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i \s . From Applttonti Journal A WORK OF RETRffiUTION. CHAPTER Hi After Thurston had accompanied his brother to the seaport whence he em? barked for Europe, and had seen the ship which bore him "sink below the verge, he was conscious of a strange sense of isolation and desolation. It was true . that the shore on which he stood was that of his native land?a land where he had relation^ by the dozen, and friends (in the conventional sense of that term) by the score; but he had come to see Bertie?and Bertie was gone. As is sometimes the case with men of his order, the sunburned soldier had a very tender heart,-and this heart ached now not only with the desolation already mentioned, but with the thought of his incapacity to relieve one single, pang of the pain which his brother was suffering. It was the latter reflection chiefly which drew his dark, brows together as he set his face cityward again, leaving the docks and shipping, the tossing waves and vanishing ship Dehind. "God grant that all the suffering she has caused may be returned upon her before she dies!" he said to himself; and it Is not difficult to tell to which one of all the daughters of Eve his wish referred. Turning his thoughts from Bertie, it became a serious question what he should . do with himself during the next month. It was true that certain affairs of business demanded his attention, but at the most they would only claim a part of his time, and how he should dispose of the re? mainder was an enigma. He might travel; but to travel alone is a dreary undertaking, unless the traveler has some definite object in view, or is so wrapped up in an absorbing feeling as to stand in no' need of companionship. There were summer resorts; but the idea of lounging with a newspaper and a cigar on an hotel-piazza, listening to watering-place gossip, or floating on the tide of watering place dissipation, required more fortitude or more frivolity than. Thurston possess? ed. He thought of his relations, fo. there occasionally comes a time in a man's life when he feels inclined to seek those of his own blood; but such length of absence, such difference of association, intervened between himself and all of his kindred, that there was not a single door to which he could go certain of a wel? come or of congenial society. He sighed slightly, and dismissed the thought. If the worst came to the worst in the matter of ennui, he could follow Bertie's ex? ample and go abroad as soon as his busi? ness would permit him to do so. ^It happened oddly?as things some? times do?that an hour later, as he stood by the counter of a bank which he had entered, a gentleman, after watching him closely for a minute, came up with out? stretched hand. "I hardly think I can be mistaken," he said. "Are you not Philip Thurs? ton?" "The same," Thurston answered, turn? ing quickly. His glance had scarcely fallen on the face before him when a JauglTcame into his eyes. "You are Cameron Jennings," h*e said, shaking hands warmly. "I should have known you anywhere." "You ought?if only by this token," said the other, touching a slight scar on his forehead. "You gave mo this with a hatchet when we were both about five years old. When did you come back to America? I did not know you were in the country." Thurston replied by a brief detail of the why and wherefore of his presence. Mr.--Jennings looked a- little.surprised when he heard of Egerton's departure for Europe; but he was a man of sufficient tact to make no further comment than to say: "I saw Bertie at the Mardi Gras in ''New Orleans last spring, and I thought lie was not in quite his usual health and spirits. No doubt he needs change of air. We all need it more or less), especi? ally in summer. Have you seen none of your old friends? Why, this is shame? ful! You shall go home with me, and my wife will kill a fatted calf for you with the greatest pleasure. Don't you rememberTier as Lucy Den mead ? She is a cousin of yours." "I remember her," answered Thurston, conscious of an absolute thfill of regard for Lucy Denmead, whose existence up to that moment he had forgotten. "She used to be very pretty." $ u "She is very pretty yet," said Mry Jen? nings, with commendable pride* "and gay as a lark. She fills Sans-Souci? that's the name of my country-place? with company every summer, and makes things as pleasant as they can be made. Sans-Souci is the place for you, my dear " fellow! Can't you leave the city with me to-morrow? I am only here on busi? ness, and I find it excessively hot." In Thurston's present frame of mind it did not require much persuasion to in? duce him to entertain tni3 proposal very favorably. He dined with Mr. Jennings, and the next day found him by that gen? tleman's side in the train which bore them away from the place where he had last seen poor Bertie's haggard face. Sans-Souci was several hundred miles distant?hut what are hundreds of miles when steam annihilates time and space ? On the evening of the second day they disembarked at a way-station, and found a landau drawn by two black horses waiting for them. "This is pleasant," said Mr. Jennings, in a tone of relief, as they rode along a shade-lflecked road, with fresh breezes coming to their faces, green hills on all sides, and breadths of rich meadow-land making a pastoral foreground. "I think you'll like the country, Thurston, and I hope you'll like Sans-Souci. Lucy had the house f?ll when I left, and we are pretty sure not to find it empty now." A drive of five or six miles brought them to this home of hospitality?a pic? turesque villa crowning a gently-swelling hill, with a winding stream and fertile valley below. On the piazza as they drove up stood a very small lady very elaborately dressed, who welcomed Mr. Jennings affectionately and Thurston warmly. "Of course I remember you," she said to the latter, when he hazarded the ex? pression of a fear that she did noil. "I think we had a flirtation before you went away, and five years is not such an age in this part of the world, whatever it may be in Egypt. I am charmed to see you, and I hope we shall keep you with us some time. Yes, Cameron, I received your telegram. Cousin Philip's room is ready." As Cousin Philip was conducted to his room he felt that, after all, relations had their uses. This bowery chamber, so tastefully yet inexpensively furnished, with a background to all its windows of green foliage touched with low-slanting, golden sunbeams, was very different from any apartment in which he had found himself for a long time. He made his toilet with an old sensation of satisfac- j tion, and then sat down by one of these windows to watch the sunset, while wait? ing for the sound of a bell which he felt sure would presently ring below. In? stead of the, sunset, however, he soon found himself observing a very different scene. Immediately below the ground sloped away in a depression, and, as shrubbery had been set out thickly, and grew lux? uriantly here, the dell thus inclosed was altogether concealed from the lower win? dows of the house. Thurston's