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SERv1L1TY OF THE FAsHIoNABLE.-"Jenn
June" prominent writer on the fashions, IN
her May budget comments as follows upon the
utter subsection of the ladies to the arbitrary
rule of fashion:
"There is nothing which shows the inefable
Stiffness and stupidity of people who allow
themselves to be led by the nose, more strongly
than the recent canard in relation to the revl-
val of long dresses for street wear. Women
have written to individuals and to the news
papers, protesting and begging, almost with
tears in their eyes, against a change from the
present convenient style, against the attempt to
reinstate an old nuisance and enormity, an old
sin against health and cleanliness. But they
have not seemed to realize at all that the power
to prevent it lay in their own hands; that if
they will retain short dresses, the wearing them
makes them fashionable in spite Of the efforts
of q couple of male dress-makers 10 prevent it.
Fortunately for the focks of feminine sheep,
their courage will not be put to the test this
time. The Empress Eugene, coolly disregar-
ding hints and announcements has ordered
dozen summer walking dresses, to be made short
and at least four of them are to consist simply
of skirt and redingote, with simulated waist
coat and lace ruf1es at the waist and throat, q
style very becoming to her Majesty and which
she found very convenient tor country excur-
sions three years ago, when they were introduc-
ed. 1t would seem as though it mattered very
little what the Empress Eugene (who is not
allowed to walk on the streets) wears, to the
great mass of women who have to walk and
work and adapt themselves to a thousand exi-
gencies and demands of everyday life. But
poor human nature requires leadership, and if
any American woman must tag after an En-
press we can only hope that she will show her
self possessed of more sense than they"
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AN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CHURcH.lThe

AN EARTHoUAKE-pRooF CHURcH.-The
people of California, since the earthquake Of
1869, have great deal of recurring shocks, and,
as an Indication of this wholesome fear and a
desire to prevent loss of life, we have intelli-
gence from San Francisco that the Roman
Catholics are building there an earthquake
proofchurch." This edifce- ST. Patrick's church
is built on plan to prevent the loss of life
in the event of the shaking down of the walls.
The side walls above the basement are only
thirty feet high. At this hight, roof rises,
which with the main roof is supported indie
pendently of the walls by two rows of pillars
inside of them. Both roofs are firmly bound
to the pillars, and the pillars are fastened to-
gether by iron cross-beams, secured with heavy
iron bolts, forming network of great strength.
The theory of the plan of construction is, that
should the pillars be shaken down the roof
would be launched off outside the walls, in.
stead of falling inside, thus giving chance of
escape from the ruins. In thus falling the roof
would be carried aside distance of eighty feet,
the length of the pillars.
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LEMONS FOR FEvER-When persons are fe-
verish and thirsty beyond what is natural, in
dicated in some cases by metallic taste in the
mouth, especially after drinking water, or by a
whitish appearance of the greater part of the
surface Of the tongue, one Of the best "coolers," "
internal or external, is to take lemon, cut off
the top, sprinkle over it some loaf sugar, work.
ing it downward into the lemon with a spoon,
and then suck it slowly, squeezing the lemon
and adding more sugar as the acidity increases
from being brought to point. Invalids with
feverishness may take two or three lemons a !,
day in this manner, with the most marked
benefit, manifested by sense of GOODNESS, COM
fort and invigoration. A lemon or two thus
taken at "tea-time," as an entire substitute for
the ordinary supper" of summer, would i've
many a comfortable nights sleep, and on awake
ming after rest, an invoration, with an appe-
tite for breakfast to which they are strangers
who will have their cup of tea for supper, or
"relish" and cake and berries, or peaches and
cream,-Dr. Hail.
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Almost any young lady has public spirit
enough to be willing to have her fathers house
used for courthouse.
Horace Greeley favors damming for lIri-
ost;on. IF reports are true, he favors damning
on general principles:
@ In the game of love, men used to win wo-
men by playing hearts. Now only those who
play diamonds are successful.
