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Announcement? of marriage* .nd de*tb?, and notice? of? relletou? character,aro r^ncrtfullv solicited, and wlftbelnacrtedgratta mmsE Purifies tits Blood. Renovates and Invigorates the Whole Byutenu ITS MEDICINAL PBOPKBTIES ABE /.Iterative. Tonie, toilet! Bud Mutile. Vf.? rn XE ta ruado ezcluaJvoly from tb? int. -et ut carefully aa Vee tod bark*, roou and Wi bi sud ao strongly concentrated, that it will .ni .-i i im ?i? eradicate from the system every taint of Scrofula, Screfnlena JUssaer, Ta. ?uara, iinneer, Canceroae Baener, Krfifpfla?,, Salt Bkenna, Syphilitic Olorn-r?, Canker, Vu l ?tue? nt th? Niomnrli, and all dlooosoe that arise irem i m j mo blood. Sciatica, IcOaninatarr and <iir?uio BbewanatUus. Nsaralgia, tiont aaa Spinal Complaint*, ctn only bc effectually cured through tbo blood. Fi e Ulcer* nud Btrnpiire DbeoKOof tbo BU,,;? S.**""*0** v."1.^ BUtchM, ?toil*, Tetter, ?ra 14-head and Blas. warm, VKOBT/TB baa never failed to effect a ueriiiiiiieut cure. For li'nin* la tba Back, Kidney ?aas. otnlni*. Dropsy. B'enxnle Weakness, l.eucorrhGra, arising from Internal ulcera tion, nud uterino diseases and Oeuvrai Bc. nillir, V KO KT tar. acta directly opon the causes of theso complaints, lt invigorates and etrou?tbcii? the whole system, nets upon tho EO eretlve organs, allays Inti animation, eurea ulcor ailuu and regulalos tho bowels. For Catarrh, Dyap?paia, 13?bliaal font Irrara*, Palpitation of tho Heart, ?lroilncbc. tri Icc. rterreuanees aaa tiruerat Prostration ai* the Mervena avalera, no medicine bas glreu auch per fect satisfaction as the VEOETIKB. lt purities tho blood, cleanse? all of thc organe, and poe* esses a controlling power over tho nerroua ay*> tem. Tba remarkable eurea effected by Veorrnta Imro Induced many physicians nud apothecaries whom wo snow to prescribo and uso it in their OH ll fanii IU lu fact, VBOET1NB ta the best remedy yot di'i'orered iorthoftborodloeases.nnd is tho onlv reliable HliOOO *?8JBIk??liaB yet placed before tho publia. FKEPABED BT H. R. 8TEVEW8, Boston, Mass, What is VegeHne? It ls a compound extracted from barka, roota and herbs. It ia Nature's Itetnody. lt is por tartly harmless from auy bod effect upon tho oja len), lt ls iioarl?hJngand?trcngthenlng. lt acta dlicctly upon tho blood. It quieta thon?rvouo sviteni. lt gives you good, sweet Bloop at night. 11 Is a great panacea for our aged fathers and m.ahern, for it gives them strength, quiets their nerves and giros them Naturo's sweet sleep, ca has been proved by many au agod person, lt la tho great Blood Purliler. It is a soothing remedy for oar children, lt bas relieved and cured thousands. It la very pleasant to toko: every child likes it. It relief cs and cures all dheasc? originating from Impuro blood. Try tho V EOE TI.NE. ?Ivo it a fair trial for your coraplointa : then you will sar to your friend, neighbor and acquaintance, " Try it ; lt bas cured me." VKOETUTE for tho complaint? for which lt la recommended, ts having a iargcr6alo throughout tho United States then any other one medicine. Why ? Vcgetlae arlu Care Ikea? COBB* plaint?. Cannot be Excelled. CfJABLKSTOWN, Mua March 19,1669. Mr. U. Ii. STEVENS : Dear Sir-Thia ls toxor tlfy that I havo used your " Dlood Preparation *. in my family for soreral years, and think that, lor Scrofula or Cankerous Humors, or Itheum otic Affections, lt cannot be excelled ; and, ac a blood purifier and spring medicine, it ls the best thing t havo ever used ; and I hare used almost evsiythlng. I can cheerfully rocomniond it to any ono in need of anch a medicino. Yoiuu respectfully, MES. A. A. DiNSMORE, ________ 1? Russell 8tre?t. Gives Health, Strength and Appetite. My daughter baa received great tcooflt from tho ute or tho VEOETI??E. Hor declining health was a Bourca of groat anxiety to all of her friends. A fow bottle? of tho VKO BTISE res tored her health, strength nn1 appetite, iv. H. Tl '..DEN, Insurance and Kcal Estate Agent, No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Hus. Prejpwd by H. IL STEVENS, Boston, Maa. VEBET18E 18 SOLD BY ALL 0BU8818T& T. C. GOWER & CO., Greenville, S. C., WHOLESALE AND IlETAIL DEALERS IN JJOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MANTELS and SHINGLES, STAIR WOKE, NEWELS, HAND-RAILS and BALUSTERS, LIME, CEMENT and LATHS. (.?LASS, in any quantity. TEMPLE'S IMPROVED I Sewer and Drain PIPING. Thc most complote establishment in the up-country from which to procure BUILDERS' SUPPLIES; Send lists for estimates. ??9- Thankful for post favorc fr.:::: the people of Anderson, wc respectfully request a continuance of the same. T. C. GOWER ? CO., Greenville, S. C. Nov 8, 1877_17_ TJF? WITH THE IB TIMES! nnilE undersigned hereby notifies thc citi JL zens of Anderson and'vicinity that he bas moved his BOOT and 811 OE 8H0P from his old stand in tho Benson House to new quarters on Main Street, near the Market. I am prepared to manufacture tine and sub stantial Boots and Shoes for ladies and gen tlemen, at shortest notice, and guarantee thc prompt delivery of work at the time appoin ted. I will calf at residences to get meusurea for ladies' orders when desirable. The friends of Mn. R. P. MCKINNEY will find bim nt work in my shop, where he will be glad to see them, and continue to do their work. I httve on hnnd a lot of substantial Kip Boots, of my own manufacture, suitable for winter wcuf, which I will sell cheap for cash. Give inc a call, and examine my stock and prices. R. Y. IL NANCE. Oct 2ft, 1877_15^ 3nt T?