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' TEACHING FORGIVENESS. LESSON VIM, INTERNATIONAL SUN DAY SCHOOL SERIES, FC3. 19. the Plagues of ixdia'. T«*t of th* L««.on. Matt, arlli, OolJtfn Text. Matt. vl. V«r*«. 21-?!3—Cotoue^t b>- iut. Wil liam Xeatao, it D [From Vecaon Flelpor Qaaru-rly, by permission of R. 3. BuOutan, I tiliaJcipUia, puUisbor , Notes.—ily Lrotbc-r, or fellow <li».-tple Seventy Urn.* at-ren, or iu.’Wflnltoly tor f JO times; cTetrly mark the unlumteU exercise of forglvetK-*. Take, account, aee how much they otredt Serrante, olBcera, or thcfie In charge of eotno trust. Talent*, a talent was ft,(MO shekels, and a shekel of silver Was about fifty oesta Went out, L e., from bis Lord’s presence. Hundred pcnco, a pence was the XLoinan denanoa, valued about fourteen oenfs. Wroth, very angry. Tormentors, officers of tho prison. Likutviae, in tbo same way. Trespasses, sins or wrings against you. V. 2J. Moved by our Lord’s directions as to the treatment bjr his di-scipka of thtlr t*. fending brethren, Peter comes with tbo vhry practical question as to the extq»^ th/it for giveness might lie required of Lftn. He wanted to know how often I'.a mutt forgivul Clearly Us thought tiier' wr>^, h limit to its .exercise and a ]>oint ^joyoad upon which he could aot be required to go. Now the rabbis taught that tlir^o Was that limit. Poter, therefore, doubled thx.t number and added /One to it, o r ;d then thought that even the .master cc.uld ftsk no more. ATe can smile at «ho eo'ncs?ncss of the man, tho drrkncss that »tU> shut him in and his struggling toward the truth. But just here, how fur—how very far—do many of tbo professing people of tho Lord stand even in this dispensation of tho spirit below Peter’s 1 "seven timeif’ V. 22. How heavenly tbescj words are. Clearly “seventy times aeven’’—490 times— are an unlimited number? ‘"Even os I had pity on thou" is tho divine measure. And until that is reached wo must forgive as freely as we have been forgiven. V. L'i. The whole doctrine of forgiveness is illustrated in this parable. Gods forgive ness of us is the reason why we should for ; give. V. 24. No doubt these sorvants were officers to whom some public trust had been confided. And this special one had prob ably farmed out some jortiou of the king’s domain. In no other way is it easy to sco how sneh an enormous debt could bo croated. Tor a talent of silver would bo about $1,000, and “ten thousand talents” would sum up to $15,000,000. A talent of gold would, of course, be proportionably greater. And if by this enormous sum the master meant to represent our sins against God, it is a most telling joint that this groat debtor was found when “ho had begun Lg reckon." No cx- * tended search was needed. The proof lay upon tho surface. The records of tho case at onco revealed it. There was the proof of tho debt. And there was no escape from it. And if that great debt represent our sins be fore God, how fitting is tho statement, “one was brought unto him. etc.” For this debtor, would not have oome of himself. The king’s uk* engers brought him. And so in tho case of our sins. The Ling has many messengers to bring us into his pruscuije and open before us tho rosrord of our sins. And as wo survey the record, there is no answer to tho question, “Is not thy wickedness great, and thine iniquity infinite?” Job xxii, 5. V. 25-27. All those incidents are nccessary to the parable as illustrating a human trans action, and are not to be regarded as measur ing toe divine mode of forgiveness. Two great truths aro illustrated by tho para Lie, i. o., . 1. There is no limit to the exercise of for giveness, aiid 2. He who has receivel forgiveness from God, will always extend it to man. V. 28-30. It is a most significant point that it was when tho “servant went out,”i. c. —from his lord’s presence—that ho found his indebted fellow servant. He had no time for such search when he stood before his lord. His own great need occupied him then. But when be went out from his presence, ho could look up the little matters of his fellow serv ant’s indebtedness to him elf. And what a contrast is here? “Ten thousand talents” on tho one side, and a “hundred pence” on tho Other. Yet this taking by the throat, this Pay mo that thou owest; this casting into ^prison—how eloarly all this tells of one who has no sense of forgiveness in his own ex perience. V. 31-34. Hero again we have t’ie human side of the parable, tho operations of the “man king.” Beyond question, v. 34 mod ifies and explains v. 27. Clearly the debt that was forgiven could not be unforced, and the debt that was enforced could never have been forgiven. So that tho principle here involved is that tho reality of the divine for giveness in a given case will l>o shown by tho reality our forgiveness of those who sin against us. There fs no such thing .• S t o-ofi- foreing tho penalty of sins that had onco been forgiven. The unmerciful servant was not troubled by his great debt. He would willingly have made it larger if ho had not been brought to the king. It was only tho penalty that troubled him. And he whom that servant represents Is the man who thought ho was converted when he was only terrified, and who had no use for tho love of God beyond tho fact that in some way it cotfld savahim from the penalty of his sin. And when he goes out from the Lord’s pres ence; when bis sense of danger is lost in tire promises of the Gospel, tho current of his old "nature flows on os before. VUhy should ho not have his hundred jxinco? Why should he not claim that whiclr is his duo? And so bis claim to bo forgiven is proved by tho ruling spirit of his life to have been utterly without foundation. The principle, therefore, holds good in every ease, that he who refuses to forgive shows that he himself had never been forgiven. And now, in reviewing this para ble, we loarn, 1. That the duty of forgi vencss is absolutely unlimited. How, indeed, can it lx“otherwise, if it flows out of what God has done for us ? “ Even as I had pity on thoe,” is the divine rule. Therefore to one who lias boon himself forgiven tho right to refuse forgiveness does not exist How cun we reach the limit of our “seventy times seven i ” 2. Our sins against God are practically without number. Is not this just the moan ing of theteu thousand talents of the parable ? “Wo cannot answer him one of a thousand.” 