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THE MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company
or NEW YORK.
ORG GANILtID IN 1912,
+. S WINSTON, PRESIDENT.
Assets, 5S Millions Cash.
NO NOTES.,
THE OLDEST IN THE u. S.
LARGEsTAND BEST IN THE WORLD.

Cheapest because expenses are far lower than
any other company, and dividends, which are
paid annually in cash, are much larger than any
other company. Experience is the best test In
sure your lives while in health in this grand old
company, tho largest and strongest monied cor
poration in the United states.
Tho Mutual Lifo Insurance Company of New
York is the best possible Kind Of Savings Institu-
ton for those in health. If the insured die. soon
after paying few dollars in premiums, thousands
of dollars are at once secured. If he lives many
years, it is a good investment in this Company.
such its large dividends as will be seen by
the following illustration Policy No. IA ,4I0, for
S., ,OUU, dated April ~, 1855, on the life of the
late Hon. HORACE GREELEY.
Eighteen annual premiums of S293.O4
were paid making in all s5,27l 70
The dividend additions to this policy
mount to G, los 81
Which is 1888 G5 moro than all the premiums paid.
The original amount Insured $4,000 90
Has been increased by divid'ds G,l0S 81
Present amount of policy, Sl4, los 81
Which is So, 1888 Gj more than all premiums paid.
Tho premiums on this policy,at
6 per centcompound interest
amount to only 9,599 90
Leaving profit, over and above
premiums and compound in-
terest thereon, of 81, ,i0S 80
Another dividend, from April II, 1872, to date Of
Mr.. Greeley's death, will be paid.
G7f@ Office with Judge of Probate, in the Brick
Block, near the Court House.
NJ. A. MuNROE, Agent
Middlcbury, March /, 1873. 50;tf
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\ CASE OF CoNsCIENCE.-A curious,
instance of the effect of mans con-
science upon his dealings with mis- fellows
has recently ben exhibited in this city.
Something like thiIy years ago a mer-
chant here failed il business and settled
with his creditors Tor sixty cents on a
dollar, after emigratiog to the West.
Nothing was heard of him until a few
days since when letter bearing the post
mark Of town in Texas was received by
a gentleman in Portsmouth, containing a
check for $4,000. This sum said the
latter, comprised the entire balance q
forty per cent. which would make the
liquidation Of the old debt complete, al
the rate of one dollar for one hundred
cents. Such instances are not too Coz.
mon nowadays ys-PortsmoHh Cor, BoS
ton Trareler.
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Roiiit Down.

