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ONLY A CLERK. Laura Carlisle stood where scarcely a half dozen women in the room would have dared to stand, directly under the blaze of the chande? lier, her cheeks crimson with excitement, her ?yes bright as the jewels which flashed in her brown hair, her heavy garnet robes sweeping giiust the simple muslin dress of her cousin, ty Carlisle, who was as different from her as the tender twilight from the brilliant noon? day. Yet sweet Katy, even in that simple dress, with her eyes blue as the torquoise sash which bound her slender waist, was no less attractive than her haughty cousin,, and so thought Floyd Laurence, as he stood chattering to them. It was not lack of beauty which often cast Katy ih the shade?but Xaty was poor, and a golden bait is soonest snapped at, you know. "Oh, I do think so much of a good old fami 1" said Laura, who, having heard that Floyd Laurence belonged to one of the "F. F. V.'s," desired to create an impression. "Why, I wouldn't look at a prince if he did not come from a good stock." "Princes ate generally supposed to do so, Laura," laughed Katy, a mischievous twinkle coming into her eyes as she met Floyd's glance. "Oh, of course I meant if they could do otherwise," said Laura, reddening with vena? tion at her mistake. And then glad to change the conversation, she turned to Mary West and began to inquire about some beautiful lace she was wearing. "I got it atWarburton's," said Mary, smiling. "Oh, I must get some to-morrow, if there is a yard of it left," cried Laura. "I shall be sure to go there right away. Yes, that is our waltz, Mr. Laurence," and taking his arm, she moved gracefully away. "Hem?yes?ye3, they are pretty girls?the sweetest girls I raw to-night," soliloquized Floved Laurence, in his room, that night. "But I wonder if Miss Laura would smile so sweetly if she thought I hadn't a penny in my pocket? Love's wing's, you see, when tippe? with gold, are beautiful to view! Confound the money! It makes one suspicious of every? body ! But I do wish there was a way to test the truth sometimes." He sighed, lit his cigar, and sat down to smoke away his fancies. Suddenly he sprung up, flung the cigar into tho grate, and begun to pace the room. "By Jove 1 I've got an idea 1" said he. "Miss Laura is going to Warburton's to-morrow; now Warburton happens to be a friend of miue?I think I'll go there too ! He'll enter into the thing, I'm sure; and I have a fancy to sec if Floyd Laurence behind a counter, and Floyd Laurence in Mrs. Howard's ball-room, stand just the same in Miss Carlisle's estimation.? Heigh-ho! I wonder if that pretty blue-eyed cousin will come with her!" After dinner next day Miss Carlisle's carriage stopped before Warburton's store, and the haughty beauty and her pretty cousin Kate en? tered the wide doors and crossed over to the lace counter. "Show me your finest Mechlin," began Miss Laura, but stopped in utter amazement, as she recognized in the polite clerk, her partner of the night before. "Mr. Laurence!" aho ex? claimed. And Katy, opening her blue eyes very wifle, repeated the exclamation. 'Mr. Laurence, we didn't expect to eee you here!" "Why not V asked our hero, smilingly. "We were not aware?we did not know that you-" began Miss Laura, haughtily, and Floyd finished her sentence. "That I was Mr. Warburton's clerk? Oh, yes, Miss Carlisle! What style of lace would you prefer ?" "Thank you?I do not care about the lace to-day. Katy, come, we are in haste." She turned antf Bwept her silken robes away, but Katy, her cheeks scarlet, lingered to give one little white hand to Floyd Laurence, and say, cordially: "Mr. Laurence, remember, you promised last night to call upon me. I?that is, we shall ex? pect you." And Floyd, as. he ventured lightly to press that tiny, little hand, said, fervently: "Thank yon, I shall surely come!" "The idea! The very idea!" cried Laura Carlisle, indignantly, when they were in their carriage. "What does Mrs. Howard mean by introducing such persons to her guests? I'll never forget her! To think I should have danced with a low clerk !" "Why, Laura, I am sure he is a perfect gen? tleman," said Katy. "Gentleman indeed! a common clerk to be a gentleman, and aspire to good society! Katy Carlisle, you are a little idiot!" "At least, I like him as much now as I did last night," said Katv with some spirit. "Very well, indulge your low tastes if you like," returned laura, scornfully, "I shall cer? tainly not cultivate his acquaintance." A few evenings later, at Judge Glovers ele fant saloon, she saw Floyd Laurence making is way toward her. 11 He here! Are people all gone mad? But he wont daro to address nie!" she thought, her bright cheek reddening augrily. But he did dare, coming up to her with a frank, gentlemanly greeting. Laura looked full in his eyes, with a glance which might have turned him to stono, had her power equalled her will, and turned away in haughty silence. Floyd's handsome face did not even flush ; he only elevated his fine eye-brows, while a curious smile curved his mouth, just as a soft voice behind him said, impulsively, "Mr. Laurence, won't you shake hauds with me?" He turned quickly, and then, indeed his face ' did flush and ins eyes kindle, as he once more held the