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A STORY OF WEBSTER HE WANTED SOME MARINE INFORMA TION, AND HE GOT IT. The oreo? Daniel Pose? the Skipper of H Boston Schooner an an Expert Witness nnd One of the Ablest Sea Captains Ont of That Port. Ohl Boston schoolboys of a couple ot generations ago realise that uo greater chango has taken place in Boston than on the wharfs, which In 1840 were all open, with no sheds built on them as at the present time. Vessels In the Ea it India trade were docked at India wharf. W. P. wbld & Co. bad their ships docked at Central wharf, Lom bard's and Ilemenway & Co.'o ships ..vere at Commercial wharf. Long wharf was lined with vessels in the coasting trade. They had large canvas signs attached to the yards stating the ,,ort hailed from and tho port they wanted freight for. At that time there were no steam ships, and nil transportation was done by sa il I og craft For Instance, a sign would read, "The schooner Eagle, Cap tain Smith, will sail on Saturday for Bath, Gardiner and Hallowell/* The wharfs were a favorite resort with the hoys Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. At that time school kept Wednesday and Saturday mornings, an-1, we had the afternoons for vaca tion. In the morning, after Behool, we would decide where we would spend the afternoon, and lt was generally on the wharfs. Five ont ot ten boys went to sea after leaving school. At thc head of Long wharf, where the State 6trcet block now stands, was an old hulk of a vessel with ? bouse built on its deck. It was fastened to the dock, and this was used by the ningham Bucket company for a store house. On the eldo of the house was a sign, "HIngham Station Packet." It was a standiug joke with us to ask the man who had charge of lt If be was the captain and when he was going to sail, as we wanted to ship before the mast. It was a favorite amusement with the boys to climb up the rigging of ships and "stump" one another as to who would climb tho highest There was one of these boys who could beat us all lu climbing. We nicknamed him "Monkey Jack." On ono of the ships thedownbaul of the signal hal yards broke short up to the flag at the truck. Tho captain, pointing to the flag, said, "I will give any boy that will bring that flag on deck a nine pence." We all started up the shrouds, but "Monkey Jack" was up to the roy als before we got to the yardarm. When ho left school, he went to sea and became master of oue of the lar gest clipper ships that sailed out of Bostou. Cantata Mnban. of Long wharf had a fine schooner yacht in which he took parties down tho harbor. He often in vited the boys to take a sail with him. I remember once he told us a story about Daniel Webster, as follows: "About 5 o'clock In the morning I was on deck putting the boat In shipshape order and swabbing up- the deck. I was going to take a party down sailing that day. It was raining quite hard. There was an old fellow standing ou thc wharf with aa old cloak and slouch ed hat on under a large cotton um brella. He hailed me, asked If I was the captain and said he. would like to come aboard. I supposed he was some old farmer from the country who had never seen salt water before, so I said: 'Certainly. Come right aboard.' He iooked over the boat a spell and after awhile came up to where I was and said, 'Captain, If you were sailing a ship down the harbor and another ship was coming up and the wind was northeast, which side would you sall of the ship that you were going to meet? I said, 'I wonld put the helm hard to port and go to the windward.' He seemed to understand and asked me a great many questions. I thought he was taking up a good deal of my time and answered bim rather short He thanked me for tho information I had given him and bade me goodby. "I had forgotten, all about the old country man, when ono day, about a fortnight afterward, a constable came aboard and asked to seo Captain Ma ban, stating that X must appear in court the next day at 10 o'clock as a witness. I could not think for the life of me cf any case in court that I knew anything about You can judge my surprise when I saw Daniel Webster and recognised him as my old friend that asked so many questions. Ho was laying down the law to tho court In great shape, using all the nautical terms In Bowditch's Navigator, and to hear him talk, boys, yoa'd thought he'd been to sea ail his ii ie. "It appeared that there had(t been a collision in tho harbor, and