-SS?4^ f*TftBP I UBftlfbU di uni:. A HAVE just open wt n NEW TOBACCO grr>R_n tr. ti.? 15 u?t| Kuti ur NnNuulo Unllrllnff, Where I ofer to the public ?ll grade? or Chewing; Mitti NmoUIug To bacco, nt prices to suit the times. Expe rience teaches that a regular tobacco house is thc pince to get the best Tobacco at tho lowest price. Thankful to the nubile for past favors, I solicit their trade In tiic future. Give mo a call before buying. T. J. LEAK, Agent. Nov 15. LS77_IS_Bru WILHITE & WILLIAMS, Anderson, S. C. BUIGTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS* FRUIT JARS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Ac. FAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS. PERFUMERY, LAMPS, y WINDOW GLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, Oiae?i> ?nr Cutala. ?Tuly to, <*77 _1 ' Vlonr. Flour. WADE IIAMPrON, and other eclfcbra brands of Tennessee Floor, foi salo bj i. B. TOWEM 4 CO. Tale of Two Thanksgivings. It waa Thankigivtog-eve. Theduak waa falling fast, ana something else beside the dusk, namely a fine cold elect, which coated the ei de-wal ks with a slippery crust, aud emote the face of each wayfarer with little stinging elans, as who Bhould say, "Take these, with Winter's compliments; he ia just be hind, and sends bia card on thus by me." Thanksgiving-eves not infre quently axe of this uncomfortable pat tern. It may bo nature'? happy de vice lor enhancing by contrast the cheer and corafor4. of the season, mak ing the fireside seem brighter, the din ner more tempting and savory. But how about those wno have no firesides or dinners ? Jeony Forde belonged only in part | tp this destitute class. She had a fire- ; side, so far as a stove with an open grate about eight inches across deserves to rank nuder that cozy name. "The I Biue-beli of Scotland," the stovo cali- j ed itself. "Adopted into use an cmg | our best Fifth Aveuue families," its advertisement stated, "and doscrvcdly a favorite in the very highest circles. Jenny was proud of her stove. She was quite sure that no one not an ex pert would suspect its useful qualities, or detect the handy little oven hidden away behind among the ornamental twirls und scrolls, or tho place for po tatoes and pudding dishes beneath the iron cage on top. To-night she bad Copped on an extra lump of oonl in onor of the season, and the little room fairly glowed with warmth at J that redoleuce of scorched blacking which., is the property of little stoves all the world over. The shade waa pulled down over the window, the lamp set unlit upon the table, and Jenny, in her Connecticut rocking-chair, was seated for the unwonted luxury of an idle half hour. Later she must sew. This luzy interval was her holiday treat, the joly one within ber menus, poor girl. There waa no one to tempt to the extravagance of a Thanksgiving feast or to share it, and to spend time and money in feasting herself alone was an idea which would never have entered into her frugal and modest mind. Yet it was not an 'mhappv face which the fire glow caressed as the big rocker swung to and fro, each move ment marked by a soft thud, thud, on the unearpeted floor. Jenny's charac teristic was a round softness of form and feature, which would make her look girlish to the end of her life. Her shrewd blue eyes beamed with a kind ly-gleam ; her mouth, though its or nera showed care-worn lines, trembled easily into a smile. There was a pleas ant attraction in the plump little fig ure, always so trimly clad and neat, in the childish fingers, with their deep needle pricks. Every body felt it, from babies who cried to come to her, to the ladic who supplied her with sewing. Jei. was a favorite, and this evening nay, this hour-waa to bring proof of the fact. For, as she sut, there came a knock at thc door-a loud, important knock and a tall form entered, impressive in capes and buttons, whum Jenny re cognized os the resplendent coachman of Mrs. Meredith, a gentle little wid ow, and one of her best patrons. "Person herc named Forde-Miss Forde?" inquired the dazzling vision. "Yes ; that ia me," Baid Jenny. "Then herc's for you. Compliments of Mrs. Meredith, and she hopes you'll have a pleasant Thanksgiving." "Oh, thauk you, Sir ; and please thnuk Mrs. Meredith." With a nod he of thc capes and buttons departed, leaving Jenny face to face with a big basket which he bad set upon her table. From under its cover an unmistakable drumstick pro truded. "I do wonder if it can be a turks/," thought Jenny, as she lifted the cover. Sure enough it waa a turkey, pil lowed on celery atalka and sweet pota toes, and mounting guard, so to speak, oycr a mould ot jellied cranberry. And what besides ? A golden brown circlet, with edge of flaky white. Who can mistake a pumpkin pie? Oh, kind Mrs. Meredith 1 The room seemed to have suddenly grown brighter and warmer, as Jenny, after putting away these treasures, re turned to her chair and tho fire. How pleasant it is to bo remembered 5 What a happy little woman-yes, for all that hau eornc- and gone-what s happy little woman she was ! So deep were" her pleasant thoughts that she scarcely heard the second Knock which fell on tho door-a low, timid one,, eli from the hand of a child. "Come in," she said, dreamily. The door opened a little way, a cold wind swept in from the staircase, but no one entered. i4iy"ii v.'hv don't you come in?" she called out. No ono answering, she jumped .up aud went to the door. A little thinly dressed girl stood iu thc hall. She waa strangling a sob in her apron, and at the sieht of Jenny sccme'd half inclined to mri away. "Oh, please, Misa Forde," abe falter ed, "would you lond mother a lump ol coal ? Sh?'s got one 'of' her bad head aches-and tho fire's went out-arid it's so cold-and Alice and me don't know what to do." Another sol rounded tho sentence like a period. Hard-hearted *s it sounds, Jenny'f first impulse was to refuse. She did not k ? ?w these ueighbore of hers, and "Once begin, you never know whcu.il will stop," crossed her mind. Anothei look at the sweet wan face of the chile1 changed her determination.. "Yes," she said ; ??come in, and IT lend vou a bit Have you.broughi something to carry it in ?" "Oh, pTeaso.I'lirHke it in my hand.