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THE GOSPEL OF LABOR. BT HABGARST J. PRESTOS. These noble lines, from the Southern Mag? azine, preaching eloquently the sublime he? roism of peace, comes with peculiar grace and effect from a member of the sex ever last to forget the revengeful heritage of war. I have smoothed from my forehead its sad? ness? 'Tis over! Thank heaven therefor! I would hide now with garments of gladness The sackcloth and ashes of war. Not a word of the past! It has perished? Gone down in its beauty and gloom; Y?t because it so proudly was cherished, Shall we sigh out our years at its tomb ? By the beauty and honor undaunted, Still steadfast and stern as can be; By the laurels a Jackson has planted:; By the hopes we buried with Lee. Let us wrest from the future the guerdons That to resolute purpose belong; Let us fling from our spirits their burdens, And acquit us like men and be strung .' I bring you, compatriots, brothers (As largess ye dare not disdain, Like nature's?that beautiful mother's) Savannahs as smooth as the main. My valleys shall whiten all over With snow never bom of the cold, And gain, like a Midas, shall cover Each slope that it touches with gold. The clink of the artisan's hammer Shall score from the forest its glooms, In the brake shall the water fowl's clamor Be drowned by the clash of the looms. Then up from your terror, ye sleepers I The dream ye are dreaming deceives! Go forth to the fields with the reapers, .And garner the prodigal sheaves. With flocks gladden meadow and mountain, With tinkling herds sprinkle each hill; And blend with the splash of the fountains, The rumble and roar of the mill. Brave hearts that have wiel led the sabre; Staunch spirits that stood by the gun? Take heed of the Gospel of Labor 1 The old dispensation is done. Put hands to the plow or endeavor, Plant foot in the deep-furrowed track; Set face to the future and never One waveriDg moment look back. For none who despairingly centre Their thoughts on the by-gone and ban The present, are fitted to enter The on-coming kingdom of man. THE S50W. Out of the bosom of the air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent and soft and slow Descends the snow. Even as our cloudy fancies take Suddenly shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession, The troubled sky reveals The grief it feels. This is the poem in the air, Slowly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret of despair, Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded, Now whispread and revealed To wood and field. Sermons for Girls?Behavior. BY MARGARET E. SAXGiSTER. I am writing for girls, and I wish I could impress upon their minds the real golden worth of good manners. No com? pany manners. No one who knows any? thing of life, or of human nature, will ever adopt the false idea that manners are things to be taken off and put on at pleasure. You cannot lay your sweet smiles and your soft words away with your best silk dress in the closet and ex? pect to find them again when you want them. Manner is the index to character. Your habitual behavior is the unerring exponent of your heart, and mind, and soul. I have sometimes seen silly mothers excessively mortified because their little children offended in matters of etiquette when guests were present. They were amazed that Harry should enter the room with his hat on and that Louise should reach over her sister to help herself to the cake. But there was no cause for sur? prise. Louise and Harry were accustom? ed to do these things when there were no visitors, and they could not help reveal? ing the family training at an inconven? ient season. Behavior is a thing ingrained, and it is the sum and result of a hundred thou? sand apparent accidents. The atmos? phere oi your household, the style of your thought, the influence of your read? ing, the grade of your companionship? all help to give tone to your usual con? duct. The "nameless charm," which in some women leads all hearts captive, is far oftener found in perfect manners than in any other gift or grace, whether of wit , eloquence, learning or beauty. I recommend the habit of a graciouii and lovely carriage of one's life at home, and I base it on a Christian unselfishness. There are certain classes of people, to? ward whom young women should take pains to be especially thoughtful and courteous. First their parents. Noth? ing in this world is more delightful than the relation which often exists between a father and a daughter. The intuitiv; comprehension, the sympathy in tastes and studies, and the co-operation which grow op between an honored father and a tenderly cherished daughter, are beau? tiful exceedingly. And a mother ought always to be, not her daughter's guardian and guide only, but also her most inti? mate friend. She is almost, always her safest confidant and her wisest adviser. But where, unfortunately, as it sometimes happens, for we cannot shut our eyes to facts, parents are not all they should be, even then the love of the daughter should throw a mantle over their failings, and honor the bond, for Christ's sake. To hear a young girl speak of her father or her mother in tones that are wanting in respect, or to see her treat either or both of them with churlish rudeness, or inso? lent carelessness, pains all lookers on and stamps the girl herself as less than wo? manly. Once in a public place I over heard a young lady talking with her gen? tleman escort, concerning her mother, "Oh," she said flippantly, ?Ma is the last ferson I ever consult. I don't care for j er opinion in the least." The pretty,; foolish face, flushed with pleasure at the j admiration of its companion, did not know how hateful that declaration had made it, to all sensible people in its vicinity. A friend once told me of a lit? tle incident which he saw. It was at a hotel, and there was there a young lady who, for beauty, brilliance and popu? larity, bore away the palm from all her eompanions. One morning when mirth was at its height, some of the young men and women began to amuse themselves in