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Hore is perhaps, a tolerably successful fanner, or there may be an editor of a highly popular and successful magazine, and to them comes the question, perhaps a score of times a year. "What shall I grow to make money fast ?" It does not seem to occur to these unhappy people that if those they ask knew how to coin money they would make it themselves instead of telling "others how to do it ; yet this question or the substance of it, is of continual occurrence. Young men going to farming or old ones for that matter, starting on the same road, might as well understand at once that a successful paper, a successful merchant, or a successful farmer, is never made to order. Rarely indeed, has any one made money in the exact way he expected to make it. There may be the gen? eral plan, and this may be carried out pretty nearly as mapped; but the filling in, the de 'tail comes after. The one who succeeds, as a general thing, is the one who has the knack of seizing on circumstances quickly as they arise, and turning them to good advantage. Look at our most successful farmers and who are they ? We know of many men who began their farming career with five to ten thousand dollars, and in almost all cases they made dis? astrous failures. They knew of men who made money by raising grain or stock raising, or dairying, or trucking, or fruit culture, and they thought to do as the othca> did. We know of but very few who are farmersfand of those who are the majority lost heavily at first, but had sense enough to profit by their losses, and to make up at length in gain what" they paid for in dear-bought experience. The most of those who are well off, and we know of hundreds of farmers who are such, began in a very small way at first; who could not spend money in following after other people, but who had to find out step by step what they could do, and do to the best advantage. They thus learned what paid them best, and they had to turn their best experience to the best account. The most of these successful farmers, too, are the ones who fixed themselves tolerably close to one place. They may not have acted with the best judgment in locating themselves; but instead of trying to mend this error, undertook to make the best of it. It is almost impossible for any man, let him be ever so experienced a fiirmer, to tell at once what his grouud is best fitted for under an experience ot two or three Jears; but when once that knowledge is gained e can push this more and more every year; and it is these special superior productions which tell. Besides all this, what a farmer is going to get for his crops is of as much importance to him as the ability of the soil to bring them to perfection; and this market knowledge is also a thing of growth, which one can rarely tell to another. In brief, the successful farmer is the one who knows how to feel his way. To such an one it is almost impossible to tell what he should grow. He must begin carefully and find out for himself. The best advice to all new begin? ners at farming is, not to spend all their money too soon. Let no tempting speculator induce them to go heavily in debt. Always, if possi? ble, keep some cash in reserve, and never run close on the last dollar until considerable ex? perience on that particular farm has been had. Some will say, you can never get rich on a farm, if you have no capital of any accouut, unless you do go in debt. This to a certain extent is true; but it makes all the difference whether you go in debt on a mere suspicion of success, as thousands of borrowers do, or whether you wait first until by a little hard experience you see clearly what you can do. J Breaking up Setting Hens.?This is the season when every owner of hens is engaged in endeavoring to suppress the maternal instincts in. one or more of them. The man comes home to-supper and the wife observes: "That ycller pullet is on the nest again." Then the man goes out to the coop, and says: "What in the thunder is the matter with the beast any way V and crawls in under the roost to the nest, and reaches in and brings out a handful of feathers, Then the hen screams and starts for the door, and the other hens set up a howl, and like? wise depart for that aperture, and the man? nearly choked by feathers and blinded by dust ?falls over the water-trough and skins his an? kles on the boxes, and finally bursts out into the yard with a piece of a brick in each hand, and goes after that yellow pullet, with his faco as red as a lobster and his back curiously wrought with mosaics from the .floor of that coop. When he catches the hen, he cuffs it over the head a few times, to show it how he feels, then he jams it under a barrel