the owners were settling which ship was to blame lo court Webster was counsel for ono of tho merchants. Ho introduced me to the court as Captain Mahon, ono of the ablest sea captains that sailed out of Boston. Well boys, you better be lieve that I turned red as a lobster, as 1 was only a skipper of a schooner. I answered all the questions Mr. Web ster asked me In regard to sailing a ship under certain circumstances." One of the boys said, "Well, captali. who beat?" "Why, Daniel Webster, of courser' Boston Transcript Thermometer a Nnraery ReqclDlte. A thermometer Is almost indispensa ble in the nursery* It should, if possi ble, hang In the middle of the room, away from the door, window, wall and fireplace, where the mercury may be affected by the draft If the room where the baby is obliged to sleep is very bot m the middle ot the day or at n?^t hang a wei sheet over the wln ?uu leave the door open. Sprinkle ?be sheet lt dries with a whisk broom that has been, dipped in cold ^ater.-La.d les' Heme Journal. - The ?ron tree, first found by the *ell-koown naturalist of Bavaria, Pro Jesaor 8ohelwisb,1sa native of Africa. The leaves, although v?ry thin, are bent with great difficulty, and in order jo secure one it is necdeassry to usa a It is said that the treo is a great metal eater eagerly devouring any Jfttal its root might como in contact "'.h. It changes its color to the color ? the metal last absorbed. . 7" ^ WMonabio woman-is one who ,8?'t.unreasonable all tho time. THE IDEAS OP DREAMLAND. A Writer Who Flnda Them Only 1'Iaanlble bat Kui pt > Fakes. "Every one has read at ti tues of sto ries or ideas for invention the result of dreams," said a well Known writer who has produced a number of clever humorous short stories and several books. "Do not bc taken in by them, my boy. The ideas of dreamland are only plausible but empty fakes. "Most of my writing is done at night after the family has retired and the house Is quiet. When I finish my-work, I go to bcd, bc it 2 or 4 o'clock in the morning, with my brain at the bolling point. Then I plunge at once into dreamland. I don't know thc way there or how to get back, but I always manage to return, probably piloted by a crazy idea. "In drer (uland I get more Ideas for good stones than I could write in a thousand years if I wero^ambldex- j trous-that is, when I dream them 1 they are good. As I dream I say to myself: Oh, if I were only awake, that I might jot this down! Tula is the best; idea I have had in a year. What a corking story it would make! But I'll bc sure to forget lt when I wake up. "One night in a dream I made up my mind to remember a certain story I had dreamed and write lt as soon as I got up in tho morning, whi!e it was still vividly impressed, in all ib> humorous details, on my mind. Following this, with thc suddenness of tho turn of a kaleidoscope, carno a dream In which I was having a most exciting experi ence with a purple mastodon with long shining gold tusks, of which I was trying to rob him to make a gun rack for tho reception hall. I forgot all about the previous good story. I knew that I was forgetting lt, and In my puny struggle with thc mastodon 1 made a violent mental effort to retain the story and at the same time secure the tusks. Just as I got the better of the mastodon I awoke and tried to think of thc story that I might get up and make copious notes of it. But tho story was cleur gone, and the mastodon incident was so utterly foolish that I turned over in disgust and went to sleep again. "One night I dreamed a most excru- j clatlngly funny story about the adven ture of a character called Fiddlesticks. As I dreamed it I reckoned It at about 5,000 words and knew every word of lt, so that had I been awake I could have written It word for word as It oe- i curred In the dream. It was great, and, Knowing my weakness of forgetting my dream stories, I resolved to remem ber lt. I did remember it in the morn ing, and it was the most Incoherent, silly stuff In the world. That is al ways the way with dream Ideas. "Again I dreamed a story. This was the best of alL As I dreamed it I thought what a sensation it would pro duce and what a reputation it would bring me. Thc story was complicated, yet simple and such n plot as the most ingenious Intriguer could hardly pro duce. It was full of situations both humorous and pathetic, and the dia logue was wittj*, crisp and convincing. 