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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09
The Cofton Crop.


The cotton crop Of tho upipnds Of this
State, it is thought, viii be gathered and
ready for market by November lst. If
that be so, there will not be n halfcrop made
There is no room for doubt, wlfcn seven
oighths Of t.,c crop has already opened and
been picked, or is ready for picking. Two
other facts, of which there is no doubt,
N 2st be taken iDto consideration:
l. The July crop has opened propiaturcly,
tho bolIs not averaging two-tbirds their
full growth
2 Tho lint is SO dry and light tEat it
takes larger bulk than usual to make the
mark kctablc bale of four hundrcds aud fifty
pounds.
Old experienced planters in the middle
country arc estimating the cropsatHnot moro
than onc.third the average yisld per here,
These are facts, and not questions ior
dispute These facts are making visible
impressions upon the market, because thSy
arc not confined to South Carolina, but the
samo summer and fall droughts haysSpro,
vailed generally throughout tho cotton,
States. While the scoson has been unpreS
ccdcnt'dly favorable for picking, it has
been singulnry upfavorablc for producing
tho fruit in August, and for the full matu-
ring Of the July crop, so promising a month
ago. Independently of other causes be
yopd the knowledge of the cotton planter,
which arc now exciting the market, tho
facts within his knowledge arc sufficient to
convince him that he will loso nothing BY
holding back the bulk of his crop.
GrccnvUio Ncws.
-. .
LONDON, October l.-Thc financicr Of
to-day says: Gas exchange on Now York
has again sunk to bullion poiut, it is OK.
pectcd that tho .cl50,000 remaining Oh the
market from tho Austrian consignment of
G2O0, 900 mentioned on Saturday will so
to Amcroa. Meantime the French drain
Of gold to the United States seems to have
assumed something of its former magnitude
A largo sum is stated to have left fIavra
yesterday, and there is reason to believe,
though it is not officially announced, that the
directors of tho Bank of France havo de-
cided to advance tho premium one per mill
for the purpose of checking the outflow
This determination having obtained ore.
donce in Paris, it is being anticipated by
largo Withdrawals for London"
a lie will often live longer than the
man who starts it.
Eating hash may bo called game o.
chance.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

debts, their intolerance and outrageous
treatment of those who differ with them in
politics, and lastly the many unpublished
and condoncd political assassinatons Mr.
Iiden thinks lily calculated to make the
Democratic nomination very desirable, ex.
cept to candidate who nigh bo content to
run simply for the honor of leading the
party in the race. Mr.. Tildcn is repre-
scnted, however, as being satisfied that he
can obtain the nomination if he wants it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

it. lie served we'll and faithfully through
the "grcat war;" and came back broken in
health and purse. lie ia the only survivor
of six brothers; the other fvo (with q
brother-in-law) fell before Appomattox.
closed the scene. Armless and poor, he
wanders about earning a prcoarious living
as best he can.
am, dear sir, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

General Grant has been absent from this.
country for nearly two years and half
lilo sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool
on tho 18th of May, 1877. Ho has had
a triumphal tramp around the world and
returns just in time to worry tho various
Presidential boomers in his party. rho
old rings will keep tho Grant movement
booming until the next convention meets
and will take advantage Of such dcmonstra-.
tions as that made at San Francisco to
aronsc an enthusiasm in his favor. Tbs
Grant boom is neither dead nor sleeping.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

ST. PETERSBURG, October l.--Eloven
thousand oight huudred and fifty-four
persons were inoarcerated in the central
prison at Moscow during tho summer,
iO,477 of whom are condemned to exile ip
Siberia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

n poLlrlcAL CoNrRlBUTIoNs.-T Post.
master General has decided that "tl,crc is
no assessment upon postmastcrs for political
1phfposcs known to or recognized by tho
Rpste!licc Department. The salary of q
postmaster is fixed by law, and when he has
earned and received it no ono but himself
sagny direct the disposition thereof llo is
at, libarty to devote as much Of it as ho
plchsc5'%to political purposes, aud he may
refuse to pay anything therefor without
affecting his tenure, SO long as he discharges
faithfully tho duties imposed upon him by
the laws and regulations"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

