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FORCE oE HABrr.-Habit is eyerv.
thing. We have all heard tho story
OF the man who slept above a bakers
oven for twenty years, then changed
his lodging; but he had to 90 back to
tho oven before he could sleep. A
case illustrating the same principal is
reported in Ohio. A city man, accas-
toned to lodge in one Of the kosiest
streets, visited a country friend. Too
much quiet destroyed his rest at night
his friend felt for his distress, and said
he would try and re.iove it. Accord
ingly he went to neighbor,s and pro.
cured bass drum, which he beat un-
DER the guests bedroom window. and
had his boy run q squeakine wheel.
barrow up and down on tho porch.
while his wife played on. the piano.
and bis servent girl pounded on the
chamber door with the tongs. In this
manner the sufferer was enabled to
get two or three hours Of quite re.
ireshing sleep, though it was heavy on
the family al -.
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BOBBY ROB'S LITTLE SERMON.

Yesterday morning Bobby Rob
climcd up into his grandmother's arm
chair, and preached this little sermon
to the children in the nursery:
BELOVED HEARERS AND Cu11'REN ::
I'm goin' to preach to you about
shoes. 1t was what my aunty told
me oncet, and it is truo. Every morn
in, beloved hearers and chil'rcn,
there's two pair of shoes n standin'
by every boys and girls bed mot by
the cradles, coz babies don't know
enough. Well one pair of shoes is
nice, and makes you good natured and
pleasant ; and tho other pair is all
wrong, and makes you just as cross as
tigers. If you put on tho good pair,
you'll walk through the day as good
and cheerful as q birdy bird, and
everybody'll like to hear you comm,
and your step'll be just like the music
OF beautiful hand-organ with little
men and women all dancing round and
round; and evcrywhere's you 60,
things will secm all right and nice,
and you won't even mind having your
face washed, nor your hair curlsd, if
they don'tpull too awful. But if you
put on the other pair, you won't have
any comfort, and nobody won't want
you, and everything will kind o. crack.
Now, my hearers and chil'rcn, ooh,
Mary Ann! mamma said you mustn't
jump up your witch box while any Of
US was preach!n'D Now, my hear
ers, 'emember these two kind of shoes
is by everybody's bed every mornin'.
You can't see 'em but they are there,
and all you've got to do is to say, I'll
put my feet into the good-natured
shoes, and wear 'em all day, and not
forget it, and you'll do bully. But
just as sure as you don't, your feet'll
slip into the bad shoes aforc you know
it and then look out
"Now, my hearers and chilren, 1
must get down. The breakfess-bell is
ringin'. I want you all to 'emem-
ber what I just said to you,-and an
other thing: if you've got on your
good-natured shoes this mornin', you'll
wait tor me till [ get my hair brushed,
coz I've been preachin', an we all
ought to start fair if there's griddle-
cakes. ."-Hearth and Home.
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inE MEN WHO WIN WoMzN.-.God
has made the sexes that women. like
children, cling to the men; lean upon
them as though they were superior i.
mind and body. They make, them
the suns of systems, and their children
revolVe around them. Men arc q,o.d,.
If they but knew, and woman burning
incense at these shrines. Women
therefore, who have good minds and
nearts, want men to lean upon.
1hlnk Of their reverencing a drunk
aro' liar, a fool, or a libertine.- Ifa
man would have o woman to do him
nomage' ne must be manly in every
sense ; a true gentleman, not after the
Chesterfield school, but polite because
MS heart is full Of kindness to all: ono
who treats her with respect, even def.
erence, because she is a woman who
never condescends to say silly things
to her, who brings her up to his level
II his mind is above hers; who is ne
yer over anxious to do right, who has
no time to be frivolous with her.
Always dignified in speech and act.
who neverspends too much upon her
never yields to temptation, even if she
puts it in his way ambitious to make
his mark in the world, whether she
encourages him or not; who is never
familiar with her to the extent of be.
ing an adopted brother or cousin:
who is never over-careful about dress:
Away pleasant and considcrate, but
always keeping his place of the man
tho head, and never losing it. Such
department, with noble principals.
good mind, energy and industry, will
win any woman in the world who is
worth winning.
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A CANAnY's ANTIpATnY.-Itm nav
interest some of your readers to note
the extraordinary antipathy for GER
tain colors of pet canary-bird of
ours. Any shade of violet or blue
appears to drive him mad. lie not
only futters, but beats himself against
tho wires or the bottom Of tho cage,
and really believe would kill him
self if the Objectionable color was
not removed. The least bit of either
OF these colors is detected by him in
moment. One day, while my wife
was feeding her pets, the cook came
