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. J TRUE FRIENDSHPI. W BY DAVID It. METCAD'. I ne'er will forsaka thee. Though <)arkne?9 anil woe Shroud with gloom thy pathway In life's journey below ; Though frienils may prove false When fortune iloth frown, One heart shall prove true To the soul that's cast down. How sweet for true friends In communion to meet. Where heart beats to heart. And naught is deceit ' m In weal or in woe Never 'sunder the tie That binds hearts together. Though storm-clouds sweep by. 1 hough adversity be thine, True hearts will remain Free from the foul touch Of falsity's stain ; In joy or in sorrow. False hearts, let them floe ! But noble souls will be ever True to heaven and thee. FLASHES. A paradox?two. physicians. Branch establishments?liaibs of the : law. Some men, between two evils, choose both. The only school-board that it spoils: to whitewash is the black-board. A volume that is apt to bring tears j to anybody's eyes?a volume of smoke AY hen a man is reported ''missing," it is because he has been seen with a girl. "Experience is a deer teacher"?old maxim. Xot half so dear as a pretty school inarm. AVhen does a farmer act with great rudeness toward his corn ? AVhen he pulls its ear. AA'hen you hear a man say "Life is I but a dream," tread on his corns and wake him up. Life is real. 1 here will soon appear a new songi palled "Put your arm around me pet; the old man's eyes are shct." "Is that clock right over there ?'\ asked a visitor. "Right over there ?' paid a boy, " 'Taint no where else." Ad intelligent German thus expresses his preference for a quack doctor: "I vouldn't call him ov mine cat vas dead/' A wag suggests that a suitable opening for many choirs would be " Oh, Lord, have mcrov on us miserable jjja. singers." A man is never emphatically cmIractd by the spirit of economy as when ak the church contribution box stares him |m ^ in the face. Russia aod* Turkey are now lying down peacefully together like the fox and the goose?only tho goose is inside "Go out, youog men. she's not here," said a Kentucky preacher last Sunday in the midst of his sermou to a youth hesitating at the doorway. A Mayor out West ha9 determined to kill half the dogs in the city, and tan their hides with the bark of th< other half Perhaps it is wrong to go fishing on Sunday, but if fish are w icked enough to bite on Sunday they ought to be rood* to suffer lor tf. Speaking of damdrg, a clergyman hits the nail en tl?* head witli the remark that pi epic usually do more evil with their tongues than with their toes.,' "I'm ashamed of the age ju which we live," said a maiden of thirty-eight. ' You may he ashamed of yours, but I'm not of mine." replied a nineteen-yearold companion. A Mississippi Judgo was saying that no one but a coward would carry u pistol, when his own fell from his pocket, was discharged and the bullet hit a lawyer in the leg. An enthusiastic Indiana editor wrote "The battle is now opened," but. alas! the intelligent compositor spelled 'battle' with on "o." and his readers say they have euspectcd it ail along. \ tramp dropped in and meekly inc|uired the way to Thunder. He said that whenever he asked lor work lie was told to go to Thunder, and he supposed they wanted hands there. A Florida negro mistook a mule for a ghost and p"kid it with a stick. The verdict recited that lie came to his death ty using loo fhort a stick in probing the unknown evidence of a future existence. A bashtul young man applied to his village paper for information on the important subject, ' How to win woman's love.'