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f TUE" WIFE'S STRATAGEM.
"Mary, your corn-bread is never done ! I
wonder what is the reason everybody else has
things right, and we always have things wrong?"
"Why, Joe, I am sure the corn-bread has
never been in this state before 1 You see, the
fire'had a fit," and couldn't be made.to burn
this morning."
"Oh, yesJ you are always ready with an ex?
cuse. Irowy there- is-Mrs. Smith 7 her -stove
never has fits. And she always has the light?
est, jweetest bread and the nicest cakes and
Sreseryes I ever ate. I wish, you'd take pattern
y m."^
? "Well; f^ia^rej-Joe, Iy do my best, and I
think I succeed onerier thau I fail. I wish I
could suit you always; but that, I suppose, can
scarcely be expected," and Mary gave a weary
sigb.
Mary Starr had been married about a year,
during which time she had found housekeeping
rather up-hill work. She was a neat little
body, aha conscientiously did her very best to
please her husband ; but he, whatever might
be the reason, was very hard to please?in fact,
seemed determined not to be pleased with any?
thing she did. Perhaps, like the old soldier in
onVof Dickens' stories, he had a vital and con?
stant sense that "discipline must be maintain?
ed," At any rate, he never allowed Mary to
be pleased with herself on any occasion if he
could help it.
Mary was an amiable wife, fortunately, and
not easily irritated, though, to tell the truth,
there ware times when her forbearance was se?
verely tried. For instance, whenever she and
Joe took tea out, or went to a party, or even to
church, he seldom allowed the opportunity to
pass unombraced to animadvert' on some de
- tciency in cookery, or manners, or dress, on
the part of his wife. For instance, it would
be?
"Mrs. Jones, what beautiful sponge cake you
make! Mary, take notice how light this cake
is. I wonde? why you can never have it so
puff/." Or, "Mrs. Brown, you certainly are an
adept at entertaining company. I wish, Mary,
that you would try to steal Mrs. Brown's art."
Or, "Mis. Green, your dress is always most be?
coming. Your taste is exquisite. I don't see
why it is, Mary, that with all I spend for you,
you never look quite as nice as Mrs. Green."
On these occasions Mary wonld blush and
bite her lip, and be inwardly annoyed, but she
was a woman of too much pride and good
sense to make a display of her chagrin ; and
was rea?y too good-natured and Christian a per?
son to let it change her feeling toward Joe,
whom she knew to be, after all, very fond of
her, and a very just man at heart. After a
while, too, seeing that the fault was probably
curable, she bethought herself how she should
Eroeeed in order to break him of his disagreea
le habit.
Fortune favored her. One day a lady, one
of her most valued friends and neighbors,
called to invite Joe and Mary to a tea-party at
her home.
"It will be a small affair." she said, "but
very pleisant, I think. You only are wanting
t-j make the circle of harmony complete."
"Well," said Mary, "I will come, Mrs. Vane,
on one condition."
"Condition! Is it come to this, that you
must make conditions? Well, my dear, make
your demand;"
"The condition is," said Mary, "that you
will allow me to furnish all the refreshments."
"Well, that is an odd idea! Mary, my dear,
I hope you don't mean to insinuate that I am
getting poor ?"
"No, Hattie; thank fortune, she has show?
ered her favors on you quite liberally. But I
have a notion for this, which, if you please, I
will not divulge; ouly let me have my way this
once, just for the oddity of the thing."
wIf anybody but you, Mary, had made such
a request of me, I certainly shonld have taken
ofiease. But I never could be angry with you.
So if it will be any satisfaction to you?though
for the life of nie I" can't imagine what your
drift is?I will comply with your conditions.
When may I expect my supplies ?"
^ "Let me see; to-morrow is my baking-day,
and your party is not before Thursday. Well,
on 'Wednesday afternoon yon "-shall be sup?
plied with bread, biscuit, cake, and all other
accessories; and mind, the only,thing I allow
you to furnish is butter, which I do not make."
"Very well, it*s all settled, then, and Twill
feave yoa.. On the whole this arrangement
suits me; it relieves me of a great responsibili?
ty, for your cooKery is woil known to be par?
ticularly nice. So good-bye till Thursday."
"Mind you say nothing about this, Hattie, to
any one; it is a secret of mine.".
"Very well, as you say, FI1 keep mum.?
Good-bye again, for you will have your hands
fuH, and-I most not interrupt you."
So off MrSi Vane went, inwardly wondering
what crochet demure little Mary had got into
her steady little head.
