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On Easter Monday, 1868, thirty vigorous
Young men of New York City formed the
"Annual Club" whose object is the enrich
ment of the longest lived of its members
Thew put out $4,000 at interest; in
sured the life of DR.. John Lynch, the
healthiesu of their number, for the same
amount, and resolved to reunite on every
anniversary of their union. Since that oc-
casion, although the varying tides OF life
have separated them, they have annually
met, and two Of their number, Thomas j..
Flynn and John J. Murphy have died. The
chairs of the dead were draped with Grape,
and their covers were laid amid those OF
their surviving associates on the evening Of
their late dinner in the dining-room of the
"Woodbine." The clubmen, fresh colored
and we'll groomed, assembled at half past
eight, and with the exemplary impartiaity
went straight through the comprehensive
menu, printed on yellow satin.
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A FIS ELESS STOVE.

A Hreless stove, as it is called, is now be-
ing tried bya street-car company in Colum-
bus, Ohio. It is described rs small iron
box, placed under the car seat. The box
contains the necessary pipes and valves,
and is filed with water. The heat is sup
piled at the depot A small upright boiler,
not higher than man Of ordinary stature,
and consuming no more coal than large
heating stove, supplies the steam. By
means of rubber hose, the steam is intro
duced into the stove through a pipe which
projects from the outside Of the car. In a
short time the condensed steam heats the
water to PIP degrees, and the car is heated
and ready for travel. In trip of one mile
and return, occupying about forty minutes,
the stove only loses about thirty degrees OF
heat. Then another charge Of steam IS
steam is given, and the temperature OF the
car is kept pleasant constantly.
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A STRIKING Sun DIAL.-A sun-dial that
strikes the hours has been invented by
Abbe Allegret It is simply modihca-
+ion Of what is termed the solar counter,
for registering the times which the sun
shines or is obscured. TO effect this there
are two balls, one black and the other yel-
low, fixed at opposite ends Of lever sus-
tanned by center pivot. When the sun
shines the black ball ubsorbs more heat
than the yellow one, and the vapor of o
liquid contained in the former is elevated
to higher temperature than in the latter.
As a result the vapor leaves the one ball
and being condensed in the other, this be-
comes the heavier, oycrbalanccs the equili.
brium, and in doing so sets free weight,
giving motion to the requisite clock-work-
Tn the sun-dial referred to pair of these
balls is fixed at every hour mark. When
the shadow of the gnomon reaches any
narticular hour.mark one of the balls is
shaded, a prepoderance Of liquid enters
the ball, the lever tilts, the mechanism is
set going, and a gong sounded as many
times as the number Of the hour to be in
indicated. Of course the sun must shine
at the time of the hour-marks being
passed by the shadow, Or the time will not
be struck.
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ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

Frank Il. Mayors attempt to kill him
self in San Francisco failed through no
fault Of his. Defective cartridges caused
the disappointment. He loved girl who
loved not him, and he wanted to die. He
bought revolver and box of ammunition
and engaged room in hotel opposite the
house in which the young lady lived. TAX
ing position at the open window where she
could see him, he pointed the weapon at
his head and pulled the trigger. The girl
tainted at once, without waiting to observe
that there was no discharge. The car
fridge would not explode, and Mr.. Mayer
to his own great astonishment, was yet
alive. BE tried another and anothe~, but
they would not 60 off. Before O fourth
effort at elf-destruction could be made the
door was burst open and the young man
was disarmed. The cold girl, however,
is warming now, and says she will marry
him.
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GENERAL PREsToN's ADDRESS CEN:

