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gferHE oil op the cotton seed. - Fallow It ia Made and What It Is Used For. -r . From the New York World. The old-time fight between the manu? facturers of hog lord and cotton seed oil lard has been renewed at Washington f his session, and daring the past week representatives of both interests have been telling all they know about the object to'the House committee on agri? culture. As usual the hog lard men have Ijeen the aggressors. They caused to be ?: -introduced a bUUproviding for the brand W ing upon packages of lard containing T cotton seed oil a statement to that effect, I and also imposing an internal revenue [ ?tax upon the same. Two objects were pisimght by this bill; one the injury to % che business of the cotton seed oil men, which might possibly ensue from the p^. popular prejudice supposed to exist j^againstany but hog lard; and second, such an increase of price in the cotton seed oil product as would make impossi? ble the selling of it for less than the hog product. The cotton seed oil lard men met their opponents more than halfway, They ac epted';?he proposition that their Jard be [sold for exactly what it is?a cotton seed rTcil compound; bat in their bill they also provide that packages of hog lard, when ~ adulterated or compounded with other sutWnces, shall be branded with a "nt jdcation to that effect. And, of ^course, they rejected She proposed impost. Both billa were referred to the committee p~on" agriculture, which has been taking ^^wtimony as to the process of, manufac f; - fare, composition and healthfalness of the various kinds of lard, As-already intimated, the fight is an : old: one. It has been waged on the'same I lines .before several State Legislatures and t^-Cf?igressea, and has usually ended in' ^ favor of the cotton seed oil lard. But ' the merits of the case have never been I properly laid before the people, and the . public has - been led- to suppose V\:th?tW desire to benefit them has swayed I . the. philanthropic statesmen who have I attempted to abolish the manufacture of 'cotton seed oil lard. Meantime tbepeo liple have discovered that they are getting ^a. better fard than they did when they r were restricted to the hog product, and -: consj^aently have not troubled themselves ^m'uch \about the dispute. There has been no public outcry whatever against ?; the cotton seed oil lard, and the attack ^h?;come;.- entirely from those interested Qin competing industries. ',: ??' It is:well that this fact should be borne in mind- wheD the question is considered, for there is much to be said in favor of "^cotton seed oil lard and.against hog lard. ?: A^dip into the HISTORY. OF LASD MAXTJFACTUKE ;^i?;thia country will help to elucidate ; the points in dispute. Animal fats have ^s?lways.entered largely into the cooking i? of.\he: Teutonic peoples. Other graces : .-.have preferred, and still prefer, the vege ptajd^oils, and the latter seem to be the ; healthier. Certainly it takes a strong ^tomhch to assimilate without qualms the food cooked with pork fat. There 5s greasiness about such cooking that particles prepared with vegetable oils are free from. The natural presumption tiB to T>.ealthine.s3.-.is also in favor of the . vegetable oils, sioce animals are liable to diseases, many of which may be trans? mitted to the men who feed upon their f .carcasses. The hog ia especially liable to disease^ and is notoriously uncleanly. That the Teuton, and?]especially. the. Anglo-Saxon, should prefer to use the fat from this animal for cooking seems almos t a reproach until it is remembered -that th e disco very of vegetable substitates in the latitudes inhabited by him is of recent date. * ;;; In the United States hog lard used to 5 be the universal cooking medium, and when the capacities of the country for ^meat raising began to be availed of it ? was natural that lard making should bave been undertaken" here on an extensive scale. At first the lard manufactured here was lard in the strict sense of the word--i;ried out from leaf lard. Then other fatty portions of the hog were thrown into the rending tanks. In fact, the demand in Europe for American lard 'ways exceeded the quantity available for export, and the temptation to sell hog grease for lard was too great to be resist? ed. Ey and by, wben animal oils came to be required in mechanics, a new avenue of adulteration was opened up.lt was found that what remained of animal fats after the oil had been pressed out of them coaid be mia ' gled with lard, and make the compound harder than the hog grease which was - then generally selling for lard. " Still later, when imitation butter began - to be made and there was a demand for all the leaf lard that could be got for : this purpose, the lard manufacturers left J lard altogether out of their product and gave the hog grease, which they sold as lard, the necessary firmness by the admix? ture of Stearine?that is, the product of beef fat after its oil had been expressed. Then the final step ia the down ward course of American lard was taken, through the discovery that by the nse of an alkali lard could be made to incor? porate about 30 per cent, of its balk in water. v Before'the introduction of cotton seed oil American lard had become a byword. There was no leaf lard in it. It was made by rendering all the trimmings of hogs. Testimony before legislative com? mittees shows that every part of the hog .that was not packed, even to the in tea tines, was thrown into the rendering tank. Indeed, workmen have testified that this practice still prevails, also that carcasses of dead hogs, either suffocated during a train journey or dying from other causes, have been thrown whole into the lard tanks. The grease tried out of them was afterwards compounded with water to make it heavier aod Stear? ine to make it firmer, after which it was Eold as lard. The introduction of cotton seed oil marked the