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HOW DIR. JOHNSON ACTED.

Dr. Samuel johnson, the great English
author, was six feet high, large and well
formed. with a countenance like the cast of
aa ancient statue, but he stopped horribly !:
his back was round. He walked as if he
were i'll letters; his feet were never for a
momen quiet his vast body was in con-
slant agitation, see-sawing backward and
forward; ne often looked as if his BODY
were about to roll from the chair to the
floor. In sitting ne held his head TO one
SIDE, toward his right shoulder, shaking it
III a tremulous manner, and rubbing his left
knee in one direction with the palm of his
hand. These motions were attributed to
commissions or st Vitus dance but he could
sit still whenever he was told to do so. His
mouth was continually opening and shut
ting, as IT he were chewing something. He
was constantly twirling his fingers and
twisting his hands. When he was not talk
ing he would often be half whistling, cluck-
ing like a hen, pressing his tongue against
his front gums and making a noise like TOO.
too. too.
Before entering a doorway he would make
most extraordinary antics with his hands
and feet, whirling and twisting himself, and
then stride over the thresholds as if he were
taking the longest possible step for a wager.
lie would stop in the street suddenly as if
he had forgotten his task and go through
these performances, even when he was walk
ing with ladies'; crowds OF idle men and
boys would gather round him and hoot and
laugh. Sometimes he would dance about
and hold his head back and his hands out.
as If he We're a jockey riding a horse, and
attract a laughing crowd. He would fire.
quently walk on heel and toe alternately.
and, sitting down on a log by the bank of
the Thames, would take a religious book
out of his pocket and see-saw violently while
reading it, attracting the curiosity of the
crowds, who thought he. was crazy. He
would pare his, nails to the cuticle, and
scrape his finger joints with a pen-knife un-
til they We're raw and red.
The streets in London were paved uni-
formly from walhto wall, the sidewalks be-
ing marked' off by stone posts. johnson
Invariably touched his hand to the top of
these as he walked ; if he inadvertently
omitted one, he would go back andtouch it.
He always put the peel of the oranges he
ale into his pocket, but no one could.eve
find out why he did So, or what h e,did with
them. Whens Boswell spoke of it, Johnson
said the world must be left in the dark in
regard to that He was. always anxious to.
step. from the doorway with a particular /
foot, and if in walking toward it in the
house the, footstep did not come. right he
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-27

A FLORIDA preacher closed an unsuccess-
ail revival meeting recently with the re-
mark: II tell you,. my hearers. 1t don't
pay for the. gas.,"s
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-27

AN lrishman tells of a fight in which
there was only n whole nose. left in the
whole crowd, ''and that belonged to. the,
takettle."
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RECUPERATING THE BRAIN.

An intelligent writer on this subject
thinks the use Of %stimulants to- fortify the
exhausted brain an unwise measure. The
best possible thing, he says, for q man to
do when he feels too weak to. carry any.
thing through is to g. to bed and sleep as.
long as he can. This is the only recupera-
ton of the brain power, the only actual re-
cuperation of brain force !; because during
sleep the brain is in a state OF rest, in d con-
dition to receive appropriate particles. ofnu-
triment from the blood, which take the
place of those which have been consumed
by previous labor, since the very act OF
thinking burns up solid particles, as every
turn of the wheel or screw Of the steamer is
the result of consumption by fire Of the fuel
in the furnace. The, supply of consumed,
brain substance canonly be had from nutri-
tive particles in the blood, which were OBJ
tanned from the food eaten previously, and
the braih,is SO constituted that it can best
receive and appropriate to itself those nu-
trltlye particles during the state of rest, OF
quiet and stiffness Of sleep.
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The Bishop of Wnrtzburg once asked q.
sprightly little shepherd boy -
"Wl'at are you doing here, my lad ?'v,
"Tending sWine.'
"How much do you getfr'
lone florin q, week.n
also am q Shepherd continued the,
bishop, "'butI have a much better salary"
THAT may all be. but then | suppose you
have more swine nnder your care,' limo.
Gently replied the boy.
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CHAN E OF LIFE.

