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Gheap Pleasures

Did you ever study the cheapness of
some pleasures? Do you know how lit
tie it takes to make multitude happy?
Such triaes as penny, a word, or
smile do the work. There are two;or
three boys passing along-give them each
chestnut, and how smiling they look J!
they will not be cross for some time.
A poor widow lives in a neighborhood
who is the mother of half dozen chill
dren, send them half peck of sweet ap-
Piles, and they will all be happy: A
child has lost his arrow-the world to
bim-and he mourns sadly; help him to
find it, or make him another, and how
quickly will the sunshine play upon his
sober face. A boy mas as much asshe
can do to pile up q load of wood; assist
him few moments, or speak pleasant
word to him, and he forgets his toll and
works away without minding it. Your
apprentice has broken mug, or cut the
vest too large Or slightly injured piece
of work, say, "You scoundrel," and he
feels miserable; but remark, {" am sor-
ry," and. he will try to do better. You
EN-. man-pay him cheerfully, and
speaA pleasant word to him: and he
leaves your house with contented. heart
to light up, his own hearth with smiles
and gladness. As you pass along the
street, you meet familiar facc-say,
Good morning." as tho you felt happy,
and it will work admirably in the heart
of your neighber.
Pleasure is cheap-who will not be.
stow it literally? If there ore smiles,
sunshine and flowers all about us, letu
not grasp them with ,miser's fist, and
lock them up in, our hearts. No. Rather
let US take them and scatter them about
us, in the cot of the widow, among the
groups of children in the crowded mart,
where men of business congregate, in our
families and everywhere. We can make
the wretehed, happy; the discontented,
cheerful: the afflicted, resigned; at ex-
ceedingly cheap rate. Who will refuse
CO QO IL. ..fa
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Little Mary was discussing the grent
hereafter with her lna,nrna, when The fol.
lowing ens,led: Mamma, will you go
to heaven Wien yon die 2" q" Yes, hope
SO, my child" Well, | hope I'll 60 TOO,
q. you'll H. lnre,onu,' oh yes, and
| hope our papa will 50 too -' Oh no,
papa can't go; he can't leave the storem
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NEAL ESTATE AGENCY.

n wTtI, hereafter carry ON A. REAL ESTATE
L AGENCY for the PUR URCIIASING and SELL
ING OF HOUSES. LOTS and FARMS ip
iEdgeGeld District. Reliable Titles ~ade, and
Titles examined promptly and correctly. rs
Pers6nS wishing to Purchase or Sell Real Es-
tate, will -fnditto their interest 10 confer With
me, or address me through the Post Office. : :
fee of Ten Dollars will be required mad
vance, in each case, aaa IL purchase or sale Is
-Gected the umocntSmiIl be deducted out of my
coihulissiurs. "a
Parties wishing them Real Estate advertised,
IAN notify me, enclosing funds to poy for the
aIne.
will continue to P.setice in the Courts Of
Law aud Equity in all the Courts of Record in
his Staee. .
Office, Law Range.
= EdoescId G. H.. Fab IN -. If ?
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GooD-BYE.-The editor of the Albany
(N. w Register comments upon these
simple words, So common, and yet so
full of solemn and terder meaning, as
follows:
aHow many emotions cluster around
that word |! How full of sadness, and to
us how full of sorrow it sounds 1t is
with, US a consecrated word. We heard
it once within the. year aswe hope never
to hear it again. 1t was in the chamber
of death, in the still hour of nights noon.
The curtains to the windows were all
closed, the lights were all shaded, and we
stood in'the dim, solemn twilight with
others around the bed of the dying. The
damps of death were on the pale young
brow, and coldness was on her lips, rs
we kissed her for the last time while liv-
ling. Goodbye, my daughter we whis-
pered, and Goodbye, father, came from
her dying lips. We know not. that she
ever spoke more, but Goodbye wasthe
Hast We ever heard of her sweet voice.
We hear that sorrowfnl word often and
often as we sit alone, busted with the
memories of the past, We hear it in
the silence of the night, in the hours of
nervous wakefulncss, as we lie upon our
bed thinking of the loved and lost to us.
We hear it in our dreams, when her
sweet face comes back to us, as it was
in loveliness and beauty. We hear it
when we sit beside her grave in the cam
etery, where she sleeps alone, with no
kindred as yet by her side. She was
the hope of our life, the prop to lean on
when age should come upon US, and life
should be running to its dregs. The
hope and the prop is gone, and we care
not how soon we 60 down to sleep beside
our darling, beneath the shadow Of the
trees in the city of the dead"
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BRIGHAM YOUNG.

