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Getting to the Point [First Attempt.] "Miss Leslie, I've bought the nicest little cottage The snuggest nook, just big enough for two; But ere I fit it up I'd like to ask you If you?if you? I mean if you would paper it pink or blue." . [Second Attempt.] "I really think I'm getting rather ancient Was twenty-eight upon the first of May? So I've resolved, that is, if you will help me, To find?to find Something to keep my hair from turning gray." [Third Attempt." "What would you say if I?if I should tell ? you That there is-no one half so dear to me In all the wide, wide world, or e'en in heav ? ~ en, . :? .-;.:,.< ? $j . As is?as is? In these hot days, as is first-class iced tea." [Last Attempt.] "About this oak and vine affair, I'm think ? in? 'I'd really like the vine?no oak to act, Provided some sweet girl, or you for in? stance, Would act?would act?" (She) "The vine?" (He) "That'sit!" (8he) "I'd try." (He) "Intact?" (She) "In fact." [Scribncr's for August. Acts Passed by the General Assembly at the Extra Session of is7". An Act to investigate and ascertain the actual bona fide indebtednes of the various counties in tbis State, and to regulate the manner of paying the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same, That upon the petition, of fifty taxpayers of any county in the State, stating that said county is iu debt, and that the validity of said debt or some portion thereof is doubted and challenged, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State to appoint a commission, con? sisting of three competent and discreet citizens of said county, to investigate and ascertain the true and real bona fide in? debtedness of said county, who shall re? port in writing to the board of county commissioners a statement of said bona fide indebtedness, and shall also report to the General Assembly, at its next ses? sion, the amount of said bona fide indebt? edness. Sec. 2. That the said commission shall have the power to send for persons and papers, be authorized to swear witnesses, and to call all persons having claims to appear before it, and establish such claims, after due and sufficient notice, by publication of thirty days in the paper of said county ; that pending said investi? gation the proper officers of said county and counties are hereby*directed and re? strained from levying and collecting any special tax for the payment of/said past county debtx created prior to the first day of November, A. D. 1876. Sec. 3.jTJbat the members of said com? mission shall each be entitled to re? ceive $2 per diem for each day actually employed insuch work, not to exceed in all thirty days. Approved June 11, 1877. An Act to Amend an Act entitled "An Act Supplementary to Chapter XV, Title IV, Part \, of the General Sta? tutes of South Carolina, Relating to the Militia, and for the Better Organi? zation and Government of the Same." Section 1. Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the, State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the . authority of the same, That in addition , to the body of militia known as the "Na? tional Guard/' the Governor, as comman der-in-chief, is hereby authorized to re? ceive all such bodies of citizen soldiery as n$y have tendered/or may Fere?ftei tender/ their services to the State, to con? stitute the-Vojuinteer.-State Troops, .and to consist of such companies, .battalions, regiments, brigades and* divisions as may be organized by the authority of the comtnander-in-chief. These troops to uniform themselves, and to be subject to ! all such regulations as may be prescribed by the commander-in-chief, and issued from the office of the Adjutant and In? spector General and published. Sec. 2. The Adjutant and Inspector General shall appoint an armorer, who shall take charge of the State armory in Columbia, and keep in order all the arms and mnnitions contained therein, whose salary shall be $250 per annum. Sec. 3. The organization known as the Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia, consisting of the Sixteenth and Seven? teenth Regiments of Infantry, the First Regiment of Rifles, and First Regiment of Artillery, with the Charleston Light' Dragoons and German Hussars, shall be revived and embodied iu the State Vol? unteer Troops. Officers of equal grade shall take rank in accordance with the period of time in which they shall have served in any branch of the military of the State. The field officers of the said Fourth Brigade, and their successors, shall be deemed in law the successors of the original field officers thereof, and' shall be entitled to hold and enjoy all rights, franchises anjd% property whichC were of the said field officers thereof. Sec. 4. Immediately after the passage, of this act the Governor shall call in all arms, equipments and munitions which are in the hands of any persons not au? thorized by law to hold the same, and shall require all commands, lawfully holding any such State property, to file in the office of the Adjutant and Inspec? tor General a fail statement of such property, with the authority under which it is held and present condition thereof. The Governor shall have authority to permit the sale or exchange of any mil? itary property of the State for the pur? pose of obtaining other arms, equipments or munitions more suitable to the wants of the State. Sec. 5. All field officers of battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions shall be elected by the commissioned and non com mission od- officers and privates of the same, respectively. Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained \ ,shall deprive any soldier or officer of the National Guard of any right to which he may be entitled in that organization. The said National Guard shall continue to exist, and shall be a separate and dis? tinct body. Sec. 7. All commissions issued from the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General shall be charged for at the rate of one dollar each, the funds thus raised to be devoted to defraying the expense of getting in, repairing and reissuing the arms and munitions belonging to the State. ? Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts in? consistent with this act are hereby re? pealed. Approved June 8, 1867. An Act to carry into effect the fourteenth section of article 4 of the constitution relating to the judiciary. Whereas the constitution of this State provides: "Judges of the Circuit Courts shall interchange circuits with. each other in such manner as shall be deter? mined by law:" Section 1. Be it resolvedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That to carry the said constitutional provision into effect within sixty days after the passage of this act, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or, in case of his death, resigna? tion, illness or absence from the State, the presiding Associate Justice,' shall cause to be made a roster of the Circuit Judges of this State, and shall assign each if the said Circuit Judges to hold the fall terms of the courts ofiooe of the circuits for the year 1877, cptnniencing with'the First Circuit, and the Judge as? signed to hold the courts of the First Circuit shall continue to be assigned to the other Circuits, in regular order, as the Circuits stand in their numerical series; and the other Circuit Judges shall be assigned to bold the terms of the courts of the other circuits, as the 1 Chief Justice may select them, in the numerical order of the circuits following, so that the Circuit Judges shall regularly rotate in holding the terms of the courts in all circuits of the State. Sec. 2. That between the first and fifteenth of December,.