* The reply was. ' Kiss tho babies, caress the tomcat, and pay strict attention to tho old lady." WORDS OF WISDOM Travel makes a wise man better, tut a fool worse. To be entp'oved in useless thing? is to be half idle. To talk without tlinking, is to shoot without aiming. Common sense is nature's gift, but reason is an art. Thy hand is never the worse for dn., irg thy own work. Though poverty may bring sorrow riches bring inquietude. Though you stroke the nettle ever so kindly, yet it will sling you. To uo good to tho ungrateful is to throw rose-water into tho sea. The man who arsumcs toknowcvcrytl irg g< ucrsiiy knows very little about r? anything. Known d/e. when ni tho possession of on'v a few, has nlwajsVen turmd ir to in-Vjuitf n? purposes. To li< <on for'ob?e and e?ntfrt?d. sprr.d b js tbao \pu j:ia art. which ftrf baYc Iiaincd. , k i . . The Farmer Feeds Them All. Every calling, profession, and I pursuit is supported by tho farmer. He feeds all nations and peoples. If he is skillful, educated, and successful, trade prospers ; the white sails of commerce and peace iloat busily over the seas; tho myriad looms and spindles of our factories, the forges and anvils of our shops and founderies put forth their full strength, and make all the air resound with their din ! The skilled artisan and mechanic, with plenty before them, ply 1 their busv hands and exercise their acute brains to bring out of chaos things of use and beauty?contrivances to lighten labor and further prosperity. So, too, in the sunshine of the farmer's prosperity, all pursuits bask and flourish ; and the nation of great farmers becomes great. If the farmers of a nation lack skill, science, and cducatiou?requisites for successful culture?the soil locks up its treasures; then commerce, the great industries, trades and nrofessioiis. all languish, and J.. the nation is in woo and want. Agrieulturc then may be regarded as the basis not only of individual comfort and success, but of natural greatness. A glance at the status of nations will at once show that in proportion to agricultural advancement and skill, it is classed in the eye of the world. England, France, Germany, the United States of modern times, and Greece and Rome, the mistresses of the world" of anc cut times?all of advanced agriculture?how infinitely above the lands in which this great industry languishes ! Speaking of Rome, we cannot forbear giving an extract showing the estimation in which agriculture was held by that nation in its palmiest days: "Among the Romans agriculture was held in the greatest esteem. Cato in the second and Yaro in the first century previous to the Christian era; Virgil, at the time of the birth of our Saviour ; Palladines, Pliny, and Columella, have all extolled its excellences. Several of the noI blest families of Rome derived ; their patronymies from some vegetables which they were famous for raising, such as the Fabil pea, ( Lentuli, Cicerones, ?tc. These were the days of Roman agricultural ' " .LA _.t glory. uatoBivs mat wneu mu? praised a good man tbey called him an agriculturist and a husbandman, and it was considered a groat honor to be thus spoken of. Cincinnati, 1 who flourished 4G0 years before ' Christ, was the plowman of his own four acres, and when tho Saminito ambassadors visited Curtius Dentatus, they found hiai at work with ' his vegetables. Catoea^s: ' Study to have a large dunghill; and to this I would add, treat your dumb laborers as inferior brothers, deprived of speech." How important, then, that agriculture should be fostered and encouraged; that the aged veterans of the plow should be honored for their work's sake, ami tlio young taught to respect and i O ^ i take pride in the calling. To its praise Virgil sang his immortal Georgics and Cato his highest philosophy. Should not the veterans of agricultural literature meet every encouragement in their good work from a grateful people ' ? American Farmer. Experiments with Fertilizer. It has been nointed out. that in ilic scientific composition of manures, ! while all formulas have been base ! on the composition of plants, the bearing of these on the nature of soils has been overlooked. In other words, commerce prepares special , manures for plants,?forgetting another and perhaps greater want, their application to each eoil. In Belgium, many farmers test manures on different plants, grown on a variety of soils; the manures are , carefully* analyzed. These volun| tecr experiments have been of great practical value, by enabling cultivators to