GENERAL PREsToN's ADDRESS CEN.
sURED.- Many of the Southern papers
condemn the bitter and ill-timed utter
ances of General John S. Preston, deli
vered before the alumni;ot the Univer-
sity of Virginia, last week. The an
nexed extract from tho Lynchburg
Virginian represents the general ex-
preston of the press: ~ ..as .s.5a
ave are glad to learn that the SEN
timents Of General Preston, though
elegantly expressed, were not received
with favor by those to whom they
were addressed, and do not indicate
the opinions of the sound.thinking
people ofVirginia and the South. Let
the Northern journols make a note Of
this when they undertake to hold US
responsible for the imprudent utter
ances of a retired old gentleman, who
lived in South Carolina when it was
customary there to denounce every
thing North of a certain line -
The correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, in giving an account of the pro-
ceedings at the University of Virginia,
stated; when reporting the speech,
that it's extreme sentiments were con.
demned by those present.
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The Washington correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun writes: "1t is very
gratifying to record that for the
first time in the long period ofthe ten
years which have elapsed since the
close of the war those who sit in high
places exibit no disposition TO stir up
political feeling against the South.
This is the first Summer since 1865
that this city has not been made the
headquarters for the dissemination all
over the country of the most malign
slanders upon the Southern people.
1t seeems safe to say that this unhap:
py business is at last at an end. The
Southern people mnst have some feel.
ing of this kind, for all the intelligence
which comes here from that section
represents the aspect ofbusiness affairs
as most hopeful"
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sELF.wATER1NG LOCOMOTIVE.

The seE-supplying water apparatus for
locomotives is coming into very extensive
use in this country. It consists Of q water
trough from 300 to l,2Oo feet long, laid be-
tween the tracks of the railway. As the
engine passes along at velocity Of, say,
20 miles an hour over the trough, the
fireman, by means Of lever, lowers one
end of a pipe into the trough, and the
water is carried up into tho tender.
The water is prevented from freezing in
winter by means Of steam pipes. The use
Of this device, by saving time in stoppages,
permits more moderate average Of speed,
and 80 results in economy.
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DOGS.

A Missouri farmer, after q long calcula-
tion, presents the following facts concern
ing dogs:-In thirty-two counties 1O,6O2
sheep have been killed by dogs. He esti-
mates the number Of dogs in these thirty
two counties to be $4,000; that hog will
thrive on the food necessary to support an
able.bodied dog, and at the end of year
weigh 200 pounds; therefore if the food
for these 462,oOO dogs went to the hogs, it
would make 92,OOO.Ooo pounds of pork,
worth, at six cents a pound, $4,550,ooo-
nearly twice the value of all the school
houses in the State, and more than twice
the amount used by the State for school
purposes. ~ -
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TIE 1NDusrkIAL CONDITION OF
w. sGERMANY.

