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ONE WOMAN'S TREACHERY. A STORY OF A WHISPER. CHAPTER II. It used to be the fashion in novels of the Rosa Matilda school to represent young governesses as beings of incompar? able beauty, safe to cause havoc in the heart of the house's eldest son and heir, and trouble to everybody else in conse? quence. Now this bad absolutely hap? pened in the case of Dorothy Stevens? although she could not boast of much beauty, save in her. fine golden hair and sweet blue eyes, and, it may be, in an in? nocent, confiding expression of counte? nance. Upon leaving school a situation had been found for her in the house of Mrs. Calioway?a rigid gentlewoman who boasted of high descent; to conduct the education of her only daughter. There was an only son, as well, much older: twenty-one, in fact; and he fell forth? with in love with the governess's pretty eyes and hair, after the alleged customs of those half-fledged younsters. For a long while Mrs. Galloway suspected not the treason hatching in ber son's heart; and she, confiding woman, continued to have Miss Stevens down to the drawing room whenever she received evening guests; for the young lady, don't you see, was useful in the matter of playing and singing. Now and then Dorothy went out with them also; always when the daughter went. It was in these social evening gatherings that Mr. Hastings had seen her and learnt to love; and she, poor girl, had no notion that anybody else did. Young Mr. Galloway, who was of a bashful, nervous temperament, kept his sentiments to himself, and did not annoy Dora; she only used to wonder why he stared at her so, and wished he would not. But one unlucky ds.y he came to the desperate resolution of de? claring his love, and penned a letter de? scribing it. By some awkward mischance it fell into the possession of Mrs. Gallo? way instead of that of the governess, and a fine hubub it caused. Dora, with earn? est words and tearful eyes, protested that she had been in utter ignorance of the treason; and Mrs. Galloway believing it in her secret heart, and not caring to part with her, kept her on; but she spoke to her in very severe terras, and candidly avowed that she would exercise a rigid espionage over her in the future. Dora agreed to that willingly. She was conscious of no ill; moreover, she was a friendless orphan and feared to throw herself out of Mrs. Galloway's situation, lest she should not find another. Young Mr. Galloway was sent to the care of a clergyman at a distance, to read up for the Church which be was to enter. From that time, Dora found herself uext kin to a prisoner. No more even? ing parties for her, no more social meet? ings. Mrs. Galloway exercised the right (she said she possessed it) of opening her letters. Dora made no objection; she had never bad but one letter since she entered the house, and that was from her former governess. "Characters are mach easier lost than regained amidst young people who have to earn their bread; ana I consider it my duty to take care of yours," Mrs. Gallo? way observed to her by way of semi apology ; and Dora thought she was right (as no doubt she was) and thanked her kindly. x But all this put a great barrier between her and Mr. Hastings?at least between their meetings. He thought it was Dora's fault, and a slight coolness had arisen in consequence. He felt iuclined to be jealous of Mr. Gharles Galloway, whose cause of banishment had reached him, though not through Dora; and she had always been somewhat jealous Of the great heiress Miss Lawrence, with whom Mr. Hastings was so frequently seen. Still, she did trust him; she believed he loved her the best, and that when he was rich enough he would make her his wife, as he one day told her he would. She, in her unpretentious ideas, thought he was quite rich enough now for anything; he had a large salary; but she and Mr. Hastings had been brought up with quite opposite notions on that point. "When the sun sets be at the stile at the cross roads," he had whispered in her ear. Evening came; and just as the sun was sinking below the western hills, Dora Stevens crossed Mrs. Calloway'a garden to the copse beyond. For the try sting place was but just behind Mrs. Galloway's boundary hedge. It was the first time Dora had deliberately met him, there or elsewhere, but a few evenings before, upon returning from a walk with Miss Galloway, they had accidentally en? countered him at that spot and stayed to talk. But Dora felt rather sorry now for' the tacit assent she had given to his re? quest; and she meant to tell him this evening that she could not meet him j again unless openly. It was not right to do so; neither would Mrs. Galloway, allow it. Nevertheless, despite of conscience, her heart was foolishly light as she sped along through the rustling leaves. She sang lightly some pretty, silly nonsense about the lasses on, which one Robert Burns wrote many years ago; wrote per? chance in days when he, too, sat by the stile with his Highland Mary, and watched the birds hopping in the stubble, or the poppies nodding in the corn. Dora, as she drew near the trysting place saw a shadow as of some one wait? ing near the stile, half hidden by the tangled branches of the copse, thick yet with leaves above and below. No need to guess who it was, though. Dora, as she palled he pretty hat lower' on her face, and pushed back her prettier hair. How good of him to come so early and wait for her. Suddenly a voice spoke; not the voice that Dora had ex? pected to hear. "Dean, is it you? Have you come back?" The voice was that of Miss Lawrence. It was Bella Lawrence who confronted Dora's pale, surprised face with a face quite as surprised and a great deal whiter ?for it was a hazardous game she was playing?and with a perfectly studied confusion in her manner. "Oh?I beg your pardon ; I thought it was some one else," spake Miss Law? rence, "some one who was to meet me here." Dora paused. Hot tears of disappoint? ment, which she could not suppress, flooded her eyes and dropped on her white cheeks. "You here, Miss Lawrence ?" she said, with struggling breath, "I don't under? stand. Did you speak of?of Mr. Hast? ing?" for a terrible fear had rushed into her mind; that it was Bella with whom he had sought to make the appointment, not herself. "You must not betray me," whispered Bella, with the sweetest air of timidity imaginable. "You know father is so {>roud and Dean is only his clerk, but he oves me so, and we have so few oppor? tunities to meet. You mnst not blame me, Miss Stevens, or think harshly of me for coming here at times to meet him.? We shall not always have to be secret; when I am of age my late mother's money will be my own, and then we can claim each other. He told me this morning he might be unable to keep his appoint? ment, for he was going off on some busi? ness journey; but I?I hoped against hope, and came. And when I heard your footsteps, I thought they were his. Ah me I" Bella clasped her soft hands together in deprecation and her head on them as she spoke; and Dorothy Stevens listened with wild, wide eyes, while word followed after word of that cruel lie fell on her Suivering heart and smote her with a eathly cold