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CLOVER AS "A FERTILIZER. ~ Dr.
Voelcker, the able chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society of Eng.
land, by a series of the most exhaust.
i've analyses of soils and of plants, has
discovered and established the fact
that an immense amount of nitroge'
nous food accumulates in the soil
during the growth of clover, espe'
cially in the surface soil; amounting
Including that in the clover roots and
tops, to three end a lraf TONS of nitro,
gen per acre; equal to four tons and
a third of ammonia. These results,
verified and proved, came almost like
o new revelation in farming. Dr.
Voelckcr says that the farmer who
wishes to derive the full benefit from
his clover hay, should plough, it up
for wheat, or timothy, as soon as
possibl, IN the autumn, and leave it
in q rough state as long as is admissi.
bic, in order that the aif may, fnd
free access into the land, and the Or
ganic remains left in so much abun-
dance in good crop of clover, be
changed into plant food; more espe.
cially that the crude nitrogenous Or.
ganic matter in the clover roots and
decaying leaves may have time to
become transformed into ammonacal
compounds, and these in the course of
time into nitrates, the form in which
nitrogen is assimilated by cereal
crops.
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A REAuT1F11 ALLEGoRY. -

A BEAUTIFUL ALLEGoRY. = A
traveller who spent some time IN IN
Turkey relates a beautiful parable
which was told him by a idervlsh,
and which seemed even more beau
tiful than Sterne's celebrated figure
of the accusing spirit and the re-
cording angel.
Every man. said the dervish,
shas two angels, one on his right
shoulder and one on His left.
When he does anything good, the
angel on the right shoulder writes
it down and seals it, because what
has been well done is done forever.
When he does evil, the angel on
the right writes it DOWN. and he
waits. til midnight. : f. before that
4ime the man bows his head and
exclai1ns, Gracious Allaha ifhave
sinnedI forgive: met The angel
rubs out the record: bit If. not, al
midnight: he seals it, and the be.
loved angel, On the right shoulder
weeps, - ~, -
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JuDeINu BY APpEAKANcEs. - Rest
ing over night at prctentious hotel,
and breaklasting very heartily therc
in the. morning, was an aged stranger
whose un'speatsably seedy attire, while
it had been unnoticcd in the dark
hours Of his arrival, excited the dire
distrust of the officials Of tho house
as revealed by daylight. Sorely sus-
picious was the superb clerk of the
establishment that the latter was to
be wrouged of its dues by some trick
or plea of this venerable shabby guest,
and when the latter, having dispatch
ed his meal, presented himself at the
desk with admonitory cough, his
doubts became a certainty. ....... .
II have had my breakfast" began
the aged man, deliberately, "and can
dor compels me to say"
Hand over the money, you old ras-
calp interrupted tho clerk, in a rage.
GAS I was saying" resumed the
stranger, "candor compcls me to in
form you-"
"Call a policeman p roared the
clerk to a bell-boy. We'll have our
twelve. .shillings, or you 60 to the
lookup" &c.,. =. -e~
The boy started upon his erraud
without apparent notice from him of
the seedy costume, who, taking his
own time to draw forth from some
obscure pocket vast and greasy wal
let, quietly repeated: -ssi.,-
GAS Twas saying, I've had my
breakfast, and here's your twelve.
siillipgs; but cahdor cohpels me to
inform you that them mashed potatoes
was lovely perfectly lovely, sir ;
and / don't mind throwing in a shil-
ling extra for 'cm." q; :.
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The First Ring.

