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'THE- HAPPY DEAD. v. T-v _ __ ^ttiftafedea^-llko you and I "When all o?r earthly yearn have sped? /?tswoet, unbroken saunber He r- - vTha.hippy detail iV^O'crthetatho kindly seiisocsshed . The beauty bom of earth and aky, * And peace to perfect alienee wed. - The happy dead r g^Setf do not need a tear or ajgh? i^^^Pa?? trom their dreamless dost has fled? Thiyrestheneath the Eternally. Jf?^v.-'^v^.'vHxeliappy <teadl. ~ '?> :^Q'^Kaa)^^Baji?h.XcS^a Companion. LOST IAD0MA. ^Diriins with Mrs. .Van G?rden some ? : years ago when poor G?rden was still v ,?Mf e, JL began to expatiate on a landscape ^WW' a. ^'or two before from a l^ffiiter .to.whonicertain artists .bad iii ; terestecl me, and whom. I came to knov ^^p^^l^BB^m?xt'?f owne?hlptl xi r?aaj^;*was: ;grjeatly,.emhanbed by the n ..^rmces-whfch hid been necessary to get ' the >Spd^.VThJs pleasure had to be cut?ff, ^thiitneceisity dispensed with and so many hours of'pj^ous time devoted to getting -^teonfey;by^puIsrrawarfc_The priceliad ^;tjeg^jjaid'-*8nm by smni, until now I was ^jM'trfr?ixM' one of the most beautiful V. creations of the day. In describing tow ?^wonderfully the artist had felt the modu 3*?tia? ^th?earth th\ the: bare Newport pa?ureJ how poetical was the coloring 1'^ionelyl^ ? and spectral the apple orchard on . i With its mossy trunks and thick iTtidtinm/fy salt, wihday splintered "* ijof icelin: the long winters? I had to. uame the workman. Eren tt^tOi speak of. the sea distance - ith the mast glorious colors into horizon, half mist, half liky rjusb a? you happen to see iturat-? fen' then I had not uttered his nanm. l^?^^'^d?i, i&^'toikhow ifc>" an siaipecwNmBn my: hostess inquired; "not ^ ^^KS^dfetmcijive- one -at best. - TTcnry " 'Taa G?rden dropped her spoon in ras if she had burned her tongue,. ftb/i C^SbOTenm-th?t. hearty bass ?f his, wliirl '^h^^i^^Wst^BB^^nai^ with a gesture ;tbat^ stamped him to his friends in any M|;. they'Tnake. the^n,^ sai^I. ?lean mam with long feat-' ..hand, aSoyhicaf look f?at whatmus* have been once great : ",ufcy;. a't?solute carelesmesf of" any slovenliness, the most htiog eyes thar; yon have ever seen. l?b^'t the^ne aria, by which ho Uvea, or ideas?or, perhaps say, utters sentiments-?most' (/those who love artistic crea? aU humbug, according to him,. professes to be m a state of ner wiaderment how people can be l-so^ooliah as to: exchange gold dol ffflt.danbs of paint. At the same time ?-acknowledges that it is his interest to coritaraerthe deception, for - otherwise the ?j starva^?Qn' which^ he. now-?. calls relative f-wo^$e??e absblnte. Ho* that hi con [c^-sldeisf ??-life worth anything; but his an ?3''lecstor*,' having bequeathed to him ar in t ^st?netofself preservatto'i, sway and over i'"ride^ds aminionBerise so ^ar as to can pel ' hfm fp straggle Just enough.to exist.1 * ^pXfoftii*^^ to Mrs. Van .r--Cki?3^sad^,thav' my?'friend dining ^thatiadyhasa qiilet from the comrades of her husbahd ^not deference merely, but strict atiSenfidn: ^rl never met a woman who did thj$Tmore simply and effectually without setaning io intend it Husband and guests" ?re her7, the. center; woe betide ^lib^sna^ltcafge^'wnatBhe oon qr dnel i 'Now, there are feelings > tnatifetrarthemselves by a certain rigid? ity o* faee, a forced fixity of interest; the .science :.me in Mrs." Van G?rden of Henry Brown. >;^^ynakuow Mm*" I asked suddenly. ::^ghe.,put her hand to her throat as if a "" choked, laughed, gave a qmzdcal "f?^alx Henry Browns." not mistake this om. He of the most tortuous mind, with argument consists of a series of ap^c|ifr?sh t oles in the ground, hewfil peep with a strange, sat adeo>of Ms ovm and shift as soon hard pressed,: He was admirably^ edu : Jesuit college or other so the classics and-what the used to call dialectita;,but j, dead wall to bis ntnd ^ however, for inveighing science, and as he would rather a sdentifio book, his re ^nwB^<are; extremel:r picturesque, I can tfv^^cTnke yon to show-ns.'the, plctojre,V > Tquotii.'; G?rden. "IVbat do you Bay, 1 v:"YeHef^!