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ALMOST TUE S?DB AS A ?AN^ The Interesting Way* of a GorO* tnat lives in Berlin. Lo.^>^y2V877 a r n tmUhed u;<*onaSei whose ar . A, ^s""oguis"?"^ awaited with con witn Sr^? enemies, is just now receiving Fne^35ble calls from his large circle of in?J^?Tin Berlin. He is called Pongo, J?T is the- most interesting result of a ^Prussian scientific. expedition into the interior of Africa. An account of his habits is furnished by a correspondent in the Prussian capi ital, who is on terms- of great intimacy with him: "Pongo is now," the writer believes, "nearly three years old, and he is about three feet high; his skin is cov? ered with soft, silky hair, mixed with gray, and reddish on the head. He has a powerful form, muscular arms, smooth, polished. black' face, with well-shaped ears, and a large, sharp and malicious eye, which gives him a strikingly human appearance. When one has the pleasure, as I had this week, of spending a morn? ing with him in his apartment, he strikes you?after having got over the slight feeling of disappointment which is pro? duced by the absence of any bridge to his nose?as being singularly like a very amusing, playful, and good-natured negro boy, rather awkward in some of his ges? tures, and, in his mode of progression, sometimes, distinctly ape-like. As he sits, looking solemnly round him, he ap? pears to be thinking of what the next joke shall-, be, until presently something in your gestures or voice pleases him, and then suddenly he claps his. hands together and nods with an air of great delight. "He is very sociable, and distinguishes young from old and male from- female visitors. He is exceedingly attached to the society of children of two or three years old, plays about with them as though recognizing them as playfellows of his own .''ge, chases them round the ; cage, allows them to pull him about, drag him by the legs and roll him over I and over, swings with them on the tra? peze, kisses them if they allow him, aud permits them to take every kind of liber? ty without making any unfair use of his superior strength. With older children he seems to understand that he may be more rough, aud, when he is racing about with them, he slyly upsets a chair, and takes the opportunity of giving them friendly boxes on the ear. When ladies visit him in * his large cage, which -is suitably furnished with sofas, chairs and table, trapeze, and all kinds of gymnastic appliances, they have- nothing to fear} except , from his somewhat importunate amiabilty. He is particularly delighted if they take him up in their arms; he embraces them and leans his head against their shoulders with a grateful and grati? fied air; he is by no means willing to be set down again. "The Berlin Aquarium, in which he now holds court, is rich in varieties of the larger monkeys, and when he goes into the monkeys' cage ho rules there; supreme. Even the chimpanzee, who resembles very much in his clever human ways, an old favorite of London at the Zoological Gardens, treats him as dis? tinctly his-superior. The gorilla, how? ever, appears to recognize the chimpanzee as nearly his equal, chooses him almost exclusively for his playmate, and bestows friendly but rather rough caresses on him. He is fond of getting hold of the chimpanzee, keeping him down and roll? ing him over on the ground. Sometimes the monkey manages to slip from under him, and then Pongo sprawls awkwardly on the floor on both hands, and looks up with an expression of accepted defeat. He walks on the soles of his feet, leaning at the same time on the outside of his hands, but he turns out his toes far more than the chimpanzee, and he carries his head more grandly erect, this seeming to be the mark of high social standing. When in high spirits he has a way of showing the tip of his red tongue, which makes his black face look all the ; more like that of a negro boy. "His mode of life is as human as are all his ways. He sleeps on a matress rolled in a rug, and at about S o'clock in the morning he rises in his bed, sits up; yawns, scratches himself, and remains in a sleepy, listless condition till he has taken nis milk, which he drinks out of a tumbler. He is now wide awake, and looks about the room for something to play with, and perhaps, if he is allowed, to destroy; for. he is as mischievous as any child or as any monkey. Then he looks out of the window, claps his hands, and for want of some moire suitable com? panionship, begins to play with hfe keep? er. This "man must he continually "in attendance on him; he does not allow himself to be left alone, for a single mo? ment. If he finds himself alone, he ut? ters the shrillest cries until he regains the society of man. At 9 o'clock the gorilla is tubbed, an operation in which he takes the greatest delight, expressing his approval in bass notes, which, per? haps, it will be impolite to call grunting. "He takes his meals at the usual Ger? man hours; for breakfast he has sausa? ges, preserved meat, cheese and the fa? vorite white Berlin beer. It is extremely funny to . see him try to hold the glass with his fat, short fingers) while he is as? sisting himself with his feet. He is fond of fruit, which he eats with the most gentlemanly deliberation, carefully removing the stone when eating cherries or other fruit of the kind. At 1 o'clock the keeper's wife brings him his lunch, and he seems to possess so punctual an internal monitor of the time that this should be brought that' he is always ex? tremely impatient if it is not there to the minute, and always goes down to the passage to look for it when he hears the bell ring. He begins by looking into the glasses, and tries to steal-something out of them, whereupon he usually has his ears boxed, and then the meal begins, consisting of gravy, soup, rice or vegeta? bles boilea with meat, &c. Sometimes it finishes up by a most welcome slice of roast chicken; this is his great treat. "After nis meal he wants a siesta, like all other inhabitants of tropical climates. After a sleep of about an hour or an hour and a half he is ready for more play. In the afternoon he has some fruits, and in the evening tea or milk, and bread and butter. He goes to bed at 9 o'clock, lying down on his mattress to be wrapped up in the woolen -blanket. He alwayB. insists, however, on his keeper , sitting by him till he is asleep, which soon comes to him. He prefers, however, being allowed to sleep with the keeper, and then he puts his arm round his keeper's neck and lenns his head against him. He sleeps uninterruptedly all night. In this, way of life he. has. lived and thriven, until he has increased in weight some thirty-seven pounds. A short time ago be fell ill with bronchitis. He was a very restless and impatient in? valid, and seemed utterly wretched and far from amiable in temper. Many doc? tors assembled round him every day. He was treated with quinine and Ems water, and a uniform, moist temperature was. kept up in the room. Now, however{ he has completely recovered Great anxiety was manifested by the people of Berlin during his illness, and more than a hun? dred cards a day were left upon him. "He may be seen now in the highest state of caprice and enjoyment. He is very much attached to his keeper, and. has a great respect for Dr. Hermes, the doctor of the aquarium, whom he treats always with marked consideration, and whose boy is One of his favorite play? fellows. I know nothing more human than to see him hayingan elaborate romp with this boy, running ronnd the table' after him, skipping along the shelves, hiding himself under the table, upsetting chairs, and uj^aatejy allowing himself to be caugn^^Bf^n^g through all His performances of walking up a ladder, ?sliding down the sides of it, and tumbling cover head-and-heels, lying on the floor and rapping with delight, ultimately jumping into the trapeze alongside of his playfellow, putting his arms round his neck, and sitting there with his cap on his head and a pipe in his mouth, swing? ing backward and forward in amicable enjoyment with the son of his doctor."