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THE SACEEDROOSfEftS. Tho island of Vangho Lo is not down on any map that I hare seen in recent years. If it is on any map it must be a very old one. This, however, is a matter or trifling Importance. If. the geographers have missed Vangho Lo, then it is so much, tho j worse for them, Tho wreck of the Imp rudely ended my first and lost pleasure voyage. The Imp was as trim a yachi as ever.-canoed on the sparkling bmows of a summer sea.- After jcrulsing about in the south Fadflcfor b&?< ? era! months in all sorts of. craft, I con? sidered It a piece of' extraordinary good luck, when Capt. Dalton invited me to sail with him as his guest and fellow trav? eler. With the crew and all there were eight : of ns, all Englishmen^ wltbr. the exceptf cap of myself. Dalton tas a marjuof wealt^'i; whose chief pastime was yachting. Some of the young fellows with him were the foiled darlings of fortune, and the krvo -, ;of adventure had. induced them to "try -ft* six: months' sail on the Imp; It must have been about midnight when the vessel struck. A tremendous hole was made in her bottom, ahotshebegaa :nlung^ _rapidly..i We let down two boats in a ' "hurryY and, jumping fny made for^lhe* beach, which was clearly visible in' the bright moonlight. Our little cockle shell boats spun around in the surf like so many chips. - Powerless and breathless, we were : toned "over- and-over "to the foam crested waves. Algreat snrge threw me high up on the beach, and it was se veral minutes before I was able to pick myself up. U.'it i "Are youVil right,, old. fellow f? J } : -The speaker-was IWton.- iTuhbed my eyes and saw five dark forms moving ?fcbomX ? ?'? T ??Only two missing,. Bradley ' and Cribbs,?*. saidDaltonv - "It might have been wbrsej y\m Tmow.- ..We're in big iluck.". _ , ,T thought-o,". too, and asked^the^captain [ *$8aMiad'a^ t "It must-T?--Vangho' Lb," he said thcugm^fully. "If It is ?bt; t^reanno** tell where we are." ? v One of the menhad^box ?lroatchesl? his pocket, and after we had bu?tagopd^ "fire and were begmning to feel more cqm :?cfftable, Dalton told us all he knew about our surroundings. - The island of Vangho Lo had been discovered centuries before, but no civfitaed government had ever claimed it Although of considerable size, ^embracing hnndreds- of square miles, it, rjrxoduced nothing of any commercial . value, And was a veritablo land of sun \ fmiObrVmliahited hy savages of a very tmcertato dispotiti^ Ships never t(rpeheo there when they could avoid it About fifty years before a colony of English sail? ors, who had mutinied and killed their ^??cajrwn^-a^temptisd'to live there, but after '?yfk- desultory warfare of- several years, the xnaMm'ha^ killed-t!^ont' iv \"They. may MH us," remarked.:Dalton1 ^cheeartrd^ libut then we, would have beea drowned if .we; hadn't been thrown"up - here: B^des, we have a*chance. .Doubfr -lessthe savages 'learned something cf our language from their old enemies, .the mu? tineers. They'may have -becoma-'a more ? "peaceable racel -yAt therworst they wffl probably hold'us 'as -prisoners and ?? some day isignal a passing ship' and demand a rari?on>for ns.n ' ' . ? Hpw'?uuch longer the captain would fhave talked in this strain it is. impossible., , to cbnJecture, .but at this point'one of the - / men. suddenly learied to his feet " - ! j ''Ouchf 1 he exclaimed, ashe executed a ??" wjardancsron the^sancL ffWhat did yon remark?'- inquired Dal ; vton with a eterh look at the offender. i ?-J-'Onch!'' repeatBd'.the man, as He rubbed his head. . ': ''. < "See here, Barlow," said the captain,"! hope yonare-hot crwy. WeTl have to tie yon fit youare.A.W^tl5;tke-inaiter with .?you?" .'' : ' ] 6 . /'Therooster i"mmnbled Barlow. We all looked pityingly at; the fellow. Undotihtedly his shipwreck had turned his rjlfltaJhL- '? '? .'? r? ?? ? - ? "I;was ;iisteaiing 'to /Hie capta?l,,,, ex ;iplamed' :BiffToWj '^when a sharp' weapon - hk? aspear was thrust into my head, and ? when;:i jumped", up - turned around I :js&w a big rooster six feet high hopping ever the ledge of rock yonder. If yon don't believe - me, where did this blood ;*ccmefrom?iV? OC.? i ; We drew him -up to the fire. His - head wasLblc^itod^tiierK wif, a f?fcKPnnfc in it, apparently made by a pointed Instroj " ment -But -the;'wild-story about the rooster? .. ; ! Shaking bur heads tocredulously we laid Barlow down and advised him to re-* vma^as.quiet as possible. V " . & KUla'savage assailant, slipped up and attacked our companion from the rear 1 ' We'could think ol-'nc;. c^her f xplajmjiianj. j .". Tiayh'ght enabled"n? to c\tain a better idea of our situation. Our wounded, man was severely hurt, but fortunately he was :-;iot disabled. Back of the beach thp ?>gronnd: rose. ? in; .psecipitater And rocky ' slopes, thickly.weeded in pTfvrys witb trV? and shrubs unnkei any that we had ever ?.flag TheIrm)hj^^one to piBces in the "nigh^aSa^^ shoro'was 'cdvbred wit> .^fragmente\?.wrecik?ga . The first thing . todo was torecover what we could, and ^wej^Bvent tq-wruic.:with\k will, In the ? course^of a..co.upfe.pf hours.we picked nf? and fished from the water quite a lot of nusccilaneons stores. When we exam-; ! ined our plunder wo found scvoral barrela -;of sea biscuits, boxes of: canned goods and other provisions", a cask of brandy, a tool chest,' various articles of clothing and some ? ammnnitlon. This last we .were ? very, glad>to see, as three of us had our v pistols -nith us. In the rocky slope back of us there was" a small cave, well sheltered and quite dry. Into this nook we rolled our stores to pro :.!tect them from the.: weather. By thli time two of the men who had been out ??acoutingreturned with theirreport '. j - Ar^rding to our scouts the island was a wonderland. There were mountains in-" numerable, fertile valleys, lakes, springst, and an abundance of, vegetation. Game of all kinds was to be seen, but no sav? ages. If :the island was inhabited the men were --'confidant that" thS people* Jived on the other side of a' range. of ? mountains a few miles distant from our cave on the beach.. i What wo heard made ns very thought fnl No more scouts were sent out that day,.and we put in our- time building a , breastwork of large rocks in front of^ the cave,: We also filled a. cask with spaing .water and rolled it in to keep for an emtv '\gency. Our defensive preparations did --not amount to much, but we wanted tp : make something of a fight if an enemy came upon ns. : ~~ , _ Each man made a, resolution,to sleep. : that night with one eye wide open, and a sentinel was posted just inside the breast? work, with-instructions to fire off his pis ?Hifd^ anything suspicions peenrred. Just what happened to me was the experience of alL A dull drowsiness settled over me. My head seemed ready to burst, and yet I" could" not move. Finally my senses were * vflteeped in complete oblivion. 14 When tho mornhig ran streamed in nponns, and! opened my eyes, I foxmfl' myself bound hand and foot: 'lily com? panions were all in the same fix. Our : sentinel I could not see, and therefore I cot?dnot tell whether he was a prisoner or not- Tho cave and the space inside our ?