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j3MCIS03E3IL.3Li^3Sr3r April, Slay ?ntl Jane. here aro daughters three of tho lusty year, That sot my thour' 'i to tho daintiest tune; Oh, fairest of all, and to mo most doar, The fullest of music and beauty and cheer, Aro April, and May and Juno. Like a little child coy April seems, With her fairy bands full of wild wood Howers; She laughs aud shouts in tko Bun's bright beams, And dances along with tho dancing streams, And weeps in the silvery showers. Sweet May is a maiden, blitho and fair, With dreamy oves Uko tho bino above; She watches tho "birds as they build and pair. Tho flowers and tho fruits sho guards with caro, And ber heart it throb? with love. But Juno, warm June, is a matron crowned, With a woven wreath of tho lilly and rose; With a liberal hand sho throws around Largest of blessings and joys abound, And tbo horn of plenty o'erllows. I thank thoo, Lord, of tho lusty year, With a grate? ii spirit, both late and soon, For all tho music, and beauty and cheer, Thou sendest down to Thy creatures here, With April, and May and Juno. MV SWTERS* I might as well entitle this story "My Parents," if I intended tho in? terest of it to turn upon tho clements of tho unknown. As much strange? ness and bewilderment carno to mo from that sonrco aa from tho other. When I returned home, at tho ago of seventeen, from the house of an aunt, where I had been brought up, I found my sisters tall, beautiful girls. Mario, tho eldest, was polished, graceful, intellectual; but there was something about hef that I could not fathom. She went into society, dressed, danced, smiled at admira? tion, liko other girls, but with a kind of indifference through it all, a cold? ness not betokened by the warm black eyes and full red lips. Once, at some apparently trivial occasion, I saw her eyes suddenly kindle, and flash upon my mother a look of boiling rage. Then she bit her lips till they were white, her face snatched back her ro? je?se, and I saw that my beautiful sis? ter possessed a power of self-control which I had not dreamed of. Adele, tho younger one, also had a faculty of secretiveness. Her mask was a gay, whimsical, careless one; better, perhaps, than tho other-for it not only did not attract, but warded off suspicion. My mother was a French woman, of consummate tact, ruling her own house as far as her sccptro could reach; and my sisters submitted willingly to her dictation iu their plans and pleasure, in all matters re? garding society, and etiquette; but there was no confidence between them. My father was a gentleman of tho old school, small in stature, of measured tones and ways, dry, and matter-of-fact. Here, ono would have said, no passion could ever bc-had ever been. We lived in a large, handsome house, in a pleasant neighborhood, furnished with old-fashioned eic gance, surrounded by a garden whose elms had been planted by my father's great-grand-fathor. I was -"nitiateil immediately on my arrival, into ; gay, hospitable circle. Ono evening, my mother gave i largo party. All the appointment! were elegant. Tho spacious hallechoee to the strains of a banel of music The stately drawing-rooms wcr< deckeel with beautiful Howers. Th gardens were lit with colored lamps I have selelom seen a moro benutifu sight than my two sisters eloing th honors of tho scene. Mario in he usual impassive way. I watched then closely, to see if I coulil detect an; signs of preference for any of th numerous admirers who throngei around them; for, as I knew this t be a general party, including nil th best families of tho country, thought that I might here find a chi to tho mystery that envelopeel Mari anil Adele. As Marie was bieldiug adieu to Mr. Eccleston, a gentleman wit whom sho had neither danced nc conversed moro than with others, sh saiel to him, "I hopo you have passe a pleasant evening, Mr. Eccleston?" "Thank you, Miss Jessop," ho rt plied; "I have-not!" The last word was inaudible to al save to Mario and me, who had el gerly turned. It was over in a nu meat-tho look that passed. Thc Marie grew us white ns the camille o her bosom. I afterward learnt that, one or tv nights in every week, Mario wou] wrap herself in a cloak and leave tl room, remaining away an hour < more. A night or two after the part; my mother discovered her obsenc When Mario returned, she found n father up ami ready