to speak to her, and had some ribbon
of violet shade to her cap. Poor
little Dickey was off in a moment,
violently beating and futtering till
the cap strings disappeared. We
have tried him with almost every
other color, and he takes no notice.
l may add that he was brought up by
the hand, and is 80 tame that he is
constantly hoppipg about us .asI We
get up in the morning; any stranger
can take +him~en their finger. In q
moment however, At the sight Of .
dress or ribbon Of the colors named,
he immediately commences trying to
knock his brains ont, or to do himself
some other v aagrievous bodily harm"
Can any one account for the strange
sfaar Of ,thAaS pa.adslaf sehfss Z. .Cv:
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An accident occurred at the Ac.
ademical Department Of the Pea
body school at Greenville on Mon
day last. The morning being cold,
as the boya and girls were crowd
ing around the fro, the daessof
Bette Cauble,, daughter of Mr.
Henry Cauble, caught land
threatened serious. damageto her.
Miss Bailey, one Of ehessteachets,
in her efforts to 'extingaiSh1 the
flames, had her fingers and the
palms Of her hands ssv versly though
not seriously burned. The be,rsoonp; ,o
Of ths gia iSseapssd diipj iapjjayS; aiS;aS aRSetwith:
Standing q, hsF clothes l a WHY, nearly
Y'~TSN~SS6 ,t...Tt uc,E..,.\ L,c -..... IL.
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minister tho anodyne with liberal
hand every night, or at least when
they fear the child will disturb their
own slumbers. A child thus treat,
ed soon becomes unusually irrita.
BILE and peevish, its digestion is i'm.
paired, it's complexion is a dirty,
sallow hue, it suffers from constipa.
ton, and finally sleeps soundly
onl y when under the influence OF
its accustomed drug. How many
children in every wealthy and fash
ionable community, with good ma
tive constitutions, fall into prema-
ture decay from this cause, it is i'm
possible to determine; but the cor
oners inquests prove that many in
iants die annually from the impru-
dent uee of the drugs in constant
use in many nurseries.
1t can but be regarded as an ak
iom of the utmost importance in
the rearing of children, that the
mother should have the personal
charge and care of them at night.
A medical writer of great expe-
rience says. GLOW many children
sleep the sleep Of death through
the undue administration of carmi-
natives and other nostrums It
requires the mothers greatest vigi-
lance to prevent such weapons be-
ing introduced into the nursery {;
however otherwise excellent, is apt
to prefer the comfort of uninterrup-
ted slumber to the performance of
duty in studying the welfare Of the
child committed to her care"
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SLEEP FOR SALE.-Ce Quincy says
that whom he first purchased opium,
it was like discovering that pleasure
could DO bought by the battle and OBJ
livion by the rules of liquid measure.
Tho New Yhrk Medicle Society is
making known the fact that somc-
thing very like this has beet done in
the discovey of the anesthetic known
as chloral-hydrate. When the prop
er quantity is judiciously injected, u
sound, refreshing sleep onsues, from
which tho patient awakes with the
appetite and resilient spirits which
follow the sleep of health. It is said
to be superior to either, cbloroform
andmorphine, and may bo taken with
water, mucilage or orange-pcel. It is
due to the experiments of DR.. Lilo
bright, of Berlin, who first brought it
to light last July, and was introduced
into this country three weeks ago by
DR.. Jacoby. With the exception of
the small quantity brought by DR..
Jacoby, there is mono in tho United
States, to that its success among sloep-
less Americans remains to be tried.
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SIMPLICITY IN BEAuTY.-The late
ritz Greene Hallock said "a letter
fell into my hands which a Scotch GER.
vent girl had written to her lover
Its style charmed me. 1t was fairly
lnlmitable. 1 wondered how in her
circumstances in life, she could have &C.
CURED so elegant style. showed
the letter to some of my literary
friends in the city Of New York, and
they unanimously agreed that it was
a model Of beauty and elegance. I
then determined to solve the mystsrv.
and l went to the house where she
was employed, and asked her how it
was that, in her humble circumstances
IN life, she acquired style that the
most cultivated minds could not but
admire. Sir said she 4 came ts this
country four years ago. ghen,E could
not read or write. But since. then, T
have learned to read aud wuits. but /
have not yet learned to spssI; 40 al.
ways when I sit down to write a Let.
ter, 1 select these words which sre 40
short and simple that I am surs to
know how to spell them. There was
the whole secret. Tho reply Of that
simple minded Scotch girl condensed
o world of rhetoric into q nut shell,
Simplicity is beauty. Simplicity is
power. . ..u.' Is; = i,
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INTEREST PAID
Certificates of Deposit.
CSaSo
The Carolina National Bank.

