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rr. - , ' ' _- "' ' i ' .1'. i. . 13 Y E. 3. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S.O. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23,1884. VOLUM? XX.-NO. 15 STATU or SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUHTY. in the Court of Common Pleas. Jiiincs S. Lollis, Plaintiff, vs. Henry Craw ford and Jeptha Harper, D?fendant?-- Com plaint lo Foreclose Mortgage. PURSUANT toan Order of Salo, bear ing date June 20, 1884, I will sell at Anderson C. IL, 8. C., on 8ALE8DAY IN NOVEMBER next, the Land described in the Complaint in this case, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing sixty-one acres, more or less, situated in Anderson County, on branches of Twenty ?ix Mile Creek, adjoining lands of Elisabeth Timms, Mariah Smith, Pick Mattiso*, and others. THUMS or SALK-Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct. 'J. 1884 13 4 MASTERS SAL?T STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common Fleas. John ll. R. McLain, Plaintiff, VB. Elizabeth , Mcbain, et al., D?fendante.-Complaint I for 1'artUion. ISuit?UANT to an Order of Court in above caee, dated June 18, 1884, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C., on SALE DAY IN NOVEMBER next, the follow ing describod Lands, to wit : TRACT NO. 2, situate in Anderson Co., on Liddle's Creek, adjoining lands of Mrs. McHlroy, Bird Martin and Estate of John , Mcbain, and containing 101 acres, more or less. TRACT NO. 3, situation Liddle's Creek, unjoining J O Moore, AB Bowdon, Thom as E Dickson and others, containing 85 acres, more sr lees. THUMS OF SALE-One-third of the pur ?hase money to bo paid in cash, tho bal lent at any time. Purchasers to pay" ex tra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. (Jct fl, 1884_13_4 MASTERS SALE. STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common Pleas. dirium C. Wilkes, Plaintiff, vs. Warren B. Wilkes, M. L. Wilkes, etal.. Defendants. -Complaint for Partition, Relief, dx. PURSUANT to an Order of Court, dated March 0, 1884, I will t oll at Anderson C. H., S. C., on SALEDAY IN NOVEM liEIt next, tho Lands described in the Pleadings, to wit : ONE TRACT, containing 40 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, on west prong of Broadmouth Creek, adjoin ing lands of George B Telford, Grant A Moore and others. One other TRACT OF LAND, contain ing 48 acres, more or less, adjoining Grant A. Moore, Wm Ellison, Wm Telford and othurs. TEEMS or 8ALE-One-third of the pur chase money to be paid cash, the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, the purchaser giving bond, with approved surety, and a mort gage of tho premises, with leave to antici uate payment, in whole or in part, at any time. Purchaser to pay extra for necessa ry papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 9.7884_13_4_ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDKBSON. In the Court of Common Pleas. Martha A. E. Masters, ae Heir at Law and Administratrix, ?tc, Plaintiff, vs. Joseph L. Masters, Reuben B. Masters, et ai., Defendants.-Action for Partition ic. BY vii tue of an Order to me dhected by his Honor A. P. Aldrich, Prodding Judge, bearing date the 7th October, 1884,1 will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C., on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the following described TRACT OF LAND, AB the Real Estate of Wm. Bryant Mas ters, deceased, to wit: All ?hat Tract of Land, containing two hundred and ninety acres, more or leas, situate in Rock Mills Township, in Ander son County, adjoining hinds of Tollver Bolt, 8. C. Humphreys, and others, and known as the White Place. TEEMS OP SALE-One-third cash, and bal ance on a credit of twelve months, with in test from day of sale, to he secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to purchaser to anticipate payment, iu whole or In part, at any time. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Pei J, 1884_13_4_ MASTER^ SALE. STTATS OP BOUTU CAROLINA; ANDERSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common Pleas. James B. Carpenter, Plaintiff, vs. Nannio E. McCrary, and others, Defendants. Complaint for Partition, Relief, dre PURSUANT lo an Order of Const, bear ing date June 20,1884,1 will sell at Anderson C. H.. 8. C., on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, tho following describ ed Real Estate, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing 200 acres, more or les/j, lying in Broadaway Township, four miles East of Anderson C. H., bounded on the East by Broadaway Creek, on the North, Weat and SouMi by Solomon Geer, Miss Jemima Nevill and others. There are four good tenant bouses and 140 acres in cultivation on the place. These are fine Broadaway lands, with 20 acres of rich bottom land. TERMS OP SALS-One-third cash, balance on a credit of ono and two years, interest from day of salo, to be secured by bond and mortgage of tho promises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. . ALSO, I will sell the Personalty of tho Estate, consisting one Mule, one Wagon, and oth er property. Personalty sold for cash. 1 lats of the Land can be seen at the office.or J. lt. Vandiver, Esq. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. _Oct0,1884 18 ? MASTER^ SALE. 8TATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, COUNTY or ANDERSON. In the Court of Common Pleas, Wm. W. Phillips, et al., Plaintlfft, against Nancy Phillips, David Phillips, et al., IDefendants.-Action/or Partition, otc > Y virtue or an Order to me directed in J tho abovo stated case by his Honor A. P. Aldrich, bearing date the Otb October, ?884,1 will sell at Anderson C. H., 8.0., on ?ALEPAY IN NOVEMBER next, the following described Real Estate of Martin 1 hjllipa, deceased, to wit : ' ? . TRACT NO. 1, containing one hundred ?nd fourteen and one-half acres, moro pr others. TRACT NO. 2, cbntalr'ng one hundred end ninteen and one-hnr acres, moro ?r leas?''"