Agent for the popular and servic enl> BRD Weed and the New American Sewing M chines. They arc pronounced equal to any n? HiSG^S in use and arc sold very cheap. jflBHEHH 1>. M. COIIKN. 'WH Oct. 10 flj GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS,. fl 8 I T KB PS' Dress Shirts ami Collars, the cheap dBH^BOe I\ est ami best in the market. Keep's Shirts, laundried, SI. Very superior Under-shirts, HQ^gSgHI Drawers, Sock*, Handkerchiefs, Scarfs, &c., &c. |HH9 KICK & McLURE. 1 Oct io tf HnH The Handkerchief Dress. If you intend buying a Calico Dress, don't forget (hit the Handkerchief Patterns are to beOUnd only at SPKAIIS & COI.TON'S. Ladies' Shoes. ^HSIH I ADII'.S' Baltimore and Philadelphia made I J Fine Shoes. SflHBB&j Ladies Newport or Sandal Slippers. Just ro m ecivcd at KICK & McLUKK'8. BBlgiMI Canned Goods. -# O ..1 !\ 1 ? M w c lifivc a line ussiirimeiii ui v/iiiineu muuus, ?seine never before brought to litis market. Call and See Tltem. V^HBeSnj J. C. HUNTEll & CO. Scantlcss Kid Gloves. Wliile nml Colored 2 ami Kill Ions at . c. iiuntkii & co. HHRMH IVMt.'t a i i i' able Cutlery. isbbbiWMbi Fro 3 the best Manufacturer!*. mBMRMMBhS HUNTER .<1 CO. nun OI?l I'npci'H loi* Sale. TjlNyl'lllE ft -* > B^nn