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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-06-29

ZEDD.
AN ANCIENT PRIsoN. The Manner.
tine prison in Rome, which is located
near the arch Of Severus, was the one 10
which st. Peter and st. Paul we're con
fined There is doubt in regard to St.
Paul, bot nearly all the authorities agree
that St. Peter was confined here. A
church is now built over what remains Of
the prison. A correspondent Of. the
Transcript" who has lately visited the
place, says that the prison now consists Of
two cells. one directly over the other.
The upper one is still below the level Of
the surrounding soil. A fight of steps,
Of modern construction, leads down
through the upper to the lower cell.
The upper chamber is sixteen feet high,
thirty feet in length, aud twenty two in
breadth, and Is constructed Of large
masses of stone, without cement. The
lower cell is much smaller, and is cut
from the tufa rock. The original en-.
trance to this was through an opening
cut through large stone in tie floor Of
the upper cell, and through which pris-
oners had to be "let down." In the
lower cell the correspondent saw tht
round stone post to which st. Peter wa
chained. The attendant priest lifted
a covering, and showed him . spring o
clear water, but = foot below the pave
ment, which be said st. Peter miracu-
lously caused to appear, that no nigh
have water to baptizs the jailor's family
As the party descended the lower stairs
the priest held his torchlight against th
wall, calling attention to the impression
on the stone, of the side Of mans hea
and face. He said that the jailor struol
st. Peter on the side Of his head, an
there was where his head hit the wal
I The correspondent concluded that 81
Peter must have had pretty hard head
From the appearance Of all around b
felt sure that no power less than that {
} "the angel Of the Lord" could have Dc
livered St. Peter from such place.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
F Q H n r Y
FAME.
By RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

All fate cannot q man
BE wise without beard
From east to west, from Beorshcba to Dan,
Soy, was 1t ever heard
J That wisdom might in youth be gotten,
Or wit be ripe before twas rotten?
IIe pays.t too high price
For knowledge and for Fame,
Who gives his sincws to be wise,
His teeth and bones to buy n name,
And crawls through life paralytio
To earn the praise Of bard and critic.
Ig it not better done
To dine and sleep through forty years,
! DO loved by few, be feared by none,
Laugh life away, have wine for tears,
And take the mortall leap undaunted, "t
Content that oil we ask was grantcd7
But fate will not permit
The seeds of gods to die,
Nor suffer sense TO win from Wit
Its guerdon in the sky
Nor let us hide, whatc'cr our pleasure,
The worlds light underneath a measure.
Go. then, sad youth, and shine!
Go, sacrifice to fame;
Put love, joy, health, upon the shrine,
" And life to fan tho flame!
Thy hapless solf for praises barter,
And dio 10 fame an honored martyr
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| TnE RESULT or PERSEVERANCE As
showing the fruits of wcll.dirccted energy,
we copy from an exchange the following par
la,laph. The same results could be attained
in any section Of the South, if tho people
would 20 to work with the determination to
accomplish something
| Twenty years ago "a Mr. Daniel Pratt, II
native Of Connecticut, left his native State
and went tp Alabama in Search OF his fortune
He came to Autauga county, settled there
near McNeijrs Mills, and short time after
wards open ed shop in the basement of his
house After time fndng that he got
along well, he purchased about two thousand
acres of laud in the vicinity, and also built
I shop for the manufacture of cotton gins, which
he had long made the object Of his study and
upon which he had made varoms improve
mcnts. little village had meanwhile sprung
up around his settlement, which was known
as pr.t'villc, and when in 1857, Mr.. Pratt
obtained valuable phtrht Tor an Improvement
on the old fashion cotton gin, he erected u
three story brick muut,ctory. 15J 10y 800
| teet, driven by steam power. from which q
large nuHh Der at glis are sent out cvnty year.
f'rnttv'ilr now has Al rxtcnsi, c irrn fr,luiry
three large ,nd profitable colt"u Factories, sew
cral wayon factories. sash and blind factory,
and quite nuulber of good sized four mills,
all nS which establishments are run hy stcnin
and lrnn an humble settlcmrnt il has brc"n.c
tthe c"uh'y scat OF Antanaa c"nuty and "a
( prosperous manufacturing city with r.urc
/ 'Ean 'w" Thousand lnhhhltants.
gy \ wild bull made raid On gentle
nnnS plantation III the v'clnlty OF Eo!nnt,ii,,
yrStSr"'y MORNING and Jn'hrin" til" fence,
took p"as'SS'nn III th" nr'mlS"s y muster
OF thn h'n"s on 'h' place was at one" had,
ana alter c"'isn''nf'"n 1t was q cd ii t. at.
'""% IN" h'r'"'r' WITH view to MS p U
T 'SFu'S'"n IN thi' '"te"t an nI'"rA'n@
party CONSISTING OF an "'d mau'a aud Two boys,
took the hc'' armed win sh"t-"u", pitch
'he shotgun to mike !'int IN fr"nt "i tie
enemy. while the pitcht"ik hnd pole att c';rd
simultaneously ON flank aud rear. |, was pro-
sn'n'd that this attack would at once acmora'izc
the enemy "nd cause him to beat hurried
| been eminrntly successful but before the
pituhfnlk end pole were able to dcploy to
Hank and rear, 81 hcadlong charge from the
bovine acnttcrcd the party, which was forced
hastily to retreat. with he loss of tho shot
The latest intelligence from the scene Of
hostilitrs is that the cid 'nan was cIo,ely he
Sicecd IN the house. with doors and windows
ths'e"cd one boy was up u tree, the other in
uulispulr., nonarc!. If all he surveyed. Re
in fnrccmcnts have gone to the relief Of tho
hcsicgcd. - LMioa
twelve o'clock last n;"ht Gre hrokn nn, y -, .,
,L. LL II ~ -:
tho two hotels ton stn,cs and ,h. o,t. .,,,,;,d
$50 600. insurance probably $50 900. The
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
The Stato Of South Carolina.
OCONEE CuUNTY-CITATION

