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POETRY. Speak Softly. BY MBS. M. A. KIDBKR. Speak softly to the bruised heart! It Bhall not ho in vain, But as tlio sunlight, fair and bright, That follows after rain I Speak softly to the aged ones, ltopeat tho kind \v0r?1<? o'er; Soon they will enter into bliss Through heaven's Binning door. S,ioak softly to the little child, So trusting in its love, For harsh, cold words will never lead The tender soul above 1 Speak softly to tho obstinate, The man with stubborn wilt; Though gentleness may fail to move, It cannot work him ill. Speak softly to the profligate, Tho on least and the eol; You know not how much bitterness Is mingled with their lot. Spcnk softly to ali human kind, The brotherhood below, Ah you would have (lod speak to yon, In times of sin or woe ! Uncle Zeke's Note-Book. Notinnny hours ago, I heard Uncle Zekc discussing matters with his son, who was complaining of pressure. "Rely upon it, Reuben," said the old man, as he leaned on his staff', with his gray locks flowing in the breeze of a May morning;?"murmuring pays no bills. I have been an observer many times these fitly years, and I never saw a man helped out of a hole by cursing his horses. Rc as quiet as you can, for nothing will grow under a harrow, and discontent harrows the mind. Matters are bad, I acknowledge; but no ulcer is any better for fingering. The more you groan the poorer you grow. "Repining at losses is only putting pepper in a son; eye. Crops will fail in all scils?wc may be thankful that we have not :\ famine. Resides, I always took notice that whenever 1 felt the roil pretty smartly, it was as much as to say ?'Here is something which you have got to learn.' Reuby, don't you forget that your schooling is not over yet, though you have a wile and two children." "Aye," replied Reuben, "you may say that, and a mother-in-law, and two ap prentices into tho bargain, and I should like to know what a poor man can earn here, where the greatest scholars and lawyers are at loggerheads, and can't for their lives tell what has become of the hard money." "Softly, Reuby, I am older than you ; 1 have not got these gray hairs and this crooked back without some burdens. I could tell you stories of the days of con tinental money, when my grandfather used to stuff a sulky-box with bills to pay for a yearling or a wheat-fan, and when the Jersey women used thorns for pins, and laid their teapots away in the garret. You wish to know what you can learn? You may learn these seven things. "First, That you have saved too little and spent too much. I never thought you to bo a miser, but 1 have seen you giving your dollar for a 'notion' when yoa might have laid one-half aside for chari ty and one-half aside for a rainy day. ? | "Secondly, That you have gone too' much upon credit. 1 always told you that credit was a shadow : there is a sub stance behind that which cart the shad ow, and no wise man will follow the shad ow any further than he can sec the sub stance. You may learn that you have followed, and been decoyed into a bog. "Thirdly, That you have gone, in too much haste, to become rich. Slow and easy wins the race. "Fourthly, That no course of life can be depended upon as til ways prosperous. 1 am afraid the younger race of working men in America have a notion that no body would go to ruin on this side of the water. Providence bus greatly blessed us, and we have become pcrsumpt'ious. "Fifthly, That, you have not been thankful enough to (lod for His benefits in past times. "Six!bly, Tbat you may bo thankful our lot is not worse. We might have famine, or pestilence, or war, or tyranny, or all logetber. "And lastly, to the end of my notes, you inny learn to offer with more under standing, the prayer of your infancy, 'Give us this tin;/ our daily bread.'" The tdd man l eased, and Reuby put mi his apron, and told Dick to blow away the i'oige bellows. Gclient 1 !'?. Korshaw und Captain \V. I-. He Pass addressed the people of La neuster ('. II., on temperance on Wedn sdny night last. Potatoes.?Wc nil have observed the great deterioration in our potato crops during the past ten or twenty years; and what is tho cause of this alarming de crease of tubers? Can science, can chem istry point out tho reason, or aid in rem edying the ditliculty? We think it can, and, in order to place the matter in a clear light, wo will point out tho kind and amount of food which tho potato de mands. Wc had a field of potatoes upon the farm which yielded 300 bushels to the acre; this may be regarded as an old fashioned crop. This crop removed from the soil in tubers and tops at least 400 pounds potash ; also it removed 150 pounds phosphoric acid. Now these amounts aro very large, and servo to show that the potato plant is a great con sumer of the two substances, and also it shows that in order to restore our potato fields to their former productive con dition, we must supply phosphatic com pounds and substances holding potash in large quantities. For six or eight generations our fath ers have been exhausting the soil by re moving these agencies in their potato and other crops, and wc have reached a time when the vegetable is starving in our fields for want of its proper food. Our fanners have found that new land gives the best crops, and this is due to the fact that such fields a fiord the most potash.? But so long as wc crop our pastures fo unreasonably, wc cannot resort to new land, as land that is now new has had its potash and phosphatic elements re moved by grazing animals. Remember that a potato field which gives but 100 bushels to the acre re quires at least 1C0 pounds of potash, but by allowing the tops to decay upon the field, sixty pounds of this is restored to the soil again, as that amount is con tained in them. A medium crop of po tatoes requires- twice as much phosphoric acid as n medium crop of wheat, so that in two years with wheat the land is de prived of no inoro of that agent than it loses in one year with potatoes.?[Bos ton Journal of Chomistry. C. 1). BLUME, Artist, has opened a Gallery where he is prepared to tako Photographs, Daguerreotypes. Ferrotypes, &c?, Ina few minutes at the lowest possible rates. JKidk up to tho Gallery over Mr. F. II. IP Briggmaim's Store, if yon want to obtain a present that is always appreciated by Lovers, Sweethearts and others, viz: Yourself* Satisfaction guaranteed. may l-t.'v South Carolina R. R. mail and PASSKNOER TRAIN. Leave Columbia at - - 7.40 am Arrive at Charleston at - - 8.20 p m Leave Charleston at 8.20 a in Arrive at Columbia at - - - '1.05 pm NIOUT EXt'ukss, FltmOUT AND ACCOMMODATION tu a in, (Sundays excepted.) Leave Columbia at - C.?0 p in Arrive at Charleston tit - - tf.-"?-"? a m Leave Charleston at ... 8.20 pm Arrive at Columbia at - - 0.40 am Camden Accommodation Train will continue to run to Columbia as formerly?Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. ' A. L. TVL'Kli, Vicc-Presidcnt. S. B. PlCKKNS, General Ticket Agent. i Jewelry, Watches and Silverware JAMES ALLAN, No. 307 KING STREET, Invites speeittl attention to his new, largo and elegant stock of \v atehes, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, and Fancy Goods. All the newest designs in Jewelry, com prising : Leonine, Opera Neck and VcstChaisn, Seal Rings, Diamond Rings, always on band and made to order, Sleeve Buttons and Studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Ear rings, Armlets and Necklaces, in Gold and Coral, Brooches for Hair or Minia tures, Lockets, Chains and Masonic Pins, Glove Bands, at JAMES ALLAN'S, No. .">t>7 King Street, A few doors above Wontworth St may 8-3 mos. ACi 12NTS WANTED TO SELL Uli A I) ISSUES AND LIVING RESULTS; or, A history of Sherman's march through South Carolina, by IL C. Mack, Murfrees horo', Tcnn. A volume of 700 pages, with maps and en gravings. Agents wanted in every county in the Slate. Very liberal commissions allowed. Thrfeo who desire to secure agencies will bo furnished with combined Prospectus and Sub scription Itook, Circulars, &c, on receipt of one dollar. Address F. P. HE A KD, General Agent for South Carolina. BARGAINS. OIST .A-ccoxint of tlio Season being well ad vanced T. KOHN & BROTHER -Are now offering the balance of tbeir SPR1N Cr ^V ^D SUMMER GOODS, fully 25 teh cent, less than the usual selling price. Ladies will find this, an excellent opportunity to supply their wants in dress goods, WHITE GOODS, HOUSE-KEEPING GOODS, HATS, RIBBONS, PARASOLS, HOSiERY, ' GLOVES. CORSETS, PANIERS, HOOPS, FANS, COL LARS, &c. &c. Wc arc closing out all our goods at VERY LOW PRICES, for wc must have room. I heodore Kohn &, Bro, April 5, 1872 s 17 tf NEW STORE! NEW GOODS! OPPOSITE J. IP. HAELEY'S. I take great pleasure in informing my numerous Customers and the Citizens of Orangeljurg generally, that I have removed to the "TRE A E> W ELL CORNER" Hereafter to he known as iVE o r o li e y 9 s Corner, And am now opening a choice and varied stock of go?iis, consisting in pat t of BACON, Lard, Flour, Molasses, Syrups, Sugars, Coffees, Mackerel, Cann Good's of every description, Confectioneries, Pickles, Catsups, Tobaccos. KEG-ARS FROM TO 15 CENTS. Fruits, ' Nuts, Crackers, Jellies, Sardines, Soap, Candies, Self Raising Flour, Herrings, Raisins, Potatoes, Pipes, &c. 