tarn of the tide. Since that time the quatity of American lard has been constantly* improving. Much of the straight hog lard is now as wholesome as animal fat can be, and all of the cotton seed oil lard is healthful, as will be shown by the medical testimony to be adduced later on. But first a few words as to the m inufacture and properties of COTTON SEED OIL L?P.D. The value of the plants engaged in the bu3iaess is estimated to be between $50, 003,000 and $75,000,000. It has been ganerally supposed that the manufacture of this product is entirely controlled by a frost" but this is an error. The largest m muf?ctarers of the oil are the Ameri? ca Cotton Oil Trost and the Southern Coton Oil Company, which are active competitors in the business. Outside of these two large concerns there are numer? ous independent mills throughout the country, which are in turn competitors of the other two. ? Attempts have been made to give the impression that the farmers throughout the country are opposed to the use of cotton seed oil in the manufacture of lard compounds, but the Southern farmer has repudiated this claim and demands that this valuable product of hie farm shall not be interfered with. It is difficult to understand how Congress can reasonably claim to legislate upon this subject, inasmuch as it is a special business, in which COMPETITORS IN TRADE are chiefly interested. The result of this agitation has been to affect the manufac? turers of Isrd compound and the export business in all the lard trade. At a recent hearing in Congress an important protest was submitted on the part of New York merchants and exporters, repre? senting nearly $15,000,000 of capital, against the further agitation of the ques? tion, on the ground of injury to the .American trade. It also appeared that the result of the agitation several years ago had served to increase the manufac? ture of refined lard in foreign countries, lard refineries having been built in Ham? burg, in Liverpool and in Stettin, where the oil made from Egyptian seed is util? ized in the manufacture of cotton oil. The result has been to place our Ameri? can products under a ban, so that lards and lard compounds manufactured in this country, although of equal merit and quality to the foreign product, cannot be sold for an equal price. Foreign countries have also been led to discrimi? nate in their customs laws against oil products . made in this country, and imposed onerous duties upon the impor? tation of the article. The tendency of such legislation as this is to encourage' retaliatory legislation in the various States, it being intimated by the farmers of the South that if Congress untertakes to injure cotton seed oil they will demand and insist upon the passage of bills dis? criminating against the manufacture and sale of lard on account of the obnoxious methods which are understood to prevail among some packers in the manufacture of it. On this point testimony was in? troduced at a hearing in Congress at the last session which, if true, would justify the belief that practices are indulged id which would not be agreeable to people of sensitive tastes. It is only in this country that any attempt is made to discriminate against so valuable and interesting a product. Yet, as has before been stated, the intro? duction of cotton seed oil into lard compounds has improved the quality of all thejard manufactured in this coun? try. - It had to be improved ia order to meet the competition of the, compound which is sold for about three-quarters of a cent less per pound than the alleged hog lard. The cotton seed oil compound is as much entitled to be described as lard as any article known by this name in this country, for there has been little, if any, absolulely pure lard for forty years. COMPOUND LAP.D is make up of from 60 to 75 per cent of prime steam lard?that is, the hog fat product twice rendered and purified?15 to 25 per cent of prime cotton seed oil and 5 to 15 per cent of beef or lard Stear? ine. The profits to the manufacturer on this compound are not large, varying from ?to ? cent per pound. If this compound lard is wholesome, to legislatate it out of existence would be an arbitrary exercise of power in the interest of a class as againBtthe advan? tage of the community. As was pointed out by one of the witnesses before the committee, it is against public policy to tax any legitimate food products or to restrict the sale of those which cheapen the cost of living and in the manufacture of which millions of capital and thou? sands of men are employed. It is also contrary to public policy to discourage those industries which add to the wealth of the country by turning into valuable channels products which would other? wise be worthless or greatly reduced in value. , . There can be no question that cotton seed oil and co'fton seed oil lard com? pounds are wholesome. When the Legislature of New Hampshire was dis? cussing a somewhat similar bill to the , one now before Congress all the members of the State board of health testified that they considered the oil and compound lard perfectly wholesome, and that they were using the oil largely in their practice for the nourishing of infants and sick persons. They were agreed that it is readily assimilated by the stomach than any other known oil. All of them used the oil on their tables and the lard com.