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MI SOIS Xa XJ -?. TC, ? Across the River. When for me tho silent oat.' Parts tho Silent River, ! And I stand upon the shOre Of tho strange Forever, Shall I miss the loved and knotvn? Shall I vainly seek mine own? 'Mid the crowd that come to meet Spirits sin-forgiven Listening to their echoing feet Down tho streets of Hoavcu Shall I know a footstep near That I listen, wait for, hore? Then will once approach tho brink With a hand extended, One whoso thoughts I loved to think Ere the veU was rended, Saying, "Welcome! we have died, And again aro side by side." Saying "I will go with thee, That thou be not lonely, To yon hills of mystery;* I have waited only Until now, to climb "with thee Yonder hills of mystery." Can tho honda that make us here Know ourselves immortal, Drop away, like foliage sear, At life's inner portal? What is holiest below Must forever live and glow. I shall love tho angels well, After I have found them In the mansions where they dwell, With the glory round them. But at first, without eurprise, Let mc look in human eyes. Stop by stop our feet must go Up the holy mountain; Drop by drop within us How Life's unfailing fountain. Angols sing with crowns that burn: We shall have a song to learn. Ho who on our oarthly path Bids us help each other Who his Well-Beloved hath Made our Eldor Brother Will but clasp tho chain of love Closer when wo moet above. Thereforo dread I not to go O'er the Silent River. Death, thy hastoning oar I know; Bear me. thou Lite-giver, Through tho waters, to tho shore, Whore mine own have gone before! -O [Fro7ii LippincoU's Magazine. \ THE PRICK OF A nltEAM. CONCLUDED. It was not a large party; as Dolores look ed about the library whore thc people wer? collected, she saw that she knew everybody there. . She was first to-night, also, because th? sympathies of the wholo party were up it arms. She ought to bo set free; she wa: dying; but what could be dono no on< would havo decidod, if Miss Raleigh hut not fortunately been practical as well us on thusiastic. She lind laid ber own plans, nm intended to carry them out; and tboy wen sensible, as was usually the case with bc judgments. For a time, Dolores was almost as whit? as her dress, and she sat very quiet neu the Abbess, who was talking learnedly ti some heavy man about mineralogy; but sh looked so different from anybody else th? it was impossible to keep one's eyes ol ber. She was dressed as any girl might bal? been, but somehow there wus a fairly rogo look to the scarlet scarf she bad flung ove her shoulders, and an odd ornament fhn she wore in her hair completed the toilette It was n psssion-flower of the most d?licat enamel studded r.-ith gems-just thc sort c striking thing one can so seldom lay bund on; and it seemed fairly a typo of tho gir Pretty soon, Guy Raleigh came and stoo by ber and began to talk, and then sh blossomed into beauty again, and tho pa; sion-flower trembled ominously on its del cato stem with the quick motions of ber li tie bead. Guy noticed it, having an artist's e3*e fe color anti beauty. "It is certainly very appropriate," L \4 said. "It was what my father called mc," ii plied Dolores, "so he gave me this." "Passion-flower," said Guy, anti 1 thought that truly she looked like it. Sbe was an interesting psychological stut to bim; then, too, sho bael a strange, nam less charm for him which any man won have felt-which woulel have given her dangerous power could sbo havo lived in tl world and become conscious of that ma netic influence. So they talked for a few moments; the the last guest arri ved, and dinner wus a nounced. Guy had to go anti offer bis ar to the great lady of the occasion-son foreign ambassador's wife, who bad strayi into that pretty spot for a week, along wil ber friends, all of whom were as much o of place as camelias in a wooel. She was what irreverent young mon the present generation term a "heavy bini the jeweled ambassadress, aud spoke sevei languages with an outlandish accent nt jumbled