soft, little hand he had held once be? fore, with a strange thrill in his breast. "Are you brave enough to acknowledge the acquaintance of a mere clerk, in this place, Miss Carlisle?" he asked. "I don't care whether you are a clerk or a king," said Katy innocently, smiling up in his fece. "You are a gentleman, and 1 like you." "Thank you," said Laurence, drawing her arm within his own. "Then perhaps you will promenade with me for a few moments." "Yes, I wish to remind you tiiat you have not kept your promise to eall on us." "But 1 will/ answered Floyd Laurence, as he looked down into her blue eyes. Katy Car? lisle's tender little heart was all of a flutter. Well, Laurence called at Mr. Carlisle's hand? some mansion, and purposely asked for ''the ladies."' Laura scornfully declined to go down stairs, but told (vaty that her "'aristocratic" ac? quaintance was waiting to sec her, ami Katy hiisteued to receive him and entertained him to the best of her ability. She succeeded so well that Floyd Laurence called again. And on his second call, uncon? ventional little Katy, who was alone in the parlor, opened the door for him herself, and met him with a frank welcome. "So, then, you still like me?" asked Floyd ; as he stood in the center of the great parlor, with the little hands she had given him clasped within his own. "Yes?I?I?think so," said Katy, uttering, the roses coming and going, nervously on her fair cheeks. "But 'liking' won't satisfy mo any longer," said Floyd, with a rare smile. "I want some? thing else?something far warmer, sweeter, stronger! Is it in your dear little heart to give, Katy darling?" And Katy, giving him a shy glance, as he bent down aud took her arm in his arms, whis? pered again: "Yes, I think so!" ? ' * * * * # * "It seems Katv is about to be married," said :' old Judge Howard, meeting Laura, a few weeks : later, ' "Yes, little foolish thing P returned Laura, coloring with vexation, "I'm sure I said all I could to prevent it." "To prevent it! What possible objection could you make to Floyd Laurence ?" asked her old friend. "Why, Judge Howard I think of her throw? ing herself away on a common clerk?" "My dear girl, I don't know what you are talking about," said Judge Howard, with a per? plexed look. "You surely know that Mr. Laurence is nothing more than a clerk in Warburton's store ?'? "My dear, young lady, I surely know that he is something more than a clerk for any one. He is the only son of the Laurences of Vir? ginia?haven't you heard of the great Laurence estates ?" "Judge Howard ! you must bo mistaken !" "I am not, my child. I, myself, hold some twenty thousand dollars of his money in trust. His lather was my friend in boyhood. Your cousin Katy is fortunate, Laura, for Floyd Laurence is a match for any one to be proud of." "Is he really so wealthy ?" persisted Laura, doubtingly. "He has an income of at least fifteen thou? sand dollars a year. I Bpeak from certainty, my dear girl, not from hearsay." Poor Laura I She tried to conceal the hitter disappointment rankling in her heart, but it was hard to know that the golden prize had slipped from her grasp, and only through her own fault! Nevertheless, she put the best face possible on the matter, was very affectionate to Katy, and cordial with Floyd, and very fond, long after, of referring, with studied carelessness, on every possible occasion, to "my dear cousin, Mrs. Floyd Laurence." TnE Buffenbargeii CASE.?The examina? tion in the famous poisoniug case at Columbus has ended, as every one has recently foreseen that it must end, in the honorable discharge of the accused lady. Not a suspicious circum? stance has been brought home to her. One or two witnesses who testified to trivial incidents supposed to indicate that she had no love for her first husband have been discredited by their own behavior on the stand. Mrs. Colburn is represented to have been an affectionate and faithful wife, trusted by her husband to the very hour of his death ; while the instigators of the prosecution bear, whether justly or not, an unenviable reputation. Add to all this that four years were allowed to pass after the death of Buft'enbarger before the charge of poisoning was made, although the prosecutor, Thompson, declares that he. knew from the first that the old man was murdered; and finally that the family physician testifies distinctly that the death was caused by consumption, and was not attended by any of the symptoms of arsenical poisoning?and we have an array of facts in Mrs. Colburu's favof which only the most di? rect evidence could have overcome. But there is a mystery in the case which has still to be unravelled. Four years after the death of this old man arsenic is discovered in his stomach and liver. It had never been ad? ministered medicinally, and it is pretty clear that it had not been given as a poison. How did it get there ? The theory of the defense was that it had been injected into the body after death for the purpose of laying the foundation of the present trial. It is conceivable that this might easily have been done before burial, and on that supposition we have only to account for the fact that whoever devised this devilish scheme, waited so long before taking the next step. But if Maley Thompson was the man, it is ea3y to