Everything came off on that baking-day pre?
cisely as Mary could have wished it. Her bread
was light and sweet, and white as a snow -flake,
with just a golden-brown line of crust sur?
rounding it; her cakes were perfection; her
biscuits crisp and delicious. Then she knew
that her preserved fruits were nice; and if
ever there was a sponge-cake more like solidi?
fied froth, she would like to see it. Ever/thing
was sent in to Mrs. Vane on Wednesday after?
noon, and she had all Thursday to devote to
her dress.
Man' lov' *f,very pretty that night at the
tea-party, P^x j^Jr eyes shone with a purpose,
and she h?'-1 -just excitement enough about it
to-redden her cheeks in a very becoming man?
lier. Add to this that she u-as dressed with
iieitness and taste, and yott wfH be unwilling
to believe me when I say that she was the belle
of the occasion. Joe evidently thought so
himself; for, strange to say, ho made no re?
marks upon her appearance that night calcula?
ted to lower her self-esteem ; but contrariwise,
gazed at her from time to tiiuc with the most
profound satisfaction.
? But "murder will out." It came on this oc?
casion, when they sat down to supper. Every?
body was delighted ; there had not been such
an unexceptionable "tea" in that neighborhood
.for a long time.. Country people are very fond
of their steas;" they compare one with another
with admirable connoisscurship. This one was
triumph,
"Mrs. Vane, yon are the perfection of bread
makers. Your biscuit are quite beautiful. I
Were ever such made before! How do you
manage it, Mrs. Yarve? What lovely sponge?
cake I"
-Mrs. Vane and Mary occasionally changed
glances and smiled, but nobody noticed it.
Joe had been behaving so beautifully all the
evening that Mary begau to be afraid her plans
had failed. He came out now, however greatly
to Mary's satisfaction.
"This iB a feast, indeed," he said. "A fellow
?s fijptunaSe who has a wife that can make such
bread ns this, to say nothing of the sponge?
cake ; I can't see why it is, Mary ; you improve,
it is true, I will give you credit for that; but I
don't see why it is that all women can not have
the knack that Mrs. Vane has, at cooking to
perfection. If you could make such bread as
this, Mary, your husbaud would be a happy
man."
Mrs. Vane looked at Mary, and Mary rooked
at Mrs. Vane. Light had broken upon the mind
of the latter. It broke like a flash of light?
ning, and then there was an explosion?not of
thunder, but of laughter,
Joe looked up, amazed. He was a mau who
petted his dignitv enormously. What did these
women mean to laugh so at a sober, sensible re?
mark of his? Particularly, what could Mary
mean, to so trifle with the respect she owed her
husband ?
He began to grow red iudeed. Mrs. Vane
saw it, presently, and'came to his and Mary's
relief; for poor Mary hacf begun to be a little
frightened at the success "of her own scheme.
She did not like Joe to be'angry at anv rate.
"Mr. Starr," said Mrs. Vane, "I am truly
glad that you like this-excellent cookery, for it
is all your wife's. By your own showing you
ought to be a very happy man."
Here the whole company caught the infec?
tion, and joined in the laugh against Joe. It
was of no use to get angry with so many peo?
ple; so, before long, .Joe joined the chorus
himself.
And so the tea-party broke up with the
greatest good-nature all round, and Joe went
home with a lesson be never forgot; for it was
the last time that Mary ever heard any com?
plaints from him. He is now the most easily
pleased of any husband in ten miles round.
Arthur's Home Magazine.
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From the Charleston Daily Republican.
The Taxes.
Those who are instrumental in increasing the
burden of taxation must expect to undergo a
searching examination by the people. If
the representatives of the people can show
good and wisely sufficient cause for such in?
crease, the people themselves will take up the
burden with the utmost- cheerfulness they can
command; but if it be- shown that such bur?
den is altogether unnecessary, and if unneces?
sary then wicked, then these representatives
will pass under maledictions which sooner or
later they will most keefilv feel. Taxation, at
the best, even when most honestly and wisely
laid, is of course a biitdeu-; then how much
more a burden when it is felt that it is put up?
on us not so much for the maintenance of the
Government, for the increase of education, and
for the furtherance of all the best interests of |
the people, but for the wrongful advancement
of the peoples' representatives I
The Charleston News gives the following,
which, we unhesitatingly affirm, is worthy the
careful thought of all our citizens:
"A new assessment of the real and personal
property in Charleston County was made last
September. The aisessore did their work care?
fully, and assessed the property at a fair price,
which, in the case of real estate, was neverthe?
less, much higher than the market value. It
was promised that taxes would be lower in 1871
than in 1870 and 1869, and the people prepared
themselves to meet, as well as they might, the
demands upon thorn. As soon, however, as
the assessors finished their task, the county au?
thorities added one-fourth to the assessed value
of all the real estates in the county. This was
equivalent to an increase of twenty-five per
cent, in the taxation. Then the General As?
sembly stepped in, and, before going home for
the holidays, levied a tax of nine mills, and a
county tax of three mills, instead of a State
tax of seven and a half mills in 1869, and of |
five mills in 1S70.
