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LEARNING HER VALUE. "Just what I have been expecting for about seven^ years," said Miss Pauline I Worthington, looking from an open let? ter in her hand with a frowning brow. "Is not your letter from Herbert, j Lina ?" questioned Mrs. Worthington, a liny, silver-haired old lady with a gentle expression. "Yes, mother* Essie is very ill with low, nervous fever, and they want me to j come and stay until she is better.- The carriage will be sent at three o'clock, toother," and Miss Pauline's eyes snapp? ed. "I think it is about time Bert's tyrannv over that little martyr was end? ed. He's killing her." "Lina! He is your brother." "I can see his faults if he.is." ? "I never heard Essie complain," "She never would. But look at her. Nine years ago, when she was married, j she was a lively sunbeam, so bright and pretty. Now, pale, quiet and reserved, her voice is seldom heard, her smile sel? dom seen. A wintry shadow of her for? mer summer brightness! Now she has broken down. You have seen her at home, but surely when she is here you see the change." "YesKdear, she has changed; but fam? ily cares-" "Has Louie changed so ? She has I been twelve years married." Mrs. Worthington was silent. Louie was her oldest child, and presided over the home in which her mother had been a crippled prisoner for fifteen years. She took all the household care, and had five children, and yet Louie had gained in beauty, and certainly in cheerful happi? ness, since her marriage, even if the sport of girlhood was gone. "Henry appreciates Louie," said Lina; '"there lies toe difference between her happiness and Essie's dejection. If there is any domestic trouble Henry and Louie share it, while Herbert shifts it all on Essie. He is an habitual fault' finder." "Perhaps, dear, Essie is not as good a J housekeeper as Louie. Herbert may haVe cause to find fault" "Once in ten times he may. I never saw a faultless bouse or housekeeper; but Essie and her house are the nearest - approach to perfection I ever did see." "You never spoke so before, Lina." "Becanse Louie and I thought it best not to worry you with a trouble beyond your help. But firmly believing, as I do - now, that Herbert is actually worrying" his wife into the grave, I inteud to give him a lesson; that is, if you can spare me to go V* "You must go, dear. I can get along nicely." So when Herbert Worthington sent his carriage, Lina was quite ready for the fourteeu miles drive to her brother's house. It was a house wherein no evil spirit of repining and mult-finding should have found an abode. Spacious, hand-1 Botnely lumished, with well trained ser- j vants, and all the comforts wealth could furnish, it seemed a perfect paradise to j visitors. But a very demon lurked there to poison all, and this demon Lina had come to exercise. For the first fortnight Essie took all her time and care, the gentle spirit hov? ering very near the portal of the eternal home. There was a babe, too, six months old, and its wants filled all the spare moments. Herbert snarled and fretted over domestic shortcomings, but Lina peremptorily forbade all mention of these in the sick-room, having the doctor's authority for saying that the patient's very life depended upon quiet. But when convalescence commenced, Lina sent Essie and the baby to visit old Mrs. Worthington, and took control of Herbert, the older children, and the household, fully determined to show her brother how far he carried his absurd habit of fault finding. The first dinner saw the beginning of the lesson Lina meant to teach, by prac- j tically illustrating some of Herbert's ab? surdities. Herbert entered the dining- j room, his handsome face disfigured by a frown. "Soup," said Herbert, lifting the tu- I reen cover; "perfeetdish water." "Susan," said Lina sharply, before Herbert could lift the ladle, "take that tureen to the kitchen and tell Jane the soup is not fit to eat" j Susan promptly _ obeyed. Herbert looked rather ruefully at the vanishing I dish. He was especially fond of soup, and the savory fumes of the delicious dish were tantalizing. Essie would have had some gentle excuse for it?she never ? whipped off in that way. All dinner? time Lina kept up a ding-dong at Susan about that abominable soup, till Herbert heartily wished he had said nothing about it. But his imagination had de? tected a burnt flavor in the pudding, and before he could remonstrate, that dish had followed the soup. "I'll get this house in some sort of order before I leave it," said Lina em-1 phaticaEy. "Before you leave it," said Herbert, . sharply. "Do you suppose you are a bet- j ter house-keeper than Essie ? Why, I have not a friend who does not envy me the exquisite order of my house and my dainty table." "Herbert, you surprise me. Only yes- j terday I heard you say you did wish j there was ever anything fit to eat on the table." ! "One don't expect every word to be I taken literally," said Herbert rather sulkily. But an hour later, finding a streak of dust in the sitting room, he de? clared emphatically "it was not fit for a pig to live in." Coming into it the next morning, he found the curtains torn down, the carpets taken up, the floor littered with pails,] soap, and brushes, and Lina in a dismal j dress, her hair tied up in a towel, direct? ing two women, scrubbing vigorously. I "Good gracious, what are you doing?" "(leaning this room." j "Why, Essie had the whole house cleaned until it shone, in the fall, and didn't make half the muss," he added, contemptuously. "Well," said Lina, slowly, "I thought this room a marvel of neatness myself, but when you said it was not fit for the pigs, I supposed you wanted it cleaned." "The room was well enough," was the J cart reply. "For mercy's sakedon't turn I any more of the house upside down." j At breakfast a tiny tear in Louie's apron caught her father's eye, and by his own angry statement she never had a de? cent stitch of clothes, and he did wish "somebody would see to her." Two days later a formidable dry goods bill was presented at the store, and Lina explained it to him in this wise: "You said, Herbert, that Louie hadn,f a decent stitch, and you wished some? body would see to her, so I bought her a complete outfit. I could not. see any fault myself, but of course I got more ex? pensive