The delusive prosperity which Germany
enjoyed while the French indemnity was
passing into the country has resulted as
disastrously as the similar condition OF
things consequent to our war did with us.
At the close Of hostiities there was much
to be done, money was plentiful, and wages
high. Everybody believed that a new era
had dawned for Germany, and that the
speedy development Of its resources could
receive no check. A feverish energy Of
achievement took the place Of sober calcu-
lation, and wild extravaganza in every form
of enterprise was mistaken for substantial
business growth. The stolid German be-
came as speculative as if he had been
transported to America, and with precisely
the same result, 80 far as nationalprosperity
went.
Describing the industrial and financial
experience of the past five years in Ger
many, Tribune correspondent pictures a
condition Of things very easily understood
in this country:
"The abundance of capital gave rise to a
reckless prodigality in all sorts of private
enterprises. New railways were under
taken, great manufacturing companies
were established to rival Krupp, and ship
yards to compete with the Lairds were or
ganized. Above all, new and costly houses
sprang up in all parts of Berlin, and almost
every other city. The most popular sort OF
investment was in stock companies, and
the multiplication of stock companies in
1871 and 1872 was marvellous Money was
plenty, wages were high, and hod carriers
drank champagne at their daily work. But
this did not last. First the stock compa-
nies began to. totter, and at length there
was general crash. Then wages began to
fall, while the necessaries of life were sta
tionary. The fortresscs were completed,
and thousands of workmen thrown upon the
market. People began to leave Berlin on
account Of high prices until the evil spread
and distributed itself throughout the coun-
try. The stock companies went to pieces
one after another in all the chief cities un-
til that sort of organization became another
name for everything unstable and treach-
erous. The new palaces Of Berlin stood
unoccupied, and fewer new ones were Of
course begun. In short, a complete trans
formation has taken place; and in spite OF
the five milliards, it is to-day very difficult
to raise money, and still more difficult to
realize it on investments. Now it will help
no emigrant's fortune to return to Ger
many, even if he escape impressment into
the military service
Multitudes Of great manufactures are
unable to keep up operations, and whole
sale discharges of hands are the result.
The reduction in wages has been twice as
severe as in this country, with proper
tionally larger number out of employment.
As an instance, the fact is mentioned that,
in Berlin, in 1873, lit was difficult to get
street laborers at two dollars a day, while
last winter an indefinite number could be
had at one third that price.
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An unsophisticated IN agaziue writer
says: "When young girl reaches the
age Of fifteen or sixteen years, she be-
gins to think of the mysterious subject
Of matrimony, state the delights of
which her youthful Imagination sbad-
ows fourth in the most captivating
FORMS" If this writer were to sit
down on the curb-stone and listen,
just after school is dismissed, he would
not only hear girls less than nine years
of age talking about marriage, but he
would actually hear them discussing
the day of the week most auspicious
for putting their absurd little heads
into the yoke. There never was a
time in the history of the world when
well conducted converts were so nee,
essary as now, and a very large pro,
portion of all the female babies should
be put into them three weeks after
birth.
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BAcTER1A AND PUTREFAcT1oN.-Dr. Ar
mold Hitler, of Berlin, has made series OF
elaborate experiments with the view Of
determining the relations of bacteria to
putrefective changes, and has come to the
conclusion that the whole subject needs to
be re.examined from the beginning. He
has demonstrated that active putrefaction
may take place in the absence OF bacteria
and that bacteria may be present in abund'
ance without giving rise to putrefactlon.
In short it seems quite possible that
effect may have been mistaken for cause.
NJ ScHRETz states that borax enfeebles
the spontaneous movements of nil living
vegetables tissues and kills Microscopic
animalcula In this country, the use OF
.,orax as preservative Of wood has been
patented ..,.. .7
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Abbeville, S. G.