'If I could only make notes of this.' said I, 'I would bc all right, for I am sure to forget it by morning.' Just then I had a pad of paper before me and a pencil lu nry hand. I worked away feverishly making copious notes of ev erything and elaborate descriptions of the persons in the story. 'Now,' said I, 'I'll fool the dream demon this time.* Then I fell Into a calm sleep. When I awoke and while half asleep I thought of those notes. . WTiere bad I put them? I got.up and searched everywhere, but could not find them. I hud a hazy, tantalizing memory of tho details of thc story, but I must have thc notes I hod made.to write it as l had dreamed it. -I searched everywhere in an agony of apprehension at their loss. Then I woke up again " and' found that the notes and the Bearch for them bad both been dreams. "My dream stories give me more trouble tbon those that I conceive and write while awake. They seem so good when, I dream them, but while dream ing I know that they will be utterly Im possible and ridiculous when I waker. "Don't believe these stories of great works.coming out of dreams. When one la dreaming, the brain Is off on a harlequin holiday-a carnival of seem ingly sane Insanities."-New York Her ald. Shir tina the Blame. A woman employed at a Yorkshire factory took her. 5- year-old boy to the hospital and asked the surgeon to look at his hand. By some freak of nature his finger and thumb had Interlocked* causing him great pain at times. "Why didn't yon come here earlier, my good woman?' asked the surgeon tn a tone of sharp reprimand. "The little chap has evidently been suffering from this extraordinary defect since the day of hts birth. If yon had brought bini soon af tor ho was born, I might hare done something for bim, but I very much fear I cannot now." The woman, aware that she was sadly to burne, bot loath to take the full responsibility, immediately turned upon her unfortunate offspring. "Dost ta hear what the gentleman says. Tommy?" she cried. "Tba ought to 'ave mentioned It five years sin'. Ol've no patience wi' folks 'at suffer an say nowt."-Spare Moments. In Darken t Rans In. An official report of the Russian bu reau of statistics in the department of Paskov shows that some of the peas ants In times of scarcity hibernate In the manner of animals.' They He In bed or, no lt is called In Busala, "?ejka." The bed is made on a flat stove, and all they do is to replenish the stove and support life by a diminished ration of black broad dinned In water. They try] to keep as immovable as possible, so na not to waste their energy or heat. The Stat IS dark and silent throughout the winter. . ..... a i -i. ' - - Thirty-eight years ago Angostas Biias, of Wsrwiok, Mass., quit catting brush on bia lather a farm, hung his scythe on a pino tree and trent ott to enlist in the Union army for the civil war. He never returned, and the scythe has never been taken dova from the tree on which he hung it. It bas become imbedded in the growing (rood, and now i>\S a fixture. - Lots of people seem to think it necessary to tell hoar little they went to school. Foliant thc Telegraph l'oie?. To creatures incapable of understand !ng their use tho flrst telegraph poles were naturally misleading. When these useful articles were Introduced Into Norway, they had a disquieting effect on the bears. The beurjs heard thc monning of thc wind in the wires and proceeded to put two and two together. Such a buzzing as tin3 had been heard before. It was asweidted In the minds of-the bears with a sweet morsel." The poles must bo glgautic hives. So thc beare set to v ork to root the poles out of the ground. The woodpeckers also iis1 -nod to tho 1.winning and concluded tl? nnumer-1 ablo. Insects were conceale In those tall poles. Therefore they a went to work to find the treasure, 1 ?ring holes to extract the Insects. In time birds and animals became wiser, and the telegraph pole ?nd wire aro used by more than one bird hi safe places for their nests. There ls a small bird In Natal which used to build Its cradle shaped nest In tho branches of trees, but as soon as the telegraph wires were set up lt changed the loca tion of its housekeeping and built on tho wires, so that snakes could not mo lest its treasures. The new position was found ao se cure that the bird added a second door to the nest, which bad hitherto pos sessed only a small opening on the side farthest from the overhanging branch. -London Mall. Pour Hrmdred Poonda of Gold. "Tho monthly clean up of our mine," said