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THE CHINESE AT H01LE. An Interesting Accci-nt of the Kaaners, Costumes and Halt Its of the Celestial Kmplr*. The "Washington Pott contains an in ' terestinjj letter from Robert C. Murphy, ex-Consul General to China, from which we mafca the followkie.extracts v The title tc the laud in China is vested in fee simple in the Emperor; all occu par ts are tenants meirely, and pay a rent of $6 per acre. This forms the principal j source of revenue to the government There the science of life is to live, and as the soil is the original source of all j wealth, their statesmen took care early to 1 prevent th? monopoly of the land by the rich. This they effected by collecting ther'r' greatest tax from that source. Jjjir.d is not held therefore in large tracts j ?jroy uingle individuals, but in small par ^ ceb, which they cultivate and utilize to the last foot Tbe endless chain-pump, all wood, which we claim to hs.ve discovered, bat which iras used in China before Colum? bus was born, serves to furnish water for irrigation. It is worked by a buffalo cow, and is very simple. They are thus relieved from any reliance on the regu? larises of the seasons. Two crops, and in some portions of the empire, three, are raised annually. In horticulture the Chinese are adepts, trimming trees and shrubs to resemble in outline birds and wi!d animals, while they dwarf fruit trees to lilliputiau di? mensions yet bearing freit The country abounds iu fruit such as grapes, melons, j citron, oranges, lemons, limes, pomola,' mango, manguatine, peaches, pears, plums, apricots, lichees, custard apple, , v bread fruit and persimmon, many of these in great variety, and all superior to , the ;atne kind of fruit raised in the West > Indus. An official dinner it China generally consists of fourteen courses. The last is J the fruit, whichj for taste, as displayed , by the butler iu its arrangement, cannot be surpassed in any part of the world. The various fruits are grouped on pyra? midal dishes, each kiud hanging from parti of th*ir own vines or branches in - tcrspersed with leaves, the whole en? livened by the flowers of the japonica, which grow in a great variety of beauti? ful tints. Tho butler will chip off the outer surface of a pomola, developing scenes on the fruit A watermelon he will treat the same way, bringing out farm scenes or perhaps marine views with ships, eta .The top he has cut off and extracted the core, in place of which he has poured a bottle of champagne; it is then frozen for hours in the ice chest Just before it is placed on the table he cuts it down in slices from the top piece, which has been cut like the teeth of a saw and holds it together. At the proper time he removes the top by catching hold of the red, white and blue ribbons attached to it, when the whole falls in slices over the dish, a morsel that even a member of "Brick Lane branch of'the Evangelical Teetotal'Temperance Asso N ciation" should be pardoned for enjoying. The currency of China is silver, copper and bank paper. The silver is in form of bullion, called "sycee," and is meas? ured by a "tael," which is $1.83} of our money in commerce. It is molded some? what in the shape of a shoe, and bears *'?.; the* stamp of the assayer and refiner, who is responsible for its character. Copper is thicoin of the massei., called "cash." * ' They cast it round, with a square hole in the -niddle, and it is strung in double rows or licks, fifty in each, to faciliate Say.-r.cn t Sixteen of them make a cent bree.cash will buy a cup of tea as good as most sent to this country, while thirty two will support a laborer one day. Where the necessities of life are so cheap and the habits of the people so simple it is not so surprising .that if they can live . for two cents a day they should be satis? fied with ten cents as compensation for a : day's work. Bank paper has been, long known and used in China. It is not a State or na? tional institution, but free to all, founded on individual responsibility. It is re? deemable in coin on presentation, and if 1 not redeemed, not only the property of the banker, but that of his relatives is held for payment This rule of respon r sibility is general in all their transac? tions. Its results are very salutary. Few men run risks that would entail minor misfortunes on all their relations, however reckless they might be person? ally. The system of guaranteeing k universal in all business' transactions, and it is almost unheard of for the guar? antor to fail to meet his engagements with the greatest promptness', ionr butler gives you security for double tho value of thi silverware, dining room furniture and iitbres you place in Ids charge. On v . one-occasion, the house of OliphantA Co., at Shanghai, had all their silver stolen. The same day the butler had an exact duplicate placed on their table. This was done by a combination of all the butlers serving foreigners. They in? sure each other. If a sin: merchant finds he will be unable to meet, his obligations falling due to-morrow, he notifies the silk guild to which he belongs of the fact, and they appoint a committee to ex? amine his account-). If his embarrass? ment is found to arise from unavoidable or natural causes, they pay his obliga? tions and he goes on; but if he is found to hare been "crooked" in his business, he is shot out from the guild and thus prevented from doing business any more. At the New Year all debts are expec? ted to be paid. As they count time by the lunar months, they have thirteen months, or what thsy call big and little "sixth month." It was to correct the calec^pr that the Jesuit missionaries were lust brought into fitvorable notice in China, and well did they use their in? fluence. The New Year occurs some? times in January and sometimes in Feb ' ruary. For one entire week the whole people are given over to visiting, making presents and enjoying themselves gen? erally. It is when visiting that they learn from the "front doors off the hingei" those who have not settled their last year's business, and against all such a black mark is made. Many of these customs are quite the reverse of our own. Wo pay a doctor when we are sick; they pay him an an? nual salary, but it ceases when the client is sick; thus they pay for what a doctor may know, i. c, how to keep one well; ,but we pay for