Whatever you have to say, my friend.
Whether witty, or grave, or gay,
Condense as much as ever you can,
Aud say in the readiest way
And whatever you write of rnral affairs,
or particular things In town,
Just lake word of friendly advice
Boil II down.
For If you 20 splutterlng over page,
When couple of lines would TO,
Your butter is spread so much, you see,
That the bread looks plainly through:
SO when you have II story To tell,
And would like little renOwn.
To make sure of your wish my friend,
Boil II down.
When writing an article Tor the press,
Whether prose or verse, just try
To utter your thoughts In the fewcst wort
And let them be crisp and dry.
And when il is finished and you suppose
1t Is done exactly brown.
Just look II over again, ana then
Boil II down.
For editors don't like to print
An article lazlly long,
And the busy reader does not care
For n couple of yards of song;
SO gather your wits in the smallest space,
II you'd win the authors crown,
And every time you write, my friend,
Boil 1t down.
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1t would De easy to prove unanswera-
bly, that alcoholic beverages are injurious
to those who use them. The famous
athlete, Tom Saycrs was once asked by q
gentleman, "Well, Thomas, | suppose
that when you are training, you use
plenty of beelstakcs, and London porter,
and pale ale ?" The boxer replied, In
my tine | have lruuk more than was
go for ne; but when l have business
to d there's moth like water and the
umo.bels'" After retiring from "busi-
ne~s," he took to driuk and died sot.
Cold water made him Samsoa; alcohol
laid him IN his grave As matter oi
personal health and long life, "it is good
not to drink wine,' as an example tC
others, total abstinence is Christian rir
tMe,-T. l.. Cuyer, ID. ID.
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The PApAcY.-We have already re-
ferred to the manner in which a Pope of
Rome is chosen, but the condition of Plus
TX. will warrant us in going little more
into the details of the method by which
his successor will ultimately, if not soon,
be designated. The full number Of the
College of Cardinals, or the Sacred Coll
egc," is seventy. but it is rarely complete,
consisting now of upward Of fifty. In
the eleventh century the number was only
twenty-eight The distinction Of the red
hat was conferred upon them in 1915.
The great Catholic Powers propose a GER
tain proportion of these prelates to be
named by the Pope, and these are known
as Cardinals OF the Crown. There has
been an expectation for several years that
America would be honored with the cre-
alton Of Cardinal, but the dignitary has
not yet made his appearance.
1t is rumored that the conclavc-which
word is applied both 10 the assembly Of
the cardinals and to the room in which
they mcet-is already in session, aul if
so the new Pope may have bcoa dctran-
ined upon before this, though the formal
election may be reserved. This is always
by ballot. Each cardinal write his own
name with that Of the candidate he propo-
ses on ticket. These ticket, arc deposit.
ed in the consecrated chalicc which stands
on the altar OF the chapel where they Sit
and each one approaching and leaving
the altar kncc!s and repeats a prayer
After pause he tickets are taken from
the sacred cil hy officers selected for the
purpose from among the cardinals, the
tickets are compared with the whole num-
ber Of voters ,re.cnt, and when it is found
that any rludidllc has two.thirds Of the
votes he j. i.c''- 1 elected. If no one
has the REQ .-in' lumber then the cleo
tion hy u It is called, is gone
throusa vi 3D. ,.. 8, each cardinal has
the /. -. .,. 10 the vote Of another
by alteriu9 n. 600 t according to pre-
scribed form fac moment the election
is declared the tickets are burnt Plus
IX.; rec, ivsd I unanimous election.
tiff ha, been shorn of all temporal pow
er-lhat is the great change in the pap
acy which has occurred during this gen.
Grafton Perhaps it is not so well known
that seven and half centuries passed
away before temporal sovereignty became
an attribute of the Pope-the first grant
of territory having been made to Stephen
Ill. in 1855. From that time forward
additions were made till toward the close
of the fourteenth century the Pontiff ac-
quired full jurisdiction over Rome and
the surrounding country.
In 1858 these dominions, generally
called the Papal States, comprised an
area Of 5,2S9 square miles, with pop
ulation of 3,l24,66S. BY the Treaty of
Villafranca in 1859 Victor Emanuel OF.
tained for Italy part of the Papal
states, and the Misunderstanding been
tlkan possession Of by an Italian army,
was annexed to the Kingdom by royal
decree October 9. 1870. 1t will be the
duty of the next Pope to conform to this
change, as Piux TX has never been able
10 do.
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northern regions these animals are the
sole support Of the people. When liber-
atcd from the harness, they 90 directly
in pursuit Of food-a peculiar species Of
nutritious moss, which their instinct en-.
aSles them to fnd deeply covered with
snow. Sometimes as many as one hun
dred start off fOraging, there being moth
ing provided for them by their exacting
masters. Like camels under similar cir
cumstances, when uuladen, they stroll off
miles in different directions. When they
are wanted again, their seal skin clad
drivers get behind them in several direc-
tons, and by hallooing, throwing snow
balls, and making considerable uproar,
the deer are gradually driven into a
smaller circle. The herd is then eucir-
clcd by small cord, the men drawing in
nearer, until it strikes against their long
legs. They neither try to leap over nor
break it, but hudde as close as possible.
Finally, the two ends meet, held by one
person, while the others enter under the
linc and select the animals they want
sezing them by their horns, bringing
them outside and tying them to some
thing strong enough to hold them til
, they are attached to the slcdge. Tnc re-
mainder scatter in pursuit of moss
Strong tall and fleet, though the rein
deer is, able with sweep Of their ant
D lers, to NOV down a score Of sturdy
t Northmen, they cover at the voice o
man. Their masters are rude, harsh
and unknd towards them. Under VI
;. circumstance Of oppression or hardship
n do they ovince the slightest resentment
They are 30 timid that the sound Of thei
8 drivers voice sets them running at sue
speed that :hey will die before halting
5 the drivers continue to urge them.
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together, with their hands fastened in
their girdles. The birds sang, the sun
shone warmly, and from the trees, the
red cherries hung so low, that they
brushed their cheeks as they passed. The
princess saw them and exclaimed.
What a pity that your lordship is not
able to pick few for me =
Necessity knows no law said the
prince, and he broke one of the cherries
with his teeth from a branch, and offered
it to the princess from his mouth.
The princess could not do otherwise
than receive it from his mouth, and SO
her face was brought close to his. SO
when she had the cherry between her
lips and kiss from him besides, she was
not able to say that instant, Il remcm-
ber.'
Then he cried joyiully, Good morn
ing, much loved one, and drew his hands
from his girdle and embraced her. And
they spent the rest of their lives together
in perfect peace and quietness.-Ffom
the German Of GustaU Eraglag.
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TruO-If punning is the lO1cea kind of
wit, it must. then be the foundation OF
all wit.
Scandal The friendship of two young
ladies is always plot against third
one.
An inquirer is informed that we know
of no female dates, although mandates
are plenty.
Where there's will there's a way,
as the young man said when he eloped
with the fair legatee.
What is that which occurs once in
minute, once in moment, and not once
in hundred years ? The letter M.
81 rise for information" said Mr.
NJ. p, 81 am SO glad" said Mr.-,M.
p, "for you certainly want some.
While sunlight is the most favorable
to hay-making, it is well-known fact
that wild oats are best sown by moon-
light.
Why is person afflicted with the lum-
bago like man smoking penny cigar ?
Because his back is bad (baccy's bad.
To All whom it may Concern,-Some
people who set up for being funny fellow s
had much better set down again,
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A REMARKABLE CAREER.-A correspon.
dent at Beyrout writes to the German
Gazette of Vienna A" met to-day an
old acquaintance, the camel-driver She
ikh Abdul and he told me that his wife
was dead. Abdul's wife was no common
woman. Her name was once known all
through Europe. Sheikh Abdul is the
ninth husband Of Lady Ellenborough.
whom met for the first time about thirty
years ago at Munich, just after she had
eloped with Prince Schwartzenberg from
the residence of her first husband. She
then went to Italy, where, as she told me
herself, she got married six times in sue
cesson. All these unions were dissolved
after a short duration. In 1S4S | met
her at Athens, where she concluded an
eighth marriage with Greek Colonel,
Count heodoki-however only for n
short time. Her affections were now be-
slowed on an old Palicar chieitain, for
whom she built beautiful house at Ath-
ems. When her latest marriage was a.
gain dissolved she went to the Levant.
During journey from Beyrout to DAM
ascus She got pleased with the camel-driv-
er Sheikh Abdul, and selected him for
her ninth husband. She was married to
him after the Arab fashion, and accom-
panied him for whole year on his journ-
oys between Beyrout ard Babylon, faith
fully fulfilling her duties. She even
MIXED the camels. When she had grown
tired of the nomad life, she built for her
selfa charming place at Damascus, where
her latest husband, whenever he came TO
!, Damascus, found hospitality for some
,, days. had heard nothing Of her since
1865, when met her dressed as an Arab
woman, and, notwithstanding the wrinkles
in her face, still beautiful. Soon after,
she won the suit, against her husband
: and with it a colossal fortune, which will
probably go to her relatives in England
for she had no children, so far as
know
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-22
RICKER's IMPROVED
MING Nj a & ii l \ Il

