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Ewwe have seen the following epitaph
somewhere:
Here hca Polly waypo--when herIife was
spent
She kicked up her heels, and up she went.
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.... A good book aud 4 good woman are
excellent things for those who know how
justly 10 appreciate their value. There are.
men, howevcr. who judge both from the.
beAuty oftheir. covering a.g
During the sessions at Wakefield, a. wit
ness was asked If he was not a lIusbandmaD,,
when he hesitated for a-moment, and them
coolly replied, amid the laughter Of the
s'No, sir, Use not rnarried.T 4. ,sa -.
A premium was lately. offered by an aofi-
cultural society, for the best mode Of arri-,
CATION and the latter word by mistake Of
the printer, having been. changed TO sirita,
ton, q farmer senthls wife 10 gain the
P''N''' --------ss - ss.
Z. :. An hcnest farmer haelog a number
Of ofmensboeing IN lis field, went 20 see how,
his wo,k went on Finding one of them
sitting still, he Inquired the cause.
The man answered.
81 thirst f6tths sspirit.s
sGgog,yon mcans 4 suppose said tho
farmer; shut II the Bible teaches you to thirst
after The spints, II says also Hoe. every onS
thai tbirstetbv'
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Signs of Intemperance

1. you have set times, days, or bla-
ces, for indulging yourself in drinking ar-
dent spirits.
2. II you find yourself continually in
venting excuses for drinking, or avaling
yourself of every little catch and circun-
st"nccs among your companions TO bring
out "treat."
3. Ii yon find the desires of strong
dnnk returning daily, and al stated
hours.
4. lfyou drink in secret, because YOU
are unwilling your friends or the world
should know how much you drink
.. II YOU ar1 accustomed to drink when
opportunities present, rs much as YOU
can bear without public tokens Of incbri
alton.
O. II you lind yourself always irritated
when efforts are made to suppress intem-
perancc, and moved, by some instructive
impulse, to make opposition.
.. Redness Of eyes, with full red
eounten'nce, and tremor Of the hand, es-
pecialy when connected with irritabilty
petulauce, aud violent anger
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The Yorkville Enc uirer.
If

INliE undersigned. having purchased the
L office of the iorkvillc Miscellany and
commenced in its stead the publication Of n
new paper, with the above title. present
their claiIrs 10 n share of the patronage of
the public. The Enquirer is next TO the
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GA. AND ALL.
TO MERCHANTS PLANTERS AND
OTHERS.
"AVlNG become permanently loca.

"AVlNG become permanently loca.
III ~ ted in Charleston, am prepared
TO do anything in the line of general
agency and Commission business entrus.
ted to me. l intend giving the greater
portion Of my time to the filing of coun.
try orders for Groceries, Provisions, DRY
Goods, Hard~dre, Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Drugs, Paints, Oils, Fruit, Liquors,
Books, Stationary, Fancy Goods, or any
thing else thai can be obtained either in
this or Northern Markets, and through
the arrangements that have made with
tho leading Houses, dealing in the above
articles, | shall be able TO make purchases
on better terms than the Merchants or
Planters themselves could, thereby not
only saving them the difiere zee in the
price of the article, but also the necessary
erorbitdnt expense of time and trouble at
tending visit to this city. | will also
personally attend to the selecting, pack.
ing, marking, and shipment of goods, so
AS to avoid all mistakes, and damages
which generally arise from want Of lit
tie attention.
In addition to the above, will also at
tend to the disposal of any produce that
may he shipped to me. Any persons de-
SirouS Of making shipments Of produce of
any kind, had better write to me, and I
will give them every information as re-.
CARDS the Markets, manner of packing,
and how 10 ship them. From my long
experience in general mercantile bust.
sIncsS, | think | can give perfect satisfac-
ton to all, and suit the most fastidous
taste in my sclcctions.-Give me trial
is al | ask. For my services | shall re-
qnlre small commission, not exceeding
ten per cent, according to the nature of
the business.
DAVID NJ. GAZLAY.
Office up Stairs, 225 King St, Charleston.
March >. '4S. 4 t.
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Read the following Certificate!
TALL PossA CO., Ala. Jan. ,. 1882