-1877, . and during the same'period of each succeeding year, the Chief Justice or presiding Associate Justice from the said roster shall make the assignment of Circuit Judges to hold the various courts in all of the circuits for the whole of the succeeding year, in such order as^iljh,effect %constantrinter^ change of-circuits p- aira1 immediately1 upon any such assignment, as provided in this and the preceding section of this act, the Chief Justice or presiding Asso? ciate Justice, shall cause official notifica? tion to be given to the Circuit Judges ot the order of their assignment, and shall cause a notice to be inserted in two daily newspapers, one in the city of Columbia and one in the city of Charleston, for two weeks, of the order of such assign? ment ; and said notification shall be suf? ficient notice to the said Circuit Judges, and they shall proceed to hold the terms of the courts in the circuits to which they are respectively assigned, at the times appointed by law for the various Circuit Courts therein, to convene. Sec. 3. Whenever a*njv-: Circuit Judge/ pending his assignment to hold the courts of any' circuit, shall die,- resign, be disabled by illness, or be absent from the State, or in case of a vacancy in the office?of-Circuit - Judge -of-any circuit; the Chief Justice^or presiding Associate Justice, may assign any other Circuit Judge, disengaged, to^ hbb3 the courts of j such circuits,"or- to fill any appointment' made necessary by such vacancy. Sec. 4. No Circuit Judge shall absent himself from..this State without,leave, first: granted in; writing by the Chief Justice' orpresiding "Associate Justice. Sec. 5. Any Circuit Judge who shall fail or neglect to hold the term or terms of any Court of General Sessions or Common Pleas in any circuit to which he may be assigned until the business of said courts shall have been disposed"of, or the end of the term or terms arrives, or shall fail to recognize and obey the order of the assignment of the Chief Justice or presiding Associate Justice, or shall violate the 4th section of this act, upon any reliable notification of the same, the Attorney General of the State shall, by official communication, bring such violation of 'this act to^the_notFce?_of' the^uenerai Asseiribry aiIts first session, and such Circuit Judge. shall, be held , amenabled to proceedings for neglect of duty, as'provided in article ?, section 4, of the constitution. . I Sec. 6. That section 26, title 3 of the code of procedure, chapter 122 of the revised statutes, and all other acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provi- - sions of this act, are [hereby fepailed. -" ! Approved "May '31,1877. An Act to prescribe ttoniodec^proviiig bills of the Bank of the 'State'tehderea for taxes, and the rules of evidence ap? plicable thereto. Whereas .the corporation known as 'The President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina" had become insnl vcut, and its bills had ceased to be current as money prior to the 1st of January, 1868, and the General As? sembly of ilu* State, by an act entitled "An act to close the operations of the Bank of the State of South Carolina," ratified the l?th day of September, 1868, enacted^,thjit aJi b?js issued,^ s&idxor porjjitKMr prior to the 20th daj?pf J)ecem berl lSGO^lceJiindedj^and on the surren? der and delivery of said bills to the treasurer of ilie State, bonds of the State shall be issued to the owner of said.bills in payment, and'"' redemption of the amount of minfbills,-' and that"'*the*16th section of the act ratified the 10th day of December, 1812, entitled 'An actlo;es tablish a bank on behalf of aud for'the benefit of the State/ and all acts and parts of acts which Tender the bills of said corporation receivable in payment of taxes and all other debts due toe State,, ,bq and the same are hereby repealed;" and under said act $1,260,134.75 of the .bills of the said bank were funded, and bonds of the, State issued therefor, and the bills so funded ^vere, by joint resblu 'tipn of the General Assembly, ordered to bq burnt or destroyed, and there is reason to! believe that said bills were not burnt or destroyed, but have since been fraud lently uttered j and whereas the plates from "wlncTthe "bills" of The bank were originally grin fed are ,n?t in. th^ustodjr of the State,, frat are and have been for years past beyond the limits oi* the State and in fine custody of irresponsible par? ties, and there is reason to believe that forgeoK bills of the said bank have been fraudulently printed and uttered; and whereas a large amount of the bills of the said bank were, in the years 1861 and 18i?2, loaned .to .the government.of-, the Confederate States, and the payment of said bills by the State is prohibited by the Constitution of the State and of the United States; now, for the protection of the State against bills of the Bank of the State which are not genuine, or the pay iment of which is prohibited by the con? stitution, or which have been already funded by the State and have been fraud? ulently uttered: Section 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author? ity of the same: That the treasurers of the several counties in the State shall not receive in payment of taxes to the State iriy bills of the corporation known as the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of Sonth Carolina, which are not genuine and valid, the payment of which/is prohibited by the Constitution of tnTSt?t^?n'3'oftbe^Tf? or which have been funded by the State and since fraudulently uttered. And all bills of said corporation which shall be ten? dered in payment of any taxes, and shall not be received as payment, shall be in? closed in a package, sealed and signed by the party tendering the said bills, and by the treasurer to whom said tender is made; and said package shall be depos? ited by the treasurer with the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county, who shall give duplicate certificates to the said deposit, one to the party tender? ing said bills, and the other to the treas? urer, to abide the decision of the court in any proceedings which may be insti? tuted in regard to said bills; and that in all proceedings by mandamus or otherwise to compel the'reception of bills of the said corporation as a legal tender for taxes to the State and refused, an issue shall be framed under the direction of the judge, and at a regular term of the Court of Common Pleas for the connty wherein said bills are tendered, shall be submitted to a jury to inquire, and determine by their verdict, if the bills so tendered in payment for taxes are genuine and valid bills of the .said corporation, and have not been funded by the State, and since fraudulently uttered, and are bills, the payment of which is not prohibited by the Constitution of the State and of the United States. And upon the trial of said issue the burden of proof shall be upon the person tendering the said bills .to establish that the said bills are the genuine and valid bills of the said corpo ' ration, and have not been funded by the State and since fraudulenthvittered, and tbat said bills are bills the payment of