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Common SENSE.

1t has been said in another form Of
expression that tho slightest expense
over income is proverty ,and the slight
est excess of income over expense Is
wealth. ability to master this
great problem of life is not SO much de-
pended upon what we know of our
business as on the faculty to apply
what we do know. Success in business
is due to administration. Capacity in
administration is due to that faculty
power or quality, called common sense,
which everybody speaks well of and
nobody understands exactly. We infer
its presence or its absence from the re-
suit of mans life. We venture upon
q definition of the phrase we are using,
not so much fer the purpose of making
its meaning clearer as for the greater
purpose of giving it loftier place in
our thoughts. Common sense Is de-
gree-a high degree-in fine, the high
est degree of human wisdom applied to
practical things. 1t is not learning, 1t
is not knowledge; it is rather the facul-
ty of applying what we know to what
we do. Other things being equal, the
practical man who knows the most will
do the best; but other things not being
! equal, man who excells in wisdom of
administration may surpass man of
greater learning, or even greater know
ledge of things. But do not allow this
suggestion to lead you to place a low
estimation upon learning, whether gen
eral or professional; culture of every
sort gives capacity to appreciate wis
dom, and opportunity also for its exer-
] else,
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A Charming woman.

A charming woman. I've heard 1t said
BY other women as light AZ she;
But all IN vain puzzle my head
To find wherein the charm may be.
Her face, inde ed, is pretty enough,
And her form is quite as gC0t as tDe Oest,
Where nature has given tne blnv stun,
And q clever milllner all the rest
Intellipent7 Yes-in n certain way,
WITH the femepne gift OF ready speech,
And knows very well what not TO say
Whenever tho theme trlnsornus ner reach,'
But turn to the topic on things TO wear
Frt m an opera cloak to robe de NUT
Hats, bas1ues or bOnuets, twill maze you stare
To see how fiuent the lady can be.
Her laugh is hardly thing oplease;
For an honest laugh must always start
From gleesOme moOO, like sudden breeze
And here ls a purely matter of art
A muscular motion made to show
What nature designed to lie beneath
The finer mouth; but what can she do.
1t that is ruined TO show tho toeth2
To her seat in churcn-a good halt mile
When the day Is tine she Is sure 10 go,
ArTaved OF course, IN the latest style
La mode de PdriS has got TO show,
And she put her hands on the velvet pew
(Can hands so white have taint OF sin D
And thlnks-h0w her prnyer-booK's tint OF blue
Must harmonize with her milky san !. .l
And what shall we say OF one who walks
In 1ields OF flowers to choO@e the weeds2
Reads authors Of whom she never talks.
And talks OF authors she never re DIS
She's a charming wLmln, I've heard 1t said
Bv other women as lignt as she;
But all in vain puzz nv heat tt.
10 find whele n the charm may 10.
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When two Pike county men are a.
bout to make mule trade, the first
question asked by the would be pur-
chaser is "What's his record? Seller re-
plies, "Three niggers and couple
dozen dash boards" "Here's yonr
money!" and the new owner leads his
property of. E. otLte
The latest style of gentleman's cravat
bow has an inner elastic, which on be-
ing pulled brings down the eternal ribs
bon and reveals the "true inwardness"
in the shape of motto, boldly printed
on white card. "You know you lie."
1t is likely to prove popular with par
ties to the scandal trial. urt
"That ar patch of grounds mem'ri-
ble," said an Omaha man, pointing to
grave all by itself outside the town.
81 reckln' you'll know that, stranger,
when you see it ag'in. The oekypant
of that was the furst man Horrus Gree
ley ever told to git Wost-likewlse he
was hung for stealin' a mewl."
A boy in Williamstown, Mass, be-
came man In this way: While hoeing
corn one afternoon he turned to his
father, who was working with him and
said ''What time is 1t, faLher?" ''Haif
past 2" replied the senior farmer.
Throwing down his hoe, the son gradu-
'ated from his farmer life with this re-
mark /; "Twenty-one years ago, father,
at half past In the afternoon, was
born; you can do your own hoelng after
thls!"
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The BreViiy of Life.

