PAltM AND FIRESIDE.

To Our Farmerik'

Fooling that the prospAilyIfouÄoun^ldepends upon that of tho farming com-

mumt^t^^i^^t^lo^^tefjhtit t«fle,and more space in our paper, to the in¬terests of our agricultural friends, than isusual in the county papers. .

We invite 4tooraiaWafocrt in corrV-ng out our plans, which are to make the

a^ieu^ra^^l^fs^tfee ,fiaieJI,Ia.Bne-dium through which they con ask for nudreceive information from each other.We earnestly bbU the" äsafist&ico^bflhff

fidont that we can be of service to them,if they will allow us.

By this wo mean, that we hold, out-:|selves ready, in thfa depajrlmeni of.paper, to represent tHe wnnuTofHne farera of our county as they are presentedto us, and to do all-in our power to pro-1Vnote their welfare. A mm

To carry out the abov*? we need thefarmer's help.u {ßejjtl nslofiglnäT otWoJcsfor publication,masters, touching theinterests ht 'Smcuton^the for^MuJ^oJ Jafianstpropounded by another, it matters not 1Only be sure to. writo, arid thereby aid

your society, yourselves, and/lastly, thispaper which' aspu^ ib oe^ourhrgai. 5- yatfUKOi.H /. 11

Every former should keep bees, If onlya few swarms, to supply honey for hisown use. Their winter quarters shouldbe dark, dry and cold. The bees uro notthen liable to bo revived by an occasion¬al sunny day, and go to eating; Or leavethe hivftanp! be^eaug^^^^aftdikilled bythe cola winds.Farmen in the upper counties of the

State are rapidly adopting the plan ofraising oats in the^cotton,^j^jfeaj>-<iug a double Wop. It' is sown in thealleys early in thenot injured by transplanting, ami yieldsin the upper counties from forty to fiftybushels of grain to the acre. It is alsoof great uBe in supplying yegUablo mat¬ter to li^hJBaBKsaX JE *f . *

In selectiug-seed corn from the field, Iselect it stall- that has one or more suokr jere, producing ears like the main stalk,at least four good ^are^tflai&loiüyti the']butt half of the ear, and in selecting,choose tbj^lojfs^r garslaf (iditilki ano! the

After selecting tho car that suits you,plant ono grain in a place, at a distanceof not less than fifty or sixty yards apart,in cotton field, and when the corn tasselsor silks out, beu^.the^jSall^ifcov^^hef ,

between the joints, so that the pollen of]each stalk may fall on its own silk. Thiswill make it fill well. After it matures,select an ear to your liking, and plantwhere it wHl not mix with other corn,and you will have a pure unmixed corn.

The following Remedies we copy fromthe Medical Record of New York.For Dysentery..Glauber Salts, ono

ounce, sulph. morphine, one grain;water, six ounces. Give a table-spoon¬ful every two hours until freo operations.then prolong intervals to four hoursuntil dysenteric sympWraS cease*.For Asthma..Sulphuric other, ono Jandj a half ounce ; tine, of Lobelia, ono '

ouuoe; ofopium aud stramonium (James¬town weed) four drains each. Give a

tcaepoonful every one or two hours untilthe difficulty of breathing is1 'relieved.

For Smallpox..(Very highly re¬

commended.) Three1 drops' of balsamof copaiba with a-, little of the wjnfco .of.an egg or mucilageand syrup and takethree times a dafrj>,| J[ ~.*/ ,'X"9f3

. T & tt T 3 H 31For Boot or Colic..Tak^ one pa. 1chloroform, 1 oz of lnbdauam antV :i 06.ttnot asaJb3Ü^«r--|^t||>Äll hM^jgffö^l^li pint or 1 o;t of thin «yru£._ To beWoll shaken. If horse will catov drink,give gruel fretfly.^jPoHow atAve »ioee,in a few hours, with brisk dou6ofciattooftlÖ *

aalts. Glauber* attlts the best) tlfeugh Ep¬som will answer. v^J. Vse siwrnAVV

, -Ii i V. , fialtit'J'

Compost*on the faum..Long expe¬rience and Observation convince us, that

promises of every landholder, and thejnaiinfaeiurer'of tho.s^me' into compostwith tho dung from the hors? and cattlettablo.