"It is useless to say that this onorons taxa?
tion is for the benefit of the people. They do
not ask or expect to be free of taxation. They
are readv to do their part in upholding the
credit of the State. But a tax ?1.20 on the
hundred dollars, for State and County purposes,
is more than they can bear. It is a crushing
weight, instead of being an incentive to more
vigorous exertions. Here in Charleston, for
instance, the citizens who paid a tax of $80, in
1870,' must pay ?120 in 1871. And this is with?
out taking into account the addition of one
fourth to the assessed value of all real estate.
Add to all this the city tax of two per cent.,
and it will be seen at a glance why property
does not improve in value, why taxes are so
difficult of collection, and why every laboring
man, as well as every property holder, is eager
to throw off that Radical rule which is synony?
mous with high taxes and low prosperity."
The Dutchman's Insurance Policy.?A
good story is told of a German by the name of)
Schmidt, who had taken the precaution to in?
sure the life of his wife for five thousand dol?
lars, and his barn for nine hundred dollars, be?
lieving that the former might die and the latter
be burnt, and he could not get along without
some compensation for the loss. Both policies
had been taken from the same agent. In a few
months after the stable had been insured it was
destroyed by fire. Schmidt quietly notified the
agent, and hinted to him that he would e pect
the nine hundred dollars at the earliest pos?
sible moment. The agent at once sent a car
! penter to ascertain the cost of erecting a new
stable of the same dimensions, having found
fthat the property had been insured for more
than it was worth. The builder reported that
he could replace the stable with new material
for five hundred dollars, but unfortunately there
j was an ordinance against the erection of frame
I buildings?the old stable having been built of
wood. He was asked to estimate the cost of a
brick stable, and reported the amount at seven
hundred and fifty dollars. The agent then noti?
fied Schmidt that he would build him a new
brick stable in place of the old frame one, but
Schmidt became very indignant at the propo?
sition, saying?
"I do not understand this insurance business.
I pay you for nine hundred dollars, and when
my shtable burn down you make me anew one.
I not want a new shtable. I want nine hun?
dred dollars."
The agent reasoned with Schmidt, but all to
no purpose. When the stable was about fin?
ished, Schmidt went to consult a lawyer, think?
ing that he could still get the amount of the
policy, beside having the new stable.
The lawyer,,however, informed him that the
companv had the right/to make good the loss
by building a new stable, and expressed sur?
prise at his bringing suit against them.
"But," said Schmidt, "I insure for nine hun?
dred dollar, and dis fcllar put up dem shtable
for seven hundrod and fifty. I do not under?
stand de insurance bu.*iness."
Finding that he could not compel the pay?
ment by law, be became disgusted with the in?
surance business altogether. Calling upon the
agent, Schmidt said?
"Mr."Agent, I want you to stop dem insur?
ance on my frow. I do not pay any more
monish that way ; I do not understand this in?
surance business."
The A.;ent (surprised)?"Why, Mr. Schmidt,
you are doing a foolish thing. You have paid
considerable on this policy already, and if your
wife should die you will get five thousand dol
lars."
''Yaw, dat ish vat you tell me now" said
Schmidt. "Ven 1 p ays you on my shtable you
say I get nine hundred dollar if it burn down.
So it vas burnt, and you will not give me my
monish. You say, 'Oh, dat vas an old frame
shtable,' and you not pay me my nine hundred
dollar. Ven mine frow dies den you say to me,
'Oh, she vas an old Dutch woman, she not vord
anydings; I get you a new English vife!' and
so I lose my live thousand dollars. You do not
fool Schmidt. I not understand dis insurance."
? The oldest stove probably in the United
States is the one which warms the hall of Vir?
ginia's eapitol, in Richmond. It was made in
England and sent to Richmond in 1770, and
warmed the House of Burgesses for sixty years
before it was removed to its present location,
where it boa been for thirty years. It has sur?
vived three British monarcbs i has been con?
temporaneous with four kingly monarchies,
two republics and two imperial governments of
France. The great Republic of America has
been torn by internal strife^ the breaches partly
healed, and still the old stove remains unmoved
in the midst of all.