the way?a most contemptible way, too?of making fun of a lady who had appeared for the first time in the parlor. The lady's dress was outre, and her ap? pearance showed that she was perhaps yulgar, and certainly dowdy. While the convert sneers and unkind raillery were going on, the girl who had been the belle entered. She instantly comprehended the situation, and walking up to the lady's side, with inimitable grace and dignity, she said, "Let me introduce to you all, my mother." Never be ashamed of your parents. Never be ashamed of anybody, aunt, cou? sin, or friend of the family, though ever so odd, or poor, or peculiar. Shame is base. Shame is unworthy a truly wo? manly woman. Be very attentive to the aged, very pa? tient and very compassionate toward them. Be very kind to little children. I can, you see, only indicate outlines, and you must fill in for yourselves. Be especially considerate and polite to all servants in your own and in your neigh? bors' homes. Do not give them unneces? sary steps, and never forget to thank them for what they do in ministering to your convenience. In public places, at concerts and lec? tures, for instance, a really well-behaved girl is thoughtful of her neighbors' com? fort. She will not chatter, nor suffer her friends to chatter and laugh, while music or reading is going on. Her modesty and good sense will Keep her from mak? ing herself and her party annoying to every one near her. How often the pleasure of an evening is marred for a number of people, because they happen to sit near a group of gay girls and boys, who think only of their own fun and frolic, and not at all of the regard due to ladies and gentlemen around them, or to the performers who are trying to gratify and elevate them by their arts and ac? complishments. There is an old-fashioned word that pleases my ear always?gentlewoman. I wish my young friends to set that word and the thing it represents before their eyes. Be gentlewoman, in all places, and at all times. Then you will be love? ly and lovable; you will have that rare refinement of manner, which comes from a pure mind, the home of innocent and thankful thoughts.?S. S. Time*. The Hill-Yancey Affair. In view of the industrious circulation of the story that Hod. B. H. Hill, while a member of the Confederate States Sen? ate, inflicted injuries upon Mr. Yancey which resulted in the death of that gen? tleman, it is proper to republish the statement of an eye witness of the whole affair, from which it will sufficiently ap? pear that Mr. Hill did not hurl Mr. Yan? cey violently upon a desk, thereby so straining his spine as to make him a mental and physical wreck, drooping from day to day, having convulsions, etc., etc., as the lively imagination of North? ern correspondents has stated. We have the account from the Montgomery Ad? vertiser, which originally published the statement in its issue of October 4, 1865, and now reproduce it to vindicate Mr. Hill from the unjust aspersion of being a "quasi murderer." The story, when all told, is that there was an altercation and that Mr. Hill threw an inkstand at Mr. Yancey, which struck that gentleman on the head and inflicted a slight scalp wound. Mr. Y. was not stricken insen? sible nor did the blow produce any seri? ous or lasting injury whatever. The full statement is as follows: "Mr. Yancey and Mr. Hill did have a difficulty in the Confederate Senate, not, however, upon a discussion of the navy bill, but of the Supreme Court bill. Mr. Y. had spoken ; Mr. Hill in reply reviewed Mr. Y.'s record in a style1 which was regarded as offensive by Sena? tors. Mr. Yancey arose, when Mr. H. had taken his seat, and remarked that as other Senators desired to speak on the question, he would not consume the time of the Senate then, but that at a proper time he would endeavor to do justice, both to the Senator from Georgia and to himself. He desired only to say then, that the assertions of the Senator from Georgia in regard to what he was pleased to term his autobiography were false, and he knew them to be false when he made them. Mr. Hill responded quickly from his seat that he threw the falsehood back in his teeth. Upon motion, the Senate went into secret session. Mr. Yancey was then appealed to to adjust the mat? ter, but reiterated what he had said, and took his seat. Thereupon, Mr. Hill threw a heavy glass inkstand, which struck Mr. Y. on the side of his face, bruising it and causing the blood to flow SrofoseTy, but not knocking him down or oing any serious injury. Mr. Yancoy rushed at Mr. Hill, but was prevented from striking him, and here the fight ended. A committee was appointed and retired, to report what was due -the Sen? ate for a breach of decorum. Whilst they were out various speeches were made to reconcile the parties. Mr. Yancey was, for a long time, inexorable, but when appeals were made to him as to the effect such a rupture would have upon the cause, he was disposed to yield to the importunities of friends. To ag? gravate the matter, the committee re? ported censuring both parties?Mr. Yan? cey for the language he had used, and Mr. Hill for throwing the inkstand. "Mr. Yancey protested against the re? port to the last; but it was finally accep? ted by the Senate, and was afterwards re? considered and withdrawn, upon condi? tion that he would not prosecute his claim for personal redress any further, he reserving to himself the right to reply to Mri Hill's speech in public, which he afterwards did, in a powerful and most overwhelming effort. The Senate was engaged from about noon till midnight in the settlement of the affair. Membem were bound to secresy, and no correci statement could be obtained except from some of them since the fall of the Con? federacy has made all things public. The authentic report is probably among the private papers of Mr. Y., but our statement is sufficiently accurate for present purposes, being had from the memory of a Senator who was an eye witness, and is generally careful of facts. "It is thus apparent that this difficulty had no effect on Mr. Yancey's rapid de" cline in