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The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The ladies were all pretty and charming;
the music fine; the table how fortunate that
Pike of the STANDARD, nor any other half
fed brother of the quill was not thereL lit
was 6euntifally supplied with everything
GoIds6ore Messenger. sgIG = :" .
Humphis Wethink il was unfortunate,
for those are the concomitants we appreciate.
But alas, we ere forced to go hungry and are
wasting away SO rapidly that if the wasting
process keeps up q short time longer We
shall fall away to two hundred pounds.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

1t is not generally known that the Navy
Department has ordered the building of
several very fast steam sloops-of-war, which
will raise the standing of the navy much,
and place it on an equality with that of any
European nation. The vessels will be built
and paid for without any additional appro-
priations from Congress,
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

A colored woman confined in jail at sa-
vannah, Ga, the other day gave birth to
twins-s son and daughter The daughter
is as black as the ace of spades, and the son
is as white as any descendants of the Puri-
tans.-Erchange, .L... a..
The above is, undoubtedly the biggest lie
on record. Anyhow we shan't believe it un-
til we see it In 6ldek and white. Hia
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Charlotte Democrat requests the
STANDARD to copy certain article which
appeared in its last weeks edition. Unfor.
tunately we have not the paper referred to,
and do not remember the article the Demo,
erat wishes copied. II, however, Bro. YATES
will send the piece referred to, we will pub
lish it at the lowest rates.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Princeton, Indiana, recently had mann
9th mushroom grow in one night. 1t was
81 inches around, and weighed nearly four
pounds. s.-Erchange.
New York has bigger mushroom than
that. 1t took year or two to grow, to be
sure, but then it weighs over too hundred
nnunds. it is called James Fisk, jr.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Let us all go to the Fair. If we fail to
issue paper next week, charge it to Pike
Whitaker, and the Raleigh Fair. Present
the bill to brother Albright, of the Greens.
borough Iimes.-AiLton Chronicle, '
Let the paper 60 to the-subscribe,a =.
best It may. Throw all care and superauous
ngging to one side, and come and ;r.n...
tne wonders of nature as shown in tbo r.
n,sran,, w az. ~.iIhs TO take the responsibility of
% preventing the issue of your paper, and sb.,, i,
ooas,a%r s,s. that we have done good vo.,. 0,a.'
'a'5' : is coming, too, and wen n.o.. ~..A.
.$s e / tr"ml the Sentinel men e's
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

A cable dispatch from Constantinople in
forms us that the great Powers have with.
drawn from interference in the affairs Of
Egypt, and that the Sultan and the Vice
roy are LETT to settle their difficulties as best
they can II this be true we may expect
trouble, fE Ai Ira sziE sf- nos a Hil.al
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

At Columbia, Licking county, on Sunday
a man named Cahill committed suicide with
a pistol. .-Ezchange. r..
A double tragedy. We presume the man
was shot in the neck and that the pistol ex-
ploded with grief and thus went off.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Republicans of Iowa have offered a
purse to any man who can find Democrat
in that State, as there were none visible at
the last election. This we think to be fool
ish, as if there was any Democrat there he'd
have stolen the purse before it was offered.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
The Latest Election Returns.

The latest election returns seems to make
it sure that the Republicans have secured
both Ohio and Pennsylvania. This is most
glorious victory. 1t is the death knell of
Democracy. The Democratic candidate for
the Presidency is defeated in his own State.
How are the mighty fallen! Laus Dec!
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The papers tell us it takes two hours to
marry Enthusiastically. What an age for q
business man to wait !-Erchangs.
Yet there will be many persons who will
wish they had aoaited longer.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Observer came to our sanctum yester-
day greatly besmeared with blood. Who's
hurt 2-Stdndard. u.
The devil, in rumaging among our ex-
changes, got his finger cut by one of the
sharp retorts of the Standard. Your Pike
is ground too sharp.--Charlotte Observer.
Yes, reckoning by your fearful politics the
devil has more to do with your paper than
--yi.ed,,s selse.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

They are having heated and mixed pol
itical contest in Chicago. Not knowing the
parties we can't say which is best, but if
what each says of the other is true, they are
all scamps, which, however, is to be expected
from Chicagoites, i
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

1t is said that preparations are being made
to get the Spanish gunboats to sea against
the orders of the authorities. If this is true
we hope that the United States navy will
blow them out of water.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Blackwood says the salutation, "How do
you do ~ really means "How do you thriye?"
the second "do" being really the obsolete
Saxon word "dow," meaning to thrive
Exchange. 4s.-, .,,t.. ..f vt'.
Then we suppose row-de-dow means to
kick up q prosperous old muss.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Sarsaparilla Townsend is dead. He never
drank his own medicine, and so lived to
green old age-E1ehangs.
Those who did lived to green age wheth-
or old or not
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