what it is often impossible for him to do, that is, core. They sew by pushing the needle from them; their beautiful embroideries are so worked. We clew up a sail, they let it down by a run. We row a boat back to the bow, they with face to it. Their tools, with which they execute their beautiful carv? ings in wood, ivory and metals, are well tempeied, bat so blunt and clumsy that it is hard to believe such exquisitely fine work could be done with them. The Bicb Crop in Georetown.? The Georgtown Times, of the 19th, has the following: "From what can be as ' certain id it is thought that the George? town rice crop has been damaged to the amount; of $50,000 from the recent storm around this district. The June rice is supposed to be greately damaged from the water. The tide was enormous-1 ly high covering the rice banks for sev ? eral feet allowing the rice on the stub- j ble to be carried out to sea. We are at j present unable to attain a correct _ state? ment ai. to what the real damage is, and if some of onr planters would furnish us jL. this information it would be greatly H appreciated." _ B Weli* ?NDEBSTOob.?Dr. Price's B Cream Baking Powder is. regarded as one ?B of the most successful and creditable Hf product's, and it is, if the opinions of W ehemisu, physicians and all classes of consumers are worthy of acceptance, the JB purest and best Baking Powder ever ^placed in the market. THE CBOlYjnNG VICTORY of PEACE. The Great Pestilence Healing the TToanda that War ha - Mad*. The mysterious ways of Providence, about which poets have sung and preach? ers have preached, and at which all of us have had reason at some time or other to stand aghast, are exemplified in their rf ore beneficent operation by some of the incidents of the season of pestilence, now on the wane. It would be exaggeration to say that; pestilence, has healed the wounds that war has made, but it is the simple truth that it has done more than anything else towards the restoration of peace to a land that in fulfillment of Daniel Webster's prophecy has been "rent with civil feuds aad drenched with fraternal blood." War indeed compelled the submission of rebellious States to the authority of the general government, en? forced its authority and secured the re? spect therefor that always waits upon superior power. But the wounds inflict? ed by the sword did not heal by first in? tention. Twelve long years passed be fore?under the benign and constitution? al administration of President Hayes, at the demand of the people who were weary of sectional bickering?the condi? tions of the recovery of the patient were presented. And now, in this fourteenth year after the hopes of :he Confederates jvere buried in the tnmches at Appo mattox, there comes th e cause and the token of complete reconciliation. The yellow fever, which ha<; brought sorrow to so many homes and made whole cities desolate, has also touched the secret springs of affection, and there pours forth a stream of beneficence that soothes if it does not heal, that gladdens the heart of the nation if it does not extinguish all its sorrow. Truly this is the consumma? tion, the crowning victory of peace. In the spontaneity of charity, in the eagerness to rush to tue relief of our afflicted brethren in the South, we may easily forget how great is the result thus manifested. But it is worth thinking about for a moment. It is not so long since we were at war with these people. It was a life and death struggle? Crush? ing disaster to our arms was the one ob? ject of their ambition; their humiliation and destruction was the only hope of preserving the life of the republic. The cities of the South were quarantined against us, not, as now, against each other. Grant was tightening the coils about Vicksburg; the Union gunboats were showering shot and shell upon the defenses of Mobile; New Orleans was und-r the heel of Butter; the Whole South was the legitimate prey of war; while Southern raiders rode rough-shod over Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio. There were dark rumors of Southern Slots for the burning of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and so deep was distrust and so rife, suspicion that re? ports that one section was planning to row the seeds of pestilence among the people of the other were not without their believers. Lookicg back, it seems like a page out of the history of the dark ages. Bat now how different is the spec? tacle! The South ? prostrate; the North is in tears as for n suffering sister. There is nothing that we would not do to relieve her distress. New York, with the bounty of a city of princes, raises over $300,000 for the Southern relief fund, and is still untiring in the good work. Philadelphia, where there was, perhaps, the most conspicuous aud un? flinching opposition to the old South, only asks how much is wanted. A hun? dred thousand dollars have gone south wan], and the dimes and dollars are still falling into the boxes over which the yel? low flag is waving; if its much more is needed it will be forthcoming. Nor are the large cities the only almoners of the bouaty of the nation. Every city, town aud hamlet; every lodge, society and club; every church and theatre; every shop, store and factory esteems if; a Priv? ilegs to contribute for the furtherance of the good work, until for telling the vast total the unit of millions is required. The sturdiest in war have been most ac? tive in the kind offices of peace. But it is rather of the effect upon the South that we would dwell. We have done no more than our duty, and vaunt? ing our charity is vaia glory indeed. The relief of individual cases of suffering and destitution, the succor of whole cities, bereft of their means of making a living, is a great work, but that is a mat? ter of course. Tbe No:th has done no more for the South in her extremity than the South would do for the North if affliction were at our doors. The pleas? ing thing about it all is that the South receives our aid in the spirit of fraternity in which it is given. There is no abject acknowledgment of charity, no effusive expression of gratitude, but on every hand a manifestation of thorough appre? ciation of good will. Aid is accepted as a new proffer of esteem, as an earnest of the complete restoration of amity. No reader of Southern newspapers at this time, whether they be the dingy half