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COMMENCEMENT AT DUE WEST.

The general Examination in the two
Colleges will begin on Thursday, 4th
July and close OIL Tuesday, the 9th.
Examining Committee Of Erskine College.
Rev. r. A. Ross, Rev. R. w. Brice
Rev. E. +. Boyce, Rev. G. B. Berts, S.
w. Reid. Esq, Col. G. McMaster, Rev.
u. G. Phillips, Rev. J. c. Boyd, Rev
D. +. Haddon.
Examining Committee Of Due West
Female College.
Rev J. Boyce, D. D., Rev. w. F.
Pearson, Rev. J. o. Lindsay, Rev. w.
l.. Fressly, Prof. J. +. Lee, Rev. E. L.
Patton, Capt. r. +. McCaslan, Rev. II.
r. Sloan, Mrs. H. n. Sloan, Mrs. Belle
Martin, Miss NJ. e. Galloway.
Annual Sermon,
On Sabbath, the 7th, by Rev. w. S.
Bowman, d. D., of Charleston.
PRIZE ESSAYS AND DECLAMA-
r. IN, by members OF the Junior aid
:lomore classes in Erskine College
W. he presented IL Monday evening.
the 9TH.
MEETING of the Board OF Trustees
Of Erskine College at 2 p. m. on Tees
day.
MEETING of the Board of Trustees
of Due West Female College, at 4 p. In.
on Tuesday.
ORATIONS and Prize Disputation
by portion of the Senior Glass, on
Tuesday evening, the 9th.
ORATIONS by the remaining mem.
be:s of the Senior Class on forenoon OF
Wednesday the lO,:l.
ANNIVERSARY GRAFTON. by
Hon. John Y. Kirkpatrick, OF A;aoama
on afternoon of Wednesday, the lo.h.
BACCALAUREATE and Presenta
ton of Diplomas, by the President, or
"Wednesday afternoon.
ALUMNAE ESSAY, by Miss Flo:.
Add. ess by DR.. J. c. Maxwell, o
Greenwood, S. c., on Wednesday even
ing. ......
Thursday, July 18th, 81 O'Clock, A. M
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS befor
the Amelian Society by Rev. w. I
Capers, D. d.
Commencement Exercises in Du
West Female College.
Essays by the Graduating Glass.
BACCALAURFATE and Presenta
ton of Diplomas by the President.
:. REPORT of the Examining Com
mittee and Presentation of Medals t
the successful competitors for Schola,
ship Distinction in Erskine College o.
Thursday evening, the llih. If
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Picnic AT THE FAIR GROUNDS
We learn that the young people Of the
village contemplate having a nice Pic
Mic to- day at the Fai: Ground. With
them to will is to do, and we have nc
doubt that the occasion will be one o
murh EMO: .peaL Our friend, Mr.. J1o
#. Lyon, who is always prominent a,
these festiSe gatherings. is, we believe
one of the moving spirits of the enter
tainmcnt.
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EXHIBITION AT BETHLEHEM ACAD
EMY.--We retn'n ou; thanks for al -
vi:ation to a.:eld aa examination anG
eX,l. = :,ioI q: Bethlehem Academy nea
G. eelwoor on The A,i July neX:. The
Academy is in cae.ye of MI J. r
Blake, rery t"lented and successful
teacher. Addresses will be delivered BY
w. X. Blake, Esq, and the Rev. Nj
Mood, At night there VII be a.:
att eci:e ente. .;inment in the way
OF chg 'edcs, tab!eauX &c, II wouit
affoid LIS much pleasure to attend.
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"Thc cheapest of premiums consis
tent with entire and perfect safety to-
the insured best observe the public
interest, and operate to extend the
benefits of these bcnefcent institu-
lions. Itis needless and expensive
10 pay over money or notes to Life
Insurance Co., for the purpose only
Of having the. same returned.
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Married..

MARRIED, at the residence OF Mr.
T. A. Cater, Oil 2Osh June, by Rev. A
p. Nicholson, Mr.. GEORGE w
SPEER and Miss MARY SUE GILES
all of Abbeville County, s. e.
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For Solicitor.

The Universal Life Insurance Co.,
only charges sl5.35 yearly for 81 QUO
on q man 25 years old, or one and q
half per cent. on the amount.
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NORTH RABUN
WOOLEN MILL,
LAURENS Co., s. G.

