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AS "WE GROW OLD. As we grow old our yesterdays \ Seem very dim and distant; We hope as those in darkened ways, Through all that is existent; ' Yct-far-oft days shine bright and clear With suns that long have faded, And faces dead seem strangely near To those that life had shaded. As we grow old our tears are few For friends most lately taken, But fall?as fall the summer dew From roses lightly shaken? When some chance word or idle strain, The chords of memory sweeping, Unlock the flood-gates of our pain For those that taught us weeping. As we grow old our smiles are rare, To those who greet us daily, Or, if some living faces wear The looks that beamed so gaily From eyes long closed, and we should smile In answer to their wooing,-.. 'Tis but the past that shines the'while Our power to smile renewing. As we grow old our ?kams iS^night , Are never of the morr8w-7<* i i . They come with "vanished pleasure bright Or dark with olden sorrow ; And when we wake the names we say Are not of any mortals, ' But of those in some long dead day Passed through life's sunset portals. THE DEVILS BRIDGE. (Translatedfrom the French of Alexander Du? mas, by W. C. Davidson.) The tradition to which this bridge owes its name is, perhaps, one of the most cu? rious and striking in all Switzland. The . following account is confidently believed not to be wanting in authenticity: The river Reuse, hemmed in between two perpendicular walls of granite and flowing over a rocky bed sixty feet below the brink of the precipice, cuts off all communication between the inhabitants of the valley of Cornera and those living in. the vale of Goschenen; that is to say, between the Grisons and the canton of TJri. This , temporary isolation was the cause of so" much inconvenience to the two neighboring cantons that their most skillful architects were called , into re? quisition, and at a mutual expense sev? eral ?bridges were thrown from bank to bank; but in no instance were they ever found durable enough to resist for more than ayear the storms, freshets and the fall of avalanches. The last attempt of this kind had been made toward the close of the fourteenth century ; and, as the win? try season had almost flown by, the hope gained ground that this bridge would re? main intact and safely defy the fury of ? the elements, when one morning news was brought to the bailiff of Goshenen that the bridge had once more been swept into the stream. "None other than the devil himself is able to build us another I" exclaimed the bailiff. Scarcely had these words passed his lips, when a servant announced, "Mon? sieur Satan 1" "Show him in," said the bailiff. The domestic retired, and made way for a gentleman of from thirty to thirty-six years of age, dressed after the fashion of Mephlstopheles io the opera of "Faust." He wore a pair of tight-fitting trowsers of a bright red color, and a close jerkin of black velvet with sleeves slashed at the elbows, through the interstices of which * might be Been glimpses of the flamed c 1? ored tunic beneath. His head was adorn? ed with a jannty cap, attached to which was a large red plume which, as it swayed to and fro with motion of his head, added a peculiar grace to the attractiveness of his coiffure. As to his shoes, they were, indeed, far in advance of the prevailing mode, and were rounded or turned up at the toes, as they were worn some hundred years later, toward the reign of Louis XII; and the large cockspur which orna? mented the hinder part of his ankle, seem destined to serve the purpose of the ordinary rowel, whenever it was bis Sa? tanic pleasure to air himself oh horse? back. After an exchange of nods and the compliments of the hour, the bailiff seated himself in one fauteuil and 'bedev? il in another; the bailiff stretched his. feet on the fire-dog, and the "prince of the powers of the air," being fire-proof, thrust his pedal extremities under the embers. "Well, my good fellow," said Satan, I hear you have need of my services." "I acknowledge, my dear sir," replied the bailiff, "that your good offices would sot altogether be thrown away in our present predicament" " "You allude to that cursed bridge, I dare say ?" "Well, what then?" "You can't get along without it ?" "Indeed, we must have it, cost what it will." "Ho! Ho 1" grinned Satan. "Come, now, be a good devil," rejoin* ed the bailiff, "do you build us another." "Why, I came here to propose that very thing!" "Well then, I close with your offer, and the only point now remains to come to an understanding?concerning the?" t he bailiff hesitated. "Concerning the price," continued the devil, filling up the blank, and regarding his interlocutor with an ill-concealed 'scowl. "Yes," said the bailiff, feeling, like Hamlet, that there was "the rub." "Oh," continned Satan, balancing him? self on the hind legs of his chair and sharpening his nails with the bailiff's penknife. "I will be easy with you on that score." "Good; 'Sie nehmen mir einen Stein vom JBertzen,'" said the bailiff, in German; "the last bridge cost us sixty golden marks; we will pay you double that sum for the new one, but we can not afford a stiver more." "Pshaw! what do I care for your filthy lucre," replied the devil, "I can manufac? ture ail the gold I want in a jiffy. Look here!" He bent over the fire-place and took a live coal from the midst of the flames, just as one would take a burnt almond from a bonbonniere. "Hold out your band," said he to the bailiff. The bailiff hesitated. "Don't be afraid," continued Satan, and he dropped into his outstretched palm an ingot of glitteriog gold, aspureand as cold as if it had just been dug from the bowels ot a mine. The astonished bailiff twirled it in his fingers, and then offered to return it to his companion. "No, no, keep the bauble yourself," said Satan, crossing one leg over its neighbor with an air of infinite