pain, whose sting would cling to her. And the words were fitly chosen. The girl's allusion to her money cut keenly ana closely; Dora bit her lips to keep from crying out then. She was only a poor governess; her only dowry her tender heart and sweet wild-rose face, and her great absorbing love for the man who was false to her, Without one word she rose and turned to go, but Bella Caught her by the arm and held her. "Wait, please; how strange you are 1 Why do you look so wild at me ? You won't betray us; promise me that you will not betray us." Dora drew- proudly back. "I never betray. You nave my word. I never broke it yet! I?I am sorry I came." "Why did you come? This is so un? frequented a pathway." A cry, in spite of herself broke from the poor girl's lips. There are moments in life when anguish is stronger than we are, when reticence is overborne in his whirling torrent. "Oh, Heaven, help me to bear this pain !" she sobbed; and down she fell in a heap on the grass, and bowed her fair golden head, and rocked herself back and forth, with wild hysterical sobs, in spite of those cruel unrelenting eyes above her. "What do you mean by this emotion ?" asked Bella, sternly. "What is the mat? ter ? Is it possible?but no, it cannot be. ! Yet he has more than once hinted of a something that might come between him and me?some irksome, half-passing amusement that clung to him like an in cum bin, though he was doing bis best to shake it off. Is it you. Can it be you, you ridiculous girl ?" Dora rose up, her face white as death, and lifted a warning hand. "Stop, Miss Lawrence. I will not hear another word. I do not stand between you and your false lover; yes, he is false, in spite of what be says to you, false and cowardly. You need not fear him. I will never come between him and you. I have no money to keep him, and he is free from all he has said to me. I will never speak to him again; never. You can tell him so from me. Never again." With the last words Dora turned away, Eassed into the grounds, and ran swiftly ome. But not very long had Miss Law? rence reached her fathers house, before Dora wan sh .vn into her room. Pale, wild-eyed, a snawl wrapped about her, Dora put down a letter. A hasty, blotted, nicely-written-letter in that pas? sionate hour?oh, how cruelly, and like? ly, after it was received, to put all the wide world between her and her lover. For when girls are strung into madness, they do all kinds of incomprehensible things, never sparing those who have in? jured them. "It is my renouncement!" Dora panted. "I thought I would bring it to you, and you would send it to him as you know where he is gone. Bid him never answer it. Let him never in honor speak to.me again?never look at me. Fare you well Miss Lawrence. I wish you both well." Mr. Richard Lawrence did not do his work by halves. In spite of Mr. Law? rence's gout and his confinement to the counting house, he found time to run down to Liverpool and talk over some arrangements with Dean Hastings. And the very next day Richborough heard that Mr. Hastings had sailed for the West Indies. Some complications had arisen out there, and Mr. Hastings was gone to set them to rights. Meanwhile, Miss Lawrence paid a friendly visit to Mrs. Galloway, during which she imparted a few hints of that designing Dorothy Stevens' wickedness, in wanting to come between her and a gentleman to whom she was privately engaged. Mrs. Calloway lifted her hands and eyes, and readily promised that if any letters came for Miss Stevens (unless in the handwriting of her infatuated son, j of whom she did not feel assured yet) ! they should be sent intact to the heiress. And Dora, finding herself looked upon I with suspicion at Mrs. Calloway's, treated coldly, yearning to get away from Rich borough, the scene of her misery, be? sought that lady to get her a situation at a distance. Mrs. Calloway seized upon the idea, and lost no time in doing it: but she made a stipulation with the girl that she should not disclose to Richbor j ough where her new home was. "Indeed I will not," acquiesced Che ! poor girl, all too readily. "I shall never care to see Richboroug again, or to hear I of it." Dean Hastings was plowing his way on the ocean; and of the two women left behind it would be difficult to say which of their lives was the most desolate, want? ing him; for when Dorothy's angry pas? sion was over, the first sharp sting of his falsehood and his desertion past, then her tenderness returned. Night by night she ben t in prayer for him at her bed? side : "Lord, watch over him and pro? tect him I Help him, and keep him from all harm." Mr. Hastings landed in safety. The first packet of letters he received from home contained that angry one of re? nouncement, written by Dora. Not that it betrayed anger, only a calm, studied coldness. Opening mechanically the let? ter that lay next to it, he found it in the handwriting of Miss Lawrence. This letter chiefly contained items of news, written in a playful style; one of them ran as follows : "Will you be surprised to hear that Mrs. Calloway has at leugth given in to the persistency of the young people ? Report says they are about to be married shortly. Do not break your heart; Dorothy Stevens is not worth it. It is very wrong of her to be so much S'ven to flirting?worse than I am; and at, perhaps you will say, need not be." The time went on; two years of it. Dean Hastings had left soon the employ of Mr. Lawrence and entered that of an? other house in the West Indies, con? nected with Richborough. News was heard of him but rarely; but at the end of the two years tidings came. Bad tidings, worse than had ever come before. He had died of yellow fever. Close upon that, Anabella Lawrence gave her hand to her cousin. Her ill starred passion, already nearly dead, dead of its very hopelessness, was now thrust away from her heart forever. She en? tered upon her reign, as queen of society, heartless, callous, self-indulgent?but so she always bad been. But what of Dora Stevens ? She was more isolated in her new home than she had been at Mrs. Galloway's; but she quietly did her duty in it. Her heart unconsciously remained true to its first love. She did not hope; that would be saying too much ; but she did believe that all must be at an end between Dean and Miss Lawrence?else why had he not come home to claim her ? But one day, upon taking up the Richborough Gazette, she read in it the death of Dean Hast? ings, of yellow fever?aged twenty-eight. Until then she had not realized how great a part in her heart's life he had filled. Folding her hands, she wept lonely and bitter tears. "When the sun sets." Can you pictu re that solitary girl's figure standing in the sunset that same evening, her hand shad? ing her eyes, and gazing out over the sea in imagination towards the spot where her once fond lover lay in an alien grave. Look at her. The sunlight rests on the j bill-tops behind, but she stands in shad-' ow. "I loved him," she cries in passionate remembrance. "I loved him ; and?I? believe he once loved me. I love him still. Did he die thinking I was false to him? Oh, can there be anything in life or death more cruel than that ?" Her hands are lifted to her brow, as if