3. The offenses of our fellow men against purselves are, in comparison, insignificant. Viewed in any other light, measured by any other standard, they may be very great. But the parable sots the one over against tho other; our 10.000 talents, with our fellow servant's 100 pence. And that comparison remains. And the practical operation of this truth is that because God has forgiven its wo ought also to forgive one another. It fol lows from this that the jiower lead ing to forgiveness U not one of the forces of our nature. It is not native ami ability of tenqier. It is simply and alone tho sense of God's pardoning lovo to its, flow ing out iu forgiveness to others. As a neces sity, thorefotv. where the sense of tliat lovo is absent, that forgiveness cannot appear SOME OF THE TORMENTS OF ISTENCE IN THE ORIENT. EX- Goariitug Against tlie Dangerous luflu- • nea i.t »he sun —Keeping Cool—The Plague of Servants—The Dearer anti tbo Ayali—Musqnitoes. The Habits of Birds. Birds do not cough aud sneeze, but they dream and snore, making the J ; most distressing sounds, as if strung- i ! ling. They hiccough—a very droll nf- 1 fair‘t is, too—and they faint away.' A goldfinch, being frighteued one ! night, in his struggles was caught be tween the wires, ami gave a f ry like . the squc&k of a mnuj*e in di«ire-is. On my hastening to his relieT he slipped out into the room, and flew w ildly i , about until he hit something nnd tell 1 j to the floor. He w*ns picked up auid 1 culiiiiiiutf-d in a dead faint. None but those who have become The little head drooped, the body was ! p, ir (.i Je< i An j cri.-qx-d by the desiccating limp, apparently perfectly lifeless. | 0 f j n< p a —who have traveled reeking and he w as lain Iu his cage ready to ; uu the crocke-1 nnd splintered earth, be- be butied In t.ie morning. He was ! neath tho great sky fixed ocean of molten placed carefully on the breast, how- giiv^r—can appreciate thoroughly the free, ever, and in a few minutes he h -pned ; broad, bracing freshness of a Californian upon his pearch, shook out I is railed ( breeze. The surface of everything un- feat hers, and composed himself to sheltered is polished by tho sun’s rays un- sleep. j til the eya becomes bleared with merely Onn fent •ometlmcs ascribed to man : doing its duty. The sleek backs aud I* lb. 1 he ease of birds n literal fact— wings of the thousand crows which twit they can sleep with one eye open j on the path shine like new rupees; the tTiis curious habit I have watched i green leaves hang motionless and glisten closely, and I find i* common iu near- i as the wavelets in the sea. Even the* nu- Animals are often afflicted with ai ; disease called mange,the same disease I In human beings is called the itch and is highly contageous; to cure it mix flour and sulphur with Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment,! ! bathe it thoroughly, and take Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney ; Balm.—For sale by \Y. Platt A Co. South Caroinu Railway. A NEW INBUSTIIY. ly all the varieties I have been able to I observe. One eye will close sleepily, j "*11111 tight and appear to enjoy a good ; nap, while the other is wi.’e awake as ever. It is not alwnos the eye toward ) the light that sleep*,nor is it Invai 1 b’y J Uie one from the light. The presence and absence of people makes no dif ference. I hfive even had h bird stand on my arm or knee, draw up one leg, ami seem to sleep soundly with one eye, while, the other.was wide open. In several years’ close attention I have been unable "to fil'd any cause cither in the position or the surround ings fur tliis strange habit. No “set ojd woman’’ is more wedded to her accustomed "ways” than are birds in geueral to theirs. Their hours for eating, napping and singing are as regular as ohm. Ho, likewise, are their habits in regard to alighting places, even tp the very twig thev se lect. After a week’s acquaintance with the habits of a bird, 1 can al ways tell when something! disturbing hua occurred, by the plane in which he is found. One bird will make the dos4c Ins favorite haunt, and freely visit tjib’es, the rounds of chairs, and the floor, while another confines him self to the hack of chairs, the tops of cages and picture frames One her- tives, brought forth by parents who have never known another land, have huge turbans over and round thoir head?, and more particularly on that portion of the neck immediately below the organ of pbiloprogeuitiveness, lest the sun “should smite them in his wrath.” To guard against the dangerous influence of the sun man has sought out 'many in ventions. Carriages have double roofs; hats are built of pith and are ventilated by a cunning cupola in miniature ingeniously implanted in the crown; parasols are gi gantic wooden mushrooms, and garments are of any substance that can possibly he obtained, which, in weight and filler, does not exceed gossamer. Tho walls of the houses are about three feet thick, veran- daed and terraced round. The rooms aro hall* worthy of containing the common council of any small American mining town. They are matted and not carpeted, unless in some houses where appearances are more studied than comfort. The glass jvindows have each outer ones of wood, similar to the Yenitian ones so prevalent in Californian"houses. These are closely shut fourteen hours of the twenty-four. Huge squares of matted straw are placed before such openings as cannot bo closed, and it is the duty of a servant to spriuklo them with the coolest water obtainable ten times an hour. The motive is obvious. Tho hot wind mil thrush frequented (he bureau and i passing through the damp cusca ii cooled looking class frame, and tho top of a almost to a welcome point, and from a * scourge transferred by a simple device into a refreshment. tVo livo in tiie breath of card board map which had warped ground till the upper edge was almost circular. On this edge he would nerch for hours, and twitter and call, but no other bird ever approached it Still another would always select the dooy L'a&is’if npd window cornices. Every bird has his chosen place for the night, usually the highest place r.n the darkest side of the cage. They soon become accustomed to the situa tion of' tire dishes iu their cages, au«i plainly resent any change. On my placing a drinking cup'n anew part of (be cardinal’s residence, lie came down at once', scolding violently, pre tending to drink, then looked over t‘> the corn n" where the water used to be. and renewed his protestations. Then he retfirnecj* to the upper perch, flirt ing his tail an4 expressing his mind with great vigor. A few minute- passed, and he repeated the perfont- anee, keeping it up with great excite ment, until, to pacify him, 1 replaced the cup. Heat once retired to hi- usual fce^t, pnpdbcd his roughened plumage, and In a few moments be gan to sing. A dress of a new color on their mistress makes a great com motion among these close observers, aud the moving about of furniture puts the tamest one in a panic.—At- (antir. It is situated in a means ip America So spontaneous is I)i«en*e* from “Lower Animal*.’* The “lower animals," as we are pleased to call them, have a way of revenging themselves for some of the injuries they receive from the higher animal, man They contract diseases in a rniM form, aud communicate them u« virulent epi demics to their masters. The cow has a slight attack of scarlatina—so slight that it hardly causes her inconvenience—aud a deadly infection breaks out among those who "drink of her milk. From a report which has just been compiled by Dr. (feorge Turner for the local government board, it appears that diphtheria may lie one of the diseases which we catch from liUitnahi. Pigeons suffer from croup, horsew and swine from “strangles,” lambs from sore throat; all which affections, Dr. Turner think*, may develop into diph theria in human beings. The worst of fender is tne domestic cat. which is very liable to suffer from a cold in the head and chest, and to pa»a it on in a much worse form to children. —EL James’ Gazette. A Close Thrust. From the Boston Transcript. A certain charitable mission enter prise, conducted with an important church, is presided over by the young, assistant minister of the church, who is much ad ip i red lor his personal graces as well as for his piety and zeal in good work. He has been as sisted in the work of instructing, elevating and amusing the boys who resprt to the mission by some good ladies of the parish, and particularly by a young woman whose benevolent interest in the mission work has been supposed to includelhe clergyman ai its head. .She. has been indefatigabh in her endeavors to teach and enter tain tlje boys, and often addresses them in little speeches. The other Sunday this young lady was speaking to the hoys in the pres- eheC 9 f th*» clergyman. She had ex horted them to he good and studious, to avoid bud company, profajiity and other demoralizing things, and closed her little exhortation with these words: “I want you to be good boys and d<> all these things that .1 have asked you to, becagse I love you all.” “I know who you love most!” a small boy r in the front row called out. “Well, who is it, Johnny?” asked the lady. N«» doubt she expected some ac cusation of partiality among the hoys which she would have been glad ol an opportunity to deny. The boy pointed his small, grimy finger at the young elergyynan. “Him!” lie shouted. The young lady’s inter« st in chari table work is said to have declined visibly for soma little time. The Martel la & North Georgia Road on a Boom, and to be run Into Atlanta. Augusta Es-ening News. Maui etta, February 8.—The Marietta A North Georgia Narrow Gauge Railroad is on a boom. Col. J. 13. Glover, the Superintendent, is in Philadelphia to purchase standard gauge engines; and Major T. W. Glover, the General Traveling Agent of the road, is iu St. Louis purchasing supplies for the road. They are rnak- | ing all their preparations, and will ! have the road running as a standard I gauge to Murphy, ^s. C. before the j first of next .September. Parties of | surveyors are now out artanging for the reduction of some of the grades and for straightening the road. The bed has been made and cross ties 1 placed for standard gauge almost all j the way to North C'arolijta, and it will not require much work t<> complete ‘ i’ to the wider gauge. Hurveyors aie j out locating a iine from here to Atlanta, which will he completed | very &oo,:. A large corps of survey ors and workmen arc putting: in full time on the end he-| tween Murphy’ unJ Knoxville which, when finished, will make a new and shorter line from Knoxville to Allan- J ta. and will prove of great benefit to j both Atlanta anti the country which; it passes through. The country | through which this road passes is tiie richest of any on earth In wealth, and its timber is unsurpassed iu the world, and as cattle raising pastures, it has few or no equals, and the climate is delightful. •the punka, for alf day and night a ser vant stands by to fan us. If he halts for one second a glow of feverish heat steals over us, and the punka wulhtn submits mutely to the castigation he deserves and most inevitably gets. These poor wretches, possessed, it may he, of mote intellect than brutes, hut undoubtedly of less instinct utni sagacity, ply their monotonous occu pations like pieces of id filling machinery. They are certain to fall aslevp unless re tained at high pressure by the constant ap plication of a horsewhip. Tiie second plague in life in India, fully as monstrous as the first, is—servants. Take a professional man whose income is 001) rupees, or $250, a intuith. He does not desire, in all probability, to domesti cate himself in the cheerless circle of a boarding house community, where his nlr- soluto cost to the amiable landlady will be nlxmt 20 rupees per month, on which he is called every four weeks to pay 800 per cent. He therefore takes a house and becomes, he blindly imagines, "his own master.'’ The house is taken “compound,’’ which “its own ground.” vegetation that a “mallee” (gardener) is Indispensable. Let the master’s tastes lie ever so much inclined to till his own gar den and rear*marvels in.botany and horti- qulture. the heat forbids him. The pay of the mallee will vary between 6 and 8 rupees per month ($4). The next neces sary creature is the “mater,” or houso- svveeper—a man who always seems the acme of devotedness and activity, hut who lias really a remarkably easy life of it gen erally. His pay is equal to the malice's. The “bhestio,” who may be met with iq the twelve signs of the zodiac under the nomenclature of “Aquarius,” is the serv ant to whom the tractable and sensitive heart most inclines to be lilieral. He fills his “ mjiscock ” (a sealskin) many times a day with pure water and replenishes the iiath. He fills tha house buckets ;uh1 del uges the carriage when it is being cleaned. Our gratitude, extreme as it is, goes no further than 0 rupees. Then comes the table servants and the cook. Pursuing the list wo reach the “sirdarbearer.” This man trims the lumps and pulls Hie punka, and docs nothing else for the world. His wages are 7 rupees. Another and even more important man is the bearer. Say, old Indian of thirty hot years’ standing, how often have you blessed this man above all others*' He is VAl’t, banker and general protector over all things you may possess; he wipes you dry as tinder when you issue from your bath; puts your hose on while you sit on a choir in a reverie: ho docs the same good turn mr all ihe garments vou desire to don. He has j our liJlt nii« ^dovea beau tifully prepared for you: he tai:c3 charge of your lionting capital in tho way of any odd rupees which you may happen to leave in your discarded waistcoat, nnd you may safely trust him with a thousand. He studios your eVery movement and re places all mutilated buttons; in fact, hois to a great extent a wife, and if you give him a full and valuable wardrobe to be lord and master over ns long ns he may stay in your servioc, you will find it undi- miniched and precisely as you gave it. If a resident here is a married man he may. in the nature of things, be blessed with household gods—each god needs an “ayah.” She is. of course, a female ser vant. nnd tiie most troublesome, except the syces, of them all. The wages of an ayah are very changeable and unfixed, few under 10 rupees a month are of much good, though some are obtainable at half that sum. Besides tiie regular ayah to the wife and each child there must be the “inateranni." It is her business to do certain things which, if executed by the Others, would lose them their castes. To fenders versed in tiie technicalities of natural history the third plague of India will be recognizable by tiie name of “culex.” but is 1 letter known by tiie name of mosquito. The curtains round our beds at nights are not only valuable safe guards against musquitoee, but against a hundred other insects, some of them very repulsive in appearance. Grasshoppers, flying booties, tiro tics and others yet more horrible would invade our sanctu ary. but ciui only gnze at ns through tiie delicate squares of our gauze prison. Tiie Charleston Tcc Factory—How Ice Ik Made—No Chnnco of a Corner In Ice During the Coming Summer. Charleston Sun. j The entire plant and machinery* of i the Charleston Ice Manufacturing j Company, for the making of artificial ; ice, is now in the city, the last con- signment having arrived by rail on (Thursday last from the North The apparatus is now complete, with the exception of the huge boiler, which is being rapidly completed by Messrs Vnlk & Murdoch, of this city. The manufacturing room, which adjoins the r.'e house of Mr. Alva Gage, is being prepared, and a large force of carpenters and other artisans are busy in making it ready for the reception of the complicated looking machines lying around in every direction. The process by which this ice is made is entirely new, and a vast im provement over the old methods, the former mode being by compression, while iu this ammonia absorption is used. A spacious tank or bath is being constructed about thirty-five feet square, to be filled with salt water—not for the use of small boys— but as a bath in which to place the purified water from which the ice is made. Artificial ice i? usually of a snowy, opaque appearance, but by the present method it will be as clear and transparent the native article from Gt ecu land or Spitzber- gcn. Ordinary water is used in the first instance, converted into steam, which is again by a condensing ey- gine converted into water absolutely purz and free from impurities. This water is next placed in vessels im mersed into the salt bath alretujy mentioned, surrounded by metal colls or flues, through which the am monia is forced and which reduces the temperature to some ten degrees and at once freezes the water. The process is extremely simple and thv result is ati article asclcaras crystal aud which must of necessity, "from tiie process used, he free from foreign matter and impurities of any kind. About twenty-five tons of ice can be made daily by the factory. Active operations will commence about the l*t of March, and no scttreiiy of ice need he apprehended during Lite com- iwg summer so long as water remains in the wells or cisterns of the city. About twenty-five thousand dollars has been invested in the machinery of this factory, and a better invest ment was certainly never made, so far as tiie comfort, convenience and wants of the people here are concern