1t was sad cynic who said that
youth passes its time in wishing that it
could, and age in regretting that 1t
didn't. But /. is true that all through
the first half OF our lives we are think
ing what will we do when, once we get
fairly started, and we so on pleasing
ourselves with these dreams until, all of
a sudden, We wake up to the fact that
we have begun to go down the hill,
and that now the time to hope and plan
is past, and the time to remember and
regret has come. DR.. Hedge Is fond of
talking of the lronies of life. The sad
dest irony is its brevity-Our days are
but span n-our life but "sleep aud a
forgetting" II it were possible to re-
alize in the beginning that three score
years and ten are not three hundred,
and to say to ourselves calmly "Such
and such things are In so brief space,
unattainable, let us content ourselves
with striving for what We can reasona-
BILE hope to win :. We might live our
short span more nationally. Then
would the rich man begin in season 10
dispense and to enjoy his riches, re-
Numbering that he can carry nothing
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an air of Persian triumph. Her aus
tere magnanimity lowered itself to the
earth as she said, lit Is very, very
beautiful One dollar for the picture" "
l laid one dollar in my sadness beside
my blonde, but drying, lover, thinking,
"ten more sodas gone" "Two," she
said. "Two ?" l repeated meekly.
eyes" said she, "two." But you
said one." ooh one was for the pic
ture, last one for the condition / was In.
1t hurts me to produce so beautiful a
picture Of the girl you are to love-"
"But, madame, you don't tell me about
her." Then she spoke up, in her
wrinkled grandeur, with a tone of vim
egar gurgling out of bung hole.
"You will marry her within month.
She will come to you" rose to leave,
and she said, "a dollar |" "What
for?" The fortune" ''But that goes
with the picture. "For the first ad-
vice." 81 paid dollar for that.
meant two dollars. Let that 60. I
hope you two will be happy together.
The first one will be little girl" l
left her to my friend from Goshen.
The process by which she produced the
picture is a simple one. The prints
are those of photographs, unvarnished,
and bought by the dozen. A. little
chemical mixture brings out the fea-
lures. One face will serve for dozen
lovers. The one got was that of a
prominent actress, married, as l am,
to "another." have photograph of
the lady exactly like that produced by
the incarnation of the grand gammoner.
Yet this woman probably makes plen-
ty of money.
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A PARTICULAR HEN.-Capt Jacob
w. Dubois has hen of the golden
pheasan is breed which Is very rarticu.
lar as to her place of laying. She al
ways comes in the house and makes
for certain closet, where she arrauges
a nest, quietly deposits her egg and
goes off with happy, contended little
crackle. II she finds the doors or win
dows closed she will walk around from
one to the other until she attracts some
ones attention and is admitted. When
she comes to the house she behaves In
the most circumspect manner, like .
wel.bred fowl, as she is, and never
says anything to anybody or gets In
any ones way. The hen has mate In
little rooster, who accompanies her
about the premises, escorts her to the
house, and quietly waits for her until
she makes her exit, and then wanders
off happy and proud in her companion.
ship.-Kingston IN. Y.) Freeman.
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A Cart Load of Cash.

