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F. Buooie. II. R. I1i i>uins H. C. Hi;n?;isfl. BRODIE <fc CO. COTTON FACTORS COM M1SSION M E HC 11 \ NTS, NXWTU ATLANTIC WJIAUF> ? CHAKt^TON. S, C: Liberal AvUanoas made on Consignment. Ur.KKu t?i Andrew Simoodfl, Esq., l'rcs t "1st National Bank, Chafle&tnn, S. C. roay'si ? wee tf WASHINGTON HOUSE k BY Mra M. W. Stratton, | *> rjt cojtSfcit ?B?VAIS k ASSEMBLY STREETS tolfflXBIA, St V. Convenient to the Greenville and Charleston Bailrouds and tbe Business portion of the City. Haje of Transient iuwClT~t'" 'w"r; ttf ^ular 'JjqardetB received at Reasomihlo AILEEN'S LOY?. ? BY FRANo?9ll?ElXS HADF.N. lilAI lUUrr? QrlOuiBlci Ralph Livingston was ono ot fortune's most favored children ; ynnnjr, in good health, linndsomn. and very rich, I nlph ws'H the only ''hjfc^tf a widow ed ninthcr, ami the luftijM?ssentat i ve of an old and proucPr?ce. He was a universal faVorito. Mrs. Livingston knew the time was coming when her son.,would fpajrry, aad so bIic thought to anticipate his choice by selecting a wife for Imu ; fearing his heart hiiuht fettle on one not agreeable to her. iShe felt jealous of every pretty girl in town, and feared them?save one right at home. Hut then Aileou was not beautiful, and. of course, she had no idea of the itirl who was friendless, a dependent on lier'Wjtirity. ns one to con nevt, eV'Oj iu thought, with her son. No, Aileen. poor child ! w?a not to be feared. She watted on Ralph ; read to him ; learned difficult songs, that he might ea.-ily catch the air, and sing them to other girls ; listened to his eulogies on the beauty, grace and sweet ness of Lilly, Jlose, or Violet, which ever he chanced to be the besi pleased with at the time. Before Aileen knew Ralph's nature so well, she would stud away to her room and w*cp as if her loving little heart would break?why, she would never acknowledge even to herself? when he would talk to her of the girl he admired so muuh But after a time Aileen ee-uld listen and smile, lor she feit hin heart knew not the mighty power. Ada Whiting, the daughter of her dearest friend, was the choice of i?Jn>. ! LiyinjatO.il, and so she set herself about to have it as she wished. Fortune fanned her just then. Mrs. Whitiug's health being very feeble, nor phy sieiaii.s advised a wiuter South. Ada j was inueh averse to goiig, and so it ! wa? an easy tank for Mrs. Livingston to i persuade Mr. and Mrs. Whiting tc leavu j their daughter to her love and care, j And so the beautiful Ada became one ? of Mrs. Livingston's family. Ada was beautiful, truly; perfect iu form and features, with a shower of golden ringlets ; a complexion fair, and as delicately tinted at* the pearly sea shell) cyts as blue ti? the summer sky ? languishing eyes, that ever glowed with j the same soft, sweet light. i< Never were two wmien more dissimi lar (lien Ada Whiting and Ailoon Wild. Aud when Mrs. Livingston saw them | standing together, she thought how j much Aila'.s beauty was enhauecd by tire contract, for Ailleen was a pale, Sal low, little thing, whom no one hail ever 1 thought* pretty, and. beside the fair beauty that Mrs. Liviugston had deter mined should be her daughter, the poo; i.rote-e appeared.very plain looking. But Aikcn had eyes tlut would have won for any woman that had a little taet, in d with.the aid of ait, the reputa tion ol a beauty?r^es so large and d rk, with a world of love and passion glow ing aw;.) dowu in her (u-pths. Mrs. Livingston was well satisfied with the prospect of affairs. She bad but little doubt of the final success of in r pluti. There was one thing, however, that Mis. Livingston did not like and felt iuc necessity t?i warning ifalph :ig?u?