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

QY resolution Of the Board of Direc-
D tors of this Bank, Certificates o.
Deposit will be issued, drawing interest a,
tho rate of sEvEN PER CENT. PER ANSus
the local rate for money in the Stat. o
South Carolua, for sums deposited in this
manner, to remain not less than thirty
days, payable on demand after ten day.
| Do'ice.
The Capitd Stock of this Bank is now
1928 500, and authority has been grant
ed 10 Increase it to the sum Of S2OO,OOO
The security Of Depositors il guaranteed
~ the full payment of thi. G .piial Stock,
and ty the examination and Published re-
ports Of It's condition whenever required by
the Comptroller Of the National Currency
Bureau.
The Bank deals in Exchange, Gold and
Silver Coin, and National and State Secu>
rites generally. Deposits received in
Colh or Currency, and paid in the same.
When interest is paid. it will be in K nd.
Persons having fund1 to invest, are res
pec,fuliy invited to correspond with The
President or Cashier on the snliec., and
make all investigation they may see prop
er to satisfy themselves OF the safety and
productiveness cf an investment in its
stock,
The Carolina National Bank has pur.
chased for its use the building belonging
to lhe Bank Of the State, iii the city Of
Columbia, which it will occupy so soon us
the necessary alterations aud improvements
can bemad-. Great caro- will be taken in
tue construction o. its Vau!t, which " i'll he
large and as strong as grana,e and iron
can make it, affordlng every possible secu-
rity to its contents.
BOARD OF DIREDroRs.
l.. D CtlILDS. President.
EDWARD HOPE
JOHN PRESTON. JR,
DIR J. W. PARKER,
X. O'NEALE. JR,
J, &. GlBBES.
w. 3. GULlCK, Cashier,
Dec. 3, 1860, 32-4t
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December 3, 1855

NV HEREAS w. Fl. Bass applicant
w has made sui, to me, to gran,
him Letters Of Administration of the Es-
tate of Mrs. Mary Bass, deceased, late Of
said county.
These are, therefore, to cite and monish
all and angular the kindred and creditors
Of the said Mrs. Mary Bass, decd, that
they he and appear before me. in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville
c, H.. on Tuesday IA Dec. next, after
publication hereof, at ii o'clork in the
forenoon, to show cause. if any they have
why the said Administration should not be
grcnted.
Given under my hand, this 20 day o.
November. Ammo Domini 1869,
Published on the 3rd day of December
1869, in the 93d year of American Inoe.
pendence.
WIN. HILL, J. P. A. @. T.. g.
Dec. 3, 1860, 32-2t
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A COUNTRY CHo1R.-The singing
of country choir is thus described
in q volume called "uomespun, or
Five-and-Twenty Years Ago"
Gas look at such matters, nothing
sweeter or purer, or more delicious to
simple soul, can be conceived than
tho unaffected singing of country
choir. There is 30 littlo scientific fuss
and professional palavcr about it.
And the melodies como out so full
and clcar-a creation each by itself,
rising and falling in its cadence like
the steady swell of the sea I know
few things, for myself moro true and
hearty. There stands the choral row,
male and female, heads erect and
mouths opened wido, letting out souls
and voices together ; the fiddle squeak
ing with excitement to get the lead,
and the hard-working chorister, with
quick eye thrown to one sido and tho
other, actually singing down the
whole! AS to tho melody itself-so
simple and direct, so plaintive, so stir.
ring, filing the house as with a food
from floor to ceiling, and drifting out
through the open doors and windows
into the echoing street-it is enough
to move the most worldly heart that
ever tried to mint itself into money.
One hardly thinks he catches such se-
raphic strains again, though he goes
all the way from New England to
Rome"
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PRIVATE PRopERTY IN LAW Books

