The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 03, 1887, Image 5
MODORA.
One of the lake steamers had iusf coma
in at Sault SaiateMsrie and-there' was
bustle and contusion on the wharf, .'are'
. ?; at the farther end, where stood three gen
tiemen leisnrely talking. They had "been
? '(vwatcMag tho "boat as it came np the river
and were. among! the first to announce
thai, the smoke ot the "steamer had been
aaon. :Two of them! wore the uniform of
the United State3 army; the third, a 'tall,
, handsome fellow with a tawny mustache,
was dressed Ina suit of gray tweed and
?;/Wore:'a dark slouch hat, which he drew
^ ??wn oVer his/jye3 everyjiow,and then,
?3 if to shade them more efiectrually. The
least break in the dull monotony of gexri
eon life was welcomed as a godsend, and
theihree meuhad come down here purely,
ior amusement.
teLodk,Halstead," said one of the
cfflcers, plucking the sleeve of the man in
?-*ay, "there's at pretty girL"..
!The man addrassedand the other officer,
I Capt Greene,' looked upward and saw a
tall, finely: formed girl stodlrig by the
steamer's railing. Her brown; hair fell:
in . soft rings, over, a low forehead, her
month.was lar^s but beauttfully shaped,
an!d^ rx>w of pearly white teeth w.is dis?
close by her printed lips, her nose wes a
trifle saucy, buitCb^rjayes?her eyes were
a mystery.
"Sho is a stylish girl," said Capt
Greene, "but so much depends pptm the
; eyes. Can't give an opinion until I see
her eyeSj'you k-iow.'.'
?0 bother!" said Lieut. Eodney. "You
j cbnldn't see' he.: eyes from this distance^
'" 'OTmif she didu'thave thatJthing up.' *
"I think she is a Detroit girl,'?afiid che
mauthoy called Halstead...
r ^All,three laughed, at this, and Lieut
Rbdnsy said:
;': 'fTca think it highly improper for" a'v
young.ladyto :te gazing around fa. that
mann er. through ? pair of opera glasses,
{}?.. ihence you' immediately sot her down a.i a
? Detroit girl?your bete noirel1''
MBjaiptly,?, rtipliedLHalstead slowly.
The?binghterrevidehtly^; attracted the
attention ?f theyoung lady, for she turned
her glasses'in?:'t]?itr;?lrecti?n;'bnt^is hier
;- eyes loll upon the'group the expression of
; ,^her ^ to.a look, of
? ? dlsgu8t,*~and tuihihg abruptly she entered
tha cabin. v i
Each of the men noticed it. Not one
'? ..of them mentioned it Each knew that
he cqtdd not bo the cause of this dinguot
''ll can't see. why yonshould lave such
a strong aversion to Detroit, girls," said
'' Capt; Greene, turning to Halstead. They
" are supposed to be . remarkably prett y and
'iXbevfitciiing1*^
"Don't, I beg of yon,'-'said Halstead,
.holding up his hands-deprecatingly.
"Ever since we 'came in' I have heard
C: nothing but Detroit girls; Detroit girls?-I
? suppose; we?ll ii^at a stack'of them in.
: our regiment - irheyalways marry to the
, army. Detroit. is the mbthefrlnxutvj^of
the 'amy.w:Yoxi.'.\.c.aii^''.tQlIjhe anything
abontithemthatldon'tknow. I woxildn't
care to meet a Detroit girL"
A pair of large gray eyes with dark,1
cmlmg.lashe3were.turnedm.wide aston?
ishment .upon Lieut. Halstead as. a tall
glrTTm-' browii swept past' him, accom?
panied :by a haacisome elderly lady, bntj
none cf the group noticed tha young girl
to whom, they hjid given so. much atten-'
tion ? few momeiate .since, and Halstead
went on: ''Perhaps there are Bwneexcep-:
- tions to the rule, but I doubt it11
"Ah," laugh?d;Lieut Eodney, "HaK
: stead is prepariegto slip in on an. excep?
tion." ???? v :;- r. - '?'?' '?
% ''Nothing cf the kind," said Lieut Hal?
stead, and to. prove it we'll take a wager.
. that I.won't be [introduced to" a Detroit
girl this season.' j' "* i
'' Takenl' ' they cried, and 'prepared to
settle the amount of the wager. . j
Meantime Mnr. Black and hergdaugh
ter had arrived at She Hotel de Villeand
been taken to .their apartments, where
Blanche.-Bosenfelfc burst in upon them
andi" after embracing.them superlatively,;
seated herself, out of breath,'saying: "O;
Bhodora, I'm so delighted^ you camel We!
. have !been" here ;|ust two weeks, and it's
'tingTy loyoly this year. We'll have"
uoendof fun."
To which. Mis3 Bhodora replied: "Itjs.
- 'idee to :- see-you, Blanche, but I am not'
I- - one bit glad we came. We've been here'
every summer since I was born. I couldn't!
' .bear to get oil .the-boat"
"But ybu'n like it Immensely tbia year.;
The hotel is.quite full and the people at'
the- fort are perfectly lovely; you'll be
charmed with them, and"??
;-; -MJlwon't I. fairly hate every one of :
Stheml" I
'.'Why, they aria-all delightful people,"
said'Miss Bosenfelt, with on.air of sur?
prise: "They o:oly came in from those!
. horrid plains two months ago."
' II ? don't' care. They are a miserable
ot. . K it hadn't; been for them I might
have/had alovely ! time this summer?I
eedn'tfhaye com*e here?^tut they have
d everything. I wishthey'd go!
k where they came from."
; ;During this;. conversation Mrs. Black
gone to her.ixxun and Miss Bhodora;
divested herself of a large halo hat
d apair of:long!,tan, gloves; then she;
Thad opened the closet door and counted
the hooks,had opened the hureau draw-1
era, and fibdlng tilings satisfactory and!
her trunks -not yet come she seated heir-'
self in a .chair by the. window and ex-i
plained; '^You sei, I was to have visited;
Bessie at Fort Porter this summer,' and j
we had-'mad trad
their .regiment wa3 ordered tb ex- i
change places-with this old-thing, and all'
our loyely.' times ? vanished. I begged;
motHer^ot to come to this poky place,
but faaer 'is devoted to fishing?he never;
.caught anything ;/et>?and it isn't too far'
for him to run up here from Detroit; so
w?viare. I know I shall have a
inlserable. time.''