a gentleman connected with mines on tho Quesnclle river, British Colum bia, "is about 400 pounds of gold, which is made into one brick and car ried out by stage to Ashcroft, on the Canadian Pacific, 235 miles away. It may not occur to you what that little brick of gold-for 400 pounds of gold Isn't as big as a bale of hay-represents in bulk of material handled to obtain, it, but It means a lot. For instance, tho pay streak In thc mino runs 25 cents to the cubic yard, which means that 400,000 cubic yards of gravel, 400 pounds of our gold being worth about $100,000, must be washed out by our big hydraulics to get it. As the pay streak ls about one-third of tho whole quantity to be blasted and washed, it would give the enormous mass of 1,200,000 cubic yards of earth and rock to be handled. This bulk weighs near ly 1,000,000 tons, and all this for a blt of yellow metal that could be covered by n peck measure. If we had to carry lt away in the same kind of six horse stages that we send the gold out lu, it would take 750,000 of them, with as many men, to drive them and 4,500,000 horses toMiaul them."-New York Sun. Thc Tied Snapper. The rod snapper is a fish that is par ticularly desired bj* timid people who fear the bones. There are no small bones In a red snapper. The flesh is coarse grained, but of excellent flavor, especially when prepared by baking. They weigh from 40 pounds down to 0 cr 8 pounds each. They feed upon smaller fishes and In doing so follow the shallow places in the gulf known as banks. The most successful cap tains say they fish on the bottom, but so avaricious is a hungry red snapper that he files at almost any object and hos been known to snap nt a piece of red flannel with such avidity that be landed on the hook. They are thus easily caught if found In schools, but lt ls not infrequent that vessels return with but small catches as a result of rough weather or the mi grations of the fish. Then, again, some excellent cargoes are caught, the lar gest ever having been brought to Gal veston by one vessel being about 43,000 pounds. The banks from which the Galveston supply ls secured extend from about 30 miles offshore to Cam peachy, where a great deal of the fish luar for the Florida ports ls done.--' Easily Wakened. Dr. Blomfield, bishop of London half a century ago, was a man of much wit and also had a keen appreciation of wit In other people, whatever their walk in life might be. Once when a new church in his dio cese was to be consecrated the bishop received several letters complaining that the architect of the new church bad disfigured the Interior and exterior with "useless gewgaws." Consequent ly tho bishop went down to the little town to make an Inspection of the building and summoned the architect to meet him there. ^ The bishop could find nothing amiss with the exterior of the church nor with the interior until just as he reach ed -the chancel he looked up and saw four weeden images apparently guard ing the pulpit. "What do those figures represent?" he inquired. "The four evangelists, my lord," re plied the architect "They appear to be asleep," said the bishop. "Do yon think so, my lord ?" "That's the way "th^ took to me," enid the bishop decidedly. "John,? called the architect to a mon who was ?t work on one of the pei's, "bring your chisel nnd open tho eyes of the evangelists."-Youth's Companion. Thrifty Convicto. Recently a convict, a short term man, left the state prison In Nashville the happy possessor of ?150 which he had earned and saved dnrlng his sentence. There are sevfral ways by which Buch sams may ho laid aside by the un fortunates who are compelled to labor a certain amount of the time for others whether they will or no. Tho various factories operating pris? on?rs frequently pay oui an aggregate of $400 or |500 a month to convicts for extra work done after the prescribed amount has been performed. Other convicts devote their superfluous time to tho manufacture of canes. Still oth ers duriig the time when tho men aro ?t liberty In the wings tura storekeep ers, keeping in their celia emaU otocka of cakes and pies which ass sold td their fellow prisoners. In the mines a favored occupation with those possessed of ingenuity in carving is cutting soft coal into carlos. One of these carvings came to the gov ernor's office in the shape of a paper weight It Ia fashioned to represent a pocket Bible and ls an excellent imita tion. By the sale of these' curios