>t ? i. It was this, that when he would intend to read lor the entertainment ol Ada and his mother, he would invari ably ask, "Where is Aileen '('' aud wait until she was sent for aud came. ' Why do you do so, Ralph '!" Mrs. Livingsloue asked, "Ada will think you lather mure attentive tu Alleen than U necessary, under the circumstances In fact, it looks as if you read more particu fitly for Aileen s benefit. And last night 1 noticed, and so f?llst Ada, laat you town enccd sour reading with only one auditor, und that neither youi mother nor her gm >t." "bid 1 ? Well, mother, really I was very remiss j but?. Well, the truth is. Aileen not only appreciates the subject, but -how:, it. Ada hears all sentiment-, n > matter how varied, with tho same awect expression of oyo aud tougu ?. Why, mother, the most glowing descrip tions, puu>iouulo and pathetic appeals that ever flowed from iuspired poet's brain, fail to draw !orth from.her an exclamation other thau, "It's prctty.j is it not?"; wrfilo Ailcun's $urk faco lights lip, Vr glorious eyes apttrkle aud glow wi,th in^niration caught from the r^cm, and she expresses her appreciation in words that would satisfy the ambition of the most exacting author. That-is why I lovo to read to tier., absolutely throws off the little plain face, sod grows really beautiful at such times, answered Rnlph, while his mother gared, really amazed at bis words and manner. At length, after a moment's pause, she saidj "One who did not understand you Ralph, would bs in doubt which of the two you were in love with. Lot me ad vise you uiy Son to be careful. Ailcen might bp foolish onougji to misinterpret your feelings and actions, and Ada might withdraw her favor." Ralph was about to answer, when a sigh, a rustle of dress caught his ear, a:id starting up, he said : "Do not worry mother, I'll do what is right." He walked out oPthe conservatory ai.d lookc-3 around, but no one was visible His mother had started a train of thought that had been touched before, and he wundered off from the bouse, and threw himself dowu on a shady mound to commune with his owa heart. Yes, he must know himself. Did he lovo Ada? And AileOn?whit of her ? Never for a moment had he thought, of her, except as she wat, his friend, his confidont; she would not mi*under*tab$l hi.s kindness. His mother's counsel was needless. Ada loved him, he felt sure ; and although he had never told her so, ho had certainly given her r-ason to be lieve he loved her. l es, he must do what was right?what Ada, his mother, and the world expected. Absorbed in thought, he continued. With this detcrmiu itioo ho sought A<1?, tuld bis love, and won her promise to be his. He believed himself happy, but one thing marring hi* pleasure. Could she love as nuothcr might ? I What, if poverty, or danger of auy kind threatened, would she brave all for him." Ah '. the trial came soon enough. A dreuued disease came upon him. Ser vants lied; frieuli came hot; and when he called for Adito come and cool his levered brow, the doctor tried to soothe him, and hide tho siuimcfol truth. She too had lied?umong the first. j Oh, how he suffered ! No gentle j hand to soothe, uo loving voice to ; whisper wonL of c lufort '. Dying I alone ! and then his heart knew but one wish of earth?to see Ailcen. Yet he I breathed it nut. She must not come near to him to breathe the fatal air. Lying thinking of herbe felt a soft little hand pressed gently on his brow. She was with him, kneeling by his aido. 'Aileen ! Aihen. ! darling, a why ! away '." he cried. D > you know 'tis I death here V "No, Ralph "f is lile to bo with you.'' she answered, pressing her lips to his J uud inhaling his death bearing hruith. She stayed by him, clung to him. j Death was robbed of his terrors then. The lu>t uouud that fell ou his ear was an agonizing cry from Ailoou, as they strove to draw her from him. Anu Ralph Livingston sprang up? not from death, but his dream - and stood gnriug bewildered at the scone be fore him. Ada and Ailcen both stood by : the first pale and trembling ; the other pale too, but with a look of de termination and courage On the ground a few pices from her feel, lay a frightful, vcuomous