|j|tlo fortress seemed a moving mass of savages. They were hideous .looking ?Ketches, almost as black as Africans. They were armed with spears and clubs. Some of them wore fragments of European garments, probably picked' up from the occasional wrecks on that dangerous coast They were all jabbering to each other, and too busy overhauling our stores ' to pay the slightest attention to us. - "How did it happenr" I whispered to Dalton, who was stretched by my side. "I cannot tell," he answered. "I feel strangely. These devils must have stupe? fied us in some way. Otherwise they could not have trapped ns uH without waking us." E$0ur conversation attracted the notice of the leader of our captors, and he came up tons. "Howdy, white man," he said to Dal " ton, and therirtanung to me he repeated the sanitation. \ "Untie us,'pTpIeaded. "Np,, r replied the savage. He looked at us very, earnestly and then .shook his head. . The old rascal was short and fat, of a well done ginger cake color, and his malicious black eyes snapped restlessly as \ ho watched us. His attire consisted of a red silk; sash and a pair of boots. His breast was elaborately tatooed, and his face exhibited similar traces of artistic Mndiwark. - Dalton and I, after a whispered con? sultation, agreed to be patient and cheer? ful, hoping* thereby to secure better, terms. Tile savages ransacked the cave. They jpi?ted each other with the biscuits, evi? dently not knowing their edible qualities. They sniiTed at the brandy cask and smacked their lips. 'They rummaged our pockets and took away our pistols and Knives. ?;; At last the crowd withdrew and held a paw-wow;on the beach. Their head maar talked to them, and finally' several stout men returned to us and carried four of our partyoff. - "Bad sign,'! muttered Dalton, that means that we are to be killed, or that the ethers will lx?, I can't tell which.1' *" Just thai the head man came up to us. pping his breast, he said; Mo ^.KybeJa^M- lerne. L-" You live ?wid me." Seeing that he spoke English so well, 9 asked about our fellow prisoners, . 1 ply horrified us. As well as we derstand it our companions had off to be sacrificed. A volcano ^nter^^e^lsland v^ad .been rum _ ana belching out firo and smoke at intervals for some timo past, and his majesty, King Kybela, had decided to with the angry spirit in the eartb,.by pitching a few ^*e crater. I He-paid no: and a3. we never saw the four men again, there is little doubt that they met the terrible doom marked otf&fot'fcheirC: HfiTBajes? seemed: to be Htrrprried- tho? wrf took'it 'so hard. < He patted us on our beads, and said: . "King Kybela no hurt you. You safe. *yWiive w44me-" VTHiis ajmewfife rel?ay3?u?. .If our lives ^wbiWo Wsse*ed was 'still hope. The next day his majesty set us to work. We found that our lives had been spared because King Kybela wanted somebody to guard and take care of the sacred roosters -of Vangho Lo. - . . "??Hanged if this can bo real!0 said Dal? ton to me. '"Am 1^ lunatic? Am I dream? ing? It is nonsense to eay tthat suoh things It was all painfully real to mo. We had been carried over the mountains to the quiet valley where bis majesty Kybela HvWgn f?%a?b^(&ll$f8UXtounded by beenSreed from" en native*armed with spears bad introduced us to the sacred roosters and explained our duties. I/-.There-weto S?ven roosters, and the mo ment we saw thorn we thought of poor Barlow and know that ho bod' told - us the f truth. These re mar table .birds were- six feet high." They were built on the Shanghai order and were ferocious and repulsive in - j appearance. Their eyes resembled bolls of !reor fire. '"Their bmVwere tolly two -feet long and their spurs were about nine, inches. Their feathers, although oiled every day, were rough and shaggy, and their wings were too closely clipped to look weih iThe muscularjlegs of these creatures ?legs nearly as large as a man's?showed ji ? thoy. ??wei'e;gosBMOBd of- - enormona strength and endurance. Our guards told usr-~fhat the'sacred roosters lived forever, wnen they' Were properly cared forv 'When one died itwas the custterri^riiKing Kobeln ffi eAsr'tfce> keepejs^be^Uod,|id there had ..been of late such an unprecedented mortality among both roosters ?Hfl VfifiPfiTC flat his majesty had been unable to find mem [, bers of his tribe who would accept this important trust. Matters had approached an open revolt when our capture oc? curred, r. ~r ' ?nrV??^dp'?j&^uty -by:tho sacred ro&fers ot Vangho ^^safti 'DkMon.-J "Remember that w^ni&theyillve we are safe." ? Knowing how much depended" upon it,, we immediately set to work to : make ourselves; solid' with: thoT roosters. We were ? feepara ted ixoih tharm by; a, bamboo p^eV^ce^nftd^we^ro? "uo'flanger^'ex-' cept.once a day when we went into the in closure to oil their feathers. At such times one of us would do the oiling with a long ? mop, while the j other j stood ? off with a gong which he beat furiously when. one of tho birds showed a 'disposition to' mal**chaMAl?5 VQCtf Jn iftte cttneA rifl n'io w. days - wo got things reduced to a system;' One of the roosters entangled a spur in my garments and dragged mo around, .the yard one. [;mornlng, and another .snatched off Dai ton's cap and swallowed it, bat with- the exception of these trifling accidents every? thing moved along serenely. ? The horrible novelty of.our position seemed to worry Dalton. Every night he I^I?s^wS^e^aid '?Tbese roosters are had enough. Who would iavo be IJeV^ihat .eubb monsters existed? And. then everything else Is on such a distorted scale. The clouds here .get tangled jup in a fellow's hair and whiskers.". Tho sun is always shining through a red haze. Some ofgthe trees are cannibalistic. If a man goes to sleep under one the branches droop . dor?i arrdflSston him/and drain his life bleoo.' -Nearly all the1 vegetables grow ? without any roots. They are pulpy balls I 'XUtUugtui the givuud, "without any stem or stalk, or anything. Now, you may be able to stand thllfltort? thing," but it is driving mo craz^ X* ?;-~j I felt as badly about it as any one coulay but s?ll I counseled^tience. :. \ktti ?*??!?*:???! ? *?.???.?!.?."? !?>;.: .* -.?:4:v?-.-.. ? ? i:~ One dayevwything was in commotion in bis majesty's shanty, and in the village of bamboo huts around it The king harangued bis warriors. and they beat their gongs and brandished their spears. Every now and then.they ran out to tho pen where we were guarding the sacred roosters. "Something is up," suggested Dalton. Finally King Kybela come to ps, and said that we must at once march-with our'' ^hirds, under a-strong escort to the. temple of Knmn, whore we -would be stationed in future. It was useless to object, and in on hour we were on our way. We bad to march in single file through a narrow path over the|mountaina. A guide led-the proces? sion. ' Thon I beaded the roosters, and ?Dalton brought -trp-tl?-rcar-feBowed by about a dozen able bodied natives armed with clubsr This order was adopted be? cause ^iUr?i had become accustomed to their "keepers, and were'easily controlled by us. The natives did not dare to go near them. L: At -one- pioce^i gap in.the mountains gave us "a glimpse of'the sea. ,1 looked down and my heart gave a great jump. - Scarcely three miles below in a little cove r -? v?s^l^^hored close'to the shore! at was' to be done ? I signaled Dal? ton, and he glanced through the gap and understood the situation. - We were being transferred to-another' point to prevent our discovery by the strangers. During the next bob! mile I exchanged few words : with Dalton, meaningless words to the natives, but full of import to my friend He understood.me. We were in a narrow pathway on the edge of a precipice, with a steep wall .of granite towering above us on the other side. Suddenly Dalton turned the bind most rooster about so as to face the posse of savages.' Then be darted forward to the head of the procession by my side, and Jrarled the guide down, into the abyss be? low, i beat my usual signal, on the gong, and all of tho sacred roosters turned to the right about " * , t ~ When th? savages'saw these feathered monsters bearing down upon them they gave utterance to shrieks of rage and ter? ror. Dalton and I paused a moment and looked back. The foremost rooster darted upon the leader of the natives, and at one fell swoop drovo his .long sharp beak through one of the man's eyes and into his \ bruin. " ""?