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She wasn't a tall dark-eyed maiden, with clear, transparent skin, and lips like cherries, and cheeks suffused with blushes. She didn't have glossy black hair, sweeping back in wavy tresses from her queenly brow, and her form wasn't a bit like ' Hebe's. No,, there was none of those things? on the contrary, she was short and thin, and had. red hair and freckles, and she also sported snaggle teeth and wore pads, but still she was a right nice girl, and there was a young man who fell in love with her, and his name was Bill, although his friends called him William when they wanted te hurt his feelings, for h didn't like it much. He wasn't fine looking, and had neither curly brown hair nor a mous ' tache. Not much. Bill laid himself out on soap-locks, and wore a goatee that he had dyed twice a week. Now this Bill was in love with Mary, but did . he go and make a deliberate ass of himself Did he, I say, go into a grove with her, and in the soft moonlight, by the streamlet that mur? mured sweetly by, and with the tender zephy sighing through the foliage, fall down ou his knees, seize her jeweled hand, and breathe his deep affection in the tender accents of fond at tachment, and swear ''by yon bright orb above ?* ns, always to be thine?" Did he, I say? You can iust bet he didn't. You can lay out your whole revenue safely on that. William knew too much about theprice of pants to go flop ping around on the wet grass with his good clothes ou ; besides, he never cared anything about streamlets or any kind of cold water, ex? cept to. mix. with, his gin. No, sir, it was ex? ceedingly strange, but this infatuated William met her at the alley gate, and he stood right up on his old legs and savs : "Say, Moll, old gal, s'posen we get hitched ?" But how did Mary behave? Did she go dropping to sleep over on the bricks in a dead ??nt,;or did she hide her gentle head on his shirt bosom to conceal her blushes ? No, she didn't, and ehe didn't say, "I'm ever thine, my own love, dear William V* Oh, my, no. She looked right in his yellow eyes and says: "I'm in, Billy; I'm the gal for these sort of things. Go in 1" And instead of referring him to her lather, she only said: "Won't the old man bust right out when you tell him ? Ha I ha!" and she laughed.. But she didn't ask William to . try to mollify her fond father. No, no. She very wickedly advised him to "poke the old man in the cose if he gave him any of his lip." She was a funny girl, this Mary. Now, the old man wasu't wealthy, for he sold 8oap:fat for a living, and 30 he didn't think Bill was nosing around after his stamps; so when Bill asked him, he neither ordered him fiercely away, nor did the dewy moisture gath? er in his eagle eye as he passed his hemstitched up there and said : "Bless you, my children, bless you!" Oh, no, nothing of the sort. He just blew his old red nose in his bandanna and told Bill to take her along, for he was glad to get rid of her, he was, and William would be the same way mighty soon, for she was awful rough on victuals, and always broke plates when; she get mad. So, you see, there really was no necessity for William to come at midnight's solemn hour, in a cab, and throw a rope-ladder up to her win? dow, and whistle three times on his fingers, and then go up, hand over hand, and bring her down in one hand and her trunk in the other, and a band-box and an umbrella under each armband a whole lot of bundles, and then get into'the . cab and fly to some distant shore. That's the way it would have been in a novel; out Bill said he wasn't on that lay, and so he just went out in the yard, and out of pure joy, he skinned the cat three or four times on the grape-vine arbor, and then went and got in his butcher cart, and drove Mary right down to the m?strate, taget the job done for a quarter? for he said he was some on low prices, he was. But the very queerest thing of all was, that Bill had no tall, dark, ruffianly rival, with a scowling visage and black whiskers, who flew at him with a drawn dagger, and a horse-pistol in each hand, and a muttered curse upon his lips, and cried wildly for "Revenge. Ha! ha! and said: "Death!" and "Villain, thou diest!" Not any. There was another fellow irr love with Mollie, to be sure, but he was a weak-eyed young man, who had sandy hair, and wore spectacles and a choker collar, aud always looked scared when you hollered at him. So, when he saw that Bill had the best of the girl's affections, he looked all serene and