health. In fact, abundant testi? mony could be adduced, if necessary, from his physician here, to show that he had been a prey to disease for years. He had a violent attack of a spinal dis? ease while canvassing for the Washing? ton Monument after the Presidential elec? tion in 1856, from which it was long doubted whether he would recover, ana this completely racked and distorted his erect and small but powerful frame. He was affected for many years with the dis? ease of the kidneys, from which he died. During his last illness his pains were most excruciating, but he bore himself like a true Christian statesman, as he was, through all his sufferings. He was at times delirious with internal agony, and would make most eloquent speeches, and imagine himself in line of battle charging triumphantly on the enemies of his coun? try. He never despaired, or for once faltered in his devotion to Southern inde? pendence ; but thought Mr. Davis want? ing in forecast, vigor and popular sympa? thies for a great leader. As to his con? tinuously crying to be put out of sight, that is simpljr made out of whole cloth, and very thin texture at that. "Mr. Yancey died, as he lived, loyal to his convictions. He forgave his enemies and prayed God to forgive them for the misconstruction of his motives and his conduct. A simple marble slab was put over his grave, not because he wished nis resting place hid from view, but because time was required to erect a suitable monument." j ? A little dirty, dyspeptic newspaper has been started at Brainerd, Minnessota, under the name of the Centennial Thiri Termer. In a salutatory, which is so 1 large and ferocious as almost to swamp the paper, the editor grandiloquently says: "Cry us down, small-fry newspa perdom and belligerent critics 1 We mean business! We have buckled on the armor of a free American citizen, and dare say what we think is right 1 And if any man desires" to interview us, we aro ready. It u pure, unadulterated Third Term?Centennial aud Grant; and if we swim, we will carry it with us; if we sink, the bubble that marks our resting place on the bottom of the sea of disaster will be pregnant with utterings of it." ? At the breakfast-table, the other morning, a Detroit landlady gave Mr. Jones a severe look and sajd: "Mr. Jones, I understand you have been cir? culating injurious reports about my house." "How, madam ?" "I under? stand that you said you had used better butter than I have here to grease wagons with." "I did say so, madam, but not to injure your house. I have used better butter, madam, to grease wagons, but I wouldn't do it again. I'd sell it to you !" She accepted the apology. A Plea for the Dog. Since we have taken any notice of sheep husbandry as treated of in our ag? ricultural journals of i,he day, not one writer of a dozen seems to regard his ar? ticle as complete without a fling at the dog; as if at least one half bis purpose in writing is the destruction of the entire genus, regard less of cor sequence. That certain classes of dogs are highly detrimental to sheep, and other stock, none will deny; but that a war of exter? mination should be waged against dogs in general to make sheep raising profita? ble is an error, which, if put to the test, meist result in barm to man, and without advantage to the sheep, must be the con? clusion of every thinking mind. From the beginning of time these two useful animals have existed together, and both have contributed to the good of so? ciety and to the happiness of mankind. In the older countries, where sheep hus? bandry is carried to far greater success than has yet been approached here, the I dog so far from being neglected, (kicked ! and cursed as sheep rait era here seem to feel themselves called on to do,) is cared for, and his breeding receives greater at tsndon and care than we bestow on our sheep or horses. let me ask you, Mr. Editor, who are the promulgator of progressive agricultu? ral sentiment, if we are not, to say the least of it, doing a great injustice to this useful animal, who, if not a real contrib? utor to the establishment of society itself, is acknowledged the world over (except by our sheep raisers) to be man's truest friend? Would you condemn to the gal? lows the entire genus homo because we have so many thieves and robbers in our midst? By the general tenor of bis way a thief is often known. So with the en? emies of the sheep. Curs and other ofe gmtrate species are known to contribute most of the "professionals" of the sbeep worrying class. But did it ever occur to you that the habit most often grows out of the carelessness or neglect of the own? er, and ought, therefore, more justly be ascribed to master than to his faithful ser? vant? In support of this plea for the dog, and i n justice to him as the friend of both the man and his sheep, it may be stated that a neighbor who for a number of jears has been a grower of sheep, to a limited extent, and who for a considera? ble part of the time had lost every spring cuite a number of his lambs without be? ing able to account for the disappearance, became also a raiser of hounds, and a hunter of foxes, not, however, without some misgivings as to the effect upon his little flock of sheep. Yet he assures me that each year since, the number of lambs has been augmented, and to-day his flock is steadily increasing in number, while but one lamb or sheep stands charged to the incursions of dogs.?Rural Carolinian for February. One Hundred Tears Ago. Some wise wag has gummed up the changes that have taten place during a century, in this way: One hundred years ago wedding tours were not fashionable. One hundred years ago farmers did not cut their legs off with mowing machines. One hundred years ago our mothers did not worry over disordered sewing ma? chines. One hundred years ago horses which could trot a mile in 2:14 were somewhat scarce. One hundred years ago it took several days to procure a divorce and find a con? genial spirit. One hundred years ago there were no. disputes about the impoliteness of street car drivers. One hundred years ago every young