conde? scension, "it's merely a little gift that I make you." "Itseems clear to me," replied the bai? liff, thrusting the ingot into his purse, "that if you discover gold mines with such rare facility, you would set as much store on any hard cash we might offer you, as I do on the coal in my bin; how? ever, as this promises to be an unusual bargain and I am rather at a loss how to proceed, I must beg of you to fix your own terms." Satan thought for a moment. "I must have the soul of the first being who passes over the bridge, as ray own," replied he. "So be it," rejoined the bailiff. "Draw up the bond," continued Sa? tan. "Dictate it yourself." The bailiff took pen. ink and paper, and prepared to write from dictation. The devil was never a poor lawyer, and five minutes afterwards a deed, with full covenants, "signed, sealed and deliv? ered," was subscribed to by Satan in his individual capacity, and by the bailiff in his representative capacity, by power of attorney from his parishioners. His Sa? tanic Majesty formally covenanted in this agreement to build in one night a bridge sufficiently strong to last for five hundred years ; and the mag? istrate, on his part, cheerfully agreed to surrender the soul of the first unfortunate wight whom chance or necessity should impel to cross the Reuse by the infernal tl O -ough fare. On the morrow, at break of day, the bridge was built. Shortly afterwards, ? the bailiff made his appearance on the Goschenen highway. He had come to obtain the testimony of his own eyes that the devil had fulfilled his agreement; and, sure enough, he saw the bridge, (which would have satisfied the most exacting), and at the other end of the structure opposite that towards which he was advancing, be saw Satan seated on a milestone, impatiently awaiting the price of his nocturnal labor. "You see that lam a man of my word," said Satan. "And that I am, also," replied the bai? liff. - "What, my dear Curtius," rejoined his astonished auditor, thinking that the ? bailiff intended to cross the bridge; "are you about to sacrifice yourself for the good of your constituents?" "Not precisely that," continued the bailiff, depositing at the entrance of the bridge a large bag which he had carried on his shoulders, and commencing to untie the string which closed it mouth. \ "What have you there?" said the dev? il, trying to divine what was in the sack. "S-s-s-c-c-a-a-t I" said the bailiff; and a dog, dragging a frying-pan tied to bis tail, leaped hastily from the mouth of the sack and, running quickly over the bridge, slipped, howling and barking, between the extended legs of his expec? tant master. "Egad," said the bailiff, laughing: "your soul has slipped through your fin? gers; why don't you run after it, mon seigneur ?" Satan's gorge rose at this; he was simply furious ; he bad counted on the soul of a man, and was forced to content himself with that of a dog. He would have had something worthy of damna? tion if affairs had not shaped themselves as they did. Nevertheless, he put a good face on the matter, as he saw there was "the devil to pay," and shammed an air of finding the joke very droll, indeed. He would feign laugh as heartily as did the bailiff ; bat, scarcely bad the latter turned bis back, when the devil set to work with his hands and feet to demolish the bridge which be had built; but, as he bad carried out his contract to the letter, iu vain did be bend his nails to the quick and stub his toes against the solid mason? ry?he could not dislodge even the small? est pebble. "1 have made a great fool of myself," said he. Then, having made this con? soling reflection, he put his bands in bis pockets, whistled a melancholy air, and commenced descending the banks of the Reuss, keeping a sharp lookout to the right and left, as if he were an admirer of landscape beauty. However, he had not entirely renounced his project of ven? geance. His inteuticn was to hunt up a huge boulder of a suitable size and weight, transport it to the summit of the mountain which overlooked the valley, and then, at a height of five hundred feet, to let it fall like an avalanche on the ill-starred bridge which the bailiff of Goschenen had inveigled him into build? ing;. He had not walked more than three leagues before be unexpectedly hit up? on the very object of his search. It was an enormous rock, huge as one of the tovrers of Nofre-Dame. Satar^ dislodged it from its bed with as much case as a youngster would pull up a turnip, carried it to his shoulder, and commenced trudg? ing; along tbe footpath which led to the top of tbe mountain. He sauntered along lol ling out his tongue the while in pure exhiliration of spirits, and gloating iu anticipation over tbe despair of tbe bailiff, when he found on the morrow that the bridge was a melancholy pile of ruins. When he had gone on about a league, Satan thought he could distinguish a great concourse of people on tbe deck of the bridge. He immediately set his bur? den on the gronnd, hastily clambered up the side, and war. soon standing on the summit of the rock. He could then dis? tinctly see a long procession of priests, headed by tbe elevated cross and richly embroidered banners fluttering in the breeze. It was, i n fact, the clergy of Gos? chenen, who had come to sprinkle holy water over the infernal handiwork and to consecrate to God the bridge of* tbe devil. The devil plainly saw tbe folly of proceeding further, and slowly de? scended the mountian in no very amiable mood. Falling in with a poor cow in bis path, be determined to glut his ire on this guileless victim; so seizing the un? fortunate creature by the tail, he hurled her over the precipice into the stream below. As to the bailiff of Gosche, he was never afterwards beard to allude to his archi'.oct from the lower regions; only, the first time he thrust bis finger in his purse, he burnt himself severely. It was the golden ingot, which had been