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Kinsing Her Female Cousin. Your coming in la?t night, my lady love. Waa somewhat sadden. I was helping Noll To tio tho ribbon of bor ringlets; 8he pat tho orimson of her mouth up well, I'm flesh and blood-and then yon, singing, carno Into thc room, and tossed your head for shame. I saw a sort of maiden Northern lights Shoot up year chocks and treoiblo in your oyo?; I like ?uch things. I like to sec the wind Drive frightened clouds across thc skies; I like the sea, and, when it's easily had, A pretty woman-very, very mad! I like tho dangerous and regal air (You bear a queen's name, and a queen . you aro,) With whioh you donned jour Thibet opera cloak, And clasped it with a diamond like a star. Twas charming in mv mistress-but, ni y lifo, It would not be so charmiug in my wife. I like wild things, as I have said, but then I should not Uko to own them. Who would bc Proprietor of earthquakes or loose hurri? canes, Or comets plunging in celestial seas? Or wed a maid that could, if sho should please, Give mo a touch of ono and all of these? Not L Don't let a female thunder-storm Brood in your eyes, with every nod, and Ul on A flash of angry lightning. You have had Your Mareil and April, nov?- bo June again, And let your fine-cut eye-brows' silken span Be brows of promise to your favorite man! I've had my laugh, and you your pout, and now You'll spoil that rose-bud, if von twist Uso!) Give me both hands, that I may say, "Good j Boss," "Tho good Queen bess,'' and kiss you ! ero I go - Thc good Queen bess, whose heart, and mind, and tace, Teach mo to love all women-as a race! ? So, when I kissed your pretty cousin Nell, ; I honored ono who taught mc to admire Fair women in their twenties -don't you 1 see? But then, dear Bess, as I was standing by her, Her lips quite closo- now this is entre nous Upon my soul, I made believe 'twas you! MAY DAV Qt NEW"VOWU Of all the places that ever I was into, said Mrs.?Deborali Sharp, York beats the lot. There's thc most sassy homnibus drivers, thc mont long faced young women, und tho most Irish shindies, that I ever seed afore, or sense. I can't for tho lifo of mc understand how folks there manages to tell whether they arc theirselves or their next door neighbors. Every? thing is so mixed up. I should think they'd lose their eyedenties there, and get so that they wouldu't know which from t'other. I wont there in April to seo cuzzin Brindle. Ho moved there from Iloughboro, about ton year ago, and when tho war broke out, bc went into tho shoddy business, and has got as rich as muck. His wifo is awful uppish. You'd ort to soo her. You'd never mistook that she was Peggy Trotters, and used to go out washing for n living. She calls herself Margarit now, and spells it Marguerite. If you should meet her anywheres you'd sartin think she was Queen Victory's darter,, or the Empress Yougenie. They live in a nico house, with a brown stone frunt, and a pair of white marblo stairs agoing up to the frunt door, and they've got a door? bell with a silver thing to take hold of; and they've got chanticleers and peer-glosses, and fortyrils to set on, and astagers to put knick-knacks on, and a host of gimcracks that I dis remember the namus of. Alfaretta Grace, their darter, has got a pianni forty as big as our corn barn; and a catarrh that she ties round her neck with a blue ribbon, that looks jest like Ham Blake's liddle, only she makes it go with her lingers instill of a bow. They keep a coachman in uniform. I'm desprit respectful to him because I ixpect ho was a ginral in the army, he's got so much gold luce and but? tons about him. And there's a butler that they keep to drink thc wino that Brindle can't; and to hug the cliain bermaid behind thc kitchen door. Miss Brindle, she dresses up the master; and so does Alfaretta. They look like piotcrs out of a story book*, both of 'em; painted pioters, 1 mean. Boggy rutlier goos ahead of her gal though. She used to bo good look? ing, and if ever yon minded it, a wo? man that has been pr i tty don't never seem to git over it. [t's hard for her .0 fiivo up, und grow into wrinkles ?iud dark-colored gownds, without a struggle. Sense tho fashion <?,' wa ter-falls" has gone out, sin- llOS took to wer.ring a thing on the backside of her head that she calla a coil. It is made ont of hoes hair, and haman hair, and wire and wool-is about as big As a common-sized braided rag, and looks powerful. The "rat" that she rolls the hair round is as large as a rolling pin, and about a yard long. It takes three hours to git her rigged for aftornoou. I sot out, one day, to hare my hair rigged up iu that style, and Felishear, the dressing-maid, she began on it. I stood it very well for about two hours, and then I got narvous. My head felt as if it was being put iuto a cider press nud squeezed to a pummy. Bime-by, she begun to put a hot thing into tho frunt bair, that looked some like a little gridiron, and I jumped right up and npsot the bull consnru. ?