? An exchange says that an apparatus has
recently been invented which promises to do
away with the annoyance and danger Hrising
from the cinders and sparks that are constantly
flying from a locomotive's smoke-stack. By
means of a simple but ingenious contrivance,
the cinders are taken from the smoke-stack
and carried into the tire, where tbev are con?
sumed, and thus add to the heat. The inven?
tion has been satisfactorily tested on the Nashua
road.
Particulars of the Great Fire in Richmond,,
Virginia.
It is less than twelve months since the-dread- j
ful catastrophe occurred to the capital building :
at Richmond, Va., by which so many valuable
I lives were lost, and threw the community and ]
State into mourning. And now we have to
record another terrible disaster to that ill-fated
city.. On Christmas morning, when there was
general rejoicing all over the land, Richmond
again donned the habilaments of mourning, in
consequence of a fearful fiitTand the sad loss of
life accompanying it. It has not been definite?
ly ascertained as to the number of lives sacri?
ficed by this fire, as some of the passengers
registered at the Spots wood Hotel left on the
morning train, and it is impossible to know
until all of these are heard from as to who per?
ished in the flames. The Richmond Dispatch
gives the following graphic account of the
great fire:
On .-Ac morning of Christmas day, at about
2 o'clock, Patrick Byrd, the night-watchman at
the Spotswood Hotel, wassentoy Mr.Knowles,
the night-clerk, to call the women, whose dnty
it is to scour the floors. Going up stairs, he
thought be detected the smell of smoke, and
looking more carefully, presently he saw it
curling from a fissure in the weather-boarding
of the old wine-room, of late used as a pantry.
The alarm was immediately given, and Mr.
Knowles and Dr. Latham, of Lynchburg, run?
ning to the spot, tried to get in the room to ex?
tinguish the fire, but found it impossible to get
in without a key. Presently, however, the door
was broken down, and the flames were seen
crawling up the walls and licking the ceiling
with their fiery tongues. It was too late for
buckets of water, and a messenger was sent to
sound the fire-alarm. Meantime the cry of fire
was raised in the house, and the halls of the
second floor were in a few minutes filled with
frightened, stupefied, half-clad people, throwing
open the doors, and otherwise clearing the path
of the fiery element.
THE BUILDING IN FLAMES.
Those who escaped say that in a space of
time almost incredibly short the smoke had
filled the whole house, and the flames made
their way through the thin wood-work parti?
tions with fearful rapidity. The fire depart?
ment, notwithstanding the extreme cold, was
on the ground with remarkable promptness, but
the water could not be made so speedily avail?
able. In less than half an hour Cre was ob?
served on every one of the five floors, and the
passages were choking with hot air and -'most
impalpable ashes. The scene was now one of
indescribable terror. Men, women and chil?
dren were in the burning building, and all who
were awake were striving to get out. With fire
on every side and smoke?blinding, suffocating
smoke?penetrating everywhere; this was no
easy task to those not thoroughly acquainted
with the landmarks. The screams and prayers
of the panic-struck terrified the self-possessed;
the weak were either trampled under Toot on
the narrow stairs or sank where they stood par?
alyzed by fear, waiting for relief. Fortunately,
however, there were those within who retained
their presence of mind, and those without bold
enougn to risk the danger to save a human life.
So far as is known, all who left their rooms
found means to escape, though with life alone;
and there was no woman's cry for help, or in?
fant's wail of terror, that did not bring a man
to the relief. Most of those who lost their
lives were awaked by finding the flames in their
room* or remained in the vain hope of saving
also their property. The floors began to fall,
and all in the building then could not but per?
ish.
PROGRESS OF TilE FIRE.
A strong wind swept the flames westward,
and the sparks and ashes flew all over the city,
causing serious apprehensions lest there should
be fire in remote places, while the services of
the firemen were needed where they were.?
After the Spotswood, the adjoining building,
occupied by the Grover & Baker sewing ma?
chine depot, E. Currant's house-furnishing
store, and Mr. Hungarford's banking establish?
ment, caught and was speedily destroyed.?
Wolfdeckc's cigar store and Anderson's tin and
stove depot were then fired, and only the Con?
sta;: t play of the engines upon the building on
the corner of Main and Ninth streets, known
as Bosher's Hall, and under which was the
grocery and liquor store of W. D. Blair & Co.,
saved it from following suit. On Eighth street
the old frame building in the rear of the Spots
wood, and belonging to the concern, was par?
tially destroyed. At 5 o'clock the fire was
stayed.
INCIDENTS.
