The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 05, 1887, Image 4

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BLINDFOLD. Waat do we know of the world, as we grow so old and wise? HPo tho years, that still tho heart beats, Quicken VBSc the drowsy eyes? v At twenty wo thought wo knew It?the world '? there, ijt our feet; We .thought we ha/1 found its bitter, wo knew we had found its sweet. :_?ow at forty and fifty, what do we make of the world? ' ; There in the sand ehe crouches, the Sphinx with her gray wings furled. Soul of a maa I know not; who knoweth, can foretell. ? And what can I read of fate, oven of self I have :-<___ " ^arned so well? xfeart'of a woman I know not; how should I hope to know, . ?I. A that am foiled by a flower, or the stars of the 6?eht snow; fe\ I that have never guessed the mind of the bright eyed bird, v- Whom even the dull rocks cheat, and the whirl? wind's awful word? Let me loosen the fillet of clay from the shut and darkened lid, I.. For life is a blindfold game, and the Voice from viewishld. ? I face him as best I can, still groping here and there; For-the band thait has touched me lightly, the lips that have said "Declarer . Well, 1 declare him my friend?the friend of the whole sad race; I'd oh! , that-the game were over, and I might " see his facet i much, though I grope In blindness, the iVoice that is hli from view heard, may be even loved, in a. dream . may come true. ?Andrew Hedbrooke. MY FELLOW TRAVELER. ?j "Do you mind letting me look at your ring?" . I started on hearing these words?first, because they-were spoken In a coupe that was running between Paris and Tours, ? where I did not expect to hear au English voice; .secondly, because I felt somewhat . alarmed to be traveling alone with'a roan ? who was-thus manifesting his interest in a diamond zing which. I had been vain and / foolish, enough to buy the day before in Paris and was now wearing. A harried I glance somewhat reassured me; so I held out my hand to him, and then something . in the way in which he. examined my re ' cent purchase told me that I had come across, not a robber, but a diamond mer |L chant. He was slightly built and had ' dark hair and w?sters. His features [: were well cut and his eyes were blue. I think he was older than ha looked. He J: was probably 50 or 65, but might have jssed for nearly ten years less.1 "May I ask what you gave for it?" he ' inired after a brief scrutiny, the sum. "You were done," he replied; "you " ive paid more than half 'The stone is faulty, but has ah very skillfully cut, and that is how -you have been taken in. Well, I don't suppose there is one person out of a tbou tt&nd who. will discover that it is not .nearly so good as It looks.*'. * That was certainly Bome consolation. "Yon are in the trade?" I hazarded. "I was," replied my fallow traveler; [ ltbut I met with an adventure that upset for a time, and was the cause of my Eng up business. I had acquired a jpotenco for a bachelor with inexpen tastes, but si HI it was against the . for me to liave off trading and lead ive hfe. [indeed, but for certain i scruples that have taken posses of me, I think I would begin dealing -morrow. If you would care, to event to which I refer, and which' i effected me so greatly, I will toll it to du. There is nothing else to be done, id it will help to pass the time." I expressed my desire to hear his story; ' but had I conjectured what he was about "to tell me, I would have begged him to hold his peace. The reader; however, need have no sim? ilar compunction about perusing the nar? rative, as it was the .man's wistful eyes and pathetic expression, .and more still, the, subsequent occasion an which I saw Mm, that have caused his tale to haunt >*in*. . ??J1 over anyone," he began, "had a consider himself cosmopolitan, I ? father was of Jewish ex my mother was French; I born and educated in New York, and l my youth I have traded in London "and Paris. I inherited from my father a ,' loir amount of capital to start with, and that of course was a great matter. I was cute in dealing, and never specu so that, although the process was I gradually acquired a moderate haul I made was: 'first discovered at : went out, purchased largely, -good strokes of business; 'After that I went to India, where as a j buyer I entered into the most extensive ions I had ever made in my life. [ then returned to Europe bringing the stones with me. At Sues: I fell in with fa Greek jewel merchant, with whom I ; was acquainted. He too had been in the 3tjjr and was now going to Venice, buy pearls that ware being sold I agreed to accompany him, ; thought I might be ablo to do some * ^myself,' and, as I was on my way it was not much out of my We arrived in Venica together, rhere my friend went to stay with a re a, and I to a hotel. Next evening I 1 on him, and he agreed to return me to the hotel and have supper .me. I had somewhere else to go, ; was arranged that on my return he . join me and accompany me back, e gondola in which I was .seated led the rendezvous, I saw my standing close to the water, at the ! n-narrow passage which led from louse where he was staying. It was j but os we approached, I could see a stealing up behind him, and, ere I raise my voice in warning, my ; was struck down. Then his assail stooping over the motionless body, . to rifle it. Tho two gondoliers, who i witnessed the attack, incited by urged the boat forward with the ; speed, and in a few seconds we upon the scene. As I sprang from the assassin looked up and . to hesitate whether to attack me, j seeing the two men coming to aid me, ? fled ere I had time to reach him, and disappeared. My friend was not as I had feared, but had been [badly stabbed between the shoulders, robber had evidently consid hia 'watch, chain and purse objects too trivial for plunder, had not had time to reach a leather containing some very valuable pearls . other gems, which was secured in an ide pocket, and had clearly been the cotive of the crime. "I had only intended to remain a few iandthe night before my departarejl ^"hotel for a little, locking the door 'iom as usual. The diamonds were -her case at the bottom of a strong ',ch was full of clothes and other ij of little valao. I thought the s. safer