which is not prohibited by the Constitu? tion of the State and of the United States. And if the jury shall by their verdict establish that the bills so tendered are genuine and valid bills of the said : corporation, and have dot been funded by the State and siuce fraudulently ut? tered, and are bills the payment of which is not prohibited by the Constitution of the State and the United States, then the treasurer of the county shall receive such bills in payment of all taxes due the State. And if the jury shall by their verdict establish that the bills so ten? dered are not genuine - or valid bills of said corporation, or that they have been funded by the State and since fraudulent? ly uttered, or that they are bills the pay? ment of which is prohibited by the Con? stitution of the State and of the United States, it shall then be the duty of the clerk of the said Court to cancel the said bills in the presence of the court; and to make a sealed package of the bills and file the same in his office with the record of the case. Sec. 2. In all proceedings by manda? mus or otherwise under this act no costs -shalHbe taxed or allowed; against the State or any -officer representing the State. Sec. 3.. Nothing in this act contained shall preclude the treasurer of any coun? ty from making such other defences to the proceedings by mandamus or other? wise as the nature of the case may re? quire. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in? consistent with or repugnant to this act are hereby repealed. Approved June 9,1877. A Good Word for Romping Girls. Most women have a dread of these. Mothers would rather their little daugh? ters werje called anything else than rornpsj. ' ;They say to them, "be very quiet now, my dears, don't run or jump, _try_ and be little ladies." As if a healthy child could.bestill; as if it could take time toTvalk, or step over what came in its wa}^ as. if. it could fold its hands in its lap, when its little heart is so brimful of tickle. It is absurd and wrong, be? cause ^t iscunnatnral.j - Children, girls as well as boys* need exercise; indeed they must have it, to be kept in a healthy con dition. ;They need it to expand their chests, strengthen their muscles, tone their neryesj develop themselves general? ly. And'this exercise must be out of doors, too. It is not enough to have calisthenics in the nursery or parlor. They need to be out in the sunshine, out in the wind, out in the grass, out in the woods, out of doors somewhere, if it be no .bigger place than the common or park!' Suppose they do tan their pretty faces. Better be as brown as a bsrry, and have the pulse quick and strong, than white as a lily and complain of cold feet and headache. Suppose they do tear their clothes; suppose they do wear out their shoes-; it don't try a mother's patience and strength half so much to watch and mend as it docs to watch night after night-n-querulous siek child, and it don't drain a father's pocket-book half as quick to buy shoes/as' it does to pay doc? tors" 'bills. . ?' ' Indeed, we don't believe there is a prettfer picture in all the wide world than that of a little girl balancing herself on the topmost rail of an old zigzag fence, her bonnet on one arm and a basket of l'lackberfies1[ on" the .' other, her; curls streaming out in the? wind, or rippling over her flushed cheeks, her apron half torn from her waist, and dangling to her feefj"her fingere .stained with the berries she had picked, and her lips with those she had eaten. Mother, mother don't scold that little creature when she comes and puts her basket on the table and looks ruefully at the rent in the new ginghams apron, and at the little Bare toes sticking out of the last pair of shoes. Wash off her hot face and soiled hands, and give her a bowl of cool milk and light oread, and when she has eaten her fin and got rested, make her sit down be? side you and tell what she has seen off in those meadows and woods. .Her heart will be full- of beautiful things-r-the sound of the wind, the fallof the leaves, the music of the wild birds and the laugh of wild flowers, the rip? pling of streams and the color of pebbles, the^sbade?qf the .clouds ,and the hue of the^nnbeaois?all those will have woven their spell over her innocent thoughts, and made her a poet in feeling, if not in expression.'' '* No, mothers, don't nurse up your little girls like house-plants. The daughters of this generation are to be the mothers of the next, and if you would have them healthy, in. body and gentle in temper, free from nervous affections, fidgets and blues; if you would fit them for life?its joys, its cares, and its trials?let them nave a good romp every day while they are growing. It is Nature's own specific, and, if taken in season, warranted to cure ails of the girl and the woman. ?Anon. _ Paying the Bill.?The following es? timate of the cost of the Pittsburg riot by the New :York> World does not take into account the damage done by loss' of life and the crippling of a score or more of persons, nor the shattering of the social laws or order that may bear more fruit at any time: "The taxpayers of Pittsburg would have been less likely to allow a handful of ruffians to convert their city into a pandemonium if they had realized the consequences to themselves ofthat night's hideous work as fully as they now will be made to do. Eight millions of dollars is the lowest estimate of the loss caused by the mob, and many place it at $10,000, 000. Already one pawnbroker, whose place of business was ransacked by the crowd, has sued to recover $6,000; a leading lawyer notifies the city that claims amounting lo $156,000 have been entrusted to him for collection, and so it goes. A Pittsburg paper estimates rude? ly the liability of the county at $113 per voter. The total amount being funded at five per cent., with the allowance for a sinking fund, the annual levy of Pitts burg will be increased from $600,000 to $1,200,000. In other words, for the next twenty odd years every resident of Pitts burg who pays taxes will have his burden doubled, because, actively or passively, he aided last Saurday's rioting. In ac? cordance wlth"the invariable rule, this increase of the municipal burden will fall upon the man of last resort-r-th? la-, borer. When the property holder has to pay $1,000 more in taxes, he raises the rent of his tenants each $100, and each of them taxes each of his ten individual customers $1 to reimburse himself.? These things indicate the probable cost to the people of Pittsburg of their prac? tical course in political courage. It will be expensive, but, if they learn the les? son thoroughly, it will prove to be cheap in the end." "Let Us Have .Peace."