*?" "Run for itl" cried Dalton. We made a break forward and. ran for our lives. We knew that the roosters would never turn in their tracks without our.signal _ on? the-gong. -They would dis- ? pete that narrowv pathway with t>ur pni^ suers untU extermination befell one or the' other side. We knew, too, that tho natives held these great birds in awe and would fly before them like frightened sheep. On and on my friend and I sped down the jagged path. Would it never end? Would 'wo never reach a defile - leading to thefeaf.s ? / Jj -y / j , J " . Eureka! At lost wo saw it On our right was a gap showing a gentle slope stretching to tho water. - Three miles yet. We-.n.erved ourselves to the utmost and randikd lightning.. There were no signs of pursuit, and the cries of our enemies had died away. Still bounding onward, mit of breath and with bleeding feet, we literally flew. * * * * * ' ? When wo threw ourselves, panting, on the sand by the boat, which, was just about putting out-for 'the ship, we were too ex? hausted to speak. Tho ? excited sailors in? stantly divined that wo were pursued by foes, and dragging us in they bent to their oars and did not ? let up until they had helped us to tho deck of 'tho vessel' It was an American merchant ship car? rying one gun. When the captain heard a little of our story ho pointed the cannon at the island and fired a blank charge that waked tho echoes among the mountains. "Vangho Lo is no place for us,"hesaid, and with that tho craft weighed anchor j and glided out into the broad blue ocean.' I hope tho sacred roosters of Vangho Lo are still alive and flourishing. They saved my life, and I am not likely to forget it? Wallace P. Reed in Atlanta Constitution. ? Can a man intoxicated by music be said to be air tight? -^Bejuat, aodgrcpr not.; . iJK6 ?KE9 jiJldffiS Y Xlttle tMngB that creep and CTaiyy On this lonoly earthly ball Giant creaturea nurtured here To pouch-like taws, each stellar KphejrjaV Is there aught that's new to say? Good or bad, or any way? Dust and ashes 1 Light and fire I Lore and youth 1 And gray desire) ?Boll, bald bullet?Rou, rich sphere) Thy paltry hour, thy kingly year! For cynic clod, and living soul. Speed on, poor grapeseed?Great World roll ?DC Christie Murray in English Magazine. ;? 9 - "Tho Good Old Times." - We often hear of the "good old days of yore." "Why deprive our children of the enjoyment of those old days ? Why not pass a law forbidding steamboats from plowing, tho waters, railroads from run? ning on land,*.telegraphs from sending messages, telephones from being used; all furnaces, steam "heaters, etc., to bo taken out of houses and other buildings; all grates for burning coal to be taken out, all stoves to be melted for old iron, all water works in cities to bo left empty; the use of all gas and other illuminators, ex? cept dipped tallow candles, to be disused, and really go back to tho *!good old ?tunes," say for five* years. Then, if at midnight on a cold, stormy night, a doc? tor is wanted, he must be sent for instead of telephoning for him. If one wished to send a message to a distance, instead of telegraphing he must write a letter and send it by stages to its distant place, and wait patiently for days or weoks for the nswer. I When one goes home op a freezing night he can Bit by a wood fire, roasting on one side while freezing tho other, and reading by the dim light of a tallow dip, instead of the-blaze of a gaslight or the more agreeable light of keroseno... If he under? takes a, jouv jey, instead.? of getting into the cars and goingwhere Be wishes, tho best he can do is to take a stage at four times the cost and ten times tho discom? fort of the cars;: Let tho so and other mod .ern improvements be forbidden and "good old days" be brought back, how long 'would it be before an oxtra session of the legislature- would be demanded to knock "the good old days" Into splinters, and to restore the much bettor modern days "which we now enjoy and for which we ought to be most devoutly thankful ?? Bridgeport Sentinel ? f Lincoln's letter to Hooker. President Lincoln used to write long letters to -his-mintery-commander,- and copy them himself. Just after Gen. Joe "Hooker had taken command of the Army Mf'The Potomac a letter was penned, and while, tho president yet retained it in his possession nn intimate Iriend 'happened to be in his cabinet onor night, and the presi? dent read it to'him, remarking: "I shall . nat. read, this to anybody else, but I want to know how it strikes you." During the following April or May, while the Army of the Potomac Lay opposite Fr ed cricks 'burg, this friend accompanied the presl . dent; te Gen. Hooker's headquarters on a visit; One night Gen. Hooker, alone in * his tent with thjs .gentleman,' said: * 'The president says -that he showed you this 'letter,"rand ,he* then took out that docu? ment, which' Was 'closely written on a sheet of letter paper. The tears stood in the general's bright blue"eyes as he added: "It is such a letter as a father might have written to his son. And yet it hurt me. ?' Then, dashing the water from his eyes,, he said:- "When I have been to Richmond I shall have this letter , printed." But , "Fighting Joe" never reached Richmond, and it was sixteen years before tho letter, which sharply criticised him, found its way.into print?Benr. Perley Poors in ^ton;Bhdget-: ; f| ? ? J \ || J The Passenger Was Left. Capt Selah Dustin, who. has com? manded lake craft without number, been skipper'of a wood yard, and encountered a good deal of rough legal weather during, his stormy career, at one tune ran a boat' between Detroit and Port Huron. The' captain prided himself on the punctuality with which the lines were cast off and his boat, left for its destination. One day, while waiting for freight preparatory; to plowing the waves in the directlon'of 'Port Huron, a stranger walked on board and accosted tho captain as follows: "What-ome does this boat go ?" ^.'At 9 o'clock sharp." "Does she go on time ?" "She does-p-right on time." The prospective passenger here pulled out his watch,'and exclaimed: "Why, it's a quarter after 0 now." " - Withont-the snghteSt-pert^rbaO in a tone of drawling placidity, the captain responded:..' 