and pours a pail of water through the cracks, aud leaves it there till morning, when it is released, and the same operation gone over again in the evening.?Danbury JS7ewe. Here's Richness.?When people talk about millionaires usually mention Rothschild first, but there is a man in England by the name of Ward, in comparison with whom any Roth child is a pauper. This man Ward inherits a vast property, accumulated investments and estates, which give him an enormous income; ho has the most magnificent house in London, tho finest collection of art, and the finest coun? try scats in the kingdom, his wife is celebrated for her beauty, and her display of diamonds at the recent festival given by tho Emperor of Austria, in Vienna, made ail the other ladies, the Empresses", Queen and Princesses look poor. What the income of this British Creosus is, we have never seen any statement of, but a Manchester paper gives an account of his an? nual profits derived from his coal mines, which amount to the enormous sum of ?2,900,000. So the income from one source alone of this inordinately wealthy person is not nuieli short of $25,000,000 a year. ? When a Philadelphia husband comes home late, his wife makes him ~v "Claxton, Remse? & Haficlfingor," which .?-> a book-pub? lishing firm in thai city. Bald and Successful Attack npou a Railroad Train. A special dispatch from Des Moincs gives the following account of an attack on a train of the Chicago Island & Pacific Railroad, on the night of July 21st: The train left Council BlufF at 5 p. m., with four coaches and two sleepers in the rear, the sleepers being filled with a party of aristocrat? ic Chinese, on their way to New England col? leges. Theic were also two baggage and ex? press cars, in which was the through California mail and express matter, consisting of nearly ?2,000 in an express safe and three tons of Bullion. When about sixty-five miles west of Des Moiner-, at about 8 o'clock, at a sharp curve in an isolated spot, with no house within thirty miles in any direction, the train going about twenty-five miles an hour, the engineer, John Hafferty, saw a rail suddenly removed from its place, about sixty feet in front, and instantly applied the air brake. When in the act of doinj; this, bullets came pelting into the engine like hail. The engine ran into the bank of a tunnel, overthrowing the engineer and the fireman, the former falling dead on the latter. It in supposed that Rafferty was killed by the concassion, as no bullet wound could be found on his body. The fireman escaped un? hurt. The irain being very heavy, it ran about 100 feet and stopped. The baggage cars dou? bled and were badly smashed. As soon as the train stopped several large, athletic men, masked in fall Ku Klux style, appeared at the express car, in which was Conductor William Smith, Superintendent Royce, Express Mes? senger Johr. Burgess, and three other persons. The robbers commenced to fire rapidly into the car and to yell, "get out of there, damn ye." Bullets passed through the clothes of the Con? ductor, and two grazed the Baggage Master on the side of ais head. The inmates of the car jumped out to the rear nnder cover of half dozen revolvers. Two of the robbers marched up and down the train, threatening to shoot any person who showed his head, and saying, "get down out of sight, damn ye, or we will shoot ye." The robbers then took about ?2,000 of the express morey, opened the mail sacks, but took no letters ; ihen they mounted their horses and rode off across the prairie in a southerly di? rection, the whole being done in less than ten minutes. Fortunately they did not cut the telegraph wires, and Superintendent Royce hastened tq the nearest telegraph station and telegraphed in all directions. Engines and a posse were sent out from Council Bluff on the Burlington and other roads to intercept the robbers. Their dress and voices indicated that they were regu? lar bush whickers. They evidently intended to get the ususl valuable express matter by this route ou Monday, but which went through on the express train on Sunday night. The robbers during the day stole a spike bar and hammer from the hand car house at the station. They drew the spikes at one end of the rails and secreted themselves several rods away, and as the engine approached the rails were pulled out of place. The promptness of the engineei in reversing the engine and the use of the atr brakes saved the passengers from harm, and rot one was injured. The track was at once laid around the cars. The train at once resumed its trip, and arrived here at 7.30 this morning, bringing the dead body of the en? gineer, who resided here and and who leaves a wife and three children. Strong Brink. The spread of