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Choosing Hlsbands.

A Virginia cotemporary thus dis
courseth:
When a girl marnes, why do peo:
pie talk Of her choice? In ninety
nine cases out ofa hundred, has she
any choice? Toes not the. man
(probably the l:st she would have
chosen) select her? = .s-o~
|. Avery clever correspondent has
sent US a letter containing this query
and she makes out her case ably.
She says: II hGve been married many
years; the match was considered q
very good one, suitable in every re-
spect-ago, position and fortune.
Every ono said I had made a good
choice. Why, my dear Mr., Editor, ]
loved my husband when I married
him because he Aad by unwearicd as
siduity succeededipigaining my affec'
ti2na;shutShad choice been my ~Privi'
-lsge I certainly should not have
chosen him. AS I look at him in his
easy chair, huge dog at his feet, a
pipe peeping out Of one Of the many
pockets Of his shooting coat, can but
think how different he is from what
would have chosen. My first pen
chant was for a fashionable clergy
man, a perfect Adonis; he was 8
flatterer, and he cared but little fol
me, though 1 have, not yet forgotten
the pang Of his desertion. My next
was barrister ; a young man Of i'm
mcnse talent, smooth, insinuating man
ncrs but he, too, after talking, walk
ing, dancing and flirting, left me ir
the lurch. Either of these woult
have been my choice had Iso chosen
but my present husband chose me
and therefore | married him ;aud this
1 cannot help thinking, must'Abe thu
way with half the married folks O
my acquaintance" =: -.
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Cuious Instincts Of the Bee,

Hong-becs are governed BY in
stinct nd not by art. They never
deviat, from the course they were
creatediu. The first comb they ever
huilt was as perfect as at the present
day; 40 art has improved, the shape
or sis. One bee lays all the eggs.
whilithe others raise tho young and
protct them each bee does it's part
of tb labor in gathering in the stores
nurs,g the young; and / have no.
ticed6r some years past their mode
Of gshering pollen, or bee bread. 1t
is tbs: --, =.
Wen 9 bee goes out after food, it
aligls on some kind Of flower and
gathrs a part of its load ;then goes
to anther of the same kind, perhaps
a thid, to obtain aload. Another bee
goes ut. and if it alights on another
Kind # flower, it keeps to that kind
till iteets a load. : But how is this
know? You go to the hive and
vatch them as they come in; some
|have yellow pollen on their legs
Others have a light color ;others have
dark but no bee has two colors on
his legs. If you sec any you will see
more than I have, for ] never did ;
and hava supposed tha they stored
it in different cells for change of
food. The other day, il overhauling
a hive, I broke out a lew piece of
comb, and found the different colors
in different cells, which confirmed my
belief; tor suppose the. like q change
of food as we'll as humqs. - - .
+ Another curiosity isthcir coming
out and alighting. befongoing off; for
amongst the hundreds that l have
hived, never had ono swarm leave
direct from the hive. Aiother curious
thing is their rearing tic males and
nursing them so tenderB; and after
they become: useless they destroy
them. But instinct has directed them
to do it. Another curious thing is
that, when they get to b, too numer-
GUS, the mother bee should call out a
part of the brood to 90 with her, and
leave the others to take care of the
young. Why not call them all out to
90 with her? Because instinct, has
ordered it otherwise. Certain ones go
out with her, while others are coming
in with stores for future use, A GER
tain part of them doIt seem to have
any inclination to follow tho mother
bco, nor do they mourn the loss, for
another is provided
How wisely the Creator has arrang-
ed every part and novementl 1t, Is
curious, too, how tho eggs in the
drone cells are all dr0es, and those in
the worker cells are Ill workers. We
would suppose they would get mixed
up like hens eggs. Again, when they
want a queen, why not mako a mis-
take sometimes and tke a drone
egg2 Aad.also by feeding q certain
kind of food, make qeen instead OF
!, worker? Again, thu queen before
she is hatchcd is he'd downward,
which would seem to be- unnatural !;
,ut the All-wise has>ulde every part
perfect. .l .,@r... . ,'''|-
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INTERMArRIAaE os<sBLooD REbA-
TIoNs.-prof. Richard Owen, LID,
A. NJ, Of tho Indiana State Univcrsiy;
ty, stated an important fact which
cannot be too widely di disseminated.
namely l.. That the intcrmarriago #
blood relations is physiological error,
and he might almost say, with our
knowledge Of such matters, a crime.
Speaking from a close observation of
this subject for many years of all
the families of his acquaintance where
close intermarriage had been permit
ted, the children were either deaf
mutes: or were afflicted by some dc.
fciency. Ho knew a young man
whose father was physician, and
who should have known better than
to0narry double cousin, but the con-
sequence was, as the last portion of
the osseous system developed, the
young man, from tho intermarriage tf
those in whom the same material was
deficient, was prevented from having
a single tooth at any period. His sis
ter had but two or three small Stubs
of teeth, and their brother was&atto-
gcthcr deficient in his mental faculty.
lie insisted that it WAS a. great crime
for parents to allow their children ito
grow up with the idea that they might
ever intermarry with blood relations
1t should be a. thing never to- be
thought of, the intcrmsrriage with
those connected by tics Of consang.
Unity.
Mr.. Ferguson knew Of case in
Ohio where some thirty families had
married ard intermarried until they
could no longer tell their relationship,
Most Of the progeny were deaf mute
and the remainder q little above
idiotic.. .r~.f ....-.~. 81 -
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Sixteen Reasons.