Also agents for the sale Of the eel
ebrated Philadelphia Improved Rus
tic Window Shade, which for drra-
bilty, cheapness, convenience and
beauty, cannot be surpassed. Each
shade is furnished with all the 6xt-
ures complete, and only requires two
lath nails or small screws to fasten it
up with. Should they become soiled
by flies, they can be spread on a table,
washed and made as bright as new,
and willy last for years. This style Of
shade is much superior to cloth
shades. In warm weather, when the
window is raised, the shade admits
the air but prevents flies and mosqul-
toes entering the room. The simple
i,y of their fixtures is much in their
favor, as they require no rollers. each
shade being complete, and any one
can drive two nails by which to hang
them. They are low in price, dura.
Bile, convenient. and never get out OF
order. Call at store and sec samples.
Nov. IS, 1874 32-tf
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FUNNY CUREs.-Caesar held that to.
die quickly was to die happily; SO, too
thought one whose case was cited by
Montaigne as ali instance of fortune
playing the physician. Jason Pherens
troubled with an incurable imposthu-
nation, resolved to end his pain by dy-s
ing in battle: and, throwing himself in
the thickest of the fight, was run
through the body, which caused the inn
posthumation to break, and his wound
healing, he found life enjoyable after all. Z
This lucky hero, who could brave death
better than he could endure pain, owed
his cure to a foe. A quinsy afflicted
Cardinal had to thank a monkey for q
like good turn. The physicians had
left him to die, and as he lay hopelessly
waiting for the end, the dying Cardinal
saw his servants carry off every thing
that was movable, without being able
even to expostulate with the thieves.
At length his pet ape came into the room
and, taking the hint from the proyident.
lackeys, looked around for something
he could appreciate. Nothing was left
but the Cardinals hat; this the ape dom
ned, and, proud OF his novel headgear,
INDUCED in such odd antics that his all
but dead master burst intoa hearty fit
of laughter. The quinsY broke, and the
Cardinal recovered, as muchst0 his own
establishment as to the, Azhay of his
plundering services. :, 1900 r99i
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will be ashamed of indulgence, and find
denial easy in the society Of the pure and
good. He cannot wait, waking and alone,
till the fire is consumed and his nature is
all calm again; and impatience, doubtless,
is the cause Of large proportion Of the
intemperance Of the land. The child in
early years was never taught to wait.
What it wanted it wanted at the moment !;
and at the moment the parent always
hastened to crafty its imperious desires.
We need have no laws for the suppression OF
intemperance, none to prohibit or license
the sale of liquor, if we could only in some
way teach men to waiu. And the passion
that demands relief in the use Of. intoxicat-
ing drinksis thostyp of ali other passions,
all to find their remedy ID the same way.
Revenge would stay its hand If it would
only. consider. The grosser vices that de-
stroy the body and the soul would change
to health and purity if the guilty. would
but wait to know what they are about.
The irritations of domestic life and COM
mon relationships that impel to unkind
words, unkind deeds, and to alterations
and hatreds would never be allowed indul-
gence if people would but wait before they
spoke, or thought, or felt. And the dis
taste that some have for the society Of
their fellowmen, which they think them
selves comes from o sense they have Of the
unworthiness of other people, might find it's
easy remedy in patience-a patience that
can look for the origin Of peoples evil and
the way to the end Of it, and can overlook
the pressing view and take knowledge Of
existing virtues also. I1mpatience is come
times a sort Of arrangement, From be-
ing habit of thought it gets to be habit
of body. Itisa arrangement Of ideas come
out Of their proper order arrangement Of
the nervous system also the blood quick
ening along it currents, habitually rushing
up to overfn the brain. And their habit
ual arrangement, though it may not be
great enough to send its victim to an in
sane asylum, but only enough to make
friends and family wish that he would
hold his tongue, or stop his crossness, is,
during it's seeming Observation-Disclosures as
as much an insanity, though not as great q
degree of it, as the rawlings Of the maniac
which also are sometimes cured by con-
tinued efforts of self control. The irritable,
impatient, passionate man, what ever form
that his passion ma. assume, for in spirit
they are all the same, only the manifesto
ton being different-needs often the CON-
posing draught to quiet his nerves as much
as the crazy man does. Happy if he has
allowed his impatience so to get the
better of himself that he cannot al
ways control it by just moments con-
alteration.
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s.Suniber Song.