ed. President Cleveland’s policy is to open more and larger markets for American goods. The protective tariflpolicy is to confine American goods to American markets by* taxing foreign goods out of our markets and forcing our people to pay extravagant price* for them. Berries by St Patrick’s Day. The Crop Promises to be Light ami tiie Prices High. .Charleston News and Courier. The indications are that straw berries will he very scarce and conse quently very dear in Charleston this seasou. A prominent truck farmer awd strawberry grower, when ques tioned on the subject yesterday, said that he did not look for more than one third of a crop this year on account of tiie unfavorable conditions at the beginning of the season. The long drought aud continued vvarm weather last fall caused most of the berry plants to dry* up and the consequence is that only those fann ers who took advantage of tjie late season to plant again will have ber ries this year. Owing to the latepess of the planting, the eiop will not he as eatly as might have been expected from the mildness of the winter. “You can say, though,” said the farmer, “that if there are no serious frost,“and favorable weather from now on the people of Charleston may have strait'berries to eat on St. Patrick’s Dav.” A New Hail way Bridge. Tho Solid Iron Structure Across the Santee Biyer. The new iron bridge which the Northeastern Railroad Company com menced to build across the Ban tee River last November has been com pleted, and tne trains have been run ning over it for several days. The new bridge is built entirely* of iron, and replaces the old combina tion wood and inn bridge which formerly spanned the river. The massive cylinders or iron piers upon which the structure rests have been filled with concrete, and the bridge is now one of tin* strongest and finest structures of the kind to he found in the Bouth. The iron* superstructure of the bridge was made by the Passaic Rol ling Mill Company, of Patterson, N. J., and was placed in position across the Santee River without the least in terruption in tlu* travel over the Nortlieastet n Railroad. SOUTH CAROLINA, ) Aiken Cornty-Auditoh’sOffice AtKEN c. H., December 1st. 1887.) '^ r OTICE is hereby given, that ptir- suant to an Act of the General Assembly’, approved December fllth, 1S*54, entitled “An Aot'to change the time for listing property for taxation,” the books will he open for the purpose of receiving Tax Returns for the fiscal year 1887,fr»m January 1st,1888,to Feb ruary 20th, 1888. The law requires that all persons owning Real or Personal property, or in any wise having charge or control of sneli property, either as agent, hus band, guardian*, father,trustee, execu tor, administrator, etc..to return the same to the Auditor of the County in which such property is situated,under oath and within the time prescribed, by law. Section 177 G. 8. provides the manner and forms for merchant’s returns, and Section ^215 requires the Auditor to add 50 per cent, to the property valuation of all persons who fail to make their re turns within the time prescribed by law. Don’t send y’our returns by anyone else, but come yourself. Ail returns sent through the mail must he sworn to before some oflieer qualified to administer such affidavit, made out on a proper blank,and sent at tax-paver’s risk. Persons owning no property must return their Poll Tax to me or a penal ty will attach for no return. You will meet at the place appoint ed for your township. The Auditor or his deputy* will be at the following places at the time speed, lied to receive Tax Returns of Real and Persojial Property*. The Books will open at*9 a. m., aud close at 3:30 p. m. sun time, at eath precinct excepting. Hatcher’s X Roads close at 12 m. Kitchen's Mill close at 2 p. m. Wilson Gunter’s close at 2 p. m. W. C. Pages’s Store close at2,-P. M. Martin Holley’s Mill close at 12 M. Eubanks and Harkerson’s Store close at 12 M. [On January 16, 17.18 the Books will not he open; tin these days the Book will be in hands of the Jury* Commis sioner from which to select jurors for 1888.] Grrfjg Township. Granitcville. Monday, Jan. 2. 1SS8. Madison. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1S8S. Langley, Wednesday, Jan. 1 1S88. Vaudu.se, Thursday, Jan. 5 1883. Sci.vltz Township. Hamburg. Friday. Jan. 6. Mimes Township. Hatcher’s X Roads, Saturday*. Jan. 7, 1888 —9 a. m. to 12 m. Windsor Township. (’lark’s Mill, Monday, Jan. 9 1SS8. Windsor P. O., Monday Jan. 30, 1888. Rocky Grove Township. H. A. Sally’s Store, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1888. 1 Tope well Township. L. P. Colluifi’5, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1888. Giddy Swamp Township. J. G. Sally’s Thursday, Jan. 12, 1888. Rocky Spring Township. H. D. Ott’s, Friday, Jau. 13, 1SS8. Tabernacle Township. Kitchen’^.Mill, Saturday, Jan.14,1888, 9 a. m., to 2 p. in. McTier Totvrtshiji. Jones X Roads, Thursday*, Jan. 19, 1888. Chinquapin Township. Jacob Kneece’s, Friday, Jau. 20, 1888 Ward's Township. Wilson Gunter’s, Saturday, Jan. 21, 1888, 9 a. m., to 2 p. m. Sleepy Hollow Township. W. J. Woodward’s old store, Monday. Jan. 23, 1888. Rouse’s Bridge, Tuesday, Jau. 24. Silverton I'ownship. EUenton, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1888. Barges or Hankin.son’s store,[Silver- ton] Thursday, Jan. 26, 1888. Hammond Township. L. H. Hankinson’s store, Friday,Jan. 27, 18*8. W. C. Page’s store, Saturday*. Jan. 28. 1888, 9 a. in. to 2 p. ni. Windsor Township. Windsor, Monday, Jan. 30. 1888. ' Millbrook 'Township. Martin Holley’s Mill, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 9 a. n». to, 12 m. Montiriorenci, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1888. Eubanks & Hankinson’s store, Thursday, Feb. 2d, 9 a. m., to 12 ni. Banck’s Mill, Friday, Feb. 3, 1888. Aiken C. H. Monday,Fob. 6, to Feb. 20, 1SS3, in clusive. DAVE II. WISE. Auditor Aiken County. Nov. 30, 1887. Commencing September 8th, 1887 ! trains will run as follows by Eastern j time: MAIN LINE—WESTWARD DAILY. Leave Charleston— 7.60 a. m., 5.10 p. m. Leave Aiken— 10.54 a. in, 9.38 p. m Arrive Augusta— 11.40 a. m, 10.30 p. m. MAIN LINE—EASTWARD DAILY. Leave Augusta— 6.05 a. m, ’ 4.40 p. m, Leave Aiken— 6.59 a. in. 5.34 p.m. Arrive Charleston— 11.06 a. m, 9.45 p. in, TO AND FJtOM COLUMBIA—traily. Leave Augusta . . 