^olqfle^Sdo/fe/^ep1!tens has justcompleted his Compendium of United#tn^I]£s$Q3y^©i^and^eneral rtf*^*- ^lu^0/J i*i)comprise about five hundred pages, usualstyle, r<Rvided nto two books.Iika o/iwano :iz11

Glue is used, as a^tifieuing iu tho prim¬ary&km^iWim. Try it andsave your horse that has accidentallybroken \\\b leg.baa oiuA "* ¦.-

fwATTBoDBERY.-.Taxes rTaxes! l>xesJTho RsTalcal imrty ''itf'1 öoutti 'Carolin!seem fatally I belillOupon draining the

Ihitp people of tho S^tate.tho propertyolÖSnf^-of tnötr very lust cent.There-arcnow three tax measures

before the Legislature.with adrift1

amount to nothing less than, open con-)fÄ^(IHHBiy.lfo^*[ Seventeen imTls on the dollar for the cn-

; stamp act,rehash of the United 'Stiles--iuternol

RcvenuoL^w,$1^$^! ahall &pcnkmrther nereatter. And a third is theliöchsblfaWwiHolUwill compel all pro¬fessions and trades to take out a license.Truly Republican legislation in SouthCarolina becomes year by year more likethe wprjpof the ^iey|l b irasel f--wit bouthonor, without decency, without human¬ity. SOUJuX

1 yljhe toayi^era^^th.öWflUaftieughtnot, and wo feel certain wiüuipt, submitWJÄis ifoptöioR^faX'^rrBns so un-

jrHfarW .i9P.HreSei>:^.J < nHiDuld these newmeasures become law, let the people ro-!sistf payment, and in convention assem¬bled petition" to the &ctitirid TJov'ernm&i?$>Predrcss. ; ]

j" 7 "(p) "(TtT"if""»Advantages of Drunkenness.

iioltiiitMi aaWboot »fU*b isoinls vi AJT ypu wish to be, alway^th|nty^hc ui

Mrunkard;Tbr the bftener and more thirs-flCT^ÄTTOa VSWOfltl

If you wish to prevent your friends fronVtttslng^yOu'ifi thewrirld, be adrunkard;und that will defeat all their cllbrts.

., j^Lfyou^YOjUh^pff^cfanilW counteract yourown attempts to do, weJLibe a ^drunkard41v%il^tl>«iB4pom*d,Vr ft

If you arc determined to be poor, be a

drunkard;,;and * votf, will' bo'rogg&l ahd;penniless- to your heart's cphtenbL J U .'

If you wish, to;starve your family be a

(Irunjfcar^f anj$ Ahpitypuiwiltt'Onsunie themeans.lo^theirlsnpport.If you w ould bp imposethipOU by knav¬

es be a dxunknjjd; and that will make theirtask easy." a 3TAl 1*1cXJlVi f)\TAIf you would smash windows, break the

peace, get your, l^opeS'jbrpkcj), ,foll underhorses and ca^',, and. he locked up in a

station h,6uso, be a drunkard; and it willyoii don't succeed.

tf yfH$ wish all your jpjpspoptspp Jiftito bo cloudocl, be a drunkard; and theywilt soon be dark enough. : r*31 V. t

The LAriY's^ETpBTfT-A tall gentle,roan staggering under the influence of li-mior, wiyi, a large c$^ qfryv£re on his arm,accos^^ai^u^^^rfeln- .1 Kilt i)"Modam, said, he^ "see wrhpt kind ;ofa

,clothe#-lkj«rI buy for my wifol""An excellent, article," replied madam

I'fluid if all wivjfsuKliSiVto jha^CUadlv*clothes-lines, and hang their huslmuds up¬on them, a great many married menWouldn't be<s8#r ÄÄfffionffl^nteVn iftie'zoning." ThopWafcw^^^and staggered oufc-pf eight; /vTÄ 03Ta J! a3,

? Ifönfcro^a«^''Gr^nt Jbr President, u^^wee^ forVtco TOsident. Tho ono giveth and theotlicr'mkeih. 3Iisiäta'/ba,aiot»',naSu^a'e I d a TI

,T33JJTa 3VSTAH f. * I

CENTRAL HOTEL,fl> T. A TJg ^.TJLlUMMt»-.