/. There are men who, by long consuming
only their own inclination, have forgotten tnat
others have claim to the same difference,
"A white garment appears worse with slight
soiling than do colored garments much solled !;
so little fault in q good man attracts more at
tention than great offences in bad man.. :,
The Chicago and Northwestern Kallroad
has discharged five passenger conductors tor
wearing larger diamonds than the stockhold-
ers.
An intolerable bore met Douglas Jerrold,
who knew the character of the man who was
approaching him. "Well, Jerrold, what is go
inc on?" II am" said Jerrold, and he did.
"A Door man being i'll, on being asked by a
gentleman whether he had taken any remedy,
replied, "No, amt taken any remedy, but I've
taken lots of physic."
- Courting is an irregular active transitive
verb, indicative mood, present tense, third per-
son, singular number, and agrees with all the
girls-don't it2
An English writer thinks the American
early potatoes will come to an end ere long, for
as each new variety is claimed to ripen about
ten days earlier than any other, the time be.
tween planting and digging will SOON be used
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OLD FRUIT TREEs.-The Southern Farmer
says if you have any old apple, pear or cherry
trees, which formerly bore good fruit abundant
ly, but which are now barren and mere cum
berers of the ground, reflect whether you are
willing to make little sacrifice of labor and
time to restore them to fruitfulness, if you are
so disposed, try what kind and generous treat
ment may do for them. Perhaps they have
given you various crops of rich fruit, and you
have made no return but neglect and indifer-
ence. Perhaps they may have been choked
with weeds and starved with briers perhaps,
like the prosecuted Israelites of old, you re-
quire them Ito make bricks without straw" or
expect them to bear fruit while they are not fed
with that nourishment by which alone fruit
can be produced.
Go to work, then. Dig or fork around them.
Apply old manure to the surface, with mix
ture of old lime plaster or turnpike dust, and
sweepings on the poultry house. Thin out all
those small branches which shut out the sun
from the interior of the tree; but do not cut
out any large branches. Scrape of all the old
moss and wash or paint the trunk and large
branches with strong lye or soft soap. Remove
all that crowd of suckers which spring from the
base of the stem, and finish by good mulch
ing of old rotten straw, corn-stalks, or similar
material, and our word for it, the old tree will
repay in the next favorable season by return
to its pristine fruitfulness.
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How TO GET FAr-It is striking fact that
most persons want to weigh more than they do,
and measure their health by their weight, as if
men were pig, valuable in proportion to his
heaviness. The racer is not fat; good plough
horse has but Il moderate amount of flesh
Heavy are not those which experienced con-
tractors employ to build railroads and dig
bitches Thin men, the world over, are the
men for work, for endurance; they are wiry and
hardy; thin people live the longest; the truth
is, fat is disease, and, as proof fat people are
never well day at time-are not suited for
hard work. Still there is medium between
being as fat as butter-ball, and as thin and
iuieeless as fence-rail. For mere looks a
moderate rotundity is most desirable, to have
enough Of fesh to, cover all angularities. To
accomplish this In the shortest time, q man
should work but little, sleep great part of the
time, allow nothing to worry him, keep always
in joyous, laughing mood, and live chiefly on
such as boiled and cracked wheat,
ard rye, and oats, and corn, and barley, with
sweet milk, and buttermilk, and meats. Sugar
ia the best fattener known.
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GEORGE w. CARPENTERS
Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsa.
parilla.
GEORGE w. CARPENTERS
Compound Fluid Extract ofBuchu;

THESE celebrated preparations, originally in.
troduced by George W. Carpenter, under the pst-
ronage of the medical faculty, have been so long
extensively used by Physicians and others, that
they are generally known for their intrinsic value,
and can be relied on as being most valuable REM
edies in all cases where Sarsaparlla or Buchu are
applicable, and cannot be too highly recommend.
ed. They are prepared in highly concentrated
form, so as to render the dose small and conyen-
lent. Orders by mail or otherwise will receive
prompt attention.
GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENszEY & CO.,
Wholesale Chemical Warehouse,
No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia.