* Such a mite of r. band ! "That won't do at all," cried Jenny "My coal ia all fino \ there aw no larg? pieces. Here, I'll take my scuttle ant thi-ow somo on your fire. You're Mrs Denis* girl, I think f ; "Yea'ra." ' a> down si tut ra they went,* and thi . I little guide opened th* door of a bart I room, and revealed Mrs. Denia lyinj on the bed under a huddled heap of clothes, and a still smaller chila sit ting, with tear-glazei cbeekB, beside the almost extinguished fire. The room felt alarmingly chill, and when Jenny spoke there was DO reply, and the figure on the bed looked to white and motionless that her heart gave a loud thump of fear. Hastily mending tho fire, she ran up stairs, filled & saucepan with hot water from her own kettle, aud hurry ing back, began to bathe the head of the sick woman. To ker great roMef, Mrs. Denis presently opened her eyes, and feebly muttered, "Oh, that feels good.' 'Tm glad it does. Here, I'll dip tho cloth in tho hot water again for you." "Is it you, Miss Forde ? It's migh ty kind you arc." "Oh, it's nothing," in a business-like way. "Don't talk. Keep quite still, ana your bead'll be better soon." .'It begins to_be better already," whispered Mrs. Denis, after a few min utes' stillness. "My headaches always go off quick at the end. But you are standing all this while. Nanny, bring a chair, Nanny." "It don't hurt me a bit to stand," declared Jenny. "I'm used to it. Sometimes, wheu I'm cutting out work, I keep ou my feet for half a day at a time, and never mind it." "Ah, it must be good to have plenty of work !" sighed Mrs. Denis. "I've seen the people going up stairs with their bundles, and Td have envied you, perhaps, only it was something to be glad for that there was some ono bad all she could do, even if I hadn't." Tho patiert sweetness of this speech touched Jen*, y. She could not speak quite steadily as she asked, "Have J you no work at all ?" I "Next to none. I did a petticoat for Mrs. Mallory-that's in the base I ment, you know-and I tried some of ! tboso slop overalls from Riggs. But , it's a hard man he ie, and only four ' teen cents a pair ; and what's that for a doy's work ? I'd take any thing, I though, almost, that I could get, for I ? want it sore for the children's sake." "Now you must not talk-you real ly mustu t," said Jenny, alarmed at j the flush which had risen in the pale ; cheeks. "Do try and go to sleep. I'll j look to the children's supper. Don'l worry yourself about anything, and to-morrow, when you're better, we'll talk about work, and see what can bc done." All ber warm little heart was alive now. "What a selfish thing I am !" Bhi meditated, when, after makins; tin children comfortable for the night, ehi went back to her own fire and work "I almost refused that poor baby tb coal. Jenny Forde, I'm afraid you'r* no better than a Pharisee. You'v' got into a habit of passing by on tb other side-looking out for uumbe one, and letting other people take car of themselves. You moy call it mind ing your ov/n busiuess a? loud as yo ilse, JL CK? , j "?ti ? ? yS' Auvt uc pbilanthr "?iy broadening under th i self-rebi k .', a bright thought just the came to her. "Why not?]* she said. "Mrs: Men ditb's turkey is big enough, I'm sun It's a burning shanie that I shoul have so much, and they nothing. T ask 'em all up to duiner, and gi* them one nico Thanksgiving, as sui as my name is Jenny Forde. It was like a fairy dream to tl Denis children when next day Jenn came down stairs with her invitatio] And what a dinner it turned out to bi What a traditionally delicious turkej what lovely cranberry ! what a pu Ah ! no one can thoroughly enjoy sue a meal, save those to whom dinners f not come every day. It is juipossibl During the long evening Jeni learned the history of her new friend It was the common story of wido< hood and poverty, with one bright feature-a sailor brother, who hi been "so kind." "Poor Jim ! if I only could kne where he is to-day I" sighed Mrs. De is. "It's fifteen months since be saile and never a word ali that time, M Forde. He left all his back wages f us-tho blessed boy that he is. I his heart's blood he'd give me and t children if he could. , And it's wi off we'd be at this moment if it waai for that sorrow ' a savings-bee Which went and broke with ali in tie doesn't suspect tho straits we're and it's I am glad, for he'd fret sore! Jim would. Hts ship is a China ti der, Miss Forde. Second mate sailed this time, and he's half pro ised tho first mate's place if he g< again. His employers think the woi ot bira. And why not? for there's one like Jim." "How good turkey is !" said Nani who was drying the time-honored wi bone before the fire. "It's quite do Miss Forde, I think. May ? wish now?" "Yes. Take hold of one end, e I'll toke the other. N ow ? e must ? wish. I wish your Uncle Jim woi come home auick. and safe and eoun "Why, that's my wish too!" Bcrei ed littlo Nanny, as the bone crae! and flew asunder. But neither wish was granted. W followed week, month succeeded moa ; but no Uncle Jim appeared, neit > was bis ship heard from. And ( the friendahip begun that Thank* i ing-day between Jenny Forde and L new friends, throve aud flourished. , wai not in Jenny's nature to do ? t thing by halves. By ber aid ! : Denni procurai wOr* ??O?gu to * 1 the wolf from the door, and innui able were the kind offices which I helpfulness, enabled her to do for l widow and her little ones. The < uren toon ntnmouiurjiaitvui ut? ' "Aunt Jenny" was their namoJor and they loved her next to their m . er. And strange to say, with all ? added work