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A RATTLING WATCH.'--ThQmas Steen, the well-known auctiooor of this eity, saw an advertisement in a respectable Western agricult ral paper which stated that the pro prietors of the 'Fireside Journal', published in New York, had pur chased 25,000 watches from vari ous pawnbroker shops, and that for three dollars and a half the Journal would be sent for 1 year and one of the watches would be thrown in. A colored man who wiorks for Mr. Steen wanted a watch, and Mr. Steen sent a P. 0. order for the amount named. A month elapsed and nothing was heard from the Journal. Mr. Steen corresponded -with lie proprietors Of the newspaper which published the advertisment, got a written guarantee from the New York post olive that the money had been paid over to the journal and wrote to the prol)rictors of that sheet, who denied having received the money, the duplicate order proving the payment was sert to them. The other (lay the watch came, but it is such a meni one that Mr. Steen was hamod to give it to the col-' ()red man and returned him the! money from his pocket, T1e watch in question is a 'rattler.' It is open fahee, the crystal revolves with faci lity , and wenII the insA6t rut - miit is shaken its works rattle and areT (ieci(edl y loose, therefore thef watch is dubbed a rattle. The two hands are Iure brass an(d tlh case (f Some whie metal whuich is not. silver. Tle thin(r 'oes,' but the 4ime it keeps has not yet been de termilined. Mr. Steenl sayvs he is sat isfied witI his -exper~ielnce' anid declares that this is all le has got t) show for his money. w cop I(,; Of the pa per have coie. Green ville New. -The theory that consumption iS contagious has been laugh Ied at, but some sti-iking confiimatory ev 1 ( h1 a IITs beml n1 I thIered by ihe BrhIi shi1~ Mei(cal Ass~oci ation, which Eaus b~een inq(uirin~g inito the exper1i enlees of p~hysicians in this dir'et ilon. (Only abou)1t 100 of mforo1 thani A.0 dO)(octorS's who repiliedI ven1tur eJ to delareh' theirt dlisbelief ini the: t han half ol themi were unfpreparedl to) expre'ss ani opinion0 eitherCI wayv. But 2h I dkeiled p)ositively that they~ hadl kniown cases where the one1( perhison to another, andl~ i e a birge~2 unmber' of cases where it~ was kino-nu that thei was 1no hered~it a ry taint ini the failyi1 ofthe person ';at(ching thes disease. The gr'eat hi njority of these victims were' t he! h ubndls or' wives of conisumpi 1t i es, andi~ maniy othersi' had been imr ses of the sick persous. Tw Io or . tee i nstaneos'C are giLven whei re lni(atedl to three, four' anid five p.er onIs, oneC aftecr a notheor. TIhe m )ed - i('ai association (1oes not v entur'e to aisser1t thatt this data aibsoluitely lpoves thie conitagioUuness of tuber (Iulosis ; it is, ho wever. a strj~o (vidlence in favor' of the belief thatt tihe bacilli or' germs dIiscovered( by! l()Qlb are the cau se anid not the re THE SEEDss WATERMELON. A writer in the Talahassee Flori dian says: 'It may be a natter of interest to your many readers to know how to produce tho seedlews watermelon. As soon as the vine has attained the length of 3 feet or more, place under it, about mid way the vine, the amount of con post you would put in a hill, to do which it is best to excavate the earth, and bring to a level with good compost. Place the vine over this, and cover to a sufficient depth to prevent drying, leaving out as much as possible of the bud. As soon as it has taken root cut it loose from the parent stem. If' there should be a bloom, or bloom bud, before it takes root in the place of seeds, thero will be white pulps, but uone afterward.., WILL READ EvrHER, WA Y. -OUrF young friends have heard of palin dromes-word3 or lines that read and spell the same backward as forward. 