How much chance would man have
of carrying the United States who can't
carry his own State2 Pendleton will
please answer by return mail.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Bro Albright, for the Lords sake, "give
the devil his due."-Rutherford Psndicator.
Does our friend of the Vindicator feel too
cold where he is now2 If SO we think Bro.
Albright had better do as requested.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The election excitement is on the increase
in Pennsylyania. There will be close
vote. -ev1b br 90 20. .5H o..
The British Consulate has been diseontin-
ued in Chicago. Queen Vic didn't dare to
trust her servant in such blawsted, bloody
place as that, you knowl iaa -l-' -
Dr.. Livingstone has been heard from and
is expected to be in Zanzibar shortly. This
isgood news, for the, Doctor has done much
to aid the cause of science. li -
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The French are trying, successfully, sin
gle rail ailroad-Eehange.
Hope they wont try it in this country
They can hardly stay on t,oo rails now.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Democracy of Ohio are now like the
little how who fell out of bed-ain't got any
thing to say.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Euphemie Bleau, is new French eanta-
trice-Eschange. y,
There are great deal too many singers
"0lo.oing" around now. Let Euphemie stay
at home.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Parton says that though Mrs. Stowe was
prompt to tell the true secret of Lady Byron's
life, he himself was prompter.-E1change
Parton had better have kept that part on
it to himself.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

A new oil-well at Kittannlng, Pa, has
been named the 'Oliye Logan.'-M Y. Dem
ocrdt
Then we presume its product will be
Olios oil H.47 i. D. i-. sns. ..
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Democracy of Pennsylvania are pre-,
pairing to emigrate. They are now Packers
up for Salt River. s. 10. ..r
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

The Democracy of Texas repudiate the
convention of Democratic editors who re-
Gently nominated full State ticket-Ez-
change.
Now, if the Democratic editors" repudi-
ate the Democracy of Texas" what will
become of the aspirants for Office p Char
btte Democrat.
Become off i Why fhsy IN he
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Tn. Mast is getting near-sighted.- Chica-
go Tribune. ,,,.. Co.. ....
A nasty lookout for Mast. Too bad just
as he has the game in his hand that he
should be obliged to go it blind and never
be able to sec him who calls him.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1869,

1t is proposed to convert Shakers and
Quakers by dosing them with quinine
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

Manton Marble is accused of writing the
Parsee letters in the New York World.-Er-
change. r-.i .as-sv- ''...
Undoubtedly because he is so parsee-
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Markets by Telegraph.