for her. Tl scene that ensued in the adjoinii room, which was my mother's dies ing-room, would form, in truth, scene for a tragedy. Marie, crone ing ill a heap on thc floor, by tl couch, enveloped in her immen cloak-my mother, in her whi night-dress, her black hair streamii almost to hor foot, her eyes glowin a red spot of anger in each choc her magnificent arm extended town her poor, shrinking daughter, ns s stood opposito my father, urging hi on. He needed no urging, howevt Never bael I imagined such tlep and concentration of passion sn venom in words and tones. What a fearfully violent temper--what imperious will lay hidden uudernen that methodical exterior! I did v wonder that Marie cowered; and I perceived something of one influence under which the family lived, that had hitherto been unknown to me. He seemed to be taunting Mario with something. Suddenly, she sprang to her feet and cried, "It is not true, it is not true-I have not seen him! I never went out to meet him. I havo not oxohanged \\ ords with him, except in your presence. Ho has kept his promise, and I have obeyed you." "What sent you out at uight, then?" hissed my father, between his teeth.. "I went-I went," answered Marie, "to see tho house where ho lives-to walk around it-to see tho light in his window. I could not help it." "So!" said my father; and if ever human accent and features ex cssed contempt, utter contempt, his did. ' 'So ! A love-sick ramble ! You could uot help it!" Mario dropped on the floor again. My father turned to his wife. "So, madam, this is the way you bring up your children!" It was my mother's turn to tremble. She tried to keep her eyes steady and her bearing erect, but in vain. My father came closo to her and added some words in a low tone, of which I only caught sufficient to know that they referred to bis early life-to their early life. They had, then, a past heart stirring and eventful enough to be alluded to iu a moment such as this. How I longed to know it! Even then I speculated: "Had ho ever loved her? Had she ever loved him?" Tho household sank to silence again. Mario crept to her bed, re? fused next day to answer my in? quiries, refused my sympathy; met her father's ceremonious courtesy at tho breakfast table with her usual dignifi' lady-like demeanor. When all other eyes were cast down, Adele looked at me and smiled. Mr. Eccleston called that week tc pay his respects after the party, and also to pay his adieux preparatory tc going to America. "And when do you intend to sail?' inquired my mother. "Tho week after next, in tho Per sin," be replied. "1 am weary ol this life." "On Saturday?" continued mj mother. "Thc Persia's day of soiling i; -," began Marie, but Mr. Eccles ton interrupted her with some re mark. "Do you go alone?" asked my mo ther. "I do not yet know," he answered "but I trust not," with a lixed loe?! at Murie. Soon Mr. Eccleston rose to go. "I will not say good-bye," he cen thined. "I shall pass tho garde! gate, tho morning of my departure on my way to tho train, and I ma; run in for a lfew moments. Til then-," and he shook hands wit! all tho ladies. Not a look of triumph, of compre hension, did my mother permit her self-ami yet she had understood th whole. "I go in tho Persia, wee! after next-I hopo and trust not t go alone-I shall bo at tbo garde: gate, in the morning, in time to tak tho train-I can stop but a few mc ments-till then-" In her vcr house-ay, in conversation with bei self-had he du red to arrange th scheme-thus not breaking his prc misc of holding no communicatio with Marie, except in her parent presence. "Mario," said my mother, as tl former was leaving thc room, "tali care!" Marie turned, and {they faced cac other for a few moments, apparent! forgetting thoy were mother au daughter, meeting on equal groan? My mother let tho clays pass c with tho assurance of one who holt tho card? in her own hand. The fe lowing Wednesday, Marie asked n to tako a walk iu thc villago with he "Let us go by the back gate," si said. As we approached this gate, whi< was shaded by some thick elm tree tho latch turned, and Mr. Eccleste appeared. "Marie!" "Henry!" Not a word more was said, but s' laid ber hand in his with an expn sion of melancholy confidence. 