said: sGo in/Billy, if you hanker for her;" and as Bill was a trifle on the hanker, sailed right in. \ So William, you see, had no trouble at all? and you couldn't get up an agonizing novel about him if you tried. He didn't have any urgent busi: ->s that called him to a foreign land, aud so he had to bid her a fond good-bye, and swear always to be true, and then go away and forget her, and fall in love with a dark eyed Italian girl, picking grapes in a vineyard, with a square towel folded on her head, while his forgotten and forsaken Mary gradually fa? ded and pined away, aud baffled the physi? cian's skill, and grew paler, and at last, when the June roses were in bloom, lying gently down to die, while through the open window floated! in the balmy odor of jessamine and honeysuckle. And William didn't come home at last, and filled with deathless remorse, go daily to the sweet cemetery and strew flowers on her grave, and teach his children to lisp her name. Not at all. That is the way Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth would have done it, but she wasu't round. Billy was a butcher who wore a white shirt and a shiny hat, and he stayed at home aud killed beef and sold it at a price, and stuck to Mary, and she kept healthy and wasu't much on the pine, or the fade, while if any fellows got to lurking around, William went right out and batted them iu the eye, he did. And than, at last, when all was over, Mary didn't sit in the room while they dressed her in white, and mixed orange blossoms in her waterfall, and theu go gently down stairs with six bridesmaids at her heels, and stand up with her William, and weep gently while she was being married by the minister, and then get lots of presents, and theu go to her new house, and live through all the happy years with Bil? ly, and never know sorrow or trouble any more. Why,, of course, she didn't, for it wasn't her etyle, you see. She just rushed up stairs and put on her pink muslin arid her old sun bonnet, and bad nary bridesmaid, and went to the magistrate's and never wept a particle, aud got no presents but fifteen cents from tho old man to pay her car fare home, and .when she got to the magistrate's she iust rose off the bench and told Bill sbo didn t see much use in splicing, and that she didn't like him any how; and so she went home, and Bill he weut with her, and told her he wasn't sorry, as he didn't want her, and hcj guessed she was hard on her clothes, any how, and so they never got married, and the whole thing turned out wrong ; but I couldn't help it; for I ain't gohig to put facts on record that ain't so. But it ain't a bit like any novel that I ever read, so there must have been something strange about this fellow and Mollic that I nev? er could find out, so I'll have to let it slide as it is. Sad Effects of the "Dolly Yarden" Fashion. If husbands are to be mistaken in "Dolly Yarden" dresses, as with an unfortunate hus? band in Philadelphia, the sooner the fashion is squelched, the better will it be for the peace of society. The husband in question one night missed from the supper table his wife Matilda, and inquired of his little boy whither had she gone, and just at that moment the dining-room door opened and a lady entered. The husband observed a wild look in her eye, and also no? ticed that she was attired in an outlandish style, having on, as he says, a dress with sun? flowers, and cabbages, and pumpkins, worked all over it, and a lot of snakes squirming around for a back ground. Rising, the man said: "Madam, whom do you wish to see ?" aud then said, aside, "Poor thing, she's crazy." That last remark settled the business for him, as the weird female made a bolt and tightly grasped his Adam's apple, and choked him until his face assumed the color of a banner of the Commune. After she had enjoyed a surfeit of choking her husband, she flopped into a chair, and with tears cours? ing each other down-her cheeks, exclaimed: "That I should ever live to hear my husband say that I was crazy." This amused the husband, and elevating him? self to his full proportions, said: "You can't blame me, Madam, for supposing you an insane woman, and now that I know you are the mother of these interesting chil? dren, will jrou have th*: kindness to retire to the sanctity of your chamber and peel yourself of that piece of furniture chintz, or window curtain, or whatever it is you call it." "Window curtaiu, chintz !" said the spouse; "why it's you that's out of your head. That's a Dolly Varden, and a