On the fifth floor there were more children
than in any other part of the hotel, and it
seems almost miraculous that anv of these es?
caped, when strong men like Robinson, Hines
and Ross perished. Here were the families of
the proprietors. Messrs. Sublett, Luck and
Bishop. These gentlemen with their wives and
little ones, without exception, got out before a
single floor fell, and escaped serious in:
Mr. Luck was afterwards badly scorched \.
tempting to got papers out of "the office. . 11 s
: not known that any children were lost. If so,
they were the children of transient borders.
Mr. A. C. Schaffer, of Lynchburg, superin?
tendent of public printing, had a narrow es?
cape. He ncard the roar of the advancing
flames, and first thought it the noise of a Christ?
mas frolic; but presently, smelling fire and
hearing an alarm, opened the door to see the
passage full of smoke. Realizing that his re?
treat by the ordinary avenue was cut off, he
slammed the door to and opened the window.
Some in the crowd urged him to jump; others
urged him to wait for help. He determined to
do neither, but took a chance equally as hazard?
ous. Climbing out of the window of his room,
he clun^r by the hands to the sill, and jumped
(miraculous us it may seem) to the window be?
low, alighting on the sill of that, and holding
fast by the cornice. He was now on the th'rd
floor, and intended to try the same plan to get
lower, but a ladder was now brought to his aid,
and he descended in safety. His beard was
singed and his hands badly cut by glass. -He
losi what baggage he had in the room and about
$40 worth of Christmas presents, which he de
, signed taking to his wife and children in Lynch
1 burg yesterday morning.
J. E. Batkins and Edward Sweetman are as?
sistant inspectors of gas. It is part of their
duty to attend all fires, cut off thegas, and save
the metres, which arc of value to the city. In
the peiformance of this duty, they were prompt?
ly at the scene of the fire yesterday morning,
and having saved the one hundrod-light metre,
worth about $70, they went to the rear, and
having gained access to the cellar, went forward
to the vault under the pavement to Bave the
ten light metre. While they were there, the
. floors of the hotel suddenly fell in with a crash,
and their retreat was entirely cut off. There
was an immense cloud of smoke, and the flames
. seemed about to swallow them. In ten min?
utes they would probably have been suffocated
or burnt to death, when one found the grating
in the pavement above and poked his fingers
through. Fortunately, somebody's attention
was thereby attracted, and the grate being lif?
ted, both were drawn out. alive.
THE LESSON TO RE LEARXNED?-WHAT--HOTEL
KEEPERS SHOULD DO.
While the proprietors of the Spotswood have
not varied in their practice from all otherhotel
keepers and have exercised all the vigilance
that has been expected of hotel keepers here
tofore, still there is a lesson to be learned from
this calamity, from which profit mny be gained.
It is a notorious fact that, in the large hotels in
this and other cities, the only employees awake
at 9 o'clock in tho morning are on the lowest
(office) floor of the house. In the four or five
floors above, containing probably 1/50 rooms,
there is not a servant or watchman of any sort
awake. The silent rooms are lilled with several
hundred sleeping, and therefore, utterly help?
less guests. A fire breaks out, and the wooden
stair cases and slight room partitions go offlike
tinder. It is utterly impossible for the two or
three employees uwake to rouse the sleeping
guests on the four or five floors above, and the
appalling ??*rtaolc is exhibited of burning '
men and women shrieking for help from win?
dows that cannot be reached. There are no
fire escapes, no means in man's power by which
they can be saved. There should be a watch?
man on every floor, and a roundsman to see
that they are awake. If a hotel is doing any
business it can afford this outlay to save hu?
man lifo and if they cannot, why, then, the pit
of death should be closed.
? Many who think themselves the pillars of
the church are only its sleepers.
? The young man who stood on his own
merits became very much fatigued with the
performance.
? A grocer once had but four weights, with
which he weighed any number of pounds from
one to forty. They consisted of 1, 3, 9, and 27
pound weights. (
? "Mr. Smithers, how can you sleep so ?
The sun has been up these two hours." "Well,
what if it has ?" said Smithers. "He goes to
bed at dark, while I'm up till after midnight."
? "Pa," said a lad to his father, "I have
often read of people poor but honest; why
don't they sometimes say rich but honest ?"?
"Tut, tut, my son, nobody would believe them,"
answered the father.
? Youth and age have too little sympathy
with each other. If the young would remem?
ber that they may be old, and the old remem?
ber that they have been young, the world
would be happier.
? An honest old darkey down South says:
"Dey tole us dar war provisions in de Constitu?
tion for we culled folke, but dat's a lie! Dem
provisions didn't cum. Dis nigger ain't 6eed de
fust mou'ful.u
? A young lady with a pretty foot, but a
rather large ankle, went into a shoe store to be
measured. The admiring clerk, who is of
Gallic extraction, complimented her in the
following queer way: "Madam, you have one
bootiful foot, but zc leg commence too immedi?
ately."