intemperance is alarmingly on the increase, and the curse of strong drink is felt in nearly every household iu the land. A terrible crisis has arrived, and something must be dono to check the growing evil and protect society. The matter has resolved itself into a question of life or death, and it is the duty of every one to leud his aid to any move? ment calculated to benefit mankind and iusure the peace and prosperity of the country. In the past, all efforts to overcome the hydra headed demon of our country's destructiou have been without success, and still the stream rushes along bearing upon its bosom many of our dearest hopes and aspirations. The effects of strong dr. nk are apparent on every hand. Society groaus beneath the weight of casualty and crime occasioned by the use of ardent spirits. Dr Holland, in Scribncr's Monthly, draws the following true, but frightful, pic^ tu re : "The appetite for strong drink in man has spoiled the life of more women?ruined more hopes for them, scattered more fortunes for them, brought to them more sorrow, shame and hardship?thau any other evil that lives. The country numbers tens?nay, hundreds?of thousands of women who are widows to-day, and sit in hopeless weeds, because their hus? bands have been slain by strong drink. There are hundred; of thousands of homes scattered over the land in which women live lives of tor? ture, going through all the changes of suffer? ing that lie between the' extremes of fear and despair, because those whom they love, love wine better iiian they do the women they have sworn to love. There are women by thousands who dread to hear at the door the step that once thrilled them with pleasure, because that step has learned to reel under the influence of the seductive poison. There are women groan? ing with pain, while we write these words, from bruises and brutalities inflicted by hus? bands made mad by drink. There can be no exaggeration in any statement in regard to this matter, because no human imagination can create anything worse than the truth, and no pen is capable of portraying the truth. The sorrows and horrors of a wife with a drunken husband or a mother with a drunken son, are as near the realization of hell as can be reached in this world at least. The shame, the indig? nation, the sorrow, and the sense of disgrace for herself and her children, the poverty, and not unfrequently the beggary?the fear and the fact ot violence, the lingering, life-long strug? gle and despair of countless women with drunk? en husbands are enough to make all women curse wine, and engage unitedly to oppose it everywhere is the worst enemy to their sex." Education of the Masses.?The subject of educatinr the masses in the South is one of the greatest importance. In this State, which has a large majority of citizens who have by circumstance been deprived of this advantage, the question comes home as near, if not nearer, than in any other State in the Union. Educa? ted labor makes itself known instantly. Men who think for themselves are better citizens than those who follow like a flock of sheep a shepherd, be he good or bad. Euough of the fallacy-of blind following is patent to every old resident to answer any argument that may be brought iu opposition. Knowledge is pow? er, and the more rapidly the masses nave placed within their reach the means of gaining it, the better it is for South Caroliua. All circumstances and obstacles considered, the progress thut has been made in this State is a matter of congratulation. That portion of our fellow citizens who con? tribute only the poll tax should remember that it is casting bread upon the waters, to be re? turned to them in ten-fold proportion. The recent action of a considerable number of school districts in levying taxes for the support of schools is to be commended in the highest term-;. In a word, money for educational pur? poses should of nil be paid up to the dollar, and expended strictly, as wc believe it will be, in accordance with the law making the appro? priation for the same.? Union and Herald. ? A Danbury man, who bought a new pair of boots on Saturday, says a ship may stand on one tack all night if it wants lo, but he finds an hour and a half to be an elegant suf? ficiency. ? The S:iah wanted to sec a hanging in England, and iu the absence of a subject, he offered his ;rrand chamberlain, whom he in? tends to decapitate ?uyh?