there than anywhere else, le, not even my friend, knew of stence. I was absent not more hour and a half, and on my re It to my room with the intention ig to bed.1 No sooner had I un 1 my door than a strange and inde > dread took possession of me. I saw : and heard nothing, but I detected , and peculiar odor of some species [ tobacco, or it may have been opium. I yt smoke, and the conviction instant f^flasbed^upon me that during my ab? le one had entered my room, for aught I knew, might still be My sense of smell is keen, but the Juvia could barely be perceived, and 11 believed from the clothes or of the Intruder. There was an sb -alter in the hotel, and as he hap? ped to be in the passage outside, I called _ into the room. Then with his assist? ie? I began to search the room. We oked under the bed, opened the cup j d, and examined a curtained recess 1 '.served as a wardrobe; but could sef ling to justify my suspicions. There i no chimney, as the room was warmed a small stove. Had there been a ter? race or balcony outside my window, I should at once have concluded that an en ace had been effected by that means; j with diamonds of such great value in /possession, I could not have occupied , room of that description, and I knew ; there was nothing between my win ' and the water, which 100 feet below [ the base of the building. I gave iter a trifle, and asked him to say j about my suspicions; for it had?| i occurred tome that the landlordprob r had a master key to my room, and at have had some reason to enter it in sence. Yet, I had never before j in the hotel these strange narcotic which had now almost disappeared, l I shall remember while I live. __x~L was no longer alarmed, as soon ITthe man left my room it was with trepidation that I opened my '* felt tor jay stones. They were safe My mind was now almost at ease, but I examined more care? fully than usual the revolver, which, I always kept under my pillow, to satisfy myself that it was in a serviceable con? dition, I then went to bed. ?I think it must have been just after I had fallen asleep, when I awoie with a start, roused by a slight noise near me. Holding my breath, I listened, and distinctly heard a creaking sound in the room, us if two boards'were being slowly parted by means of some in? strument. The noise stopped for a few minutes, then began again, and went on for several, seconds,' and stopped as before. I had grasped my revolver and lay mo? tionless pr spued to use it I did not dare to raise an alarm, because, for aught I knew, at t'i?t very moment I might he ex? posed to so:no deadly weapon, which would be used agiinst me if I attempted to sum? mon aid. The knowledge, however, that I was armed and able to defend myself took away the greater part of my fear, even while I listened to that mysterious noise. My belief was that two of the boards in the floor, or in the wall, were being slowly removed in. order to admit some one into, the ;roomi *I was ready to fire as soon as I heard a stealthy step,by my bedside,"as I did not doubt that my life would be attempted. The room was quite dark; but if my first shot missed, the flash from the'pistol would enable me. to take good! ami with my second. Sud? denly the nature of tho sound altered, and at last I understood how it was pro? duced, and knew; that, the window.was being slowly opened hy^some one outside^ No ladder was high ei-.ongh to*reach from a boat, and tho thoroughfare, which even4* at night was constantly made of the water, rendered access by this means im? possible. I concluded that in my absence' some one had entered my room by the door, and at the sound.of (my approach, had opened the window and gone outside, dosing it immediately afterward. But what vampire was this, that for more than an hour had clung to a sill barely six inches wide, or had poised himself at so fearful a height upon, this narrow ledge I AH these thoughts, and many more, passed through my mind during the few seconds that I lay conscious that I must Inflict jor suffer. instant death. Not to speak "of the robbery, which I did not doubt was the cause of this man's pres? ence, escape was impossible for him except at the expense of my life, and I believed he would not hesitate to take it. Only a few nights before, had I not seen my friend with less cause struck down by an assassin! ? "It was very dark, but at that moment, through a rift in the, dense clouds, the moon shed a floocLof light, and for an in? stant and no longer, between myself, and the sky, silhouettelike, I saw distinctly the form of a man. He held a poniard in his hand and was preparing tosten into the room. It may have been due to imagination, but I.believed that I also saw the same diabolical face which I had observed in the man who had attacked -my- friend. Without further' reflec? tion, and almost instinctively, I fired. Following the report of the shot came a convulsive sob, and from the breath of cool air that suddenly passed over my face, I knew that nothing inter? vened now between me and the night ' breezo ' that was blowing through the open window. I sprang from bed, and, groping my way, I found,- as I expected, that the intruder had disappeared. Put? ting my hand out of the window, I could feel that there was neither rope nor ladder there. I then closed the window, and secured it ? When I had struck a light I saw on the sleeve of my night shirt a damp, red stain, and knew that when I had put my hand oufeide there was blood upon the sill; but whether it had been spilt by my shot or otherwise? of course I could not tell. Sleep was out of the ques? tion now,.so I dressed and remained where I -was till it was time for me to go in the morning. I said nothing of what had oc? curred, and heard nothing of it; .nor from that day till this has, any intelligence con netted with, the event ever. reached me,'. I If {he man bad a poniard in his* death grasp, and, as is likely, was weighted with other heavy weapons, on striking, the water he would sink like lead. I could 1 not, however, forget my terrible experi? ence. . I became - nerroui; and subject to odd fancies, and took- to reading books that treated of the "history, virtues and baneful effects of gems. "Soon afterward; I resolved '.to retire from business. By far the