? Carrying pistols is going out of fashion in
Southern California, and a paper there says it
is "glad to see that most of our citizens have
had sense enough to return to the use of the
bowie-knife."
? A man stopping his paper wrote to the
editor: "I think folks ottent to spend their
munny for payper, mi daddy diddent, and ev?
erybody sea he was the intelligentest man in
the country, and had the smartest family of
boiz that ever dugged taturs."
? "What woutd you like to be when you be?
come a man ?" said a fond mother to her young
hopeful. "Would you like to be a merchant or
a doctor, or lawyer, or preacher V "I think,
mamma," said the urchin, "I'd rather be a
candy shop."
? In East Tennessee, the other day, an old
lady waved a red flag till a train stopped, and
then asked the conductor if her daughter Sally
was aboard. The language used by that con?
ductor in reply is described as terrible.
? At a christening, while the minister was
making his certificate, he inquired the day of
the month, and happened to say, "Let me see,
this is the 30th." "The thirtieth I" exclaimed
the indignant mother, ''indeed, but it's ouly the
thirteenth !"
? An economically-minded Massachusetts
man, whose wife had a sore leg, saved the ex?
pense of surgical advice by tying her down on
a bench and amputating the offending member
with a butcher-knife and a handsaw. The op?
eration was entirely successful as regards the
leg, but the body bled to death.
? At a ball in Boston, recently, a lady faint?
ed, and the attentive janitor rushed for his
camphor, with which the lady's face was thor
ly bathed until she recovered. Then it was as?
certained that the camphor had been taken
from a bottle of mucilage, and the lady felt too
much stuck up to stay any longer.
? An old lady receiving a letter she sup?
posed was from one of'her absent sons, re?
quested her neighbor to read it. lie according?
ly began to read: "Dear mother''?then paused,
as the writing was rather illegible. "It s from
Johnny," exclaimed the old lady, "be always
stuttered."
? Oil of sassafras, it lias been discovered,
will entirely neutralize the narcotic effects of
tobacco, and it is believed will prove an excel?
lent remedy against the bite of rattlesnakes.?
Oil of sassafras, it is stated, has long been used
to prevent the fermentation of mucilage and
inks.
? Sir John Lubbock states that among many
savage races a woman is absolutely forbidden to
to speak to, or even to look at her son-in-law,
or in any wise to meddle in his affairs. Many
a poor fellow would gladly exchange half his
privileges as a citizen of this land of Christian
civilization, for the immunity enjoyed by those
savages.
? A brother editor wants an almanac that
will tell him when "next month" expires. The
cause of this "want" the editor says is because
he has a number of accounts, the payment of
which was promised next month, and as the
promises were made in February last, he wants
the almanac to ascertain when he may expect
the fulfilment of said promises, you know. We
should like one of these almanacs.
GIVE ME E00I!
FALL and WINTER
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS
At
M. LESSEE'S.
ITAYB received and am still reoeiving a large
stock of th: choicest
FALL AND WINTEE GOODS,
Selected out of the primest Goods of the largest
Importing Establishments in the city of New
York, as I hud the advnntiige of bcingone
of the first in the market; and I wish
to inform my customers that War
in the Dry Goods line is still
to be continued.
I also thank my customers for past liberal pat?
ronage, hoping to receive it in future, as the most
liberal inducements are offered, such as
Calicoes, DeLaines, Brocades.
Alpaccaa, Poplins. Silks,
Black and Colored Cloths,
Caesimeres, Flannels,
Cloaks, Shawls^.
Notions, Hats, Cup?,
Boots and Shoo?,
Bleae&ed and Brown Shirting, and
A It&aai ASSORTMENT 07
Ready-Made Clothing,
Bagging and Iron Tie?,
Groceries,
And lots of OTHER THINGS, which you will
find by calling on
M. LESSEE,
No. 3 Granite Row.
Sept 22, 1870 13 }
For the Speedy Relief
AND PERMANENT CURE OF
Consumption, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Colds,
And all Diseases of the
Lungs, Chest, or Throat.
TUB EXPECTORANT is composed exclusive?
ly of Herbal and Mucilaginous product?,
which PERMEATE THE VERY SUBSTANCE
OF THE LUNGS, causing them to throw off the
acrid matter which collects in the Bronchial
Tubes, and at the same time forms a soothing
coating, relieving the irritation which produces
the cough.