?Staat* in Brushy Township, J? Anderson County, and adjoining lands of Vi Wyatt, J I> Bilton, Esq, and others, . - , [ TRACT NO. 8, containing one hundred ?nd sixteen acres, more or less, sltustein Broshy Creek Township, in Anderson Co., ?nd bounded by lands of II O Hendrix, ? A 8mith and others. , TERMS OR SALE-One half cash, and the Min nco on a credit of t wei vo months, with ; Interest from day of sale, to be secured br wnd and a mortgage of the premises, witt 'eave to anticipate payment, in whole or It mt ot any time. Purchasers tojpay ex [ ^rft*W?wTHUa*1^EYS,MMttf. IN VP i* JU UF THE LATEST INVENTIONS. THE ELECTRIC LAMP. THE parlor or drawing roora brilliantly lighted by a single Lamp I A Safety Lamp, with a steady white light. Especially adapt ed for lighting Stores, Churches, UotelB, &c. Produces the light of several Lamps, with a consumption of a trifle more oil than one common or ordinary Lamp, because of the more perfect combustion, which makes a whiter, stronger light. For Hale by WILH?TE & WILU?TE. CHANDELIERS, BRACKET, STAND and PARLOR LAMPS, LANTERNS, SHADES and CHIMNEYS, of all kinda, KEROSENE OIL, ASTRAL OIL, And everything in Lamp lino ut Lowest Prices. You will loso money if you don't see WILHITE & WILHITE be fore buying. JOHNSTONES ODONTINE Is the best preparation on the market for Cleaning, Preserving and Beautifying the TEETH, hardening tho gums and imparting a delicious odor to the breath. Recommended and UBed by A. P. Johnstone, D. D. S. WILHITE & WILHITE, Proprietors. WltHITE'S EYE WATER IS A SURE CURE FOR SORE EYES, Or any common form of inflamed eyes. WE SELL IT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene ficial or effect a Cure, after directions have been carefully fol lowed, the sum paid for it WILL BE REFUNDED. ii has beeu ?old os these conditions for the past FOUR YEARS, and as yet we have NererM?aCoilitoflt, Or heard of a Case IT DID NOT CURE ! IT IS NOT A NEW PREPARATION, AND HAS BEEN USED FOR THIRTY YEARS, But has been only four or five years on the market as a PROPBIETA?T MEDICINE If yon have never used it, or know noth ing of its effects on SORE EYES, Ask your neighbor, or some one who baa et ' lt tried. It h*? cu : SEVERE cases lb f.?sisix to Went/-, four hours. WILHITE ft WILHITE. PROPRIETORS. Sept 36,1884 ? & WHAT DID THE DOG SEE * ? A Strange Adventure In Ohio Which th? i Render must Explain for Hlinseir. Montaigue observes "things unknown ara the principal and true subject of! imposture, forasmuch as in the first place their strangeness lends them credit and, moreover, by not being subjected to our ordinary dUcout.-* they deprive us of the meanB to question and dispute them." The incident I am about to relate is strictly true in all save that I have ap propriated a fictitious name for the par ties involved io tho narrative. In the Summer of 18G7 1 was journey ing leisurely through Western Ohio on horseback, when late one afternoon, I discovered my horse had suddenly be come lame in one of his forelegs. Dis mounting I made an examination with the purpose of discovering the preciso location of the injury, cut, failing in this, I fluug th? reine over my arr" ard led my poor beast towards the farmhouse which was near at hand. I found tho owner, Abel Shelly, seated on tho porch smoking bis pipe, with his wife sitting by engaged in knitting. Introducing myself and explaining my situation, I inquired if he could accommodate me with a resting-place until I could resume my journey. He acquiesced at once, assuring me that I was perfectly wel come, and presenting me to bis wife, l?id dowu his pipe and began to examine the feet of my norse. "I can see nothing at present," he re marked, "that indicates the seat of the injury, but I'll put bim in the barn, and if he does not improve by to-morrow we'll determino what is to be done." Leading tho animal away, he shortly returned to the house. In the meantime I bad entered into conversation with Mrs. SheMy, who was a very well in formed perron, but I judged bj the re markable pallor of her face that she was not in particularly good health. Mr. Shelly conducted mo to a room, where having deposited my saddle-bags and taking a refreshing wash, I t .'turned to the porch and was soon engaged in an interesting conversation about crops and the general topics of tba day. I discov ered my host to be an unusually bright and well-read farmer, with u certain seriousness about bim that forbade any thing like unseemly familiarity and which was sure to inspire respect in a considerable degree. He was an Eastern man by birth, out bad been settled in the West for twenty years. Beyond bis wife he had no family, and it Btruck me as beiug somewhat singulav that I saw no bands about the p'.ace BSVO an "id negro, who was slowly performing some duty in the cow-yard". After a hearty supper and a smoko with a corncob pipe I went with Mr. Shelly to the stable to take a look at my horse. In turning VA angle of the build ing be grasped me by the arm and pulled me quickly aside. lin action startled me for an instant, but toe next momeut I perceived bia motive. Chained near the path was one of the most immense and ferociouB-looking mastitis I ever beheld. A magnificent creature to lock upon, but a terror to meet if usc were unprepared. "Down, Captain !" commanded my companion, as the dog was in the act of springing to his feet. The animal re sumed his crouching attitude and Mr. Shelly went on lo say : "That dog is invaluable to mo os a guard. He ia absolutely fearless and will shrink from no danger, no matter how appalling it may appear. But his ferocious natura compela me to keep bira chained daring the day, for I verily believe l\e would kill a stranger if he encountered hun in the place." "He is certainly a splendid creature," I remarked, looking back. "I would like to make frieedf. with him, for I have an innato fondness for dogs." Mt. Shelly shook his head, "Dou't tiy it," he said. "I wouldn't have you approach him under any consideration. That dog will throw un unruly steer and bold bim BO securely that be can't rise. An ordinary man