_?w whim lacy reach home. "Boys Will Be Boys." Never lose heart or stop praying because { your boys are a little wild. While yon sadly call to mind the things they have forgotten, you are ignorant of the things they remember. It is the fashion for boys to appear indifferent to the counsels of parents. They have an idea that it is rather tb 3 handsome "thing to take good advice in a cogged sort of way, just as they take medicine, and a very brave thing to dare your threat. All this is written in the code of boyhood. We can't quite say with Emerson, that it is the bad boy that makes the good man, and yet we have a great deal of sym? pathy with that overflowing spirit of youth which is sometime- a little reckless, and which very frequcntp/ leads into mischief. Just sit down, if you have such a son, and recall your own early days. It may be difficult for you, just now, when you are in middle life, to see the fun which the boy finds in what appears to you to be utterly foolish, or perhaps wantonly evil; but if you will turn to the early chapters of your own biography, you will find yourself stopping up the ispouts of the old country house, just to see the rain pour over like a waterfall, and you will recall the fun of the old gentleman's embarrassment, as he rushes out into the rain, bareheaded, to find the cause of the trouble, and thereby got an attack of the rheumatism which laid him up for a couple of weeks. Well, your boy is going through the same experience, a ad by-and-by he will regard it as you do now, as an unutterably foolish thing, and wonder where in the world the fun was. The truth is, these pranks are as neces? sary to boyhood as the measles. They are the result of natural animal spirits, which can no more be repressed than can the waters that come bubbling up out of the sand. We remember that when we were very young, a wild colt presented his heels to us iu such a f forcible manner, that before our surprise had vanished we found ourselves iu a little, dis? gusted heap on the other side of a five-rail fence. At the time, we thought it an unhorsc ly thing to do, and felt exceedingly like pelting the creature with sxmes. But he came up to the fence with such a demure and abashed look, and put his head between the rails and snuffled at us in such repentant mood, that we concluded it was part of the necessary experi? ence of the animil, and cheerfully forgave him. Now, boys are coltish. They never think of consequences. They only have the fun of the thing in view. Don't stop praying, and praying hopefully for your children at such times. By keeping close to the boy's heart, and trying to appre? ciate his side of the matter as well as your own, you will keep control of him.? Working Cliurch. From the Mountains to the Seaboard. ?When South Carolina was first settled by the Auglo-saxon race, the course of progress in colonizing and subduing the territory ^as from the seaboard to the mountains. Our ancestors settled along the coast, and gradually moved towards the mountains until the whole territory was inhabited by the whites. Everything that tended towards the civilization of the State came upward froia the seaboard. Churches and other benevolent societies were first formed on the seashores, and their influence moved upwards. -Educational movements came from the- seaboard. In fact, everything advanced from that direction. The Indians left the sea? board first and wer.; pushed towards the moun? tains by the aggressive whiles. They left the mountain regions of the State last. Some who are still living can recall the days when a few lingering red men still frequented their trails along the mountains. Indeed, there is now to be found the remnant of a small tribe in York County, occupying their own lands, known as the "Indian Nation." But in a few years, the place that knew them, will know them no more. From the day the first colony settled on the seaboard until the secession of South Carolina, in 18G0, the current of events and influence was from the sea towards the mountains.? Even slavery had the same line of march over the State; and ths doctrine of secession and other influences n hick brought on the great war, moved along with slavery as its guard. The close of the war, with its many results, will mark the era of change in almost every thing in the just history of our State. One of the most marked changes will be the reflex movements of influence and events from the mountains towards the seaboard. The new march of conquest will be toward the sea. The engines of a re-colonization of the State, will move from the mountains. All ready can the backward movement of the tide be seen. Immigration will flow to the mountains, in the future and the State will be reoccupied from the mountains, to the seaboard. There is something pleasing in this movement. It is big with promise and hope to thousands. It looks like dutiful children returning to the pa? rental home to bless and protect their aged parents. Let the sirong sons of the mountain regions remember from whence they derived their being and all the