"HANKING our friends for gener-
Gus patronage extended to us in the
past, we again announce that we are
prepared to do all work entrusted to u.s.
PROMPTLY AND WELL.
Terms-for Roll-Carding, 12acts: per
Ib. (oil included). Making Jeans ~ 10
35cts. per yard. Cashmere, 60 to ID CTS.
per ward. Blankets $500 to 2.25-the
customer finding the wool. Other work
as heretofore.
We give the highest market rates for
Wool in exchange for the products OF
our Mill. Ship to us directly to Honea
Path, and the wool will be received and
goods returned without any charge for
wagon freight to and from Honea Path.
A. G.. FULLER & co.
p. O.-Laureus G. H., S. G,
May %, lS72-6-tf.
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Attention Planters.

By the published rates of the Uni
vcrsal Life Insurance Co., a man so
years old, only pays $37l5 yearly on
81 900 Policy
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Market Reports.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
B A r. N w e L l. & G. o..
Dealers in Staple Dry Goods, Groce
RIGS, Provisions, &c., &c,
AnBEttf,LE, tuhe 20, 1872.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ to 23
Apples, .......:...::;,iI iS2.uO
jutter, to 3Uc
Bacon, ."..i..s..:.s.si: .L....... .n.u TO l23
Corn, ......"...............S1.3 SOTO 81. GO
Chickens, s,.......................20 to 40c each
Eggs. to 20c per dozen
Fodder, ......................S2.O0 per 100 lbs
Flour, r,.......................$ $40 to Sis per bbl
Ground Peas, s,......s2.OO to 1925 per bushel
Meal l,.......................... Sl.50 per bushel
Molasses, s,..................50 to 75c per gallon
Nails, ls,......................8 to 10 cents per lb
Oranges, ...............S0c to $1.0O per dozen
Peas, s,.................sl.2s to $50 per bushel
Syrup, p,."....................75c to Sl.25 per gal
Sugar, ,..........................12 to 25c per lb
Tea, Tca,.......................$l.25 to $3.50 per 10
Whiskey, ......... SLIGO to 81. .25 per bot
CorToN.-Very little offering-good
grades would bring %.
NEW York, June 22-Evening-
Cotton quiet and hrm sales 5S7 bales;
uplands 2Gt.
AUGUSTA. June 22.-Cot. on-mid-
dlings "a receipts 40 bales.
BALTIMORE, June 22.-Cotton firm ;
middlings 26; rec p:s 80 bales: sales
% stock go.
CHARLESTON, June o. Cotton dull
middlings 25; receipts 127 bales; ex
ports ISL; STOCK 1913.
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For Solicitor of 9Th Circuit

THE friends of WIN. II. PERRY,
ESQ, of Greenville. announce him rs q
candidate for reelection, as Solicitor OF
the 9th Judicial Circuit ut the ensuing
election.
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With Bolts Sc so. Extra for each set.
Antifriction plates and Balls for Cot
on Press $1,000 and $12, ,m per set.
N. B. Terms Cash OH delivery, at R.
r here
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-05

The Rev. DR.. Robinson, one of the
leading Presbyterians of the West
was recently i'll of smallpox, SO low
that the physicians found it necessary
to resort to the TRANSMISSION of blood,
in order to save his life. This ex-
traordinary surgical operation was
much talked of by his friends, who
supposed his life had by it been almost
miracul0usly saved. Everybody
wanted to learn the particulars-how
it was done, and by whom-and one
gentleman pressed the matter so far
as to ask a Presbyterian not in SYM
pathy with DR.. Robinson, "What
animal did they take the blood from?o
From a mule, of course" was the
reply.
The joke will not need explanation
for those who know Dr. Robinson's
reputation for downright stubborn
ness.
1t is said that DR.. Robert J. Breck-
inridge, on his death-bed, only short
time before DIR. Robinson was taken
ill, said that 1.-TWO things are neces-
sary for the good of the Presbyterian
in Kentucky and the South
first, that the Lord take me to
heaven; and second, that he take
DR.. Robinson back to Ireland, and
keep him there "-EGltOr's Drd1er,
IN Hdrpc,'s Magazine for April.
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The Dull Boy.