"A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, writing from Salt Lake City,
gives very interesting account of an
interview with the Prophet President of
Utah, Brigham Young. We make some
extracts from his letter:
,ze THE ABODE OF THE PROPHET.
st ten minutes before the musical town
clock struck. ten, we were on the way
fromathe hetel,. walking along the stream
and shade.tree bordered avenues, under
a sky. exduisitely blue. and famed by an
atmosphere that seemed just to have
unwrapped from the original package.
Brighams Yeang,sr famous presidential
mansions orSh harefns, the Lion and<the
Beehive houses, stand in the centre of a
square about ten feet from the pavement,
and are surrounded by beautifully en-
bellished. grounds of twenty, acres, the
whole block being inclosed by high wall
of boulders. The Lion House and the
Beehive House stand side by side, and
look like ambitious country villas, three
stories high, adorned by a wilderness of
gables. A carved lion surmounts the
portal of one, and beehive that of the
other. In front land along the entire
square the paTemeuts is .margined with a
row>.of vividly green locust trees half
grown, To, the left of the mansion a
large branch o.. the network of small
streams, that line the streets and irrigate
the gardens of the city, tumbles out into
the street in rocky channel excavated
under the wall of boulders and neatly
arched over
On the opposite side Of the way the
square is occupied by the smaller but
still beautiful residences of leading fleece
Mormons, each house peering through an
exterior Of Juicy trees and shrubbery.
Brisham's houses erepainted in light and
cheerful colors,. and have the aspect of
being most sednlonsly "kept up" Their
privacy is rendered sabsolutef by meagre-
ness of. windows, .profasion of shade trees,
opacity Of bfnds and curtains, thickness
andeheight of the exterior will and brist;
ling. strength, Of the entrance gates. Of
the extensive grounds adjacent we-were
permittedsto catchno glimpse, on onaccount,
doubtless,e of the extreme largeness Of
the Prophets family and their custom OF
promenading there after partaking of the
grand breakfast, which is the one Demo-
cratic meatto which. the whole household
assemble en- naSSe.
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state of So nth Carolina,
y. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,

IN ORDINARY
HDY W. r. DURISoE, Esq, Ordinary Of Edge,
I'D field District.
Whereas, Tillman Il. Clark has applied to me
for Letters Of administration on oil and singular
tho goods and chattels, rights and credits Of
William Littleton, lato Of the District afore-
said, decd.
These are, therefore, to cite and adnonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be end appear before me, at oul
aext Ordinary's Court for the said District to be
holden ut Edgefeld c. H., on the 3rd day ol
Sept. next, to show. cause, If any, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 10th day
of August in the year of our LORD one Thousand
eieht hundred and Sixty eight, and In the 9sd
year Of the Independence Of the United States
of America.
August "a 2t SO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-02