very pretty pattern, too." "Madam," replied the husband, "we may be out of head, but if that is a Dolly Varden we are most decidedly out of pocket. Why, it looks like a circus dress, and the idea of a wo? man at your time of life?" "My time of life !" "Ye3, your time of life. The next thing, I suppose, you will be practicing the trapeze act in the back yard. Why, it is enough to give a man the delirium tremens to look at it. Who ever saw such a pattern ? It's flash wall paper run mad. You look exactly like some Japa? nese tea sign. And now iust bounce out of here with that Feeje battle nag, or you'll scare the baby to death." There was an ominous pause for a moment, and then the eldest daughter said : "Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, father. It's all the style, and I am going to have one, too; there now." "Yes, and I want one ; all the girls have got them." Thus spoke Maria, the second eldest. "Any more ?" gasp? ed the husband; "are there any more? Hadn't the baby better have ouc? Guess I'll get one myself. How do they make up for pantaloons ? Ha! Ha! Ha! (Demoniacally.) Let me have a Dolly Varden. Let me clutch it. Bring me a pattern of monkeys selling lamp posts. How would a Chinese puzzle look, or a map of Fairmount Park?" The unhappy husband has just been libera? ted from an asylum and pronounced cured. But the only way they managed it was to dress him in a Dolly Varden, marked out with the ground plan of the streets of Boston. An Ungrateful Railroad. Jones had heard about a widow who had saved a traiu of cars from destruction by warn? ing the engineer, as the train approached, that a certain bridge had been washed away ; and who was liberally rewarded, receiving a pass for life on nearly all the railroads in this coun? try, and a present of ten thousand dollars from the company whose train she saved ; so Jones thought it pretty profitable business, aud con? cluded he'd try it. He lived near a railroad bridge, and he anx? iously watched and waited for it to wash away, feeling sure that it must go sometime. Every rainy night he got up and paced the floor by spells, then took his umbrella and went out to see if the bridge was beginning to go ; but it was not gone. At last he concluded that if an accident would not happen of its own accord, he would make one to order, so he got upon a high bank at the side of the track one afternoon, and rolled a big stone down upon the rails. It was just a few minutes before the light? ning express was due, and throwing off his coat and hat, so as to appear as excited as possible, he went forth to meet it. He saw it coming in the distance, so he tied a red cotton handker? chief to a hoe handle and waved it above his head in a wild, excited manner, as a signal of danger. But he presented such a singular ap pearauce that the engineer thought him a crazy man, escaped from a neighboring lunatic asylum, aud so paid no heed to him, and the train thundered on. There was a sudden whistle of "down brakes," a rapid reversing of the engine, then a terrible crash. The train was wrecked ; the engineer aud fireman were instantly killed ; the conduc? tor and all the brakemen dangerously, if not fatally wounded; and about ten per cent, of the passengers horribly maugled. Jones didn't get a pass for life on the princi? pal railroads of the country and a purse of ?10,000, but he got ten years in the Penitenti? ary for manslaughter, hiding been seeu by a neighbor when in the act of rolling the rock on the track which caused the calamity. And now he is learning to manufacture shoes by the original process, and is of the opinion that railroads are a curse to the country. Bacon on Time.?Everything now a days is "on time?to planters," except the planters themselves. They are sadly behind time !!? With the advertisements of our daily papers as a guide, it appears that about the first of the present month, there were nearly two million pounds of bacon for sale in this city alone? nearly one thousand tons?and a large propor? tion "of it advertised for sale "on time." Ba? con is cheap enough to live on, and has been so for a yar. Bacon "on time" is far dearer, since com missions for advancing, acceptance, dealers' profits, interest, and percentage for risk arc all to be added (o the present cash val? ue. The.planter who falls a prey to these char? ges will hud it dear living. Yet the poor I pi;.nter must not starve to avoid dear living; I and what can he do but buy "on time" when he hns no cash, and no meat at home? The