?A late Washington telegram says: "A delega? tion of citizens from the Edgefield and Eilent?n Districts of South Carolina, composed "of Republicans, both white and black, and of Democrats, has recent? ly called upon the President. The object was to lay before him the proceedings of the late mass meeting, participated in by all classes in those portions of the State, at which the people On each side pledged themselves hereafter to live in peace with their neighbor of every class and race, and agreed each with the other that vio? lence and disorder arising out of political differences should cease. As a result of this agreement all the parties to it have united in asking the President to cause to be dismissed all the cases recently tried by Chief Justice Waite, and at the same time they say that the State author? ities propose to dismiss a number of po? litical suits begun in local courts against Republicans. The President expressed much satisfaction at the improved condi? tion of affairs in South Carolina, and members of the delegatu n report that he promised to take into consideration the request they had made." The Question of Freiguts.?A writer in the Newberry Herald says : The press of Charleston have just cause for congratulation in that they have placed themselves in daily commu? nication with the mountains, and deserve great praise therefor, but I most respect? fully submit, Messrs. Editors, that the needed reform, in which the general pub? lic is more immediately interested, is the subject of exorbitant freights. For in? stance, freight for Newberry, which is from 90 to 100 miles nearer Charleston than Greenville, is thirty-five per cent, higher than to the latter place. Why is this so ? It may be scientific railroading, but it is utterly impracticable, and the general public cannot appreciate it. The press must accomplish this reduction in freights to a just standard, ere they can be looked upon in the light of true re? formers. At least such is the opinion of nine-tenths of the inhabitants of the mountain region. The Famine in India.?The Mar ?uis of Salisbury, Secretary of State for ndia, speaking on Friday at the prize distribution at the College for Indian .Engineers, gave a very gloomy view of famine prospects in India. "I regret to say," the Marquis remarked, "that our Srospects instead ot brightening have uring the last few weeks become more gloomy. There appears too much reason to believe that a second period of famine is settling down over tne vast district which constitutes Southern India, and that famine cannot do otherwise than produce terrible mortality. I fear there is little reason to hope." After explaining how the difficulties of coping with the famine were increased j by the lack of railway communication, j and the fact that nearly all the draught animals had died of drought, the Marquis said: "But the physical circumstances are such that, even if we can prevent any widespread suffering from actual famine ?which I very much doubt?there can be no doubt that severe epidemics will, follow and complete its work." Trials of Newspaper Men.?One of the greatest trials of the newspaper profession is that its members arc com? pelled to' see more of the shame of the world than any other profession. Through every newspaper office, day after day, go all the weakness of the world ; all the revenges that want to be reaped; all the vanities that want to be puffed ; all the mistakes that want to be corrected; all the dull speakers who want to be thought eloquent; all the meanness that want to get its wares no? ticed gratis in the editorial columns, in order to save the tax of the advertising columns; all the men wanting to be set right who were never right; all the crack-brained philosophers with stories as long as their hair, and as gloomy as their finger nails in mourning because bereft of soap?all the bores who coine to stay five minutes, but talk five hours. Through the editorial and reportorial rooms all the follies and shams of the world are seen day after day, and the temptation is to believe in neither God, man nor woman. It is no surprise to me that in this profession there are some skeptical men; I only wonder that jour? nalists believe anything.?De Witt Tal mage. Slow but Sure.?The "slow fighter" was a tall, raw-boned specimen of Pike County breed, and when he arrived in the mining camp the boys began to have fun with him?to "mill him;" as they call it in the parlance of the mines. He stood it for a long-time with per? fect equanimity, until finally one of the party dared him out of doors to fight. He went. When they got all ready and squared off, Pike County stretched out his long neck and presented the tip of his big nose temptingly close to his tormenter: "I'm a little slow," he said, "and can't fight unless I'm well riled; just paste me on?a good 'un?right on the end of that smeller!" His request was complied with. "That was a good 'un," he said calmly, "but I don't feel quite riled yet"?(turn? ing the side of his head to the adversary) ?please chug me another lively one* un? der the ear!" The astonished adversary again com? plied, whereupon Pike County, remark? ing that he was "not as well riled as he would like to be. but would do the best he could," sailed into the crowd, and for the next ten days the "boys" were en aged in mending broken iaws, repairing ?maged eyes and tenderly resurrecting smashed noses.?New Orleans Democrat. Four Widows.?At Prosperity, a station on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, dwell in reach of the sound of the whistle four widows. No. 1. This lady, as all the others, lost her h udband during the war, and was left in straitened circumstances.. Did she sit down and grieve at her fate? By no means. She has raised four children, be? sides fine crops, and to-day she has much of last year's cotton and flour on hand, is free from debt, and is able to pay cash down for what she wants. No. 2 looks complacent on all of her last crop of cotton, and, with a sense of perfect rest and absolute fullness on 3,000 pounds of flour, neither of which she has sold because she had no use for the money. The only thing which disturbs her rest now is wnat to do with her new fodder, every place being occupied with the old. She, too, like a true wom.au, has raised children and set them up un? der their own vines.and fig trees. No. 3 struggled through the years which have rolled on since the late un? pleasantness, raised six children, giving each at majority $500 in cash. Last year she bought a tract of land, for which $1,400 in good money was paid. Has corn, fodder, and other things in abun 'dance. No. 4, like unto the others, has made a splendid fight, and brought up a large family in the way they should go; has of last year's crops abundance, pays cash in trade, and loans her earnings out on interest.?Newberry Herald. Grant in England.?The Queen came down stairs to receive the General, as she would do to a royal visitor, and if any rudeness took place in the castle it did not proceed from the Queen. You had better ask how it was that an invita? tion which was at first designed only, for General and Mrs. Grant was afterward made to include Minister Pierrepont and his wife and Master Jesse Grant. You will find, if you get to the bottom ofthat story, a very pretty specimen of diplo? matic manoeuvring, and you will see that if the kite takes it into its head to go up without its tail it will pretty soon find out that the thing can't be done. You have evidently underrated Minister Pierrepont's accomplishments as a kite's tail. As for quarrels about "precedence," the only dispute that took place was at a dinner where Gen. Grant insisted on going down before the Duke of Cam? bridge. And this he would not have done if his good friends who managed him here had not egged him on. It is a thousand pities that these matters should be revived. I knew of them all at the time they took place, and of many other little incidents of which your readers do not yet seem to have heard; but it seemed to me the wisest to say nothing about them. If injustice is to be done, however, the whole truth had better be told, and there are some Americans re? turning to New York who can give you an idea as to who is likely to suffer most, when a clean breast is made all round, of what they saw or heard on the Fourth of July in Cavendish square. Then, per? haps, the eyes of the blind will be opened. To mothers .