roan was not an applicant for a position as a clerk or bookkeeper. One hundred years ago kerosene lamps did not explode and assist women to shuffle off this mortal coil. One hundred years ago men did not commit suicide by going up in balloons and coming down without them. One hundred years ago there were no third term millionaire bishops to stir up the waters of partisan politics. One hundred ysars ago there were no Turkish harems at Salt Lake, and no Ann Elizas suing for the nineteenth part of a divorce. One hundred years ago England was not very far behind the United States in all that goes to make a nation powerful and progressive. One hundred years ago the Dutch had taken Holland, bat they had not made France "come down", with a handsome pile of "smart money." One hundred years ago a young woman did not lose caste by wetting her hands in dish water or rubbing the skin off her knuckles on a washboard. One hundred years ago a physician who could not draw every form of disease from the system by tapping a large vein in the arm was not much of a doctor. One hundred years ago men were not running about over the country with mil? lions of fish eggs ;o be hatched to order. Fish superintended their own hatching in those days. One hundred years ago people did not worry about rapid transit and cheap transportation, but threw their grain crop across the backs of their hordes, and uncomplainingly "went to the mill." One hundred years ago every man cut his coat according to his cloth, every man was estimated at bis real value, shoddy was not known, nobody bad struck "He, and true merit and honest worth were the only grounds for promotion. Dat's What Makes Me Mad.?Yes? terday Si was found engaged in one of his philosophir, political harangues to nome of his colored friends. "Dese hyar 'publicans kin promise till de las' day in de morning, but dey ain't gwine to ketch dis hyar blackbird wid no more chaff!" be exclaimed positively. "What's you mad 'bout?" asked an? other darkey. "Dis is what I'm mad 'bout?mind my words now! Didn't dey say, when de war wus played out, dat de nigger wus gwjne to be made good as de white fokes ?" "Ob koarse dey did!" "An* dat de nigger worked fur all dat de ole marsters had and could soon yearn all dat property back to demselves, hey?" "Yas; dat's true too 1" "Dat de white fokes waz gwin* ter be pore as church-mouses and niggor's rich, hey?" "Oom-hook; dat's what dey said !" "Dat all sounded jes' as purty as read in' on a cirkus bill, didn't it?" "You'se right, it did 1" "Well, whar nukes roe mad is dat cir? kus hain't nrrove down hyar yit, an' we can't hear dat its < omin'! Bress de Lord, de white fokes is jes' as rich as eber, an' it wuz de nigger whar got busted, an' he been busted eber isence, an' is gwine ter stay busted! Da ;s whar makes me mad an' ef de 'publicans eber git anodder chance at me, I'll go die wid d j y all er jandiss, a chaw in' ole yallcr lecshun tickets 1" No one felt ca pable of responding to Si's point. _ ? Buxton said : The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great dif? ference between men?between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the in? significant, is energy?invincible deter? mination?a purpose, once fixed, and then, death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it. ? When n boy has been off all day, contrary to the expressed wish of his mother, and on approaching the home? stead at night, with an anxious and cau? tious tread, finds company at tea, the ex? pression of confidence and rectitude which suddenly lights up his face cannot be reproduced on canvass. No Dogs Allowed in the Cars. It happened the other day on the Lo high Valley Railroad. The train had just left Eascon, and the conductor was making his first round, when he observed a small white dog with a bushy tail and bright black eyes sitting cosily on the seat beside a young lady so handsome that it made his heart roll over like a lop-sided pumpkin. But duty was duty, and he remarked, iu his most deprecatory manner; "I'm very sorry, madam, but it'js con? trary to the rules to have dogs in the pas? senger cars," "Oh 1 my, is that so ?" and she turned up two lovely brown eyes at him, be? seechingly. "What in the world will I do? I can't throw him away. He's a Christmas present from my aunt." "By no means, miss. We'll put him. in a baggage car, and he'll be just as happy as a robin in spring." "What! put my nice white dog in a nasty, stuffy, dusty baggage car ?" "I'm awfully sorry, miss, I do assure you, but the rules of this company are as inflexible as the laws of the Medes and them other fellows, you know, He shall have my overcoat to lie on, and the brakcman shall give him grub and water every time he opens his mouth." - "I just think it's awful mean, so I do ; and I know somebody will steal it, so they will," and she showed a half notion to cry that nearly broke the conductor's heart; but he was firm, and sang out to the brakeman, who was playing a solo on the stove? "Here, Andy, take this dog over into the baggage car and tell 'em to take just the best kind of care of him." . The young lady pouted, but the brake man reached over and picked the dog up tenderly as though .it was a two-weeks' old baby, but as he did so a strange ex? pression came over his face, like a wave of cramp colic, and he said hastily to the conductor: "Here, you just hold him a minute till I put this poker away," and he trotted out at the car door and held on to the brake wheel, shaking like a man with ague. The conductor no sooner had his hands on the dog than he looked around for a hole to fall th rough. "Wh-wh-wihy, this is no dog?only an imitation!" "Yes, sir," said the little miss, de? murely. "Didn't you know that ?" "No, I'm most awful sorry to say I didn't know that;" and he laid the Christmas dog down on the owner's lap, and walked out on the platform, where he stood half an hour in the cold, trying to think of a hymn tune to suit the worst sold man on the Lehigh Valley Road. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Every old maid can boast of two beaux, but they are elbows. ? The saying that "there is more pleasure in giving than in receiving," is supposed to apply chiefly to ^Wricks, medicine and advice." ? Every man admits that a sweet-tem? pered woman is a fireside blessing, but nearly every man looks for the blessing at some other man's fireside. ? Why is man who makes additions to false rumors like one who has confi? dence in s.ll that is told him ? Because he relies on all that he hears. ? There is a little town in New York State whore every man and woman has been converted, and some of them are paying back tea and coffee borrowed six or seven years ago. ? A Washington correspondent ob? serves thiit although wine is drunk at dinner-tables, and jorums of punch are brewed when the nights are cold, the sight off. drunken Congressman is never witnessed nowadays. ? "So you wouldn't take me to be twenty ?" said a rich heiress to an Irish gentleman, while dancing the polka. "What would you take me for, then?" "For better or worse," replied the son of the Emerald Isle. ? "My Bon," said a stern parent to a seven year old hopeful, "I must discip? line you. Your teacher says you are the worst boy in school." "Well, Papa," was the reply, "only yesterday she said I was just like my father." ? A negro in South Carolina, who was complaining of the hard times, declared they were the hardest ever known. "Why," said he, "I works all day, and steal; all night, and yet I'm blest if I kin make an honest living." ? Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophirastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; and Aristotle af? firmed that it was better than all the let? ters of recommendation in the world. ? Wihen a St. Louis gentleman meets his neighbor in the morning he looks surprised and asks, "Hain't you been in? dicted ?" The reply is, "No;. when did you get out f" Then they both laugh in an imbecile way, as though they both meant it for a joke, and go and take a drink of the "crooked." ? There are too many lazy, idle peo? ple, both white and colored, about our towns. If all the loafers would go to work in earnest there would be more money and lighter hearts. This is a busy world, and those who refuse to do their part of the work must inevitably go under. ? Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Beauty is God'e handwriting; a wayside sacrament. Wel? come it in every face, every fair sky,, every fair flower, and thank him with your eye. It is a charming draught; a cup of bliss. ? A young clergyman, whose reputa? tion for veracity was none of the best, ventured to differ with an old doctor of divinity as to the whipping of children. "Why,' said he, "the onlv time my fath? er whipped me was for telling the truth." "Well," retorted the doctor, "it cured you of it, didn't it?" ? Young man, go to India! It is the custom there for parents to pay men to marry their daughters. In Calcutta, re? cently, a rich Hindoo paid a man who came from a family of considerable dis? tinction the sum of $300,000 to marry his daughter. It is a stigma upon a Hindoo family if the daughters are not married before arriving at the age of thirteen. ? "Will your Honor please charge tho jury," asked an Arkansas lawyer at the conclusion of a horse-thief trial. "I will," replied his Honor, "the Court charges each juryman one dollar for drinks, and six dollars extra for the one who used the Court's hat for a spittoon during the first day of the session." ? He had a hearty ineal at a restau? rant, and, rising up, ho said to the cash? ier : "I declare if I havn't forgotten my wallet.' The cashier fired up and burled big words at him for full three minutes before pausing for breath. When s. chance came the stranger continued r "But I have fifty dollars here in my vest pocket." The cashier couldn't smile to save him. ? The boys of Winncmucca, Nevada, had some fun with a showman. They formed a line from the ticket office ex? tending around a near corner. Each asked the price of admission, and, when being told that it was fifty cents, shook his head, said it was too dear, retired, and fell in at the rear of the line. This was kept up until the showman, astounded by the unanimity and the seemingly great number, reduced tho charge, and then every boy cleared out. ? At Saratoga, the other day, a bride? groom stepped off the cars for a moment and the train went ofT with his bride. He followed by the next train down, and she on the other hand returned by the next train up, and they passed each oth? er on the road. This operation was re? peated, each trip leaving them at different ends of the route, until a peremptory tel? egram kept the bride stationary until her husband reached her. ? Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has made a scries of investigations and com? piled statistics showing that only, one railroad messenger in 9,000,000 is killed, and only one to 1,500,000 is even so much as bruised. In the year 1874 only one person was killed on all the Massachu? setts railroads, while seventy-six were killed by accident in tbe city of Boston. In fact, it seems considerable safer to sit on a safety-valve or ride on a cow-catch? er than to stay at home in your own house. ? During leap year the girl who couuts all the gray horses she sees, until she has got up to a hundred, will be mar? ried within a year, to tbe first gentleman with whom she shakes bands after count? ing tbe one hundredth horse. Every girl in them city carries a memorandum ook, that she may be sure to keep a cor? rect record. Onehasalready twenty-six, another eleven, and another, who only began yesterday, has seven. If somebody would bring a drove of a hundred gray horses to town to-day, what a shaking of hands would take place to-morrow. CAROLINA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. -o THE Second Term of the Scholastic Year of 1875-6, will open MONDAY, JAN? UARY 17th, 1876, with a full and efficient corps of Professors. EXPENSES-PER TERM. Primary Department.$ 6 00 Intermediate Department. 10 00 Collegiate Department. 14 00 Music on Piano. 13 33J Use of Instrument, (i hour per day),.. 