them all together iu a perplexil fashion; BO that as Guy took his seat at t table, be looked rather enviously toward t place where Dolores sat with a very agi? able man at bor side. As for her, it was enough that sho cou see him, could feel his eyes often turn toward her. Her beautiful dream went i without a break. It was after dinner, and Miss Raleigh h at length an opportunity of opening Dolores her scheme of having ber come live with bor and teach ber Spanish. The doors bad unclosed; this was t change she bael felt to be nenr at hui They talked for some time, and matt were easily carried so far that it was elecic Dolores should come as soon as tho Abb could provide herself with another | verness. "She bas been kind to me, and I must honest," Dolores said, quaintly. "Ob, of course, you darling! Yon dc mind my laughing when yon say things auch an earnest way?" "No, indeed; it does me good to lav and to hear you laugh." "And you say such funny things!" cr Miss Haleigh. "You shall laugh now, I promise you! poor little bird! You have been dull enough all these months, I know." "Each day I thought I should die," said Dolores, not hesitating to speak outright, how that the way of release was opened. "At least, for a long time I thought that then it seemed as if I must be dead, nnd there could never be any moro change." "But that is all over now." "Yes. Oh, thank you! thauk you!" "I may thank you instead," replied Miss Raleigh; "you aro doing me the greatest possible favor. And you must como as soon as you can, I shall be so dreadfully alone. Theso people flit to-morrow. Well, that's not so much matter, but Guy also will start in a few days." It. seemed to Dolores that tho whito hand laid so caressingly on her shoulder had sud? denly thrust a knife into her heart. She must know-she must ask where was ho going, ir ho should die raving in a moment, lint Miss Raleigh went on: "Guy will only bo gone for a fortnight, but he comes back for so short a time; and then, you know, I shall loso him for good." "Lose him!" repeated Dolores. "What do you meou?" "Why, didn't you know ho wns going to be married?" Dolores did not speak; she was leaning back in the shadow. "Ho will be married early in autumn such a lovely girl! Didn't you hear us laughing at dinner about her portrait? It was ono she bad painted and sent to me, but Guy put it in his library." There was somethiug in Dolores' throat like a rush of hot blood-a thousand sparks danced before her eyes; she gavo ono gasp of pain. "Are you ill?" Miss Raleigh asked. She would not faint; if it was death, she would not dio yet. "No, only a little pain. Air-I want tho air! Take mo to seo tilt picture." "I'll send Guy," Miss Raleigh answered "I must go to those tiresome people. Bul i you look so-" "Don't mind me-don't notice; it is no thing." The hostess went to her brother and bade , him take tho senorita away, j "She looks ns if she were dying. Sin , wants to see Isabel's portrait; take her ii j there." Meanwhile, Dolores sat by absoluto fore of will, keeping back the strange sensatioi so like death which had raised upon hoi I Guy came up and said, kindly: "We will try tho library; my sister say you nre not well." He saw that she could scarcely stand, bu not knowing exactly what to say-tho usun predicament of men when illness is con j cerned-he put her hand through ins arn: ; and they went into tho library. Dolores looked eagerly about. "I want to seo tho picture," she said. He led her up to it. She stood and lool ed at tho sweet, fair faco in silence for a fe moments. "What is her name?" sho asked sut ? denly. "Isabel Grey," ho answered. Sho was deathly white-only the reel sp< flamed on one cheek, and her eyes were d lated with pain. Her hand pressed hard 1 her throat. "And you love her?" she said, brokenl; Ho smiled ns he might have done at child. "Nobody loves me," sho moaned-"n body." He tried to say something kind, ner a pearance frightened him; but he could n tell what to do. "Speak my name," she exclaimed; "s? Dolores." He repeated it