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Year: 1878

Believe not i'll of O brother till it is
proved beyond doubt.-Er.


That is good advice. But If good of
"a brother" how much better if ap-
piled to sister? A man may have
i'll said of him, he may be slandered,
his name may be blaekened, but
whether justly or uDjustly, true or
false, society will forgive him, forget,
condone the sin, and-he will mingle
with, and be tolerated in society just
as If no disgraceful things had ever
been said of him. But not so with
woman. When her fair name is
smirched by scandals cruel tongue,
she does not recover. her good name
so easily-heartless and unjust society
is 10th to condone her sin, If even it
ever does. Then, if it is your duty,
all our duty, to "believe not ill of
brother" remember that it Is a thous-
and times more our duty to believe not
i'll of a sister, and never to repeat to
others anything you may hear calcu-
lated to injure her characterize unto
others as you would have them do un-
to you. If you have a wife, sister
daughter, just think how it would
citing you to the very heart to hear of
I'll travelling from mouth to mouth of
one of these.
Year: 1878

thing in this case, to say so in the
platform. Two thirds of the Repub-


lican party now believe with Gov.


Butler that the greenback should he
maintained as 1.-The circulating medi-


um !" and the ambiguity of the green


back plank in the platform will not


rebound to the glory of the party


when analytically criticised by the
shrewd fiaw--pickiDg opposition.


While we like the sentiment of the


plank, we do not like its indef1niteness


and the egeneralizing terms with which


this now, most important, subject is


disposed of Is the Republican party


I'm favor of greenbacks supplanting


national bank currency entirely or
not? Ah, the convention did not say.


The very bed sill of the paper currency
Issue is this question, yet the conven-
ton, proposing to speak the senti-


ments of the people, says nothing


about it. When Gov. Butler with
the psychology of his earnest presence,
gesture and thunder tones declared


that "by the Eternal ,greenbacks shall


be the circulating medium of this ma
tion." the enunciation of the doctrine


was appreciated by cloud applause, +"


but when the manipulators of party


and platform got together they con-
cluded that Buffers flatfooted, bold
style, was not erpedient-that to catch
the bank and anti bank vote 1t must
suffice to say that tie people mon
ey must be good money, without a
suggestion of policy or plan. While
awaiting news from the convention, a
friend remarked to US, "wonder what
they will do with the greenback ques-
ton 2" We answered that we should


think the signs of the times and wis
dom of the convention would meet
the expectations of the party. Our
friend then, from the gift of prece-
dent rather than prophecy, said, 80,
presume they will get up something
kind o. smoothing it over" And that
| is what the Republican convention
did with the currency matter-gave
it a sort of wordy smoothing over.


With the exception ofthe incomplete


ness of the greenback plank, the plat
| form to as is without fault or blemish.
Year: 1878

TERRIBLE STORM IN UPPER SOUTH CAR.
oL1NA.-On Sunday the 9th instant, the
most terrific hail storm ever known in that
section, occurred at Anderson. The damage
can scarcely be estimated which it did to the
growing crop Wheat that had not been
harvested was every stalk beaten fiat to the
ground, and at least half of it will be lost in
gathering and threshing it. Corn was COM
pletely riddled and torn up, every blade of it
being stripped off. This will not injure the
yield of the young corn materially, but where
it was waist high, as much of it was, it will
be cut off a great deal. Oats will fare al
most as badly as wheat, but the great dam.
age is done to cotton. Fears are entertained
that it is ruined beyond recovery, the leaves
being beaten off and the stalks bruised and
broken. The hail was terrific, covering the
whole ground and remaining sometime.
Many of the hailsLones were as large as hen
eggs and some as large as turkey eggs. The
gardens seem utterly ruined; tomato plants,
squashes, beans, okra, in fact nearly every
thing almost beaten into the earth. The
rain came down in torrents all the time, and
the small streams were higher than ever
known. The land is terribly washed, and
bottom corn entirely ruined, either covered
with mud or washed away. Hail generally
comes in April or May, when it is possible to
replant, but now that is impossible, and if
the storm has been general the county has
had the most terrible calamity that ever be-
fell it.
Year: 1878