2 00 Use of Instrument, (1 hour per day).. 3 00 German and French, each. 6 66 Ornamentals, each.'.. 5 00} Entrance Fee, (paid once a year,). 1 00 Graduation Fee. 5 00 N. B.?A Term is one-third of the Scho? lastic Year. Board can be obtained in private families at rates ranging from $12.50 to $15.00 per month, varying according to arrangements made as to washing, fuel and lights. The President oners to board boys at $12.50 per month, exclusive of washing and lights. A few rooms can bo rented to those de? siring to board themselves. Some have tried it this year, and the arrangement has proved satisfactory. For further information, apply for a Cata? logue. W. J. LIGON, President. Dec 0, 1875_21_ THE CARSWELL INSTITUTE, HALE and FEMALE. -o If'HIS Institution is of recent birth. The I building is now in process of erection. It is beautifully located, thirteen miles Scuth of Anderson, on the Lowndesville road. The exercises of its first session will open on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 1876, unless notice be given otherwise through these columns. The Literary Department will be con? ducted by E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., A. M., of 'Mercer University, Macon, Geo., assisted by M. L. Carswell, of the same institution. The Art and Music Departments will be presided over by Miss Georgia C. Cars well. New and improved methods of instruc? tion in every branch of study. Terms of Tuition are as follow3 ?: For students in primary department...$16 00 Intermediate department. 20 00 Academic department. 30 00 These charges are for the whole Scholastic year, and wul be made unless private ar? rangements are effected, which may be done to tue advantage of patrons having several students to send. Board in good families at from $8 to $10 per month, fuel and lights included. Beard from Monday until Friday from $4 to $6 per month. For further particulars, add ress E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., Principal, , Or Rev. W. E. WALTERS, Chairman of Board Trustees. Dec 16, 1875_22_,__ RATHBONE'S ACORN Q00K. With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Cfciset Son't tar as ili-futloaid fitere, tut got no With all latest improvement. Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Firs Box for long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box Bottom?In vim a Quick, Sweet and Even B?ks and Rast Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't toll floor or a-pot. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burnt but little wood. Hat Mica or Solid Iron Front Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron* Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Edget and Mouldings. Heavy. Best Hen Iron. Won't crack. WAKRANTBD BATTfllTACTOBY. Manufactured by RATHB0NE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y. Sold ty an Enterprising Dealer in every Tcxn. B. F. CRAYTON <k SONS, Agent, Anderson, S. ?. Not 25,1875 19 3ra CENTENNIAL HOUSE, ANDERSON, S. C, BY J. S. ASHLEY. Cincinnatti Lager Beer!! A.T J. S. ASHLEY'iS. -:-?--j Fresh Fruits, Confectioneries AT J. 9. ASHLEY'i3. Dr. W. G. BROWNE, DENTIST. Anderson, S. C. A reliable TOOTH POWDER for sale jrt 25 cents a Box. AND SMALL PROFITS. TOWERS & BROYLES, A RE offering their large stock of Season J~\. able Dry Goods, at prices to suit the tim cs. Give them a call before buying. BEY GOOBS. WE have a large stock Dry Goods, viz: Dress Goods, Black Alpncca, French Merino, Calico, Shawls, BLANKETS, Flannel. A large lot of Jeans, Cassimcres, Brown and Bleached Homespun, Bed Ticking, &c, for sale low bv TOWERS & BROYLES. BOOTS and SHOES. A FULL line of the Best Boots and Shoes for sale low by TOWERS & BROYLES. CLOTHING f WE have a fine lot of Clothing, which will be sold at lower prices than ever offered in the market. Give us a call. _TOWERS & BROYLES. SADDLES, BRIDLES, ami HARNESS. WE have the largest and best stock of Saddles, Bridles and Harness in Town. The Harness and Bridles we have manufactured in our store, of superior quality, and we offer inducements in this line to cash custo? mers. Any description of harness manu? factured to order on short notice, by TOWERS db BROYLES. HARDWARE. A COMPLETE assortment of Hardware, viz: Shelf Hardware, Iron, Nails, Axes, Plows, Plow Irons, Blacksmith Tools, etc., for sale low by TOWERS & BROYLES. Groceries. RIO and Java Coffee, Sugar, New Orleans and Muscovado Molasses, Rice, Salt, Bacon, Lard and Fancy Groceries, for sale low by TOWERS <fe BROYLES. SUNDRIES. CROCKERY, China and Glass Ware, Wooden Ware, Buggy Makers' Materials, Bagging, Ties, CARPETS. A large assortment of Trunks and Va? lises. All of our stock of Goods are now offered at prices to suit the times. Give us a call, and see our goods. We charge nothing for showing our goods. TOWERS <fc BROYLES. Dec 16,1875_22 _ FLOUR! * THE celebrated Tennessee Flour, "Swan's Down," and '"Gem of the Burg." Also, Buckwheat Flour, for sale low by TOWERS & BROYLES. HATS. A LARGE lot of Men's and Boys' Hats, Ladies' Hats, Fur Capes and setts of Furs at uncommonly low prices, for Christmas presents, by _TOWERS <fe BROYLES. New Orleans Molasses. ASPLENDID articlo of new crop N. 0. Molasses for sale low, in quantities to I suit the purchaser, by TOWERS >fc BROYLES. New Advertisements. DOMESTIC SEWINC MACHINES. Liberal Terms of Ex ehanjreforSflcond-hana Machines of every des? cription. "DOMESTIC PAPER FASHIONS. The Beit Patterns mid*. Send Sets, for Catalogue. Address DOMESTIC SETOG MACHINE CO. Aenrij Wuma. -** SEW YOEH. $12 a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE 4 CO., Augusta, Maine. astonishing! "Yet fort}/ dayt, and Ninevah shall be overthrown." Future events prophecied by rules in BENNER'S PROPHETIC BOOK. Fortunes foretold in the ups and downs of prices fcr the next twenty years; the future judged by the past. What years to make money on pig-Iron, hogs, corn, provisions, cotton, and when we will have the next panic, what year bard times will end and business revive again. Every farmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and