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Only a Husk.
Tom Darcy, yet a young man, has
grown to be a very hard one. At
heart he might have been all right, if
his head and his will had only been
all right; but these being wrong, his
whole machinery was going to the
bad very fast, though there were
times when the heart felt something
of his own truthful yearnings. Tom
lost his place as foreman of the
great machine shop, and what money
he now earned came from odd jobs of
tinkering which he was able to do
here and there at private houses; for
Tom -was a genius, as well as mechan
ic , and when his head was steady
enough, he could mend a clock or
clean a watch, as well as he could set
and regulate a steam engine—and this
latter he could do better than any
other man ever employed at the Scott
Falls Manufacturing Company.
One day Tom had a job to mend a
broken mowing machine and a reaper,
for which he received five dollars, and
on thefollowingmorning hestarted for
his old haunt—the tavern. He knew
that his wife sadly needed the money,
and that his two little children needed
clothing, and that morning he held a
debate with the better part of himself,
but the better part had become very
weak and shaky, and the demon of
appetite carried the day.
So away to the tavern Tom went,
where, for two or three hours, he felt
the exhilarating effect of the alcoholic
draught, and fancied himself happy,
as he could sing and laugh; but, as
usual, stupefaction followed, and the
man died out. lie drank while he
could stand, and then lay' down in
a corner, where his companion left
him.
It was late at night, almost mid
night, when the landlord’s wife came
into the bar-room to see what kept
her husband up, and she quickly' saw
Tom.
“ Peter,” said she, not in a pleasant
mood, “ why don’t you send that mis
erable Tom Darcy home? He’s been
hanging around here long enough.”
'Join's stupefaction was nol sound
sleep. The dead coma had left his
brain, and the calling of his name
stung his senses to keen attention. He
had an insane love of rum, but did
not love the landlord. In other years
Peter Tindar and himself had loved
and wooed the sweet maiden—Ellen
Gross—and he won her. leaving Peter
to take up with the vinegar spinster,
who had brought him the tavern, and
he knew that lately the tapster had
gloated over the misery of the woman
that had once discarded him.
“ Why don’t you send him homo ?”
demanded Mrs. Tindar, with an impa
tient stamp of the foot.
“ Hush, Betsy ! He’s got money.
Let him be, and he’ll be sure to spend
it before he gets home. I’ll have the
kernel of that nut, and his wife may
have the husk !”
With a sniff and a snap, Betsy' turn
ed away, and shortly afterwards Tom
Darcy lifted himself upon his elbow.
“ Ah, Tom are you awake ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Then rouse up and have a warm
glass.”
Tom got upon his feet and steadied
himself.
“No, Peter, I don’t drink any more
to-night.”
“ It won’t hurt you Tom—just one
glass.”
“I know it won’t!” said Tom, but
toning up his coat by the solitary but
ton left. “1 know it won’t.”
And with this he went out into the
chill air of midnight. When ho had
got away 7 from the shadow of the tav
ern, he stopped and looked up at the
stars, and then he looked down upon
the earth.
“ Aye,” ho muttered, grinding his
heel in the gravel, “Peter Tindar is
taking the kernel and leaving poor
Ellen the worthless husk —a husk
more than worthless! and I am help
ing to do it. 1 am robbing my dear
wife of joy, robbing my dear children
of honor and comfort, and robbing
myself of love and life—-just that Pe
ter Tindar may have the kernel and
Ellen the husk. We’ll see!”
It was a revelation to the man. The
tavern keeper’s speech, meant not for
his ears, and came upon his senses as
fell the voice of the Kisen One upon
Saul of Tarsus.
“ We’ll see 1” he said, setting his
feet firmly upon the ground ; and then
he wended his way homeward.
On the following morning he said
to his wife: “ Ellen, have you any
coffee in the house ?’
“ Yes, Tom.” She did not tell him
that her sister had given it to her.
She was glad to hear him ask for cof
fee, instead of the old, old eider.
“I wish you would make me a cup,
good and strong.”