transmuted back again into coal. As to the bridge, it lasted for tbe full period of five centuries, as tbe devil had pledged his word, and may still be seen by the curious traveler among the Alps. Light Brahma Chickens.?Light Brahmas are universally esteemed yet no more than their merits warrant. There is no other breed of fowls which is better known over a wider range of country than the light Brahmas, and they seem to do equally as well in every State of our widely diversified country. They seem to adapt themselves to circumstances and taken collectively stand unrivall? ed. There are no doubt better breeds for Bpecial purposes, the Leghorn, as a lay? ing breed, no boubt excelling them in that one particular, though these last named birds are small in body, and make scarce? ly one-half the weight, which is easily found in a well-fed light Brahma. As layers these Brahmas are by no means poor, when properly housed aud fed lib? erally on suitable food. Whole corn, as , usually given to the exclusion of other, is not conducive of egg production, and is one of the causes for the scarcity of eggs from them, for it induces an undue se? cretion of fat on the ovaries, which stops the supply of eggs. Wheat, sound and good, is the best for laying fowls, though it is not well to confine tbe birds too long on one kind of food. There are several types of the light Brahmas, having been made to conform to individual ideas of the different prominent breeders. Some of the breeders to produce mammoth specimens, irrespective of fine form and economic points, while others, striking for the same goal, produced tall, leggy and gawky specimens, with not a single claim to beauty ; while other breeders, wanting heavy, compact weights, pro? duced short legged (almost duck-legged) specimens, which, while heavy in the body, are anything but showy birds. Our idea of this breed is one of medium height and only moderately long in the legs, with stout, compact and heavy body, good leg feathering, plenty of breast and back, and with regular markings, having no splotches of dark on the white feathers, and with a full and regularly marked hackel.?American Breeder and Planter. Another Mnrder Near Spnrtnnburg. Spartanburg, S. 0., June 26. At Landrum's Station, on the Spartan burg and Asheville Railroad, this after? noon, about six o'clock, two negroes were playing cards near the depot. Disagree? ing as to the game they engaged in a scuffle. One of them, whose name is unknown, shot the other, Mack Wofford, in the leg. Wofford iramediately'drew his pistol and shot his antagonist through the head, killing bim instantly. Mack made his escape.?.Dispatch to the Green? ville News._ As the character of a thief is written in his countenance, so likewise do worms portray their presence in the child's features. Hasten to give Shritier's Ver? mifuge to destroy aud expel the pests. ? Hancock's friends had no barrel. Dr. White states that their total expen? ses at Cincinnati were only $1,145. No effort was made to get up a "boom." "THE IJJtTERRIFIED!? The Rhinehart Democratic CInb Refuse to Ratify the Action of the State Conven? tion?Another Convention Called For. The following preamble and resolutions were forwarded to us by a responsible par? ty, for publication. It will be noticed that there is a conspicuous absence of names attached to the proceedings : At a meeting of Rhinehart Democratic Club held at Tyre Ethredge's Store on the 19th inst., the following preamble and resolutions were offered and adopted: "Whereas this Democratic Club is in fa? vor of straight-out Democracy, and be? lieves in maiutaining white supremacy aud civilization, and a government of, for and by the people of South Carolina, as opposed to radicalism, fusionism, rings and cliques, inside or outside of tbe Democratic party; therefore be it Resolved, 1st. That it is the sense of this club that the action of the State Democratic June Convention, in forcing the nomination of State officers, was unwise, tin/air and unprecedented, and was done by a partisan Executive Committee at the dictation of aristocratic leaders, in the interest of particular parties, and selfish purposes, and against a large majority of the people, who compose the Democratic party. Resolved, 2nd. That we refuse to ratify the action of the June Convention, as to the nomination of Slate officers, and de? mand of our County and State Executive Committees, that another convention be called to meet in August or September for the purpose of making nominations for State officers; and further, it is the sense of this club, that each county shouid be represented in said convention in proportion to its true Democratic vot? ing strength, so as to secure a clear, fair and proper expression of the will of the majority of the party. Resolved, 3rd. That a copy of these res? olutions be sent to tbe Advertiser and Monitor for publication. From the Edgefield Advertiser. We deeply regret the action Df our honored frieDds of Rhinehart Democrat? ic Club No. 2, as set forth in another column. We know them well, and have profound respect for their high spirit and undoubted honesty. But in this matter they have been both hasty and unwise. Tbe Edgefield delegation left the State Convention without repudiating its ac? tion, and there all murmuring should cease. All public murmuring at least. The only one of our delegation who spoke openly against making the vote unani? mous considered his duty done, then and there, and immediately upon his arrival home introduced resolutions in his club pledging hearty support to tbe ticket. We allude to the Hon. W. S. Allen, and, we consider his action admirable. And upon far broader grounds than this, it is now the part of wisdom and patriotism to earnestly support the pres? ent State Ticket. Qur political situation is entirely too critical for us, oy any means whatsoever, to engender dissension amoug ourselves. He who runs