3 iMPPutli^t has been gone exactly fifteen minutes." Then he re? sumed his supervision of the loading of freight?Detroit Free Press. ' Tho Poland of Africa. ' - Zululand seems to be the Poland of Africa. First Great Britain cut off a big slice of Western Zululand, called it the. Reserve and drove the independent Zulus out of it because Natal did not like them as neighbors. Then the Transvaal Boers viewed what was left from their moun? tain tops; pronounced it a beautiful loca (tion .for a new republic and invented a pretext, for moving in. They were actu? ally trying to appropriate five-sixths of. tho country, when Great Britainstepped i in as a mutual friend, cut the land in two in the middle and assigned tho east half to the Zulus and tho west to tho Boers, re? serving a generous strip along the entire coast for herself. So the warriors of Cety _wayo xiiaJieing, crow.ded.into a corner of their heritage, while white men parcel out the .biggest and best part of it.?Foreign Letter inj Boston; Transcript Exhausted Muscular Power. Dr. Porret has published some very , curious, instances <?f exhausted muscular power.- Of course the" writer's cramp Is a case in point; but there are "professional movements" other than writing which ex? haust the.powersbf those who use them. Violinists I?se*the*power 6T manipulating the strings with their left hand, and vio? loncello players that of "making the nut" with their left thumb; compositors cease to have power over the stick; tailors can no longer sow, and even nailmakers can at last no. longer use the hammer. It is sa? gaciously suggested that, in view of this disastrous state of things, everybody should have a second calling to fall back upon when the first gives out?Boston Budget ? _ Tho Bull's-Eye of-tho Kation. Many epigrammatic things have been said of tho capital of tho nation by the statesmen who have been Jncky enough to be sent thero by their constituents; but to Congressman Tim Campbell has been awarded the credit of describing the homo of congress with a piquant and suggestive terseness that Is unique. "Washington," said the leader of the Eighth district the other day, "Washington, Blr, is the bull's eye of this nation, and you aim high when you want to get there." Murderers on tho Scaffold. I was on duty in tho jail for six years, and during that time - met a great-many criminals and murderers; tho latter were always a pleasant study to me, particu? larly tho negroes. Thoy are all alike.' Until a decision of the case in the trial court there ist no.change in their manners or'rmornls, but when^ they are price con? victed they' become Intensely superstitious and deeply religious. It does not matter whether they get a new trial or the caso goes to a higher court, or what happens; once convicted they are changed. They devote all their time to a study of the Bible,.; and stop cursing and using profane or. vulgar language, and If ''yon ;use it in their presence they will correct you, and . say that you ought not to do it. They are easily worked on by priests, and be? come so imbued with the doctrine of the mercy and fprgiveness of Christ that they do not look upon death with fear. In fact, I believe.that by the day of execu? tion they-want todio; They firmly be? lieve that just as soon as tho breath leaves their bodies they will go at once to an eternal life, far happier than the ono they are leaving, and the sooner they die tho sooner they will' enjoy tho pleasures of heaven. This is tho reason they walk so firmly! to tho ccaffold; "and pot .because they are given liquor. I'd like to seo any man mado so drunk that, he would give up life as they do, unless he was too drunk to walk.?Coroner's Clerk in Globe-Demo? crat Tho Restaurant Business. One of tho most interesting features of \ the restaurant business in the way fashion runs among feeders. If anything Is going slowly, nil that is necessary to make a.run on it is for the waiters to call out orders, real or imaginary, for it. If they can creato the impression that it Is popular every one wants to tasto It, and a genuine, run soon succeeds a fictitious one. . It is just the same with bringing things well to the front and letting people see them. By thlstmeans cakes, ice creams and water? melons have all had booms. By even printing a specialty across a bill of fare a special demand can be created right away." The great anxiety among down town res? taurant keepers is the growing preference for day board. Every month tho number increases of those who eat breakfast and supper at homo or whero they board, and go withont anything, except perhaps a "free lunch," during tho day.?^St Louis Globe Democrat. Powerful Good. Marie Stone tells inimitably tho story of the Yankee janitor in a New England hall whero a concert company was about to sing. Some ono asked him if tho hall was good for sound. "Wal,'' said he, through his nose, as ho looked at tho stucco walls and ceiling, "they do say that this here staccato work is powerful good fur trans mittin' sound."?Detroit Free-Press. "Six-Day" Cab Licenses. About 1,000 of tho cabmen of London take out "six-day licenses"?that is, thoy do not go out with their cabs on Sundays. They pay a reduced rate for tho licence and havo a weekly rest on Sunday.?Chi? cago Times.. CLEVER FORM OF PUZZLE. Familiar Examples of the Anagram. Several Very Skillful Transpositions. The anagram is one cf tho most enter? taming and clever forms of puzzle, and much ingenuity has been displayed in tho past by literary dabsters, who seemed to find in its construction a source of. much diversion. Some of the most familiar ex? amples aro "revolution" transformed into "to love ruin;" "telegraphs" "great helps," and "penitentiary," "Nay, I re? pent it." To so arrange tho letters as to form a. complete sentence and, at tho same "tune, relate to tho subject in hand, re? quires a. peculiar aptness and a mind alive to the slightest suggestion afforded in arranging the letters. Several years ago a London journal published a list- of anagrams from their readers which attracted much attention bv their completeness and directness of unish. This cleverness is, we believe, by no means confined to tho English public, as several of these collected from various publications on tins side of tho water will give ample evidence. One writer laments the shortsightedness of Gcorgo Alfred Townsend's parents in not endowing his ; name with on extra A. Had they fore ; seen his future, however, and know that such n step could be instrumental in con? verting his title into "Great Gleaner of Odd News" they would unquestionably havo made tho addition without tho slight? est dissent. No less neat is the complete transposition of Beaconsfield into "I faced nobles." Some time back Tho Baltimore Sunday Nows offered 'i its puzzlo department a prizo for the best anagram on "The Tele? graph Monopoly. " Tho competition was spirited, and out of many very creditable efforts tho following took the prizo, "Tho -Pcoplo Got.Only Harm," which is not too late to be adniiiied in tho present investi? gation now under way at Washington. .Strangely enough tho identical anagram was submitted by two persons, who, through fatal truth or blind chance, had struck the same result "The Present Fight of tho Great Rail? roads" has undfr skillful management been metamorph' d into *'A Rare Fighti, Swear On; Let thy Rates Drop." . ? > "The'Grand Army of the Republic's' Decoration Day" has fittingly been shaped into, "Come, sir, pity or chant for dead blue and gray." And a very pretty arrangement it is indeed. Tho best, however, and what was prob? ably one of tho most difficult to construct, found being from "Tho assassination of President Abraham Lincoln." What could havo been more complete in its fidel? ity than "A past sensation chills me, or a fiend shot in a barn." Cornelius Vanderbilt's name, five years ago, was transformed into "On Curb Dealt in Silver." A moro astute party answered it with "Vnnderbilt Rules Coin," which is as clover, if hot more so, than xho first, being as well a complete anagram "The Leaning Tower of Pisa," under skillful workmanship, has appeared as ?' "What a Foreign Stono Pilc":; Sir Bul wer Lytton as '"Bull's Tony Writer," and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" show "How Women Serve Dirty Sir F."