A writer in an English journal gives
the following plain and forcible rea.
sons, for abstinence from the use of in
toxicating liquors as beverage. 1t
is view sanctioned both by religion
and common sense:
|. Because ale, porter, gin, rum,
brandy, etc., all contain spirit which
is calculated to derange the human
system. .
2. Because mono of these drinks, as
an habitual beverage, are ever useful,
but.'always injurious to-persons in
health, and many protesting Chris
tians. both young and old, have been
ruined: by thems iiLi Z = =
3. Because drunkenness is o beset-
ting sin, and leads to idleness, quar-
reling, swearing, fighting, stealing,
adultery, murder, and almost every
other SIN, and finally to eternal misery.
4. Because drinking produces pow
erty, bankruptcy, destruction of prop.
erty, loss of reason, disease, and pre-
mature death. v .s-lE - ...
5.,Because a great. deal of valuable
tinno, labor, and capital are worse
than wasted upon making, vending
and using the drinks,
6. Because over seventy millions of
money, being more than the whole
revenue, arc annually expended upon
them in the United Kingdom, which
ought to be laid out IN food aud man
ufactnres. .... ...
a. Because nearly six millions of
bushels of good grain are annually de-
stroyed in this Christian land to make
these liquors, while the markets are
high and mauyaof the poor are starv-
ing. .''.'
s. Because intemperance obstfucts
tho progress of civilization, education,
the'rcligion of Jesus, and every useful
REFORM T.. ,-5N-4. -
g., Because abstinence is sure and
safe; but drinking moderately is dan.
gerous, and has led to all the drunken
ness in the world. ,snE.s a..
10. Beca1se I find 1 cannot effectu
ally warn the drunkard, or set him ar
example unless am myself 40 entire
abstainer. IilLir@ - = !.
IL. Because I like to join those who
are exerting themselves to promote
tho temporal and spiritual reformation
and happiness Of man. "t'., / -
l2. Because it is important to set
safe example of periecting sobriety te
our children, friends, and associates.
13.&Becanse it is our Christian duty
to deny ourselves even of Lawful
things to promote the happiness o.
others. Z rs t1- =,
Il. Because, while millions in time
and eternity have repeuted of drink
ing, not one has ever repented of alb
staining.
Is. Because, While no blessing Il
pronouncediupon drinking, Gods ap
proyal Subsequently recorded in favo,
of abstinence. CSee Jer. xxxv. Luke
i, Is. Rom. xiv, 21; Prov. Xxx, IL
16. Because should be ashamed t.
touch. taste, handle, on keep IN my
house, the article, which is filling thf
land with dissipation, vice, poverty
observation-disclosures woe. s.
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Greenville and Columbia Rail
..- road. -'.,.1't : !.
s]s|gs sz2 60 ssESa gR

GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE
,.- COLUMBIA, S. G., March ], 1870:
ON and after the following Schedule
will be daily, Sunday excepted, run c3H-
necting with Night Trains on South Cur
olina Road, up and down, and with
Night Train on Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Road going South: 'a.', H..
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Dull Boys.