, ,8h:,ÄOTBIA, s. c.

Th*pa<aiaMad^mcnt, located in tHo. Business midst of South|CtarolinaV Capita^, affords the very best aceotn-

modationftö the travelling public and perma¬nent guests. Lejgp,^iyRoonii»,«legantly fur¬nished, Gas, Bells, and Water, throughoutharMe* 8<ttiäGehtIe^crr,8:,BithF; 'Hot hnjl cof£r^egBiphr/>fflc«aih:uihe'»dlU^dtt^ 1pJi'ciouV jBilliard-Room, furnished with Pholan & Cal¬ender'* best Tables; and v»ith all tho modernimprovement of a financial* h°fth tTlje' j( »j'

] ¦ in all respects, one of the first homes Sou t h. 1

yh? n^RSVÄ: *fa^ ha4^.,«p«nBnc»hfr oarly a uuurjer.of a-century in the managementair we eiftflchioii' Hotel, in nutlicient guaranteethotiht «lÖOEU.\rBlA,rt »fft be'fourld as rep-rW»tcd>iiR ottio'j .uhuJ oM oi ? vi«:it

WM. GORMÄWV,) frridabni : "Pfopxikor, .1

} Amanta. ;

GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT.

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wItches, ciibCKfif, jewelry; lkTEit-

SPl4CTACL.E», EyK-GlA8S£3 a8d fancy Gooi»A l \ r I II t*W:PP KJp(MMW£> ?« V.V/O)

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Charlotte, Columbia fr Augusta R. R.rtOTvlIffaWNofl.71 Train No. 2.

Leave Augusta ,- ;T,3.2ö A. M. 0.00 P. M.fa Columbia' - - 8.09 A. M. 11.0p P. M.

Arrive Charlotte - - 2.15 P. M. 5.20'A. M.

Lcaic Charlotte - - 7.40 A. M. 8.15 p. M.Loayc Columbia ,- 1.67 Pi M. 2.30 A>M?J

|-Arriyo Aunusta. - - 6.60 P. M. 7.H0 A. M.No. 1 Train daily.. .Train« nxahe close

loounbctinn to all points North, South andNVeai.Through ticket* sold nnd baggage checked

tfimll principal'points. -Standard time.Wash¬ington City Urne. E. P, ALEXANDER, .. .

^,'t;i / . » Gdnural Krtpcrliltrfndfcnt;1

I . '1 .'>!..Leava Columbia nt -*

- 7.40 amArrivp at .Charleston at - - 8.20 p mLeavq Charleston at ... 8.20 a ipArrive at Columbia at 3.40 p mNIGHT E.xrjp^^^WAH^ ajjp .^(^rftroo.vriojTj ,lTilnx, (Sundays excepted.)Leave colunjbla at I <¦ 7.50 p raA rrivo at Charleston at , tjVJ ;." \Y, 0.45 amLeave Charleston at - - - 7.10 p mArrivo at Columbia at > > , - - 0.00 a m

Cupidcn Aeeoniniodation Train will eontinucto' run, to Columbia' (as')*formerly-.Monday*,Wednofidavs and Saiurdavs.

A. L. TYLER, Vice-Prcsident.' S. B.I'icKKNs, GencraLTioket Agent.

GreenviilF^ColumBla^RrirL> itp.

Leavo Columbia at -

,- - 7.00 a m

" Alston - - - O.lOam" Newborrv .