We will carry Ohio by at leas. 10000
majority have not the least particle Of
doubt, unless tho unlimited amount Of
money which the Republicans hayo
eau bo mado to cut that majority
down. Place tho parties on an equality Of
money, and the Republicans will bo
thrashcd to death. But wo will
whalo thom, money and all, in October;
mark that Senator Thurman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09
[From the Columbia Register. ]
A Touching Offering.

We append note addressed us cditori--
uiiiy, which; though marked "privotc," is
too touching and tender tribute to noble
old private of tho Confederate ranks to be
withheld We arc not ashamed to say it
beaded our eyes with tears of sympathy.
God bless the poor old barcfooted soldier
We feel his Twenty-Five cents will be the
means of opening many purse which
would have otherwise been closed against
the ophan children left to the care and
sympathy Of tho Confederate soldiers
There must, to-day, be left no less than
80 900 men in South Carolina who were
attached to tho Confederate service. If all
were animated by the same splendid scnti-
mcnt Of this onc-armcd barofootcd veteran,
and should give only twenty five cents
each, South Cardinals contribution to
Hoods Orphans would be $780,
We appeal to our fellow citizens
to take up such contributions, aud
again oifcr the services Of tho Register
freely to rccoivo aud faithfully forward all
amounts which may DO intrustcd to US for
this purpose. None of US hayo
much tp give. All of US can do
something to help these helpless children
without DONG any hurt 10 our own
Here is tho letter, which no old soldior
can read without brimming Dyes. This
contribution comes from Oakland J. o.,
Clarendon County:
Private.]
SEPTEMBER II, 1879.
j. w. r. Pope, ESQ,
Editor Register, Columbia, s. G.
DEAR Sir: AS the Register has offered
its services in behalf Of tho children OF
General Hood, | forward tho enclosed
twenty-five cents to you. 1t is small
amount, but considering who scnt it, and
how ho got it, it almost equals tho widows
famous mite.
A ono handed, bare-footed, poor old
"Confed." worked at cotton picking to gel
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09
Symptoms of a DiseasedLiver.

DAIN in the right side, under the
Il edge Of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top Of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
tor rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss Of appe-
tlte and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part There is
generally considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
sation Of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
a slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning.
and he complains of prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer.
else would be beneficial to him, vet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several Of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
lstcd, yet examination of the BODY.
alter death, has shown the LIVER TO
nave been extensively deranped.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

On last Wednesday tho Atlanta bound
express train on the Air Line Railroad.
Conductor Phil. Simns, Engineer. Fred
krogg and cngiuo No. 23, made u very
successful run on fast time The train loft
Charlotte two hours bohind time, IS
minutes of which was made up when
Mount Airy was reached, and it being tho
rule of the road to mako the Atlanta CON
nection on schedule timo if possible, tho
speed of tho train was then further quick.
ened so that the remaining hour and
quarter was mado up when Norcross was
reached 70 do this several sections wero
run over at tho rate of sixty miles an hour.
by :he watch, several passengers holding
time pieces and noting tho speed. This is,
probably the best RAINING ever done in tho .
South, and no railroad is more worthy tho J..
honor than the great Air Line.
[Andcrson Journal, October 81.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