Change is the common feature of society
of life.
lei years convert the population of
schools into men and women, the young in
to fathers and matrons, make and mar
fortunes, and bury the last genera ion but
one.
Twenty years convert infants into lovers.
fathers and mothers, decide mems fortunes
and distinctions, convert active men and
women into crawling driyelers, and bury all
preceding generations.
Thirty years raise an active generation
from nonentity, change fascinating beauties
into bearable old women, convert lovers into
grandtathers, and bury the active genera
ton Or reduce them to decrepitude or imbe-
cility. M ~lx
Forty years, alas! change the face of all
society. Infants are growing old, the bloom
OF youth and beauty has passed away, two
active generations have been swept from
the stage Of life, names once cherished are
forgotten, unsupported candidates for fame
have started up from the exhaustless womb
of nature.
And in fifty years-mature, ripe fifty
years-half a centuty-what tremendous
changes occur! How time writes her SUBJ
lime wrinkles everywhere, in rock, river,
forest, and cities, hamlets, villages, in the
nature of men, and in the destinies and as
poets OF all civilized society!
Let US pass on to eighty years-and what
do we desire to see to comfort us in the
world? Our parents are gone our children
have passed away from us into all parts Of
the world, to fight the grim and desperate
battle of life. Our old friends-where are
they? We behold a world OF which we
nothing and to which we are unknown.
We weep for generations long gone by-for
lovers, for parents, for children, for friends
in the grave. We see everything turned
upside down by the tickle hand of fortune.
and the absolute destiny of time. In a
word, we behold the vanity of life, and are
quite ready to lay down the poor burden
and be gone.
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He had returned to New York with lis
wife from a summer vacation at the seaside.
and he stood in front of the house giving a
friend a graphic account of the seasons
pleasures. went in bathing every day.
he exclaimed enthusiastically. "Ah !" re-
sponded the friend. "Wlfe go in too p,
''Oh, yes, every day.! said the returned va
cationist.. "Can she swim p queried the
friend with some interest. moo, she
can't,' was, the reply. '.She tried and tried
to learn but some how she didn't get the
hang Of it. She said she couldn't get the
right kick, and / let her think that was the
reason, but the fact was''-and here.he
looked up at the house. and sunk his voice
to a whisper-"she couldn't keep her moutl,
SHUT long enoughsto take four strokes be-
tore shed swallow a whole wave and go
plump.to the bottom -
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Only 9 Mechanic.