speculator should have this book to know the fu? ture, so as to avoid loss and be successful. Sent to any name, post paid, for 31.' Address SAMUEL BENNER, Baiubridge, Ross County, 0 A ?S--for 1876. jgg PPLETON'S JOURNAL, 1 Household Weekly Magazine, devoted to. POPULAR LITERATURE, AND ALL MAT? TERS OF TASTE AND CULTURJS. Applktoss' Jocbnal appears In new type anc. with other mechanical improvements, making it the handsomest weekly literary journal in thr country. Appleton's Journal alms to be com ? prehensive, including in its plan all branches oi literature, and treating all .subjects of Interest to intelligent readers; it designs to be elevated ir. taste and pure In tone; It gives in quantity full] twenty-five per cent, more than the largest of thn Monthly Magazines, while in quality its literature is of the highest class. Price, $4 per annum; 10 cents per Number SPECIAL AnW?NCEMENT.. The undersigned have procured, exclusively for I subscribers to Appletons' Journal, a splendid. I steel ongravlng of ?'CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS STUDY,' Which is offered, under special terms, to every sub? scriber?in advance?to Journal for 1876. This steel engraving Is in line and stipple. It li not a fancy picture, but an actual representatior of Charles Dickens' study at Gadshill, while thi portrait of the distinguished author is striking]} faithful. The size of the plate is 20 x 14, printec on heavy plate paper 24 x 30, making' a large and handsome engraving for the parlor or library wall. The execution of the plate is of a superior order.-1 The ordinary price of a steel engraving of thb character in the print-shops would not be fess than five, and perhaps six dollars. It is offered exclu? sively to subscribers, in addition to tho Journal for one year, for 85.00? that in, for 81.00 additional each yearly advance subscriber to the Journal for 1876 may receive a superb engraving worth fully five times tho nmouiit. This engraving is entirely new. It has never been for sale in the print-shops, and cauuot be ob? tained except in connection with Appletons Journal upon the terms and conditions giver above. It will be mailed to subscribers postage prepaid. D. APPLET0N & CO., 549 & 551 Broadway, New York. fhnn A WEEK GUAR AN Hf If Male a?d Female, in 1 (D / I Terms and OUTFIT FR T 1 1 VICKERY 4 CO., Augu A.NTEED to Agentj, i their own locality. REE. Address P. O. Yugusta, Maine. *K fft ion l,er at home! Samples worth $:; ?P" IU free Sunson & Co., Portland, Maine (CpSYCHOUANCr, OR SOUL CHARMING." A How either sex may fascinate and gain thn J I love and affections of any purson they choose, In? stantly. This nrt all can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp? tian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,-1 000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM Jfc CO., Publishers, Philadelphia._ GENTS, the greatest chance of the age, Address, L with atamp, National Copying Co., Atlanta, Go. EMPLOYMENT.?Male and Female, salary or commission. We pay agents a salary of $3001. week and expenses- Eureka M'f'o Co., Hartford. Conn. Pnrtfculars free. hm, ill talirt ntnik ' 10 DISTINCT CHOICE KXKD9, MAILED FOB Si. 10 FERNS, do., 81. 10 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, do., 81. 10 FOLLAGED PLANTS, do.. 81. 10 WINDOW PLANTS, do.. 81. 10 ASSORT. SO PLANTS (comprisesallthe abovo varieties), do.,81. lSASSOR-^D BEDDING PLANTS, do.,8:t. VZ VERBENAS,do.,75 cents. 3Choice Album Chrcmos tent teUh each collection. ha?nu The (Ire o nbra ok ft Pat ore on City Nursortos; or.7,GBJSIVES1eec'y,Bo5?a7,PATSRao?,N.J. ' NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, guardian of \Vm. Maddox, George N. Maridox, Nancy A. Masscy and Sarah J. Smith, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the first day oi March next, for a final settlement and dis? charge from said guardianship. WM. HOLMES, Guardian. Jan 27, 1875. 21 5 Notice. PARTIES having business in my hands will find my orlicc and papers in the care of Col. J. N. Brown, who will attend to any l iisincss in mv absence. JAMES L ORK. Nov 18, 1875 18 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. TTTE dcsiro to call attention to the feet tha' we hare on hand a LARGE and, TT well-selected stock of ' "Heavy Groceries, Dry G-oods, Boots, Shoes Hardware Crocker^ Ware, Etc Wo have Just received a large lot of B? :>n Sides, Shoulders, Sugar-Cured Hams, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Do '.orara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO.fJE FAMILY FLO?R, A complete assortment of Sugars, Coileos and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, Ac A vory largo stock of Iron, Steel, Hoc ?, Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, wo have every tl i jg that tue farmer ox man of family nseds. W?are selling the forogoing article* at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and be convinced of this fact. And now a word to those that w e have supplied with Goods during the year 1872,1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac? cour ts will be placed in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYRTJM & McGBATH. Important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will giv* one-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between tho 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. BYBUM & McGBATH, ' Mechanics' Raw;., Oct 7, 1875_ 12 . : fly 1 ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPINY. C. 35. THAMES, President. T- H. FOWLEE, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE* Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - -' $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand, $266,921.47. * THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance* Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work in Maryland.. The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum since organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years.. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. . B. F. WHITNER, President. P. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE. . Cm A. REED, R. F. DIWER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT.; The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasure .in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATEGS, Agent. Sept 2, 1875 47 ' ; _ C. A. REED. ' ' A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF J BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, ROCKfiWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &c, &C. A. J. STRIIVGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent Helton, S. C. Fair ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most thorough Ironwork, Wood work. Painting and Trimming, ( as we employ on? ly the best work? men. . None but well-seasoned lumber used in the manufacture of our work. All per? sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to call at our Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect the work for themselves. ? BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridgo, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found, ready to aeU a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9. 1875_ 8 ly TALBOT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA. Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw lulls, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Tnrt ine Water Wheels. Oct 14,1875 13 ly WM. ETTEJfGEK. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RI HMOND, VA., MASCTACXUKKBS. -. . PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &c. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14,1875 _13.., . . ly - G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, TA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, <fcc., manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er bard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. ! Oct 14,1875 13 ly; METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., from Sixth to Seventh, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and Stationary. Saw Mills, Grist Mills. Boilers, Castings, of Brass & Iron,' Forging*, Av. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done'U by experienced hands. We call special attcntipn I to our IinproTed I*or-1 table Engines furagri-' cultural and other purpo-i ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL-) ERS of various patterns, in f first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER & CO. Aug 5; 1875 3- ly MEDICAL CARD DR. R. G. WITHERSPOON OFFERS his services as medical prac tioner. Oflice at Andersonville, S. C. Dec 9, 1S75 21 3m "VTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? JlI Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of William Long, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the 15th of February next, for a final settlement and discharge from said Estate. HENRY LONG, Adm'r. Jan 13, 187(5 2ti 5? THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. SUMMONS FOR MONEY DEMAND. i "William S. Ligon and Rufus S. Hill, part? ners under tpe name and style of 32gon & Hill, Plaintiff's, against John B. Har? per, Defendant. To John B. Harper: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this ac? tion, which is filed in my office, Anderson 0. H.. S. C, and to serve a copy of your an? swer on the subscriber at his office, vithin twenty days after the service of this sum? mons, exclusive of the'day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint with? in tbe time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs v?l be allowed judgment against you for the sum ol* Fifty-four Dollars and Twenty-six cents, with interest at the rate of seven per cant, per annum, from the 13th day of January, A. D. 1876, and costs. ?. ??? Dated Anderson C. H.. Jan. 13,1876. JOHN E. BREAZEALE, Trial Justice 4-C. Jan 20.1876 27 6 ? m. ooLnsurrs. p. xixd. PHSNiX IRONWORKS, COLTJ?TBIA, 8. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills; Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pulliea, ete Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and ? at as low rates as can be had in the North-: We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im? proved Water Wheel, winch we recom? mend for power, simplicity of com true tic n, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH & KIND, Columbia, H.C. May 28,1874 46_ly LUMBER! LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish FINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air' Line Railroads at Seneca City, In any quantities desired. For further information, see me ut my... Mills, one and a half miles west of Seneca' City, or address me at Seneca City. Mr. O. H. P. McKinney is my agent at Anderson, who will always be found at tbe Yard, ready to wait on customers. WM. J. HARBIN. July 8,1875_51 - . TWO MONTHS FREE! j THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, "The Leading American Newspaper." On receipt of $2 and this advertisement, The Weekly Tribune will be sent, poitege paid, to any address until December 31, 1876, or for $12.50, six copies; for 22, eleven; for 30, thirty-one. Address THB TRIBUNE, New York. ADVERTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic.?All persons who contem? plate making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send S5 Cents to Geo. P. Rowcll i: Co., jH Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH? LET-BOOK (ninety-tcvaith edition), contain? ing lists of over 2000 newspapers anc". esti? mates, allowing the coat. Advertisements taken for leading papers in many States at a tremendous reduction from publishers* rates. Get the book. (T E To Oft P61" day. Agents w;inted. J)0 4><fcU All classes of working peo? ple of both sexes, young android, make more money at work for us, in their own locali? ties, during their spare moments, or all the time, tlian at anything else. We offer cra plovment that will pay handsomely for every hour's work. Full particulars, terms, -Ac. sent free. Send us your address at once. Don't delay. Now is the time. Don't look, for work or business elsewhere, until you have learned what we offer. G. SrrasoN 4 Co., Portland Maine. 14 . ly ? ?