Is made from new patterns, having large rolls,
geared together with strong gears It is adapted
to all kinds of planning, from light seasoned boards
10 the heaviest green plank and joist. stave,
Box, Tenoning, Matching, and Woodworking
Machinery generally. Mill Work, Shafting, Saw
Arbors, &c T. H. KICKER SONS,
April lst, 1873. i;3m Harrison Maize.
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Statistics OF Population

IIsw OUR LEADING TOWNS HAVE VARIED
SINCE THE ADMISSION OF VERMONT INTO
TIE UNION.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Better Than the Laughing Weed.

Much is being said just now of the
newly discovered Laughing Weed of
Arabia, the seeds of which, upon being
masticated, make one laugh with delight
and then fall into happy sleep, waking
up strong, fresh and cheerful-with no
desire to poison anybody, or shoot ones
wife, or husband, or children, as is the
fashion of the day after taking stimu-
liant. But this delightful effect can be
produced Just as we'll without waiting
for the Arabian seed-by Cobb & Grifin's
Durham Tobacco, advertised in another
column. We are smoking 1t in this Of
-fee-some given us by Cobb d Griffin
and are. at profound peace with all the
world. ,Itmakes you forget your troubles
and repent of your sins. And; what
more is; to:be desired? :.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
@- Governor Moses has appointed L.
P! Rutland, George W. Nix and Milligan
Jones, notaries public forqEdgefeld.
The DRUG Store Revolution