-, pound in their kitchen. The State board of health of New York has also endorsed cotton seed oil as food and declared the belief of its members that the compound lard was wholesome. Prof. Wylie, of the agricultural depart? ment of'the United States, has also endorsed the healthfulness of cotton seed oil and of the lard compounds into which it enters. In fact, the opponents of the oil and its compounds have practically abandoned the long cherished contention that it is in any way injurious to health. Their ground of attack now is that the people Bhould know what they are buy? ing, whether their grocers sell them lard which is all animal grease or partly vege? table. When the people are fully acquainted with the difference between the two, it is likely there will no loDger be a market for the former. ? Charles H. Reed, the Chicago law? yer, who volunteered to defend Guiteau, attempted last week to commit suicide in New York, where he had been earnirg a precarious living for some time. A sin? gular fatality Beems to have followed every one who has had anything to do with the Guit?au case. Insanity or ( death in a sudden or tragic form has come to nearly every one of them. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F..J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Care be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Tole? do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. B^^old by Druggists, price 75 cents per bottle. A CLOSE SHAYE, The Narrow Escape Made by a Confeder? ate A gent In Chicago, A few years ago, cays a writer in the the Minneapolis Journal, I was taking an after-dinner Bmoke in a hotel in Chicago with a gentleman who had been a colonel in the confederate army, and had held confidential relations with the Jeff Davis government. We were talking about the. changes in Chicago since the war, and he said: "I was in Chicago during the war, in 1862 or '63. It looked like a rural re? treat compared with the present splendid city. Then even the Crosby opera house wasn't built, and the town was largely built of wood." "Were you a prisoner in Camp Doug? las?" I asked. "Not much," he replied, "although I came very near, not only getting in Camp Douglas, but losing my head. I bad a decidedily narrow eBcape. Do you want to hear a thrilling episode, the newspapers call it?" "Certainly." ' "Well, I came through the lines?no matter how?on special business, the exact nature of which I don't care to divulge even at this late hour. I was quite a youDgster then, comparatively speaking, you know, and had a good deal of the dare-devil about me. I went into the war from the start. I was one of the first fellows in New Orleans to mount a blue cockade on my hat. Those ?were stirring times, my dear fellow 1 Well, as I was BayiiTg, I cat?e boldly np to Chicago. Got' through the union lioes in Kentucky, where there were many facilities for that. The hedge was full of gaps and letters went regularly through. But I had to be cautious in my move? ments. The federal authorities were on the lookout for secret emissaries. I came to meet some parties from Canada, and I met them, transacted my business, and went around town for several days enjoy? ing.myself. "One morning t received a note from a lady of my acquaintance, who had a kindly feeling for the South and who was well posted on current movements. She wrote: "I learn on *undoubted authori? ty that you are known to be in Chicago and that they are on the lookout for you. When you get this stay where you are until night and then go to Mrs. X's> -?- street, and show her this b?te and I think you will be all right." "Hera^B a pretty mess," I said to my? self. However, I determined to weather the gale. I had been through many a big battle, but to get in a tight place like this was calculated to make a man ner? vous, as I might be arrested as a spy and shot. I wasn't a spy, however j but couldn't prove that I wasn'ti " I wasn't molested during the day. I stuck close to my quarters, and chang? ing my clothes and putting on a slouch hat and pulling it down over my eyes, I launched out on the street and pursued my way to the address indicated in the lady's note* The streets were pretty lively With people, and a regiment of soldiers were marching down Lake street [ to the Illinois Central depot to take a train for the front. Fine, strong young feilowB they were in that regiment) too, with a band of music playing one of the popular war songs of the day. I got to the bouse all right and found the lady to be an old Southern friend. An old friend, but a very young and handsome lady, the wife of a very agreeable Chicago gentleman. "You'll be all fight here," she said, and 1 thought so, too. She, her husband, and I had a very pleasant evening together, and parted for the night in high spirits. I was tired and went to sleep very quickly. Don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by a thundering knock at my door. I sprang up and found my friend, the master of the household, pale as a ghost standing in the hal. An officer and a guard are at the door and you must hide ?I don't know where?or we shall all be ruined.' " 'Go ahead,' I said, -and let them in. I'll take care of myself and you shan't be compromised.' "It was a desperately rough situation. Just then my friend's wife came quickly to me and said: 'Come in here; we must do the best we can and adopt heroic means. Get in there and don't breathe or you're lost.' "She pointed to her bed. " 'Get under the mattress and be still as death, and get air when you can.' "la an instant I saw her plan. The bed was a large one. The springs were large. I pulled up the mattress, jumped in on the springs, and pulled the mat tress over me. The lady then returned to her bed and quickly laid down as naturally as you please over' me. She wasn't very heavy, but the 'mattress was, and the springs seemed to have edges cutting into my legs and side. "Hardly had we disposed ourselves in this unique manner when the lieutenant and his men were admitted to the house. We could hear loud talking and a deal of profanity as they explored .be house from cellar to garrett and looked in every closet and ran their bayonets into piles of clothes. At last the door of the room opened. The officer tooched his bat aud remarked that he couldn't use much ceremony, as the case was urgent. He had been informed and was convinced that Colonel-was in this house, and he meant to have him. "Mrs. X -? pleaded sickness as an excuse for not rising and aiding the