salim and Mira sat before their
cot. in the shadow Of the palms,
and. hand in hand, gazed abroad
on The golden evening landscape:
3 aWhat art thou thinking OF, Sa-
lin q, asked the youthful bride,
regarding the young man tenderly'
"Thou smilest as though in a de-
lightful dream, and thy brow Is
bright with ecstasy"
@I Thought of the TIME when |
first saw and won thee," answered
Salim. "But I sought tor the time
when our love commenced as vain
" as I look for the end OF this ring
Which lies before US, and which, to %
ornament nv hand 1 have carved
from the tooth of the Elephant"
eyes, and I have loved thee: as
long as I can remember" replied
Mira, Mir looking with affection yi4, on h
the friend of her heart. "W hen 1
met thee for the first time, it seem
ed as if I had known thee III atoth-
ar ar life-as if our. souls had been
| United fro'u eternity, in beautiful
harmony. And so shall. it be for
ever. Yes, Salim, our love must
have = descended from God; for,
like him, it was without beginning
and shall be without end!
When the yoath took the beloved
of his soul to his heart mith un-
speakable delight, and the stars
g9azed down upon them with trans
Bort splendor, and they read their
prophetic syllables on the heavens,
and their secret teachings were to
them revealed for the eye Of
love alone can pierce the curtain
of the future, and behold that
which is hidden from the vision OF
Of others. +. -. ~. = ~ =.
ayes. o,ur, love sha1l1ast through.
out eternity 7" said both, with ex.
ultation; and the serenest faith
gilded their brows, as the light OF
the everlasting stars irradiates the
arch of heaven. Then iSalim took
the ivory ring andplaced it ON the
right hand Of his beloved. "Take
this ring, the symbol Of eternity,
to commemorate this hour" he
said, delightedly. "It shall be the
sign of our love and faith, and the
companion of our days, and when
we tall in dust it will remind US OF
our union in heaven !"
And Mira took the significant
ornament from the hand Of her
beloved, and it never passed from
her possession, Their true love ),
was not forgotten. The youths
gave similar gifts to their brides
and the ring came to be consider:
ed a silent promise of fidelity. And
so the custom passed from genera
ton to generation, until, in our
own times, it is regarded as the
talisman Of hope to a allowing heart
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"Where everlasting spring abides,
And never whitening flowers"

BURNING DEAD BoDIEs.-The
next proposition of the cremation
lists will be to utilize the ashes o1
the dead for the use of the living;
If Caesars body, "dead and turned
to clay,
May stop a hole to keep the wind
away, ~
Why may not rockingham, com.
bined with plaster, S..
Be used to- make our garden truck
grow faster?e.
Or Bergh reduced to ashes fine and
dry, i.
Be boxed and labelled "concentra.
ted lye!" ...c ..,. yy..ai.
Some Yankee genius, on invention
bent, - ~a.I-' - ioa e..
May find in Beecher's urn good
cement,
And Buffers carcass, by the flames
refined, j.
Polish, the silver spoons he leaves
behind. TX. .,.....
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To-Day: and Te-Morro'w.

To-day we gather bright ard
beautiful fowers-to-morrow they
are faded and dead. ....,. 2
To-day a wealth of leaves shades
us-to-morrow, sere and fallen, they
crumbleT beneath our tread. II
To-day the earth is covered with
a carpet Of green-to-morrow. it is
brown with the withered grass.
To-day the vigorous stalhs only
bend before the gale-to-morrow
leafless, sapless, a child MAY break
the brittle stone :'....
To-day the ripening fruit and
waving ;grain-to-morrow the land
is taking its aest after tile toll.
To-day we hear sweet .songsters
of meadows and forest, the buzz
and hum Of myriad insects-to-
morrow breathe softly-al. nature
is hushed and silent.
To-day a stately edifce complete
in finish and surrounding, attracts
the passerSby-to-morrow heap OF
ruins marks the site =. o.'.L
To-day there are cattle upon a
thousand hills-to-morrow they
fall in slaughter. =:
The fashion of the world passeth
away. But let Christ dwell within
us, and though we may pass away
like the faded leaf and sapless
stalk, we shall "arise to newness of
life"
"Where everlasting spring abides,
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A young widow. advertises in a
Cincinnati paper that she has an
income of three thousand dollars, a
year, and will marry any man,
young or old, who possesses the
same means, and can produce a
certificate Of good character.
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A suffering broker in New York
lately asked another, who had a
bald pate, why his head was like
b-hash in b-boarding-house. The
disgusted friend, on admitting that
he didn't know, was Informed that
twas becaus th:there's a h-hair
h-h-here and th-there.
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Hook My Frock.