There was really music in Tom’s
voice, and the wife set about her work
with a strange flutter at her heart.
Tom drank two cups of strong, fra
grant coffee, and then went out with
a resolute step, and walked straight
to the great manufactory, where he
found Mr. Scott in his office.
“ Mr. Scott, I want to learn my
trade over again.”
“ Eh, Tom ! what do you mean ?”
“ I mean it’s Tom Darcy 7 come back
to the old place, asking forgiveness for
the past, and hoping to do better in
the future.”
“Tom,” cried the manufacturer,
starting forward and grasping his
hand, “are you in earnest? Is it really
old Tom?”
“It’s what is left of him, sir, and
we’ll have him whole and strong very
soon, if you’ll only set him to work.”
“ Work ! Aye, Tom, and bless you
too! There is an engine to be set up
and tested to-day 7 . Come along with
me!”
Tom’s hands were weak and un
steady 7 , but his brain was clear, and
under his skillful supervision the en
gine was set up and tested, but it was
not perfect. There were mistakes
which he had to correct, and it was
late in the evening when the work
was completed.
“ How is it now, Tom ?” asked Mr.
Scott, as he came into the testing
house and found the workmen ready
to depart.
“She’s all right, sir. You may
give your warrant without fear.”
“God bless you, Tom! You do l’t
know how like sweet music the old
voice sounds. Will y 7 ou take yiur
place again ?”
“Wait ’till Monday morning, sir.
If you will offer it to me then I will
take it.’
At the little cottage Ellen Darcy’s
fluttering heart was sinking. That
morning, after Tom had gone, she
found a dollar bill in the coffee cup.
She knew that he had left it for her.
She had been out and bought tea, su
gar, and flour and butter, and a bit of
tender steak ; and all day long a ray
of light had been dancing and sim
mering before her—a ray from the
blessed light of other days. With
prayer and hope she set out the tea
table and waited, but the sun went
down and no Tom came. Eight
o’clock —and almost nine.
Hark! The old step! quick, strong,
eager for home. Yes, it was Tom,
with the old grime upon his hands,
and the odor of oil upon his garments.
“I have kept you waiting, Nellie.”
“ Tom ?”
“I didn’t mean it, but work hung
on.”
“ Tom ! Tom ! You have been to
the old shop ?”
“ Yes, and I’m bound to have the
old place, and—”
“ Oh, Tom.” And she threw her
arms around his neck, and covered
his face with kisses.
“Nellie, darling, wait a little, and
you shall have the old Tom back once
more.”
“ Oh, Tom ! I’ve got him now—bless
him! bless him! my own Tom! my
husband, my darling!”
And then Tom Darcy realized the
full power of a woman’s love.
It was a banquet of the gods,
that supper—of the household gods,
all restored—with the bright angels of
peace, and love, anil joy spreading
their wings on the board.
On the following Monday morning,
Tom Darcy assumed his place at the
head of the great machine shop, and
those who thoroughly knew him had
no fear of his going back in the slough
of joy less ness.
A few days later Tom met Peter
Tindar on the street.
“Eh ! Tom, old boy, what’s up ?”
“lam up; right side up, by tho
grace of God!”
“ Yes, 1 see ; but I hope you haven’t
forsaken us, Tom ?”
“ 1 have forsaken only the evil y ou
have in store, Peter. The fact is, I
concluded that my wife and little ones
had fed on husks long enough, and if
there was a good kernel left in iny 7
heart, or in my manhood, they should
have it.”
“ Ah,you heard what I said to my
wife that night TANARUS"
“Yes, Peter, and I shall be grateful
to you for it as long as I live. My re
membrance of you will always be re
lieved by that tinge of warmth and
brightness.”
Varieties.
Dr. Fowler, of the New York Ad
vocate, in his Fourth of July address,
on changes of Government, remarks:
“Rather than undertake to estab
lish a throne, it would be better for a
man to go to sea in a stone boat, with
iron oars and leaden sails, with the
wrath of God for a breeze and hell
for the nearest port.”
There’s vigor of expression for y ? ou !