institutions that now exalt them. Let them look towards the sea? board and long to deliver and repossess the land of our ancestors. Frightened to Death.?Dr. C. W. Brooks, of Mayfield, 111., wtis in town on Saturday, and related to a gentleman ifere a sad case of a young lady who lost her life by a shock to her nerves, caused by fear produced by finding her? self in dangerous proximity to a large rattle? snake, at his residence, a little more than a week ago. The Doctor and his wife had gone out to gather mulberries, leaving the young la? dy at home. During their absence she went into the lawn near the house, and sat under the shade of a tree, and after sitting awhile she was startled, she says, by feeling the hot breath of the snake on her cheek. She started to her feet, and screamed frantically, her cries reach? ing the ears of Mr3. Brooks, who came home ahead of her husband.. Mrs. Brooks seized a gun, and, hurrying to her assistance, shot the snake, which, on fr;ing measured, proved to be nearly six feet long'. The young lady's fright was so great that she was thrown in spasms, and it intervals she would rave about the hot breath of the snake. On Tuesday last she died in great agony, delving all the medical skill that could be excited in her behalf.1?Evans villc Journal, July 14. Jeff. Davis and his Colored Friends-.? The St. Louis Christian Advocate says: "Du? ring the late visit of the Hon. Jefferson Davis to this city, while he was being called on by crowds of respectable citizens, and receiving manifestations of respect from hundreds of the most prominent ami worthy ladies and gentle? men of the city, there occurred a little episode of a very pleasing character. One night during his stay at the Planters' House he was sere? naded by some colored people who were former? ly his slaves. After their dulcet strains had ceased, Mr. Davis called them into his room, where, after cordial greetings on both sides and a little chat about old times, he made each a handsome present. At another time during his stay he was called on by an 'old aunty' who had been the nurs; of his eldest child. The affection that the e:c-slave manifested for their former master and the interest which he mani? fested for them and their future welfare were really affecting." ? It is reported at Washington that Judge Thomas, .Minister to 1'cru, is neglecting his duties, having left ".ho legation in charge of an irresponsible person. Minister Thomas has jls much riijlit to leave his post Ibra little refresh? ment as Grant has 10 make Long Branch "the summer capital of ;he nation." ? An Irishman went for the first time to a play, .lust as the drop curtain descended, af? ter the first act, an engine iu the basement ex? ploded and the Celt was blown through the roof, alighting in ;he next square. His first remark after coming to his senses, was, "And what liie devil <[o they play next 7" Fetish Worship Among the Freedmen. ?Rev. J. S. K. Legare, a native of South Car? olina, a graduate of Yale College (1831,) and always a resident of the South, now a nihsion ary of the Sunday School Union, writes: "I have been working for a month past among the freedmen in a malarial region in Georgia, where there arc great numbers in much ignor? ance and destitution of true religious instruc? tion. They now carry on their religious wor? ship by themselves, aloof from the white people, ana the greatest part of their services consists in singing and sometimes in running round in a kind of dance, with clapping of hands and loud exclamations. They are exceedingly fond of singing, and all kinds of music, and they do indeed sing very feelingly, and some-, times very thrillingly. But they are really in need of plain and sensible teaching in the simple ? truths and principle^ of our' blessed gospel. "Let me tell you what I witnessed on Sunday afternoon, at a place where I had beard that great numbers of them were accustomed to collect for religious exercises, and where I called to arrange if practicable for organizing a Sunday School among them. Coming sud? denly upon them I witnessed a scene that grieved me to my heart. A large crowd of them were dancing in a circle round a young woman dressed in the oddest and most flaring colors, in the most fantastic style, having on her head a red striped bandana handkerchief set up like a turban, only the four corners stood out like towers or horns. As they danced round her, an old man, who seemed to be their leader, and who, I afterward learned, claimed to be a conjurer, would step up behind and touch the statuary maid and then start back with a mournful lament, when the crowd would clap their hands and cry aloud. During this excitement the woman would whoop and yell, jumping and running