The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, February 17, 1888, Image 4
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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.