would stand but a poor chanco of getting away from him alive." On our way back from the stable we again passed Captain's kennel and paused to look at him. Mi-. Shelly pat ted bis bead, while the animal stretched the length of his chai- oward me, regarding me all the while with a look that seemed to be anything but unfriend ly. There seemed to be so honest a purpose in the brute's eves that I in stinctively put forth my hand and laid it caressingly on bis huge head, when to tho amazement of his master thocreaturo actnrUy ticket' my band io token of amity. I really istjghed at the ecu-ver nation depicted on Mr. Sbelly'a connie nance. "Well," he exclaimed, drawing a long breath, "if I hod not witnessed the thing I never could have believed it. Why that animal is a tiger in disposition and I never believed him capable of friend ship for any but my wife and self. Old Reuben, the negro, is terrified when he comes in the vicinity of that dog. His demeanor towards you is certainly very surprising." It was the custom of Mr. Shelly to loose Captain when they were about closing the house and retiriog and to chain bim up early in th^ morning, be fore it was likely ttore would be any callers at the farm. ' The following morn ing I arose very early, having passed a restless night, and finding it impossible to take a morning nap I dressed and went down Blairs, seating* myself on the porch. I bad entirely forgotten the fact that Captain was loose, and as I sat in haling the fresh air from the pines I was startled to behold the dog standing by my side gazing fixedly on my face. For a moment I was undecided how to act. Retreat was impossible-ito show fear might induce the brute to fix his fangs in my throat in an instant. I waa afraid to speak, lest a strange voice might alter bis purpose if it was pacific. I, there fore, looked kindly at him and smiled. Majestically striding up to me he laid bis broad head opon my knee and I,cau tiously began to caress him. During the operation Mr. Shelly fortunately ap peared upon the scene. He gave a quick glance toward me, and calling the dog, took bim to his kennel and chained bim. Thon it was I explained to bim tbe cir cumstance of my early rising and the unexpected meeting of Captain on the PO"?bdon,t quite comprehend your good luck with the dog," he remarked, 'lout I would advise you in the. future to keep within doors until, you have seen soe abont," 1 : ' \ "If yeti have no objection," I replied, "I would very much like to feed the dog once-only once. I will be very careful, but I really will consider it a favor If you will consent to my request." } "AH right," he returned. "You know what I have said' about bia terrible na ture ; therefore be on your guard." That clay I carried Captain bia dinner and he devoured it while I stood by bis aide. From theocefortb I bad not a mis giving as to his good disposition toward me. . . . . ?* . ? ? I was detained al Ibo farm for ?ix daye MI Turc the lameness of my horse allowed me to resume my journey. During this ?eriod I became much attached to Mr. belly and his wife. Captain and my self had grown to be sucn good friends that wo bad taken several strolls together over the land. Notwithstanding my host and hostess appeared to be affectionately attached to each other, there was certainly some thing wrong at the farm and it could not escapo an observant eye. Once or twice I had come upon Mr. Shelly and his wifo unexpectedly and I thought I detected traces of tears in her eyes, while her manner evidently betrayed fear. Still her himband was so kind all the while that I could not avoid pondering on the matter. I never in'.ruded my presence upon them if I could, avoid it, but it sometimes would occur in spite of me. One r fternoon I carno luto the room abruptly and found Mr. Shelly fanning hu wife and caught n remark ne uttered with strong emphasis. "Wo must sell this place," he said, "for it appears im possible for you to havo a day's happi ness here, and I would sooner sacrifice lt than see you die slowly before my eyes. Ob, 'tis too hard I" and he kissed her brow. Turuing about, be saw mo and knew I had heard his expression. "I think I will lie down," said Mrs. Shelly, and ns she paased me I noticed her face was as pale as the dead. When she had gone upstairs Mr. Shelly turned to me and said : "I sup pose you perceive ibero is something amiss here. You seo no hands about the place and a general state of idleness reignB supreme. Of courso ibero is a reason for it, and I am going to tell you what it means. The only thing I am afraid of is that you may cousider mo a madman or a fool, but I swear to you what I am about to relate is as true os holy writ. I am an bonest man, ??r, and a truthful one, consequently I do not lie when I say we have an-apparition-in short, a ghost here. I pray you do not hastily imagine that I um a "weak and superstitious man; you shall be con vinced, for you may see the whole mat ter with your own eyes and then judge for yourself. My wife's health bas been failing ever since this thing came about and it breaks my heart to witness her sufferings. I can't find a ready purchaser for the place, and old Reuben is the only poraon who will remain with me, but, you see, he bides as much as possible in doors. "Look," he continued, pointing across the road to a pieco of woodland, "do you observe yonder fallen tree ?" I gazed in the direction indicated and saw tbe trunk of n large tree lyiug prone on the ground. It was, in fact, a huge log, from which the bark had long been peeled. "We'.i," bo continued, "at irreg ular intervals the appal!ition appears on that fallen trie, arrayed in the traditional white drapery, and it walks vip and down, Bwaying io and fro and. all the time waving ts arms toward*, the house. A half hour ago it was visible, but it van ishes as quickly ns it -ippenrs. I am not under any powerful hallucination. I am a rational, sane man, and what I tell you is the earnest truth." "I have witnessed ?eme strange affairs myself," I rejoined, "bul