search, and said: 'Look everywhere, sir, over the house. There's uobody here except myself, my husband and the ser? vants. All the closets and coal bias are at your disposal. We have nothing to conceal.' " '0 I' said the officer, 'I've heard all that many a time. I shall have to look all through your room, madam.' "He did. . "He looked in each closet; called his men in and made them run their bayo? nets into the wall to be sure there were no secret closets anywhere. He stooped down, looked under the bed witbin four feet of me. Jove I but I was in a cold sweat. One movement, one creak of a spring, one sneeze, or hard breath would have betrayed me. But, after three min utes of suppressed vitality, the lieuten? ant withdrew, muttering: 'This is d?d strange. "Still he lingered down stairs : went into the cellar again, into the back yard, tore up boards from tbe floors, and ran his bayonets into the parlor sofas. At last the gang cleared out, thoroughly disgusted. They did their duty certainly, and deserved promotion. "I waited on theBe infernal springs two hours before I moved. I was afraid they would suddenly come back. But tbey didn't. The guard was kept around the house until 10 o'clock next morning and > then they withdrew, t spent the day with my friends, borrowed a suit of clotheB and a hat from my friend, shaved my mustache off and at 8 o'clock in the evening, taking leave of ray kind protec? tors, I lighted a cigar, stepped boldly, into the street, and before midnight was a good many mileB on my way to the confederacy. That is what I call a pretty close shave." Once Foes, Now Friends. i The veterans of the civil war keep bachelors' hall in a pretty New England town. Both are heroes, but both are modest; bo out of reapect tor their feel? ings, they will be designated here as Fed? eral Oaptain Thomas and Confederate Captain Williams. They had been col? lege chums, and the three weeks preced? ing the firing of the first nhot at Charles? ton were spebt by Wiiii Vr?s at the home of Thomas?the same home where Wil? liams now does the carving because his host has but one arm, and where Thomas does most of the walking became his guest has but one leg. As soon as it wan certain that war was inevitable Ike friends separated and went to the front, one donning the blue and the other the gray. The war wa3 nearly over when they first met as foes. It waa on the field of one of the terrible last battles. Early in the fight, Thomas, who had become a captaiu of infantry, had his right arm shattered by a fragment of a Shell that exploded above his head. In his excite? ment he did not perceive how serious his wound was, but simply placed the wounded member in a sling made of his handkerchief, took his sword in his left hand and dashed to the front again, The battle grew hot and furious. A po? sition at first held by the Confederates was usurped by Captain Thomas and his company' who, by their audacity, were .drawing e heavy fire from thb men in gray. For a Quarter of an hour they were unable to advance one inch, and were constantly charged by a reckless company of cavalry, led, Capt. Thomas soon preceived, by his fiiecd Williams. Presently one of these charges proved disastrous to the Confederate Captain. He fell from his horse midway between the opposiog forces and lay motionless j in an extremely dangerous spot, where shells from ? distant part of the field were dropping every minute. Captain Thomas saw that his friend was still alive and made up his mind in an instant. "Come on, boys," he shouted and dashed forward) followed by his men. Five men fell before they had ad ! vanced fifty yards. Still shouting en? couragingly to his iollrjwbrs, Captain Thomas fan to where his wounded friend lay, raised him to bis shoulder and dart? ed toward a large rock which offered shelter from the flying shells and bullets. The rock was only a doeten paces distant, but once a shell bUrst almost at his feet, covering both with dirt. When the cov eted place of Bafety was reached, Cap? tain Thomas collapsed. A little later he was found by his victorious comrades lying insensible bedside the man whose life he had saved. Captain Thomas Carried away the stump of ?n arm and Captain Williams the stump of a leg as souvenirs of the fight; and when the war was over they laughingly agreed to form a pool of sound limbs and keep bachelors' hall for the remainder of their lives. Oceans of Milk. "There are $2,000,000,000 invested in dairying in this country," said a citizen with a predilection for statistics. "That amount is almost double the to obey in? vested in banking and commercial indus? tries. It is estimated that it requires . 15,000,000 cows to supply the demand for milk and its products in ' the United States. To feed these cows 60,000,000 acres of land are under cultivation. The agriculture and dairy machinery and im? plements in the use are worth over $20, 000,000. The men employed in this business number 750,000, and the horses over 1,000,000. The - cows and horses consume annually 30,000,000 tons of hay, nearly 90,000,000 bushels of corn meal, about the same amount of oat meal, 275,000,000 bushels of oats, 2,000, 000,000 bushels of bran and 30,500,000 bushels of corn, to say nothing of the brewery grains, Bprouta and other ques? tionable feed of various kinds that are used to a great extent. It costs $450, 000,000 to feed these cows and horses. The average price paid to the laborer necessary in the dairy business is proba? bly $20 a month, amounting to $180,000. 000 a year. *' 'The average cow yields about 450 gallons 'of milk a year, which gives a total product of 5,750,000,000 gallons. Twelve cents a gallon is a fair price to estimate the value of this milk at a total return to the dairy farmers of $810,000,000, if they sold all their milk as milk. But fifty per cent of tbe milk is made into cheese and butter. It takes twenty seven pounds of milk to make one pound of butter, and ten pounds to make one pound of cheese. There is the same amount of nutrition in eight and a half pounds of milk that there is in one pound of beef. A fat steer furnishes fifty per cent, of boneless beef, but it would require about 24,000, 000 steers, weighing 1,500 poundB each, to produce tbe same amount of nutrition as the annual milk product does."