understand why he should not have found it convenient just then to bring himself prominently before the public. There was no insuperable difficulty, however, in opening the grave at any time. True, we are told that no evidences of disturbance were discovered; but the lapse of a few weeks or months would have obliterated all marks of the exhumation. We presume that Mrs. Colburn will take further steps to solve the secret of this extra? ordinary case. If it he true that the principal witness for the prosecution has absconded, they may be somewhat embarrassed in the legal pro? ceedings which obviously suggest themselves, but they doubtless have clues which they will spare no pains to follow up.?New York Tri? bune. The South Carolina Educational Insti? tute.?According to announcement the South Carolina Educational Institute met at Green? ville, Wednesday of last week. Very much to the regret of members, and to the disappoint? ment of the people, Gen. Easley, who was to open the meeting with an address, had that day been telegraphed to the bed-side of a sick relative at Pcndleton, and did not appear. The meeting was a small one, but contained representatives from various parts of the State, and was full of interest from the beginning to the end. A number of new members were received, and the prospects of the Institute brighten from time to time. Three subjects were discussed with zeal and earnestness. Prof. Judson, of Greenville, rend a very able paper on Geometry and Geometri? cal text-books. Mr. B. K. Stuart, of Winns boro, introduced the subject of school organi? zation, and made a telling speech upon it. The discussiou was continued by others for nearly a whole day, and then the whole Rubjcct was laid over until next meeting. Dr. Broad us, who has just returned from his journeyings in the East, made a very happy address on the subject of Modern Languages, touching some of the evils attending our present Bystem of teaching them, and suggesting some remedies. He also advised great caution in tho employ? ment of foreign teachers, for, said he: "Our Professors of Modern languages are often men who were, at home, hotel waiters, or restaurant servants." Mr. Calvin, Superintendent of the Public schools, in Augusta, was present and added to the interest of the meeting by his account of the state of education in Georgia. Dr. Manly, of Greenville, closed the meeting on Friday night, with an able and appropriate address on Colleges in the South?what they have been, what they arc and what they need. The Institute adjourned Friday night to meet in Charleston, the 3d Tuesday of May, 1872.? A. 11. Presbyterian, TiUt vlt. ? A mechanic in New Orleans constructed a safe which he declares to be burglar proof.? To convince the. incredulous of the fact he placed a one thousand dollar bill in his pocket, had himself locked in the sale, and declared that he would give the monpy to the man that unfastened the door. All the blacksmiths and burglars in the State have been boring and beating at the safe for a week, the man is in there, yet. He has whispered through the key? hole that he will make the reward ten thou? sand dollars if somebody will only let him out. Fears arc entertained that 'he whole concern will have to be melted down in a blast furnace before he is released, and efforts are to be made to pass in through the key-hole a fire-proof jacket, to protect the inventor while the iron is melting. Tho inventor swears that if he once gets out he will in future always try the experiment with a rival patentee inside, lie says he never thought he should wish, as he does now, that some one would find a weak place in his armor. ? At almost every step in life we meet with young men fron? whom we anticipate wonder? ful things, but of whom, after careful inquiry, we never hear a word. The effervescence <>f youth and passion, and the fresh gloss of in? tellect and imagination, endow lliem with a false brilliancy, which makes fools of them? selves and other people. Like certain chintzes, calicoes and ginghams, they show finely on their first newness, but cannot stand the sun and the rain, and assume a very sober aspect alter washing day. The Unfortunate Love of Amelia Garcia. Few of our theatre-going people but will re? member the beautiful Amelia Garcia, who for three or four successive seasons, won unboun? ded applause , on the stage of our principal theatres. Young, lovely, and accomplished, the wonderful charm of her voice was augmen? ted by great personal attractions. Gay, fasci? nating, and brilliant, she won admirers by the score, and at one time?in the height of her theatrical fame?was the most sought after and 1 the acknowledged beauty of her profession. That such a woman should have suddenly died without her death being made known is sur? prising. Nor will the public surprise be lessen l ed wdien the fact is made known that she died a suicide. Her death occurred about two weeks since on Jacksou street, near the corucr of An? nunciation, where she had resided for over a year past. It will be remembered that about two years since she quit the stage and retired to private life. She had become passionately enamored of a gentleman iu this city, and for his sake abandoued whatever of fame and pros? pect of advancement she had in