snake, stunned by ; the force with whicn s!ic had thrown it 1 down. i In a moment, Ralph, us i'" by iustlnct, knew all. And Ada in the same swoct emotionless manner, told that they had come to hunt for bi n, by his mother's desire, and found him sleeping. And she had stooped down to awaken him, ' when sin had discovered the dreadful j snake, stealing round his neck. She ran i away so frightened. And Ailecn wont up, al hougl/she told her it would surely bite her?and caught it close up by the head, drew it off and dashed it to the ground. Ralph s dream flashed hack to his miud so vividly then! and he felt to win d Aileen as he hud never before, and was much relieved to be sure that he was not bound to the cold, beautiful girl beside him, and believed if she should ever be his, it would be as in the I dream. If danger thieatcned, she would fly. While Alleen?dear, noble, loving Aileen;?he knew she,, would never desert the man who called her his. She would cling by to save, or die with him. Turning to Ailcen ho said : "Thank ypu, you arc a bravo little woman, Ailoen ! you may have saved my lifo," ? -* Thoro wr-.s a tc^f cf deep emotion in his voice which caused Ailecn to ?aipo her eyes to his, , Qhe saw in them some thing that made her heart leap with a wild bound ,0^oj. And she w?s hap pier than ever ip.her life before. Shg Ijad beep Jo the distant part of the conservatory |that morning, and hei.rd much of the conversation between Ralph and bis mother. It was her sigh that Ralph.hac} heard. Oh, how miser able had iifij appeared to the poor loving child ! She little foamed how soon the cloud would p^ss awayt Ralph was yerj^quiet after their re turn to the house); B3 could not banish from his mind the ocourcncc which had so plainly shown hitn^tho difference in tlje character of the.girls. He was dis : . _ j :_ * .1-' _- .1 . -. ?ppOtukcvi tu nun, uuu suuiutmug uiiuoai. atuouuting to dislike was steuling into his heart aguinst her ; w'hilo Ailccn was growing hourily dearer to him. How pretty she looked that evening, he thought. And indeed Mrs. Living ston gazed at her, and wandered what had come over the girl to make her look so bright and happV. Ralph longod to bu with her alone. ;Ho found an oppor tunity during the evening. After again thanking her, he said : ''Did you not know how deadly was that bite?" "Certainly. That , was the reason I hastened to get it off." she said. ' Did you not thiuk of the danger to yourself. Aileeri ?" "Oh. yos. T thought of everything." "And you feared net ?" "Ouly for you, Rajhh." A'leen, the man vwlo wins your heart will have a priceless jewel! 1 believe you would die for one you loved.'' Her face crew paler than usual then. She was striving to still the wild throb hing of Iht heart, aiid hide its secret, to. "Would you not, Aiben ?" he asked. "Wi uld not any woman?" the rc 1 turned, vcil'og her eyes. I "IJdttif. Aii"*?n: Lfiyirti bad Unourn-that snake would have bitten you. would you have touched it?have braved death for me ?" he asked, striving to c itch her eye. j She spoke nor. not looked on him. j "Dear, Ailecn, you must answer me," j he s:\id, {.Utting forth his hand und ; I clasping hers. "You have no i ight to iusint?to speak > thus to me," hhc answered, still evading 1 his gaze. "I bvc, dear, Ailecn. the right to ? know the heart ol the woman I love !? Now look at sue, and see if I am not ! J speaking the truth !" '?Will you answer mo now, dear I ! Alicen ? ho aakek. opening hia arms. : "You kno.v I" bho bobbed He caught her to Iii? bosom, and said : "My own sweet darling! My brave j little Ailecn '." Mrs Liviugstou '.r.u dreadfully dis appointed. i>ut her boy's will was her law, and she accepted as gracefully a possible what the could not inert. Many of his friend-!, no doubt, mat vulled at bis choice of a wife, joJ hj though, he knew it. he cared >t ; for to him Aileen is more titan beautiful. The I thought of testing her luve