*I wou't stand it!" sez I. "What on ?irth aro you sticking that hot thing iu thero for?" "Faith, mum," sez Rhe, (Miss Brin? dle sez Felishear is a Frenchman, but I know she's Trish,) "it's only the crimping iron. It's uo hurt it'll do ye." "No you don tl" se/. I. "I haint no freedman, that I should have my hair swizzled, and I'll let it stay natral, as straight as a candle, and stick to my old black cap," sez I. So I tore out the rats, and hove 'em outo the floor, nud did my bail? up in a plug behind, stuck in my brass comb, and put on my old cap with the red ribbin, and the black chenille. Arter I bad been to York a spell, I found out that Mary Miles lived there. Mary was au old crony of mino. Many's tho day we've sot up in the wood-shed chamber to home and scratched beads and told ghost stories. She married Sam Mills, and they moved all around tho lot, and linerly loeationed theirselves in York. Uncle Eben used to try to court her, but she made fun of his new groy .striped pantaloons, and they broke oil' to once. But, anyhow, T thought I must go and see ber. And I told Miss Brin? dle so. She sed I'd better not. 1 should bo sure to get lost, or inte some diflikilty or mt her. But I told her I rayther guessed I could take keer of myself. I'd milked a kickin' cow, and bad ?'ie small-pox, and lick ed TOM Jenk'? Ben lor stealing inj water-millins, and 1 guessed I coule manage. Slie sed it was so nigh the fust, ol Maj' that she shouldn't want to go I told her so long as the fust of Ma> didn't come Satterday it wouldn't make, no difference. Satterday wa? my day of bad luck. Nothing novel happened to me that was onlucky ex cept on Satterdays. lt was Satterda] that my pig ?lied of the stnggerations and it was Satterday that J. had ur brown bumbazino gowud eut, and i allus nipped nie under the arms, am gave mc a pain in the st mumu k. She sed no more, and tho last ?hr of April, jest afore night, I sot sai ?or Mary's. I found the place with out no diffikilty. It was number ulm million and something, West forty or Hf ty, or sixty-ninth street-I di.s remember which. I'vo got it all so down in my diarrhea to home. The door stood wido open, and ii I marched, with my bandbox e clothing in my hand. Mary Ava down on ber knees a scrubbing th floor, and then were three pails c white-wash, and a paint-pot, and bottle of varnish alongside of her. The entry was as full of furnitut as Smith's Cabinet store. There wu cheers, and beds, and crocker}', an sofys, and pots and kittles, all mixe up together. "Gracious airth!" sez I. "Mai Miles, I want to know if this is tl way yon clean house in York?" She jumped up and run towan me, upsetting a pail of white-was and a three-legged stool piled full tumblers as she come. She. appear? to be powerful glad to see me, b there wasn't no placo to ask me int she sed: everything was turvey tops But I inu it i&cuse it, for to-morrc was the fust of May. "Wall, what's that to do with it sez I. She lolled, and sod I wnrn't us to York, silo guessed. Almost evei body moved, she sed, the fust of Mi and she and Samuel was agoing to I wit li the rest. "You'll bo obliged to sleep on t iloor," sed she, ''and get up vc em ly, for wo leave as soon ns eij o'clock." I told hey 1 guessed I could pit by eight o'clock, when I was used scening tho day break allus, wild was to boine, to Iiougbboro. A pretty airly, 1 turned in on a bed the floor oi' the frunt chamber. seemed as if I hadn't been asleep more'n two minutes, and had jest got to dreaming comfortably of old Squire Twombly's red mare, when sunthin waked me. I started up, and deary mel I thought I should have ts wo o nd id rite on the spot! For, standing over mo was a grate tall red whiskered man, with a paint pot in one hand and a brush in t'other. Nothing but the fact that I had on my best ruffled nighc-cap, with tape trimming on the string and