Of went the dark wig and the black whis
kers-there smiled thedear face she had new
er forgotten. leave you to imagine the tab
leau-even the cat gotup to look, Bowse sal
on his stump of tail,iand wondered whether
he was on his heels or' bis head. The little
widow gave one scream, and then said


But stop! Quiet people like you and me
dear reader, who have got over all these fol-
lies, and can do nothing but turn up our nos
es at them, have no business here. will
only add that two hearts we're very happy;
that Bowse concluded after while that all
was right, and 80 laid down to sleep again
and that not great yhile afterward there
was a wedding at the: house that made the
neighboring farmers sstare. Widow Cobb
had married her first Rover
Year: 1878

WHY He NEVER WORE A CoLLAR-Tt
was fact observed by many, that Governor
Briggs for several years before his death nev.
er wore collar. When he was the honored
chief magistrate of Massachusetts he appear
ed at his levees and on all public occasions
without a collar. There was comparatively
few who knew the reason for this. But the
secret is most interesting and suggestive. He
had neighbor, whom he very highly esteem.
ed, who had fallen into the habit of using
intoxicating liquor. He was already the
slave of appetite. Governor Briggs remon.
strated with him. The man replied, 81 will
never drink again, if you will never wear a
collar again." "Agreed," said the governor:
The man gave up the Intoxicating cup, and
the governor laid aside his collar. He never
wore it again, but he saved his neighbor.
The adverse criticisms to which this seeming
lack of attention to his dress and personal
appearance exposed him, never moved him
from his purpose.
Year: 1878

A lead pencil is in itself small affair, but
considered as manufactured product, it rises
into much Importance. To start first class
factory with improved machinery and stock
of well.seasoned wood, requires capital of
about 100000; ground covered is about
half an acre, chiefly occupied by drying
houses for the storage of red cedar. The
Florida red cedar is most used in this coun-
try and in Europe-some "iben" wood, as
the Germans call it, or English yew, is used
in Germany-white pine is occasionally used
for common grade of carpenters pencil
The "lead" Of the pencils is the wellknown
graphite or plumbago; the best of this is the
natural, found in pure state in masses large
enough to cut into strips. Of this there is
but one mine now up to the standard, which
is in Asiatic Siberia, and pencils made from
this graphite are all one grade, and pay fifty
cents per gross special, and thirty per cent.
ad valorem duty. The Cumberland mines in
England were the first discovered, but are
now almost exhausted.


What was formally refuse in cutting the
graphite is now ground, cleaned and refined,
and then mixed with fine clay. In mixing
the clay and graphite great care must be
taken in selecting and cleaning the clay and
getting the proper proportions; the mixture
with water after being we'll kneaded is placed
in a large receiver and strong ly compressed
and forced out through small groove in the
bottom, in the shape of thread the thick
ness and style required-either square, octa-
gon or round. This thread or lead wire is
cut in bars of proper length (done by little
girls) and then Strengthened, dried at mod
crate heat and packed in air.tight crucibles
and placed in the furnaces the grade of the
lead depends upon the amount of clay used
in mixing and the quality of the plumbago.
The colorng of the lead is by various pig
ments.


The wood after being thoroughly seasoned
is cut into thin strips and dried again, then
cut into strips pencil length. These strips
are grooved by machinery, then carried on a
belt to the glueing room, where the lead is
placed in the groove, and the other half OF
the pencil glued on. After being dried un-
der PRESSURE they are sent to the turning
room and rounded, squared or made octagon
by very ingenious little machine, which
passes them through three cutters and drops
them ready for polishing or coloring-the
former is done on lathes by boys, and the lat
Year: 1878

ter by machine which holds the brush and
turns the pencils fed to it through hopper.
After the pencil is polished, it is cut the ex-
act length by circular saw and the end is
cut smooth by drop knife, the pencil resting
on an iron bed.