economize in the purchase of fertilizers. It is unnecessary to buy all the active elements ol" a manure, if one or more of these already exist in the soil. The j active elements of manures are nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, &c.; it is essential in purchasing to be sure if a fertilizer contains these ; in a soluble, assimilable, or insohr ble state. Somo soils contain enough of nitrogen, others a sufficiency of phosphoric acid or potash. To suppress the superfluity by not purchasing a 'pccial manure contain! ing it, is a net gain. Further, it would not he wise to conclude, that ! if such an agent he not used this year, it trill the next. The soluble stimulants of manures are washed very rapidly out of the soil by the winter rains. These remarks are peculiarly applicable to reclaimed lands. Natural Rain vs. Irrigation It is truly worthy a careful study by our farmers to watch the different effect a natural rain hus upon all vegetation as contrasted with any plan of irrigation invented by man ; the very plants seem to knov the difference, and tnev manifest it by their looks. Let. anv one examine a field of grnip, rr a garden of plants after a goodly rain, and they v ill fix d tlir rain drops hanging h^oii ludV. I fade's bfud IfcfaVnJ like gems, sparkling in the light of day, but try any plan of irrigation by artificial means and there are no such appearances, the plants or flowers showered by hose seem beaten down in a measure, and although benefited, the contrast between nature and art, is easily seen?and this is worthy special notice.? Cal. Farmer. Bermuda Gra^s. A Texas correspondent of the i Southern Farmer says : If I had a cotton field taken prisoner by the Bermuda grass while I was trying to prevent it, 1 would value it more highly than anv cotton fioid in Texas. A hundred acres of cotton does not yield but very little after the expense of tillage and gathering is paid : hut I do know that a fieli of Bermuda grass needs no cultivation and no gathering that cannot readily be done bv a o flock of sheep or herd of cows and calves. The rain and sunshine does not cost a cent. It makes the crass grow, and the cows and calves do not charge any thing for gathering it. There is really a clear O ? profit from the grass crop, but on the cotton side of the question there is not enough left, after payinor pxnenses. to talk about ""O ""I ' Fruit Stains.?To remove fruit stains let the spotted part of the cloth imbbibc a little water without dipping it, and hohl the part over two of three lighted brimstone matches at a proper distance. The sulphurous gas which is discharged soon causes the spots to disppcar. Or all bright colored fruit stains can be removed by scalding in clear boiling water. MM ^ THE UNEQUALLED JAUEfPEL DOUBLE PORTABLE AWD STATIONARY I . SAW, FLOUR AWD GBIST MILLS, . jg'JP jj[d| 111! t * ')j ijj 11 ^ f>1 :f ! ! !M ; sBAFnyo.FULLgYt m HAMEBS m ?!??!?!'N. WOLFE, i ' |(/ni: vp. nitv goods store. ALSO, lljys and pays the highest market price | for green and dry cow hide', sheep, fox, i otter, mink, raccoon an I rabbit skins. 1 Also, rag', wool, tallow, beeswax, old iron, ' brass, copper, &e. jnnltf COTTON GINS. I'55 M i'. TO set [tec Saw. For fast pinning an<l O'OOD SAMl'LK ; t!ic;c g;us caiijn.t be siirpns-p<!. We Iukc ; ir.a !c an improvement in our roll hex which prevent* choking. Now is the lime to engage NKW (JIXS j ami have repairing done. We have on hnml a few second-hand gins ; at a bat pi in. l'ersons hiving g::n to be I ri p.lire i. will plcure son 1 them in once, > so us to get them in time. ; i'oru ShcIIcrs, Thmliiiij; Maehiues. Wheat Fanners, Straw (stit tors, Eto., Furnished at the short eft notice It- J. JlctREIGHT & SON. Manufacturers. j marl lit Groat Bargains AT THE THE OLD BRICK STORE. xit n m?T> AT*n YV . \J, UJJ1VAUI/ OFFERS HIS Immense Stock, CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Notion*, GBOCFJtlES i Of every kind, and FIN EST Q.ialitv, I Hardware, Garden Seeds, Etc., FOR THE jsUMMERMONTIIS AT THE I ! LOWEST CASH TRICES. I W. c. YulW'O. ISAAC YOL'NG. YOUNG BROS., ! Harness, Hoots, Shoes, tVc. ' Made or repaired at the thortest notice faud in tli? most durable manner. The highest price paid for 1IIULS nf all i descriptions. tiivo ns u ca'l. ono door w?t of the ' l,fi9toflic?. Camden. S. C. declltf "Jfi-I-t o! ilffl'.Wn't lvjifii ?n*jm'r foV s'afo ifty ISl'MlSlfttf. 