and new interest, Jon ) own life seemed brighter and ct I than usual "Everything turned well" for her that year/ Little bi good fortune came her. way, a 5 lightness *of heart and satisfaction a i BOTC? ?er. "He ?hftt w^lereth ? ; J bo watered." Jenny did not koo but that immortal truth ia as real now i aa when in days of old, angela carno i down ia visible shape yd ministered f to the necessities of men. i Bo passed the winter, the spring; 1 and summer spread her mantle early 1 over the land, and all went happily \ with the little hive of workers. But one afternoon in August a sad thing 1 happened. Jenny slipped on a bit of ? banana akin-one ol the many bits < which dot summer pavements-fell, ? wrenched and sprained her shoulder, 1 and broke her right arm. Luckily f she was near home, and was carried ] there at once. The accident was die- i poeed of in three lines in next day's ? paper, but not BO easily by the party J most concerned. A long illness was J followed by a weary convalescence. Sewing waa out of the question; Jen- | ny's friendly patrons were out of town ; < there was no one to oiler help ; and 1 what with weakness and discourage- 1 meut, rent falling behind, aud a doc- t tor's bill looming portentously ahead, i our brave little woman felt her courage i sink as never before in her life. ' What could abe have done without i the Denises now ? This wne a question 1 she asked-herself a dozen times a day. i Morning after morning Mrs. Denis 1 brought her bright kind face to Jenny's < bedside, made her tea, brushed her ' hair, straightened the roora, and cheer ed her with tho hopeful words which < mean so much to the dejpouding inva lid. Hour after hour Nanny sat, pa- 1 tient as au old woman, beside "Aunt Jenny," watching her eye, and ready to fly at a moment for whatever was needed. Even little Alice would climb the stairs with a glas3 of "real cold" water, a flower, a kiss to make hor well, or a new rhyme culled from her picture-book, which she was euro ' would "nmooso" tho dear neighbor. These visits were the solo cheer of those dark days. The little seed sown in kindness bad indeed brought forth fruit a hundredfold. "Sure and it's a pleasure you would uot deny me," Mrs. Denis would pro test in answer to Jenny's tearful thanks. "It's always been you and you before, and I never thought I'd have the chance to so much aa turn my hand over for you. It's clear pleasure, it is." Tho "clear pleasure" fasted into Oc tober; then mattera began to mend. Jenny could help herself a little at last. Her employers came back, and varions little kindnesses followed their return. But the once nimble fingers were stiff and weak, and Thanksgiving found her still unable to sew for more than a few minutes at a timo. Mrs. Meredith was in Europe ; no ono hap pened io think of tho little scams?re*?, and altogether things were in sorry contrast to tho bright holiday of last year. Again Jenny sat in her rocking chair on Thanksgiving-eve, idle now from necessity, not of choice. She looked sad, but brightened when Mrs. Denis' step sounded on the stair. It waa a quick, glad step, and Mrs. Denis burst in with the joyful face of a bear er of good tidings. "Ob, Jenny! Bbe panted, "never was anything Uko it! It's a turkey] has come to me myself thia time ! Mrs. Rend sent it, for tho darling she is !-an elegant turkey, and an ele gant heap of potatoes as well. We'll have our Thanksgiving after all ; and if you're agreed, we'll eat it up here, for my room's but a cold oue, and I daren't risk you to come down." "How nice! how pleasant! But how very kind of you!" said Jenny, half crying. "Kind ! Why, yourself did it, you kuow. It's you lust year, and me this, that's all." It was impossible to resist such open hearted gladness, and the feast proved even merrier than that memorable one of a year ago. Jenny contributed some red-checked apples to take tho placo of tbe missing pio ; the room was warm and bright, the children alive with fun and frolic. Jenny, pale but cheerful, lay back in her chair, enjoy ing tho jokes and contributing a soft treble to thc laughter. Altogether it was a pleasant scene. "Now tho wiss-bone i" cried little Alice. "Nanny pulled it last time, so it's my turn now. Will you wiss with me, Aunt Jenny?" "Of course; nnd I shall wish just exactly what I did then," declared Jenny, holding ber end of the bone with tho fingers of her left hand "Uncle Jim, aud may he get back safe and sound !" "Uucle Jim," echoed Alice. A deep sigh followed. Jim's ship was overdue, and Mrs. Denis had fean in her mind which she did not like tc put into words. Crack ! went the wish-bone, and, af though the sound were a signal, rap rap ! fell upon the door. "Como in," cried the whole party startled, they hardly knew why.* "Is theres- They told me uclov Mrs. Denis was herc-" began tho new comer, but his voice was drowned in i joyful shriek. "Jim!" "Uncle Jim!" "Oh, Jim here at last !" And Mrs. Douis ant tho children flung themselves upon th stranger. "Avast, there ! I can't breathe fo you all," cried he at last. "Whateve will thc lady think of such doings I'd beg her pardon, only there's ii speaking, you throttle mo so." Am snaking aside tho children, Jim handsome, bronzed fellow, with men blue oyes-made a polite bow to th rocking-chair and its occupant. "Lady!-why, that's Aunt Jenn] -1-:-_a i:*.t.. AI:.... <*T? di fetched you back, Uncle Jim-she an me, with the wiss-bone, you know. Sb wissed, and I was just wissing rayse? and just then you catr.e." l'^"-? Tnnnn Irnrtta*?* ..ll ?V\rv?,f \7l\\I ?uiUj ?nuns -.