? Philadelphia Press. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American National Association of the Red Cross, has been investigating the statement concerning suffering and des? titution among the pioneer settlers of North and South Dakota. She has as? certained that there is urgent necessity for immediate action, and now appeals to the public for cash subscriptions large enough to meet every emergency. She has information that there are at least 5,000 people in want, and many more who, though they have provisions for themselves, need* feed for their stock. H. T. Helgeson, state commissioner of agriculture, whose resideuce is Grand Forks, N. D., will undertake the distri? bution of all funds sent to his address. ? The meanest man in Maine lives near Lewiston. He bad an only boo, who was drafted and killed in the war. The father now aays: "I was Bhort sight? ed in not paying $400 for a substitute, for I have been forced to hire a man ever since to help carry on the farm, and it has cost me thousands above tbe price of a substitute. Besides, he was a master hand to work, and the smallest eater I ever saw." ? Many a coffin is covered with roses by hands that never before gave its occu pant anything but thorns. ? Our passions are like convulsive fits which make us stronger for the time but jeave us weaker forever after. "OLD B.? Tho Old Man Talces a Glance Oacltwards, JTarlwcll Sun. The other day a Sun reporter heard "Old B." talking of his boyhood days in the old Palmetto State. He Bpoke of some of Carolina's noted men?Calhoun, Cheeves, F. K. Hoger, and others, who lived near old Pendleton, and some that had summer residences in the neighbor? hood. He thinks Cheeves the most in? tellectual man ever reared in the State. "Old B." said: "Cheeves wa3 poor but managed to get a fine education. When a young man be walked to Charleston, arriving there without a dollar. He went to the office of the best lawyer in the State and told him he wanted to Btudy law with him. After looking the young man over and a little preliminary talkj the lawyer told him hebould alay in his office, keep things in order, read his books, and he would do all be could for bim. The old lawyer soon found that be was the smart? est young man he bad ever met. Cheeves was soon admitted to the bar. The old lawyer had a very important case, in? volving a very large amount of money. They read together and studied the case, and when the time for trial arrived the old lawyer informed the Court that his youog friend Cheeves would Bpeak to the case. The young lawyer made a grand ?id irresistible speech and gained the one. From then on Cheeves rose like a rocket, soon stood at the head of the pro? fession, and married the richest young lady in the South. He was elected judge, TJ. S. Senator, and when Andrew Jack? son was President took charge of the old broken down TT. S. bank, brought the money Up to par, ana built that white marble banking bouse in Philadelphia, and then returned to his rice plantations and spent the remainder of his life in the enjoyment of his wealth. "F. K. Huger, a highly polished gen? tleman, had two sons in the TJ. S. navy and one in the army, who was afterwards a general in the C. S. army. I have heard, it said when I was a boy that Huger managed to.got LaFayette out of prison in Austria. Both were captured and in prison for a year before they were released. Calhoun lived about six mi lea from Pendleton, was a customer of ours and a great friend of my father's, and through him I could have gotten a cadet ship at West Point, but F. K. Huger told my father I was entirely too delicate for the army. Judge Cheeves said to me: 'Boy, let me tell you, pick out the occupation you think you would like to follow through life and stick to it.' So I preferred to handle the yard-stick and measure tape and calico rather than wield the glittering cavalry sabre. "B. E. Bee and A. F. Warley, of ray class, got appointments to the army and navy, both of whom distinguished them? selves both in the TJ. S. and C. S. armies and navies. Bee was the man who gave Jackson the name of "Stone wall"at the.first battle of Manasses, and it was thefe he was slain. Alex. Warley served on the Confederate Bam at New Orleans. Both of them distinguished themselves in the Mexican war. "In the days of 'Nullification' I thought Governor Hamilton, who lived near Pendleton, was the greatest stump orator I ever heard?and still think so. "Old Judge Prioleaux'8 son Charlie was in my class. Charlie did more than any one in assisting the Confederacy with his money. "D, TJ. Sloan, of Atlanta, was in school, but not in my class. In a game ofshinny I accidentally killed him with a shinny stick?he is still alive, and as whole souled a man as lives?and, like myself, too clever ever to make a big fortune." Here the old man smiled, and seeing us scribbling with a pencil on a scrap of paper, hastily-withdrew. ? A novel wedding took place at the Courtright House, Wilkesbaarre, Pa., Tuesday. The combined ages of the bridal party was 269 years, as follows: Bridegroom, Shalr&ck Gregory, 81; bride, Mrs. Mary C. Marr, 61; groom's best man, E. V. Vanhorn, 63; bridesmaid, 64. The bride was dressed in her first wedding trousseau, made forty five years ago. She was as frisky as a young girl of seventeen, and the bridegroom climbed three flights of stairs on a time bet. He performed the task with the agility of a young man. Addressing the 'squire before the ceremony, he said: "Now, Justice, don't imagine that because I am four-score that I am a fool. There is enough love about me to