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celebrated spring; butt is after all fact
that most springs, even Kissing6n, only
purge it overdoscs be taken, and that vioont
excavations arc usually followedby obstinate
constitutions. THOR object Isl mainly to
r.egulute tho functions of the different or
9ans, to reduce thoaconstitation Of tho
blood to it's normal condition, to promote the
assimilation of food, aud to stimulate tho
cxcretions, Of spelamorphosed matter, ~,
f'i" ANALYSIS: ~ :|hHfH
Anhydrous saline constituents which arc
continued in l6 ounces Of water.
WALHALLA ALKALrNE' spRrSu.'
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Job Printing

j OBJ Prin ting.
The best and cheapest Book and Job Printing.
OF every description. promptly and satisfactorily
executed at TnE REGIsTEp Office.
All kinds Of Law Blanks On hand, which VIC
will sell ut the lowest prices.
JAMES a. IOYT,
il. N. EMLYN.
". Is. MCDANIEL,
Proprictors and Publishers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

GroonvilIo and Columbia Railroad
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays ex-
ccpted, connecting with Day Trains on
South Carolina Railroad up and down. On
aud after Monday, July lG, 1877, the
following will be the schedule:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

Carbonic acid 4.85 grains.
1t will be seen by the above analysis that
It it is almost equal to the celebrated Vichy
Spring in France, which proves very useful
IN ocltaio forms of:iodigcstion, hoaqtburn,
deprcssious after meals, aversion to food ctc.
NEylLLE's cnALYBEATE SPRING.
soiPSass 81 ef see' %sese. IA 1eSs g s'%s'9'i %
Sulphate Of lime, l08
Carbonate Of lime, bnr Ssh .:GH
Carbonate of protixido Of lrS.s :. I'LL
iron, 3.15S I"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

Make hay Of everything that will answer
for foregr. Grab grass, cut before it gets dry,
quickly cured, makes the very best Of hay.
Pea vines, millet, sorghum, aud even sweet
potato vinos may be turned to profitable ac-
count by converting into hay.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

impartng health and strength to tho system. SOLE
everywhere. Office, IS Murray Street, New York
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

Mako your orchards your poultry yards.
Fruit trees and poultry have on affinity for
each other in more ways than one. The
busy chicks find every bug, worm and egg
that sooner or later work harm to the trees,
and their droppings enrich and promote q
healthy ond vigorous growth. Clip their
wings if they exhibit desire to climb for
fruit. ..N l..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-08-09

IS declared tho "standard Turbine" by over
$50 persons who use IT, Prices reduced. New
pamphlet freo. N. F. Burnham, York, Pa.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-11-10
Local Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judge Circuit Court-J. BRANN0N
Clerk W. II BYRNE
i'rcs't County Coutt--J. PETERSON
Clerk J WO0FTER.
Prosecuting Att'y-A EDMISTON
Sheriff C VANDERv0RT.
Sup't. Free SchuUls G. W. CROOK.
County Surveyor D. 7. PETERSON.
Assessor LIST District JOHN KEE
" ID GEO FISHER.
0ua2G1o93a
C0urt iioase District.
G. " Turner aud 7 Uargan.
Frccmnn's Crcc& District.
G. v. Striekler and ". Y. Wood.
IEackrr's Crcek District.
". McWhOrer aud y. Il. Swisher.
LMliHS Settlement District.
S. B. Smith and ". X Wilson.
.Nin Greek District.
WY. Chidestcr unl " 6. MeWhOr,cr.
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THE LARGEST SNAKE IN
AMERICA.