1 bowed gravely over it, holding firmly. Mario turned tome, saying: "Tell my mother, Amelia, that t Porsia's day of sailing is Wednesdi not Saturday, as she might lin found by looking at tho papers. I] arrangements were, undoubted made for Saturday. I shall not lu re then. Good-byo! Heaven bl you!" And before I could half undcrsta what she was about, she pass through tho garden door, Mr. Eccl ton had lifted her into his pbmtt and they were gone. Oh, but my father's rage was tei ble! My mother, overwhelmed w mortification and anger nt her ov sight, boro it in silence, with Ad and myself. And last ho turned to Ad< "Never shall another daughter mino disgrace herself so! Adele, hi y?? been flirting with any one? you have, by heaven, you shall ma him, and that at once! Did 1 hear something once about the mi master?" Adelo colored crimson. "Ah!" said my father. "How has it gone? Does hu profess to 1 you? Answer my cpiestion." "Yes," faltered Adele. "And you love him-enough to flirt with him?" said be. "Very well, you shall marry bim." "Mr. Jessop," pleaded my mother, "I beg of you to stop and think. Do not give way to passion." .'Passion!" returned my father. "Madam, I never was cooler aud more dotormined in my lifo. When does tho young mau come hero again ?' "To-day," admitted Adele. It so happened that within half an hour, ho rang tho bell. My father walked into tho library. "So, sir, you have been making lovo to my daughter, havo you?" Mr. Bayard flushed aud stammered. "I nm not going to qunrrel with you about it now," continued my father. "1" only wish to know if you want to marry her. If so, you must do so immediately. I'll give her to you, with ???">, OOO, in threo weeks from this day. Do you want timo to mako up your mind? Herc, Adele," he called out; "come hero to me." Adele came in. "Your lover wants time to decide." "You mistake, Mr. Jessop," said young Air. Bayard. "All this is so sadden, so strange! I did not know whether Miss Adele herself was wil? ling." "Willing? Faith! I haven't asked her. I asked you if you wero willing to tako her," answered my father. "I am a practical man, Mr. Bayard," ho continued, regaining his ordinary measured tones, "aud I'll have no more nonsenso in my house. My eldest daughter has just put the crowning touch to a most unhappy entanglement by running away to get married. I intend my second daugh? ter shall finish her flirtation by get? ting married under my own eyes." So it was arranged. My mother tried in vain to chango my father's determination by every representa? tion aud art. As for Adele, she ap? peared to bo very happy. "Have you made fitting prepara? tions?" my father asked of my motlier when tho ?lay came. "I did not suppose that any wero necessary beyond sending notice *to tho clergyman, which 1 believe you have done," was the auswor. "No preparations necessary!" said he; "certainly they aro necessary. My daughter must be married in a becoming way, in the house of ber father. It is due to myself-to my name. The hour for tho ceremony was 10, I believe. Let it be delayed for an hour. That, I think, should afford you time to order a proper col? lation, and all things accordingly. " At tho appointed hour, my father came walking slowly down stairs, drawing on bis white kid gloves, dressed with the utmost precision. There bad been n little confusion in the house, owing to tho abseuce of tho bridegroom. A noto had been sent, warning him of tho chango of hour;but as ho did not present himself at ll o'elock, it bad been followed by a message to ascertain if it had been delivered. The second messen? ger returned, saying that Mr. Bayard had been stricken with the cholera. "Well, girl, will you go and nurse him?" said my father. "No, not a case of cholera? Well, I believo you aro right. He's not worth risking your lifo for, and you're not married to bim yet." My father took off bis white kids. Poor Adelo went to bor room. We ate some of tho collation for dinner. Mr. Bayard was very ill; and, in spite of ali care and skill, be died that day. Did Adele's heartbreak? No. She was quite a belle in Brighton last winter. Sundries. OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA and LA GUAYRA COFFEES, English Breakfast. Gunpowder ami Black TEAS, Italian Macearon:, E. D. Cheese, Fresh Biscuits, Pickles, Piccolili, French and English Mustards,Sauces, Fresh Peaches, in cans, Tomatoes, Salmon, Lobster, Oysters, Grouse, Salad Oil, Sardines, liaising. Currants, Nuts, .Vc, All fresh and for sale low for cash. May il E. ? G. D. HOPE. ? A HOME JOURNAL.