? Correspondence N. Y. Herald. How Birds Improve in Nest-Building. You often will meet with the statement in books about birds and birds'-nests, that each species goes on, year after year and generation after generation, building its nest in precisely the way which has al? ways been followed by its ancestors. It is said that birds build their nests entire? ly by instinct, and that no improvement ever takes place, but that each bird se? lects a place for its nest, and gathers the materials, and goes through the process of building in exactly the way which has been followed for thousands of genera? tions. It is also stated that young birds know how to do all this without any in? struction, and make their first nest as skilfully as those old birds which have had experience, and have raised several broods of young. These statements are made so often by writers upon natural history, that it would seem as if there, must be a good reason for them, and yet not one of them is true. Birds do not always go on building their nests in sim? ilar places to those in which their ances? tors built, but whenever better places are offered them, they soon learn to take ad? vantage of them; neither do they stick to the same material for one generation after another, ?but .whenever more suita? ble material is placed within their reach, they often learn how to use it, so that their nests are. much better than.' those built by their ancestors; neither is it .true that they never improve the shape of their nests, nor that the young birds are as skilful architects as the old. You all know that only a few hundred years ago there was not a barn or a chim? ney within the United States, unless, perhaps, those singular cliff-dwelling people in New Mexico and Arizona, of whom we know so little, had barns and chimneys. At any rate, we know that on the east side of the Mississippi, at the time when the white men discovered and settled the country, there were no people who knew anything of architecture.? The barn and chimuey swallows were to be found here then as they are to-day, but of course they were compelled to build their nests in hollow trees and caves, or any other suitable places which they were able to find. As soon as white men spread over the country and erected buildings, these birds, which had never before seen a barn or a chimney, soon discovered that these places are much more .w?rm and dry than rot ten. trees and damp caves, as well as better protected from storms; and' it probably did not take many years for the swallows to dis? cover that snakes and birds and beasts of prey did not dare to approach such pla? ces. These , wise birds, then, improved upon the habits of their ancestors, and gave up their old savage life in the woods, in order to share the benefits of civiliza? tion. It seems as natural now for a barn swallow to make its nest in a barn, as for a cat-bird to build in a bush or a tree; 'but it is plain that this has not always 'been the case, and that these birds have been wise enough to change their mode of life. It is very certain tbat a few hundred years ago orioles could have known noth? ing about string or carpet-ravelings, and must have confined themselves to such stringy fibres as can be found in a natu? ral state; and those orioles which build their nests at a distance from houses, I still make use of grass, flax, the fibres of silt-weed, and other things which they are able to find; but of course a much stronger and more durable -nest can be woven from strb. & thread and string, and the birds have' not been slow to dis? cover this and to act accordingly. A few years ago Pouchet, a French' naturalist, who was then engaged in writ? ing a book upon natural history, wished to nave an engraving made of the nest of the common European house-martin. The nests in his collection were nearly fifty- years old, and, thinking that the artist would be able to make a much bet? ter picture from a new and perfect nest than from an old one, he employed a man to collect a number from the walls of the houses in Paris. Upon comparing these with the old nests in his collection, Pouchet found that there-had been a very great improve? ment in -the architecture of these birds within the last fifty years. He says that the old nests are globular, or forming a segment of a sphere with a very small rounded opening, just large enough to allow the passage of the. birds inhabiting it; and the accounts of all the ancient writers agree in describing this as the form' of the. nest in their day. The .new nest is in the form of the quarter of a hollow semi-oval, this giving three flat surfaces for attachment instead of one, and affording much more room on the floor of the nest. The opening is no longer a round hole, but a long trans? verse slit, between the upper edge of the nest and the wall of the building to which it is attached, thus allowing the young to put their heads out and enjoy the fresh air, without interfering with the entrance and exit of the parents. M. Pouchet says that, besides the advan? tages of more room inside the nest, in? creased facilities for access and greater strength, it is also more secure from the invasion of enemies, and better protected from the entrance of cold rain, and is thus a decided improvement upon the old form. Many of the naturalists who have studied the habits of birds with the greatest care have satisfied themselves that young birds are not as skilful as the old. Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago Lerory, a French naturalist who spent his life in studying the habits of the wild animate of Europe, published a book, which has lately been translated into English, on the "Intelligence and Pe^ec?Dility*of'AHimals.,, In this book be says that it is- impossible tbat a con? stant and attentive observer shouldf fail to remark that the nests of young birds are almost invariably ill-made and badly situated. He also shows tbat the best and most complicated nests are made by those species of birds whose y^ung re? main ? long time in the nest, and thus have more opportunity to see how it is made. Wilson, the ornithologist, who spent his life in studying the habits of bur birds, reached the same conclusion? that there is a very perceptible inferiori? ty In the nests of young birds.?Prof. W. K. Brooks, St. Nicholas for August. . - " i? - ? "It is not loud praying," says an Arkansas circuit rider, "which counts with the Lord, so much as giving four full quarts to the gallon." . ? "Suspicion," said a Parisian philos? opher, "is a sentiment which incites us to search for something which we do not wish to find." ? An old Sanskrit sage wisely said, "Your next neighbor is your natural en? emy; but the next one is your natural" friend, because he is the enemy of your enemy*" ,w ? A London paper prints the foliow notice: "The attendance at the wedding of Mr. Smart and Miss Jones yesterday being so large, for the benefit of the many friends unable to gain admission, the ceremony will be repeated." ? Gladstone?Dr. Grant, your Long? fellow is a great favorite here in England. I suppose you know him very well. Dr. Grant?He's a (puff), wonderful animal, no mistake. He's not running (puff) any more, though. They've got him up there in Kentucky, improving the stock, (puff, puff, puff.) Astonishment of Gladstone. The conversation changes, The Compost Heap. In the first place let us have a clear understanding of what a compost is. The word literally signifies "a putting togeth? er," and no word could better express the idea. A compost is a compounding- of such elements of plant food as will best serve to render land fertile. A good cook brings his food on to the table so com? pounded with fat and lean, so seasoned with salt and pepper, and so prepared for easy assimilation that the very smell stimulates the appetite and the stomach finds no trouble in its digestion. What the cook does for the food of man the farmer should do for the food of his plants. Compost such elements of nutri? tion as will best nourish vegetation, and let them lie together aud cook during the warm weather, as they will by the heat gen? erated internally by oxidation, favored by the genial condition of the air. The com? post heap may be likened to a loaf of bread, in which a little leaven has leavened the whole lump, converting by a chemical process unpalatable dough into sweet food.? ?-. The simplest form of vegetation re? quires at least a dozen elements for its perfect development. Hence a compost properly prepared is the true idea of plant food. It is nonsense to suppose that because the potato is a potash plant it can live on potash alone. All plants and animals must die unless furnished with food compounded of a dozen or more elements. Not that every fertilizer must be such a compound, for many, generally most, of the elements of plant food abound in the soil and air, and it may only be necessary to supply those that are lacking in order to render a soil fertile. This leads us to inquire of what the compost heaps should be made. The answer to this question must depend somewhat on the condition of the soil and the nature of the crop to which it is applied. If the soil is naturally full of vegetable matter and inclined to be cold, it would be folly to make muck the basis of the compost heap. Sand or sandy foam would be much preferable. On the other hand, if the compo.?t is to be applied to sandy soil, muck is just the thing for its basis. In like manner if the compost is to be used for a nitrogenous crop, cabbages for instance, ammonia in some form should be a prominent com? ponent part. In general it may be said that phosphate of lime, ammonia and potash are the constituents most likely tobe found wanting in our long culti? vated fields, and most essential to plant growth. These therefore should enter largely into the compost heap. Other constituents should be added as the soil demand,"or opportunity is furnished to supply them. Among these we may mention chloride of sodium, (common salt) and sulphuric acid, which can most economically be applied in the form of sulphate of lime, (plaster.). All the in? organic elements of vegetation may be found in ashes. We therefore put upon pur compost all the ashes, leached or unleached, upon, which we can lay our hands. These constituents of the compost placed in juxtaposition and being mixed and covered with some absorbent, such as muck, earth, or leaf mould, heat up by chemical action, are-decomposed and re composed?in other words are cooked, forming new compounds which are read? ily assimilated by plants. The muck and leaf mould are also hastened in their decomposition by the influences of the decomposing mass, the whole forms a food which plants devour greedily. But 'where shall we get the phosphate of lime, the ammonia, and other constit? uents of the compost heap ?' is the next very proper question of the farmer.? Bones are the great resource for the phos? phate of lime. These are lying around every slaughter house, every tanyard and almost every farm in the country, dried by the sun and air, and consequently slowly decaying. Let them be gathered and broken up by a sledge hammer if there is no mill ..convenient for grinding them; or they be^put into large hogsheads ?with alternate layers of wood ashes and kept constantly moist for a few months during warm weather, when they will be found sufficiently softened to be cut with a sharp spade. In this condition put into'a fermenting compost they will fur? ther disintegrate and add greatly to the value of the pile. The next constituent of the compost heap is ammonia, and this may be found in barnyard manure, night soil, dead leaves, and dead animals of all kinds, the refuse of the tannery, the wooden or paper mill, the slaughter house, the cess? pool, and divers other places too numer? ous to be mentioned. Precious as ammo? nia is, there is probably no substance which is more wasted. It is going off to the sea in our sewers by thousands of tons each day. The rivers which pass our manufacturing establishments and dense villages are full of it, so much so as to be sources of miasma during the warm and dry months. There is no lack of ammonia, if farmers will only keep a vigilant eye for it. In fact, they may shut their eyes and their noses will tell where ammonia abounds. - Ten chances to one they can smell it ascending from their horse-stables, barn-yards, privies, and cesspools, to be wafted over others' lands, upon which it will descend with the dews and rains. Our advice to farm? ers is to look sharp for ammonia on their own places first, and when they have ex? hausted this resource go to the village, where night soil will be given them for the hauling, or to the woollen factory, where waste shoddy, or to the paper mill, where the waste sizing,can be had; both these articles abounding with ammonia, and both well calculated to heat up the compost heap and set the whole in fer? mentation. Living near a village, as we do, onr great resource for ammonia is night soil, and there can be nothing bet? ter. Dead animals is another great re? source; and it is wonderful what an amount of these a village will furnish if the farmer will only let it be known that he has a golgotha where they may be buried. There is no trouble in finding ammonia if we only search for it. Potash is not so easily found. When we could b-iy ?"ood ashes for ten cents a bushel these furnished an abundant sup? ply, but now they are scarce at twice and .thrice the price. Wherever unleached hashes can be obtained, for twenty-five cents per bushel, and the leached at half this sum, the farmer can j>ut no better material in his compost. If placed, how? ever, in direct contact with ammoniacal compounds their tendency is to set the ammonia free, and it must be absorbed by soil or some other covering of the compost or there is great waste. In the Eresent dearth of wood ashes Providence as furnished another resource for potash in the mines of Germany.?Alexander Hy de, in N. Y. Times. \ ?