We once saw an active industrious
house carpenter bearing LASTING grudss
against q certain peraon, because, in
speaking Of sorne matter of public ma
ture, he said of this carpenter, "His
opinion OF influence Is not worth much;
lhe Is only & paaehanic." 10 the minds
lof certain persona, there may be q CLASH
fication CT individuals according to pro.
fession or occupation. Very weak-mind-
ed, inexperienced young men, or Thought
less girls, whose training has been defec-
tive, may turn up their noses at men be.
Gauss they ara Only mechanics. They
forget that the greatest men. 1ha hena-
factors of our race, have been mechan-
les. Hugh Miller, Banjarlin Frank.
lin, Fulton, ArkWight, McCormick, and
o hoat of other men whom the world has
delighted to honor, were only humble la.
horers, and were, no doubt, often taunted
for their mechanical calling. The most
usaful Inventions aud the greatest i'm.
proyements have been made by persons
Who were only mechanics. AZ a. class
they aTu no more worthy of reproach than
merchants or farmers.
It would be we'll for Spartsnburg me-
chanics to look around and see what they
ara doing to turn away these reproaches.
In the long run, o peEgon will be esteemed
according to his true worth. Tho dray-
man, who receives only fifty cents day,
nay st5AIiu lignsr In tue rstiI1iaiion OF mis-
neighbors than como who set them
selves up as s;;s:sssssS5ody. al EhvFu s 5.Tu
mechanics who are unworthy tho name
they bsar, and these perhaps give char
.soter TO the classs The man begEimmed
with smoke and dust in the machine
shop Is juss as much respected by good
and sensible people ls If no stood bekiud
q counter or had an oifiee.- a mechanic
may deserve ali that can be said against
him and not try yery hard either. Let
him f1iI down the work of his fellows.
let HIM constantly fret and chat because
he has to work with his hands, let him
IetsfnAlly oempiain OF bis hard lot, lot
him spend his nights and hoiidays around
bars rtS1saB and diareputabla houses, lot
him noglect all the higher dptiea of lie.
ard sery socn he viii merit The worst
that can be Bsid ahcut him. Such mon
&c these tend TO bksng Disgrace On any
rnsiiua of osD sion. s. II is Inc duty of
our resident mechanics toreilect honor
On themselves R1G their trades This
thoY can do Isy q proper respect for thenl5
BEL ges. 1e they arc iaithitii Ia the per.
fuansanee Gf ell their eontracss, if they
aeekiyi stllt III spare doIs:sts for Identifying
| their noE.as and frrniShi hing their families
sfitlt good Eeadsng Snatteg, IL they &. !.
prove end i1ros in their bdkinesa, if
ftsf ets Z slich COZ any and associakicns
90 nj lstend to- tsseis Improvement and
kolfsfn nest. twill nayer 30 said of sucts
theF aFe only TnechAafss. Csssellili
Spartan.
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Little Rock Gazette: The colored
people of Dorsey county have prayed
very earnestly for rain. The leading
church engaged in this species of orison
labor, not considering itself well enough
supplied with members, sent over into
an adjoining county and borrowed q few,
agreeing to pay heavy interest in hymn.
books. Even this failed, but the COW OF
emergency was taken by the horns when
the preacher Issued the following pro.
clamstion: "We'se bound for to have
enough members in dis church to meet
de occasion, and hereby sets my hand
and seal to dc artickel what say tall col
lured persons. respectable or otherwise
in dis county, and counties jinin, is de-
clared members of dis church till after
dc next AIM"
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PPopuCTs OF CoNylCT LABOR Some
interesting facts in relation to labor have
been prepared by Superintendent Wright,
of the Massachusetts Bureau Of Labor
Statistics. According to this expert the
number of consicts In 1873 IN all the
State prisons Of the Union was 29,I67, of
whom Is, 1856 were employed in niechan-
ical industries. The greatest number was
in New York aud the smallest number
wns In Rhode Ihland, very naturally. She
ono being the largest and the other about
the smallest State In the Union. At
the rate Of forty cents per day, which
was the average, the wages and eariiings
ofconviets for the whole year amounted to
81, ,624,6l5. At % per day. which Is tho
average price Of similar labor outside of
prisons, these same men would have
earned 8,l2l,E76 according 70 Mr..
Wright. The products prison labor,
If we take the labor at -. par dey, did
not exceed S20, ,000, 600 in 1873, while the
products Of all the mechanical industries
Of the United States amounted TO Ave
thousand millions.
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hrATRIsroNy.
BEFORE


She waits and listens. Footsteps fall
She knows they are not his.
She waits and listens for o sound
That sweetest music Is.
He comesi And with sudden thrill,
And heartbeat loud and clear,
She does not hear, ehe does not See
She feels that he Is 'nearf
And, coyiy lifting 70 his face
Her eyes Of heavenly blue,
She murmurs, in loves softest tones,
my darling, is 1t your"
AFTER.
Again she listens. Footsteps reach
And footsteps pass her door.
She listens, but her needle flies
More swiftly than before.
She hears at length the tread that time
And cares arc making slow,
And, with O start that sends her chair
Hard rocking to and fro,
Springs to the landing, and with voice
I, More Bhrill than any lnte's,
She screams, above the baluster,
Augustus, wipe your boots"
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R8OM EY lEl ar 7

MIR. r. G. MASSEY having purchased
GIN sIlARPENER, for Pickens. Oconee.
Anderson and Abheville Counties, and for
Hart County, Ga, and having formed q CO.
partnership with him for the use of this
Patent, am now prepared to sharpen your
gin saws better and cheaper than you hays
ever had 1t done before, This Gin Sharp
ener !, ruperior to any thet has been used
in this country, and does tho work better
thar it can possibly be done by hand i
will travel through the country and sharp
en-. your Gins Mt your house,, or you can
bring them to me at Anderson G. h Send
In your orders 9. once. and be prepared for
the cotton season. / am also prepared to do
any other work that may be needed.
B.. L. WILSON, Anderson, s. @.
May %, 1870 45 3m
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THE GENUINE
DIR. c. NOLAN Fps
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
VEsR.M!s![. ]. E'UGE.s9. T..
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

WHE countenance is pale and leaden-
colored. with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
checks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure scmicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is ir-
rltated, swells, and sometimes bleeds
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
Of the ears; an unusual secretion OF
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation Of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; feeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir-
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood |;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding Of
the teeth temper variable, but gener-
any irritable, &C.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prcpara-
ton, not capable of doing the slightest
iyn'y 10 the mosf htndfy infant.
The genuine DIR. MCLANE's YER
MIFUCE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
WraDDcr -:O:-
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TO GIN OWNERS y ] /: IS
AND
GOT ToNs PLANT TERS.

