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LEAVING THE HOMESTEAD. You're going to leave the homestead, John You're twenty-one to-day, And the old man will be sorry, John, To see you go away. You've labored late and early, John. And done the best you could, I ain't a goin' to stop you, John? I wouldn't if I could. But one thing let me tell you, John, Before you make your start: There's more in being honest, John, Twice o'er than being smart. Though rogues may seem to flourish, John, And sterling worth to fail, .Oh, keep in view the good and true, 'Twill in the end prevail. Don't think too much of money, John, And dig and delve and plan, And rake and scrape in every shape, To hoard up all you can. Though fools niaytonnt their riches, John, In shillings, pounds and pence, The best of wealth is .youth and health, And good, sound common sense. And don't be mean or stingy, John, But lay a little by Of what you earn?you soon will learn How fast 'twill multiply. So when old age comes creeping on, You'll have a goodly store Of wealth to furnish all your needs? And maybe something more. There's shorter cuts to fortune, John, We see them every day; But those who save their self-respect Climb up the good old way. "All is not gold that glitters," John, And makes the vulgar stare, And those we deem the richest, John, Have oft the least to spare. Don't meddle with your neighbors, John, Their sorrows or their cares ; You'll find enough to do, my boy, Tomiind your own affairs. The world is full of idle tongues? You can afford to shirk; There's lots of people ready, John, To do such' dirty work. Be good, be pure, be noble, John ; Be honest, brave, be true. And do to others as ye would That they should do to you. And place your trust in God my boy, "Though fiery darts be hurled, Then you can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world." LITTLE BY LITTLE. "Little by little," the torrent said, As it swept along its narrow bed. Chafing in wrath and pride, "Little by little," and "day by day," And with every wave it bore away A grain of sand from the banks which lay Like granite walls on either side. It came again, and the rushing tide Covered the valley far and wide. For mighty banks were gone. A grain at a time they were swept away; . And now the fields and meadows lay Under the waves, for the work was done. "Little by little," the tempter said, As a dark and cunning snare he spread For the young, unwary feet; "Little by little?' and "day by day," I'll tempt the careless soul astray, Into the broad and flowery way, Until the ruin is made complete. "Little by little," sure and slow, We fashion our future of bliss or woe As the present passes away. Our feet are climbing the stairway bright, Up to the region of endless light, Or gliding downward into the night; "Little by little," and "day by day." ALONE WITH A MADMAN; "I have often heard of persons whose hair was whitened from excessive fear, but as I never saw myself any one so affected, I am disposed' to be credulous . on the subject" The above remark was made *o Dr. Maynard ?s we sat on the piazza of his pretty villa, discussing; the different effects of terror on dissimilar tempera? ments. Without replying to me, the doctor turned to his wife and said: "Helen, will you please relate to my old friend the incident -within your ex? perience. It is the most convincing argu? ment I can advance." I looked at Mrs. Maynard in surprise. I had observed that her hair, which was luxuriant and dressed very becominglyj was purely colorless, but as she was a yonng woman) and also a very pretty one, I,, surmised thatit was powdered to . heighten "the" brilliancy^of her fine dark eyes. The doctor and I had been friends and fellow-students, but after leaving college we had drifted apart, I to commence practice in an eastern city, he had to pursue his. profession in a growing town in the West I was now on.a visit to hirh for the first time since his marriage; Mrs. Maynard, no doubt, reading my supposition in my look of incredulity, smiled as she shook down her snowy tresses over her shoulders, and seating herself by her .husband's side, related the following episode: It is now nearly two.years ago since; my husband was called on one evening* to visit a patient several miles awayj Qnt" domestics had all gone to a "wake'l in the vic^n'ty> ?fi dead man Tbeing ? relative of o2e of our ^serriag . women,i Thus I was left .alo,ne/_2ut,ILfelt;na fear, for we never hau b,W .of hurglars of any sort of desperat 10 ?nr quiet village, then ccnTsistfeg of a fe* flattering' bouses, The windows heading on the piazza were open as -now. but ! cured the blinds before my husband's de? parture, and I locked the. outside jdoors, all except the front one,'which I left for the doctor to kn& after going out, so that if I should fall asleep before his return, he could enter, without aro?sing me. I heard the doctor's "rapid footsteps on the gravel, by the - urgent tones of the mes? senger, who awaited him, and atfter the sharp rattle of .carriage wheels, had be-1 come but an echo, I seated myself by the! parlor astral and soon became-absorbed; in the book I had been reading before; being disturbed by the summons. But' after a tim3 my interest succumbed to' drowsiness, and I thought of retiring, when the clock in the doctors study ad-! joining the parlor struck twelve, so I de-' termined to wait a few moments more,1 feeling that he would be h?rne very soon. I closed my book, donned a robe de cham bre, let down my hair, and then returned; to my seat to patiently wait and listen. Not the faintest sound disturbed the still-' ness of the night. Kot a breath of air stirred the leaf. The silence was so oppressive, I longed for the sharp click of the gate latch and the well-known step- a? the gravel walk, I did not dare to weak the bush myself by* moving or singing, I was so* oppressed by the deep' stillness. The human mind is a strange torturer of itself/ I began to conjure tip. vivid fancies about ghostly visitants, in; the midst of which the stories I had; heard from superstitious: people abofcfc the troubled spirits of those who had died suddenly, like the man whom?my ser-. vants had gone to "wake," who had been; killed by an accident at the saw milti In the midst of these Horrifying reflec-: tions I was startled by a stealthy footfall on the piazza. I listened between fear and hope. It might be the doctor. ;But no, he would not tread like that; thestep was too soft and cautious for.;anything less, wily than a cat As Ilistened again, my eyes were fixed on the window-blind. I .saw" the slate move slowly and softly, and the rays of a full moon disclosed a thin, cadaverous face, and bright, glitter-, ing eyes peering at me. Oh, horror! who