- ? Woman's faith is always beautiful, and her belief that she can get a No. 3 shoe on a No. 7 foot is actually sublime. ? He was a solemn-looking traveler, I and he walked through the depot singing "heaven is my home," when one of the boys called out: "Then you are going the wrong way, stranger. That is the train to New York." ? Meeting a negro on the road, with crape on his hat, a traveller said: "You *nave lost some of your friends I see." j "Yes, Massa." "Was it a near or distant I relative?" "Well putty distant?bout I twenty-four miles," was the reply. ? A young woman from the rural dis? tricts entered a dry-goods store the other day, and asked for a pair of stockings. The clerk politely asked her what num? ber she wore. "Why, two, you fool. Do you think I am a centipede ?" "You may kiss him for his mother," The widow archly said, As she sent the little rascal, Reluctant, off to bed. "But I think you should consider, While thus you challenge fate, Whether it would joot be better To kiss bis mother straight." A Talk with Mr. Tilden. To a reporter of the New York World who interviewed Mr. Tilden on Monday last, just before his departure for Europe, the Ex-Governor talked very freely. In regard to the Electoral Commission he said that he had never had any real con? fidence in the arbitration of a question where there was so much at stake by a body of that kind. That settlement, he said, involved not only the Presidency but all the patronage and power of the Federal Administration, together with all the schemes, plans and jobs connected with it. The Republican party and the men who had managed it in the past were too anxious to retain the Administration to yield any point in an arbitration. The result of the Electoral Commission, there? fore, was what might have been expected, considering the power and influences brought to bear upon the political major? ity of that body as finally constituted. He furthermore never liked the scheme as a matter of principle, believing that the true direction of a Democratic appeal was not away from 369 representatives of the people "towards fifteen individuals, and still less from fifteen individuals to? wards one to be selected necessarily with a large element of chance, not to say of trick and device. He thought there should rather have been an appeal from the 369 representatives to the 8,000,000 of voters through a new election, He was distrustful of the secrecy, celerity and improvidence with which the ar? rangement was carried through and ush? ered into being. But the proposition appealed to the hopes of the business classes, which were anxious above all things for a settlement of almost any kiud, at almost any price, and as it was presented by the unanimous report of the Joint Committee, it became the rep? resentative, and the only representative of the public desire for peace. The events which are now attracting so much public attention in New Orleans, and the disclosures which, perhaps, may follow, Mr. Tilden seemed: to consider only as the logical outcome of the revolutionary acts of last fall and winter. "In a gov? ernment like burs," he said, "such fraud? ulent practices as were reported from New Orleans last November sooner or later must come to the light, and the guilty parties with their practices must be made known. It was so with the frauds in New York; it has been the case to a certain extent in Washington, and a like result will follow in New Or? leans. It is against the natural course of events that deeds of this kind should ultimately fail of being brought to light in all their enormities." All this was said with philosophic calmness and with? out any heat whatever. In regard to his own political future Mr. Tilden had noth? ing to say except that he could not see any possible contingency which could induce him to be a candidate for, or to seek an election to, a seat in the United States Senate. Budding Fruit-Trecs. There are two well-established methods now in very geueral use among experts in fruit culture, for changing or multi? plying varieties of the same class on the same tree, and both of these are simple and inexpensive. The first of these is known as grafting, and is only practiced on larger trees, and always in the spring before the foliage is developed. The other method, which is much more rapid, and quite as sure when properly done, is budding, and the time for doing this ex? tends from the middle of July until the first of September. Whenever the bark separates easily from the wood, the buds may be set, with fair chances of success. The outfit for budding consists of some narrow strips of bass matting, such as comes on the inside of coffee-bags, and a pocket-knife with a single blade, with a small piece of ivory fastened in the end of the handle. When the incision is made the ivory is used to raise the bark up on either side, so that the bud may be pressed into place. The buds to be inserted should be cut from young, healthy trees, and always of the present year's growth, those that are most ma? tured being selected. The leaves may then be clipped off the branch of buds, leaving say half an inch of the leaf stalk attached to the bud. Then with a keen edged knife cut off each bud separately from a half to three-quarters of an inch in length, leaving a thin slice of wood back of the eye or bud. These should be kept moist and protected from the sun or air until set; exposure even for a short time may prove fatal. When the whole top or any part of it is to be budded over, select the spot for each bud in a smooth part of the branch, not too large, say from one to two inches I in diameter. On this part make an in? cision through the bark in the form of the capital letter T, and raise or separate the bark from the wood with the ivory on the handle of the knife. The bud may then be pressed into place, cutting off square the portion that goes above the cross incision. Then with a strip of the bass matting wrap firmly around the branch above and below the eye. fasten? ing the end of the strip by a slip knot. This completes the operation, which can be successfully done even by a novice in less time than it takes to describe it.? P. T. Quinn; "Midsummer Holiday Scribner." The Public Hcadsmau of Berlin. One cf the humbler Paris quarters has lately