matter becomes serious. The majority say they cannot raise hogs at home, on account of thieves, or cholera, or sonic other cause. Yet we do know there are many planters who do raiso meat at home in abundance. There are one or two at least, or more in every county in Georgia, who arc thus successful and thrifty. This is enough evidence to prove that the thing is possible, and that our people need not send to the West for bacon "on time," unless they willfully neglect their own resources. No j doubt it is necessary to use more care and pains i in hog raising than before the war, to save our j bacon from Radical thieves. And it is certain J ly necessary that we raise corn, which may be douo if enough of it is planted and worked. Potatoes, peanuts, and artichokes are valuable [ helps in making pork, and all these may bo had with ease, if only the necessary work be done. Surely this great question of the meat; supply for the South needs attention. It has been neglected and overlooked, and needs now 1 to be revived. The millions wc send .West to pay for meat can be saved at home at a far less cost, if our own people will make it a part of their business to do so.?Banner of the South a; i Planta-'.- Journal. i J The Stone-Cutter. Oucc upon a time there was in Japan a poor stone-cutter, a simple workman in the quarries. His life was rude, he worked much, gained little and was not at all contented with his fate. "O, if I could only be rich enough to rest, to sleep ou thick mattiug, wrapped in a kirimon of soft silk V Such was the sigh he breathed to heaven. An augcl intercepted it. "It shall be according to thy desire," said the angel to him. And he at once became rich, and he rested, slept upon thick mattiug and wrapped himself in a kirimon of soft silk. It happened that the Emperor passed by. He was preceded by heralds on foot and horse? back, followed by a brilliant escortof cavaliers, and surrounded by persons who held over his head an immense parasol, resplendent with gold. "What good does it do me to be rich ?" mur? mured the man, "as long as I have not the right to go out with an escort, and my head protected by a golden parasol ? Why am I not the Emperor ?" And, indeed, he became the Emperor. He had au escort of cavaliers before and behind him, and people who held above his head an immense parasol resplendent with gold. However, the sun with his ardent beam9 dried up the country, and the dusty road, quiv? ering with his brightness, fatigued the eyes. "It is a great advantage to bo Emperor," cried tire man, "when the heat of the day ex? hausts you and the sun never ceases to make you feel his power! But if one could be the sun !" "BeholdI Are you satisfied?" the angel asked. For he had become the sun, and he darted his beams up and down, right and left, and all around him. And he scorched the herbage of the earth aud the face of princes upon the earth. But now a cloud thrust itself between the earth and him; it held back the rays of the sun and prevented them from falling upon the earth's surface. "There is strength," cried the sun?"a cloud capable of resisting my power. It would be better if I were a cloud." "Very well," said the angel. And the transformation was at once accom? plished. The new cloud placed itself haughti? ly between the sun and the earth, and so thor? oughly intercepted the rays of the sun that it soon saw the earth covered with its shadow. Then it caused big drops of rain, and pouring showers and waterspouts to fall on the lands, so that the torrents burst their bounds and the rivers spread over and devastated the fields. Nothing resisted the force of the inunda? tion ; only a rock defied it, perfectly motion? less. In vain the bellowing waters beat it in their fury, the rock yielded not, but the foam? ing waves died at its foot. "A rock, then, is my superior," said the cloud; "I would rather be in its place." "You shall be," said the angel. And he was transformed into a steep, un? shaken rock, insensible to the rays of the sun, indifferent to the torrents of rain and the shock of the tumultuous waves. Nevertheless, he distinguished at his feet a man of poor appearance, hardly clothed, but armed with a hammer; and the man, with the help of those instruments, struck off pieces of the rock, which he dressed into stones prop? er for cutting. "What is that?" cried the rock; "has a man the power of rending pieces of stone from my breast? Shall I be weaker than he ? Then it is absolutely necessary that I should be that man ?" "Have your