make Mame and I happy until we are parted by death. Proceed with the ceremony." Bucblen's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per feet satisfaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For s:ile by Hill Bros. ? An^engine on the East Tenne.' ee and Virginia Boad is regarded with su? perstitious dread by the railroad mer. It has killed twenty seven people during its career. Presents in the most elegant form THE LAXAT'IVE AND NUTR1TIOU8 JUICE ?OF THE? FIGS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma? nently cure Habitual Consti? pation, and the many ills de? pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY V-'hcn oneii Hilious or Constipated ?SO THAT? PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK. N. Y. Feb G, mo 31 ly master's mm THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common riats. Sarah Mattison, Administratrix and heir at-law of Newton Mattison vs. N. T. Mattison, ct al. IN obedience to the Decree in the above entitled action, I will sell at. Anderson 0. H , S. C.', on Salesriay in April next, tho Land below described, to wit: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, Containing 01 acres, more or less, 28 acre? .situate in Abbeville County, tin; remainder in Anderson County, S. C.,on Bmadmoulh Creek, adjoining lands of Sarah Hall, de? ceased, James Gtimbrel I, deceased, arid Wyatt Mattison. Terms of Sale?One-third cash ; balance on a credit of one and two years, with in? terest from dny of snle, to he secured by bond and mortgage nf the promises. Pur? chaser to pav oxtra lor papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master; March 13, 1S90 30 -1 The Cruel War is over, Bat we are carrying on A MERCILESS WAR ON HIGH PRICES. THE Campaign on Cotton ia over for this Season, and we are going to make a campaign on high prices In Grooories. We intone! to make this the cheapest crop the farmers have ever railed in Anderson County, fay selling Groceries and Provisions so CHEAP that no man can complain of not being able io lire economically. We are buying for Cub, and propose to sail the aanio way. We are running only one line of Goods, and buy in largo lots, so get Goods cheap; wc sell at the closest margin for handling, so wc cannot bo undersold, oven if our competitors sell for cost. Wc mean what we say, and say what we mean. We buy for SPOT CASH, And Wo propose to sell only for SPOT CASH. So don't ask to have Goods charged at these prices. READ, REFJLECT, and ACT. These prices "mako the old jade wince." WE GIVE A FEW PRICES: Granulated Sugar G?c. per pound. Coffee?best Rio?20c. per pound. Soda?pure?3c. per pound. Flour?Patent, ?4.85 per Barrel. Flour?Good Family, $3.85 per Barrel. Flour?Family, 83.45 per Barrel. Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Tobacco, And all other Goods in proportion. Wo have some HATS, SHOES, NOTIONS, and oth? er Dry Goods left that we are selling so low thatthe prices surprise you. These are no shop-worn, old poods, but are new and In first-class condition. These goods are in the wbv, as we need the room for an immense Stock of Groceries; so they must and shall go. THE LAST CHANCE TO GET SOME DESIRABLE C00DS At and BELOW C03T. TRY A BOTTLE OF OUR STTIER/ H! OTTILIE! For Sick Headache, Indigestion, Biliousness, And all similar disorders. It is the best Family Medicine on the market. We have an excellent line of? CIGARS, TOBACCO ?ND PIPES, AND THE NICEST AND FRESHEST STOCK OF Perfumery and Toilet .Articles IN THE CITY. There has been an Earthquake in the prices of GARDEN SEEDS, and we are at the bottom. No* 4 Hotel Block. TOBD BEOS., Druggists. DO HOT FORGETs! - THAT THE ANDERSON MUSIC HOUSE Ip Headquarters for the very beet makes of PIANOS and ORGAN.S, where von can get Lowest Prices and befit terms, under a positive guarantee. Three Car Loads of Carriages and Buggies Just reoeived, and we WILL NOT be undersold. SEWING- MACHINES. After twenty years experience I have found out which is the very beat Sewing Ma? chine, and we will be pleased to explain the merits of the celebrated Hew Home, which Burpasses all others. We also sell the Favorite, St. John, Union* White, Victor, and several other makes. It will pay you to inspect my stock and got prices in either department of my business before buying. Respectfully, O. A.. REED, Agent X E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flourish demands? ENERGY, PLUCK, ACTIVITY, jSlUID BOTTOM PRICES I If you will visit our Store you will see a combination of all the above, with a few other things that are calculated to make competitors "Get up and Dust" to keep in Bight. We can and will shake the bottom out of any prices you can get elsewhere. We'll tell you the "Good Old Honest Truth" about every article we sell you. We Pay Cash for every Dollars' worth we Buy, And Give You the Benefit Every Time. Don't Believe a word we Say. BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO., Ne-Vt to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C THE Fwrs'sirctats' Bai OF ANDERSON, S. C, CAPITAL, - - $50,000 WE take pleasure inofleritie to the pub? lic full burglar and fire piotection in the latest improved Vault and Sain work, secured by time Lock. Loans effected on approved Personal, Real or Collateral Security, and liberal ac? commodations offered to depositors. In all that pertains to a general banking busi nw? we solicit the patronage of the public. OFFICERS. R. S. HILL, President. W. W. HUMPH KEYS, Vice President. J. R. VANDIVER, Cashier. J. BOYCE BURRISS, Asu't. Cashier. DIRECTORS. W. W. Humphreys, R. 13. Hill, S. M. Orr, C. ]f. Jone?, John E. Peoples, W. P. Cox, W. G. Watson, T. W. Martin, F. G. Brown. Aug 8, 1889 5 'S WILL be open only a few weeks long? er. Call early if you want First Class Work. .No day too cloudy for good Pictures. Views of .Residences made. Ba? by and Children's Pictures a specialty. Pictures copied and enlarged to any size. Remember my stay in Anderson i* ?bort. J. A. WREN. LAW CAED. IAM now prepared to give prompt and special attention to all Law Busi? ness intrusted to my care as an Attorney or Counsellor at Law,"not being otherwise en? gaged. COLUMBUS WARD LAW. Feb 27. 