For sale by Walters g. Baker and W. a. Nardin
& Co., Anderson, S. C. Dowie & Noise, Whole
sale Agents, Charleston, S.. C.
Oct 81, 1869 II
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A Vicious GAIA cat nearly caused the
death of child in Perry County, Ohio, few
days ago. Our informant states that Mrs. Jere-
miah Hull left her child, aged about nine
months, in the room playing with the cat while
she was engaged in another part of the house
After some time she went tosee about the child,
when she saw the cat sitting on its breast with
its nose inserted in the child's mouth and its
paws clasped around its neck. Mrs. Hull ran
and threw the cat from the child, which was
almost lifeless, but the cat Immediately sprang
back on the child, placing its nose in the child's
mouth and clasping it arounk the neck as be-
fore. A second time the animal was thrown
back, and then, greatly enraged. itagain sprang
forward and caught the child by the throat.
After releasing the child, the cat was taken out
and Immediately killed. The child recovered
in few days. But for the timely return Of the
mother to see the child, it soon would have
been placed beyond the hope of recovery.
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: The Cincinnati Commercial SAYS: 9Th

= The Cincinnati Commercial says: "Three
young mechanics, Joseph R. Weston, Milton
Campbell and John Sherrell, created quite
sensation ON Plum street, yesterday afternoon,
by climbing from the belfry of the cathedral to
the top of the tall and stately spire of that
handsome piece of architecture to repair its
lightning rod. They commenced building their
stack I Of ladders Just .s above ad the .o clock d d
tos tHs sS' worked SGs their d wsy nc
until at last they stood upon the crOss surnOun.
ting the noble spire, 240 feet from the ground.
When they attained that dizzy height, a cheer
burst from the great crowd Of people that was
gathered in the street watching them. The men
waved their hats in acknowledgement of the
compliment, and continued their hazardous
work as coolly and unconcernedly as if they
were on step-ladder, in an orchard pruning
pear trees"
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THE PoLIcY-HoLDERs'
LIFE AND TONTINE ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE SOUTH.
2s Broad Street, Charleston, s. c

29 Broad Street, Charleston, s. c.,
HAvING deposited $4,000 with the Comp
Ill troller General for the protection uf its
policy holders, will issue the usual forms Of Life
and Endowment Policies
H,s the most liberal Company to the Assnssd in
the World.
The Charter guarantees to the assured the edsh
surrender palue of his policy after one annual pre-
mium has been paid, except in case Of fraud.
1t is the only purely mutual Company in the
South.
II has no Stockholders. All surplus profits
must be divided among the policy-holders.
His thoroughly conservative. *
It's investments are confined by charter to tho
most solid securities and it is under management
men of we'll established ability and integrity.
Persons desiring any information will pleaas
communicate with any of the officers.
WM. McBURNEY, President.
E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Act.
GEO. i. BOGGS, Sec. and Gen. Agent.
JOHN T. DARBY, NJ. D., Med. Adviser,
JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Anderson,
and Dr. THOS. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner.
April 81, 1870 4S
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GETTING RID OF AN UNDESIRABLE TENANT.

GETTING RID OF AN UNDESIRABLE TENANT.
"A man in Montana, a short time ago, squat.
ted on another persons land, and built q small
frame shanty. When requested to remove, he
positively refused to do so; so one night
squad of men came round, after the squatter
and his wife were asleep, and, lifting the whole
concern, shanty and all, with deliberate care,
carried it to the river and set it on small raft
Then they pushed the raft out into the stream,
and let her go. When the squatter. got up. in
the morning to. go out, he was surprised to find
and making good time in nine-knot current.
The squatter observed to his wife that if he ever
got back to his old home war would probably
be organized on most formidable scale.