- Some of tho grapdest spirits that
the world has ever sknown--men
whose works and memories are en-
during-were regarded in youth Sas
ounces. They Powered late but bore
the rarest fruit. = !
Sir Isaac Newton was pronounced q
Ounce in his early school days. He
stood low in his classes and seemed TO
have no relish for study. One day
the s;bright boy" Of the school gave
him a kick in the stomach WAlch
caused him severe pain The insult
stung young Newton to the quick,
and he resolved to make himself felt
and respected by improved scholar
ship. He applied hiMself resolutety
10 Study, Ind ctSsong Stood in his
class a6ovsthe boy who had kicked
him, and ultimately became the first
scholar in the school. Newten owed
his preeminence in his philosophical
: studies more to perseverance and ap
piication than to any marvellous nat
ural endowments.
Oliver Goldsmith, than whom nc
boy could appear more stupid, wa
the butt of ridicule at school: A
school dame, after wonderful patie,,ee
and perseverance,, taught him the
alphabet, q thing which she desmea
creditable to her skiil and which she
lived to mention with pride when her
pupil became famous. lie made no
Progress in the exsct7 studies, 9a. y
liked history and tasiP: r'essy y; yr;t;ons lns
was sore trial to bis amnltlous
mother who mele many fruitless ef-
tnrts to opickei his wits BY her sharp
1Uords, EW relatives, teachers and
scboofmass all told him that he was
. snol GRich verdict he did not dis
nuts 6ut took good. .humoredly. Even
When he had produced the Gravel
ler," on eminent critic said to a friend,
sssir, I do believe that Goldsmith
wrote that poem; and that, let me
tell you, is believing a great dea!." =
Sir Walter Scott was a dull boy, and,
when attending the University at
Edinburg, he went by the name, of
sThe Great Blockhead." But he
wasted no time on tritles, and, in pur-
suing a study that he loved, as, for ex-
ample, history or the classics, ha was
persevering andsmethodical. He was
one Of those whose knowledge on a
subject that Interested him increased
until it lay like a great volume in his
mind. When Walter Scott began to
mako use Of that knowledge, society
gave him another name, somewhat
different from the Edinburg appella-
tion-it was "Tle Great Magician."-
Hutton, tho antiquarian, whose
knowledge of books was remarkable,
was slew to learn when a. boy. He
was sent to "a certain Mr. Meat. He1
thus tells his experience: MY mas
ter took occasion to beat my head
against the wall, holding it by the
hair, but: he never could beat any
learning into it," r....c - :. !
Sheridan found it, hard to acquire
the elements of learning. Hismother
deemed it her duty. to inform his
teacher that he was not bright tol
learn like other boys |
Adam Clark was pronounced by bis
father to be a "grievous Ounce" and
DR.. Chambers was pronounced by his
TEACHER as an incorrigible ono. Chat
terton was dismissed from school by
bis master as o fool. ,.. r..
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Waste Paper for Household Uses.

Few housekeepcrs have time to
blacken their stoves every day,' or
even every week. Many wash them
in eitherclean water or dish water.
This keeps them clean, but they look
very brown. After a stove has been
blackcned, it can be kept looking very
we'll for a long time by rubbing it with
paper every morning. If | OCCASION
ally find aedrop of gravy or fruit juice
that thepaper will, not take off, l rub
lit with a wet cloth but do not put
on water enough to take off the
Eblacking. 1 find that rubbing with
paper is a much nicer way Of Keep
ping the outside of my teakettle,
coffce-pot, and teapot bright and
clean, than the old way of washing
them in suds. The inside of coffee
pots and tea-pots should be- rinsed in
clear water, and never in the dish
water. -
Rubbing with dry paper is also the
best way Of polishing Knives and tin
ware after securing. This saves wet
ting tho knife-handles. If little
-four boheld on the paper in rubbing
tinware and spoons. they shine like
new silver. For polishing windows,
mirrors, lamp-chimneys, etc, Railways
use paper in preference to. any dry
cloth. Preserves and pickles keep
much better if brown paper, instead
of cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned
fruit is not SO apt to mould if piece
of writing-paper, cut to: fit the can, is
laid directly on the top Of tue fruit
Paper is much better to put under a
carpet than straw, It. is warmer,
thinner, and makes less noise. whom
one walks over it. A fair carpet can
be made for room not in constant
use, by pasting several thicknesses of
newspaper on the floor, over them o
coat of wallpaper, and giving it Q
coat of>varnish. In cold weather I
have often placed paper. between my
bed.qiilts, knowing that two Thick
nesses of paper are AZ warm as Z guilt
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BAKER & ANSLEf,
Successors to Baker, Miller O. Co.,
Grocsls and Dealers in Produce,
NO, 2e7 BROAD ST.,
AUGUSTA GA:
N O T I C.E