''-' FOREIGN MARKETS. u. ey,,
LONDON, August 1e-NooD.- oonsols s2l. Bonds
ssH. The weather Is favorable for crops
r LIVERPOOL, August 1s-Noon.- Cotton actve;
upiands 1s9sd; Orleans! 1870; talss 5000 bales.
Corn s1s Cd. t%s! ..
Afternoon Cotton actiyc; pplands 1sxa1sxd;
Orleans 1sXa1sKd; sales 40 900 bales. Lard IT'S cd.
Evening.-cotton closed ,sctiye and erdtod; up
lsnds 1sxd; Orleans isXd; sai6s 10000 bsler. IN
cluding 5000 for speculation aud export n
poMHsr1o AIRxErs. n
New Yonz, August -Noon- Stoais dull, but
arm. Money ateady nj 10 Sterling, long aH; short
Io1<. Gold sax. Cston hrrasr at ssxss4c, Tur.
,pentine 4sc Rosfn steady, ~,
'Evening.-cotton ~ better; sales $500 bales at
stc. Flour heavyj supernne state seas SO; common
to fair extra Southern Sc esa7 80. Wheat dull and
2alc lower during the day. Corn scarce;+ mixed
western 81 19a1 ~. Beef quiet and unchanged.
Pork heavy at ss9as9X. Lard steady at 201Ia20,tc
whisNtes1 17al Tx. Rice and sugar steady. RoBin
81 soas 90. Freights . shade easier. Governments
sti ong and advancing. s2's 49, southerns stronger
Money continues easy at 6a7c. Discounts dull. sterl
ing dull at 93aeH. Gold Huctusting, bat closed
| hrmer at 33x. Stocks cozed unsettled.
BALrItoRr. August 1sSzCotton hrpa- Flour dun
and weak. Wheat lower; prime red d 90, good 81 so
al IS. Corn firm snd scarce; white 81 12a1 Il, Oats
dull at 6sa58c sRronstops easier Pork $34 shoul-
ders 1876. hem 2oa21c. wbistey 81 17a1 1s.
.cnScnINATI. August ls..,whiskey Arrn at, 81 liza
~. Provision, quiet and unchanged. No sales Of
4 importance. Corn scarce at 95a9ac. f.9 :,,s..A
81. LOUIS, august 1ss-Corn dull; yellow in saats
9oa92c; white In bulk &c. Whisfey 6rm. Pork
quiet at ss4 2S Bacon steady stl6a1sc; clear hSes
1910. Lard le,xa2oc ss<fss.s,. si.y.: j
LouIsvIIIE, hA August 1s Corn yAty Atmg In bulk
soassc Provisions very arrn. Ness pork ss4aal 50.
Shoulders 1e4c: clear sides exc. Lard 20Hc. WINS.
| key 81 loa1 IL. irsE NJ
wnMn,oros. August lsl Spirits turpenune 'ssJ q,
Rosin steady at y eoaa rs. Grade turpentne "a 81
as. Tar 81, 80 3! s;.s, ~
AUGUSTA, August 1s Cotton armer;. sales -et
bales; receipts "a bales; middlings 81 ,6as2ofj ,4
SAVANNAH, August ls.--Gotton receipts "a bales
Exports ia bales. q i's.rsgs.g;t; I !;
NOBLE. August ls.-cotton closed arm; saIes 100
bales; middlings sec; receipts none; exports o.
bales. -
NEW ORLEANS, August is.-Cotton dull; sales
30 bales; low middlings n1mnalIy SOC; rcoeipts Ii
bales. Sugar dull; common 10; prime Il
Molasses Inactive; rebolleo G0si0o. gold sax. New
York sight exchange ,fc premiu,o. Sterling 48K.
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Drugs, Gbsmifals, Gtf.
ID r. Hlo US
LDEN RENE EDIRs,

f.s-ar = .
ASK FOR NO OTHER. TAKE NO orHEn. AND
you WIZ save time health and money.
SLIGO REWARD Tor any case OF discnse I'm INV
stage which they fail to cure. III T. =
DIR. RIcB AUS GOLDEN BAI.sAM No. cures
Ulcers. liberated Sore Throat and Mouth Sore
Eyes. cutaneous or skin Eruption-. Cooper CoIored
bioches soreness Of the Scalp. scrofdIa kc Is the
greatest Renosator, AlicIatiye and Blood PuriHcr
known. removes all diseases from the systcm and
leaves the blood pure aud healthy.
DR.. RlCHAU'S GOLDEN BALSAM No. 2 currs
Mercur1sl Affections. Rheumatism in all IT, forms
whether from mercury or other causes, gayes imme.
diate relief In all cases. No deling necessary
have Thousands Of Certificates proving che miracu.
Ions cures effected By these hemedies Price Of
either No. OF No IS per bottle, two bottles for
Dr. RIcHAU's GOLDEN ANTIooTR, safe. spec
dy. peasant and radical cure for oil Urinary De.
ragementr, accompanied with full directions. Price
50 per bottle. -
radical cure for Nervous or General Debility in old
or oupg; fmpartsng energy With wonde.fuf effect
Price 70 per hottie, or two bottles for Ga.
On receipt OF price these Remedies viii be shipped
70 any place. Prompt attention paid to all CORES.
dents None genuine without ths name of '.Dr.
RIoHAU'd GOLDEN REMEDIES, D. b. RiCHARI)s
Sole Proprietor" blown in glass OF bottles.
'+ AddreRs ID. n. RICHARDS.
No. 228 Varick-streef, New York
Once Boura from A. II. to p. n.
+ Circulars sent. " July
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AEFAfRs IN THE STATE.

The Marion Star tayB .We regre; to Learn
from some OF our best planters that they are
ed With tho rust. On some plan: :atlons the
cotton is covered with honey dew the fore.
runner oi lico which have nude their appear
ance. After this combination follows the rust
rienoa, that seasonable showers will preyen,
'the rms which We hope Will como In time to
save the crop from any serious injury" ..,g
Ata meeting OF portion of the citizens md
was. lesolYed that committee of ono from
each township in Marion County be appointed
TO take INTO consideration our situation in
reference to taxes, and the propriety OF form
ing JOINT stock company for the purchase
and sale Of lands SOLD for taxes and otberwise
That that committee report, OF q meeting to be
held OF this place on the frat Monday in, Sep
teHbet next. the details tor such organization
under the above resolution. c'i
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DER G's u UNIVERSAL RUSSIAN
HEALING sALVE.