?New York Graphic. Burnod Clay for Ballast. k- {EheChicago, Burlington andQuincyis laying down largo quantities of burned clay ballast on its Iowa lines, having put in some forty miles in ten-mile sections, be " sides a largo quantity during the latter part of this season It is said to give ex? cellent results, and it is certainly not very expensive nor troublesome to burn, whan the clay is at hand and other ballasting material is not. Tho Union Pacific, the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha and tho Hannibal and St Joseph roads have also used -considerable quanti? ties of it.. To prepare the ballast, the soil is stripped oil for a length of 300 to 1,000 feet?whatever length of train for loading is desired?and a flro started with kin? dling. On this a mixture of slack and pea coal is sprinkled, then a thin layer of clay, two to thrco inches thick, then an? other good sprinkling of coal, then more clay, and bo on indefinitely, in the propor? tion of about one ton of cool to eight cubic yards of ballast. When fully burned the pilo is about eight feet high and twenty to thirty feet ?wide, and from four to five months nro consumed in burning it, a small gang of men being on hand con? stantly to feed the pilo. One gang will ordinarily burn from 24,000 to 25,000 cubic yards at onco, and its cost on tho cars at the pits is about eighty cent3 per cubic yard. After the first rain the bal? last is not dusty and it does not crumble. ?Boston Transcript The Yankees aro Very Smart. "You have a different lot of people in this country from what we have in the old world," remarked D'Alvini, the con? jurer...-"You people over here are what you call 'smart' or 'fly.' Things go down with an audienco in England, France, Germany or Austria, that won't go at all in this country. Any kind of a trick will please audiences across the water, but you Americans are so quick at detecting the transparencies of the magician's feats that we havo to be very careful about what we work on you and how we do it. Take as an instance the 'Vanishing Lady' trick. That created a furor in England and France,1 but in this country, though per? fectly mado by Jasper Bamberg and well handled by mo and others, was a dead failure. Americans saw through it so quickly that tho fun was all spoiled. The Americans are the quickest, brightest people in the world."?Chicago Herald. An Old Lady's Story. Boston, you know, is great on blcyclo riders. An old lady from a remoto coun? try district was there last week, and when she returned home she told a wonderful story regarding the precocity of the boys there. She said sho camo across one who did not look to bo more than 12 years of ago who had a full grown mustache and side whiskers. Sho said ho was dressed like a boy, acted like a boy and had a tin whistle in his hand. It was useless to orguo with her, and she will go down to her grave believing that she has seen a youth who ought to be placed on exhi? bition in a circus.?Now York Graphic. A Trlplo Array of Figures. The St. Louis typo foundry proprietor says: Here wo are on the evo of 1888, which creates a triple demand for tho figure 8. This triple uso of figures in the annals of time will not occur again till 1011, 1909, 2000, 2022, 2111, 2122, 2202, 2212, 2222, etc.?Detroit Free Press. Englands Wheat Imports. England, it is stated, now imports from Russia 5,000,000 hundred weight of wheat, against 10,000,000 fifteen years ago. In tho same interval the import from America has increased from 12,000, 000 hundred weight to 20,000,000.?Now Orleans Times-Democrat Ho Was Grateful. Widow Flapjack?I'm glad, parson, that steps are being taken to prevent the ex? termination of the American singing birds. Parson Surplus (who has been invited to dinner)?So am I, Widow Flapjack, but at the same time I am grateful to Providence that chickens don't know how to sing. "Bring on tho fried chicken, Betsy," said the Widow Flapjack. Germination of Seeds. A French horticulturist, M. Nobbe, has -found that the seeds of the finest varieties of grapes germinate more quickly than those of the commoner sorts, and that seeds fresh from the fruit germinate better than those which havo been dried.?Ar knnsaw Traveler. TS A BIG HOTEL IMPORTANCE OF THE LINEN RO?M WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT. Duties of tho Honsckoopor's Assistant. Destruction of Bed Linen?Fate of tho Hotel Napkin?A Placo for Exccutlvo Ability. One of the pleosantest and best of tho minor places among the employes of a big hotel is tho linen room woman's. Sho Is a subordinate of tho housekeeper, but her pay?which rnrges from $10 to $20 a month?is reasonably good; her duties aro clearly defined and not ouorous, her re? sponsibility is small, and her work is dono under rather pleasant conditions. All the soiled sheets, towels, pillow cases, bed spreads and other articles that must go to the laundry nro first carried to the housekeeper, who takes accurate count of them. When thoy como back clean thoy aro counted again, and such of them as need repairing puss into the hands of tho assistant housekeeper or linen room woman, who -with thread and needle or sewing machine fixes1 hem up ns neatly as neatly as possible, 'iner. is a great deal of this work in a hotel that has been run? ning tor any length of time, especially if it Is a house doing maii?y a transiont busi? ness. DESTRUCTION OF LINEN. Washing destroys tho linen much more than wearing does, and tho destruction of linen in a house where the guests belong almost entirely to the pormanent class, or boarders, and the beds aro not chauged oftener than twice a week, is very much less than where the changes aro mado as often as tho rooms are vacated, which in a transient business may occur every day. On an average tho destruction of bed linen amounts to about 20 per cent, per annum. The loss on napkins amounts to about 30 or 40 per cent., as many of them aro stolon or mysteriously disappear. Tho wear and tear on blankets?which aro supposed to bo washed only onco a year?is small, and they last a long time. Shaking, airing and sunning them presumably keeps them clean and wears them little. Then they are only in use a few months, while the sheets, pillow cases and spreads are in ser? vice nil tho time. Primarily, in the selec? tion of blankets hotel men urc exceedingly careful to practice tho true economy ot getting articles that will wear, even if their first cost Is rather heavy. The blan? kets as well as tho linen aro in charge of the linen room woman. The dealing out of clean linen, etc., to the chambermaids for the rooms is nom? inally done by the housekeeper, but in practice it is the linen room woman who takes the articles from their places on tho long shelves whero the, arc piled after coming from the laundry, and keeps count of what aro given out. FATE OF TUE NAPKIN. Napkins pass through other hands. The head waiters in tho dining room, restau? rant and lunch room?where the latter exists-*-aro required to keep count of