The Sanders Drug Store becomes the
Turner Drug Store. See the Conyen-
tional cards, in another column, of the
parties concerned. And now this popu-
lar establishment is run by Turner, San
ders, Lynch. and Turner, jE, anTwell,
not exactly just men made perfect, but
very fine fellows, with good hearts and
level heads. Their friends will rally to
them without another word from US.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
l. Boz. by Can't. T. S. Bates

Realizing the handsome sum of S2845, 90,
for the benefit of the Baptist Church,
the lots having belonged to same. Pro.
ceeds to be used to build Parsonage and
otherwise improve the Church.
Thus, Mr.. Editor, you will see that
abouttwo acres lof our little town bring
near three thousand dollars, and making
nearly all our owners Of town lots feel
rich.
But will add, that lots for building
residences on can be had at more reason
able rates, and are more suitable for that
purpose than the ones just sold.
Yours, respectfully,
E. A. PERRY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

~ The Constitutionalist, of Tuesday,
says: Mr. Charles, Baker, an old and
highly esteemed citizen Of Augusta,
died in this city, yesterday morning, Of
pneumonia, after short illness. He
was for many years one Of our leading
grocery merchants, and had large circle
of friends He leaves n wife and several
children to mourn his loss.
Mo- In the US. House, OIL the 10th,
Young, of Georgia, introduced, and the
House passed, under suspension of the
rules, a bill to pay what is due to census
takerssof the census of 1860, residing i'll
the Southern States, whose payment was
withheld on account of the war or on
account Of their disloyalty.
@s- Sail pox in Boston and vicinity is
creating grave apprehensions. Three
thousand cases are reported, and ore
deaths than from amy other diseases.
THE victims are buried atnight.
ID- The Preston place, better known
as Hampton Gardens, (says the South
Caroliaiaa,) has been sold through Mes
srs. Scibels Il Ezell 10 Governor Moses,
for $4,000. 1t is well, of course, that the
property should bring what must be
considered something like fair price,
but it is nevertheless source OF regret
that the ancestral home of this honored
and honorable family had to be sacri-
feed to the necessities of the times.
sy From the Winnsboro NepS we
learn that the Town Council have pre-
senued to the Winnsboro Hook and Lad
der Company, four Gardner Fire Extin-
guishers. These machines were used
effectually at the fire at that place, last
Sunday. 3
@- And now it is stated that the spii
nal meningitis is prevalent among the
horses in New York city. What neXtf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Benefiting the Soil for Years to Come

Benefting the Soil for Years to Come.
Some Fertilizers do not benefit the
land beyond the crop Tor which they are
yappheds 7ethersaresaid to be OF pernia
men. ana even eonstantly-inereasiny ad
vantage. Ofths LITTER class is theSlist
published in our paper to-day by that
reliable gentleman, Col. VIM. Butler.
Let none Of our planters overlook this
splendid list. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
apm a Pilgrim and a Stranger.

This sad refrain need never be3sunS in
Augusta, so long as Patrick May keeps
the Augusta Hotel, and has DR.. Schwartz
to assist him in dispensing its comforts
and hospitalities. AS soon as You enter
the Augusta Hotel, you are no longer'a
wayfarer. You are in a happy home,
and can put yourself in your " little bed"
land a clean one it will be.D as soon as
YOU will. - .,lei.lsi - -,--.-.s
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

A RARE CHANCE FOR ENERGETIC MEN
NO CAPITAL REQU1RED.-Canvassing
Ageutswanted in every County in South
Carolina, for the best Southern Agricul-
tural Magazine. Apply at once, by let
ter. to the Rural Carolimian, Walker,
Evans & cogswelL, Publishers, Charles
ton, s. C.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Death of Mr.. b. r. Smith.

1t is our melancholy province to state
that lIt. R.,F. Smith, wao was shot IN
the affray, near Dry Creek, of which we
.speke last week, died on. Thursday night
last iThsverdictof theJu,y Of Inquest,
kindly Furnished Jus by Adams; 2dq.,
our Clerk of Court, was "that B.
Smith came to his death fromsthe effects
of a gun shot wonnd in the left breast,
said wound inflicted by pistol in the
hands of Laurens Rutland" w. j..
Ready, ESQ.,, was Foreman of the Jury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
The. Hendersons Tickling the Land.