-Sbm?i.day or other, when it's ^:^pte!reoiH^en1* But you, know how ^yi^.t^.engagement book is just now." ^^^y^^d; yon' one side of him," I cou :~ jtiffuedj;^^here's anot'ier. He is a Catholfc,. |j^ttknowrjbufv Ishouldfancy, not a prc ^ot strict,Cat! olic. And yon would |-;}not,b? htifrlendrlonj; before yon would be Mraq"^^ yourself the subject ' of insidion^ attacks ta a Protestant That ^tage"would;be followed by an aggressive |:<^pajgnintend^d to make you join the BoEi?n. church I ?? The comic part is that Jw?a^b^ priiBete and, I really eyey never.gossnear ^acnurch.n ? a trifle uneasily at his I - said this, and I remembered. tiling about Mrs. Van the effect'ihat she once joined ; or had at any rate coquetted . .She changed the subject , as if she had heard quite sinter and picture. The truth was that little was known of Van^fibrdeiv'a early life She was 1 to come from Buffalo or other which the trie limited New York ! hazily as in the west. The si searcher was rebuffed by easy, smiling pairies to the more or tqnastions that were put regard h er family and antecedents. I only ice heard an allusion made by her to hex fore marriage, and that was in v the I of an unguarded outbreak when I . an. intense look of devotion G?rden. It was like cool bed of lava: You little know my con 'dltipn,^"what I was, what I meant to do, whela that' man saved nie, made me, ' ited me again. I worship him. If he @f should not live." flwas scared, but strengthened, at such . 'flash as- that; but she, scared and hd Poor G?rden is dead and his es; but you need not suppose it she" was posing or meant nothing, go, she has learned that it is nobler to re on for others than to allow herself to " 1 away becaufe her mate is gone. I. next day I. heard Henry Brown's ? at my door, and he came in with the Ithy tread habitual to him and that ler of beinff surprised to- find me at ?which is one of. Ms oddnesses. He a pipe and took'his seat as usual be ^gfe where bis eyes could rest on 1 landscape. Every now and then DUld ?A up, walk about tmceJtfiury, rn to the picture and look closely 1 portion of it, while his hand per I a curious caressing movement^ as ". the canvas. Then he would mself and sit down precipitately rmmutes ~keep his eyes away. "10wever, they would return to he would become ab of thought, whether painful I could not teil? having" or something that it sug , lor the pivot ronnd which it turned _of Henry's charms'was Just such ^unconscious act as this, done while he ^-thinking Wmwdf completely unreada and yet'an act patent to the meanest standing. Perhaps it nattered one's ft for it seemed to put him at a as a child might be placed, 'his weakness called out your forbear Land protection. Or it was more srnis > the movements of a snake trying itself in a scanty thicket which 1 cold small eyes and lithe neck, but itothe light a guttering loop here, a seated ta? there. This night he was in a communicative, ' oat a garrulous, mood, and by some ?forgotten train of talk hit upon a etory.>off a brother artist?why ^E^dnot realise until, on re vie w amed -to be a moral .In it, j an indication In the direc that1 hobby of his, the church in educated r That might ac ,vmg, begun to tell It to K a blameworthy, thing odd proselyting- spirit 1 genuine sentiment in a entirely given over to I I did not'pay much attention to what he was saying at first, because it was in re? gard to artists who stole his Ideas, and on that topic I bad enjoyed a Taxied assort? ment of stories, some of which bad a foun? dation in fact; the most of them, however, were rank fables. But when be began to talk about an artist who was a Catholic I began to prick up my ears. Is he, I vaguely pondered, about to perform one of his feats of concealment and reveal himself to me under the childlike belief that he has put me quite off the scent? I watched him in tlio firelight and noted the pallor of bis long face, a countenance not unlike those ugly but attractive men at . the court of Queen Elizabeth, narrow faced. long jawed, weak- in one way, strong , in another. His long forefinger reached up beside bis lean cheek and hol? low temples till it was lost in his hair and a great elf lock of the latter fell on his gaunt wrist. Somber eyes gazed raptly in the .coals and between the choked pauses the wore a came thick and quick. An idea ?trucs. me suddenly. Not any longer a practical Catholic, was the need of confessing himself working within, and causing him to tell me, his acquaintance, what he ought to have told to some whom a? considered cemmissioned by heaven to "hear him? ! "There was a fellow student of mine," he said, in sentences interrupted by pauses of which he