to visitors as souvenirs some of the. more thrifty convicts are enabled, to leave tho prison walu with money enough ?a- hacrln an honest life^ TT*" Brave Benson Brothers. Auioug those attending the Nation- j al Educational Couveution is Mr. Blackman Beuson, who represents an Atlanta publishing company. Mr. Benson wa9 "young a9 the youngest who donned the gray." He entered service in January, 18G1, in Maxcy Gregg's 1st regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, and was with that com mand at the fight in Virginia (Vi enna.) At the reorganization of the regiment he became a member of Capt. William T. Haskell's company, with which he heroically served until a battalion of sharpshooters was formed from *-*olced men of McGowan's bri gade. With this splendid body of veterans he did duty until thc sad surrender at Appomattox. The first commander of the sharpshooters was the knightly Capt. William T. Has kell, who heroically fell in the front of battle at Gettysburg. He was suc ceeded by Major W. S. Dunlap, an in tuitive soldier, and one of the bravest, best men in the army. The daring and brillant deeds of the sharpshooters shine starlike in the annals of Lee's grand legion. Sergt Benson was not ed for conspicuous courage, fidelity and daring, and was beloved by bis comrades as muoh for his generous nature and modesty as for sterling manhood. His brother, Berry Ben son, also belonged to the battalion of sharpshooters. His splendid services have been appropriately reoognized by the patriotic people of Augusta. They selected Berry Benson's figure for the "Man on the monument," that at tracts the admiration of every visitor to the Fountain City. There aro those in Charleston, alas! but few, who tenderly recall many stirring inoidents in the military career of Berry Ben son. He was a famous scout and, strange as it may sound, seemed to be perfectly at home when within the enemy's lines. He seemed to bear a charmed life, lt was by no means uuusual for him to retu.n to camp ac compained by an involuntary guest in the person of a Federal soldier. In noe of his scouting expeditious near Spottsville C. H., he became fatigued and stopped at the shelter tent of a Federal colonel, unhitched his splen did charger and rode him to Major Dunlap's headquarters. Lieut. N. In graham Hassell, of this city, fearless ly commanded thc company of sharp shooters in which thc Henson broth ers served. Major Duulap has writ ten a history of the battalion and it in wc? worth reading.-News and Cou rt's ,-. Only a Fishing Worm. Thc boy who goes fishing with a pail of worms for bait, little knows what a pleasant hour he might have, and yet make his outing much more agreeable for the worms and for the fish. He should take a look-a scien tific peep at thc contents of the pail, instead of throwing them ignorantly away. After all his pains in digging for the worms be and they are scarce ly acquaintances yet, if we should ask him he must admit that he has dug up worms in t?ie springtime, year after year, and gone fishing, knowing as little about the worn when his sport was over as he did when he started out. To see really what sort of a fello.v the common earthworm is, first put him into a bowl of water. He will soon wriggle himself free of every particle of dirt, and you may then make him more comfortable on some dry, smooth surface when you study the peculiar movements of his remark able body, which consists of a series of segments, or rings, all alike in form, except at the two ends; the an terior end tapering to a blunt point; the binde? end. bcicg bread and f?at tened. Watch the worm shorten himself after a long stretch. Projecting from the sides and the lower part of eaoh "ring, you will see the tiny bristles, called setae, with which he manages to walk. When he lengthens his body the sette on the hinder riogs prevent him from stretching backwards, be cause they in pointing baokwards, stick into the ground. The worm can, therefore, stretch only forward. In tho same manner when he shortens hit body, the setae in the front riogs sticks into the ground, and the hinder park of the body is drawn up; he re peats Chis process every time he moves along. That wsy of walking may seem very complicated and wonderful, but it is no more wonderful than that you should be able to balanee your body on your two feet and walk without giving a thought to how you do it, or how* wonderful it is that it can be done without thought. Watch