let me ask you if you are positively sure there is no trick in the thing?" Ue gave a hollow laugh. "Hanging in tho house," he said, "is my repeating rille. Men will toll you that I am tho best shot in the country and that's say ing a good deal. I can kill a sparrow, and perhaps a butterfly. You observe that log is not more than lilly yards distant, and yet I swear to you* I have repeatedly drawn a dead aim on the thing us it danced plainly in sight. I have fired, but still it always Blood shak ing its arms wildly in tho air. I've shot dozens of times at it but I can't kill it, fer it is not human." "Ns; one wculd try the prank for son>o motive or other ?" I questioned. "For instance, suppose they wished to buy tho place cheaply, perhaps this ghost story might induce you to ?ell at n sacrifice. "Do you think," he returned quickly, "that any one who koowa Abel Shelly would care to assume such desperate chances before his rifle? Oh, no. There is nobody who would take that risk. Besides, I should have killed it long ago if there was anything to kill. It always comes in the afternoon," continued Shelly, "but never at night. You per ceive it reverses the accepted time o? nocturnal visitation." "I do not consider myself more coura geous than men generally," I replied, "but I would be glad if you would notify me if this object appears again during my stay. Perhaps I may be able to in vestigate more satisfactorily than you hrt-e done." "Very well," he replied, "I will do so." , I had a sweet sleep that night and nc ghost haunted my dreams, and it wai only when I awakened that I recalled the conversation of the previous d?/. 1 could not doubt, that Mr. Shelly and hil wife were beth thoroughly honest in theil convictions, still I could not brinp myself to accept tiie thing as supernatu ral. I.dressed and, as WAS my custom went out to the kennel to visit my frieze Captain, for by this time there wu r mutual attachment between tin and 1 would sooner have trusted (ho beast'f loyalty than 1 would most men's. Witl Captain for an ally I should feel com paratively BSfe, for be was tile verj perfection of bravery. The day was pleasant, there waanot < cloud in the sky, and a gentle wind bier with delicious coolness. Dinner hat been very late, for Mrs. Shelly was no well. It was drawing towards 5 o'clocl when I took my accustomed seat on tin porch with my pipe. Shelly joined me his wife was sitting inside by the window My oyen were involuntarily turnlnj towards the fallen tree. Shelly divine? my thoughts, for he shook bis beac gravely, smoked on and said nothing uddenly there came a hali*suppressei cry from Mrs. Shelly, and at the sam instant her husband exclaimed : "There don't you see it I Look I" I gazed steadily at the spot, but coull discern nothing unusual, and told hie so. "And you don't see it?" he cried "Watch how lt waves ita arms toward aa and dances on the log." : I arose to my feet and went to th edge of the porch. Every foot of th tree trunk was visible, but nowhere cou!* I discern a ghost. I absolutely could se nothing but tho old weather-beaten an decaying log. "Heavens I" exclaimed Shelly, "ol serve how wildly it tosses ito arms an see how ito drapery trails." . I took a steady look at tbe speaks for I could not re coori te the matter, an I said: "I will try and solve t big th inp. "Don't got hero/' implored Mr?. Sholl] as I stepped down on the ground. 1 modo no reply, but walked straigt to Captain's kennel -ind unchained hm "Old boy," I said, patting his beac "you and I will try it together. Cooa elong." The noble fellow appeared to compre hend me, for he looked np in my fae licked roy hand and walked gravely h tat side. He didn't frisk or gambol, bi behaved with the seriousness becomin the occasion. I went straight down tho road, mourned tho fencB And jumped over, Captain keeping a little in my ad vance. I had excited the little creature by talking to him until the hair stood RtilUy up on hi:) neck and his eyes glared like coals. To my utter consternation he was dashing ahead bravely and about twenty feet from tho treo he gazed in a dazed manner for an instant and, uttering a sharp cry, dropped his tail between his lega and rushed back to the house with alt his speed. I looked at his retreating form with a sort of bewilderment and thou at the tree. ThPTC was certainly nothing unusual visible to my eyes at least. The bare, old tree trunk, that was all. I smiled as I mounted it and took several turns up and down its length and then I walked back leisurely to the house. Captain was lying by bis mas ter's chair trembling in every limb ; tho dog was surely ten ?ried. "I saw rothlng," I remarked. "Hut we did," returned Mrs. Sbolly. "Every step you toot the thing followed you, waving its arms over your head. O, I am so sorry you went thee. Some thing will surely hnppon to you if yon are not careful. You were too ras?i. It was too perilous," nnd she wrung ber hands. "It has gone now," said Shelly. . ? * * . * Seventeen years have elapsed since then and I nra not conscious of any par ticular evil having overtaken me, but there is one thing I would very much like to know-if Shelly and his wife did not see a ghost, what did the dog Kee? New Styles. Person;; who do not habitually road tho metropolitan papers of tho country liuve a meagre idea of the amount of social crimes now prevailing. Tho wholo coun try appear? to be in a whirl of demoral ization. The Troy limes, castine about for reasons of ibis, concludes finally that it must be traced to the loone discipline of parents. Cur contemporary Bays: "It has become BO that a lover nowa days would appear ridiculous wore be to follow tho chivalrous methods ol' the olden time and deferentially kiss hiB lady'B hand, or before be begins bis suit, respectfully auk permission of her pa rents. To-day be begins by clasping her around the waist, and ends by fooling the old man and marrying ocr in Beeret. The young womou aro too ready to seo the tinsel on the outside, and scan but little the heart boucath. Tho