"No, you wbntill said her friend reas?
suringly. "It's just bewitching out on
the river in ^ the! moonlight and- here's a j
Ideut' Bxicbiey at tae fort that's just too j
handsome, and"-? .
r^'D therel i _Excusa me, Blanche, bat II
:^?^v.that,sXth'e.''m^^with.?ur. trunl-s," j
; Miss Black hn^teued to look after the i
e. . ? . i
little .later, as.Mrs. Black, and her:
_ ter}were abixut to enter the diilngi
a^^heiormer waited for some one to I
qO up to them and then said:' 'Bhodora,
me introduce you to Capt Greene. He
d your Uncle Will were old comrades.'' '
"How do/you do,'?, said Miss. Black,!
-^Erymgtb^call. up a smile for the sak(j of:
her Uncle. WAL They f ouud themselves'
seated at Capt Greene's table, and in a'
t?w momenta the waiter drew out the!
' iair opposite for a tall gentleman with a^
jj^rnustaehQ and dark brown eyes;
xzniform denoted the rank of first lieu-'
t Bhodora had seen him oei'oro'
d had admired him, - but she saw now, j
th a little start, that it was the gen tle
in gray, who.had changed his tweed;
the objectionable blue. He was ia-!
iuced! to hermother, but Capt Greene,
.not present him to Miss Bhodora,
!ch sent a rusli of blood, to her nzck':
. checks; it also broke her silence, and.
j launched forth into a brilliant con-;
i?onr:so_ occupying.her mother and;
Greene that Lieut Halsted seersed'.
' have been utterly forgotten by them.
fMMother," said Bhodora, when tliey;|
'"^gwiie to their rooms, her cheeks
h^dfand her eyes brfiliant, "never let;
|e*bi> introduced to that Lieut Halste id.
fehis asked no* to meet me."
}aWhy, my dear, didnt you meet him?
id n?t notice. I must have' turned to
; to George;" ; .;^.^.C' -. ?
f-^No; audit was very decided."
/'You must have imagined it, my
iar."
S*Now,:motherl,,; ? ?*> :
trWel%rweH, as you like, but it is a:
S^.freak."
bdofa was he.vf Inclined to tell her
er of Jhe remark she had heard as
the group of officers on the;
jgiat morning, but she decided not
jq^k-cf it
liodora often detained her mother that
_ y'might be late to dinner or lunch, but
co when they wouH Lieut Halstead al
;vay s seemed to be (here.
-He ate slowly, add Bhodora declared
,trhe -tc^k^every&hlng in courses frc-m
yes to cheese, a; id that his digestive
j^?waS cert?iIn)y in excellent trim,
ato. with, fifteen minutes' interval
ehje^h;moutIiifuL
itsbeh'.was lavited to join a large
the 'next d?y she adroitly had the
ost^i-TUu'-over the list of her. guests,
nd when she found that Lieut Hal-'|
. tead'a- name was not among them she.
^gladly consented to go.
IT It was after 7 in the evening when she
;feetuxned, tared- and hungry, but sighing
fwithsatisfaction to think that she could
eat a comfortable meal without a pair of
.^taring brown eyes opposite,
if She bad finished her soup when the
all'door"opened. AJas! she knew this,
decided stejp~too well George smil'
uigij ptuiod but the chair uppusxuj auu
?Lieut. Halstead seated himself demurely.
It-was Just too bad." Tears of vexation
gathered fn those large gray eyes. He
came on p'^rpos 3 to annoy her. He was
the rud^jcman aho had ever seen. Her
first i-upulse was to leave the table, but
she would not give him the satisfaction
of knowing aha wits angry; besides, she
was hungry.. She wonldeat very alowly.
She did noVcare ho w miserable she felt If
only she could maks Mm uncomfortable,
so with a studied air of composure she
reached for the cr.1c.k2ra and upset her
glass of water." 'She didn't care, but it
was rather embarrassing. She was sure
he was smiling. She ate slower than
ever, and looked quite serene gazing off
into space. The room was oppressively
quiet. He was taking an endless time for
..his dinner, so she hurried and almost
choked! herself:, -but ho seemed to be
hurrying too, now that she tried to get
through first
.. She had just decided that she could not
^endure-this a nwinent longer, yet deter?
mined that he should not have the satis?
faction of having spoiled her dinner vhen
she heard in sonorous tones: "Miss Black,
may X trouble you lor the pepper?"
She started, but taid in % frozen man
^e^iCerteinJyVi^idlng him the catsup,
fij? HTMpepperjrple^e," he said, .smiling,
< at the same time half withrawing his
hand from the bottle, while she, suppos?
ing he would take it from her, let it slip
from her 'fingers. .
"Ibeg-your pardon," ho said, but not
before the brown liquid had deluged the
table,
"It is of no consequence," said Miss
Rhodora, quite confused, then pointing
toward his elbow she sad in tragic tones:
"There's the;pcrpper!" -
> VS?-Jt isVUie said, his brown eyes smil-1
Ing at her. "It's too bad to have troubled
you."
It would have beau natural for Rhodora
to make some polite response, but she bit
her lip and remained silent.
"I presume you had a pleasant barge
party?" he said, agreeably.
"Quite pleasant," was the frigid an?
swer. j.''.^--1.; ?'?
"I was out hunting, and could not go.
I only came In half an hour since."
He had' evidently only had time to
change his hunting suit and come down
to dinner. Rhodora repented a little;
possibly he hod not como in late for the
purpose of annoying her; still she remem?
bered his remark about Detroit girls and
ceased to relent toward him.
Sho had finished; nor dinner and risen
from the table. Lieut Halstead arose
also and held the dining room door open
for her to pass.
"May ! oome into the parlor with you?"
.heasked. ,
There was nothing for her to do but to
acquiesce. lSTow that he was her guest
she was obliged to show just the least air
of cordiality , but she tried .to make her
mother bear, the burden bf the conversa?
tion. ? .
Mrs. Black liked Lieut Halstead, and
Rhodora found herself listening with in?
terest to their conversation, for Mrs. Black
had the rare faculty of bringing out the
best that was in one, while Lieut. Hal -
stead was utterly unconscious that he was
j. making this ?sonversatlon a monologue.
All threo started in surprise as the
bugle call for "tattoo" sounded through
the open windows. Lieut Halstead arose
in haste, and Mrs. Black refrained from
asking him to return because she remem?
bered her daughter'3 aversion to the
Thirty-first regiment
'-' Rhodora, repenting o:E her coolness, ac?
companied the lieutenant to the door.
"Thank you for a delightful evening,"
he said heartily.
Rhodora I considered this a reflection
upon her nuinner, but when he said
eagerly: "Ara you busy, will you be en-,
gaged alter tattoo?" she answered with
charming candor: "I have some letters
to write." But she never touched pen to
paper that night; she sat by her window
.in the moonlight star gazing, and when
she fell aseep she had romantic dreams of
a.cabbage with gold shoulder straps danc?
ing attendance to a nick mouse covered
with mustard, poultices dipped in catsup.