iALL fossA 70, Aln, Jan. =, 1882.
DEAR SIR:-l send you this To certify Ia
you that your Extract of Ycllow-Dock and
SarsapariIa has performed one of the most
wonderful cnres OH me that has ever been cf
frctcd on man.
have been afflicted for forty wears with
cruptions or my legs and feet in 1913 they
got so bad that ] had to go on crutches
and in i8i9 had one leg ampu .atcd abov,
the knee. In -abont nine months after nv
other leg broke out in large eating and run
ming sores from my knee To nv foot, and
discharged great deal of offensive matter
My groin also broke utin large bIcs which
discharged much offensive matter, and nj
the same time my left hand broke out in
large running sores nearly to my elbow.
The misery that | have suffered for the
last two years. cannot describe to YOU.
was in such agony that never rested dav
or night.
In October last my son blonght me one
of your bottle wrappers; read it, and found
record Of some wonderful cures performed
by your Extract of YelIow-Dock and Sar.
sap"rilla,' sent and got two bottles of IT,
and commenced taking il. In two weeks to
my great astonishmcnt, my so. es all became
easy, and | could sleep all night, thing
had not done for two years. when had
taken six bottles, my sores were nearly all
healed, My sores got well rs il by cnchant.
mcnt. ] have now used in all, eight bottles
of your Extract of Yellow-Dock md Snr.
saparilla,' and ] now consider myself well
] cntrcat all of the afflicted to try this
medicine for believe it will cure any known
disease in the world. Lay aside all preiu.
dice and just try il, and proclaim its great
worth to suffering mankind and entreat them
TO take it, for il will cure them.
My ease Is well known In large norton
Of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
and if any should doubt the above cnre. in.
vite them TO call on me, and will show them
the scars. can be found in Tallaposso
Co., Alabama, one mile from Stoe's Ferry.
RENAJATI HUGHES.
The Yellow-Dock aud Sirsaparilln Ia pe
culiarly adapted to females Of delicate he etlth
resulting from irregnlarily of menstrual dis.
charges, and other diseases peculiar to their
sex. The proprietor has in his possession a
great number Of certificates OF cures. per.
formed of the above description. We M.
sure the afflicted, that bottle or two of DIR,
Guysotts Extract OF Yellow Dock and Sar-
sapariila will at once regulate those difiieul.
ties and renew the natural energies.
sU-Pm up in quart bottles.-PrIce 81
per bottle.
Sold Wholesale and retail by
SCOVlL g. MEAD.
Ill Chartres st., M q.
General Agents for the Southern States
to whom all orders must be addressed.
Sold ,slsO, by Magill e. Heath, Lancaster
G. H. A. p. Wylie, Chester; Winchester
sti,t g. CO., Munroe, N. C.;Z ]. J e Hay &
Workman, Camden
April lS, 'S t.Oet. !.
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"MA! Ma! Cousin John. he's in the
parlor with sister Cal, and lie keeps bi-
tin her"
"Cousin John bitin my Calp
"fes'm; seed him do it ever so ma
ny times, bite her right on the mouth,
and the tarnal gal didn't holler bit
neither"
"Oh !-ah! (! never mind, Mel, guess he
don't hurt her much"
Ls."Hurt her! by gosh she loves it, sh.
does; cos she kept lcttin' him, and
didn't say nothn', but just smack her lips
as though it was good, she did. seed
it all through the kcy-hoie. III fire Ia.
ters at him, by gosh ~
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SERIES FOR 1855.
THE HOME JOURNAL.
MORRIS AND WILLIS. EDITORS.