VOU nra respectfully invited to call on
hand Of the celebrated DgnieK Pratt
Gkn Co.'s Gfns C0ntaensaP amA
FEEDER which arc far superior In points
of durability and excellence to any other
Machines now being offered to do the same
kind of work. We call your attention to
the annexed certificate of AFR. e. IS. Rice, of
Bolton, 8. g., who has been using ono of
our Gins for the past two seasons; and in
addition we refer you to the following gen.
uemm who have oar Gins and Condensers
in use:
Messrs. B..A. Davis, Girard 8 Bolt, J. B.
EittOn, James d. rru:en Waduy Burns
Harris, Drake & Co., O.. X. Wiliiford, Nc,
Gill & Hutchinson, Joshua Janiison, g. G..
Richards.
BELToH, s. c., June 27, 1870.
MEssIsS. MCCULLY & TAYLOR, agents Dam
iel Pratt Gin Co., Anderson, s. G..
Dear SiFS--The 60-Saw Pratt Gin bought
from you in the Gall of 1877 has been th0rS
oughly tested since that time, and has given
entire satisfaction. 1 have no hesitation in
pronouncing the sample made by it to be
superior to that made by any Gin known 70
me. have gtnned Oh much as $50 bales OF
coiton--have had no renniring to do and
tho Gin Is now in perfect order. It's great
Improvement conaistsss in its Revolving
Heed. which prevents cotton roll IN
breaking, and which completely DESTROYS
the friction produced by cotton box, there.
by increasing its speed, preventing injury
to SAWS, and the sample from being gin.cuE.
Il. b. RICE.
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AGUE AND FEVER.
YELLOW rEyEn-RIAcK vnmrr

It lie too soon to forget tho ravages Of this terri
BILE disease, which will no doubt return In moro
malignant and virulent form in the fall of 1879.
aRERBLL'S HBPATINB, O Remedy discover
full results In South America where the most ag-
grnyated cases Of feyur found, causes from one
to two ounces of bile to be altered or strained
from fhe. blood each time 1t passes through the
Liver, a5 long as An excess OF bile exists BY its
wonderful action on the Liver and Stomach the
FIsPATINE not only prevents to q certaiuty any
kind Of Fever and Black Yomlt, but also cures
Headache, Constipation Of the Bowels, Dyspepsia
and all Malarial diaeases-
No one need fear yellow Fever who will expel
tho sisiarial Poison and excess OF bile from the
blood by using MERRELLS HEPATINE, which
Ia sold by all Druggists In % cent and s1o0 bottles
or will be cent by express BY the Proprietors,
A. i. MERRELL & CO., Phila Pa.
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TRUE EcoNoMY.-Here We have for
our biscuits, cakes, ETC., DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder, which chemists
and physicians have decided to be pure
and healthful, and yet thousands of
pounds of adulterated baking powders
are used annually, simply because they
are cheaper. Consider the heath first
this is true economy.
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THE Cook EoT no BLAME.--Mans
nice delieecies are spoiled by the abom-
Unable fayorings used In them, and gem
orally il Ii attributed to the cook. Now
sf III. sics's ksae E2dpoFiaqs are uacsi.
nice dishes win not bS spoiled. 90 they
sss. -: .i.. saSi.Sato ftssl fr,gis
Aoyor in Whatever they may be used.
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Six AAOHTltb.............,....... 10.
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sor ,hs aIst in;osGn ana .s sy Csh,s per ,nS
No advertisement counted less than an inch. LIB.
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advertise for three tix or twelve months. Adyer-
tising by contract must DO confined 70 the innedl.
ate busneas Of the Arm or individual contracting
Obituary .Eotices exceeding hYe lines, Tribniea
OF respect, and al personal communications oI
matteis q individual interest," will be charged fol
at advertising rates.
To CoBREsPoHDEHTS.-In order 10 receive at
by the true nAfao and address OF tho writer. Re
jected manuscripts viii not be returned unless the
ago thereon. AaJ- We are rot feapolsIble Tor The
Views and opinions of our correspondents.
AL communications should be addressed TO SD.
ftor Intei!igencerp and all checks, drafts, money
ORDERS &C., should ba mlde payable TO the order Of
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Qdsc Of COL. J, C. BrGpr ,n.