The Shreveport, La, Times tells
the following snake story: We were
Informed by Mr.. Smith. living ou
Quapaw Bayou, that while he and his
sou William. aged about thirteen
years, were out iu tho woods on Mon.
day afternoon last, driving up their
cattle, their attention was attracted by
tho Lleating Of q calf some distance
from them. Thinking probably the
poor animal had b'sgcd, they started
to its assistance They had gone but
a shcrt distance down the bayou when
they discovered ycarling 10 the coils
ola huge snake, the body of which
WAS suspended from til, limb Of a
black gum tree about twenty feet from
the ground. and which projected from
the bank immediately over the water,
Mr.. Smith aud his son wcra almost
tcrrOr.st:ickcn at the sight, ard stood
spccchicss for several moments, un'
consciously watching the movements Of
tho huge reptile US he cutwincd him
self around the already dead body OIL
the yearIiug, aud at every coil Of The
snake they could hear the bones Of III!
cnlf break, After coIlirg itself around
the lifelrss form Of the calf and crush
Ing every bono in its holy, tho seFpcHt
let loose its hold from tho tree aud
dropped down alongside at its victim
aud began licking it all over, prcpara
tory, i, is supposed, TO swallowing it
About this time Mr.. Smith had rG
covered his senses. and after watchiu:
the monster snake open its cnpuciOa
mouth several times. he fired on i
with his rifle, striking it uear the head
aud was quickly followed by his sou
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NJ. +. Church, Rev. 5. i. Jones, Pas
Tor. Preaching every Sabbath. Prayer
m,ctin. "Wednesday night. Sunday School
j 4. Iinrnes, Supg,intendcnt-rvcry Sun
iny II; : u'cIock, +. NJ.
Presbyterian Chhrr!r, Rev. George VI.
Fleming, Pastor. Services every alternate
SuuJny. Sabbath SciOol-Wm l.. Dun
ninstCil, Surcrin,cndeul-evrry ;iUndAy at
. o'clock, \. N.
Catholic Church, Rev j. a. Tracy, Pas
Tor. Ser, ices every first Hnd third Sundays
III Il AMI 10 \. ~, aud I +. ". Sabbath
Schvol-JacOb Sclrmitt, Superintendent
every SUNDAY at9 o'clock, I. ".
Episcopal ChuCh-Ht,Gndrd occasionally
hy the Rev. Mr.. Wood, Of ChrkSburg.
.inicau NJ. L. Church, Rev. 7. II. cyris,
Pastor. Services every Sunday ut lOu'clUck
Sunday Srhoul-GrOrse 7. Jones, Surrrin-
tuulrn,-cvcry Sunday nj ? o'clock.
GulurvL N. i. Church, Rev. Jol:n hughes,
Pastor. Services lvvry SUNDAY II Il
O'Clock. Sunday Schunl.-L Lfiar!s Ice, Sa-
IcrimlunIvnl--rvrry Sunday 81 " O'clOrE,
i. u.
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.iRRiT.lL AAD DEPARTURE
or THE HALLS

ClarksLurg-daily except S1m,lays-lravcs
Wcs'on at \ 4. M.--arrivrS at 1 7. N.
liraxtnn Court lluusr--dally except san
,luys-nrriycs At lhtslun by 5:Jn J.. ", and
leaves Weston slnlr day At $50 T. u
Glrn,il!r-lrtvcs BrEtOn nj ! 4. NJ. on
NarAays, Wednesdays and FIidHys-nrrivcs
al : + VI Tuesdays, Thursdays aad SaIur-
Gays,
inclMnnor-arrivcs Nt Weston L. ".
Tuesdays, Thuts.Iay5 aIl SNtaEdays-lcavcs
Weston > + VI. same days.
Fhilppi-arri,rS Il! Weston Tuesdays mad
Fridays nj +. N --!vayrs Weston Hrdnrs-
day mud Saturdays nj \. u.
Mount PlCasan,-lrayrS Weston MOHdHys
und huuslAys nj ! \. M.-Hrrvrs Tuesdays
aud Fridays by s 7. ",
West tniOn-ilrrivrs Mondays NJ 5 /. N
leaves Weston Tuesdays nj y. N.
Sand FUr!i-UnCe u wrek-lenvcs Weston
Numlysat 6 A. M.-aFrivcs Mondays at
l.. u.
,sa- Parties having mail to 90 should
bring Il tn the office half III hour LriUrr The
departure Of tue mails,
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IF | SHOULD DIE TO. NIGHT

WESTON, ". Va, Nov. I, 1877.
Editor Democ.rtt:
Please publish. for the benefit Of
those among your readers who love tho
beautiful in poetic literature, tho fol.
lowing gcm. II has appeared in print
before, in collections Of anonymous
porms, and 10 some Of the papers ; but
its author has never been discovered
until recently. 1t now appears that it
was written some years ago by Mrs,
Jercvcrah NJ. Winton. OF Ohio. when
She was upon what she considered to
be ler death bed. ALBA
III SHOULD DIE TO NIGHT.
III should die Tonight,
Ny t'riCISls would Look upon my quiet face
before they laid it in ,srcsting pIarc,
And deem that death had lett it almost Ia: r !;
And, laying snow-whitc flowers against my
hair,
Would smooth it down with fearful tender
ness,
Aud fold my hands with lingering carcss;
Poor laud', 50 r,uply and SO cvld, TO. night.
III should tie 10 night,
IIy friends would call 10 mind with loving
NIeugkt,
Svmc kindly deed the icy hand Ind wrought
Some gru,le words Tic frozen lips had said;
Ermnds Oh which the willing fret had Sped
The mcmOry Ut srlishuess Had pride,
Ny hNsty words, wOald Mike lad aside,
Aud So should he loved and incurred
Tonight.
ri should iic tonight,
Even lrarts vstrHuged would turn oGcc NOR,
lU me,
Recalling other lays rcmorScfully,
The eyes that chilled INT with avpr,Cd glance
UvuIG IOVk upon me AS of ore prrciIaHrc
Aad soften in the Old familiar way,
For nho could war with dumb, unr0nsciOu
cIay?
So | might .rest, forgiven uf all, Tonight
Oh. frsHds, pray tO.night
Ewr Your kisses lor my lcAt! cold brow
Tho way is laurly, let ne feel them now.
Tiiuk .rsuty OF ne; aIs travel worn,
Ms iItcyins 'rrt nIe wrrred with many II
rhura.
Forgive, oh l!car estrGngei, forgive plead
Wheu dycnmIc:s rest is mine shall not nee,
The Tenderness for which / long tonight
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DEATH OF SENATOR MORTON