after her, catching the ve ? tone; she smiled. "You will be happy," she said, iu i broken way; "you will bo happy! Dor j talk to hor about me. I am She gave a little shudder; he caught h ! as she tottered back from his arm, cryii out in horror when ho saw that his bau were stained with tho blood flowing fro her lips. His voice brought in the whe party; they found Guy supporting the i sensible girl, her hoad drooped over 1 arm. They thought she was dead at fin but fortunately ono of the guests was physician, who was wiso enough to ompl the proper remedies on tho instant. Thero was no way of her being move even if Miss Raleigh would have permitt -not that such a barbarity would have be possible to her nature. So in one of the pleasantest rooms of t old house, Dolores lay helpless, forbidd to speak or make tho least effort at motic and her kind friend watched besido her. Tho party broko up and went its wa; and left the perfect qriet necessary. G waited for a few days before he started his journey; sho was not able to seo hi That some dim perception of tho truth < not cross his mind it would be folly to sert, but ho pnt it aside. He was not tl meanest of God's creatures, a man given thinking himself beloved by every won that smiled on him; in his position, i dwelling on the present incident wo have been a sin. Two weeks passed, and Dolores was a to be helped out of bed, and, at her expi desire, to bo placed on a couch in tlu brary. There was little chance of recovery physicians said; the chest was naturi wonk; thero bad been a great deal of 01 work-sotno strain on the mind too; but hemorrhage seemed to have been caused somo great and sudden shock. Gould a body tell if thore had boen such? It a question no one could aus wer. Tho school-girls could remember how had coughed of a morning; the Abbess collected, with a light remorse, the h labor of the past months; but it was all late now. Easy enough to trace the j Stress of tho disease through its soccer stages, but no ono could answer tho med ."-r-r--VT man's inquiry. Perfect quiet was the only thing, they said; with that, she might rally and live fox some months. Any exoitement, any new shook, would be fatal. If it bad been a younger sister, Miss Ha? leigh could not have been more patient and affectionate. She was a glorious type of a woman, whom it is a ahame should only bo thus scantily sketched. Dolores would lie for hours while Miss Raleigh read to ber lie and watch thoso two portraits; fer ono of Guy hung near that of his betrothed. Sue never spoko of bim-never asked a question ; only once, when she saw that Miss Raleigh was regarding her, she said, ab? ruptly: "I prayed for both always-remember that." What Miss Raleigh suspected or believed, no human being over kucw, not ?von ber brother. She did not auswer Dolores' words; after a little, she said: "When you grow strong enough, you aud I will go to Cuba. You would like that?" Dolores looked at her with a heavenly smilo; then 6ho shook her head. "No misgivings," returned ber friend; "I can't allow them, my beautiful passion? flower." For sho often called ber that now, since Dolores had told ber she liked it because ber fathor bad given hor that name. "The poor little passion-flower is blight? ed," said Dolores; "she has been too long away from tho sun." "But I am suro you get strongor every day, dear. You shall be BO petted! Oh, if I had only known you months ago!" Dolores laid her hand on ber head'ns she knelt by tho couch. "Don't ask mo to live, Emily," sho said, and her voico sonnded like that of a tired child. "I hope it isn't wicked, but I can't even try to." And Miss Raleigh could not speak. "1 want them io pray in tho church," sho went on, "but. only for God's peace to the dying. Oh, I can't get well-I couldn't take up lifo again." Dolores' possessions had been brought down from tho school, and at her request ono day Miss Raleigh searched out tho casket which contained her various trinkets. Sbe selected several for such of the school? girls as she had fancied, and