- * 11.15 am, ,'Jr i Cokesbufv . - - .S.00 p mft W '-^elton -

"¦. - - . 5,00 pm

Arrive it Greenville <; y; - - 6.80 p tn

I^ave Oreenvijlt^'jirfB- .« -O^fÄVÄf4" Bclton - . *, , 3,00 a m" CoUesbury MMM l 0 30.07 k m" Abbcvillo - -

, 8.1Ö a m" Ncwbcrry - - -' 1.50 p m

T ft I .'Alston |t,r tnl I-** nt 3*\> 4.05 p mAwivo at Columbia lL- ^uruftl ßÄpw;TIIOS. DODAMEAD,O Ubneral 8»ip.rlntendent.t

M. T. BaiitIjETt, General Ticket Agent» '

Spartanhur^iid.pfpipft1|; tän'CIldw'N TRAIX, . TIIAIN.

Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leavo^

lie o.ooPaccJetJonesvillA 6.43 6.48 4.Q5 4.10Unionvillo 7.25 7.50 3.0-5, 3.2«r,Santiic j 3.20 8.25 ' ,' Äßof' .1 '135Kinh Dam, 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15Shclton j 0.15 0.20 1.35 .1.40.Lylcs' FoM.;> V0M0 0,15 l^C < l.lVStrother 10.05 10.10 , 12.50 12.55.AWOoIDi ii.otv"-» 'A ., -

l2ü0

Blue Ridgo R- R.Le.^vc Anderson ... fl.OO p m,

^-^^endlcton - - 7.00 p m

Arrive at \Oiiua l H H J t" L ^^j'o'JJn^Leave Walhalla .r. f-rm^ v ,^tftf ,nj" Porrfville? wA'1 -1 -

' 1 Wan.l'endleton -r^fj ^TR jaöl^nl

^Amve at Aindmuu - - 6.30 u m

30,! .0 .a .anud^nitna

."hiartanbarg,!,, ; \ ly, 6.80.''

ß.25';BntiMville '6.00 O.'OO ,4,53. 4.53Pncplet ! 6.08 6.13 <rM 4.4iYV 4.45

T*IE UlVIVBHSAt, LIFE*

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orfT vuioulUu «bänowi *>tf'uk .< '>Jl tt» «J^f«rfynuT ho* >«(>! br.iO-bM..v:..ai.iiW; .vUdoahub

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^OpOo* v .: W^AMAVALhtp, Pre^e^j 3oiad mJwmi

OEORGEIi. MONTAGUE;1Acbaary.' 1 .1 i IX \V. LAMBEBT, M D, Medical Exlmr} l. , bnaMattl u< ^toonoboKa ; j&ag,1 £ j, v ro-/:.,dj,|MI TCrf

Taja, C^Äpaay OS£r= i=s Following Important Ady»i#f^;^ ih«*a AbouT

j uiwn tt!n«v/qo W . « °..it .Ho .«»JaicJ odJ u» msiij

lit; Imniran^ at Stock' "Kates, iwing(fr9ni*20 to SO Per Cent/ lafccthan- thai Kite* charged br»MtUual Companl^c > ' ; 1 f .*"» ' ' "«W»j' . o~L*Y6t VO«i

2d. Each Policy-holder, tfl regarded iih a Stockholder to tho extent of. ono Annual'oh'hl« Policy, and will share in. the .Profits of the Company to tho sams/extcnt tea Stockholderowning an equal amount offthe''Capital Stock. "

. ..' . .yjoY np »vaad oda boa ^?t.»!T'3d. Every Policy issued by, the Company h non-forfeitr.ble, and oontabis a Clanso etsting its -

exact Surrender Value. .. ..:^aaivt^rft^t,^!r^r\^

_ a ij" : Ltl« n'.toilail«la nnijnhfaitVf ABäpobb JjrooniKo Yocu Ltrs on Accktthio tob Ao»kcT fö^tp<i]fgWtl-z*o »"

