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CHRISM AS fS C03IIXG. by haey d. dri-ve. " Christmas Is coming!" the children cry, Conntinz the Weeks that are hurrying by, Dear little children, who lire at home, And do not guess what it is to roam From morn till night, with stockiogless leet Up and down, through the ice wid sleet. "Christmas is coming!" thinks little Tim, But w net can the Christmas do for him? His home is a cell u-, his dally bread The crumbs that remain when the rich are led. ?No mother to Idss him when day is gone; No place to be glad In under the snn. That wonderful fellow, old Santa Claus, Who never is idle a moment, because He Is kept b ? busy with piling the toys Into the stockings of girls and boys, No wonder he sometimes forgets, you know, Into the homes of the poor to go 1 But, dear little children, you understand That the rich and poor all over the land Have one dear Father who watches you, And grieves or smiles at the things you do. And some of his children are poor and sad, And some are always merry and glad. Christmas will bring to you many joys Food and plenty, frolic aud toys; Christmas to some will briug nothing at all, In place of laughter the tears will fall, Poor littleTim to your door may come? Your blessings are many; spam him some. The Chrirtmas hells will sweetly ring The song that the angels love to sing, The eong that came with the Saviour's birth; " Peace, good will, and love on earth!" iMar little children, nng, Ipray, i Sweet hells in some londy4fcart to-day. LOOSING FOR SANTA CLAUS. A Good Story for tbe Bojs \nd Girl*. One wintry day little Mina arose in the morning and found that hex mother was not np. . ; This was strange, for tfaHfinwaa hifft id his beama^fgll aslant through the high, garret window upon the bare floor. The stove "was cold and the coffee-pot stood empty on the shell Mina laughed at the thought that she had v.aked be? fore her mother. She slipped on her blue woolen dress, her large checked apron, her knitted stocking,!, and her thick shoes; and having washed her face, and braided her hair in two tight little pigtails, crept around to her moth-. er's bed, intending to kiss her awake. But her mother's eyes were wide open, her cheeks were red, and her hair was tossed about on the pillows. "Oh, my child," she cried, as she saw her little girl, "what shall we do now? I am ill I have a fever of some sc-t. My head is as heavy as if it was made of lead. I am not even able to rise, much less to go about my work. We shall starve together, yon and I, poor, mi happy widow and orphan that we are." "Oh, no, mother, said Mina. "We seed not starve. I can make the coffee, and go and buy the bread and sau . sage.. "Child, child!" cried the mother, "very soon there will be no money to buy anything. I have felt myself breaking down for a week. I have no hope now. I must send for the doctor, and when he finds I am not able to pay him he will send me to tho hospital You, poor little soul, you will soon be motherless as well as fatherless." The poor woman hid her face in the pillow. Mina wept Tears ran down her cheeks; but she soon went to the stove, and kindled a fire, and made the coffee, as she had seen her mother do it "The coffee will do you good, mother,' she said. But the poor sick mother was too feverish to taste it Then, indeed, Mina felt that every? thing was wrong. "Christmastime! Christmastime!" repeated the poor woman, talking more to herself than to her child; "and Christ, mas used to be so happy." At this Mina crept closer to her moth? er's bed. Yes, in two days Christmas would come. She had looked forward to it so. She hod hoped that she would find in her stocking a wax doll with bine eyes, and a candy basket full of sugar plums, at least; but she should not core for them if her poor mother were so sick. "Child! go to the old doctor," said the mother. "Go tell him to come quickly! I must be made well if he can do it! Go! Go!" ? Mina put on her hood and ran away. The good old German doctor came back with her, and felt his poor country wo? man's pulse, and wrote a prescription, and patted little Mina on the head, and badeJier take care of her mother. Bat the child took nearly all the small purse contained to pay for the powders he had ordered, and though she watched by her mother's bed all day, the mother grew worse. She lay tossing to and fro, talk? ing of the past. 'It was Christmas time when I ran away with your father," she said with the quick speech of fever. "My father did not like him, nor my mother either; so we ran away and were married. We come to this country in a great ship. We were very "happy until he died. Mina, do yon remember how good he was to us last Christmas? Ah, only for you, only for leaving you, my little girl, it would seem best for me that 1 am going to him. "Christmas! Oh, in Germany, at home in Germany, we always had a Christmas tree, and we sat together iu the parlor, and the window lifted and St. Nicholas came in. He gave us toys and gifts of all sorts. We were glad, and yet frightened. Our wooden shoes were set in a row on the hearth at night In each we found some gift Such a supper! dancing! music! "I wonder whether my old father is dead; whether my old mother lives; whether they forgive me?" She wept, but little Mina sat thinking. She thought of Santa Claus?old St. Nicholas, the good Christmas friend of all good children?he who would come down the chimney, or in at the window, with any gift he pleased. Surely, if he was so good to