to press down its throbbing. The pain there seems to be more than she can bear. "Do you think he knows now ?" she goes on, lifting her aching eyes as if an imaginary appeal to the gold and ame? thyst clouds left by the sunset. "Are all things made plain in that other world? ?are all the cruel mysteries that per? plex us here, the misunderstandings and the sorrows made plain at last?" Some three weeks, it might have been, after this, that Dora received a small, delicately-papered packet. It contained wedding cake and cards; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lawrence. "She has lost no time," mused Dora that same evening, when, her duties over for the day, she stood in her favorite spot beyond the laurels, under the sunset. "No time if she was waiting for him.? Oh, I wonder how it all was? Did he love her??But, why ask it??to what end now? She is here, beginning her wedded life; and he?lies there." It appeared, however, if she spoke of Dean Hastings (as she undoubtedly did,) that he did not lie there. He was at her elbow. His footsteps fell softly over the grass, and she did not nee or bear him until he came around the Laurels. "I beg your pardon, Miss Stevens. I took the liberty of calling at the house to ask for you, and an old servant told me you had come out here." She did not faint; but she did scream. Yes, it was Dean Hastings, looking ill aud shadowy. "Is it yourself?" she gasped. "We thought you were dead." "But I did not die, Dorothy. I was given over in the yellow fever; and some? how or other mv death got reported here, I find." "And what did you come over for?" she asked, all in a tremble of confusion. "Various odds and ends of matters. To get up my strength, for one thing; and to settle down at Richborougb, for I am not going back ; and to marry you, if you will have me." "Oh, Mr. Hastings!" "I have heard a word or two dropped from one and another at Richborougb, Dorothy, for it is there that I have stayed since I landed; and I begin to think that you and I had some false friends. You are not yet Mrs. Charles Callo way?" "Oh !" put in Dorothy. "Stay a bit, my dear. And I am not yet the husband of Miss Lawrence. She has taken another, by the way. So?do you see any reason why we should not take one another? No impediment exists now, my darling; I am in a good position ; a partner of the house I am iu; aud can set up our tent well. Dora, what do you say ? You know, at least you ought to know, that I never would have married anyone but yon."' What did she say? Nothing. She yielded herself to the arms held out to her, and bent her face down on the true hearted, sheltering breast, happy sobs, joyful tears, bedewing it. Oh, how merciful was God! The sun went down behind the hill in a blaze of glory. Its last lingering rays of crimson and purple fell upon them as they stood together in happiness. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? It is said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Neither is of much use without the holder. ? May exalting and humanizing thoughts forever accompany me, making me confident without pride, and modest without servility. ? Men are made to be eternally sha? ken about, but women are flowers that lose their beautiful colors in the noise and tumult of life. ? It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is greater be? yond measure to steal a crown. The sin decreases as the sin increases. ? A Nebraska farmer hitches a pair of cows to a wagon when he journeys, and milks them when he comes to a toll gate, paying the toll with the milk. ? A man should insure himself to voluntary labor, aud not give up to in? dulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind. ? Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive nature away from the heart of man. ? Three men were found hanging I from a tree in Texas, and one of them was placarded: "They stole horses; here is where we found them, and here is where we left them." ? Honest and courageous people have very little to say either about their hon? esty or their courage. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness nor the moon cc her effulgence. ? All tl.j nice things of this world are of no further good . to us than they are of use; and whatever we may heap up to others we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more. 1 ? "Gentlemen, I introduce you to my friend, who isn't as stupid as he appears to be." Introduced friend, with vivacity ?"That's precisely the difference be? tween my friend and myself." ? Hope calculates its schemes for a long and durable life, presses forward to imaginary points of bliss, and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently en? snares men into beggary, ruin, and dis? honor. ? A good little boy, who was kicked by a mule, did not say naughty words, or go home crying to his mother. He just tied the mule within five feet of a bee hive, backed him round to it, and let him kick. ? A uoble man compares and esti? mates himself by an idea which is high? er than himself, and a man by one which is lower than himself. The one produces aspirations, the other ambition. Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. ? General Hood is raising a new brigade. The gallant General has nine children, all under the age of eight years, and three pairs of them twins. They are officered by four nurses, a governess, his wife and his mother-in-law, and the corps present a fine appearance on dress parade. ? In all governments there must of necessity be both law and the sword. Laws without arms would give us not liberty, but licentiousness, and arms with? out laws would produce not subjection but slavery. The law, therefore, should be unto the sword what the handle is to the hatchet; it should direct the stroke and temper the force. ? Every failure is a step to success; every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true; every trial ex? hausts some tempting form of error. Not only so; but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure ; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogeth? er false; no tempting form is without some latent charm derived from truth. ? No man knows any one except him? self whom he judges fit to set free from the coercion of laws aud to be abandoned entirely to his own choice. By this con? sideration have all civilized nations been induced to the enaction of penal laws; laws by which every man's danger be? comes every man's safety, and by which, though all restrained, yet all are bene? fited. ? It is a strange thing to see a city chap at a country party, but he was there, and in his conversation with one of the prettiest lasses ventured to inquire: "Were you ever at a watering place?" "Oh, yes," replied she, "I live right at one." "Indeed I" exclaimed he, growing interested, "where might it be?" "Oh, just out here a little way," was her reply "my father keeps the railroad tank." The city chap, wondering whether she was in earnest or making fun of him, there dropped the subject. ? It is generally charged that the secret service fund of the Treasury De? partment has for years been to a great extent directed to outside and improper purposes. It is believed that under the Grant