You have in your class a lad who
seems to be stupid. He comes regu-
larly to school. He is in time. He is
respectful in his department. But he
is so provokingly dull! There he sits
before you, with his hair over his
forehead, his hands crossed, his eyes
languid, and every now and then he
gapes or yawns. You find it hard to
interest him. Indeed, at times, yon
doubt whether he comprehends the
simplest truths which you utter for
his benefit. You are discouraged,
and think he is only stick. ..s-.
But, my friend, you must be hope
full. 1t was said that Daniel Webster
was just such boy. In the Empire
State there is now living clergy
man, who draws immense crowds by
his eloquence, but who in college was
at the foot of his class. The lad be-
fore you may be gathering up strength
for the future. Perhaps that dreamy,
listless look indicates thoughtfulness
instead of stupidity. At any rate, he
is not a fool. He has some mind.
And you, as an educator, must draw
out his powers Never give up.
There is some sap in the stick, and if
you plant it, and cultivate it, the
stick will grow into a tree. If that
youth never becomes n Bacon or
Chalmers, he has at least one talent
which he may use for the glory of
God.
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Works of Philadelphia. Their steel,
when tested on small specimens, had
been remarkably strong and uniform,
but when they attempted to make
the large anchor bolts mentioned in
the fOrepart of this article, it was
found that this uniformity was lost,
and that some parts contained q much
greater portion of carbon, and were,
therefore, of greater strength and
hardness than others. While small
specimens cut from broken bolts stood
tensile strains of upwards of 100000
pounds per square inch, the bolts
themselves gave way at considerably
lower strains. No better result was
obtained in manufacturing slaves.
The Butcher Steel Works then made
arrangement with the proprietors of
the chrome steel patent, by which
they were allowed to use their mode
of manufacture for the steel. They
have since then made almost all the
bolts and about 900 slaves, and none
have been rejected, as they all stood
the severe tests to which they are
subjected. A delay took place by
the inability of the contractors to fur
nish the steel envelopes, but this, like
all other difficulties, has been over
come, and they are now being rapid
ly manufactured. The steel for en-
velopes is furnished by Messrs. Park
& Bro. at Pittsburg. All work on
steel is being done by the Keystone
Bridge company at Pittsburg, the con-
tractor for the whole superstructure.
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An Arabian View of the Wife Question.

A writer in the CognliaU Magazine,
having had an interview with an Arab
prince, gives us his views on the
woman question:-"Engiish women
think of themselves, always think of
thems elves, think very much of them
selves, think veiy little of their hus-
bands; so they are very self-willed, do
what they like and will not do what
their husbands like; but Arab women
think more of their husbands than
themselves; they like to please their
husbands; they are obedient, they are
much better than English women;
man may do with them Just as. he
pleases. Suppose she should disobey
him-what does he? He says to her,
by Allah! Twill leave you.' And if
she disobeys three times, and he says
that three times, she is no longer his
wife; she must go back to her fathers
house. But suppose an Englishman
marry a woman, and she proves to
have a very bad temper and disobeys
him always; a very hot tongue, and
scold all day and night too: lead him
a deuce of life; make him sweat
very much with trouble; make him
wish to kill himself-what can he do?
He can do nothing; he must keep her;
and must not take any other woman to
wife to comfort him. All, the Arab
custom is better than the English Gus
tom; and the Arab women are better
for the men than the English women.
1 am sure of that"
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A Boy and a Hatchct.

"a boy borrowed o hatchet from a
neighbOr, promising to return it at
night. Before evening he was sent
away on an errand, and did not re-
turn until late. Before he went, he
was told that his brother. should see
the article. returned. After he bad
come home and gone to bed, he in
quired and found the tool had not
been sent to its owner. He was much
distressed to think his promise had
not been kept, but was persuaded to
go to sleep and rise early and carry
it home the next morning. =. -s7s
"By daylight he was up, and no.
where was the hatchet to be found.
After long and fruitless search, he
set off for his neighbours in great dis
tress, to acknowledge his fault. But
how great was his surprise to find
the tool on his neighbor's door-stone!
And then it appeared by the prints of
his little bare feet in the mud, that
the lad had got up in his sleep and
carried the hatchet home, and had
gone to bed again without Knowing
anything what had happened"
That was a boy to be trusted. We
wish there were more like him in the
world. Be careful how you promise,
but what you promise, xdO! There
are peoples whose proniisesare easily
made, but when you come to look
for performances Of these promises
they are so few and small that you
need a miscroseope of more than
ordinary power. Don't be like them.
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-
Ancient Troy