dress rather. than the mau is the object of adoratiou. Tho seclusion of tho homo circle is not tho usual place where the girl make? the acquaintance of one who is to be ber companion in life. It ?B on the evening promenade, when he casual ly invites her to ice cream or oysters. The old folks no longer sit iu the parlor and help the young lady to entertain her new acquaintance. They go away and the two sit together with the light turned down. It is no longer the sou of the old life-long neighbor who makes an alliance with the beautiful daughter ; it ?Ba trav eling dude or spruce coachman who actB the bewitching part. It is the play of j Frou Frou through and through. Light hearted frivolity nt first, fun and frolic for ono or two acts, then desertion, ruin, murder and suicide Bometitnes, but al ways a wasted life and an early death." Plain language, but true. The old fashioned way is the better one. it may not be so romantic, but it brings more happiness to parents and daughters Tho women ?'e what the men would have them. The girls should prefer single blessedness a thousand times to marriage with a human brute. The Troy Ttmct speakes no doubt of manners that obtain in its part of the Union. It is to bo hoped that the South is more healthily Bituatcd.-Augusta Chronicle. i(Us? Bless t?i? Bai' ,W A big man and a Bmaiier one went into Mr. Harington'!! store last night and asked to look at some clothing. Mr. Har ington himself waited upon the visitors and was showing th. ai vaiiouB lines ot Soods when the door leading to b?3 resi euee in the rear of the store opened and in came on a run a baby daughter of the Harington family. The little one carno in hurrying to escape her mother, and fell over a box. Mr. Harington left tho customer and went to rescue tho baby. After the little one was quieted and placed on tho Moor he 'fsutned his busi ness, but, in a minute B IO -ell o vcr another box and apparently hort herself. He left tho customer again and looked after the child. At this the man turned to his compan ion and said : "Let's go out of here. I ain't looking for a nursery." The proprietor heard the remark aud was not slow to respond. He said that he had lived fifty-two years and done ttventy years of business, and had had 20,000 customers, but he had never bsd but two Harington babies, and this was the only one left. He could get atong without the customer and the sale of a snit of clothes to him, but he couldn't get along without the Harington baby, and he dui n't caro how soon the customer "skipped." The ..ian who was looking at the pro prietor with a mild astoaiBhment at first, whoo the story was finished had his handkerchief out, was wiping his eyes, and reaching bis hand out to Mr. Har ington exclaimed, "Partner, God bless the baby." He couldn't do too much, and it ts needless to say they parted a'j friends. Slaves In Petticoats. In Germany women do most of the menial out door work. Switzerland is the only country in continental Europe where peasant wo men are not obliged to do all the hard work. A woman was seen recently in Naples carrying a collin on her head, chatting gayly with a man who walked empty banded at bet side. > Not infrequently a woman and a cow are seen together pulling a coal cart through the streets of a North German city, a man touching them up, gently to be sure, with a whip aa he walks beside them. In Denmsrk it is not unusual to see a woman high up in a cherry tree pick ing the fruit, while a man lies at the foot waiting to place the ladder when she shall be ready to come down with lier burden. "In upper Austria," writes a corres pondent. "I saw a slight and very pretty young girl carrying the mortar up to the second story of a building, while a man waited there to put lt in place when she arrived." ^ j A correspondent reports having seen av woman in Holland drawing a canal boat, bent nenrly double with the leath ern harness, as she trudged along the tow path, a man sitting at his ease io the boat smoking. - Mr. Lee Rhoden, of Edgefleld Comly, tried to kindle a fire in a\ cook? ing stove on October S by pouring kero sene oil on lt. Be was frightfully ham ed about the face and COCK, the oil can exploding. PKQPLE LlYKNti IN TBEfc?. Men With Ibo Attributes of Ape?. PhUadtlphUx Times. "I am prepared to swallow the whole story, except the puuehes in the mouth," said a gentleman, the other day, to whom Prof. George G. Shelly, anthropologist and member of the Geographical Society, was recounting tho story of tho capture of a hairy family, clearly human, bul bearing many strong resemblances to the anthropoid apes, which were secured by himself and the weU-kn? wn explorer, Carl Bock, aided by rame native soldiers, in the wilds of Laos in the year 1832. "Tbot 3 are," snid tho professor, "three distinct races of men who live in trees. These aro Indians in South America, who inhabit the borders of ibo Oriuoco, Tucuya and Madera rivers ; the Veddas, of Ceylon, and tho Krno-Moniek, of Laos, a dependency of Siam. Krao-Moniek means man-monkey. Laos is part of the world which has noror been tho-.oughly oxplored and but comparative'/ little is known about it by geographers and BC?? elitists. It roctaius from eight hundred io uno thousand square ?nih s ami lies bo tween the fifteenth and twentieth degrees of North latitude, North of Siam, East of the Menam Khong, West of Annum and about four hundred miles Southwest of Tonquin. The reason why Laos bas not been thorough!; explored is because al most everyone who bas attempted it lins died of malp?:a fever. That part of the country iri .v'.ioh tho Krao lives is very nw a mpy U inhabited only by men who live in trees and by elephants and snakes. Tho pooplo live in trees to escape the snakes and tho wet grouud. They weave tho branches of two trees together and build huts therein. In climbiug the tree* they uso their toes as a monkey does. They do not grasp tho tree with their legs as we do. They do not use Gre. They ii vu on dried ?ish, wild rico and tho rind of tho greou cocoanut. Their