will!" said the angel; and he became again what he had been?a poor stone? cutter?a simple workman in the quarries. His life was rude, he worked much and gained lit? tle, but he was contented with his lot. Sheep for the South. In rebuilding the prosperity of our Southern States there is no branch of industry calculated to contribute more certainly than sheep hus? bandry on a small scale. We do not wish to be understood as advocating sheep-raising ex? clusively ; but we do insist on this industry forming a link iu that chain of diversified fann iug which is the basis of an independent and lasting prosperity. We have uninformly and energetically thrown the whole weight of our influence, since the war, against the almost ex? clusive cotton culture wTiich has well nigh bankrupted our section ; but we have never yet advised the abandonment of cotton. On the contrary, we have constantly urged the farmer to make it the main feature of his market crop, being careful to diversify his energies to the extent of making hia farm self-sustaining. In this diversity sheep should have prominent places. No farmer throughout the cotton re? gion should be without his flock of teu, twen? ty or fifty head, according to size and location of the farm. All experienced farmers will know that sim? ply purchasing the flocks and driviug them home, without further attention, will result in failure and loss. The effort will be profitable or not, according to the care and intelligence bestowed upon it, and those who are not pre? pared or disposed to bestow these had best let it alone. The intelligent farmer will first determine the number of sheep be is prepared to care for. If he lias pasture for twenty head only, he will not go beyond that number. This question settled, he will next direct his inquiries to the breed best adapted to his locality and the wants of his market. If he is so sttuated that the fleece forms the item of profit, he will select that breed the wool of which is most valuable. If, on the other hand, his market offers greater profits for mutton than wool, then he will select the breed most productive of mutton. In eith? er ca*e economy will suggest that he buy the common Native ewes of the country, which are cheap, and bring them up to the breed desired by carefully selecting and purchasing such bucks as will lead to the end in view. Those who have no experience will be astonished at the rapid progress the proper care will make in transforming a flock of common ewes into beautiful Merinos, or Cotswolds, or South downs, or whatever breed may be desired.? Seven-eights constitutes what, is termed a "thorough-breed," and a little calculation will show how short a time is required to bring sheep to this point of purity. Now as to the profits. The increase of sheep with proper care is never estimated with auy degree of certainty because of the great varia? tion dependent upon breed, pasturage, care, &c, while the price is equally unfixed. The farmer who gathers up his sheep but once a year, at shearing time, gets two to four pounds per head, for which he realizes from eighteen to thirtW'Ccnts, while the fanner who pastures and cares for his flocks gets a yield of ten to eighteen pounds per head, for which he realizes thirty to seventy-five cents per pound. In the first case, tho profit, though trilling, is clear, and in the last it is subject to the charges of investment, pasturage, feed, care, &c. In the j last instance, however, the flock is entitled to a ! credit for its fertilizing deposits on the farm, I an item of the first importance to most sections j of our country, and one that is not sufficiently i appreciated. The profits in almost every in-1 stance are larger than those of most all branch- J es of farm industry, and are not to be dispens- | ed with by the skillful husbandman.?South Lund. Tun Poweu of Imagination.?Some time since, a lady in this city had occasion to use some corrosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol, and being of an economical turn of mind, in? stead of throwing away the teacup which had contaiued tho deadly poison, she told tho servant girl to give it a thorough cleaning, and to make sure that her orders were obeyed, she stood by and saw the work done. She saw it washed in half a dozen waters, and finally, to make doubly sure, she caused it to be boiled.? To be sure this was a great deal of trouble to save an old teacup that didn't coat over four j cents when it was new; but there is nothing like economy. At last she