The STATE FAIR-Eor the information
OF persons intending to exhibit articles or
animals at tho coming State fair, We publish
the following extract from the rules of tho
society:
Persons intending to become exhibitors
at tho next fair arc required to forward
their entries, by letter, to tho Secretary,
Tbomas w. Holloway, Pomaria, S. O.,
whose Office will DO open until the first of
November.
All exhibitors must have their cutries or
animals ready to be taken into the enclosure
by Monday evening, November 10th, when
tags and receipts for all entries will be
delivered at the Secrctary's Office, and the
same arrangcd'in their respective depart
mcnts, and in readiness for examination bv
the judges on Tuesday morning, the 18th
November, at O'Clock.
The committee will be careful to examine
everything entered; and as thcrc will bo no
general discretionary list, they may recon-
mend premiums on article possessing merit,
notwithstanding no premiums may have
been offered for such articles. Awards of
this description will be subjec to the appro-
val of the Executive Committee. =
All articles sent by express for exhibition
must DC prepaid, or they will not be taken
from the express Office Columbia Rcgistcr.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09
a C u E AND FEVER,

DR.. G. McLANE's LIVER PILLS. IN
CASES or AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quininc, are productive of
The most happy results. No better
ecatllartic can be used, preparatory to,
'or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease 10 give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
"a simple purgativc, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on the lid.
with the impression DR.. MCLANE's LIVER
PILLS.
Genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS bear
An. -"s OF c. McLANE and FLEMING
che signatni~ "ers'
BROS. on the wrap, i've genuine DR.. c.
Insist upon having H.. '"ed by Flem-
McLANE's LIVER Pills, prepa. being
ing Bros, OF pittsburgh, Pa, the marke-
full Of limitations Of the name McLG,,e,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
Professional Cards.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

a lie will often live longer than the
man who starts it.
Eating hash may bo called game Of
chance.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-09

SJ' ''o 1'to"0"J hotuipS3 Wnlcn was (aS
the preacher would say providential, in SO
far as it will be lesson to the young lady.
and teaches moral The woman Who
uusexes herself is certain to come to grief
sooner or later, and the sooner the better.
for her.
The facts are as follows; An elegant
dressed young man and lady werc walking
along Lloyd street opposite the Markham
House. When they had nearcd tho telc-
grsph office horse attached to dray oamo
dashing down the street. AS tho runaway
horse approached the couple, strange to say,
the brave young man shrieked and fainted.
DR.. Westmorland, in his Office near-by,
heard tho scream and saw the lifoless form
on the ground, where it had tainted. The
insensible body was carried to DR.. West
moreland's office, and the female companion
accompanied her friend. WThep the hat
was removed the young man was discovered
to be ayoung lady, Of tho highest standing ia
society, dressed in her brothers. CLOTHES.
AS soon as sho recovered she realized her
situation, and begged the doctor not to tell
anybody. The good doctor, perhaps, didu't
tell anybody, but the poor girl knows that
when woman puts on brecches her sex.
will not DO respected, and somehow it got
out and got in the papers. Sho is prob
ably cured of wearing pants forever.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
WHOLE NO. l463.

agin lamp posts, moanin and wringin
their hands in despair They hev
psster-lots wich they cut up into
City lots, wieh are gradooally grow
in up into hucleberry pastors, and
won't sell for nothin. They look to
ther old places Nv biznis, wher they
used to chirp cheerfully ez they mark
ed up the price of their goods, and
wher they thot nutbin Nv takin a ten
dollar note every day fer likker and
segars, becoz they Good afford it, and
they see other men in poseshun work
10 mite and day to support their fami-
lies in comfort, and these men lay
tber room to Sherman, ez | do.
1t is a crooel outrage. 1t costs the
Guvermint nuthin to print money,
and ther iz no reason why it shoOd
not hev KEEP on printin currency.
What is Government fer? Is it fer
the peepely Then why shood the
Guverment cultivate a taste in Sam
yooel Popman fer fast bosses and
shampane, and then, jist for the sake
nv payin off debt, contract the cur
reney and room him?
The other drugger at Seseshunvil
remarkt that eff Samyooel he'd saved
the muney he made by Inaashun be
wood hev bin safe agin the etfeek nv
contrackshun. But that he he'd no
sense into it. Iuhashun shood hev
bin por2etooal When temperance
man sez to me that be wood like to
git drunk nv mite, only fer the re-
acshun that follows when he gifts So
Der, l aIluz remark that the troo safe
guard sgin that is never to hev no
reacshun-to keep drunk all the time.
The prinsiple | foller as to likker, is
the one | wood hev sdoptid in f.
nance. To avoid the reacshun that
follers inAashen, shood never stop
it. Keep on iahatin John Sherman
don't understand finance at all.
PETROLEUM v. Massey,
Troo Finsnseer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
The borrowing Acquaintance.