only weapon is a club. nu: UURME8E KING'S HAIRY FA M'I.V. "Ten years ago, Carl Bock, tho author af 'The Mau Hunters of Horneo' and 'My Pravda in Siam,' was traveling in Asia on behalf of Mr. Katini, the English Barnum, to look for tho tail people which were said to live there. In the Court of Lbe King of Burmah he saw and talked with a hairy family, which were kept by the King for his amusement, SB European Kings formerly kept fools and dwarfs. Bock tried in every wny to tiecure them to tako to Europe, but be failed. He jflered $100,000 for one of them, but money is no object there; they have moro tban they know what to do with. These peoplo that Bock san wore the grandchildren of a hairy couple which i Crawford, who went to Burmah in 1835 is English plenipotentiary, saw tbero , ind of which he published an account in jis book, 'A Mission to the Court of riva.' Crawford said that these peoplo nul been given to the King of Hannah jy the King of Laos. "Early in 1882 I joiued Carl Bock ut Singapore. We went up the Straits of Malacca and made an expedition into !1 Itumbo, in tho Malay Peninsula, wbero 11 t w?.s reported that a hairy race lived :alled J"ccoonB, but we did not find ' bein. We went back to Rangoon sud .hence to Bangkok, the capital of Siam, { Hock had ouco cured tho Prime Minister ; ! >f Siam of a mulirj.inni disorder. This i vas the means of procuring us an vscort, ' wen ty elephants and letters to the King ; >f Laos. After a four months' journey, i ?milly by land and pail!/ by river, vu ; 1 .cached Kjang-Kjang the capital of Laos. i 1 IN THE SWAMI'S Ol' LAOS. "Our letter from the King of Siam irocurcd us the good ollie ca of the King j >f Laos, who gave UB guido?, fresh ele- ' ; ihants, an escort of ten native soldiers, * inned with spears and bows and poisoned ? trrovrs. After B journey of R?v?rai -veeks ve came to the Bwamps where tho hairy j >eople lived, but we had bard work to , aitch them or even to see them. They 1 , ire wonderfully alert, their scent ls re- ! , narkably keen and they are very shy and ;, ?mid. We saw many of their huts built j | ip in tho branches of trees before we ;, aw a person. At last we surprised and j urrounded a family, a mother, father ; ! ind child. at their meal. We made a j, lash for them and captured thom. The ? monta made little resistance, but the ? ? mild fought, scratched and bit Uko a , nonkoy. None of them were clothed in | inything but hair. We took them to , ?jang-Kjang and there the King refused | o allow the woman to go out of the country. He had a superstition that it voulu br??g ?lim bau luck. She is kept n his Court and treated with high con* ideratiou. She appeared to have little :ouB?deration. Sha appeared to have ittle affection f-jr Ute child and made no mposition to its boing taken from her., we started for Bankok with the father tod child. At a stopping place called Jh i eng-M ay the whole party waa attacked vith cholera. The hairy man ?re cap ured and three of the escort died. The -est recovered, though Mr. Bock came /cry near dying. We landed In Europe vith thu child October 4, 1882. The :hild is the child now known as Krao. Wo know by her teeth that she is eight rears old. She talks English and der na n, can read and write and bat devol ved the true feminine love for fine Siethen. MOpCTT AND AFFECTIONATE. '.'Shs is modest, affectionate, ployfe! ind easily managed. live;} part ofber andy is covered with hair except her palms anti soles. The hair on her fore* um grows upward, that OJ he back sro wa inward tow.mla the apine and will lunn a sort of man >, as bet father and mother had, when she grows older. Her Forehead is covered with thick, black bair about three-eigbta of aa inch long. The bair of her forehead is entirely dis tinct from the hair on her head. Her hands and feet, though entirely human in shape, have the prehensile qualities of s monkey's hand. She bas thirteen dor* ia! vertebrae,'and thirteen pairs of ribs, Ilka the chimpanzee, while we have only twelve. And she has ponchos in her month in which she carries nats and other food like the apes." At this point ?no visitor made the re mark which sta-ids at the beginning of this article. Frof. Shelly disappeared for a roomer t and returned with the child. The pouches in the mouth were lhere and fj each ono of them was a el bert aim - it as big as a hickory nut, and all thui the professor had said about her was proved true. She talked intelligent* ly and wrote her OTVU name and tho visitor's name on the back of i photo graph of henelf, whieh she presented to her caller. She has been examined by Prof. Virchow, of Berlin University; Prof. Kirchhoff and Prof. Wclckor, of Halie University; Prof. Ilacukol, of Jena; Prof. Lucao, of Fraokfcrt-on tho Malo; Prof. Halo, Washington, D. G., nnd many.other scientist?, sod touch hos been written about ber lo i toe medical and tcientifio Journals. j j- . ? . ' , *i i ii . ? -A witty young lady baring two suitors, one of whom was an army officer and the other a physician, said it was very difficult to choose between them, as they were both such killing fellows. Tbe rion Ju the Remedy for Drouth. Southern Cultivator, Up to the first of August (present year) tho crops were never more promis mg, both corn and cotton, also peas, po* tatoes and gardens, when a drouth set io and changed tho flattering prospect to ono of despondency nod faiiuro. Fortu nately, old cora WAS nearly made, and it sustained only an injury of about ten per cent., but lalo coro waa damaged fully titty per cent., if not more, and potatoes and gardens ruined. Tho time U near ut hand for sowing wheat and onta, and the ground is so hard and dry no plowing cao be douo. Thoeo destructive drouths seem tobo of moro frequent occurrence; last year it wns ruinous, also this year. Aod whether wo aro undergoing a series of years of drouth, or only a temporary period, it is very ?vident that our long cultivated fields cannot stand drouth, not even an ordiuary drouth, without the crops growing on them immediately