articles, as you did not like those already provided. I am glad you called my attention to the poor, neglected child." . "Poor, neglected child?" echoed as? tonished Herbert "Why. Lina, Essie fairly slaves herself out over those chil? dren. I am sure I never see any better dressed or neater." Lina merely shrugged her shoulders. A month passed. Essie gained strength in the genial atmosphere surrounding Louie and her mother, while Lina ruled Herbert's home with a rod of iron. Her? bert began to experience a sick longing for Essie's gentle presence. Lina took him so very literally in all he said, and yet he could not rebuke her for doing ex? actly what he openly wished. A chair with a .tiny spot of dirt being declared absolutely filthy, was uphol? stered and varnished at a cost of eight dollars. A dozen new shirts, Essie's last labor of love, being said to "sit like meal bags," were bestowed upon the gardener, and a new set sent from a furnishing store; Harry's blocks were burned at the kitchen, tire. when. Herbert^stepping upon Onetsaid. he fwould not$hve sucn rubbish in' the; house." Eyery window was opened after a pettisbf declaration that the "room was as hot as an oven," and an hour later the stove was fired up to smothering heat because he declared it "cold enough to freeze a polar bear." In short, with apparently an energetic attempt to correct all short-comings and put the housekeeping upon a perfect basis, Lina in one month nearly doubled hei* brother's expenses, and drove him to the verge of distraction, keeping actual account of every complaint: But Essie, well and strong again, was coming home. On the day of her ex? pected arrival, Lina, with a solemn face, invited her brother into the sitting-'oom for a few moments of private conversa? tion. "Herbert," she said, very gravely : "I have a proposition to make to you. You are my only brother, and I need not tell you I love you very dearly. It has really grieved me to the heart to see how mucn there is to find fault with in your beauti? ful nome." Herbert twisted himself uneasily in his chair, but Lina continued : "You know that mother is very depen? dent on me, Louie having the house and children to care for, but I think she would sacrifice ier own comfort for yours. So, if you wish, Herbert, I will come here permanently, to keep things in order for you." "You are very kind," he faltered, the instincts of a gentleman battling with the strong desire to teU Lina she would certainly drive him to a lunatic asylum by six months or more of her model "Not at all. A man who has made ah unfortunate marriage certainly needs all the aid and sympathy bis family can give him." The last straw was laid upon the cam? el's back. Herbert spoke hotly: "You are entirely mistaken, Lina ! I. have not made an unfortunate marriage. If ever a man was blessed in a wife, I am that man." "You amaze me, Herbert," Lina cried in a well-feigned astonishment. "I do not see -why you should be sur? prised;-: Essie is gentle, loving, orderly, a' model house-keeper, and a perfect home angel?God bless her." "Herbert, is that true?" "Certainly it is true." "I cannot believe it," was the slow response. ,4Cannot believe it! Why ?" "Because"?and Lina dwelt impress? ively upon every word?"during the niue years of your married life, though visit? ing here frequently, I never heard you speak one word of encouragement or praise to Essie. I never saw one look of approbation or appreciation of any effort she made for your comfort upon your face. Continual fault finding, constant blame, have changed her from a happy, winsome girl to a pale, care-worn woman. Even her last illness was but the un? broken despair of a heart crushed under a load of daily censure and constant striving for the approbation never given. And you tell me now she has never failed in her duty to you. There is a grave error somewhere." The sadly earnest tone, the face of thoughtful gravity, sent every word home to Herbert Wortbington's heart. He spoke no word in self-defence as Lina left the room. In the profound silence that followed, conscience reviewed the past, and he knew that his sister had only spoken the truth. The habit of fault finding, meeting no resistance in Essie's gentleness, bad gained in force till all monstrosity stood revealed in the experience of the last month. In the days when Essie lay danger? ously ill there had been no self-reproach like this in her- husband's sorrow. He had given his wife a fair home, an ample income, frequent social pleasure, many costly gifts, and loved. her faithfully, rhile poisoning her whole life. "God help me," he whispered, "to conquer this fault. Essie shall hear no more fault finding, and if I see her droop? ing I will send her to mother and have Lina back again." Never had wife and mother warmer welcome than greeted Essie. The chil? dren were unchecked in their loudest demonstration of delight. But Lina had to rush into the hall to hide her merry eyes when Herbert, kissing Essie, said "We mnst let mother have Lina, now. dear; she has been very kind, and workea hard for my comfort.; but*there is no home fairy like my Essie." The quick, glad look in his wife's soft eyes told Herbert that one step had been taken in the right direction. As the days, glided by, and Essie found appre? ciation meeting every effort to acid to home comfort, a word of praise for every little triumph of cookery or needle-work, her pale face grew bright with untold happiness. Gradually the care-worn expression was obliterated by one of sweet content, and Herbert found his own heart lighted by the cheerful voice, the sunny smile, the bright eyes of the Essie he had wooed years before. And Lina, making a visit six months after, told her mother, on her return : "Herbert has learned his lesson by heart, mother. He appreciates Essie now at her value, and he lets her know it.?Home Companion, Gubernatorial Correspondence. Governor Vance, of North Carolina, becoming tired of the traditional conver? sation with the Governor of South Caro? lina, opens up a fresh correspondence, and has sent the following peculiarly phrased letter to the Governor of Ten? nessee: Executive Department, * Ealeigh, N. C, July 27. My Dear Sie : It is officially report? ed to me that two men, lately citizens (I grieve to say) of this law-abiding com? monwealth, named respectively William Reece and Noah Reece, recently made a hasty visit to Union County, Tenn., on foot, and, disregarding the rights of hos? pitality and the comity of States, returned into North Carolina mounted?