PRIVATE PRorERTY IN LAW Books
"A good story is told of John W.
Crockett and Jim Gibson, both OF
them able lawyers, and in full prac-
ticc, in the early days of Jackson g
purchase. They both resided in Full
ded in Fulton, in Hickman county
On one occasion they were employed
on opposite sides, in an ejectment case,
before q magistrate. The Court was
held in school house. Crocket was
reading the law to the court, and
when he got through, Gibson asked
him for his book, saying that the
statute just read was new to him,
Crockett refused to give it to him on
the ground that it was his own pri'
vate property, and if Mr.. Gibson
wanted tho benefit of law books there
were some for sale. The court ruled
that the book was private property,
and that Gibson had no right to SEQ 1t
except with Mr.. Crockett's consent
Gibson was now puzzled, but, being a
man of resources, be fell upon q plan
which completely upset Croekett's
calculations He stepped back and
found under o desk an old copy Of
Noah Webster's spelling book, and in
addressing the Court he read fson the
spelIer: aaBe It enacted by the Gener:
sl Assembly Of the Commonwealth
Of Kentucky, that laws heretofore
passed (here fitting Crockes's law9
bs and the szms: are @AsrOby repeal.
sd.s = aelos1es! sSAnR - haSs1se Riek
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VALUABLE LANDS
Kor saLs tn AGbeville. Importat 4
Land Buyers.

r." eotS B AOoeVfte. 1mpOrfQt TO
Land Buyers.
An ACRE lot in Greenwood, with fine
HO imProv eme nts; 30 acres in original
fsrest-large yeunE orchard. This place can
be bought low. as the owner hss no use for it,
Two Is aero lots on main street, in same vii.
lafe. we'll improved.
Three vacant lots near depot. desirablv Ioca
ted, eater portion Of each in forest contain
tsE from 30 to 200 acres. One tract of 800
acres. knewn as White Hall; 500 acres in for
est, 80 acres prime bottoms; we'll improved
AID contains an excellent store house, and is a
geod mercantile stapd.
One farm on Saluda river. of $50 acres. I2n
10 forest, 81 acres in new bottoms, 100 acres
Of uPlsrds hne for cotton. all under good fence.
comfortably improved for tenants Excellent
falls 81 the river and we'll adapted to machine
ry.
Oae farm adjoining the above on Turkey
creek. Of $50 acres, 100 acres upland cleared,
60 acres good bottoms balance in original for
est asd pines fencing good, and good tensnt
Ops farm Of '22 acres, in Edgefeld, FIVE
miles from Ninety Six depot, 65 acres in cult
walton. orchard from 8 to acres, trees in rood
se.dition. This place is we'll improved.
ose farm of 800 acres, in Edgefeld-exce-
Ient timber.
Ose fsrm Of 900 acress, in Abbeville on
Sso"SS CtSCA. AVV hCEeo III DOttOm6, we'll
proved for teusDts.
Ons farm of 800 acres, on game creek, sl-
perior cotton land 1875 acres of superior bot
tsns-in emo condition.
One farm of 600, acres, on same creek, supe.
her improvements for family residence; land
Of tho frst quality.
The above lands csn bs bought low.
For terms apply to the Land Company. al
6resswood. J. T. PARKS,
W. X. BLAZE, President.
6seretsry. rs n
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Is HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 70 Bz
1NcREAsED.--Data teisgraphs the Bal
timorc Sua. thst among tho fsstutsa
Of the new census bill, tho committso
win reports provision for iabfsasing
tho number Of members Of ,the Tinted
lststes House Of Representatives, ID
800. BY oversight, tie mAtssf vaS
not considered ~ ths saS. .oaumittss
but attention has BEEN called TO it by
the nenbsss " ~ sassa1 sesanst:
y eea i "a. -'.f JtHsptT .s.@3 ! Ef. -gal
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"Let mo SEQ that book" "No. you
don't" says Gibson, "this book, sir, is
private property, and 1 am not in tho
habit Of packing law books around
for the benefit Of others" It ia need
less to say Crockett lost his case, Glib
son having tho last say on him.-Pa-
dueah Kentuckian.
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DICKSON'S COMPOUND

to sixty-F've (s65) Dollars per Ton of
1000 lbs. Tor cash.
Ard on time till November l, 1870, TO
s75 and Interest. for approved City Ac-
cep'ance. Drayage, in ali cases, 81 90
per Ton Dirkson's Compound also will
he delivered Fee Of Charge. at any De-
pot in South Caroliua, in exchange for
Cotton Seed, at the ra,e of 100 Of the
Compound for Is bushels (33 pounds
eacb) Of seed. Bags Tor seed also furnish
ed free of charge. Address
E. p. ALEXANDER.
Columbia, S. G.
December 3, 1869, 32-tf
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Benjaman Baker is a Floridian who
this year raised . crop Of s7sss worth
Of pineapples on one acre and a half
Of ground: ~ * ,|jan!a :: :.
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Reward !!