The next morning, as Miss Rhodora
came down the hotel steps attired for her
usual morning walk, she nearly ran into
Lieut Halstead.
"Good morning," he said; "I was com?
ing up to ask if you would not go out for
a walk with me, It is-such a beautiful
day." ' ?- ? - ?
Poor Rhodora! something always
seemed to interfere with her dignity and
make it impossible for her to effectually
snub this fascinating man, for she con?
fessed to herself that he was fascinating,
and his air just now was a little deter?
mined, as though he had' a perfect right
to say she should walk with bim. This
manner in any one else would have an?
noyed her, but she was proud of the in?
terest that this usually indifferent man
manifested in her, and it was more than
ever pleasing when she remembered that
at first he had not desired an introduc?
tion. She became generous enough to
think he had some good reason for not
wishing to meet a Detroit girl; yet what
could it be? But she had heard that re?
cently he had promised willingly to pay
the wager if one of the officers would in?
troduce him, but they, enjoying the joke,
had each declined, and when he thought
of asking' ono of bis friends at tho hotel
he had chanced to hear Miss Black's re?
mark, to'Mrs. Mason.
Rhodora-meant, r.ow that she knew
. him, to be rigid - in her manner. She
wished to be severe and;:rantsh him if s>>o
could. At present -ha hid taken her un?
awares, and she allowed him to accom?
pany her, but tfiey did not take the. walk
along the locks that sho had intended; he
led her to the shade of the woods, and
they came back laden with mosses and
wild flowers. People are apt to drop
drawing room conventionalities in the
freedom of open air intercourse, and be?
fore they returned the lieutenant had told
her that his aversion to Detroit girls was
an altogether sympathetic affair, caused
by his particular friend having been
jilted by one of these fair girls, and he
had then and there declared ho knew
them to be heartless. He admitted that
it was an unpardonably hasty and possi?
bly unjust conclusion. He told her when
he had first seen her on the steamer deck
with her opera glass up, and sho explained
that being nearsighted and not wearing
glasses she always carried an opera glass
when traveling. "H you had noticed,"
she said, "you would have seen my glasses
were turned wrong side to that time. I
wanted the Saultto look as small and far
away a possible," and then she explained
why she did not wish to visit the Sault
this year.
He regretted her disappointment, but
cor>ld not say he was sorry the regiment
changed places.
When the dinner hour came Rhodora
insisted upon her mother proceeding im?
mediately to the table. It was ridicu?
lously unromantic, but alter this the lieu?
tenant and Rhodora wer j always on time
to their meals.
Several weeks had passed when one
bright afternoon Miss Black received a
bunch of passionate purple rhodoras, and
in their midst there lay this little note:
"Aloha!
"Will you wear these for toy sake? I
found them in the woods. Perhaps you
know this little poem,"andbelow he had
written these few lines from Emerson's.
"Rhodora":
Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on tho earth and sky,
TeU them, dear, that if eyes were made for see?
ing.
Then beauty is its own excuse for belnj*
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose i
I never thought to ask, I sever knew;
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The Bell some power that brought me there
brought you.
He had underscored two words?mo and
you. She reread the lines, and then,
strange woman, she passionately kissed
the flowers but tore the note into little
shreds and threw it away.
At the dinner table that night she wore
a bunch of purple rhodoras in her white
gown, but Lieut Halstead could not get
a glimpse, of those wonderful gray eyes,
the eyes that lightened, that smiled, that
grew sad, that were unfathomable, that
to-night were continually veiled by the
dark curling lushes.
It was unusually warm in Detroit this
summer, and Mr. Black was anxious to
speedily arrange his business affairs that
he might join his wife and daughter soon
after their at rival at the Sault, but it was
quite nine weeks before he was able to do
so.
They came down to the boat to meet
him, and he was mystified by the anxious
manner of the one and the serious air of
the other.
The morning after Mr. Black's arrival
Lieut. Halstead might be seen impatient?
ly pacing to and fro in the cozy room that
served as tho Black sitting room. Tho
door was gently opened and Miss Rhodora
came In fresh and smiling, her eyea
twinkling with suppressed laughter.
"At last!" exclaimed the lieutenant,
his face radiant, as he held out both hands
to meet her.
nest brides Detroit ever saw. She wore
a soft tulle gown and carried a bunch of
purple rhodoras.?George Truman ^BTer
cheval in Chicago Times.
The Lime Kiln Club.
"It am my painful dooty to inform dia
club dat Broad er Arbustus Jenkins has
passed from airth away," said Brother
Gardner when the triangle had ceased to
toll. "He was an honorary member of
dia club, libin' in de statt of North Caro
liny, an' he was only 15 cents behind on
his dues. It kin not be said of Arbustus
dat he was either a statesman, poet,
philosopher, philanthropist or scholar.
He was simply an eberyday man, who
did not shrink aandwise when he got
wet.
"As a citizen of de United States he
did not go braggin' aroun' about our
bein' de greatest nashnn on airth, but he
i had a hickory club laid away for any
country which might knock do chip off
our shoulder.
1 'As an elector he went to de polls ebery
time dar' was a chance to wote, an some?
times when deir wasn't, an if he split his
ticket it was bekase he was deeply inter?
ested in de matter of honest guv'ment 1
"As a laborer he was wprthy of his
hire. When he wasn't workin' he was
thinkin' fur de benefit of his boss. If de
boss didn't know dis it was his own fault.
"As a naybur he nebber borrowed
coffee an' sugar widout makin' a mark
on de-tin cxtp, so he could return good
measure.
"As a member of de community in
which he dwelt he upheld de law in de
daytime an' stole watermelyons under
kiver of darkness, thoreby settln' a good
example for de young.
."As a church member he prayed Boft
an'"low, an' ho was half a line behind all
de rest In de sfngin1. In case he happened
to be cotched wid a ham belonging to
somebody else no reflechuns could bo cast
on de church.
'?As a husband he bossed de cabin, an'
as a father ho brung his chill'en up to
fear do law an' respect ole alge.
"We shall hang out the usual emblem
of mourning' on de outer doah, an' we
shall feel a'bit sorry dat a fair to medium
man has passed away. Dat will be all.
We shan't pass no resolushuns to send
to his wife, who knowed him better dan
anybody else, nor will we claim dat our
heartfelt sympathies go out fur de chil?
l'en, who am probably no better dan any?
body else's. It am'nuff for us dat we
kin say Arbustus was up to the aiverge, *
an' dat death could have tooken a wusser
man an' not half tried. "?Detroit Freo
Press.
WAITING.
