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Another ..Ail Quiet"

Another .All Quaet.''
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
No scand save the voice OF the river,
Which ever seems wailing sorrowful dirge
For hopes that have perished forever.
And still as listen, those low mouruftl note 8
Are by fancy oil framed into story;
And hear lament for those heroes and
braves,
Whose names arc enshrouded in glory;
Who once trod these shores in the pride OF
their might,
And swore that the fooman shonld never
Pol1ute, by his presence, our beautiful South,
And our flag should float proudly forever!
But those forms are now still, and Ger. their
low graves 9tr
The loved ones arc silently weeping,
While "the stars up above, with their glitter
Still Keep guard when those heroes arc
There's another sad voice in the dark r.ver's
Tho so low must bend as listen,
ana the rpples meanwhile seem shower OF
As in the bright moonlight they glisten.
It speaks OF a nation whose hopes are all fed
Whose. glofy's forever departed,
Whose garlands Of fame are withered and
Whose people are now broken.hesrted.
It whispers Of laurels all faded and torn
or banners all CORY and tattered-
OF armies that proudly defended oxr o1on,
But whose hosts are now vanauished and
scattered!
Harki another sweet voice-'tis the gentle
night wind,
Through the forest leaves softly Ills Sigh
ing;
But it speaks to the heart Of glories undin-
med
OF bright hopes forever undying.
For it says, ''Anchor Lot to this perishing
earth"
The chains which so coon may be riven,
But remember, while mourning the sorrows
Of life, I'M
There is happiness, freedom, in Heaven!
Those heroes now tread the shores OF that
stream
Which flows through the city Of God.
Their brows are encircled with heavenly light,
Their garments washed white in Christ's
blood.
They belong to the army Of martyrs on high.
The sword Is exchanged for the crown;
Their freedom is won, their victory complete,
Their Weapons forever laid down.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
No sound save the ruah Of the river,
And the beautiful voice OF the gentle night
wind,
AS the forest leaves tremble and quiver
Richmond Dsspntch.
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Columbia Music Store,
LyBrand & Son

TNkE pleasure in calling tho attention of
4 the public to an examination of their
sisting Of Pianos, Church and parlor Organs,
Melodeons, Nioins, Guitars, Banjos, Flutes,
Accordeons, Brass and Silver Band Instru-
mcnts OF all kinds. Also, Sheet Music and
Instruments on hand at all times. Sheet
Music sent by mail. post paid. on receipt of
price; and all kinds of Musical Goods sent by
Express, when ordered, to any part of the
Pianos and Organs for sale cheap, for cash.
Pianos, Organs and Melodcors tuned and re-
paired in Satisfactory manner; aud Will give
especial attention to Packing, Removing and
Shipping Pianos for other parties to any poin
desired, at moderate prices.
All orders promptly attended to and satie-
faction guaranteed to those favoring us with
their patronage. Send for our catalogue OF
Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise. Tay-
lor street, Citizens Savings Bank Building,
Columbia, s. C. Nov
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than if it were the building OF wood
! shed. II it were horse, now, that we
were training for q race, or bull that
we were rearing for the fair, or even q
cabbage head that we were raising for
the horticultural show, we would give
some personal attention to its manage.
! ment. About all these things most men
feel that they know something; but
about the mysteries of grammar and
such abstruse and worthless rubbish,
they neither know nor care. In respect
to the mental development Of the chill
dren, we do not say word. How me.
ohanica!ly they 80 through their spirit
less tasks; how memory is almost the
only faculty cultivated; how persistently
they are orainmed with dry facts from
lifeless textbooks, only an expert can
know. Observation and original think
ing are as unknown to pupil as to teach
er. The cultivation of the senses by
practical work is allowed no place in our
system Of education. But this branch
Of the subject we did not mean to touch
upon; its details are too extensive to be
discussed in single article. The mat
ters of physical abuse and torment are
patent to every person Of common pow
ers of observation who will go to any of
our sohool.rooms and look for them.
What we complain of is that the chill
dren have too few holidays, are kept at
too high strain in school, and have to
stay too many hours within doors. They
are forced by premature struggles into
studies beyond their natural compre-
hension, and their whole home life is
wofully supplementary to their life in
school. A highly sensational literature
to which they are allowed access, with
out hindrance, keeps their minds up to
fever heat. Add to that tho Inheritance
OF q nervous race, the physical degene-
ration produced by the free use Of to-
bocco and liquors, the exhausting eli
mate, the lightning speed at which the
whole work of life is kept up, the alb
sorption OF the father in business and
the mother in society, and it is nc won
der that oar children are wise beyond
their years.
than in the startling number of chill
dren's suicides that have lately been re-
ported in the papers. That our children
should keep late hours and dissipate at
children's parties like their elders; that
they should drink and smoke and chew
and ape the vices of men, il not strange,
when we think how little is done for
them in the way of family amusement
and home pastime; but is it not rather
shocking when the experiences OF life
pail upon the jaded appetites of the
little ones, and has not sad change
come over their characters since the
great Master said that of such was the
kingdom of Heaven3
There is very plain remedy, but it
won't be applied for long time to come.
The evil results of the present system
must be even palmer than they are now.
1t will be time enough to DISCUSS the
plans for reformation when it shall be
admitted by public opinion that a re-
form is necessary. Pharaoh lot the
children Of Israel go when the first born
OF every family lay dead in every house
in Egypt. Courier Journal.
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The Slaughter OF tho Innocsnt..