IXDlANAroLIs, Nov / Senator Nor
ton died ut 5 80 I. N. Part Of his
last nj ght ho was quite restless, but e..
ually obtained sleep under the influence
Of powerful opiatcs. lie WIS awake
and conscious during the morning,
and vas able to speak and give diyee-
tions to his attcnlaats. About noon
Mrs. Morton and her sons, By her re.
quest, wa,c let a,oao with the Senator
for about an hour. Before EiY9 o'clock
it became evident that no had entered
upon his last hour on earth. lie bad
rested tho greater portion Of the day in
half lying and half sitting position.
As he grew weaker tho supporting piI.
lows wcro Withdrawn, 80 that hU lay
prone upon the bed. The silence iu
the room was uaUrokea except by MI
occasional question to tho dying mnu
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Cu,.ylW Courts.

Lewis. First Monday in February,
April, June, August, October aud
D,ccmbrr-Ihc Junc anl OHUbeI
terms 70? liscaI and police blsiac$.
only.
(iiimcr.-SecOui Monday in February
April. June, August, October anu
Dcccmbrr.
l'r.hrr. Srcgnd Wr'lay in February
April, June, h"gust, OctObcr and
lcccmbcr
B,uxton Fourth Tuesday in JAauary
Mnrch. May. isIy, Ssptembrr and
November.
Webster. - Fourth Tuesday in Frbrua-
ry. ApEl, June, August, October
aud i'yxrmbcr.
CoIhotu. -- Fnnrh Munday in l'eh'ua
~, Match. Jane. August, Srptem,
Der sGl November.
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Tue PRESIDENT AND THE NlR,
GlNlANS.

HlcnMoSD, Va, Nov. l The Pres.
iieut bsrakfastcd with Rev Dr.. j l..
NJ. Curry. all oil schooImatr, aud then
went to the fair grounds, where he
was soon surrounded BY n crowd Of
thirty thousand people, and he vas
called upon for speech. lie said:
Ladies aud fellow ciIiz;nI: am
under the direction Of an Intelligent
and discreet committee. According to
the arrangement tho speaking was dore
yesterday, and you who were not lhru
present have the happiness Of having
escaped that iuaictiou, aud now merely
that you may hear my voice under this
beautiful blue sky anl bright Noycm'
Der a voice. that's DANIEL Webster, !
| will say very few words. In doing
So congratulate the people Of Virginia
on the evidences have seen Of pros.
perity and peace and permanent In,
iUA.
Secretary Evarts was now called for
The President looked around fer him.
but Mr.. Evurts wus not Mt hand, The
President then remarked A young
lady suggests that tho crowd is 70 large
Ihat the Secretary is lost iu it,"
Mr., Evarts now came to the front,
aud the President said: The lost i.
found" aud introduced ths waudcreI
amid much applause.
Mr.. Eyatts declared that there
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GhG d3eulatraf.
Rates Of ADVERTISING.
a Snu.Ir.. Inn liuL.s al. lt.aI ILIlL. IL.

who discharged a double.barrcIed gun
loaded with LuckslOI 10th reloaded
as quickly as possible ana Hgai" fred
on his snakesbir. In the meantime
the reptile had c"il"d itself into hugo
mass, and was making a Kissing OOHnd
that could be heard fully one hunircb
yard,, and was prO;ruding his forkea
tongue several feet. After discharsing
several volicys each Mr. Smith aud son
succeeded in killing one of the lnrsess
snakes ever seen in Louisiana, End
probably, North America 1t mcusuf-
ed thirty.onc feet in length, aud the
body measured ten feet from the head
thirty 10 circumference, and about
forty inches at the center OF the body
1t has a regular succession Of spoi',
black and yellow, alternating. cxteud-
iug from its head to its tail, Hhllo
either side is a deep purple. Mr..
Smith has no idea what kind Of u snake
it is, but thinks it most be Of the boa
constructor species. No doubt this
snake has for many years iphabl'ed
that section Of the couutry, HnA drpFe-
dated upon the young calves and ami
mals that came within its reach. Tho
skin Of the huge sunkc has been pre-
served, aud will bc sent to Shreveport
and put on exhibition.
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\ MORD TO NEWSPAPER COR,
RESPONDENTS.