been deprived by death of an old man whose life till now has always been shrouded in deepest mystery to his sim? ple neighbors. He passed under the name of Hans Freich, and came from Berlin years ago. His habits were regu? lar and methodical, he lived well but iso? lated, and took particular pains to avoid any stray German that might cross his path. When he died the old man's care? fully guarded secret became public. Hens Freich had been the public heads? man of Berlin. Headsman in the true significance of the word, not a mere me? chanic puller of cords and toucher of springs, like Sanson or Koch ; for during the period he executed the hautes ceuvres of the Prussian capital, ending in 1840, the axe and not the guillotine was em? ployed for the decapitation of criminals. Hans Freich was an artist, for not only could he remove bis subject's bead at a ei n- j gle blow, but he knew and respected that subject's rights and preferences. He did not affect to Gothic masquerade of black doublet and red hose; he wore long, black silk stockings, short, close-fitting pantaloons of black velvet, a black coat and black gloves. He would not touch the handle of his axe with his bare palm; not all the gold in Prussia could have in? duced him to such a flagrant breach of scaffold etiquette. Friech had no friends and too many acquaintances. People all knew him and shrank from him. To enable him to leave the hateful town he worked busily till he had filled one of his long, black silk stocking with crown pieces, and on counting them found that no bad enough money to assure his com? fort for the remainder of his life. That very day he resigned his office and set out for Paris, where he found quiet and unconcern, where the children did not point him out with tiny fingers to each other, or the women who came upon him shrink back in speechless horror. ? A Frenchman, having heard the word press made use of to signify persua? sion, as "Press that gentleman to take something to eat," took occasion at a party to use a term which he thought Bynonomous, and begged a friend to squeeze a young lady to sing. ? They were sitting together aud he was arduously thinking what to say when finally he burst out in this manner: |'In this land of noble achievement and un? dying glory, why is it that women do not come more to the front and climb the ladder of fame ?" "I suppose," said she, tying knots in her handkerchief, "it's on account of their pull-backs." The Presbyterians. On Tuesday what is known as the Pan Presbyterian Council closed its sessions at Edinburgh. Doubtless, the fruitful themes of religious education, the proper training of the young, the means of re? sisting the open and insidious assaults of infidelity, and the true remedies for the prevalent materialism of the time, re? ceived due treatment from the repre? sentatives of this conservative church. Never before did these subjects deserve more serious attention from the orthodox than at present, for the church is now called on to use all its abilities to main? tain its hold on the consciences of men, and to save from falling away the youth who are surrounded by the seductions of the infidelity of the day. The Presbyterian communion is one of the ablest bodies of protestantism. It is planted in Calvinism, and, indeed, what we know as modern Presbyterianism dates from John Calvin, the severe stu? dent and logical writer who left an im? press on theology comparable only with, that stamped upon it by St. Paul himself. Almost a recluse, of weak bodily consti? tution, but of a firm will and clear and incisive intellect, John Calvin must always hold a place among the great moulders of the Christian faith. The work he did had a powerful adjutant in the person of John Knox, whose teach? ings have indellibly colored the Scotch character, and in Scotland now' we see the fountain head of Presbyterianism, while in Calvin's own country in Switz? erland it presents a far less imposing front. The doctrines of Calvin have nowhere exerted more influence than in this country. From the time of the Pur? itan theocracy to the present, they have governed the religious belief of millions of our people. The standards adopted by the famous Westminster Assembly in 1643 rrremld the faith of a large part of Protestantism, and they have been little affected by the theological turmoil of more than two centuries. The statistics of the Presbyterian de? nomination in all its claimed branches show a membership of over twenty-six millions. From these figures we get some conception of the importance of the council which on Tuesday closed its ses? sions at Edinburgh. That conference, participated in by some of the most dis? tinguished Presbyterian divines of this country, succeeding the council held in London two years ago, was intended to consolidate the forces of the denomina? tion, and to unite them in one great army enlisted for the war against modern skepticism. The census of the Presbyterians of the United States shows them to number over a million, with 8,539 church edifices, providing sittings for over three millions of people. They come next to the Meth? odists and Baptists jn the number of their churches, and in the matter of ma? terial wealth only the Methodists are ahead of them ; while the Boman Catho? lics who stand third in that order, are behind them by over eight millions of dollars.?N. Y. Sun. A Man Survives the Breaking of His Neck Sixteen Hours. On Saturday forenoon a singular aud fatal accident occurred in the second .ward of this city, the particulars of which arc as follow : Mr. John Miller, residing on the corner of Park and John streets, was engaged in picking cherries on the premises of a neighbor named Pfohl. While so engaged, and about 10 o'clock, he accidentally fell from the tree to the ground a fall not over ten feet. He struck on his head and shoulders, and was subsequently taken up in an insensi? ble condition and conveyed to his resi? dence, where Dr. Whedon was summoned to attend him. Dr. Whedon found his patient speechless and semi-unconscious. An examination revealed the fact that the man's neck was broken just at the base of the skull. Securing assistance, the patient's head, which was thrown backward, was brought into its proper position, when it was discovered that Miller was able to talk. An apparatus consisting of bands and weights was ar? ranged and applied, to hold his head in position. The singularity of the accident and its results caused several physicians to visit Miller during the afternoon. Though everything was done that medi? cal knowledge could devise, Miller con? tinued to sink' until Sunday morning about ^o'clock, when death ensued. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock Sat? urday forenoon. It will be seen that Miller survived the breaking of his neck sixteen hours. Previous to bis death Miller's right side became paralyzed, after which he sank rapidly. The de? ceased was about fifty years of age. This afternoon at 4 o'clock a post mortem ex? amination of the body will be held by several physicians, the majority of whom are deeply interested in this singular case, which demonstrated that the dislocation of the human neck is not necessarily immediately fatal.?Syracuse, N. Y. Journal. A Bloody Honeymoon. The following from the Bapides (La.) Gazelte, gives an account of a shocking tragedy, in which a young wife lost her husband, father and brother in a day, when all ought to have been joy and hap? piness : Calvin Bass, of Hinerton, Bapides Par? ish, was enamored of the daughter of Jacob Gunter, and persuaded her to elope with him. The couple went straightway to the residence of Parson Duff, a Baptist minister residing in Calcasieu Parish, who united them in the holy bond of wedlock. With a sense of having done what was honorable and right, Bass re? turned with his wife to the neighborhood of her home, and put up at the house of Role Weatherford. Having learned the whereabouts of the bride, Jacob Gunter, her father, and David Gunter, her broth? er, armed themselves, and started forth on Saturday last. On arriving at the spot where the honeymoon was to have been passed, David Gunter, without a word, shot his new made brother-in-law. Bass staggered, but before falling, drew a pistol and shot his father-in-law. There? upon the brother-in-law who was stand? ing set upon the brother-in-law who was wounded, and ended his life at once and for all with a knife. David Gunter man? aged to get his wounded father home. Constable Thomas Neal made the next move by organizing a posse and starting otfl to arrest David. When he saw them coming David started to run, and the posse to stop him fired upon him and brought him down. Dr. W. Hobby, who was called in, thinks the chances for his father are slim. This is a very sad and singular catastrophe, and the predica? ment of the young lady is calculated to excite the keenest sympathy. ? Drayton Strator, who shot a man in Sumter about two years ago, and who has ever since evaded justice, was captured near Field's Bridge and lodged in jail at Darlington on Monday, 9th inst. ? "Mother, why does pa call you honey?" "Because, my dear, he loves me.". "No, ma, that isn't it." "What is it, then ?" "I know." "Well, what is it?" "Why it's because you have so much comb in your head, that's why." ? At a Parisian dinner party a charm? ing hostess privately apologized for the revelations of the low corsage worn by one of the ladies present. The general responded gayly: "Oh, never mind, madame. We soldiers have often seen j ladies dressed in that style?in Africa.''j All babies are diminutive Ca3sars,sincei they come, they see, thev conquer, some-j times by their gentle stillness butoftenerj by continued and uproarious crying inJ duced by Colic, Teething, Flatulence, etca Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup by its gentle yel specific influence quiets the little one! without ever producing the least injurn ous effect. Price only 25 cents per bottlffl ? A pastor delivering a sermon was greatly disturbed by the "Amens," "Glo? ry hallelujahs," etc., of an old man whose piety was manifested to'the discomfort of the pastor and people. The preacher asked a brother deacon to request the "old man" to discontinue, which he did, and not another word was heard. "Tell us how you managed to hush him up so' completely," inquired the pastor; "what did you say to him ?" "Oh, I only asked him to subscribe a dollar for foreign mis? sions?that's all," was the reply. VEGETINE Purifies the Blood, Reno? vates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE AltevaMve, Tonic, Solvent AND DIURETIC. Reliable Evidence. Vegetine Vegetine it- ,. Mr. H. R. Stevens: YegetinO Dear Sir-I will most cheerfully add my testimony to tbe great Vp^pfi'nn number you bare already received j e0ei'iuL -ul favor 0f yonr great aiul g00(j |mcdicine, Vegetine, for I do not Yegetine think enough can be said la its ? praise, for I was troubled over VmmMim thirty years with that dreadful V egetine disease, Catatrb, and bad such bad coughing spate that it would seem i as though I never could breathe 'any more, and Vegetine has cared me; md 1 do feel to thank VegetinC God all thetime that there is so good a niflliclno as Veoetixe. . and I alsoihink it one of the best ' medicines for coughs and weak, sinking filings at the stomach, I and advist everybody to take the VegetinI, for 1 can assure them it is one of tho best medicines 1 that everhras. , Mns. L. GORE, Cor. Magjzine and Walnut sts., Cambridge, Mass. Vegetine tine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine (GIVES Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetinel Vegetinept eartily. Vegetine; Heajth, Strength /ND APPETITE. My diughtcr has received great benetit'rora tho uso of Vegetine. Her dolining health was a source of greit anxiety to all her friends. A fcW bottles of Vegetine re? stored her health, strength and appetjo. ,: N. Ik TILDEN, Insuonce and Itcal Estate Agt., 1 No. 40 Scars' Building, I Boston, .Mass. I CANNOT BE 1SCEL LED. ahlestown, Mar. 10,18C0. Stevens: ]Jar Sir?This is to certify that o used your "Blood Prcpara in my family for several cp, and think that, for Scrofu afr Cankerous Humors or Ithcu ic affections, it cannot he cx ed; and as a blood purifier or ng medicine, it is the best ig I have ever used, and 1 have a almost everything. 1 can erfully recommend it to any oje In need of such a medicine. Yours respectfully, Mas. A. A. DINSMOKE, No. 10 Russell street. HECOMMEND IT SouTn Boston, Feb. 7, 1870. * In. Stevens: ? ,. Dear Sir?I have taken scvon.l Vegetine ottles of your Vegetixk, and nm onvinced it Is a valuable remedy Va?aK>iaJk Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint V egeiin^nd general debility of the rystcm. I can heartily recommend it to Vfifffltin?H suffering from tho above com "frlaints. Yours respectfully, ?mr J Mns. MUNROE PARKER, Vegetinf 8C Athens street. PREPARED JY H. H STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Vegefie is Sold by All Druggists. T?TPLPILLS A Med Divine says Then are worth their ihight in gold. REAP WHAT HE SAYS: Dm. Tufr:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been martyr |Pyspcnsm, Constipation, and Piles. Last nr?s y?t pills were recommended to me; I used ? in (imtviih little Iniih) I am now a well man, n e gnucippetitc, digestion perfect, regular stools, i - ironfaiu! I have gained forty pounds solid flesh. ?;i< v arftvorth their weiLiit in gold. ' |ev. R. L. SIMI'SON, Louisville, Ky. TUTfe PILLS T?Tf'S PILLS CUKE ^NBlOPATION T?fTPiLLS CCvE PILES. Dr. Tutt has been en? gaged in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for along time was demon, stmtor of anatomy in the Medical Collcgcof Geor? gia, hence persons using; his Pills have the guaran? tee that they arc prepared on scientific principles, and arc free from all quackery. lie has snccccdcd in combining in them the hcrctolore antagonistic qualities of a strengthen ing,pnrgative, anaa pur itytngionic. Their first apparent cf TlilrlO Dil I O I fcctis t0 incrcasc the ap i U l| O t ILLv I petite by causing the food to properly assimilate. Thus the system is nour? ished, and by their tonic action on the digestive