'X'SSS BAR is situated in tholrear of the Store, and is furnished in the most Modern ?Style, with the choicest: Wines, Champagne Cider, Ale, Beer and Liquors of all kinds. 1 can und do sell goods cheaper thau they can be bought elsewhere in Orange nurgl Come one! come all ! and give mo a call. apl 3?tf W. A. MERONEY. ;t kAHG-ES^ BEST SGLEGTSS Is just being opened at the well-known STORE of G E O. II. C O 11 N E L S O N, And an early inspection of the same is cordially solicited, guaranteeing that it is only necessary to look at those .BEAUTIFUL GOODS to be induced to buy, as no competition against them is feared. All DEPARTMENTS are completely as sorted, the prices put below all COMPETITION, and it will be the pleasure of the PROPRIETOR and bis ASSISTANTS to show them freely and courteously. It will well repay the trouble of giving the entire STOCK a full inspection. George H. Cornelson. npr lyr SELL & FOSTER. IMl'ORTKRS AJfD DKAI.E1W IN Fancy Ctoods, Notions, Fancy Dress good?, Hosiery Gloves, Laces, Ladies' Cloth Cloaks, Worsted CS-oods, Trimmed Hats Millinery and Straw floods OP BVKHY DKSIPTRION. No. 27 Hayne Street, Charleston, S. 0. 12-?mo OANIKTi II. SILCOX FURNITURE WA1 i E-1 LOOMS, New. IT-"? ami 170 King Btreetjcorntjr bf Clifford Charleston, S. ('. A full ami large assortment continually on hand and at the lowest prices. Cull anil ex ainine. 2U-GlU W HA A A M S, 1JU KNIE & CO. COMM ISSION MERCHANTS, 65"Hairer street ami 20 Kr^-^qe Vlucr.y .Z 11-36 Save "STour Money! GO TO. J. P. HAItLEY'S AND BUY CHEAP DRY GOODS, Boots, Shoes, lints Caps &c., of which he has just received a fresh supply. A I .SO, FLOUR of all grades B ACON.L ARD, SUGAR and COFFEE of all grades. Besides numerous other articles in my Grocery Department, nil ofwhich I am selling at prices not to ho excelled for cheapness in the town. Come and sec for yourselves. B?' All persons indebted to mo must pay up immediately, as I am compelled to close my books. A word to the wUe is sufficient. J. P. HARLEY. AirSTON'lIOUS]^ ABBEVILLE C. II., ?. C, CONDUCTED DY THE M1SSES CATER, IJERSONS traveling in the up country ? Inmill stop at the ALSTON IIOiJSE, Where they will fiml the table supplied with the best the country affords. Terms moderate. DR. E. J. OLIVEROS, ORANGZSBURGv & c DEALER JN IllllS, MEDICINES, CHIUCl FINE TOILET SOAPS, FANCY HAIR AND TO< BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FA2TCY TOILET ARTICLES, TRUSSES SHOTJLDEB-BRAC: GRASS .AND GARDEN SEEDS. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, AND DYE-STUFFS, Lettcr-Pnpcr, Pens, Ink, Envelops,Glass, Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Cliii Physicians' Prescuiitioxs .Accurately Compounded; m ch 13 The Citizens' Savings Banlq OF SOUTH C^VROLIISr^ ORANGEBURG BRANCH. ?Will pay 7 TER CFNT. INTEREST on SPECLAL DEPOSITS and 6PER CENT, on INGS DEPOSITS, Compounded Semi-annually. . Local Finance Committee. Hon. THOS. W. GLOVER. Col. PAUL S. FELDER. Capt. JOHN A. HAMILTON. JAS. II, FOWLES, Assistant Cashier. inch 19-ly the: universal, life I N S?B A N C E COMPAN 69 3Libertv Street, New ITorlc. ? p The Original Stock L'.fo Insurerce Company of the United Stat O F F I 0 E R S : WILLIAM WALKER, President. HENRY J. F?HRER, Vice-Preaident. GEORGE L. MONTAGUE, Actuary. JOHN II. REWLEY, Secretary. D. W. LAMBERT, SI lt., iicu??l F.xai Tnis Company Oilers the Following Important Advantages to thosa Ahtl KHecting Insurance oil their Lives. 1st. Insurance at Stock Rales, being from 20 to 30 Per Cent, less than the Rates charged Mutual Companies, lid. Each Policy-holder is regarded a*! & Stockholder to the extent of one Annual Prernii on hi* Polic y, and" will share in the Profit of the Com pan v ?o the same cxlem as a Slockliolt owning an equal amount of the Capital Slock. 3d. Every Policy issued hy the Company i* non-forfeitable, and contains a Clause staling! exact Surrender Value. Bkfork Insuring Your Life or AccurtiKa the Aoency of axt Comtwn/ usa? the pollowsng s A lengthened experiencehas demonstrated that the iates of Premium ordinarily charged] Life Insurance Companies are from twenty-live to thirty per cent, in excessot what are noevss^ for a sate ami legitimate conduct >t' the business. In other words, carefully and prudently mi aged Companies charging "Mutual" rates have been able to return to their policy-holders fit' 20 to ;>0 per cent, of the amount charged for premiums. Wlu n Lifo Insurance Companies were first organized, the reliability of the duta ur*?a whj the premiums were constructed had not undergone the test of experience. It wan thought, tbej fore, no more than common prudence to adopt a scab: of premiums which would, in any