her profession. She occasionally appeared on the street, always radiant, always beautiful, aud whenever she came into the theatres or public places of amusement she was the cynosure of all eyes. She enjoyed this public manifestation of ad? miration, and sustained it regally. Had she never been a famous snger, Garcia would still have been admired for her splendid beauty. But it began to be whispered about that her life was not happy. Society had its observances that could not be neglected, and the poor singer, with all her beauty, could not retain an allegi? ance which society demanded to be broken. The conviction came upon her slowly, but it came at last. To one of her passionate nature there was nothing left for her but to die. It would be wroug, if it were possible, to lift the veil from those last hours of her life. Con? vinced that the happiness she had barterded so much to secure was slipping from her grasp, and the cheerless future spreading dark before her, she resorted to that Leathean cup, the poison of the suicide, in which to drown the sense of her misery and the joyless life of a de? serted and abandoned woman. It is said that the morning (some two weeks since) the final separation took place when her friend said good-bye for the last time?Garcia ordered her servant to go to the drug store and fetch her some laudanum. The servant, suspecting her design, refused to go. The command, repeated still more imperatively, was disregarded, and the servant, with tears and entreaties, besought her to refrain from her wicked intentions. It had no affect, however, and she went herself for the poison. On what pretext she obtained it is not known; but she did get it and, having taken it, died from its effects. The residents in the neighborhood say that about the time the poison must have commenced its fatal work, she went and seated herself at the piano, and for more than an hour played and sang. Her rich, thrilling voice, rising to its full compass, revelled in the sweetest music they had ever heard. Strains of passionate sorrow mingled with the sorrowful cadence of a funeral dirge, as the dying cantatrice sung her life away. Amelia Garcia was about 23 years of age, and a native of the West Indies. Her father was a Spanish Creole, and her mother a Jewess, a native of Germany. Her parents came to New York when she was quite young, and she com? menced her professional career in that city. She sang one season at the Academy of Music in this city, and one or two engagements at other theatres. She left the stage, however, in 1869, and has not since appeared, profession? ally, in public. Such, in brief, was the career of one of the sweetest singers and most beau? tiful women of the age. Whether her life was good or evil it behooves not now to say. If she was reckless, frivolous, and gay, she had, at least, a passionate and loving nature, and died a suicide.?New Orleans Picayune, August 15. A Maiden's Love.?Human nature has no essence more pure?the world knows nothing more chaste?heaven has endowed the mortal heart with none holier, that the nascent affec? tion of a young virgin's soul. The warmest language of the sunny South is too cold to shad dow forth even a faint outline of the enthusi? astic sentiment. And Providence has made the richest language poor iu the same respect, be? cause the depths of hearts that thrill with love's emotions are too sacred for the common con? templation. The musical voice of love stirs the source of the sweetest thoughts within the hu? man breast, and steals into the profound reces? ses of the soul, touching cords that never vi? brated before, and calling into geutle compan? ionship delicious hopes until then unknown. Y?s, the light of a young maiden's first love breaks dimly but beautifully upon her as the silver lustre of a star glimmers through a thick? ly woven bower: and the first blush that man? tles her check as she feels the primal influence, is faint and pure as that which a rose leaf might cast upon marble. But how rapidly does that light grow stronger, and that flush deeper, un? til the powerful effulgence1 of the one eradiates every corner of her heart, and tho crimson glow of the other suffuses every feature of her countenance. Fabming as a Business.?A man who is not smart enough to run a store is not Binart enough to run a farm. Farmers are not to be made out of what is left after lawvers, doctors, ministers and merchants are sorted and picked out. And if a man fails on a farm he is not likely to succeed in a ?tore, for it requires more talent to be a thriving farmer than to be an average merchant. The one great failure is tho disproportion between a man's farm and his capital. A farmer's capital is skill, labor and his money. If he has little cash, he must have no more land than he can thoroughly manage by his personal labor. Every acre beyond that! is an incumbrance. One acre well worked is more profitable than twenty acres skimmed over. It is this greed of land by farmers that have not the capital to work it that keeps so many poor. Small fanners are better than large ones, simply because they are better sui- j ted to the capital of common farmers. Large farmers with large capital are better than small ones. Farming is a good business for all men who conduct it on proper principles, and have capital according to the size of their farms.? I Farmer and Artisan. Josh Billings on Marriage.?