6.50 a m 4.40 p m Leave Aiken 6 59 a m 5.34 p m Due Columbia.. .10.45 a m 9.45 p ni west—Daily. Leave Columbia. 6.05 a m 5.33 p m Due Aiken 10.54 a ni 9.3S p m | Due Augusta. . . .11.40 a m 10.30 p n: ! Connections.—Connections made j at Augusta with Georgia Railroad to aud from all points West, at IHuek- j villo with Barnwell Railroad,at Preg j nall’swith Eutawviile Railroad, and Columbia for Asheville. Hot Springs) j and bevoud, and points on the- C. & G. R. R. Connections made at Charleston with roads north and south; also with steamers for New York and Florida., Through tickets can he -purchased and- baggage checked to all points North, South and west, and informa tion given by* Mrs. I. B. North, Ticket Agent, Aiken, S. C. D. C. ALLEN, Gen. Pas and Ticket Agent. John B. Peck. General Manager. POMONA HILL NURSERIES. M -:o:- W, W. WILLim Rea! Estate Ag’t. F For Sale. ARM 125 ACRES 1-2 milcof Mont- inorenci Station. A nice Cottage and four new tenant houses on tract. 1500 of the celebrated Niagara gi*ano, orchard of Young Le Conte Pears and Apples. ’ — ALSO— 1034 3-4 acres one mile of station. Both very choice. —also— Building lots on Boulevard Coles and Colleton avenue, destined to be the popular portion of our city for pri- ! vate residences. —A-I.SO— Several houses with large lots loca ted centrally. William Turnbul Laurens Street, Aiken, S. C. FIMIE public are invited to inspect -L mv slock of CHOICE JAIILI GROCERIES which 1 am selling at rock bottom prices. I buy none but the best and e 11 as cheap as the cheapest. Canned Goods in great varielv and fjont the best houses. WM. TURNBULL. >4 H. P. METTE & CO., KEEP ON HAND A FULL LINE OF FURNITURE. Including cheap Chamber Suits, Mat tresses, Baby Carriages, Cradles, Sew ing Machines,Wardrobes,Feather Pil lows, Bureaus, Bedsteads,Chairs, etc., SELL ON INSTALLMENTS [DISCOUNT FOK CASII.J H. P. METTE & CO.. * Curve Street. - - - Aiken. S. C. Cheap Nursery . . STOCK. . FOR WINTER AND SPRING Sales isst-s. —.0:— r HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF APPLE TREES Two and*three years old, good varie ties, that I will CLOSE Ot T T CHEAP. —also,— PLUM, CHERRY, GRAPE, &c.| . If you want anything in the Nur sery' Line CHEAP, especially* A P- PLE.scnd for my Illustrated Descrip tive Catalogue and Special Price List of surplus stock for Winter and Spring sales of 1873-8 only'. Address J. VAN. LINDLEY, * POMONA, GuilLkml t. utility. N. C. P. B. iViatthews, Carnap ani Wapn lanafactory Richland Ave. and Pendleton St. AIKEN, S. T. V LOT of second-hand buggies that have been thoroughly repaired and repaznted, nearly as good as new FOR SALE EXTRA CHEAP. Wagons,, road carts and all kinds <*>f vehicles built to order or repaired ON REASONABLE TERMS. Horse shoeing aud till kinds of biacksmithing and wheelwright work done in first-class Style at living prices. P. B. MATTHEWS, aug 9 ly’ AIKEN, S. C.* James A. Stot hart, GRANITEYlLLE, - S. C. T * r ith the finest and largest stock ▼ ▼ of Clothing for Fall and Winter that has ever been in tfci* city, not only the largest but the ftiost stylish Clothing for Men Boys and Youths. The Emporiun is the onfy place for correct styles and fashionable goods. Every garment sold is guaranteed as represented, this stock comprises many different styles in hrake and material, tin* most popular Sack suit will be the Cheviots iu stripes, you will also find the Clievioti in four button Cutaway’s ls well is cassi- itteres, Whip-cord and CoY-serow, al<d a line of fancy* worsteds. My line of Prince Albert coats and vests iiava never been equaled before, I have tlieni in all shades and size* and will guarantee you a perfect fit. I have a beautiful line of over-coats in ail weights ami colors iu whip>eord, worsted, Kersey, Cheviot, Chinohilla anil Beavers. A EBoys Clothing. This stock is the largest I have ever carried, giving the customers an op portunity of a good selection of tk« many’ styles and patterns, you will find a good selection of Knee' pant suits, ranging in size from 4 yrs to 15 yrs, and Boy’s long pant suits from 12 yrs to 18 yrs,’when you visit hero do not fail to see this stock. HATS. In all the latest styles and shapes, the DUNLAP STIFF and SILK HATS, for .which I am sole agent, you » ill find many other makes of stiff and-soft Huts in all sizes, also a fine assortment of Boy ’s and children’s Hats. SHOES. Gent’s fine shoes in all the lending styles and makes among the manu-s facturersarc the celebrated Bauinestcr Shoes, also the Douglass warranted iS.OO Shoe fur Men and the $2.00 Shoe for hoy's Call and examine my stock when in tiie city, you will flind it interest ing as well as profitable to you, I will lake pleasure in showing you through, I am ResDectfully, M. L. KINARD, Columbia, S # C. I CURE FITS! -DEALEH IN- DRtJGS, CHEMICALS PERFUM ! . FRIES, TOILET SOAPS, HAIR j. BRUSHES AND CIGARS. * The Stock is frequently replenished so that they are always fresh. Our prices tire reasonable, and we will be glad n *t only to serve oar friends ol Graniteville, hut of the entire sur rounding Country’. James A. Slolhart. ■When I say Cure I do not mean merelj to stop them for a time, and then have them re turn again. I mean A RADICAL CURX. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS, A life long study. I warrant my remedy to Cure the worst cases. Because others have failed i s no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Free Bottlr of my Infallible Remedy. Give Express and Post Office. It costs you nothing for a trial, and it will cure you. Address H. G. ROOT. M. C. 183 Pearl Sr.,NiwYsm AIKEN INSTITUTE, AIKEN, S. C. U lu-y iniNi ar. i buzz untiringly, like the siuering li. li <>f Ccylou. occasionally rising louder in tlKir melody limn the human voice. Occasionally you find a cobra in your linthiv >:n. lie is in size like a large cel. and its hire is often fatal. If you find one always normh for another.