-William on a mule and Noah on a gray horse. Close upon their heels came one Barrett Ray, from said Union County, Tenn., who made oath in dne form that said mule was his property, and that said William had obtained possession thereof by certain carpet-bag methods in direct contravention of the eighth command? ment. At the same time and place came also one Robert Love, of said Union County, Tenn., who made a similar affi? davit in regard to said Noah Reece and the gray norse; whereupon Che said William and Noah Reece were arrested and lodged in the jail of McDowell County, jn. C, to await further proceed? ings. I have the honor, therefore, to await your Excellency's pleasure in the premises, and to assure you'that it will afford me no little pleasure to intrust? up&n a proper requisition?these erring sons of North Carolina to the correcting hands' of your judiciary; and with as? surances of very high personal and offi? cial regard, I am, dear air, very respect? fully, your most obedient servant, Z. B. Vance. Governor Porter promptly sent a re? quisition for the two "erring sons of North Carolina." ? This is an age of progress. James Parton, the biographer, married his step? daughter; John Downs, of Nelson Coun? ty, married his sijtynother; but it was reserved for Dode Chesher, of Walton's Lick, Washington County, to outstrip them all in a matrimonial feat. Last week he married his grandmother. Dode Chesher is twenty-five years of age, a son of the well known Baptist preacher, and grandson of William Chesher. Some years since the latter died, leaving a widow of forty-five summers, and now his grandson has done probably what no man ever did before?married his step grandmother.? Nelson (?y.,) Record. Rat Hunting Snakes. Some months ago a gentleman from Dumphries paid a visit to a friend of his in the township of Beverly, Canada?a Mr. Henry?and remained with him for several days. During his visit the Dum? phries gentleman complained that his house was literally infested with rats and mice. He had tried every device to get rid of them*, and all had failed. Mr. Henry, who is as ingenious as be is fond of sport, declared that he could battle the rats out of his friend's cellar in no time, to use his own expression. Next day the two drove to the gentleman's house in Dumphries. Mr. Henry took with bim a common quarter gross match box, pierced with a few holes, which he carefully placed under the seat of the buggy. The Dumphries gentleman, feel? ing that his friend was going to give him a surprise, probably with some improve? ment ou the ferret, asked no questions, the better to enjoy the surprise when it did come. Arriving at the house they had dinner, and after the ladies had re? tired Mr. Henry placed the box on the table and removed the lid. In an in? stant from the box leaped a full-grown garter snake, measuring three feet and a half in length. The reptile, which was highly excited with the heat, reared it? self almost on the extremity of its tail and glided about the table with remark? able rapidity, licking its ghastly jaws with its forked and nimble tongue. The Dumphries.gentleman shrank back into the corner almost petrified with horror. Mr. Henry showed now silly this was by taking the snake upon his arm and hand? ling it much like a hack driver would handle his whip-lash. Finally his fears were overcome, and when he had com? posed himself he led his friend into the cellar where the snake was set at liberty. The reptile immediately departed for the wall, and the next moment discovered a hole, into which it glided with the great? est ease. An interesting terrier stood at their heels, and both gentlemen held clubs, which were trumps just about them. The snake had not disappear over a minute before half a dozen rats bounded out of the hole and met a terri? ble fate at the hands of their enemies outside. But the snake was not satisfied; it discovered every rat hole in the cellar, and glided in and out among the rocks where even a rat could not have gone. It was finally taken up and placed in a box after twenty rats and almost as many mice had been killed. The snake be? longs to a black garter family, which are in reality the best friend the farmer has. They live exclusively on the field mice, worms, flies and other vermin, and if they occasionally glide across the path of f. human being their lives should be pre? served, as their good qualities counter? balance these defects. The one possessed ! by Mr. Henry was caught by him hast summer in a pea-field, and since he has had it ho rats are to be seen or heard in the neighborhood of his house. Good Advice. A young friend of ours, on leaving Baltimore recently, where he had been attending college, received from a lady friend the following admirable advice, which, though intended only for his own perusal, we take the liberty of presenting to our young readers: "It is easier to be a good business man than a poor one. Half the energy dis? played in keeping ahead that is required to catch up when behind, will save cred? it, give more time .to .business, and add to the profit and reputation of your work. Hon^r your engagements. If you promise to meet a man or do a cer? tain thing at a certain moment, be ready at the appointed time. If you go out on business, attend promptly to the matter in hand, and then as promptly go about your own business. Do not stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business, be found there when wanted. No, man can get rich by sitting around stores and saloons. If you have to laborfor a living, remember that one hour in the morning is better than two at night. If you employ others, be on hand to see that they attend to their du? ties, and to direct with regularity, Sromptness and liberality. Do not med le with any business you know nothing of. Never buy a thing simply because the man that sells will take it out in trade. Trade is money. Time is money. Never use quick words or allow yourself to make hasty or ungeutlemanly remarks to those in your employ, for to do so les? sens their respect for you and your influ? ence over tbem. Help yourselves and others will help you. Be faithful over interests confided to your keeping, and in all good time your responsibilities will be increased. Do not be in too great haste to get rich. Do not build until you have arranged and laid a good foun? dation. Do not?as you hope to work success?spend time in idleness. If your time is your own, business will suffer if you do; if it is given to another for pay, it belongs to him, and you have no more right to steal it than you have to steal money. Be obliging. Strive to avoid harsh words and personalities. Do not kick every stone in the path ; many miles can be made in a day by going steadily on. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond. Ask, but never beg. Help others when you are able; but never give when you cannot afford to, simply because it is fashionable. Learn to say 'no.' No ne? cessity for snapping it out; but say it firmly and respectfully. Have but few confidants, and the fewer the better. Use your own brains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for your? self. Be vigilant. Keep ahead rather than behind the times." Dr. Todd, of Barnwell, Shot by Geo. Duncan.?An unfortunate difficul? ty occurred at Barnwell village, on Sat ; urday, between Dr. G. R. C. Todd, Dr. J. A. Duncan and George Duncan, the son of Dr. Dnncan, a youth about 16 years old. The accounts of the affair are conflicting. As the story goes, the two older men (Todd and Duncan) met at Peachman's bar-room, and became in? volved in some dispute about profession? al matters, in which harsh words and in? sinuations were freely indulged in. Dr. Todd went hurriedly across to Easter ling's store, and, according to one ac? count, requested Mr. Robert Easterling to lend him a pistol. While in the store Dr. Duncan entered, accompanied by his son, and demanded a retraction of the language used in the bar-room. This being refused, Dr. Todd was attacked by Dr. Duncan, and a general scuffle in sued. George Duncan drew his pistol, and Dr. Todd seized it and attempted to wrest it away, while Dr. Duncan struck him several blows with a stick and a counter weight. During the struggle George Duncan fired, striking Dr. Todd in the breast, about an inch to the left of und just below the left nibble. Dr. Todd then caught young Duncan by the throat with both hands, and was only prevented from strangling him by the efforts of fersons who had by this time interferred. t was found that the ball had struck on a rib, glanced around and lodged in the muscles under the left shoulder-blade beneath the skin, inflicting a serious but not necessarily dangerous wound. The injured man was conveyed to his house, where his wounds were dressed and the j ball extracted, and last night he was doing very well. No warrants have been issued and no arrests made. All of the gentlemen involved in this unfortunate affair are widely known throughout this !section, and the occurrence is deeply re ?retted by every one. Dr. Todd was a istinguished and valuable surgeon in the Confederate army.?Barnwell Corres? pondence News and Courier. ? Between new-made lovers : "Then Adelgitha you will be mine?" "Yes, Ferdinand, if pa is willing. I always do what he want* me to." "But will he give his consent?" "He will. Pa always does what I want him to." A. WARD TO A LITTLE FRIEND. Not by Any Means the Least Delight? ful of Many Delightful Letters. From the Elmira Gazette. We have been permitted to publish a letter written by Mr. Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward] to a young friend of his ?a little girl, then of the age of eight, and now the wife of a prominent mer? chant in a neighboring city. The letter never before has appeared in print, and the original is in possession of a gentle? man of this city. We vouch for it s gen? uineness. It will at once strike the read? er as bein? eminently characteristic? "true to life:" "Salem, Mass., June 18,1864. "My Dear Amelia?I cannot tell you how much I miss you. "It seems as though I had lost all my relatives, including my grandmother and the cooking stove. "Why didn't I put you in a bottle and bring you down here with me? But I am always forgetting something. The other day I went off and forgot my Aunt Sarah, and she's a good deal bigger than you are. Mr. Ramsey is also a very for? getful man. He frequently goes off and forgets his washerwoman. Mr. Ramsey is a very fine looking man. He reminds me of Mr. Green, the Maiden murderer. When Mr. Ramsey goes to the peniten? tiary, which will be very soon, we must send him doughnuts, magazines, and other literary documents. Mr. Ramsey can read print very well. "I like you very much. I should like you just as well if you were twelve years older. I am very singular about some things. "You spoke to me about a boy who is my rival. I should feel very sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive me to it. I am in hopes that he will take himself in? to a premature tomb?that he may choke himself with a large slice of pudding, but if he does neither, I shall' feel forced to load him with chains and read all my lectures to him. His boots may remain, but the rest of him will have perished miserably long ere I have got through I "You must be a good little girl, and always mind your mother. Never let your excellent mother feel sorry that she is acquainted witb you. If it hadn't been for her you might have got drowned in a soup plate long ago. And if you hadn't ever had any mother you might now be in Turkey with the other Turkeys. In fact, my dear Amelia, so conduct your? self that even on dark and rainy days the bright sun may shine wherever you are, and that the stars (which are next to the sun in brightness) may never flash so brilliantly but that you can always look steadily and hopefully toward them. "Faithfully, your friend, A. Ward." Does it Pay ? Does it pay to have fifty working men f)Oor and ragged in order to have one sa oon keeper dressed in broadcloth and flush in money? Does- it pay to have one citizen in the county jail because another sells him liquor?; Does it pay to hang one citizen because another got him drunk? Does it pay to have a dozen intelligent young men turned into thieves and vaga? bonds that one may lead a lazy life oy "selling the rum ?" Does it pay to receive $15 for rum li? cense, and then pay $20,000 for trying a man for murder, induced by the rum sold him? Does it pay to have a thousand homes blasted, ruined, defiled, turned into hells of mise*ry, strife and want, that some wholesale rumseller may build up a larg? er fortune ? Does it pay to have twenty mothers and their children dressed in rags, live in hovels, daily famish, that one rum seller's wife and children may live in ease and affluence ? Does it pay to have hundreds of thou? sands of men and woraeu in almshouses, penitentiaries and hospitals, and thou? sands more in the asylum for the idiotic and insane, that a few heavy capitalists of the whiskey ring may profit by such atrocity ? Does it pay to tolerate a trafic which breeds crime, poverty, agony, idleness, shame and death, wherever it is al? lowed ? If these things are carefully considered by every voter in the community, then it behooves us all to organize! Organize I Be not fanatical, but firm; be not bigoted, but bold. Proclaim your principles ev? erywhere. Show your colors, and stand by them. It only needs organization to make the temperance movement felt in every community throughout the land, and be ultimately victorious. Organize! Restore the drunkard to himself, his business, family, friends. Put fire on his cold hearth, food on his table, clothing on his ragged, neglected children, peace in the heart of the wife; ?ive nerve to his arm, joy to his toil by ay, and repose to his mind by night. All this is posssble, if temperance men will act in concert. Temperance men, organize! More are for you than against you. Mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, nearly all true women's hearts are with you. Destroy the yoke of alcoholic des? potism. _ Independent Candidates.?There is serious danger to the Democratic party in such divisions and dissensions as are seen in Newberry and Fairfield. The remedy is with the people; but the Con? ventions who nominate candidates can do much in the' way of avoiding the occa? sions of splits and bolts. It should be made the invariable rule to allow no person to be balloted for as a candidate for a nomination, until, in person or by his representatives, he shall have bound himself to abide by the action of the Convention and to support its nominees. The Conventions also should be extreme? ly careful to nominate strong men. In our judgment a bare majority should not be sufficient for a choice. A candidate who cannot secure a two-thirds vote is sufficiently unpopular to be unsafe in these times. Again, if Conventions can? not nominate acceptable candidates, the choice can be devolved directly upon the people in primary elections. It is an open fight. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes at the pri? maries then becomes- the regular candi? date of the party. No independent candidates! must be the cry everywhere, if the Democrats de? sire to retain and consolidate their pow? er.?News and Courier. An Astronomical Spectacle.?The evening sky now presents to the view not less than four planets in addition to the usual display of fixed stars. Venus is conspicuous in the west in the early twi? light; she sets now after 8 o'clock. Ju? piter is then nearly due south, and is prominent in the western quarter till after midnight. At about 8 o'clock Saturn rises, followed twenty-four minutes after? wards by his lesser brother, Mars, who is at present much the most prominent ob? ject, as he is very near the earth. Mars and Saturn are visible in the eastern quarter from that time until after mid? night, and docs not set in the west until after suurise. These two planets are now about four degrees asunder, Mars having the greatest south declination. They will grow in brightness, as well as rise nearly four minutes earlier each night during the remainder of this month. September 5tb Mars will be in opposition to the sun, and Saturn will be in opposi? tion on the 9th. The position of Mars during the first ten days of September will be unusually interesting, as he will be exceptionally near the earth, and per? mit astronomers to "work away at him" with promise of good results. ? Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it must be ground before it can be used. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Pittsburg is in Alleghany County, the bulwark of Pen nsyl vania Radicalism. The party majority there ranges from 12,000 to 18,000. ? A Baltimore, belle, when told by the waiter that they had no gooseberries, ex? claimed, "What has happened to the goose ?" The waiter wilted. ? "Are these soaps all one scent?" in? quired a lady of a juvenile salesman. "No. ma'am, they are all ten cents," re? plied the innocent youngster. ? The fashionable male shirt collar is gradually decreasing in height. A young man can now pass under a- telegraph wire without ducking bis head. ? Why is a pretty girl like a locomo? tive engine? Because she sends off the sparks, transport the mails, has a train following her, and passes over the plains. ? It is getting to be quite the thing in some parts of this glorious republic, and particularly down in Arkansas, for men to go around with one ear. It isn't al? ways safe to ask them now" they lost the other. ? It may be well enough to whip a boy when he needs it, but it is a waste of time and talent to undertake to con? vince him that you intend that thrash? ing for anythiug but your own amuse? ment. . ? "It is a standing rule in my church," said one clergyman to another, "for the sexton to wake up any man that he sees asleep." "I think," replied the other "that it would be better for the sexton whenever a man goes to sleep under your preaching, to wake you up I" ? A 'Massachusetts youth went to a printer and asked the price of wedding cards, and said that he had been intro? duced to a handsome girl the night before who was worth some money, and thought he would look around to see how much the wedding fixings would cost before proposing. ? A German lost his wife, and the next week married again, and his new wife asked him to take her out riding. He felt indignant that she should have no more respect than that for his de? ceased wife, and said: "You dink I ride out mit another vornan so soon after the death of mine frou." ? An old writer says: "I have seen women so delicate that they were afraid to ride, for fear of the