It has been very justly remarked that
woman's sphere-iust as mans-is pre-
cisely that situation in which she is doing
the highest and best work OF which she
is capable. All have not the same gifts;
and education should be of such a nature
as to discover and develop the talents
and faculties which exist, and to aid each
one in making judicious choice of. her
life.work. Discretion is needful lest q
woman undertake too many matters, and
so fail to do justice to any of them or
to herself. Quiet waters are often very
deep. And the mother who, in the sane
tity of home made happy by her infu.
ence, rears her children in ways Of puri-
ty and truth, may justly feel that she is
doing u work for God and for humanity
than which there -is none nobler.
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the grave. If you chance to get near
enough, you will occasionally notice that.
hewheezes alittle after speaking His
hair is, still thick, and retains much of its.
original golden color. 1t is neatly comb;
ed back, and its tendency to turn in un-
der the ends increases a little. The
blonde face is good looking one in
whole and in detail, but far from easy to
constrle. The forehead is broad, mod
erately high and we'll marked in the per
spective region over the brows; the eyes
are keen in their glance. though light in
hue and not naturally lustrous the nose
is good, strong, straight sort of nose,
and has been handsome aquiline, with
sensual nostrils. The mouth can hardly
retain much of its. original form and ex.
preston. Authority has remoulded and
compressed It until it is more like aseam
than mouth /. When he7speaks, the
words seemed to be calmly weighed by
the brain, clipped by the teeth, and final
ly squeezed through the left half of the
almost lockedup lips. The jaw is the
one undisguisedly animal portion of-the
face. 1t is heavy, purplish in its fulness
of blood, and inclines to take on the
double chin. The throat is thick, the
chest deep, the shoulders broad, the arms
rather short, the legs yeomanlike in stout
ness, and the whole figure that of we'll
proportional large man nearly six feet in
height, who has passed his prime I'd
commenced to descend little. fhe
predominant expression of his face is a
broad sort of shrewdness. A profound
knowledge of human nature, combined
with quick, solid intutions, and rare
canacity-a capacity of intelligently dis,
patching important work with rapidity
and no bastle-have placed Brigham
Young where he is, and made his little
empire in the desert one of the wonders
of the world. Fora man of sixty eight
he is we'll preserved. Hardly . gray hair
is perceptible in his head. But when he
walks across the floor there is q ,sugges-
ton of old age, with its coming Aabbi-
ness and want of supple sinews. His
step lacks elasticity, and his complexion
the freshness of vigor and ripe robusti-
tude. The Prophet is. going down. hill.
He is no longer young, nor middle aged,
Though he has taken two new wives
within the last six months, he has not in
creased the number of his offspring for
three years and better. Hcber Kimball
who died at the age of sixty-eight, leaves
platoon of infants en- echelon, all the
way from three months old upwards, but,
Brighan's youngest is an urchin- already
in pantaloons .andswise enough TO know
its own mother, which, for Mormon
baby, argues no small endowment of
prccocious reasoning powers Three years
ago Brigham married Amelia, the vi.
vacious, wilful, pale, and 'rathershomefy
daughter of aSalt Lake carpenter. From
the altar she has ezerted strange inhu:
enee over her august lord; and, though
she has borne him no child, she is still
his favorite, is most frequently seen with
hin, in public, and is the object ofsatten-
tions from him which few of his harem
hayesever known.:S Two new wives have
succeeded her-one of them o widow
but neither of them has supplanted her
as the Prophets dearest { g
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g SIGNS a.D To1ESs.-As there may
possibly be some of our readers who be-
leve in "signs and tokens" we give them
the following as the very latest discove.
ries Of the sages. They will be found as
correct as any. ever given heretofore:
The Gridiron-To take down the grid
iron from the. nail where it is hanging,
with the left hand, is sign there will be
o broi1 in the kitchen.
A Funeral-To meet a funeral process
sion is q sign of death.
Pocket Book-To lose pocket book
containing greenbacks is unlucky.
Nails-lf n woman cuts her nails every
Monday, it is lueky--for her husband.
An Itching Ear-lf you have an itch
ing ear tickle your nose, and you will
have an itching there, and ill-luck will be
averted.
A Cat-When cat prepares to wash
its face it is sign that one in the house
will shortly receive q licking.
Warts-To have sixteen warts on the
left hand is unlacky to have the same
number on the right hand is a sign that
you are unfortunate.
Spirits-lf married man, while his
wife is in the room, takes up a-bottle of
spirits with his right hand, it is-a sign
that she will shortly be out of spirits,
and that :, husband is going to liquor.
80. saising-lf one,eyed bulldog
flies at stock-raiser's legs, it denotes that
misfortune will happen to his calves.
Bridal-lf you get, on horseback. on
Monday morning tits: a sign thatyou
will have q hand in bridal.
EI4ucky-To stroke green-eyed eat
with white spot on her nose js,lucky
and heavy.purrs will be the consequence.
Marriage-If you are in a house and
hear baby cry, it is a sign of marriage
or if It isn't, it ought to be.
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Important to. Housekeepers.

MJow in Store supply Of SPEARS PATENT
.IN PRESERVING SOLUTION, for Preserv-
ing Fruits, Jellies, Spicsd Fruits, Cider, Wine,
Milk, Vegetables, &c. IT saves Sugar-it sa, es
The trouble of sealing-it saves the expense of
Sealing or Air-tight Jars or Cans; and it is at
least SO per cent cheaper than any other method.
GT One Bottle (tho prico of which is only
Sl,OO) will preaerve l2o Pounds of Fruit
For sale by g. L. PENN.
July u ~
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assemble en- maaSse.
- s,THEs INTERIOR.