-Sum marry for love without a cent in their pocket nor a drop of pedigree. This looks desperate, but it iz the strength <d" the game. Sum marry be cauzc they think wimmin will be scarsc next year, and live tew wonder how the crop hold? out. Sum tew get rid of themselves, and dis? cover that the game was one that two could play at, and neither win. Sum many the sec? ond lime tew get even, and lind it a gambling game?the more they put down the less they take up. Sinn marry tew be happy, and not finding it, wonder where all the happiness goes tew when it dies. Sum marry, they can't tell who, and live they can't tell how. Almost every body gits married, and it iz a good joke. Sum marry in haste, and then sit down and think it all over. Sum think it carefully over fust, and then sit down and marry. Both ways are rite if they hit the mark. Stun marry coquettes. This h like buying a poor farm, heavily mort? gaged, and working the balance ov your days tew clear oph the mortgages. But after all married life iz full as certain as the dry-goods bizucss. Ivno man kan swear exactly where ficy will fetch up when he touches calico.? alico don't know herself. Dry-goods of all kinds iz the child ov circumstanscs. The man J who stands on the bank shivering, and dussent, j iz. more apt til ketch cold than him who pitches Iiis head lust into the river, if ennybody asks j you win you got married (if needs be), tell him j yu don't rccollckt. _ ? A gentleman, on getting some soda, was re- j tiring from the store;, without the usual little ceremony which follows that operation. "Ke muiiibcr,*" said (he polite proprietor, ''if you lose your pocket-book, you didu't pull it out ?A Convincing" Argument. In one of tho interior counties of Missouri lived, some eight years ago, a man who followed preaching for a living. lie was called Elder B-, and was engaged to preach for the Campbcllites. His peculiarities soon made him quite noted, and large audiences assembled to hear him. Of late he has abandoned the pulpit, and is now a justicc-of-the-peace lawyer. On one occasion, when at the zenith of his fame, he preached a discourse on the deliver? ance of the children of Israel, in which he said: '"Brethren, there are many difficult passages in the Bible, and you are likely to be led into error unless made to understand them. Now, you all have, read this chapter wherein Moses stretched out his hand over the lied Sea, and the water became a wall, aud the children of of Israel went over on dry ground safely, and how the pursuing Egyptians, the chariots and horsemen, and all the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned. "Now, my brethren, as it reads it is hard to believe and difficult to explain ; but I will ex? plain it. It don't mean what it says; for I tell you I have it in the original Greek, and it is there all explained and made perfectly plain ; and in the next translation of the Bible, which our church is getting out, it will all be explained. Now this passage of Scripture, when properly explained, means simply this: When Moses and the children of Israel arrived at the Bed Sea they camped all night, and it turned cold aud a strong east wind caused it to freeze over; and the truth of the matter is plain, as you can see, that the children of Israel passed over 'dry shod,' on the ice. There were no such things as great walls. The original Greek will not permit any such unjust aud difficult transla? tions. And again, when the Egyptians, with their immense armies, heavy chariots, and great weights, pursued the children on the ice, they broke through it, and were all engulfed, drowned and lost. This, my brethren and sis? ters, is the true and fair explanation of this circumstance, and the original Greek in the next translation will explain it to you all, and make it plain." At this point a brother sitting back in the congregation arose and said : "Brother B-, I would like to ask you a question, if you have no objection." The elder, looking triumphautly toward the brother, answered: "All right, Sir; ask as many questions as you want to." "Well," continued the brother, "my knowl? edge of geography and the location of the Bed Sea shows that it is located nearly under the equator, and is therefore in a very warm coun? try, and never known to be frozen. Will the gentleman please tell the audience where the ice came from of which he spoke ?" The elder became excited, and answered, with lofty disdain, "if the brother who asked me this question knew half as much about the Scripture and the geography of the country as he pretends to, he would know that this cir? cumstance which I have explained happened thousands and thousands of years ago; yes, sir, thousands of years before the age of geogra? phies and before there was any equator I I think, brethren and sisters, I have answered the gen? tleman completely!'' The Use of Concentrated Fertilizers. The cause of failure in the use of the con? centrated fertilizers is often due to the manner in which they are applied. It is difficult for those who have been accustomed to use bulky manures to realize that the full fertilizing po? tency of a bushel of animal