1/00 3-1 STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andkukon County. By TP. F. Cox, Judge of Prolate. WHEREAS, P. H. Brown has ap? plied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of P. R. Brown, deceased. These are therefore to cifco and admon? ish ail kindred and creditors of tho said P. R. Brown, deceased, to bo and ap Eear before rhoin Court of Probate, to o held at Anderson Court llouso, on the 5th day of April, 18!)0, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given undor my hand this ISth day of March, 1890. W. F; COX, Judpe of Probate. March 20, 1.890 37 2 FRESH GARDEN SEEDS. JUST received a fresh supply of Garden Seeds and Onion Sets from David Laudrcth & Hons and D. M. Ferry it Co. All fretjh. A. B. TOWERS. - ON - Mortgages Or Real Estate, Or Good Collateral. Cull on J. D. MAXWELL, Sen and Troas. Anderson Building and Loan Association. Wrlto ua, and we will send you one on 15 Days'TestTrial In your own home. We pay all freights. No cash asked until you are suited.? Satisfaction Guaranteed. Over 40,000 Southern homes supplied by us on this plan since 1870. Fairest method of sale known. Buyers saved all risk, and ensured Perfect Instruments at Lowest Cost. We make it easy for all to buy. Write for Valuable Information. L'ODDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, CA. nrrrmrrrrrm nTinrr: tun? uonnmu mom jaiTTj; n 1 n tr. rrrm m 1 n mi 11 rrr.o r FEEE TO ALL. [ Our New Illustrated j Catalogue of Plants, ? Bulbs, Vines, Shrubs, -: Crna mental Trees,; Small Fruits, Grape: Vines,Seeds etc..will; be mailed Free ro all; applicants. Satisfaction Guar? anteed. i 35 Greenhouses; 30 acres. Address NANZ & NEUNER, Louisville, Ky. BffriinixrJi f I'tl'r'MJJf t Tit.. |Hj|M mj _ Cnrwln rl to b DATS. feonnatMd not vol ?UM SlrUtare. Itrdenl/bytbo iCaealealCa. Cincinna?.l Ohio. Trsde-'^^ftat.--''; WILHITE Jan 23, 1800 I Big G hasglven an! ver sal satlsfacUon In the enre of Gonorrhea* and Gleot. I prescribe It and feel safe In recommend? ing It to all sufferer*. .A. J. STONFR, a.D., Deoatur, IK. PRICE, 31 00, Sold by & WILHITE. S500 IS OFTEN MADE ON AN ACRE OF OUR Earliest Musk or Water Melons. Wc have found 11m VERY BEST, ami will sell a Limited number of seeds at ONE HOLLAH a package: WINDSOR SEED CO., DrawVr 327, Sau liornandino, California. March C, ISOfl_M_Im TUE Bent, Cheapest and Most Perfect Tonic Quinino and Iron Tonic Capsules. A sure anil prompt euro for mnlaria, chills and fever, sallow skin, loss of appetite, ctmornl and nervous debility, biliousness, and nil ailmeula wbicli arise from a disordered liver, or from lack of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsule*, vliich are L'lir.ranteed freo from uirrcury or any? thing sU all injurious; will bo sent free, on receipt of 25 cents in stamps or postal note, by the pro? prietor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 1G1 Graham St., Brooklio, N. Y. to?!fm 3STOT .A.T COST ? (So-Called,) But we pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them as Low as any Firm in America. OUR STOCK IS FRESH, OUR PRICES THE LOWEST, When quality of Goods is considered, and it will pay you to COIMIIE AJSTID SIEZE US.. We start the New Year determined to lead in PLANTATION SUPPLIES ? AND ? STANDARD FERTILIZERS, At Lowest Prices possible. OUR SHOE STOCK THE LARGEST IN ANDERSON. Ladies' and Gents' Pine Shoes, And High Gut Flow Shoes a specialty. Also, the "Pat Baby Shoe." Gome and examine this Stock. WE GUAANTEE THE SHOES, WE GUARANTEE THE PEIC1SS. EL "W. Brown & Sons, , _ANDERSON. S, C._ THIS WILL PLEASE YOU ! ~ .The im dorsigriecL have opened A. First Olass Bakery, At the old stand of J. M. Hubbard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel. AFINE, NEW OVEN has been built, and our Establishment is equipped with every? thing needful in the Baker's occupation. We will have FRBSH BREAD, CAKES, PASTRY, etc., every day, and we want the public to give us a trial order. We guarantee satisfaction. We will also keep in stock? A NICE LINE OP CONFECTIONERIES, Etc, Which will be sold at very low prices. We will sell Twenty-Five Bread Tickets for $1,00, And deliver fresh Loaves to our customers every day. jlST" We will Roast FowJs, or any kind of Fresh Meats, and Bake Cakes to order. M E. BOOK&OO. Dec 5.1889 22 WE have already received a big portion of our large stock of Lamps for thm season, and they are constantly arriving : Library Lamps, Students' Lamps, Stand Lamps, Church Lamps, Store Lamps, Parlor Lamps, Kitchen Lamps cheaper than ever before. PAINTS, PAINTS, PAINTS ! We have the largest and most complete line of Floor Faints, Carriage and Buggy Faints, Mixed House Paints, Enamel Paints in all shades, White Lead and Oil. Brushes, all sizes, from 10c up.. Don't forget that we keep the largest stock of? Drugs, Patent Medicines, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles Of all kinds, including Perfumery, Fine Soaps, Face Powders, Ac. We will take pleasure in showing you through" our big stock. Call early and get a look at our elegant line of Lamps. WILHITE & WILHITE. Registration Notice. Oftice of Supervisor of Registration, Anderson, S, C.? Feb. 4, 1800. T, . HE office of Supervisor of Registration will be open on the first Mondays in March, April, May, June and July for the transac? tion of such business as the law directs in connection with the registration of voters. The office will be open every day from 9 a. m. td 1 p. m., and from 3 p. m to 6 p.m. for'the renewal of lost certificates. Office?Up Stairs, over National Bank of Anderson. WM. S. BROWN, Supervisor. Feb 6, 1800_31_5m Notice of Final Settlement. Ex Parte B. F. Mullikin, A. N. Mullikin and A. \V. Pickcns, Executors of the Estate of James