never outers hii mind. He know* its worth?itf depth. If Ada had an ulTectijn for Ralph it | did not linger with Ivir long, lu n few Weekb it wan truasfere.l to uitothor?on'1 who was so proud of his beautiful wife thut lie xv >ti consent with such love as she ga\ e him. At a reoeut tii.tl, the counsel lor tho prosecut ion, after severely cross-ex uni n - iug witness, suddenly put ou a look of severity, end exclaimed : ' Now, sir, was uot an off ?rl rat 1c to i.iduco you to tell a different stun, ;" "A different story from what I have t >ld, do you mean ?" "That's what I m:an " ?'Yes, sir, several persons have tried to get tne to tell a differvnt story from what I have told, but they couldn't." "Now. bir, upon your oath, I wish to know who those j>ersons are "Well, you've tried about as hard as dny of them." He was quedioued no further on that point. A young lady at Cumberland, Md; who had been dumb for live, yeaxe Was lately returning from church, thinkiug of a hymn which had bean sung. She iuvolunturily attempted to hum tbetuue, when she was delighted to und her voico cottrlefely restore 1 j'iiiiiu kj>iuvbiu(,n, Cuffee Johnson was a white washer by profession. His sign, painted in strag gling, nnovon letters, a? informed the passer-by in Sullivan street. An airy colored dandy was Cuffee, in spite of his poverty and bad clothes. When he sal lied out, with bis brush over his right shoulder, his pail of whitewash in his left haud, and his hat balanced airily on the side of his woolly head, all the ad miring wenches showed, their admiration in broad grins. But if he was captivat ing in his working clothes, how shall I describe him in his evening and Sunday dress?the dress in which he leaned against lamp-posts and wore in his hours of relaxation ? Dinah Hucklebcc wan at this time, by common consent, the darkey belle of Thompson street. Her hair was the kinkiest, her skin tbe shiniest, her teeth the whitest, and her lips the thickest. Dinah was the rjaughtcr of poor but honest parents. Her father was con nected with the peanut interest, dud her mother dri nk bad gin #with assiduity worthy a better cnuao. Therefore Dinah's exchequer was aB lean as a church morse. Her wardrobe was not extensive. Her education had been sadly neglected. Iu the course of Thompson and Sulli van street events,'it fell out that Cuffee Johnson and Diaah Hucklcbee fell in love. Cuffee Was au attentive lover, lie look his Dinah to the colored balls? aud right here my story properly corn men ces. There was to be a graud Torpsicho. rcan event?the greatest Ethiopean shin dig of the season. The swell wsitore of the Broadway rcstto.u ants were to be thcrOj and the waves of excitement in colored society ran high. ' Shall we go." said Cuffee. '?If \v>r sb\ sc. " replied Dinah, show ing her ivories iu blissful anticipation. That settled it. The night came; and Cuffee called for his Dinah iu ample season. His get up was of the most agonizing desouptioir It actually included a "biled shirt" and a paper collar. But Cuffee fouud his Dinah in tears, burning '.ears. "What under goodness i- do matter, Dinah".'" questioned Cuflec. oj c?c?can't g?go," whispered the sable beauty. An' why. iu do name of common sense, cuu't you go ?" "'Cause I ain't got ?o stoekiu'a, Cuf fee. Top promised to irrt lue Minie to day, but he didn't - an' now I e?can't g?go." The sight of hi. swi iheatt iii fears fired Cu rice's manhood. ' This haiu't no time lot hesitation,' he exclaimed, waving his arms iu melo dramatic style ; ' this arc a time fui ae tiou. Wait yuu?uerc my Dinii: uu:.ii I return." Pot he bounded, leaving the s'.ockiug le.-s belle in d mbl ?s to his sanity . lie's got 'em for sure." she intrr mured. "I tolc him dat Robiuaou's whisky was de wust whisky in de hull ward. lie's got otu for sure.'" Within ten miuutes Cuffee returned, beariug the implements of his trad? .1 brush and a pail of whitewash. ' You ball go, hinali," h-J cried. 