them when they go to the laundry, and again to take stock of them when they aro re? turned. In good hotels napkins aro seldom mended, but when they havo holes worn in them by washing, or become frayed and torn, they arc discarded from public ser? vice and pass to other uses. Hence thoy rarely get into the linen room woman's hands. Tho qualities that are required to mako a woman useful in the linen room?order, cleanliness, neatness, honesty and strict attention to business?aro such as nre likely to make her occupancy of tho place a permanency dependent upon her own choice, and changes in this department are rarer than in any other. Tho housekeeper gets from $40 to $55 a month, but hor re? sponsibility is much greater than that of the L'uen room woman. Greater executive ability is demanded of her, and tho proba? bilities of her more active and ambitious mind leading her to seek changes to better herself are much greater than in the case of tho linen room woraan,who is generally a staid, middle-aged widow of easy, con? tented disposition. It is very seldom that the latter rises to the place of the former, even when a vacancy cxx?r^._Qne of tho leading up-town hotels has a-Tiricn room woman who has placidly held her placo and seen housekeepers como and go, and even proprietorship change, during twenty years.?New York Sun. A Family Weapon. . A gentleman entered a ; Chicago gun 6tore and asked to be shown some re? volvers. "Here is a nice family weapon," said the clerk. "Family weapon?" "Yes, a family weapon; just tho thing for domestic tragedies. It has six cham? bers, sir; two bullets for your faithless wife, two for the ruthless destroyer of your homo and two for yourself. Thoy arc all the go now."?Texas Sittings. Monument to Gough. - Tho monument to John B. Gough in Hopo cemetery, Worcester, Mass., has been placed in position on the family lot. It is a plain but tasteful and substantial sarcophagus of granite. It is about 4 feet in height, on a base about 0 8-4x3 1-4 feet, and surmounted by a cap about 5 3-4x 2 1-2 feet. On the middle of the front of the base is the name "Gough" in largo letters.?Chicago Times. The IluBslau Oil Monopolists. The Nobel Brothers, who havo the mo? nopoly of the oil production of tho Cau? casus, have in view the elimination of the American product. Princo Bismarck, who some years ago established a powder factory on his estate at Vnrzin, trans? ferred it recently to the Nobel Brothers, with tho essential proviso, however, that the dividends should be paid regularly.? Chicago Herald.._ Tho Model Merino limn. Tho fleece on the merino ram should bo dense, well set and standing well up under pressure, and when pressed down should have sufficient elasticity to return quickly to its upright position. It ought to bo denso rather than long in staple, and should cover all parts of the body, head, legs and.underneath the belly. It is desirable that this last havo tho wrin? kles running' down on to and across it, covered with as long, thick wool as tho Bides. The face should be covered with a heavy foretop of wool, trimmed round broadly under tho eyes. Tho model ram does not havo tho wool running down very close to the end of the nose; but a ram with such n face may bo profitably used on a flock if tho ewes havo poor faces. The lleeco ought to be as even in length, thickness and quality on all parts of tho body r.3 possible. ' Man and His Medicine. There aro 1,010 medicines in the pharma? copoeia of tho United States, aud in most communities there is one man who has tried every one of them before discovering that thero never was anything the matter with him. Tho taste for strong drink is a mild, innocuous, feeble inclination, com? pared with the raging mamia lor "taking medicine" when once it gains a pernicious? ly acticc hold upon n man. There aro not many really sick people in tho world, anfl if it wasn't for the man who delights in dosing himself with anything that has a long namo and an almanac attachment, thero wouldn't ho half enough paint on tho rocks of picturesque America to hide tho lnndscapc.?Burdctto in Brooklyn Eagle. Bncklcn's Aroaca Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Uheum, Fever Sores, Teticr. Chapped Hands. Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptinns, and posi? tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect Katisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander son. S. C PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond ?V Danville It. It., COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 14, 1880. (Trains run on 75th Merldhin lime.) Southbound. Lvu WalhaUoTT. Seneca....... Anderson... Spart anli'rg Abbeville... Laurcns. tbcenvillu.. Ureen wood Ninety-Six Ncwberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta No. I S.20am 9.00 am lO.-ioam Northbound. Lve. Columbia.. Nevvberry.. Ninety-Six 12.00m (ireeuno'd 10.1.1am 8.20 am B.2.? urn 12.44pu Arr Cirveuvillc Lnurciis.... Abbeville.. Spart'nbr'g l.lOpm Anderson.. 8.04 pm Seneca. 5.15pm Walhalla... 0.20 jun Atlanta. No. ."ill 10.45 am 12.50 pm 2.20)1111 2.12 pm 5.48 pm 5.55 pm 4.30pm &30|>m ?1.50 pm G.OOpm 6 33 pin loaojHji No. 63 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylok. Gcn'l Pass. Agent. D. CAKDWEI.L, Ass't. Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C for.. Haas, Traffic Mauuger. bradfield's ? An infnllible specific for \ ? all the diseases peculiar to j : women, such as painful or : ? Suppressed Menstruation, j ? Falling of the Womb, Leu- ? ? corrbeea or Whites, etc. ? female" j CHANGE OF LIFE. j ? If taken during this criti- i ? cal period, great suffering ': : and danger can be entirely : ? voided. : regulator! Send for our books containing valuable information for women. It will b<' mailed free to applicants. Address The Bbadfield Reuulator Co., Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. For sale by WILIIITE & W1LB1TE. Dcc31,18S5 25 ly THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS. Willlara Burriss. Plaintiff, against D. U. Busseil, J. II. Reed, J. Pink Reed, and J. Pink Reed. R. L. Moorhead and H. 0. llcrrlck, late merchants and partners, doing business under the firm name of Reed, Moorhead & Co., Defendants.? Summotis for Relief?Complaint Served. j To the 1) fendants, D. H. Russell, J. II. Reed, J. Pink Rood, R. L- Moorhead and It. 0. Herrick: ?yOU are hereby summoned and required to an JL swer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith ;erved upon you, and to serve a cony of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson C. II., S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, ex? clusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time afore? said, the plaintlll' in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 23rd, A. D. 188C. MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY, PlaintitPs Attorneys. [Seal] M. P. Trlbblc, C. C. P. To the Defendant, J. H. Reed : Take notice Ibat the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the forego? ing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. II., in the County of Anderson, in the .State of South Carolina, on the 23rd day of November, A. D. 188G. MURRAY, BREAZEALE X MURRAY, Plaintiffs Attorneys, Anderson, S. C. Dec 2, 1886_21_G_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PJLEAS. John E. Peoples, riaintlfT, against James K. Grif? fin, James R. Vandi^cr and James A. Elgin, as Administrator, and