When a child, we remember being
terribly shocked in hearing thepreach
er say “ Devil,” and went from church
to tell our mother tho sad, sad story.
Sho calmed our excitement by as
suring us it was the critic, and not the
preacher, who was wrong. Now,
with Dr. F., such would evidently he
the veriest triviality. Yet, neverthe
less, his “ say,” to our thinking, is very 7
like the preacher’s, who, having de
scribed the way to heaven and the
way to hell, declared he “ did not care
which they took!”
No wonder the Doctor loves the
South, if “ not wisely,” (shall we say?)
“too well.” A. M. C.
If poor Burns’s idea, that to “see
oursels as ithers see us,” would cure
much folly, is true, it must be con
fessed that it would sadly lessen the
enjoyment of many 7 who plume them
selves on their gifts and graces. The
old Squire, who play 7 ed havoc with
himself very imposing and impress
ive, would have wilted painfully had
he known that, to his intelligent ac
quaintances, this pomposity only made
his ignorance more conspicuous. He
owned a fine place, near the moun
tains, and spoke of his improvements
thus: “7 will set out a revenue of arti
ficial trees from the house to the road,
put a condition to my house, run a pi
zarra round it, and then I can entertain
my friends in a more hostile manner.”
A few years ago, a poor y 7 oung man
entered a Methodist college in a neigh
boring State. He had not the funds
sufficient to meet his college dues.
The faculty waited with him for his
tuition. He was thus enabled to fin
ish his college course. He went at
once to teaching, and very soon paid
his debts. His own experience taught
him to sympathize with needy de
serving boys. He always had one or
two poor pupils, to whom he gave all
the privileges of his school without
price. He has had a house of his own
for years, near his Alma Mater. His
liberal table usually has around it
some young students unable to pay 7
board. He bas prospered in business.
He is a trustee of the college which
gave him help at a critical time in his
life. His time, money, and counsel,
are all at the service of the institu
tion. He continues to pay 7 back, with
compound interest, the favor received.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AI)VOC AT E .
Let our colleges continue to sow
beside all waters. They never can
tell which wilF'prosper, this or that.
Let others who have been helped
in this way 7 go and do likewise.
Gratitude.
We were walking home from pray
er-meeting with a lady of culture and
piety, and we were talking about do
ing something for Jesus. “How I
wish,” she said, “ I could do something
for Him! Ido love Him, but what
can Ido ? I am so situated that I
cannot work in the Sunday-school;
and I see nothing I can do.” We told
her there was one work she could do.
St. Paul meant that one when he
said: “Ye also helping together by
prayer for us.” flow much these
Corinthians helped him! If our dear
friend will only help her pastor by
prayer for him, blessed results will
follow. She will be assisted by the
Holy Ghost in her own immediate
work. She will be saved from all
captious criticism about his work.
She will fiud many occasions to help
him, suggested to her through prayer.
I need not multiply 7 suggestions of this
kind. Brother, try 7 to be “ helping to
gether by prayer" for your pastor.
Items for Young Methodists.
NUMBER X.
The word church, has, unfortunate
ly, many 7 meanings. There are espe
cially two, which are very different.
Church may mean the building in
which religious service is held. Or it
may 7 mean the persons holding the
service. It is the first of those senses
which we have in view just now. In
our earlier days as a people, the church
es were usually very plain and sim
ple. They were often made of logs,
with rough log seats We remember
a church in the middle part of the
State, in which we often worshipped
in boyhood. The good old class lead
er usually 7 began his talks by saying,
“ We do not shut the doors to keep
out the world, because we have no
doors to shut.” And this was most
literally the case. But many a rough,
unsightly building like that has been
a Bethel. “This and that man were
born there.” It is right that church
es should keep pace with our dwelling
houses. There are not many commu
nities now in our State in which a
thoughtful Christian should be satis
fied with a rough log church. A neat
church, well built, and well kept, is
an educating presence and influence
in tho neighborhood. In many coun
try 7 places it is still believed to he nec
essary that schools should be held in
the church. Singing schools, social
meetings, and even political meetings,
sometimes use the country church.
