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It’s no lit boot leather unless to marry at ten o'clock John came tlis face all scarred his hat gone, ' with mud : what on earth is the 'exclaimed the old man, lay iper. ifcpr’s,” was the re- t *■ • \ Fobnl ( qyf. ^ law hints to Bu- ind |o Ji}nU?” ", f told her i’<| been hoofing tlWliour nights in a week for fear to set np >y}th her while red giffff and sung tlirough and' now I reckoned it was her to brush her teeth and stocckings, cure the bio tin and tell the 0I4 folks that ted." father bounced you ?” I, no | that’s where I’m con- k tppk the whole family, in- two hirflfl meo antJ then f wasn’t mor’n ss we moved on ’em pss It wasn’t quite hints.*1 iptotalefcs. taken from an old ear 1837 from observation 1 well as from medi- lat ardent spirits and Tonly needless, but hurt- the entire disuse of id to promote the health, happiness of the com- Fp hereby express our con- sliould the people of th< States, aud especially the discountenance entirely le use of it, they would not only pro- tbeir own personal benefit, but ie goqcj of fhis country and the rorld. , . * figned, James Madison, Andrew Jacdson, John Qvixcy Adams.” Apologizing; for the Old Man. Estclline {Dal;.) Bell. A Dakota Judge, in N* 0 course of his charge to the jury recently, touch ed on an important point He said: “Although the prosecution has es tablished the fact that the defendant’s they was once a member of the Leg- re, this shoidd have no influence ith you in hFiujflHg ip your verdict. This uuf^rtunatp aUUir ip the life of his father might, of course, make us t ook with suspicion on the family, >utt}t the same time it really proves lothiug against the defendant, as be inay as deeply dpplore the conduct of hi* paternal relative as any of us.” i 1 * ;|Uia Knights of Labor, after their protracted session at Cleveland, have formulated their grievances and de mands ip flpi shape of an appeal to jpongress. They demand many things mcliing the regplation of the settle- icnt ap4 fa^ahon of the public lands ie r-Ciifiyvatioii of public land for ac- iKl tl^q forfeiture of land jpMht? to corporations which have not complied with the conditions of bf the grant, the removal of fence hpon the public domain V>lkc£d fherfl without autliority the wisdom of preventing aliens from Acquiring titles to such lands, and of compelling individuals and corpora tions' to |Mitent at once their lands not Yffiffipinf? nia y bt ., jiye tpftttprs of quite as ilpch itytcrefit to tlip public at large Hie Knights of Labor. Congress is also asked to establish a uniform rate of interest for the country at largo, and to fix the hours of labor With in the States. bk . • -» £ JJag}ey-4:U s is an age of invention, lara. IlaVeyog heard of pr. Bell’s lisrovery ? *■' Mrs.’ B.—What did he discover? 4 ‘He discovered tliat the human vsice aflfct ts fluids—water for instance. » ^ don’t eiae'tjy see the drift of the liiseoVep',' but it js very wonder ful.” ;t “It is. indeed; and I have discov ered just the opposite, .that fluids af- 'fect the voice—whiskey, for instance. Have you ever noticed that, Wil liam?” * (Curtain falls in dead sdence).— Philadelpkia CtiH. ' ' ' The Spartanburg Herald says: Dr. Woodrow has at last lost his grip. The General Assembly of his church its highest tribunal, recommends his dismiJbal from the Theological Semi nary. In the beginjug of this contro versy Dr. Woodrow seemed right. He has clearly denionstratcd that the Question of evolution is a mere matter bt theory which is of small conse- quence to anybody, and which the Hible does not attempt to decide. In •uch a caseflie lias a right to his opin ion. But he has no right to \vbrk the fuiu of tl& Seminary. If lie could lot consistently give mp his views or nsi x he should “Talfc,” ins friends called it when they heard of it. But Kenneth thronghwU hie work—and he was no idler—retained tho notion of this plan. At last an unexpected legacy enabled him to leave the bar and purchase the chosen site for his new home. It was a ruined chapel on the side of a moor, a place he had known all his life. Of the wayside chapel nothing