most important of my purchases in the east had been a very valuable diamond of great weight. It is not easy to-find purchasers for'stones* of this size, as there are naturally few who havo the means and are willing to part with the equivalent in money. This stone-is still unsold, and lies in the care of my bankers in London. When I have disposed of it, thatvrill be my last tran-v. saction of this nature. It is a famous diamond, and has an authentic history of many hundred years. It Is known to have caused the loss of many a life. I have no doubt that on account of this jewel I was actually followed from India, and though) I only saw him in the dark, both'from his size and features I believe the plunderer to have been a native or half caste, I am also of the belief that ere I can get rid of this diamond, there is still misfortune in store for me." I had now to leave in order to change carriages, and I was not sorry to bid my fellow traveler farewell, as he had mode me feel eerie. About a year later I was in Paris, and one morning read in a newspaper an ac? count of the sale of the' famous jewels of a Russian princess.' Several paragraphs farther on, I read that the body of .a mur? dered man, who was unknown,' hod been found on one of the principal boulevards. A short description followed, which at once suggested to me my fellow traveler of a year before, on the Orleans railway. I hastened to the morgue and found my fears realized; for there lay; the diamond merchant;, who had been fa? tally stabbed between the shoulders. From the information that I was able to give, it was concluded that he would be known to the large jewel dealers, and as the re? sult of inquiries in a snort time the body was claimed by friends. I afterward learned that he had been the victim of a deeply laid robbery, as a very valuable diamond, which it was discovered he bad brought to Paris in order to dispose of, was missing, but his purse, which con? tained a considerable sum of money, and his other valuables had been left un? touched.?Crawford Scott in Belgravla. He Wielded a Bed Hot Fen. Said a commercial traveler: "My busi? ness colls me a good deal to Colorado and New Mexico, and I have many acquaint? ances and friends out there. One of my friends is a little fellow named McDer mott, editor of a mining camp paper. He is not much bigger than a pint of cider, but he has tremendous nerve. He is as quick as lightning with his gun, and is not afraid of the best man that walks. He was telling me of one experience he had a few months ago. A big, tough fellow walked into his sanctum one evening and announced that he had come to do up the editor. He had a six shooter in his hand and advanced with it cocked. It happened that my friend had just sent Ids revolver out to be repaired, and he was without a weapon. He tried to palaver with the desperado and talk him out of his passion in order to gain time. Bnt the more he talked the fiercer the caller became. Sus? pecting that the editor was unarmed, he took fiendish delight in holding his victim covered with his revolver and telling him that he had only sixty minutes to live. But my friend's brain was working at a lively rate all this time, and while he talked he held his pen in the flame of the gas jet over his desk. Without tho desperado suspecting what he was up to, he succeeded in getting the pen red hot?It took only a few seconds? and then he made a jump for his assail? ant so suddenly and with such catlike quickness that before the ruffian, taken off his guard by the supposition that the editor was unarmed, could fire a shot the little man had thrown one arm around the big fellow's neck and was jabbing his red hot pen into his face at the rate of 200 strokes to the minute. Imagine the wounds that big, sharp, red hot pen must havo made, held securely in a strong cel? luloid holder, driven by the arm of a man fighting for life. Think of the sufferings the desperado must have endured in the few brief seconds before his agony con? quered his courage and caused him to throw tho revolver to the floor as a token that he gave up the battle. That ruffian ?he was drunk on that occasion?is now one of the best friends the little editor has, though his face is badly scarred from the wounds inflicted on him, Over the desk of my friend hangs a pen, still covered with blood stains its whole length, and over it is a placard, written in tho blood that was formed upon it just after the battle: "The pen is mightier than the six shooter."?Chicago Herald. About 100 boys are in the plumbing class of the New York trade school en? gaged in studying the art. BILL NIE,TO HEN NIE. HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PAPER ACTUALLY RED HOT. An Editorial on "Mark Antony"?.A Proud Father?A Question In Arlthme* tic?The Fecnllarltles of Buncombe County Butter?Corn Dodger. ,'ASHEYILLE, N. C. i My Dear S0N5J wish you wopld plcaso change the address of my paper to this place, whereiyour~mdtber and I "arc now staying. I got' The Retina all'right last week, and see>tHat you are going to en? large it, so I have sold my hay in order to prepare for the event. What is your idea for enlarging the paper before the town enlarges? Of course I am no journalist, but I have often thought that if I had been doomed to issue a paper like The Retina, and then answer at th?