Most of US have heard of the wit who
proposed the health of Herod of "blessed
memory" and have laughed at the SEN
fiment from it's very absurdity. But, in
all soberness, We think that the legend
ary murder of the children in Judea was
merciful act in comparison with the
more general, though less sudden, slaugh
ter OF the innocents going on all over
this country Of ours at the present day.
We don't write with any hope of check
ing it; we hardly expect any considera-
ton whatever for our remarks. The
abuse is deep-seated one, and is fenced
about with growths of old tradition and
custom that will require long, persistent
and well-organized efforts to overcome.
There is, too, tremendous army of
good, asy-going, weIl-Meaning, con.
tented, influential, talented men and
women who thoroughly believe in the
old system, and vino refuse to see it's
evil consequences, or blindly attribute
them to the wrong causes. This army
is not to be met by anything less than o
desperate charge by a forlorn hope Of
enlightened enthusiasts, who will, of
course, utterly fail, but will leave behind
them the memory of their deeds, that
will inevitably secure at last the needed
reformation.
If the sight of the pale faces and nm.
naturally brilliant eyes Of the children
that moet every father daily at his own
table, does not tell him the story, let
MIN go into any OF cur great public
schools about the hour of 1, and read
there in the cadaverous, sickly forms,
the bent frames, the narrow, contracted
chests OF the pupils, the fate that ia ine-
vitably in store for those, We will not
say who neglect, but who are not per-
mitted to obey the laws of nature and
of health. Let him mark, the listless.
ness, the languor, the restlessness. the
inattention of the children. the irrita.
bility of both teacher and pupil-ior
one reacts upon the other-and then let
him think if this is state Of things to
be desired. Let him find out how many
of these children, shut up in these ill.,
ventilated, over.crowded rooms, are ac-
tually i'll, or rather, for it will be easier
reckoned, how many OF them are free
from headache or other pain. Let him
test, if he is curious in the matter, how
many of them are short-sighted. Let
him notice how many OF them can rest
their feet with comfort upon the floor,
and how many are compelled, from the
height of the seat, either to let their
feet swing clear without support. or sit
on the small Of their backs. II he be-
lieves this to be very comfortable posi-
tion, let him try it for three hours and
see how he likes it. Let him ask what
pnnishments are inflicted 10 keep the
little ones quiet, and calculate what pro-
portion the time taken to secure disci-
pline under such adverse. circumstances
bears to the time spent in teaching.
We have no idea that any one will do
it, we trust the education of our chill
areG to those who do 1t by The contract.
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
SOUTH CAROLINA
Deposits Of 81 and Upwards Received,