was it? What was it? I felt the cold perspiration start at every porei I seemed frozen, in my chair. I could not move, I could not cry, out, my tongue seemed glued to the roof of my . mouth, while .th?Ndeainly white, Dace pressed closer, *nd the greater sunken eyes wan? dered in their gaze about the room.. In a few moments the blind closed as noise? lessly as it had opehedj and the cautious footstep came toward the door. "Merci? ful heaven!" I cried, in a horror-stricken whisper, as I heard the key turn in the lock, "the doctor, in his haste, must have forgotten to withdraw the key." ^j?d forgive me 1" ejaculated Dr. Maynard, interrupting his wife, and looking far more excited than she. "I can never forgive myself for such a thoughtless act. Please proceed, my dear." I heard the front door open, the step in the hall, and helpless as a statue I sat riveted to my chair. The parlor door was open, aud in it stood a tall, thin man, whom I had never beheld before. He was dressed in a long, loose robe, a sort of gaberdine, and a black velvet skull cap partially concealed a broad forehead, underneath which, gleamed black eyes, bright as living coals, and placed so near together that their gaze was preternatural in its directness; heavy grizzled eyelids hung over them like the tangled mane of a lion ; the nose was sharp and prominent, and the chin was overgrown with white hair, which hung down in locks weird as the ancient mariner's. He politely doffed his cap, bowed,, re? placed it, and then said, in a slightly foreign accent: "Madame, it is not necessary for me to stand on any further ceremony, as your husband, Dr. Maynard, (hereupon he again bowed profoundly) has already acquainted you with the nature of my business here to-night. I perceive," he added, glancing at my negligent robe, "that you were expecting me." "N-o," I found voice to stammer, "the doctor has said nothing to me about a visitor at this hour of the night." "Ah, he wished to spare you, no doubt, a disagreeable apprehension," he re? turned, advancing and taking a seat on the sofa opposite me, where for a few moments he sat and. eyed me keenly from head to foot with a strange glitter? ing light in his" eyes that mysteriously impressed me. "You have a remarkable fine physique, madame." He observed quietly; "one that might deceive the eye of the most skilled and practical physician. Do you suffer much pain ?" "Unable to speak, I shook my head. A terrible suspicion was creeping over me. I was alone?miles, perhaps away from aid or rescue?with a madman. "Ah," he continued, "your husband may have mistaken a tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel your pulse, he said ris? ing and bending over me." "I thought it best to hirifcor him, re? membering it was unwise for a helpless woman to oppose the, as yet, harmless freak of a lunatic. He took out his watch, shook his head gravely, laid my hand down gently, then went towards the study, where, on the table, was an open case of surgical instruments. "Do not be alarmed, madame," he said, turning toffie as I was about to rise and flee, and in another instant he was by my side with the case in his posses? sion. "Spare me I Oh, spare me, I beseech I" "Madam," he said sternly, clamping my wrists with his long sinewy fingers with a grip of steel, "you behave like a child. I have no time to parley," for I have.received a letter from the Emperor ^f the French stating that he is suffering from an iliac abscess, and is desirous of my attendance. I must start for Europe immediately after performing the opera? tion on your breast," and before I could' make the slightest resistance he had me in his arms, and was carrying me into the study, where there was a long table with green baize. On this he laid me, and holding* me down with one hand with the strength of a maniac, he brought forth from some hidden recess in nis gown several leather strings, with which he secured me to the table with the skill of an expert. It was but the work of a moment to unloose my robe and bare my bosom. Then, after carefully examining my left breast, he said: "Madame, your husband has made,a mistake. I find no necessity for my in? tended operation." At this I gave a long-drawn sigh of relief, and prepared to rise. "But," he continued, "I have dis? covered that your heart is as large as that of an ox? I will remove it so that you may see for yourself, reduce it to its nat? ural size by a curious process of my own, unknown to the medical science, and of which I am the sole discoverer, and then replace it again." He now begun to examine the edge of the cruel knife, on which I closed my eyes, while every nerve was in percepti? ble tremor. "The mechanism of the heart is like a watch," he resumed; "if it goes too fast the great blood vessel that supplies the force must be stopped like the lever of a watch, and the works must be cleaned and repaired and regulated. It may in? terest yon to know that I was present at the post-mortem examination held over the remains of the beautiful Louise of Prussia. Had I been consulted before death I would have saved her by taking out her heart and removing the polypi between-which it.-was wedged like as if in a vice; but I was called too late. The King and I had a little difference?he was a German, I am French. I trust that is sufficient explanation." He now bent over me, his long white beard brBabing my face. I raised my eyes beweekiDgly, trying to think o'f some way to save myself: "Ob, sir, give me an anaesthetic that I may not feel the pais," I pleaded. "Indeed, indeed, nadame, I would comply, with your wish- were you not the wife of a physician?of a skilful surgeon. I wish you to note with what ease I per fbrni this difficult operation so that you may teil your husband of the great savant whose services he secured, fortunately in season." As he said this he made a final test of his knife on his thumb. How moments were fleeing all too fast, and yet eternity seemed compressed to every one. I never fainted in my life, and I never felt less-like swooning than now, as I som moijae^aU'niy presence of mintf to; .delay j&eftsTM'mDmen^;fe^v?jfpr?.ying in the weatititoB for my^h?sbandfe , return. "DocfM^* said I, with assumed com? posure, "i h-tWe the utmost confidence in your skill. 1 woUtd not trust my life to another; but Doctor;, you have forgotten to bring a napkin l<y staanch the blood. If yon-will have the goodness to ascend to ray sleeping chamber, at the right of the hall, you will find everything you need for the purpose in the burem "Ah, madame," he said, shakiite his head sagaciously,."