her mother when she was a little girl, he would remember her now that she was sick. But how was he to know ? He could, if he pleased, give her mother plenty of money. Of that she felt certain. But how was one to find him? " "Mother," she said, "where does Santa Clans live?" The poor mother was fast growing de? lirious. "What did you ask?" she said, dreami? ly. "Where he lives? Oh, I do not know." "But he could do anything, give any? thing he chose ?" asked Mina. "Yes," said the feverish woman, "yes ?yes; tell him to give mo ice?nice, cold, glittering ice?to cool my head?ice, "Oh, I will get you some ice, mother," said Mina. "I will go to tho grocer's and get some." Sbo took a bowl from the closet and a penny from the old purse, and ran out of the room, shutting the door softly be? hind her. There was a grocery in the lower part of the house, and she went i^o it and up tVfhe ciartnifet, A rosY-fric$d Puteh Vpy " gave her ^ewe^^'cT Be looked so good natured that she asked him a question. "Do you know where Santa Claus lives?" she said. The boy scratched his head. "Yes?he libs in Germany," he said. Mina's heart leaped high. "Biddy?little Biddy Flynn," she called to a child passing the door, 1 'will you take this bowl of ice up to my moth? er, and give her. some, and stay by her ?^nntil I come back. I'll only be gone a few moments." Good-natured little Biddy took the bowl and ran up stairs, and Mina ran down the streets that she knew led to the river, as fast as her feet could carry her. She had two cents in her pocket, and thought that would pay her faro. A sailor was standing near a fruit stand. Minn, looked up into his round, brown face with confidence. "Mr. sailor," she said, "will you tell me which of those ships go to Ger? many?" "Why,, that one yonder, my little lass," pointing to ono ovor which the German flog floated. ' Minn thought he meant the little iVrry-boat that ran to Weehawken. "Thank you," she said, ondfiewaway. A bell was ringing; she hurried past the ferry-house, droppiher two cents into the hand of the fc master, and the boat was off the uev :nent. It did not take lo., i cross the river, and Mina went on saore and looked about. A great, good-uatured looking man sat smoking his pipe at the door of a shoemaker's shop. Mina went up to him and said softly: "Please, sir, will you sell me where Mr. Santa Clans lives?" "Mr. Santa Clans?" said the man, in broken English. 1 'Veil, I do not kuow? does he keep show or work at a trade? You tell me vot he is, den maybe I re? member him." "Don't you know: I thought every one knew Mr. Santa Clatui," said Mina. "He?he makes toys for little children." "So!" said Jhe German!. "So.., Yos. I know. Go,?g dis street -and along to tfienexAcorn^deh j'ou see a little^ato. Behind dat yon find de man dot makes toys for de children." Mine said that she was much obliged. She felt that people were amiable in Ger? many, and her hopecrosebigh. She fol? lowed her old German's direction and soon came to a high fence. There was a gate in it. She lifted che latch and opened it, and. before her was a low, brown house.' Softly she crept up to the window. Yesj,yeaj she had found Santa Clans at last.\ TheraVbefcre ihe fire^ sat a little fat old man, with isitits-iiSiFftnd cheek* fetpS at tvbflf with a turning e. An old woman, as rosy as he was, was gluing pieces of wood together with a brush?toy chairs, tables, bedsteads, wagons, milk-maids, jointed dolls; and at a table sat four little girls, painting away at the finished toys with the bright? est colors. Oh! this was delightful, and' Santa Clans and bis wife'looked so kind! Mina knocked on the door. Some one cried, "Herein," and she entered. She stood at the threshold and drop? ped the little courtesy her mother had taught her, and said: "Please, Mr. Santa Claus, I want to speak to you particularly. It is about Christmas." "3o!" cried the old gentleman?and truly he was a German?rising. "But what did yon call me, httle one?" f'.Mr.' Santa Oaus,;' said Mona. ^I'ye been looking forryon^iU?ayY^?nd po?r mother is so sick. That is why I want to see yon. Yon used to come m at the window on Christmas eve when Bhe lived in Germany, and you always put some? thing in her shoe, and now she cannot earn money because she is sick. I want you to come down the chimney and put enough in her stocking to last until she is well, for father is dead, and we hove nobody who cares for us. And you?oh! you are so good, always going over the roofs on Christmas eve, and giving pres? ents to everybody." "The child thinks you are Santa Clans," whispered the old German wo? man in her husband's ear. "Oh, how like she is to our little Mina, do yon not see?" "Do yon speak German, child?" said the oldman, ? . " Yes^said Mina, *4t is nry mother's language. Yes, I speak it very well." "And what is your name?" asked the old gentleman. " Mina Hoffman, Mr. Sonja Claus, if yon please," replied Mina. The old woman caught her husband's arm. "Be quiet.be quiet," whispered the old man. " It is a common name." "And how did you think of coming here, my little maiden?" "Because you were so good," said Mina. " To-day mother cried and told me how pleasant it used to be in Ger? many; and oh, Mr. Santa ClaUB, you must know where her father and mother are. She said she ran away from them; and I. know she thought it was very, naughty ? only what could she do kif they wouldn't let father come in?" "Hans, Hans, it is our daughter!" cried the old woman. " What was the name of your mother's father?" "Itwas