The stamping is done by hollow die,
which is heated; the gold or silver foil is
then laid on the pencil, which rests in an iron
bed, and the die is then pressed on it by a
screw lever. The pencils are then ready to
go to the packing room, whence they find their
way to all parts of the civilized world, at
prices ranging from two dollars to twenty
dollars per gross.-American Exchange and
Revieu.
Year: 1878

THE ROMANCE OF NEEDLE. WoRK-The
needle has been many an imprisoned queens
best friend. To it she has owed the power Of
cheating the long, weary hours out of some OF
their tedum. Mary, Queen Of Scots, found
this art of needle work, which she had acquired
when girl in the convent, and later practiced
in the Court of Catherine Medicis, solace
and beguilement to her dreary captivity. Du.
ring the early part of her confinement she
was asked how in unfavorable weather she
passed the time. She replied that all the day
she wrought with her needle, and that the di.
versity of the colors made the work seem less
tedious and she continued so long at it till
every pain gave over. Marie Antoinette pas.
sed the weary hours of her imprisonment in
needle"work, knitting, or tapestry. work with
her daughters; and when at one time there
came the order to remove all kinds of instru-
ments usually taken from criminals, the un.
happy queen and princesses were the more SEN
sible to the loss of their knitting-needles and
all the little articles used in their embroidery,
as they were in consequence forced to give up
all the feminine handiwork which had be-
guled their prison hours. After the Empress
Josephine was divorced, she kept sort of
domestic court at Navarro or Malmaison,
where she and her ladies worked daily at
their embroidery. The bangings of the salon
at Malmaison were entirel y the work Of her
own needle, and were of white silk embroider-
ed in roses. Surely there were thorns in those
roses! 1t is said the ex-Empress Eugenie is
an accomplished artist in needle.werk and
embroidery. During the past few years she
has spent her days in working set of vest
ments for the little chapel where she worships,
and also stool and cushion for the use of
the priest. So jealous is the fair devotee Of
sharing the pious task with other hands, it is
said, that she will not allow another needle
but her own to set stitch upon the work.
Harper's Razar.
Year: 1878

A BOYS AFFECTION FOR HIS MOTHER
Next to the love of her husband, nothing so
crowns a woman's life with honor as this sec.
ond love, the devotion of the son to her. And
I never yet knew boy to "turn out" badly
who began by falling in love with his moth
er. Any man may fall in love with fresh
faced girl, and the man who is gallant to the
girl may cruelty neglect the poor and weary
wife, But the big boy who is lover of his
mother at middle age is true knight, who
will love his wife as much in the sere-leaf
Autumn as he did in the daised Spring.
There is nothing so beautifully chivalrous as
the love of big boy for his mother.
Year: 1878

The GREENWOOD AND AUGUSTA RAIL
RoAD.-In a recent communication, Mr.
Bradley, President of the above road, says:
II regard the completion Of the road fixed
fact. We have now seventeen miles of the
grading finished on this side of the river.
The entire length of the road from Green
wood to the Savannah is forty-six and FIVE
sixteenth miles. The actual work is fully
one.third done. The contract for erecting
splendid iron bridge at the river has been
awarded to reliable contractors, who are now
casting the iron for the structure. We think
we get it remarkably cheap, $4,000. TIE
cost of grading is only five hundred dollars
mile. The highest grade of the road is
sixty.one feet. The grade Of many new roads
is now over two hundred feet to the rnile.
The improved machinery of the present day
enables railroad officials to run their trains
with ease on much greater grades than form
erly. Some of the new roads in Nevada
have grade of two hundred and ten feet to
the mile, and the trains move on this grade
around the curves of the Rocky Mountains
at what we would call fearful speed. We
make our road more level, because we can
then use cheaper machinery"
Year: 1878

A CHINESE ToPER.-A story is current
among the Chinese of a great wine drinker,
who was able to sit on all the day at table,
and after consuming what would have been
sufficient to drive the reason out Of half q
dozen men, would rise up, perfectly sober.
The emperor hearing the fame of this deep
drinker, asked him to dinner, that he might
test his marvellous powers As the story goes,
the king had ordered hollow figure to be
cast in bronze, of the exact size and model of
this man, and, as the wine was served, for
each cup that the guest drank, similar cup
was poured into the opening on the top of the
head of the image. This went on for some
hours, until at length the bronze statue over
t9oaoed while the guest continued at the table,
and rose from it perfectly sober.