made Miss Ra? leigh promiso to wear tho rest; all but ono ornament-sho put asido tho passion-flower which Guy bad admired. When sue was alono sho took it out of thc casket again and looked at it. "Tho thorns aro in my heart," she said "tho blossoms are all about hor." She raised her eyes to tho portrait of Isa? bel, which looked smilingly down upon her. "Each way is as God pleases," she added, ns if addressing a living person. Sho could reach tho tablo as sho sat; sho took up a pen, wrote a few lines on a scrap of paper and folded it carefully about tho passion-flower. As sho laid it back in tho box, Miss Ra? leigh carno into tho room, gently as usual, but thc moment Dolores looked in her face sho knew who had arrived. "Aro yon able to seo a visitor?" Miss Ra? leigh asked. "It is your brother," Dolores answered; "lot him como in." Hbo spoko so quietly that Miss Raleigh did not scruple to comply with her request; indeed, she had seemed much stronger ali that day. Guy was outside tho door, and when bc heard her words bo came softly into the room. Dolores started from tho couch and made a step forward. Miss Raleigh uttered a warning exclamation. But tho warning chaugod to a cry of fear; Dolores reeled for? ward. A second timo Guy caught ber in bis arms, and again her heart's blood dyed bis hands. There was no holp possible this time; she realized it at ouco, and told them so. "Let mo die here," she whispered; and, after he bud placed her on the couoh, Guy still supported ber bead on his shoulder. It was very brief; almost before Miss Ra? leigh could reach tho door to summon as? sistance, it was all over. "Guv!" she said once, in a voice so sweet that all bis life after it seemed as if an angel had culled. With her last consciousness her eyes turned on his face-she was gone! They found tho jeweled flower and the paper, on which was written: "You may givo this to Isabel, Guy." But Guy Raleigh never did bestow tho or? nament upon bis bride, nor was it over mentioned between him and his sister, but she often wondered, woman like, if ho will ask to havo it placed on his breast when bo sleeps for tho lust time, for sho is very cer tniu that tho beautiful flower which was Uko an omen is carefully hidden among bis most secrot treasures. Years have passed since then. Guy Ra? leigh is a happy husband and proud hither to-day, but often, when lie is moro than usually grave and silent, I wonder if bis thoughts have gono back to that half-re? vealed romauce, which, under other circum? stances, might bavo so changed his life. Dolores hus gone uwuy: I do not like to tulk about tho lost being dead. She is liv? ing ber lifo beyond our sphere. It will bo mado plain to us ouu day-ouch in bis turn. Happy Doloros! FRANK LEE BENEDICT. PUMPS. JEWBRYBOD? who bas use for a PUMP should liny MORRELLS FIRE ENGINE, DEEP WELL, and FORCE PUMP. Send for a circular. POOLE A HUNT, Jan 13 Gmo baltimore, Maryland. "That Cough will Kill you!" Try ??COSTAR'S" Congh Remedy. "Colds aud Hoarseness lead to death," Try "COSIAU'S" Cough Remedy. "For Croups-Whooping Coughs, Ac.," Try ..COSTAR*?" CougU Remedy. "Costar sa.'s it is the hi st in tho wide world And if he says HO-its True-its True-its True; and wo say Try it-Try it-Try it." [Monthly Paper, August 2Q. ero- AH Druggists in COLUMBIA sell it. "COST AR'S" STANDARD PREPARATIONS AUE HIS BEAUTIFIER! THE Bitter-Sv/eet and Orange Blossoms. Ono Bottle, $1.00-Three for $2.00. HIS BuLolitliorn Salvo! HIS "COSTARVi" Kat, Poach, Ac. Exterminators. "OOSTAR'S" Bed-Bug Exterminators. "COSTAU'S" (only pure) Insect Powder. "Only Infallible lu medics known." "18 years establish! d in New York." "2,000 Boxes and Flasks manufactured daily." "II ! Beware ! 1 ! ot spurious imitations." "All Druggists in COLUMBIA sell them." Address "COSTAK," 10 Crosby street. N. Y. Soldin Columbia, S. C.. bv E. E, JACKSON April 1 [d."c 22]_ly JES XO X?2 X_n SJ X O Xt". Prompt, Cheat) and Accurate. \\\\Y E S T A L L I S H E D 1 8 G J . MARCH, THE PHOENIX Book, Job and Nowsoaper Power Press PRINTUHi ESTABLISHMENT! Main St: i ct, above Taylor, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. T11E pr< 'prietor has rocen ? 