This makes it very hard to keep it in
good order.
You little boys and girls cannot do
much yet awhile in building churches,
butyou can learn, even now to respect
them. You can learn to enter a church
with ravevani’fi, and hi have ill it, who
ever may be the preacher and what
ever may 7 be the service, like little
men and women, and even like little
Christians. Boys, never cut or write
your name on a church bench. Never
stain a church floor with tobacco spit.
(I could give you, privately, a short
rule on this subject, that will save y 7 ou
a great deal of trouble and tempta
tion.) Never trifle during service.
Never sit far back from choice. Never
go in a church after service has begun
if y 7 ou can help it. Never come out
before service is finished, if you can
help that. Never stay away from
church from laziness or indifference.
Otie of the first brick Methodist
churches in the State, was built in
Winnsboro’, about sixty years ago.
The only granite church belonging to
us in this State, was built a few years
since by the Methodists, in Union.
Somebody 7 has set an excellent ex
ample in Abbeville, by 7 laying out, or
namenting, and keeping well, the
y 7 ard in front of the church.
Perhaps more neat churches have
been built in the last twelve years,
than in anv twelve years of the past.
H.
The Young Astronomer.
October 12.
Nearly 7 on our meridian, at eight
o’clock to-night, low down in tbo
south is Fomalhaut. The western side
of the Great Square of Pegasus is al
most on our meridian, nearly over
head. Halfway up in the east are the
bright stars in the eyes of Aries. And
below them, lower down in the east,
are the well known Seven Stars, which
u.aAib= rr„„,., ia Most
of the southwestern quarter of the
sky is filled up by the Whale, an im
mense constellation, with no stars of
the first magnitude in it. Fomalhaut
is the eye of tho Southern Fish. Aqua
rius has his feet on this fish, and Lis
head reaches up to the equator.
J. 11. C.
(Obituary
My mother, Priscilla Asbury, eld
est daughter of Joseph M. and Mary
Hauser, was born in Davie county,
N. C., September 220d, 1817, joined
the Methodist Church in early life, was
married to my father, Bazil G. Jones,
April 13th, 1837,commenced her itin
erant life with my 7 father in 1853, and
died in Hardeeville, S. C-, March 22nd,
1878. She loved her church and the
itinerant life, and her seat in the
church was never vacant on any occa
sion of worship, when she was able
to fill it. She was always cheerful
and ready 7 to go with my father to
any part of the Conference to which
he w 7 as sent, and she went without a
murmur, and seemingly without regret
until the last appointment She seem
ed to be shocked when told that she
had to go to Hardeeville, but in her
humble, quiet way 7 , said, “ Well, this
will be my last move ; I will never
see the up-country again.” She was
well pleased with her associations in
Hardeeville, and jnjoyed good health,
except rheumatism, which was the
cause of her preferring the up-coun
try, until Friday the 15th of March,
at cine A. M., she was struck sudden
ly with paralysis, and never spoke
again. She remained speechless, help
less, and unconscious until Friday
23nd, at two P. M. She left earth for
her home in Heaven. She was a sin
cere and constau; Christian, a faithful
and affectionate*wife, and one of the
best of mothers.) Truly one of the
best of women ha* gone to her reward.
She leaves a hufjoand and five chil
dren to mourn tfc'eir loss, which is her
eternal gain. All are members of
the Church, but one. May 7 we all
meet her in Heaven. J. T. J.
Mrs. Rebecca Cox was born in
All Saints parish in ISO 2, and died of
dropsy of the heart, July 12, 1878.
She joined the M.E. Church in 1813.
The church bas sustained a great
loss on Little River circuit in losing
its oldest member. For sixty-five
y 7 ears sister Cox has been striving for
Heaven. The example of this estima
ble lady will not be forgotten by those
around her home. To know her was
to love her. She was a kind mother,
leaving four grown children,all in the
M. E. Church, Sooth. Her home was
a home for the il&thodist preachers.