-?Should the Baby be suf? fering with any of the disorders of Baby? hood use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup at once for the trouble. 25 cents per bottle, The Sensation of Long Branch.? Here comes the sensation of the Branch. Mrs. Edward Stephens, attended by her maid, and creating a ripple of excitement as she passes. Mrs. Stephens has been the heroine of many lettters from here, but none of the correspondents seem to have established her identity, classing her as an effulgent daughter of Isreal. In reality, she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the authoress, and has certainly succeeded in creating a gen? uine commotion even at this abode of commotions. It is at the water that she exploits her? self. Coming down on the beach, ar? rayed in georgeous attire, and atteuded by her maid, she takes her seat in a beach chair, and holds an almost imperial levee. She has a smile, a word and a nod for every one, and they hustle each other for supremacy. The levee concluded, she retires to her.bath-house, and reap? pears, after a while, attired in a bathing suit calculated to display her charms to the best advantage. Her hair is ar? ranged after the latest mode, and, to-day, she was with difficulty prevented from foing into the water with several valua le diamond rings on her fingers. The bath over, she arises from the water like a rather demoralized Venus, and is met by her maid who throws a picturesque boumouse over her mistress, the hood is pulled over her hair, and, escorted by numerous cavaliers, she proceeds in state to her bath-house, and the morning sen? sation is over. The other day an artist from one of the illustrated papers made a portrait of her for publication. The Stephens, indeed, has a surfeit of noto? riety, and while the women envy, the men adore her.? Cor. N. Y. Express. Russia's Fighting Material.? The New York Times has an article under? taking to show that although the numer? ical superiority of Russia over Turkey is enormous, her supply of fighting men is comparatively small. Some facts are given which seem to impart color to this statement. Of 40,000 men recently sent np to Warsaw for inspection, 10,000 were rejected as unfit to serve from various causes, not inclusive of short stature. It has been established by sanitary com? missions that Russia possesses fewer able bodied men in proportion than either France or Germany. The average dura? tion of life, which in Britain is 40 years, in Germany 38, and in France 36, does not exceed 22 in the healthiest parts of Russia, while along the Volga and the Caspian it falls as low as 15. The annual increase of population in European Russia is only 1 in 26, a fact not difficult to credit when we remember that the cholera sweeps the whole, coun? try every five years or so, and that in several of the northern provinces?Nov? gorod, for instance?83 per cent, of the children born die in their infancy from exposure, accident or unavoidable neg? lect. It is added that many districts are unavoidably exempted from the conscrip? tion on account of the extreme scantiness of their population, which in some cases averages only three to the square mile. Besides these there are large bodies of men in the empire whom it would be unsafe to enroll, such as the disaffected Poles, the Mohammedan Circassians, and the Menonites, who, like the Quakers, have conscientious scrtmlcs against fight? ing. For generations the bad air of over? heated cabins, and the extreme cold out? side, together with insufficient food, have combined to render the Russians inferior in muscular power to Englishmen and Germans. Or late years, however, cook? ing and ventilation have not been neg? lected by the Russians; their armies are better fed, and the unlimited flogging which once pervailed is virtually abol? ished. Their devotion to the Emperor is unlimited, and has as much of the fierce enthusiasm of the fanatic in it as the de? votion of the Turks to the prophet. No one can claim, however, that Russia is eoual as a military power to Germany. If Germany had declared war against Turkey when the Czar did her legions would be now in Constantinople. ? A fire occurred in the Taylor Iron Works in Charleston on Thursday, 2nd inst., which resulted in a heavy loss, though the buildings were only partially destroyed. The damage done to the stock is estimated at about $6,000, which does not include the damage done to the pat? terns, which is estimated at at least $20 000. The loss on the building is believed to be about $3,000. The loss was partial? ly covered by insurance. Cause of fire unknown. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? He that would put money in his fob, must do the work or boss the job. ? An Indian woman is a squaw; there? fore an Indian baby is a squawling. ? Crockery dealers always delight in seeing other people do a smashing busi? ness. ? The average Mexican now rises be? times, pokes is head out of the window, and cautiously inquires of the first passer? by : "Who's President this morning ?" "Sir, do you mean to say that I speak falsely ?" said a person to a French gen? tleman. "No, sare, Isaynotdat; out, sarc, I say you walk round about the truth very much." ? When the Rhode Island militia pa? raded the other day you might hear'the officers thundering forth their commands: "Guide right; steady, men ; don't push any one over into Connecticut!" ? A bashful young man who lives in this^ounty, while out driving the dearest girl in the world the other day, had to get out and buckle the crupper, and hesi? tatingly exclaimed that the "animal's bustle bad come loose." ? "My son," said a mother to a little boy four years old, "whom above all oth? ers will you wish to see when you pa?s into the spirit world?" "Goliah?" shouted the child, with a joyous antici? pation ; "unless," he quickly added, "there's a bigger fellow there." ? "Which do you prefer, Linda, a cor? net band or a reed band?" asked one school girl of another. "I like a cornet band best." "And which do you prefer, Sadie ?" "I think a good reed band is the sweetest." "And which say you, Emma?" "Well I think we shall agree that a good husband is the sweetest." ? A female called for a Welsh rabbit at a restaurant, and denounced the waiter because there was no part of a rabbit in the dish served. "And no later than yes? terday," said the wearied waiter, "there was a man in here who growled because there was a hare in the butter; can't please 'em all, anyway." ? Good-looking young man who has called at the house on business?"I re-. gret, miss, that your father is riot at home. I had an important proposal to make to him." Young lady of the house, demure? ly?"Well, perhaps you could make your proposal to me; I am disengaged at present." Good-looking young man ex? cuses himself and retires in confusion. ? A physician was called to visit a lady. After continuing his calls for some weeks, she expressed her fears that it would be inconvenient for him to come so far on her account. "Oh, madam," replied the doctor innocently, "I have another patient in the neighbor? hood, and thus I can kill two birds with one stone!" * ? The Burlington Hawk-Eyc tells of a solitary Ohio man demanding in a hus? ky voice, at the office window in the rail? way station: "Tick't." "Where to?" asked the unruffled monopolist behind the window. "'Nywhere! Anywhere! Clean through! Clean acrost! To-Bjir flarry or Prooshy; or the Danube, ^ Hffendorfer, or any place. Anywhere out of an ungrateful country, that coldly turns its back upon its deserving children. Anywhere out of America!" And he bowed his head and wept. He was the only man in Ohio that didn't get an of? fice. Facts for the People. It is an undeniable fact that no article ?,{.. . > er placed before the public with so much i-i.iiis puted evidence of its great medical value, as the VEGETIKE. For every complaint for which Vegktim: is recommended.many testimonials of what it tins dono is furnished to tho public at large, and no one should fail to observe that nearly nil of tlio testimonials are from people right nt home, where the VEGETINE is prepared, and as ilie streets and numbers are given, there can !??? no possible doubt about the matter. Boston-, Dec. 17, !.