- -j-i Jim," said bis sister. "And I'm gin it ia in her room you found us. She been the comfort of lifo to us all th > year back, Jim. I waa clean beat wi I discouragement and trouble, when s! , came and heartened us. and found u : work, and put tho bread into oi mouths again. I'd have died wHhoi . Jenny, I think." "And what would I have done wit , j out you TT" protested Jeujgy. iiTucj': ill bees caring for me thia three nonths back, ever einoe I broke my irm, IST.-Jim ; caring for me jost aa f I belonged to them. Oh, you don', lalf know how good your sister is. low shail I ever get ou without her ?ben you take her away f ' "We won't go away ; we'll neve? eave you, Aunt Jenny,*' began Alice, rim had seated himself with a niece >n each knee, aud bia eyes tull on renny, who waa prettier and younger ooking than ever since ber illness, sailors aye proverbially inflammable Ie stated afterward that that first ten ninutea did kia business ; but all he aid waa, in a deep chest tone, "I hope | 'll not do anything to displease you, nias." Why make my tale longer? Hap )iucaa can be summed up in few words, ii m went to sea again after a while,1 ?ut he staid long enough to win and red bis wife. Jenny and Mrs. Denis, . isters now in law aa in affection, share j i little homo together, and are entirely inppy, except tor a tendency to wake in and listen anxiously on windy iigbts. Jim. first male now, on the ligh-road to be captain, is due at home ibout this time, and, if not before, viii certainly appear on Thanksgiving tay, because, as little Alice savs, "The j riss-bono will bring him. ile came' he minute it broke, you know, Aunt J fenny-the very exact minute. We'll tull hard this time, and make it go rack ! and then, just as it breaks in wo, Uncle Jim will open the door know ho will." Help Tour Wife. In these money-loving times the American nation is in danger of in- 1 uring their race by overworking their } rives. Let the farmers especially J lause and consider whether they are lot committing this sin. Many a good nan has killed his wife in this way. < le is so taken up with his own work i m the farm, that he never thinks ?hat hio wife is doing, so his meals ire ready and the household affaira un smoothly. When his day's work ' s done, he sleeps soundly ana is rested * or another, little dreaming that his ailhful wifo ia Saying awake because ter back'aches, and her limbs ache ind jerk from the over-strain of the lay's work ; when morning comes, she ! i ios it all to do over again, whether < .e?ted or tired. [ i I have seen some families, and they vere good people too, in which I have bought it would be a blessing if the ?usband could break his leg, and be ibliged to sit still in tho house, when 1 ie could count the five hundred and !1 me times his wife walked from bur ritchen to her dining-room, and then vith pencil and paper, calculate tho lumber of miles of walking he could ave her by putting them closer to gether. He might not be able to pick ip the spring and put it at the kitchen loor, but if be were studying the rub ed very hard, it would occur to bim, bat he, or one of his men, couid Dring her a few buckets of water be 'ore he started to h\s work, thereby saving her the walking and the hard strain of carrying water. (It would iot take many weeks under this ar rangement to make a well at the kitch in door appear a necessity ; yet his poor wifo has been carrying it for pears, whether tired or co?=) Nor do [ beiicvo that there are any of our formera so stupid that they could not study out many ways to help their wives, with very little trouble to them selves aud at small cost. When the husband has done his j part faithfully, und the work is made I rando easy enough not to -seary his j wife, ?he must have some recreation ?.long with the work, to rest her mind. As you, Mr. Editor, pleasantly re marked on this subject : "One who is occupied is never dreary, but that oc cupation, like a well-set table, must nave variety. Beans eighteen times a week, and three times on Sunday, will, tn time, induce us to iv i ?h. that beans were somewhero else except in this world." Bo, the man who wishes his wifo to be his counsellor and friend, as well as his cook, must see that she has ti.?e to rest her mind as well as her b A/t and indulge her taste for the beautiful, which is ono cf woman's instincts, and cannot be denied her without dwarfing her capacities. Let the wife remember, it is the good her work does, rather than the amount of it, that measures her uso- ! fulness in this world. The woman who tf.kes time to sa-v a. pleasant, en couraging word to thc little child she meets, and sends it on its way happy ; who will listen lo and sympathize with the sorrow that is weighing down her j neighbor's heart, and by praying with her for help from God to enable her to bear her trials, fends her home to ' her husband and little ones with a happy heart, strengthened and ?ucour noo.it tn take up her daily burdens, winch before seemed too much for hor ; who is always happy and br' when her husband comes in and . .eisure to wait upon him when he urvds it or to sympathize with aud support him if i_.."i;ic A~~.^ This ' woman is doing more good in the world than if &d had ali her house in perfect order, the last button sewed on, and plenty of clothes made ahead to : last for years-I do not say eho must not sew or attend to her housework not at all ; but let those be laid aside whenever she can find en opportunity to do a good deed, which will be a blessing to her here, and a treasure in Heaven, where thieves do not break ! through nor steal.--A Lady who Loves j a Cszntry Life, in t?a Souihern Plan ter and Former. fiST* A Louisiana Oranger is op posed to railroads. He says when be Cte town they alway?"bring him e so tjuick be hasn't time to get sober before he arrives. mmT* We see seventy-five cents shirts advertised in our city papers. We shall never insult our manhood by getting into as cheap a rag aa that. No 1 rather let us continuo to deceive an unsuspecting public with a paper i collar skillfully pinned on to th? collar I . r .