Twenty-Five years ago, as the story
runs, Mr.. Pen dley was living at Sugar
Hill, Ca, and was then engaged In
gold mining with Moses Lott. Lott
had heard Of very rich silver mine
from John Lumpkin. Lumpkin had
heard of It from Baptist preacher,
who lived near GAINESVILLE the preach
er had heard of 1t from man who had
died near him, and who on his death
bed had given the preacher a minute
description of the mine and its SUR
roundIngs. Lott told Pendley that the
stranger on his death bed said that he
and other South Carolinians had come
out among the Indians hunting gold
and silver ore that they crossed the
Oconee at Hurricane Shoals, proceeded
along q well-known Indian trail to the
Chattahoochee, went down the Chatta-
hoochee to the mouth Of large creek,
and in hunting place to cross, went
up the creek some distance, where two
OF the Carolinians-the stranger being
one-were captured by a company OF
Spaniards, were carried at night some
four or five miles south of the head OF
the creek, and were put to work in q
silver mine during each night, and just
before day they took the silver ore up"
on their backs, went due south from
the mine five miles to an island covered
with an irnmeuse swamp growth, and
In the middle of this island, in rude
shop, they worked ore and moulded the
metal into silver dollars; that when
the Indians found them out they filled
up the mine with timber and dirt, bur-
led as much as wagon load of silver
dollars in the middle of the shop, burn
ed down the shop, released the two
South Carolinians, and left that one
of the South Carolinians was lost, and
that the dying man was on his way
home with the great secret, which he
revealed to the preacher on his death
bed. 1.
with this account Mr.. Pendley set
| out in 1858 to find the mine answering
TO the description received. In 1868 he
found an old mine, exactly answering
the description. 1t is situated five
miles due south Of Suwannee creek, in
Gwinnett county, and the island is on
Beaver Run creek, five miles due south
of the mine. On the island Mr.. p.
found cinders, Indian vessels and i'm
plements, and the hole in the ground,
which had been filled up by old Billy
Chamblee, who cleared up the island 1,
and who testified to having found the
hole open. Mr.. Pendley went to work
on the old mine, and continued until
his small capital was spent, when he
suspended. When again his means en-
abled him to renew his labors, the war
came on aud forced him to defer 1t. In
1871 he resumed work again alone,
followed the cid tunnel by sinking
shafts for nearly two hundred feet,
without finding anything except un-
mistakabe evidence of the old tunnel,
which was filed with leaves, brush,
oak post and timber. A few weeks ago
he reached the end of the old tunnel,
and found a vein of mineral ore one
and half feet thick and ffteen feet
wide Above it there is a layer OF
white clay beneath it there is q hard
yellow rock, and on each side there is
wall of very hard, blue sandstone,
The ore consists of two layers, ont
bluesh, the other reddish brown i:
very soft-somewhat coheslve-and
very heavy.
|
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Railroad Guide.
NORTH PENNA, RAILROAD.
CENTRAL n. II. OF N. j.
" LEIGH & SUSQUElIANNA DIVISION.
Time Table of Dec. 7, 1874.