-::'. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?May J a.-k tlio favor of you to make my case public? In 1861, while on picket drrtv in the nrmvri was taken with a fit, which lasted all iii;:ht. Was taken into camp and dosed with whicker and quinine. After this had fits every day. nml was taken to Newbern Hospital, and "there treated by the attending physicians. I grew worso and was sent home. Remained in poor health for four years, treating with many physi cians and trying many remedies. Finally Scrof nla made its appearance on different pari* of my body, and my head was so diseased as to !?? frightful to look.at, and painful beyond endur? ance. After trying the mest eminent physicians, without improvement, a change of climate was advised. * Have been to the Hot Springs in Arkansas twice, each time giving their treatment a thorough trial. Finally came back to Boston, discouraged, wfth no hope of help. Life was a burden to one in my situation. My disease, and the effect of so much powerful medicine, had ?o damaged my system that the action of my Mum. ach was apparently xlestroyed, and my head v. as covered with ulcers which bad in places catvii into the skull bone. The beet physicians said my Mood was so full uf poison they could do no more for me. Almut this time a friend who had been an invalid told moVEGETiNE had restored him to perfect health, and through his persuasion 1 commenced taking Vegetote. At this time I was having fitu al? most every day. I noticed the lirst good effects of Veqetese In my digestive organs. My food sat better and my stomach grew stronger, i began to feel encouraged, for 1 could see my health slowly and gradually improving. /With renewed hope I continued taking the Vkok tine, until it had completely driven flticiitf out of my body. It cured the jits, gave mc good, pure blood, and restored me to perfect health, which I had not enjoyed before for ten years. Hundreds of people in the city of Boston -can vouch for the above facts. Vegettne has saved my life, and vou are at liberty to make such use of this statement as pleases you best, and I beg of you to make it known that other sufferers may find relief with less trouble and expense than I did. It will afford me great pleasure to show the marks of my disease or give any fitrllier infor? mation relative to my case to all who desire it. Iam, sir. very gratefully, JOHN PECK, ? No. CO Sawyer street, Boston,'Mass. Twenty-Seven Years Ago. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?This is to cer? tify that my daughter was taken sick when she was three years old, and got 60 low that we were obliged tokeep her on a pillow, without moving, to keep the little thing together. She was at? tended by several physicians?the regular at? tending one being old Dr. John Stevens. They all pronounced her case incurable. She had been sick about ayear, when hearing of the great Blood Remedy, vegetixe, I commenced giving her that, and contiuued it regularly till she was about seven years old, when she was pronounced perfectly cured. During her sickness three pieces of bone were taken from her right arm above the elbow, one of them being very long. Sevoral small pieces wero also taken from her left log. She is now twenty-seven years old,and is enjoying good health, and has ever since she was seven years old, with no Bigns of Scrofula or any other blood disease. Her arm is a little crooked, but she can use it almost as well as the other. Her legs are of equal length, and she is not In the least lame. Her case was Scrofula, inherited in the blood; and I would recommend all those having Scrofula Humor or any other blood disease, if they wish to have a perfect ?cure, to try Vegetixe, the reliable blood rem? edy, which does not weaken the system like many other preparations recommended, but. on the contrary, it Is nourishing and strengthening. My daughter's case will fully testify this, for I never saw nor heard of a worse form of Scrofula. HULDA SMITH, 19 Monument street, Chnrlestown, Mass. MRS. SARAH M. JONES, 69 Sullivan street, Charlcstown, Mass. April 10,1870. The above statement shows a perfect cure of Scrofula in its worst form, when pronounced incurable, of a child four years of age, twenty three years ago. The lady, now Iwenty-rcven years old.enjoying perfect health. VEGETINE is Sold by all Bmggut* T?TTILPILLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Dk. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been :'t many eta Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last ?pric.u your pill> were recommended to mc; I used '!?. m (tint with little Iniiii) I am now a well man, i \ e good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools, j.i'ii fcgone, and I have gainrd forty pounds solid flesh. 'I'll- v arc worth their weight in gold. Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. TUTT'S PILLS CURE SICK HEAD? ACHE. iutpTpills CURE DYSPEPSIA. TUTPSPiLLS CUBE CONSTIPATION TUTPS~PiLLS CURE PILES. Dr. Tutt has been en gaged in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for a long time was demon.' slrator of anatomy in the Medical College of Geor? gia, hence persons using his Pills have the guaran? tee that they arc prepared on scientific principles, and are free from all quackery. He has succeeded in coinMning in them the heretofore antagonistic 'qualities of a strenethtn \ttg,pureativ*, ana a pur itywg tonic. Their first apparent ef? fect is to increase the ap? petite by causing the food to properly assimilate. Thus the system is nour? ished, and by their tonic action on the digestive or? gans, regular and healthy evacuations are produced. The rapidity with which ferrous lake on flesh, while under the influence of these pills, oi itself in? dicates their adaptability to nourish the body, and hence thcircfficacy in cur? ing nervous debility, mel? ancholy, dyspepsia, wast? ing of the muscles, slug? gishness of the liver, chronic constipation, and rlinir h? :illh and strength to the system. Sold Ii. f. Office, %% Mir ray Street, New York. tutt's pills CURE FEVER AND AGUE. tutpswlls CURE EILIOUS COLIC tutpsrlls cure KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. tutpTpills CURE TORPID LIVER triumph of science. Gray Hair can be changed to a flossy black by a single application of ir.tutt'sHairDyc. It acts like magic, 1 is warranted as harmless as water. : $txo. Ofiice 35 Murray St., N. Y. What is Queens Oelight? Read the Answer It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe? cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate. ^ nature's own remedy, Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof? ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic ;i(lections. Alone, it it a searching alterative, but when combined with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The most powerful Wood purifier knqwn to medical science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul discharges from the cars and nostrils, abscesses, skin diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of secret practices, disordered livcrand spleen. Its use strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com? plcxion, and builds tip the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg? etable its continued use will do no harm. The best time to take it is during the summer and fall; and instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists. Price, $1.00. Office, 35 Murray Street, New York. Notice to Contractors. THE contract for building a Stable at the Jail will be let to the lowest bidder at Anderson C. H. on MONDAY, the Gth day of AUGUST, 1877. The Commissioners re? serve the right to reject any or all bids. For farther information, apply to 0. II. P. FANT, ClihVn., JOHN C. GANTT, SAMUEL BROWNE, County Commissioners. J. L. Tbiddi.e, Clerk Countv Com. Jnlv 5, 1877 51 5 s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. W* Humphreys, Judge 0/Probate. WHEREAS, W. H. Nardin has applied to mo to grant him letters of administra? tion on the Personal Estate of A. A. Dickson, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said A. A. Dickson, deceased, to bo and ap Eear before nie in Court of Probate, to 0 held at Anderson Court House, on j Tuesday, 14th August, 1877, after pub? lication horooJ.to shew cause, if any they havoSvhy the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of July, 1877. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. July -J'.i, IS77 2 a SORGHUM MILLS AND EVAPORATORS, For all tlie JPeopl? I WE now have in Store and for sale the celebrated Great Western Mill, and Chapman's Perpetual Evap? orator ; not a picture on paper, but s Mill and Evaporator in fact. Tne quality and capacity cannot be surpassed by any. Prices within the reach of all?for cash or on time. Come, see, and then you will know. Give me your order, and save money. JOHN B. WATSON, Grange Agency, No. 3 Benson Block, Anderson, S. C. CERTIFICATES. Anderson, July 2,1877. This is to certify that I purchased from J. W. Chapman & Co., last Summer, a No. 4 (9 feet long) Perpetual Evaporator, (gal? vanized iron,) with which 1 made over eight hundred gallons of Syrup from Sor? ghum and Implies canes. I made, under favorable circumstances, as high as ten gal? lons per hour, and think that I could make with suitable mill from 75 to 100 gallons per day. The Evaporator is simple in con? struction, easily operated, and makes an ar? ticle of Syrup unsurpassed by any other that I have seen. The cheapness, (as com? pared with others,) greater aniount of boil? ing surface and simplicity of construction, ccrta; .ly give it the pre-eminence over all others. JULIUS R. EARLE. Anderson, June 28,1877. John B. Watson, Agent Pomona Grange, Anderson County, S. C.: Dear Sir?Yours of the 26th inst., re? specting the merits of the "Chapman Per? petual Evaporator, is received. In reply, I used a No. 2 (galvanized) Evaporator last year, at a cost of fifteen dollars, with wliich I made one thousand and fifteen gallons of [ molasses, equal in quality to any I have seen. I made from 40 to 50 gallons per day, (i. c., in ten hours.) The labor of making i was light and pleasant. It Is 8tf constructed ' that in operating requires but very little labor, much less than that of "Cook's Evaporator." Jn fact, I feel warranted in saying that from observation and informa? tion of others, that the "Chapman Evapo? rator" has no superior, if an equal, ana at less than half the cost. I can certainly re? commend it in preference to any other, be lng'fully convinced that a trial will satisfy any one, however skeptical. To Patrons of Husbandry.?-If we practice our professions in economy and reform, you will buy "Chapman's Evaporator"?the cheapest and the best. Fraternally yours, PETER R.- BROWN. July 5, 1877_51_4_ gf^ an on bob ia not easily earned in these times, U m m abut it can be made in three months Tfc MM Shy any one of cither sex, in any S$p M m m ',:irt of "10 c?untry who is willing to work steadily at the employ? ment that we furnish. $66 per week in your own town. You need not be away from home over night You can give you whole time to the work, or only your spare momonts. We have agents who are making over $20 per day. All who engage at once can'nnake money fast. At the present time money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try the business. Terms and 35 Outfit free. Address at onco, H. Hallktt & Co., Portland, Maine. July 26,1977 2 5m TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre? pared to furnish all classes with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their snare moments. Business, new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either sex easily earn from 30c. to $3 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and gilrs cam 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 wiU send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Beader, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, .George Stinson <i Co., Portland, Maine. _49?16 (Can't be made by every agent every month in the business we furnish, but those willing to work can easily earn a dozen dollars a day right in their own localities. Have no room to explain here. Busiuess pleasant and honorable. Women, and boys and girls do as well as men. We will fur? nish you a complete Outfit free. The business pays better than anything else. We will bear expense of starting you. Particulars free. Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons and daughters, and all classes in need of paying work at home, should write to us and learn all about the work at once. Now is the time. Don't delay. Address True & Co., Augusta; Maine._49?16 Tp" and p HE liROSS the LbESCENT. A volume of thrilling interest by the eminent historian, L. P. Brockett ; describing the Russians and Turks: social, political, and religious history and condition j their home-life, varied customs, and peculiarities, the causes of the war, the issues at stake?Christian against Mohamme? dan?the mighty interests of other nations in? volved; Biographies of the Balers, Statesmen and Generals: all Bichly Illustrated. The book mil? lions need now. Wanted Instantly, 3,000 agents on very liberal terms. Address H?BBAED BBOS., Publishers, 733 Sansom St., Philadelphia. July 19,1877 _1_4_ Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daUy, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday, July 16.1877. the following will be the schedule: UP. Leave Columbia at.12 45 p m Leave Alston. 2 35 p m Leave Newberry. 3 43 p m Leave Hodges.~ 6 50 p m Leave Belton. 8 30 p m Arrive at GrccnviUe.10 00 p m DOWN. Leave Greenville at.? 5 40 am Leave Belton. 7 20 am Leave Hodges. 8 57am Leave Alston.105pm Arrive at Columbia. 2 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 4 25 a m Leave Perryvillc. 