1t is the Henderson Brothers Of Gran
iteville-as clever fellows as ever lived
who perform this feat. Nor do they
tickle it into a temporary good humor
only. On the contrary, they make it
laugh loud and long! Not that they ac-
tually do this themselves, but they pro-
vide other people with the means of do
ing it. Read their new Fertilizer card,
and you will see exactly what we mean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
A Word as to Tax-Paying.

Treasurer Eichelberger's office is still
open and he is still receiving Taxes. But
ashe Decentralization of the duration
of the extension has been received, we
would advise our citizens to lose no time
in n-squaring this mater. The time may
be shorter than they, imagine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Piedmont & Arlington Life
~ Insurance, Company.
9 AGENCY OFFICE,
At-tstterrA" Ga let lam

My son, LUTHER A. RANSOM,
having been appointed Agent. of the
preaiiioht and Arlington Life Insurance
Company, will lattend chiefly to the col
lection of Renewal Premiums, Oh the
work of Jefferson Il Ransom, and NJ. A..
Ransom, for which purpose ho will be
mt Edyctield G. II. on Sale-Day in each
month, orwill call Mt the residences Of
our patrons when notified.
) Hew1litaIsb solicit applications for In
surancc, and l commend him to the
kindness af my friends. G..l,.i
i1teau NJ. Nj RANSOM, Gen'l. Agt :,
Jan. /. 1872 - ~ I'm .d@1 2
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Still Another New Firm at Johnston's.

Still Another New Firm at JOhnston's.
Those people at Johnston's actually
PIT us to.our trumps to keep up with
them. Another new firm-Holland &
Mobley-two young men with old Edge
field names and good blood. AS to what
they propose to sell, read their advertise
ment elsewhere in this paper. However,
it is not simply proposing they are after.
On the contrary, they are actually at the
business, and, making what the French
call coup de flet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Death of Two Good Citizens

---T-- -7eeetIss-7- = = - 49,
George Briggs Esq. died at his home,
on Big Stevens Creek, on the 18th inst,
in the 69th year of his age. And Pick
ems B. Asbill, Esq, at his home, at Ridge
Spring, ON the 10th. Both citizens OF
high character, and leaving behind them
troops of friends.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

S7c BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
SPECIAL NoTIcE.-Doors, Sashes, Blinds,
Window and. Plate Glass, Builders Fur
l,ishing Hardware, Mouldings, Stair
FIXTURES. Marble and State Mantelpieces,
lGucaustic Floor Tile. Drain Pipe, &C.,
Me-, at lowest Wholesale prices, at the
great Southern Factory OF, r. z. Toale,
Charleston. S. G. Send for his price list.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
The Aiken Tribune.

The Aiken Tribune, owned and edited
by Mr. Henry Sparniek, hasbeen lately
enlarged and much improved. The
Tib1tncis Republican, but moderate and
dgaifed;y MI. sParnicA conducts it
very ably, and we. wish him ever-in
creasing SUCCESS. o..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Club Rates for the New Year

During the present year we viii fur
nish the Advertiser to Clubs at the fol-
lowing low rates:
TO Clubs OF Five Subscribers, 1t $3.50
/ each, cash in advance, $3.50
To Clubs6f Ten Subscribers, ats2, 90 each
cash in advance, and one copy =
i extra TO head of Club. 1000
Make up your Clubs at once, and COM
mence With the first of the; year.
January ], 1878.
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PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S
(CAp1rAL s1,ooo,ooO)
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUAN0 +!

H1HIs GUANO Is now 80 we'll known
4 in all the Southern States for its re-
rnarkable effects as an agency for in
creasing the products of labor, as not to
require special recommendation from us.
Its use for seven years past has estab-
lished its character for reliable excellence.
The large fixed capital invested by the
Company in this trade affords the surest
guarantee of the continued excellence OF
this Guano.
The supplies put into market. this
season are, as heretofore. prepared under
the personal superintendent of DR.. st.
Julian Ravenel, Chemist Of the Company,
at Charleston, S. c., hence planters may
rest assured that its quality and compo-
sition is precisely the same as that here
tefore sold.
Selling Agent, Charleston S. G.
JNO. 8. REESE g CO.,
General Agents, Baltimore:
TERMs-$48 cash; S53 time, withou
interest.
To accommodate planters they can or.
der now and have until the lst Of April
to decide as to whether they will take at
time or cash price. When delivered
from the Factory by the carload no dray-
age will be charged.
Nov. q Sm AZ