Trsins leave Lehighton as follows:
For New York, Philadelphia, Easton, &C., a, 7.3T,
1lO7 a. M, 2.27, 447 pm.
For Mauch Chnnk at 10.15 a. M, LA, 53S, and,
9.O3p m.
For Wilkes Barre and Scranton at 10.15 a. M, liza
5.3S p. N. | g.| sl.
RetyniRg-leave New York, from station Gem
tral Railroad of New Jersey, foot of Liberty
street, North River, at 5.l5, 900 Il. M, l2.4O,
400 p. m.
Leave Phiadelphia, from Depot North Penn'a
II. r., at 100, 0 As a. M, 2.l0, 10 p. IN.
Leave Easton at $50, ll4S a. m, $50 and
7.15 p m.
Leave Mauch Chunk at 7.30, IL 90 a m, 22O and
440 p. IN.
Fo, further particulars, see Time Tables at the
Stations.
HIP. BALDWIN, Gem Passenger Agent.
July 4, 1874
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+ A person was told that three yards
of cloth, by being wet, would shrink
one-quarter of a yard. swell, them"
he inquired, "If you should wet a quar-
ter of yard, would there be any left?"
A little four year old woke up very
early one morning, and seeing the full
moon from the window, he innocently
remarked: "It was about time for bod
to take that moon in." aH
"NIy DEAR" said husband, in star
tied tones, after waking his wife in the
middle of the night, ~ have swallowed
desc of strychnine"." "Well, then, do
for goodness sake lie still, or it may
come up" as g lds
A man went into drug store and
says he ~ wish you would give me
some nancy soda" "Don't you mean
sal soda 2" says the clerk. swell.
now, don't know but you're right;
knew it was gals name," said the
searcher for Sal. .fl
A Nevada woman recently knocked
down seven burglars, one after another.
Her husband watched her from the top
of the stairs, and felt SO brimful of bat.
tie that he couldn't cool off until he
had jeik his eight-year-o boy out
of the bed and thrashed him soundly
for not getting up and helping his
mother.
The Indiana editor who took his
mother-in-law on an editorial excursion
is requested to announce through the
columns of his paper whether he was
actuated by general impulses or by
fear.--Chicago Times.
The Tenor and Soprano in Boston
choir were recently married. A face.
tious exchange says that they met by
chants, the usual way, ultimately a.
greed to duet. And the fret addition
al to the family will be trio.
When are stockings like dead men ?
When they are men.ded or, perhaps,
when their soles are departed or a.
gain, when they are all in holes or
when they are in toe-toe T; or when they
are past heeling or, when they are no
no longer on their last legs.
She used to keep bits of china aud
crockery piled up in convenient cor
ner of the closet, and when asked her
reason for preserving such domestic
lumber, she shot lurid glance at her
husband, and merely remarked "He
knows what them's for" af .n
dictionaries exchanged for car
amels," says placard in a Chicago
candy store. The girls of that city will
certainly participate in the spelling
matches now that there is market for
the prizes. al ral o..
Captain "a ssid son OF Erin, as the
ship was nearing the coast in lnclement
weather, shave ye an almenik on
board?" "No, havn't." "Then, be-
jabbers, we shall have TO take the
weather as 1t comes"
A cruel joke at the expense Of ladies
who are perpetaally striving to gain
hearing in the Press has been going tb
round OF literary circles, to the efec
"that they look much better in musli
than in print"
When two young hearts that beat a.
one attend divine service in the even
ing 1t is blshfulness that leads them to
select seat In the most obscure pow
under the gallery.
The inhabitants of Grecn Bay, Wis.
are called green babies.
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pENNsYLvANlA RAILROAD,
PHILADELPHIA & ERIE RR. DIVISION,

summer Time Table.
On and after SUNDAY, JUNE 2Sth, 1874, the
trains on the Phiada. & Erie X K. Division will
run as follows:
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Subscribers out of County. si.so.