was left but an archway. Behind this he had new walls bnilt, dividing the luaise into two rooms, one oyer the other. When all was completed he went there. Some people, I know, thought him mad; his sisters laughed, saying he would soon be tired of his scheme. I believed in him. I would gladly have joined him, but a man with a wife and child is not a free agent. He can not retire into a life of contemplation, however much he may wish it. . I went to see Kenneth in his new home. The place was almost inaccessible; had not Kenneth met me on the hilltop and shown me the way over moor and moss I should never have found it. The chapel was in a copse; a wild stream brawled bj- it. The okk, alder, and holly were re strained by a fence from encroaching on the chapel, and marsh plants thrust their stems through the bars. The nearest house was a farm half a mile away. Kenneth’s bed-room was simple, his sitting-room fur nished in perfect taste. On tiie walls some fine etchings, a plaster relief vyhence smiled the homely face of Socrates, on a bracket an image of Buddha. Between these was an engraving of Bore’s Vale of Tears. Books, too, there were in plenty, aud the fox terrier—such were Kenneth's companions. “And nature,” he said when I made this remark. “And here it is that you will stay, in peace and quiet,” I said, “until your mis sion sends you forth.” “Peace and quiet?” he answered, smil ing: “no, those are not for me. I have a presentiment that this ideal life will not last long. I shall marry.” I looked incredulously at him. He showed me his hand. “It is written here,” he said; “I see it only too plainly. Fur as it is from my desires, it is fated.” For more than six months I heard noth ing of Kenneth. We went for the winter to Torremoulh, 1 and my wife, and to our surprise and pleasure found the Lamberts had the house next our own. Wc had a flat, and on the flat below us lived Mrs. Vernay. Mrs, Yernay was the belle of Torremouth, and justly, I never saw any woman so beautiful, never shall again see such a face. She was tall and slight, with a fair skin, blue eyes shaded with dark lashes, and her shapely head crowned with really golden hair. No art was there, it was all nature, nature in her utmost per fection. She was young, a widow, said to be enormously rich, but had she been a beggar maid we all should have worshiped her. Young, old, single, married, there were none but paid homage at her shrine. Frank Lambert was badly bitten by her charms. He was two-and-twenty, home for his first long leave. Mrs. Vernay en couraged him more than any of the others; perhaps being such a boy she looked on him as a safe game. I know that she stole his heart with the first glance of her violet eyes, and that he has never recovered from her influence. We were sitt^hg together one afternoon in the Lamberts’ drawing-room when Kenneth walked in. Toixemouth was not more than ten miles from his retreat, aud he had walked over, not to p®y his mother a passing visit, but to stay if she would have him. Bid any mother ever refuse to receive her eldest son? How the girls laughed at him! declaring their prophecies true and saying he was weary of solitude. 1 felt a little 'surprised at him. Only one person preserved her faith in. ’ his was Grace Cheslyn, the girls’ friend, alioost like an other sister. She was staying with them, and upheld Kenneth whatever we might say. Mrs. Vernay dined that night with the Lamberts, coining ig, like some beautiful being from another wob(n, jewels glinting In her dress and in her hair afisnake that glittered with diamonds and rubies,.' • We all came and paid court to her, Ken neth included. She looked with interest at him, saying: “Ah! Ihie hermit brother. I have so wanted to see you. Have you left your se- dusiou?” “Yes, we all knew he would,” quoth Marie Lambert. “The cold weather on that moor could not be endured.” “My sister is mistaken,” said Kenneth; “I left for other reasons, and did not par ticularly like coming away from my soli tude. “We will teach you the pleasures of so ciety,” Mrs. Vernay cried. “Solitude is horrible. Man was not made to live