! never draw blood during a surgical operation; that is aa other one of my secrets, unknown to the faculty.". Then placing his hand on my bosom he added with horrible espieglerie: "I'll scarcely mar that whiter skin than snow, and smooth as monumental &1 r b tis t c r "O, God I" I cried, as I felt the cold steel touch my breast; but with the same breath came deliverance. Quick as thought a heavy woolen piano cover was thrown over the head and person of the madman, and bound tightfr about him. As quickly was I re? leased, and the thongs that had bound me soon held the maniac. My husband bad me in his arms. He had^ noiselessly approached, and taking the horror of my situation at a glance, had, by the only means at hand, secured the madman, who was tho very patient "he had been summoned" to attend, but who had escaped the vigilance of his keeper soon after the departure of the messenger, who had now returned with the doctor in pursuit of him. As the poor wretch was being hurried away he turned to me and said; "Madame, this is a plot to rob me of my reputation. Your husband is envious of my great skill as a surgeon. Adieu!" I after? ward learned that the man had once been an eminent surgeon in Europe, but much learning had made him mad. When he bound me to that table my hair was as black as a raven; when I left, it was as you see it now, white as full-blown cotton, Go Back. To the young man with his hair parted in the middle who is about to put his college education and his sole leather trunk on the Texas bound train, we say, stop! To the clever artisan and the hon est mechanic who thinks he will go from his hard time where he is to get imagina? ry well paid employment in the-Lone Star State, we also say?stop ! To the adventurous rustic who wishes to leave hoeing the turnips of some New York or Georgia farm to find a soft thing in this land of prairies, we emphatically repeat, stay where you are! We would that we inhabited the earthly Elysium that some Texas papers say we do, but we are afraid we don't. From the bot? tom of our hearts we should be glad to think that there was plenty and prosper? ity for every one who seeks to settle among us?but all the same there isn't. We do possess something of an ap? proach to the eternal summer and mar? velous growth which the East is so tired of hearing us brag about, but that is all. Sooth to say, there is no chance here for men without money, all the eager, new, arrivals to the contrary notwithstanding. In plain English, the paper that speaks of the magnificent opportunities this State presents to the new comer, lies? and lies in a very gratuitously criminal way indeed. The unvarnished truth is, that our la? bor market is stocked to overflowing, and every fresh arriving train but adds to the miserable multitude in our midst that waits, suffers, starves, and finally fights its desperate way back home again. Be? fore the door of nearly every bouse in this city, there daily begs a hollow-eyed swarm that would sadden the heart of a satyr. Men of brains and culture, good clerks, excellent accoutants, business men of undeniable energy, mechanics of abil? ity, walk the streets in dumb despair, and finally take the road that leads to the chain gang and workhouse. The writer of this cannot remember, one evening for very many that he has not been asked for money to buy a meal or a bed by men who would have sooner died on the rack than asked alms in the light of day. And some of them do die on the rack?the rack of bitter disap? pointment, continued misery. Yet still some papers calmly sing the same old siren song; and still this oveicrowded, over-traded and financially prostrated community is held up with fatal persis? tence as the proper Mecca of the Ameri? can youth. We beg the papers in the East and North to copy this article. We ask that the truth be told there as a simple duty of humanity. In the name of the dis? tress we see around us, and are powerless to relieve, in the name of the tramps and vagrants that fill our cities and towns, we solemnly waru intending immigrants of all classes, except farmers and men with money to invest, that we are over? stocked with labor, and will be for the next four or five years. Though his ticket may be purchased and his trunk packed, we say to the man looking hither for employment?Go back !?Texas In? telligencer. Advice to Newspaper Correspondents. Never write with a pen or ink. It is altogether too plain, and doesn't hold the mina of editors and printers closely enough to their work. If you are compelled to use ink, never use that vulgarity known as the blotting pad. If you drop a bit of ink on the paper, Kck it off. The intelligent com? positor loves nothing so dearly as to read through the smear this will make across twenty words. We have seen him hang over such a piece of copy half an hour, swearing like a pirate all the time, he felt that good. Don't punctuate. We prefer to punc? tuate all manuscript sent us. And don't use capitals. When we can punctuate and capitalize to suit ourself, and your article, when you see it in print, will as? tonish even if it does not please you. Don't try to write too plainly. It is a sign of plebeian origin and public school breeding. Poor writing is an indication of genius. It is about the only indica? tion of genius that a great many men possess. Scrawl your article with your eyes shut and make every word as illegi? ble as you can. We get the same price for it from the ragman as though it were covered with copper plate sentences. Avoid all pains taking with proper names. We know the full name of every man, woman and child in the United States, and the.merest hint at the name is sufficient. For instance, if you write a character something like & drunken fig? ure "8," and then draw a wavy line, we will know at once that means Samuel Morrison, even though you may think you mean "Lemuel Messenger." It is a great mistake that proper names should be written plainly. Always write on both sides of the paper, and when you have filled both sides of every page, trail a line up and down every page, trail a line up and down every margin and back to the top of the first page, closing your article by writing the signature just above the date. How we do love to get hold of articles written in this style. And how we like to get hold of the man who sends them. Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the woods, with a cannon in our hip pocket. Bevenge is sweet, yum, yum, yum. Lay your paper on the ground when you write; the rougher the ground the better. When your article is completed, crunch your paper in your pocket, and carry it two or three days before sending it in. This rubs off the superfluous pencil marks, and makes it lighter to handle. If you can think of it, lose one page out of the middle of your article. We can easily supply what is missing, and we love to do it. We have nothing else to do. __ Value of Accuracy.?It is the re? sult of every day's experience that steady attention to matters of detail lies at the root of the human progress, and that diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck. Accuracy is also of much importance, and an invariable mark of good training in a man?accuracy in ob? servation, accuracy in speech, accuracy in the transaction of affairs. What is done in business must be well done; for it is better to accomplish perfectly a small amount of work than to halfdo ten times as much. A wise man used to say. "Stay a little that we may make an end the sooner." Too little attention, however, is paid to this highly important quality of accuracy. As a man eminent in practical science lately observed, "It is astonishing how few people I have met in the course of my experience who can define a fact accurately." Yet, in busi? ness affairs, it is the manner even in which small matters are transacted that often decides men for or against you. With virtue, capacity, and good conduct in other respects, the person who is habitually inaccurate in other respects cannot be trusted; his work has to be done over again, and he thus causes end? less annoyance, vexation, and trouble. Peculiar Geological Formation in Marion.?Mr. McDuffie undertook to sink a drive pump in his yard in this town a few days ago. He found good water at a depth of fifteen feet. Thinking by going deeper he could do better, he bored further, when be struck a strata of black clay or mud of peculiar appear? ance, looking something like soft mineral coal. He has bored thirty-six feet, and has not yet gone through the peculiar deposit. Al the depth of twenty-seven feet he found a decayed log of pine or cypress, which evidences the fact that we are living on alluvial soil.?Merchant and Farmer, August 1st. Thistles require radical treatment to remove them, and so do Boils and Pim? ples, Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture is a rad? ical blood searcher curing all skiu erup? tions. Maturity of Seed. Upon a little reflection it is very ob? vious, and appears rational and physio? logical, that the vigor and productive? ness of a plant depend very much upon the perfect maturity and vital condition of the seed from which the plant springs, and that no manure or fertility of soil can make a weak plant as vigorous and productive as a strong one. This is true of every plant, from a radish to an oak. Yet how seldom is this truth regarded. Has it never occurred to the planter to ask himself why there is so much differ? ence in the plants of corn in the same hill, all treated alike? or, why there is such a difference in the vigor of a lot of seedlings of any plant when all are in the same bed or drill, and under the same conditions? I could state many facts tending to show that by careful attention to the perfect maturity of seed the pro* ductiveness of annual plants can be much increased, and that perennial plants can be obtained of quicker growth and great? er hardiness, but it does not seem neces? sary to do this. Indeed I believe the "running out" of the new wheats and other plants in a few years after their in? troduction is caused by the premature gathering of the crop to avoid the waste of seed; and yet the plant from one heavy, well-matured grain, would tiller and yield more at harvest than five shrunken kernels with their puny and yellow stalks. So, too, of corn. It often rots in the ground, or comes up feeble and yellow, and the planter often says in explanation of this, "that the weather is too cold; the ground is too wet; there is too much manure iu the hill," &c. On inquiry, I have generally found in such instances, that the farmer went through his field before harvest to select his seed corn, or if selected at the husking, more attention was given to the size of the ear thai .0 the ripeness of grain. One of my neighbors, however, follows the practice of his grandfather, and selects for seed only the ears which have limber huts to the cobs or ears, though the ears may be small, or mere "nubbins." He does not know why these ears were preferred, but his corn always ripens and yields a good crop; and it is evident, from the condition of che cob, that the grain is ripe, and receiving no further nutriment from the root or leaf. I think it would pay well for every farmer to leave a portion of his field to stand ungathered until the grain is per? fectly ripe, even if some shook out; and in the case of corn, not to cut the top stalks, but leave every part of the plant to complete its appropriate function in the perfection of the seed.?Geo. Haskell in Country Gentleman. How a Young Husband got Weaned from His Cups. A young wife in Michigan had just got settled in her new home. All seemed fair and promising, for she did not know that her husband was a drunkard. But one night he came home at a very late hour and much the worse for liquor. When he staggered into the house, the wife, who was greatly shocked, told him he was sick, and to lie down at once; and, in a moment or two, he was comfort* ably settled on the sofa in a drunken sleep. His face was reddish purple, his breathing was heavy, and altogether he was a pitiable looking object. -The doc? tor was sent for post-haste, and mustard applied to his feet and hands. When the doctor came aud felt bis pulse, and exam? ined him, and found that he was only drunk, he said: "He will be all right in the morning." But the wife insisted that he was very sick, and that severe remedies must be> used. "You must shave bis head and apply blisters," she urged, "or I will send for some one who will." The husband's head was accordingly shaved closely and blisters applied. The patient lay all night in a drunken sleep, and, notwithstanding the blisters were eating into his flesh, it was not till near morning that be began to beat about dis? turbed by pain. About daylight he waked up to a most uncomfortable conciousness of blistered agonies. "What does this mean," be said, put? ting his hand to bis bandaged head. "Lie still you musn't stir," said the wife, "you have been very sick." "I'm not sick." "Oh, yes you are; you have brain fever. We have been working with you all night." "I should think you had," groaned the poor victim. "What's the matter with my feet." "Thev are blistered." "Well, I'm better now; take off the blisters, do," he pleaded piteously. He was in a most uncomfortable state ?his head covered with sores, and his feet and hands were still worse. "Dear," he said, groaning, "if I should ever get sick iu this way again, don't be alarmed and send for the doctor, and above all, don't blister me again." "Oh, indeed I will?all that saved you were the blisters, and if you ever