giv ing way ; and if tho drouth be protracted, a total failure is the result. We cannot regulato the seasons or predict willi any certainty what tboy will be-whether wet or dry. But wo can guard against ordi nary drouths to a great extent, by man? agiug and preparing our landa in such manner that will cause them to Bland drouth without injury to the crops, pro vided it is not a protracted drouth. Well, what must be done to prepare our lands against drouth ? Tho finit thing is to rostore tbe land humus which has become exhausted by long culture, and without humus it cannot stand drouth or produce fine crops, il timur, is the life and exist ence of laud, and without humus it becomes exhausted and barren. Then how are wo to rcstoro to it humus? Only by incorporating with it vegetable matter to rot and become humus ; and that must be done by rotating crops. Sowing down small grain, clover, peas, etc. ; ana with ibo plow turn utidcr Stubble, clover, poa vineH, weeds, grass, cornstalks, anything that will rot. Depend on Ibo plow and vegetable matter to bring up your lands with, and haul leaves and Btraw in your lots to make m an uro to compost with your cotton seed to uso as fertilizers, and abandon commercial fertilizers ; for I have aeon moro farms and farmers ruined by cotton planting and fertilizers since the war than from any other cause. In short, it has ruined all who gavo up their farina to cotton crops and commercial fer: lizers. The plow, and vegetation tuned under, is tho only salvation of the country. Diversify your crops, and let them bo largely in grain Ged ' gross, and i,tock raising, and then will come a chango for tho better. Make the farm Keif-sustaining, ns nearly it can he 'lone, and give up buying bread, meat and fertilizers for the farm. As before remarked, our laud) cannot stand DOW even ordinary drouths, for the want of vegetable matter incorporated with them. There is nothing to bold the moisture in tbe land ; so, what rains fall run o IT, or are lost by evaporation. The commercial fertilizers furnish nu humus, hence they bold no moisture ; but In Arv seasons hasten tho om tiing up ?tid de struction of crops. Thc plow and vege tation is iL" salvation of the country. So, go lo work and plant such crops as will furnish vegetable matter to turn under. And after the wheat and corn crops ore harvested, don't torn stock on them to graze, but keep them off; and let weeds and gross and vinca gVbw on them to be turned under with the plow. And if the lands ore so exhausted they cannot produce a crop of weeds then sow down cow peas to be turned under, and rely also on clover. This fall as soon as the grounds can be plowed, sow do wo largely of wheat and oats. For should the corn crop be in*, [urod by drouth, these cropB will save yon from hoing short of provisions, and ii is thc crops your lands need. And the oats wa -f>sfi6 RSV- the fe?ods ?hst- will give ?= tong Btraw, so wo can cut high and have a long and an abundant stubble to turn under. The fault I find with the rust? proof 'are they don't grow high enough, ?md the least drouth, they aro so short Lbey have to be cut too low. .The grazing nat I have always found best Tor the farm; they yield abundantly and make in abnndance of straw, which I value as much aa the grain, and stand drouth, bet* ter than tho rust-proof,oats. My desire ?s in having such crops as will afford the most vegetable matter to turn under for the benefit of the land ; for our interest DOW is to benefit the lands and. keep:up their fertility. ?. . JMO. H. DENT. A Scene on the Border. One of the most startling ant) roman tic featares of border life occurred re cently on'the Wild Horse Prairie; thirty miles nui ali of L?V ?n'gsle?, tfhen a band of wild horses under the lead of a noble torrel stallion, came galloping over the plain to reconnoitre a company of sur*, reyors engaged .in making a survey of tho tract. The band dashed toward Cap tai u Keller and his party of surveyors icc, w li h h o a i s h i 'F s v ii h li h 14 .fl Bl n b n I E b fi tv a ,a a a ? till, within about 600 foot, when tho lead- * Br halted in a grandly proud and defiant manner/with neck.curved, nostrils dis-. a tended, erect, and tail da dress parade,' c and all the band ranged themselves on fl each side of bim like a squadron of cal- r vary in a battle charge. After surveying j: the scene for a few moment- the. leader 1 galloped proudly away followed by the *. band in a most graceful and dignified 1 manner. The scene was most romantic, and the picture of the lordly .leader with his most obedient subjects In their fleet and graceful notions, was worthy of an artist/* pencil. Thore was another band I v. of wild horses on the same prairie under j r the leadership of a dark mahogony bay stallion, with black mane, tail ft id knees. Io tbls band there are two white horses, whilo thc rest are bay and sorrel mainly. Few people are aware that bi the North.-; ern base of Sierra Madra, only thirty miles from this city, wild horses roam tu their native beauty and crop the rich grasses that grow on Wild Horso Prairie. Yet such is the fact, and their slick ap pearance and graceful motions ure thc I admiration of all beholders.-Im Angeles] \ Express. '. ' ? -: |<<j Frc ten. Brandy. The report of the United States Cons ul j at Rochelle on French brandy ought to i help in the strengthening of the hands of th? Blue Bibbou Society. Brandy with- 1 in the last tinco yean? '.ms ceased to bo ' brandy, being for the most patt alcohol 1 of grain, potatoes or beet Tho proprio- . tor* of toe vhicvard? thsmsolvea have. [? becomo BO ?lever in its fabrication that it < ia aim cs t i m possible even for honest me r- 1 chaste to buy ? . pure ' cogo ac when th cy wish tc do so. When the bettie is-Irv-' ? voiced or labeled In 1849 or 1856 lt only i means that tbe ar ti clo h ns been made to i resemble tba brandy of that year. The alcohol which has tak*n the place of tb?' 1 genuine spirit of the* grape is described < as most pernicious liquor, producing an 'I intoxication which inclined the patient 1 to rage and physical violence, whilo the i Solongcd use of it leads to.insanity.