a baby's efforts to keep his balance while learn ing to toddle only a few steps, and you will understand that walking seems easy to you because you have had much practice. The usefulness of the worms may be seen at once when you comparo some of th? things that they do with those that they are unjustly accused of doing. They Co not destroy the roots of trees and plants. They cat h alf-decayed leaves, which they are able to grind with the muscles of the mouth; but they have no teeth with which "io gnaw. They are useful to man in boring through tho ground and loosening the soil to make it ready-for the fibers of planta to enter. Surface soli is more or less loose, but the sub soil ia hard andi compaot until the earthworms have- worked it. Our tallest trees, even, wonld soon die if no opening were uic.de by the worms for their root fibers to enter. : To keep worm-life in cheek, nature has provided the birds, and any one that has watehed the robin dine will see that there is no danger of the earthworm supply exoeeding the de mand.-Our Animal Fntndr. The Air We Breathe. The three chief gases of which our earthly atmosphere is a mixture, are nitrogen, oxyge;. and carbonic acid gas. Very different, however, is tho pro portion in which they are fouud and very different arc thc offices which they serve. Suppose that we have for examina tion a large mass of air, detached from the rest, and that wo can sepa-' rate the different gases. The result would bc that nearly four-fifths of the mass would bo nitrogen; that almost one-fifth would be oxygen, and that the tiny remnant would bc carbonic acid. Yet, though the nitrogon appears in such great quantity, oxygen if by far the most important. Oxygen is tho very life of living creatures upon earth. Without oxygen in the air, no animal, no human hoing, oould exist one quarter of an hour. When wo talk of "breathing the air/' we might almost as well say "breathing tho oxy gen that is in the air." Not that oxygen would do for us alone. It is too powerful, too vivid, too stimulating. It has to be largely diluted with tho duller nitrogen-just as a strong medicine often has to be ! diluted with water to be fit for tho I patient. But the dull nitrogen gas has its positive as well as its negative uses. It goes to the making of mus cle and of blood, and we could not get along without it. But upon oxygen our very life depends, from minute to minute, through all the years of our existence upon earth. When air is good, and when our lungs arc in a healthy condition, we do not think much about tho work of , breathing. It is not necessary that we should. Breathing is performed mechanically, without thought on our part. It is ouly when air is bad, or when our breathing orgaus fail to ful fill smoothly their appointed task, that we pay attention to the matter. Yet how incessantly the work is car ried on! Day and night, in sleep or in wakefullne.ss, whether we toil or play, read or walk, rest or exert ourselves, the operation of breathing uever ceases. Regularly we draw in air and pour fourth air. If we try to stop, to "hold our breath," as it is called, we soon find how difficult, nay, except for a very brief space, how impossible it is. Each time that a man breathes-and in good health he does it about eigh t3en times a minute-he draws in about three-quarters of a pint of air, and he pours out about the same quan tity. But the air which comes out is not like the air which went in. That which was taken in may have been very cold and very dry. That which is sent out immediately is sure to be warm and damp. That which was taken in contained plenty of oxygen, and very little carbonic acid. That which is seut out immediately after contains very much less oxygen, and a large supply of carbonic acid. Each breath of air that a man draws in has a work to do. It doos not come out again directly. It passes i into the lungs, and there it comes into touch with streams of blood, which are . pouring through tiny vessels. The walls of these vessels are so thin and fragile as to be no bar at all to the contact of the blood and the air. The air steals away from the blood its load of dangerous carbonic acid gas, whieb it has gathered up in its journeys through the body and gives it, in exchange, good fresh supplies of pure oxygen. When the air has done this, it is breathed out again into the atmosphere, heavily laden with earbonie acid, while new streams of pure air from outside come to take its plaoe in the lungs. Sometimes the air which is breathed in holds too little oxygen, too much earbonie acid. Then tho man grows pale and puny, and suffers from head ache and weakness. These are the earliest effects of what we call "breath ing bad air."