The much borrowing, intimate ac
qusintance is q peculiar sort Of fraud
When be wants q little money be
comes 70 you with the most serious
air in Jhe world, and solemuly and
confdentially asks you TO let him
have SO and SO, throwing into his
manner an assurance indicating thai
there is no doubt Of your giving it to
him on the spot, and quite as little
doubt of his returning it 10 the course
of an hour Or so.
When you nee. BIN afterward be
assumes jocose style OF address
laughs quite heartily. perhaps, at the
idea of not having been able 10 pay
you for two or three weeks, and goes
OF, leaving you with confused i'm
preston of impending insolvency,
which resolves itself into oue of three
propositions: That yon are an ex-
ceedingly suspicious and ill-natured
man TO suspect or be annoyed az the
little remissness Of so sweet tempered
q friend /; or that your acquaintance
is most remarkably ignorant of the
current value Of ready money aud OF
the rates of interest; or that be has
become hopeless maniac since the
last tine you had the misfortune TO
see him.
The best way to cure this sort OF
person Of bis eeeeniriciiy. We haye
learned by experience, is 10 lead him
SO much money at one tine that be
viii go away and die Of JOY. In most
cases it doesn't take much.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

basque. aud are heightened to go
around the hips aud mees 10 the mid
die Of the back undsr bow of white
waiered ribbon. This is one Of the
newest designs.
Email iichus of tie dress material
are added to nice suits for girls
wraps, while for general wear are
English Of corduroy, or the navy-blue
Pinafore jackets with gilt braid and
brass buttons. Their round hats have
straight stiff brims, or else they are
English turbans with rolled brims.
A gay scarf put on esrelessly to show
nearly its whole width, with the ends
turned up like spread fan, is the
trimming, with perhaps two short os-
trich tips curling forward on the
crown, or else 4 birds head or two
or three wings stuck in the left
side.
Blue and blue-blaek ladies' cloth
remains the favorite fabric for riding
habits, and the English style of cut
ting is preferred. This gives mar
row short skirt that sits plainly on
the figure, ccncealing it, but adding
nothing to the size. The right side
is shaped differently from the left.
being enlarged to give necessary
room when the leg is over the POM
mel Of the saddle. The trousers, of
the cloth. are OF very simple shape,
and are entirely concealed. The
basque is shorter than IL has lately
been worn, extending just below the
waist line in front and on the sides,
and forming a jockey tail with square
corners behind. A small linen collar
with a white muslin cravat is the IA
vorite lingerie The sleeves are tight.
with the merest rim of linen cuff.
Buttons and mock button holes trim
the front and the tail of the basque.
The gloves, of dog-skin or else un-
dressed kid, are long-wristed, being
fastened by four or six buttons these
are preferred TO gsunllets--Harper's
Bdzar
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
A True Gentleman

81 beg your pardon" and with q
smile and a touch of bis hat, Harry
Edmon handed to an old man against
whom be accidentally stumbled the
cane which be had knocked from bis
hand. II hope / did not hurt you
We were playing too roughly"
"Not bit !" said the old man
cheerily, boys will be boys, and it's
best they should be You didn't
harm me-"
I'm glad to hear it" aud lifting
his hat again, Harry turned to join
the playmates with whom be had
been frolicking at the time of the &C.
cideut.
"What do you raise your hat to
that old fellow for 2" asked bis com
panion, Charles Gray "He's only
Giles, the huckster"
"That makes no difference" said
Harry. "The question is not wheth-
er be is gentleman, but whether
am one"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
Hints for Every body