5 00 a m Leave Pendleton. 5 40 a m Leave Anderson.~ 6 30 a m Arrive at Belton.7 10 a m UP. Leave Belton. 8 30 p m Leave Anderson. 9 20 p m Leave Pendleton.10 10 p m Leave Perryvllle. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.-....11 15 p m THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't dt? "I (~\ o (J* O K a day sure made by (plUn tp^O Agents selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Reward, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and Chromo Cards. 100 samples, worth $4.00, sent postpaid for 75c. Illustrated Catalouge free. J. H. BUFORD'S SONS, Boston. Established 1830. june 7?Cm. m $12 ? New Adverta3egients.: N. F. BUKNHAM'S "1874___ W A TER- WMWSJj. IS declared the "STANDARD TUBBINE," by over 650 persons who tue It. Pricks Bedccrd. New pamphlet, free. N. F. BUBNHAM, York, Ta. THE CRUCIAL TEST of the value of a medi? cine is time. Does experience confirm the claim* put forth in its flavor at the outset? is the grand question. Apply this criterion, so simple, yet so* searching, to Tarrajtt's Eftehvescewt Seltzer Aperient. How has it worn 7 What has been its. history? How does it stand to-day 7 Tarrant'8 Seltzer Aperient is a household name throughout toe United atater. It is administered as a specific, aid wit* success, in dyspepsia, sick headache; nervous1 ^WHsy.Jrvcir complaint, bilious remittents, bowel corapfanats? (especially constipation), rheumatism, goat, graveh, nausea, the complaints peculiar to the maternal sex, and all types of inflammation. So mild-Hj it In its operation that it can be g?ren with perfect safety to the feeblest child; and so agreeable is it to the taste, so refreshing to the palate, that chil? dren never refuse to .take it. For sale by all drug? gists._. (hO? a week in your own town. Terms and $5 3)00 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Port land, Maine._ OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name. AD 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES * CO., Nas sau, N. Y._ rn A per day at home. Samples worth $?> gjMU $>4U freeStixson &.Co.,Fortland, Maine. <bCC O (01717 a Week to Agents. $I0Ootfitfrce;. jpOO g ?P/ /P. O. VICKERY, Angasfa^Maine'. a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit a nil terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine-. 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 air. sores, cutaneous diseases and eruptions generally. Prepared by SETH W. FOWLE A 8058,86 Har? rison Avenue, Boston, Mass. Price by mail 3T> cents. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co? lombia, S. C, by H0YT, BMECT & McDANIEL. JAMES A. H0YT, Editor. The Daily Beg is tee contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full focal reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange and Agricultu? ral Departments. . The Tri-Weekly Register is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all tho news of two days in one issue. ? j j The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing tit? cream Of the news of each week. This paper is within the reach ot every family, and we ar? pleased to state the fact that its large 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 publication ?Dativ, Tri-Weekly and "Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCBIPTION. Daily Register?One year, $7.00; six month.*, $3.50; three months, $1.75. : Tri-Weekly?One year, $5:00; six months, $2.50; three months, $1.25. weekly-^One year, $2.00; six months, $1.00; three months, 50c. JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN. W. B. McDANIEL, _Proprietors and Publishers. TO. ETTKNGEB. H. P. EliMOXD. ETTEN6ER & EDMUND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES,^ Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, SbaftiDgi Pulleys, &c., American Turbine Water Wheel, i Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. CSend for Catalogue. 2,1876, 16 . ly fiYJTD AH/TAG The largest and fincsi \jXL JfcUJILUBi stock in tho world, em? bracing over 3.000,000 Chromos, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Art Rooms. AD the new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susqtiehanna, 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 Sea 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 an independence in every locality by taking an agency for our stretched and framed Chromos. Particulars Tree. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 or $0 outfit. Address J. LATHAM & CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass. . May 3,1877_42_6m. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R Atlanta, Ga., June 10,7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta.4.00 p m Arrive at Gainesville-.6.24 p m " " New Holland..-...... 6.29 p ni " " Lula.-6.55 pm " " Belton (Supper). 7.00 pm " " Mt. Airy.-7.50pm " " Tocooa._ 8.21 p m " " Greenville....-.......1U8 p m " " Spartanburg-.-.12^2am " " Charlotte... 4.12 a m " " Charlotte (Railroad) Junction... 4.20a m GOLNG WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction.... 7.00 p in Leave Charlotte.7.10 p m Arrive at Spartanburg.10.42 p m " " Greenville.11.30am - " Toccoa.3.47 a m " Mt. Airy. 4.28 am "? " Lula....5.08 am " r New Holland. 5.13 a m " " Gainesville.? 5.43 a 111 " " Buford (Breakfast)._ 6.33 a m " " Atlanta.8.45 a m G. J. FOBEACBE, General Manager. THE BEST PUMP IN THE ffOBLD ?VT?THING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur nislicd by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and fresh from the bottom of the well. No slime or filth collects on the pump or in the well. No snails, worms or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities, and can be operated by a small child with case, and brings the water fresher than any oth? er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to extinguish the flames in case of fire. It is better and cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing gives complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relies on its own merits, upon which it asks vour patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining Counties, together with the Counties of Hart, Elbcrt, Wilkea and Oglethorpe in Georgia, ALONZO L. WELCH, Anderson, S. C. Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will be delivered and put in immediately. He means business. ft a April To,' 1877_ 38_ BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! AND those who carry on business are compelled to have money. That is our situation at present. Therefore, we earnestly call upon all parties iudebted to us to pav at once and SAVE COST. Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is'our desire to remain friendly-with our customers, if they come forward promptly and pay us what ihcv owe. Money we are obliged to have. \\ e offer au inducement of one cent per pound for Cotton over market value to those indebted to us, and wish- to settle their Ac? counts. We have on hand a large stock of GBOOBBIES! Flour, Bacon, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Tobacco. Cigars, "Wines. Liquors, Iron. Steel, And all Farming Implements. Any person or persons purchasing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam? ining oiir stock befoVe purchasing elsewhere. We buy for Cash and sell for cash only: therefore, we arc enabled to sell cheaper. Call and judge for yourselves, and be convinced ofthi8fact> McGRATH & BYRUM, Mechaiiics' Bow.