administration thousands of dol? lars belonging to the fund were paid out for secret political use in several of tLu Southern States. The responsibility for this rests upon officials much1 higher than any of the members of the Beeret service force. If the investigation of the secret service which is now in progress be thorough and honest all these facts will undoubtedly come out. Keeping Sweet Potatoes.?I be-: lieve I promised to give you my plan of keeping potatoes, which is the cheapest, I think, and certainly the safest I've ever seen tried: I build a pen of logs, any desired length, and five feet wide, (this lessens the risk of bulking,) four to six feet high, hew it down evenly on the inside, so that the walls may be ceiled or daubed with a good roof; and have a small door in the end. ^Vhen this is done, raise the bot? tom with stones, five or six inches high; cover these with dry saticf to keep them from cutting the potatoes, which may now be put m, beginning in the middle. Three or four inches of dry sand must be placed between them and the wall. I sometimes have a plank for this purpose, raising it up as the potatoes are put in. keeping the space between the plank ana wall well filled in with the sand, which will run down through the potatoes, as the plank is raised. Let them remain so until freezing weather, when you can readily cover entirely with dry sand, deep enough to keep them from being chilled. Some attention may be necessary for a while, as the sand will continue to dis? perse itself, among them, and leave the top naked. There should be no leaks in the roof. There is but little waste in the sand when once procured. Like the house it is always ready, and at the spot. The philosophy of the plan is the uni? form temperature it ensures, while it ab sorbs and carries off the excessive mois? ture that may be in the potato. I have tried this plan satisfactorily for twenty years. It was suggested to my mind by seeing hogs rooting up potatoes in the spring.?Southern Cultivator. Sure Cure for a Felon.?Wind a small string around the finger (or other member) above the felon, so that the lat? ter will be between the string and the extremity of the finger. This will pre? vent the blood from returning through the veins which are near the surface. As soon as the veins are distended (say after a minute or more) remove the string, and suddenly permit free circulation. After a few moments repeat the whole process, and continue to do so until there is entire relief?say from twenty to sixty minutes. The remedy?for a time?is as bad as the disease; but it will effect a cure. ? Washington Capital: To accumu? late property does not call for an intel? lectual process. It is a mean instinct. As the hog gathers his bed before the coming storm that no human being can foretell, as the goat turns his tail to the unseen aud felt approaching wind, so a man of keen instinct, but low order of intellect, gets rich in worldly possessions. He has no ambition to feed, no affections to satisfy. He gathers and holds. Ever since Eve's incautious experience in the Garden of Eden, Babies have been the institution. Petted by meu and loved by women, their baby life would be an absolutely happy existence but for those evidences of mortality exhibited in Colic, Flatulency, etc.,?all happily relieved at once, however, by the prompt use of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Sold everywhere. 25 cents._'_ FIRST DOSE ON A BOSTON FOLIOS OFFICES. Boston, Nov. 10,1871. h. r, Stevens: Dear Sir?In the spring of 18691 Tvas stricken down with fever, which bad a long and almost hopeless ran. Tha beet medical advice being in attendance, I was taken through the fever; but it left me terribly reduced and weak, with ex? cruciating pains in my side, back and hips. I was completely prostrated with Kidney Com? plaint, and no medicine seemed to reach my case. In this condition I was persuaded to try Veo etine by a friend whom it cured of the same disease, ami it seemed as though I could feel the 'effect of the first dose through my whole system; and from that moment 1 began to mend, gradu? ally growing better from day to day; nnd i fol lowed on with the Veoetine, until it completely restored me to health, since which time 1 Imve been able to perform my duties as a police olllcer, enjoying good health; and there if no doubt about the grent value of Veiietini: in Kidney Complaint and similar diseases. 1 am. sir, respeclfullv. LAFAYETTE ford, GG4 Broadway. All Diseases of the Blood. If Veoetine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after rod ng different; ramw taws, many remedies,-siKTeriiig for-yenrs,- is it i ot conclusive proof, if you area sitlTerer, yon tan be enroll? Whv Is this medic hie performing such areat rum*'.' ll works in the Mood, in the fiivulatioj; fluid. It can rrulv he willed the GitK.lT DLOOI) ITIMKIEK. The great source of disease originate.* i't the blood ; und no ineil Him Hint dowi n?l ?? i iHrertly upon ii. in purify and reuorate, has any just claim upon public attention. Seventy-one Years of Age. East Marsiifiulii, Aug. 22,1ST?. Mn. Steves?: ? Dear Sir?1 ani^ev?nn>.oiiuy?*arf?of n':e : have ? ?.feretl many \v; rs ?liii Kidm-yComplaint, ?v<i?Yhe?*.iii! my \&?tt ami i*:<>:oit? li. I ??* fn ? I i- ecj l,y frii?it<li Ii? t ?? y??::r Vkisktini . itinl 1 Mihi? li (he lust.luedi-?lim \?r ?? ci?kiies.? ' f li e il l.it;.a I ever iiiied. 1 Late t ?id mam u.nif ilfM for tlii.s i etui plain', a > I new rioiiu?! ?m mux Ii re isEna from the Vk?i ? !>??: Ii Mrcnrtl-riiMtud in i ;nrntes Ce ?*'hi'?? i?.,-.<t:itn. .' mij H n?y nc. qiiabitaui'u* hare ::i!;rn i:.nn-l I he/.ievc i: |\? In ?- -i for a'l ;;,? roiiiplniuU h-rwidth <: i- ie i 'Vii<tuMidmL Vours truly, JOSIAI1 II. SHERMAN. 'ould Give a Dollar for a Dose. Boston, May 30. 1871. I It. Stevens, Esq.: Hear Sir?I have been badly afflicted with Kid iit?v ' uniplaint for leu yeans; have sneered ?'rent pain in my back, hips and side, v.iih crent di ilculty in passing urine, which was often nnd in very small quantities, frequently accompanied with blood and excruciating pain. 1 hHve fsith fully tried most of the. popular remedies recrm nimtdml for my complaint; 1 have been under the treatment of some of the most skilful physi? cians in Boston, all of whom pronounced ni\ tHSe incurable. This was my comlition when 1 was advised by a friend to try the Vkoetink. ami I could see the good elTects from the first dose I tonic, mid from that moment I kept on Improving until I was entirely cured, taking in all, 1 should thin e, about nix bottles. It is iudeed a valuable medicine, and if I should be afflicted again in the samo u ay 1 would give a dollar for a doso, if 1 could not get it without. Respectfully, J. M. gile, 361 Third St., South Bostou. Life a Burden. Boston, Nov. 2,1873. ii. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?From a poor, emaciated sufferer, the Vkdetinb has restored me to perfect health. I have for years been a terrible sufferer from Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life almost a burden to me. I am now fifteen (16) pounds heavier than when I commenced the use of Veoetine. I will make mention that I was also a great sufferer from Kidney Complaint, causing excru? ciating pain through the small of the back nearly all of the time. Iltis, too, Veoetine has eared, and I am now a perfect picture of health, and i will add, happiness?all caused from the use of a few bottles of Veoetine. Respectfully, H. G. HUGHES, 1 Union place, Boston, Mass. Veoetine la composed of Boots, Barks and . Herbs. It is very pleasant to take; eveir child likes it, Vegetlno is sold by all Druggists. REAL ESTATE NOTICE -o WE, the undersigned, are endeavoring to influence in this direction an im? migration of a desirable character, with a view to the improvement of this section of conntry, and the consequent advantage of its inhabitants. We have agents North and West co-operating with us, who, with oth? ers seeking Southern homes, are calling for descriptions of Real Estate for sale in this vicinity. The success of our endeavors de? pends much upon our having in charge such an amount and variety of Real Estate as will warrant our inviting attention there? to. Those, therefore, who have such to dis? pose of, would greatly stimulate our efforts, and probably advance their own interests, by communicating with R. W. Simpson, on his plantation, James L. Orr, at Anderson C. H., or C. J. Hascall, Pendleton Village. SIMPSON, ORR & CO. Sept 6, 1877 8 lm NOTICE IS hereby given that an application will be made lo the next session of the Leg? islature to amend the Charter of the Savan? nah Valley Railroad, or for a new Charter. JAMES M. LATIMER, Sr. Sept 13, 1877_9_3m__ FARM WANTED.-Wanted, a well improved Farm ot from 100 to 500 acres, near Ashevjlle, N. C, or Pendleton, Greenville, Anderson or Walhalla, S. C. Address, stating terms and particulars, F. E. T., Kcv Box 80, Charleston, S. C. Sent 20. 1877 10 4 A Noted Divine says Thvy are tvorth their teeight in gold. flEAD WHAT HE SAYS: l>< Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been invrKi Dyspcpsm, Constipation, and Piles. Last n:.$: yimr pills were rrriHiimcnded tome; I used (hut with little nu ll) I am now a well man, ? .ipju lite, fli;;r. lion percct, regulars:ools, ??in-, ami I liavcffaiii? tl lorty pounds solid flesh. im - vor ii lh? ir \v- ijjiit in uold. lliv. lt. L. SIMI'bON, Louisville, Ky. IT'S PILLS re 8ick head? ache. ; UTT's PILLS cure dyspepsia. I UTT'S PiLLS cube constipation TUTPFPiLLS cure FILES. rt'TPFPiLLS cure fever and ague. TUTFSPiLLS '.'uup EILI0U3 COLIC riiTPSPiLLS vnr. kidney com? plaint. ibTPSTiLLS curp torpid liver Dr. Tntt has been en gaged In the practice of medicine thirty years, and Tor i Ions time was demon* slmlor of anatomy in the Medical College of Geor? gia, hence persons using his Pills have the guaran? tec that they arc prepared on scientific principles, and arc free from all nnnckcry. 11? has snccccdcd roml-itiing in them the ht-rctnlorc antagonistic qualities of a strengthen iiig.ftngafive, and a pur >'4 Ving tonic. Their first apparent cf feet is to increase the ap? petite by causing the food to properly assimilate. Thus the system is nour? ished, and by their tonic act kin on the digestive or? gan*, regular and healthy evacuations are produced. The rapidity with which (?er.-ons lake on flesh, while under the influence of these pills, oi itself in? dicates their adaptability to nourish the body, anil licr.ee t hei r efficacy in cur? ing nervous debility, meU ancholv, dyspepsia,' wast? ing of the muscles, slug? gishness of the liver, chronic constipation, and ill atul strength to the system. Sold t iiVuv , u ray Street, New York. TRSUMPH OF SCIENCE. Gray Hair ran be changed _ to a trlossy black hy a single application of Dr.TL'TT's I Uir Dye. It aci? like magic, and is warranted as !>-irnil?-?<:* as water. Price |i.oo. Office 35 Murray St., N. Y. What is Queen's Belight? Read fhe 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, expel- ing all scrof ilnns, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone, t it a srarchine alterative, but when combined with tarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The most powerfnl blood purifier known to medical science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul discharges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin rfiscares, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of ? r i-vr.icticcs, disordered livcrand spleen. Its use airi ij'il hens the nervous system, imparts a fair com? plexion, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH. As nii antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly r'f'.tiiun- nded. Hundreds of cases of the worst type .lave hem radically cured by it. Being purely v'ejj i laMe. its continued use willdo no harm. The best time to take it is during the summer and fall; and instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you wiil enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists. Price, $1.00. Office. 35 Murray Street, New York. Ayer's Sarsaparilla For Scrofula, and all scrofulous diseases Ery? sipelas, Rose or St. An? thony's Fire, Eruptions and Eruptive diseases of the skin, TJlcerations of the Liver, Stomach. Kidneys, Lungs, Pim iples, Pustules, Boils, I Blotches, Tumors, Tet? ter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Ulcers. Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain iu the Bones, Side and Head, Female Weak? ness, Sterility, Leucorrhoea, arising from internal ulceration, and uterine disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis? eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emacia? tion, General Debility, and for Puri? fying the Blood. This Sarsaparilla is a combination of vegetable alteratives-Stillingia^fan draKe,Yellow Dock?with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most efficacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure. Its ingredients are so skilfully combined that the full alterative effect of each is assured, and while it is so mild as to be harmless even to children, it is still so effectual as to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease. The reputation it enjoys is derived from its cures, and the confidence which prominent physicians all over the country repose in it proves their experience of its usefulness. Certificates attesting its virtues have accumulated, and are con? stantly being received, and as many of these cases are publicly known, they furnish convincing evidence of the superiority of this Sarsaparilla over every other alterative medicine. So generally is its superiority to any other medicine known that we need do no more than to assure the public that the best qualities it has ever possessed are strictly maintained. PRE PAS ED BT Dr. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chemiatn, bold ky all dbuooistb everywhere. BARNARD'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, 263 Kino St., Charleston, S. 0. THIS is one of the largest and finest Gal? leries in the South. New and costly instruments have been obtained; also, fine Photographic Furniture and Scenic back? grounds. The work turned out of this Gal? lery cannot be surpassed, either in finish or in faithfulness of copy. Mr. Barnard has had thirty-four years* experience in the art, and is now prepared to do all styles of work. He attends personally to all sittings, and is determined none shall go away dissatisfied. Prices have been reduced 25 per cent. A large assortment of Frames and Fit? tings for Photographs on hand. Sept 20,1877_10_6m_ WILHITE & WILLIAMS, Anderson, S. C. BUISTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS' FRUIT JARS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY. LAMPS, WINDOW GLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, Cheap for Casli. July 19, 1877_1_ Marble Work. THE undersigned hereby gives notice of all persons wishing Marble Work that he can afford to fill their orders much cheaper than they can procure the same work done elsewhere. I do my own work, and add no profit on my stock. Thus I sell work for which you pay $200 elsewhere for $175, and all other work in the same pro? portion. Shop opposite Tolly's furniture store. SAMUEL MURPHY. Sept 13, 1877_9_12 WANTED TO PURCHASE. AFARM of 200 to 400 acres, well settled, in good neighborhood, not more than five miles from Pcndleton, Greenville or Spartanburg. Address, with full particu? lars, H. C. B., Key Box 51G, Charleston, S. C. Sept 13, 1877 8 4 WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTON, S. C. A Live Up-Country School for Girls. REV. S. LANDER, A. 5L, President. LOCATION?Healthy, accessible, quiet, fPeasant. Community, moral, ordcr y. No grog-shop within three miles. Chalybeate Spring in 200 yards. Pu? pils attend three Churches in turn. COURSE OF STUDY?Semi-Annual, on the "One-Study" plan. Each pupil pursues one leading study at a time. Concentration of thought, increased interest, success, and enjoyment re? sult. Belles-Lettres, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Latin; required for graduation. Studious girls complete the Course in three years. THE MA THEMA TICS SECTION will open Monday, Oct. 8. For five weeks there? after, each Academic pupil will recite three times a day in Arithmetic and once in Spelling; and each Collegiate pupil three times in her appropriate branch of Mathematics, and once each in Arithmetic and Spelling. PREMIUMS? Every pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 50 per cent, on next Session's regu? lar tuition. PHYSICAL EXERCISEreceives systemat? ic attention. Daily practice in Calis? thenics. Regular use of Health-Lift. Morning and evening walk, &c. THE FALL SESSION opened July 31, and is progressing with unusual order, harmony, and enthusiasm. Pupils arc admitted at any time, and charged to the end. RATES, per Session of 20 weeks :? Board, exclusive of Washing.$65 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 Instrumental Music. 20 00 For further information, send for a new Catalogue. Sept 13,1877 _9_ly A New Life in the Land! THE Exhibition in Anderson was one of the most remarkable events since the war. In point of numbers, talents and dis? tinguished ability, nothing could have ex? ceeded it. At every stage of its proceed? ings it was manifest that a new life is in the land. The celebrated Dr. Heinitsh was there, and advocated Southern Medicines for Southern people. His Family Medicines are household remedies. HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu? rifies the blood. HEINITSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS?lor Liver Complaint, Sick Headache, Dull Feelings, Loss of | Appetite. HEINITSH'S ROSE CORDIAL ?Fo Bowel Complaint. ? STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP?Cures Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Catarrh. MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR? DIAL?For all complaints incident to Teething, Sour Stomach, Crying. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great? est Pharmaceutical product ever discovered for all disorders and dis? eases which have their origin in the blood. Health may now be regain? ed. Life prolonged. Beauty re? stored. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Scrofula, Swelling of the Glands, Goitre. BQUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Nervous De? bility. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Indigestion, Liver Complaint. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Consumptive Patients as an invigorating cordial. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For General Pros? tration. QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For all Cutaneous Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples, &c.t etc. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. pbepabed by E. H. HEINITSH & SON, Columbia, S. C. Aug 16, 4877_5_ly_ Take the Best! 1877-78. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist, CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17th, 1877, Is the oldest ' and best newspaper published in the South. It is the only newspaper published in the City of Au? gusta?the leading Railway and Manufacturing centre of the South?and the ouly newspaper pub? lished in Eastern Georgia. The Chroncle & Con? stitutionalist has a very large and daily increasing circulation in the States of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, and reaches every class of readers?merchants, farmers, professional men and working men, and is a most valuable advertising medium. The daily Chronicle & Constitutionalist publish? es all the current news of the day, receives all the reports of the Associated Press, and special dis? patches from Washington, Atlanta, Columbia, and all other points of interest, supplemented by cor? respondence* It gives full commercial reports of domestic and foreign markets, of all local and Southern matters, and editorial comment upon public affairs. Terms: $10 for 12 months, $5 fur 6, $2.50 for 3, and $1 for 1 month, postage paid by us. The tri-weekly Chronicle & Constitutionalist contains two day's news of the Daily. Terms: $5 for 12 months, $2,50 for 6, postage paid by us. Tho weekly Chronicle & Constitutionalist is a mammoth sheet, md the largest and handsomest Weekly published in the South. It contains all the news of the week?telegraphic, local, editorial, missellaneous?and carefully prepared reviews of the market. This edition is gotten up for circula? tion among planters and others living in the coun? try. Terms: $2 for 12 months, $1 for C, postage paid by us. The Chronicle <? Constitutionalist is the paper for the merchant, the planter, the lawyer, the me? chanic, the politician. It is a paper lor the office, the counting room and the family circle. Speci? men copies sent free. Address, WALSH <$c WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Charleston, July 14, 1877. On and after Monday next, the 16th July, tho Passenger Trains on the South Carolina Railroad will run as follows: for augusta. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.9:00 a nt and 7.20 p m Arrive at Augusta.5:00 p ra and 8:00 p m for columhia. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.5:45 a m and 8:30 p m Arrive at Columbia.12:15 p m aud 8:15 a m for charleston. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Augusta at.8:30 a m and 8:15 p m Arrive at Charleston.4:20 p m and 7:20 a ra Leave Columbia at.3:15 p m and 7:00 p m Arrive at Charleston.10:00 p m and 6:40 a m camden train. Connects at Kingville daily (except Sundays) with up and down day passenger trains. Day and night trains connect at Augusta with Georgia Railroad, and Centra] Railroad. This route is the quickest and most direct route, and as com? fortable and cheap as any other route, to Montgo? mery, Sclma, Mobile, New Orleans, and other points Southwest, and to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and all other points West and Northwest. Night train connects with Macon and Augusta Railroad. The up and down day passenger trains connect at Granitevillo with Charlotte, Columbia and Au? gusta Railroad, enabling passengers to and from that Road, between Granitcville and Columbia, to make quick trips to and from Charleston and points on this Road. The trains on the Greenville and Columbia and Spartanburg and Union Railroads connect closely with tho train which leaves Charleston at 5:45 a. in., and returning they connect in the some man? ner with tho train which leaves Columbia for Charleston at 3:15 p. m. S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent S. B. Pickens, General Ticket Agent. 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 85 p m Leave Newberry. 3 43 p ra Leave Hodges. 6 50 p m Leave Bel ton. 8 30 p m Arrive at Greenville.10 00 p m DOWN. Leave Greenville at. 5 40 a m Leave Belton. 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 Walholla.:. 4 25 a m Leave Perryville. 5 00 a m Leave Pendleton. 5 40 a m , Leave Anderson. 6 30 a m Arrive at Belton.7 10 a m UP. Leave Belton. 8 30 p m Leave Anderson. 9 20 p m Leave Pendleton.10 10 p ra Leave Perryville. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.t.11 15 p m THOMAS DODAML'AD, Gen. SuVt New Advertisements. MOTHERS WHO DOSE THEIR DARLINGS with drastic purgatives incur a fearful responsi? bility. The gentle, moderate (yet effective), laxa? tive, alterative, and anti-bilious operation of Tab rant's Seltzkb APEBiKJiT peculiarly adapts it to the disorders of children._ Q}?Ci& week in your own town. Terms and $5 SpOO outfit free. H. HALLETT A CO., Port? land, Maine. OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, ?t\J 10 eta., post paid. L. JONES & CO., Nas sau, N. Y._'_ TO HA VKGOBD HEALTH niSLh'Ktt MUST UK KEPT IN ORDER. For Pamphlet? address Du. Saspokd. New York. <9> ec rn dboA per day at home. Samples worth $6 IU <S>LV free Stinsqn A Co., Portland, MalrJe. 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. iio i day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and ff1* terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine WORK FOR ALL. In their own localities, canvassing for the FIRE? SIDE VISITOR, (enlarged) Weekly and Monthly. Largest Paper in the World, with Mammoth Chro mos Free. Big Commissions to Agents, Terms and Outfit Free. Address P. 0. VICKERY, Au? gusta, Maine. GRACE'S SALVE. UNDER STATE MANAGEMENT And in dally operation over 37 years. $15,000$ FOR $1$ TUES., OCT. 16 and 27, 1877. KENTUCKY STATE ALLOTMENT OF $67,925!IN PRIZES! 1 Prize of...315,000 1 Prize of.. 8,000 1 Prize of..:.. 5,000 1 Prize of. 2,500 1 Prize of..~. 2,500 1889 Other Prizes amounting,to.- 44,925 SO Whole Tickets, $1.00; 50 Whole Tickets for $45; 100 Tickets, $90. Chartered for Educational Institutions. Under Charter no postponement can ever occur. All prizes paid in full. Official list of drawn numbers published in N. Y. Herald, N. Y. Sun, and Louis? ville Courier-Journal. Circulars containing full particulars free. Address SIMMONS A DICKINSON, Manager's Office, 72 3d St., Louisville, Ky. . 49? Similar Allotments on the 15th and last days of every month during the year. dt> "I /~\ o <D* O ft a day sure made by mX\J b fjp^? Agents selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Reward, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and Chromo Cards. 100 samples, worth $4.00, sent postpaid for 75c. Illustrated Catalouge free. J. H. BUFORD'S SONS, Boston. Established 1830. june 7?6ra. the kusso-lUf A > TURKISH IW Ali AGENTS WASTED! For this Comprehensive, Superbly Illustrated' History of the present momentous struggle in ths' East. Its accurate Maps, Plans and many Elegant ? Engravings are a special feature. It gives a. GRAPHIC HISTORY of each Country, with His? toric and Descriptive Sketche? of the primitiv?' manners, pictaresque customs und domestic life oC-' the Contestants. Describes the Dreadful Massacre of Christians in Bulgaria; the Frightful Turkish Atrocities in other places; the uprising of tare masses in Herze? Kvina. It gives the Stirring Brittle* and Tbrillinz cidents of the war. and is t! e most fascinating? and exciting work of the age. Agents are sure oc prompt and ready sales. Prospectus Books now ready. Also Agents Wanted on our GRANU? COMBINATION PROSPECTUS representing 150 Distinct BOOKS, Of Universal Interest. It Includes Agricultural* Biographical, Historical, Religious and Miscellane? ous Works, with Size, Title and Description of eacla Book, Specimen Pages and Specimen Illustrations. Sales made from this Prospectus when all singloi Books fail. Also on our Family B^S S PROTESTANT OR -CATHOLIC, With Invaluable Illustrated A&s and Superb Bind? ings. Nearly 100 Styles. Superior to all others) and indispensable to every Family. 8?- Particulars free. Address t JOHN E. POTTER & M., Publishers, PHILADELPHIA. Sept 13,1877_3_ly ftJTD AIVTAQ T ;>(! largest and finest: vIIXXUItIUOi stock in the world, em? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Abt Rooks. All t Ii* new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size "2x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one of the hits of the season, 19x27; Lake Lucern?, Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; Isola BeRa, a. charming scene in Northern Italy, companion &*? the preceding; Off Boston Light, a beautiful em rine, size 14x20, in great demand: Old Oaken, Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Falls, Newport, Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At tbe Sea Shove; Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Sajosr Storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 sacked*. Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards. Statna ry. Mottoes, Black ground Pauels, etc Abo ths* 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 im every locality by taking an agency for our stretched! and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 oo S? outfit. Address J. LATHAM A CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass.. May 3,1877_42_6m. ? 4f> bob mm aam is not easily earned In these times, II f f a but it can be m.