alone.” Pid I see Kenneth wince? I could not teU. Then Grace came, asking Mrs. Vernay to write in her birthday book. And the beauty inscribed “Lily Vernay” in a clear, beautiful writing, matchless as herself. Kenneth read it over Grace's shoulder. “Your name is Lilith,” he said to Mrs. Vernay. “Who told you that?” she asked, and he replied: “I know it,” without offering any expla nation. “Lilith! horrid!” murmured Grace, as, with Frank, Mrs. Vernay moved toward the piano. “I think it pretty; why horrid?” Marie asked. “Bo you know about Lilith?” her friend replied. “She was Adam’s first wife, aud for transgression was turned out of Para dise. Site is the enemy of all little chil dren, and when Jewish babies are born the nurses write ‘Lilith, avaunt!’ against the wall, lest she should come and kill the child. And tradition says that she still haunts the world as a 'beautiful woman, who f utiees man to marry her, and then strangles them in her golden hair.” “A tradition,” said I, “something like the legends of the Greek 1 amia.” “How do you know that there is not truth in traditions and folly in rejecting them?” Kenneth asked. Meanwhile Mrs. Vernay was singing seme after song and with every note steal ing away a bit of Frank’s heart. And her music won Kenneth to her side, for he took Ms brother’s place at the piano, and stood"there turning over her pages—I be lieve in all the wrong places, for he looked more in her Jace than at the music. I confess that in those days I was vexed with Kenneth, for he seemed to hare taken a sudd-sn and inexplicable plunge into th* society which a few months pie .iously ne had abjured for ever. There seemed only gme explanation—his ideal lifg hud proved dull and irksome. Everywhere I met him, chiefly with Mrs. Vernay; often Frank was with them, a woe-begone, uudesired third party. And the girls d&daved that it was a shame Kenneth, who railed against mar- j riage, should come aud steal her away ! from Ms brother. A few women there wCre who disliked I Mrs. Vernay. My wife was one of them, I and well enough we all kuew tho reason, j For when, with maternal pride, she one day showed-off the children to the pretty widow, Mrs. Vernay turned from them with a cold look of disgust, saying: '1 de test children.” Au insyrlt no mother could forgive. “That unnatural woman,” my wife from henceforth culled her. How lovely she looked at th e Christinas |ball when, radiant with delight, she "Mossed the room to say to me, “Look at j the^jrogress ofrVny -conversion. Here is I..hermit Kenneth in frivolu.-.s scene.” was at tlie chapel,”*Kenneth ked-.^uiX^certainly no man ^roonfif ^ a mere indulgence of my own tastes. I read and thought, but £he mysteries of Uta seemed as nnfatkosnaoie as fcyer. ^One evening I felt myself no iontrfcK'alop**. I saw nothing, I hes#h nothinyf^CT I ab sorbed rh;? comfftand in my bhing: ‘Go into the World, for to oralis a life y< umnst save, a demon yoi^ctffsitv. vanquish, and the life yon have lecTWiL- given you power to tight an# conquer. The wop ' will mock, and your friends mr-nitder- stand you. bur heed them not. By this 1 token know both destroyer aud destroyed J. , Then across the ilfor of my room glided a r glittering snake, unlike anything wo see upon English moors. Aud I* obeyiug,Jhe command, came here to lind the de- ' stroyer.” ~ At that moment he trembled, touched my arm, and bid me look across the room. There stood Frank and Mrs. Veruay—she with the jeweled snake twisted in her hair, he with another, a bracelet offers, clasp around his wrists: some joka _had passed between them, and she had slipped it on. I “My dear Kenneth, these are fancies, | notMng but fancies,” I said, foi> bis man ner alarmed me. “You can’t, think that anything more dangerons than a boyish love affair can result from Fri&k’s friend ship with Mrs. Vernay.” j “Lilith!” was all he said. “Tell me, how did you guess her name?” “It came to me as that command came, when 1 saw her write,” he replied. Then ; crossing the room, he asked the beauty to ; dance, taking her away from Frank, i I beiieve bets passed between the men at the Torremouth clubs as to