with him into the next country-then
would tho pbilanthropist limit his
schemes to his possiblities-then, above
all, would those who love each other,
beware that they give no space to es'
arrangement or fault-feding, since our
life of so few days is all too brief for
bitterness.
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in their turn, experience the delightful feeling
of having obtained value received for their
money. The auspicious beginning of the fes.
tivals encourage our lady friends of the Bap-
tist Church, who feel, if they faint not, they
will in due time reap the reward of their Ia
bors.
Col. j. S. Wilson, of our town, from half
an acre Of ground sown in orchard grass,
gathered four thousand pounds of hay. The
hay, in this market, was worth $50. Can
any farmer in York or Chester beat this
Cotton will be robbed of his kingship when it
is proven, by indisputable facts, that other
products can be grown at greater profit.
An election to fill the vacancy in the lower
branch of the Legislature, occasioned by the
death Of S. J. Mccullough, has been ordered
for the 2Sth of July. AS sheriff for the
county will be chosen on the same day, the
boiling of the political pot will soon begin,
and will continue until the close of the elec-
tion. The meeting of the Republican Coun-
ty Convention, which will be held in a few
days, will be the signal for the opening of the
campaign, which will be "short, sharp and de-
cisive." An excess of candidates for political
honors, may occasion split in their ranks.
No movements have been made by the Con-
servatives, upon which declaration in regard
to their course can be founded. The proba-
bilities are that they will make no strong,
earnest effort to carry the election.
The quarterly meeting of the Methodist
Church ofthis place began on Friday. and came
to close last evening. Rev. Mr.. Mitchell and
Rev. Mr.. Walker, the ministers in charge of
this circuit, were assisted by the Presiding
Elder, Rev. DR.. Flemming. The church was
filled to its utmost capacity during both the
morning and evening services of yesterday,
and the discourses, which were delivered by
the Presiding Elder, were interesting and i'm
pressive. The learned divine, with an ear
nestness that could not fail to touch the hearts
Of his listeners. dwelt last evening at consd.
erable length upon the sovereignty Of God.
While he demonstrated the power of the Crea-
tor, he showed that man was free agent,
that he knew the difference between right and
wrong, and that if he chose to walk in the
ways of evil, he would be judged and punished
according to this determination.
Mr.. w. G. GLADDEN. tells me of a violent
hail and wind storm that occurred in the vi.
cnity of Rich Hill on Saturday afternoon.
Trees and fences succumbed to the force of
the storm corn and cotton were considerably
torn and beat down, but Mr.. GLADDEN. does
not think that they have suffered any material
damage.
John Lee, colored, took charge of the post
Office at this place last week. QUI.
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spetial Notites.
August Flower.

August Flower.
The most miserable beings in the world arc
those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plant
More than seventy-iive per cent of the people
in the United States are afflicted with these two
diseases and their effects, such rs Sour Stomach
Sick Headache, Habtual Costiveness Palpitation
of the Heart, Heart burn, Water -brash gnawing
and burning pains at the pit Of the Stomach, Vel
low Skin, Coated Tongue and disagrecable taste
in the mouth, coming up of food after eating low
spirits, DC. Go to the York Drug Store and get
a IS cent Bottle, or Sample Bottle for 10 cents
Try it. Two doses will relieve you.
June Il "a aaw1y
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TAX RETURNS FOR 1875.
AUDITORS OFFICE,

YoRKv1LLE, s. c., May l3, 1875. J
N7oTICE is hereby given that my Office in York
vile, York county, will be open from I ,1I1e Ine
FIRST pay Of JUNE TO IhshM Re.nEns Of Per-
sonal Property, owned by the several tax payers
in said county on the lST DAY OF JUNE lo'o'
and liable to taxation. os.,,o
For the accommodation OF the tax payers W tne
county, will meet them, in person or by comPe-
tent deputies, at the following times ana places'
At At Clay Hill (Duff's MilD in Bethel township,
on Monday, the 18th day Of June; I-;o,.,r;,,o, IN
At Glenn & Glenns Store (WrlghtSVhiel IN
Bethel township, on Tuesday, the 10Th Gay oi
At r. L. Simmons, in Bethel township, on
Wednesday, the 10th day OF June; une;,.p,.,s
Mountain township, on Thursday, the l7th oay Oh
'Oat' At Grepe's Store, near Bethany, in Kings
Mountain township, on Friday, the 18TH day Oh
At At whtaker's Station, on the Airline Rail- a.,
road in Cherokee township, on Saturday, the 18th
At Blacks Station, on the Airline Railroad, in
Cherokee township, on Monday, the Zlst day oi
At r. F, Porter's residence, in Cherokee town.
shin on Tuesday, the 22nd day OF June.
At DIR. R. T. Allson's Store, in Broad Kiver
township Wednesday, the 2Srd day 81 q, Rrnod pue
River township, on Thursday, the Oath day OF
June. >, c.ouo =, pn1.
locks Creek township, on Friday, the z'th Gay oi
At J. w. Carrolrs Store, in Bullock's Creek
township, on Saturday, the 26th day OF june.
At Rainey's Store,in Bullock's Creek township
on Monday, the 18th of June.
At McConnellsville in Bethesda township, OH
| Tuesday the 29th day of June.
At Brattonsvile, in Bethesda township, on on
Wednesday, the goth Of June, and Thursday the
~ At Rock Hill, in Catawba township, on Friday,
the 2nd. Saturday, the 3rd, Monday, the oth,
Tuesday. the;6th, Wednesday, the 9TH, and Thurs.
day. the 9Th days of July.
At Fort Mill, in Fort Mill township, on frlday, ,
the 9th, Saturday, the 10th, and Monday the 18TH
days of July. as.o -, ~ bo-
fore the TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY next.
Otherwise, fifty per cent. penalty Will attacn'
This will be absolute. ;.,
No civil officer can discharge all his duties with
out the aid of the good citizens interested therein;
It is the privilege Of every tax-payer-and hold
it to be the duty Of each one-to report to the
proper officer all attempts at evasion OF law IN
returning property, either in bulk or IN vaiue, IN
his section earnestly solicit such aid, ana VIII,
in cases of attempt at such established evasion 30
far as in my power, enforce the penat1e9s OF 'he
'''> ''"' Auditor, York County
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1t is Truly Wonderful,