excrement may be held in a large sized table spoon, and that a handful of one adds to plant structures as de? cidedly as several shovels full of the other. A full dose of opium as given to patients furnish? es quite a dark, bulky power, or pill; but if we separate the alkaloidal principal upon which its hypnoctic power depends, we have only a little delicate white powder which a breath of wind will blow away. The one-eighth grain powder will afTcct the human organism as powerfully as ten times the weight of opium. If we were so forgetful of "potencies" as to administer as much, or even one quarter as much, of the white concentrated powder as of the bulky dark one, we should destroy our patient's life, or at least do great injury to his health. So, if in the use of genuine superphosphate, of guano, or ground bones and ashes, we forget their pow? er and apply too much, or apply them too di? rectly, we endanger the lives of our plants. An experiment mado upon corn affords an illustrated case in point. At the time of plant? ing, upon a field divided by a narrow strip of sward land, we directed that on one side a ta blcspoonful of the mixed bones and ashes should be placed in each hill, and well covered with soil; upon the other, four rows were to be hills should receive a double quantity. It is curious to observe the effects. The first field and the four rows are remarkably thrifty. The corn came up well, and has manifested remar? kable vigor from the start. Oil the other hand, the overdosed corn appeared for a long while as if it had been paralyzed by some wasting dis? ease. It could not bear up under so much of a good tl?ng. More free ammonia was formed at the start than could be appropriated by tho tender plants, and many of them perished from over-stimulation and heat, produced by the fer? mentative changes of tho active bodies in con? tact. The corn that survived is at the present growing finely, and will no doubt afford a large yield. Now if this had happened in the course of our regular agricultural labors, and without any understanding of the nature of the fertil? izing substance used, it is probably that it would have been condemned as a worthless or dangerous article. This has been the case with hundreds of experiments, and is indeed a per? fectly natural conclusion to reach. But we must learn to reason, learn to have patience, learn the character of the substances we em? ploy upon our lands. We must be careful how we reach conclusions; we must examine close? ly to sec if they are based upon correct grounds. There are well established principles in agricul? ture ; let us cling to them, aud when we get re? sults that are puzzling or paradoxical, we must study causes, and not judge hastily.?Boston Journal of Chemistry. ? The late Empress of France, used often, when a child at Granada, as Eugene Montijo, to be danced upon the knee of Washington Irving. Ina letter written in 1S?3, just after the elevation of Eugene to the high station she tilled for eighteen years, Irving wrote the following, which now reads almost like prophe? cy : "The last I saw of Eugene Montijo she was one of the reigning belles of Madrid. Now Eu? genic is upon a throne, launched from a return less shore, upon a dangerous sea, infamous for its tremendous shipwrecks. Am I to live to see the catastrophe of her career and the end of this suddenly conjured up empire, which seems to be made of such stuff as dreams are made of? I confess my personal acquaintance with the individuals in this historical romance gives me an uncommon interest in it: but 1 consider it stamped with danger and instability, and as liable to extravagant vicissitudes as one of Dumas' novels." ? Acts of generosity like the following arc so rare it is a pleasure to put them upon record when they do occur: The terrible nail-storm which swept over portions of Burlington coun? ty, N. J., some time since, was very severe on the crops of a hard-working man who rented a farm of a Quaker lady at an annual rental of $1,200. The lady called upon her tenant and said: " I have heard of thy misfortune, and came over to commisi rale with thee." "Yes. ma'am, its very unfortunate for me." "Arc (he build? ings injured much'!" "No, very little.-' "Well, thee need not be concerned about ttie rent.? Seeing thy loss, thee need not pay any rent this year." -- Take things always by the smooth handle. - - (.'an "watered sjlk.V be called dry goods? treated similarly, and the remainder the American Wonders. Silver Spring, Florida, is one of the greatest curiosities in the South. It hursts forth in the midst of the most fertile country in the State. It bubbles up in a basin near one hundred feet deep and about an acre in extent, and sending from it a deep stream sixty to one hundred feet wide, and extending six to eight miles to the Ocklawaha river. In the spring itself fifty boats may lie at anchor?quite a fleet. The spring thus forms a natural inland port, to which three steamers now run regularly from the St. John's, making close connections with the ocean steamers at Pilatka. The clearness of the water is truly wonderful. It seems even more transparent than air; you see the bottom eighty feet below the bottom of your boat, the exact form of the smallest pebble, the outline and color