horse running awav; afraid to sail, for fear the boat might be upset; afraid to walk, for fear they might fall; but I have never seen one afraid to be married, which is far more riskful than all the others put to? gether." ? A little three-year-old.girl, whose father did not use a razor, was recently, while visiting at a neighbor's, greatly in? terested in the operation of shaving, which the head of the house was perform? ing. After watching inteutly for a Tew minutes, she said, "Mr. A., what do you do that for? My papa don't wash his face with a little broom and wipe it with a knife." ? Senator David Davis, of Illinois, late of the Supreme Court, is seriously ill; and his reported disease is cancer in j the stomach, threatening, at least, the speedy end of his personal activity and public usefulness. His recent access to j the Senate was an occasion for national congratulation ; the limitation of his ac? tive service there, either in time or qual? ity, will be a great public misfortune. ? A physician recently took a couple of girls to ride with him. They visited one of the cemeteries, and while looking at the various monuments the doctor re? marked that he knew one person buried in the lot very well, he having been one of his patients. One of the little girls, looking around, waved her hand toward the other monuments and innocently in? quired, "And were all those your pa? tients, too ?" ? Two young ladies were singing a duet in a concert room. A stranger, who had heard better performance, turned to his neighbor, saying: "Does not the lady in white sing wretchedly ?" "Ex? cuse me, sir," replied he, "I scarcely feel at liberty to express my sentiments; she is my sister." "I beg your pardon, sir," answered he in much confusion, "I meant the lady in blue." "You are perfectly right there," replied the neighbor; "I have often told her so myself; she is my wife." ? One of the most distressing evi? dences of hard times is to be found in the fact that the industrious and frugal work? ing classes of the larger cities are contin? ually drawing on the little amounts they have gradually accumulated and depos? ited in the savings banks. It appears that the experience of these banks is very much the same over the country. The deserving depositors have almost stopped with their credits, being forced to draw out not, only .the interest, but frequently the principal of their earnings. ? The engineers of the United States army, than whom there are no more com? petent judges of matters connected with their vocation, expressed more disfavor of Capt. Eads' plan, when it was first dis? cussed, of a jetty system for opening a channel through the South Pass of the Mississippi than any other class of peo? ple in the country. It is therefore grati? fying to learn that having inspected the work they have filed a report in which they frankly admit the success of the projector. Originally opposed to the scheme, they have made up their verdict with great deliberation, and their conclu? sion under such circumstances in its favor enhances the value of their en? dorsement. The importance of the trade and commerce or the whole coun? try of this enterprise cannot be overesti? mated. Worth of a Drink of Water.?In one of the terrible battles in Virginia, a Union officer fell wounded in front of the Confederate breastworks, and while cry? ing for water, James Moore, of Burke county, N. C., a Confederate soldier, leaped over the fortifications, and crawl? ing up to the poor fellow, gave him a drink. The wounded man took out his gold watch and offered it to his benefac? tor, but it was refused. He then asked for the Confederate soldier's name, and the two men parted. Moore subsequent? ly lost a limb in battle, and returned a cripple to his home. The Raleigh News now says that a few days ago Moore re? ceived from this Union soldier a letter announcing that the sum of ten thousand dollars would be paid to him in four an? nual installments. ? I Borrowing Books.?Nobody would think of going into your parlor and pick? ing up a mantel ornament or a tidy, and saying, "Can I take this for a few days? I will bring it back again." But they frequently do so with your books. Now, books are as much the furniture of a room as anything else, particularly when they are in the parlor. They are put there to be looked over and promote con? versation, and if they are carried off their purpose is defeated. Besides, bor? rowers feel much less obligation to return jbooks than anything else. Very few ?people keep more than ten or fifteen vol? umes on a parlor table, and though one might not be missed for a time, yet if everybody who came in would appro? priate one, the owner would soon be des? titute. Wanted Rain.?The colored people held a meeting, says the Lenoir (N. C.) Topic a few days ago, in Caldwell county, to pray for rain. One brother was called on, who prayed after this manner: "O, Lord God! us poor niggers is perishin' dis year, an' ef you don't gib us a rain, we will perish next year too. So, good Lord, gib us rain. Don't gib us one ob dese slippy-slappies, but do, gib us one ob dem gully-wasbere and trash-movers." Facts for the People. It is an undeniable fact that no article u&> aver placed before the public with so much undis? puted evidence of its great medical value, as the YECrETINE. For every complaint for which Veoetink is recommended, many testimonials of what it has ? done is furnished to the public at large, and no one should fail to observe that nearly all of the testimonials are from people right at home, where the VEOETINE is prepared, and as the streets and numbers are given, there can be no possible doubt about the matter. BoBTOX, Dec. 17, lf>7L'. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?May I ask the favor of you to make my case public V In 186!, while on picket duty in the nrmv, I was taken with a fit, which lasted all night. Was taken into camp and dosed with whiskey and quinine. After this had fits every day, and was taken to Newbern Hospital, and there treated by the attending physicians. I grew worse and was sent home. Kemained 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 bead 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 advised. Have been to the 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 that the action of my stom? ach was apparently destroyed, and my head was covered with ulcers which had in places eaten into the 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 had been an invalid told meVEOETiNEhad restored him to perfect health, and through his persuasion 1 commenced taking Veoetine. At this time I was having fits al? most every lay. I noticed the first good effects of VeqetijiE 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. With renewed hope I continued taking the Veoe tine, until it had completely driven disease out of my body. It cured the fits, gave me good, pure blood, and restored me to perfect heaith, which I had not enjoyed before for ten years. Hundreds of people in the city of Boston can vouch for the above facts. Veoetine 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 sufferers may lind 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 further infor? mation relative to my case to all who desire it. I am, sir. very gratefully, JOHN FECK, No. 60 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 so 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 siek about a year, when hearing of the great Blood Remedy, Veoeti.ve, 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 long. Several small pieces were also taken from her left leg. She is now twenty-seven years old,and is enjoying good health, and 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 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 Veoetike, 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 x never saw nor heard of a worse form of Scrofula. HULDA SMITH, 19 Monument street, Charlestown, Mass. MRS. SARAH M. JONES, 69 Sullivan street, Charlestown, 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 twenty-seven years old,enjoying perfect health. VEGETTJE is Sold by all Druggists. T?TTILPILLS 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 martyrto Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last wring your pills were recommended tome; I used them (but with little faith). I am now a well man, have good appetite, digestion perlect, regular stools, piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh. They arc worth their weight in gold. Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Tutt has been en? gaged in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for a long time was demon, str ilor of anatomy in the Medical College of Geor? gia, hence persons using his Pills have the guaran? tee that they are prepared on scientific principles, mid arc t ree from all quackery. lie has succeeded in combining in them the heretofore antagonistic qualities of a strengthen ing,fttrgative, ami a fur it ytng tonte. 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 take 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, ana i:r.p:trtii*ir hcsHh and strength to the system. Sold ' r\ where. Office, 35 Mir ray Street, New York. TUTT'S PILLS CURE SICK HEAD? ACHE. TUiTSPiLLS cure DYSPEPSIA. TUTPSPILLS cube CONSTIPATION TUTTSPiLLS CUBE PILES. TUTFSPiLLS CUBE FEVEB AND AGUE. TUTPSPILLS CURE BILIOUS COLIC t?tpTpills CUBE KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. TUTTS~PiLLS CUBE TORPID LIVEB What is Queen's Delight? 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 affections. Alone, it it a searchinc-altcrativc, but when combined with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it form* 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 lrom 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* plcxion, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly rccoinmi tided. 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, {i.oo. Oflice, 35 Murray Street, New York. WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boiler*, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, tfce., American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. #=?- Send for Catalogue. Nov 2, 1H7G 1G ly Partnership Notice. THE undersigned have formed 11 partner? ship to transact a general Rtercliandi.se Business in the Town of Anderson, under the firm name of A. B. TOWERS & CO., which business commenced 011 the 21st ol September, 1876. A. D. TOWERS. J. W. TODD, Anderson, S. C, July 11,1877. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS & CO. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES AT THE LADIES' STORE. OR 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 Goods at very much REDUCED PRICES. Call, See, and be Convinced. Anderson, S. C, July 19,1S77. Furman University. THE next Session will begin SEPTEM? 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 20, 1877_2_6_ gf* on Banna is not easily earned in these times, 61 0 B S but it can be made In three months |^ 0 0 0 by any one of either sex, in any BBS Part ?* tne 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 $20 per day. Alt 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. Ballett & Co., Portland, Maine. July 26,1977 2 -_6m TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre pa red to furnish all classes with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50c. to ?5 per evening, and a proportional sura by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and gilrs earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice may send their address and test the bus? iness we make this unparalleled oner: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to 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 Stinson & 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. Business 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 A Co., Augusta, Maine._49?16 rp and p he Uross the Orescent. A volume of thrilling interest by the eminent historian, L. P. Brockett ; describing the Russians and Turks: social, political, and religious history and condition ; 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 Rulers, Statesmen and Generals; ail 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, 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 Greenville.10 00 pm DOWN. Leave Greenville at. 5 40 a m Leave Briton. 7 20 a m Leave Hodges. 8 57 a m Leave Alston. 1 05 p m Arrive at Columbia. 2 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 4 25 a m Leave Perryville. 5 00 am Leave Pond let on. 5 40 a m Leave Anderson.- 6 30 a m Arrive at Belton.7 10am UP. Leave Belton. 8 30 p m Leave Anderson. 