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Rye.--Some of our farmers SOW this
towards the latter part Of this month.
Generally, however, when sown for the
grain, it is not seeded until September.
For cutting green for early feeding, or tor
pasturage, it is as well to SOW early, n
Successive sowings may be made with
advantage where considerable stock IS
kept. Intended for these purposes TWO
bushels of seed to the acre is not too
much but one is enough for a crop OF
grain. A sandy loa!ll hest suits this crop,
but the land should 10 in good condition.
The demand Tor the straw frequently
makes the crop a better paying Il than
wheal-tle straw sometimes bringing O
price as high as timothy hay.
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Railroad Shops Located at Spartan.
burg.

The officers of the Spartanburg, Union
amp Columbia, and Of the S~partanDurg
and Asheville Railroads, we are glad to
learn, have accepted the offer of the Town
Council to locate the joint shops of the
two roads at Spartanburg on condition
that the town contribute three thousand
dollars towards building the shops n
exempt the property from town Ior
twenty years. This contribution IS 10 De
effected by The town subscribing S3,oC1 TO
the Spartanburg and Asheville Road, in
preferred stock, and said road a%ppropria-
ting said subscription to the building OF
the sllops.-Spartanburg Herald.
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If home is what it ought to be, people
would find less time and fewer induce
ments to go about peddling gossip and
nosing around in other folks affairs.
Whether there is more pleasure in pur-
suit or possession depends a good deal up
on whether you are the small boy or the
owner of the melon patch.
It will soon be time for our granger
friends 10 report corn stalks twenty-seven
feet high and pumpkin vines running
clear across the field.
The Venetian oma of the fourteenth
century wore pull-hacks.
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r ARRIVALS.

A1sroN House, p Kennedy, A MErwin
r Is Cude. Willington; S N Williams, u & Z
r r: ] NJ Bird, j II Cowden, Charleston; y
sondiey, Newberry; W Turner, = Z; n
Tabb, l. c Rock, Bait; 7 d Stills, Phiia; "
Norman, Nashville Tenn; DR. Jas Nell, Miss
pIeton, S A Brcazeale, City; J r Enrlght,
Ninety-Six; L & Bower, ] Q Lewis, n !; 7
Cunningham; Mrs Lizzie Cater, Miss Willie
Cater, Anderson. ..a..
CENTRAL HOTEL.-D R Robertson, New
Xork; C. Il PorMick. Atlanta; W II Cultino,
sumter, DR. ] NJ Westmorelnnd,
Lowndesville; Capt John Lyon, Little Noun
tain; Capt + Cowan, Widelnans; DR. A ]
WIdcman, Bold Branch: Il F Smith, csc
X h; T. d Parker, CITY: DR. W Z NORWOOD
Hodges.
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Be very careful young man that unripe
watermelons don't W up.
Long sermons and flies are too much
for tho average sleepy sinner.
Tho copious showers insure the farm
ers an enormous corn crop.
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REPORTS.

LOUISVILLE, August ll.-Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat-all offerings taken at yes,
terday's prices. Corn dull-white G, mixed
50. Oats dull-new white 50, mixed 10. PORK
quiet, at 400. Bulk meats firmer but not
higher. Bacon quiet-shoulders u, clear ribs
3, clear sides S3s. Sugar-cured hams steady
m firm, at l0Aal2. Lard ~quietIchoice
leaf, tlcrce lOl4, ditto kegs II. Whisky
steady, and unchanged. tagging quiet and
ST. Lofts, August ll.-Flour nomlnally
unchanged. Wheat stronger for high and
low grades-No. 2 red full l.U, No. 3 ditto III
@I.2II, No. 4 ditto 1.ll@l.l21a. Corn active
and lower-No. . mixed 4luilH. Oats active
and higher-No. / 2ta26I. Rye stronger, al
5Oa52. Whisky and unchanged. Pork quiet
Job lots l3.5OaI3.GO. Lard nominally un'
changed. Bulk meats unchanged. -,
AUGUSTA, August ll:-Cotton quiet-mid'
ding II, receipts IL, sales A.. -,
CHARlEsToN, August ll.-Cotton dull-mld'
ding ll@llA, net receipts l58. gross receipts
I5G, sales ITO, exports to continent 42a.
G~REENVILLE, 8. c..
Piedmont IL Shirtings, per yard...-.......... W
/" Al Saletlnss, per yard .m-"...."-. u
" e Drills per pard"..-".:.......;.. %
A discount of IA per cent Is made, ]
paid OH receipt of the goods.
II. p. HAMMETr, Pres. Trea
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The Cost of Strikes,