A day or two ago Justice Jecko,
of St. Louis, received a call from a
young man and young woman,
each of whom was a bearer of a
portly carpet-sack. BE you the
squire? ? asked the young man, with
an air of difidence.
4 be. DO you want to get mar
ried?' =.
yes, sir. We want it done right
away, don't we, Mollie?'
'Yes, SQUIRE said Mollie, 'but
hain't you got a dressing-room,
where 1 can put on my bridal dress
and tittivate a little 2
4 am sorry to say my bridal
chamber is crammed full Of hobby
horses, toys, trinkets and stuff seiz-
ed by constable from a fancy
store. However, there it is if you
think there is room enough for you
to dress
The bride looked in the adjoining
Iofice, and declared that she could
make out to slip on her dress in it..
With carpet-sack in hand, she en-
tered the lumber-room and closed
the door. The bridegroom asked
for another room, saying he had
his valise, and would like to put
them on. He was told there was
no other room vacant, and that he
would have to take a seat and wait
until the bride had enrobed herself
and then he could take his turn.
The young man sat down with an
air of impatience, holding the car
pet-sack between his knees and
twisting his thumbs. Constable
McKeary, whose appearance is that
oil, a Don Juan Of the most killing
type (although in reality he is the
cliastest man that ever chased a
iuryman or replevined a widows
parlor furniture) had been writing
at his desk when the bridal party
entered, and now arose and passed;
into the passage leading down
stairs.
The young man with the carpet
sack turned red in the face as he
saw the door close upon the con-
stable. He evidently thought Nc
Keary had gone into the store-room
where The bride was making her
toilet. He became nervous, threw
his carpet-sack in the corner, arose,
sat down in another chair, and was
extremely fdgety. The more he
tried to conceal his emotion the
redder his face grew. At length,
unable longer to endure the agony
of doubt and mistrust, he ran to the
door of the store-room and entered.
A scream was heard, and then the
young man returned looking very
shcepish.
This rash act of the bridegroom's
came near breaking eff the match,
but the Justice explained to the:
bride that it was all mistake.
Are you a married man, squire ?;
asked the bride, putting her face to
a crack in the door.
sYes, I have been married ever
so long, ...
well, then, I wish you would
just come in here and hook my
frock.'
The justice complied With the
modest request, and in moment
the bride came out in gorgeous at
tire. The bridegroom then entered
the room and made his toilet, .and
when he returned the ceremony
was performed without delay.
Then the bride re-entefed the store
room and changed her dress, and
the happy couple marched out with
their carpet-sacks, highly elated.
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i: Nashua: furnished some beauti-
fu1 moral lessons, yesterday morn
ing; a little boy ran away from
school and was fatally injured
while playing ON thelrailroad, and
a barrel Of beer exploded and al
most killed the man who was car
rYing it. -. -.
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Receipts for the preservation of
furs abound in all the newspapers,
but the old plan promulgated by
Punch long ago is the best. This
is to pull out all the hairs with
tweezers and vatnish the skin. In
the Spring remove the varnish and
carefully stick all the hairs in their
old places.
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DISAPPOINTED.