They have gone through lifo together,
They have braved its stormy weather,
Many a year.
Time has niched from beauty's treasures,
But Love scorns the hoard he msasuros
With a leer.
'Mid the world's turmoil and fretting,
They'd no tears and vain regretting
For tho past;
All their troubles firmly breasting,
They have found the time for resting,
Sweet at last
There are graves upon the meadow?
Baby forms that lie in shadow,
Dark and still;
Ah I they felt life's fountain drying,
When they looked on baby, dying,
But?"Thy wiill"
'Now, with pulses throbbing steady.
Hand in band they're waiting, ready,
.NOtttBlgh ,
For a time that's swiftly Hooting,
There will be a joyous meeting?
By and bye.
-Hollis W. Field.
TT. S. Grant pa* a Farmer.
When Capt. . Grant returned from
Oregon, where he had. resigned his com
mlslon, his father-in-law presented his
wife with sixty acres of land and three
negroes?two men and a woman. Capt.
Grant.went to work in good earnest, and
with his two negro men dug a cellar,
hauled the stones for the walls, stoned it
up, cut and hauled the logs with which
the house was built, and then spilt the
shingles with which it was roofed. At
the raising his neighbors turned out to
help him, and In due time he was the oc?
cupant of his'own house.
His first occupation was to clear a field,
and he was certainly an adept at chopping
wood. As the winter came on he hauled
this wood into St Louis, and had, of
course, a good team, a bay and a gray,
which he boasted could draw a heavier
load than any other horses in the settle
. ment At first his neighbors thought it
was, only a boast, but after going along
the road with him with lighter loads they
found that he was an authority on horses.
He never would ride, though, on his load,
saying that "the team has enough to draw
without carrying a lazy driver."
His first crops were corn, wheat, potatoes
and a few garden vegetables. He raised
300 busheb of potatoes to the acre, and it
was his boast that with his team he
hauled seventy bushels of wheat which
he had raised to St Louis in one load.
Wearing a pair of old blue army trowserB,
tucked into high, heavy boots, a flannel
shirt, an old undress blue sack coat with
the military buttons replaced by plain
ones, and a slouch hat which turned up
before and down behind, he did not much
resemble a "gentleman farmer." The
guests at the Planters' houso used to
stare a little when he was invited into
dinner with old comrades, toward whom
his heart wanned always.
?On one occasion an officer who had
served with him, visiting St Louis, drove
out to see him and found him in his
wheat field in his shirtsleeves leading
three other men who, like himself, were
swinging cradles. But the land was poor
and the crops did not prove remunerative.
To aid him in supporting his family he
undertook tho collection of accounts for
some of his neighbors who had sold their
vegetables on credit to different parties in
the city, but he was not successful in dun?
ning.?Ben: Perley Poore.
What to Bo with Criminals.
But what should we do with the thugs,
eluggers, assassins?men who revel in
blood and wounds and death?
This:
Let the United States government, in
conjunction with the state governments,
buy an island in the Pacific ocean, guard
it with gunboats, and theroto send the
great host of murderous scoundrels who
have bean condemned to the scaffold, who
have been sentenced for life to the peni?
tentiary for bloodshed, who lurk and.lie
in wait in our cess pools and slimo pits,
with revolver and dagger; all who are
known to the police as "dangerous char?
acters.
Let all rape devils be sent thero, and
all who spit upon and trample the eternal
laws of God and man under foot
"They w?l kill each other," you may
protest
Let them kill I
You, nor I, nor any of us will be re?
sponsible for that. Our government will
not be responsible for our blood.
The better element that is in all men
will assert itself fn tho felon community, i
and in time they will attain a state of
civilization equal to their own.
In mercy, let us do this, remembering
that the environments and ancestry of
these scoundrels were not the same as
ours, and their respectability is many de?
grees less than our own.?Will Hubbard
Kernan in Chicago Journal.
Tho Princess of Wales,
In less than a month the Princess of
Wales will complete her 43d year. Her
royal highness remains one of the young?
est looking women of her age in England,
despite a married life that has not been
all sugar plums and coffee. During the
last year or two, however, the princess
has, regretably enough, aged somewhat,
as those who know her most intimately
and love her best have been forced to
admit. Time is tracing lines about her
kindly eyes, and her neck, that suro
chronicle of a woman's age, has its dis
agreeable little tale to tell; but these little
things detract nothing from the magnetic
charm of her presence, and it is a satisfac?
tion to know tht.t she makes as good a
portrait as ever?a satisfaction, because
it is by means of her photographs that
the princess is principally known to the
common people.
The princess' birthday will be cele?
brated by a ball to the Sandrlngham
tenants, whose ladies are already scour?
ing the country for appropriate dress in
which to meet her royal highness. Necks
and shoulders and arms are being nightly
Inspected before the mirror in their
ownere' anxiety to know whether they
will be sufficiently presentable for baring
to the critical gaze of royalty. Agreafe
trade is being done by the Norfolk:
chemists in skin washes and blood mix?
tures. A revival in this branch of their
business occurs about this time annually,
we believe.?London Letter.
Not so much of the spider leg style of
handwriting is scan now "in society" as a
few years ago.
THE AMERICAN DUEL.
A GERMAN CONTRIBUTOR EXPLAINS
JUST WHAT IT MEANS.
Not a Brutal Affray in a Darkened Koom
Nor ft "Blaze Away " at Short Range.
Tho Decision of Fate ? Suicide'.!
Stain.
I eeo the following copied in tho The
World from one of your contemporaries:
"I read in a dispatch from Berlin the
other dt,y that a hill has been introduced
into the Eeichstag to suppress dueling,
especially what is known as 'the Ameri?
can method.' Now what is this Ameri?
can method? Is it the gentle pastime of
fighting with knives in a dark room? Is
it the brief and sanguinary contest with
shotguns at twenty paces? Or is it the
informal duel of the frontier, with its
brief cartel: 'I'll kill you on sight, and
when you next come, come a shootin'?'
The cablegram is strangely silent on
this important point."
I am in a position to inform you that
the American duel, as practiced on the
continent of Europe, and especially in
Germany, is neither a brutal affray with
bowie knives in a darkened room nor a
"blaze away" at short rango; it is some?
thing more secret and terrible still, a
practice that has brought sorrow and
shame to the noblest families and cut
short tho career of the most promising
men; it is death, self inflicted death by
lot. Some time since tho startling intel?
ligence was published that Professor B.,
of Berlin, a talented and highly esteemed
young, man had been found dead in his
room, with a pistol tightly clasped in his
hand and a bullet hole in his forehead.
He had committed suicide. But what
could be the motive?