sheets crowded with funeral notices that come from Memphis, tt a New Orleans dailies which have not suffered so severe? ly, or the journals from communities still untouched by the plague, can fail to be impressed with the spirit of affection to? wards the North which now permeates editorials, paragraphs and communica? tions, and ifl more impressive than the set language of resolutions or the curt but kindly acknowledgment by telegraph. Affliction has brought this people nearer together. They realize as never before that they are one people; wedded anew in the furnace of trial. The Union in a verity that none shall henceforth ques? tion. What God hath joined together let not man put asunder,?Philadelphia Time*. The New Senator From Oregon*. ?Hon. James H. Slater, Democrat, who has been elected United States Senator from Oregon, to succeed John H. Mitch? ell, Republican, whe-oe term expires March 4, 1879, was born in Sangamon County, 111., in 1826. His early educa? tion was limited, but be succeeded in mastering tbe intricacies of the law, and has been a successful practitioner at the bar. He emigrated to Oregon many years ago, and has been a prominent Democratic politician there for the past score of years. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1S57, and again in 1858, and then becan.e a member of the lower house of the first State Legis? lature. In 1366 he was elected District Attorney for the 5th Judicial District of Oregon, and filled that office two years. In 1870 ho was elected to represent the State in Congress, but was not renomi nated for a second term. Mr. Slater re? sides in the eastern portion of the State. He declares himself an opponent of in? flation, but favors the substitution of Sreenbacks for national bunk notes, and elieves that the curreacy should be placed upon a coin basis. ? The Tallahassee Floridian says the Indians who were taken from Florida last spring to Hampton Institute, at Hampton Roads, Va., are said to be do? ing well. All the young men in school are expected to work on the farm con? nected with the institution, and are paid for their labor. One of the Indians, true to his early training, refused, saying, "Braves no work; squaws work." The General did not force the. rule, but when Saturday came all but thiv "brave" were paid and went to the city fo spend their money. He was greatly Uspleased, but Gen. Armstrong replied, "No work, no money." He still persisted, "Braves ?no work; equtiws work." Ti e General next deprived him of his drawiug materials, of which he was very fonci. After a few weeks he decided that it was best to work, and has now become obedient. ? Fashionable mother: "Maria, I'm almoflt discouraged; hov many times have I told you not to iay tator, but pertater." A PURITAN SQUEAL. Got. Rice Replies to Gov. Hampton. Governor Rice declines to put Gover? nor Hampton's letter, relative to the Kimpton matter, upon files in the Exec? utive Department, and has forwarded the following communication: Executive Department, Boston, September 30, 1878. His Excellency, Wade Hampton, Gover? nor, Columbia, S. C. Sir?I received, on Saturday last, an extraordinary official communication, addressed to me over your signature, the. contents of which I had read in the newspapers three days before. I beg to remind your Excellency that any at? tempted rebuke of Massachusetts by South Carolina for non-observance of constitutional or statutory obligations is refinement of sarcasm, which renders any other defense of the former State unnecessary. The treatmeut of the case of Hiram H. Kimpton by the authori? ties of this Commonwealth wa* uninflu? enced by any personal or political con? siderations. Massachusetts had no quar? rel with South Carolina and no friendship for Kimpton, but was bound to extend to each their respective rights under the laws. Every courtesy, official and per? sonal, was extended to the representa? tives of South Carolina. Unusual care was bestowed upon their investigation and consideration of the case, and its decision was reached upou grounds of [>erfect impartiality, in accordance with aw and facts and with convictions of public duty. In communicating this decision to your Excellency, my state? ment that the object of the requisition did not appear to be for the purpose of trying Kimpton for crime charged against him, but for a different purpose, was simply a recital of fact contaiued in the report of the Attorney General, a copy of which was furnished with my letter to you, and in his opinion and mine clearly established by evidence. Your Excellency's letter requires no argument in reply. It is sufficient to say that it contains statements to mislead the pub? lic, w lere facts are unknown. Its lan? guage and untimely publication are offensive and unjustifiable. I decline to accept it or permit it placed upon the files of the Executive Department of this Commonwealth. It is herewith re? turned. Your obedient servant, Alexander H. Rice, Governor. HrrriNa the Wrong Man.?The following amusing incident occurred not long since in a denominational book store, not a thousand miles from Corn hill, Boston: Amusing it certainly to, though the hero of tho occasion has not regained his equanimity. The clerks in this store had acquired the habit of playing off tricks upon each other?practical joking they called it? and one of tbe tricks was this: If any of the clerks happened to see another in a sitting posture, selecting books from the lower shelves, he would seize aboard, perhaps part of a box cover, and smartly spank the stooping victim. Jerry P- was one of the clerks, a simple-minded, good-natured fellow from Vermont, always ready aud willing for the hardest kind of work, and prized by his employers accordingly. Jerry had been the chief victim of the spar king process, and he was determined upon revenge?not with malevolence, nor yet with indignation, but simply in the way of fair play. To this end he lay low, watching an opportunity. One afternoon upon returning to the store from an errand, the longed-for op Sortunity seemed to present itself, and erry seized it instanter. At the far end of the long counter be saw an individual overhauling books on the very bottom shelf, bis body bent at a most tempting angle. Jerry was sure it was Tom S-, from whose hands be had received many an emphatic spank, and now was the time to pay off old