—Calcutta for, San I’ramisco Chronicle. SOME OLD FOLKS. Science I» Everything. Young Mr. Wabash (of Chicago)—Are you Interested at all in matters of a scientific nature, Mie« Waldo?” Miss Waldo (ot Boston)—Oh, very much, Mr. Wabash f" Mr. Wabash—Yoa think, then, that every oq* should possess some knowledge of aofeocaj” Mis* Waldo—Yes; I attribute much of our Mr Sullivan's phenomenal success to his ability.”—The Epoch. Progress on iI«p3C's. The 3 C’s is still forging ahead and it is ex pep Jet) that in two weeks, at tlte farthest, trains will he running between Camden and Lancaster. Two hundred and sixty hands are engaged in track laying and they are putting it down at tlte rate of one and a quarter miles a day. They are now wiiliin 18 miles of this place, and the mad bed, except at Bear Creek, which can be finished in ready for Ihe cross ties, bed between this place and Kock Hill is, also, nearly completed. The Company expects by the first of July to have a regular schedule between Kutherfordton, N. O., aud Camden, 8. C. Depots have been located at West’s about 10 miles this side of Camden, .•ml at Jas. V. Welsh’s, about 20 milps from this place. The pther depots on the line have not located as yet. Itnfe.rl I .mm and Petra Negrete were late’v __ married in Guanajuato. Mexico. The hrida in iliera 1 | is 25 and the groom St.* years old. j Miss Jane Burrell died recently at Key incur. Ind., aged 110 years. 8he claimed to j be tire oldest maiden lady in the ttountry. John and Saruh Burnham, of Lv^e.x. Mass., ; celebrated the tibd anniversary of their mar- ! riage recently. Tho husband is Sh and his wife 30 years old. Collins Fitch, of Meade county, Ivy., is tho 1 oldest Mason in tho order in that state, hav ing becomo a member of tho order iu 1820. He is past 95 years of age. The oldest person in the state of Indiana is Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll, who lives in Warren township, near Indianapolis. Her age is 113 years and her health is good, Mrs. Catharine Smitley, of Muskingum Kept on Bitying Guns. A firm of gun dealers down town got a consignment of beautiful cast iron shot guns from England. They were of that singular pattern which you can sell fer about ;4 and make a profit, the government tc*-L v mark throw n in. They’look w ell, but it is better not to lire tliem. The harr ,, l may fall off or the charge come out the wrong way. But they look beau tiful and solid. A seedy looking in dividual came in one day and bought oik*. He came hack the next day and bought another. He kept confiiigund I ni v ing th ik one tit a time, and still ho did not seem to look any less seedy or have much more capital. The gun dealer began to wonder w hat he was doing with till those guns. He might he preparing a revolution or a riot or something. He followed him one day, Tile fellow took ’the gun to a pa'vabroker and got t?9 on it. It co.*t $4 and lie kept-on buying those, guns until he had loaded up all the pawn- brookers in town with them ami al most drank himself to death with the profits. FRANK H. CURTISS, President. D ESIGNED for the higher educa-| tiou of young ladies and yoiu gj gentlemen. Course of study thorough j and exhaustive, covering a period ot ; eight years exclusive of collegiate; ' course of f-uirye trs. Each department complete in itself—i'rimary, Inter- j mediate. Grammar, Preparatory Aeu- ! demic, Academic and Collegiate. Rainey’s Barber Shop. [FORMERLY’ OF CHARLESTON, S. r.| O N Laurens street, under the Law Office of Messrs Henderson Bros. Thanking the public for a liberal pat ronage in the past, the undersigned begs to assure his friends that no care or pains will he spared to merit the i same in the future. E&"The Cutting of Ladies’ Bangs Misses and children’s Flair a specialty. The famous new Toilet Clippers, especially adapted to the cutting of hoy’s hair, used upon reduced terms. Razors honed and warranted to cut at short notice. E. CAPERS RAINEY. F ranklin smith, TINNER AND ROOFER, AND DEALER IN’ STOVES AND HARDWARE, Laurens Street, next to Lyceum Hall. AIKEN, S. C. Satisfaction guaranteed to all cits- j touters, both iu workmanship and i j price. ’ * Hoofing & Guttering a Specialty. | Stoves direct from the I’oundry sold at rock bottom prices. COMPLETE MILL, ENGINE AND cm OUTFITS, And Repairing, Fittings and Sup plies for same. Also, all kinds of Machinery, Boiler,'Pattern, Foun dry, Blacksmith, * Brass, Iron and Steel work promptly done with GOOD MEN and Topis. Large stock of material to select from. Have 10)0 hands employed. Geo. R. Lombard & Co., Above Pftisenger Depot, Near Water Works Tower. AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA. DESIRABLE COTTAGE E. A. SOMMEK, _JL:0:—_ Laurens St. and Richland Aye. T utt's Pills FOR TORPID .LIVER. A torpid ltv«r derange* tho wholeay*- tem, and produces Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these common diseases than Tutt's I.lver Fill*, as a trial will prove. Price, 33c. Sold Everywhere. Obtained, nn<l nil I'A'IJ-.t*! ULs>IN£.•'<?< ut- totulefl to f<«i MODF.RA TK FEES Our office is rif.jx.sitc It;.' U 8 Patent Office, and \v« can taut I "uterus in less time Mum those remote fiom If .!