1?^?I ! i i I m marc: We liave received, and are now oj BOOTS, SHOES I'X>lt SPRI? Orders promptly filled, and all | o ! B. F. flbm: lVhftlcMle BOOTS, SHOES No. 2 HAYNE STRE 1). P. FLKMINfl. J AS. M. WILSON, J. R. GOtlDAIi. Stoves, Stoves i A HEAVY" STOCK OF Cook, Parlor and Office | STOVES, OF AI.L STYLES, JUST RECEIVED, AND OFFERED AT PRICES LOWER THAN* CAN DE HAD Elsewhere ill Camden I C.UTTERINO, ROOFINO. &c? attended to :it shortest notice and on ncconintoanting i terms. A fitll line of Tinware & House Furnishing Goods, Kepi constantly on nunu, ?at?"All work guaranteed. JOHN' It. GOODALE<lce4tf Candy, Candy. ROXKS assorted Candv for sale l?v ?'J BAUJf BROS. JJST OPENED. Fall and Winter Stock AT James Jones. ( have the pleasure of announcing to ! my numerous patrons that I have Just It turned from the Northern Markets where I purchased a heavy stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which I propose to hell at prices corresponding with tlie low price of cotton, i My stock of HARDWARE cannot he excelled in this market, and as 1 made my purchases in this line, under the most favorable circumstances, I can afford to sell the same at the Very Lowest Prices. COTTON. I am always in the market, and give the highest market prices in cash, The patronage of the public is solicited, l'oliie nnd attentive clerks on hand to serve customers. sej.l'.i?if JAMES JONES. W. vJLYBURN, 1 j General Insurance Agent, Represents: Galveston Insurance Association. I'liioirMcrlnr and I'ire In ."trance t >., Texas Hanking and Insurance Co.. Galveston IiiKiirrance Co., Of Galveston, Texas. 1 ? | i Cash Capital $600,000 00 ' Surplus 105,781 07 Total $755,781 07 " CAPITAL & ASSETS, $755,781 97. I Georgia Home Insnrance Company, i Columbus, Gn. OR ANIZKD IN 1859. Capital Stock ..... $.'>00,000 00 Total Assets 02-1,1-0 22 octOOtf REMOVAL i hep to intorm the public that I have removed my Carriage, Wagon ami li lacks mi tli Shops To tbo building recently fitted up by me,' on 11 road afreet, on<? door south of Lettucr ; & RnnhpV law office. Villi more ro ri and inprrnst 1 facil'lier for turulti'f ont first-ciasN work, 1 tee' ju-. titied in guaranteeing sntrnfaclion f.>r all work turned ton in any department ?>t i.:y , btisincs*. I JxMt M, mS??0. I EC 1878. . j pening, a largo and new stock of , and TIU XK8 TI^ADE? joods with our brand warranted. | I ijyg & co? | Denier* in AND TRUNKS, ET, Cor. CHURCH ST., 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. Water-Purifying Chain Pump i Acknowledged lo be superior to any other j piimp known. No valves to get out of or [ dcr. Ruckct and chains made of gnlvan- j ize-l n nimble iron. The foulest water I ninde ; tire by the use of this pump. 10 j feet rr less. S'O; each additional foot, 50 ! cents. This puiup may he examined at the Latham House. janS-tf LATHAM & PERKINS, j AAA i week in your own town, (a Outfit t H. [?-*? > free. No n>k. Reader, If you wantH luiBincsa at which persons of either ; sex ran make jrreal pay nil the time i they work, write for particulars to ii. If am.kttA [ Co.. Portland. Maine. mari2-ly GILBERT BROTHERS, (NEW ESTABLISHMENT,; CARRIAGE, WAGON AND |BLACKSMITH'S SHOP; AT TIIK Old Ntand of lletttN BroV We are prepared to do everything In our line | In the tirct style, at short notice, and at the i cheapest cash rates. PLANTATION WORK a specialty. Public patronage respectfully solicited. GILBERT BRO'S. j .Tan. 2?