Ansen, Mrs. Santa Claus," said Mina. The old lady began to cry. She caught the child in her arms and kissed her fondly. "Oh, good Mrs. Santa Claus you will ask Mr. Santa Claus to help mother, won't you?" pleaded Mina. But now the old couple took her by the hands and led her away to an inner room, where the old lady rumaged in the drawer of a Httle bureau and brought out an old-fashioned daguerreotype. "See, child," she said. "Don't this look like any one you know?" "It looks like mother," cried Mina, only?only not so old." "It is enough," said the old gentleman. "Child, God has sent you. I am not Santa Claus. I am only an old toy-maker, working here in Weehawken?in a strange country to which I.came from my father? land But my dear, I am your grand? father, and this is your grandmother. We came to America to look for our daughter when we heard she was a widow, but we could not find her. Now we are going to go and take care of her. We will go with you. Aud again I say, God 8entyou." So in a few momeuts Mina and her grandparents were on their way across the ferry. It was late in the afternoon when they climbed the stairs of the tenement house. Then the old people waited outside in the entry, and Mina went into the poor, half-furnished room and found little Biddy Flynn still waiting patiently. "What happened ye, Miua?" sho asked. 'The mother has been fretting for yon." "Oh! my child! I am nearly frightened to death!" sobbed the poor woman. "Mother!" cried Mina. "Oh, mother! I went to Germany to find Santa Claus? for we never needed him so much. But it was not Germany, and I did not find him; but?oh, mother?I found grand? father and grandmother!" "Mother! Father!" cried the poor woman; and the next instant they rushed in and had her in their arms. So Mina had a merry Christmas after all; and you may bo sure that her mother got well, and that Santa Clans did not forget her. A PAiLADEiiruu man has perfected an invention whereby Bour kraut can be boiled in the house without any of the inmates smelling it. Tho invention con? sists of a small liver-like pad of Lim? burger clieeso worn under tho nose.? PhUadclphia Chronicle-Herald. A PniLAi>ELrmA quack informs 'che public that ho is not at all exclusive. "If a patient wants it gentle and mild, I'm a homoeopath, and when anybody wants thunder and lightning, I'm an al? lopath." CHRISTMAS HUMOR. The muss that children are anxious to get into?Chriatmus. As the Christmas tree is bent, bo : the youthful heart made glad. Christmas is the'anniversary ol dys? pepsia's fo wiest conspiracy against- com? fort. HosE more despised, by littlo children than the man who take? no stockin' Santa Claus? Remember the barber, the bootblack ?and tho bartender?Advice to Bach? elors. . Some folks will hang up their stockings Christmas eve, and some will hang Up the bartender. The man who takes unto himself a wife on Christmas eve will bo sure to have well-filled stockings. It is said that a child born on Christ? mas will always hate turkey and goose, and lean towards codfish and bacon, The small boy now puts in eight hours a day flattening his nose against the windows of confectionery and toy stores. fl Is Kriss Klngte aiiTe, papa!" Th- small buy said. " Ah! yes, and ' kicking.' " Said tbc family's head. Ohristmas is rapidly coming this way, and the young man with a No. 0 foot will, as usual, be presented with a pair.jpf No. 6 slippers. Listen to the sleigh-bells Jlnglol See ihe merry snow-flakes mingle I How Ii malt? s our lif-blond tirwle! A royal welcome to old Kriss Cringlol Ip you really desire to perpetrate * practical joke upou your printer this year just send him the amount of your subscription on Christmas. "Wuat tlmo tho holidays roll round, The ba i boy, slitl In frocks, Led by the ear, tn his ma draws mar, And g tteth his Christmas box. "Hang up tho baby's stocking!" shouts the Hackensack Republican. We want it distinctly understood that we haven't any such appendages. A young man who gave his giri a 375 ?old'wa'tch'last Christmas,- Married her uring the summer, and now he thinks 'the'preienir'was "time" weh spent' Now comes the season when the young man, on an eight dollar salary, bothers his brains to raise the stamps to get his girl a twenty dollar holiday present? Kansas City Times. Christmas falls on Saturday this year, and severe storms are predicted. The storm will likely break when the young? sters wake up and find, their stockings I .filled with qhjonks^oj ft'ofr], -~? ' ?* >jTH^^afTTg dawnB, arid the house n?idI is awakened by the sound of drum and fife. But it is not war. It is notthe sum? mons lo go out and slaughter the Zulus. Nay, . rathren, it is Cltristmas.?Nciv York 1-l.cprcss. "Ma^ma," said the little one, "do you know what you are going to give me for Christmas?" "Why yes," said the moth? er, "of course I fcnow." "Well, for mer? cy's sake- don't" tell me," responded the puss with great vehemence. As Christmas approaches, the young man who has been toasting his toes, and lounging on the best parlor sofa, begins to try and get up a quarrel with his young girl so as to escape bankrupting himself on a Christmas present.? Baltimore Every Saturday. Sue tripped o'er tho s ash? crossing, And the wind, that fiercely blew, . Ad inch or so of her ankle Expend to the public rlew. The (?floei on too next comet <!WBr>lstlnctlyiio?rrl to'say, ' " Thai'* the nicest thine in a stocking I Iistc seen this Cliristtnas day." " Siso aye the merry mistletoe, Th? merry, merry mistletoe, Tho tcer y, merry tulstlntoe, Too mistletoe bough." ? Now comes Christmas to remind us we may make our lives sublime, and depart? ing, leave behind us scores of Blippers, -numbered "xi^a?.'