was sure the cup was ready for use, and telling Bridget to wipe it and place it with the rest of the dishes, she withdrew, well satisfied with her efforts at economy, and dis? missed the subject from her mind. But now comes the cream of the joke. That evening at the supper table, the lady com? plained of feeling slightly indisposed; but thought nothing again of it until, while sipping her tea, she happened to recall to her mind the little fact of the corrosive sublimate, when the idea suddenly occurred to her that she might have been drinking from the idential cup that had held the poison. It was a terrible thought. What did she do ? Did she scream ? Not a bit of it! But she turned very pale and whispered, "Husband, I am poisoned"?and her head dropped on her breast. The husband rushed to her, and caught her in his arms, and carried the seemingly lifeless burden to the sofa and deposited it thereon.? By this time Bridget was at hand, moaning and wringing her hands over her poor unfortunate "missus." The husband, half distracted, begged his wife to tell him what had happened, at the same time ordering Bridget to run for the doctor. "It is useless to send for the doctor," said the wife faintly, "I feel that I am dying." After a pause, she continued, "throw away that fatal teacup." "Please, missus," sobbed the girl, "what tea? cup ?" "Why, the poisoned one," answered the lady. "Oh, missus !" exclaimed the girl, her sob? bing increasing in violence, "bad luck to the cup I after giving it a dacent washing, and while I was wiping it dhry, I dropped it, mum, and it broke in a thousand paces?it did, in dade, mum." What followed can ue better imagined than described. We 'will simply add, in conclu? sion, that the newspaper reporters lost an item, and the undertakers a job. Bridget was not repremanded for breaking the dish.?Hartford Times. A Remarkable Conversion.?From a se? ries of interesting sketches of distinguished ministers who will attend and address the Southern Baptist Convention, which meets in Raleigh this week, we extract the following sketck of Rev. Dr. Loriraer, whose remarkable conversion is here detailed. We copy from the Raleigh Xews: The first person we propose to introduce to our large North Carolina audience is Dr. G. C. Lorimer, of Boston, Mass. Dr. Lorimer is pas? tor of the Shawmut Avenue Church, ana is perhaps the most popular Baptist preacher in Boston. He is Scotch by birth and was a stage actor. During an engagement in Louisville, Ky., he was standing one evening at the door of his boarding house, when a lady approached him, and asked him if he would not go to church that night? He replied that he was a stage actor and had to play that night. She then asked him if be would not attend church the next night, stating that there was a meet? ing of interest in progress at the Walnut Street Baptist Church. He said, he didn't know, he was not in the habit of going to church. The lady insisted on his going, and gave him atract with the request that he would read it. He did read it, was impressed by it, and the con? versation of the strange lady, attended the meeting which was conducted by Dr. T. C. Teasdale, made a profession of religion, quit the stage, attended the Georgetown College, Ky., and became Pastor of the Baptist Church in Paducah, Ky. He was afterwards, for three or four years, pastor of Walnut Street Church, Louisville, the largest and wealthiest Baptist Church in Kentucky, and unfortunately, at the time he took charge of it, much troubled with disscn tions. His pastorage was greatly blessed to the church. Since the war he has been in great demand, having been pastor in New York, then in Albany, and now in Boston, where he has been for two years. Dr. Lorimer is not more than thirty-five years old, and not probably received his doctorate at an earlier age than any other man in America. Dr. Deems was made a D. D., at thirty-three, and Dr. John A. Broadus at about the same age, but Lorimer was thus honored iu his thirty first or second year. How to Cook an Omelet.?Few articles of food are so readily attainable, so attractive in appearance, and so quickly cooked as omelets. A good and economical omelet is made with four eggs, well beaten, and added to one cup of milk, into which has been stirred one table spoonful of pounded cracker and one small teaspoon of flour. Stir the mixture well to? gether just before pouring it ou the well-but? tered griddle, which should not be too hot, lest the omelet should have a strong flavor of scorched