casement commanded a bird's eye view of it, and when he .glanced down the first thing which he perceived was a woman's dress thrown into relief against the deep-green back-ground. Something about this dress?perhaps the grace of its fashion, or the manner in which it was worn?at? tracted his attention, but he could not see the face of the wearer for a broad straw-hat which effectually concealed it. She was sitting on a rustic bench, and by her side was a man talking eagerly, as was evident from his gestures, though no word reached Thurston's ears. He watched the scene for some time? amused, as trifles will amuse one under certain circumstances. There is an ex? pression of figure as well as of face, and attitudes, often betray as much as the countenance. The attitudes in the present instance betrayed a good deal. "The man is in earnest, the woman in? different," he said to himself. As the thought passed through his mind, he saw the man suddenly take one of the lady's hands and raise it to his lips. The sig? nificant little action made Thurston draw back with a sense of playing the spy. He rose and left the window. A moment later the bell for which he had been waiting rung, and he went down-stairs. As he entered the drawing room, full of sunset light and gay with a ripple of voices and laughter? his hostess met him with the same cordiality which made her welcome so charming. "You have no idea what a lion we are prepared to make of you, Cousin Philip," she said, smiling- brightly. "It is not often that we have a genuine nineteenth century free-lance in our midst, and if we bore you with questions about life in Egypt and the court of the khedive, you must excuse us. You shall take me in to dinner, and then I will have an oppor? tunity to ask my questions first." Needless to say what Thurston replied, and when a few minutes after he found himself by Mrs. Jenning's? side, over? looking a dinner-table round which a company of eight or ten were gathered, he began to feel more and more that Fate had been kind to him. Before leaving the drawing-room he had been introduced to the majority of the guests, but, glanc? ing now over the assembled faces, he no? ticed two which he had not seen before, and which instinct assured him belonged to the figures which had played a bit of comedy Delow his window. I have written "two faces," yet in truth he saw for some time only one?and that J was feminine. Not a strictly beautiful f face, but a face that he felt at once might hold a fascination deeper than mere beauty. A pale complexion, clear-cut features, odd limpid eyes uritFer dark lashes, dark, straight brows, and a Greek forehead, from which rich masses of dusky hair waved?these things made up a whole which, wakened not so much ad? miration as interest. The mouth was cold and almost disdainful when at rest, but, when the mobile lips spoke or smiled, their play of expression was sin? gularly winning. The man by this woman's side?evi? dently the same who had kissed her hand?was dark, slight, and handsome, with something of French grace in his manner and bearing. Thurston watched the pair with a good deal of interest, and presently under cover of an animated conversation near by, asked Mrs. Jen? nings who they were. "Those," said she, "are the most noted members of our party. I fancy you may have heard of the young lady: she is Miss Loring, a famous belle and beauty." Thurston's brow lowered. "Do you mean," he said?and uucon sciously his voice grew stern?"that she is Agatha Loring ?" Mrs. Jennings shot a significant glance at him. - "Yes, that is Agatha Loring," she an? swered. "You have probably heard of I her from poor Bertie, who was one of her victims. No one can deny that she is a heartless coquette, and yet one cannot help liking her. Even you will find yourself fascinated by her before you know what you are about." | He smiled a little grimly. i "You must allow me to doubt that," he said. "Nevertheless, I will ask you to present me to her after dinner, and, if you will be so kind, I should prefer that you did not mention mv relationship to Bertie." "If you-desire it, certainly not," said Mrs. Jennings, who was very quick to take a hint or suggestion. "No one here knows of the relationship except .Came? ron,, and I will request him not to men- I tion it. Do you observe that handsome man sitting by Agatha ? He belongs to the genus lady-killer, and is as noted in his line as she is in hers. It was a case of Greek meeting Greek, but I think Agatha has vanquished him already, though they only met three or four days ago. His name is Virien, and he is from New Orleans." After dinner, when the ladies retired to the drawing-room, Mrs. Jennings sat down by Miss Loring's side. "You were so late in making your ap? pearance before dinner, Agatha, that I was not able to present my cousin, Col? onel Thurston, to you," she said. "I shall do so, with your permission, pres? ently?but mind! he is net to serve as food for powder." "On what ground is he to be exempt?" asked Miss Loring, with a laugh. "I rather Bke his appearance, if you mean the sunburned man who was talking to you at dinner." "He has a right to be- sunburned," said Mrs. Jennings. "He is in the Egyp? tian army." "Indeed! Well, I did not question his rightj you know; and I have often felt that if I were a man I should go to Egypt or Spain, or somewhere else where fight? ing was to be done and honor won, in? stead of sitting down in the old, old rou? tine of social and agricultural life. I am tired to death of the ordinary men one meets. If your cousin brings a fresh element into my life, I shall be pro? foundly grateful to him." "I doubt if he will be profoundly grate? ful to you in the end; but I have warned him, and I can do no more." "You were very unkind, then. Do you imagine that with a man like that? a simple, straigthforward soldier, I have no doubt?I should be the same creature that I am with Antoine Virien, for in? stance?" "You are like Cleopatra in your 'infin? ite variety/ I know very well, my dear; but I have never heard that you were less dangerous in one form than another ; and 'a simple, straightforward soldier* is just the person you will take pleasure in heguiling." "You do me injustice?but hush! here be comes. Introduce him, pray." Mrs. Jennings beckoned with her fan, and, in obedience to her summons, Thurston crossed the drawing-room. A | moment later he had been presented to | Miss Loring, and when, after a few more words, his hostess moved away, he sat down in her vacant chair. It was with a very deliberate purpose that he did so. In all his life he had never felt a deeper, more bitter enmity toward any human creature than he now felt toward this fair, graceful woman. As he looked at her face, the vision of poor Bertie's haggard countenance rose before him and blotted out all its beauty. An almost savage desire to return upon her pang for pang the suffering which she had caused took possession of him. "If I can find some means to strike her, I shall not hesitate to do so, in memory of Bertie's wrong," he said to himself; and while