The Chicago Tribune shows that co.
600, 600 of innocent people were directly
and instantly injured by the strike ; the
entire East suffering by the advance in
the price of some Of the nccessarics OF
life as we'll as in other ways, and the
West also suffering by the interruption OF
traffic. 1t figures the loss to Chicago at
fully a million and q quarter. The value
of live stock, grain and other produce
mates 81, 300, 900. The loss Of trade to the
dealers in dry goods, groceries, boots and
shoes, clothing, drugs, and other whole
sale goods, is not far from g, 900, 900 more;
and the varied manufacturing industries
would have turned out 81, $50, coo worth OF
products during the time they were kept
in forced idlcness by the mob. Here Is
total, in round dumbers, of 81 1000, 900.
Ten per cent. of this would be 500, 900,
which is rather an under estimate of the
wages to workers and the profits to the
capitalists who would have handled the
property. Adding the cost OF calling Out
the military and the special police, with
the valuo Of the property that was owned
in Chicago but burned in Pittsburg, and
there is Il total direct loss Of not less than
81 ESQ, 600. or an average of $3.50 per head
of the entire population of tho city.
Flowing for wheat should be forwarded
as soon as circumstances will allow.
Early blowing permits the ground to be"
come firm, and thus gives the compact
secd-bed which is favorable to wheat.
Deep blowing is a preventive of the evil
of winter-killing, giving escape to super
tiuous moisture otherwise apt to rest OF
the surface, and allowing free penetration
by the roots.
Scarlet fever kills children, and so do
worms. Shriner's Indian Vcrmifugo will
destroy and expcl worms wherever they
exist in the human body.
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The Election Yesterday.

Yesterday was the day appointed for
the election on tho fence question
in the various townships of this county:
We have heard the result from but few of
tho townships. At Abheville there were
three votes against the law to one tor 1t;
At Hodges Depot the vote stood yes"
$50. no" 22O; at Greenwood, "yes,'
l55, "no," SOB at Nincty-SiX. the fence
law was adopted by q small majority.
This is perhaps the only township in the
county which did adopt it.
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sHERlFF's SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
ID to me directed, I will sell at Able
vile Court House on Saleday in August,
next, within the hours Of sale, the follow
ing property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel Of land, situate,
lying and being in the county Of Able
Vile, adjoining lands of Mrs. j. c. Gray,
w. H. Brooks and others, containing
One Hundred & Fifty Acres,
more or less. Sold as the property of
Alfred Gray at the suit of II. E. Hill.
TERMS CASH-Purchaser to pay for
papers.
Sherif's Office, July IA, IT 1857
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Paper and
l. Envelopes in boxes-25 cents to IS
cents. EDWIN PARKER.
June 90, 1877.
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MILES CATERS FOR LADIES
Il and Gentlemen, just received by
r. P. QUALES.
juno 20, 1877.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08

guests In person. This, however. is
but doubtful advantage fer 1t usually
means that your yiands, &c. ARE hand
ed TO you by q creature with black
teeth and shaven eyebrows according
TO the hideous custom OF married
women in Japan instead Of a trim
little 'mlsumie'' Ii. g., girl.1 with
pearly teeth and laughing blue eyes,
who watches you all the time with
mingled establishment and curiosity.
On the whole one may travel in
Japan with comparative comfort, and
without encountering the filth and
squalor which those who leave the
beaten tracks of Europeans generally
meet with in the far East. If the
traveller makes up his mind to rough it
and cast aside European habits, and
adopt those Of the natives, he will
travel with economy and speed. To
some men, however, this would be
simple misery, and such a one must
make up his mind TO carry the imped-
lmenta Of occidental civilization with
nm. His progress, however, would
be slow. and each additional coolie he
found it necessary TO employ would be
new cause Of delay.
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1t is the rich who want most
things.
Towers are measured by their
shadow, and great men by those who
are enyious OF them.
We must do quickly what there is
no hurry for, TO he able to do slowly
what demands haste.
lie who wishes to secure the good Of
others, has already secured his own.
The court is like the sea, everything
depends upon the wind.
What q pleasure it is to givel There
would be no rich people III they We're
capable Of feeling this. d
The rich find relations in the most
remote foreign countries; the poor
not even in the bosom OF their own
families
Who il the greatest liar! He who
speaks most Of himself.
When a song gives much fame,
virtue gives very little.
For him who does every thing In its
proper time. one day Ii worth three.
The way 10 glory is through the
place to fortune through the market !;
10 virtue through the desert.
The truths that We least wish to hear
are those which it is most TO our ad-
vantage 10 know.
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How He Sold Them.