TIlE first number q the new series will
Il be issued on the lst of January next:
New subscribers can be supplied from that
date ; but immediate application will be
necessary for such rs desire to begin with
the beginning. A home is hardly complete,
we think we may safely venture to say,
without the Home Journal, which, besides
being n chronicle of the times, nbounds in
Intelligence designed to enliycn mn Ameris
can Home. Its editors Geo. p. Morris and
N. L. Willis) devote their entire time, skill
and experience, TO the task of giving each
week, everything worth knowing. They
particularly keep an eye on all the whims
aud novelties Of the day. The utmost pains
nre taken to present the facts and outlines
of all news. In the literary department,
we aim ut sketches and readable criticism,
and in our c"ndcnsatiOns of the production,
of tho vast newspaper world of Europe We
cndeavor to avoid the tiresome and the so
cal, and transfer to onr columns the pick Of
English information and brilliancy, while
we endcavor to select with true sense Of
pure morals, true wit, and genuine humor,
In addition 10 the above, we have made>new
arrangements for feature that is always
attractive in family journal. From seye.
raj different sources we are to be supplied
with the ners and gossip of Ne,o York h
c'cfy. In metropolis like ours, centre tho
more sparkling elements of the life of our
country at large, and collision md attritiorJ
bring out much which would els, be dors
mant. Afloat, in society gos, ip, Is a small
world, of which the ordinary newspapers
make no fcp1rt, and Of this we think sc can
promise amusing photographs. III afihoGfi,
cling also, new series of articles by MF.
Willis, in addition to his usual labors. we
claim the privilege Of leaving them to desic-
nate their own style aad title rs they ap-
pear. They are to be quite different from
anything which has ever been published In
this journal from his pen, and we are very
sure that they will be no less attractive, TO
say thu least. The graphic and highly-fn.
shrd sketches. by "The Lady of Shalott.-
"Timcthy Quaint" md others, will be con-
tinued. We have also new correspondents
in London and Paris, who will send US much
that could never reach US through foreign
ournals.
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$5-aiways in advance. Subscribe without
delay.
Address. .'.
NORRIS g. WILLIS.
lot, Fulton street, NY
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TRY THE MEDICINE!!
He warned i'm Season.

And neglect not that cough which is daily
weakening yourconstitution, irritating Your
throat and lungs, and inviting on that dread
disease, Consumption. when so soothing and
Healing remedy can be obtained rs DR..
Rogers Syrup of Liserwort and Tar.
Beodre Of COunterfeitS and Base Imiiatio inns.
The genuine article is signed ANDREW
ROGERS, on the engraved wrapper around
zach bottle.
Price, s per bottle, or six bottles for So.
Sold Wholesale and rctrii by SCOVIL &
MEAD.
Ill Chartres St. bet. Cont and st. Luis,
NJ
SoT& AGENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES
to whom all orders and applications for
Agencies must be addressed.
SOLD ALSO by
MAoILL g. HEATH, Lancaster c. III.
A. +. WYLIE, Chester.
WINcnESrEE. STITT & Co. Munro
Il, J. DaHAY, and WoExMAx, Camden.
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TIE CHEAPEST PAPER IN THE
th, slamt Girrlr.

A monthly Journal, devoted to Literature.
Fun, 20, try, News, Se,
il AN +lcgnnt, moral and refined miscrlla-
ncOus American family paper, devoted To.
literature, wit, humor, PROSE and poetry, aud
original tales, written expressly for it at
great cost.
While the Home Circle " lli be found one
Of the finest and most reliable papers in
whic b passing events are ehroHirled, nothing
Of n scrtarinn nature will ever be permitted
in its columus, Feeling the responsibility
resting upon those who asaume the saesed
and important trust of guiding ihe mislds.
and morais ofa people, Il will hs ,Ac special
care Of the proprietor TO publish what Ii.
chaate and paro as the immaculate psinciple
is the mind itself-nothin n fact, bat what
Of calculated 10 elevate and refine, dignity
and cnnoble.
Tho Home Circle will be issued on the
6ist Of every month. W. shall publish In
It's columns a portion Of one Of a. e best sio..
ries, toles or romances we can possibly havo
writ;en--the same to be continued every
montl, until IL IL completed
SPEchL NOTICE.--!TO our friends, sub-
scribcrs, and readers. Any person or club
Of persona, who will send us (post-paidl
two dollars worth OF our hooks, We Win, IN
return for tkcir Kindness and trouble, send
to their addrss postage free) ae5 hity cent
book published by ms.
Address, postpaid, GaHess q Co. Fab
ishers, is Ann street. ssi
Dee. 40 Aft.
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%sSsssSS9sa ass1 assss1
@Ssss8S 2Ms,RM.!!,o2IR,!IT sE,,R!s.!!,2I,!,T:.>f & >fAS,
EsnSsssg@ sGa2ssss g@ksS
For the Complete Cure Of Caughs,
Colds. Influenza. Asthma Bronchitis
Splitting of Blood, and all other lung
complaints tending TO consumption