30 / would like to marry"
A little maiden said,
"But filled must be the Golfers
OF him whom I'm to wed,
Tho he be cold and heartless,
And brainless be his head J"
80 I should like to h1arry!"
She sang from day to day;
But to poor man rever!"
She'd often, often say,
This little speculation,
el meant to haveit pay"
Years passed-again IYhet her,
Quite silvered was her hair,
While faded was the tender cheek
-. That once bloomed fresh and fair;
ssAnd on her brow 1 traced the lines
That time had written there.
here, said I, Sis your noblelord
Your princely millionaire,
The one you sang and waited for,
w hen you were young and fair?
Z His manly form, see it not,
Where is he, tell me where!hs =,
g .Alas!" shecried. II scosned the, ,mortl
Of one my be Ttapproyea,
And spurned the noble iSye 81 one
! only could have loved g: s.
His humble lot I would not share,
30 In foreign land he foyed.
~ still sang on, I'D married be-
But wealth must e'er be mine;
81 felt that in some lordly court
Fate destined me to shine,
Where costly gems of brilliancy
Would, mid my locks, entwine."
aTime passed me by and lovers, too,
Their course could not be stayed,
And whilst retrospect the past
My heartis sore dismayed! .
To feel I'm left alone, alone,
A desolated old maid !n . ~a
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AN. .Ag17 to Rsgula6 tie .Rstlieas
ton Of I'LL Legal and Pubic No..
tees.
SECTION l.. BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives. OF ath9
State of South Carolina, now met end
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same, 1t shall be tho
duty Of the Attorney Genera, the Comp
troller General, and by the Secretary 10
State, conjointly, to designate, by pub
lie notice [in] one or more newspaper rs
in this State; in which all legal notices,
advertisements, or publications for the
State, Of any and every character reapir.
ed by law to be made public, shalf ne
published and said Attorney General,
Comptroller General, and Secretary or
State, shall have power to make such
changes afid new designations, from
time to time, as they may Judge that
the public interest requires.
Sac. Q. All State and County Omcers,
and other persons are hereby required
to furnish to the newspapers designated
under this Act, for the State and for the
representative counties, for publication,
ali legal notices, advertisement ana
publications., Of any and every CHARACTER
REQUIRED by law to be made pubIc; ana
no legal notice, advertisement or publ
cation required by law to be made pup.
lie shall haVea1ly valid force or effect
unless published in the newspapers DEG
ignated under this Act; and no publ.
cation, of y'character in any neWspa.
per not designated under this Act sliah
be paid for from the funds Of this stare,
or Of any County: Provided, That tho /;
said officers mentioned in Section one
shall have power,i in cases requiring .ug.
ns,Ial nnblicity, to order publication fiji
such newspapers, in addition to those
designated under this Act, as by AND
with the advice Of the Governor they
may select; and bills so incurred shall
be audited and paid in the usual mau-
ner. "a, 5i.s. =.
Sec. 8. All Acts and parts Of Acts In.
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect from
and after passage. Jan. ", 1877.
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NEW: JEWELRY.
WILLIAM GLAZE,
.y!T r. COLUMBIA, S. C.,
ETAs opened fine selection of
Ladies and Gents English, Swiss
and American WATCHES. Sole Agent
for the celebrated Pauline Watch Com
pany. philadelphia. Gold Chains, Vest,
OPERA Chatelaipes, Leontine Necklaces,
Diamond Rings and Brooches, Pearl
rlll and half sets. -.... ..-,
s sttvEh-wARE.
1make this line d speciality. All Sill
yer sold by me guaranteed equal to coin.
Some handsome goods in this line, suit
able for Bridal Gifts.
PLATED WARE. =,
Tea Sets, Cups, Goblets, Castors,
Spoons and Forks, Ice Pitchers, Egg
Stands, Coffee Urns, &c. ~
.: CLOCKS.
Cutlery, Pocket and Table KNIVES.
HOUSEHOLD AND FANCY GOODS.
Guns-English Double Barrel, Breech-
Loading Rifles, Parlor Riffes, Air Guns,
and full stock of Sporting Goods; Du-
pont & Hazard Powder; Pistols OF vari-
ous styles.
JET AND HORN GOODS.
WILLIAM GLAZE,
March IS, 1874 4o-tf
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MANUFACTURERS of Steam En-
AZ zines of all sizes Horse powers,
H;rcn,ag and Muley Saw Mills, Grist
and EiS Smear W Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Or
namesfaI House and Store Fronts, lIon
5s. Rsings gssd fen castnss # al sinds
',oda ,ntaas 70 order on short. notice, and ON
the ~ most os reasonable terms. Also, man
nfacturers of Cotton Presses.
May IS, 1873, 7.lz,n
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Emporium Fashion.
Spring 1874.

WE would respectfully inform our
w numerous friends and ormer
patrons, our Stock Of
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HEALTH! BEAUTY!

STRONG AND PURE RICH BLooD-1NcREAsE
OF FLESH AND WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO ALL
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FEVER AND AGUE.

FEVER AND AauE cured for fifty conts., There is
and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious Scarlet
Typhoid, Yellow. and other Feysrs lsded ed by RAD.
WAYS PILLS. so quick as RADWAY'S READY RE-
LIEF. Fifty cents per bottle.
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Investment with Positive Returin.

No financial securities yet offered in the
market have become SO readily and generally
popular as tho first mortgage premium bonds
OF the Industrial Exhibition Company of New
fork, and there exists many patent reasons
for this marked preference. In the first place
the bonds are placed at the attainable price
OF $40 each, and the return of the principal is
assured beyond contingency; further, the
holder OF each bond participates in every
quarterly Premium Drawing until 1t is re-
deemed-prinoipal and interest. The pre-
miums range as high as 300, 900 for a single
pond. The next Premium Drawing will be
held on the 7th OF December next, at Steinway
tlemen who have the management of this
great enterprise in hand, is of itrelf ample
assurance that the plan will be carried throrieh
TO successful contamination, and that the IN
terests Of the bondholders will be most faith
fully guarded.
=, BY addressing Morgenthau, Bruno d 90.
the Financial Agents, ut No. as PARK Row'
n. T., circulars giving full explanation may
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Worked for III.