round, until exhausted and falling dnwn in a state of torpor. "I stopped them and told them that God was not honored by such worship. I learned that this fetish worship is quite common among some of them." Chinese Fishermen.?An English mission? ary to China, the Rev. George Smith, says that, on one of his aquatic excursions, he saw some Chinese fishermen at their vocation in away to astonish him. They had a model of a fish made of bright tin, which was slowly dragged along at the end of a line fastened to the boat. The fish in all directions swam toward the de? coy. It seemed to possess a peculiar fascina? tion. Far back in the rear was another boat, carrying a net. When it was judged there were fish enough congregated about the object of their attraction, the oarsmen slacked a little, while the net men approached and dropped the seine, widely extended; they then gradually brought the extremities together, and generally made a successful haul. Those same people have, with long practice, another adroit method of fishing, which might be practiced here with equal advantage. They hang a highly bright varnished strip of board along the outside of the gunwale of a boat, at an angle about that of the roof of a house. When ready on the fishing-ground, torches are lighted. The varnished board intensifies the light and throws it at an angle far off in the water. Curiosity, or some other sentiment, prompts the fish to follow up the rays. They rush on with such rapid speed that when they see the boat, which seems to be an obstruction, they leap over the row-locks inside, just where they arc wanted. Another method practiced, which the obser? vant missionary often saw, was by trained cor? morants. They dive down from the boat and rarely fail to bring up fishes in their bills. To prevent them from swallowing the prey, each had a metalic ring on its neck, through which nothing could pass. Occasionally it was re? moved, that the bird might be encouraged with a few morsels of food.. Both science and art are recognized in these bland and child-like piscatory processes. A Reminiscence of the War.?In his "Jail Journal," John Mitchell writes of helium days, 1862, in Richmond. Speaking of the or? ganization of the Confederate Army, let us here mention a very surprising part of his history : "The officers being elective, and the time ap? pointed for the new election falling last sum? mer, just when the enemy, in overwhelming force, was pressing upon Yorktown on their way up the peninsula towards Richmond, the elections were held there and then, on the line, in the trenches, in actual presence of the ene? my. Was there ever before an instance of an army changing, by election, the whole body of its regimental officers on the very eve of battle ? Yet here it was done, quietly, regularly, with? out a moment's excitement or confusion. This, as well as several other examples I could men? tion, has brought me to the conclusion that of all races of men of the world, these Sontherners have the largest amount of sang froid?of gen? uine impassive coolness and steadiness. Yet the very contrary is the current and received idea of their character. Southern impulsive? ness, Southern passion, and wild, blind fury? this is the cant. The direct opposite is the fact." ? New reading of an old proverb?Man proposes and woman seldom refuses. ? A little boy being asked "What is the chief end of mau ?" replied: "The end what's got the head on." ? If it is true that the world owes every man a living, there are a great many who are too lazy to collect it. ? The more a man knows, the less he is apt to talk; discretion allays his heat, and makes him coolly deliberate what and where to speak. ? The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience. Temperance in prosperity, and courage in ad . versity. ? Except the vice of intemperance, there is no other which a man can so easily acquire, and which is so wholly unnecessary, as the use of profane language. ? "The lunatics of the State Asylum in Ala? bama," says an exchange, "publish a paper." There are some lunatics outside of the State Asylum who do the same thing. ? A gentleman who has been attacked oc? casionally for twenty years with the cramp colic, says two pills of gum camphor swallowed will give relief in twenty minutes. ?"What are you doing there, you rascal?" "Merely taking cold, sir." "It looks to me as if you were stealing ice." "Well?yes?per? haps it will bear that construction." ? The largest canal in the world is the one in China, which passes through two thousand miles of country, and alongside forty-two cities. It was commenced in the tenth centu? ry. ? An Iowa woman declares that she has had an average of two offers of marriage every week