The object to be obtained is to cleanse the or?
gan of all impurities ; to nourish and strengthen
it when it has become impaired and enfeebled by
disease ; to renew and invigorate the circulation
of the blood, and strengthen the nervous organi?
zation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an as?
tonishing degree. It is active but mild and con?
genial, imparting functional energy and natural
strength. It affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood,
and Nitrogen to assimilate the matter?it EQUAL?
IZES the "NERVOUS INFLUENCE," producing
quiet and composure.
TO CONSUMPTIVES
It is invaluable, as it immediately relieves the
difficult breathing and harrassing cough which at?
tends that disease.
FOB ASTHMA
It is a specific?one dose often relieving the dis?
tressing choking, and producing calm and pleas?
ant repose.
FOB CROUP
No mother should ever be without a bottle of the
EXPECTORANT iu the house. We have numer?
ous certificates of its having relieved, almost in?
stantly, the little sufferer, when death appeared
almost inevitable.
Mothers l>e Advised!
Keep It on Hand!
This dread disease require* prompt action; as
soon as the hoarse, hollow cough is heard, apply
the remedy, And it is easily subdued;
BUT DELAY IS DANGEROUS.
The properties of the EXPECTORANT
are demulcent, nutritive, balsamic, soothiug, and
healing. It braces the nervous system and pro?
duces pleasant and refreshing sleep.
It Exhilarates and Relieves Gloominess and
Depression.
Containing all these qualities in a convenient
and concentrated form, it has proven to be the
Most Valuable Lung Balsam
Ever offered to suffe -s from Pulmonary diseases.
Mb PARED DT
WM. H. TUTT & LAND,
Augusta, Go..,
Sold by Druggists everywhere.
Oct 27, 1870 1 ly
FALL AND TOTER
GJ-OODi
9
Of the Latest Styles.
WE have now en hand one of the best selec?
ted Stock of Goods ever brought to this
market, consisting, iu part, of
Ladies' Dress Goods,
In great variety, such as
POPLINS, DeLAINES,
Scotch and Shepherd's PLAIDS,
ALPACCAS, white and black,
MERINOS, white tad colored.
ALSO, A HANDSOME LOT OF
SHAWLS, CLOAKS,
HATS, FURS and RIBBONS,
BOOTS and 8HOE8, in great variety.
A HAHDSoMn ASSOBTMIXT OF
Ready-Made Clothing and
Gents' Famishing Gooods.
We will keep constantly on hand a Urge and
varied stock of
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, ?kc, ?c,
All of whioh will be sold low for cash or coun?
try produce. One and all, give us a call.
W. F. BARR & CO.
j??"" These indebted to us for Goods, will
pleaso come forward and make early settlements.
W. F. B. & CO.
Oct 18, 1870 16 8a
SIMPSON, HILL & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
ARE receiving heavy orders of goods for the
Fall trade. We buy for cash, and by sell?
ing for cash at short profits, and close attention to
business, we expect to continue to increase, not
only in the confidence, but number of our custo?
mers.
If you want Drugs of all kinds, including those
of the latest and most approved preparations,
GOME!
If yon want Prescriptions carefully and cor?
rectly compounded,
COME!
If you want Paints and Oils of all kinds, in?
cluding Varnishes, Turpentine and Burning Fluid,
COME !
If you want Bine Stono and Bye Stuffs of all
kinds,
COME!
If you want Soaps of any grade, from the lar?
gest bar to the finest Toilet,
COME!
If yon want Perfumory of any kind, from the
finest Extracts down, (including Flavoring Ex?
tracts,)
COME!
If you want Hair Oil, Hair Restoratives, nair
Byes of the freshest . :'. most approved styles,
u COME!
If you want Patent M eines of any kind,
COME!
If you want ANYTHING in the regular Drug
line,
COME!
SIMPSON, HILL ?Ss CO.,
At the Sign of the Golden Mortar,
ANDERSON. S. C.
Sept 20, 1670 14 I
I31PORTANT NOTICE
TO
CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS.
AH Retail Orders amounting to fSO sad
Over Delivered in any Part of the
Country
Free ot Express Cliarg-e*.
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS,
OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
In order the better to meet the wants of their Retail Qat
totners at a distance, have established a
SAMPLE BUREAU,
and will, upon application, promptly tend by mail full Haas
of Samples of the Newest and most Fashionable Goods, of
FRENCH* ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE
guaranteeing at all limes to sell as low, if not at kttprltm,
thsin any house in the country.
Buying our goods from the largest and most celebrates
manufacturers in the different parts of. Europe, and Ist?
portiug the same bv Steamers direct to Baltimore, our
stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties
of the London and Paris markets. .