*TTar|i?r judgment for it, I would not get a potfer press tilljfte' town got a good dark ;-ibluc hook ancT ladder company and a postofllce. ?? ?' . I like your edlfjorfal on "Mark Antony" first rate. I can imagine how excited tho people of your town were when they saw The Retina Saturday morning and read .what your estimate of Mark was. I wish you would incidentally pick up a few others of those old people and weigh them. That Isjmeuof the;luxuries of run ping a papeBya&self. You can speak right tout and walk* all'over these people. I Svould like to hear-what yoVfr honest con? victions are in regard to Diogenes. It would be worth almost what I have put into your paper as a silent partner. A PBOUD OLD PAPA. . You can^have no idea. Henry, how it swells me u?) With pride and lofty disdain to know that while I am sleeping calmly under my roof tree, as I heard a man call ? it once, you are showing up those old frauds like Julius Caisar and Hamlet nnd Portoullis and Andronicus and Mrs. Poti phar and other people who have become historical. That was my idea when I sent you away to that female seminary, or whatever it was, where you went to get educated. I wanted you to come out with a whole lot of thoughts that showed right on their face that they were expensive. I wanted you fbbeable to tell dowifat the store how much A, B and C would each have to grind off a circular grindstone four feet three and one-half inches in diameter, with a square hole in the center three and one-fourth inches each way, provided A pays qnc-sixth of the price of tl?c stone, B one*half, and C the: balance, with' the understanding that C shall use 5 per cent, more than his share, provided he will turn the grindstone. I wanted you to be able to talk with foreigners in their native tongue the darkest night that ever blew. I desired that you might become a man who could walk up to on Italian as he plays his organ voluntary^berieathJyour casement and tell him' in his own musical alarm clock language what you think of hitu., . So 'it pleases me to know that you are printing a paper now,- so you can show off to advantage what I have invested in you. BUNCOMBE county butter. After a while I want torwrite a little ar? ticle itr your paper, not so much for the purpose of saying anything, but in order to show the contrast between the polished work of a well educated, smart young man and the crude; efforts of a plain man who is entirely unfitted'for everything ex? cept paternal purposes, j We are having a good time here in the south, enjoying the climate and making experiments with the butter which is pro? duced here. Butter made in the fast? nesses of the hills in Buncombe county is mostly of a polo pearl gray, with a pin stripe in it of vUtramarine. This does not look badly, and it sets off a hoecake first rate.* This butter is not eaten by the people who' manufacture^itO They are poor sometimes, end have to e?t most any? thing that wiU'sustaihJif e, but they draw the line at this butter. * I went out into the brush last week to buy a load of wood, and I took tea with a gentleman who Uves in an open face cot? tage pn the other side'of the mountains. I then discovered that these people do not I eat their own butter. I did not notice any butter, but they had gravy os a substitute , for it. ? .Corn; dodger in and of itself will not melt in the mouth, so I looked around for a means of lubricating my own. At that time the warm hearted and hospita? ble host made the following remark: "Stranger,, you musn't be squeamish. Just waller yer dorgerin the dope. That's the way we do." t I then proceeded to waller.?Bill Nye in s Chicago NeVs. A Medical Man's Advice. Under oil circumstances, and in all states Of health, wo are affected favor ? ably by personal contact. Two persons Should rarely ever sleep together. The , result is now well understood to be de? vitalizing to ono or the other. Vam? pire natures fatten; their victims weaken. This is quite as true of husbands and wives os of otiiers. It is peculiarly true of children. The exceptions do exist where there is a mutual benefit, but the exceptions are rare. The excretions dur? ing sleep are one thing, the absorptions another. I recently was called to attend a young girl whose symptoms were lassitude, and, as she said, she feit worse after sleeping, and dreaded going to bed. Yet she slept welL I found that her bed mate was a woman of 40 of a peculiarly vampirish temperament. The proper course in this case was a total separation of the victim from the devourer. If the cose has been long protracted, and the evil seriously affecting health, send the patient into the country to associate with trees and flow? ers.?M. Maurice, M. D., in Globe-Demo? crat. One of Those Mysteries. There was an old fellow turning nWiand ovgon on Grand River avenue yesterday when a man and his wife stopped for a moment to hear the music and read the sign hanging on his neck. The sign read: "I have suffered with rheumatism until I have no use of my hands or arms. Please help me." "Poor man?give him something!" ex? claimed the wife. "Sure he's a11 right?" "Why, of et 1 Doesn't the sign say i he has lost'the t of his hands and arms?" The husband dropped a dime into the 'box, and the pair went on, but they had not proceeded over half a block when the wife halted with av:uddeu jerk and ex? claimed: "Why?why, how could he turn tho crank if he had lost the use of his arms?" "I dunno," softly replied the man, and then, while the woman gritted her teeth and clenched her fingers he leaned up against a tree box and Laughed a haw! haw! haw! until he was tired.?Detroit Free Press. "The tree of death" is what The Buf? falo Express calls the telegraph pole. May Fortescue Between Acts. Some of our high society got odd In? struction and amusement from May. Fortescue, the English actress and sen? timental plaintiff, just before her de? parture for home. She is a beauty, be it understood, and her cleanly law suit against Lord Garmoyle has forced her into fashionable consideration. She may have failed, as they assert, In her profes? sional tour of America, but her positively last appearance before an audience was a triumph. Bernhardt is playing here. She freakishly insists upon making the intermissions between acts half an hour long. The people resent this trifling, and Manager Abbey is seriously annoyed, be? cause it hurts the business. Fortescue has been under Iiis direction, too. She told him that she wished to see the great Frenchwoman act. "I'll give you a box," ho said, "if you will wear good clothes, look your prettiest, and sit at the front, so that the audience will have something to divert them during the long waits." "It's a bargain," replied Fortescue; "I will agree to entertain the people 'twixt octs." She did, with a vengeance. She wore white flufflly, and carried an im? mense fan of the same color. That made her conspicuous, for it is not the custom in New York to don such clothes for the drama, though it 1b done elaborately ot the opera. She seated herself at the front of a lower proscenium box, facing the au? dience, and proceeded to impersonate a vivacious, ingenuous maiden. It was as bold an undertaking