Kind and hospitable, she loved her
Church. Her seat w T as never vacant
when she was a !e to be there. She
was emphatically a woman of prayer,
and when her children were small she
took them with her to secret prayer.
When asked of her prospects for
Heaven, she spo-co of soon being at
home with Jesus For fourddaysy y s be
fore her death she was not conscious ;
but we have no doubt of her being at
rest with God in that house not made
with hands. O, may her bereaved
children follow the example of their
godly mother, and all be united in
Heaven and shout together in glory !
D. W. Seale.
Mariah L. Simpson, beloved wife of
Daniel Simpson, fell asloep in Jesus
on the 9th instant, in the fifty-seventh
year of her agei Her maiden name
was liarbeson. (When sixteen years
old she united herself with the Meth
odist Church at Murray’s, then in the
Old Cy'press circuit, and remained a
consistent member to the end of hor
life. Her disease was dropsy. She
suffered long, hut endured patiently.
When visited by 7 her pastor, she spoke
freely 7 of her confidence in her Saviour,
and of her readiness to depart and bo
with Christ. Gone from the Church
Militant to the Church Triumphant in
Heaven ! P. F. Kistler.
George David, son of M. M. and
E. A. Dickert, was born December
3(Hh, 1875, and d.ed August 4th, 1878.
“ Safe in the arras of Jesus,
Safe on His gf .itle breast,
There by His lu?e o’ershadowed,
Sweetly his soul shall rest.”
E. T. Hodges.
Died at Col. W. C.
Keith, Waihalla, S. C., August 19. h.
1878, Joseph Thomson, son of Geo.
T. and L. J. Rei(imaged four years and
fifteen days.
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Finer Buntings from 25 cents up.
BLACK GOODS.
Half Mourning Gray Goods, in full lines, at 25 per
cent, reduction from regular prices.
WHITE GOODS.
In great variety. Particularly would we call atten
tion to our
Cheap White Piques at 6J4 cents.
Victoria Lawns, 12V£ and 15 cents.
Also, all the finer grades.
GLOVES AND HOSIERY.
Hosiery for Men. Women and Children, compris
ing wtiile and brown Gotten, Balbriggan, Fancy Col
ored, Silk Cloaks, .tc., &c., Ladies Colored and White
Lisle Gloves, in 2,3, 4,6, Sand 10 Duttons, Men’s
Lisle and Silk Gloves. Misses’ and Children’s Gloves.
Additions constantly being made to our large
Stock of Gloves and Hosiery.
FANCY GOODS, &c.
Ladies’Scarfs, Bows and Ties, Ruching and Frill
ing for neck wear, Fans, Ribbons, Buttons, Parasols,
Sun Umbrellas, Corsets, Ac., &c.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
Linens, Flannels, Domestics, guaranteed at lowest
market prices.
Country Orders Promptly Attended To.
Cash Buyers will be offered Goods, from any of our
Departments, at Advantageous Prices to themselves,
during the Summer months, as ’tis necessary to re
duce our Summer Stock, in order to make room for
Fall Opening.
J. R. READ * CO.,
263 King Street,
August 6-4 mo Charleston, S. C.
Largest & Most Complete Establishment South.
Only Carolinians and Southern Men Manu
facturing in the City.
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
MOULDING, BRACKETS, SCROLL
And SAWED WORK of every description.
Prices as Low as any House, North or South.
August 13-ly
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
COLUMBIA, S. O.
FACULTY.
Hon. J. L. JONES, A. M.,
President and Professor of Moral and Mental
Science, Elocution, and Higher Mathematics.
Rev. J. WALTER DICKSON, A. M.,
Professor of Natural Science, Ancient Languages,
and Arithmetic.
W. 11. ORCHARD,
Professor of Music.
Rev. E. J. MEYNARDIE, A. M., D. D.,
Lecturer Emeritus on .'Esthetics and Biblical Lit
erature.
EDGAR VON FINGERLIN,
Professor of German, French, Italian, and
£ panish.
M. AMMEN, A. M.,
Professor of Painting and Drawing.