nROPPED on the Public Road, be.
- tween AbbevilIs G. H., and Will
ing Ton. on November 20. a SMALL SILL
YER CUP, marked 1T. A. G., TO E. G p"
A liberal reward will oe given to tho finder
op delivery at this Office. ...
December 3. lS69.-32-tf
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w anted to Buy !:!'1r

A GOOD. WHEAT lei I rHREsHRR l'lllu 81 !. and
"a FAN, for which fair prics will be
paid in cash. None need bs offered, but
The best. . Il 81
.uN .s,,-rs ~.H.) .s..1 / .'i|
J. r. G. DuPre. :
Dec. 3, 1sse, sS.-sfr
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Epginsd aud Francs are inssine
great efforts to settle the difference
between the Victory Snd tho Sutton.
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FALL OPENING FOR 1869!
J. H. & M. L. KINARD'S

COLUMBIA, S. G.
We have just received, and have ready for
examination. the largest and most attractive
stock that it has ever been our pleasure to ex-
hibit, consisting of everything pertaining to o
first class
Dry Goods Establishment.
"lso fnll line of
CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS,
WINDOW SHADES; CORNICEs &C.
Our stock is so extensive and varied. that it
IS Impossible to enumerate. We therefore in
vite our friends. and all in want Of good and
cheap Dry Goods. to call and see for them
selves. We guarantee satisfaction as to style,
quality and price. J. Fl. d H. L. KINARD.
Oct %, 1859, 26-Bm NIB
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% AftsfD December 2Ist,, Il win be me.
GEL TT asst essaias o. naaify b Nsw
HaahAakk.oaf = .aeA,G tad! Se :.EE g
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A London letter says: Wales having
struck york for higher salary, and being now
junketting with his wife in Egypt, pursued by
Cooks tourist and small army of correspon-
dents of London papers, 1t looks as il his royal
mamma had determined to show that she can
dispense with him, and carry on the business
in the old orthodox manner-Ain which hope
West End tradesfolks are preparing to be de-.
lighted. Young Arthur, too, has, so to speak,
been pressed into service; he is going to hold
three leyees in March, in st. James Palace;
propos Of which young gentleman was told q
e-ious circumstance by knowing man abont
tow who protested to have personal kno wledge
apouct. The Prince, then. is not only so pro-
hgiousi-in interested in all that happens to him
as 10 oO'Se photographs, engravings, htho-
graphs orSk.ches Of every locality he visits,
Enghsa .. Continental, public or private, for
preserva0.o\ IN huge album, but also pos
sesses simer voSme filed with innum cradle
porSra'ts Oh lpself ;from his earliest boyhood
upWaros' Ante are hlndreds Of photographs,
IN all soTts ol eNtunnesss ssome in character, as
henry VII. ohSas II, ac., and at least one in
the atsne oi AosN before the Fall-Only as the
suD)ect ID represSed as leaning over his bath,
70" only 500 the Per half OF him, 30 conven-
"on1. ho.ons ~ iPriety arenot outraged. It
is unoerstooo 'naqe Queen keeps the apart
nenss ot .ne iate pce Albert in exactly the
same conui.on napey were in at his death
snppers ana oress&gown all ready, as il he
might come oack tqem any day"
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CONGRESSIONAL.

FREEDMEN's BUREAU-MEx1CAN FREE PORTS
THE SENATE REFUSES TO CONCUR IN THE HOUSE,
AMENDMENTS TO THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT-
REORGANIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY.
WASHINGTON February 23.-IN THE SENATE,
Wilson, from the Military Committee, reported
favorably on the bill continuing the education
and collection departments OF the Freedmen's q
Bureau, and general freedmen's hospitals,
including those at Richmond and New Or
leans.
The Finance Committee reported q bill re-
Mitting the duties on college and library appa-
ratus.
The Secretary Of the Treasury was request
ed to communicate information relative to the
free port system of Mexico and the frauds con-
nected therewlth.
The Senate refused to concur in the House
amendments to the suffrage amendment, aud
asked q committee of confere noe.
The bill authorizing the Western Union Tel
egraph Company to import cables free, was
passed.
The bill to reorganize The judiciary was pass
ed. 1t provides fer chief justice and eight
associate justices-six to form quorum-and
for nine circuit judges.
The bill amending the Civil Rights bill was
passed.
The bill imposing penalties for holding office
contrary to the Fourteenth amendment was
discussed until recess.
In THE HOUSE, the Copper Tariff bill was pass
ed over the veto by vote Of 115 to 56.
The bill was passed forbdding the State
courts in the City of New York, and the supe.
rior court of the city, from naturalizing for.
eigners.
Several conference committees were ap.
pointed.