One OF the wealthiest of British vel.
vet manufacturers, Mr.. Lester, worked
his way to success by years of patient
labor In search of way to utilize silk
rags. He began by buying up all such
waste at less than cent pound and
up to the year 1854, he had expended
the immense sum of 81. .312, 500 in fruit.
less efforts to find process. Nothing
daunted. Mr.. Lester continued his ex-
periments; and withinsthe past ten
years be has discovered a way of max.
ing the refuse into fine velvet. He car
res on his industry at Manningham,
England, in an establishment which
employs not merely 1000 workmen. bnt
2S3 travellers in eli parts of the globe.
whose sole business is to buy the silk
waste. The factory is said to have cost
nearly e3, 900, 900.
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STILL FURTHER TESTIMONY.

fTTsFIELD, Mass., NOV. 9th, 1874.
MEssRs. G. G. oLIN CO.:
Gents-In testimony of the great value of the
Waukesha Mineral Rock Spring Water for those
sunering with disease Of the Kidneys, will say that
have been troubled for long time with this
dreadful disease, and which has terminated in the
dropsy OF my lower limbs.
have suffered for six years with diabetes. pass
Ing large quantities OF urine heavy with sugar and
tormented with distressing thirst, gradually losing
hesh and strength, and finally the of my limbs
which became almost devoid of feeling Thanks to
KIND providence saw your advertisement of the
Waukesha Mineral Rock Spring Water In a New
Jersey paper, and made up my mind at once TO
try some Of the Water. sent for one dozen bottles
to your agents in New York city, Messrs. Dodge q
Alcott, SO William street.
I received them in q few days, and began to drink
OF II, and before they were gone could feel its
sent for another dozen bottles and its use has inn
proved my health wonderfully, having gained the
use OF my limbs, and my strength and flesh have re-
turned and thirst decreased, has also the sugar
In the urine. will say the Water has done for me
what medical skill could not do. am thankful for
returning health, and my prayer Is that IL may helm
others afhicted with the kidney difficulty as Il has
me. In fact, am mnch better that / consider
mysen almost cured. / cannCt recommend your
spring Water too highly as 1t has done for me what
medicine could not do and has failed to do and
am CONFIDENT, although was bad of, that the
water IN the end will effect radical cure I shall
send for more Water soon. ana drink and srinE
until am entirely cured, and II ca induce others
thus afflicted to use the Water, shall feel that
have done something to relieve my fellow Creatures
OF the most dreadful diseases that mankind IA heir
to. Respectfully yours,
Mrs. CHARLOTTE HUBBARD.
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Since the introduction of distilled
spirits In the sixteenth century, they
have been habitually prescribed as
remedies. We know that alcohol. in
all it's forms, Is pernicious TO health.
knowing these things, and that under
the system Of treatment which includes
their use, the mortality among the sick
Is, and ever has been, enormous, is it
not worth while to try the effect of a
remedy which combines In their high
est excellence the qualities of q tonic.
an Alternative and o regulator; contains
no mineral bane or murderous alkaloid
or alcoholic poison does It's curative
Office without pain, and with uniform
certainty? DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bit
ters fulfills all these conditions. and is
now effscting the most extraordinary
cures IN cases where every "specific y
OF the faculty has igncminiously failed.
Consider, In view Of these facts. Whether
any sick person is justified by reason
and common sense In declining to test
the virtues Of this indebted and ire
sistible remedy. Com.
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Damned by Faint Praise.-Jap. boekman,
Clergyman Of New York, was recently badly kicked
by horse, and was speedily cured by using tho
celebrated Mexican Mustang Liniment. When
the proprietor asked him for O certificate, he re-
Piled that he " considered 1t remarkable article
but It wouldn't answer for him to indorse q
remedy In print" Here's consistency. But we
didn't kick him as tho horse did. The world
knows that for rheumatism Bruises, swellinRs.
SPAWN, scratches, Inflammation, Lam encss or
any fesh, bono or muscle ailmeIt upon man or
antmal there is nothing like the Mustang Lint
mont It costs but 30 cts. and $lcO per bottle and
should DO in every family It is wrapped in . fne
ChemiRtD ~
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The Prettiest Woman I'm New York,
Miss x, well known In our fashionable society
for her disttngtIs appearance and beautiful ccm-
plexion, was once o sallo ", rough skinned girl,
chagriuod ut her red, freckled face. She pitched
into Hagan's Magnolia Balm, and is now rs pretty
in complexion rs sho is charming in manners.
This article overcomes frecklos, tan, salIowness,
moth-patches, ring-msrks, etc., and makes ono
look ten years younger than they are. Magnolia
Balm for q Transparent complexion. aud Lyons
Kathairon to make the hair plentiful Iuxuriant.
soft and delicate, have no rivals. The Kathairon
prevents the hair from turning gray, eradt cate a
aandrof, and Is tho best and cheapest dressing in