The way to get credit is to be
puncsual; the way to preserve it is
not to Use it much.
Trust no mans appearance; ap-
pesrauces are deceitful, perhaps as
sumed for the purpose of obtaining
credit.
The rich ere plain; trust him, if
anyone who carries but little on his
back.
Never trust him who flies into a
passion on being dunned, bat make
him pay quickly if there be any vir-
tue in the law.
Whenever you meet man who Is
fond Of argument, you will meet one
profoundly ignorant of the operations
Of the human henrt.
Mind your own affairs. Let the
errors you see in others manage
ment suggest correctness in your
own
The true secret Of living at peace
with all the world is TO have an hum
bic opinion of ourselves
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

my ancestors, who died bachelors
every one OF them, and who never
would consent to go out to service
with married people. must relig-
iously keep the promise | made to
myselfn
Mederic married the lady with the
blue hat. Paul married his cousin.
The two householders are perfectly
happy and there are plenty of chill
dreD, two. Mederic has given up his
German lessons. The little girl has
an excellent teacher, but she thinks
he doesn't begin to teach her as much
or as well as her dear papa.
II have been intending for several
years." said the Marquis one day TO
his wife, ito ask an explanation; but
we've always had something else to
talk ebouy when we've been alone.
What kind OF hat was it that you
wore at Saint Roch the first time |
saw you? Was it white or was it
blue ~
"Blue."
"Why ~
Because | ordered blue hat of
my milliner. Ifpd ordered white
hat she would have given me the
same hat, bul it would have bsen
white"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
ONE By ONE.
BY RICHARD HEALr.

One by one earth's wrongs are smittcn,
One by one Its errors fall
One by one are carved and written
Truths great triumphs over all.
One by one the dreary places
Glow with green and gush with light;
One by one Gods finger traces
Moons and stars upon the night
One by one are rent and riven
All the links Of hell's hot gives,
One by one the chords OF heaven
Gently, strongly clasp our lives;
One by one esrth's bitter weanings
Leave us nearer TO the skies,
One byon life's higher meanings
Break like sunlight on our eyes.
o. the weary months Of sorrow,
o. the long and solemn years.
o, the yearning for the morrow,
That should give JOS for tears
o. ono Enresting hearts great anguish,
o, the wasting Of the fame
And the love that could not iangnish,
And the spirit singei with fame
Let ii pass; the blessed throbhlng
of the purple heart Of morn
Drew his pulses from the sobbing
Midnight-setting in her scorn;
And the calm souls higher thirsiirg,
And the light OF truer eyes
There are but the upward bursting
OF the seeds Of sacriaee.
Thcreiore-though the iron shaekle
Clasp and elenoh the writhing spheres:
Though The red fires fame and crackle
Through the ghastly, shuddering years
Though the green earth weep uDshriven
and thick mildew blast the sun,
sun shall all, save man and heaven,
Pass and perish, one by one.
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stand 20 Your Post

When Pompeii was destroyed there
were very many buried in the ruins
of it who were afterward found in
very different situations There were
some found who were in the streets,
as If they had been attempting to
make their escape There were some
found in deep vaults, as if they had
gone there for security. There were
some found in lofty chambers But
where did they ind the Roman SEN
tinel? They found bim standing at
the the city gate, with his hand still
grasping the war-weapon where he
had been placed by his captain And
there, while the heavens threatened
him /; there, while the earth shook be-
meath him there, while the lava
stream rolled, be had stood at bis
post; and there. after thousand
years, be was found
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

IL have been a member of your
church for thirty yesrs," said an el
derly Christian to his pastor, "and
wnen was laid up by sickness for
a week or two only one or two came
10 vi-Ir me- was shsmefully neg
leeted My friend" said The pas
tor, in all those thirty years how
many sick have you sisited?" "0h
be reyIied, sit never struck NE 10
that light l thought only Of the
relation Of others to me, aud DOT Of
nv relation to tnem.v