^Stillwater Lumber? man. " Slippers that perhaps another who shall in your footsteps tread?a pre? ferred and bijrp- "- brother?may wish they were Mten? ! 'ad,?Rome Senti? nel. Slippers 1 ? rhaps a mother, striving hard' els meet, will use upon your wif. .. ? . brother, because he won't keep i oet. In Scotland, ... ' :;mong Catholics andjGhnrch of J??. il people, Christ? mas is scarcely m . . j Other denomi | nations 'who* notier-''nA -season, defer the rejoicings to Twelfth (.old Christmas) day. A Scotchman, who was asked how Christ? mas was spent in his country, replied: "Hoot, awa, mon, we dinna mind the Yule?the Christmas ye ca' it, mon. A' we mind is New Year'b Day; and then every mon who can afford it gets drunk." 'Oh, yes, wait till Christmas," snarled the youthful scion, "that's always tho way. If 1 want a new sled, wait till Christmas; a pair of skates, wait till Christmas. I waited laEt year, pnd I didn't get sled or skates either. Nothing but a book with a red cover and a little baby card with verses onto it. Christ? mas is a fraud. Boys never get nothing they want," and he mentally resolved that he woidd write to thei President and have him omit his Christmas proclama? tion this year. Going Forth to Gladden Other Hearts. Christmas in England. In England, Christmas is celebrated bo regularly and so joyously, that few perhaps are aware of tho . difficulties once in the way of establishing this glad festival, or of the various names under which it has been honored. Towards the end of the first century, the Christ? ians first found means aud courage to make due observance of the anniversary of tho nativity of their great Master. It v :ild have been death to them to mourn ? on the Eoman l^mpire was rejoicing, i. to wear eigus oi gladness on a pagan unlucky day. They chose, therefore, the period of the Saturnalia, when half the heathen population was mad with tho excitement of enacting revelry or wit Hessing its enactment According to some writers, the Church authorized the obaervance of the festival of the Na? tivity on the 25th of December as early as the middle of the second century. Others assert that it was not till tho fourth century that the season for glad aud grateful observance was thus author? itatively determined; and we believo that tho latter opinion is the correct ono. Christines is the gr? at holiday of tho year, when even grandpapas and grand? mammas condescend to play the part of children all over again. They seem to recover a remarkable elasticity of step; their smiles are iudiscrimiuately be? stowed on all around them; their hearts warm with the generous feelings of their long past prime, and the selfishness of old age is for tho time subdued. They encourage tho little ones in those noisy romps which at any other season would give the* i the headache or prove intol? erable to their nerves; they behold with? out a gesture of angry reproof tho kiss? ing beneath the mistletoe. But if the "oldpeoplo" be thus pleasantly influ? enced by the advent of Christmas, how is it with the young? Who can depict the full sense of happiness enjoyed by the youthful of both sexes at this season of the year! It is not only a holiday in respect to school, but it is a holiday in the midst of holidays?an extra feast occuring in tho midst of a scries of festi? vals?tho crowning of tho brow with flowers in the midst of a delicious garden of floral sweets. BOUND TO HAVE A GOOD DINNER. "Have you tho heart to turn a cold shoulder on squalid poverty in Christ? mas times, when all tho boils nre chim? ing for joy ; when little children caper in happiness over toys, from which they will suck tho paiut and cry with the stomach ache to-morrow; when every heart is full of praise and gratitude, hilarity and sociability, purse-strings lax, and tables groaning with tho fat of the land; have you got the hardihood, mum, to offer a poor unfortunate starv? ing pilgrim cold mutton scraps, tour potatoes and stale bread, when the smell of turkey covers tho whole house with a sweet odor, and every breeze that sails through the streets goes laden with tho spicery of toothsome cookeiy ?" "That's a precious sight better than you deserve," said the lady of the house, "and I hain't got nothing more for you. Eat it up and move on." "Can you expect that providence will continue to lavish upon you the bless? ings of comfort and luxury, if you do not in a time like this of general festivity and feasting share -with the feeble men? dicant that totters to your door, a few crumbs and seasonable tid-bit? from your table of abundance, to remind his shriveled palate of the joys of youth and tho vicissitudes of after life?" said the blear-eyed vagrant, in plaintive tones. "You're a lazy, good-for-nothmg vag? abond?and ought to be ashamed to eat bread you didn't earn," said the woman, impatiently. "That ain't it it," resumed the tramp. "I ask you, as a Christian woman, and the mother of innocent children that "Tnay some day walk in my footsteps, if y7tiLt\don't think the leg of a turkey, with an unmistakable suggestion of dressing, and may^JAP a &8h <4 cranberries to heighten tbe Bcenic effect, with a cup of coffer for com^?y. and a warm biscuit or two for socn^Jity, would be about the square thing on An occasionlike the*, present ?" ^ "No, I don't, you lazy loafer. You don'tdeserve a