As we buy and seU only for cash, and make no bad dtUt,
we arc able sad willing, to sell our goods at from Tsar to
Fifteen Pkb Cent. Less Profit -than If we gave credit.
In tending for samples specify the kind 0/ goods diltnd.
We keep the best grades of every class of goods, from tb?
lowest to the most costly.
Orders unaccompanied by the cash vQl be tmt C 0. V.
PROMPT-rAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS are Ia?T
ted to inspect the Stock in out Jobbing and Peeking Do
partmcst. Address
HAMILTON EASTER A SOITS;
197, 199, 201 and 203- West Baltimore Street,
Baltimore, MdV
Oct 27,1870 18 If
Sixty-Five First Prize Medals Awarded^
TEE GREAT
OUTHEBX PIA50
MANUFACTORY,
KNABE ?fc CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PIANO FORTES,
BALTIMORE, MD.
These Instruments have been before the Public for near?
ly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained
an vnpurchased pre-eminence, which pronounces them un?
equalled. Their TONE combines great power, sweetnsas
and fine singing quality, as well as great purity of Intona?
tion and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Their
TOUCH is pliant and clastic, and entirely free from the
stiffness found in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSHIP
they are unequalled, using none bui the very best season?
ed material, the large capital employed In our bast?SS
enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of lum?
ber, &c, on hand.
?B- All our Square Pianos have our New Improved
Ovcrstrunp Scale and the Agraffe Treble.
j83~ W e would call special attention to our late improve?
ments iu GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE GRANDS,
Patented Auoust 14,1866, which bring the Piano nearer
perfection than has yet been attained.
Every Piano fully Warranted for 5 Years*
We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholesale
Agency for the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS and
MELODEONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at
Lowest Factory Prices.
TO. KRABE ft CO.,
. Baltimore. Hi.
Sept 15, 1870 12 6m
ESTABLISHED 1811.
CUSHING
& BAITJEY,
BOOKSELLERS'* STATIOlVEHS,
Baltimore Street;.EAltimore,
Have the
LARGEST AND BEST'ASSORTED STOCK
In the city of '
SCHOOL MEDICAL ?
and LAW, and DENTAL,
CLASSICAL '
and MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKS. ..; ? f
An Immense supply of 1 5 ^ .* - ??'
GENERAL BANK AND COUNTING-HOUSB
STATIONERY.
Blank Books made to order in any style of Binding and
Ruling. ? - ? ?5 h q -; ^ ^ ? .
The ??me.wef>>t AUe?f^n'gfron. f o 5
OTtlJERi}*: ?? "r ?- V
As to Personal Purciiases.'- ' \ .?, . /
INSIDE FI G ?REB'- ? L VTA T8 .
S3" Send for Catalogues, Ac.
Sept 29, 1870 14 <a
Sky-Light Photograph
GALLEHY,
At F. C. v. Bolster's Jewelry Storr,
NO. 4 BRICK RANGE.
PICTURES of all kinds luken, either fjom life
or copy.
Fcrotypes. album size, 50 cents each, or four
Cameotypcs for ?1.50.
Come and examine specimens. The best of in?
struments just received from Europe, and satis?
faction guaranteed by
F. C. v. BORSTEL.
Oct 13, 1870 16
SOLD AND SILVER
WATCHES. JEWELRY. CLOCKS, TABLE
CUTLERY nod-FANCY GOODS'for sale
cheaper than ever offered in this market before,
and almost at first cost..
No Brass Watches kept for sale here.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Musical works
repaired in workmanlike manner at reasonable
rates. All thorough repairs warranted for twelve
months. Watch Glasses titled for 25 cents each.
Call on F. C v. BORSTEL,
Push tho Green Doors, No. 4 Brick Range.
Oct 13, 1870 16
P. P. TO ALE,
Charleston, 8. C.
f Largest and most complete)
\ Manufactory of Doors, hashes, /
< Blinds, Mouldings, &c, in the"^
t Southern Stales. , J '
Printed Trice List Defies Competition,
jggy 8e.ND FOB ONE. "?fc
ggf- Sent free on. application.
May 5, 1870 45
;0m
^WatI^^eeI
Mill GeariniShattinl&Pulleys
Uli AW ? i
.SEND FOR A CIRC
Sept 15,1870
Jy
NEW FIRM,
THE subscribers have this day entered info
copartnership-to transact a general Mercan?
tile and Brokerage business, under the firm name,
of Sharpc & Towers, at the old stand of W. 8.
Sharp? in the town of Anderson, S. C.
W. S. SHARTE,
A. B. TOWERS.
Soptlt, 1S70 11