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AHApPY WoMAN.-Here is something for
the fair sex. A happy woman is she not the
very sparkle and sunshine of life? A woman
who is happy because she cannot help it
whose smile even the coldest sprinkle of mis-
fortune cannot dampen. Men make terrible
mistake when they marry for beauty, for talent,
or style. The sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being contented un-
der any circumstances. Rich or poor, high OF
low, it makes no difference; the bright little
fountain of joy bubbles up just as musical in
their hearts,
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THE New MODE OF Yor1Na.-The system

The NEW MODE OF VoT1Na.-The system
of free or cumulative voting has been submit
ted to the people by the Illinois Convention,
in sucfea manner, that, if adopted, the mem
bers of the Lower House of the Legislature
will hereafter be elected upon this plan. Each
Legislative District will elect one Senator and
three Representatives. Under the system now
submitted, voters are permitted, in voting for
the Representatives, to cast one vote each tor
the three, one and half votes each for two, or
three votes for one 1t is assumed that the
two political parties will, under this provision,
each nominate only the number of candidates
its votes will enable it to elect leaving the op-
posing party to nominate the number of can
didates its votes will elect. Thus, if district
has 5000 votes, of which 2,300 are Democratic
and $500 are Republican, in electing- three
members, the $500 votes, if concentrated upon
one man, are sure to elect him because the
6,700 votes, divided among three candidates,
will give them only 2,233 votes each. To elect
one minority candidate among three, therefore,
it is only necessary that the minority party
shall have barely more than fourth of the
total vote. If, however, the minority party is
grasping, and attempts to elect two candidates
out of three, it is liable to lose its Representa-
tives altogether.
+ OF instance, II Cne hepuplIcaItS nave o,ouv
votes, and the Democrats $500 outo the 5000,
the Republican vote, divided among three can
didates, will give them 1883 votes each, while
the Democratic vote, divided between two, will
give them only 1850 each, and Republicans,
exclusively, will be elected. At the same time,
it is as dangerous for the majority party to
grasp more than they are entitled to, as for the
minority. If, for instance, out of total vote
of 5000, the Democrats have $3.50, and
the Republicans 1850, if the Democrats should
attempt to elect three candidates, their votes,
divided among three, would give them only
1,7S3 each, while the Republican vote, divided
between two, would give them 1925 each, and
thus the Republicans, though in minority of
the popular vote, would get two out of the three
Chicago Tribune.
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A LEARNED SECOND WIFE.-An honest
farmer in the State of Pennsylvania married a
miss from q fashionable boarding-s.hool for his
second wife. He was struck dumb with her
eloquence, and gaped with wonder at his wife's
learning. "You may" said he, 'bore hole
through the solid earth, and chuck in mill
stone, and she'll tell you to Shawn how long
the stone will be going clean through She
had learnt kemistry and cookneyology, and
talks heap about oxhides and comical ifini-
ties I used for to think it was the air / suck
ed in every time that expired; howsomever,
she telled me that she knowed better-she
telled me that had been sucking in two kinds
of gin; OK gin and high gin. Dear me I'm
tumble down tetotal man, and yet have been
drinking OK gin and high gin all my life p'
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BLACK spEcKs. Those black specks in the
face, usually supposed to be small worms, may
be squeezed out by gentle pressure, but will
come again in few days. A permanent cure
can be effected by the use of the following
preparation: White brandy, 2 OF. cologne, l
OF. liquor potass, / OF. Wash the face with
warm water, use rough towel, then apply a
little of the preparation. This recipe has been
sold as high as hundred dollars and is GER
tainlY worth trying.
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A man who married a particularly plump
specimen of womankind, being bit of wag,
told her one day that she filled the measure of
his matrimonial Joy full, for she was beautiful,
dutiful and arm-ful.
An old lady being asked what she thought
of the eclipse, replied "Well, it proved one
thing-that the papers don't always tell lies"
= A Wisconsin youth, sued for breach of
promise, offered to compromise by marrying the
girl, if the Court would protect him from those
other girls who had the same tender claims up
on him.
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DEATH OF BISHOP PoLK.-Being on a long
ramble from my home in Cleveland through the
States of the South, have been sojourning for
few days in the city of Atlanta and vicinity,
and having been over the battle ground of Ken
nesaw Mountain, where General Bishop Polk
met his fate, was interested to make inquiries
concerning his life as soldier and of his tragic
death. Fortunately for my purpose, was yisi-
ting in the home of wealthy and highly in
telligent Georgia family, where Bishops Elliott
and Polk we're often inmates, and from the gen.
tleman and lady Of the house received the in
formation which desired.