for the last two years. The postal card system must be a great convenience to her admirers. ? Did you ever? It is now said that the stove-pipe head-dresses worn by women are going to be made taller still next fall, the paincrs broader, the boot-heels higher, and evening dresses lower. ? The pale, sad-looking young men whom one occasionally meets in the streets arc not consumptive, arc not mourning the loss of a friend, and are not divinity students. They are breaking in tight boots. ? A Methodist minister who lived on a small salary was greatly troubled at one time to get his quarterly installment. Uo called a number of limes, but each time he had beeu put oil' with some excuse. At last he went to his steward and told him he must have his money, for his family must have the necessa? ries of life. "Money!" replied the steward, "you preach for money; I thought you preach? ed for the good of souls!" "Souls !" replied the minuter, "T can't eat .^ouls, and if f could it would take, a thousand souls like yours to make a -lve<:!'t meal." ? Good potatoes and corn have their eyes and cars about them. ? The editor of the San Francisco Chroni? cle, after stating that he has "no desire to en? gage in a personal controversy," proceeds to characterize the editor of-a rival newspaper as "a drunken and cowardly idiot, who disgraces journalism." ? The Alabama Commonwealth says: "To judge by the rule that he is a successful agri? culturist who knows how to make 'two blades of grass grow where one grew before,' the ne? groes are the finest farmers in the world, for under their skilful culture it is no uncommon thing to see a dozen blades grow where one grew before." ? People should read more, and then they would not need to ask so many useless questions as to matters and things to be read in their county papers. A good many people do not read at all. Some of them fail to do so because they cannot; others because they are too sordid to take a newspaper, but just sit down to read, and they are the best of listeners, and ask ques? tions enough to fence a ten acre patch. Some do not read because they are fearful they will read some things that are not true, and they cannot tell the truth from the false. Others, again, do not read because they do not have time. This is a specious plea, and often used; but that sort are pretty good at very heavy "sittiHg around chewing tobacco." Some peo? ple are very poor readers, and therefore never deem it best for them to improve themselves in such useless pastimes. Every one who has claim to anything should at least read his county papers, and know what is going on at home, or hand in his checks aud pass off at the other end of the platform. After 30 Tears of trial has proved to bo the in-st healing anil pain subdu? ing Liniment in the World* It Is recommended with unbounded asanrance in all cases of Cuts, Bruises, Bums. Sprains, Rheuma? tism, Hard Swellings, Ritps. Chilblains, Stiffness of the Joints, Irozen'Fcft, >ars, be, Ac, among aU person*, and for Sprains, Founders,RingboneTPoll Evil, Scratched, Wiud-G&Us, Hoof-ale, Spavins, Spring? halt, Saddle. Collar andIlamosa Galls; also diseases of the Eyo and Lax In Horses, Males or Cattle. WILL ALSO V.ro' Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Coat, Lam* Back, Kalt Rheum, Poisonous Bites, External liono aud MubcIo Affections, Sore Nipples, iic, and iwvy be justly termed the panacea for all EXTERNAL "WOUNDS a/y Remember, this Liniment did not spring up in a day or a year, producing thb most absurd a!<D u>'natural cubes claimed BT JJew-Borw amd mubhboom LlMlMZSTB. But w? have, the experience of over thirty years of trial, with tbo most eubutaoLal results, and by a multitude of witnesses. If the Liniment la not as rceommandod, tho Money will be Befnnded. Bo not ho imposed upon by using any othorLinU meut claiming the same propertied or results. They aro a cheat and a fraud. Bo euro and got nothing but 2?? I?s?n Mg-SOLD by all BhDG?ISIS AKD coot^t sxobes at 25c, 50c. and $1.00 per Settle. Nones S:za or Bottle, Ettle, ic Ii YON MFG. CO. HAGAAT>S Magnolia Balm A FEW APPLICATIONS MAKE A Pure Blooming Complexion. It i<? Purely Voce{aM?\ and its operation is prv>n ... i felt at once. It doe* away with tho Flushed A; anco caused by Heat. Kkugue.and Excitement, h. .>.* and removes all Blotches and Timplos, dispelling da.