of the leaf that has sunk, and all the prismatic colors of the rainbow are reflected. Large fish swim in it, every scale visible, and every movement distinctly seen. If you go over the spring in a boat you will see the fissures in the rocks, from which the river pours upward like an inverted cataract. Another wonder is, that the "Stone Moun? tain," of Georgia, which was rendered famous during the late war, has not been more written about, talked about and traveled about is un? accountable, aud indicates a want of admira? tion for the wonders of the Southland. Were it across the waters it would be in song, in ser? mon, aud in lecture, and travelers by scores would go as they now go to the Pyramids;? "These the work of man, That the work of an Almighty hand." Imagine a mountain of solid granite, tower? ing two thousand feet, with scarcely a shrub on its defiant bald face. In its solitude it is alone ; no kindred nigh ! Not even the faint outline of a mountain is discernible in the distance; and as we turn our gaze upward to its perpendicu? lar height, the classic Palisades seem tame, and we can but wonder if it be a boulder from some distant sphere, suddenly, some freak of nature, ejected to our planet; or may it uot have been that during the great primeval ocean, which once overspread the earth, matter attracted matter, until the mighty pile arose, and will stand uutil the final consumniatiou of all things here? [ ? "We have observed," says the N. Y. Tui bune, "that when good people" think it necessa t ry to hang a man, the authority of the Hebrew ; Scriptures is cited as unanswerable, but when it comes to dancing upon two feet instead of dancing upon nothiug, the example of that great and good potentate, King David, is held to be of no account." ? Notwithstanding the impression held in society with reference to the so-called "enter? prise" of the day, whereby men suddenly grow rich and influential, it is nevertheless true that no man can make or retain a good and useful posi? tion in life without possessing the habits of punctuality and temperance. ? A lady refused to be introduced to a gen .tlcman and" no amount of urging could induce her to change her mind. "What are your reasons for not wanting an introduction ?" urged a friend. "Bccansc he wears u paper collar and dyes his moustache," replied the lady. The Temperance Advocate. EtfLASGSD, BIPE0Y3D AND ISSUED WEEKLY SEOULD SS m EVEEY FAMILY. 1,500 SU3SCBIDE3S WANTED. TWO DOLLARS PER AMUM,I3 ADVANCE. -o THE cause of Temperance has advanced so rapidly in South Carolina, that it has be? come necessary that there should be a live, ae tivo and zealous exponent of its principles. Wo have, therefore, determined to publish the ADVOCATE weekly, and to enlarge and im? prove it in every respect. Whilst it will be de? voted to total abstinence, it will, nevertheless, he made acceptable to every fireside. The read? ing matter will bo of the purest and most se? lect character. Arrangements have been made to get the most prominent temperance men in the State to make contributions to its columns. It will also ha\ o correspondents in every por? tion of tho Stato, who will keep our readers fully informed as to tho progress of tho cause. "\\ o have put tho price of tho Advocate so low that it may bo in tho reach of all. Only a Hmited and select number of adver? tisements will bo received. To Aoents.?A discount of ton percent, will bo allowed on all new subscriptions. Address F. P. BEARD, Columbia, S. C. July 20, 1871 3 Greenville & Columbia Railroad. COLCMBIA, S. C, March 1,1871. ON and after this date, the following Sehedttlo will bo run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Curoliua Itoad, up :.nd down, also with Trains going North and South on Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Railroad: UP TRAIN. Leave Columbia.7.00 a.m " Alston.910 a. m. " Newberry.11.15 a. m. " Cokeabury.3.00 p.m. " Belton.5.110 p. m. Arrive Anderson. 6.00 p. m. " at Greenville.0.M p. m. DOWN TRAIN. Leave Greenville.-.~.? 6-15 a. m. " Anderson-.~.6.-15 a. m. ' Bolton.~.-.8 W a- m. ' Cokesburv.?.10.07 a. m. ' Abbeville ~.~.8.15 a. m. 1 Newberry.- 1-50 p. m. 1 Alston.~ 4 05 p. in. Arrive Columbia.6-55 p. in. M. T. BARTLETr, General Ticket Ageut. March 9,1871 36 SHABPE & TOWERS, Agents for the Brown Cotton Gin. THESE GINS are highly recommended by a number of men throughout iho Cotton Stales, and have taken more premiums than any other Gin during the same period. We will have some of these Gins in store for exhibition ami salo in a few days. Wo would ask all who are in want of a GOOD GIN to give us a call. SHARPE <te TOWERS. July 13,1S71 2 J. C. C. FEATHERSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL practice in Hie Courts 6f Anderson, Abbe? ville and surrounding Counties, and in the United States Courts. Offick?No. 8 Granite Row, up stairs, over Watson & Rro's. Store, Anderson C. II. Jan 5, LS71 -7 Fresh Rock Lime! JC. C. FEATIIEUSON 1ms constantly on hand # a good supply of fresh 110CK LIME? will sell by the barrel or bushel?cheaper than it ran be had from any one else. Apply to WAT SDN & BRO., Anderson C. H. June 1. 