scores. So he selected a splendid board and creeping noiselessly along to tbe spot, he gave tho stooping man a blow that sounded through the store like the burst? ing of a retort, and brought him to an erect position like a Jack in tbe box. Here was a fix. Tom S-, at the sound of tbe blow, appeared from an? other part of the store, while the gentle? man who bad been struck stood in utter bewilderment, rubbing away at the afflic? ted part most assiduously; and poor Jerry then discovered to his dismay and deep regret, that he bad struck hie employer's Earson, the Rev. Dr. B-, who bad een curiously searching among a lot of old Greek and Hebrew bookR. Jerry wept with shame and confusion, was forgiven; and from that that partic? ular species of amusement was discon? tinued in the store. In the Wrong Bcjqgy.?Last night two buggies stopped near the Capitol hotel and two gentlemen jumped out simultaneously and went in the hotel, leavi'ig two ladies in their respective buggies. One of the men came out in advance of the other, aud by the uncer? tain light thrown from the hotel, was led aside from the actual fact in the little matter of getting in the right buggy; in a word, Mr. J. got in and drove off with Mrs. F., who were as totally unknown to each other, so far as acquaintanceship is concerned, as if one bad died ten years ago in Africa, and the other hadn't been born. As married men often do, Mr. J. drove some distance before speaking. Finally he remarked: "I've got a corn on my toe?the one you persist in putting your foot on, too? that hurts about as bad as the common run of things usually do." The lady was very much surprined, and rather haughtily replied, "You've been trying to pick a quarrel with me all day, and now to make the matter more exas? perating you change your voice to an unnatural growl." "It's you, madam, who have changed. My voice is natural. I am not trying to assume anything. You screech like an old gate." "You are an old fool." "Give my teeth here; you shan't wear them another minute." "Teeth! teeth! What in the world do you mean ?" But just then, driving through a flood of light, the parties recognized that they didn't recognize. "Madam," said Mr. J., stopping the horse and straightening himself up, "I hops you will excuse me, but I'd like to know bow you came in my buggy, and furthermore, I'd like a little intelligence as regards the where? abouts of my wife. What have you done with her, madam?" "I don't know what you mean, sir. Get out of my buggy 1" "Your buggy! Why, madam, you are beside yourself." "Yes, and beside yourself, which fact I dep'ore to such an extent that I will be forced to call the police. Police! police," was shouted lustily, and when Officer Daily came to the spot the woman insis? ted upon the man's arrest. The buggy was driven back to the capitol just in time :o meet another buggy, the occu? pants jf which had a similar experience. As our reporter came along Water Street last night, shivering with the chill night air, and drawing his overcoat tight ty about him, he thought, "now is the time for colds and coughs," but if poor mortals only knew what a certain cure Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is, how few would long suffer, and then it casts only twenty-five cents.?Sandusky {Ohio) Reg? ister. _ ? "Do you reside in this city?" asked a gentleman of a masked lady at tho French ball the other evening. He felt sick when she said In him in a low voice: "Don't be a fool, John I I know you by that wart on your thumb." It wa3hi; wife. A NEW LIFE PRESERVER. Tho Hair or the Deer Found to be Fire Time? Lighter than Cork. A few years ago aslirewd hunter in the Western country sat about discovering why the deer, an anitaal not especially adapted by nature for life in the water, could swim longer and keep afloat long? er than any other quadruped. The result of his investigations was the discovery that the hair of the deer differs from the capillary covering of other animals in being remarkably cellular, and extremely well adapted to retain air. Experiments with deer hair proved that it was won? derfully buoyant. A Yankee named Peck was the first to utilize the discov? ery, and after taking out a patent for the invention, he sold it BO Colonel M. A. Bryson, of St. Louis who, associated with Mr. Thomas Knight, is applying the material to practical uses. The "Deer Hair Manufacturing Company" have their factory at 307 Weat street, where they make various articles intend? ed to keep mankiud from drowning. Their life buoy, in use in the United States Navy, weighs only two and a half pounds, but it will sustain the weight of two men. Their life corset, weighing only half a pound, will support the heaviest man, nnd their mattress, weigh? ing eight pounds, with two square pil? lows, weighing a pound and a quarter each, will sustain the weight of five per? sons. The mattresses are supplied with life lines at the sides, and, by uniting a number of these, a little raft can be pro? vided iu a fen moments. All these ap? pliances are made of duck well packed with deer hair. Another novelty is a life-preserving pillow, which can be used as a rest for the head, and, at a mo? ment's notice, converted into a life pre? server. The life jacket fastens without strnps, and can be worn under the coat without inconvenience. The most interesting of the many in? ventions of the company is a raft formed of two cigar-shaped cylinders, each twen? ty inches in diameter, packed with deer hair and conuected by a flooring of wood. The cylinders are fifteen feet long, and the whole apparatus weighs only three hundred pounds. It has a sustaining capacity of 3,600 pounds, and room for thirty persons. In 1876 a government commission made experiments with the deer hair, and re? ported that one pound of it would sus? tain a weight of ten pounds for three days. The latest test was by a board of naval officers, who reported that after the deer hair had been saturated for seven days it sustained in water twelve times its weight, thus showing a buoyancy five times greater thau that of cork. Recently the company have adopted a method of removing the oil and other extraneous matter from the hair, and by this means its buoyancy has been in? creased more than one hundred per cent. Eloquent Utterances. The Hon. Robert Tcombs, of Georgia, made an eloquent and able speech in Atlanta, the