which of the i brothers would marry beautiful Mrs. Yer- j nay. I confess I wandered myself whether Kenneth would relinquish his noble schemes aud marry like any other i ordinary mortal I rarely saw him with out Mrs. Verney. He rode with her, drove with her, spent long hours in her pretty drawing-room, -and walked with her on the esplanade. I asked him what was 1 coming from all tins, and had for reply, | “If I don’t marry her, Frank will”—an ; answer wMch at the time struck me as ! strange. | And one day Frank came to my wife to ! pour into her sympathetic ears wild, fierce j ravings against his brother. Why hail 1 Kenneth talked ail that nonsense about j celibacy and seclusion when he came and ] took away the only woman Frank ever j would, ever could, love?” And thus we heard of Kenneth’s engage- | ment to the beautiful Mrs. Vernay. All the men in the place envied him, but never in my life have I seen so grave and gloomy a lover. Yet, like all the other men who met her, he seemed to adore her. 1 never heard any one question his devo tion. Perhaps their eyes were blinded. I know wo all pitied Frank. And the time passed merrily by to the wedding day, Mrs. Vernay growing daily more beautiful. Once she passed me as I walked with a friend on the esplanade. “Good heavens!” he exclaimed. “What a likeness! ,, “To whom?” I asked. “To a peasant girl in the Black Forest who a few years ago created a great stir in the village. All the young fellows were in love with her; she married one of them, and a few days later he was found dead in his bed, the bride having vanished, no one knew whither. “An unpleasant story,” I said, little pleased to notice Kenneth near me, who must have heard every word. “Of course it is only a chance likeness,” said my friend. “Lilith!” murmured Kenneth os he passed me. A week or two later and there was a fashionable wedding in Torremouth, dis mal as are all such festivities, Kenneth had begged his might be quiet, but Mrs. Vernay laughed in Ms face. “You ridiculous boy!” she said; “people will think you are ashamed of me.” “The only member of the family not present was Frank. He had rejoined Ms regiment. ' • . It was ove -breakfast, speeches, and all—and I was refftshing myself by a walk near the sea. A total stranger came up and addressed me, inquiring about that morning’s wed ding. He appeared to have been a spepta- tor in the church. Among other things, he asked the bride’s name. “She was a Mrs. Vernay,” I replied. “Ah,” he said, “I thought I knew her again.” “May I ask where you met her?” “In Ceylon. She came out as a bride— after three weeks—” He paused, but I begged him to go on. “It is an unpleasant story,” he said. “Her husband was found strangled in his bed. They said one of the Syces had ddnelt^but some thought Mrs. Vernay coultl have ex plained the matter.” 1 asked no further questions—a voice seemed to whisper in my ear, “Lilith!” and the stranger went on his way. But I forgot my forebodings as the days passed bringing nothing but good news of Kenneth and his wife as they traveled in the lake district. We talked of them, of the weather they must bo enjoying, and speculated as to their future home, as yet undetermined. One night after my wife had gone to bed I was lingering over the fire. Carelessly I raised my eyes toward a mirror hung above the mantelpiece, and then my at tention was riveted by the reflection that met my eyes. It was no repetition of the room I was in, but a faithful picture of Kenneth’s retreat at the chapel. L saw the door op^n and a flood of pale moonlight stream into the room. I saw Kenneth and his wife eater as from n long journey, ami I noticed her passing round the room looking at his treasures while he lit a lamp. She had something in her hands gleaming against her dress, and I noted how she stole behind Mm as ho bent over the light. Then a cloud of vapor loose from the lamp, and he turned to fact her, stem and unyielding. 6he threw her self kneeling, praying at hia feet, but hr never flinched; then she rose, changing into a tall, thin, pale figure, with a death like face, and hollow', gleaming eyes. Stil; he never faltered, and with a cry this be ing rushed through the half-open door into the moonlight. The vision haunted me, though in every way possible I tried rea sonably to account for it.