these thoughts were in his mind, Agatha Loring looked at him and felt in? stinctively that there was something strange?something to which she was not accustomed?in the steady regard of the decp-set eyes. "Mrs. Jennings was just telling me that you are in the Egyptian army, Col? onel Thurston," she said, "and I re? marked to her that, if I were a man, it is where /should like to be. Women are perforce born to live in a social tread? mill ; but I cannot imagine how a man can do so, when freedom, fortune, and honor, are all to be won, as of old, by his sword." "You forget," said Thurston, "that to the majority of men fighting, even in case of necessity, is irksome work. There are only a few here and there who are sol? diers by nature, and to them an active life is so necessary?the profession of arms, with all its drawbacks, so attrac tive?that they deserve no credit for em? bracing it." "I should belong to that class if I were a man," she said. "I have always had a passionate longing for adventure, novelty, conquest. No doubt," with a smile, "you think that I am talking like a ro? mantic young lady, who 'reckons not the buttle and the march,' nor the price that must be paid for everything worth hav? ing. But this longing of which I speak is more than a mere sentiment. It is sometimes so strong that I feel as if I were possessed by a power urging me to be something, to do something, to achieve something; and then I look round and ask myself?what?" The disdainful expression which he had noticed lurking in the lines of her mouth came out as she uttered the last words, and still curled her lip after she ceased speaking. "From what I have heard of you, Miss Loring," Thurston said, with a directness of manner very different from the gal? lantry with which many men would have uttered the words, "I should not judge that you have been greatly in doubt what to do and achieve." "I have achieved a certain degree of social success," she answered, carelessly. "But if you could know?if you could even imagine?the weariness and little? ness of the life which it represents, you would feel inclined to pity me." "What an actress!" he thought. Aloud, he said, "Women generally do not seem to be oppressed by the weari? ness and littleness of such a life." "That is very true. Will you think me strong-minded if I say that I often look at them in wonder ? A new dress, a new lover, a flirtation, or a ball?these things are enough to satisfy most of my sex. They don't satisfy me, and in that sentence you have the secret of my dis? content ; for I own, Colonel Thurston, j that I am a very discontented woman!" "So you belong to the class of women who take part in what is known as the modern revolt," he said, with a Slightly sarcastic laugh. "I cannot congratulate you, Miss Loring. I think that in many respects the old ways are best. It is even better for women to be content with dresses, flirtations, and balls, than to be clamoring for new careers, and aiming at j heights of yhich their mothers never dreamed." "Men of your, class always feel that way. I believe," said she, without any sign of discomposure. "The more distinct? ly feminine a woman is, the better you like her?is it not so ? I suppse I do be? long to the class of women who revolt, but not exactly in'the. manner of which you speak. I do not clamor for a career which is closed to me, nor aim at heights beyond my reach. I only feel that I have a fund of power and energy within me which, for want of a proper outlet, often finds an improper one, and will continue to do so to the end, I suppose." "You mean to imply, in other words," said Thurston, bluntly, "that you break men's hearts because you cannot break their heads." She uttered a low, sweet peal of laugh? ter. "That is a terse and epigrammatic way of summing the matter up; and perhaps it is a true one. But do you believe in broken hearts, Colonel Thurston ? Hon? estly, / do not. Fancy may be disap? pointed and vanity mortified, but a broken heart is a phenomenon I have never seen." "Probably you have never seen it be? cause you did not care to recognize it," said Thurston; and so deep was the wrath which he felt that his voice sound? ed as never man's voice had sounded be? fore in Agatha Loring's ears. She gazed at him in surprise, waving a fan back ftnd forth in a hand so white and slender that he was constrained to observe it. "Perhaps you are right," she said, after a moment's pause. "Sympathy is some? times necessary for comprehension, and I confess I have no symp?thy with mala? dies of the heart." "And yet you are a woman!" said Thurston, indignantly. "A woman Is she repeated. "Well, yes, I cannot deny the fact; and yet I often feel inclined to echo Clytcmhestra's words : '.You great gods, Why did you fashion me in this soft mold ? Givo me these lengths of silky hair? these hands Too delicately dimpled? and these arms Too white, too weak ? yet leave the man's heart in me ? To mar your masterpiece?' Now if you think me ridiculously mock heroic, you will at least not think that I flatter myself, Colonel Thurston, since Clyteranestrj: was not an estimable char? acter?" "I think that you may find your woman's heart some day, Miss Loring," he said, "and then you may learn a better appreciation of the suffering you how re? gard so lightly." He rose as he spoke, for he felt that he' had had enough of this, and Virien was approaching with his eloquent eyes and finely-outlined face?the most irresistible of heroes of flirtation. Thurston gave a glance at him as he walked away?a critical glance, which the Creole naturally failed to understand, since he could not possibly be aware that the other was wondering if he was the man destined to teach Agatha Loring that she had a woman's heart." "Mrs. Jennings says that he is a noted flirt" the soldier grimly thought. "I would ! givo all I possess if he would flirt with this woman and make her feel what she has inflicted so mercilessly on others." "Monsieur le Colonel is jealous al? ready," Virien said, with a laugh, as he sank down by Miss Loring's side. "His subjugation is accomplished, I perceive, even in this short time." "Pray den't be absurd," she replied. "Colonel Thurston is the last man in the j world whom I should be likely to subju? gate. He is?what shall I say ??simple, literal, stern, old-fashioned in his ideas | that he not only disapproves of me, but he has plainly told me so." Her companion arched his dark, dcli <cately-penciled brows. "I hardly know! whether to pity his obtuseness or his temerity most," he said. "That mortal man should venture to disapprove of la belle des belles, and?bright of audacity I? tell her so?" "It does seem bad taste, does it not ? But it is a consolation to feel that I have your good opinion to fall back upon." Virien was too well trained for his re Ely to bo audible at two paces distant, ut it is very easy to imagine what turn the conversation took after that. Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Jennings went out on the dusky, flower-scented piazza, and, after looking round her for a moment, perceived the dark outlines of two figures and the glow of two cigars at the far end; She at once walked thither. "I thought I should find you both here," she said. "Cameron, are you not ashamed to carry Cousin Philip off in this way ? The girls are all anxious to cultivate his acquaintance. By-the-bv," she added, turning to Thurston, "what did you think of Agatha Loring?" "She has come specially to ask you that," said Mr. Jennings, with a laugh. Thurston, who had risen at her ap? proach, answered with the quiet decision of a man who does not need to hesitate over his opinion: "I think that Miss Loring is a prac? tised coquette and a thorough actress. Like all women of her type, her vanity is so great that she would ensnare every man who approaches her if she could ; but it strikes me with wonder that such a woman can win the admiration of any man, even for an hour." [to be continukd.] Wanted?every one to be from Pim? ples, Blotches, Boils, etc., which can be done by purifying tho blood with Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture. Used every? where. GRANT'S DEfiEGHTFUL TOUR. Letter to George W. Childs?Not Writ? ten tor Publication. Mr. George W. Childs, of the Philadel? phia Ledger, has received a letter from ex-President Grant, written from London a few days after the arrival of Grant aud his family. The letter, written in Gen? eral Grant's own hand, was not intended for publication, but knowing that the public will read with great interest what? ever the ex-President has to say of his reception in England, Mr. Childs has permitted the publication of the substance of it: London, England, June 6,1877. My Dear Mr. Childs?After an un? usually stormy passage for any season of the year, and continuous sea sickness generally among the passengers after the second day out, we reached Liverpool Sunday afternoon, the 28th of May. Jesse and I proved to be among the few good sailors. Neither of us felt a mo? ments uneasiness during the voyage. I had proposed to leave Liverpool imme? diately on arrival and proceed to London, where I knew our Minister had made ar? rangements for a formal reception, and had accepted for me a few invitations of courtesy. But what was my surprise to find nearly all the shipping in port, at Liverpool, decorated with the flags of all nations, and from the mainmast of each the flag of the Union was most conspicu? ous. The docks were lined with as many of the population as could find standing room, and the streets to the hotel where it was understood my party would stop were packed. The demonstration was to all appearance as hearty and enthusiastic as in Philadelphia on our departure. The Mayor was present, with his State carriage, to convey us to the hotel, and after that to his beautiful country resi? dence, some six miles out, where we were entertained at dinner with a small party of gentlemen, and remained over night. The following day a large lunch party was given at the official residence of the Mayor in the city, at which there were some one hundred and fifty of the distin? guished citizens and officials of the cor? poration present. Pressing invitations were sent from most of the cities in the kingdom to have me visit them. I ac? cepted for a day at Manchester, and stopped a few moments at Leicester and at one other place. The same hearty welcome was shown at each place, as you have no doubt seen. The press of the country has been ex? ceedingly kind and courteous. So far I have not been permitted to travel in a regular train, much less in a common car. The Midland road, which penetrates a great portion of the island, including Wales and Scotland, have extended to me the courtesy of their road, and a Pull? man car to take me wherever I wish to go during the whole of my stay in Eng? land. We arrived in London Monday evening, the 30th of May, when I found our Minister had accepted engagements for me up to the 27th of June, leaving but few spare days in the interval. On Saturday last we dined with the Duke of Wellington, and last night the formal reception at Judge Pierre pont's was held. It was a great success ?most brilliant in numbers, rank and attire of the audience?and was graced by the presence of every American in the city who had called on the Minister or left a card for me. I doubt whether London has ever seen a private house so elaborately or so tastefully decorated as was our American Minister's last night. I am deeply indebted to him for the pains he has taken to make my stay pleasant, and the attentions extended to our coun? try. I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions which I am re? ceiving are extended more for our coun? try than for me personally. I love to see our country honored and respected abroad, and I am proud to believe that it is by most all nations, and by some even loved. It has always been my desire to see all jealousy between England and the United States abated and every sore healed. Together they are more power? ful for the spread of commerce and civil? ization than all others combined, and can do more to remove causes of wars by creating mutual interests that would be so much disturbed by war. I have writ? ten very hastily and a good deal at length, but I trust this will not bore you. Had I written for publication I should have taken some pains. U. S. Grant. Plant Peas. Were our farmers in the habit of pre? paring their oat land as well as they do their cotton land, we would feel sure that the past light harvesting had barely paid the expenses of preparation; but usually the oat crop is thrown in as that much extra, and making much or little is in a majority of instance considered as just so much gain. After ? while we will learn that this crop deserves more attention, and the more care bestowed upon it the better it remunerates the farmer. There may be, however, many of our readers who sowed their oats in good land, and who prepared the laud thoroughly before sowing the grain. Such men feel that they have not been repaid by the light crop just harvested. To all such men we say, you need not grumble, for there is ample time to get a fine net income from that very land if you have time to cultivate it. The recent continued rains have prepared the stubble fields beautifully for a second crop, and nothing will pay better now than peas. The speckled pea, known as the whoo perwill, and the shiney pea will make a crop if planted by the middle or last of July if it gets seasons in due time after it is up. The cow pea v/ill mature if sown by the first of July, and the red stock pea will grow an bundauce of for? age if it does not mature before frost. Now if the grass is pushing the cotton planter, (and doubtless they all now wish the day was forty-eight hours long,) he will not have the time to prepare the stubble land thoroughly before planting his peas, and, therefore, must "hit it a lick and a promise," so he should simply run scooter furrows about thirty inches apart, drop four or five peas every^bot, and cover with two scooter furrows. If the ground is in good season, the crop will he up and ready for a working be? fore