The fO@O%ins, clipped from the
Burlington Hmkrye, We heartily
comm,nh to all who aspire to thg
pusili"u Of II newspaper correspondent. :
lroi. Matthews, in his delightful
book. "llOurs With Men aud Books, ~
dcyutcs chapter, aal very iustruc.
i've chapter. too. to advising aud
directing people who nre determined to
write 70: tho press. what to write aud
how to say it But even iu that spec.
iaI chapter pIuf. Mshews lns over.
looked quite number Of important
points which We, in our experience
with occasional newspaper contributors,
hav4 rOme to look upon as absolutely
essential to good correspondence. We
have had, even in the usually iufalli.
ole Narkgc, some complaint, once in
u while, from occasional corrcspOu-
deuts, about mistakes which have ap-
pcarcd in their articles when they como
out in print. We are aware that in
many cases the fault was our own, but
wc arc confident ull such trouble could
DO rvmeIied if our correspondents
would pay u li.llc more attention te the
preparation Of their manuscript. Prin-
tcrs aro not always iufalliblc, aud proof.
readers DO sometimes nuke mistakes,
but We hare prepared few practical
hints and instructions. and if people
who write Ocea1iOpally for tho papers
will ouIy observe the following simple
and practical rules. Which urc much
easier to observe than Pref. Matthews,
they may be assured that their articles
vii! always command til! highest mAr'
ket price, which is seldom less than
two cents pound:
Never write with pen and ink. 1t is
altogether too plain, md doesn't hold
the mind Of the editor and printers
closely enough to their work.
Ii you aro compelled to use ink
never use that vu!sari;y known as the
bIottius pld. Ii yon drop II blot Of
ink on the paper. lick 1t oil. The in
teIligcHt cOmpOsitor loves nothing 50
drnrIy us to read through the smear
this will make across twenty or thirty
words. We have seen him hang over
such piece Of copy half an hour,
swearing like pirate all tho time, he
teIt that good.
Don't punc,uatc. Elitors and pub
fishers prefer to punctuatc all manu-
script scnt to them, Aud dou'I
use capitals. Then tho cli'Or cau
puuctuatO and cupitaiizs to suit him
self, and your article, when you SEQ ii
in print, will astOuish, even it it does
not please you.
DOu't try to write too p''uinly. 1t is
II sign Of plrbian origin aud public
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HSErHiaJ.E3,