This preparation is getting into use all
over our County. The numerous letters
we receive from our various agents, infor-
ming us ofcurscs Effected in their immediate
nclghborhoOds. warrant us in saying il is one
of the best, if no the rery best Cough Medi-
cine now before the public. IL almost inrq-
rd6iy reliereS and not mnfrpgueniiy cures The
rcry wor& case. When all other Cough
Preparations have failed, this has relieved
the patient, as Druggists, dealers in
Medicines, and Physicians can testify.
Ask The Agent in your nearest town, what
mas been his experience of the effects of this
medicine. If he has been selling it for any
length Of time he will tell YOU.
IT Is THE BEST MEDICINE EXTANr
Below we give few cxtacts from letters
we have received lately regarding the yir
tues of this medicine
Dr.S.OSlin,of Knoxville. Ga, savs:-Ihare
hcea using yoWr Lircrrou and Tar rcry er,en-
Nr"ig IN ing practice for three years mast 0t,d, n
IS wh pleasure state my tc!jefm ITS SUPERB
0RIrY OVER ALL OTHER ARTICLES wuh ,chich
7m acIn1inied. tOr Which is recommended" ="
M"ssrs. Fitzgerald & Bcnncrs. wiring
from Wryncsvilc, NC SAYS" The Lirer
or"rt and Tar IS becoming daily more Joy.u-
Tar IN htS Country AND WE THINK JUsrLY
so All ~ho hare tri@d IL speak in com,men.
It5Se terms Gf IL, re"y bcnefciGI in alternating
'he compLaimied for 'cyich IL is recommended. =.
Our Agent in Pickcus District, s. e.. Mr.
5. II. McFall, assurcs us ';that he uses IL triib
great Jencm in his own family, and recon-
mcndS it to his neighbours" lie gives an
instance of a Negro woman, in his Vicinity.
who had been suffering with disease of The
Lungs for years, attended with severe cough
who was relieved by the l.ivcrw orih and Tar.
Such are the good reports we hear of
thlS Medicine from all parts of the South.
For report of the surprising CURES it has
performed in the Western and Northern and
Eastern States, we would invite the SUFFERING
patient to read the pamphlet which accom-.
panies each bottle. 10 Ill we say hare Hope
hare UDpc.
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READ us OWN woRDs!!

To PRoy. Holloway:
NiR,-it !. not my wish 10 become notorius,
neither is ts letter written for the mere sake of
writing, hut to say that your Ointment cured me
OF one of the most dIcailfui cutancous diseases
that flesh is heir to, and which was considered
hy AL who knew me, to bc entirely beyond the
reach OF medicine. For nine years was afIlic.
ted with one OF tic most painful aud trouble
some sore legs that ever fell to the lot of man;
and after trying every medicine had ever
heard OF, resigned in despair all hope of being
cured but friend brought me "a couple OF
large pots of your Ointment. which caused the
sores on my legs TO heal, and entirely regain.
ell my health TO my agreeable surprise and de-
hight, and I" the astonishment Of my fTicnds
Signed W. J.LiNGLEY.
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Jan 3
ASASg
!3;S