The variety and ingenuity of the convenicnccs
for the desk and office. Pens of varied patterns
Inkstands possessing numberess advantages
Letter Files each one the best, Envelopes of size
and qualities infinite. 1t is almost bewilderng to
enter the large Broad Street Store of Walker
Evans & Cogswel, in Charleston, and see the
number Of these attractions. Here you find the
largest stationery stock south of Baltimore and
you have onlytwo troubles-tirSt sufficient cash
and second, the difficulty in deciding among the
many things offered, each equally suitable toyoul
wants.
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w. p. HOBBS.
GREAT BARGAINS.

WOULD inform the public that now haveon
j hand lot Of BUGGIES, finished in fine style,
in which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained.
I will sell tp.top Buggy for considerably less
than such class of work has ever been sold in this
market since the war; Call and examine my
stock and be convinced ofthe truth of what say,
and if you want Buggy take advantage OF the
present opportunity TO secure one CHEAP.
- w P HOBBS.
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ftnantial ann Gontnlerttal.
YORKVILLE, June 16.-CoTToN-l2@144.
CHARLOTTE, June l4.-There are no change

YORKvILLE, June 16.-CoTToN-l2@l44
CHARLOTTE, June l4.-There are no changes
to note in the cotton market.
Flour, S6.5O@SS per barrel. No country flour
offering Corn, 81 Meal, Sl.05; Peas, Sl.l0@ Is.
CHARLESTON, June 14.-Cotton dull. Mid
ding, l5t cents.
LIVERPOOL, June l4.-Cotton steadier. Mid
ding uplands, 9-lGd.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Cotton steady. Sales
1,4sl bales at l5l@ l5E. Futures closed steady ;
sales $1,000 bales, as follows: June, Is 5,l6@l 10
1872 July, Is 1l-32@ l5s; August, Is 1882 10! ;
September, Is l5-l6@l5 ll-32; October Is 1882 ;
November, Is GIG; December, II 1920 IA l5-l6;
January, Is 1-l6; February Is 1852; March, l5a@ @
Is 1872; April, Is 9-l6@l5 1882 May l5s@ ID
1916.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, June 1.-the followingi is the
comparative cotton statement for the week END
ing to-day: 1879. 1914:
Receipts at all ports for the week..l3,9O7 2,4lG
Total receipts to date, ......3, OBI 3,69l 11s
Exports for the week ek,........".....33,553 25,l51
Total Exports to date.........2,5OS,6S ,6S4 G1S0St
Stock at all United States ports"266,6 ,654 214,4l
Stock at interior towns. ,S9l ,2Ol
Stock at Liverpool, 200 93s, ,ool
American afloat for Great Britainl6l,0 600 ,OO(