.slnmber Song. ~.
Sister slnplCite, - ts.s;..: = +
Sing, sing asong to me, 60. =.
Sing me to sleep. -" -
Some legend low and long, -
Blow as the summer song -,
OF the dull deep. ~
Some legend, long and low, a@
Whose equal ebb and flow, a.
To and fro creep. -
On the deep margc OF gray, -
tween the souls night and day. -SSSSs
Washing awake away -.
Into sleep. -
Some legend, low and long,
Never so weak or strong zs
AS to let so IS,
While it can hold this heart,
Without sigh or smart go y
Or as to hold this heart
When it sighs "No." $.
Some long, low, swaying songe; Z
As the swayed shadowslongI
E. Sway 70 and fro 81
where sthro, the Growing cocks
!. And by the swinging 9 ocks,
q Some weary mother rocks,
Some weary woe.
Sing up and down to me,
Like q dream-boat at sea,
So and still 80.
Float thro' the "then" and "when,'
Rising from when to then,
Sinking from then to when,
While tile waves 20.
Low and high, high and low,
Now and then, then and now,
Now, now,
And when the now is then, and when
the then is now,
And when the low is high and when
the high ls low,
Low, low,
Let me float, let the boat,
Go, 60,
Let me glide, let me slide,
Slow, slow;
Gliding boat, sliding boat,
Slow, slow,
Glide away, slide away,
So, so.
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THE BLACK HILL REPoRIs. The
reports of rich discoveries of gold in
the Black Hills need confirmation,
There Is no doubt that Prof. Jenney and
his associates found gold-gold is found
in small quantities in nearly all parts of.
the Western territories. But when we
are told that miners are taking it.out :ak;
the rate of twenty dollars to the pan.
there Is evidently great exaggeratioIi.
Such diggings would be ranked among
the very richest ever found nthe conn
try, and o man would make his fortune
In few days. We apprehend there are
no such deposits, of any great extent,
II even at all, in the Black Hills coun.
try. Then, asif to modify or take back
this statement, we are told that the
color" has been found in numerous
places. AS "color" means the merest
speck Of gold. than can be seen BY the
naked eye, it is nothing for the prospec-
tors to find it in the gulches of the
Black Hills. But the report from the
geological party is likely to be seized
upon by certain parties to get up rush
to the distant country. twill be well,
however, to await further deyelope-
ments. 1t is q hazardous and expell-
sive trip at best, and all those who at
tempt to enter those regions, from the
East especially, must expect to encoun-
ter force of United States soldiers that
will turn them back. It is best, then,
not to get excited over these first reports
from the Black Hills. s..s /. 49, n
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COTTON MILLS IN THE SoUTH.--Nor
thern spinncrs feel the general dulinesS
of trade. Some of them have closed
their doors, and many are working on
short time. The Southern mills continue
steadily at work, but have declared re-
duced dividends. The Augusta factory
and the Graniteville will pay, for i'll
slant, only two per cent. for the quarter
ending July1st. Beyond the depression
Of business, of which mention has been
made, the Northern Mills are affected
more seriously than ever by Southern
competition. They are being driven
out of the market by the Southern spin
ners of heavy goods, and the time Is last
when they must close up
or come South. In the meanwhile the
cost of machinery has fallen considera-
bly, the price. of labor and material is
low. and, therefore, no more favorable
season for Building new mills, in the
South, could be had. This is under
stood, we are glad to see, by the gentle
men who are getting the new mill IN
Atlanta. They will be ready OR work
next fall, by which time business will
he brisk again, and they will be in con-
dition to float on the top of the tide.
There is millions in it.
"CoMMENcEMENT. ."-Quite contro-
versy has been going on in the columns
of the Richmond Dispatch as to the Or
iein and use Of the word commence
ment" as opplied to colleges. The up
shot oftho whole motter seems to be
theis: "a college commencement is not
the anniversary Of the day when the
college commenced it's existence; nor is
it 80 called because the graduate then
life" or enters upon its ac-
tive duties; but because the student
then commences to be Bachelor af Arts
o. Master of Avs," -
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Song Of the Btn.

Many year in the tower I've swung;
Many song of joy I've sung;
Many tale of sorrow told,
Ringing here in the belfry old. :
And over the walls, fast ,crumbIing
away,
Before the hand,of grim decay;
In winter and dsummer the ivy climbs
Up where my music daily chimes. ..aI
I sing for the bride, in her robes Of
/ sing to hsiI8hs morning light; =
And ndglooIntly toll DER the silent dead,
Peace to the soul forever fed q
And shall ringin tower here, Z:
tnil many and many a cofniugyear;
For the fair young bridesand the quiet
= clay,
OF. the earthly forms that pass amay.
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The Washington, correspondent :of
the Baltimore Sun" writes nIts is
very gratifying to record that for the
first timo in the long period of ten
years which have eapse since the
close of the war those who sit in high
places exhibit no disposition to stir
up political feeling against the South.
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DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY !
DR.. Fl. D. WILSON

OFFERS his professional services to
" the people of Abbeville County
aud of upper South Carolina. Having
Just finished a course of study in the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur
gerry, he feels fully competent to attend
to all cases requiring the xe.cise o.
skilled Dental Surgery that may be
brought to him. He asks the patronage
of the people, and guarantees full and
complete satisfaction. He has procured
a full set of first-class Dental Instru-
ments, and is prepared to do tirst-class
work ut most reasonable rates.
Ba OFFICE inst over Post Office.