crust." "Or say, perhaps a half dozen fried oysters, the breast of a chicken, a slice of venison, with a touch of jelly for background, three or four sweet potatoes, a parsnip, or slice of squash, maybe, with a few selections from your assort? ment of cake thrown in for generosity's sake. Don't that strike you as coming a little more near the embodiment of genuine charity than this froth of the garbage box you havo asked me to soil my stomach with ?" "Stop your gab, and clear out, or you shan't nave a bite. That's all I have got for you. Dinner won't be done for two hours," said the woman, getting mad. "I don't wish to be importunate, mum, but I wouldn't for the world have the enjoyment of this happy day marred by the thoughts of remorse which will be sure to break in upon you, by and by, when your overloaded stomach begins to attract attention, aud make you rogret that you did not lessen the temptation to indulge in tablo excess by sharing your bounty with the humble and hun? gry waif before you. As for this stuff you've offered me?though I'm suffering tortures for want of food?I have too much self-respect to waste my time on it to-day. I started out for a Christmas dinner that was worth tho name, and I'll find it if I have to work for it. Good day, mum, and a Happy New Year to you?over the left." A Christmas Snowball. Snowballs filled with Christmas gifts is a late idea of holiday humor. A frame of.whalebone or wires in halves is filled with toys aud bon-bons, covered with thick paper, the halves lightly fastened together and covered with pure white wadding. The balls may be made small and the fun of pelting the family with them forms part of tho ceremonies of Christmas morning, the ball flying open aud scattering the presents over the re? ceiver's head. Or a huge snowball is made and rolled into the room, as part of the Christmas tree festivities. The semi? circular whalebone or crinoline dress improvers" can be put to good use for snowballs in their way by joining a pair aud covering round with cotton. Christmas in Midsummer. Children, wouldn't you think it funny to see Christmas come in the middle r' summer; to have no ice aud snow on the ground, and no merry sleigh bells ring? ing, and nothing to remind you that it was winter? Well, away off on tho other side of tho world Christmas does come in the middle of summer. In Australia on Christmas nior ling the children say, "Oh, dear! how hot it is. I do wish Christmas came in the winter time." For when it is winter here it is summer there, and when you are lying under a shady tree in Jidy, tho little Australia children are running around with winter clothes on, blowing ou their fingers to keep them warm. But whether it comes in summer or winter, wherever tho English language is spoken, it is a tiino of jollity and plen? ty; of tender feeling and kiudly gifts of "peace on earth and good will to men." He who said, "Suffer little children to come unto me" was tho great founder of the gladsome feast of Cliristmns, and it is in His honor that we uphold tho feast and gladden the hearts of the little ones ho loved so dearly. It is a pleasure, a holy pleasure, to make their smiles brighter, then1 laughter cheerier and more musical. Let us all, then, proper? ly celebrate Christmas Day. It would save a great deal of embar? rassment and perhaps add to their emol? uments if clergymen generally were to charge a fixed rate for marrying couples ?say ?5 for the first offence, ?10 for tho second, ?20 for the third, and so on. They might even issue tickets, as they do in milk factories, with a reduction to persons taking a quantity. In order to encourage lawful w edlock, the job should bo done very cheaply to young couples, but the clergy could take it out of widow? ers aud old bachelors. A story comes all the way from Atkiu* sou, Kansas, to explain why Clara Louise Kellogg has never married. In her school days she fell in love with a poor boy, aud they exchanged v . of cou stancy. She went on the s! -ad made a fortune. He declared li:... iio would not become her husband until his wealth equaled hers?and it has never done so, though ho has struggled bard to increase it to the required amount. 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C Ifi Ml* um ii ??Mil 11 i illm ii Hi, tM I l II I Mi I )l M I TT~rfiT "T sWIBMBB^BI^^MBBBMBMWBMBKBiMBB^^BMBiHMMMMWMWMsl^^^^BiM MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS Has again bean called upon to show her fine Taste in SELEGTIZtsTQ- GrOQIDS For Iioi* many Customers. rn JLHE MANY LOVELY THINGS that are daily finding their way into our Store prove that she has excelled herself in making her FALL AND WINTER purchases. Look to your interest and give us a call, as we are determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. SeptlG, 1890 LADIES' STORE. 10 New Crop New Orleans MOLASSES, Just Received! ONE THOUSAND Packages or Fish, in Barrels, Quarter Barrels, Drums, Kits and Cans VyE have just received an IMMENSE STOCK OF FRESH ffOODS, such as? Staple Dry Goods, Family and Fancy Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hardware, Cror&?J37"2?cT~ Which wc will offer at the LOWEST IdJ^NO-^^CES for Cash, Cotton or Barter. We have in store a large lot of ISAGCtlftC uud TIES, which we will sell at Bot? tom prices. Our supply of Tobacco will be k"pt up to the full standard, and we., defy competition in prices. Sept 0. 