-j -1 ._ _I I Ul a ?WU, lAlDCUMHWUVM . ?... ? .Vi , ." . - ? : '. - ; >; -\ i GEN? FOREST'S F?ClJJuUBITD?S. Some Readable St?rte? About tue 9a* lieut Points of bio Character. Forrest's funeral was an impressive DUO, and, st J igely enough, there was inly one Coufederato uniform in Che procession, acct that was worn by the occupant of the hearse. ""While," says a correspondent, "tho old soldiers and Confederate officers of Memphis fairly worshipped him, ho was unpopular with a large poi'ton of tho community, who feared and dis liked him about evenly for bis ferocity iv J reckless temper." The correspondent adds that he ;ame of a terribly family, his six brothers all behg fighting men, and mo of them, Bill, a desperado, the raly man of whom the General ever Ans afraid. Forrest was ono of the greatest slave dealers of the South, ind it is said that he was kind to his negroes, that ho never separated mem bers of a family, and that he nh ays old his slaves to go out in tho city and dioosc their own masters. Thoro is no Instance of any slave taking advan tage of the permission to run away. There were tome plauters in the vi* ?lnity of Memphis to whom ho would lot sell slaves at all, because thoy had ho reputation of being cruel masters, as a soldier bis arbitrary ways and mpatieno* *f control wer? always in volving him iu trouble with his supe riors. He ruled his men so that they eared him more than they did tho memy, and yet confided in him as hough ho wero incapable of an error >r o fault. The war ruined him, and io set to work rebuilding his fortunes, rle bought an island plantation on tho Mississippi, below Memphis, and con tacted with tho city for tho labor of ill her petty criminals at ten cents per lay per prisoner. He put up bulld ogs and made tho island a reformato ry, and managing tho plantation with ais demoniac energy, was on the way JO make another fortune when tho nalaria of tho island atmosphere struck him down. Ago did not make hi? lomper euy inkier than it had been, for the cor respondent tells how ho ordered a suit )f clothes from a Memphis tailor, and iftcr letting them lie in tho shop till they were moth-eaten, cursed the tailor most vehemently for a swindler, and pulled out a pistol, ronring out his in tention of shooting the dealer like n rat. But he did not shoot, and next Jay, in cooler mood, went round to tho tailor and mado him an apology so thorough and humble that it was al most painful :o listen to. Forrest was in roany desperate en counters, ono of tho most desperate being his fight with Gould, a lieuten ant whom he had charged with cowar dice. As tho General was sitting unarmed and twirling a small pen knife in his hand, Gould approached him vith a lor ded pistol in nra pocket, and giving him the li?;, pulled thc trigger. The hammer caught in the lining of Gould's pocket, when For rest grabbed bim with one band and, opening thc knife with his teeth, lite rally disembowelled his antagonist ere be could do moro than slightly wound the General with another discharge of the pistol. Foreest never acknowledged himself to have been placed "in a br.d fix," except once. General Chalmers and a merchant in Memphis, named J. C. Davis, hr/.1, some small disagreement, which inspired Chalmers with a strong desire to "go and see him." On the way Calmera met Gen. Forrest and asked the General to go there along with him. Forrest went, ignorant of the real state of affaira. Scarcely had the two Generals arrived at the head of the stairs leading to Davis' business ofP.ce, when tho door was sud denly flung open and Davis knocked Chalmers from tho top of tho stairs to tho bottom. The next instant he pre sented a heavy revolver ot Forrest's head, explaining : "And this is what I've got lor you two Confederate Generala coming to whip one man !" "Hold on ! hold on, Mr. Davis !" cried forrest, "there's some mistake hero! I didn't know there was any trouble between you." He was glad to get away, and began to inquire what sort of a man tnat J. C. Davis was. Folks told him Da vis was one of the mast quiet, peacea ble men in town. "Well, ho may bo peaceable," re turned Forrest, "but ho put mo in the tightest placo I was ever in in my life." Yet he tiever showed any ill-will tc Dav in afterwards, evidently admiring his pluck. REMARKABLE MINUTE WniTtNo, -Disraeli, in his "Curiosities of Lite _j._i)_i _ . i_z?_ 11_;_ minto, icvuiua luuovrniy, uuiuujj other instances of wonderfully minute writiug: Peter Bales, a celebrated caligraper in tho reign of Elizabeth, exhibited the whole Bible in an Eng lish walnut shell no larger than a hen t egg. me jttarieian ?xSS., 550, give tho following nccot i of it : "The nul holdeth tho hook; there are as man j leaves in his little book as the great Bible." This "unreadable vol um t was DcvB by hundreds of thousands.' linet proved that tho "iiiiau" in r nutshell, which Pliny states Cicero tx have seen, was by no means an im possibility.; in fact, he demonstrate-; that it could be done. A piece ol vellum, about ten inches in length ant eight ia width, pliant and firm, caa b< folded up and inclosed in the she?i o a largo walnut. It can hold in it 1 breadth one line which cao contait thirty verses, and in, its length 254 i linea. With a frmv-rimll. tho ?ri ti ni era be perfect. A page of thia ?.dec of vellum will ther contain 7,5t> Terese, and the reverse as much-th whole 15,000 verses of tho "lilied. And this he proved by using a pies of paper, and with a common pei Tho thing is possible to be effected and if, on any occasion paper shoul be'exceesively rare, it may be usefu to know that a volume of matter ma be co5t*hi?d in a single leaf. A