may read / We actually shrink from giving reasons and entering into details, for fear of putting ideas into the heads of our enemies. Like our Rhinehart friends, we think the action of the majority in tbe June Con? vention was unwise, high-handed, per? haps tyrannical. But it is too late now to take the measures of repudiation. And a Convention in August or Septem? ber would simply reaffirm the work. Ev? ery man in the Convention gave in his adhesion to its work; and every paper in the State, no matter what its previous views, strongly advises united ac? tion and hearty support of the ticket al? ready nominated. South Carolina, as re? gards its position between two great par? ties, is by no means so safe that tbe Dem? ocrats may quarrel among themselves; We earnestly exhort all our people to stand by the Convention and by the tick? et. And another word of warning to our people in connection with the Rhinehart resolutions. From time immemorial it has not been tbe babit of Edgefield peo? ple to imagine that other people thought themselves better than they. The whin? ing and spaniel-like phrases that threat? en to become common among us, hinting at our being under the foot and the lash of aristocratic leaders?men of blue blood, and hereditary nobility, and illustrious antecedents, are weak and pitiful?abso? lutely calculated to lower the high tone and spirit of our children. Edgefield men and women are as good, by birth, blood, breeding and natural qualities, as any men and women iu South Carolina. And this being the case let us beware of these objectionable phrases and these too meek ideas. We are under no whip nor lash. And this sort of bumble and whin- j ing talk is the fruit of seed sown by self- | isb demagogues. We appeal to the an- | cient pride of Edgefield to be done with such lowly and meaningless twaddle. From the Edgefield Monitor. We publish elsewhere the somewhat remarkable resolution passed by the Rhinehart Democratic Club, on which we propose to offer a few words of com? ment by way of protest against the move? ment which this club, or a few members thereof?for we do not think any consid? erable number participated in the meet? ing?have thus attempted to inaugurate. We have n thought, however, that the movement will create even a ripple out? side of Edgefield county, and we trust those here among us who sympathize with the spirit of the resolutions, will on a sober second thought, see the folly of attempting to carry them into execu? tion, and at once abandon tbe project and come up to the support of the regular nominees of the party which alone is able to maintain "white supremacy." The entire Democratic party of South Caro? lina is in favor of white supremacy, but there is no use to ignore the fact that a large majority of the Democratic voters of the State are conservative iu their political views and will not be led off by the cry of radicalism, fusionism, "rings" or "cliques," when those terms arc ap? plied to the party which has put in nom? ination such men as General Hagood, Gen. Kennedy, Col. You ma ns and others whose Democracy cannot be questioned and whose characters are such as our people should delight to honor. In regard to the charge that the actiou of the Convention was "unfair" we need only say the Convention was called to choose delegates to the Cincinnati Con? vention and to nominate a State ticket. It was so stated in the cull of the Exec? utive Committee. The question of mak? ing nominations or not making them was discussed by the press and people up to the time of holding the Convention, and delegates were chosen with the knowledge that they would be called upon to decide the matter, and that a majority, as a matter of course, would rule; and we do not see how the charge we are alluding to can be sustained unless the great ma? jority principle, which is the very bulwark of Democracy, is in itself, unfair. The assertion that the action of cur people who compose the Democratic party is un? supported by any evidence that we have seen, and we think unsupnortable by any evidence that can be produced. The refusal of this Club to ratify tbe action of the June Convention partakes very much of the "rule or ruin" policy. Every newspaper in the State has en? dorsed its action, and what can the mi thor and supporters of these resolutions hope to accomplish other than to divide the Democratic party and make it possi? ble for radicalism to again rai.-e its hy? dra-head in our State and again fasten its poisonous fangs into the body politic. To accomplish anything more it would be through the aid of Radical votes, and a par? ty which claims to bespecial champions of "white supremncy" would scarcely be expected to enter the field depending up? on the colored vote to sustain it. As no good, therefore, can be accomplished by persisting in this attitude, we hope a full meeting of the Rhinehart Democratic Club will be held, this action reconsider? ed, and the Club placed in full accord 171th the great Democratic party of the State. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Glcanlngrt from our State Eichungen. Abbeville: The total collections of taxes in Abbeville County for May for State and County purposes, amounted to $10,557.47. The special tax for the Sa? vannah Railroad amounted to $697.94. .Thirty-five thousand dollars have been subscribed to the National Bank. .A wheat field on the Savannah side caught fire last week and 300 bushels of graiu were destroyed.The population of Abbeville, under the new census, is 1,500, and the population of the township outside of the town limits 1,700. The population of Long Cane township is 2,200.The town council of Ninety-Six has passed an ordinance prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons, and the sale of liquor on Sunday. Beaufort: The town council has author? ized the intendant to buy a park for i,be use of the town for a price not exceeding $2,500.Ex-Congressman Smalls, who has been acting as a customhouse inspec? tor at Beaufort, being ordered to report at Mobile, and dccliniug, has been re? moved by Secretary Sherman. Edgefield: The late Court in this County was an unprecedented term for Edgefield. Only one indictment was handed out ? against a negro for aiding a prisoner in jail to escape. He was con? victed and sent to the penitentiary for one year. Both juries were discharged on the first day of the term and on Tues? day the Court finally adjourned. Pickens: A negro man was shot through the thigh, last week, by another negro man on account of an old grudge about revenue matters; still another was knock? ed in the head with a hoe, and so badly injured that he will die.The Demo? crats are " dividing time " at the Radical meetings. York: A colored woman has been found by the census enumerator in York Coun? ty one hundred and fifteen years old, living with her son, who is eighty years old and the youngest of eighteen chil? dren. An Acoustic Trial.?A vagrant ass, says the San Antonio (Texas) Herald, stood beside the track of the Sunset rail? way at the depot this morning; an engine moved slowly up; it stopped within a few feet of the ass, and the engine blew one of those terrible screams, prolonged and ear-piercing; such a blast as makes a sleeping Millerite dream of the day of judgment. Did the ass scare? Not worth a cent! Did he shake the sloth from his limbs, erect his tail and speed away like the asses of Bassorab, faster than the Bedouin coursers run back to the chaparral ? No, he didn't. He turn? ed one ear toward the engine just as a deafmau uses his tin ear-trumpet and caught every particle of the sound. And when the steam-blown whistle ceased its notes and all the echoes died away, the animal straightened out his neck, opened bis mouth, and iu a voice that deafened all the railroad men and caused the freight clerk to drop his pen, roared; "I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't! be beat! be beat! be beat! be beat! I c-a-n-'t be-be-be-be beat." ? One some sometimes receives con? solation from a Rource wholly unexpect? ed. Two men were in a boat and trying to cross the rapids. The traveler was timid in presence of the turbulent wa? ters, and, clinging to both sides of the little cockle shell, said to the boatman iu trembling tones, "Arn't people sometimes lost here ? It seems to me to be very dangerous." The sturdy ferryman gave an extra tug at the oars, and then replied cheerily, "Lor' bless you, sir, I never knew a man te be lost here, though I've been on this river off and on for nigh forty years. Why, only last month my brother John was drowned right on this very spot that we are going over now, but he wasn't lost for we found his body two days afterward, in the creek below there." ? According to Dr. Abercrombie, a gentleman who had been a soldier dreamed he heard a signal-gun, saw the proceedings for displaying the signals, heard the bustle of the streets, the assembling of troops, etc. Just then he was rousea by his wife, who had dreamed precisely the same dream with this addi? tion, that she saw the enemy land and a friend of her husband's killed; and she awoke in a fright. This occurred at Edinburgh, at the time when a French invasion was feared, and it had been de? cided to fire a signal-gun at the first approach of the foe. The dream was caused, it appears, by the fall of a pair of tongs in the room above; and the ex? cited state of the public mind was quite sufficient to account for both dreams turning on the same subject. ? Prince William, eldest son of the Prussian Crown Prince, has just been solemnly betrothed to Princess Augusta Victoria. The aged Emperor brought in the bride, and beamed with gratification as he presented Bismarck and other guests to her. She has great personal attractions, and is in her twenty-second year, nearly the same age as Prince Wil? liam. She wore a white silk dress and a hat trimmed with May flowers, with while vail. A bouquet of ten roses rest? ed on the breast, and in her hand the Princess held one of white roses and May flowers. A six-fold string of pearls, with a golden medalion, was round her neck. The match is said to be one of mutual affection rather than of state arrange? ment. ? The other evening, while the fast express train on the Pennsylvania rail? road was near Birdsborough, Berks coun? ty, the thick glass of the headlight at? tached to the engine was suddenly broken. The train was stopped, and among the fallen glass on the cow-catcher was found a dead robin, which is sup? posed to have flown with great force against the glass in an opposite direction to that which the train was moving, and the violent collision broke it. The bird does not weigh over four ounces. ? There is a great deal of interesting conversation goiug over the telephone wires if you leave the machine open and listen. The message of a fond mother, whose cherub had eaten a watermelon or so too much, and a gentleman who had sent home a large red-fish for dinner, got mixed yesterday. First voice?"What shall I do about the baby?" Second voice?"Scrape all the scales off him, cut him open and have him dressed nicely for dinner with caper sauce. Ain't he a whopper?" ? The Liverpool inspectors of explo? sives report that a quantity of honey re? cently came into that port with a label well calculated to secure proper handling for the package. In well displayed and large letters, the caution to porters and others ran thus: "Handle gently as dyn? amite. A drop of one inch will cause certain destruction to the contents." The words "handle gently," "dynamite," and "certain destruction," were, of course, printed in more prominent type than the rest, and one can well under? stand that little damage was done to the contents of that package. ? Nature quotes from the Bombay Gazelle an account of a remarkable thun? der storm that occurred at Dharwar, in March last, during which "hailstones fell measuring no less than nine or ten inches in circumference." The thunder and lightning were terrific, and after ihe all of hail, there was a heavy down-pour of rain. The "bulletin" of the Iowa Weather Service, for April, 1880, re? ceived since the above was written, tells of thunder storms during the month, in that State, where hailstones fell meas? uring twelve inches in circumference. j F. W. WAGENER & CO. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers, AND LIQUOR DEALERS. AGENTS FOR Oriental Gun Powder, Fruits and Flowers Smoking Tobacco, Celebrated Reversible Cotton Tie, Wagener and Georgia Grange Fertilizers. Samples of anything in our line sent on application with pleasure. F. W. WAGENER. G. A. WAGEN ER. May 13, 1880 44_ly INDUCEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY. REDUCTION IN PRICES AT TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! DURING the SUMMER MONTHS I will sell for CASH at the following remarkable low figures :? Maple Bedsteads, Slats and Castors, complete, $2.50 and upwards. Walnut Bedsteads, G feet 6 inches high, $7.50 and upwards. Cane Seat Chairs, per set, from $5.00 and upwards. Towelend and Drawer Washstands, from $1.85 and upwards. Picture Frames and Chroiuos cheaper than anywhere else. Walnut Motto Frames, with Glass and Gilt lining at 30 cents. 8x10 Frames, same kind, 125 cents. 11x14, same kind, at 30 cents. The largest size of Pictures, 24x30, Walnut Frames, at $1.40. Smaller sizes, same frame, at $1.20. FINE CHILDREN CARRIAGES at $7.50 and upwards. A large lot of Window Shades from 8 cents a piece and upwards, and everything else in proportion. I have on hand a very large stock of all kinds and description. Come and see me, as I will not be undersold by any bouse in the State. ci. v. toi.lv. May 13,1880_. ii VEGETABLE A PURELY VEGETABLE IIKMEJJT FOR IMTCRNAL AND EXTERNAL USE, Is a sure cure for nil th? rtispjisps for which it Is recommended, and Is always PERFECTLY SAKK in iho bauds of even Uto most inexperienced pursons. It Is a ?<<rr and quick remedy for COUGHS, SORE THROAT, CHILLS, and similar troubles; aftbrtl* Instant relief In the most malignant forma of DIPHTHERIA, and 1m Uie bcht known remedy for Rhrnmatlsm and Neuralgia. Th? Oldest, Best, and Most Widely Known Family Medicine In the World. It has been used w ith, melt wonderful succc?s in all parts of tho world fur CRAMPS, CHOLERA,DIARRHGBA, DYSENTERY, and all BOWEL COMPLAINTS that it Is considered on unfailing cure for these diseases. Has stood the test of Forty Years' Constant Use In all Countries and Climates. It la RECOMMENDED by Physicians, Missionaries, MlnUters, Managers ot Plantations, Work-Shops, and Factories, Nur*es In Hospitals?In short by Everybody, Everywhere, who has ever given it a trial IT IS WITHOUT A RIVAL AS A LINIMENT. It should always be used for Pain in the Back and Side, and brings speedy arid permanent relic' in nil cases of Bruises, Cut*, SpraliiM, Severe Burns, Scalds, etc. No family can safely be without it. It will annually rovo many times its cost in doctors' bills, and Its price brings it Within the reach of all. It is sold at 35c., SOc, and 91 per bottle, and can bo obtained from all druggists. PERRY DAVIS & SON, Providence, R. I. Proor'otors. EAGLE AND PHENIX BALL SEWING THREAD. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. PREPARED BT A PROCESS USED IjY jYO OTHER MILL. 16 Balls to Pound, I lb. Packages. 20 Balls to Pound, 2 lb. Paper Boxe?. _Packed In Cases of 20, 30, 50,100 or 500 Pounds each. Uniform Price. Invariable Discounts. t^~SoX<a. toy ?stll eXo"fc>"fc>e>:rs.~?a ASK FOR 4'EAGLE ??s PHENIX." USE NO OTHER The Great Carriage Manufacturing House of the World. EMERSON, FISHER & CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO. TOP B?6? AND PBAITIM Beat material, good workmanship, handsome styles, strong and durahle Vehicles in every respect. 70,000 CARRIAGES, Manufactured by EMERSON, FISHER & CO., are now in use in every part of the American Continent. They give unfailing satisfaction. All their work is warranted. They have re? ceived testimonials from all parts of the country of purport similar to the following, hundreds of which are on file suhject to inspection : GALVA. ILLINOIS, July I?, 1870. Mwrs. Emerson, Fisher iC Co. : I have used one of your Top Buggies three years in my liberv stable, nml they have -.riven me perfect satisfaction and are in constant use. OSCAR SMALLEY. NEWBERRY, S. C, July 17, 1879. Messrs. Cojnmckd- Johnson?Dear Sirs : I have been using the Emerson it Fisher Buggy I bought from you as roughly I suppose as any one could. I had a fast horse, drove him at full speed, sometimes with two grown ladies and myself in the buggy, and it is to-day worth all the money I paid for it. 1 say the Emerson .fe rfsher Buggies will do. A. M. TEAGUE, Fanner. The favorable reputation the Carriages have made in localities where they have been used for several years by Liverymen, Physicians. Farmers and others requiring hard and constant use, has led to an increased demand from those localities, to meet which the manufacturing facilities of their mammoth establishment have been ex? tended, enabling them now to turn out in good style, 360 CARRIAGES A WEEK. Emerson, Fisher & Co.'s Carriages are the Best. Nov 27, 1879_ 20 10m MARBLE YARD. ALL persons wanting TOMBSTONES will do well to call on me, as I have on hand all grades of Marble, and work all the new designs. I warrant my work to give satisfaction. Prices to suit the times. I am prepared to take care of the County travel and regular boarding at reasonable rates at the Benson House. Rivals 25 cents. Lodging 2? cents. TirOS. M. WHITE. Feb 20, 1880 .'53 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the Estate of William Moorhcad, deceased, are notified to present them to the under? signed within the time allowed by law, properly proven, or they will be barred ; and persons indebted to the Estate are no? tified to make prompt payment to the un? dersigned. ROBERT MOORHEAD, Adm'r. _May 27, 1SS0 40 WANTED! FIFTY dozon EGOS, and seventy-five frying Chickens and jrrown Hens. A. B. TOWERS & CO. MARBLE YARD. SAMUEL MURPHY, Anderson, S. . ., DEALER anil Manufacturer of Monu? ments, Monumental IB<>u<I stoncs, Tombs. Vases. Ktc. As I am a practical workman, and do work my? self, I can afford to furnish anything in my line cheaper than any one else. Working only the liest graces of marble, I am able to give better satisfaction to my customers, ami guarantiee all work that leaves m\\shni>. I work only new designs. Call ami sec me at my shop on Depot Street, anil be con? vinced of these facts, before purchasing elsewhere. June 17. 