a butter? fly worked on tho crown of it, kept me from fainting.' "You must turn out!" scz the man, flourishing the brush; "I want to paint, this floor; it's got tobe painted and dried afore six o'clock to-night, for the new family." "Git out of tho room, then, while I dress," sez I. "I'll stop iuto the closet, and bo a priming the door," sed bc, and ho did so. I hopped up and got into my clothes in a hurry, and lawful heart! afore I'd got my boots laced up, back came that mau and went to painting the floor right under my feet. And afore I knowed it, he'd made a grate slash of yaller paint on the skirt of my purple thibct gownd that I'd paid four dollars a yard for. "Look here, mister," se/. I, "sec what you've done!" "Most ladies don't object to being painted," sed he, as imperdent us could bc. That made me mad. [CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT. 1 NEW and DESI JUS ! WE HATE RECEIVED. 11 io following.: A COMPLETE LINE OF Every stylo of HOOP SK Tip-Tup. DemirQuakcr, [ir Paris 'frail. Ladies* Extra Single Steel, Misses Single ? ble fastenings, A:e., Sec. REAL VAL. INSERTIN BLACK SILK LACES ai AV hite Silk Laces and Ed; Heal SWISSES, Paris. S\ JACONET and SWISS E B0BB1XET MOSQUITO NETTI? FRENCH WOVE CORSE' R. C. ? ?Tune 27 SMITH'S PATENT Well Fixture ! ! A NEW, SIMPLE anti EFFECT? IVE DRIVER tor raising watoi from wells. Cheaper und more durable than a pump, Miter and bitter than thc old-fashioned windlass. ".Voi.e mention it hut to praise il " More than 5,ooo are now in use in Virginia and North -Sjg Carolina, and the demand is still '-^?fflf increasing. A supply or tins?- . ^fm superior WELL FIXTURES are now on hand and for salo low by ^ / J. & T. E. AGNEW. ''; March '2't 1 ^^^^^^^^ State South Corolina--Bichh*nd Dist. Jiu Jacob BcU, Ordinary of said District. .TfrTHEREAS Lewis H. Trerefc hath ap VY plied to rae for letters of administra? tion on aU and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Nut ali Reraghi, late uf tho District aforesaid, deceased: These are. therefore, to cite and admo? nish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of tho said deceased to he and appear before me, at our noxt Ordinary's Court for tho said District, to bo holden at Columbia on Friday, tho sixteenth day of August next, at ten o'clock a. m., to show causo, if any, why tho said administration should not Lo granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this thirtieth day of July, in tho vear ol' our Lord "one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in theniue ty-socoud vear of American independ? ence. JACOB BELL, July 31 w2 Ordinary Richland Dist. Bill to Foreclose Mortgage. Charles Bf. Forman, Trustee, vs. the Green? ville and Columbia Railroad Company Order calling in Creditors. IN pursuance of the decretal order in tho abovo stated case, "the creditors of tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company holding bonds and coupons co? vered by tho mortgage bearing dato 18th I January, ISM, and referred to in tho plead- ! ings, and all creditors having any interest j under said mortgage," are hereby required 1 to present and provo t'icir demands boforo me, at my office, in Columbia, on orbeforo thc first day of January next, "or that they be excluded from all benefit of thc decree to bo rendered in this case. Thoso who choose to como in as parties com? plainants are allowed to do so, and those who wish to do BO, may como in as de? fendants. D. B. D?SAUSSURE, Juno 86 wsSmo C. E. lt. D. 15 Boxes Chewing Tobacco, DIFFERENT GRADES, low to dealers. Juno 30 JOHN C. SEEGERS A CO. RABLE GOODS I M . Liuoiigst our NEW GOODS. ENGLISH HOSIERY. HT, comprising thc following: sible Quaker, Demi-Duplex, Long Demi-Quaker, Child's ucl, in movable and immova S, GUIPURE EDGINGS, I EDGINGS, Swiss Mulls. ii gs, Thread Bradings. ss. Nainsooks and]Mtills, GING, Vc, kc. Also, -ALL WIDTHS HI) PRICES, \t at Lowest Possible Prices. ?HIVER. yes. : A Southern Invention. <; Il AY'S I? A T K S T Labor-Saving Iron Screw Cotton Press! The Litest an l bv far the most perfect COTTON SCREW yet invented. With ono mule", a heavy bale can be easily packed. Send l<>r a descriptive and price list to C. K. HUGER, Gen'! Agent lor tho State, 73 East Ray, Charleston, S. C. FISHER 5: LOWRANCE. Ag? au, Main street, Columbia, 8. C. ALSO, Railway and Steamboat Sup? plies Bortablo and Stationary engines, Saw Gins, Grist Mills Bark Mills. Horse Rowers, Reap er.