SOLDIER'S FATE? A STORY OP TWO, BROTHERS. On last Sunday, says th? Chronicle, and Oonst??tionalisi, a citizen of Au gusta, a modest, unassuming charac ter, hut a urtVV? man and a good mem ber of the community, died in Uns city and 'Ja? buried on the following day. We allude to Mr. Cicero Harris, at one time driver of one of the street cars, and at the time of bis death in the employ of Mr. G. H Kemaghau.. We find the following in reference to him in the Louisville (Ky.) Daily Evening News, of October I, 1877 ? "Fifteen years ago, when the eyes of tho young men of Keutucky werai turned toward the South in its day of need, there left this county, in compa ny with many others, two brothers who cast their lot with the South as mern? bera of the First Regiment of Ken tucky Cavalry, under command of Colonel Ben Hardin Helm, who after ward died at Chickaraauga leading the First Kentucky Brigade of Infan try, the gi nudest brigade that ever fought a battle. These brothers were model soldiers, brave almost to rash ness, and always at their posts. The younger had a hard fate. In 1803, when the array began its retreat through Tennessee, he was shot in the foot while the regiment was being c'.mrgod by tho enemy, but never mur mured, fighting on, until, almost faint ing from loss of blood, the comrade-by his side first learned that ho had been struck. "After weary days of suffering he recovered, rejoined his command, and, when Stoneman was making one of bis raids, was again cruelly wounded, only to again recover and rejoin his regi ment. Sherman swept down to the sea, tho two brothers still fighting with their command all through that tem bl? and hopeless campaign. At last, in 1865, Bentonville.N. C., was reach ed, and here they fought their last fight s> jte by side again. The elder brother bad nover been touched in fettle. At tho picket stand a few days after tho battle, he drew his gun toward him by tho muzzle ; it explo ded, tho boll entering tho knee-cap, necessitating amputation. Delirious, in two days he died, and WOB laid to rest by his comrades. "Exactly ono week afterward the ?minger brother, dismounting from his ores, carelessly set down his gun ; it exploded, and made a ghastly wound in the side ..nd ch-?st. Sherman was pressing, forward, the Southern army was receding, and all that could be done was to leave tho poor follow to die, os all were sure he must do very soon, in the hands of tho enemy. That was in April, 1865. Two weeks ago the maimed and crippled hero of mers than a hundred fights walked into the law office of an old comrade in this city. After having been reported to all his friends and relativos as among the dead, he bed still survived, and, though hin body is marked all over with the terrible scars of battle, he is kept alive by the indomitable spirit that murked him ever as one of the bravest men in his regiment. These words are written by ono who rode by his side when he rcccivod MB first wound, and no member of Company "B" of tho First Keutucky Cavalry of the C. S. A. but will recognize in i the dead brother rash, brave and im petuous John Harris; in tho living one, the no less brave Cicero Harris. His life has been a modest one, but is filled with incidents more startling than are told in fiction. Every old comrade will hopo that he may live long in the midst of the circle he has made happy by his return.'' Haman Nature Anion? Ants. Wars among tho anffl have vary much tho same causes as among men. It is a piece of territory that ?B covet ed, add thc stronger tribe goes Out in force, vanquishes end ejects the weak er ; or it is the possession of its flocks and herds, which one colony wishes to wrest from another ; or in tho slave-, making species, a colony requires a new r.iiay of servants to relieve it of all care. In this case a number of Formica ruja or Formica sangu?nea muster and advance against a nest of Fortnigra nigra, after a desperate bat tle-for tiV red ants are very brave, and the black ones thrush cowardly, ore fighting for their m jung-the ag gressors, who are almost always Victo rious, bear off the eggs of the black ' ""?, A- L_._?2L uri-. *i ! an id w mon ?Ttu uoaiS. IT noa moy , hatch out into perfect insects the slaves toko upon themselves the whole care of the colony ; they tend the young? \ take charge of tho nest, am* oven feed ' and carr/ about their lazy masters, who will often die of starvation rather than help themselves, even when food ? is close at baud. The slaves, however, - have something to say in the nest, i They detain their musters when they > desire to go out on a slave-making ? expedition, till after the time that the > males ard females of the negro colo ? nie* sha?! have taken flight, so that the > species shall not be exterminated. ? i When toe red ania como nome wil?i f out booty, the slaves treat thom with' ' contempt, and sometimes even turn i- them out of doors. They are willing ? to work for their masters so long as ' they can hold them in respect. t In these combats the ants often man > ?fest a singular resemblance to - beings in the effect which battle pro 1 duccs in the case of raw recruits. An F. ant which at first Boomed fearful and I hesitating, after a tinja becomes exci s tod and shows a fronty of courage, f recklessly throwing away its nie with s out accomplishing anything. When * an ant which has reached this condi ) tion of insensate fury happens to fall 7 In ?rith S bcd** cf g^f^rj^"^"T^' t??rt?lr. o ers, they quietly lay ?old of it, eeve D ral of them holding its different feet a gently touching it all the while will " their attennm till it calms down and fa B able to "listen to reason."