In easy if not brilliant circumstances,
handsome and engaging, on tho threshold
of life, the highest honors within his
grasp, this young man goes to Ids last
account and leaves no trace to elucidate
tho mystery. The world' wonders for nine
days and then in the rush of rapidly pass?
ing events the incident is forgotten.- For?
gotten savo by one who knows and a few
sorrowing friends who conjecture
The solution of tho mystery is to be
found in the American duel.
A love affair, in which two passionate,
high spirited young men lavish their at?
tention upon the same lady; a deadly
insult offered and they conceive that the
world is not large enough to hold both.
One must die, and what surer and more
convenient method than to decide by lot
who shall take his own life?
The two enemies face each other with
flashing eyes and burning cheek. Words
have passed and insults offered which can
bo drowned only in blood.
THE DECI6I0K OF FATE.
So be it. Let us step to the window;
the street is quiet and deserted. Let us
observe the next passerby. U the first
ono to turn the corner bo a man, it is I
if it bo a woman, death is your portion?
death by your own hand and 'before the
sun rises again.
Pale and gloomy they stand side by
side and await the doom sure to come
soon to one of them. One, two, three
minutes pass; it is so still in the apart?
ment the ticking of a clock upon the
mantel sounds loud and near. Then a
black shadow is thrown across the walk
and?a woman moves around the corner,
her light footsteps sounding the death
knell of Professor B.
A slight shudder shakes the frame of
tho doomed man and the pallor deepens
for a moment. Then proudly and coldly
he. bows to his adversary: "Fate has
selected mo, Capt. A. You will hear
from mo to-morrow."
And he is alone with his sad thoughts.
But the clock beats out his life fast and
foriouf, and he has so much to do and
arrange before the rising sun shall look
upon his lifeless corpse. He may put his
affairs in order, but he must not reveal
his fate. Honor and the rules of Ameri?
can duel forbid it.
Thus perished one of the brightest and
most promising young men in the most
enlightened capital of Europe in the latter
half of the'Nineteenth century, leaving
the stain of suicide upon his name.
This is by no means an isolated case, it
being well known that this method of
dueling his been resorted to only too fre?
quently, and it is a sad fact that tho best
and most honorable men have often baen
tho victims.
While dueling will never and, for ob?
vious reasons, can never be wholly sup?
pressed in a warlike nation like Germany,
it Is to be hoped that this bloody game of
chance called the American duel may
speedily be crushed and wiped out.?E. G.
The Discoverer of Anthracite Coal.
Anthracite was discovered in Pennsyl?
vania in 1790 by Nicholas Allen. This
Allen, according to the stories and tradi?
tions that have been handed down about
him must have been a kind of American
Bip Van Winkle. He had come down
from the Lake Cham plain lumber region,
and opened an inn on the summit of the
Broad mountain. For a time he led a
wandering existence, hunting, Ashing and
lumbering, while his wife attended to the
wants of thirsty travelers. In one of his
hunting excursions ho camped out at the
foot of the Broad mountain at a spot
where a coal vein cropped out, and upon
lighting a fire was' astonished at the in?
tense heat it throw off. He also saw that
some of the black stone had become red
bot. He dug some of it and carried it
home, when his wifo, more practical than
himself, pronounced it coal.
They saw the coal crop out in abun?
dance, and visions of fortunes that might
be realized out of it flashed through their
minds simultaneously. So, disposing of
their effects, they loaded two largo cov?
ered wagons with coal and set out for
Philadelphia with the intention of mar?
keting it there and discovering its true
value. They drove along the banks of the
S huylkill, sleeping in the open air at
night. At Pottstown three of their horses
died, and the coal was dumped into the
river. Wearied and disheartened, the
pair returned to the old place at the sum?
mit of the mountain, and shortly after?
ward Allen laid his faithful wife to rest
over the coal vein that proved their ruin
and turned his face toward the west,
Where after an uneventful career he en?
listed for tho campaign under Harrison
and fell at Tippecanoe.?Scientific Amer?
ican.
The Best Fire Escape.
A commercial drummer of my acquaint?
ance who studies each Are escape with an
interest born of several exciting scenes
assures me that the best Are escape in the
World can be tucked away in one's pocket
and carried in a traveling bag. It con?
sists simply of a strong hemp cord, with
knots every few feet. When the Are
breaks out tio ono end to your bedstead
and throw the other end out of the win
?ow; tho chances ai'e ninety-nine in a
hundred that nothing will interfere with
in easy descent.?Brooklyn Eagle.
No. 60, the Stayer.
"The oldest locomotive now in use any?
where near Chicago/' remarked a rail?
roader, "is No. 60 on the Illinois Central,
still making regular trips down the road.
Sho has been in use thirty-three years.
It is estimated that in that time she has
traveled 1,050,000 miles, or equal to
sixty-six times around the globe. She
has hauled passenger trains, freight
trainrj, special trains, pay cars, gravel
trains and done switching. She has been
in several accidents, but was never badly
damaged. She has killed 'her man' half
a dozen times. The average life of a
locomotive is ten or twelve years, and so
you can see that old No. 60 is a stayer."
?Chicago Herald.
The Idle Capital of the World.
A peculiar instance of the immensity of
property acaimulation was seen when a
Dublin, Ireland, company, Guinness &
Co.'s porter brewery advertised for a
loan of ?6,000,000. In reply they re?
ceived offers to the amount of
?127,000,000, or ?635,000,000. "The
truth is," The New York Chronicle re?
marks, "the amount of idle capital in tho
world to-day is almost without a parallel."
The schoolboys of southern Maryland
have originated foot tournaments.
Botli on a Tear.
"Lucy, my daughter," exclaimed a
stern parent tho other morning to the old?
est daughter,who was very lato in corning
down to breakfast, "where did you spend
last evening?"
"I was at a chocolataire given by tho
Homo Mission society, papa, at Mrs.
Gumbo's."
"Indeed! and whero were j'ou, Bobert?
You came in very late."
And Bobert, whose eyes were red and
whose head fcltns big as a circus lent,
said lie had been on a chocolate tear too.
?Chicago Tribune.
HORSEMANSHIP 'GH - f HE PLAINS.
How tho "Bronclic Bnster" Tames tho
Wild Steed of tho Prairies.
Imagine yourself then firmly seated.
If the horse is blinded y ou reach forward
and remove tho blhid. Now tho struggle
begins. For a moment he stands in bis
traeksj but you can feel bis muscles grow?
ing tense as ho gathers himself together.