Miss EMMA BEATY,
Instructress in Kindergarten Calisthenics and
Polytechnics.
Miss ANNIE SMITH,
Instructress in Modern Languages and English
Studies.
Mrs. M. F. BRADY,
Instructress in Wax and Hair Work, and Em
broidery.
Miss LIZZIE ORCHARD,
Instructress in Music.
Miss HELEN McMASTEIt,
Principal of Preparatory Department.
Miss ELLA DUDLEY,
Instructress in Telegraphy.
Session opens 19th September. Pupils enter at
any time, and pay accordingly. Board and Tu
ition, including Room, Furniture, Fuel, Lights,
only $112.60 per Session, very cheap in propor
tion to advantages.
LATEST MODES OF INSTRUCTION.
OUR SYSTEM,
INCLUDING
HIGH LITERARY COURSE,
LECTURE SYSTEM,
CALISTHENICS,
ELOCUTION,
KINDERGARTEN,
TELEGRAPHY,
AND POLYTECHNICS.
Educates the Mind, Morals, Body and Habits.
See ! This is the system that covers the educa
tion of the whole of humanity. Try it. The
Collcgo is very prosperous. Send for catalogue
and investigate for yourself. Address
August 13 J. L. JONES, President.
CLEARING ODT SALE!
REGARDLESS OF COST,
FOR THIRTY DAYS!
Wo beg to announce to our numer
ous Patrons in the city and country,
that wo will sell our entire stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS!
Regardless of cost, for the next Thirty
Days, in order to make room for Fall
Goods. Our Stock is very full and
complete in all departments.
The Goods must be Sold l
JB@“ Send for Samples.
amounts over 10 Dollars
sent free.
Address the firm.
McLOY, RICE & CO.,
King Street, corner Hasel Street,
Charleston, S. C.
August 6-4 mos
One Study at a Time.
williaiston Hale college,
WILLIAMSTON, S. C.
rpHE SECOND SECTION BEGINS MONDAY,
_L September 9. New pupils classified then, as
well as at the opening. Fall Session closes De
cember 20.
Rates, for the Fifteen Weeks: Board, $45.00 ;
Tuition, $7.50 to $15.00 j Instrumental Music,
$15.00.
No extra charge for Latin, Calisthenics, Kin
dergarten, or Ilealth-Lift.
Th"Uirb not ypdur the care of anv Conference.
Presbytery or Association, and depending solely
on its own merits, the Institution has enjoyed
quite a flattering prosperity, having bad during
last Spring Session more boarding pupils than
any other Female Clolege in South Carolina.
For Catalogue, address
Rev. S. LANDER, President.
August 20-tf
I). B 7 HA S E LTO¥7
Marine ist and Electrician,
• 349 King Street,
DEALER IN
BEST SEWING MACHINES.
Attachments, Parts and Findings.
Also, the Novelty Hand-Power, Stevens’
Patent YVooden Safety Lamp, Electric Bur
glar Alarms and Call Bells.
Scissors and Cutlery Sharpened. All
Goods and Work warranted as represented.
Discounts to Preachers of South Carolina
Conference. August 6-4 mo
ILLUSTRATED BreriU'i,
IN USE
BRINLY,,
arson or work
lomsYU-.tE, ° 0
August 27-fimos
LANDRETH’S
Old Established Seed House.
I have received a Large Supply of Improved
Yellow Ruta Kaga, Early Dm eh, Red Top. Large
Globe, Amber Globe, Norfolk, and oil er Turnips.
Also, Early and Late Cabbages, Cauliflower, etc.
House Furnishing Seed supplied to trade at Low
Prices. WM. J. MILLER,
August 6-3 mo Sign of Plough, 353 King Street.
VOLUME XLI., NO. 31.
REYNOLDS’ READERS!
REYNOLDS’ COPY BOOKS!
The undersigned beg to announce that they have
undertaken the publication of these Books:
REYNOLDS’ FIRST READER.
REYNOLDS’ SECOND READER.
REYNOLDS’ THIRD READER.
REYNOLDS’ FOURTH READER.