-.de in three mouth* flk ff ? I by any one oi" either sex, In any MEM part of the country who is willing to work stcadiiy at the employ? ment that we furnish. $66 per week in yjorewu town. You need not be away from home over night You can give your whole time to tbe work, or only your spare moments. We have agents who are making over $20 per day. All who engage at once can make money fast. At tbe present tfase? money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try (bo business. Terms and $5 Outfit, free. Adfrret&at once, H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Mainev July 26,1977 2 ft? TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are Bowpra pa red to furnish all classes with constant empioy inent at home, the whole of tho time, or for their snare moments. Business new, light and proffta-* ble. Persons of either sex easiiy earn front 50c. to> $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devotrojj their whole time to the business. Boys and gfhr. earn nearly as much as men. That all whose** this notice may send their addr ess ?mJ test the iness we make this unparallel?.:! oder: To such as are not well satisfied we will scud one dollar to pay* for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to commence and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of tbe? largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader, if yon want permanent, profitable work, address, Geoege Stcbsoi* & Co., Portland, Maine._49?16 WH. ETT ENGER. H. P. ESMOND. ettenger & edm0nd, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTORIES PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds. Circular Saw Mills, 1 Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pr?;leys, etc., American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. ?S* Send for Catalogue. Nov 2,1876 16 lv 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 m what they owe. Money 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 GROCERIES! Flour, Bacon, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, Wines. Liquors, iron. Steel, And all Farming Implements. Any person or persons purchasing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam ? ining 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, aud be convinced of this fact. McGRATH & BYBUM, Mechanics' Bow. . WATCHES! JEWELRY ! ROMAINE GOLD, so extensively wora in Paris, was first discovered in 1870, by -he celebrated French chemist, M?ns. D. Be Lainge, who manufactured it into jewelry, and for five yean sold it to the leading jewelers of Paris for Solid Gold. In 1875, when his secret l?>carae known, ten of the manufacturingjewelers established a stock company, with a capital of $l(/,000,000 for the purpose of manufacturing ROMAINE GOLD JEWELY AND WATCHES. With this Immense capital, and the aid of improved machinery they are enabled to produce all the lat& t patterns of jewelry at less than one-tenth the cost of Solid Gold, and of a quality and color h j ich makes It impossible even for experts to detect it from the genuine. We have secured the exclusive agency of the United States and Canada, for the sale of all goods manufactured from this metal, and in order to introduce them in tbe most speedy manner, have put up assorted sample lots as given below, which we will sell at os 8-tenth the retail value until January 1st, 1878. Read the list: 50 CENT LOT. I $3.00 LOT. One Gent's Watch Chain retail price..$1 Oo'One Ladies' Opera Guard Chain. Oncpr. Engraved Sleeve Buttons.retail price 75|0ne Ladles' Neck Chain and Cross. One Stone-Set Scarf Pin, " " 75 One beautiful Locket, (engraved). One set (3) Spiral Shirt Studs " " 75>One pair Band Bracelets. One improved.shape Collar Button " " 50 One Gent's Twist Link Vest Chain and Charm. One heavy Plain Wedding Ring, " " 1 25:One pair Onyx Sleeve Buttons. One set (3) Onyx Shirt Studs. Total.$5 00 For 50 cents we will send above six articles postpaid. $1.00 LOT. One pair Sleeve Buttons, stone setting. One set (3) Spiral Shirt Studs. C e heavy band Engagement Ring. One set (2) Engraved Bracelets. One Ladies' Long Guard or Neck Chain. One Engraved Miniature Locket, for the above. One Gent's Heavy Link Watch Chain. One Lake George Liamond Stud. One new improved Collar Button. One extra cut Cameo Seal Ring. One Arizona Solitaire Stud. One set Amethyst or Topax Pin ami Ear Drops. One Ladies' Chemise Button. One Plain Ring, stamped 18 K. $5.00 LOT. One Sadies' Opera Chain, with slide and tassel, (retail price $5.00). One Gent's heavy Watch Chain, witi Curb Charm (retail price, $5.00). One Ladies' heavy long Neck Chain. CO (in T fiT lOne elegant Chased Miniature Locket for above. 1 /.UU LU1. jone set Cameo Medalion Pin and Ear Drops. One pair (2) heavy chased Band Bracelets. One GentV Solitaire Diamond Stud. One Gent's Cluster Diamond Pin. One pair Amethyst or Onyx Sleeve ' tut tons. One set (3) Studs to match the abov:. One elegant heavy set Cameo Seal Ring. One Massive Band or Wedding Ring. One new "patent" Collar Button. One Ladies' Chemise Button. One Ladies' Neck Chain aud Charm One Ladies' Heavy Guard Chain for Watch. One set Pin and Ear Rings, Amcthyisl. One extra fine Miniature Locket. Ono Cameo Seal and Ring. One very heavy Wedding or Engagement Riqg, One Gent's heavy Watch Chain with Charm. '? One pair Peal Inlaid Sleeve Buttons. One Lake George Cluster Pin One pair (2) heavy band Bracelets. lOnc Amethyst or Topaz Ring, (extrc. finish). The retail price of the articles in each sample lot amounts to exactly ten times the price we ask for the lot; for example, our $1.00 lot retails for $10.00; our 85.00 lot for $50.00. A SOLID ROMAINE GOLD HUNTING-CASE WATCH FREE. To any one sending us an order for the above lots by express to the amount of $19.00, we will send FREE one Solid Romaine Gold Hunting-Case Watch, Gents' or Ladles' size, wrrranted to keep perfect time and look equally as well as a $100.00 gold watch. By mall postpaid, 315.50. This is our heat Offer to AGENTS, and is worth a trial, as tbe watch alone will sell or ivade readily for from $20.00 to $50.00. Gents' or Ladies' Watch alone, $7.00 or $8.00, with a Heavy Gent's Gold Pattern Vest Chain and Charm, or Ladles' Opera Chain with slide and tassel. REMEMBER:?This offer only holds good until Jan. 1st, 1878. After that time we shall sell on? ly to Jobbers and Wholesale dealers, and any one wishing our goods will then have to pny full re? tail prices. Romaine Gold is the best, and, in fact, the only imitation of genuine gohi made, being the same in weight, color aud finish, and all our goods are made In tho latest gold patterns. Will guarantee satisfaction in every instance, or refund money. Send money by P. O. Money Order, or Registered letter, AT OUR RISK. No goods sent C. O. I), unless at least $5.00 accomjHinies the order. Address plainly, W. F. EVANS & O., Sole Agt's for U. S. and Canada, 95 & 97 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois. THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD "VTOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur JJN nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FOBCE 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 stone, glazed iiiside and outside, and never will decay. It improves tho water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of. water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to extinguish the flames in case of fire. It is better and cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing givei complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relies on its own v.ierits, upon which it asks your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson ai d adjoining Counties, loge'tlier with tin: Counties of Hurt, Elbert, Wilkes and Oglcthorp:> in Georgia, by - ALONZO L. WELCH, Anderson. S. C. Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will he delivered and put in immediately. He means business. Anril.5, 1S77 38