SOMETHING NEw.-A scientific wonder
equal to the telephone, is reported from France,
though, unfortunately the details are not so
cerefully given as to make the matter entire
ly Ineligible. 1t is called the "electric mir
ror," and consists of a number Of rehectors so
arranged along a railroad line that in each
is seen the movement of every train on the
road. 1t is stated that in the mirror set up
at the station at the end of the line can be
seen picture of everything going on over
100 miles of road, though how electricity is
brought into the case is not clearly stated, but
after telephones and monographs we ought
not, perhaps, to doubt that wonders may be
wrought by electricity on simple mirrors to
greatly increase their rejecting powers


CABBAGE WoRMs.-Mr. J. Y. Whitted
tells us he tried last summer, with good effect,
mixture of three parts of unslacked lime
and one part fine salt, busted on cabbage
plants when the dew was on in the morning.
The worms were completely conquered. Last
year was remarkably fruitful year for
worms, and cabbage plants looked as if they
were riddled with buck.shot. The above
remedy is cheap and simple, and ought to
have trial by every gardener.-Hiasboro
Recorder,
Year: 1878

The celebrated DR. johnson said :
"Let ne man enter into business while
he is ignorant of the manner of regu-
lating books; never let him imagine
that any degree of natural ability will
supply the deficiency or preserve the
multiplicity of affairs from inextricable
confusion This is sound advice, and
should be needed by all young men con-
templating business career. Among
houses conducting the more extensive
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of commerce,
irregularity in the management of their
accounts is now becoming a rare occur
renee But this is far from being the
case among the middle and smaller
class of dealers and mechanics. The
frequent failures among them often dis
close the NEST culpable ignorance and
negligence in the management Of their
accounts, and az the extensive dealers
are themselves often the severest suf-
ferers by these events, they should con-
slider it their duty to make proper in
quiry into the business qualifications of
those to whom they extend confidence.
And they should use their influence to
impress it strongly upon the minds Of
such persons, that the want of that
knowledge, which is to be obtained
alone from systematic accounts, must
always increase the hazard of ultimate
failure in business, and it is therefore
the first and most obvious duty of every
dealer and trader small or great, to
keep a precise and methodical account
of his transactions. Every young man
should remember that his value in the
commercial world will depend upon his
qualifications as business man, and
early in life prepare himself by a
thorough course of instruction for the
duties of the counting-house. Even il
he never has occasion to employ bis
time in keeping books, it is no less i'm
perative, as thorough-going business
man, that he should be cOmpetant ac-
cOuntant.
Year: 1878

Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.


If you have place of business be
found there when wanted.


No man can get rich by sitting around
stores and saloons.


Never fool in business matters.


Have order, system, regulation and
also promptness.


Do not meddle with business you
know nothing Of


Do not kick every thing in your
path.


More miles can be made in one day
by going steady than by stopping.


Pay as you go.


A man Of honor respects his word as
he does his bond.


Help others when you can, but never
give what you cannot afford because it is
fashionable.


Learn to say no. No necessity of
swapping it out dog-fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.


Use your own brains rather than
those of others.


Learn to think and act for yourself
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
Year: 1878

Do not jest with your wife upon a
subject in which there is danger of
wounding her feelings. Remember that
she treasures every word you utter. Do
not speak of great virtues in another
mans wife to remind your own of a
fault Do not reproach your wife with
personal defects, for if she has sensibil-
ity you infict wound difficult to heal.
Do not treat your wife with inattention
in company; it touches her pride and
she will not respect you more or love
you better for it. Do not upbraid your
wife in the presence of third party /;
the sense of your disregard for her
feelings will prevent her acknowledging
her fault. Do not entertain your wife
by praising the beauty and accomplish
ments of other women. If you would
have a pleasant home and cheerful
wife, pass your evenings under your
own roof. Do not be stern and silent in
in your own house, and remarkable for
sociability elsewhere.
Year: 1878