# The next morning 1 loft^Torremouth by the earliest train, stopped at the station nearest Kenneth’s retreat, aud with some little difficulty found my way to the chapel. All was lonely and deserted, yet I seemed to note banging round the room mint traces of that smoke-like vapor. I returned to Torremouth telling myself that it was but fancy, and that Kenneth, with his wife, was in Westmoreland. At home, to my surprise, I found Frank waiting to see me. “I have seen Kenuetk,” were his first words. “When?” I cried. “He came to me last night; I have seen her, too, (lowering his voice) in her true form. I know now all that he did for me. See—he gave me this.” It was a noose made of a thick coil of woman’s golden hair. From that 'time to this I have never again seen Kenneth Lambert, nor has any one else. Now, perhaps, you may call me a silly old fool for thinking anything supemat ural lay*belaud these circumstances. You may call Kenneth mad, as many do, and find •excellent reasons to account for everything else. I have told neither more nor less than I saw. Put what interpretation you please ! upon it, I can offer noue. Was she Lilith? I can not tell. But she cast the life (no matter how it ended) of one of the noblest : men I ever knew. And Frank still suffers EEST70H1S or Wenkue*#, l.nssO J.ftok of »ier»ry, etc., tt HAS NO EQIJAl., and is toe only Iroa medicine that rot fnjuricitMm It Fiirjphe* tho JJ'.ood. lnvi«oi-iile*« tbo tsystem, Restores Awpclltr, AliisDigi-stloic It does net blsck' :i erinjure tbo teeth, cauje lioa4» ache "rprodncec-,nstiv>v.lon— iher Jron mrMrftittJa Dn. G. H. BtSKTjss, o leading phj-s;cisji of Spiiog* fi id. Ohio, says: “ Bn.im'i, Iron Bitter! S» a thornrn-hjy pood tr.<vll« etna. 1 ure it in my io.ict.ce, and !:na It j action ox er!', toother fomm of iron. In weokrw- cm ! »rcon dition of tho «v»te:u, lir-orn’s Iron Ei"!‘ re fc m-uslly a j>o«itive necessity. It >e .-Jl that is ei -imcit for it.** Dr,. W. N. Waters, 12IS Thirty- ec-nd street, Georaotnen. D. O.. enyer “Brown’s Iron Hitters is the Tonic of tho i;y:* Nothin* better. It croates appetite, gires atreti^th and improTor dhjsstion.” ^ , Genuine hss above Trado MrrV .-nd cm*-«od rod linaa on v.-mppor. Take no oibor. Made only by , BROWN eUKiUCAkCd., BALTIMORE, MO. Successor io JAMES E. COOK. H AVE rcr-c-ived from Northern and Eastern Markets a full and carefully .selected stock of— General Merchandise, ! For the Fall and Winter trade. We have a larger stock o Ladies’ Dresi | Goods than ever before. All grades of liepelinnts, Cassimeres and Jeans Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics in abundance. An extraordinary larg» stock .of first-class Boots and Shoes, including the well known Bay Stab Standard Screw Goods and (he Element Wiel «k Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full and complete in quality style and prices. A stock of HATS and CAPS in which we can suit and ! fit anv man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extensive j GROCERY Department, in which will be found the choicest Family < Jro- ! ceries and‘ Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware and j Crockery cheaper than ever. ’ ese goods during’ the past dull season at remarkably to sell them at prices which will fully satisiy tin T VS. L. QFINBY& CO. jL-qro-TTi The Celebnkpd WE HANDLE TIIE DECKEirESTE Having purchased these good low figures, we propose closest buyers. !ALL FIRST-CLASS Storoiesp® flow lesp it for Sale TO PARENTS. Many baking powders are very pernicious to health, and while every one regards Isis own, he should also have u care for lae louder ones—the little children. SEA FOAM containsnone of the had qualities of baking E owdors—soda or suieratus. It contains uo urtful ingredient—no aluni or au.niu.iia. SCIENTIFIC. All Chemists who havo analyzed Sea Foam commend it. Housekeepers wha have used it v.