-k" and unsightly spots. DrivM away Tan. Freckles, and Sunburn, aud by its prent'r* but powerful l?ilucuco mauUus tho laded cheeic with . YOUTHFUL BLOOM AND BEAUTY. ?fiold by all Drogist and Fancy Stores. Depot Kftrk P's h; Sew Vor?. CANCERS CURED ! BY PR. KLINE'S WONDERFUL CANCER ANTI? DOTE, which destroys aud removes the Cancer en? tire, without the use of the Knife or the loss of Blood, and at the same time, overcomes the tendency to Cancer in the system! We also treat all forms of Chronic, Long-Stand inc and Obscure Disease, with unparalleled success; espe? cially EpUcusy, or Kits, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Scrofula ana Secondary Syphilis. For particulars, Circulars, Ac, call on or address Das. GREENE, LINDLEY A BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C, . Goldshoro, N. C, Or, Ashev?le, N. C. May 8,1873 41 3m MEDICAL CARD. DE. E. FUBMAN DIVVEE OFFERS his professional services to tho cit lzons?of Anderson nml unrronnelinpr eonn trv. Llo may be found, when not profession nil v ciuragcd, at his rooms over the Drag Store of "Simpson, Hill A Co., on tho north side ol* the public square. Audorson, S. ('.. Fob. I, l.*>73. 31 STEAM ENGINES! ALL porson? wishing Steam Engines, will lind it to their interest to call on tho mi dorsigned, who are now tho recognized agents for the best Steam Engines built in the Uni? ted States?Engines that are. unequalled for strength duralulitv and heautv of finish. OfcBORNE A McCUIiT.Y. ?\ m il Ii?. IS73 'ID ?ui DOORS, SASH and BLINDS, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR FIXTURES, BuUdcrs' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Mar? ble and Slate Mantle Pieces. WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALITY. Circulars and Price List sent frco on application by White Pine Lumber for Sale. p. p. TOALE, 20 Hayne and 33 Pinckn'ey Sts., Charleston, S. C. Oct 3, 1872 13 ly GEO. S. HACKER Door, Sash and Blind Factory, Charleston} S. C. THIS is as LARGE and COMPLETE a Factory as there is in the South. All work manufactured at the Factory in this city. The only House owned and managed bv a Caroli niau in this citv. Send for price list. Address GEO. S. HACKER, Post Office Box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Warerooms on King street, op? posite Cannon street, on the line of City Rail? way. Nov 7, 1872 18 ly CAROLINA LIFE WMM COf MY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. ASSETS, ... - $1,100,000. HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President. GEN. WADE HAMPTON, Vice President, and Superintendent of Atlantic Department. J. D. KENNEDY, State Agent. WM. S. BROWN, Agent for Anderson County. Dr. P.'A. WILniTE, ? Medical Examiner. Among its Directors arc some of the first business men of the country. We guarantee honesty of management?i.'e., speedy settle? ment of losses. Sept 12, 1S72_10_ NgW FIRM. 1STEW BUSINESS! For Anderson*, though sho. has long since merited it?yea, more. THE undersigned have this day entered into partnership in the name of WATSON tt SON, for the express purpose of conducting a General Commission Business. Wo tender our sincere thanks to our friends and a generous public for liberal patronage the past seventeen years, and we do hope to act in such a way, in this our new business, as to merit a continuance of the same. Liberal advancements made on everything consigned ns on sale. Office with Lewis &, Co., No. 9 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. JOHN B. WATSON, L. REED WATSON. Marcli 4, 1873 35 M. GOLDSMITH. . r. KIXD GOLDSMITH & KIND, F0UNDEKS & MACHINISTS, (rna:xix iron woees,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes ; Horse Powers, Circular and Mulcy Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cano Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, including graveyards, residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c. May 18, 1871 46 ly J. B. HARRISON, of SoulhCaroIina, WITH T. J. MAGEUDER & CO., Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers of Boots, Shoes and Brogans, NO. 1 HANOVER STREET, first house from baltimore street, BALTIMORE. April 3, 1S73 3D 6m DR. W. G. BROWNE, Surgeon Dentist, ANDERSON C. II., S. C. YOUR ARTIFICIAL TEETH, willbemado without delay. The price of Gold Plates reduced; also, Rub? ber work. Attention given to restoring the contour of the features. Satisfaction guaran? teed, and the wish required whou the work is completed. *? All vou who wear?or try to wear?bad fit? ting Plates, come and get ono that will lit. A reliable Tooth Powder for salo. Nov 28, 1872 21 _ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, couxrr of axpersox. In the Coukt of Pbobate. SUlVir CAMPBELL, widow of Jesse Campbell, having applied to me for the ben? efit of the Homestead in the Leal and Personal Estate of the lato Jesse Campbell,? deceased, all creditors, or other persons interested, will take notice, that her application will be heard in my olliee at Anderson Court House, on FRIDAY, the 8th day of^Uigust next, at 10 o'clock a. in. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. July 3, 1^73 02 5