1 y made EXTENSI V E ADDITIONS to his tor m er large stock of material Type, Prensen, Colored Inks. Paper, Cards, etc., introducing the LATEST STYLI.s. and is fully prepared to undertake anv and i v. rv thing in the PLAIN and FANCY PRINTING LINE, From a Carte PiViVetoa massive volume or a thirty feet Poster. The following are tho inducements: ?1 _-?--^^Ko ?g ll >: '*>?? ^t^MW^a il il {j??? ll ?p#? it ll M^Mm? P ?u fr ^Mk ib i% &* m '"->*!iSfr ff Prices are Lower than anj other establishment In tiiii< Stat!. o? i ven New York. Pamphlets, Circulars. Lil! Heads, Uriels, Hall Tickets. f. invitations, Dray TicketH, f^'^f^x. Heoeipts, Programmes, ??ly^v-*1 Hand-bills, Letter Heads, yJwffft'ft- Posters, Checks, *--*?&*Q&?-. Blanks, Draft ?, *****??i?? Labels, Wedding. Visiting and Business Curds, Ac.,.Vc, of all styles ami sizes; in fact, Any and Every Description of Printing! In one, two, three Colors and Bron?.e, promptly attended u>. JULIAN A. SKI.KY. Proprietor. Fresh Supplies. DUTCH HERRINGS, FRESH COUNTRY .\NI> MOUNTAIN BUTTER, Pink-Eve and Penoh-l'.low Planting Potatoes, Fine Goshen CHEESE, At ti. DIERCKS, Jan 23 At the Sign of the Watch. Purifies the Blood. For Sale by I>rug(r?Nts I'.vcrywlicrc. Mackerel. rr tr KITS :KO. I Bay and shoal MACKEREL, / O 60 Rbis., Halves and Quarters, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, for aalo by E. A. G. D. HOPE. Scythes and Grain Cradle?. i>/A DOZ. Griffin's Best GRAIN CRADLES, (! doz. five and six Finger Grain Cradles. At low prices, for cash, by J. A T. R. AGNEW. THE GREAT THROUGH ROUTE, CARRYING THE United States Mail and Adams Express. jjyFOR. THE NORTII.-S? NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD in direct lint to Petersburg, Richmond, Portsmouth, Balti? more, Philadelphia, Now York and Boston. ALSO. To the North-west and Weet, via Raleigh, Char? lotte, Columbia and Bay Line. Thia is a sato and expeditious route for Through travel. THROUGH TICKETS sold at: New Orleans, Charleston, Bichmond, Mobile, Montgomery, Columbia, Portsmouth, Macon, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Augusta,. Petersburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, New York, Greensboro, Louisville, Raleigh, Salisbury, AUK Goon ON THIS ROUTE. St. Louis, Tho North Carolina Railroad connects with tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, Richmond and Danville Rail? road, Western North Carolina Railroad, Charlotta and South Carolina Railroad. Tho comfort of passsngers consulted-their baggage checked through and duly cared for. ELEGANT COACHES AND PALACE SLEEPING CARS Attached. Good water; no ferry nor trestle-works,, and the entire management of the Road so as to secure a Safe, Agrccablo and QUICK travel. ALBERT JOHNSON, Superintendent. April 30_ 4mo TJTE CENTRAL SHORT LINE. SUPEBINTENDENT'S OFFICE, CHARLOTTE ANO S. C. AND C. AND A. B. B., COLUMBIA. S. C., April 10, 1SG9. _ THE following is the Saa-gte tions sure to all points North, South or West. Going North. |_| Going South. Leave. 8.50 a m | Augm ta Arrive. 4.45 p m " 9.45 a m | Gramtevillo Leave. 4.15 p nt " 2.00 pm Columbia '? 12.10 pm " 8.25 p ni Charlotte " 5.45 a m " 1.30 a m Greensboro " 12.15 a m " 11.15 am Richmond " 2.45 pm " H.40pm Washington j " 7.00am " 10.30 pm Baltimore I ?? 4.40 am " 2.25 a ni Philadelphia ' " 12.25 a m Arrivo.G.05 a m Now York | " 8.40 pm Making close connections at Charlotte to all points North, and East, and at Augusta to all points South and Weat. Baguage checked through. Pare as low aa by competing linos. To insure SPEED, SAFETY and COMFORT, be sino and ask for Tickets via Columbia and Gra nitoville. First-class Eating Uousca along the entire Route. Tickets hy thisrouto arc OPTIONAL-either ric Danville and Richmond, Weldon and Richmond, or Weldon and Old Bay Line-good until used. For Tickets to all principal points North, South or West, apply at Ticket Office, foot Blauding street, or