-Ul have no other. Cooks, whose best efforts have failed with other powders, are jubilant over Sea Foam. Saves u»ic, saves Ihbor, saves money. It is positively unequaled. Absolutely pure. Used by the leading hotels and restaurants in New’York city and throughout the country. For eais by all lirst-class grocers. GANT2, JONES & CO., 170 Duane St., N. Y. IP .A. ID Q- IE T T 1 , THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE STORE MAN, REGS TO CAUL AT TENTION TO THE FOLLOWING AWFULLY LOW PRICES— GOODS GUARANTEED: An entire Walnut Bed-room Suite, full Marble Top, 10 pieces, *39; a very Large and Elegant Solid Walnut Parlor Suite, covered with Plush, only tl-.oO; an Elegant Walnut Parlor Suite, covered with either Good HairCloth or Fancy Ramie, at *27.50; a Large Assort ment of Poplar Bed-room Suites, full Marble Top, at $32; or, in Wood Top, from 16.50 to 25 dollars. A No. 7 Flat Top Cooking Stove, with 50 pieces, for 13 dollars; No. 6 Step Stove, 25 pieces, $8.75. Every kiad and every articleof every kind in the Furniture, Bedding and Stove Line; also, a full fine qf Window Shades, Carpets, Rugs, Clocks, Pic tures, etc. In Undertaking Department you can find Coffinsand Caskets, Gentlemen’s Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow’s and Mason’s Trimmings, and a full line of all other trimmings. Any information will be cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and prices. L. F. PADGETT’S Furniture Store, 1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, - - - - AUGUSTA, GA. AURANTII Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER. For to complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Oonstipstion, Flatu lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasms, Malaris, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breskbono Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar rhoea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down Mt.STftOlGER’S ftURAWTIl is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases, but #^IIOET all diseases of the LIVER, will yUrvC STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER’S AURANTII For sale by all Druggists. Price S1.00 per bottle C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHRODER & -THORPE LAURENS STREET, - ^ _ AIKEN, S. C. NEW SPRING GOODS. We particularly invito the attention of the ladies to our New and Beautiful Stock of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, which we will take pleasure in showing and selling a* oriees (o suit the times. Just think of it! Prints at 5 ets., Dress Ginghams and Serosuckers at 10 ets.. Yard Wide Fruit of the Loom L. C. at 10 cts And an excellent Yard Wide Long Cloth at 8 els. FINE SHOES. Oor Stojk of Ladi and Gents’ fine Shoes has been gotten up as a special attraction, and we are confident that we can suit the tastes of the most faslid- eous. Straw Hats and Fur Goods for Ladies, Gents and Children. . GROCERIES! ! GROCERIES !! We keep none but the best Groceries. Both our Heavy and Fancy Groce ries are just what you want and at just the price you are willing to pay, be cause they are-just what they are renresented, and are marked at Lowest Cash Prices. We are Agents for the AMERICAN SEWING U ACH1N E, one*>f the best in the market. Our Stock is complete iu every line, and polite aud attentive salesmen ready to serve ou-tomers. • SCHRODER & THORPE. • T. V. RHODES (Successor to RHODES & SCOTT.) Wholesale and Ketal! Grocer, VUi Rronil - Aiignsta, Ga. I have just received a large aud well selected Stock of Choice Ftmily Gro ceries ,which I am ollering at the very lowest figures. My Specialty is Fancy Melon Seed. I have been particular in sorting from the finest Richmond County Melons a large lot of Choice Seed and olfei -ante at a Low Figure. I also handle Jif large quantities Garde:. Seeds from Hiram Siblev&Co. and 1). M. Ferry * Co. My stock of Seed Potatoes are the finest over brought South. To the trad 1 sell close. Nonpareil Flour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fa>t;dk»u8. I keep the Best Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Augusta. V II HOD EH. ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & Co4 Newspaper Advertising Bureau, IO Spruce St., New York. Send lOeta. for lOO-Pago Pamphlet rxsr rai LLiriiW STORE Elotel, August?, Gu. O With great pc a^ure I announce to tho Ladies of Aiken that I am now exli >iting a stock of SPRING and SUMMER, M.I ILLINERY GOODS unsurpass* ■d in the South. Space will not permit mention of the different articles—suffice it to say, I feel confident I can please every lady who will give me an oppor iunity to do so, IN QUALITY STYLE and PRICE OF GOODS and WORK To the Gulios of Aiken, J extend a cordial invitation to come and see me when in the city, and examine my beautiful and stylish goods. MISS NELLIE PURCELL • uEmiom DEBILITATED MEN. You xro allowoil a free Mai of thirty day* of th^L uso of Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Voltaic Beit with — Electric Suspensory Appliances for the speedy, relief and permanent cure of Xervous Debility. losg of Vitality and fftrrhood, r.nd all kindred trohotfl*. Also for many other dlaocseo. Complete restora tion to Health, Vigor and Manhood guaranteed-., No risk la incurred. Illustrated pamphlet In spuieU tnwAoi’e mailed free, by addressing VOLTAIC BELT CO.. tHarsltall, Mich. Pleasure and Profit to All! , JOHN H. FEARY, “«M,JEWIER&EXGRAFER.» 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, - - Augusta, Ga. THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Spectacles makes tin Optician Department Complete. Sole Agent for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer in Reliable Jewelry. Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest Prices. ’ E3r*Personal attention to nfouogram engraving. • Mew GOODS!! NEW GOODS!! MRS. N. BRUM CLARK, 819 Broad Street; AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AEG A IN IN LAND !! i Acres for salt from Aiken, superior Bot- from having once been beneath her irv- liutncc.—Belgravia., V Plantation of 1900 about 10 miles One-hundred Acres of to.ni Land, exeelient Water for manufacturing purposes. On new projected line of railroad. Terms liberal—For further paticu- lars apply at store of J. D. TAYLOR, Curve Street, Aiken, S. C. Feb. 23, 18S0.—ton. F", * S'* I will announce to tbe-publie at large that I have resumed business ut my old stand on Curve street in rear, of Croft’s block. 1 will be hanpy.to ie- ceive my old customers and (he ju- tronage of the public ut large. I am well known to the public of Aiken# Barnwell and Edgefield counties. TlvP Has put in a beautiful new line of MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, Hats, Bonnets, Laces, Feathers and Flowers aud all the Spring Novelties. In greater variety and Lower iu Price than ever before. Examine before you purchase, we will suit you. E^HDRESSES also made iff the very Latest Styles. MRS. N. BRUJI (’LARK. 1 " /mi si HENRY sled with woods * or ® ‘ UUJe 3-Vear-Old’h llrasou Why. “Papa,” ashed a little 3 year-old, “why do I say a short prayer aud you a long prayer?” “Because yon are not old enough tc learn a long prayer,” explained the father. “Is that it* I thought it was because 1 haven’t got wicked enough yet to have ta a long nraver.”—Kow York Sun. cleaning and trimming of ladies hair and Misses a specialty. Shampooing is guaranteed without cold. Hair oil aud tonic for sale. Very respectfully. JOHN It. BOYCE. EfiSUiMlM liUU: BUSCH & CO. Have on hand for the Fall and Winter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goo.ds, Gent’s Furniihing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Glassware and Staple and Fancy Groceries. We keep Choice Lines in all our departments, which are well selected. We ask our friends to give us a chance and we guarantee good Goods, li ving prices and polite treatment. HENRY BUSCH & CO. Aiken, S. C. Wessels Corner, OTTO F. WITTERS, ,‘ Orii Of FOtitic*. rtiTIcr who IVi _ _ Farm For Sale. -WHOLESALE GROCER AND DEALER IN- Ty*» A dcsi wn captaining Two-Hundred Acres IV ftjld with Duvllingand Out* joreoar will Ik» Roid.:d a «tna ruble Farm In a healthv lo cality seven miles from AHtehj LIQQURS, CfSARS & TOSiMSM JXJUR,.i iiUJbr G.) FRGfiSf. H tfeWhwt'M ‘ u U HUS’ celebrated BUTTER Cj ,314 Idee ant hr. n.