On the day when General Polk fell, General
Joe Johnston who was in command of the de-
fences of Atlanta and vicinity, being at Kenne
saw, twenty miles north of this place, during
lull in the storm of battle, said to General Polk
that the two, with their respective staff officers
would advance to an outlook and see how the
field looked. Dismounting under cover of the
crest of Kennesaw, they stepped out upon q
spur of the hill and with field glasses were re-
connoitering the ground between the two ar
mics, when they noticed that General Sherman,
with his staff, was doing the same thing from
the opposite hills.
Being in fair view, they were recognized as
general officers, complimented with shell from
d battery near which General Sherman was
standing. The shell struck close by General
Johnston. AS soon as the piece could be re-
loaded another shell was dropped by the first,
when General Johnston said, "Bishop, we have
seen all we desire let us retire." and walked
rapidly back to where the horses were left.
General Polk seemed lost in thought, and in
stead of following General Johnston to the rear,
walked to the face of the hill, and received the
third shell full upon his side, carrying off his
viscera. His two staff officers sprang forward,
and receiving him in their arms, carried him to
q aconveyance by which he was taken immedi-
ately to Atlanta where he lay in state for time,
and was then taken to Augusta for burial.
Having seen it so often reported during the
war, that since he became soldier, Bishop
Polk had been guilty of using strong drink to
oxcess, and alse Of using profane language,
asked my host and hostess concerning the truth
of. those reports. With an earnestness which
brought tears to their cheeks, they both ex-
claimed 'tNol mol o. mo- never never His
Christian character was never sulliea by his life
as soldier" r."-SEandard of th; Cross.
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RAILWAY SpEED.-Jim Fisk, the Prince OF
Erie, took the Democratic delegates to the Ro.
chester Convention from that place in especial
train to New York, running part of the time
at speed of seventy miles an hour. Wander
bilt ran train from Rochester to Syracuse,
last Sunday week, eighty-one miles, in one hour
and thirty minutes.
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Greenville & Columbia Railroad.

GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT's oFFICE,l
COLUMBIA, January is, 1870. &
ON and after WEDNESDAY, January 19, the
following Schedule will be run daily, Sunday ex-
cepted, connecting with Might Train on South
Carolina Road, up and down, and with Nigh.
Train on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Road
going North:
1--we Columbia 100 m I've Greenville s. As am
Alston $40 m .. Anderson 6.25 a m
" Newb'ry 1910 m 1" Abbeville 8.00a m
Arr. Abbeville 800 m {" Newb'ry 1885 p m
GO Anderson 420 m Alston 2.10p m
(" Grnvile 500 m Arr. Columbia 3.45 p m
The Train will return from Belton to Anderson
on Monday and Friday mornings.
JAMES o. MEREDITH, Gen. Sup't.
Jan 20, 1870 80
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WHOLESALE
Tobacco Deal

i OOdCCO u y CGIOI ~
Oh. P. FAINT and W. s. KEESE are my au-
thorized Agents for the sole Of D. R. Leaks Cele-
brated TOBACCO, at Anderson, s. G. They keep
constantly on hand large assortment Of Tobacco,
at wholesale, to which dealers are invited. They
cannot be uudersold by any tobacconist selling
the same quality Of tobacco. AL the tobacco is
warranted sound.
O. H. Fact, Agent, Anderson Depot.
W. s, KEEsE, Agent, Southwest Corner Brick
Range, D. R. LEAK,
Charlotte, n G.
Jan 20, 1870 80
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rst insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent
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Obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be
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IT IGHT, pleasant and profitable employment
guaranteed to persons in every part Of the
country. Suitable for ladies or gentlemen, boys
or girls Address XIX CENTURY PUBLICATION
Co., Charleston, s. c.
May 5, 1870 45