-, Threshers, Ridings, Oils Iron, Steil. Wilder's Firc-ptoul Sabs:, Platform and Conn te Sea!, s. For sale by C. K." flCGEIt, 73 Kail Bay, Charleston.'S. C. 3 niv ?K' urw3nv . DOUBLE DAILY ALL-RAIL PASSENGER ROUTE BETWEEN ATLANTA& NEW ORLEANS, VIA CHATTANOOGA and GRAND JUNCTION. Through in Forty-nine Honrs ? TRAINS leave Atlanta daily at 8.45 a. m. and 7 p. m.; making cloao connection? at all pointa. Arrive at New Orleans nt 8 p. m. nud ll. IO p. m. KW Passengera by trains of thc Georgia Railroad mako close connections with this route at Atlanta. No Steamboats or Omnibuses on this Route. ELEGANT SLEEPING COACHES ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS. BAGGAGE CHECItEO THROUGH. Fare as Low as by any other Ronlo. THROUGH TICKETS, Good nntil used, can bc Obtained at General Ticket Office, Atlanta, Ga.; Geor gia Railroad. Augusta, Ga.; South Carolina lailroad, Charleston,S. C.;South Carolina Railroad, Columbia, S. C. JOHN B. PECK, Master Transportation Western and Atlantic Railroad. July 17 3mo Laurens Railroad-New Schedule. OFFICE LAURENS RAILROAD, LACBENS C. H., 8. C., July 12, 18(37. ON and alter MONDAY, 22d instant, the traina will run over this Road as fol? lows, nntil bo ther not ico: Leave Laurens at 5 o'clock a. m. on Mon? days, Wednesdays and Fridays, aud arrive at Newberry at ll o'clock a. m. Leave Newberry on Mondays, Wednes? days and Fridays, at fiftv minutes after 12 o'clock, connecting with both trains on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad at Hele? na ShopB. JOSEPH CREWS, Sup't. July lti Sup'ta Office N. C. Railroad Co., r:-vv nv i-ySv'*--*^ j? v-Vy? '-^t&F-* COMPANY SHOPS, MAY 27, 1SG7. XTN.TIL further notice, Passenger Traina X^J will run on this Road aa followa: Mail Train-East. Leave Charlotte daily 12.19a. m.; Gre??ns boro 4.51; Haleigh 9.18. Arrivo in Goldt horo 12.10 p. m. ir.;ft. Leave Goldsboro 1.07 p. m.; Raleigh 3150; I Greensboro 7.58. Arrive in Charlotte I 12.19 a. m. Passengers make close through, connec? tions-either way-at Charlotte, with the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad; at ! Greensboro, vi? Danville and Richmond; at Raleigh, tia Weldon and Bay Lino and Ahnamessic Line. Alto, connect atGolds boro with Mail Train on Wilmington and Weldon Road, to and from Wilmington. Timo from Charlotte to New York forty hour?, by either route. May M .IAS. ANDERSON. Sup't. General Superintendent's Office, ?PinBEfl CHARLOTTE ft S. C. RAILROAD. Coi.t'MniA, S. C., Maj' 2, 18?7. ON and after SUNDAY. May 5, the schc dnlo of tho Passenger Trains over thia Road will bc aa followa: Leave Columbia at.5.30 p. m. Arrivo at Charlotte at.12.15 a. m. Leave Charlotto at. 12.20 a. m, Arrive at Columbia at. G.C0 a. m. Close connections aro mado at Columbia and Charlotte with mail trains on the North Carolina and South Carolina Railroads. By this arrangement, passengers hy Green? ville Road go immediately through East? ward, and havo no detention in Columbia. THROUGH TICKETS are sold at Colom? bia to Richmond, Ya., Washington, D. C., Raltimoro, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., and Now York city-giving choice of routes ria Portsmouth or Richmond-and baggage checked. Tickets aro also sold at Char? lotte for Charleston and A-gu8ta. An Accommodation Train, for freight and local passage, leaves Columbia at 7 a. m., on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays ot each weeli, and Charlotte on the same days and hour; arriving at Columbia and Charlotte at 7 p. m. May 3 C. ROUKNIGHT. Sup't. Schedule over South Carolina R. R GENERAL SUPT8 OFFICE. CHARLESTON, K. C., March ll, l8t><>. ON and after the 13th inst., theThrough Mail Train will run as follows, viz: Leave Charleston.8.00 a.m. Arrive at Columbia.5.20 p. m. Leave Columbia.0.50 a. m. Arrive at Charleston.4.00p. m. March 18 H. T. PEAKE, Qen'l Sup't. Greenville and Columbia Railroad PASSENGER Trains will mn daily, Sun? days excepted, aa followa: I Leave Columbia at. 7.15 n. m. " Alston at.9.05 " " Newberry at.10.85 " Arrive at Abbeville at. 3.13 p. m. " at Anderson at.5.10 " " at Greenville at.5.40 " Leave Gre, ovillo at. 6.00 a. m. " Anderson at.<'>.30 " " Abbovilloat. 8.35 il " Ne wi i try at.1.20 p. m. Arrive Alston at.2.45 " " at Columbia at. 4.40 ?yThc Trains of thia Radicad run daily (Sunday* excepted) over Blue Ridge Rail? road, between Anderson and Walhalla, to connect with the un and down trains of th . Greenville Railroad.