1871 48 3m Fruit Cans! ,\ NEW style of FRUIT CANS, made of Tin, and so ar ranged that any person can seal them hermetically ut honif, with litili- trouble. Prlee, for quart Cans, u"._. ciuis each, or 81.50 per dozen. Kept constantly on band, in large quantities, at DAWSON'S TIN SHOP, Depot Street. .Tunes, is;i ID ' Jm Turnip Seed. LAND It ETI IS Early flat Dutch, Pomera? nian Glolio, Largo Norfolk, Yellow, Kuta IJnga and Seven T>>j> Turnip Seed, fresh ami genuine, for sale low by SHA11PE & TOWERS. July 27,1871 4 SHARPE & TOWERS Have lately been receiving Shoes and Boots, Dry Goods, <fec. Our stock in all the departments, viz: Dry Goods, Shoos and Boots, Hats, Clothing, Hardware, Crockery and G-iassware, Leather, &c., Groceries and Provisions, viz : Sacon, Lard and. ?J"uf, Is complete, and we are offering BARG-AIiiS to CASH BUYERS, and our old friends and customers. We wish to reduce our stock by the tirst of October* Please give us a call. "V\ of charge nothing for showingour Goods. Our motto is and shall be, Quick Sales and Small Profits. p?r- Call at No. 7 Oranito liow, Anderson C. II., s. c. SHARPE & TOWERS'. August 3,1871 5 MARBLE WORKS. LOCATION, Main St., near Railroad Bridge, WE WILL FURNISH MARBLE WORK AS LOW AS CAN IJE BOUGHT ELSE? WHERE. Below is our Price List: Tomb Tops, of Vermont Marble, common and ordinary, 0x3 feet...8 35 to 40' Good Quality..".. 45 to 47 No. 1 and Statuary. 50 to 65 Italian, of same. 50 to 55 Head Stones, 4x1 ft. 6 inches. 14 to 1G Head Stones, 3x1 ft. 2 inches, and 3x1 feet. 8 to 9 Monuments, Monumental Head Stones at same rates. Box Tombs, plain.115 to 125 Paneled, good quality. 135 to 1G0 No. 1 Heavy Paneled, with posts... 175 to 190 Lettering.3 cents a letter. At our Shop we put up those S250 Tombs at $100, and guarantee to furnish as good ma? terial and heavier paneled work for the f ame. Parties wishing Marble Work will find it to their interest to call on us. T. WILDMAN & CO. May 25,1S71 47 IMPORTANT NOTICE to CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS. All 1! et ail Orders amounting to $20 and Over Delivered in any Part of the Country Free of Express diaries. HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, OF BALTIMORE, MD., In order the better to meet Ihe wants of their Retail Cus? tomers atn distance-, have established a ?A MPL E BUK EAU, and will, upon applio.it ion, promptly send hy mall fall lines of Sampled of the Newusi and mosi fashionable Goods, of FRENCH. ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE, guaranteeing at all times to seil us !uic, if not at less prices, ihnu any house i:. the country. Buyii?r our pK.ds from the largest and most celebrated manufacturers iu thediirerent purls of Europe, and im? porting the same oy Steamers direct lo lialtlraore, our stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties of the London and 1'aris markets. As we buy and sell oi.lt/ /or cosh, and make no find debts, we are able and willing to sell our p>ods at fimm Tkx to Fiftkrn Pkk Cent. Lkss Profit than if wo nave credit. In sending for samples specify the kind of goods desired. We keep the best grades of every cla>s of {."hhIs, from the lowest t'? tin mosi costly. Orders nnaceompitnted l>i the cash vill be sent C. O. D. PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS aro inYp ted to inspect the Stuck in our Jobbing and Packing De? partment. Address HAMILTON EASTER A SONS, 197, 100, 201 and Sou West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. Oct 27,1S70 13 ly WAVERLY HOUSE, Anderson, S. C. JOHN A. MATES, Proprietor. THE WAVERLY HOUSE has been repaired and fitted up, and has now a magnificent ap? pearance. Mr May es ia lately of Abbeville, and is well known as a good Hotel keeper. The House has been newly furnished, and has all the modern improvements and comforts, and will give the best the country affords in way of fare, which will be served up in the best of style. Stop ami see us, and you will be well treated. March 23, 1S71 38 H. H. SCUDDAY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, ANDERSON C. H., S, RESPECTFULLY tenders his services to the citizens of Anderson Villago and vicinity. With an experience of sixteen years in all forms of disease peculiar to this climate, ho hopes to meet the expectations of all patients committed" to his care. Special attention given to Obstcries, and dis? eases of women and children. When not professionally engaged, he can usu? ally be seen at the Drug Store of Messrs. Simp? son, Hill & Co., or at the residence formerly oc? cupied by J. B. Sloan, deceased. March 23, 1S71 38 6m M. GOLDSMITH. i\ K1KD GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (l'HCEXIX IRON WOBKS,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes ; Horse Powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills. Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, including graveyards* residences, ecc Agricultural Implements, Brass tnil Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and ?.>n the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, ic. May IS, 1ST1 If, lv 7 ^1 Water wheel, Mill GeanaiShafiing&PulIeys _llsEND FCBACIBCULiuC^ Sept I.ft, 1870 12 ly WM. HEXttV TItESUOT. W. W. HOll'IIUM'S. TRESCOT & HUMPHREYS, Attorneys at Lav/, VTTTbh practice in the Courts of the F.iglua *Y Circuit, ami in the United Stares Court Oflic? in Broyles' building, opposite the Bcns>& House, An ie. id C 1! Feb 1-71 Z2