other day, and concluded with the following thrilling words: "We are going to triumph. Every breeze that sweeps over the country bears us the glad tidings of increasing power of the Democratic party. We are going into power. The Coustitution demands it; the people demand it; Heaven gives it its smile, and, I tell you, fellow-citizens, we are going into power. And when we do succeed and provide the remedy for all these evils, what a shout of victory will be heard all through this country I How will you feel if you are not along with us? How will you feel if you go through the country carping about your peculiar nostrums to save the country? Oh. you will feel very badly. You will feel mean. My good friends, abandon your iiivisions. We lu.ve all had com? mon sufferings; we have all had common victories, and just as we are coming out of our struggle, and just as the Demo? cratic party is coming to power, don't you abandon us. It is a baa time to get out of humor. Give the Democratic party time. You cannot expect all the evils inflicted by the Republican party in eighteen years to bo remedied in an hour. You cannot expect a man with a long, trying disease to be cured in an hour. Give this party time. I think I understand the situation. I tell you it is going to bring relief. I tell you that when you are a few years older relief will come. I tell you all these miserable scars inflicted by tbe Republican party will be rubbed out; I tell you the starved will have bread and the naked will have clothing. Every one of you will be the citizen of a happy and prosperous nation once more. This country is on the eve of prosperity never before known, unless some exceedingly great madness shall 6eize upon her. I don't mind how. men talk; 1 don't mind how men differ. All I wish is that men shall not break ranks. Let the soldiers talk, let them differ, but don't let them break ranks. "I do not ask you to abandon any pe? culiar feeling you may have, while you may indulge your views and convince as many as you please that you are right. AU I say is, keep in ranis; keep in step to the order, and I tell you victory will come, and it will not make much differ? ence as to our peculiar theories. I have ray peculiar views, und I believe they will be ultimately adopted, but I believe that the Democratic party is wiser than I am, and if they are not right I don't want them adopted. When they adopt a remedy, that is going to be my remedy. It is impossible for peri to picture or tongue to describe the prosperity we shall sec if we wait and be true to each other. And why shouldn't we rvait ? Haven't we suffered alike? Haven't we all been wronged alike? And after we have suf? fered all the privations and miserv of tbe half of forty years, shall we break ranks just as the eye falls upon Canaau ? Ad? vocate your views with vour fellow citizens, but go to the ballot box like men and tell everybody else to go." Why Women* Can't Vote.?It's no wonder women can't vote. It's no won? der men fear to trust the ballot in tbe hands of people who cannot manage their own affairs. No person snould be allowed to vote who cannot dress without the assistance of a paper of pins. Now, if a man's tailor should send his suit home in the fearfully incomplete an un? finished state in which a new dress reach? es its wearer, how quickly it would be sent back, tied up in a bundle of "cuss words." But a woman receives her new dress from the dress-maker'* gladly, joy? fully, contentedly, and fills her mouth as full of pins ns it will hold before she puts it on, knowing she will need every one of them and more before the dress is on. Oh woman, woman, if you only knew how your husband hates the man that makes pins.?Hawktyc. ? Idleness is the mother of vice, and a boy who is allowed to grow up in idle? ness is pretty sure to be s. vicious man. The parents of such boys have a fearful responsibility resting upon them, when they let their sons run about at late hours of the night instead of keeping them at home reading good newspapers nnd books, and training them in moral habits so as to become respectable men instead of idlers, rum drinkers, gamblers and loafers, which is sure to be the case with the night runners and day idlers, then the responsibility is increased. Give the boys plenty to do, and you will pre? serve their morals. Better a tired boy than a vitiated mind. To Make the Toilet Complete, Use Dr. Price'a Alista Bouquet or his YlnngYIang, which have tho charming odor of dainty buds. Insist upon having Dr. Price's Unique Perfumes?do not be urged to use any other?and we know that you will be delighted. ? A boy was caught in the act of stealing dried berries in front of a store, tbe other day, and was locked up in a dark closet by the grocer. The boy com? menced begging most pathetically to be released, and after using all the persua? sion that his young imagination could invent, proposed, "Now, if you'll let me out, and send for my daddy, he'll pay you for them, and lick me besides." This appeal was too much for the grocer to stand out against. ? A North Carolina editor declares that the man who will read a newspaper three or four years without paying for it will pasture a goat on the grave of his grandfather. ? Bad habits are the thistles of the heart, and every indulgence of them is a seed from which will come forth a new crop of rank weeds. ? A great many men never think of having their lives insured until they get married. ? The discovery of another new planet is reported to Smithsonian Institute by Prof. Clinton, of New York. ? Georgo Howell, hung for murder in East Tennessee, was only seventeen years of ago. ? It seems that Blaine, of Maine, is expected to speak in every Southern State this fall. ? A Rochester woman went from her marriage to a prison cell, because she wore a stolen bonnet. ? Newspapers are used in many schools in the West instead of racding books. The Rules for Governing the Primary Election in Anderson County. Rule 1. The Primary Election for An? derson County shall be held on the 18th day or October, at the usual place of meeting of each Club. Rule 2. Tho Secretary of oaeh Club shall make out and furnish a full list of all members of his Club to tho managers of election, who shall bo threo in num? ber, appointed by tho Executivo Com? mittee ef each local Club. The local Executivo Commit too shall be in