Crouching like a wildcat about to spring,
he leaps high into tho air and twists and
shakes himself in a mad effort to throw
off the unaccustomed burden. He comes
down with his head between his fore legs
and his tail behind his hind legs, striking
the ground stiff legged; and as soon ns he
has given you the full benefit of the shock
crouches for another leap. This is "buck?
ing," or as the mora initiated commonly
term it, "pitching." No two horses pitch
alike, and no horse pitches twice alike.
Sometimes he will strike on his fore feet
and nose, throwing his breach so high as
to turn a somersault forward. Sometimes
he will make a lateral jump, and at others
"change end," or turn half round In the
air. Now a "bronco buster" generally
does his work in the presence of a hand?
ful of spectators; and if he is ono of the
few men who are absolutely certain that
nothing can unseat him, he lets tho
horse buck himself weary, while ho de?
lights the claquo by rolling and lighting
a cigarette or stooping to pick up a hand?
ful of dirt and throw it in the horse's face.
Another favorite proof of his dexterity is
to rowel the horse from ear to tail.
A sharp pull at the horse's head just at
the right moment,' and the steel thrown
into his flank.will break the rhythm of
his pitching, and a. sharp blow on the
hind quarters with your whip compels
him to lunge forward. Ho will then run
a hundred yards or bo and stop suddenly
with his fore legs planted firmly before
him. This of course necessitates your
throwing your body well back, and ho
seizes this opportunity to rear and throw
himself violenty on his back. Now is the
time when a man shows whether ho is a
rider or a foolhardy braggart. Obviously
you cannot retain your seat. A horse in
executing this maneuver will often thrust
the horn of the saddle fast in tho ground
and be loft kicking turtlewise. You
must see how he Is going to strike and
throw yourself to tho ono sido or tho
other, so that you havo always one foot
in position to cross him with as he strug?
gles to rise. It is perfectly legitimate for
a horse to throw himself backward In
this way three or four times, but when
you have conclusively demonstrated to
him that he accomplishes nothing by it,
if ho persists in it it must be treate I as
willful misconduct. If you cannot, by
spurring him in tho f Sank as ho rises and
thus bringing his hind parts into action
prevent his overrearing, you must
strike him a sharp blow between the ears
with the butt of your whip as he rises,
and let him understand that he is over?
stepping tho bounds of fair fighting.
After an hour or two he is completely
exhausted and should bo turned loose
until the next day. Ills second lesson
will try your seat and your patience even
more severely, for you will then havo
bitted him for tho first time and he has
learned bettor how to handle himself
under your weight. But on the third day,
if he is not a very recalcitrant subject, he
will begin to learn something, and is then
considered a "broke" horse.?Cor. New
York Sun._
Senator Evarts and Mark Twain.
Senator Evarts has undobutedly pre?
sided over more banquets than any other
man in New York. His old fashioned
rolling collar and his finely plaited shirt
bosom are familiar sights to all of the
waiters at Dclmonico's, the Hoffman or
the Brunswick. The urbane senator en
joyBa good dinner and good company, and
with rare forbearance he never lnfllct3 a
long speech upon his fellow diners. Even
his abnormal tendency to long and in?
tricate sentences is curbed upon social
occasions. Mr. Evarts' special weakness
' as a presiding officer is the interjecting of
facetious comments on the efforts of the
other speakers. He delight's to diffuse
mirth and good fellowship, and his face
tSousness never has the sting of acerbity.
Occasionally in attempt ing to score a point
on a fellow speaker he suffers the fate of
the boomerang thrower. An instance in
point occurred at the New England Society
dinner last winter. Mark Twain had just
finished an extraordinarily piquant ad?
dress when Mr. Evarts arose, shoved both
of his hands down Into his trousers pockets
as is his habit, and laughingly remarked:
"Doesn't it strike this company as a little
unusual that a professional humorist
should be funny?"
Mark Twain waited until tho -firhghtor
excited by this sally had subsided and then
drawled out: "Doesn't it strike this com?
pany as a little unuBual that a lawyer
should have his hand in his own pocket?"
?New York Times.
Finding Best in Gotham.
Distinguished men must find New
York restful, as so many come bore tolivo
after they have passed middle ago and
been for years objects of interest in small?
er places. Here even the great man is
ono of a crowd. There are distinguished
soldiers, engineers, doctors, merchants,
writers, scientists who come to the me?
tropolis to spend the lost years of their ex?
istence after the battle of life hns been
fought and won elsewhere. Such men as
Gen. Grant, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert
Collyer, Benjamin H. Bristow, Whitelaw
Reid, Roscoe Conkllng, with the whole
world from which to select, choose New
York as tho most fitting and desirable
place for a home. In any other city a
distinguished man is conspicuous, but
hern ho can walk the streets and attract
no attention, he can take a seat in a street
car without being stared out of counte?
nance by all tho other passengers, he can
enjoy life, for distinguished men are com?
mon on the streets, and tho inhabitants
of New York are broad and cosmopolitan,
and believe in each man attending strictly
to his own business unmolested by all
others.?New York Cor. Cleveland
Lender.
Hints for tho Dramatist.
The three or four hundred years that
have passed since adventurers landed on
our shores and began the work of creat?
ing a nation have been filled with events
the records of which should give an in?
genious dramatist hints for plays without
number. Not until these are employed,
as records and traditions of their own
countries were employed by all tho great
dramatists, shall we have a national
drama. Mr. Jones and Mr. Tnyleure
agree in saying, "Tho first business "of tho
American stage is to develop a national
drama of its own."?Boston Transcript.
Didn't I.iko to Say It.
A Texas paper says: < ;Thero Is a per?
nicious partizanship in tho blind gregari
ousness of a promiscuous multitude,
held to party allegiance by mere inertia
of habit and mechanical cohesion." Wa
have cften wonderod if something of this
kind hadn't affected the weather lately,
but wo didn't exactly like to say so.
Colloge Graduates in Journalism.
The Boston press, represented by the six
leading dailies, employs forty-two jour?
nalists who ore college graduates from
fourteen colleges. There are thirty col?
lege educated mon on tho editorial staff of
the Now York Sun.?Cincinnati Times
Star. _
The offering of bouquets to players in
the imperial theatres of Vienna has been
forbidden, on the ground that tho practice
has grown to an absurd extent.
The World's Greatest Railroad.
Did you ever stop to think what a great
corporation this Pennsylvania Railway
is? Of the 125,000 miles of railway in
the Uniled States it operates 7,000." Of
25,000 locomotives in tbo country it
owns 2,000. Of 750,000 cars of all kinds
100,000 run on its lines. Its share of
the gross earnings of all Americau rail?
ways?$750,000,000 a year?is ten per
cent., or $1,500,000 a week. Every year
it carries 30,000,000 passengers and
60,000,000 tons of freight, the tonnage
being one-sixlh of the estimated total for
all railways in the country. To carry on
its vast operations an army of 80,000 men
is employed.