for other information to C. BOC KNIGHT, Superintendent, Or, E. R. DORSEY, General Freight and Ticket Agent._April ll South Carolina Railroad Company, GENERAL SUPT'S OFFICE, ArntL 9, 1869. .K?M^SISSSr T?F folIo'vi,,?Scliedn-r Sra!srei^^j?si^i^for Passenger Trama will bo observed lrom this date: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaving Columbia at. 7.15 a. ru. Arriving at Columbia at. 6.10 p. m. SIGHT EXPRESS THAIN. Leaving Columbia at. 5.50 p. ni. Arriving at Columbia at. 4.45 a. m. CAMDEN THAIN. Will run fin Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Arriving in Columbia at.".11.00 a."ni. Leaving Columbia at. 2.20 p. m. April 10 H. T. PEAKE. Gene ral Sup t. Charlotte and South Carolina and Columbia and Augnsta Railroad Companies. SUPT'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, AprillO, 180?. rr? tm T~T ^]?^-?P PASSENGER TRAIN? tv" apea jg ijjgj^M*gggg run a" follows: OOINO NuRTU. Leave Granit oville, at.9.45 a. m. " Columbia, S. C., at. 2.00 p. m Arrive at Charlotte, N. C. 8.15 p. m. COMINO SOUTH. Leave Charlotte, N. C., at.5.45 a. rn. " Columbia, S. C., at.12.10 " Arrive at Graniteville, S. C. 4.10 p. ni. Through Tickots on sale for all principal point t North and South. Baggage checked through. Close and continuous connections made North aud South. Passengers reach Augusta at 4.45 p. m. April ll_CALEB BOUKNIGHT, Supcrin't. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CS Tcpry (^S^fgflSCj PASSENGER Trains tun tHy^F5"-<y ?&^?s&J daily, Sunday excepted, con? necting with Night Train on Charleston Railroad Lve Columbia 7.00 a.m. Lve Greenville 0.00 a.m. " Alston 8.55 " " Anderson 6.45 '* " Nowberryl0.35 " " Abbeville 8.45 " Arr Abbeville * 3.:t(tp.ni 11 Newberry 1.25 p.o. " Anderson 5.15 " " Alston 3.00 "Greenville 6.00 " Arr Columbia 5.00 p.m Trains on Blue Ridge Railroad run as follows. Lve Anderson 5.20 p.m. Lve Walhalla 4.00 a.m. " Pendleton 6.20 " " Pendleton 5.40 " Arr Walhalla 8.00 " Arr Anderson C.40 " Tho train will return from Belton to Andersen on Monti av and Friday mornings. JAMES O. M?RED1TH, General Supt. Laurens Railroad-New Schedule. !'.'J.lMt>>Atf~~ MAIL Trains on thia Road mn to g^ESSHsreturn on same day. to connect with up aud down Trains on Greenville aud Columbia Railroad, at Helena; leaving Laurens at5 A. M., on TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, and leaving He-lent; at 1.30 P. M. samo days. July 9 _J^- BOWERS; Superintendent Office North Carolina Railroad Co., HZ mk TT7 rapTSSi*' THE following is the IW^Vf^k?^S?-".'schedule for Passenger Trains ovei this road: Leave Charlotte..11.86 p. m. Arrive. .11.35 p. ru. " Greensboro 5.05 a. ni. and 7 17 p. m. " Raleigh 0.11 a. n.. and a.'?0 p. m. Arrive Goldshoro 12.25 p. m. Leave.. 12.30 p. n.. Through Passengers by this ijm- haveehoiee ot routes t in Greensboro and Danville to Richmond, or via Raleigh and Weldon to Richmond or Ports? mouth; arriving at all point? North of Richmond at the same time by either route. Connection Ls made ut Goldsb'oro with Paeeenger Traine on Du Wilmington and Wildon Railre>ad to and fron: VV'iimington, and Freight Train to Weldon. Ah; to Newborn, on A A N. O. Road. Spartanbnrg and Union Railroad. I rTCXrS3RC; PASSENGER Trains leave Spartan gHE9@burg Court House Mondays, Wedin s ilava and Fridays, at 7.A. M., and arrive at Alston 1.20 P. M., connecting with the Greenville Down Train and trains for Charlotte and Charlcaton. On Tuesdays, Thuradaypjand Saturdays, the Up Passenger Trains, connecting with the Greenville Up Trains, leave Alston 9 A. M. and arrivo Spar? tanbnrg C'onrt House 3.20 P. M., aa follows: Jioirn Train. Vp Train. Miles. Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leave. Spartanbnrg.... 0 7.00 3.20 1-acolet.10 7.45 7.48 2.32 2.85 Jonesville.19 8.25 8.30 1.50 1.55 Unionville.28 9.15 9.40 12.40 1.05 Santuc.37 10.16 10.21 12.03 12.08 Shelton .48 11.10 11.12 11.06 ll.OK Lyles Ford.52 11.36 11.38 10.89 10.42 Strother.66 M.02 12.05 10.12 10.15 Alston.68 1.20 9.0C Jan 7 THOS. B. JETER, President.