'T'le following sentences, printedI in) London Trth5imlply make sense read word by word either way : 'Solon i 1 had vast tieast r -es silver and gol-things precious. I lppy antId rich ad 11(1 wise was lie. FaithI'flly ser've I lie (od. 'She sits laanenting') sadly, often too much alone. 'Manl i ) noble and geneous of ten, bu1t Soiletimlies vail anid cow arefulbv hoiled e g . are good and palatable.,'-Youtls Comip 'aii ionl. 1-: re. - -i1 w p1 ubSerillpt ions- -arto alway.; paid in advamucee-thait is; to car if t lhe su1bscrilber1 Ioes, L.ot i t the publisherPs are obliged to, as the paper' dlerIs, the printer, thie type fouindlrs, the ilnk lers, thle; prss mn, the hudlords and oth er-S w~ ill 114t wait ( r 1their pay Un til the next N (arexyiros. We leave the deAliquent subscriber to finish this item to Suit hiself.-- KLowee Courilier 1:oy1d,' wh1o at the outbrea~Nk of t he rebhellionm wasi .15 yea&rs of age, is thme matrionly wife of C'oh. Jolhn llanun~m'oid, of Te'cxas, who dwells on a ranchi neiar San Antonia . Ile was~ one of St onewall .Jackson' sconts ini Virginia. She was, as mayU be remiembered,~ ni shed to Eurlope. She has -1 chiildre'Qn. -.1t is salid there is a\ color'ed woman ii1iving near Snapinag Shoals, who is 110 years old. Ilel huts band, Wih) is no0w deadl, was thmoughit to. be 120 yearis ohld wvhen hio died. -A wise man ought to hope for the best , be preptlaredl for t he worst, and hear' with eqlulanimity wh~atev er luay happlen. - *-A-\. tritty(V Clored muan near Santtile, S. C., has bought 4 Jer' seys, for which lie paid $1I,000. --St rawbcerries in the Atlanta market at *40c. per quart. -Whe a mani's coat is thlread bare it is easy to pick a hole in it. --uir e for TH'IE M1ESSENG1~lt f. F. ANSEL, J. It. NEWTON 'reenville, S. C. Pickens S. 0 ANSEL & NEWTON, AXtorneys at Law, PICKENS C. H., S. C. feb 29--tf C. E. ROHN3ON, I'iekens, S. C. J. T. NIX, J.J. NIX, 11reenville. S. C. Hlampton, S.C. gix, Robinson & Nix, Attorneys aind C(oinsellors at Law. PICKENS C. 11., S. (1. Will pictie ino all the Courts of the s5talte, and of the Un1ited States.: All busine.s shall receive prompt Ittention. Jan 25--ly 'I'(). W'. TA YLO. .1 Al F1S P. CA lUY. TAYLOR & (A"RY, 46..ttorneys3r at xLaw.,7 PICKENS C. II., S. C. DIe 11-1v ADAM C. WELBORN, oulls ell1o' at Law, (;EENVI1., S. C. 1i S . (Cou/s. (1 tie s n ('ev land0 ti) lk vr ItSa Xel's (h Hing I .ouse. Nov .';i ly C .,Y I:.. U. . ELD. 1i I F F'T f, Iid ~ I'A, 11,.. ee4s.',111 A S A A4Nl'llS AND COUNSIELLORS AT LAW, G 1t1EENVN I , . S. c. 6% C d~b. ivet. C\ilt or/s. llL~~ op t 0111 teti o to a.l) l III busi n s, i O li-e ino IL' w 1 1 ng. "(3t C. P R U N10 N, A Aso \l.\(;NSll (iuEN 1i.IN 1in4t recivd Wih-ihoping in a'.o (i el you atI pics o i the Se 1 st mI;A& :i. le ink aloia Agten .f or~ u th( iAnun.nia):.u1 wie hima ri o the )11CSeOl Sea Fow~ 1 iUAN andlow mae bl of ctn t WVOI( :1~TOie 041I1' ltlOt TermhDC To~1( iusutre a Colt, $25 00, For t he Season, 20 00 S.~t'(I C.Prheo IreC J. A COOK, DEALER IN Stoves, I- C) TI H R FITRNISI ING GOODS, &C., &C., (GREENVILLE, S. C. call on me and exainine tlw ,'Excelsior Cook Stoe" before you buy elsewhere. Y>/nare aid .11ouse Pur ;i/ding Goods al s//ort-crop prrIs. -r zs t3 TIN~ZWAEE At Wholesale, Cheaper than the Nov 31-ly TIIEii SOLUIL PACIF C GUA 0 AND) DISSOIAE) 11RONE Acid ISA AC WILL1AMS JS1((ity, 8. C. ( I V\E me- a eall, andl get prices. I will be_ I lease-il .*( servall i11o ;(hIf frioluis- ol the Paeitie Gu'lain) See tue at I he l Warelhul ou Eai etnl of the Dpot. Feb 22--- 1 f Furniture House, EASLEY, S. C. CM N ONE, COE11.1 ALI N )D furnish voir I oses ill elegaat solivi (or4 yofo i ISilunune r wit hIt.'e I ail Uin0 4of dleal, MaIr , . reuz. 'ablIus, Chair , Iocker, e ,& . e A enieral of Lluid.-cape chromno, inl 22x30 inch frames, chordl, &c., all reUyfor hall'. ing-4 on thle walls. Al4'>, on unill, a lin'e i t 11rI a ph .ran II%. a t : t .II t. A1as2 nh-If aflllneo I ND0 RlCTKilC', S PP'l.s Caskt a nl , (cl s, sie ain t s ys Ipon 21tmes.Clin rnnyli