session during the day and at the place of the Primary Election, and they shall have power to add, in their discretion, any further names to the Poll list of persons who desire to join on tho day of election. Rule 3. Each member of tho Club shall be entitled to vote at the Club to which he belongs?and no other?in per? son or by a pealed vote, endorsed with his name thereon. Rule 4. The Polls shall be open from 8 o'clock a, m. to 4 o'clock p. m. When the Polls are closed tho managers shall at once proceed to count tho votes in public, and make a full return to County Executive Committee by 12 m. on the day after said election. This return shall state specifically the total number of votes cast, together with the numbor of votes for each candidate, and all the votes, together with the Poll lists, shall be given to the County Executive Committeo at the same time. Rule 5. The County Executivo Com? mittee shall meet at 11 a. m. on tho day following the Primary Election at An? derson C. H. They shall recoivo tho bni lots and returns from the soveral Clubs, aggregate such returns, and declare tho result of tho Election. If there be any contest from tiny Club the said Execu? tive Committeo shall have power to hear, and shall at once decide, such contest; and such (Incision shall be binding and final. Rule fl. No person shall vote at such Primary Election, except ho bo a mem? ber of tho Club at which ho desires to vote. Rule 7. No candidato shall bo voted for in said Primary Election, and if voted for such votes nhall not be counted, un? less such candidate shall, at the time of the election, be a member of somo Dem? ocratic Club in Anderson County, and pledge himself to abide the result of the Primary Election and support tho nomi? nees of tho party. Rule 8. There shall be voted for at the ensuing Primary Election tho following officers: One Senator, four Representa? tives, ono Jadge of Probate, throe Coun? ty Commissioners, one School Commis? sioner, one County Auditor, and one County Treasurer. The person receiv? ing tho highest number of votes cast lor Senator, Judgo of Probate and School Commissioner, and tho four receiving the highest number of votes cast for Representatives, and tho threo receiving the highest number of votes cast for County- Commissioners shall bo declared by the County Executivo Coxmittco the candidates of tho Democratic party for these respective offices; and tho persons receiving the highest numbor of votes cast for Treasurer and Auditor respec? tively, shall be recommended by the Senator and Representatives to the Gov? ernor for appointment to such office. Rule 0. In case any two candidates for tho same offico shall recoive the same and highest numbor of votes at tho Pri? mary Election, then another election shall be held at such timo as the County Executive Committee may designate, to dotormino which of the two candidates shall reeelvo tho nomination for such office, under tho regulations heroinbeforo prescribed: Provided, That in case either of tho candidates who may tie as aforo said shall withdraw in favor of his oppo? nent, no second olection shall be hold. Extra Liability to Malarial Infection. Persons whose blood is thin, digestion weak and liver sluggish, arc extra-liable to the attacks of malarial disease. The most trifling exposure may, under such condi? tions, infect a system which, if healthy, would resist the miasmatic taint. The only way to secure immunity from malaria in localities where it is prevalent, is to tone and regulate the system by improving weakened digestion, enriching the blood and giving a wholesome impetus to biliary secretion. These results arc accomplished by nothing so effectively as Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, which long experience has proved to be the most reliable safeguard against fever and ague and kindled disor? ders, as well os the best remedy for thorn. The Bitters are, moreover, an excellent in vigorant of the organs of urination, and an active depuront, eliminating from the blond those acrid impurities which originate rheumatic ailments. WATER WHEELS, THE UNEQUALLED JAS, LEFFEL DOUBLE TURBINE WAfeRyJ/HEEl, ; : PORTABLE: AND STATIONARY \ STEAM ENGIljlES.-STFAM .BOILERS; SAW, FLOUtt AMD GRIST MILLS. ? MACHINE- MOULTIKD iVUI.L. GEARING. SHAFTING, PULLEYS AND HANGERS r?> "'? ;0f Improved .Desig ns. A Specialty . j? Addrest, POOLE & HUNT,' Send for. Ciif nlars.. BALTIMORE, MD. $20 Reward! Iwill give the above reward for tho deliv? ery, or information that will lead to the recovery of Win. Johnson, freed man, a Georgia convict, lately escaped. He is of medium size, about 5 feet 10 inches high, weight about ISO lbs., has n. pleasant coun? tenance, quick spoken, and a little inclined to stutter or stammer, nearly black, thin moustache, a scar on his forehead about H inches long, high forehead, has scars on his back between shoulder blades and conspic? uous scars on the calf of his legs, caused from the shackles. Escaped while at work on the Elberton ifc Toccoa Railroad. I IIENKY J. HILL. ' August 12,1878 0 4 F. W. WAGENER & C0.9 CHARLESTON, S. C, COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. Agents for the Celebrated Reversible Cottoi Tie. Agents for tbe Oriental Gun Powder Company. Agents for the California Vinegar Company. Agents for the Georgia Grange Fertilizers. Agents for Old Crow Whiskey. In addition to our Cotton and Naval Store Department, wo have established a Country Froduco Department, for which we solicit shipments: April 18. 1378 _40_ly FURNITURE^FURNITURE. CHEAPER THAN EVER. TOLLY the Leader of LOAV PRICES. JQ^OOK at some of the figures at which you can buy Furniture at in Anderson :? Good Hani Wood Cottage Bedsteads at $3.00; without Slats and Castors, $2.50. Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.35. Large Wardrobes, $11.00. Large Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00. Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per set, $5.0*. Painted Chamber Sets, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead, Wasbstand and Table, $15.00; with four Chairs and Rocking Chair, complete, $21.00. Walnut Cliamber Suits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Bureau, with Arch Standard and (Mass, Wasbstand and Table, $23.75; with four fine Walnut Chairs and Oval Back Rocking Chair, $32.75. Aad everything else in proportion. I have on hand a very large Stock, from a fifteen dollar Suit up to a two hundred dollar Suit. I claim to sell cheaper than Greenville, and will duplicate any bill that can be bought there. G. F. TOLLY, Depot Street. Oct 4, 1877 _12_ _ Eminent Ohemists and Physicians certify that these goods are free from adulteration, rioher, more effective, produce better results than any others, and that they use them in their own families. 