Passing. through the iron gate. Of the
Beehive Houseswe found our intercessor
waiting to introduce us to the modern
Seereof Zion. We were conducted into
Brisham's office: e large apartment hand
somely furnished, and found ourselves
shaking hands with a strongly built man
of sixty eight, who seems ten years
Younger His manner was gravely cor
dial, and he motioned US to chairs with
the routine air Of one whose station de.
mands that hetake a:dsily "public BATH
of visitors of all degrees. q,
The auditors TOOK seats in semi-circle,
while the Prophet deposited himself with
due deliberation in cushioned armchair.
While the conversation ran on empty
generalities, few moments were afforded
to take a glance around the apartment
which serves the double purpose Of pri-
vate office and audience.room. On one
side of the wall near the ceiling is o row
of bust portraits in oil, presenting Brig
ham, his counsellors and apostles, in all
the propriety of neatly dressed hair.
commanding, or at least. strikipg facial
expression, in all the pienitude of fine
linen and full dress broadcloth. Brig
hams picture would seem to make him
out vigorous handsome man of forty,
and Justly bestows on him q presence to
impress feminine admirer no less than
its own SEX The array of pictures has
lust the same shade Of gloss and like Pc
culiarlties of color. and treatment; so
they are, probably the recent work Of The
same hand. Maps of Salt Lake City,
Utah, and that part of the United States
west of the one hundredth degree OF
longitude, hang elsewhere on the walls.
The room contains several large desks
made Of. expensive woods, highly var.
nished land two large tables of beautiful
green aud mottled marbles, piled high
with books aud Documents. The floor is
richly carpeted, the chairs large and lux,
urious. Three or four carved bookcases,
all closely filed, are disposed in different
spots next the wall.
PEN F1SiCN6 Of AhN w.
Now for glance at Brigham himself
as he sits grayely upright in his chair
with his large, broad feet making de
cent righ; angle on the soft carpet. He is
in a suit of greenish cassimere-coat,
vests and pairta!uons all Of The same piece
--all nitie roomS}andi 0llfyftable, with
no pretcnsiuns whatever to stylish build,
The vest is. cut ~ as to reveal a broad
cxpan>e of white linen shirt and turn:
down collar. The only jswelry visible.
is heavy but tasteful watch chain, lead
inc trouv a vest button-hole to the left
We It pockga a crispIy clean parti.col.
ored SIX pocket hanikerchief is lied
,r al Il; neck, aul E.Strn-d in II come
" knot as il Fl ei, adiuste. there by The
l..t new hrid.'. Ihe vccasinn Of this
nj l,1,a,, to !.i> I'd lffy cnstuine is lri
fl pg disorder 't III lr''ai, i!icurred in
preaching the funeral DISCOURSE Of Heber
Kimball, and following MS remains to
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Claiming his Sister.

A French paper says that Lucille
Rome, a pretty little'grl, with blue eyes
and fair hair,, poorly sbut.neatly clad, was
BROUGHT before the Sixth Court of Cor
rection, under the charge of vagrancy.
"Does any one claim you?" asked the
Emy 'goodssir," said She 81 have
no longer friends; my father 'ld mother
are dead-I have only my brother james,
but he is ss young as am. Oh, sir!
whatscan he do for me 2"
= "!The Court: must send you to the
House of Correction.
"IIere | am, sister-here am do
not fear,!" cried o childish voice from the
other end Of the court, and at the same
instant.a little boy with a lovely counte-
nance started forth from amid the crowd,
and stood before the judge.
Who are you?" said he.
"James Rome, the brother of this lit
tie girl''
Your age ?' -
"Thirteen. ";i .e
"And what do you want 2"
81 come to claim my sister Lucille"
"But have you the means of prov-
ding for her ?"
Yesterday / had not, but now have.
Don't be afraid, Lucille
sOh, how good you are, James!"
"Well. let us see, my boy" said the
magistrate "the Court is disposed to
do all it can for your sister. But you
must give MS some explanation"
About q fortnight ago. continued the
boy, "my poor mother died Of a bad
cough, for it was very cold at home. We
were in great trouble. Then said TO
y IF, | will be an artizan, and when !
NV good trade | will support my
.ster. | went apprentice to a hrush-
maker. Every day | used to carry her
half of my dinner, and at night | took
her secretly to my room, and she slept
in my bed while slept on the floor. Bat
it appears she had not enough 10 cat
One day she begged on the Boulevard,
and was .taken,np. When heard that,
said to myself. " Come my boy,.sthings
cannot last SO; you must find s9mething
better soon found place where
am lodged, fed and clothed, and have
twenty francs a month, have also found
good woman, who for these twenty
francs, will take care of Lucille, and
teach her needle.work. / claim my Sis
ter"
~ My boy" said the judge, "your con-
dict is very honorables However, your
sister. cannot be set at liberty till to-
morrow"
"Never mind, Lucille" said the boy,
81 will come and fetch you early to-
morrow" Then turning to the magis-
trate, he said, 81 may kiss her may not
sir ?''
He threw himself into the arms of his
sister, and both wept tears of affection.
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HIS VIEWS ON POLITICS.