M llEi,E.AS. Henry G. IIarbin hath made
~, application I" mo t" grant him letters
"f Administrator upon the ti~tu,e and Effects
OF John b. Davis deceased
These are. therefore. to cite and admonish
all and singular tho kindred und creditors Of
the said John b Davis, lecnn>cd, tn be and an.
pear before mr, in tho Court nf Probnte, to
bc held at WallIalm. S. c.. Friday, the lst
day Of September, 1871 at III o'clock in the for o.
noon. t" shew cnasc. if any they have. why
the said administrator should moi he granted
Given under my land, this lth day of Aug.
a. D. 1871.
s p. DENDY, J.r.o.c.
Aug. l6, 1871 43 .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

5AlEg SUn.Gg RIlgADl 81
pY A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY, WE
I'D are now "icrin., tn" public Certain, Sure
and SAFE Remci, and SURE CURE for Burns
Scnld> aud Scald Head, s',inss and Bites of In
sects, Piles, Sore Eyes. Trttcra and Ring Worm
and all cnanc"rS diseases pertaining to man
This preparation has been thoroughly tested
in Barns, ScaidS &c.. and always insurcs al
most instant relief. Never has failed in n sin
gle instance. We have numbers of certificates
s!owiu.; the wonderful cures effected by this
powerful medicine. IT never fails. livery
family sh"nd have bnttln ready for use. Try
one bottle and be convinced.
1t i, a Georgia lrnlurtinn, perfectly free
frnm mineral poison ai,d is all it is rcrun-
n'andrl t" be. Have it always in the house
ready t"r use. as ynu know nut when Il member
of tho family may need it.
For Sale nj Col IL. $ Van Diyicro'S. Wal.
halla, S. G, and Capt. j. +. Micklyr's, West
Uni"n. s. g.
All orders shonli he addressed to
JARHA1T IL iUnEf
Wnlson's Ford. Ga,
June H. 1871 "a 'Gm
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
EEle state of South Carolina.

oCONEE CoUNTY-CITATIoN.
W IIEREAS. Martha Standridge hath made
w application to me To grant her Letters
of Administration on tho Estate and Effects Of
Joseph Standrdge. deceased
These are, therefore, TO cite and ndmonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
the said Joseph Standridge. deceased. to be and
appear befure me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Wallall". !; c., on Friday, the 9th
day Of September 1871, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why
tho snid administration should not DO granted
Given under my hand, this ! ltI, day of Aug,
A. d. 1871.
S. p. DENDY, J.po.c.
Aug. l8, 1871 43 2
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Respectfully yours, 60,