17(1 UNIQUE PERFUMES arc the Gems of all Odors. \ TOOTH EN E. An agreeable, healthful Liquid Dentifrice. I I] LEMON SUCAR. A substitute for Lemons. 1 " EXTRACT JAMAICA CINCER. From the pure root, STEELE & PRICE'S LUPULIN YEAST CEMS. The Best Dry Bop least in the World, STEELE & PIMCE, Manfrs., Chicago, St. Louis & Cincinnati. - . _?_I_ 3B5_l_-^-g THE GENUINE DB. C. McLANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. _ m SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. THE countenar.ee is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu? pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid; the nose is ir? ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom? ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the sabdomen; bowels ir? regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unfrequently tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough"; cough sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth; temper variable, but gener? ally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found! to exist, DR. C. McLANIL'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. it does not contain mercury in any form; it is an innocent prepara? tion, not capable ??/ doing the slightest injury to the most fonder infant. The genuine Dr. McLane's Ver? mifuge bears the signatures of C. Mc Lane and Fleming Bros, on the wrapper. -:o: DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS are not recommended as a remedy "for all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in affections of the liver, and in .ill Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or discascsof that character, they Maud without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. No better cathartic c:.n be used preparatory I to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they arc unequaled. BEWARE Ol UMITATIOK9. The genuine arc never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pii.i.s. Each wrapper bear; the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc? Lane's LiVBI Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being I full of imitations of the name McLane, j spelled differently but same pronunciation. University of Virginia. I QESSION begins on the Ftrtt of October, ? and continues nine months. This in? stitution is organized on the elective system, I giving the Student free choice of studies, j with full courses in the Schools of the Academic Department and in the Schools of Law, Medicine, Engineering and Agri? culture. For catalogue apply to the Secre? tary of the Faculty. I'. <>. University of Virginia1 JAMES F. HAEPJSON, M. D., Chairman oj the Faculty. Dr. M. W. CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Tonic and Cordial. This la not a patent medicine, but is prepared under the direction of Or. M. w. Case, from his favorite prescription, which in an extensive practice of over twenty-seven years he has found most cffectlvo in all cases of disordered liver or impure blood. It la ANTI-BILIOUS. It net s directly upon the liver, restoring it when diseased to its normal condition; and la regulating tho nctlvity of this great gland every other organ of the system is benefited. In Blood Diseases it has no equal as a purifier. It im? proves digestion, and assists nature to elimlnoto all impurities from the system; and while It la the chcL-pcst medicine In the market, it is also superior to all known remedies, while it Is more effectual than Blue Moss, it Is mild and perfectly safe, containing nothing that can in the slightest decree- injure the system. It docs not sicken or give pain; neither does it weaken the patient, nor leave the system constipated, as da most other medicines. Ma. m^nmm^Liver Complaint, Dyn l( VUIT 6S pepsla, Bilious Fever, Headache, Sick Headache, Water-Brash, Heartburn, Sick Stomach, Jaundice, Colic, Vertigo, Neuralgia, Palpitation or the Heart, Female Irregularities and Weakness, all Skin and Blond Diseases, Worms, Fever and Ague, and Constipa? tion of the Bowels. In small doses It Is also a sure cure for Chronic Diarrhoe a. Taken two or three times a day, It pre? vents Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Cholera, and Small-Fox. MOW JO BE ^SSSgSSSSi YOUR OWN Puriner, a pleasant nA^liAn Tonic and Cordial. DOCTOR A-NTI-UIMOUS. Arid save your doctor bills. Only 25 eta. a bottle. It is the most effective and valuable medicine ever offered to the American people. As fast as its merits become known, its use becomes universal in every community. No family will be witLout it after having once tested its great value. It has proved an inestimable blessing to thousands who havo used it, bringing back health and strength to those who were seemingly at dcath't door. Prepared at tho Laboratory of the Home Medicine Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Price por Bottle, 25c. Extra Large Size, 75c. /?7,-Fnr snlc by Pruggistt, A GENTS ^woriu Stores, and Agents, J~L WANTED ? Contractor and Builder, ANDERSON, S. C. o ALL kinds of PLAIN and FANCY WORK dono at shortest notice and lowest prices. Agent for TOALE MANUFACTURING CO.-DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, PAINTS, OILS, d>c. Jan 10, 1878 , 2(1 ly VIRGINIA HOUSE No. 41 Main St., Near State House, COLUMBIA,_- - S. C. A. J. DODAMEAD, Proprietor. Terms, $1.50 per day. Satisfaction jtar antccd. 13. A. WILSON, Manager. _May3, 1878_42 Atlanta Medical College, ATLANTA, ?A. THE Twenty-First Annual Course of Lectures will commence Oct. 15th, 1678, and close March 4th, 1S7!>. Faci ltv?J. G. Westmoreland, \V. F. Westmoreland, W. A. Love, V. II. Talia ferro, John Thad. Johnson, A. W. Cullioun, J. H. Logan, J. T. Banks; Demonstrator, V. W. Nutting. Send for announcement, giving full Infor? mation. JXO. THAD. JOHNSON, M.D.. July 25, 1878 2?2m Dean. Tha n.rni-dj or the lOtk O.lcrr. Barham's Infallible Manufactured by the 3:rhi= Pilo Ciro Cj? Csriuia, V. C. H r>r,pr f.tli to cere Drraorrholdi or l\<r.. wlj.n a euro U pot.JblA. Prlea I.M and tx.oa (ldc tetusonlali furuitbud oa appliralloa EURN HAM'S $tt?