the season is out of the ground. The middles ("bawks'') should then be broken out by deep and close ploughing, and ten days after the crop should be carefully hoed. As soon as the grass be? gins to show itself after that, two sweep furrows should be run between the rows of peas. Possibly the crop may need three furrows. At any rate, it should be left clean, for this is the "laying by" working. If the seasons prove favora? ble, the growth of the crop will astonish ' the planter. Some farmers prefer sowing peas broad? cast. We do not. To sow broadcast re? quires too much ploughing, just at the time when it is difficult to spare the teams from the summer crops long enough even to lay off the furrows and cover the seed. And broadcast sowing will seldom produce as much forage, and rarely ever as many peas as the drilled culture. If it is proposed to convert this crop into "roughage," that is provender for stock, the vines should be cut with a grass blade just when the first peas begin to ripen and before the whole crop is ripe. If the peas are to be picked, or if the crop is to be given to hogs, the peas should not be picked nor the hogs turned on the crop till the peas are all ripe. If the crop is to be turned under as a manu? ring, the plough should bo started just when the bulk of the crop is turning yel? low and before the leaves begin to drop off. Except crab grass nothing is more difficult to turn under with a plough than pea vines, and the best plough for the purpose we have ever used, even on level land, is the hillside turning plough. Just how much forage an acre of peas and pea vines, cultivated as above, will j make, we cannot tell, but we believe, it will winter a mule very comfortably. For this reason an extra effort should be made to put in this crop. It will hand? somely repay the farmer, and perhaps prevent his taking odd trips to the depot for bought corn next spring. If any farmer has an acre or more of good land that was in oats, and has no peas, let him at once break up that land with sharp scooters, wait a week and cross plough it, and then harrow, brush or drag it until thoroughly pulverized and smooth, and then await results. It will grow him a ton or ton and a half of excellent hay.?News and Courier. Profit in Sheep. "We have a flock of near three hun? dred sheep; most of them are scrub na? tives, except the lambs of last year, which are the progeny of a fine Leicester buck. We wish to buy two more bucks of pure blood, because we see clearly the improve? ment from the first crossing. Our flock ranges on the Santee bottoms, and wool is our chief object, but mutton forms some part in the economy of our flock, as w? are sufficiently convenient to reap the advantages of the Charleston market. Now, will you advise us what breed to invest in to satisfy our wants, climate and all considered?" The writer of the above says he has seen our views in the News and Courier but would rather hear from us as to his especial investment. And we regret in our replying to his particular case to say that we fear he has begun with the very worst step towards improvement. The Leicester sheep is the same as the old Bakewell; very large and lubberly, al? ways fat, but a heavy and good feeder, and the most delicate and liable to dis? ease of all the larger breeds of sheep. They are not held in high esteem any? where, except in the immediate vicinity of mutton markets, where they can be pampered and highly fed, so as to pro? duce a large carcass in the smallest possi? ble time. They have frequently been known to dress one hundred pounds net at a year old, and sometimes three hun? dred pounds at full growth or four years old. Their fleece is fine, silky and very white, but not heavy, averaging not over eight to ten pounds from the choicest specimens. The South Down would be a far more desirable sheep for the Santee country. They are smaller than the Leicester, round bodied, small boned, with black or dark legs, fine breeders, and at a year old will yield a carcass weighing forty to fifty pounds, and at growtn about eighty to one hundred pounds. Their average fleece is not more than five, perhaps four pounds. The mutton from the South Down is reputably superior to any in the world. To this, however, we do not at? tach much importance, for if any sheep is domesticated and properly fed to pre? vent a wild rank taste to the flesh, we think one kind as palatable as another We have often had friends to say at our table, "Why this is equal to any English mutton 1" and the choicest piece of mut? ton we ever tasted, and one which drew from a professed epicure the remark, that he had never eaten anything equal to it, "even in the valley of Virginia," was a roast quarter of a four year old goat that had become seal fat from stealing his meals from the stable troughs. So wo don't attach much value to the breed on the point of mutton. Any of them will make superior mutton if properly handled, fatted, butchered and cooked, all equally important points in growing mutton for the table. As we have said before, however, the South Down proved a delicate sheep in our handling, and by no means equal to the Merino. This, after all, is the sheep for our climate, latitude and pasturage. The Merino is a small sheep, of awkward, yes ugly shape, slow of growth, and does not mature as early as other sheep. For mutton the lambs are worthless, but at four or five years of age when fat, the weathers are equal to any sheep we have ever eaten, and the older the sheep the better the meat. As breeders the Merino is perhaps not so prolific as the other breeds of sheep, and possibly not as good milkers, but they will reproduce rapidly enough to increase the flock amazingly if carefully handled. The bucks are as vigorous as any breed of sheep. A two year old may serve 25 to 30 ewes, and at maturity from 65 to 80, if highly fed and judiciously treated. In 1867 we weaned 56 lambs from 48 ewes and a single buck three years old. No sheep is fond of rank pasturage, and all low wet lauds are unfavorable for the growth of sheep. The foot rot is a disease created by too wet pastures and is said to be fatally contagious, aud has carried off thousands of sheep annually in Southern Europe. We do not know that this disease was ever seen in Amer? ica. We certainly never saw it, but we mention it to advise our Santee friends that it may be provoked by pasturing sheep too much in the bottoms. We are convinced that sheep should at least have dry land to ruminate upou, and for this reason where they ramble in bottoms during the day, should be driven to high? er and drier spots at night. If left to themselves they will seek these spots any way, and will never be found standing or lying in wet places. They prefer rumi? nating upon bald, dry spots, which don't remain so long after the sheep appropri? ates them for a season?Neiosand Courier. The Figure Nine.?We attribute to an Englighman named Will. Green, who died in 1794, the foundation of a singular property of the figure 9. That property of the figure 9 consists in multiplying that number by 2, by 3, by 4, by 5, by 6, by 7, by 8, by 9, etc., and we find that the numbers composing the product of each of the multiplications added, will give always 9. 