-The best family j journal now published in the South i is tho Gleaner, issued from this office. It contains weekly eight pages of solid reading matter, excluding ad? vertisements entirely. A specimen number will be sent to any one de? siring to subscribe. READY-MADE CLOTHING. fTIHE ladies, gentlemen and young peo J_ pie of Columbia: who may be in want o? "SOMETHING TO WEAH," are respect? fully and earnestly invited by the ladies of tho Industrial Association to call at their Work-room, in the Female Academy, and examino the article s which they have now ready for sale. Some one will always be founil ready to exbibittheready-made gat monts and to receive orders'from those who may wish to havo work dono neatly and promptly. Tho object of the Association is to fur? nish constant employment to those who, having been impoverished by the war, now depend on tho needle for" daily bread. Does not such an object commend itself to tho hearts of our citizens? Or must tho anxious applicants for work bo told that our people prefer Northern-mado garments, and that tuero is, therefore, no moro work for them? Sba!) it be .jaid that such an Association as this cannot bo sustained in thc capital of South Carolina? Jan 19 "By Industry we Thrive!" 18G5. THE PHONIX Powzit ri;rss HAVING been thoroughly lUtoil up and supplied with CARDS, PAPER, BRONZE, COLORED INK, CUTS and TATE in great variety, thc proprietor ia prepared to ex?? cutera.*, short notice, in good style, and at reasonable prices, every variety of Job Printing,1 Prom a Visiting Card to a Three-Sheet Poster, or a Pamphlet to a large-sized Vo? lume. Call and Examine Samples Of the following: Books, Pamphlets, Hand-bills, Posters, Programmes, Business Cards, Visiting Cards, Dray Ticket?, Wedding Cards, Receipts, Bill Heads, Labels, Circulars, Blanks, Ac JULIAN A. SELBY, Prop i' Ph? nix and Gleaner Printing Office, We9t side Main Street, above Taylor, AprU 6 Columbia, S. C. The Adornment of the Head-The Hair Restorer. RAY HEADED peoplo have their locks \JT realored by it to tho dark, lustrous, silken tresses of youth, and aro happy. i Young people, with light, faded or red hair, havo theso unfashionable colors changed to a beautiful auburn, and rejoieo. Feoplo whose hoads aro covered with dandruff and humors, use it, and havo clean coats and i clear and healthy scalps. Bald-headed veterans havo their remaining locks tight? ened, and tho bare snots covered with a luxuriant growth of hair, and dance for joy. Young gentlemen use it because it is richly perfumed. Young ladies usc it be? cause it kcops their hair in placo. Every? body must and ic Ul uso it, because it is tho cleanest and best article in the market. For salo by FISHER & HEINITSH, Feb :t Druggists. ? "BEWARE OF THAT COUGH!" THE changing season is productive of many alllictions of tho lungs >nd I throat. A small cough is the voice of na turo telling you to beware of the danger of a neglected cough. For all kinds ot cough and affections of tho lungs, uso "STAN I LEY'S COUGH SYRUP." lt will cure von. ] Begin at once. Don't delav. Go to FISHER I <V HEINITSH. and ask "for "Stanley's." . They an- Hie proprietors. Nov 9 "A MAP or BUSY LU E*'-A YALVA IJLE ANNUAL ATLAS.-No one, who resides within reach of a daily mail, should fail to subscribe for tho Phoe? nix. On tho various railroads con? centrating in this city, it furnishes to subscribers tho latest news by tele? graph and mail from all parts of thc United States and Europe, including full market reports from tho princi? pal cities. Those whoso mail facili? ties are restricted should subscribe for that excellent family paper, tho Gleaner, containing eight pages forty-eight columns-of reading mat? ter, in quarto form, suitable for bind? ing. At tho end of tho year, sub? scribers may have a volume (or two, if they prefer it.) which will be a complete record of the events of the year, valuable for reference, ns well as au excellent literary collection of tales, sketches, Ac. The Great American Elood Puriher. SHEEN'S DELIGHT! THE QUI EN'S DELIGHT, the great American Alterative and Blood Puri lier, is the most perfect vegetable com? pound of alteratives, tonics, diuretics and diaphoretics; making it the most effective invigorating, rejuvenating and blood cl? ansing cordial known to the world. lu introducing this now and extraordi? nary medicine to tho public, observation leads us to remark that too little attention is paid to the "lifo of all llcsh," tho blood. Many diseases, and, too, many complaint.