^V RE 2S SZiT.VZ ABL 20, '78. ?^52iv,7 r.-.-i :r^.-. Omca. Yens, Pa. T"v T-.V, r"i f M business you can unpa?e in. $5 \J jj W I lu $30 per day ssadebyany work* I I I'll I cr of cit,,cr Kz. ritfhl >n lhe?f U x-*Kj a. 0WB localities. Particulars ami sample-, fr^e. Im-sN. A<lilri': Improve your spar? time at Uli? bus StTXSOX at Co.. Portland. Maisi?. LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue nidge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will he promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Rudolph Kaefaian is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired 10 persons wishing to make an order. JUIIN KAUFMAN. April 11. 187* 39 ?erni mak-5 mono;- faster at work for n> than at saythlng else. Capital out re<|iiired; we will start you. Sr.' per day at boiae made by the industri.-us. Men, women, buys ami girl* wan? ted every wheru to wurk for us. >'ow b tue lime. Oo?tly out fit and terms free. Address I KITS ? Co., .1 u justs, Maine. FREIGHT REDUCED. STOVES, STOVES, STOVES. JOHN E. PEOPLES Has just received 100 Elegant Cooking Stoves, With all the latest improvements, which he-" proposes to sell at prices to st.it the hard times. Don't talk about going to Green? ville, as the Railroads have reduced freights, and I can afford to sell as cheap or cheaper than Stoves can be bought in upper South Carolina. Try me. TIN WARE cheaper than ever. Highest prices paid for RAGS and RAW HIDES. J. E. PEOPLES. Sept 19, 1S78 10 T. C. GOWER & ZQ., Greenville, S. C, D WnOL7!?alb and RETAIL dba less IS OORS, SASH, BLINDS, MANTELS and SHINGLES, STAIR WORK, NEWELS, HAND-RAILS and BALUSTERS, LIMB CEMENT and LATHS. GLASS, in any quantity. TEMPLE'S I3EPROVED PORCELAIN IM11 PUMP, Sewer and Drain PIPING. The most complete establishment in the up-country from which to procure BUILDERS' SUPPLIES. Send lists for estimates. ?S3~ Thankful for past fayors from people of Anderson, we respectfully requea a continuance of the same. T. C. GOWER A CO., Greenville, S. Nov 8,1S77 17 STATE OF SOUTH CAEOLINA, COUNTT OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. Stephen S. Cartee, Plaintiff, against Anna Gore, or her heirs, Polly Black, A. F. Welborn, Assignee, George W. Anderson, Assignee, Thomas J. Cartee, Caleb Csrtee, Matilda J. Cartee, Doylie Cartee, Defend? ants.?Summons for relief?Complaint not served. To the Defendants above named? YOU arc hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of tin Probat? Judge for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, a.t Anderson, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the petition within the time aforesaid, the plain? tiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated July 23d, A. D. 1878. To the Defendants above named? TAKE NOTICE, That the summons and complaint in this action is for sale, pay? ment of the debts of Elizabeth Cartee, de? ceased, and for partition of real estate of Caleb Cartee, deceased, containing 211 acres, more or less, in Anderson County in said State, and that the said summons and com? plaint was filed in the office of the Probate Judge of said County on the 23rd day of Julv, 1878. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney. Sept 5. 1878 8_6 No. 12 N. Eighth St, St. Louis, Mo> Who hii hid greater experience In the treatment of tho triiial irniiMei i>f both male mid female thin in phva.eian in th. YTi .t, Rivi-i the rniilij of hi. loniraiid luccaaeful practice iu hui twa Law werlu, juat publiahod, titled The PKYSIOLCCY OF MARRIACE Tho PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER BooVi that arc rcallv Geld? aad ft-ir-tmirtirton la all mat ten pertninlng to NanhwMl and W.Manh.wl. and aupply want long felt. They are k-anUrally llliutrai.4. and in plain Ui.xua^e, cn.ily uii'Irritood. The two book, embrace Ml pr-ei, andcoulaln.alaabl.tnr>raiatlsB for both itarrled and suiClc, with all the rectntimproTementa in medical treatment Read wliatour horr.enapcn aay :"The knowledge Imparted rn Dr. Di*it?*ncw worka la In no way of queatlonablt char? acter, but ia aomethinjr that rv.ryoaa .hoald k.aw. ts. Yualh. the victim of "arly indlurrtion; lb. ? aa.otherwlaa perfectly healthy rnarbf.hut with waning vigor Intheprima of life, end tbo w.mnn, in miter from the miny ilia hex aez ia he' to."?St. Louia Journal. rnrtui! l-nicu ?69 eta. each: both In one rolumc, SI i In elmh and gilt, IS ctj. extra. Sent under aeal, oo receipt of price in money or alanipa. TO MAKE MONEY PLEASANTLY and fast, agents should address Finley, Harvey & Co., At? lanta, Ga. june 6?ly South Carolina Railroad. Charleston, Marsh 3,1175. On and after Sunday, 3rd Paaseager Trains will run aa follows: for Al'OVSTA. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.9:00 a m and 7.30 p m Arrive at Auguata.5:00 p iu and tM a aa tor columbia. (Sunday morning excepted.) I<care Charleston at.5:00 a m and 1:30 p aa Arrive at Columbia.10:50 a in and 7:? a aa kor charleston. (Sunday morning exceptfd.) Leave Augusta at...8:30 a m and 7:4? p m Arrive at Charleston.4:20 n m and 7:45 a na Leave Columbia at.R:00 p m and 3:00 p aa Arrive at Charleston.12:15 night and 6:45 a ra Ahovc Schedule makes close eonnectiaa at Co? lumliia with Greenville and Columbia Railroad and Charlntie road, and at Augusta with Macs and Atlanta trains, S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintend***. 8. I). Piokens, General Ticket Agent. Greenville and Columbia Railroad CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday exoepieti, eonnecting with East Day Trains on South Caro? lina Railroad, np and down. On and after Wednesdav, November 14,1877, the fellowiagwill be the aehedule: UP. Laave Columbia at.II 10 a M Leave Alston. 1 10 ? n Leave Newbcrry.2 2? p an Leave Hodgc?.I If p m Leave Belton. 7 15 p iu Arrivoat Greenvillo.S 85 p aa DOWN. Leave Greenville at.; M i at Leave n?l:on. 9 10 a ? Leave Hodges.10 47 a ra Leave Newbcrry.i 42 p ? Leave Alston. 3 28 p m Arrive at Columbia. I (0 p m ANDER??N DBANCH-UP. Leave Belton. 7 K> p in Leave Anderson._ 7 fO p m Leave l'Olldleton. 8 45 p m Leave l'erryville. 9 20 p ra Arrive at V\ alhalla.10 00 p ra DOWN. Leave Walhalla.SSDim Leave l'erryville.g 3C a ra i .cave Peucueion.7 20 a j? Leave Anderson. 8 10 a ra Arrive at Belton.-.. 8 SO a ra THOMAS DOPAMLAD, Gca. Sun't