Hitherto our Chicago railways have
been the most ambitious in America.
Tho vigorous manner in which they have
reached their iron fingers out into the
West has been simply marvelous. Al?
ready at the baso of the Rocky Moun?
tains, itiH predicted for the Northwestern,
the St. Paul and Burlington?the great
trio?that another decade will see their
locomotive- taking drink from tho Pa^
ciGc. So rapid are their strides,
that the Pennsylvania mufi
the West and conquer nej^, - ^ . ?
Lo soon compelled to yield" ^l^^-'thc
title of greatest raihvayJ^^ '.iL.i/i
Chicago ?J*T!rth0 world'
? It is believed Senator Camden will
be defeated for re-election in the West
Virginia legislature.
? Charles Branson, of Hampton coun?
ty, while butchering a hog last week, had
his thumb pierced with a splinter, and the
blood of the hog entering the thumb,
blood poisoning followed from the effects
of which he died in a few days.
Buclclcn's Arnaca Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, SaltKheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi?
tively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac?
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander?
son, S. C.
PIEDMONT AIR-LINE,
Richmond it Danville It. It.,
COLUMBIA & GBEENVILLE DIVISION.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 14, 18SG.
(Trains run on 75th Meridian time.)
Southbound.
Lvo Walhalla....
Seneca.
Anderson.?
Spartan b'rg
Abbeville...
Lauren a.
Greenville.
Green wood
Ninety-Six
Newberry...
Arr. Columbia...
Augusta....
No. 52 I Northbound. I No. 53
8.20 am
0.00 am
10.45 am
Lvc. Columbia..
Newberry?
Ninety-Six
12.00m . Grecnwo'd
10.45 am
8.20 am
9.25 am
12.44 pm
1.10pm
3.04 pm
5.15 pm
9.20 pm
Arr. Grcenvilie
La; i re us ....
Abbeville..
Spart'nbr'g
Anderson..
Seneca.
Walhalla...
Atlanta.
10.45 am
12.50pm
2.20pm
2.42 pm
&48pm
5.55 pm
4.30 pm
3.3D pm
4.50 pm
6.00pm
6.3.1pm
10.40 pm
No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta.
No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and
Charleston at Columbia.
Jas. L. Taylor, Gcn'l Pass. Agent.
D. Carosvkel, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C
gor,. Haas, Traffic Manager.
SAVANNAH VALLEY R. R.
In effect Nov. 14,1880.
Time?1 hour slower than U. ifc G. It. R.
lime.
Going South?Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Anderson. 5 30 a in 11 00 a m
Leave Deans.. 0 02 a m 11 33 a m
Leave Cooks. 0 32 a m 12 03 p m
Leave Lowndcsville. 7 05 a m 12 40 p m
Leave Latimers. 7 35 a m 113 p m
Leave Hesters. 7 55 a m 1 35 p m
Leave Mt. CarmeL... 8 21 a m 2 02 p m
Leave Willington.... 8 37 a m 2 20 p m
Leave Bordeau. 8 57 a m 2 40 p m
Arrive McCormick... 9 30 a m 3 15pm
Arrive Augusta.0 05 p m
Arrive Charleston. 7 00 a m
Arrive Savannah. 5 55 a m
Arrive Jacksonville.12 00 m
Going North?Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m
Leave Savannah.8 10 p m
Leave Charleston. 4 00 a m
Leave Augusta.12 15 p m 7 50 a m
Leave McCormick... 4 15 p m JO 15 a :tn
Leave Bordeau. 4 49 p ni 10 47 a m
Leave Willington.... 5 09 p m 11 07 a m
Leave Mt CarmeL.. 5 25 p m 11 22 a m
Leave Hesters. 5 51 p m 11 48 a ra
Leave Latimers. 6 10 p m 12 08 p m
Leave Lowndesville. 6 41 p m 12 38 p m
Leave Cooks.7 15 p m 112 p m
Leave Deans. 7 43 p m 1 42 p m
Arrive Anderson.8 15 p m 2 15 p in
Connects with train to and from Green?
wood, Laurens and Spartauburg.
Connections at Augusta with Georgia,
South Carolina and Central Railroads. A t
Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and
Asheville & Spartanburg R. R.
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked to des?
tination. E. T. CHARLT0N, G. r. A.
W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
John E. Peoples, Plaintiff, against James K. Grif?
fin, James it. Vandivcr und James A. Elgin, as
Administrator, and Thcodosia Elgin as Admin?
istratrix of the Estate of Mary A. South, de?
ceased, and Daniel D, Gentry, Defendants.?Sum?
mons/or Relief?Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants above named :
YOU arc hereby summoned and required to an?
swer the complaint in this action, which
is filed ic the office of the Clcik of the Court
of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. II., S. C,
and to Bcrve a copy of your answer to tho said
complainton the subscricers at their office, Ander?
son C.lT.jS.C, within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if
you fail to answer the complaint within tue time
aforesaid, the plaintlffin this action will apply to
the Court, for the relief demanded In the complaint,
Dated October 27, A. D. 188G.
BROWN & TP.TBBLE,
Plaintiff's Attorneys, Anderson C. II., S. C.
[seal] M. P. Teibiile, ccp.
To James K. Griffin, absent Defendant:
You will take notice that the complaint in this
action, together with tho summons, of which the'
foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas fo:: Anderson
County, at Anderson C. IL, S. C, on the 27th day
of October, 188G. BROWN & TR1BBLE,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
Dec 1G, 1886_23_G_
FOWLER'S STABLES
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HORSES AND MULES!
-o
IHAVE just completed an addition to
my Stable, making it one of the lar?
gest and most convenient Stables in the up
country, and am 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 I am 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. S. FOWLER.
Oct15, 1885 14
A. P. Johns tono. . A. C. Strickland.
DENTAL CAED.
Jolinstone & Strickland,
SURGEON 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 modem methods. Gas adminis?
tered for extracting teeth when desired.
Office?No. 2 Granite Row, over Bleck
ley, Brown ifc Fretweil's Store.
Aug 20,188G 7
NOTICE.
IHAVE now in Stock, at .'exceedingly
low prices
DoorS, Sash, Blinds and Glass
of every description.
ALABASTINE, an excellent wall finish.
WHITE LEAD,
LINSEED OIL and PUTTY,
READY MIXED PAINTS,
VARNISHES, colors dry and in Oil
PICTURE [FRAMES, made from all
styles of Gilt and other Mouldings.
Picture Frame Cord and Hangings.
$05- Call and give me a trial.
W. B. BEACHAM,
Depot Street, Anderson, S. C.