2 times 9 make 18?1 and 8 make 9. 3 times 9 make 27?2 and 7 make 9. 4 times 9 make 36?3 and 6 make 9. 5 times 9 make 45?4 and 5 make 9. 6 times 9 make 54?5 and 4 make 9. 7 times 9 make 63?6 and 3 make 9. 8 times 9 make 72?7 and 2 make 9. 9 times 9 make 81?8 and 1 make 9. ? Stealing jewelry from the British aristocracy seems to be a safe as well as a lucrative occupation. Many years ago the jewel case of the Countess of Ellesmere was taken from the top of a cab, more re? cently the dressing-bag of the Countess of Dudley was carried off almost from under the foot of her maid at a railway station. The jewels of the Countess of Egmout were taken in broad daylight from Banstead House; the jewels of the Duchess of Cleveland just before dinner from Battle Abbey; and now a brilliant burglary has occurred at the seat of the Earl of Kilmorey at Isleworth. In none of these cases has any clue to the robbers been found or any considerable part of the property recovered. This is hardly in keeping with the high reputation of the British police, and it ought to be soothing to the feelings of our own much abused force. ? Occasionally a few discontented ne? groes down South organize a little colony, and start off for Liberia, but they mu?t wish themselves back again in America before they have been there a great while. The enterprise has always been an ill judged and sickly one, and grows feebler with age. Nearly $3,000,000 has been expended in sending over about twenty or thirty thousand negroes from this country, and now the dangerof the whole community's lapsing into barbarism is so great that the intelligent leaders are ad? vocating the repeal of the color-line?for tho constitution admits none but "per? sons of color" to citizenship?and the encouragement of white immigration. It is a rather unexpected confession, and could cnlv have been extorted by stern experience, but it is even the more sig? nificant on that account. It ought to put a stop to the foolishness of advising the Southern negroes to go off somewhere by themselves, rather than stay where they are needed and "grow up with the coun? try." Purifies the Blood, Reno vates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES A?S Alterative, Tonic, Solves* AND DIURETIC. Vegetine _ i ?., .. MR. II. it. Rri:vr.N.s: VCgetme DcarSlr-l will iimsl -Wrr ?:: add inj- tivtliiK iiv to " vgCMIlL |,| r;,v.?r ..f yr-r pivn: i medicine, \*i:c::ti.m:. for l : Yeceillie think cumi'tli cm l>? .-;.i<i i<i ? b Hpral.-c, f?.r I mm t.o.-.l VI V/\?ft<-:.??t,,irt.v ycaw with iii.'.t ?ii . TOgeillie disease,Catarrh.and liml hi<!. . .1 (coughing s>pcUs i( v.vt:M tv. Vo??PtiTlPas tllOHgll 1 !l <? T CMMlM I.H. /li l?%CMUC.))y nj?re n:|i) V|.(.,. -.T .. cured mo; and I ? iv. I t?? * i.' VCgetinOiOodall theii. il.i? 1 !.. .-.? i. . good n metllfin-' a.- ,im: sinking fe??liir:x im ;'.It tandadrige over* \?'y 1? 1 ?? tin VWtETlXK, for i <Tli il; i-t" :: it is one of tin; . that ever was. .?Mi.---. I., rsoirr. , Cor. Magazine and K*.iint:i (.ambri Vegetine Vegetine Vcgetine Yegetine Vcgetine Vcgetine Vegetine Vcgetine Vegetiue Vegetine Vegetiue Vcgetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Cf I VIS ? Health, Strength AND APPETIT;.*. My daughter Ins rcroirnl irrea! bonolit from tin; 11.- ?? "i Vi:?::.i ;nk Her declining Kulil ?v::. n ri>itr<i if great nnxit.-'y (.?:: ; Ii?-: lri?s:?l.? A few bottles 1! Vi rc stored lier health, f:rcn;r:h is?l appetite. X. if. Tfi.! (usuraix'o ami I.Y;;! I:-?*? - No. Jtl Scar*' l*ii' ? j:t*-Must. CANNOT r*i [exc 10 i..: .>. .1 !!.? r?. CflAKMSTOtt'Jf, Mar. t III. l;. Stkvknv: Dear Sir-Thi- is . , 1 have used your ".t'.i",?! ' tiou" in my f:::: ; y for ,_ Ivcars, and (l;iii!< ih.-.t. f<T VCgetme 1<1 <>r<.,aii!ifi"i ^i i:mt* t.-r !!?? niatie affect imi>. 1: r::i:n?>l 1 ???? Vp<*ptinocc,,c'1; 'thing I have t u r : .r. i I I:; used almost cv? >?;. ? '. 1 ? cheerfully nv<Mi:i::? >td i- ? ? s one in need of s>i> !i il tri??is. Your.- t<"sp<'. ;|i ?v. Mira. A. A. Hi::s.V.'?! ::. No. i:i i:-.i.-.,.. ..:e Vcgetine Vogetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Eearti 7. -J South Uhsth:;, I': 1>. 7 :\ .Mi:. Srrvr.Ns: Dear Sir?I have f ! ? ? n-vri ! bottles of your Vi?u:ti :?;:?? eonviiK-ed il a vr.j:sil>> ??: ?? ? i for OysiH-M.-ia, Kidney t'. : and pnn'val ?!? Idiityoi :!.? . : ?? I <a:i 1?".r:i'.v retcnsitrw -I ii Vesretinen11 i??i?*r??-: ir-tn i!>^ ulahiiH. V???iri? leperiiRlly, Vegetine| .^.Mi^nx.-tr PREPARED BY H. R STEVENS, BCSTCN, ,MA3. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. T?TTILPILL5 A Noted Divine says They are worth* ther weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SA^S: Dr. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I havoccn martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles Last prir.p your pills were recommended to me; Ised them (but with little faith). I am now a wettnan, ivc good appetite, digestion perfect, regular *ols, i es gone, and I have gained forty pounds solidlcth. hey arc worth their weight in gold. Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ey. Dr. Tutt has bten n gaged in the pratticof medicine thirty yeirs, id fora long time was derm, strator of anatomy in le Medical College of G<r gia, hence persons adg his Pills have the guan tee that f.hey are prepaid on scientific principSi and are free fro mil quackery. He has sncceldedin combining in themhe heretofore antagontic qualities of a strengt* tng,purgativet anddir ifymg tonic. ' Their first apparcicf fect is to increase thfip pctitc bycausingthd>od to properly assimilte. Thus the system is Wr ished, and by theironic action on the digest^ or? gans, regular and h Jthy evacuations arc prof ed. The rapidity with ntch persons t?te on tesh, whirc under the intence of these pills, ol iUf in? dicates their adapOi?ty to nourish the bo6 and hence ir efficacy cur? ing n>- -sdcbilnniel ancho.^ yspepsifwast ing of the muscle slug? gishness of thi liver. . chronic constipatn, and parting health and strength to the syster Sold r vi r\ where. Office, 35 iMurray Street, Ne York. tutt's pills CUBE SICK HEAD? ACHE. tutpspills CUBE DYSPEPSIA. tutpTpills CUBE CONSTIPATION tutpspills CUBE PILES. tutpspills CUBE PEVEB AND AGUE. tutpTpills CUBE BILIOUS COLIC tutpspills CUBE KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. tutpTpills CUBE TOBPID LIVER TRIUMPH OF SCIEN?. Gray Hair can be changed / ? srlossy black by a single applicatP of Dr.TuTT's Hair Dye. It acts like r^git, and is warranted as harmless as e Office 35 Murray St.,<- Y? What is Queen's Ought Read the Answer It Is a plant that grows in the Soif, and is spe? cially adapted to the cure of diseases' that climate. 1 NATURE'S OWN RMEDY, Entering at once into the blood, exiling all scrof? ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic afl*ions; Alone, it it a searching alterative, but whefombined with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and oth' herbs, it forms Dr. Tutt's Saraparilla and Queen's Slight, The most powerful blood purificmown to medical science for the cure of old ulcers, i|cascd joints, foul discharges from the ears and nostis, abscesses, skin diseases, dropsy, kidney compl.it, evil effects of beeret practices, disordered livcr?d spleen. Its use strengthens the nervous system, nparts a fair com* plcxion, and builds up the body iui HEALTHY, SOLIC FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic pson it is strongly recommended. Hundreds of carf of the worst type have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg? etable its continued use will do 3 harm. The best lime to take it is during the sumcr and fall; and instead of debility, headache, iver and ague, you will enjoy robust health. Sei by all druggists. Price, $1.00. Office, 35 Murra?trect, New York. (Can't be made he very agent every month in the Isincss we furnish, but those willirto work can easily earn a dozen dears a day right in their own localities. Have 0 room to explain here. Business pleasant and anorabic. Women, and boys and girls do as well 1 men. Vt'c will fur? nish you a complete Outfit fre The business pays better than anything else. II will hear expense of starting you. Particttlars'oc. Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, thcisons at.d daughters, and all classes in need of ji'ing work at home, should write to us and learnll about the work at once. Now is the time. In't delay. Address Tm-E & Co., Augusta, Maim 40-16 riRSft STEAM S?H BOILEHSi saw. fur and grist mills. mi At i g H SEpj EBB B53I i t h'ut.Pattern s. ^SHAFTING JJLLEYS AND HANGERS :rvOF.?IMPROVED.DESK*. A. SPECIALTY. The UNEQUALLED JA IEFPEL DOUBLE .TURBINE WATER VHEEL, 7000 in use. I Address, POOuE & HUNT. SEND FORCIRCULARS BALTIMORE, MD. 3S4ANT?AMAKTNG. MRS. II. J. WECH wishes to infonu lier friends am the public generally that site is still doingLadi^' and Children's Work in the very lat*t style, cheaper than any one else in towhi&nd 111 orders prompt? ly executed. Give lur a ?all before going elsewhere. Locatioi on west side Main Street, next to railroid brilge. Jan 18, 1877 2 6m SPRIIG AND SUMMER G-OOT3S AT THX Emprium of Fashion. IWIS to call the attention of the La dierto my Spring Stoik of Goods. Hat of every style ind quality?the Chcapcs ever sold in this uarket. Abcatiful lot Flowers, Ribbons, Ncckics, ?tnd other no'elties. The est lot of Shoes sver brought to this pice?hand-made in Vinchester, Va., and wrranted to wear well Dress Goods in greatvariety. Kidmd Lyle'Thread GLOVES. Ner Prints at 8 A-3c.?12 yards for on dollar. Tfo Mantua-Making and Milli nerj Departments ae in charge of comptent and experiencet Ladies, who guaratee satisfaction. I all for Cash, and cannot be undersold. Givone a call and satisfy yoirselves. Z. D. CHABBLEE, Proprietor of Emporium of Fashion. 4>ril 5, 1877_26 ly Mss Lizzie Williams & Co. JEW GOODS, j NEW GOODS, Arriving Daily a; the {LADIES' STORE! i OVELTIES of every khd. 1 HATS of every quality ant style. We are prepared to please the mos! fastidious. Fishncs, Neck Ties ind Trim? mings, of the very latest texture and shade. Dress Goods of every variety. Gloves, from the Lylc Thread to the Alexander Kid, at prices that vill please. Shoes that will tempt the eye and not empty the purse. I j Mantua and Milliner} Depart? ments complete. Our corps ?f Ladies are competent, and are determine! NOT TO BE EXCELLED. We propose selling for Casl and Short Profits Give us a call before you buyyour Spring Goods. March 20,1877_37__ AMERICA AHEAD ON SPOOL COTTON. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. EXTRACT from the Officid Report of the Judges on New Six Cord Soft Firish Spool Cotton, Who awarded the Willimantic Co. a Medal of Merit and Diploma of Honoi: "Superiority of Production; Economy of Production; Excellence of Matqial; Varie? ty of Colors of Threads; Excellence of Ma? chinery and Appliances; Originality and Completeness of System." I For sale, wholesale and retail by J. R. Read & Co., Shaw & Johnston. Jtger Broth? ers, A. Illing, W. Ufferhardt, Lingley Bros' Shirt Manufactory, Wheeler & Wilson Sew? ing Machine Co., Charleston, 8.C. At wholesale, by Johnstdn; Crews & Co., Crane, Boylston & Co., Edwin Bates <fc Co. April 19,1877 ' 40 3m THE PIEDMONT MANUFACTURING CO. maxtjfactubers of SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS. MILLS AT PIEDMONT, S. C. H. P. Hammett.President and Treas. Post Office address?Greenville, S. C. Hamlin Beattie...Secretary. Post Office address?Greenville, S. 0.. Royal Kallock...Superintendent. Post Office address?Piedmont, S. C. 0. H. P. FANT, Agent, Andenon, S. C. Jan 18,1877. 27 6m TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre? pared to furnish all classes with coosant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons o * either sex easily earn from 50c. to So per evening, and a proportional sun by devoting their whole time to the business. R>ysandgilrs earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice may send their address and test the bus? iness we make this unparalleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to comnioce work on, and a cony of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Roidcr, if you watt permanent, profitable work, ?ddress, GEOBOE ?inson & Co., Portland, Maine. 49?16 Atlanta and Charlotte Airline R.R Atlanta, Ga., Jine 10,7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta.4.00 p m Arrive at Gainesville.6.24 p m " " New Holland.6 20pm " " Lula..~.6.55 p m " " Belton (Supper)..5.7.00 p m " " Mt. Airy.7.50 p m " " Tocooa.8.21 p m " " Greenville.11.18 pm " " Spartanburg..-?12.52 am " " Charlotte.4.12 a m " " Charlotte (Railroad) Junctou... 4.20 am GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction-. 7.00 p m Leave Charlotte.-.7.10 p m Arrive at Spartanburg.10.42 p ra " " Greenville.~-.H-30am " " Toccoa.-.3-47 a m " " Mt. Airy./.4.28 a m " " Lula.5.08 a m " " New Holland.5.13 a m " " Gainesville.5.43 a m " " Buford (Breakfast)._6.33 a m " " Atlanta.8.45 a m G. J. FOREACRE, Gencttl Manager. <B> "J f\ o ^O^i day sffiE made by W J~\J H <p?tO Agents selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Rcwird, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent, ?icture and Chromo Cards. 100 samples, forth $4.00, sent postpaid for 75c. Illustrate! Catalouge free. J. H. BUFORD'S S02S, Boston. Established 1830. juie 7?6m. New Advertisements. "PT A "MHO! octave, fine ROSEWOOD (not JL iilil UO used over six months), only 8130 ;. -cost 8660. New Pianos at wholesale fYD (1A "MQ Great te?Pta*- Nearly new, 120;. U11U" i?l\ fJ 2 stops, 845; 5 stops, 850; 6 stops, -855; 7stops,860; 9stops,$65; 12* stops, $55 to 875. Bare opportunities. New organs at wholesale. Beware imitations. Best offer ever made, BEAD. Sent on 5 to 15 days' test trial. Money refunded and freight paid both ways if un? satisfactory. Est. 1856. Agent? Wanted. Dis? counts to Teachers, Ministers, Ac. Address DA'S. IEL P. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. a week in your own town. Terms and $5 ipOO outfit free. H. HALLETT A CO, Port? land, Maine. f{] ? ! ? TO RATIONAL INVALIDS.?In sickness every portion of the body sympathizes with the seat of the disorder. When the stomach fails to perform its functions, the liver, bowels, nerves, muscles, veins, arteries, Ac, are all more or law affected. These delinquents require medicine, combining the properties of a stomachie, an alterative, a purga? tive, a tonic, and sedative to bring them back t/> their duty! and all these elements, in their purest and most effective forms, are nnlteu in TAR RANT'S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERI? ENT, the great Saline Remedy for Indigestion, and its concomitant consequences. Sold by all! druggists._ . (heco <bnn a Week to Agents. 810 Outfit free. >P?O g ?p/ /P.O.VICKERY, Angasta^toine. d|iO a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and gAZ terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine Drunkard Stop! C. C. BEERS, M. P., (formerly of Boston) has a harmless cure for INTEMPERANCE, which can be given without the knowledge of the patient. Also, one for the OPIUM HABIT. Permanent cures guaranteed in both. Send stamp for evidence. Ask druggists for It Address _BEERS A CO, Birmingham, Conn. OK EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, ?k\J 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES A CO, Nas sau, N. Y._? f a dbOA per day at home. Samples worth $5 $J W free Stinsqn A Co., Portland, Mai??. THE ~~7" COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co? lombia, S. C, by H0YT, EttLYH & McDAKIEL. JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. The Daily Register contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange and Agricaltu ial Departments. The Tbi-Weekly Register is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one issae. The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of the news of each week. This paper is within the reach of every family, and we ore pleased to state the fact that its largo circulation is rapidly extending. The Register is now the. organ of the State Grange, and all matters of interest to the Patron of Husbandry will bo treated in their appropriate department. The Agricultural and Grange arti? cles will appear in each of our publications?Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Register?One year, $7.00; six months, \ $3.50; three months, 81.75. Tri-Weekly?One year, 85.00; six months, $2.50; three months, 81.25. Weekly?One year, 82.00; six months, 81.00; three months, 50c. JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN, W. B. McDANIEL, _Proprietors and Publishers. flTTO AH/TAG The largest an^ finest UllXvUJjlU?i stock in the world, em? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromes, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Art Rooms. All the new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one of the hits of the season, 19x27; Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; Isola Bella, a charming scene in Northern Italy, companion to the preceding; Off Boston Light, a beautiful ma? rine, size 14x20, in great demand: Old Oaken Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Falls^Newport, Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At the 8ea Shore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Snow Storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 subjects. Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards. Statua? ry, Mottoes, Black ground Panels, etc. Also the finest and most complete assortment of 9x11 Chro mos, both on white mounts, blue line, and black mounts, gold line. Our stock embraces everything desirable for Dealers, Agents or Premium purposes, and all should test our prices and quality of work. The right parties can realize on independence in every locality by taking an agency for our stretched and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for,S3 or $3' outfit. Address J. LATHAM & CO, 419 Washington St, Boston,Mass. May 3,1877_42 ,, 6m, Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raid road. Charleston, March 13,1877. On and after this date, the Regular Day Passen? ger Train will run as follows, Sundays excepted: Leave Columbia at.....?~..8 40 a m Arrive at Charleston at.?~......?.....;..4 20 p m Leave Charleston at........9 00 a m Arrive at Columbia at-..............J> 00 p m night express accommodation traut. Leave Columbia at..._..-.?7 00 p in Arrive at Charleston at....-.6 50 a m Leave Charleston at.?...9 15 p m Arrive at Columbia at.._8 15 a m Camdcn trains will run through to Columbia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: Leave Columbia at............... l 45 p m Arrive at Columbia.11 50 a nt Up Columbia Night Train connects closely with the Greenville aud Columbia Railroad. S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent. Greenville and'Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On andTafter Wednesday, March 14, the following will be the Schedule: UP. Leave Columbia at. 8 45 a m Leave Alston.?.?10 30 a m Leave Newberry.-.11 50 a m Leave Hodges.-..- 3 17 p m Leave Belton. 5 00 p m Arrive at Greenville. 6 35 p m DOWN. . . Leave Greenville at. 7 45 am Leave Briton.-.?. 0 3.5 a m Leave Hodges.11 13 s m Leave Alston.4 10 p m Arrive at Columbia-.- 5 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN. Leave Walhalla.-. 6 00 a m Leave Perryvllle... 6 47 a m Leave Pendleton._7^35 a m Leave Anderson.- 8 35 a m Arrive at Belton.?.. 9 25 a m UP. Arrive at Walhalla.8 15 p ffi Leave Perryville. 7 35 p m Leave Pendleton. 7 00 p tu Leave Anderson.-. - 6 00 p m Leave Belton.:. 6 00 p m THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Snp'L wsi. ettengeb. ii. P. EDMOJfD. ETTENGER & EDM0ND, Richmond, Va., manufacturers PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills. Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, &c, American Turhinc Water Wheel, - Cameron's Special Steam Pnmps. MS" Send for Catalogue. Kov 2,1876 16 ly BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! AND those w ho carry on buriness are compelled to have money. That is our situation at present. Therefore, wi earnestly call upon all parties indebted to us to pay at once and SAVE COST. Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is our desire to remain friendly with mr customers, if they come forward promptly and pay us what they owe. Money we arc obliged to have. Wc offer an inducement of one cent per pound for Cotton over market vilue to those indebted to us, and wish to settle their Ac? counts. We have on hand a la"ge stock of G-BOCEBIESI Flour, Bacon, Shoulders, Earns, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. A1S0, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Capi, Dry Croods, Tobacco, Cigars, Winss. Liquors, Iron. Steel, ind all Farming Implements. Any person or persons purchasing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam? ining our stock before purchasfrg elsewhere. Wc buy for Cash and sell for cash, only; therefore, we arc enabled to scl cheaper. Call and judge for yourselves, and be convinced of this fact. McGBATH & BYBUM. Mechanics' Bow* ! '.? ?.' * ? ?? A