'You shall go. I've got .1 idea. Stick ..... ._r rt >? - - j - ?"- ? ? , Dinub did an she wad bidden, and by a low dr.vtereus bru.-.hon by the artiot in iime. they were neatly whitewashed. "Have 'cm long ut short?" he paused to ask. "'Bout middliu/ Cuffee.'" was the rc ply. ' Middlin' it is stand up a second. There yer are. an' .1 whiter, ?.ooler. or better Gttin' pair of stockiu's no gal tvor had.'' "Yes, an' dey saves girrerj, too, <'iif fee. ' And so thoy went to the bill iu spite of adverse cireumstances, and were the j oiliest company of jolly negroes iu the whole jolly assemblage^ t'ufiee ihinLs of gettnig out a patent on hia invention, but Dinub 3ays if she catche?., him furnishing nny other girl with whitbwJbh stoC<iug?, she will break his skull with a pa.:: g stouo. The extraction of oil fr?m wood, with out injury to it's texture, if; now success fully accomplished through tbe agancy ( of bisulphide of carbon. Large quanti ties of oil are by the same agent obtain ed from bones, from different kinds of oil c^kd, and from the prcsj residue* of r.rroi iad o!;.ro9. ? ???> kM ?.M SI srried after an Engagement of * igbteen Years. ????ff u*a -ah,?:.*.??.* Yesterday's train carrj?tl_ Wejtjr Couple whose lives ara seldom beard of except in romances.' Th'ey were Mr. | and Mrs. Henry J. HoUne<>r the wif for many years a rcaruent OrTTalfW! City, Iowa, aud . the buaband ranking ] with the California forty-uiners.'' EigWuu. years agQ2 aftar the ynyi courtship, the codple became engaged, the young lady agaoing to wait until such time as hcrjo^ijr's jifjjpcial cir cumstances should' juAity'tne perfor mance of the marriage ceremonies. At that time Mr. Holmes wn on"a visit to his people, and returned shortly to Cali fornia, in the hope that his second visit to the Golden 8tati might be more properous than the first one. . Hut re turn was. frequently. * prpjftjfpd') the succeeding five or six years,, hut tho fickle dame fortune always played false. Abandoning the mining fields, the young man gave his time to ?jh|eriftojlj^aureF, industries, and in two .years: accum ula ted a neat little sum of money. During all this time not a word of complaint came to him ftom his betrothed. She. remained constant. After getting his money together, Mr. Holmes visited Iowa for the purpose,0/ making the sweetheart a wife. A girl who had proven so true to a lover could not well prove false to any one, and when one of her brothers was pronounc ed consumptive, she was not long in announcing hex determination to stay by him and minister to his wants- Mr. M?lmes told him of tho ?vonderfui air of California, and used all his means to 1 induce htm to go there, but without I avail. Tbo failiug man was determined j upon never leaving the old homestead, I under whose roof h..i father and mother j had passed from "earth. The sister's duty wns plain, and sho mrt it ??? i true woman would. The pledges of constancy were re. newed. tho lover returned to California, feeling keculy the truth of the senti ment: ''Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." He gave his undivided I attention to business, meeting with gotd success in all his undertakings, and to day is worth over n hundred thousand dollars. Iu the wuautimc the separated lovers corresponded regularly,. The invalid brother at limes wus thought to bo on the hi^h road to health, and at others, very uettr death s door, t*ut lor tnauy mouths he had steadily declined, aud wlicu tho last opung time ushered in the greeu leaves and the singing birds, he ' was laid to rer.i j A i'cw wcekd ago Mr. Holmes made j anulbci \.. it to [own, rth<-n the hoped of j i years were realized", the faithful paix ! being uuited iu tnarrjagc la;.l Sabbath I evening. In appoaiauce,thelovcrdIras bccut-adly chauged by Um<. auu care and sorrow, but that theii hearth are aa youd? ao j ever is certain us that 'purity ro ? tuaiuoth bright forevdf." They looked j yesterday tuoie like people who had been married foi twouty ycara tha'i like a newly-wedded couple, I lie husband be.tig 40 and the wife 33. Hard To Beat.?An eiohauge saj-s j that it knows a boy who accideutly Gwal I lowed a toiver halt dollar. They g*ve j iliUl ,. *? 