-Agnes Giberne in The Horne Mettenger. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and allows dyspeptics co est plenty of nourishing food while the stomach troubles are being radically cur^d by the medicinal agents it con tains. Pleasant to take and gives quick relief. Evans* Pharmacy. -.'Til make you dance when I catch you!" exclaimed a sorely tried mother, as she pursued her erring off spring with a slipper. "If you do," rejoined the incorrigible youth, "you'll have to attend the bawl." In warm weather Priokly Ash Bit ters helps your staying qualities. Workers who use it ocoasionaly stand the heat hfltt?r im/l mra ie25 fatigued at night. Sold by Evans Parmaoy. - A baby was held in pawn for several days in New York for the pay ment of a debt cf (35. 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WE having formed a partnership for the practice of Dentistry, and to establish a Cash practice, we givea liberal discount of 20 to 25 per cent, from former prices. Thua no bad debt?, no bill collector to Eay. no lost material. Therefore, those aving work done by this plan pay only 'or what they get, and save that over charge to make good the work dono for otheru. who never pay at all ; also, giving us more time to nerve the paying a'.aBs. A dollar saved la one made. Vitalized Air, "Ga8," Cocaine and the Painless Spray used for the extraction of teeth. Respectfully, A. C. STRICKLAND. J. C. CHATHAM. N. B.-Nothing but the beat that mate rial and workmanship cm produce will be turned oat of our ottice, 8. & C. WOFFORD COLLEGE! JAMES H. CARLISLE, LL.D., Pres. IMG HT Departments under eight pro* li f essors. Two courses leading to A. B. and A. M. degree?. Library, labo ratory, gvmnaalnna. athletic grounds, lec ture course. Terms as reasonable as at any first-class College. Session begins Bent 28. Tho expenses at WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL have been reduced from 8144 to 8107 for the year. For Catalogue address J. A. GAMEWELL, Spartanburg, S. C. - THE - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Bank in the Connty. Interest Paid on Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces we ere st all times prepared to ac commodate our customers. Jan 10,1900 29 Notice of Final Settlement. State of South Carolina, Countv of Anderson. To Charles D. Sloan, whose whereabouts are unknown, if living, or if dead to his personal representatives or distrib utees, and to J. B E. Sloan, Susan Hall, P. H. E. Sloan. Henrietta Sea brook, Mays Lyle?, Hattie Sloan and Murrah D. Sloan, distributees of the Ebtate of the late Benjamin F. Sloan, deceased, intestate : Whereas, B. Frank Sloan, Administra tor of the Estate of tLaaaid Benjaman F. bioan, deceased, has applied to me to make Final Settlement cud diatrlbutlon of said Estate on ihm rfay hereineAer named, and lt having been made to ap pear to my satisfaction that the said Ad ministrator has been unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the said Charles D. Sloan, who bas never been domiciled In this State, one ot said distributees, or whether he is living or dead ; the said Charles D. Sloan, if living, or if dead hu? personal representatives or distributees are hereby cited to be and appear before the Probate Court in and for the Said County of Andoreon, and State of Sooth Carolina, on Monday, tho first day of Oc tober next, st ll o'clock a. m , to oh ow cansa why the said Administrator of said Estate should not be decreed to distribute the esme ss if the said Charles D Sloan bsd died before the said Benj. F. Sloan, deceased, intestate ; and the other above named distributees sro hereby notified to appear before the said Court on tho day sod st the time hereinbefore mentlonod to intervene for their interests in said Eatate. R, Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate. June" 29, 1900 2 2-6 / I. A ND FOR SA?.E1 WK oller for sale live acron of Land in tho city of Anderson. liol nu part of tho Tract on which Mrw. Marv D Donnell resides, bounded by Hampton street, Kast Bouudary street, Kennedy street, and othor luanda of said Mrs Mary O'Donuell. lt ia divided into bait acre lott?, aud baa a thirty foot stroet running through If not sold at private sale will bo sold Saletdav in October. l'?00. f-Vo p'itt at olliceof Bouham & Watkins an.t app y to tbo undetsicned for ternis. HON HAM A WATKINS, tiUAITLEB?UM & COCHRAN, _jnly4,l900 2 M"TT' Li AND FOR SALE. WK oller lor ?ale that Tract of Land in Havan nah Township, known as the How in Land, on Gonercatee Creek, waters of Savannah Uiver, bounded by said Creek, Pu bl lo Rond and Lauds of T. D. Stevenson, Karl Hairis, Nathaniel Harris sud others. If not sold st private salo will be aold at public outcry on Salesday In October. 