1880 J. II. FANT & CO. t latin" VEGETABLE A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY FOR INTERNAL AI10 OtCBHAl t'CE, Is a Silro cure for nil tho diseases for which it b recommended, and is always PERFECTLY SAFE in the hands of even the most inexperienced persons. It 1h a sure and quick remedy for COUGHS, SORE THROAT, CHILLS, and similar troubles: alTovdB inslcnt relief in the most malignant forma of DIPHTHERIA, and is tlio best known rcuiedy.for Rheumatism and Neuralgin. Tho Oldo3t, Best, and Most Widely Known Family Medicine In the World. Id has been used with, such wonderful oucccsa in all parts of tho world for CRAMPS, CHOLERA, DIARRHOEA, DVSENTERY, and all BOWEL COMPLAINTS that it Is. considered an ?unfuiliiig cure for these diseases. Has stood tho test of Forty Years' Constant Use in all Countries and Climates. It. 18 RECOMMENDED by Physicians, Missionar its, Ministers, Manager? of Plantations, Work-Shops, and Factories, Nursed In Hospitals?in short by Everybody, Everywhere, who has ever given it a trial. IT IS WITHOUT A RIVAL AS A LINIMENT. It should always be used for Pain in the Bnclc and Side, and brings speedy and permanent relief in all cases of Bruises, Cuts, Sprains, Severe Bums, Scalds, etc. No family can safely lac without iJ. It will annually save many times iu co>t in doctors' bills, and its price brings it within tlic reach of nil. It la sold at ?3c, 50c, and SI per bettle, and can be obtained from all druggists. PERRY DAVIS & SON, Providence, R.!. Proprioicrs. EAGLE Alf; PBBFECT T> A T T m ' ? .1,1 in'?-'ni.i..c>_ma PC ii mi iw n?ri mnmapmamja? COLUMBUS. GEORGIA. PREPARED BT A PROCESS USED IX XO OTHER MILL. IT HAS M0~EQnA3Lj 16 Balls to Pound, I lb. Packages. 20 Balls to Pound, 2 lb. Paper Boxes. _ Packed in Cases of 20, 30, 50,100 or 500 Pounds each. Uniform Price Invariable Siiscoimls. ^Bold toy all Jobbers.^ ASK FOR "EAGLE <Ss PHENIX." USE NO OTHER The Ijight Running S" SEWING MACHINES. THE " PEOPLE'S " SEWING MACHIPJE 18 light-running, has simple tension, is large, has has easily threaded shuttle, winds a bobbin without running the works of the MACHINE ! and is so simple in its construction that it is easily understood; the People's Machine is the best for all kinds of Family Sewing. Best in use. W?3 WANT AGrElVXS Where our machines are not represented. Send for circular !?> the PHILA. SEWiN3 MACHINE CO., July s. isso Philadelphia. l*a. 52 ly GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. DOORS, SASH A BLINDS. A.N IMMENSE .stock on hand of our own manufacture, both WHITE and YELLOW PINK. Hotter llian any Western made Goods brought to this market. Wc are constantly Mnniifhcliiriiig md can fill orders nf odd si/.".-, at short no tiee. RETAIL PRICE 35 PER GENT DISCOUNT From Chicago Price List. Special Prices to Contra; lor*. July 1. 1890 LONGLEY & ROBINSON, 38 DECATUtt STREET. ATLANTA, (JLOKOIA. 51 9m BLUE STONE. WE have just received a large lot of Blue Stone, which will be sold CHEAP for CASH. CLO YER SEED. IF YOU want FRESH CLOVER SEED call on us and you can get it. DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY And everything kept in a first-class DRUG STORE always on hand in the greatest abundance. WILItlTE A WILHITE, No. 0, Granite Row. WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, Fire ami Lifo Insurance Agent, WILLIAMSTON, S. C. Capital Represented over $67,020,000. CONTINENTAL t FIRE INSURANCE / CO.. of New York. Farm Insurance on favorable terms. Virginia Inland, Marine and Fire Insu ranc Co. Columbus Banking and Insurance Co. Liverpool and Londun and Globe Insur? ance Company. New York LIFE Insurance Companv. Insurance taken on COTTON GINS, SA W mid GRIST MILLS. Surveys on property ofiercd for Insu? rance made in any part of Anderson and adjoining Counties by addressing WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, Williamston., S. C. _August 20, 1880_7_ SPOOL COTTON. E9T A BUSHED 1812. (Wound o.v Wuite Spools.) GEORGE A. CLARK, SOLE AGENT, 400 BROADWAY, - NEW YORK. SINCE the introduction of this Spool Cot? ton into the American market, its suc? cess has been unprecedented. No other brand of thread hasevcr met with thesameamount of public favor in the same space of time. The ' 0. N. t." manufacturers were the first to recognize the importance of theSew ing Machine and to make a six-cord cotton, which has ever since been the recognized standard (or machines. All the improvements in machinery that the inventive genius of the nineteenth cen? tury has produced have been adapted by the manufacturer of " O. N. T." At all the great International Fairs of the world, 'O. jNt. t." has been awarded the highest honors. The " 0. N. T." factories at Newark, N. .1., and Paisley, Scotland, employ 5,200 op? eratives? make sufficient thread daily to go around the world four times. Consume 1-10 Ions of coal daily. The manufacturers of "0. N.T." are the largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the world. A full assortment of this Spool Cotton can be had at wholesale and retail at J. P. SULLIVAN & CO.,Anderson. ?. C, and M. I. BROCK'S, Hnnea Path, S. C. Oct 7, 18S0 13 3m A valuable Discovery and Now Dopnrturo In Med? ical Science, an entirely Neiraud positively effective liemedy fur tho speody and pormaneut Cure for thu deplorable, disease result lug from Indiscreet practices or excosses in youth or at any timo of life, by tbe only truo way, viz: Direct Application acting by Ab? sorption, and exerting Its specltio lniluenco on tho Vesicles, Ducts, and Gland, that are" unable to per? form their natural functions while this dlseoso per? vades tbe human organism. Tho