butter. Turn it as soon as it begins to "set" around the edge, with a wide-bladed knife; fold it over once/and then again, and at once lift the griddle, and turn the omelet upon a warm plate. It will, of course, be of four thicknesses. The best and really nicest omelet is made of one egg to one spoonful of milk. For an unexpected guest, this one-egg omelet is just the thing for luncheon or tea, as it is so easily made and turned off the griddle so handsomely. A very good omelet is made by preparing a mince-meat of boiled ham, or cold veal, or chicken, well seasoned, and after the egg is poured upon the griddle, immediately scatter? ing on a thick layer of the mince and then fold? ing the omelet as usual. Never put salt into an omelet. Poached or scrambled eggs should always be served on square pieces of toasted bread, which have been dipped for an instant in hot water and buttered. A Joke on a Tailor.?In Boston, many years ago, there lived (as there do now, we ven? ture to say,) two young fellows, rather waggish in their ways, and who were in the habit of patronizing rather extensively a tailor by the name of Smith. Well, one clay, into his shop these two young bloods strolled. Says one of them: "Smith, we've been making a bet. Now, we want you to make each of us a suit of clothes; wait till the bet is decided, nnd the one that loses will pay the whole." "Certainly, gentle? men ; I shall be most happy to serve you," says Smith, and forthwith their measures were tak? en, and in due time the clothes were sent home. A month or two passed by, and yet our friend, the tailor, saw nothing of his customers. One day,.however, ho met them, and thinking it al? most time the bet was decided, he made up to them and asked how their clothing fitted^? "Oh !" excellently, says one : "by the by, Smith, our bet isn't decided yet." "Ah 1" says Smith, "what is it?" "Why, I bet that when Bunker Hilt Monument falls it will full toward the south ! Bill, here took me up, aud when the bet is decided we'll call and pay you that little bill." Smith's face stretched to double its usu-! al length, but he soon recovered his wonted I good humor. ? Men eat too much, fret too much, exercise too little, sleep too little, and then drink whis? key. \a& them turn themselves into the fresh air, eat simple food, sleep enough, and thoy will be healthy. If you want to keep a dead man, put him iu whiskey; if you want to kill a living man, put the whiskey into him. ? A young lady who had been attending a modern fashionable boarding school for about a year, upon returning home, manifested a very poor appetite. Being out in company, and asked to havo something more, she replied: "You will please excuse me as I have already satisfactorily answered tho clamorous call of a craving appetite, aud my internal fullness ad mnnishes me to avoid a longer continuation of! glfctronoinical indulgence.'' W. L. BRADLEYS STANDARD FERTILIZERS. SEA FOWL Quality Guaranteed EQUAL TO ANF SEA FOWL GUANO, in bags, 200 pounds each. BRADLETS AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONES, in tight, dry barrel*. THE above Standard Fertilizers having boen used for the last five years in the South with unequalled success, are now offered at prices that cannot fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is guaranteed equal, if not superior, to any ever sold. The undersigned having been Agents for Middle 'Georgia since their introduction, fully nn* dorstanding their value, cheerfully recommend them to the public as the most RELIABLE FERTILIZERS IX USE. For Prices and Terms, apply to the General or Local Agents. POLLARD & CO., Warehouse and Commission Merchants, Corner Campbell and Reynold Streets, Augusta, Ga., Sole Agents lor Middle Georgia and South Carolina. B. F. CRAYTOX & SONS, Agents, Anderson, S. C. W. PITCHFORD, Agent, Walhalla, March 14, 1872 3G ^ 2m SASHES, BLINDS, DOORS, WINDOW FRAMES, MOULDINGS, MANTEL PIECES, And Building Material Generally. W. P. ?Lissell & Co., OIIA.RX.EST02S", S. C, ?