Ihe conversation rlppled IN the snail
lows for awhile, and then one Of US made
push for deep water with the question (:
Does your community, Mr., Young,
take any interest in the general politics
Of the country ?"S
aNo, sir" was the reply. @We be-
lieve here in men, and not in parties" +"
And he changed the topic, almost in the
same breath, to that of mining, in which
some of his visitors are interested.
"Gentlemen," said he, @f understand
some of you are going to the Pahranagat
mines. You are very hopeful | observe,
but you will lose your money-mark
my words. The ore is there, true enough !;
but not one mine in fifty can be prohtably
worked in America until wages are twen-
ty-five cents a day, as in Germany, in
stead of six. dollars, as at your mines!
The expense of reducing your ore will
swallow up all the revenue, and.mucE
more. 1t won't do. What would my
community be to-day if it had taken to
mining instead,sof agriculture? Set ene
hundred men: to mining andsten tosfa farm
ing, and at the end Of ten years the ten
will be worth moro than the one hundred,
and probably have to6ed them gratui-
tously. You say It is possible that my
views on this subject may be changed.
They may be enlarged, and for your sake
/ hope they will, Butt. can only repeat
my fullest conviction that you are DOOM
Jed to bitter disappointment and heavy
losses"
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THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.


81 understand, President Youns," said
another,s '...that you have taken a-contract
for grading the ninety miles of the Union
Pacific Railroad next Veast ofeyour city,"
eyes," answered the Prophet; "not
precisely east of the city, but east of a
point twenty miles north of it,
ave have heard" pursued the first
speaker, that you would greatly prefer
not to be disturbed by railroads-that is,
your people have sought to be isolated
and would not object to remaining alooi
from Gentles and their enterprises.
z" Oh, yes" replied Brigham, with a
well-feigned furry of impatience at the
thought "..That is the. way with people
generally. They would discrcdit the
word of reliable man and believe the
first drunkard that sallies out of groe
chop. Why should we grade ninety miles
of road we are supposed to be afraid
Eof?"
Nobody answered the question.
7fss Would you rather the railroad would
pass twenty miles north Of instead ol
through your city g"
"Why, OF. course not" growlcd Brig
ham. =. We have exhausted our influence
in attempting to bring it right into Sal,
Lake City. Years ago set apart depot
/ grounds for railroad purposes. 4 have
offered part of them to the Union Pa
cifc if they will come here; but they
choose. to pass twenty miles to the north
building across the lake and continuing
their route west in that latitude without
a detour of forty miles.
"Will you build branch, then, to
connect with the railroad 2"
"Certainly, in good time. The valley
is perfectly level, and the branch can be
easily and cheapiy constructed
"What is the Mormon population OF
Utah, Mr., President"
+ 81 don't know, sir" So
!" This city. We hear, has about sixteen
thousand inhabitants
1t has about twenty thousand, said
Brigham.
when, Mr.. President, do you expect
the Union Pacific Railroad to reach the
latitude Of iscity 2" + 8
"Another season will suffice, ! hink.
The ninety miles have contracted to
grade will be finished by next September,
as stipulated. have II large force at
work already as you d,uh,."ss say when
,oa. cru.I' {. n,v Ihroua I3'hp Calron
The su,re,ltlacts have nearly all Ge,h
given out
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He threw himself into the arms of his
sister, and both wept tears Of affection.
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COOKING AND HEATIN G
Stoves

Call aud make a close inspection Of tho Goods
and Prices before you so furthor.
I am not paying $4,000 a year for rent Of
Store as many others are. Bear this in mind, as
thoao expenses are not to be added to prices paid
Inv YOU.