should have another such spell, I should be more frightened than ever?for the tendency I am sure is to appoplexy, aud from the next attack you will be likely to die unless there were the severest measures used." He made no further defense; suffice it to say he never had another attack. Domestic Ruin. A New York letter contains the fol? lowing : There is no denying that a good deal of the financial trouble that culminates in bankruptcy comes from extravagant living. Sometimes it is the man himself that paves the way for the sheriff, but quite often, it his family. A case in point as to the latter occurred not very long ago. A New Yorker happened to meet, down town, an acquaintance from a neighboring city and dropped into con? versation with him. After a few casual remarks the New Yorker asked about his friend's family, expressing a hope that they were well. "Ob, I suppose they are," said Mfc J., rather indifferently. "How is that ?" asked the New York? er. "I hope nothing has happened." "Well, yes, something has happened," replied Mr. J. "The fact of the matter is I haven't seen my family in six months. You know I was doing a pretty good business in B-, and the folks at home got to living away up. Nothing would satisfy them bi^t the best. As long as I could afford it, I let them have money right and left, but presently times got hard, business fell off and I found that I was going bebind. I didn't want to alarm my family, but 1 hinted that a little economy was desirable. But they paid no attention. The demands for money went on just the same. Then I told them they must economize, that I was absolutely unable to support them in such extravagance. It was no use, though; if I didn't give them cash they got credit and the bills came to me. I stood it as long as I could and I then said: 'Here, if you won't live on what I can give you ont of my business, take the business itself,' so I just made over the whole place to them and left. They ran it a few months, and then the sheriff stepped in, and I haven't seen any of my family since. I tried hard to provide for them, but tbey wouldn't let me, and that is the result. I can hardly take care of myself now, and it is all on account of the extravagance at home." ? Be careful to injure noj one's feel? ings by unkind remarks. Never tell tales, make faces, call names, ridicule the lame, mimic the unfortunate, nor be cruel to insects, birds or animals. ? Speaking of the sentiment, "She who rocks the cradle rules the world," a Southern paper says, "In this section she is generally a colored girl, and we don't believe a word of it," Domestic Stringency.?Bro. Gard? ner suddenly put in an appearance on Griswold street, yesterday, with a note of hand of the face value of $400, which he wanted discounted. He made strong appeals to all the banks, but in vain, and be finally mounted the post-office steps and called out : "Gem'len, here a in a note of fo' hun? dred dollars, due in twelve mo' days, and I'll sell it for two shilling " Several persons asked to look at the note, which was signed by an unknown party and not drawn up ia due form. "If this man is able to pay the value of the note why do you offer it for two shil? lings?" asked one of the group. "Well, dere am sev'ral reasons," slow? ly renlied Mr. Gardner, "It doan' seem to me dat de man can pay it. It doan' seem to me dat he'll be aroun' on de day it's due. He gin me dat note for an ole hoss, and de hoss died on him in about an hour. But, gem'len, de great big main reason what I want to disaccount dis note is the fact dat Mrs. Gardner has sprung a lawn party on me fur dis evenin' w'dout a word o' warnin'. All de preparashuns we has made dis fur is to borrow six char's an' a spittoon, an' Ize got to sacrifice dis note to get de baker's bread an herrings." A Brave Captain.?A good story of Prince Paskievitch : During the war of Warsaw he had ordered a certain Polish battery to be silenced by his own artillery, and became perfectly wild with rage on observing that the artillery firg produced no appreciable effect. Gallopping to the battery be asked: "What idiot is in charge here?" "I, sir," answered the officer. "Then down you go to the ranks this very day," said Paskievitch. "You don't begin to know your trade; your shells do not explode." "I know they dou't," answered the captain; "for the best of all reasons that they can't explode." "That's a he," said the prince. "Is it? See for yourself, then," re? plied the officer, coolly picking up a shell from the pile and lighting the fuse, and holding it up between himself and the marshal. The marshal tranquilly crossed bis arms and watched till the fuse sputtered and went out. "There, sir," said the artilleryman, triumphantly, as he threw the shell on the ground. "You were right, after all," growled the marshal, and rode away to another point of the line; but at night the cap? tain received at his tent the cross of St. Vladmir for bravery in the field. The Time to Eat Fruit.?The ear? lier in the day fruits are eaten the better. They should be ripe, fresh and perfect, and if eaten in their natural state, it is almost impossible to take too much. Their healthful qualities depend on their ripe acidity, but if sweetened with sugar, the acidity is not only neutralized, but the stomach is tempted to receive more than it can digest, and if cream is taken with them, the labor of digestion is in? creased. No liquid of any description should be drank within an hour after I eating fruits; nor should anything else be eaten within two or three hours?thus, time being ailowed for them to pass out of the stomach, the system derives from them all their enlivening, cooling and aperient influences. The great rule is, eat fruits, and berries while fresh, ripe and perfect, in their natural state, with: out eating or drinking anything for at least two hours afterward. With these restrictions, fruit may be eaten in mode? ration during the day and without get? ting tired of them, or ceasing to be ben? efited by them during the whole season. ? A popular serial?Wheat. ? Where may everlasting spring be found ? In an india-rubber factory. ? What kind of robbery is not dan? gerous ? A safe robbery of course. ? People learn wisdom from experi? ence. A man never wakes up his second baby to see it laugh. ? Why does the wife of the reformed drunkard rejoice ? Because her husband doesn't liquor any more. ? The historical oak under which, it is said, Wesley preached his first sermon I in America, is still standing at Frederica, Georgia. "What makes your bread so dark?' inquired, the lady of the house of the cook. "If you please, marm, it's because it was baked in cloudy weather," was the reply. ? A medical journal gives the anti? dotes to a number