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POLITICAL.

INTERNATIONAL INAUGURATION AT ALBANY.
ALBANY Jun. 1.--Goyernor Dix and Lieuten-
ant Governor Robinson were inauguratod in the
Assembly ChambBr at II o'clock to-day. The
Capitol was donso]y crowded. Retiring Govern
or Hoffman mado brief address complimentng
General Dix upon his distinguished civil and
military services to the Slate and country, aud
for tho ability and fidelity With which ho dis
charged tito many varied trusts committed to
him. The Governoranip Of Now York iB apost Of
great honor lnbor, ,andresponsibility.E .Edovernor
Dix would bring into tho Office m experience
In public affairs which no other Governor has
had, and will therefore moro easily bear its bur-
deng. The people would, he was sure, give him
q cordial support in every effort to promote tho
public good.
General Dix, in reply, accepted, with doep
HenBe Of courtesy, lilo kind 1eforenceB to Ills
past official life and the more 10 coming from
one who received repeated marks OF the conf
donco Of his fellow-citizens, and always 30 re-
sponled to it rs to command their respect and
appreciation. e was conscious OF the difficulties
to himself as Buccessor in tho duties OF the
Office of ono who met them go ably and eatia-
tactorily. He regarded the decided expression
Of the popular opinion at the 1ato State election
as strong declaration in favor Of d marked line
Of policy, which would sensibly Tighten his bur-
don. The General concluded by saying he knew
ho should meet unaffected kindness from tho
people Of Albany, and by an expression Of cor
dial good wishes to Governor Hoffman in tho
voyage ho is about to take to the Eastern Hem
iRphere.
Tho oath Of Office of Governor was then ad-
ministored to General Dix by tile Secretary Of
State.
, 1873-01-02

Recovery of six Rotllos from tho Uen-
tro Street Fire Isslnn-.sodn Eot1ntui.
Explosion ~ Fall of tlls Brooklyn
Paper NIiIta-.Suldcn Death of u Pos
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9}listellameons &eadiua,
ENJOYING A VISIT.

1t is pleasant to pay visit to the house of
man who keeps two or three dogs. The dogs
always fly at you in the most ferocious manner
as soon as you enter the yard, and just as you
have made up your mind that you are going
to be torn limb from limb, the owner appears,
and as you wipe the perspiration from your
brow, he laughs, and says the dogs are per-
fectly harmless, except when any one resists
them. Then you sit down in the porch, and
all three of the dogs sniff at your legs unit you
are afraid to move. fyou can summon up
courage enough to pat one on the head, the
other two instantly put their forelegs on your
lap, and cover your trousers with dirt, while the
each struggles to crowd the other off, After a
bit, the third dog tries to jump your knee, and
they threaten to have fight about it, while you
are afraid to encourage one for fear Of making
the other two mad. When they have paved
about six dollars worth of value out of your
pantaloons, and covered them with mud, the
owner interferes, and sends them all away.
After tea, your host excuses himself for half
an hour, and you 60 out to sit upon the porch
alone. Presently the three dogs come bound
ing up, and they all begin to smell you as
earnestly as if they had never performed the
operation before. Then they lie down, but as
soon as you move your chair or feet, they
spring suddenly up, and appear to be deeply
interested in considering you.
You think you will take walk in the gar
den, and the whole three follow close at your
heels, while you are expecting every moment
to have the calf of your leg bitten out. 1t is
surprising how gingerly man walks with
three strange dogs close behind him. He
wouldn't run or dance hornpipe for a million
dollars minute, and found for the rest of his
natural life. Directly the dogs engage in a
fight over bone, and you embrace the op-
portunity to hurry back to the house. Just
as you break into trot, you are surprised to
find that the brutes have made up their quar-
rel, and are leaping at you and barking, half
in fun, and half in earnest. You slow up,
and get back in the porch. When you put
your hand on the front door-knob, all three
dogs stand around, and utter ominous grows.
Then they suddenly seem to be impressed with
the idea that something is wrong, and they
all begin to bark savagely, and to make dashes
at you. The door is locked, and, in alarm,
you climb up on the porch chair. This con-
vinces the dogs that something absolutely
must be wrong, and they begin in downright
earnest to try to grab you by the leg. Just
as the big yellow dog succeeds in getting hold
of your boot, and squeezing his teeth into
your flesh, your host comes up, calls Oft the
dogs, and is very much amused to find you so
badly scared about "two or three uuofendiug
dogs that wouldn't hurt child" Then you
want to 60 home and when you once get in
side the gate, you register solemn vow never
again to visit any man who had so poor an
idea of the demands of hospitality as to keep
lot of beastly ours about his house to annoy
and persecute his friends.
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FEEDING THE BOA CONSTRUCTOR.