What can be more discouraging than
the feeling that in our struggles through
life, in our trials and disappointments,
there are none to sympathize or care for
usl No man can go very far with
strength, courage and cheer if he goes
alone. We are made to be happier and
better by each others notice, apprecia-
tion, help and praise, and the hearts
that are debarred from those influences
invariably wither, harden and break.
Here and there are found persons who
from pride, perverseness, and often SEN
sitiveness, affect to be altogether indie
pendent of the notice or regard of their
fellow beings, but is very safe asser-
tion to make that never yet was there
one human heart that did not at some
tender and yearning hour, long for SYM
pathy of other hearts. And there is a
nobility in this feeling.
Year: 1878

Age, when whitening for the tomb,
is worthy object of reverence. The
passions have ceased-hopes of self
have ceased. They linger with the
young, and pray for the young-and
oh, how careful should the Young be
to reward them with tender affection
and with the warInest of love, to di-
minish the chill of ebbing life The
Spartans looked ON reverential respect
for old age as beautiful trait of char
ter. Be kind TO those who are in the
autumn Of life, for you know not what
sufferings they have endured, nor how
much Of it may still be their portion.
Do they seem unreesonably to find
fault or murmuri Allow not your
anger to kindle against them; rebuke
them not, for doubtless many have been
the crosses and trials Of early years,
and perhaps their dispositions, while in
the spring time of life, were less flexible
than your own. Do they require add
Then render 1t cheerfully. Forget not
that the time may come when you may
desire the same assistance from others
that yeu render to them. Do all that
is needful for the old, and do it with
Rlacrity, and think not hard if much
is required at your hands, lest when
age sets its seal ON your brow, and fills
your limbs with trembling, others may
wait unwilling, and feel relieved when
the coffin has covered you forever.
Year: 1878

Faithfulness includes honesty. The
young man who loves his duty
can never be tempted to wrong anoth-
er out of penny. He will not steal
the time which belongs to his employer;
and he will not steal his employers
money.


The unfaithful clerk reasons: 81
am working for small wages the firm
are making large profits; 3 small share
belongs to me and I viii get il if
can"


He begins with some little thing; If
not money, then any trihe he can lay
his hands OIL without fear Of detection.
He tries to reconcile the theft to bis
conscience-if he has a Conscience
and thus makes larger thefts easier in
the future.


If he is an ingenious fellow lie prob
ably, before long, devises some regular
system of fraud, by which = little
stream of the great current of capital
can be diverted into his own private
channels. He takes every preeaution
against exposure; he grows bold, from
experience; but In the end, as sure as
there is God above us, and divine
laws that enclose us like the sky, in the
end it Is ruin--outward ruin and dis
grace, In the majority of cases, and
inward, secret ruin In all.
Year: 1878

THE HUsTINGs CoURT-JUDGE CHRISTIAN.
Yesterday was the first day OF the March
term OF the Hastings Court, but Judge
Christian, unwilling to leave the business
OF his present Office in the Supreme Court
uncared for, concludedit would be best not
to qualify. So he will probably not assume
the duties OF his new office until the first
Monday in April. There are very few cases
before the court that have been sent on
from the Police Court, and not one remain
ing Oh the docket OF the Hastings Court
from previous terms to be disposed Of. 1t
was Judge Guigon's invariable habit never
to allow case to 60 over from one term to
another if it was possible to prevent it.


A number of witnesses summoned to APP
pear before the court yesterday were in at
tendance, but were recognized to appear
on the first Monday in April.
Year: 1878

BEAUTY AND THE BEAsT.-This drama
which was unavoidably postponed Satur-
day, will be presented tonight at Mozart
Hall by the pages OF the General Assembly,
assisted by youthful amateurs Of merit well
known to the public, with new costumes
and scenery. The management have gone
to great trouble and expense to put the
piece before the public, and it is hoped
their efforts may be appreciated.