took no heed, "who had an order from a church to paint a Madonna. It was the occasion of his life, for he had lived hitherto in a grim fight with starva? tion, having been too proud to apply to his relatives for help in his distress. Money was given him to buy materials and hire models; he went ?w?y far a week into the. country to be abuolately afone, and finding that the country was less lonely than the town, returned and did little but haunt the churches. He was a- good Catholic then and complied with all the regulations of the church. At last?the idea he sought came to him?but-not at church. Oh, no, not while good thoughts were in his mind?but at the opera while a ballet , was being performed. He had gone there, ! so he told me, to escape from the pressure ofworry.overtbis^picture. Chance bad. . it that among the crowd on the a|age per? forming a part in the chorus after a fashion was a face which, if not in all respects fitted for a Madonna, was to the artist's eye perteob as a 'model That feature changed ? hit, the other enlarged?and there was the Queen of Heaven, like and yet unlike the type handed down with all the imposing tradition* of Italy!' My friend was wild with delight Hebe sieged the box office and guarded the exit from the stage. - At laab bis divinity ap? peared, shabby, .demure, angered at his impetuous address, but at last mollified, interested, appeased, and in fine persuaded to come to his studio the following day., ' 'She was a young, she was a lovely, she was a virtuous girl from the country, whom a series of cruel disasters had thrown oh her own resources, and is was not long be? fore my friend came to value, admire, to love her inTds'owri way?not a good way, . it seems?and give her plainly to know his feelings. The folly of it will not be real? ized by^you'who are not an artist, for., if there is one thing more insane than another it is for an artist to think of his model in any but a severely professional way. However, my friend was young and fool-, iah; he was very, very lonely; and so was she. They' lunched together, walked to? gether, read together. He taught her, so be thought, to be a Christian, for she had belonged to some queer sect or other that protests against Protestant?, such as our country abounds in. The Madonna was almost^ nay, it was quite finished when? what might have been foretold occurred. There was a week of bliss, a month of agony, and one morning her hat and veil were found on a pier.; The great river, in whose babbling springs'she had dabbled her. cfrfldfah feet, took her to . its bosom, away from the tmkindness, the vfleness of mankind." Brown had brought the lean, long hand before his face, but I caught the glitter of . .moisture on his cheek and his" voice was husky. / z ,.\ . r. "And the MadonnaVis now?". j 'Gone.- He. could .never bear to look at it again. Taking his colors again after a year had passed away he obliterated the whole picture. Over that he painted a view of the North river as one may see it in. winter, at. nightfall, when the ferry? boats crunch through floating ice and the I steamers chafe and groan at their moor? ings, when the air is full of sleet and the lights of vessels in midstream gase at you -like the eyes of baleful monsters. Oh, what a fool that man wasl First to allow himself to love a model, then to trifle with ! her, then?but nonsense! What is it to I me? Curse him! To cap it all?such a painting as that? A melodramatic thing! \ Instead of covering her with daisies and buttercups, planting above, her beautiful jr. trees that might wliBper comfort to the j poor: thing, and. shower blossoms oh her. grave, giving her at least'after death the satisfaction of a glorious sky and a view of earth, sea, heaven and God's bright sun! Curse him, the fool, the fool!'; . I held my breath at this incoherent out? burst, incapable of saying anything, and, horribly convinced that my wretched j friend, perhaps with certain distortions of ! fact as he commonly used, was relating to me no less an incident than, the one which I had changed and blighted his life. "But what nonsense J am talking!" he suddenly continued, '.'my poor friend's poor friend could not*be burled at all then why should he have painted a land? scape over her? She is there, far off there, under the sands of the Hook, or her bones are deep in the ooze of the bay 1" As he