INTENEST -ALLOHEn i r TIE EATEoI
SEVEN PER CENT. PER -4NNUH,
IN CEE1IFICI I k,S OFUEPOSIT,
AND SIX PER CENT. COM
POUNDED ETEK1' SLY
XONTHS on -ACCO UNITS.
OFFICERS.
VIM. Martin, president.
John l.. Palmer. Vice-frceiGeLt
A. q. Brenlzer, Cashier.
j. h. sawyer, i'll ScneI al charge.
John 9. Is. Smith, Assistan, Cashier.
Wade hampton, William Martin. A. c. Has.
kell, F. ". McMasteI /. il. Leih,tsl, } CHI b.
Palmer, Thomas E. GreIK, Columbia.
j. Eli Gregg, MariCn.
G. T. Scott, Newberry.
VIC. Mayes, Newberry.
Is. II. RutledRe Charleston.
Hsniel Ravenel, Jr.. Charleston.
Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, o..
phans and others may here deposit tn eIr say.
ings and draw a liberal rate OF int crest there.
on. Planters, Professional Men and Trusteei
wishing to draw interest on their funds until
they require them for business or other pur.
poses: Parents desiring to eet apart small
sums for their children, and Married Women
and Minors (whose deposits can only be with.
,irawn by thems selves, or. in case OF death, by
their legal representatives, Wishing to lay
inside funds for future use. are here afforded
nm opportunity of depositing their means
where they will rapidly accumulate, and, at
Lhesame time be subject to withdraw alw b 81,
seeded. Aug 10
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Among the ornaments to the facade of
the new Paris opera house there is, it
appears, group by the sculptor Car
peaux called "The Dance" which has
been seriously objected to on the score
OF indecency. It has now been decided
by the censors to remove this group from
the facade, and to place it, strange to
say, in sufficiently prominent place in
the interior of the theatre, where every
body may examine it at leisure, and
where people may blush at it. if SO dis
posed. in private and not in public.
Here is stern morality, indeedl
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A little fve-years-old was boing in
structed in morals by his grandmother.
The old lady told him Ii 1t all such terms
as "By golly." "By jingo," "By thun-
der" etc., wnre only little oaths. and but
q little better than other profanities
In fact, said she, he could tell profane
oath by the prefix "by." All such were
oaths. swell, then, grandmother. said
the little hopeful, sis by telegraph.
which see in the newspapers, swear
ing?" "No." said the old lady, "that's
only lying"
An old lady was visiting the Tombs,
last week, when burglar, Michael Don
ahue, who had managed to get out of
his cell. stepped up to her and in an au-
thoziativs manner demanded her ticket.
Armed with this he coolly stalked out of
the prison. The New York Sun, in
stating the affair, says: "No possible
blame can attach to Warden Stacom and
the keepers of the Tombs." Shrewd
discipline ut the Tombs.
The Niagara suspension bridge in O
gale, with the wind blowing ninety five
miles an hour, is stationary toward the
ends, but the central portion, unpro-
tected by guys, performs graceful ser
pentine movement, both horizontally
and perpendioularly, pleasant to look at,
providing the observer is on terra frn,a.
"Say, Jack, can you tell us what's the
best thing to hold two pieces Of rope to-.
gether?" II guess knot"
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we Lire and Learn, Die ard Forget AL
THE SOUTHERN DYE HOUSE.

No. $50 KING STREET. CHARLESTON. S. c..
nYES and CLEANS. by means OF steam,
~ gentlemen's, ladies' and childrens &
clothes. Fine laces and lace curts sine cleaned
and done up with the eoft or manufacturers
finish; lace and Grape shawls and kid gloves
cleaned and dyed. Goods received and re-
Branch Office at Mrs. Q. E. Reeds millinery
establishme ent, Columbia. Feb q 3mo
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Proposals for Lumber.

Proposals Tor Lumber.
GEALED PROPOSALS for supplying LUM-
- Der for use by city departments will be
received and submitted to Council at next
meeting: Bidders will state price per thou
sand delivered. By order of Council.
WM. J. ErTER.
May 1G Acting City Clerk.
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Notice to Contractors. /.

SEALED proposals for laying BRICK
y DRAIN, eighteen inches in diameter, in
Davis alley, near Colunbia Hotel, to Assem-
bly, street, thence diagonally across Assembly
street to connect with drain in front Of Pho .
nix Hook and Ladder House, will be received
and submitted to Council at next meeting
The city will furnish materials.
For information as to specifications, etc,
call on Alderman Augustus Cooper. Chairman
Committee on Streets. By order OF Council.
WM. J. ETrER,
May 1G Acting City Clerk.
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Notice to Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS for repairing fence
~ at Sidney Park and white.washiug; came
Will be received and submitted to Council at
next meeting.
For information ae to specifications, etc.,
call on Alderman NJ. Williams, Chairman
Committee on Sidney Park.
BY order OF Council.
May 16 w. J. ETTER, Acting City Clerk
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To Contractors.