--- < rooktyn Eaqle. 1 --' .- ,1 . , - Ho? to raise beeta-take hold of . tho topa and pull. Aerial Navigation. Tili? great problem haa been solved, If tho French journals arc to be believed. Captain Uennrd, ut .Muedon, France, succeeded with a cigar-shaped balloon in navigating the air for four hours ; that is, bc was enable to norie against tho wind ona very calm day. Mis motive power was electricity, stored in a Siemens ntcu mulator of ton-horse power. This is the most importnnt nows of the century. It it? now 101 yearn since the Montgolfier brothers asccuded into the atmosphere by means of hot air. Since their time, there havo been hundreds of thousands of ascensions ; In? ino only improvements un the first one have boen ,the substitution uf hydrogen gas, and tho use of meehan* leal contrivances in tho construction of tho balloons. But until Ca;tain (lenard's experiment nt Muedon, every air vessel ha? been at the mercy of the winds. They were so large and light, ?nd afforded so groat a surface to tho air currents, that they could not bo controll ed. It has long been suspected that electricity would solve the problem, be* :auso it cnn furnish power with very little weight, This is rendered possible J y tho accumulators of Siemens, in which thc " ectricity is, as it were, stored as in \ rt servoir. The defect of this motor, towt /er, is the speody exhaustion of the ?mw :r, and hence only short journeys can jo undertaken ; but, according to tho proverb, it is tho hist step that costs. Jnce establish the fact tbat an air vessel jan be moved directly or obliquely igninst tte wiud, and the inventivo ninds of all civilized nations will bo set 0 work to perfect tho air ship. . From this time forth tho most iugeni* lus minds of every civilized nation Will lave all the capital they require to make 1 practical air shin. A fow -successful lights will start literally thousands of nen iu every country in aernl enterprises. lt first, of course, only short voyages viii be uudertnkeu. It will bennexpen* live mode of conveyance for many years, ind will nt first be a mere toy, but event* tally it will chango the face of the vorld. There will be no spots on tho "lobo inaccessible to man. Tho South is well as tho North Polo will yield up ts secrets. Dark continents will disnp* lear, and every savage tribe and nation viii be under tho control of civilized lowcrn. Cities will be built or. hill and nountnin tops. The human raco, like he birds, will becomo migratory, inhab* ting the warm regions in winter and the :ooler zoues in Bummer, Indeed, the . magination is staggerred nt the possibil* . ties of nerlai navigation.-Demorett'a Vonthfu for November. Tho Spreading Adder* How many readers know what a Dreading adder is? And how many of nose who have killed one know that he viii play possum ? How many of th?m i an say that they have seen a spreading .ddcr bite? For the benefit of all who tavo . not soen this snake, or paid any pedal attention to him further than to tit him on the bead with a stick; I will "m ell a few things about him. I havo .Hied a number of snakes al various imea, and havo general ly worried .them i great deal to make them fight, and tho ,' pre?ding Adder is the only imnke tnB?'I ould never induce to strike; and u moro ' ildeouB. snake could hardly-! ko found, k short, stumpy fellow, rarely moro than. . wo feet long, he gets about ve?y slowly, n ?olor t?o much resembles a water snake, ?ut he will!change his coloreousluerabiy ? hen brought tebay. (Thia iu tho brown ? dder; the black adder I have not heard fin this country.) Hut lui peculiarity ?cs in tactics when in close quartern. If " n meeting one you move toward-bira lowly, be will generally proceed to take iim86lf out of the way asifaat ac posai*1 le; if you niko him bac!: with a i.tii.-L i0 will lum end-show tighL Sirt?ch?P?r ut his ribs until, those "on the opposite ides bf bis body form a straight lino, ho nakes himself a good deal like ti leather trap : lo : general sbspe. ;. Half coiling limself.. ami raising his bead and o pan- -, ng' his great three-cornered mouth,'ho ' .resents au appearance very try in/; to reBk nerves. When io this ! position he '1 rill bias like a goose, end look like e very . mp. of the . pit, But thoso ?. who know lin know all this ia mere bravado, and i?gh at the poor fool's efforts to ochre ila enemy away. It Is no question* of '! dog eat dog," but merely a question of ?mh j is the worst scared, you aro thc ... nuke. You may now poke slicks in, bia iou t'a and puah li', tn about ; ho will not ito, but merely rahe 'hlf h ?id a littlo nore, end biow and hiss a little .harder, f you do not leavo pretty coon, ho .will. - hit do not let him get.'away ; keep him auk-, and-worry -bim.^ As Boon.es j ho : tods ft imponible to esc?p'e) ho will prc*, gad tvbito himself,' ibes rolf, ?sd ?^iit, nd equi rm in gre?t apparent agouy: foz . ' miuutq or two. then tura on his back,'; u cern i a/dy dead.; Yoi? can push,, him, jin bout and throw him around ;as/you . lease; he ia as limp and llfeles? as'tt: ; lh)h*rag. But hold av little fire to bls'-;^ nih ami, you will find ltc ia not ra.daad .a ho would like to have you thin!:- If. s Bopn ashe turns on his. back,.you gb; iii' and leavo him, ho will turu over and ?et ftwev on pretty short notice. I Would > |bt advise you to take hold of: him, aa it ?j. nay bo v/i,c:i 1?? refuses, to,bUe a ctiel:.. . hist he U'r?erely V':Wpg.t?r a chance kt omething- he; jB&?? 0. T"?'?'1 VwkviUe Adw?a? ?di U? - v- .,( ? < l -,.-!? ? -i ..H?rrlBge la Georgia. M. "?>;'.': ??li ,'-T*n*jpi- ' . ;.' 10O\fl??W?t ;Eecently a, runaway .cou plo > applied to,. ., ti popular 'Justice of the, Peace'lo' be ' otirHbd; -Th?;J.lP; did rrot havt? ?'lb'Hri !/' if ceremony with hirn and aa limb was Ul trecious he proceeded to tie tho knot- off, ;;. ta tul thus: .aw.eft -e ah' have .i?' 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