Tlicodosia Elgin as Admin? istratrix of the Estato of Mary A. South, de? ceased, and Daniel I), Gentry, Defendants,?Sum? mons/or Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named : YOU arc hereby summoned *ud required to an? swer the complaint in this action, which Is filed ic the cilice of the Cle k of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. II., S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Ander? son O.II.,S.C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain till'in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, Dated October 27, A. D. 188G. BROWN <i TRIBBLE, Plaintlirs Attorneys, Anderson C. II., S. C. [seal] M. P. Triable, ccp. To James K. Griffin, absent Defendant: You will take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clork of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, at Anderson C. II., S. C, on the 27th day of October, 1SSG. BROWN .t TRIBBLE, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Dec IG, 18SG_ _23_G Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that the under? signed will apply to M. P. Tribble, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, on the 22d day of Janu? ary, 18H7, for a Charter for iMountain View Church, in Dark Comer Township, in ac? cordance with the laws of the Slate of South Giroiinu. B. B. WHITE. V. SHEAR ARD, H. BELCHER, And othurs, Trustees. Dec 23. 18SG 24 3 FOWLER'S STABLES HEADQUARTERS FOR horses and mules! -0 IHAVE just completed an addition to my Stable, making it one of the lar? gest and most convenient Stables in the up country, and nm now prepared to take bet? ter care than ever of my customers' Stock and Vehicles. Also, have on hand at all times a supply of Stock, which lam offering at low prices on easy terms. To those indebted to me, I will say that I am compelled to make collections by 1st November. Please come up at once, and save me the trouble of sending a collector to see you. J. 8. FOWLER. Oct15,1885 14 A. F. Johnstono. A. C. Strickland. DENTAlTCAKD. Johnstone & Strickland, SUPGEON DENTISTS, HAVING formed a partnership in the practice of Dentistry, we are prepar? ed to do all work in our line after the most approved modern methods. Gas adminis? tered for extracting teeth when desired. Office?No. 2 Granite Row, over Blcck ley, Brown it Frctwell's Store. Aug 20, ISSfi 7 ? Cures In -ft tO 5 DATS. , fGnirmntetd not to 1 unto Stricture. Urd only by too {?*&Z72E3Ch>a!calC& Cincinnati,8 Ohio. Having soliljvur excel? lent preparation known as CI foi the pas: year or nic.ro we are pleased to rcj>ort tint it has given entire ?satisfaction and ?e do not hesitate to recommend It. J C. Williams ?fc Co., Syracme, N. Y. Soldtry Dru exists. Frice, rjl.00. For sale bv ORR & SLOAN, Anderson, S. C._"_45?ly NOTICE. HAVE now in Stock, at exceedingly low prices DoorS, Sash, Blinds and Glass of every description. ALABASTINE, an excellent wall finish. WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OILuml PUTTY,! READY MfXED PAINTS, VARNISHES, colors dry and in OIL PICTURE FRAMES, made from all styles of Qilt and other Mouldings. Picture Frame Cord and Hangings. Call and give me a trial. W. B. BEACH AM, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. July 22, 1S8G 2 ly tnnasgBBEMBBo A Corrector, Eegulator, ITerve-Eest. "The Heart is the Scat of Life." One of every five wo meet tins somo form of Heart Disease, and is in constant dau gcr of Apoplexy or Sudden Death I SYMPTOMS and DISEASE. For which this Remedy should be (at:en Heart-pnias Palpitation Heart-dropsy Skip-Dents Throbbing Spasms (Fits) Numbness Purple-Lips Poor-blood Slinky-Nerves Syncope Faint-spells Hot-flashes Paralysis Ileavt-syrnpathctl'.: I JiushnfBlood to the Head, Fer.hlc-rimila-1 Han, TjalKtrcd-brcatUinoi lleart-cnld^emcnt, I Xcrvmis-prostralion, Ilcart-rhcunuUiem, I Neuralgia and Valvular Disease. \ Ono Medicine will not Cure t?lklmla of Diseases. I THIS REMEDY IS A SPECIFIC. It Prevent* 1'oIkj, Shut-It, Hidden Deutl'. n Every ingredient Is from vegetable pro-|l ducts which grow in sight of every unlur-V ttmnto sufferer. It contains no Morphino, ? Opinm or Injurious drugs. J\'ot a Vtolac* of impure Mood H can escape it* J'urif)jin/r Influence, Price $1.00?6 bottles ?5.00 t/yPrcpnred nt Dr. Kilmer's Dispensary Biiiguamton, N. Y., U. 8. " Letters of Inquiry promptly nnxw Jinxi/fiiy Quiilc to Health (Sr. NOI.D BY AI, I. DKFftG I2ZS3BHHH i-w^aJwauMMB hip j i F..r sale by W1LHITE it WILIIITE, Anderson, S. C._44?ly tFadvertisers. For a check for $20 we will print a ten-line ad? vertisement in Oue Million issues of leading American Newspapers. This is at the rate of only nne filbofa cent a line, for 1,000 Circulation! The advertisement will be placed before One Million different newspaper purchasers:-r-or I'm-: Million kkaiikhs. Ten lines will accommodate about 75 words. Address with copy of Ad> and check, or send .".'! rents for Book of 17?; pages. GEU. P. ROWELL it CO, 2G?I 10 Spruce St., New York. ATTENTION -0 INJURIES received in Travel, Work or Sport are insured against by tbe Trav? ellers', of Hartford, Conn. Accident Tickets, Granting $3,000 in event of death??15.00 weekly indemnity. One Day. 25c Thirty Days.$4 50 Call and insure?it will pay you. E. T. CASH IN, Agent. Octal, 1880 15 3m NOTICE. New Harness Shop THE undersigned having bought out the Harness Business heretofore car? ried on by Mr. J. P. Catlett, are now pre? pared to] Harness you up, or rather your Homes and Mules, with First Class Home-made Harness at astonish? ingly low prices. We have on hand a nice lot of Bridles, Halters, Collars, Lines, &c, at very low figures. Also, a nice line of Buggy and Wagon Whips from ten cents up. Special attention given to Repair? ing of all kinds in our line. Call and see us before making your trade. Shop up? stairs, over McCully, Cathcart & Co.'s Store. JESSE M. SMITH, THOS. H. McKINNEY. Feb 11, 1880 31_ly THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. P. K. McCully, James M. Cathcart and F. E. Wat kins, merchants and partners, doing business under Ibc style and name of McCully, Cathcart & Co., Plaintiffs, against J. P. Mitchell, Defend? ant.? Summons for Relief?Complaint Served. To the Defendant, J. P. Mitchell: YOU ans hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to servo a copy of ysur answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson C, If., S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, ex? clusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 2:ird, A. D. 1886. MURRAY, DBEAZEALE & MURRAY, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. [Skal] M. P. TRinDLE, C. C. P. To the Defendant: Take notice that the complaint In this action, together with the summons, of which the forego? ing is a copy, was tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson C. II.,in tho County of Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, on the 23rd day of November, A. D. 1S8G. MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURBAY, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Dec 2,1S8G 21 G Bacot's Best Liver Pills for Vertigo and Dyspepsia. J.T. McGunsey &Co., Eonto Flora, N.C., says : One of our customers, Mr. Wesley Conley, lias suffered with vertigo for two years. After trying the best physicians without obtaining any relief, he says one box of your Pills has almost entirely cured him. Our friend, Mr. Adolphua Browning, has Buffered for yoars with tbe dreadful dis? ease dyspepsia, and after using one box of your Pillsi says he cannot be without them and orders another box. For sale by all dealers in medicine. Sample package free at HILL BROS. Drug Store. POWDER Absolutely Purp. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholcsomcncss. More economical than tbe ordinary kinds, and cannot be cold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Hakim; Powdkr Co., IDG Wall St., Now York. 42?ly krss jfccjt?sfe Lung Troubles, \\Idnsy Diseases, Rhcurnatisn?, Etc. A t.r.i! will f nnvlnco tho most skeptical that they i r-? tllC Isest. They nro medicated with Capsicum and -ho active principle of petroleum, bring far inor > powerful in their action than other phi-<*:ts ,' >.i ii"t !>?? induced to takeothers, but lie sum und p't tbe genuino " Potrollne," ' v.liich id iilwny iciH-losed In an envelope with the simiwtui'o of the proprietors, Tho P.W.P. Co., nuil directions in four languages; also seal in gi.i mit.] pi!! o:i euch plaster. Sold by all druggi: '.d, at iji cents each. CORN PLASTERS Aro tho best known remedy for hard and soft corns, utii! never full to euro. Price, S5 cents. PEDACURA INSOLES Curo Cold Feet, Gout,Rheumatism, Paralysis, Swollen JKeet, etc. The PelogWhito Proprietary Co., !M Church Streot, New York, Manufacturers. Of first class druggists und WILHITE & WILHITE, Agents for Anderson, S.^C. April 129. IH.G 4'2 ly BELIEF! Forty Years nSutterer from CATARRH. wonderful to relate! "FOR forty years I have been a victim to CA? TARRH?three-fourths of the dine a sufferer trom excruciating pains across my forehead and my nostrils. The discharges wer- so nffi'nsivv that I hesitate to mention it, except for tbe good it may do some other Mill'erer. J luivc>pHiil a young lor luno from my earnings during my forty years of suffering to obtain relief from I!??-iloeiori?. I have tried patent tn> dicim-.?~ evi iv ? >??.>: i ?.'?! ' urn of?from the four corners ot ?In- etirib with wi relief. And at la-t t'" years "faye) h ?> m, i ?in, a remedy that Inc. cum] me entire!; ..ad an-a new man. I weighed V? |kmiimI.- ami u? >' niidi 14G. I used thirteen buttles of the m-diiin. and the only regret 1 have is that Miiy in ill- I i.n.lile walks of life I may not haw inllin w I? i ???vail on all Catarrh Hutterers to use what Int. i med me, Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer. "HENRY CIIKVIS, "No. 2C? Second St., Mncoit, <!a. Mr. Henry ( hen's the writer ?>f the above, for? merly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Ho., merits the confidence of all Interested in Catarrh. W. A. HUFF, ex-Mayor of Macon. a sun-:an Flesh Producer and Touie, Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Old Sore-. A perfect Spring Medicine. If not in your market it will lie forwarded on reeept of price. Small bottles $1.00 : large bottles $1.75. Essay on Hbod and Skin Di.-eases mailed free. MACOS MEDICINE COMPANY, Maeon, Georgia. For sale bv HILL BROS.. Anderson, S. C. April 2'J, 1SSG <2 ly This Space is Reserved for BARTON & SMITH, CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS, AND DEALERS IN All kinds of Lumber, Moldings, Shingles, &c.f BLUE RIDGE YARD. Oct 28,188? 16 3m FURNITURE! FURNITURE! Will be sold Cheaper than Ever at G. F. TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! THERE you can find the most Elegant assortment of all kinds of Furniture, from the cheapest to the finest, in the whole up-country. Sold Cheaper than anywhere in the State or out of It Full and complete Boom Suits from $16.00 to $350.00. Elegant Plush Parlor Suits at $45.00. Lounges from $5.00 to $13.00. Washstand? from $1.25 to $12.00. Wardrobes from ?9.50 to $50.00. Bedsteads (hard wood) from $2.25 to ?30.00. Chairs from 45c to $2.00; Rocking Chair from $1.25 to $10.00, And EVERYTHING ELSE IN PROPORTION. I will duplicate New York, Baltimore, Charleston or Augusta prices. Everybody invited to come and see ray Goods and be convinced. USy P. S.?Persons indebted to me must pay up immediately and save trouble Can't indulge any longer. Oct 14, 1886 G. F. TOLLY, Depot Street. 14 H THE EAKTHQUAKE AS SHOOK DOWN PRICES on everything, and of coumt has affectod my Stock of? Harness, Bridles, Collars, Saddles, Whips, Etc. My stock is larger than it has ever been, and I must-dispose of it. I use VERY BEST material, and guarantee every piece of work that leaves my Shop My work is scattered all over the County. Ask any person who Is using it about it. Here are some of my prices: Hand- made Buggy Harness from $10.00 up. Hand? made Double Buggy Harness from $18.00 to $40.00. Give me a call, and I will convince you that mv work and prices can't be beat in the State. Over WILHITE & WILHITE'S DRUG STORE on Granite Row. Persons indebted to me must pay up by 15th November. Oct 7, I860 13 JAMES M. PAYNE. SOME CHANCES! rpHE Firm of J. J. BAKER was changed September 1st by Mr. A. W. KAY becom jl ing a partner, and hereafter we will subscribe ourselves J. J. BAKER & CO. TAKE NOTICE !?The above change involves the necessity oft thorough ?'squaring-up" process of those who may be indebted to the old "Concern," either by Note or Account. This is a very important change to you as well as ourselves, and will be insisted upon in every case. ANOTHER CHANGE?We have recently repaired and enlarged our Store? rooms, and with a Rousing Stock of General Merchandise, carefully se? lected, are prepared to offer Bargains all around and to everybody. Our Stock of Groceries is Complete, Flour and Tobacco Specialties. Low prices, like murder, will out, and tbe whisperings now of our prices will grow into a conspicuous FACT as we have the opportunity to price YOU, and every o ther MAN, WOMAN or CHILD who may want to buy any Goods. Sept 30, 1880 J. J. BAKER & CO, No. 2 and 3 Benson House. 12 o Cd Os) pS ?.&c ?5rr| 2.2 = ~? -2^ is* ??033".; < (r ?1 e e? s ?* O ? 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C Formerly of tin* Examining Corps, U. S. Patent Office. Practices before the Patent Office, U. S Supreme Court and the Federal Courts. Opinions given as to scope, validity, and infnnirprni>nt?? of Psfrnfs. llifnrmiitii.il clicirMiliy and promptly furnisiiifl Ham] H?mlrnon Patents, wiili wirnctM annexed, FREE. NO CURE-NO PAY ! Dr. Harbin's Diarrhoea and Dysentery Mixture. WE have secured the Agency of (his preparation, and have such confi? dence in its curative powers that wo agree to return the money to any person buying a bottle and receiving no benefit after All? owing directions. Try it?only 25c. HILL BROS. July 29,1886 3 3m I FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS 50 Hoxax trill die of Colio. Bors or Lrxo Fs teb, If Foutz's I'owilors arc used In time. Fontes Powders will cure und prevcntBoeCnoure*. Foutes Powders will prevent Gapf.s is Fowls. Foatrt Powders will Increase the quantity of milk and cream twenty per cent, and make the batter firm and sweet. Fontes Powders will enre or prevent almost rvxsr Diskask to which Horses and Cattle ore subject. FOCTZ'S PoWPKBa will Ol VI 8ati8pacti0x. Sold everywhere. DAVID X. DOUTZ, Proprietor. BAIiTIJIOaE. KS. For sale by WILHITE & WILHITE, wholesale and retail, Anderson, S. C. 301y PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM the- popular farad re for dressing the hair, Kestoruur color when gray, and preventing lmncircfT. It cleanses the scalp, stops the hair follinfr, and Is sure to please. to*. uU St Pmt ?i BwpjWfc