10 C0ntraCtOrS.
SEALED proposals. for repairs to City
~ Guard House will be received aud sub.
mitted to Council at next meeting. For in
formation as to specifications, &c, call on
Alderman S. L. Hoge, Chairman Committee
on Guard Houee. BY order of Council.
WIN. j. ETrER,
May lG Acting CITY Clerk.
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Change of Echedule.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, S. c., June 8, 1871.

ka @ M to so"h go INTO o. eaestetn erect on
and after Sunday, oath instant:
MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Columbia at. TAO m
Arrive at Charleston at .3.20 p m
Leave Charlestonat...... $40 m
Arrive at Columbia at. $40 p m
NIGHT EXPRESS, FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN, [Sundays excepted.]
Leave Columbia at. ........... $50 p n
Arrive at Charleston at. 100 q N
Leave Charleston at. .7.10 p m
Arrive at Columbia at. 40 m
Camden Accommodation Train will con.
tinue to run to Columbia aB tormerly-Nlon-
days. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A. L.. TYLER, ,Vice-President.
s. B. PIcKINs, General Ticket Agent.
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Greenville and Columbia Railroad
PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE.

Ea excepted, 1a1a1, ,eoanss.sSSs snnsssSs
with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad
up and down; also with Trains going North
and South on Charlotte, Colu nbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington. Columbia
and Augusta Railroad.
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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
OF COLUMBIA. 8. C.
Present Capital, $150,O0O.

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, 100000.
THHIs Bank is now open for the transaction
l. Of q general banking business.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, bearing interest
at the rate Of seven (7) per cent. per snnum,
will be issued.
Notes, Bills Of Exchange. and other evi.
dences Of debt discount0d, and money loaned
on collaterals.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Si,rer bought and sold.
Mutilated Currency purchased at small
discount.
Sight Drafts dra,on direct on all the promi.
nent places in England, Ireland, Scotland,
Ffance, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Den.
mark and The Orient. Letters Of Credit issued,
Tayable in any of the above places.
Drafts on all the prominens cities In the
United States bought and sold.
Banking House opposite Columbia Hotel.
Open from to 8. Feb 20 ly
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Groceries, Wines and Liquors.
A FULL SUPPLY Of CHOICE FAMILY
N GROCERIES, i'll sll their varieties. Best
brands Champagnes, Wines, Liquors. &C.,
euitab BILE for Christmas. on hand end for sale
low, by JOHN AGNEW & SON
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To Contractors.

70 Contractors.
SEALED proposals for repairing one OF the
~ Aims House buildings will be received and
submitted to Council at the next meeting.
For information as to specifications, &c., call
on Alderman S. .. Thompson Chairman
Committee on Aims Housc.
By order Of Council. WM. J. ETTER,
May lG Acting City Clerk
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Choicest May Butter.
- TUBS "Gilt Edge" new GOSHEN BUT
- TER. GEO. SYMMERS.
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Pickles. Fruits and Vegetables.

Pickles. Fruits and Vegetables.
1EO DOZEN, in glass and cans, Of the
lou choicest kinds, as follows: English
Piccaiili and Chow Chow; California Apricots
and bartlett Pears; Pine Apples. fresh Poach-
es. Plume, Strawberries, Tomatoes. Green
%S sauss rSppne and 3x ns
tard. Dessicated Cocosnut, Chocolate Paste,
Essence Coffee, &C.; all fresh and for sale low
for cash. E. HOPE.
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Change Of Schedule.

WILMINGToN, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA B. 3. Co.
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
WILMINGTON, N. O., March %. 1879.
k& FzfY EYFt535{FIyR AFTER this! date tho
4isak x.3ake.-saes following schedule will
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Summer Schedule 8. &. u. B. B..
mn a ~

R. & D. 4. Oo.---Ohange Of Schedule.
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, N. O. DIV,
COMPANY SHOPS. N. O.. March 28. 1871.
Esos ER EESe5f{s1 ON and sitter SUNDAY,
~ - z.esa-..Szy March 81, 1872, Trains will
be run over this Division in accordance with
following TIME TABLE.
Trains Going East.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04
Intermittent Fever.