Ar. & 4. M.-Stnted cVEuunk ltit MS
u Weston Lodge NJ t., a. T. and 4. ",
will to held un Tie Eirst aal Third MUu-
days oI every month. ...
" G. BENNETT, u. H.
]. j. Peterson, See
JANE i.EW.-Saicd communications .!
Iar.suu Lodge Su. aj, \. +. aud a. II +,
SIIl he held ia their lIuil, in Jane less, 'aa
the srruud Saturday in curl mOnlh.
ISAAC JACKSON, g. 3.
v. y. C..ErEH, Sec
it. Go4ep,'S &. r. A. Il. Soclrty.-StN;ed
usctiuss are hell on the ItsI SIbbn h in cy-
cry month. FATHER TRACY, prrs't.
Il. J. Slxrsoy, Svc>Gsa:".
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only indication Of genius that a grent
many men possess. ScrawI your article
with your eyes shut, aud smakc every
word rs ill.gible as you can. We get
the same price for it from the rog-man
us though the paper wcrc covered with
cOpper.plate sentences
Avoid all painstakiug with proper
names. All editors know the full name
Of every man, woman ind child in the
United States. and tho mercst hint mt
the name is sufficient. For instance.
you write character something like
u drunken figure 49," and then draw a
wavy line, aud then write tho letter NJ
aud another wavy line, the editor will
know at once that you mean Samuel
Morrison, even though y"u may think
you mean 'Lcmucl Messenger" Its
u great mistake to think that proper
uamcs should DO written plainly.
Always write on both sides Of tae
papes, and when yop haye filed bOth
sides Of every page trail liuc up and
down every margin, and back to the
top oil tue FIRST page, closing your arti'
Gle by writing the signature just above
tho date. How editors Co love to get
hold of articles written in this style.
And how they would Ike to get hold Of
the man who sends them. Just for
ten minutes. Alone. 1n the woods,
with gun.
Lay your paper on the ground when
you write the rOugt:r the ground the
better. ~ dry goods box or the side
# the house will do il the ground is
loo damp. Anything rather than sa-
bic or desk.
Coarse brown wrapping.papcr is the
best for writing your articles on. II you
cau tear down an old circas poster and
write on the pas'y sid" Of it with pine
stick, it will do still better.
When your oeIielc is completed,
crunch the paper iu your poke: and
carry it two or three days before Sd nd
ing it in. This rubs oil the supeIaa'
, ous pencil marks aud makes it ligh:c'
to handle.
Ifyou can think oft, lose one pns'
out Of III, middle Of your article. The
editor eau easily supply what is mis-
sing, mud he loves to do It. lie has
nothing else to do.
Ii correspondents will observe these
directions, editors, in most instances,
will hold themselves personally rcSpUn'
siblc for every error thst appears i'll
their articles. and will pay full claims
for damages when complaint is made.
We shall never forget the last man who
complained at the Kumkeyc Office under
this rule. We can never, although wG
should live thousand years, forget the
appealing look he turned upon GS while
we were pulling his lungs out Of his
ear viii. the nail-gfab. Our heart
seemed to turn 10 Ice under the iuAu.
encc Of that dumb, bcScec!ing look.
while We tore him to pieces. We
have never torn a man to pieces since
without feeling the hot tcats spring to
our eyes as We think Of tha. mai. We
have been tempted, time and agaiu, 10
break ourselves Of this habit OF tearing
men to pieces for trivial causes. But
We disrcss. We were merely saying
we urc always happy to receive cOm =
plants ani eawce: any errors for
which we arc responsible.
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Once when tho Senator exclaimed :"
am dying !" bis sis.srin'lH0, Mrs
Holloway, inquired, =" TOU are mol
afraid to die, Oliver ?" he inlica'cd
"po" BY swoying his head. Som alter
similar exclamation, question and
auswer passed between him and Dr.
Thom pson. At ten minutes past five
o'clock he exclaimed, " am dying! |
am worn out and these were his l+st
words.
From this on it was difficult to dis
cover that life remained On the doc
tors announcement lie is going" the
gaze Of bis wife aud sons became fixed
on the face Of tho husband and father.
with now and then pitCous look OF
inquiry towards the doctor, until his
further announcement, a. 1t is over
The widow cIaspcd her sons to her.
excluiming quietly but in tones never
t, be forgotten. i" My darling boys!"
The friends Withdrew, leaving them
for = time, when they were lcudcF'g
led from The room.
This evening by direction Of the
mayor the city bells have been tolIed
ffty.four strokes indicating the dead
Senators age. Tho bells will also be
tollel each day at noon uutIl after the
funeral.
The fum;ly have decided on Monday
at Que o'clock us the time for tho fuueF-
al services, at Roberts Park NJ. j..
Church, aud the in.crment will take
place ut Crown Hill Cemetery. The
services will be conducted by RCv.
Prof S X IIashour, Mrs. Morton 5
former pastor and The Senator'S pre-
ccp,Or, assisted by Rev. S. j. i. C!ca-
veT, Henry Day and j. II. Rayliss.
The body will lie in state during Sun
DAY, iu the corridor Of the Marion
county courthouse, nov used nc a State
House, giving Tho people of the State
an opportunity to view tho remains,
| for whose accommodation special cxcur-
sion trains will be run on Sunday and
Monday.
The indianapolis Light I.hntry
hayo rendered their services as guard
Of honor. The Montgomery Guards
Of CrawEOrlsyillc, have also rendered
their services. The family have re.
qucsted Hon Il. B. Nlartiululc, Hon,
J. a. Wiliman and ex-governor Con
rad Baker to represent them and act
for them in making all further az.
rangcmcnts.
The mayor has called Il meeting Of
citizens in the United States Court.
room to morrow morning at . o'clock,
when it will be decided to invite
the President and cabinet aud
Governors Of the several States to at
teud the funeral. The members Of
the bObch aud bar Of tho city and
State are requested to meet at .
o'clock Tomorrow. Reports from
many cities and towns 10 the State au-
uouucc the tolling Of bells. Governor
Williams will close the State Offices on
Monday, aud Mayor COwen the Offices
Of the city government. They will
jointly request the citizens to close
their business houses from noou to )
o'clock on that day.
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