of poisons, and adds: "These remedies must be given before the doctor c6mes." By all means. Give the patient at least one chance for his life. I I ? A young woman from the rural dis? tricts entereda dry goods store the other day, and asked for a pair of stockings. The clerk politely asked her what nQm ber she wore. " VVby, two, you fool. Do you think I'm a centipede?" I ? He was a solemn looking stranger, I and he walked through the depot singing I "heaven is my home," when one of the boya called out: "Then you are going the wrong way, stranger. That is the : train to New York." ? A lot of street urchins paraded the streets of St. Louis one day last week with a tin pan by way of a drum, and a huge paper banner bearing the inscrip? tion : "We don't want bread. We want cake and pie or blood 1" ? A judge, joking a young lawyer, said: "If you and I were turned into a horse and an ass, which would you pre? fer to be ?" "The ?ss, to be sure," re? plied the lawyer. "I've heard 01 an ass being made a judge, but a horse never." ? 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 synonymous, and asked a friend to squeeze a young lady to sing. ? An aged man said: "If husbands only had any sense they'd never have any trouble with disobedient wives. I never did, an' I have been married nigh onto fifty years." "What is your se? cret?" asked a friend. "Why, I always I tell my wife to do just as she pleases, an' she never fails to do it." ? A Christian raerchaut, who, from begiuuing a very poor boy, had risen to wealth and renown, was once asked by an intimate friend to what under God he attributed his success in life. "To prompt and steady obedience to my parents," was the reply. "In .the midst of many bad examples of youths of my i own age, I was always able to yield a ready submission to the will of my father and mother; and I firmly believe that a blessing has, in consequence, rested upon me and all my efforts." ? Apropos of the tight-fitting dress mania. At some of the leading Paris stores they dress up young girls in the newest mode, so that their customers may see the effect of the style and material. A lady, looking at one of these girls dressed in a robe that fitted exceedingly close, asked her whether she could walk? about in it. "Certainly, madame," was the reply. "It's easy enough to prome? nade in it, but I can't go up or duwn stairs." ? The season at Saratoga -Springs seems to be at its hight for this year. The great hotels are aboutjtwo-thirds full, but the boarding-houses are apparently more crowded. Of the three great houses, the United States seems to be do? ing the best, with 600 or 700 guests, the Congress Hall next with perhaps 500, and the Grand Union, of largest capacity, with perhaps 600. There is no falling off in the popularity of Saratoga; on the contrary, it may well be said to be on the gain as a summer resort, and to be a long way ahead of all other American water? ing places, but the supply of accommo? dations grows faster than the increase of company, and may well uow stop till the demand catches up. Facts for the People. It is an undeniable fact that no article was ever placed before the public with ao much undis? puted evidence of its great medical value, aa tbe For every complaint for wbicb Vegetine to recommended, many testimonials of wbat It baa done is furnished to tbe public at large, and no one sbould fall to observe tbat nearly all of the teatimonials are from people right at borne, where the VEGETINE Is prepared, and as tlie streets and numbers are given, there can be no possible doubt about the matter. Boston, Deo. 17, 1872. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?May 1 ask the favor of you to make my case public? In 1861, while on picket duty in the armv, I was taken with a fit, which lasted all night. Was taken into camp and dosed wftb whlsKey and quinine. After this had fits every day, aud was taken to Nowbern Hospital, and there treated by the attending physicians. I grew worse and was sent borne. Remained in poor health for four years, treating with many physi? cians and trying many remedies. Finally Scrof? ula made its appearance on different parts of my body, and my head was so diseased as to be frightful to look at, and painful beyond endur? ance. After trying the most eminent physicians, without improvement, a change of climate was auVlsed. Have been to tbe Hot Springs in Arkansas twice, each time giving their treatment a thorough trial. Finally came back to Boston, discouraged, with no hope of help. Life was a burden to one in my situation. My disease, and the effect of so much powerful medicine, had so damaged my system tbat the action of my stom? ach was apparently destroyed, and my head was covered with ulcers which bad in places eaten into tbe skull bone. The best physicians said my blood was so full of poison they could do no more for me. .About this time a friend who bad been an invalid told meVEOETiNEhad restored h im to perfect health, and through his persuasion 1 commenced taking Veoetine. At this time! was having fits al? most every day. I noticed the lirst good effects of Vegetine in my digestive organs. My food sat better and my stomach grew stronger. I began to feel encouraged, for I could see my health slowly and gradually improving. Witt renewed hope I continued taking the Vege? tine, until it had completely driven ilistase out of my body. It cured the fit*, gave me good, pure blood, and restored me to perfec t health, which I had not enjoyed before for ten years. Hundreds of people in the city of Boston can vouch for the above facts. Vegetine has saved my life, and you 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 sulferers may find relief with less trouble and expense than 1 did. it will afford me great pleasure to show the marks of my disease or give any further infor? mation relative to my case to all who desire it. 1 am, sir, very gratefully, JOHN PECK, No. 50 Sawyer street, Boston, Mass. Twenty-Seven Years Ago. H. K. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?This is to cer? tify tbat my daughter was taken sick when she was three years old, and got so low tbat we were obliged to keep her on a pillow, without moving, to keep the little thing together. She was at? tended by several physicians ?tbe regular at? tending oue being old Dr. John Stevens. They all pronounced her case incurable. She had been sick about a year, when hearing of the great Blood Remedy, Vegetine, I commenced giving her that, and continued 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 Jong. Several small pieces were also taken from her left leg. She is now twenty-seven years old,and ia enjoying good health, aiid has ever since she was seven years old, with no signs 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 tbe least lame. Her case was Scrofula, inherited In the blood; and 1 would recommend all those having Scrofula Humor or any other blood disease, if they wish to have a perfect cure, to try Vegetine, 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 beard of a worse form of Scrofula. HULDA SMITH, 19 Monument street; Charlestown, Mass. MRS. SARAH M. JONES, 69 Sullivan street, Charlestown, Moss. April 10,1870. Tbe 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 twenty-Eeven years old.enjoying perfect health. VEGETEJE is Sold by all Druggists. TUTPSJILLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Dr. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been !i martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last Miring your pills were recommended to me; I used tliein (but with little laith). I am now a well man, have good appetite, digestion perlect, regular stools, piles gone, nnd I have gained forty pounds solid flesh. They are worth their'weight in gold. Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. TUTT'S PILLS CURE SICK HEAD? ACHE. TUTTSPILLS CURE DYSPEPSIA. Dr. Tutt has been en? gaged in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for a long time was demon, stmtor 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 arc free from all quackery. lie has sncccedcd in combining in them the heretofore antagonistic qualities of a strengthen i "g, tu rgoiive, a ncta pur it Ving tunic. '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 persons lake on flesh, while under the influence of these pills, oi 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 the liver, chronic constipation, and health arid strength to the system. Sold Office, 35 Mil my Street, New York. TUTT'S PILLS CURE CONSTIPATION TUTTSPiLLS CURE PILES. TUTPSPILLS CURE FEVER AND AGUE. TUTTSllLLS CURE BILIOUS COLIC TUTT'S PILLS T?RE KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. TUTPSPiLLS CURE TORPID LIVER tr3umph of science. Gray Hair can be changed to a trlossy black bv a r-ir.plc application of Dr.TuTT'sIIafrDye. It acts like rangic, and is warranted as harmless as water. Price $i.co. Office 35 Murray St., N. Y. What is Queen's Peught? Read the Answer It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe? cially adapted to the cure of diseases ot that climate. ^ nature's own remedy, Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof? ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic affix.' is. Alone, it it a searching alterative, but when ? Sncd with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and othei s, it forms Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The most powerful blood purifier known to medical science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul discharges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of .secret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use Strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com? plexion, and builds up 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. WM. ETTKNGER. H. P. EDM ON D. ETTENGER & EDM?1ID, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, &e., American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pump?. Send for Catalogue. Nov 2, 1876 16 ly Partnership Notice. THE undersigned have formed a partner? ship to transact a general Merchandise Business in the Town of Anderson, under the rirm name of A. Bj ToWlfiKS & CO., which business commenced on the 21st of September, 1876. A. B. TOWERS. J. W. TO DD, Anderson, S. C, July 11,1877. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS & CO. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES AT THE LADIES' STORE. Ion the next thirty days I will offer my entire STOCK OF CALICOES FOR CASH, AT 16 YARDS FOR ONE DOLLAR, Which is only six and one-quarter cents per yard. HATS and SHOES At New York Cost, And other Ooods at very much REDUCED TRICES. Call, See, and be Convinced. Anderson, S. C, July 19,1877. Furman University. rpHE next Session will begin SEFPEM X BER 18th. Expenses? Tuition Free ; Incidental Fee, $5.00; Board, $13.00 to $16.00 a month in private families and boarding-houses ; fuel, lights and washing cost about $2.00 a month. For a catalogue giving more infor? mation, address Prof. J. M. HARRIS, Greenville, S.C. July 26, 1877_2_6_ jfs ebb nan la not easily earned in these times, U I 0 ? but it can be made in three months ^ 0 1 Iby any one of either sex,in any mum part of the country 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 your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over 820 per day. All who engage at once can make 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 85 Outfit free. Address at once, H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. July 26,197" 2 5m TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now ore 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 85 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and gilrs earn nearly as much as men. That a!l who see this notice may send their address and test the bus? iness we make this unparalleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Fall 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. Reader, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, George Stinsox 4Co., 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 hear expense of starting you. Particulars free. Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons and daughters, and all classes in need of.paylng 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 Tf* AND n HE bROSS THE bRESCENT. A volume of thrilling interest by the eminent historian, L. P. Beockett ; describing the Russians and Turks: social, political, and religious history and condition ;'their home-life, varied customs, and peculiarities, the causes of the war, tli's issues at stake?Christian against Mohamme? dan?the mighty interests of other nations in? volved ; Biographies of the Rulers, Statesmen and Generals: all Richly Illustrated. The book mil? lions need now. Wanted instantly, 3,000 agents on very liberal terms. Address HUBBARD BROS., Publishers, 733 Sansom St., Philadelphia. July 19, 1877_1_4_ Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, conuecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday. July 16, 1877, the following will bp 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. H 30 p tu Arrive at Greenville.10 00 p m DOWN. Leave Greenville at.:. 5 40 a m Leave BpHoii. 7 20 a m Leave Hodges. 8 57 a in Leave Alston. 1 05 p m Arrive at Columbia. 2 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH?DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 4 25 a m Leave Pcrryville. 5 00 am Leave Pendleton. 