READ TEB FOIilaOWlSlW?^^ °J^" |A lengthened experience hns demonstrated that the rates of PT^faffl].flJii!arjljfcjj|lB|^^JJfe in,>urnnec Conipiinies ore from tw*ntyrfive to thirty per cent. iniexcMsol what MB fie^MMIX, J

.A legitimate conduct of the business. In other words, carcfally ¦.

the premiums were constructed had not undergone the test of fTr^jjlMt lA ^IftUW'aJl'sihX*. 11 »'tore, nu lr.ore'than common pnidence to adopt a scale of premiums which Voum,"iri any evcat^ j.meet sll'tiie prcaumod and unforseon contingencies of the business.

A, long :is the matter was involved in some doubt, it was better .to fix thfl rate tQQ hUtitjhfJ> t'lUTinunr the risk of ranking it too low: becattse, in the: formed case,''thewnbr could be easUy reme~,diud, at hm: in part, by returning to tho policy-holders, at certain intervals, inch portions of tbti* Knruinlum chfircco as wan found unnecbattury for the iHirposee of the busiaess and tha CMAPhttaTscci.rity of.the.Compttpy.v>-.; .iil wuooa M «iu^T .- ¦^^l iiwiTO^lB'W1

Experience, however, having saüsfa«|o^^4mi«Utrated that thf|ft fwMtfrT'9^ ^'^'poAible excuse can there- beJ^Tpn^ajnjiuntqg4h.j Iwrviiijiu tAi une e.iu men: in: iui 111.1111 i,iuiing U'.CUl I . 2

Availing themKdve* of tins experience, the Directors and Jtfanngers ofXhe VnfwiM XAjMn±' ,

suraoct Company aWiU« ^fgkijuytjpa, tgl^fpfcdaicnle of^jpremiiima in nccorda^Sttxltfll^Ah^aheVrsVCrwjhlch has'proVed to be nur and adequate,.nqd-all.that'wair'xlsoessarTwSfy^tSDnfiSlflMWy^ '>the bnsincss. These premium* are about.twentyrlive'percent. lower'Uidn;those charged'Kr^ttt» *

tu« Cmuptmfe/ATT^^ fT,uiT7i M tasitJt also appeared, inasmuch as tbo ratc^'so:cstau!iiibedwwarSi as near as could posslkly be fofefr jta[min^eclTair rate!?, and pot iiuoxcoss off what iusuranpu ha* previously coat the policy-holders La

Afutital Comp&AicK, tbÄtVnjir'pronw arbtiug from p-.^~* ^....o^...^^. j"*lbt jfmfl JinjMtlfl*'*^'1'lunged to tho stockholders of flm Conipanvj for lhcv risl^ ittcorrta thenjui trffffn|>Mri£lh>..IbAd:'.''*.**-' - V, 0 *i\ ltA f e.^Ui'd .v«>iV7lo?J?»lA'(oToii^P^

Experience has shown that thcte^are soiircea of hi iifiti Jl^lbjiUiiJj^itl^lTjIl^pplajlll Hfclch>Tr '*tAfoA^ will not admit of-be1ngj*onsidcrcd as elements »n tnYc^culationof^P*£remmmL. ThästS^rcouft from ajayiit%iujlh*tfnQtaldy Qf Acftrf|i/Qirs of»KX\\[fltoW'kmWSfai Miff?,,tion'ofgobdMlvel, rtV"jb\il"Sr^ the Company over thaty«ttriHttIIN. » -,rtho calculation df Its prcuiiutnl., the protits derivable from tualapsing A&d'fUrr«ndfr of Pobritah,,;,,,by tho meinbcrf»,1«uid1 from, other minor sonrccH. .rtwl'T '\*» t*l«qa»i n**