The great remedy for RheumItlsm, Goat
Pain in the Side. Hip, B.ck. Limbs and
Joints Scrnfula, Kings Evil, White Swell.
ling, Urd Tumors, Stiff Joints, aud all fix.
ed pains whatever
Where this Plaster is applied pain canno,
exist
1t has been beneficial in eases of weak
ness, such as Pain and Weakness in the
Stomach. Weak Limbs. Iamcncss, Afie,,-
ti"n of the Lungs in their primary stages
1t destroys inIlamation by prrspiration.
James L. Boyd, pic&cuS District, South
Carolina, tcstitrs that, by its use alone hr
WAS cured OF Rheumatism in both OF mis-
knees, of several years standing.
The following was handed Ms by re-
spectacle Physician in Georgia:
Messrs. SCovIL a. MEAD: GENTS / have
been using your Lvcrwort and Tar Hebrew
Plaster very extensively in my practice for
three years past, and il is with pleasure that
| state my belief in their superiority over
all other articles. with which am acquain-
ted, for the purposes for hich they are re-
commended The Hebrew Plaster, es
pccially, is an universal panacea for local
pains. have also found it most excel.
lent application for Sprains and Bruises. II
gives universal satisfaction wherever used.
s. S. OSLIN, NJ. ID.
Knoxville, Ga, March Mh, 1903.
.-25" A VOICE FROH GEORGIA. .As
Read the following testimony from II
physician.
G. ntlcmcn-Your Hebrew Plaster has
cured mc Of pains of which have suffered
for twelve years past During this period
l"b"rcd under an affection of my loins
and SIDE and tried many remedies that my
own medical experience suggested, but
without obtaining relief. At length used
yonr Plaster, and am now by its good effects
entirely cured. will recommend the Jew
David or Hebrew Plaster TO all who are suf.
frring from contraction OF the muscles, or
permanent pains in the side or back
The people OF Georgia have but TO be-
come acquainted with its virtues when they
will resort to its use. Yours, trulv,
NJ w. WALKER, NJ ID,
Forsylhe. Monroe County, Ga.
To Mcssrs. Scovil & Mead, New Orleans,
La.
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THE LANCASTER LIDGER 4.
Barnurn's Autiobiogra-
ply.

ply.
J.. s. REDFIELD, 10 & Il2 NASSAU ST.
Will shortly put to press, and publish
early in December, -.
THE LIFE OF P. 7. BARNUM,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
In which he narrates his early history as
CLERK, MERCHANT, AND EDITOR,
And his later career as
SNOWMAN.
With Portrait on Steel and numerous H.
Illustrations, by Dorley. In one volume,
l2mo. Price 81 25.
ain this work ] have given, in every par.
ticular, the true and the only full ac-
count "f my enterprises. Preface.
The publisher only r, pests the public SEN
timcnt in announcing that this book will be
one of extraordinary interest. Mr.. Bar
nuns unparalleled tact and talent rs n busi.
ness man, the grand and liberal scale on
which his prominent enterprises have been
conducted. Together with n happy tempcr,-
mcnt which can both give and take u hit of
humor, have made his name world-known
"housrhold world"
NAdopting "nothing cXtcnuatc" us his mot.
TO. he presents the authentic history OF
"Joice Heath" the "Fcjee Mermaid" the
"WOolly Horse" the "lIcrd of Buffnloes, "
and other Snowman Incidents, generally dc.
nounccd as "llUMBUGS," while larger
space is devoted To his connection with
GENERAL TOM THUMB. and the tri-
umphal musical campaign of JENNY LIND.
RULES Fer, BUSINESS AND MAX
ING A FORTUNE;
and innumerable additional enterprises and
operations, afford the author an indefinite
range Of subject, and he will abundan;ly
prove BY his pen that nc IL something more
than Il Snowman. We know, indeed, of no
subject which affords greater scope for
deeply interesting narrative than tho Afro.
BIoGGAruY OF p. Il. BARNuM.
Jan 10 10 If
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G. w. MMINN.
Hcnderson'il'c, n. G., Aug. IG, 1850.
s : : Z 9

Beware OF countcrlsits and base imita-
lions
- The genuine will in future have the
signature of E. Taylor on the steel plate
engraved label on the top Of each box.
Purchasers are advised that mean coun.
terlelt OF this article Is in existence.
The genuine Is sold only by us, and by
our agents appointed throughout the South
and no PeflT is aiLoiced 10 sell IT, Deal.
ers and purchasers generally are cautioned
against buying ofany but our regular agents,
otherwise they will be imposed upon with a
worthless article.
SCOVIl & MEAD,
lib Chartres street, n. Orleans, Sole Gene.
raj Agents for the Southern States, to
whom all orders must invariably bc ad-
dressed.
Jan 81 40 em