as anybody ever saw in a theatre; it was a marvel of demon? strative pantomime; picturesque poses and extravagant gesticulation alternated; a bevy of fellows supported her tableaux; and the amazed and amused spectators found that the tedium of the half hour intervals was beguiled. But it would be o pity if the young girls present were to take pattern of Fortescue and behave in that extraordinary fashion at the theatre. ?"Uncle Bill" in Chicago Herald. A RUN ON THE BANK.' A Committee of Merchants Help a Da? kota Banker Through a Panic. I ran across a New York man the other day who is largely interested in the hank? ing business of Dakota. The conversa? tion drifted into a discussion of the char? acter of the people out there. "They may be rough in their manners," said, he "and uncouth, in their way, but they stand by a man when he is in trouble and they never forget a friend. I had an opportu? nity," ho went on, ','to test this trait not many years ago. The bank of the town where I was staying found itself greatly embarrassed one fine day by the failure of its principal correspondent in the terri? tory. This fact became known late in the afternoon of the day'that the news of the failure reached the town. A rnn on the bank the following morning was inevit? able. To meet it there was but $6,000 in the vaults. The remainder of the assets could not immediately be turned into ready cash. "The president of the bank was at his wits' end. He didn't know what to do. Morning came and he decided to close the bank. He was about to give the neces? sary orders when in.walked a committee of. the leading merchants of the place. They asked for an explanation of the sit? uation. It was given to them and like? wise an opportunity to look at the books. A short examination sufficed to show that the bank was only temporarily embar? rassed. They said to the president, 'You open the doors at 10 o'clock as usual and pay the depositors; we'll see you through this thing.' 'But how are you going to do it?' said the president. .'I have but $6,000 hero and there are at least $30,000 in deposits to be met. Half of that sum is clamoring on the sidewalk" how.' 'Never mind, you; open the bank and go ahead,' said the . committee,' and we will see you through.' "Well, the bank was opened and in rushed the depositors and out went the money. The pile of greenbacks on the cashier's-desk grew smaller and smaller and the crowd of depositors continued to increase with every minute. Still the pay? ing at'the teller's window went on. On the sidewalk the people who had drawn their money were met by some of the merchants who had promised to see the bank through. 'What are you going t? do with your money?' they would ask. 'I don't know,'came the answer. 'Suppose you leave it with us; you know our house and know that we are responsible. We will give you our note and so much .in? terest.' To the farmers (for the majority of depositors were farmers) the money in their pockets where it drew no interest was of little use; they preferred, of course, the notes and were without difficulty per? suaded to part with their money. As soon as they had received the money the merchants would deposit it in the bank The same money was paid over tho counter three times or oftener in the course of the day, and when the hank closed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon it had in its vaults as much money as it had started with in the morning, and with $6,000 It had paid over $20,000 of de? posits. The promptness with whn,h it met the demands of the depositors stayed 1 the panic and the next morning there was not the slightest indication of a run. This is.an absolutely true story," said my in? formant in conclusion, "for I was myself the president of that bank. Now can you match that by anything in the east?" ?Cor. New York Tribune. A Paper'Hunt In Washington. Washington- society has a ridiculous fad. .It is called "a paper hunt," and the latest recruits to the dudish pastime of chasing n lot of torn scraps around the country are Secretary Whitney and Secre? tary Fairchild. Secretary Whitney rides because members of the foreign legations "and other aristocratic beings set the ex? ample. Secretary Fairchild rides because he is getting fat, like the president, and desires to reduce his flesh. A paper hunt was given the other day, and the path of the "hare," as the leader is called, was followed by the trail marked with pieces qf paper. The. hare was Alexander Gregor, who got half an hour's start of the other horsemen, during which time he succeeded in getting oiit of sight. When the time for starting arrived the whole party, including a number of la? dies, rushed into a gallop for the place where Gregor had disappeared. In trying to leap a fence Secretary Whitney was rolled over in a field, and other members of the party, after this mishap, adopted the precaution of having the fence rails taken down by servants. When tho road got rather rough the excitement of the chase decreased materially, and there was an adjournment of those who were unable to follow, to a convenient spot where liquid refreshments were obtained. Fail? ing to catch the hare they were after the crowd ambled gently back to the Russian legation, where they awaited tho return of Mr. Gregor, who, after riding about six miles in the country and finding he was not followed, returned home In disgust.? Chicago Herald. Welcome to the Tramps. "Talking about toboggan f Tides," said a Baltimore and Ohio train boy, "a friend of mine down in Maryland has the neatest scheme I ever saw. He is a station agent and his station Is on the mountain side. It must be about a thousand feet down to the valley by a rapid slope. Some of the boys in the neighborhood fixed up a tobog? gan and beat down a path along the mountain side just back of the station. It was a terrific slide, but the work of climbing up again was so great that the boys soon abandoned the course. The sta? tion agent, however, turned it to good ac? count. He has been bothered nil winter by tramps sneaking into tho waiting room and sleeping on the benches and making things disagreeable. He used to fight with the bums almost every clay to keep them out of the station, but he doesn't do that any more. He invites them to come in and get warm and make themselves at home. He fairly coaxes them. After they go to sleep he picks them up one by one and lifts them out the back window and drops them upon the slide. If you could see a procession of these tramps go? ing down that slide, traveling on their trousers, their shoulders or their heads, and at the rate of two or three miles a minute, you'd think life had not been lived in vain. It's funny enough to make a locomotive snor*. with laughter."