said this his long arm with, the long' hand seemed to stretch away in the firelight as if it could point exactly to the spot where that hapless child' lay buried I could stand the strain no longer' and started np. But he was quicker than I, I and before X could . oppose the movement i had seized his hat and was gone. How long I stood I do not know, but the certainty that ha had .confessed bis crime to me was paramount. I wanted light?companionship, and, striking a match, touched it to a candle before Henry i Brown's masterpiece. In the center, where the blossoms from the apple trees were strewn, was a low mound that I had not noted before. "It is her grave," I mut? tered. As I did so I noted a place where the thick paint in that spot had sprung,, and, holding the candle close, detected other cracks near by. Trying the largest with my nail, a thin, flat piece sprang off. I gazed curiously into the opening. Under? neath was the corner of on eye. That night 1 read not at all and slept little; the* next morning I had my picture [ taken to a restorer, and bade him remove from the figure beneath every Trace of the landscape. It was not a matter of days, bnt of weeks; and, meantime, Henry Brown had avoided me, and Anally sent word that he would leave next day for Europe. I went to . the G?rdens a few days after receiving his good by note, and happened to mention his departure. "By the by," I added, as we parted, "yon have never come to see my picture by Henry Brown,' as you promised If yon do not trust my taste yon do your husband's, and he saw and marveled at it. " "Yon have never asked me again," said Mrs. Van G?rden, quite in her usual vein. "Ask us to tea; let nobody else interrupt, and we will give yon our opinion. I hear," she turned and said a word or two to the servant, "I hear that this painter, Brown, is very strong, indeed?quite an original man in his way?" "He is, so," answered I, wondering what these good people would think if I should tell them of that scene before the picture and describe the way in which Henry Brown's lean hands writhed and his stealthy body undulated as he told me about his "poor friend's poor friend." The G?rdens came one afternoon, and when we were ensconced with a cup of tea apiece I called their attention to the Indian veil that covered a large frame. "How coquettish of yen!" exclaimed Mrs. Van G?rden. "You do not want the dramatic moment to be anticipated ? and spoiled by the veriest hair, do you? Don't yon think it is nice of him, my dear?" "I do, I do," said Gordon, getting up, "bnt I shall not stay to sie the curtain rise; it will be more intense without a third person. I've a telegram to send and will be bock Inside of twenty mln . utes." Wo sat in silence, looking toward the Indian veil, and a certain embarrassment occurred; an indefinable haze of self, con? sciousness enfolded me and perhaps made itself felt with Mrs. Van G?rden. She appeared to be trying to speak, for her i mouth would move a little and then be at I rest. I fancied she was trying to ask me something about Henry Brown. Finally she said: "Why did he go to Europe?" "Who go to Europe?" "Why, how foolish I am! I mean?the painter?what is his name??of your mys? terious landscape." I was opening my month to say I did not know, and to add that generally when Brown said he was going he did not go, and when he swore nothing could budge bim, then be was sure to flit?I was just opening my mouth when the door opened and in he walked with that gait that is so like the movement of a serpent. I sprang up and whipped the curtain off my land? scape. It was a Madonna whose features were those of Mrs. Von G?rden. The latter sat looking from the picture to the artist with a frozen face, but eyes brilliant with anger, contempt, indigna? tion. Brown saw that some one was there, bowed; and was all ready with his usual look of surprise and his usual re? mark at variance with his real sentiments, when his eyes, following their normal course when in my rooms, traveled to the fireplace and the picture. He stiffened where he stood, gasped?then saw whose face it was that blazed before him. He struggled to speak, but" the words seemed to die in his throat; at last he whispered: "Yon?yon did not drown?after all." Mrs. Van G?rden rose from her chair and an expression of infinite contempt and a little, yes, just a little, pity