1 L. I H?.,t , v. .. . * U Hi MM.Wj ...... I antimoniai wine, aud poked their fingers j down his throat, until the boy thought : he would throw up bis toouails After a while a doctor came along who under ! stood Buch eases On admiuistered a j small dose of patent medicine aud tn less I thau ten miuutts the boy throw up tho half-dollar iu live cent piece? Scieuce is a great tbiug \V 1 hington was ouco at adiuaor par j ij wb >re his host had sot him with hi? b.o-h. Ic a fiery r<.d hot stove. Hading it quite too hot for comfort, aftei some squirming he beu a retreat, for a more comfortable position, at the same time explaining tho reason. "Why,' said tht hofitesft jocularly, I thought uo old General like-you could ttaod the fire better than th?.t. "I never coald stand & firo is tii'j real " ropliad the Guiier ah Spongua paper, made by adding finely divided sponge to paper pulp, has been been used in France for drawing wounds It absorbs water raadily, and retains moisture for a long time, it is therefore, applicable to many purposes in tho aits and seasafaeturaa. s r* non com mi3sionea _).?':? v?.?.'..'. ?03 uu??ieu r to a pec procuring Ooe wet m?rdiog pong face before his OT^$1leCTfouRrc .t*-^DQall^W?^i^^ plaint fnal ft duty out iplat before the colonel that j or *ww rofflPWWWrod be exemptod from *^ ,,TlaTi3wTnP'^?MM^ Willcy."'Hut 'ft&I#H^ fll^ %?* siftd't h% serg^r^ttajot.1'11 |rwlyjpBLy is over this little trial will b another laurel for you" :WUley; &lr1%TOp?W hour after was notiuea alone indtleKng %xdtjW hie. At \t4tVY!?tiVf%M the colonel's tent, and without ary apcsttu\raik%?*Wff0Wi ar* voice? ?i,l^nW>^r^tflti^VMiS :6*rfr'#' *? oai**?*, ^? *aaJ>?tf tat) "A wlt??,g1ttu^.Hr4^^ ?** ? louder tone. "A what?" "What's slot od Willey'. Col. W. waanoW i??nH?'4ai tience, heiug as little informed on the lorl subjtflt. '<#4atya?itt colonel, "if you will only t*U iao who uttered that Wot?VuSji under what circ ?if you will tell aW curred immediately i?sVitl uttered?Licay he ahln to you. Willed then crp^ioxd^w*?*l? gcaot-majoi hud spoken of hifi HkV rcls. *? ? ?m?iT "Oh," said Col. W-.?Iuada* Ltand. "Welt., you see, \MW$j ?rill' '1 njfcnfl Romans returned ttiumphw warn their brows ware crow mr^ leaves of laurel, whin%<>jte ?qjjfeo^j ! with glory-" j Willey slowly rrodt awfcy, *yjUkW0)fr \ under^tandin^ the aitfeaftftnJa* atAta lever. 'V-"J?r'? i> tva?^;.w i In dne course of tiiite?, on* djdsfetitftt i rainy night; while Willey ws* ajifia^ i vigorously, he was awakentofc^^^f^Mav* ! sleep and ordered to go on?$u4>lt with a squad ot men. htaflaw i^pajpa he had hitched up his clothei end.ask ing out of hi.? tent, be yellel out ftea tieally to hu men, "Como on boys, wn are going after eorae of tHem --usaed lau j reis 1 ' A Snake Story?One ^| ta? j singular and curious sight? met our wU>jr I last Saturday, that has ever been ootioed j iu these parts. It was two Urge snakes, , a . [per and a blacksnake, cosjajIsSjl^ ! telescoped so far as the heads ?? j ccruod. We arc uot much on anajsari'v I gy, but wc are inclined to the optajsu ! that their uoakeship ware evidently trj | ing to settle between them ai to whioh i should rule in this particular >Sjrriss#y. j The Light must have been of long 6BP*v j tion, largo wounds were visibls oath* i bodies of both snakes It finally roel j ted. however, in the viper opening fet* ! jaws and attempting to take it his ef> I pooeut. In thts he partially suees+isl as when discovered by Mr. Elias! worth, liviugashort distance fr the blacksnake was about six or itts* inches down the throat of the wafsa. They were pulled apart sud it was covered that the bUcUaaka wcsi iuohes longer than iha ^^^Q^^uJ^ (/?vi) D*tr*cr<2!