&~ East End JIasell Street, opposite the Wando Fertilizer "Works, And in the immediate vicinity of the Charleston and Pavilion Hotels. ESTABLISHED 1851. This Firm are the only Practical Mechanics, Sash, Blind and Door Makers, by Trade, ?arry ing on the above business in tho City of Charleston. Mr. S. II. LAXGSTOX, Builder, of Anderson, is our authorized agent, to whom we rsfer by permission. Xov 9, 1371 19 SETY-HVE HEST PBIZE MEDALS AWABDED, TUE GREAT Southern Piano MANUFACTORY. WM. KNABE & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIAISTO FOETESj BALTIMORE, MD. THESE Instruments have boon before the Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpui chased pre? eminence, which pronounces them unequallod, in TONE, TOUCH WORKMANSHIP and DURABILITY. ?2f* All our Square Pianos have nur New Improved OvKitsTHUNG Scalr and the Agraffe Treble. p&- We would call special attention to our late Patented Improvements in GRAND PI? ANOS and SQUARE GRANDS, found in no other Piano, which bring the Piano nearer Per? fection than has yet been attained. Every Piano Fully Warranted for Five Years. $33- Wearoby special arragement enabled to furnish PARLOR ORGANS and MELODE ONS of the most celebrated makers, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory PnrcKS. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists prompt? ly furnished on application to WM. KNABE & CO.. Baltimore, Md., Or any of our regular cstablishod agoncies. Jan 4, IS72 26' Cm REMARKABLE! Notwithstanding The HIGH TAXES! SIMPSON, MIL & CO. ARE still on hand with an- nnnsually large stock of almost everything kept in our lino. We would call special attention to a very large and varied assortment of GARDEN SEED, Suited to our climate, including Onion But? tons, Setts and Irish Potatoes, fresh from (he Soed Garden. Also, PAINTS, LINSEED, TRAIN, MACHINE, VESTAL and KEROSINE OILS, Of the best brands. It Is needless to speak of MEDICINES, PERFUMERY and other articles, of which the public are aware. Call and see us at the Goldon Mortar. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. Fob 8, 1872 31 m. aoi.n'jMiTu. r. kind GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (PHOiSlX IRON TVOBKS,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all ?!7.cs: 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. Sc. Agricultural Implements, Brass and lion Castinps of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c. May 18, 1R71 4t5 ly it. BT8CH0FF. C. WUMlEnN*. J. IT. PIEPEn. HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, AXD DEALERS ix Wines, Liquors, Segars, Tobacco, &c., 197 EAST BAY, Charleston, S. C. Feb 29,1872 3-1 6m Harness Oil, BLACKING, Hnpolio Stove Polish, Sewing Machine Oil, Laundry Blue, AsloGrea.se, Concentrated Lve, for sale hv BENSON & SHARPE. April L'\ 1?72 i2 TRAVEL BY RAIL, WHEEL AND SADDLE. LIVERY and SALE STABLES AT WALHALLA and ANDERSON, by THOMPSON .& STEELE. THE undersigned have formed a partnership in the above business at the points named,, and have supplied themselves liberally with the best Vehicles, Horses, Drivers and Ostlers; Grain, Forage, <fcc, for the accommodation of the traveling public. Hacks, Carriages, Bucgies or Saddle Horses, cau be had at alftimes, by the day or week, at reasonable rates; and we are prepared at a mo? ment's notice to convey passengers from An? derson or Walhalla to the terminus of the Air Line Railroad, or to any other point desired. The Stables at Anderson will be under the immediate charge of T. .r. Steele, and those at Walhalla under the direction of A. W. Thomp? son, each of whom will give his personal su? pervision to the business, and spare no pains to give general satisfaction. ?itr- Tho patronage of the traveling public respectfullv solicited. A. W. THOMPSON, T. J. STEELE, Walhalla, S. C. Anderson, S. C. Noy 30,1S71 22 GEO. S. HACKER, Door, Sash and Blind Factory, Chai-lcston, S. C. THIS is as large and complete a Factoiy as there is in the South. We keep no Northern work to fill country orders. Send for Price List Address, GEO. S. HACKER, P. O. Box 170, Charleston, S. C. ??r Factory and Warerooms, King Street, opposite Cannon Street, on line of City Railway. Sept 7,1S71 10 ly Doors, Sashes, Blinds, &c. P. P. TO ALE, Manufacturer and Dealer, No. 20 Hayne Street and Horlbeck's Wharf, CHALESTON, S. C. ?Ufr* THIS is tho largest and most complete Factory of the kind in the Southern States, and all articles in this line can be furnished by Mr. P. P. To ale at prices which defy competition. fi&r- A pamphlet with full and detailed list of'nll sizes of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, and the prices of each, will be sent free and post paid, on application to P. P. TO ALE, Charleston, S. C. July. 13, 1871 2 ly SPRING TEADE. E, W. MARSHALL & CO., DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, WE offer to the Trade this seasou a large and complete lino of Foreign and Do? mestic Dry Goods and Notious, which we will sell at New York Prices. E. W. MARSHALL Sz CO. Fob 22, 1372 03 3m