The latest effort to determine theex-
act spot where once stood the great
city of Troy-the lion of Homer's
Iiad-is being made by DIR. Heinrich
Schllemann, a German sauant, whose
name is familiar for his scientific tray
els In Nicaragua. The Doctor COM
menced his investigations of the basin
OF Scamander River in 1871, and se-
lected the site of New Ilion. a city
built In the sixth or seventh century.
b. c., on the supposed location of
Troy, but which now no longer EXISTS.
The great disadvantage connected with
this most interesting research is, that
nothing absolutely certain survives to
indicate, to begin with, that Troy,
even in the days of Homer, was any
thing more than q fable and a tradi-
tion. DR.. Schliemann, however, stead
fastly upholds an opinion that a city
called Troy once existed, but that its
remains have not yet been discovered.
If these ruins can be discovered, he
says, they can only be found on the
spot where New lion stood. He has
pursued his investigations on Mount
Hisarlik, a lofty hill bordering on the
alluvial plain of the Scamander. He
has dug to depth of thirty three feet
above the surface of the hill, and has
discovered many interesting remains of
human handiwork in the shape of stone
of rough manufacture;
bronze and copper articles; wide EARTH
ern burial vases; urns, tripods, drink
ing vases, hand-mills of stone, and
house walls, consisting of large stones,
cemented by mud; idols of a priap-
like exterior, and also rough drawings
Of owl heads. In the layers nearer the.
surface, he found a great number of
articles made of terra-cotta, and re-
boys tops. One of these
contained nicely engraved inscription
IN Ph@nician characters, consisting of
'ix letters. DIR. Schhemann does not,
however, connect these discoveries
with Troy, but, on the contrary, is of
he opinion these mounds are much
'lder than the Trojan war-probably
~ thousand years or more. An in
eresting archaeological fact in these
discoveries is, that implements of the
tone period are found in layers above.
hat of the bronze oEcopper period.
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Bleeding at the Nose.

A correspondent writes: Some two
years ago, while going down Broad
way, in New York, blood commenced
running from my nose quite freely.
stepped aside and applied my hand
kerchief, intending to repair to the
nearest hotel, when gentleman ac-
costed me, saying: "Just put piece
of paper in your mouth, chew it
rapidly, and it will stop your nose
from bleedhg. Thanking him rather
doubtfully, / did as he suggested, and
the flow of blood ceased Immediately.
1 have seen the remedy tried since
quite frequently, and always with
success. Doubtless any substance
would answer the same purpose as
paper, the s.oppage of the flow of
blood being caused, no doubt, by the
rapid motion of the jaws and the
counteraction of the muscles and ar
teries connecting the jaws and the
nose. Physicians say that placing n
small roll of paper or muslin above
the front teeth, under the upper lip,
and pressing hard ON the same, will
arrest bleeding from the nose-check-
ing the passage of blood through the
arteries to the nose. .eT~ IVA
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RAILROADS.

A narrow-gauge railroad Is In suc-
cessful operation from Tuskegee to
Chehaw,' Alabama, a distance of five
and half miles. The entire cost OF
construction and equipment of the
road was S45, 900, or a small fraction
over SS, 600 per mile.
The Kentucky Legislature have
wisely repealed the Objectionable
features Of the bill chartering the Gin
cinnati and Chattanooga railroad,
and now that gigantic enterprise bids
fair to be built at an early day, FORM
ing as it is one of the greatest and
most important railway routes Of tho
South.
The Mississippi Senate has passed
the bill giving the benefits of the 81, =
900 per mile 10 such companies as are
too poor to build railroads with any
other than light iron rails.
An ordinance for the constructior:o of
8 grand union depot has passed the
Kansas City council, and will next
month be submitted TO the people.
F. N. Finney, chief engineer of the
projected Canada Southern road, is In
Toledo on business connected with the
survey of the line between that city
and the mouth of the Detroit river.
Several railroads are projected and
building in NIississippi-the Memphis
and Selma, Mobile and Northwestern,
Vicksburg and Memphis, Grenada,
Houston and Okalona, extension Of
the Great Northern, Natchez and
jackson, and the Ripley road.
Col. Dorsey telegraphs from London
that he has placed all his first mortgage
and state aid bonds on the Arkansas
Central. He will return to this country
Immediately. The interest on the
bonds of the Arkansas Central and
the Pine Bluff and Ouachita roads
will be paid on the first day of April.
A Canada correspondent states that
the narIOw-gauge engines on the
Toronto, Grey and Bruce line work
through the snow-drifts admirably,
aid the delays have been less than on
most of the other lines having an
equal quantity of snow to contend
with.
The new sleeping-coaches for the
Erie raj way will probably be put Oh
the road when the spring timetable
takes effect. The cars will run to
Chicago without charge, notwith-
standing the great difference in the
gauges OF roads over which they are
to run. Over the Erie road they will,
of course, run on wheels of six-foOt
gauge. At Buffalo the cars will run
under hosting which will
lift the cars from the broad-gauge
trucks.
The first cars drawn by steam, in the
United States, photographs of which
are in the rooms Of the Historical
Society at Hartford Conn, were built
at Albany, in 1881, by James Gould,
who was then, and for many years
previously, engaged in the business Of
carliage making. They were ordered
by Asa Whitney, the then super
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-05