9 20 p m Leave Pendleton.10 10 p m Leave Perryville. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.11 15 p m THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't <?? "I r\ o dfe O rX a day sure made by flplV/fi (p^lU 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 Caralouge free. J. H. BUFORD'S SONS, Boston. Established 1830. june 7^6m. New Advertisements. $175, line Rosewood Upright Piano< -?-flittle used) cost* $800 only $125, n*Dri A WO""08* "?* *oW-" P?rior*OrgBTnr, 2 UXlUT?lN ? Stops $45, 9 Stops 865, 12 Stops on -!-:-ly $76; NearlyNe w 4 Set Reed 12 Stop, Sub Bass & Otave Coupler Organs, cost over $360, only $55. Lowest Prices ever offered sent on 15 days test trial. You ask why I offer so cheap ? I reply Hard Times. Result safes over 100,000,000 annuaily. War commenced by monopolists. Be? ware anonymous Circular. Write for explanation. Battle raging. Full Particulars free Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE, FOR YOUNG LADIES. REV. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Principal. CIIARLOLTE, N. C. The exercises of this Institution will be resumed with a full corps of efficient instructors, on 2Sth Sept,, 1877. Board and tuition per term $100. For catalogue write toTiddy'a 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 foe catalogue to J. R. BLAKE, Chairman of Faculty. <bCC a week In your own town. Terras and S5 8)00 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Port? land, Maine.__# OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, &D 10 cU., post paid. L. JONES & CO., Nas? sau, N. Y. _ Those TERRIBLE HEADACHES generated by obstructed secretions, and to which ladies are espe? cially subject, can always be relieved, and their re? currence prevented by the .use of Tabbant's Ef febvkscestt Seltzeb Ai'khiest. Procurable at all drug stores. ? ? _?_ *K TA dbn'A per day at home. Samples worth $?> $0 W ty&\J free Stinsok A Co., Portland, Maine. ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AS ACRE ! Of the BEST LAND in AMERICA, near the Great Union Pacific Railroad. A Farm for $200, In easy payments with low rates of interest. SECURE IT NOW. Full Information sent free, address O. F. DAVIS, Land Agent. U. P. R. R^, _OMAHA, NEB. (fr EC O <tl an a Week to Agents. $10 Outfit free. jpOO g ?P/ /P.O.VICKERY, Augusta,Maiue. <J?i o a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit an t 'P** terras free. TRUE ACQ., Augusta, Maino. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co* luinbla, S. C, by. H0YT, EMLYff & McDAHIEL. JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. Thr Daily Register contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorial* upon all current topics, and Grange and Agricult u lal Departments. The Tri-Weekly Register is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one issue. The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing thi cream of the news of each week/Thls paper U within the reach of every family, and we am pleased to state the fact that its large circulation is] rapidly extending. The Register is now the organ of the Statu Grange, and all matters of interest to the Patron of Husbandry will be treated in their appropriate department The Agricultural and Grange arti? cles will appear in each of our publication ?Dailv, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Register?One year, $7.00; six months, $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. McD ANIEL, Proprietors and Publishers. /ITTDAHtTAQ The largest and finest VrXlJXUllLl/lJi stock in the world, em? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Art Rooms. Alltho new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one of the bin of the season, 19x27; Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; Isola Bella, a charming scene in Northern Italy, companion U* 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 Snore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Snow Storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 subjects. Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards. Statua? ry, Mottoes, Black ground Panels, etc. Also the finest and most complete assortment of 9x11 Chro? 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 oar prices and quality of work. The right parties cau realize an independence in every locality by taking an agency for our stretched, and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 or $3 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 lit * " Lula.. 6.55 p m * " Belton (Supper).7.00 p in ? " Mt Airy. 7.50 pm 4 " Tocooa. 8.21 p nt ? " Greenville......11.18 pm ' " Spartanburg...?.-....12^2am ? " Charlotte.? 4.12 a m 1 " Charlotte (Railroad) Junction... 4.20 am GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction....7.00 p m Leave Charlotte. 7.10 p m Arrive at Spartanburg.-.10.42 p m " " Greenville.11.30 am. " " Toccoa.? 3.47 a m " " Mt. Airy.4.28 am " " Lula....? 5.08 a m " " New Holland.5.13 a m " " Gainesville........? 5.43 a ra " " Buford (Breakfast). 6.33 a in " " Atlanta.8.45 am _G.J. FOREACRE, General Manager. HARNESS! HARNESS! BARGAINS given in Buggy and Doublo Harness, by ' A. B. TOWERS & CO. July 26,1876 2 THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD. OTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur? nished 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 ease, and brings the water fresher than any oth er.Pump. It is of s xme, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves tho water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream o? 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 your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining; Counties, together with the Counties of Hart, Elbert, Wilkes and Oglethorpe in Georgia, by ALONZO Hi. 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 ua 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 ua what ihey owe. Money we are obliged to have. We offer ah 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 G-BOOBRIBS! * 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 balling and exam? ining our stock before purchasing elsewhere. We buy for Cash and sell for cash only : therefore, we are enabled to sell cheaper. Cull and judge for yourselves, and be convinced of this fact. McGBATH & BYEUM, Mechanics' Row.