or? gans, regul?r and healthy evacuations arc produced. The rapidity with which persons take on flesh, while under the influence of these pills, o( itself.in? dicates their adaptability to nourish the body, and hence their efficacy in cur? ing nervous debility, mel? ancholy , dyspepsia, wast? ing of the muscles, slug? gishness of Uic liver, chronic constipation, ana iinyf try* !? :>'th and strength tothc system. Sold >'-'. office, 35 Mn ray Street, New York. CUFJFEVEB, AND ! AGUE. TUtt'S PILLS C?K33ILI0US COLIC TU/pS~PiLLS CVBi KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. TlMPILLS cua TOKPID LIVES, TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE. Gray Hair can be changed to a glossy black by a single application of Dr.TijTT's Hair Dye. It acts like magic, and is warranted as harmless as water. Price $i.co. Office 35 Murray St., N.V. What is Queen's Delight? Head the Answer ! Is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe? cify adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate. j NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, Bering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof ulis, syphilitic, and rheumatic afiections. Alone, * a searching alterative, but when combined with saparilla, Yellow Dock, and oilier herbs, it forms |r. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, 1c most powerful blood purifier known to medical fence for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul jeharges from the enrs and nostrils, abscesses, skin ?eases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of tret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use lengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com? IL-xioii, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH. ,s an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly roiuntciided. Hundreds of cases of the worst type ive been radically cured by it. Being purely veg ablc its continued use will do no harm. The best Inc to take it is during the summer and fall; and lstcad of debility, headache,' fever and ague, you rill enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists. Trice, $i.oo. Office, 35 Murray Struct, New York. Notice to Contractors. hpHE contract for building a Stable at the [JL Jail will be let to tbe lowest bidder at Anderson C. H. on MONDAY, the Gth day \f AUGUST. 1877.' The Commissioners re icrve the right to reject any or all bids. For nrther information, apply to 0. II. P. FANT. Cliin'n., JOHN C. GANTT, SAMUEL BKOWNE, County Commissioners. J. L. Tribbi.e, Clerk Countv Com. July 5, 1877__51_. 5_ Boots and Shoes. IF you want to buy a pond shoe or hoofat n low price for rash, call on A. 13. TOWERS. March 29, 1S77 JOHN E. PEOPLES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN STOVES, TIN-WARE, . HOLLOW-WARE, House Fwhii Ms, k -0 CaLL and buy the above CHEAPER than they can be bought ELSEWHERE for Cash. RUBBER BELTING of the most popular size always on hand. I am agent for the IXL and HALL COTTON ?INS and Eclipse Cotton Press. Sheet Copper for Molasses Boiler bottoms. Stained Cotton and Raw Hides wanted. Call and see me, and I will give you th best bargains for the money ever obtained in the Town of Anderson. Highest prices paid for RAGS. June 14, 1877 48 Ayer's Hair Vigor, For restoring Gray Hair to its natural Vitality and Color. A dressing which is at once agree? able, healthy, and effectual for preserv ' ing the hair. \Fadedorgray Sliair is soon restored to its original color, with the gloss and freshness of youth. Thin hair is thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness often, though not always, cored by its use. Nothing can re? store the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed.. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of fouling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious sub? stances which make some prepara? tions dangerous and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can be found so desir? able. Containing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil white cam? bric, and yet lasts long on the hair, giving it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. PREPARED BT Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chemists. sold r.y AT.r, r?!:rf,c.i8TS kvertwhkhk. f U H f I TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre pa red to furnish all classes with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50c. to $5 per evening, and a proportional sumby devoting, their whole time to the business. Boys and gUre earn nearly as much as men. That all who se? this notice may send their address and test the bus iness we make this unparalleled offer: To such a) are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pa] for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, s&nj pies worth several dollars to commence work 0/ and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of tf largest ana best Illustrated Publications, all sej free by mail. Reader, if you .want permanej. profitable work, address, George Stinsow & C, Portland, Maine._49?^ (Can't bo made by every agent month in the business ire furfh, but those willing to work can e#ly earn a dozen dollars a day rigjfln their own localities. Have no room to ePain here. Business pleasant and honorable. Wien, and boys and girls do as well as men. "We w fur? nish you a complete Outfit free. The businf pays better than anything else. "We will bear "gense of starting you. Particulars free. Write p see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons and dafhters, and all classes in need of paying work fhome, should write to us and learn all about thffork at once. Now is the time. Don't delay. Address Tb?e & Co., Augusta, Maine. ft?16 HE C1ND ROSS TEE c. A volume of thrilling interest by tb/cminent historian, L.P.Bbockett; describing tpnssians and Turks: social,.political andi&LiGiocs history and condition; their home*, varied customs, and peculiarities, the causes| the war, the issues at stake?Christian againstiohamme dan?the mighty interests of other ations In? volved : Biographies of the Balers, Sttsmen and Generals; all Richly Illustrated, lb book mil? lions need now. Wanted instantly, Sjt agents on very liberal terms. Address HUBBID BBOS., Publishers, 733 Sansom St., Philadelp July 19,1877_ 11 4 Greenville and Columbiafeilroad. ry CHANGE OF SCHEDU: Passenger Trains run daily, 8unly excepted, connecting with Night Trains on Sth Carolina Railroad up and down. On and ?er Monday, July 16, 1877, the following will be tjschedule Leave Columbia at...4^.12 45 p m Leave Alston.1... 2 35 p m Leave Newberry.-.4-... 3 43 p m Leave Hodges....~......4..- 6 50 pm Leave Bclton. 8 SO p m Arrive at Greenville.-.....4?10 00 p m DOWN. I Leave Greenville at.-.4. 5 40 a m Leave Belton.?*. 7 20 a m Leave Hodges..1....? 8 57 a m Leave Alston.1 05 p m Arrive at Columbia.? 2 50 p m ANDERSON BBANCH-jOWN. Leave Walhalla.i. i 2j a m Leave Perryville.4.. 5 00 a m Leave Penaleton.?..-. 5 40 am Leave Anderson. 6 30 a m Arrive at Bclton.-.7 10am UP. * Leave Belton.iL. 8 30 p m Leave Anderson...... 