AN EPISCOPAL HoRsE.-In one of
his tours Elder John Leland came up
at night to public house where he
proposed to pass the night. The
landlord met him with "a smiling
countenance, and told him that hav-
ing built a new barn, he was nicely
prepared to accommodate the clergy.
Il have, !" said he, "a very good stable,
with all the Improvements, for Epis-
copal horses, and comfortable sort
of stable for Presbyterian horses,
while 1 keep the old barn for Baptist
horses; the feed is according to the
styTe of the stable" "Well,n replied
he Elder, Everybody knows that I
am q Baptist, but ney horse is an
Episcopatian. ."-Bdptist Quarterly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-05

The personal habits of authors in
composition offer some curious facts.
Thus Gounod,, the composer, says
that he has composed most of his
operas after midnight, and that he
has hardly ever written line of
music. in the day time. Alexander
Dumar, likewise, had the same dis
inclination to write in the day time.
He generally began to write after five
O'Clock in the afternoon with the
blinds of his window lowered, and q
large lamp burning in the room.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-05
rup rova, ,late at Windsor. which

THE royal plate at Windsor, which
is kept in a tolerably-siZed room and
an adjoining close, lis valued at E1,-
$4,000 sterling. There is one gold
service formed by George w., to dine
one hundred and thirty guests. Some
pieces were taken from the Spanish
Armada, some brought from India,
Burmah, China. There are thirty
dozen of plates which cost twenty-six
guineas each plate. This is only a
portion of the royal wealth OF Eng
land, in this item of domestic ne
cessity. In the Tower of London are
all manner of gold salt cellars, drink
ing-cups, spoons, etc., which in value
represent an additional million or so,
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BY HORSLEY BROS. & FIGUERs
THE ORGAN-BLOwER.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.


BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Devoutest of my Sunday friends,
The patient OI gan blower bends;
see his figure sink and rise.- rG
lforg'ye me. Heaven, my wondering eyes0
= moment lost, the next half seen,
His head above the scanty screen, 3.
Still measuring out his deep salaams
Through quaYering hymns am painting psalms
No priest that prays in gilded stole.
10 save rich mans mortgaged soul;
No sister. fresh from holy VOWS
80 humbly stOops, so meekly bows;
His large obeisance put to shame
The proudest genuhecting dame, Ef.
Whose Easter bonnet low descends
With all the grace devotion lends.
brother with the supple spine,
How much we owe those bows of thinei
Without thine arm to lead the breez-,
How VAN the finger on th9keysi
Though all unmatched tie piiyer's skill,
Those Thousand thrOats were dumb and still;
Another's art may shape the tone,
The breath taat fills it is thine own.
Six days the silent Memnon ats
Behind his pies folded gates;
But when the seventh day s sunshine falls
Through ralnbOwed windows on the walls,
lie breathes, he sings. he shouts, he fills
he quivering air with rapiurOus thrills;
The roof resoupds, the pillars shake,
And all the siumbering echoes wake!
The Preacher from the Bible-text
With weary words my soul has yexed;
(SOme stranger. fumbling far astray
To find the lesson for the day;)
He te lsus truths toe plainly true,
A nd reads the service all askew, -
Why-why the-mischief-can't he look
in the sers ice-boOk?
But thou, with decent mien and face,
A t always ready in thy place;
Thy siren uous blast, whate er the tune,
6 sfaaly n 8 the
Thy only dread leathery creak,
DR. small residual extra squeak, F..F,s -
TO send along the shadowy aisles
A sunlit wave of dimpled smiles.
Not all the preaching, o my friend,
Jones from the churchs pulpit end!
Not all that bend the knee and bow
Yield service half SO true as thou!
lne'simple task performed Alright,
With slender skill, but all thy might,
y here honest labor dues its best,
And leaves the player all the rest.
his many-diapasoned maze, s.,
through W which the breath of being strays,
hose music makes our earth divine;
las work Tor mortal hands like mine.
4 y duty lies before me. Lo,
he lever there Take hold and blow!
md He whose hand is on the keys
Y ill play the tune as He shall please.
-l0ld and New.