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Prolits from these 8Qnroea,.m a compauy jM»«»<i»j<«cil ot a capital of ^200^000, and doing a fair-amount'of bunincsK, would give to the stockholders dividends.largely in cxccKs.of whf^Rfrf« ba<4Counted on by the Directors of the Universal lit tbc'tin^coT its' orgatdaation. llley Kavf/thtr*--,foro, determined'to divide among tho poliey-hbldcrs of the Company a kugap^rt of the profits^accruing front the sources named, all of which havo heretofore been divided among'the tstock-.JT

holders:j«»Ua*i*n ^tiaWTF,W«»w^»n 1

The plan adopted for such dividends is as follows: i'.vsry .person who ma#hercaft*r.]Mir« ..«»**with the Universal will, for the purpose of division, be trc*i?d as a ktockholdfr^jtba«flatMti*fn<. «tone Annual Premium upon his Policy; und will *A*r* »'u tht.plrcfits of «As' Company to iwisWy Ü«same extent as a Mockhotger owing on equal amount vf the Copärtfleifev n VC v'a > «Ii-» * j4«10Uöt»i!';li !o»*i.

By thin system of Insurance, original with the Coum-aoi, the policy-holder seopreij^uk£|UoW'f|ng Important advantages: ,

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^Fiit«T. inturnnrs a* </io regular "Sldcfi* 'rates,' rcAvirjitg a ijkrkkxtty milfy'ty¦fo- thirty per cent, less than that charged by Mutual tc.iipuujo, and which is equivalent to ü.

yearly ''dividend" paid in advance < that amount on mutual rates.' This low' cost of insurancejjhororthy of attention. Since its organisuition tlii** company'has received in premiums from itapolicy-holders the sum of $1,017,000. To effect the same amount.of insurance in a MutualCom*ip&ny would have cost them an initial outlay of $2,000,000. By allowing" its policy-holders tp(rfl-jr j, ,

min in üicir own possession this excess of $483,000, the Universal has virtually paid them a"dividend" of $483,000, and p:ud it, too, in udvanee, instead of at the end of ona «r more ycaru.It i im penible to mid anv example of a Mutual Company furnishing iniuranca at so low accost m;by returning to its policy-holders an equal amount upon simUar.receipts. t.m t-vfo-i^ '

SkcoXD. Participation in the legitimate profit* vf the Cbmpany, upon a plan vhieh secures to tho^-jyolicy-hulders the same treatment which .Directors ana Stockholders award to' tkemstbfss. This syitemof participation, in connection with; the low "stock" rates of premium, most necessarily secure to.the policy-holders every advantage to be derived from prudent and careful management. - '.!>Hie low rates of premium coiapcl economy, and, independent ofparticipation, guarantee to the

policy-holder bis insurance at a rate which is not in excess of the coat in well managed mutualcompanicsr while, by the proposed plan of participation in what may be considered the tcgit{<mate profits of the business, the cost will bo still further diminished.. ,

Thus by tho combined advantages arising from low stock rat« and participation in the profits,it is coaftdeaüy believed that tho UNIVERSAL LIFE IKSUBANCE COMPAMV utters in¬surance at its lowest practicable cost. ,

ßö2>" Those of tho existing Policy-holders who dasire to participate in aba Pronto underthe newPlan can do so by making application to tho Head Office, or to any of the Agents of tho Cam-panv. . .,. t|t 1

\- j. l*he cpmpany is in a sound financial condition* .

1 -?-»..."¦ 1 Ratio of Assets to IrtaWihu 140 te 100.,< ItQrjGfHODdvELLVBLE AGENTS "WANTED, who will deal direct with the New YorkOffice, and to whom lull General Agents' Commissions wi'U be paid,

r .,., M. W. GARY,M. C. BUTLER,

.r-xturvu» State Superintendents of Agencies.'Columbia, 8. C, SoptembarTlth, T87P

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KERSHAW .HOUSK^^tJ:;By A. B. RODGEK8, Camden, 8. C. o$ booabaiaaw amad

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-UttovHlo IUw iTransient Bites, $2 60 per day; Day ItoanWm.*eck, $6;.

. I, Board andLoOging, per.week,g^WT ' T*' *

.faI.1.tUlAiw 3ult«»n«tr ^'.<ua