NOTICE.
TINE undersigned have associated
themselves together under the
namo and style Of , = =
BAKER & ANSLEY,
for the continuation Of a /
GENERAL GROCERY
and. Commission Business,
at the old stand of our senior mem
bcr, No. 267 Broad Street, whore we
will take great pleasure in often SEQ
ing our many patrons and frlenos,
and Offering them a selection from
our large stocks Of GROCERIES,
BAGGING. ROPE, TIES, SALT,
BACON, PROVISIONS, LIQUORS.,
.TOBACCOS and FLOUR.
We have also tho Agency for the
sale of the we'll known FERTlLI-
zERS, imported and prepared by
Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., viz: Phenlx
Guano, Wilcox, Gibbs l. Co.'S Manlp'
ulated Guano. 'Guano, Salt and Plas-
ter Compound, and Peruvian Guano'
Dissolved Bone, Plaster, &c. The
qualities are guaranteed and orders
command our immediate attention tor
either. .s..
.... CHARLES BAKER,
JOHN q. An NSLEY. =
Sent. II 1871. 2l-4m ~ -a....
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COVER, cox & MARKLEY,

Agent at Abbeville, DIR. J. W. Mar
shall; at Greenwood, J. A. q w. Fl
Baily; at Ninety-Six, T. G. Ltpscomb
at Cokesbury, J. J. Ellis.
Nov IL, 1870 % I'm
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Curiosities Of Life

Lay your finger on your pulse, and
know that at every stroke some i'm
mortal passes to his Maker; some fel-
low-being crosses the river of death
and if we think of it, we may we'll
wonder that it should be so long be.
fore our time comes. l .-....
Half Of all who live, die before they
are seventeen. go. - e., .......
Only one person in ten thousand
lives to be one hundred years old, and
but one in q hundred reaches sixty.
The married live longer than the
single. ...... .-....,' =
Th.re is but one soldier to every
eight persons, and out of every thous.
aud born only .ninety-fve weddings
take place: 1872
If you take thousand persons who
have reached seventy years.; there
are clergymen, orators. and public
speakers, "a farmers, 80; workmen
33 soldiers, 80; lawyers, 20; profes
sors, q; doctors, "a. -. =.
These statements are very instruc'
tive. Farmers and workmcn do not
arrive at good old age as often as
the clcrgymcn and others, who per-
form no manual labor; but this is
owing to the neglect Of the laws OF
health, inattention o'the proper hab'
it's of life:in eating, drinking. sleeping
dress, and the proper caro- of them
selves after the work of the day is
done. These workmen and farmers
eat heavy supper of a summers day
and sit around the doors.in their shirt
sleeves, aud in their tired condition
and weakened circulation. arc easily
chilled, laying the foundation for
diarrhea, bilious collie, lung fever, OF
consumption.
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1ecsual remedy than any other. Those who have
tried It, know that it cured themi those Tao nave
not aasa
that 1t mover fails through any fault or neg
glect ofits composition. We have thousands upon
housnnds Of certificates Of their remarkable cures
known in every nelghborhood, and we need not
publish them. Adapted to oil ages and conditions
In all climates containing neither calome! norany
BY anybody. Their s1gar.coating preserves them
ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take, whue
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise nom
their uso in any quantity.
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate
Il into healthy action remove the obstructions
Of the stomach, bowels liver, and other organs OF
the body, restoring their Irregular action TO neaso,
srangcments as are the first origin Of disease.
I Minute directions, are given In the wrapper On
the box for the following complaints, which these
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Lissls...
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stoua-
T For T Liver Com piaint and It's various symp.
toms, bilious Headache, Sick Head.
ache, Jaundtca or Green Sicknoss, Bti:
;, iOus Collie and bilious Fever, they should
be judlc!ously taken for each case to correct tns
diseased action or remove the obstructions whlcn
For Dyssntery or .Dinrrhoca, but ono
mild dose Is generally required.
E. For Hheumntian, Gout, Gravel, Eos.
Side, Back and Loins, they should be contin:
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
action Of tho system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and Dropsieal 6weIlings
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
to produce the effect Of drastic purge.
For Suppression a large dose should Dc
n.tS1 naSS as " pr0aoeeS 'ne oes'rea ene'' "
AS Dinner Pili, take one OF two PiHs to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite
and invigorates the system. Hence 1t Is often al
yantageous where no serious arrangement e1ists'
One who feels tolerably well, often finds that
dose of these pills makes him feel decidedly bet
ter, from their cleansing and renoVating eject on
the digestive apparatus.
,Dr. j. o. AVER Il CO., Practical Chssststss
; IaWETI. II AaQ II. &. A.
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Judge Barnard, in charging the
grand Jury in the Court Of Oyer and
= Temier of New York.. yesterday,
stated. that AIt,is safe TO say, and I
know from experience, that nearly all
the fast! horses and all the fast wo.
men in New York. are supported out
of the city treasury"
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Ayers Cathartic Pills.
For all tho purposes Of . Laxative