Eureka New Sentinel.
Long Brown is quite a character in
his way, and has acquired notoriety
for his many practical Jokes. Like all
sporting men. his exchequer was at
times depleted, but to use his express
sion, when the cards came his wav he
always settled up his liabilities. The
proprietor Of the lunch stand, whom
Brown honored with his patronage.
understood his pecuharities, and much
playful badinage was exchanged be-
tween them. On the occasion to which
we refer, a number Of Boston tourists
were doing the mines, and the manner
III which they contrasted the free and
easy town with the sedate Hub.
was not TO our credit. Gambler
was Il synonymous term in their
vocabulary to outlaw and desperate.
and they were eager to witness that
phase Of life which Mark Twain has
immortalized az a characteristic of Ne
vada society. They listened to tales
Of violence that hail become legions
among us; but as yet during their visit
no one Of them had been shot down
in cold blood or deliberately murdered.
1t came at last. They had strolled
into the Understand, and were engag-
ing meal when Brown came in to
breakfast.
Have you got any money!" asked
Tom, the proprietor.
Not q cent, /" replied Brown.
'tThen you don't get any breakfast
said he, at the same time putting on
steak, and accompanying the action
with wink and mod toward the tour
lists.
Brown took in the situation at
glance, and, remembering having seen
q shotgun III the saloon next door.
| stepped out, borrowed it, and, return
ing, brought both barrels to bear on
the proprietor by the way, it was
not loaded, the clink of the hammers,
| as he brought them to full cock, sadly
interfering with our Boston friends
appetites. Brown, noticing their un-
easiness, remarked. Gentlemen, don't
disturb yourselves, | never miss my
man /; but if lido not get break fast in
five minutes. there will be a first-ciass
funeral and | will furnish the corpse"
Don L shoot, cried Tom, seemingly
very much frightened, II will have
it on the table as soon as possible.
"All right, said Brown, ''bnt do not
tell gentleman he cannot eat, and.
setting down the shotgun beside him.
| calmly proceeded to discuss the meal,
while the tourists filed out quite salts
fed having escaped witnessing horrid
| murder. There was simultaneous
| production OF note books, and the in
cident appeared in numerous Eastern
papers, illustrating life in Nevada,
with q scathing comment on the pow
| erlessness Of the law to control such
characters a. Brown.
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IRA Yelling in Japan
200 20

We found accommodation, never so
very bad, in all the villages Of any
size, and the Japanese hotels are Is
good according to Japanese ideas of
comfortl as those in any other country.
The rooms are clean, and warm bath
is always to be obtained. The natives
sleep rolled In padded quilts OF cotton,
and from these a fairly comfortable
European bed can be easily extempor-
lied, by spreading one for a mattress,
rolling up another tor a pillow, and
using a third as q coyerlet. We al
ways found the people at the inns civil
and attentive III the extreme. During
the whole OF our journey OF fourteen
days, from Kiola TO Toxic, we lived on
Japanese food, with the exception Of
four small pots Of Liebig's extract Of
beef, and some spirits and tobacco.
Eggs and rice are always to be obtain
ed. and occasionally fish, with other
dishes. the origin Of which the Euro
pean traveller would do we'll not TO ask.
III accepted On trust. some Of them are
by no means bad.
The Japanese appear TO travel q great
deal about their own country. and TO
shift their residences frequently. Ma
tive guide books and itineraries are to
be obtained along all the roads Of i'm
portance. They usually give the dis
tances between the towns and villages,
and list of the best inns at each
place. On leaving an inn, it il the Gus
tom in some parts Of the country, for
the landlord to ask you where you in
tend TO stop the next night and he
will then give you al introduction 10
some innkeepeT at the place you men,
ton. with whom he presumably has
some understanding. These introdrc-
tons are often useful, if one arrives at
All out Of the way place late at night,
In which case the traveller might be
looked upon with suspicion. Some
times. too, the inns may be crowded,
andtnen the bearer Of an introduction
will find the landlord inclined 10 make
more tHan usual efforts to accommodate
him. In the hill country the
rooms were Usually in sets of three,
one behind the other, rising In steps,
the highest being furthest from the
road. These inns had chiefly been
built to accommodate the trains Of the
DalmlDs In their pTOgT eSSes toward the
capital The "Yakonins,' or officers
occupied the highest rooms the ga
rnauri,'' or soldiers, the next, and the
coolies and servants the lowest. The
highest rooms still appear to be kept
for the most distinguished guests. AZ
we carried papers stating that we were
English officers-f akonins, the coun-
try people called us-we were always
shown into the highest rooms and IL
some cases ii even appeared as ii the
| landlord turned guests whom he con
| sidered OF inferior social rank int
| lower rooms To accommodate US
Nearer the large towns, however they
appeared to have grown more republic
can In their ideas, and no distinction
appeared to be made.
The landladT viii often wait OF
those whom she considers important
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------& @ s-+---------I-------
An Arab Murders d Witch.