-Cm 'Riddle's Hotel, LANCASTER C. H.f S. C. ; Having purchased the Hotel formerly occupied by Mr. .Tones Crockett, situated on Main street, 1 ; uin prepared to receive transient and permanent boarders. flood nrrommndatlonn at reasonable rates. I Stables and Lota free to drovers. I JanlMf .?. M. RIDDLE. BACK AGAIN. I HAVE the pleasure of announcing to my ' friends and patrons t\nt I have removed to JflY OLD STA^D, i where with far greater facilities and conveniences than I had before the lire, I am \ prepared to conduct a ! FIRST CLASS BAKERYj j in every respect, and the patronage of the J j public i? cordially solicited. Orders For Cakes: of any description promptly and satisfneto I j lily tilled by competent bakers. FrcsL. XZzrccica I ! always on hand, oct 2.5:f MRS. IT. CROSBY. At or Near Cost. Having "on hand t<o largo a stock o? , j I.Kjl 0118 of lust qualities to carry through ihe dull season, I nta determined to ttirn I it into money, nnu in order to do so rapid j Jy, have concluded to sell at the following | very low prices by the gallon : . OM Grow Kv. Rye Whisky $4.25 Dickov Dye * 2.50 Miller's Ryo 2 50 1'riJo of Ohio Rye 1.75 | North Carolina Core 2.50 I Railimore G'oru 1.75 j Apple Rruudy (the best) 3.75 l (.linger Ilrandv 2.50 j Dlackhorrv lirandy 2 50 ^ I Cognac lira inly 3.50 (Jin (best) 2.50 Kuoi (pure) 2.50 ' J'ort Wine 2.50 Tobacco and Cigars In variety, at low j i r prices. Also, a fine assortment of i 1 ? 1 /N Jb'amuy urocenes of (lie best quality. 1 fall nnd see me, and price my poods be- , ore pin chasing elsewhere. J. H, LOLLIS, at Old Brick Corner,'' Broad St? Camden, S. C. janl-tf 7E7dand SALE ST/BLES. I Every convenience on the spot. Always put up at ARMSTRONG'S COMMODIOMS: STABLES on DeKalb Street, (iood pump well 011J i premi-e-.. Animals well f?d and properly cared for by accomplished hostlers. < PRICES V Kill'MODERATE Horses anil mules always on hand and ' for sale cheap. Don't forget the place. ' J.A.ARMSTRONG. > | IF*).. I'tiN tea lnueoicu to mo are request | | to he prompt in making se'tlcment. Collec-j | tions must he made or I shall he compelled j to adopt severe measures. Spring Opening!; MILI,I]>ERY| AND IHUifcS OOODK. I am noiv receiving and ojcnittg iny Soring and Slimmer Styles,, Of the above goods, in great varieties, to ! * which I invito ilio attention ol the ladies. I vty i focl; will include all the latest novel- j tics in r.i'liiou. My DRESS - >1AKI\G fUopartmont in the hand# of an experienced MODIhTE. ?L"S" tn*te aud caeCutiou will give italic l.ic i ton. Mrs. T. 1*. Walker. r ;i rlit^rcl. IV ii i >v;:3 VI MuV'uWl l' r -ajy at NEW GOODS! / t Spring of 1878! / o a choice stock of FANCY AND DOMESTIC ffilf GOOES, in new and handsome styles, bcth foreign and m domestic, many of them purchased below the COST OF MANUFACTURE, And -will be sold at prices which cannot fail to give satisfaction. My CLOTHING, HAT and ?HOE DEPARTMENTS arc complete, and at the TTTTITI T7* T' ^TTTTnom TTir/^1 TTT"i TTir^ v _ej srj _r_ vv _cj?T>_l jt j.vjt vj _c\j_elik3> cash buyers Will find it to their interest to call and examine the STOCK before purchasing. Robert M. Kennedy. H. BARUCH o OPENED THIS DAY. In addition to my already extensive stock, I have this day received a Beautiful Lot of FXCTX3 LINEN LAWN, Which I offer at the VERY LOW price of 10c per yard. A new lot of Corded and Printed Jaconets, Hamburg Edging and Insertion, and a large lot of NEW CLOTHING. PRINTS 5c. CORDED PIQUE 8 l-0c. Very Fine LONG CLOTH 10c. A large lot of Dress PIQUES have been marked down from their former low figure. 0 kid gloves. 50 DOZEN PAIRS, G<?od at 50c per pair 1 Either of these qualities cannot be excelled Better at $1 in quality and price anywhere in the United Best at 91-^0 j States. My Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES u known to be large, and new additions have also been made to this Department. HATS, 4 In STRAW, WOOL or FUR for Men, Youths, Boys and Children. Curtain JLace at 10 2-3c, 18c, 20c, 2oc and 40c. Very cheap indeed, and every lady ought to see them. Window Shades and Fixtures. Matting! Matting! MattingI Carpets! Oarpets! R, BARUCH. $100,000 WUK I f1 Uf TO BE SOLD At Astonishing Low Prices; CONSISTING OF [)ry Goods, Clothing:, Hats, Shoes, Hardware, Saddles, Harness, Groceries, Bagging, Ties. We Still Pay Afcote Market Price for Cotton. BAUM BROS.