use of tbe Pastil!o is attended with no pain or Inconvenlonco. and does not Interfere with tho ordinary pursuits of life; It Is quickly dissolved and soon absorbed, producing an Immediate soothing and restor.it Ivo effect upon tho norvous organizations wrecked from vicious habits or oxcesses, stopping luo drain from tbo systom, restor? ing thoxnind to health nqd sound memory, remov? ing tbe Dimness of Sight, Confusion of Ideas, Aversion to Society, etc.. etc., and tbe appearance of jvematuro old ngn usually accompanying this troublo, and ro.torin? tbo vital force*, where they have boon dormant for year*. This modo of troat mont has stood tbe tct la very severe cases, and is now a pronounced euccoss. Drugs are too much pro? scribed in this trouble, and, as many can bear wit? ness to, with but lit; lo i f any permanent good. There is no nonsenso about this Preparation. Practical ob? servation enables us to positively guarantee that IK will give satisfaction. Daring the eight years that it has been in gonoral use, wo have thousands of testi? monials as to its value, and it is now conceded by tbe Medical Profession to be tbo most rational means yet discovered of reaching and curing this very prevalent trouble, that is well known to be tbe cause of untold misery to so many,and upon whom Quacki prey with their nseless nostrums and biff fees. T. Remedy is put up in neat boxe?,of three sizes. No. ..(enough to last a month,) S3; No. 2, 'sufficient to eiTect a per? manent cure, unless In severe cases,) SS; No. 3, (lasting over three months, will restore those in tbe worstconditlon.i S7. Sent by mall, In plain wrappors. Full DIRECTIONS tor using will accompany EACH BOX. Send for Scaled M>CBcrlptlve Pamph? lets girlu(i Anatomical IltustraUons\ and Testimony, tvhlch teill convince | tho most skeptical that they can he re? stored to perfect health, and tho vital i forces thoro'ly rc-eetahllshed same} las if never affected. Sotd OXLY by HARRIS REMEDY CO. MFC. CHEMISTS. Market and 8th Sts. St. louis, Mo. New Advertisements. GUIDE TO SUCCESS, WITH FOR BUSINESS and SOCIETY Is BY KAU the best Hi" .icssnnd Social (iuideand Haml-Hook ever publisu.-d. Much Iii? latest. It tells HOW TO DO EVERYTHING in the be>t way. How tu be your own lawyer. How to do business correctly and successfully. How to act in society and in every part of life, anil contains a gold mine of varied Information indispensable lo all classes for constant reference. AGENTS WANTED for nil or spare time. To know why this book of REAL value and attraction sells bet? ter than any other, apply lor terms to DOUGLASS BROS., Philadelphia, Pa', and Cincinnati, 0. Suffering from any form ?f CHRONIC DISEASE, .send for our LIST <>K QUESTIONS lo answer, and receive by return mail our candid diagnosis: prognosis amico?l of treatment. DRS. GREENE and GATCHELL, Charlotte, N. C. A YEAR ami expense* toairents. Out lit Klee. Address P. O. VICE ERY, Au? gusta, Maine. YTILL'S SOCIAL AX. > BUSINESS MANUAL, XL Laws of Etiiiitctte, Hililes and other salable I.!;s. Ik?t BKOlits wanted. IV. If. SHEI'AUD, !M! I'ultou St., N. Y. $777 LUMBER! LUMBER! ALARGE lot of good I.umher kept eon-tantlv oil hand at my Lumber Yard at the Ii I tie Ridge Depo! in Anderson and orders" for large ursmall lots of nt?y kind desired will lie promptly lilled at low prices. .Mr. Robert Mnylield ?s my agent for the sale of Lumber at Anderson, and will furnish any information desired to persons wishing to make nit order. JOHN KAUFMAN. Jan SO, 18711 29 1v HERMANN BULWINRLE. Factor & General Ccrmnission Merchant, CHARLESTON, S. ('., DEALER in GERMAN KAIN1T, or POTASH SALT. IVruvian Guano, No. 1 and No. 2. Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotin l.:md I'kisler, Ground South t'aro lira P!?o-|?liale,atidoi:i( r FERTILIZERS. Also, CORN. GATS, HAY, Arc (' lers filled with dispatch, and liberal ad nucca made on consignments of Cotton nnd other Frorlure 17?I'm FOUND! a HEM FD Y Til AT IS A SURE and EFFEC jTa. mal cure for all diseases of the Blood, Skin. Scrofula, Cancer in its worst form. White Swelling, Catarrh of the Womb and all Chronic Sores, no matter bow.long standing, we guarantee a cure if our remedies are used according to directions. Smith's Scrofula Syrup ?AND? STAR CTJRINE. With these two Medicines combined, wo havo cured hundreds of cases of the different diseases mentioned aborc. Smith's Scrofnla Syrup Is an internal remedy, one of the best blood purl? ers now known to the American people. STAR CUR11YE Is an external remedy; by applying it on the out side and taking Smith's Scrofula Syrup, your case will be easy to cure. If you will call on or address us we will take pleasure in showing you hundreds of certificates from parties Urin? in this State that yon are well acquainted with, thai hare been cured sound and well by using Star Curlne and Smith's Scrofula Syrup. If you are afflicted with nnv irf the above mentioned diseases do not think your case ?"ill get well without treatment. Do not de? lay. The sooner you get to using our two reme? dies, tlie sooner you will be restored to health and happiness. Call on Daniel A Marsh at once, before It Is too late, and get a bottle of Smith's SjrofuhtSyrup and StarCurine. Read the following certificate: Messrs Danlei A Marsh, 13 Eimball HoitSifAt? lanta: y Gentlemen?This is to certify that wc lave tried Smith's Scrofula Syrup in several old chronic cases of catarrh, cancer, soie legs, etc., and jre cheerful? ly recommend It to the public as the best, safest