ETHIs VALUABLE REMEDY HAS EFFRorED
nnumerable cures, and has gAinedfor itselfa great
reputation. he discoverer Of this Salve has applied
ttwtth eminent success In Thousands OF cases DUR
ing the Crimean War. and has cured dangerous
wounds. In many casts considered mortal
<MR. E. BERG is the sole possessor Of the valuable
secret Of making this save; from hia experience In
using 1t In Europe and the success attending It's ap-
pcaion there, he has been induced 10 introduce X
into the United sfates. 1T RELIEVES PAINl
1fote who have Wounds, Bruises, Cuts Of oil
ftnds, or Sores. Felons, Scratches. Musquito Bites
Frost Bitten Joints, Sore Lbs, ChilblaLA Chdrens
scorbuto complaints on Heed and Face, aro'fpeedi,
and Is peculiarly adapted for pnhered Sreasts tors
legs, &C.. through confinement and other causes
1t acts Ike magic In removing Boils. PImples, and
Cutaneous Diseases, and has been successfully
used for Cosns Bnnions and Sore Throat, by apply.
Ing externally every evening before going to bed
For sale by all druggists. Price 26c., 60c, and 81
per Jar. Once M 2s0 Bowery, N. z. None genuine
unless counterstgned Z: BERu'5 UNIVERSAL RUS.
SIAN hEALINa sALvE, No 260 Bowery New
Place, New York. atuth 1y July s. ,
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THE DAILY NEWS.
Tho Magic Land,
BIZ OWEN MEREDITH.

b woodland belt, by ocean bar,
Tho iull sruth breese our 70, ehead famed,
And, unde. many . yollow star,
We dropped into the magic land.
There every sound and every right
Means IN ne than si ht or eound elsewhere,
Each tvilght etsr twofoid light, III.
BACH rose double reoness there.
BY ocean bar, by woodland belt, t,g.
- Our silent course siren led,
nluark In dawu heaii q to melt, -t-.
Through the Wild NIHIra:work o'erhead.
la L,,. .',gs... .eD'oA i-
mu muir from tho Sioist vuIcsi
Rlo:y IN the goblin n'dslll
There Beauty all her breast unvefie,
And Musis pours out all her shell.
We watched. towards the land OF dreanhs
Tho fair moon draw ,he nu,murtpg Main;
IA single thre,d silver beams ~
Was made tho monsters c:ppling chain
We hoard far or he sircn's song;
We rsugl lt The CLEAN Of sea .mItPs hair
The glimmeri0g tsIcs and rocks. amongt
Wa moved through sparkling purple air.
Then Morning rose nnd smoto from far,
Ber cIhn harps o'er lano and seq;
And woodland belt, and ocean bnr.
10 ONO sweet note sighed 'Ttalyi !"
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THE woNDEHEyh FAMILY NED

THE WONDERFUL FAMILY mEDl.
CINE, .i.- = - 80 ----
Leter from The Surgeon. General of e late Conjeder-
ate States.
RICHMOND, Val January IA, 1869.
JouN DANDY & Co.. No. l6O William street, New
Yorki f q fdss
6tntem,n-I have received your letter Of the 18th
Or December 1855, calling my attention to your
tDarbys Prophylactic) Fluid.
most cheertnlly state that the Fluid was furnish.
ohsrge Of general hospitals I'm The Confederate ser
vice With great benefit to the patiens-nll the sur.
geors making favorable report-a great deal of Il
was used IN the hospitals. -, ~ : "
31 Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
aSAM'L PRESTON MOORE, II. %,
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d q MS
IL l1i.tE ~ l-ciir71l;-$ .tes c l!ti-c q.
TOBACCO ANTIDOTE
Warranted TO Remove all Desire
for Tobacco.
1t is Purely Vegetable and contains
nothing Injurious.