From the London News.
THE curious trial of an Arab for
the CRIME Of murder in the French
courts Of Algiers is an Illustration OF
the difficulty which civilized race
always finds in its attempts to be Just
to q primitive people. In this partic-
ular instance Ali Ben Affair was
charged with the murder and mutila-
ton Of woman named Fatima. He
made no attempt to deny the charge
hay, he justified his action. and
when he was condemned to death he
merely said. ut was written y He
had done what the belief Of his class
and race told him was right and prop
CT, but in the book Of fate it was
craven that the French courts would
take different view Of his conduct.
ali Ben Affair had long been on at
feetionate terms with Fatima. who
was the widow of his uncle. But the
time came when Ali thought Of mar
rving, and Fatima did not hear the
news of his engagement with resigna-
ton. She declared that she would be-
| witch him unless he promised TO wed
her, and Ali, like many a peasant IN
England who has dlspleased some
harmless old woman, at once discover
ell that. In point of fact, he was be-
witched.
Ali was obliged to come 70 Fatima
to help him. what my right hand
/ has done my left hand will undo, -
said Fatima, "but you really must mar
/ ~ me-. so go forth and Stay lamb, land
We viii make our wedding feast in the
/ house OF nv father Ali did rot see
The matter in this light, but he grew
worse and worse. till he was Ike to
share the fate Of the too imaginative
New Zealander. In this strait he re-
turned 10 Fatima. who now explained
the nature Of the charm by which he
was TO he restored to his usual rude
health.
/ Nor could he marry FatIma with
much satisfaction after the charm,
| for. alas before her left hand could
nndo the elf-knots. the laws of magic
decreed that she must sacrifice three
Of her teeth. Il Ali did not care for
Fatima IS she was, he was still less
likely 10 adore her when she had re-
duced herself TO the condition OF Poor
| Fantine in the novel. With sterling
good sense, too. she declined to make
the alarming sacrifice till he led her &c
, the hymeneal altar. IT last, one night,
IN the zig garden Of Mohamned-an
kwel, ali lost his temper. and. as
EFatima still declared that he must
yeither peak and pine or marry heI
without ner front teeth, he stabbed
her TO the heart.
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ect attention TO another advertise
ment in the same column with those
We have just quoted, il which butter
closes his catalogue Of accomplish
ments by announcing that he s'under.
stands guns and shooting things.
Shooting things IS an expire ssion
which has the virtue Of simplicity, If
not Of directness. We should be IN
terested, If we had any notion Of en-
ploying this butler, to know whether
he meant that he is an expert III the
use of firearms, in the culture Of bui-
bous plants, or in the movements OF
meteoric bombs; and IL The first, to
make sure that masters and mistresses
are not among the things he under
stands shooting
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me on The crazy bone and showed a
sword in my hand.
"sWave it wave it or de Tempter
will hab you. cried de voice of de an
gel at my side.
My heart Wos snatched from my
bosom, and hurled into a furnace, whar
it hiss'd and smoked and cracked like
a poplar stick
Look aloft and pray 7 whispered
de voice.
81 raised my eyes. when saw |
swingin' from de arch oh hell thou
sands of human hearts, black and
hardened and fiinty as stone.
IS Those, said a solemn voice, 'are
| de rocks dat braces de foundashun
timbers of hell. De debbil's treasures
are human hearts. He gets dem IN his
clutches afore he claims de bodies.
Keep your lips agwine in prayer while
you go to dat seethin' furnace. and
thrust IN your sword.
Il strobe past de debbil, bold as Ju-
das Scarlet when he charged the fiery
| furnace, and run my sword into the
! liquid ire, rocked into it, den drew
out or its pint yellow cucumber.
Grasp it in your hand, said de
voice.
Il cotch hold de cucumber, and dar
had ny heart purged and purified OF
its sinful dross, and ii shone clear and
bright as a golden lamp. Assoon as |
turned around de flashes CT light from
my heart played round de debbll S
head like sheet lightning. He clapped
his hands over his eyes he was clean
dazed. likewise de imp who toted him,
! fur he jumped and let old Satin fall.
Lordy, didn't all hell shake and ring
wild bis wells IIs done stubbed all de
c0rns On his clOyen foot, and cried
when he sot down 10 rub dem.
"'Mount up Mount up cried de
voice.
Il raised my foots and found myself
gwine up long ladder. leavin' de
/ fumes an smells of hell far behind. |
stepped out upon a beautiful bright
field, green wild young oats. an | heard
dc gates Of hell clang, Suddenly thar
appeared thousands Of bright angels,
white an beautiful, bearin their shin
IN hearts in their hands, while III de
midst stood the reCordin' angel wild de
Lambs Book OF Life. I looked, and
dar was my nameJoseph Dickson
written in letters Of fire. go now,
said de solemn voice, 'and save your
bruvvers and sisters. Tell dem 10 love
one another. Don't 60 wild your head
stuck up in de air, tryin' to pluck de
fruit dat hangs high, but thar's vine
dat grows low. a long vine dat has no
end keep eatin humble fruit off dat
vine, de more you eats de more viii
grow on it !; you kin nebber eat de las
one. Thar Jacobs well, too, drink
I from dat no matter how small de
bucket, you kin nebber drink it dry ;
it keeps q film up, and it's sweet Is
/ honey. Glib your neighbers plenty
/ Twin waters-always help your neigh
bors. Nebber forgit your manners
and 'havior. for therein IS wisdom
knowledge and sense. Make q low
curtsy boat to rich and poor. Hand
your glass Oh water on a clean plate :
nebber glib your gourd to one ana your
cut glass to another" Suddenly
ceasing, JOSEPH Dickson doubled him
self up, and pumped down upon a
seat.
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will surrender all the bonds | hold