ii. Without knowing the cause of its
Development it has always been charged
to what is called malaria-and curious
a. it may appear. we don't know what
that is. In popular opinion there are
banetul emanations from the ground
in certain localities, which inhaled, pro-
duce vital disturbance which only one
medicine controls or subdues. That is
quinine. Happily, as the tree from
whose bark that medicine is extracted
becomes scarcer and therefore more
costly, chemists are encouraged with a
belief they shall finally discover how to
make it. 1t will be another great
triumph of inductive science when that
desideratum is accomplished.
Fever and ague, the old expressive
the sufferer is intensely hot and in
tensely cold-shivering-is a scourge
that battles physicians. 1t is regulated
by laws-laws of periodicity as positive
and uniform in the alterations of heat
and chill us the phases of the moon OF
the satellites of Jupiter.
Certainly here is an inviting field fol
discovery-the cause of intermittent
fever and it's destruction. Examinations
from the ground, mixed with atmo'
spheric air, theoretically are carried
directly into the circulation through
the medium of the lungs. Why dc
not domestic animals have the disease
they breathe the same air. There
is the rub in medical science. We dc
or take some things that make US sus
ceptible to the action of that invisible
poison. What is it,
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CIlILDREN'S CORNER.
0eomctry.

0eOmctry.
The April day was fading fast.
~ tnrouge city street there passed
s'hool.Hrl, claspiug In her arm
" oook inscribed with mystic charm,
dcometry! - ~
Her ego was dim with tear unshed.
!ier cncck was pale, low hung her head.
ana doletul from her hrs It r,,ug,
word of sad and dismal tongue,
Geometry!
In happy homes with children bright,
Snr saw no books to disturb their sight:
nolorc her eyes tralGz,Nms shOnc,
"h!ic from her lips escaped the moan,
Geomctry!
Tho teacher passed hcr on tho way,
And glanced around . word to say,
- study tho sun" she sharply cried.
Dnt low that solemn voice replied,
Geometry!
-, stay at home, tho mother said,
And rest thy weary, aching hcsi!'
\ tear stool in her languid eye,
Tut still she answered with = sigh,
Geometry!
Beware the history's endless round.
Rcwar" rh"nctics' EARRING sound !"
This WIS the sisters last gootl.by,
Far down the stairs she heard the cry
'icometry!
They found her stretched mid book .leaves torn
Half buried in tho chalk. next morn:
Her hand still graSped. ~ in q wise,
The cover with the strange device,
Geometry
There III the sunlight bright and warm
Was seen her fair and bcauteous form:
her lips still murmured, "A she lay,
And in her sleep she seemed to say,
Geometry!
From Our Young Folks.
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Geographical Distribution OF Sweet
Scented Plants,

Mr.: J. Britten, in communication
to The Gardeners Chronicle on the
odor of plants, gives the following
conclusions regarding the geographical
distribution of sweet-scented plants: A
large proportion Of pale and white
blossoms are fragrant, and it is ascer-
tanned that these predominant in north
ern regions. We may therefore con-
clude that the relative number of odor.
GUS flowers is greater toward the poles
than toward the equator. 1t would
seem that the too powerful action of
light anu heat is opposed to tho emana-
ton of the otlors of flowers, and VIC
see many specimens which are scarcely
fragrant during the day, become so in
the evening or during the night. But
if the odors emitted by the blossoms
are more frequent in the north, the re
verse is the case with the essences in
closed in thr glands. Plants with fra.
grant leaves, aromatic fruits, and wood
penetrated with essential oil. are
scarcely found except in tropical eli
mates.
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EDITORIAL OP1N1oNs.-An ADVERTISE
ment is, as general rule, an elaborate
eulogium on the merits of something
which the advertiser desires to sell.
The editors and publishers Of the pa
per in which it appears are not respon-
sible for its statements. Sometimes,
however, highly important discoveries
or Inventions, announce to the world
through the business department of
the press, seem to demand few
words of editorial commentator.
We have no hesitation in saying that
the excellent medicine introduced by
DR.. Joseph Walker, of California,
under the name of V1NNaAR B1rrERs, be:
longs to this category, and has just
claim to favorable notice. There
| can be no doubt as to its utility as q tonic,
stomachic and Alternative. We are cosnizant
| of many instances in which it has cured cases
| Of chronic dyspepsia, supposed to be incura-
bic, and know that tho estimation in which il
| is held as q remedy for bilious and nervous
disorders, intermittent and rcmittent fevers
| rheumatism and general debility, is founded
! on experience and we'll deserved. The testi.
mony Of cloud of Witnesses" goes to show
that it is eminently useful in q large majority
of the disorders to which the human fanlil,
arc subject. Tho fact that it contains no al.
collol commends it to the confidence of that
large and increasing class Of the community
who insist that all spurious stimulants arc
active pOisOns.-COm.