The following is one Of thousands Of testimonials
that are daily received by the Manufacturer:
RICHMOND. Va. November 49, 1869.
DEAR sIR-1he Tobacco tntfdote" prepared by
you according to the receipt you have subnitted
is purely vegetable. entirely hsI nless and contains
nothing In the least Injurious II is not dlssgre cable
to the taste. and as homo article, hope you will
meet With ready sale for IT, and believe that II the
directions are followed It will do all You claimed for
III JOHN DOVE, NJ. D.
as- Price 50 cents per Boz. The usual discount
to the Trade.
As- For sale by
= - DR.. H. BAER,
wHOLEsAIs AGENT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
JDna7 --'
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r e GA r E,E. E.ULiy o.-stlsh "a
WHAT MEDICINES
a you TAKE.

t'r'1-ii- -GE t. uir-t '9ssN - 4. q. 7ts
WHEN YOU ARE EXHAUSTED BY oyFRwoRK
OF head or hand and feel the need something In.
yigofatfng don't drink whiskey any intoxica tinR
thing, whether under the name OF Biiters or cher
wise. such artfclea give Just rs much strength 10
your weary body and mind as The whip gives 10 the
laoed horse, and no more. Alcoholic stmulants nre
in5nIiops 10 Nerve health and are ALWAYS followed
by DEPRESSING REACTION.
nOdd's Nervine and TnyigOrator
is TogTo and GENTLE isfiMULANT which \.
NOT attended ny REACTION. WHAT It gains for
refreshes wlth natural strepgth that comes 10 say
We nre not Recommending teetotalism In the interest
OF any faction; but long and extended observation
teaches us that he who rcsosSto The bottle for resi-
or recuperaion. will find, no keeps at It, that he
ia klndttng Gro In his bones which will consufne
like the flames Of pefdition. Turn from IT, Take a
tonic that viii refresh and not destroy. DODD's
EERViNE 10 for sale by all Druggists. Price One
each bottl 7mos lime OK
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THE AsTOAIsHIna a
DifSIN FECTANT

: 49, .
EMoaY coLLEoE, o1ronp. GA, December %. 1888
Prof. DARBY. Dear Sir-Having not been en-
gagged for many years in tho active duties Of the
~ aedlcsl & profession. am only suierfcailS acquaint
cd NTH the claims ef your ProIbylactio Fluid but
am we'll asquainted with Its chemical elements:
While, therefore, cannot speak experimentally OF
tberapehto properties Of the oaents employed In it's
compoeitions together with tho we'll known reputa-
ton q its diacoverer, as ohemrh authorize me to
must be considered as valuable CONTRIBUTION to ths
class Of articles 10 which 1t betnga.
These vinws may add, are Sustained by the testi:
mony OF many competent Judges who have tested
Its properties. Believe me, dear sir.
a. MEANS. il. D.. LII, j.
CURES BURNS. WOUNDS. STINGs, Sc.
.at! ALABAMA lNaANK HOSPITAL, ~
TUSCALOOSA. December "a, 1868
hessrs. JOHN DAaDI Co.. No. 160.wDlism. street
Genaemen-I received your circulars Of tho 10Th
insAnt asking an expression OF opinion from mo rs
sion and public at large. and co universally esteem.
ed That itt seems to me TO need no further recon-.
ASH dltinfectint and remedial agent too when 10.
3s not excslled BY auy .smar prepsrstion
We use permesnGanic preparations yery e1tonsiyely
CONSIDER youts the best and most elegant prepare
don 81 the kind Manufactured.
1y1s Respectfully yours, &c, nn,,, ~
Bup't and Physician Aisbama Insane Hospital.
55ae DOwIE 4 MpIsE.T 4
- wHoLEsALR DRyaaIsTs,
MAyaS stuthssmos Asenss for soIeh csioiins.
~ . Ea Ofla n is;ti'l' 'a'a'' : ~ 5
sGpRa1os 70 rae bRsf fMroRfsKibb fsKibb z ca s.
Juls u s.i.tyi INC. .isi sMssttns stissA
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TIE .FXCEILENT R BN EDIEs' OFTo. g.
pROPHITr, ID. D., need no Recommendation =
their well known power In removing the diseases ne.
Suliar to our Southern clmae having already est6b-
lished for them IN envlable reputation IN iIeorra
and the adjoining Staes As the majority Of persons
living In the South are predtposed TO dineaee Of the
Liver, is granted by all intelligent physicians that
10 org inc or functional arrangement or that impor-
tant organ. Prophitt's Liver Medicine ana Anti.
Bilious Pills strike directly at the root Of the evil
Ih6y cure the Liver. which in nine cases oit of ,en
Is Is at the bottom Of the Coughs. Dyspepsi,, Collie.
siek Headache rheumatism, Constipation, Men
people. Earache, T0othache, Acute Rheumstsm
Neuralgia and bodily pains Of every kind Gee before
PROPHlTT'S PAIN KILL 1T
Ike chat before tho Wind.
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.GounmIu..arfial.

ks Exports. .iS IN
new YoRK-Per steamship sarsgosss-Is bales
tics, 70 Packages. 90 casks Clay, <8 crates Fruit,
81 sacks Cotton Seed, and suudries.