ev* meet all the presumed and tinforseen contingencies ol the business. As long as the matter was involved in some doubt, it wns better to fix the rate too high tharil incur the risk of making it too low; because, in the founer case, the error could be easily rcuj died, at least in part, by returning to the policy-holders, at certain intervals, such portion's oft premium charged as was found unnecessary for the purposes of the business and the compU security of the Company. Experience, however,.having satisfactorily demonstrated that these rates are excessive, vl possible excuse, cm there be for maintaining them? Availing themselves of this experience, the Directors and Managers of the Universal Li/eh durance Qnnpahy at its organization, adopted a scab) of premiums in accordnuec therewith*, si which has proved to be fair and adequate, and all that was necessary to meet the requirements] the business. These premiums are about twenty-live per cent, lower than those charged by $1 lual C ompanies. It also appeared, inasmuch as the rates so established were an near as could possibly be det? mined fair rates, and not in exces^of what Insurince has previously cost the policy-holders j Mutual Companies, that any protiu arising from prudent management justly und properly b longed to the stockholders of the Company, for the risk incurred by them in undertaking tl business. Experience has shown that there arc sources of profit in^the practice of the business why by the members, and from other minor sources. Profits from these sources, in a company possessed of a capital of $200,000, and doing a tiL amount of business, would give to the stock holders dividends largely in excess of what Wei counted on by the Directors of the Universal it the time of it* organization. They have, thcrl fore, determined to divide among the policy-holders of the Company a large part of the profil accruing from the sources named, all of whwh have heretofore been divided among the stocH ""?The plan adopted lor such dividends is as follows : Every person who may horeafter isnit with the Universal will, for the purpose of division, be treated as a stockholder to the extent i one Annual Premium upon his Policy; ami trill share in the profits of the Company to precisely /jj same extent as a Stockholder owing on equal amount of the capital stork: By this system of Insurance, original with the Universal, the policy-holder secures the folloi ing important advantages: First. Insurance at the regular "Sto:k' rutes, requiring a primary outlay of about tvent\ to thirty per cent, less than thai charged by Mutual Companies, and which is equivalent to yearly "dividend" paid in advance ofthat amount on mutual rates. This low cost of insurant is worthy of attention. Since its organization this company baa received in premiums from it: policy-holders the sum of $1,017,000. To effect the same amount of insurance in a Mutual Com party would have cost them an initial outlay of $2,000,000. By allowing its policy-holders to re tain in their .own porecssion this excess of $183,000, the Universal has virtually paid them t "dividend" of S4S3.000, and paid it, too, in advance, instead of at the end of one or more year*! It is impossible to find any example of a Mutual Company furnishing insurance at so low a corn lan which sentres to tl\ themselves. This aystci of participation, in connection witn tne low -siock raits ui premium, most necessarily secure tl the policy-holders every advantage to bo derived fronr prudent and careful management. The low rates of premium compel economy, and, independent of participation, guarantee tothi policy-holder his insurance at a rntr which is not in excess of the cost in well managed mutual companicsr while, by'the proposed plan of participation in what may be considered the legitvX mate profits of tho business, the cost will be still further diminished. Thus by the combined advantages arising from low stock rat.? and participation in the profit it is confidently believed that tho UNIVERSAL LIFE INS TRANCE COMPANY ?fters in surance at its lowest practicable cost. ??yThosc of the existing Policy-holders who desire to participate in the Profits under tho rn Plan can do so by making replication to the Head Office, or to any of the Agents of the Cor panv. ^ 'fhe comjtany is in a sourxl financial condition. Hatio of Assets to Liabilities 140 to 100.1 ttoTfJOOD RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED, who will deal direct with the New York] Oflicc and to whom full General Agents' Commissions will be paid. M. W. GARY, M. C. BUTLER, StatO Superintendents of Agcncicts Columbia. S. C, April 11th. 1871.