Mcleod, in his "Veyage of the Alceste,
gives an account of the manner of feeding a
huge boa, brought from the Island of Borneo
"Six goats were sent with him, one month
being considered fair allowance. When he
was fed, the sliding door being opened, one of
the goats was thrust in, and the door shut.
The poor victim, as if aware of the horrors Of
its situation, uttered the most piercing cries,
butting at the same time toward the serpent,
as if in sefdefence.
"The snake at first scarcely y noticed the ami
NAL, but, at length, turning its head, he fixed
his deadly eye on the goat which shook in
every limb, though it still continued to butt at
the serpent, which darted out his forked
tongue, and, raising his head little, suddenly
seized the goat by the fore-leg with his fangs,
and, throwing it down, encircled it in his
folds. The halfstiAed cries of the goat soon
became extinct, and it expired in his merciless
grasp. The snake, however, held him con-
siderable time; he then slowly unfolded him
self, and prepared for swallowing the goat by
placing his mouth in front of the head Of the
dead animal, which he fabricated with his sa-
Iva; then, taking the muzze in his mouth,
sucked it in as far as the horns would allow.
These opposed a little difficulty from their
points, but they soon disappeared externally,
though their progress was still very distinct
on the inside, threatening every moment to
protrude through the skin. The victim was
now swallowed as far as the shoulders; and
it was an astonishing sight to observe the ex-
traordinary action of the snakes muscles
when stretched to such an unnatural extent.
When his head and neck had no other ap-
pearance than that of a serpent's skin, stuffed
almost to bursting, still the working of the
muscles was evident and unabated this seemed
to be the effect of contractile muscular pow
er, assisted by two rows Of strong hooked
teeth. The whole operation, completely gorg-
ing the animal, occupied about two hours and
twenty minutes, at the end Of which time the
tumefaction or swelling was confined to the
middle part of the body or stomach, the
mouth and throat having resumed their natu
raj size The reptile now coiled himself up
again, and laid quietly, in his usual torpid
state, for about three weeks or month, when,
his last meal appearing to be completely dis
solved, he was presented with another goat
which he devoured with equal facility. Few
of those who witnessed his first meal wished
to be present at the second"
The amount of food consumed by the boa
at single meal is very great. In the Dutch
colonies of the East Indies, Andre Cleyes pur-
chased of the hunters serpent in which was
found the body of deer entire. In the island
of Amboyna, Cleyes asserts that a woman fell
victim to one of these enormous boa con-
strictors.
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A GERMAN SUNDAY.

The Germans idea of Sunday is any thing
but Puritanic. 1t is the very opposite. 1t is
for them day of amusement. 1t is no un-
usual thing to be asked by German on Mon
day morning, "Well, how did you amuse
yourself yesterday" There are those among
the Germans, of course, who respect and keep
theSabbath butthen there are always enough
of them who do not; and to judge by the
numbers in which they frequent their places
of amusement on Sunday-the parks, beer.
gardens and pubic-halls-a stranger might
possibly be tempted to inquire whether the
Germans had any idea Of Sabbath. Men,
women, and children, older men with their
wives, and younger ones with their sweethearts,
throng these places every Sunday, and enjoy
themselves, careless Of what impression they
make on their fellow citizens of American or
igin, to whom the sound of brass instruments
on the Sabbath air is any thing but welcome
or edifying.
In the cold days of winter, when the parks
and beer gardens are dreary and shorn ofthclr
beauty, the German seeks amusement in some
hall instead Here he treats himself to Il
compound of rather Heterogeneous elements
to music, beer and smoke and to all of them
at once. Any Sunday afternoon in the cold
of winter you may find him, with his wife or
child, or both, in some large hall, one of a
hundred or five hundred, smoking his meer-
schaum or his cigar, slipping his beer, wine, or
coffee, and listening to selection from Mey-
erbeer or Beethoven. Were it summer, he
would add the color of roses to the fumes OF
his tobacco and the smell of his beer; for he
is as fond of flowers as he is Of any of these,
and is never happier than when the air, trem-
bling to the notes of the orchestra, is redolent
with tobacco smoke, the perfume of the rose,
hcliotrope, and hop, and he is himself in the
midst of them all.-AHantic.
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SEEDS OF SIN.-There are weeds in al
most every soil. If you throw up the soil
from ten to twenty feet deep, there will be
found the seeds from which they grow: Now
those seeds cannot germinate until they are
put in a convenient place; then let the sun
shine and the dews fall, and thus the weeds
begin to show themselves. There may be
many weeds in our nature, deep down, out Of
sight, but should they be thrown up by some
chan ge of circumstances, we shall find in our
selves evils we never dreamed OF. Oh! let
no man boast let no man say, 81 should
never fall into that particular SIM" How
knowest thou, my brother? thou mayest new
er have been in that position in which such a
sin would have allured thee. Beware per-
haps where thou thinkest thou art iron, thou
art clay and when thou thinkest that the
gates are closed with bars of brass it may be
but rotten wood With respect to none of
us, even the holiest, is there reason to trust
his best faculties, his best resolutions we are
utter weakness through and through, and to
transgression prone, Notwithstanding all that
Gods grace has done for us. The sin which
is in us as taint in our constitution, might
easily break out as loathsome distemper,
spreading over the entire man from head to
foot, and spelling all the character. ! pray
God it never may.-Spwgeon.
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R8- When troubles come upon you, fly high
er. And if they will strike you, fly still
higher. And by and by you will rise so hlg!
in the spiritual life, that your affections will
be set on the things so entirely above, thai
these troubles shall not be able to touch you
"Rise higher"
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Ghildren's department.
THE SQUIRREL.