1880 4!? ly APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. Notice is hereby given that an appli? cation forn Charter for Long Brauch Church will be made, according to law, before the Clerk of the Court at Anderson. S. O, on the .sth ilav of Julv next, at 11) o'clock a. m. .1. MATT. COOLEY, C. C. June 10,1880 48 ?? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. Y. Shirley ami Win. ILCartee, Plaintiff*, against Kutrhcl K. Harris, Kmallne Jonen, lt. A..Shirley, Sallio Wilson, Helen MeDaniel. Ii. F. Shirley, John N Shirley, Leitie Shirley, Thomas Shirley, Newton Shirley, Richaid Shirley, Rebecca J. Jack. Fanny L." Shirley, Elxorn \'lckory,EiniiMt GooUhy.and Franklin Sliirley, Defendants.? Summont /or Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants aliove nanicd : YOU are hereby summoned ami required to an? swer Hie complaint in this action, a cony of which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Plena, at Anderson C. 11., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the paid complaint on the subscriber at Ins office, Ander? son C. II., S. C, within twenty days after the ser? vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if yuu fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff' in this action will apply to the Court fur the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated May 2?, A. D. 18S0. .1. L. THIBRLF, Plaintiffs Attorney, Anderson, S. C. [r,. s.]?Jonx W. Damkls, C. C. r. To the Defendants aliove named: Take notice that the object of this action, In which a summons is herewith served upon you, is to remove cloud from Titles to Real Estate assign? ed to Plaintiff's by the Probate Court, and to con? firm proceedings in Probate Court to partition the Real Estate of James Shirley, deceased. The premises in question are described as follows: Tract No. 1, containing one hundred and sixty three acres, more or less, and Tract Xo. 2, contain? ing one hundred and twenty-three acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Sophia Millwce. Hugh Rush and James Erskinc. No personal claim la made against you. J. L. TRIBULE, Plaintiffs'Attorney. To Hie Defendants: Take notice (hat the complaint and summons in this action were filed in the office of John W. Daniels. C. C. P., Anderson County, on the 28th dav of May, 1380. J. L. TRIBBLE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. June 3. 18SJ 47 <i THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PI.GAS. Henry B. Smith, Plaintiff', against S. A. Smith, Defendant.?Copy Summon* for Relief?Complaint Serv-.d. To the Defendant S. A. Smith : "\7"0 J are hereby summoned and required to an X *yer tha complaint in this action, of which a enpj is herewith served upon you, and to serve a cony of your nnswer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in the City of Greenville, wlthii twenty davsafter the service hereof, exclu? sive o:" the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff* in this action will apply to the Court for tin:- relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 12th May, 18S0. WHTTNER SYMMES, PlaiutiiPs Attoruev. Arr.'st: JOHN W. DANIELS, C. C. P. To the Defendant S. A. Smith : YOU will tako notice that the summons and complaint in this action was filed in the other of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Ander? son Court House, the 14th dav ol May, 1SR0. WUITNER SYMMES, Plaintiff's Attorney. June 10, 1880 48 C THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. A. S. Armstrong, Ailm'r.,) vs. Sarah J. Armstrong, et alj In (lie Common Plain?Complaint for Parti? tion, Payment of Debt*, tic. PURSUANT to an order of Court in the above stated case, all creditors of the Estate of A. M. Armstrong, deceased, are hereby notified to establish their claims before me on or by the 1st day of July next, or be barred. W. Wt HUMPHREYS, Master. May 27. 188 40 6 IMPROVED PATENT LIVER ^ADl Never Gkts Hak p. Can n;: Made ax\ Strkxgtu DEs:nr.n. Last Twice ,\i Lo.vg. Cruel withsat Smszicg ti: Byitta. CCXBS Chills aid Fever, LiTer Cunplainl, Dyspepsia, NerroDJoess, Rbeoma&Qi Costhecess, Weaknes3, Si<-k 4 .N'errom ITeailarhe. ;n-t!CTi. r tVi Th :se Pids furo all ni.-WM |< Noxious Pill?.Oil*.nr lYtmnm:' Mr?!Mi intotiic Siorjac',1. The I'w! wc.-? ? cf the Stomach, covi-nnir I ,e ureai N? ?l*o Ihs Livnr and Stomach. A gern!? ? ? Tonic is ab?nrberi into the cirrulat ioe o; i' ?? i"--.! *? '. Liver.purifying the Blond, sticiulatiptrll '? 1 i.;: -1 Kidney to healthy action, snd itr?*nir?!-i.!r? : < Stomach to diK^sifo??!. Trick or ]'?.:?? Si j: sack SnLD by Ai.:. l>Htmni!?\?.tir ????::: !??? .'tail EspreHS. Manufactured at 39 k 11 North I.ibkktv St, i.altivoiie. Mb. WILHITE & WILHITE Agents, Ander? son, &. C. 37-ly Hernia or ?upture Cured! Genuine Stamped " I. B. SEELEY, WARRANTED." Ko.3;l, ITo.SCoacsTt. Ho. 8. Ho.l. Secf.y's Hard Rubber Trusses, made in every desirable pattern,shape or strength. Springs coated with hard rub? ber. Light, cool, cleanly. Free from all sour, rusty or padding unpleasantness. Suspensory Bandages, Shoulder Unices, Adominal Supporters, etc. Complete assortment, for sale by WILHITE & WILHITE. ,7-tf~ Correct adjustment a speciality. May 20, 1SS0 45 D. I. C. Is an absolute und irt-oNtiblv cure for enncss. T itcnipemnre and Mm use of Opl?m, To? bacco, Narculks and KUnnuants, rem-.ivir.g all ittst?, ' sireand liabit of u.;!:ii: any of them, ren dcrlr , tbefcuitoordcisuvforwiyoitiiemperrcctly Jo(lio..:iandi];?g;!.