LousyILLB, August 13, 1871. The off.
oial roturDs fron, eighty four counties e;yo
Leslie (dem) 110,448; Harlan (rep.) 74,,
!. l24. 1Iesle's majority in these counties, &C..
$40. Tho full returns from the State viii
probably make Lcsllos majority in the neigh,
borhood Of 100000. In the counties eiyen
Ieslio gains 6,391 on the vote of Stevenson,
democrat, in tho last gubcrnational election,
z aud Harion gains 6O,817 on tho vote of Bark.
az, republican, in tho last gubernational race.
The republican increase Is attributed 10 tho
enfranchisemcnt Of tho colored people.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
I resi- ARRIVALS!
WE INVITE TalE. CLOSEST
UN 5PGCU'uDWv AND PRO-
Ml5Ns FADia AND HON.
GST ~ e a 4 0 ~ 09
WUJiJ ALI

NE BEG TO INFORM OUR FRIENDS
now being rapidly replcnished in nll the de-
at the lowest "LlViMG RATES"
We offer a more desirable stock than on any
previous occasion, and would call particular at
tcntion to our
Ladies' Dress Goods Prints,
White Goods, Lawns,
Domcstics, Tickings, &c.
Gentlemen cannot fail to find something to
suit them in our Cents Furnishing Depart.
mont
French. German and Docskin Cassimercs,
jeans and Linens in endless variety.
OUR STOCK OF
Shoes, Boots, Hats, Notions,
Crnckcry and Groceries.
Full and Complete.
Il is impossible fnr us to cnumcratc every
ar,'.lc. aud simply inform our friends dat
we hope 10 be able to supply all their wants.
Waller, Watson s. Co.
Rsas- We again insi on our friends calling
and settling their overdue accounts. Wo still
hope thai we have II, cuStnucrs who purrhn.-
cd Gn"ds from us with the expectation "f nc> or
paying for them. Come forward. and prove to
us that our c,nicncc has not been nbuscT
WALLER WATSON & CO.
Wulhnlia April -, 1871 2
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s:. s.s.:s. .ssss SsssS 10y $3.50 g 81
Grcenville and Columbia Railroad.

COLUMBIA, $. c., March |. 1871.
nN and after this date. the following SEIZED
~ ule will be run daily, Sundays excepted
connecting with Night Trains on South Car
olina Road, up and down; also with Trains
going South on Charlotte, Columbia aud Angus.
tn Railruad
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

EV- Baltimore boasts Of an OK horn from
Patagonia TINT ia sixty.Gve inches long md
seventeen inches in circumference.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

ED- Tho yearly expenses Of Mr. Bolmonts
stables at North babylon amount to 10000.
lilo possesses seventy hlooded horses .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

neS~ Miss Lydia Nye walked thirty. cight
miles in eight hours tho other day, on the
mountain road of Vermont.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

nea. An Irishman said no did not come to
this country for want. IIc had abundance Of
that at home
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

sGs- We uro informed that tho employees
commenced putting down iron on the Air
lIinc Railwoya Mt Charlotte Oh Monday, the
7t!i instant. The grading from that City to
Catawba river is eompletcd---a distance of
eighteen miles. We learn that Major Well
ford thinks the cars will be running to this
place early next spring. We are aware that
great energy is now being displayed in the
construction Of this road. If tho bridge
work along tho line can be completed by the
time above mentioned, then we have good
reason to believe that the early spring of 1872
will bring with it direct railroad commuuica
ton with Charlotte. So mote it be. - Caro-.
tina Spartan.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

neA- The Governor has offered a reward
of iivo hundred dollars for the apprehension
OF Mullodge Porter, who is suspected of being
tho murdcrcro of Jack Perry, Of Orangeburg
county, on tho night Of the 18th instant.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

YOKOHAMA, July 22. "A heavy typhoon
occurred at Koba on tho 9TH instant, and
caused loss of four hundrod lives Several
vessels were also wrcckod, including tho
Pride Of Thames; the captain, two mates
and steward were drownod. Tho damage to
property is estimated at half million of
dollars s ,a6
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

seA- Tho militia wero called out In lin.
coin, Pa, to stop tho whipping of tho school
teacher by apupil's mamma.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

THE Fastest TINE ON RECORD. The ra.
ccs at Buffalo, N. Y, closed on the llth,
Goldsmith MUD making the fastest time in
three straight heats on. record by qu,rter Of
a second The 240 race proved equally in.
teresting and exciting--Judge Bingham, a
comparatively new horse, making splendid
record, winning four heats, making the first
quarter in thirty-one seconds, and the huff
in 1.6. Immediately after winning tho race
Judge Bingham was bought by George G.
Hall for $4,000, for Jay Gould.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