* USING ' kRB. J12 ■ I NOS, Need no Praise, Being the LelcffngGnstrument of the Countiy. 924 BROAD STREET The Domestic, Davis, New Home, ami Household Sewing Machines ARE THE Finest Made in the Worlu. CASH OR INSTALLMENTS. ^ -i Write for Price List and Discounts 200 Second-hand Sewing Machines In Good Order at $5.00, $10.00 and $15.00 each. - - - AUGUSTA, GA, AT GOODYEAR’S CARRIAGE RE PUSH CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF Medium and Cheaper Grades of Open and To] IB TT (3- <3-133 S, At Lower Prices than at any other House this side of Cincinnati This Work is all made to order, Lighter Running and Better Fiifiehy than the class of work generally sold as Standard Vehicles. But I hi^e just received a Full Line of Fine Family Carriages^ Phaetons and Cabriolet Just received another shipment of those Fine OPEN AND TiPBUG- GIES, made upon special orders, by the best manufacturers North Aid East, Nothing being used in the construction of these vehicles but/the best materials, and in Quality, Style and Finish, are unequalled by any dtuer now on tiie market. In stock a FiiiPJiftie of Av SADDLE 4AD HAKMEt Which I will otter at Lower Prj. in tiie history of thtAbusii Wagons, all sizes. Cmt ings, Ci\rriage and Wagon Materials, Harm superitTMjtiality, Rubber and Leather Belting. GRADES. i ever before been known Bd Standard Plantation ^kins, Shoe Find. ) Belt Lacing of afulljne of Guns. Shells. Powder. Shot. Table and Pocket Ct l Yoi nl A. ft, GOODYEAR iger (Successor to R. FI. MiYiCQ./ ^ AUGUSTA, GA., opposite Ceorgi yAvo( At tiio.Old Stand-, 704 Broad iSt., - - - Angus LOFL1N & STUEB, Corner Broad vftip CamPiiell Streets, Acgupta, GEOBGii. -O- We have ou hand, and will ^ entire plaijitiE)£ season, the VERY BEsUmitU^. idlest Reiiabie Seed Potatoes ' . m * for planting purposes. EARLY ROSE and ail other ties. We buy direct from Boston, the very best market for Seed, and always get the best kuowu to the trade. Our Puiataes are carefully selected > alidtye the best that coiiies to this market. A Loflin & Stulb, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Corner Broad and Campbell St., Augusta, GaJ CARPETS AND H91BFHM! -o- 1885. New Goods. Fall Trade. 1885 Window Shades and Lace Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels, »-ply In grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs. Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Shades of every -size and Color, embracing all the New Styles, Cocoa, Caton and Napier Mat tings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaums. Lace Curtains, Window Cornices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash Ebony and Brass Cornices and Poles. Turcoman Curtains and Draperies,' Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Patterns. Fringes in all Colors, Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Buttoms. Wall Papers, Borders aud Decorations. * - Just Opened For Ail Trades: Oil Paintings, Engraving aud Chromos. Brooms, Dusters, Baskets, Door Jats, Walnut and Rubber Weatherstrips for poors aud Window, to keep out cold, and all sold at Lowest Prices. JA1V1ES G. BAILIE & SONS, Chronicle Building, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, "J J IC! THE S. G. S. is the cheapest and tiie best aud the only Specific Fe for small grain the marj.ee. ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT, a very cheap and excellent non-an /' ated fertilizer for small grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, &c. ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COMPOUND, a complete fertili£ these two crops, and also used by the truchers near Charleston for vegetate^*- ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, apecially adapted ta roses, geraniums, pansies, flowering annuals, &c. £3F For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and instructive publications of the Company, address, The .Ashley Phosphate Company, riharlegtnn, - - .SO, . DurJ be Cbui The Pj be.assf say. Joseph R. Rohep.rsox. Frank E. Taylqh. Geo. W. Wiletams J •- RGSFRTSeN, TAYLOR# WILLIAMS COTTOJi FACTORS AND6®ltAL> -OF Tin IaSHEPGG P.HGS GENfltALWTIARP U * A, f-:.