Said Harry " one m drFto day to his his BROTHER: 0''
"He has nothing to DO or to think of but play.
And to jump from one tree to another"
But William was older and wiser: he knew
That all play and no work would not answer;
So he asked what in winter the squirrel would do,
If he passed all the summer dancer?
"The squirrel, dear Harry, is merry and wise
For true wisdom and mirth go together:
So he gathers in summer his winter-supplies,
And then he don't mind the cold weather.
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HINTS TO THE YoUNG.-Always have a
book witkin your reach, which you may catch
up at your odd minutes. Resolve to edge in
little reading every day, if it is but single
sentence. If you can give fifteen minutes
day, it will be felt at the end of the year.
Regulate your thoughts when not at study.
A man is thinking, even while at work.
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Bar When God threatens, that's time to
repent; when he promises, that's time to be-
lieve when he commands, that's time to
obey.
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I'll Run FOR H1M.-A few days ago,
was passing through pretty shady street
where some boys were playing at base ball
Among their numbers was little lame boy
seemingly about twelve years old-a pale
sickly.looking child, supported on two crutch
es, and who evidently found much difficulty
in walking, even with such assistance.
The lame boy wished to join the game for
he did not seem to see how much his inirmity
would be in his own way, and how much it
would hinder the progress of such an active
sport as base ball.
His companions, good naturedly enough
tried to persuade him to stand one side and
let another take his place; and l was glad to
notice that none of them limited that he would
be in the way but they all objected for fear
he would hurt himself.
"Why, Jimmy" said one at last, "you can't
run, you know
"Oh, hush !" said another, the tallest boy
in the party. "Never mind, I'll run for him
and you can count it for him." and he took
his place by Jimmy's side, prepared to act
eff you were like him." he said aside to the
other boys "you wouldn't want to be told Of
it all the time" Child'S World.
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"LEr's QUARREL" I'm the depths Of a
forest there lived two foxes who never had a
cross word with each other. One of them
said one day, in the politcst fox language,
"Lets quarrel"
Every WE'LL" said the other, "as you please,
dear friend; but how shall we set about it %
ooh it cannot be difficult" said fox num-
bcr one. "Twolcggcd people fall out: why
should not wc?"
So they tried all sorts of ways; but it could
not be done, because each would give way.
At last number one fetched two stones.
"There~ said he: "you say they're yours,
and I'll say they're mine; and we will quar-
rel and fight and scratch. Now I'll begin.
Those stones are mine!"
every WE'LL" answered the other gently,
"you are welcome to them"
"But we shall never quarrel at this rate, "
cried the other, jumping up and licking his
: face. "You old simpleton, don't you know
that it takes two to make quarrel any day =
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aayn Beware of him that is slow to anger ;
anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger
when it comes and the longer kept. Abused
patience turns TO fury.-Quarlcs.
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ROSES HOTEL,
FORMERLY HUNTS HOTEL.)
COLUMBIA. 8. @.

COLUMBIA, 8. @.
THIS HOUSE is in the centre Of the city, con-
j venient to all the Public Offices and business
Houses, located on the southwest corner Of the
State House Square, has been recently re-opened
and renovated, and will now compare favorably
with any Hotel Mt the South.
ROSES OMNIBUS will convey passengers tc
and from every train, free of charge
Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommoda'
ton of ladies'.
TRANSIENT BOARD $3.50 per day.
w. +. ROSE Proprietor.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE.
B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L. M. GRIsT.
MS- SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches
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inent places in the United States and Europe.
Gss- Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and
sold.
~ Mutilated Currency purchased at small
discount. w. B. METTS,
Assistant Cashier at Yorkville.
January 80 5 ~
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ROOT AND SHOE MAKING.

BOOT AND SHOE MAKING.
vTNH undersigned respectfully announces to his
friends and the public in general that ne IS
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A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL,
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THE YORKVILLE BRANCH
OF THE
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK Of So. CAROLINA
Banking Office Opposite the Store of. Fl. Adams.
Deposits of 81 and Upwards Received.
Interest allowed nj the rate of per cent. per
Interest allowed Mt the rate Oft per cent. per
annum on Certificates OfDeposit, and
@ per cent. compounded every
six months on accounts.
COLUMBIA. s. G.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE

PRINCIPAL OFFICE COLUMBIA, >. c.
JOHN b. PALMER......V Vice President.
J. H. SAWYER, Asst Cashier in general charge.
JOHN C. B. SMITH, ,....Local Assistant Cashier.
DIREcToRs.-Wade Hampton, William Martin
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John B. Palmer, Thos. f. Gregg, Columbia. j..
Eli Gregg, Marion. G. Z. Scott, W. g. Mayes,
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