0 20 p m Leave Pcndleton.iL.io io p m Leave Perryville. Ji. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla..4..n 15 p m THOMAS DODAaD, Gen. Sup't. New Advertisements. - WAT'EB - WHEEL IS declared the STANDARD TURBINE," by over 650 persons who use it. Pricks Redcckd. New pamphlet, free. N. F. B?BNHAM, York, Pa. THE CRUCIAL TEST of the value of a medi? cine Is time. Does experience confirm the claims put forth in its favor at the outset? is the gAnd question. Apply this criterion, so simple, yet so searching, to Tab rant's Ekfervescrht Seltzer Aperient. How has it worn ? what has been its history? How does it stand to-day ? Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient is a household name throughout the United States. It is administered as a specific, and with success, in dyspepsia, sick headache, nervous debility, liver complaint, bilious remittents, bowel complaint*, (especially constipation), rheumatism, gout, gravel, nausea, the complaints peculiar to the maternal sex, and all types of Inflammation. So mild is It in ita operation that it can be given with perfect safety to the feeblest child; and so agreeable Bit to the taste, so refreshing to the palate, that chil? dren never refuse to take it. For sale by all drug gists._._ . diCC a week in your own town. Terms and $5 ipOO outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Port? land, Maine._. _ OK EXTRA FINE MIXED CAEDS, with name, A\) 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES & CO., Nas san, N. Y. _- ? <fcK in 40 fl per day at home. Samples worth $5 ipO W free STPrsoy A Co..Portland, Maine. <fc?K O (ferrn a Week to Agents. $100utfitfree. M>UD g g>/ / P. 0. VICKERY, Augnsta,Malne. <J?l Q a day at home. ' Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Mr.lnc DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C. PREPARATORY CLASS. Taught by the Profs, of Latin, Greek and Mathe? matics. Session begins Sept 27, 1877. Send for catalogue to J. B. BLAKE, Chairman of Faculty. Grace's Celebrated Salve, Is a vegetable preparation for the cure of all sores, cutaneous diseases and eruptions generally. Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, 86 Har? rison Avenue, Boston, Mass. Price by mail 30 cents. columblTregister, PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co Inmbia, S. C, by HOYT, IMIYTT & McDANIEL. JAMES A.'h?YT, Edltor. The Daily Register contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by tdegrapb, full local reports, editorials upon all currint topics, and Grange and Agricultu tal Departments. The Tri-Veekly Register is issued every Tuesday, TJursday and Saturday morning, and contains all f ho news of two days in one issue. The Wedelt Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of tie news of each week This paper is within th< reach of every family, and we "are pleased to t?te the fact that its large circulation is rapidly extnding. The Re) ist er Is now the organ of the State Grange, ant all matters of interest to the Patron of Husbantry will be treated in their appropriate department. The Agricultural and Grange arti? cles will spear in each of our publication ?Dai! v TrkWeekrand Weekly. tERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Ieoister?One year, $7.00: six months. $3.50; thie months, $1.75. ^?I_^&CLY"^ne*. *>??'> 8lx months, $2.50; thte months, $1.25. WEEKf-One year, $2.00; six months', $1.00 : three mofths, 50c . . JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN, W. B. McDANIEL, .. Proprietors and Publishers. WM. JrTKITGEB. H. P. edjiond. ETTENGER & EDM0KD, I Richmond, Ya., / MAXUFACTCBEBS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Bojers, of all kinds, /Circular Saw Mills, / Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, Sec., American Turbine "Water Wheel, ? Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Jay* Send for Catalogue. Nov2,1876 ; 16 ly 1A TWA 6 Tlie largest and finest <UlULUd. stock in tho world, cui? ng over 3.000,000 Chromos, Paintings and jolce Prints, at our enlarjred Art Rooms. All the *w and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and ?nd; Scene on the Sosquehanna, one of the hit* 1 the season, 19x27; Lake Lucerne, SwiUerland. he most beautiful lake in the world; Isola Bella, a manning scene in Northern Italy, companion to he preceding; Off Boston Light, a beautiful ma? rine, size 14x20, in great demand; Old Oaken f Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Falls, Newport, ' Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At the Sea Snore, 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? mes, both on white mounts, bine 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 an 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 35 outfit. Address May 3,1877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R.R. Atlanta, Ga., Jane 10,7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta.4.00 p in. Arrive at Gainesville-.... ?.6.24 p m u " New Holland..6.29 p ra " " Lula...~........... 6,55 p m " " Belton (Supper).7.00 p m ? " MtAirjr..7.50 p m V " Tocooa.M- 8.21 p m " " Greenville......11.18 pm " " Spartanburg-.?.....12.52am " " Charlotte.~.- 4J2 a m " ? Charlotte(Kailroad) Junction... 4^0am GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Ballroad) Junction-.7.00 p m Leave Charlotte.....M.~.. 7.10 p m Arrive at Spartanburg.10.42 p m " " Greenville.11.30 am " " Toccoa..u...... 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. FOBEACBE, General Manager. THE PIEDMONT MANUFACTURING ?0. MANUFACTURERS OF SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS. MILLS AT PIEDMONT, S. C. H. P. Haslmett...President and Trcas. Post Office address?Greenville, 8. C. Hamlin Beattie.Secretary. Post Office address?Greenville, 8. C. Royax Kallock.Superintendent. Post Office address?Piedmont, S. C. O. H. P. FANT, Agent, Anderson, 8. C. ? Jan 18,1877_27 6m d> "I f\ o <$* O pt a day sube made by W Ayj H qp? O Agents selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Reward, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and Chronio Cards. 100 samples, worth $4.00, seut postpaid for 76c. Illustrated Catalouce free. J. H. BDTORD'S SONS, Boston. Established 1830. jun? 7?6m. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! AND those who caaon business are compelled to have money. That is our situation at present. Thoorc, we earnestly call upon all parties indebted to us to pay at once and SAVE COS! Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is our desire to remain 'frier? with our customers, if they come forward promptly and pay u.? what they owe. Mojf we are obliged to have. We offer an inducement of one cent per pound for Cotton ov&arkct value to those indebted to us, and wish to settle their Ae coimts. TVe have ofland a large stock of BOOBBIES! Flour, B?)n, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molajes. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Its, Caps, Dry Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, Wines. Liquors, Iron. Steel, And all Farming Implements. mmg therefore of this fact McGKATH & BYJBUM, a Mechanics' Bow.