1900. Ask at our ofllce for terms and plat. BONHAM & WATKINS, Attorneys. July 4, 11KK)_2_ Um Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. In thc Court of Common Picas. Frank Hammond and Matthew Gam brell, Plaintiff*, against Reuben Owena et al., Defendants.-Partition. IN obedience to tho order of sale grant ed heroin, 1 will sell on Salesday in August next, during the usual hours of pale, in front ol the Court House in the City of Anderson, S. C., the Lands de scribed aa follows, to wit: Ali that certain Tract or parcel of Land situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, containing four acres, more or loss, and bouudod on the North by tho landa of E. W. Lovell and E. T. Morgan, and on tbe Kast and South by ianda of W. L. Davis, said Tract lying on tho South side of the Columbia tfc Green ville Railroad. Terms of Sale-Cash. To bo complied with in one hour, or to be resold until a bona fide purchaser can comply with the terms of said sale. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. Y. H. NANCE, .lodge of Probate ss Special Referee. July li, UM) 3 4 PROF. T R. LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., CURES BY VITAL MAGNETISM. ALL classes ol Diseases, acuio and chronic, promptly, painlessly and permanently, and without tho uso of m ml ici ne or surgery. Having just cotnpietod a thorough course of instruction, theoretical and clinical in tho Scleuc* and A rt of Healing by Vital Magnotism, (tho Woltmer moth oil,) I beg leavo to ol?er my services to tho sick nud alllicted of Anderson and vicinity. I am thoroughly propared to treat all classes of disease?, especially thoso affecting tho norvous organism, by this new method. ABSENT TREATMENT. Persons ll ving at remote distances may be successfully treated by this method by what is tormed Absent Treatment, by correspondence. All commun!nations whatever, either personal or by letter, will be scrupulous ly treated as confidential. Offices-Thompson Building, Southeast of Public Square. Call on or address PROF. T. R. LANGSTON, Anderson, S. C. I have already a number of flattering testimonials of marvelous cures per formed by me. May Ki, 1900_47_ An All-around Satisfaction Is assured to those who Patronize. The Anflersofl SteamLaunflry. O?R WORK Is uniformly excellent, not merely occasionally good. What care ?nd skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fine work on goods of every description is dene hers. The Finish, either high gloss or domestfo, on Shirts, Collars snd Cn ff? is especially meritori ous. ANDER80N STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. f?a. Leave orders at D. C. Brown & Bro's. Store. _ FARM LANDS May just as welt be sold during Spring and Summer as in Fall and Winter. No need to wait until crops are made and marketed to "look around." We have a large list of well-selected Farms, and likely have j us. what you want. We are also answering inquiries every day, and if you have Farm Lands to sell we would likely find the purchaser you are looking for. We can, in moat cases, easily ad just any questions that may arise with reforenoe to rent for the year, or interest on purchase money or date of taking possession, and like details. In some cases, if earlv sala ia maria, WA non offer great inducements In releasing routs to purchaser. 128 aeres, near Hones Path, up-to-date condition. Can be bought low now. 168 acres. Fork, bottom price, (40 to 60 seres bottom-good condition.) 190 acres, Fork. 125 acres, Fork. 2500 aeree In Coonee. Eleven settle ments. Already surveyed Into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above are only a few. FRIERSON & SHIRLEY,. People's Bsnk Building, Anderson, S. C. PATENTS ADVICE AS TO PATENTABI? JTY NoUco tn " Inventive Ace " BS Book "How toobtain Patenta" I^L Char?t? modtrat?. Nofeetfllpaf u.SUaecnred. 1 litt?? ?tric?y oonfldenth?, '^dreaa. ? I E. G. SIGGEPS. PaW Uaqcr. Waabtnfllon. 0. C. J