KIEosTos, GA, September IS, 1871.
GEHTs-For sixteen yeara havo been great
sufferer from Scrofula in Its most distressing forms.
l have been confined to my room and bed for fif-
teen years with scrufTalous alterations. The most
approved remedies for such cases had been used,
out any decided benefit. Thus prostrated, dis
,reased, dasponding, was advised 10y DIR. aver, ui
Floyd County, Ga, to co3imence the use or your
CcmpSund Extract Stillingin. Language 80 as In
sufficient TO describe the relief obtaned from the
use of the stiingia as 1t is to convey adequate
idea OF the intensity of my suffering before using
your medicine; s.aac;s1. % say, I abandoned all
other remedies and continued the use OF your Ex-
tract Of Stillingia, until can cay truly, II am
obstruct tho active pursuit of my profession. More
than eight months have elapsed since this re-
marknble cur without any return Of tho disease.
For the tru,A OF the above statement, refer to
any gentleman In Barlow County, Ga, and to the
members OF tho bar of Cherokee Circuit, who nro
acquainted with me. / shall ever remain with the
deepest gratitude, your obedient servant,
j. &. BRANSON, Atty at Law,
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A MIRACLE.

WEST POINT, Ga, Sept. 16 1870.
GETTS-My daughter vas taken on the 25th day
Of June, 1865, with what was supposed to be Acute
Rheumatism, and was treated for the same with no
success. In March, following, pieces Of bone be-
to appear TIL all the bono from the elbow TO the
shoulder Joint came out, Many pieces of bone
came out Of the right foot and leg. Tho case was
having been confined about six. years to her bed
and the case conBide cd hopeless, uns induced to
gln and we'll satisfied with It's effects that
have continued tho nso of II until the present.
My daughter was confined 70 her bed about ak
out help. She now sits up oil day, and sews most
or her tinle-hns walked across the room. Her
general health is now good, and believe she will
hints gain strength, waih weil. aiir6uto
her recovery, with the blessing Of God to the uso
of your invaluable medicine.
With gratitude, am your truly,
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Give your neighbor helping hand by
recommending him to keep DIR. Bulls
Haby Syrup in his family for all the ills
babies are subject to.
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fatitudc, am your truly,

WEST PoINT, GA, Sept 49, 1870
GENTs-The above certificate Of Mr.. w. B, Blan-
ton we know and certify TO es being true. The
hing ig 30; hundreds OF the most respected citi-
gems VIII cedify to IL. Az much reference can bo
given rs may bo required. Yours truly
CRAWFORD & WALKER, Druggists
HON. D. H. WILLIAMS.
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DR.. pRMBRRToNa sTIErrRaIA is prensr-
cd by A. F. MERRILL 6 CO., Phila, Pa.
Sold by ell Druggists In Si0C bottles, or ssnt by
express. Agents wanted to canvass everywhere.
Send for Book-'Curious Storyn-iruo to all.
Medicines sent to poor people, payable In INSTALL
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DIR. rsmberton's StilIingia OF Queens
DELIGHT.

The reports Of wonderful cures Of Rheumatism.
Scrofuls Salt Rheum, Syphilis. Cancer Ulcers and
Sores that como from all Parts OF the country arc
not only remarkable but SO miraculous as 10 be
doubted was 1t not for the abundance CT proof.
REMARKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA, DC.
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QUICK SALES
AND
SNRAAL PROEITSE

k51NA1AEAAA = AGVR1ksSI EIE
!, 8 our motto, ana we can mako It 60 your
y. interest TO call and see us when you are
In need of anything. We win sell. yon
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spaciaI IntluyCleYnent.

H goth, we viii make &C To the interest of
purchasers to call within tho next three
weeks. Our stock Is still complete and at,
tFaciive. New Goods constantly arriving.
a. d, TOWERS g. co.