5 40 a m Leave Anderson. 6 30 a m Arrive at Belton.7 10 a m UP. Leave Belton. 8 30 pm Leave Anderson.? 9 20 p ra Leave Pendleton.;&!?..10 10 p ra Leave Perryville. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.11 15 p m TH?MAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't. <tt? "I f \ o O ^ a day bums made by (jplVH VpjU.fJ Agents selling our Chroinos, Crayons, and Reward, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent. Picture and Cliromo Cards. 100 samples, worth $4.00, sent postpaid for 75c. Illustrated Catalouge free. J. H. BUFORD'S SONS, Boston. Established 1830. June 7?6m. New Advertisements. PT A WnO Magnificent $650 Rosewood Pianos 1?1M UlO SI75.tine Rosewood Upright Pirnnos ?^--(little used) cost $800 only $125, Atyfl'A "KTO mnst he gold. Parlor Organs, 2 U JlILtAIy 10 Stops $45,9 Stop? $65, 12 Stops on -ly$75. Nearly New 4 8et Reed 12 Stop, Sub Bass & Octave Coupler Organs, cost over $360, only $55. Lowest Prices ever offered sent oa 15 days test trial. You ask why I offer so cheap ? I reply Hard Times. Result sales over 100,000,000 annually. War commenced by monopolists. Be? ware anonymous Circular. Write for explanation. Battle raging. Full Particulars free Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Waahingtoq-ffew Jersey. CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE, FOR YOUNG LADIES* REV. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, PrinoIpaT. CHARLOLTE, N. G. The exercises of this Institution will be resumed* with a full corps of efficient instructors, on 28th' Sept., 1877. Board and tuition per term $100. For catalogue write toTiddy's Bookstore, Charlotte.N.C. 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. R. BLAKE, Chairman of Faculty. (hno a week in your own town. Terms and $5 ipDO outfit free. H. HALLETT A CO., Port laud, Maine._ OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, ?hJ 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES 4 CO., Nas? sau, N. Y. _ Those TERRIBLE HEADACHES generated- by obstructed secretions, and to which ladies are espe? cially subject, can always bo relieved, and their re? currence prevented by the use of Tarrast's Ef? fervesce irr Seltzek Apctiest. Procurable at all drug stores._ ? n f n 4*Ort per day at home. Samples worth $5 IU yLV) free Stisswf A Co.,Portland, Maine. ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN ACRE I Of the BEST LAND in AMERICA,ataztbeGreat Union Pacific Railroad. A Farm for $200, In easy payments with low rates of i?taesk, SECURE IT NOW. Full information sent free, address O.F.DAVIS, Land Agent U. P. R. B-, OMAHA, NEB. (ftCC C (bin ? Week to Agents. $10Outfitfree.. ipOO H 4> / / P. O. VICKEBY, Augusta,Malue. 4?i o a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and V1^ terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co? lombia, S. C, by H0YT, EJULYS" & McDANIEL. JAMES A.JJ0YT, Editor. The Daily Register contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange and Agrteslttt tal Departments. The Tbi-Weekxt Register is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, ana contains all the news of two days in one issue. The Weekly Register is-an eight page papery containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of the news of each week. This paper is. within -the reach of every family, and we are pleased to state the fact that its largo circulation is. rapidly extending. The Register is now the organ of the State Grange, and all matters of interest to the Patron of Husbandry will bo treated in their appropriate department The Agricultural and Grange arti? cles will appear In each of our publication ?DailY, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Register?One year, $7.00; six months, S.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. ft TT TJ /YWTA C The largest and fmext VAlXvl/iTlUOi stock in the world, em? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Art Booms. All the new and popular subjects at rock-bottom p-icen. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28<<-romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one of the bits ? f 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 Sltore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Snow? storm, American i ruit, 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 on r stretch od and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated ' Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 or $5 outfit. Address J. LATHAM & CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass. j^May 3,1877_42_ 6m. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R Atlasta, Ga., June 10, 7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta.4.00 p m Arrive at Gainesville_.6.24 p m M " New Holland..6.29 pm " " Lula..6.55 pm " . " Belton (Supper).?. 7.00 p m " ? MtAlry.7.50 pm " " Tocooa.8.21 p m " " Greenville....-.11.18 pm " " Snartanburg...._12^2ara " " Charlotte.4.12 am " " Charlotte (Railroad) Junction... 4.20a m GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction-. 7.00 p m Leave Charlotte.7.10 p m Arrive at Spartan burg.10.42 p m ". " Greenville.lL30aiu " " Toccoa.3.47 a m " 5? Alry.4J28im " Lula.....5.08 ? m " New Holland.5.13 a m " " Gainesville.-5.43 am " " Buford (Breakfast)...._ 6.33 a m " " Atlanta.8.45 a m _G.J. FOREACRE, General Manager. HARNESS! HARNESS! BARGAINS given in Buggy and Doable Harness, bv A. B. TOWERS & CO. July 26 1870 2 THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD. NOTHING- conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured bv J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure amt fresh from the bottoni 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 ease, 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 bevond 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, Elbert, Wilkes and Oglethorpe in Georgia, bv 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. * April 5, 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 indebted to us to pay at once and SAVE COST. Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is our desire to remain friendly with our customers, if they come forward promptly and pay us what thev owe. Monev we are obliged to have. We offer an 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 GROOEBIES!' Flour, Bacon, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Caps, Dry {roods. Tobacco, Cigars, Wines. Liquors, Iron. Steel, And all Farming Implements. Anv person or persons purchasing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam ? ining our stock before purchasing elsewhere. We buy for Cash and sell for cash only: therefore, we are enabled to sell cheaper. Call and judge for yourselves, and be convinced of McGKATH & BYRUM, ). mechanics' Row.