Perhaps no onerneda.
cine Is 30 universally
required by every.
body as . cathartc,
nor was ever any be-
fore 30 universally
adopted into use, In
every country and
among oil classes, ~
this mild but efficient
purgative Pun. Tho
obvious reason 10,
that it Is q more relia.
r-yx o-I fa~ onNo ~
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If it is necessary to step on q cha;r,
always lay paper on it; this saves
rubbing the yarnish, Children easily
learn the habit Of doing so,-7schn :
logiSt. : - :.
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BY J. a. MAYS.
Livery !! Stable.

yFlHE undersigned has opened a NEW
LIVERY STABLE In connectioi'
with the Hotel, and is prepared Wl Wltll
comfortable stables, and comm9alous
Iots to accommodate stock of all kinds; I1s;
An experienced and careful osItEh ;!al;
will always be found on the premises
HORSES, BUGGIES and WAGONS,
ALWAYS ON HAND TO. HIRE.
TGfve me q trial. My prices are moo
crate. ..-..,.s r..
JOHN A. MAYS.
March 10, 1871, Aft
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$50 Aelyesfar. Sale! !...,.4.s:. {. ..>s.:.
2 Miles Of Abbeville villags|

NNHE subscriber offers for sale his,
i farm lying 2 miles o1f,iAs from Able
vile Village. The tract is well Wa.
tared, lies beautifully, contains $50
acres, 135 in woods, remainder clear
ed and productive. Onpreinises is a
framed dwelling house with 6 rooms,
Part purchase money cash, balance
12 months with interest tract. ono
mile Of railroad. Apply to- subseri.,
ber at his office for further particu.
lars. EDWARD, NOBLE. -
Aug. 81, 1871, 19-tf ,as a,R. r:
The New York herald., 1871-03-20

TENRy b. HERTs, AUCrIONEER
% CHURCH AND rs READE STREETS
HAS RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM
MEssRS. D. N. HILDRETH CO., PRoPRiETORS
TO CLOSE OUT AT AUCTION, WITHOUT RESERVE,
THE ENTIRE STOCK, FUKsiTURE AND EPFEcs
OF THE NEW AoRK HOTEL.
FLACEs.
COMMENCING ON TUESDAY. APRIL I. AT iok
O'CLOCK,
and continuing daily until disposed OF,
comprising the entire rosewood walnut mahogany and
other Furniture 400 paors
Pianos, Mirrors, elegant Svewae, GasS
China Cutlery Mattresses aud bedding, and VII other appur
tenances oil tac above nrst asa Hotoi
RARE OLD WINES, Liz ORS AND HOTEL 3IORES
VALUED IN ALL AT OVER 62UutWO.
THIS Will be the largest attractive sale OF the kind
taken place in this city, and well worthy tho
attention Of hotel keepers, dealers parties furnishing
connoisseurs.
Catalogues VIII he resdy Monday, March r. may be
had application a the hotel The oce Of Aucttoneer
Is Ee2de and ps Church stgeets.