NEW YonE, Angus. l6.-Thc C!esa
peako nnd Ohio Road is completed and in
running or1cr for 227 miles. and ninety miles
more will he finished in thirty days This
leaves only l05 miles to build in order to
open the road from Richmond to tho Ohio
River. Several roads arc projected and in
course Of construction, which will give the
Chesapeake and Ohio Company connection
with Cincinnati. S. Louis and Chic,go. The
amount of bonds rcmlining in tho hauds Of
financial agents is comparatively small. aud
there is some talk of an advancing price at
an carly day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25

IN favor OF topping, ]
The average for the last fv
noticing fractions of a pound, is a
Average per acre of topped cotto
for the last five years,
One acre not topped for the las
five years,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

god with all the comfort and luxury
afforded on board Mississippi river
palace.
Securing double stateroom in con-
nection with Col Foster, (before men
uoned) we moved out of Warrensburg
at $40 last evening After exhausting
our supply of gas" as well as the
contents of little radc mecum bound
with wicker, we retired at 10, and rev.
eled in the bright scenery Of dreamland
until the rude voice of the porter
reminded us, at 6 a. M, that we were
il the Mound City.
lie has come at last. Old Borcas,
| mean. He has descended upon us in
all his wrath and fury, suddenly and
without any premonitory warning.
Yesterday was as warm and comfor>
table as vernal spring. AsI write, the
wind is bowling and whistling ferccIy
without. The air is filled with flying
snow-hakes, and all nature is wrspped
in mantle of white. There are thou
sands in the large cities who scarcely
heed the coming and going of the sea-
sons-who are as warm and comfortable
and happy amid the rigors of winter,
AS through the balmv months offspring.
But there are, unhappily, thousands
Of others Chose unfortunate children
ofPovertyand wretchedness and misery.
that abide in fimsy tenements, and
literally live from hand to MOUTH
by whom the advent of wipty i,y;esse9l
with dread and te.>sr fittle less than
that which grim death itself inspires.
May God, in his mercy, pity and help
them in this their hour of dire need
and suffering.
This is probably the last letter I
shall write you from St. Louis for
some time, provided that very unre>
liable stream yclept the Ouschita shall
get in condition 10 float a steamboat
to Camden. l have been waiting here
several weeks for that river to rise, and
praying old Jupiter Pluvius to open
his food-gates in the region of her
tributaries. The Illinois is advertised
to leave next Saturday, when | shall
probably be off.
s. II. w.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

TELL Your WIFE.-If you are in
trouble, or quandary, tell your wife,
that Is If YOU have one, all about it at
once. Ten to one her invention will
solve your difficulty sooner than all
your logic. The wit of woman has
been praised, but her instincts are
quicker and keener than her reason
Counsel with your wife, or your mother
or sister, and be assured light will flash
upon your darkness, Women are too
commonly adjudged as verdant in all
but purely womsnly affairs. No phi,
losophical student of the sex thus
Judges them. Their intuitions or in,
sights are subtle, and if they cannot
see cat in the meal,tub there is no cat
there In counsclling man to tell
his trouble to his wife, we would 90
further and advise him to keep none
OF his affairs secret from her. Many n
home has been happily saved and many
a fortune retrieved, by mans full con,
hdence in his "better half" Woman
Is TAR more a seer and prophet than
man, II she have fair chance. As a
general rule, wives coniide the minutest
Of their plans and thoughts to their
husbands, having no involvements to
screen from them. Why not recipro,
cate, if but for the pleasure OF meeting
confidence with confidence? We are
certain that no man succeeds so well in
the world as he who, taking partner
for life, makes her the partner for all
his purposes and hopes. What is
wrong of his impulses or Judgment,
she will check and set right with her
almost universally right instincts.
"ielpmete' was no insignificant title
as applied to mans companion. She
is meet help to him in every darkness,
difficulty and sorrow of lite. And
what she most Graves, and most de-
serves is without which
love is never free from shadow.
journal ofAe Farm.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06
S. II. w.