>///.YL'V'O.Y. Sflul MOIlh.l: OKA II /AO <>l /•IIOTO of invention \V« urivise as to Witcnl ability free nf'cfiarKc amt we imiUc AO LlJAkliE V.M.FSS I'A TEXT IS XF.CVhh O * For eircutur. ml vice, terms nml -ofercnces to actual vlientu i’h your own Stale t’ouiuy, f ify <*r lown, write to .snow* a co Opposite I'r.t/nt Office, M’nuhrng/im. I> 6". s BK T* 9 y f also, keen constantly on hand, grown Fowls, Chickens ami other J poultry which I sell at reasonable, prices. FRANKLIN SMITH, Laurens street, next to Lyceum Hall MATES OF TUITION. aug 30 A IK LX, H."0 Pep. Month. ten days, is county, O., celebrated the 100th anniversary The road- of her birth recently. She is in good health, and her mental vigor is unimpaired. Aadorson Burrell, a planter living near Montgomery, Ala., is the father of thirty-one children and the grandfather of sixty. He is 71 years old, and has been married four times. Rev. John Gibson, of Philadelphia, is 117 years old. His face is coal black and his hair snow white. He was formerly a slave. His been is K 00 ^ but lie has been blind for sev eral years. _ . Prof A. A. Benton, of Delaware College, lias received a call from the Episcopal University of the South, at Sew a nee, Tenn Prof Benton is a native of-Nortii Carolina. The chair to which Ik* lias been invited is that of theology and ecclesiastical history. It is thought that he will accept the call. Primary . $1 50 ; Intermediate 2 50 Grammar 3 00 Prep. Academic,) 4 (>0 1 ! Academic, ) Collegiate 5 00 ; German and French, each 1 00 [Instrumental Music 2 50 i Special Drawing Lessons 2 50 Painting, Oil, Water Color Chi na, Lustra 2 50 I For any desired information eon- I cerning catalogues, rates of hoard, or any other matters connected with the ! Institute address the President, i A limited number of students de-I ! siring hoard may find a pleasant home j in the faniilv of the President. FRANK II. CUHTISS, Feb 1. lS87.-tf President. ' THE WHELESS STAMP igccwjATjr*) —PRESS CO.— 746 REYNOLD STREET. AUGUSTA, CA, Agent, Wanted! Catalogue i KF.lt! RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS, BADGES, CHECKS, STENCILS, STEEL STAMPS, &c. Sole Manufacturer- of The Wheless Self-Inking Rubber Stamp Printing Press. A X I) CONFECTIONER.' DEALER IN Groceries, Wasco aM Ciprs. I will keep constantly on hand ' Fresh Bread. Cakes and Pies and al- | so Fruit and Vegetables which I will sell at reasonable prices. A share of the pat^onnge.of the Aiken public is . respectlullv solicited. E. A. SOMMER. Laukuns .St and Richj. ynd Avk i Aiken, S. c. i ValoaMe Ian For Sale. ACRES ON THE LEV- ELS, and one of the heat farms iu this vicinity. 3 miles from Aiken. The-rent in cotton this sett- son has paid about >'1800, besides mak- intr a largo amount for the party working it. Enquire of S. OlT, Real Est. Agt. Oct. 25. L"87. After Forty yeen* experience in the preparation of more than One Hundred tionn for patent* mi the United State* and Foroiffn cmin- trieu, tho publishers of tho Scientiflo American continue to act ad Bolicitot* for patents, caveats, trade-marks, copy- __ rights, etc., for the United States, ana to obtain patents in Canada, Fuglar.d, rranee, Germany, and all other countries. Tueir experi ence is unequaled and their facilltie* are uusnr- ^ Drawings and specifications prepared and filed In the Detent Office on short notice*. Terms very reasonable. No change for examination of modem or drawimr* Advice by mail free Patents obtained thronirh Al unn<t Co. are noticed Inthe SCIK!fTIKTC A TUCK ICA which ha* tbo largest circulation and is the most influential newspaper of its kind published in the world. The adyhntages of such a notice every patentee linderstands. „ This large and spVmlldly illustrated newspaper i« published WKKKIjY at *U©ajrear, and is admitted to be the best paper devoted to science, mechanics, inventions, engineering worke, and other <!• ;>*r nenia of industrial progress, *)ub- liaued in any country. It conti.ins the names of all patentee* and title of every indention patented esch week. Try it four month* for one dollar, bold by all newbdcalrri. if you have an invention to patent write to Munu .% < :«»* publishers of Hcie Uittc American. 9C1 Broadway, 5»cw York Ha idbook abdht patents mar*e 1 free. / OKSSSES V DO YOU WANT A ~D qTG- ? TO RENT. An old colored preacher not very well versed in reading tlte Scriptures once road the words, “'Wine is a mocker, strong drink raging,” as fol lows: “Wine is a moccasin, strong drink is a rattlesnake, and wliosoever deceived thereby is not wise.” Tiie reading was miserable, but forcible true.—Hew Orleans Southwestern Ad- j low rates vacate. . Aug30 A very desirable cottage on York street near Park avenue. 0. P. DOOLITTLE, GILDER AND PICTURE FRAME MAN FACTEREH, Picture Frames made to order at short notice. Regilding a specialty. Old Frames gilded equal to new. If eo, send for DOG BUYERS* GUIDE, conuinuu* colored platen KHIeiiKravioKrtcf diBeroct t reed., prior, they ere worth, and where to I buy them. Directions for Training j Dugn end Breeding Ferret*. Muled! for IdUents. Also Cuts of Dog I Furnlatiing Goods of ail kindatj VARE .YOUJglTLR.ESTED IN PQ.ULTRY' Then send for Erneticnl I’OUL- TltY HOOK. lOOparten; beta- tifuJ colored plnte; ecaruvings of Marty ail kinds of fowla; <leeen[>- Uoos of tho kreeds; bow to eaponirs; plans for poultry bouses: information about incubaters, and „ hero to buy -oni best stork nt Sl.fiO Cei I from Hittuig. bent fur tent.. SIBLEY’S SEND"’™ Ve^'ctaole. Flower. Field I’lants, Bulbs Implem’ts. P n ^ C* W man on application, f- K EL C. Don’t neglect writing for it HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. ROCHESTER. N. Y. 322-326 E. Halt St. CHICAGO. ILL 12-11». Clark St. y. DO you k£ep CAGE BIRDST ALSO A Dwelling of nine moms and good garden lot Kershaw street. ALSO Two stores in Curve street at very Apply to E. J. C. WOOD. P ATENTS Procured. William G. I Henderson, 925 F. St., Washing-j ton, D. C.. Formerly of Examining Corps U. S. Patent Office. 17 years’ j experience. Send sketch or model for 1 report as to patentability. Correspon- j deuce solicited. dec. 6 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM and bcautiflm th* hair a luxuriant grow th. Never Fail* to Reetora Gray Hair to ita Yauthfui Color. CnreaecalpdlaeaiH.-*and hair falling PARKER’S CINCERTONIO krralnahle for Coughs, Colds, inward Pains, Exbaasdo* P ATKTTTrgq PTTTT Till IIITP Fond stamp. BAKEK ftEM. OO .Boi mt Buffalo,*! .Y. E ERSIAN BLOOM, Beit CeaprniratfMa- U&er.Shta Cora and BUmlvh Eradicator I i stamp tor trial prkago.