and most reliable Blood Purifier that can be used for all diseases for which it is recommended. Respectfully, R. Hartman A Co. All communication!) should be addressed to DANIEL A MARSH, Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers, 13 Klmball House, Atlanta, Ga. ? For sale by Dr. T. A. Uudgens, Ilonea Patb.S.C. and Bogers & Clinkscalcs, Williamston, S. ft, ana J. R. Williams, Central, S. C. Aug 19, 1 Smi G 8m THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. COURT ()** COMMON PLEAS. T. T. Wakefield, Administrator of Esfafo of Tucker W. May. deceased. Plaintiff, nijnin.it Mary Fowler, Hannah May, et al, Defendants.?Summons for Relief Com? plaint not served. To the Defendants. Mary Fowler, Hannah May, Martha Ann McCown. Margaret J. May, Baby May, Elmira Hood. Tucker ? W. Hood, Josephine Hood, Nancy 6. Hood. Martha Hood and J. W. Norris: YOU are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of yonr an \z\tttT'timili?-fl(ti(] rmnnliiinr on jhr sub-. ? scribers at their office, at Anderson "Court House, within twenty days after the ser? vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If you fail to answer the com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the plain till' in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated August 271 h. A. D. 18S0.. MOORE it ALLEN, Piait'titFs Attorneys. [seal] John W. Daniels, C. C. P. The defendants above named will tako notice that this action is commenced for the purpose of selling land of Tucker W. May, deceased, in which you have an interest, in aid of personal assets to pay debts. No personal claim is made against vou. MOORE & ALLEN, Plaintiffs" Attorneys. Nov IS, 1S80 19 6 I'kkkv, Houston Co.. Ga., Jau.. 28, 1S80. In the year 187.1, there were two negro prisoners confined in the jail of this county, wlio were very badly afflicted with that loathsome disease Syphilis. In my utlieial capacity as Ordiuary, I employed Cnpt. C. T. Swift, then a resident of this place, to cure them, under a contract, "no cure, nopaiy." Ho administered to them his celebrated Syphilitic Specific, and in a fen weeks I felt bound, under my contract, to pay him out of the county treasury, as'he hud effected a complete and radical cure. In testimony 1 hereunto set my of?cial signa *,?"?.* lure aud seal. I Seal I A. S. GILES, ?,?* Ordinary Houston County, Ga. CllATTA.vooo.1, Ten*., Feb. 14, 1879. We take pleasure In saying tint the S.S.S. Is giving good satisfaction. Wc have had excellent results from a number of cases. One gentleman, who had been confined to his bed six weeks with Shilitic Rheumatism, has been cured entirely, speaks iu the highest praise of it. It also acts well in primary as in secondary and tertiary cases. CHILES A BERRY. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by Simpson. R':id A Co., and Wilhite <fc W?hlte, Anderson, S. C. Cull for a copy of "Young Men's Frieud." Nov IS, 188U 19 lni IISPROv'ED PATENT LIVER PAD I Never Girra Hard. Can dt. Mads any. Stuevotu Dejiekd. Last Twice as Long. Diseases rtti:ut Tr^r-ss ft8 ?j:!*a, ccnEs Chills and Fever. Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, NeQralsia, KertoEJcess, Rheumatism, Cosiiveocss, Female Weakness, Sick 4 Nenonj Headache. These Pads Cure all Diseases by Ab?3rptlon. Kft"?~~ Noxious Pills,Oils.or Poisonous MedicinesaretaJcn into the Stomach. The Pads are worn over the Pit of the Stomach, covering the Oreat Nerve Centres, also the Liver ond Stomach. A gentle Vegetable Tonic i s absorbed I n t. i th e circulation o I the Blood and Liver, purifying the Blend, stimulating the Llverand Kidneys to healthy action, and strengthening th* Stomach to digest food. Price of Pads $1 and $2 each. Sold dv all DauoGinrs.or sent by Mall o* Express. Manufactured at SO li 41 North Libertt St, 1>altimore. Mb. W-1L1I1TE it WILHITE Agents, An ae son, S. O. 37?ly_ MARBLE YARD. SAMUEL MURPHY, Anderson, S. C.? DEALER and Manufacturer of Monu? ments. Monumental llead stones. Tombs. Vases, Etc. As I am a practical workman, ami do work my? self, I can afford to furnish anything in my line cheaper than any one else. Working only the best grades of marble, I am able to give better satisfaction to my customers, and guarantee all work that leaves my shop. I work only new designs. Call and see me at my shop on Depot Street, and be con? vinced of these facts, before purchasing elsewhere. J tine 17. 1SS0 _ 40_ly Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and utter Monday. Nov. 8, 1RS0, the passen? ger Trains over the (irecnville and Columbia Rail? road will be run daily, Sundays excepted: UP. Leave Columbia at.11 25 a m L ave Alston.11 4S p m Leave Newlierry. I 30 p m Leave Hodges....i.3 58 p m Leave Helton. "> I! p a Arrive at Greenville.G ".'9 p ni down. LeaveGrccnvilleat.M 55 a m Leave It Iton.12 15 p m Leave Hodges.1 M p m Leave Newlwrrv.4 Ii p ra Leave Alston....'.?"? ?9 p m Arrive a: Columbia. 0 15 p m ANDERSON BRANCH .t BLUE PIVGZ R. R UP. Leave Helton.5 12 p m Leave Anderson.5 52 p ni Leave Peiidleton. ? 34 p m Leave Pcrryville. " ?5 p m Leave Seneca < itv. 7 32 p m Arrive at Walhalla.8 03 p m DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 0 25 a m Leave Seneca.10 ??1 a m Leave Perryvillc.1" 13 a ra Leave Pciidlelon.1" 4? a A Leave Anderson.,.H 24 a ra Arrive at Itclton.12 03 a ra EXTRA TRAIN FROM BELTON TO ANDER. SON?DAILY. LT. Leave Bel I on.12.40 p. m Arrive at Anderson. 1.13 p. m DOWN. Leave Anderson.4.2? p. ni Anivc at Helton.P."0 p. ra J. W. FRY, Gen. Supt. A. Porn. Gen. Ticket Agent