-Scribner** ?. Magazine. A very plain girl lins ono con eolation-though not a very prett. young lady, she will, if sho Uvea lopj enough, be ? pretty old one. I uMte?r C(%M **h& tUa ?; ; ? Ovation?, ttTtt?ruwrtWo-, - v . vSS^rA?S. ***** .. AU oo?ijBril?toto? st?ufatte ?4?r?M<*t?"Fa. .f E. E. MOllEAY A CO.. . ., . H,'' ' . ..wiytop.'B.e. /For twenty-three yeera old Jake Willard has cultivated, the soil of Baldwin county, and dmWu therefrom a eupport for himself and wife.' He ia childless. Not long ago Jake left his house ia search of a missing cow. . His route led him through aa old wera out patch of clay lend, of about six acres in extent, tn the centre of which was a well twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that, at some time, probably, bad furnished the inmates of a dilapi dated house ?ear by with water. In Sassing by thia bpet an ill w!nd lifted ake's hat from his head, and mali ciously wafted it to the edge of the well, and in it tumbled. . Now Jake had ti way? practiced tho virtue of economy, va he immediate-? ly set about recording the lost hat. Ho ran to the well;and finding it waa dry at the bottom, he uncoiled the rope whk-k he had brought willi him for the purpose of capturing the cow, and after several attempts to catch the hat with a noose, he concluded to save time by going into tho well himself. '.' To accomplish thia he made fast one end of the rope to a stump Lard by, and was quickly ou bis way down tl a well It is a fact, of which: Jake waa no loss oblivioua than tho reader hereof, that Ned Wells was in the dilapidated building aforesaid, end that an old blind horse, with a bell cu his neel;, who had been turned out to die, , was lazily grazing within a a? ort distance of the well. The devil himself, or some other wicked spirit, put it into Ned's head to have & little fhn, BO. bo quietly slipped up to the old horse and un buckled the bell-strap, approaching with slow, measured "fcing-a-ling" to , the edge of the well. "Dangthat cid blind,horse!" said Jake, ^qie'a a comia' this way, sure! and ain't got no mor? sense than Ut fall in here. Whoa, Ball." But tho continued approach of tho "ting-a-liog" said just os plainly el woirds that "Bail" wouldn't whoa, Besides, Jake was et the bottom rest ing, before trying to "shin" it up tho rope. "Great Jerusalem," said he, ''the old CUBS will be a-tap of mo before I can say Jack Robinson. Whoa! Dang you, whoa 1" Just then Ned drew up to the edge of the well, and with his foot kicked a little dht into it "Oh, Lord !" exclaimed Jake, full ing upon his knees nt tho bottom. "Tm gone now-whoa. Now I lay me down to sleep--w-h-o-o, Ball--I pi?y the Lord tny soul to-w-u-o-a, now. Oh, Lord, have mercy apon me." Ned could hold in no longer, sad fearful Jake might suffer from his fright, he rcvealoa himself. Probably Ntd didn't make tracks with his heels from that weih May be Jake wasn't ap to the. top of it ia short order, and you might think be, didn't try every uight for' two weeks . to get a shot with his rifle nt Ned. Schneider's Tanatees? Schneider is very fond bf tomatoes. Schneider has a friend in thc country who raises "garden Bass and sich. Schneider had an invitation!to visit his frier d last week, and regale himself on his favorite vegetable. His friend Pfeiffer being busy negotiatir-? with a city produce dealer on his arrival, Schneider thought he would take a stroll in the garden .and see some cf bia favorites in their pristine beauty, We will let him tell <&o rest of his story in kia owalanguage: "Yell, I valks shoat a liddle vbile roundt, when I sees some of dose dor mar tera vot voa so red und nice as X nefer dit see any more, und I dinks X viii p?i in??esclf cuuids about a gouple-a-tozen, ah'ust to geef me a lid-, d'o abbedite vor dinner. So l bulls off von oV der reddest und pest lookiu' of dose dermarters, and dakes a pooty gool bite out of dot, sad vas chewing it oup pooty quick, ven-by chiminy 1 -I dort I noa a peese ov red-hot goals in mme moat, or vas chewing otu? d?o or dree bapers of needles ; und I v?lt gn nad. already, dot mina eyes vas Ivoo? of tears, und I mate vor sn "olt oken bucket" vot I Been hanging m der veil, as ? voe goomin' along; "Shust don miue vriend Pfeiffer game oup und ask me vet mate me veel so pad, and if any of mine varoi* Uv vas dead 1 dold him dot I vas I der only von ov der vamily dot. vas j pooty sick ; and den I ask him vot j kind of dermarters dose vas vot I hat shust boca biting y unt, mino cracious, how dot landsman laugbft, ucd Baid dot dose vas red peppers dot ho vas raising vor happer-sauce. You pet my Wie ? v?s I radder you give rae feefly tollars ad to eat some isor? f\f dose bepper-S?uoe ?a??%.fPCt^* .. ....' ' ' ni ---t NELUE'C IDEA OF P?AYEIL-Lit tle Nellie, who waa only four yearsold, no sooner saw work laid aside, than abe ran to her mother's knee and claimed a seat there. Hrs. Lee Kited boa* px hosr lan. an*! TiAtxt an huailv thinking of her duties and caree. For awhilo Nellie amused hcrsejf very quietly hy winding a atrttig iu and out through her fingers ; but pres ently she began talking to herself in ? low tone: ' -When I siv my prayers, God says, 1 'Hark, angeli while 1 hear a little noise.'" Her mother''asked her what thai , noise wei: -, \ !* ' **A little girl's voice. Then tho ar ' <?i*m'. ??? An tnak ?JO" {ahutiing htu \ mouth very tight, and "keeping ven still for a moment,) "till I say Amen. J .. Isn't this a sweet thought f I wen j der if the children who read thh stn*) 1 of little Neiilo nave evert?nur?i bur wonderful it ia that God el ways hears 1 their prayers? He hears '-.?ssefli* ! prayer of tho little child kneeling bj ! thebedfiido. Thero is never too niue! singing or too roany praises there foi him to hear a little girl's "noise." f MT" Ladies would make geed rail j read conductors, as they know how U manage traiuc well. - . .-^f . . . . - - ' . ; ,-rv,.