-, which have their origin in a vitiated state of the blood, aro treated only as symptoms and results; whereas, if tho remedy had been applied to enrich tho blood and ren? der it pure, both cause and effect would have been removed. The Queen's Delight le offered to the afflicted as a sure remedy for those diseases arising from an impure condition of the .blood, lt has a direct and specific action upon that fluid, and consequently renders tho blood pure. It is said, on high authority, that "niau no sooner begins to livo than ho begins to die, and that tho characteristics of tho living organism are ceaseless change and ceaseless waste." lt is obvious, therefore, to every reflecting mind, that unless the blood is pure, in supplying tho waste tis? sues with material, it must bo the cause of innumerable ills and constitutional disor? ders, such as Scrofula, Rheumatism, He? patic Disorders, Consumption, Inflamma? tions, Fevers, Ac. Life and health is only to be maintained by the circulation of puro arterial blood. We therefore advise everv ono whoso blood is in the least vitiated by indulgenco or excess, and whoso constitution is im? paired by diseaso and is Butlering from Rheumatism, Liver Complaint, Consump? tion, Scrofula or King's Evil, Carbuncles, Roils, Itching Humor of the Skin, Erysi? pelas, Skin Diseases, Tetter, Roughness of tho Skin, Pimples, Blotches, Pains in the Bones, old Ulcers, Syphilis and Syphilietic Sores, Indigestion, inflammation of the Bladder and Kidneys, Pains in tho Back, I General Debility, and for all complaints arising from deficiency and poverty of blood, to use tho Queen's Delight. Females of delicate constitution, suffer? ing from weakness and depression ot mind in consequence of those complaints which naturo imposes nt the period of change, have a pleasant and sure remedy in the Queen's Delight. Children whose fair and ruddy complex? ion gave early promise of health and beauty, but too soon become blanched and palo by some hereditary taint of tho blood, will havo the rich boon restored by using the Queen's Delight. The unacclimaied and persons traveling into warm countries will lind the Queen's Delight a great, protection from all malari? ous affection and diseases which originate in a change of climate, diet and life. The extraordinary and unprecedented cures performed by tho Queen's Delight Compound is attracting tho attention ot every one, not only at home, but abroad. The merits of this compound are being felt and appreciated everywhere. Hear what they say of it in New York: "It is a remedy of much importance and value, I exerting an Influence over all the secre? tions, which is unsurpassed by any other I known alterative. It is extensively used in ; all the various forms of primary and I secondary syphilitic affections; also, in scrofulous, hepatic and cutaneous diseases, lin which its uso is followed by the most ? successful results." Its properties as a remedy were first In? ' troduced to the notice of the profession by I >r. Thoa. Young Simons, of South Carolina, I aa early as 1828, ft? a valuable alterative re 1 med? iii syphilitic affections, and others re qnu lng HMO of mercury. Dr. Simons' state? ments havo been endorsed and extended by Dr. A. Lopez, of Mobile, and Dr. H. R. Frost, of Charleston. From the reports in its favor, thero seems no reason to doubt tho efficacy of thia medicine in Secondary Syphilis, Scrofula, Cutaneous Diseases, Chronic Hepatic Affections and other com? plaints benefited by alterativo medicines. For salo wholesale and retail by FISHER A HEINITSH, I April? Gmo Druggists, Columbia. S. C. OFFICE LAURENS RAILROAD, LAUBENS C. H., S. C., May 23, 18G7. ON and after MONDAY next, 27th inst., the train? will run as follows, until fur? ther notice. Tho Road having been com? pleted through to Newberry, freight and passage will be considerably reduced: Leave Laurens at 5 o'clock a. m. on Mon? days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and arrivo at Newberry at half-past 10 o'clock. Leave Newberry at 25 minutes past 1 o'clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur? days; thus connecting with both tho up and down trains on tho Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad on the dava above desig? nated. JOSEPH CREWS, Snp't. Juno 4 Daily Trains on Blue Ridge Railroad. SUPT'S OFFICE G. A C. R. R., COLUMBIA, May 31), 1H(,7. ON and after tho 1st dey of June, thc Trains of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company will bo run daily (Sun? days excepted) over the Blue Ridge Rail? road, between Anderson i nd Walhalla, to connect with the up and down ti ams ol' thc Greenville Railroad. B. SLOAN, June 2_Sun. G. A C. R. R. Sup'ts Office N. C. Railroad Co., COMPANY SHOPS, MAY 27, 18G7. UNTIL further notico, Passenger Trains will run on this Road as follows: Mail Train-East. Leave Charlotte daily 12.19 a. m. ; Greens? boro 4.51; Raleigh 9.18. Arrive in Golda boro 12.10 p. m. West. Leave Goldsboro 1.07 p. m.; Raleigh 3.50; Greensboro 7.58. Arrive in Charlotte 12.19 a. m. Passengers make close through connec? tions- either way-at Charlotte, with tho Charlotte nod South Carolina Railroad; at Greensboro, via Danville and Richmond; at Raleigh, eta Weldon and Ray Lino and Annamcssic Line. Also, connect at Golds? boro with Mail Train on Wilmington and Weldon Road, to and from Wilmington. Time from Charlotte to New York forty hours, by either route. May 29 JAS. ANDERSON. Sttn'i. NEW SCHEDULE On Bpartanburg and Union Railroad. ON and after MONDAY, the 20th May inst., the Passenger Trains will ruii on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Down trains leaving Bpartanburg C. II." at 5 a. m.; arrive at Alston at 11.30 a. m. Up trains leave Alston at 12.30 p. m.;arrive at Spartanburg C. H. at 7.no p. m. THOS. 15. JETER, President S. A U. Railroad. Unionville. s. c.. May is. ist,?. imo General Superintendent's Office, CHARLOTTE A S. C. RAILROAD,. Coi.r>niiA, S. C., May 2, 1807. ON and after SUNDAY. May 5, tho sche? dule of the Passenger "Trains over this Hoad will be as follows: Leave Columbia at.5.30 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte at.12.15 a. m. Leave Charlotte at. 12.20 a.m. Arrive at Columbia at.G.50 a. m. CIoso connections aro made at Columbia and Charlotte with mail trains on the North Carolina and South Carolina Railroads. Ry this arrangement, passengers by thc Greenville Road may go immediately through Eastward, ami have no detention in Columbia. THROUGH TICKETS are sold at Colum? bia to Richmond, Ya., Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., and New York citv-giving choice of routes tia Portsmouth *or Richmond-and baggage checked. Tickets aro also sold at Char? lotte for Charleston and Augusta. An Accommodation Train, for freight and local passage, leaves Columbia at 7 a. m., on Tuesdays, Tlmrsdays and Saturdays of each week, and Charlotte on the Kamo days and hour; arriving at Columbia and Charlotte at 7 p. m. ? _May 3_ C. BOTJKNIGHT, 8op't. I Schedule over South Carolina R. R, GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, CnABLESTON, S. C., March ll, 18G6. ON and after tho 13th inst., thc Through Mail Train will run as follows, viz: Leavo Charleston..-. .8.00 a. m. Arrive at Columbia.5.20 p. m. Leave Columbia.6.50 a. m. Arrive at Charleston.4.HO p. m. March 13 H. T. PEAKE, Gt n'l Sup t. Greenville and Columbia Railroad PASSENGER Trains will run daily, Sun? days excepted, as follows: Leave Columbia at. 7.15 a. m. " Alston at.9.05 " 11 Newberry at.10.35 " Arrive at Abbeville at.3.13 p. m. " at Anderson at.5.10 " " at Greenville at.5.40 " Leave Greenvillo at. G.00 a. m. " Anderson at.0.30 " ?. Abbeville at. 8.35 " " Newberry at.1.20p.m. Arrive at Alston at.2.45 " .' at Columbia at.4.40 " SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER.-In? stead of buying Harper's Weekly and other trashy and slanderous publica? tions of the North, subscribe to tho Gleaner, which contains moro read? ing matter, and of a far superior quality, than any of them. Tho ex? amination of a singlo number will convince the most skeptical of the truth of this assertion. Subscribo without delay; and another thing is promised-that at the end of tho year, if tho numbers aro preserved, you will have a volume to bind worth ten times the subscription price. MIDNIGHT RAIDERS ! BEWARE of thoso midnight marauders and disturbers Of ' nature's sweet re? storer, balmy sleep." Got a bottle of tho infallible "RED BUG DESTROYER." Now is tho timo to get rid of them, and secure peace and comfort. For salo hv FISHER A HEINJTSII, April 4 Druggists.