SnAKING THE TABLE.CLoTu..- -
"Mercy on u.s. Carrie, where did all
these pieces Of bread and cheese, of
cake and sandwiches, dried beef and
pie, come from? Enough to make
some hungry child meal"
Carrie looked out of the window.
1t was her father who had spoken. He
WAS standing on the icy pavement be
fore the door, regarding her curiously.
"Ohl' said she, "it is where | shook
out the table-cloth."
"Whsre you shook out the table,
cloth, my daughter?'
Carries mother was a very careful
woman; but she had been sick dsy
or two; and the work has been done by
Carrie.
Her father was already for a walk,
his overcoat buttoned to the chin, his
fur cap drawn down over his ears, and
an umbrella in his hand; but he turned
and came back into the house and sat
down. Carrie knew that a lecture
was coming. Now, like most little
girls, and some large ones, she was
not fond of lectures; but in the
present case it could not be helped, and
she deserved it so she submitted with
the best possible grace.
"My daughter if you want to grow
up to be careful, prudent and saw
ing woman, and do honor to your
mothers training, you must be care-
ful how you shake your tahle~cloth.
Many man, despite his hard toll and
labor has been kept a poor man for
life just because his wife did not know
how to shake her table-cloth.7
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

a late writer says; Nothing i'm.
pressed us more in Salt Lake City than
the homeliness of the women. It NAV
DO ungallant to mention it; but, as
every one that goes there thinks it
here goes tho statement of the fact
Now, homeliness of feature is not a
disadvantage. There is n handsome
ugliness and a pious homeliness; bu
with these Mormon women il is a vici
ous, outrageous unoomlines-. Indicative
of moral Disagreement. The Taber
nac.e was alive with them. The
made us shudder. 1t is assault and
battery to have them look at YOU
What Brigham or any other man would
want of seventeen such locking crea-
lures cannot imagine. One Of them,
should think, would be great horror.
Such dislocations of noses and mis-,
placements Of mouths, and ruins of
eyebrows, are not gathered together in
any other place on this continent.
There must be good many witches
among them. We would not have
been much surprised to see them riding
home on brooms,ick. The only ex-
cuse that we can see for polygamy is
that it would take at least fifty such
women to make one wife.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

SPECIAL NoTICE.-At meeting,
the Democratic Conservative Stat.
Central Committee, held at their roo.
in the city Of Little Rock, the 18th OF
November, 1871, among other pro.
cecdlngs the following resolutions were
adopted:
Re'OIced, That the Democrats Con.
servative party in those counties Of ths
state not yet organized, be and thew
are hereby earnestly urged and request.
ed to organize as speedily as psssible-
IN accordance with the plan recon-
mended by the late joint convention
OF the state and congressional district
committees; and that the central COM
mlttees OF all counties that have or
may hereafter be organized, be request,
ed to furnish the secretary of the state
central committee promptly with tho
names aud postofiice address Of the
members and officers of their rospeo-
tive committees and township canvas.
sers.
Rssofoed, That the regular meeting
OF this committee shall hereafter be ON
every Saturday morning II o'clock.
All democratic and conservative pa
pers In the state are requested to publish
the foregoing and urge upon the people
the importance of the suggestions
therein contained.
BY order OF the committee
THos. G. PEEK, Sec'y.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06
THos. G. PEEK, Sec'y.


Helen T. Jenkins writes to the
fittsburg Commercial strongly adyo>
eating coeducation of the sexes. She
says; "Not even Vassar, though il
is the best school exclusively for wo-
men in tho world, is the kind of school
we wish for our girls. We want our
sons and daughters educated side bv
side' stimulated by each others pres-
ence, invigOrated by each others ex.
cellencies, modified and educated bv
the differences and adversities which
nature has created. God has ploced
the sexes together in the children Of
tho family; he has decreed that they
shall live together in homes, and we
demand that they be educated together
and not apart"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

Out Of the three hundred and seven
million passengers carried last year on
the English railways, only seventeen
were killed by "causes beyond their
own control" This is les, than half
The number killed during the same
period by orange-peel thrown on the
London pavements, which would seem
to prove that it is just twice as safe to
ride on English railroads as it is to walk
on the London streets.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-06

Guest-"liow comes this dead Nv in
my soup?" Waitsr-"In fact, sir,
have no positive idea how the poor
thing came to its death. Perhaps it
had not taken any food for long time,
dashed upon the soup. ate too much Of
it, contracted an inflammation Of the
stomach which brought on death. The
fly must have a very weak constitution,
for when | served the soup it was dam
cling merrily on the surface Perhaps
and the idea presents itself only at
this moment--it endeavorel to swal-
low too long a piece of vegetable; thi,
remaining fast in his throat, caused a
choking in the windpiPe. This is the
only reason could give for the death
Of this insect"