?Chi? cago Herald "Tialn Tall:." Family Kesemhlanoes. New York police say that Chinamen look so much alike that when a murder is committed in Chinatown it is impossible to find out the murderer unless the Chi? namen help in tho quest. Curiously enough people in China make the same complaint of Europeans and Americans, that they look so much alike that it is im? possible to distinguish them. People who have not been accustomed to seeing negroes think that all black people look alike, but .in days of slavery no one had any difficulty in recognizing his slaves, whose differences of form and feature are as apparent as those of any class of peo? ple. In strange species we see the re? semblances, in the familiar we discern the differences. Members of the same family do not imagine they look alike, while to strangers the resemblance is very striking. To the shepherd every sheep of his flock Is as distinctly individual as the dog that drives them, while to an unaccustomed eye all sheep-are as much alike as the shot that are run in the same mold. The Chi? nese are not more similar to each other than Americans; it is that the police are not accustomed to them.?Newburyport Herald. Tho Barber Business In Germany. The barber business in Germany is far different from what it is in the American country. There every one does not go to the barber shop when he wants to be shaved. The best barbers have of course a regular custom at the shops, but they also have three or four employes whose business It Is to attend to the outside trade; that is they go around from house to house and attend to tho wants of cer? tain customers. This class of customers liavo their own cups and razors and are waited on at such times as best suits their convenience. They are the aristocrats, and would no more think of going in and taking a chair in a barber shop and wait thcir turn than they would of blacking their own shoes. These men generally pay from $8 to ?10 per year for the ser? vice rendered them.?Globe-Democrat, Advantages of Electricity. In Boston, It is stated, the arrests made for serious offenses committed on the highway has shown a very marked falling off in number since the electric light, for street purposes was introduced.?Chicago Times. Such Ih Fume. A little provincial paper in England, re? ferring to our Howells, said recently: "The Americans are boasting of a novelist who is appropriately enough named Howls." The Cyclone In the West. Fobt Scott, April 23.?A special from Prescott, in this county reports a terrible cyclone on Thursday evening at about 6.30 o'clock. There were seven? teen killed at different points throughout the county, and an incalculable amount of damage done to all kinds of property. The town of Prescott is wiped out of existence, not a single building being left standing to mark the site of a once prosperous and thriving place. Reports are coming in from all over the county of damage by the terrible storm. It was a genuine cyclone, but came from the northwest instead of southwest, as is usual. Hail fell all over the county. Some stones measured thirteen inches in circumference. St. Louis, April 23.?Special dis? patches published this morning show that fearful cyclones, tornadoes and hailstorms swept over a considerable part of western and southwestern Missouri, Southeastern Kansas and northern Arkansas on Thurs? day evening, causing greas loss of life and destruction of property, as well as maim? ing a large number of people. ? Farmer Keith, of Runnels County Texas, is noted for his big beard. It is said to be five feet four inches long and twenty-one inches wide in its broadest part. It is of a rieb chestnut color, and its owner, a prosperous sheep grower, is very proud of it. ? One who has suffered says a coquette is a woman without any heart, who makes a fool of a man that ain't got any bead. ? California last year shipped eas 15,000 tons of grapes. If freights will justify it, double that amount will reach us another year. ? The German government has just paid $250,000 for an invention for steer? ing balloons. A successful trial of the invention was made bv tho war office. Bncklen's A rnaca Salve. The Best Salve in l;be world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, 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 A Danville R. K., COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1880. (Trains run on 7.1th Meridian time.) No. 53 makes closo connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Pass. .Agent. D. Carswekl, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager. JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE New, Rare and Beautiful Plants for 1887 IS NOW READY. LOVERS of fine Plants will find a large collection of Beautiful and Rare Plants, as well as Novelties of Merit. This rich collection is well grown, and offered at very low prices. ORCHIDS?A very large stock of choice East Indians, American, etc. Also, Cata 'ogucs of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAULS, Washington, D.C. ? OF ? March 3,1887 3-1 2m OUR PURPOSE! lo knock the MARROW out of Prices at the "FIRST DASH/' and to anticipate the customary half to five cents cuts on an article worth three or four dollars! EXAMINE the Jbllowiug figures, and make tip your mind that they cannot be lowor ed by any one for the same class of Goods : A perfectly sound and sweet low grade Flour for ?3.50 to ?1 50 per Barrel. A choice family Flour from $4.50 to $5.00 per Barrel. Fancy to Extra Fancy Tennessee Flours $5.25 to $5.75 per Barrel. Full Roller Patent Flour $6.00 to $6.50 per Barrel. New Orleans Molasses 20c to 40c per gallon. Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Tobacco, and all other Staple Groceries A LITTLE CHEAT? ER than any one. Dry Goods, Shoes, Boots, Hats and Clothing, AX BOTTOM-OUT PRICES. We mean what wo say, and if you have the CASH we will give you the bargains, and save you the time and expense "looking around" on the small five cents cuts. J. J. BAKER & CO, No. 2 and 3 Benson House. March 3. 1887_34_ OUR STOCK OF FAMILY GROCERIES IS COMPLETE 1 FRESH GOODS Arriving: by EVERY TRAIN 5,000 pounds Country Hams, 5,000 pounds Magnolia Hams, 4,000 pounds Harvey's Best Lard, 20,000 pounds Wheat Bran, 20,000 pounds Rice Flour, 50 bushels German Millet Seed. Try our Kaffer Corn, the great Southern forage plant. 50 pounds Watermelon Seed from Augusta?Rattlesnake, Skaley Bark and Kolks Gem. All of which we will Sell Low for CaSh. FRESH CELERY every day. 33. IF. OK/A-ITTOIT <Sc SON'S. Match 10, 1887 34 COME AND SEE! I am now Receiving my Spring and Summer Goods. In Dry Goods?I have Virginia Cassimeres, which are the best goods I ever han? dled ; Jeans, Cashmaret, Calico, Worsted Goods, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings; a few pair Blankets to sell at cost for Cash. Boots and Shoes?Bay State Boots and Shoes, for Men, Women and Children. Hats?A beautiful line of Men's Hats, in Wool, Felt, Straw and Maccanaw. Wall Paper?A large and beautiful line of Wall Taper at low prices?over 700 rolls on band. Hardware?A good assortment of Hardware, Groceries and Provisions?Bacon, Flour, Corn, Bran, Sail, Molasses and Fancy Groceries. FINE TEA a specialty. CARPETS, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, WOODENWARE, GARDEN SEED, YELLOW YAM and PEABODY POTATOES, for eating or planting, BUGGY RIMS, HUBS, SPOKES and Shafts, And many other things not necessary to mention. I beg my friends and customers to give me a call and price my Goods. I think I have a reputation for selling honest Goods at as low prices as the same quality can be sold for in the city. Come and price my Goods?no charge for showing. A. B. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C March 31, 1887 38 IN THE HARBOR! WE HAVE ANCHORED OUR NEW LOT OF LADIES' GOODS With the Lowest Prices, and expect to sell them accordingly! HA VING just visited the Northern markets and purchased the FRESHEST and most BEAUTIFUL STOCK ever brought to the City, WE DEFY COMPETITION! And are prepared to sell cheaper than the cheapest. Our Goods are lately imported, and consist of the newest styles and greatest variety. We guarantee satisfaction, and only ask an inspection of our WHITE GOODS, FRENCH MULLS, SUM? MER SILKS in the latest shades, stylish MILLINERY and NOTIONS. Bgk, All orders receive careful attention. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. March 24,1887_37_ JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. Arc offering their immense Stock of STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, ? CHEAPER THAN EVER. j They will sell Stoves on time to good parties for good paper. They will sell their second-hand Stoves much lower than cost. . They buy remnants of Seed and Lint Cotton, Rags, Raw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Gall and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware, <&e. *sr BEFORE BUYING. Fob 17, 1887 82 PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. 11 33 a m 12 03 p m 12 40 p m 113 p m 135pm 2 02 p m 2 20 p m 2 40 p ni 3 15 p m In effect April 15,1887. Time?1 hour slower than C. & G. R. It time. Going South?Daily, except Sunday. Leave Anderson. 5 30am 11 00 am Leave Deans. 6 02 a m Leave Cooks.G32am Leave Lowndesville. 7 05 a m Leave Latimers. 7 35 a m Leave Hesters. 7 55 a m Leave Mt. Carmel.... 8 21 a m Leave Willington.... 8 37 a m Leave Bordeau. 8 57 a m Arrive McCormick... 9 30 a m Arrive Augusta. 6 05 p m Arrive Charleston. 7 00 a m Arrive Savannah. 5 55am 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 15pin 750 am Leave McCormick... 415 p m 10 15 a m Leave Bordeau. 4 49 p m Leave Willington.... 5 09 p m Leave Mt Carmel... 5 25 p m Leave Hesters. 5 51 p m Leave Latimers.610pm Leave Lowndesville. 6 41 p m Leave Cooks.7 15 p m Leavo Deans. 7 43 p m Arrive Anderson.8 15 p m Connects with train to and from Green? wood, Laarens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and Asheville it Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A. W. W. STARR, Snpfc, Augusta, Ga. Havtnp loliS your excel? lent preparation known at 10 47 a m 1107 am 11 22 a m 11 48 a m 12 08 p m 12 38 pm 112 p m 142pm 2 15 p m G foi the past year or mote ?we are pleased to report that it nas given ?Stire satisfaction and we do not hesitate to recommend It. J. a Williams J: Co.. Syracuse, N. Y Soldfcy Drtjrgiits. Fslce, $1.00, For sale by ORR^& SLOAN, Anderson, S. C. 45-ly POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel or purity, strength and wholesomencss. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low teat, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in ennr Royax. Bakisu Powder Co., IOC Wall St., New York. 42?ly For sale bv WILHITE cfc WILHITE, Anderson, S. C. 44?ly Gurcs Backache, Lung Troubles, Kidney Diseases, Rheumatism, Etc A trial will convinco tho most skeptical that tbry nrn tlie liest. They are medicated with Ciiiitiicnni mid tho actiro principle of petroleum, b*Mi:g ftir morn powerful in their action than other.plantpd?. honotbo induced to take others, but If sure mid pot tho genuine " Potroline, which is iilwrt;*seiirloKi?diu an envelope with the Bipnntiira of th.i proprietors, The P.W.P. Co., tiiiil directions in four Innguuges; also seal in prnon and pold on each piaster. Sold by all druggists, at -j c-;ut:i each. CORN PLASTERS Aro tho best known remedy for hard and soft corns, und never fuil to cure, l'ricc, ~5 cents. PEDACURA INSOLES Cure- Cold Feet, <?out, Rheumatism, I?'aral:t sis. Swollen lcel, etc. The Peleg Whito Proprietary Co., ol Church Stroet, Now York, Manufacturers.' Of first class drunjjists and WILHITE & WILHITE, Agents for Anderson, S. C. April 29, 1886 42 ly OORgS 31? LADIES Energetic and intellicent laili?N wi'ntifl to introduce our popular Corsets In nv?:ry ounty. .No ?perl cnoo required. Ajvn'a ???"<? monthly. IRO ililt'iiP'i i at; les Largest com minions, lies', l?:rms alil? pimN. Satisfaction piiarni territory civ-n. ff.'t OUTFIT trateil Catalogue uml partieiib for terms nt oiicj. A-*r. for making *100 to select from, n-'d most anl i. ? il. Kxclnclve i VKK, lllos i-s ,':.??;. Writo ,ur .