REYNOLDS’ FIFTH READER.
REYNOLDS’ COPY BOOKS,
Numbers 1,2, 3,4, 5.
All written by the late Rev. Professor J. L. REY
NOLDS, D. D., of the University of South Carolina,
and in use in many of the best private Schools of
this State for several years.
*** THE PUBLISHERS ARE PREPARING A
NEW EDITION, WHICH WILL SOON BE READY.
THE BOOKS WILL THEN BE UNSURPASSED
IN THEIR MECHANICAL, AS THEY LONG
HAVE BEEN IN THEIR LITERARY MERIT.
** THESE BOOKS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN
ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDU
CATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AND WILL BE
USED IN ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE
STATE.
Teachers, Pupils and Merchants will be supplied
with prices, Ac., on application to the Publishers.
WALKER, EVANS At COGSWELL,
PUBLISHERS,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
CHINA EMPORIUM.
H. O. STOLL, Agent,
287 King St,, opp. Masonic Temple,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
DEALER IN
FRENCH CHINA,
QUEENSWARE,
GLASSWARE,
PLATED WARE IN CASTORS,
KNIVES,
FORKS,
SPOONS, &c.,
KEROSENE LAMPS
BRACKET LAMPS,
3 AND 4 LIGHT CHANDELIERS,
Suitable for Churches. All at Low Prices,
for Cash.
N. B.—Goods carefully packed, and sent
to the Depot Free of Charge.
August (5-4 mos
NEW YORK& CH AKLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamers Sail Every Saturday.
Elegant Passenger Accomodations.
Steamers—ClTY OF ATLANTA, CHAM
PION, CHARLESTON.
JAMES ADGER & CO., Agents,
Adger’s Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
August 6-3 mos
THE CLYDE STEAM LINES
New York and Charleston.
WEDNESDAY'S.
Deck State Rooms for Cabin Passengers.
Tablos supplied with every luxury.
Philadelphia and Charleston,
SATURDAY'S.
Freight only.
Office, 96 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
Wagner, Huger & Cos., | W. A. Courtenay,
Agents. Agent.
August 6-3 mo
J. O. A. Moore. Halstbd Hermans.
MUORE * HERMANS,
Commission Merchants,
24 VENDUE RANGE,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Respectfully solicit Consignments of all kinds of
Produce, and promise small charges and prompt re
turns. August 6-4 mo
PERFORATED
LIBRARY NUMBERS.
Perforated and Gummed like Postage Stamps
! iTo! vxzo*.
Jipjl | [J | Perforated,
' 1 Postage Stamps.
Is Hi i SELF SEALIHO<
; i Large Letters,
I Alphabet octl.
' j Small Letters,
I | Buns to 1.000,
ik Tinted paper,
Per 100, 20 ctl.
f- ~r~ -----------j u U ns to 1,000,
! Uj C(4 I Tinted paper,
I (v tfW i I’cr 100, 10 eta.
Buns to 10,000,
! 5825 I white Paper ’
I ! Par 100 lOeii.
Order by the number in this Advertisement,
which indicates the Size.
Prices include ostage, when Cash accompan
order.
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL,
CHARLESTON, 8. CJ
SAM'Tj r. marshall & CO.,
I3IPORTF.RS OF
Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Etc.,
And
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
314 King St., Corner Society,
(Sign of the Golden Gun'.)
ALSO, 55 AND 57 SOCIETY STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Agents for Celebrated “WATT PLOWS.”
Sam’l R. Marshall. Edward C. Marshall. Julius J. Westcoat.
August 6-3 mo
CHARLES L. McCLENAHAN CO.,
Charleston Music House
Mo. 273 KING STREET,
Clinrloston, £3. C.,
PIANOS AND ORGANS,
Sold by Monthly Payments.
■•t
Tuning and Repairing promptly attended to.
H. YOUNG.
August G-3mo
A. G. CUD WORTH & CO.,
W'holesale and Retail Dealers in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
LEATHER, ETC.,
No. 155 Meeting Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
August 6-3 mo