I will surrender all the bonds [ hold
or control with the coupons, and re-
lease the State from all further claim,
waving To the State one-half Icy Of
the amount of interest thereon, and
will accept new six {6) per cent. thirty
{30j year bonds, in lieu OF the ! per
cent. bonds I now hold. and Of the
bonds so issued, will surrender twelve
fl2l per cent. of the entire amount TO
furnish the State with means to pay
interest for two years. or for such 9th
or purposes as the Legislature may de-
termine. If interest is provided from
other sources. The result OF this pro-
position will be as follows:
Amount due upon eacn
old bond June lst, 1877 s3,llU 80
| take in new bonds Tor
each old bond -. 81 1903 ~
Having lett With the
State ON each bond DAG 20
Amount conceded on
each bond 49,. -. 1855 is
----- 3,ll0 Sc
Total amount con-
coded by me on
each bond - - $3.50 08
To which add differ
ence between E per
cent. aud per cent
bond Tor u / years
10 maturity OF debt. 200 20
Total concessions
on each bond -. $1,000
Should all the outstanding bonds
be returned upon the same
terms, the concession to the
State upon the amount due
June ist. 1877, upon the rule OF
legal computation iii such cases
VIII amount 70 -. -. 81. AZ, 23I CO
A sum exceeding by 81, l47 ,237 90
the original debt.
And now, gentlemen OF the commit
the. with YOU and your colleagues OF
the Legislature, I leave my case. If
aeve failed TO present my claims in a
manner to warrant your favorable con-
sideratlon, can never hope to do so.
liz the infancy Of your State, in the
first year of her existence, when her
people were few in number, without
wealth or commerce. I conhdingly
risked my fortune on her good faith
and future growth and greatness.
Her place in the constellation Of
States is assured, and her good faith
and honor | have never assailed or
doubted.
When I earned these bonds / was IN
the prime OF my business life-a gene
ration has passed away-my business
contemporaries have most of them
gone forever, and | am admonished
that my "sands' have well nigh run
] have reached period i'll life which
requires my business affairs to be closed
EVENT. make sacrifices. May not with
confidence present these considerations
YOU with hope that you will appre
clate them and give my claim early ant
favorable consideration.
Very respectfully submitted.
s. CHAMBERLAIN.
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Worcester Press Anna Dickinson
isn't very happy In love scenes but
when it comes to hopping around
under the bed In the next act for the
tyrant whom she married just before
the curtain fell, the critics burst into
tears and the galleries focus their
sympathy on the place where the dust
IL stirred up.