July 22, 1880_2_ly_
Cm-en P.riphts1 Disease; Catarrh!
iof tho Bladder, Torpid Liver. It\
di^solvcaGnll-ljtoiiesi'.nfl Gravel.
SYMPTOMS and C02JDI3?lbHS?
lofTJrino for which this. Rctucdyg
nlaonld be taken, u
Scalding Ptojppnpo Blonrl-Linpvdfcl
Diabetic Albumen Briok-dust H
Dropsfcol Dribhlin? Muky-pinfcjfi
Hcntlncho Frequent CostivenesrS
lioncacho Nervous J'cilish-dark**
TJrie-nckl .Settling* Cntarrlmchc?
Rackncho Nervcncho PhospliatesjJ
B:id-tusto Foul-Brcuth OaU-colorfi
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EE e 1 levcs nnd Cures internal SlIme-fcvrM
JCiinkcr.Dyspopdla, Anmmin, Miliaria, Fover!;i
?und Arfue,Neurnl?!a,llhL'umatism, Enlnrpc-K
Jmcr.fc of tho Prostate Gland, Sexual TVcok
Sncss, Spermatorrhoea nnd Gout.
? Kt ElimipAtos n?podImpurities; Scrofula,?
i^i-ysineh^sait-iuicum, Syphilis, Ph:iples,g
!?i1loton& povcr-Bofes, and Cancer-taints.
5 '* mont W<)rJ??rnil'Appetizer.
Wi?t'a up Qniclcly a Run-alNgn Constitution.
ST Toll your ncishborV?ll about It.
ice 25c, $1.00?0 boVJofi $5:00:s
Pre]Hired at Dr. Kilmer's Dispensary,
Bimrhamton, N. Y., U. S. A."
Invalids* Quide to Hcnlth (Sent Frw.)
Alllcttfti-sntlnqulrypromptly answered.
BOKiD BYALI- BKTOCI8T8S
For sale bv ^WILHITF/ & VVILTIITE,
Auderson, S. C.
ATTENTION
??0
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Sport are insured against by the Trav?
ellers', of Hartford, Conn.
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Oct 21, 1S8G 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 toJ Harness you up, or rather your
Horses 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 11,1S8G 31 ly
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON PIiEAS.
r. K. tfcCulIy, James M. Cathcart and F. E. Wat
kins, merchants and partners, doing business
under the style and namo of McCully, Cathcart
& Co., Plaintiffs, against J. P. Mitchell, Defend?
ant.? Summons foe Relief?Complaint Served.
To the Defendant, J. P. Mitchell:
YOU arc 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 your answer to the said complaint on the
subscribers at their office, Anderson C, H., S. C,
within twenty days after tho service hereof, ex?
clusive of tho day of'such service; and if you fail
to answer the complaint w'.tbin the timo aforesaid
the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated November 23rd, A. D. 1886.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
[Seal] M. P. Tkidble, C. C. P.
To the Defendant:
Take notice that tho complaint in this action,
together with the summons, of which the forego?
ing is a copy, was filed in the office of tho
Cterk of the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson
C. II., in tho County of Anderson, in the Slate of
South Carolina, on the 23rd day of November,
A. D. 1880.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURBAY,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
Dec2,lS86 21 0
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Suns D?skacliG, Lung Troubles,
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being far nioro powerful in their action than
other pl.-tst ?rs. J louot bu Induced to take others,
but he Burn niul get tho genuine " Petrollno,"
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druggists and
WILHITE & WILHITE,
Agents for Anderson, S.^C.
April 29, ISSG 42 ly
RELIEF!
Forty Years it Sutt'erer from
CATARRH.
WONDERFUL TO RELATE!
"FOR forty years I have been a victim to CA?
TARRH?three-fourths of the lime a sufferer from
excruciating pains across my forehead and my
nostrils. The discharges were so offensive that I
hes'tato to mention it, except for the good it may
do somo other sufferer. I have spent a young for?
tune from my earnings during my forty years of
suffering to obtain relief from the doctors. I have
tried patent medicines?evcrv one I could learn
of?from tho four corners ot the earth, with no
relief. And at last (67 years of age) have met with
a remedy that has cured me entirely?made rue a
new mau. I weighed 128 pounds and now weigh
H6. I used thirteen bottles of the medicine, and
the only regret I have is that being in the humble
walks of lile I may not have intlucnce to prevail
on all Catarrh sullerers to use what has cured me,
Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer.
-HENRY C1IEVIS,
"No. 267 Second St., Macou, Ga.
Mr. Henry Chevis, the writer of the above, for?
merly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Ga.,
merits the confidence of all interested in Catarrh.
W. A. HUFF, ox-Mayor of Macon.
A SUPERB
Flesh Producer ami Tonic,
Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer
Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism,
Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine.
If not in your market it will bn forwarded on
rccrpl of price. Small bottles 81.06 ; large hollies
f I 7S. Essay on 111**1 and Skin Diseases mailed
free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY;
Macon, Georgia.
For sale by
HIIjTj 35IIOS..
April 29,18S6
Anderson, S. C.
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This Space is Reserved for
TH
CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS,
AND DEALERS IN
All kinds of Lumber, Moldings, Shingles, &c,
BLUE RIDGE YARD.
Oct 28,1880 16 3m
URNITURE! FURNITURE!
Will be sold Cheaper than Ever at
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 Room Suits from ?16.00 to $350.00.
Elegant Plush Parlor Suits at $45.00.
Lounges from $5.00 to $13.00.
Washstanda 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 my Goods and be convinced.
SSf P. S.?Persons indebted to me must pay up immediately and save trouble.
Can't indulge any longer.
O. IT. XOJLX/?r, Depot Street.
Oct 14,1886_14_
THE EARTHQUAKE
AS SHOOK DOWN PRICES on everything, and of course 'has affected 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 the
VERY BEST material, and guarantee every piece of work that leaves my Shop.
My work is scattered all over the County. ABk 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 my 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.
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Oct 7, 18SG
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JAMES RA. PAYNE.
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THHE Firm of J. J. BAKER was changed September 1st by Mr. A. W. KAY becom
J. ing a partner, and hereafter we will subscribe ourselves J. J. BAKER & CO.
TAKE NOTICE !?The above change involves the necessity of a 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.
ANOTOEB CHANGE?We have recently repaired and enlarged our Store?
rooms, and with a Reusing 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 the whisperings now of our prices will grow
into a conspicuous FACT as we have the opportunity to price YOU, and every other
MAN, WOMAN or CHILD who may want to buy any Goods.
Sept 30, 1886
J. J. BAKER & CO? No. 2 and 3 Benson House.
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