>tli!g. l iving every one perlCcl Sand Irresistible control or Uw sulirfcty of tbeu: gseWiai and tliolr triead*. It prevents that ??i?olii?o p!iT?tcal and worn! itwtratlou that follow* tbo Budueu breaking ol. rom usirjif stimulants or ir.rcoMes. rackarre, prepaid, to cur.; 1 to 3 (icrsons, 82, or at |your aniifelst?, *;.7i |ier bottle Tempot-auee societies ih-'.uld reeonunendtt. I! Is i?eriecily hnmdess ?nd never-fatting. Hop Hitters Mfg. Co.. Pochestcr. N.V. Sole Agents Hoi? Omijrli Cure destroys nil pain, loosens the eoaffh,qui< i>tlu iwrvcs, nruduci s iv>t,aud never foilu lo cur*. _ The Uop Pad for Rronwh. I.lvcr end Kidneys, timtperler to alt others; Cures by ah.'orption. It 1? pcrrt'Ct?ask dru;r;rlsts. Will O'iro or prevent Plmn'c. No Mor.se will die of colic. Hots or Lu:?6 F* vku. If t'ouUc's Powders are omni In time. K:rtt7.'n Powders will eure and prevent I Io<iChot.et:a Fours'h Puw'fTS will prevent Cai'KS ix Fowls, Foatz's I'ow :? r> will la<-ri-a*e i he rpiantlty of milk and rri-r.n 1? etity per cent., :.iiii make the butter linn and sweet. Font.:*. Powder-: will cure or prevent almost eve3t Dir.u:- ?: ! > ?? :i fl irts and ( :iltle are stlb'ict. F&i.:* ? 'tmcs will (Jivk. Satisfaction1. Sol i . v;r;.???. e. foitt". Proprletcr, B A LT IM Oil I.', Ivtd. For sale hv WILHITE A WILHITE, Anderson, and M. '.V. itOLEMAN A Co., Seneca fit v. Nov 1:1, 1879 is ly Valuable Property for Sale. IWILL sell on FRIDAY, I5lli day of OUTOUER next, at the laic residence of Willis Allen, li. ctused, one TRACT OK LAN I), known as the "Shoal Trad," con? taining sixry-cight acres. On this Tract is one nt the best Shoals on Sal mitt River, with a fall of 14 leet, and unrivalled sites for crcctin.l buildings for machinery. Tins SIiikiI i?jii>t oiuyqnarler mile from (i. A C. R. 1!. Term!- mad'1 known mi day of sale. J. 1>. ALLEN, Kx r. April 8, ttifc? 30 lam?scot 15, ew P, KIND. G. PIEKCKS, Superintendent. Proprietor. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS OK STEAM ENGINES, "Water and Horse Powers, COLUMNS FOR STORE FRONTS, Kaflings for Balconies. SAW AND GRIST MILLS. A LL kinds of CASTINGS done at short jl Jl notice and low prices. Work done in good, workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds Machinery and Engines. WATSON & SON, Agents, Anderson, S. C. June 3, 1SS0 47 3m TiIIE Buckeye Reaper and Mower, Har? vester and Self-Binder. The Economized Canton Monitor, Self Propclling and other Steam Engines. The Farquhar Thresher and Separator, Saw and Grist .Mills, Cotton Gins, Conden? sers, Feeders and Presses, and all Planta? tion Machinery. For descriptive circulars, price lists, 4c, address J. M. MATTHEWS. Agent, Belton, S. C. /pi?- All kinds of machinery repaired. May Ii, 1S.S0 _43 _3m Notice to Stove Buyers. ONE.HUNDRED STOVES to be sold cheap?of the celebrated make of Thomas Robert Stephenson & Co.?to good parties on the Cotton Option or for Cash. Come and see them. STEAM COOKERS at low prices. Nos. 9, $1.00; 8, $3.00; 7, $3.00; 6, $l!.f-0. L. H. SEEL, West End Waverly House. March 18, 1880_3fj_ LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good Lumber is kept constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will be promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Robert Mayhcld is my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan 30,1879_29_ly New Advertisements. MOSQUITO CATCHER S& gffijj* your room in a few minutes without smoke, soil ?r grease. Price CO cts. Send for Illustrated Cir? cular. Aeenls wanted. Good terms. L. T. JONES, IM Light St., Baltimore, Maryland. A YEAR and expenses' to agents. 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I 43 p in Leave Alston.. .".:: no p m Arrive at Columbia. 4 10 p m A.VDKRtiOX llRAXCIl A BLUE RIDGE It. R. in*. Leave Helton.5 ?O p m Leave Anderson..5 4s p m Leave Peiidleton.<; l? p ra Leave Pcrryvillc. 7 23 p m Leave Seneca City.7 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.8 13 n n: DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 5 0-*> a m Leave Seneca. ? 4S a m Leave Pcrryville.a .V> a m Leave Peiidleton.r> 38 a .n Leave Anderson.li 41) a m Arrive at Helton.8 IS a la J. W. FRY, Gcn.Snpt. J. P. Mkrkditii, Master Transportation. Jaiiks Norton, .Ik., Gen. Ticket Agent. South Carolina Railroad. On and after Sunday, MAY 16, 1880, Passen? ger trains will run as follows: day train, sundays kxckptku Leave Columbia. 4.13 pm Arrive at Charleston. 9.00 p in Leave Charleston. 5.45 a III Arrive at Columbia.10.30 a in NliillT kxprkss ACCOMMODATION TltAtN. Leave Columbia.9.30 p m Arrive at Charleston.7.30 a m Leave Charleston.y.AS p ill Arrive at Columbia.6.10 a m Close connections made with Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad to and from Walhalla, Greenville, Anderson, .Spartanburg, Flat Rock and Hendcrson ville. John B. Peck, Gen. Sunt. IM'. Ai.t.kx, Gun. Tiekct Agt., Charleston, ?>? C. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R. On and alter Sunday, June 1st, 1$7!?, Double Dal? ly Trains will run on this road us follows : (it)lN(i EAST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.0 00 p 111 Leave Seneca.9 01 p ni L?ay Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.......9 12 ? m Leave Seneca.!? 13 a m GOING WEST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.6 33 a m Leave Seneca. 6 34 a m Dav Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca."..a 15 P m Leave Seneca.S IG p m Through Tickets on sale at tiaiucsvillo, Seneca t'ity, Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and We.sl. W. J. HOUSTON, (i. T. ODd P. Agent