Mullikin, deceased, aud B. F. Mullikin, Admin? istrator of the Estate of Malinda Mullikin, de? ceased. To A. N. Mullikin, Lttcinda Hall, Marcus L. Mul? likin, Martha M. Mullikin, Emauuel A. Mulli? kin, Jesse F. Mullikin, Wiu. II. Mnllikln; Lean? der Mullikin, Wm. E. Mood, J. S. F. Mullikin, Thos. W. Mullikin. Sarah- E. Rowland, Malinda Hunnicutt, Wilson Mullikin, J. F. Mullikin, Florence Hall, Alice Mullikin, Emma Harris, : Josephine Plckens aud Mary Massey : TAKE NOTICE, That the undersigned will ap? ply to the Judge of Probsts at Anderson C. H., si. <:., on Monday, the 28th day of April, 1890, at 11 o'clock a. in., for a Final Settlement of the Estates of James Mullikin and Malinda Mulli? kin, deceased, and discharge from the offices of Executors and Administrator of said Estates, re snectiTcly. P.. F. MULLIKIN, A. N. MULLIKIN, A. W. FICKENe, Executors of the Estate of James Mullikin, dee'd. B. F. MULLIKIN. Administrator of thu Estate of Malinda Mullikin, deceased. March IS, lSyO_3fi_fi_ A. Q. STRICKLAND, NITROUS OXIDE given at all time* for the Painless Extraction of Tectli, ?3)~ Office in New Masonic Temple. Nov 15, 1888 19 JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE ? OF ? ? New, Eare, and Beautiful Plants for 1890 IS NOW READY. Lovers of fine Plants will find a large collection of Beauti? ful and Rare Plants, as well as Novelties of Merit. Tins rich collection is well grown, and offered at very low prices. ORCHIDS?A. very large stock of choice East Indians, American, etc. Also, Cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. 0. Feb 0. 1800_31 FALL ANNOUNCEMENT' THE undersigned desire to inform the general public that they are now bet? ter prepared tban ever before to SUIT the trade. As Merchant Tailors they are thor? oughly posted in all of the latest stvle? ana they are prppared to CUT, FJ.': nr.u MAKE UP Goods on very sho ?*..;*. They employ the best workmen will give satisfaction. Cleaning and .airing Suits neatly done. Any pentleman wishing an Overcoat; Suit of Broadcloth, Worsted or Fancy ('as sitnere should give us a call. Our trade so far tbis Fall is beyond our expectation, but we want to increase it. CLARK A URO. Nov 7, 1?S0 18 Itichiuoml ?fc Danville IS. R., CO UMBIA. & GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT SEPT. 20. 188S. (Trains run on 75th Meridian tiros.) Soathbound. LTeTwlib?lla.; Seneca. Auderson. Spartanb'rg Abbaville... Laurios. (?retnrillt.. tfrotn wood Ninety-Six Nawberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... No. 65 Nortbbsnnd. S.i" "am 8 S3 am 9.:i7 are 12.35 pm; 10 5(1 ru G.HOani 9.30 am 12.33 pm 1.20 pin 2.-15 pro 5.00 pm 9.00 pm Lve. Cilaaibla.. Nairbsrry.. Niaetj-Six Grmvj'd Arr. 6/?!3Tile Laim a.... Asm rule.. Spin a?r'g A e da .-son.. Sineca... Walhalla... Atlanta. 54. 10.45aa3 12.42pm 2.15p? 2-37pm i.Wpnj 7,20 pm 4.00piu 2.36 pm 4.49pm S.XOwro 7.00pra 10.40pm N?. 54 makes close connect ion for Atlauta. No. 55 makes close connection for Augusta ana Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Tavlok ?bu'1 D. CAapwraau AwtlBmb. Agb\ soi, Haas, TmHc awfiirgcr. JULIUS W. QUATTLEBAUM, . Attorney at Law, ANDERSON, ? ? S. C. PROMPT attention given to all barf new. Office over the Express Office. caution m are fifanipfid on the bottom. If the dealer cannot supply you. Bond direct to factory, enclosing advertised price. $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Flno Calf, Hoary Lneed Grain and Creed moor Waterproof. Best fn the. world. ExaminaJ?I 85.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE, 84.00 11AVD.SEWED WELT SHOE. ?3.50 POLICE AND FARMERS'J3HOE. 82.B0 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. , 82.25 & 82 WORKINGMEN'8. SHOES. - 82.00 and 81.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. Alt made In Congress, Button and Laae.. ?3 & $2 SHOES JSSa. 81.75 SHOE FOR MISSES. Dent Material. Best Style. Beat Fitting. SV. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mom. Sc-'.d by C. F. JONES & CO., ANDERSON, 8. C. IT WILL PAY YOU If you propose going West or Northwest, to write to me. I represent tlio Short Lino, FRED. D. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga October 10,1888 14; Cm 3?0RT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR OLLNA RAILWAY. In effect Feb. 20, lW0-7?th Meridian Time GOING SOUTH. Daily. Leave Anderson. 7 25 a m liieave Dean. 7 -13 a m Leave Starr. 7 47 a m Leave Cook. 7 57 a ra Leave Barnes. 8 06* a m l^ave Lowndeaville. 8 15 a m Leave Latimer.8 33 a ra Leave Heater. 8 4-5 a m Uavo Wt. Carmel.... 9 02 a m Leavo Willington.... fl 12 a m Leave Bordeaux,. 0 23 a m Leave McCormick... 9 40 a m Arrive Augusta.11 55 a in Arrive Charleston... 6 20 p ru Arrive Savannah.... 5 40pm Arrive Jacksonville 7 *0 p m GOING NORTH Leave JackHonrille. 110pm 8 00pm ]j*ave Savannah.8 10 p m 6 40 a m Leave Charleston. 8 80 a m Leave Augusta. 8 10 a iu 4 80 p m ]?o?ve McCormick...10 25 a m 6 80 p m Leave Bordeaux.10 45 am 7 JO p m Ijfftve Willington...10 57 a m 7 21 p m Leave M t. Carmel...11 07 am 7 80 p m Leave Hester?.11 24 a m 7 45 p m Leave Latimer*. 11 30 a m 7 58 p m l iOave Lowndeaville 11 55 a m 8 20 p m Leave Barnes.12 04 pm 8 30pm Leave Cook.12 13 pm 8 37 p m Leave Starr.12 23 p m 8 48 p m Leave Deans.12 27 p in 8 53 p m Arrive Anderson.12 45 piu 9 10 p m This Is the qjtckest route to Clwdeaton -Braach? there three honr.s ahead of any other une. HUfant Palace sleeping oar runs between Atlanta and Charleston, and solid train from Augusta to Charleston on this line. Connections made at Augusta for At? lanta, and all other points West. Tickets on sale at P. R. & W. C. R. de> pot to all points at aheap through rate, and taggage cheeked through to destination. Any othsr hi formatiomcnll upon or write WM. J. CR A IG, A. G. P A ?. W.^EUNT Trav. Pao. Agent, Augt?ta/Ga. Daily -1 10 p in 4 s7 p m 411 p m 4 41 p m 4Hpm 500 p m MS p m (Mpm 6 47 p m 5 57 p m 608pm 6 SO p m lOOSpm 6 30 a m 12 00 m