-?300 Cn?h Premium List. (Vir new hook, entitled IHtlJSS KKFOKM T O it LAMES, with biography of Worth (illustrated*, sent >->n receipt of application. (T WILL PAV EXPE1U ENTCKU AGI5NTS to ?"?ITK for TEKMS. Don't <leluy if you wish to secure terri? tory. MWI3 EC5IELZ 4 CO., 390 BB0ADWA7, NEW TOBX, I GROCERY HOUSE. BROWNLEE * BROWN, - DEALERS IN - HEAVY, FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONS. tt E offer all kinds of Groceries, Canned Goods, Pickles, Crackers, Preserved Fruits, Haras, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Green and Roasted Co?ees, Best Brands of Teas, Buckwheat Flour, Oat Flakes and Wheat Flakes' All kinds of Candies and Nuts, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, And as good a 5c Segar as you will find anywhere. Brooms, Buckets, Soap, Starch, Blueing, &c. A nice lot of Bran just received. $3- Everything NEW and FRESH. Call and secure polite attention, and any? thing you wish in the Grocery line at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FOR CASH. Jan 13,1887 BROWNLEE & BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Hall. 27 GET THE BEST ! The Cheapest and Finest Guano in the Market! THE undersigned having been appointed agents for the sale of the G EXEROSTEE FERTILIZER would call the attention of the Farmers of Anderson County to its merits. It is a home-made Ammoniated Fertilizer, of the highest grade. Its offi? cers are personally known to our people, and their character guarantees the honesty of the manufacture. Nothing but first-class materials are used in it. Many of our leading Farmers have tested it with entire satisfaction. We guarantee it to be as good as last year, and as good as the best commercial mannre sold in this market. TERMS?Cash, payable May 1st, 1887, ?23.00 per Ton; November 1st, 1887, $25.00, or 325 pounds Middling Lint Cotton. ^SS- Patronize home enterprise, and at the same time get the best manure. "539, Call and see us without fail before purchasing. It will cost you nothing lo look into the merits of this Guano. BROWN BROS., Agents, Fcb 17, 1887 32 ANDER80N, 8. C. 3m FURNITURE! FURNITURE! Will be sold Cheaper'than Ever at G. F. TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! THERE you can 2nd the most Elegant assortment of all kind j 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 Suita at $45.00. Lounges from $5.00 to $13.00. Washstands 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. ?ST* P. S.?Persons indebted to me must pay up immediately and save trouble. Can't indulge any longer. Oct 14,1886 G. E. TOLLY, Depot Street. 14 H THE EA.KTHQUAKE 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. 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 $IS.OO 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'3 DRUG STORE on Granite Row. Persons indebted to me must pay up by 15th November. Oct 7, 1886 13 JAMES M. PAYNE. 5* cc I ?? ?8 * ^o? stolen Ills8-! f k 1 H " a 3 9 ? ?? - ra o G- a <Ss5S=?5? o *** "?jS ? o r> h%4 n ~ C ? ? 2 " HI** ss-sr g ?s3 PW C3 5?C = O C C"3-. 1 B : o 5 S la ?5 E -2 3 - ? I 3. OB ? 73 <? C o . i W2 9 EE, BS 3 ? 3 a 3 fi ? 1 5 so g 5*o cd hi DJ . a h 0 ??s o 8,2.5 ?"-?flO . 5? acrq SM = B 2 cd ? l^j ^ 3-f^p B co fO H '?-^v re ' ? o ill ?s O JO 5 rr^B p. - _ ^5og a.co (b m NC Ql 5-5 ff BN ?Qb 3.0 < 3.3 E5 ?3. ? 50 3 3 5 9 E. ? 4 < ? ?3 jj-EiTp ?f 2," s. o 5^? (b B?5o 2|SB cd a so Tried iii; the CruttWe. ? About twenty years ngo I dlscovnrcd a tittle ?ore on my check, and the doctor* pro? nounced It enncer. I navo tried o ntunber of pbysJclan j, but without receiving any perma? nent benefit. Among the number wcro one or two speclalt.ti. Tho medicine tlicy npp?cd was like nr?- to the aorc, causing intense pain. I saw a statement Jn the papers telllns what S. S. S. had dono for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at once. Before I had used tho second bottle tho neighbors could notice that my cancer was hcnling up. Jly general health had been bad for two or three years-1 had a hacking cough ami ?p4t blood contin? ually. I had a severe pain In my breast. After taking six bottles of s. sf s. my cough left me and I grew stouter than 1 had been for several years. My cancer has healed over all but a little epot about the size of a half dime, and itla rapidly disappearing 1 would advise every one with cancer to glvo S. S. 8. a fair trial. Mes. NANCY J. KcCONAUOHEY. Ashe Grove, TIppecanoe Co., Ind. Feb. 16, 1SSS. Swift's Specific 1? entirely regetable. and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the nrltles from tno blood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Olseaae. mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer S, Atlanta, Oa. Impurities EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. ROCHESTER, N. Y.,;September 15,1886. WE have made HILL, ADAMS & CO., of Anderson. S. C, our Agents for the ante of our LHdies' Fine Sboe.?. We moke on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wau ken Pliant ?nd Creole last?; (he latter N just out and is very nice. We use the McKay Machine and m w with best Barl ourV ibread. Every pair warranted. Thev are nice, neat and Myh^h. Give thpm a look when you want a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent i"tny. Oct 7, 1886 _ E. P. REED & CO. CARRIAGE AND "Wagon Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully in? form the public that ho is prepa~ed to do all kinds of work ' i tho Carriage and Wagon line. Now Buggies and Wagons put up lo order. 1 make a specialty in Painting, as I have a first-class Painter; so brills on j'our old Buggies. I have in connection with me Mr. J- A. Wallace, an expert Blacksmith, who will do all kinds of Plantation work, and Horse Shoeing a specialty. Please call and see us?we will do you right. Shops, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. W. D. MARONEY. Jan 20,1867 28 PATENTS. WM. G. HENDERSON, Patent Attorney And Solicior. OFFICES, 025 F STREET, P. O. Box 50. WASHINGTON, D. C Formerly of the 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 infringements of Patents. Information cheerfully and promptly furnished. Hand Books on Patent?, with references annexed, FREE.