softened the look of a lioness at bay. "Go," she said "Go. I forgave you long ago. But I never wish to see you again. Leave this country and return-no more." Henry Brown had suffered acute aston? ishment, dismay, relief?joy, inexpressible and 'shame the most crushing?all in a minute. Without a word, a look at me, he turned and passed away; his undulat? ing Btep took him swiftly to the door. As it opened and closed I seemed to hear the rattling of scales.?"Cains" in New York Times. Bananas In California, It has been a mooted question for some time as to whether bananas could be suc? cessfully raised in this state or not The tree is a native of tropical countries and furnishes an important article of food. The pulp when ripe is of a luscious taste, and is eaten .either raw or fried in slices. Every steamer or sailing vessel that comes to this port from Panama or the Hawaiian islands brings large consignments of this luscious fruit, which sells readily at re? munerative figures. For some time past what has been known as the giant banana ? bos been grown in this state. It has ] grown as fast as in the tropics, and bears a leaf forty feet long. About a year ago a lady who lived for many years in the ? Hawaiian islands, and who is now settled in the foothills about two and a half miles from Los Gatos, Santa Clara county, no? ticing that the climate was similar to that of her island home, sent down for a quan? tity of plants and set them out as an ex? periment They have thriven remarkably well, and give every prospect of bearing an abundant crop of the fruit during the coming season.?San Francisco Call. New York'* Electric docks, j ; A large amount of capital is invested in electric clock corporations in New York. There have been half a dozen or more styles of electric clocks since their manu? facture was begun about 1885, one of the latest being a clock of obliging pattern which winds itself every twelve hours by an electric motor. It comes as near per? petual motion as. .any; machinery after a fruitless struggle of many years'has been able to get?Amos J. Cummings in Pio? neer-Press. THE GIFT OF GIFTS. If I could only give you what would outlast time, Romain as fixed as polar star above, Something to live and thrive in any clime, ? . I'd give my love. And should you ask for that more true than steel, A something of yourself, a kindred part, My inmost thought I'd then to thee reveal, And give my heart - ?' ?- 'it ?: * h X Should friends desert you, fortune cease to smile, I 8hould joy itself appear beyond recall, Your weary moments I would then beguile, And give my all. ? Bat if? some 1 of ty sacrifice you'd ask, ',. How1 gladl'd yiald me to your dear control And give, since giving is love's sweetest task, My very bouL And oh, believe me, could I turn away . One cruel shaft, one pong of this world's strife, From your great heart,. rd give my life. ; | ' ? + \ T 5 -;?!-%-1? Queer Venders In Turkey. The different articles of food differ as much as the venders who carry them. The most substantial are the "kebobs," or small-pieces of mutton, broiled on the end of an iron rod over the man gal of live charcoal .that they carry from place to place. Then with this is the "peloff," or rice cooked in grease. The1 'yaoute'' man finds ready sale for' his prepared clabber, ?while the "seamit," or seeded bread man, is at every one's beck and call. Sweet? meats of all kinds are ever at hand and even the ice cream man appears on the scene. None of them stop and implore your patronage, but all go forth calling at the top oi their yoices. Then here comes the organ grinders, one with the instrument on his back, while his comrade marches behind to turn out the tunes, and some of them are quite musical. It is around one of these instruments that the dancers con? gregate. It is mostly the commonest workmen, 'with their great heavy shoes, that take part. They form in line, rest? ing hands on each others' shoulders. Then the leader has a series of steps that he performs. The others follow his ex? ample, with less and less vigor toward the end, until the last one just simply walks around. They move in a circle, and when the leader has finished his list he suddenly ends, with a whoop and a jump and then; rests on the grass while his second takes bis place, and thus it goes on, so weird and lifeless and yet to a new observer so interesting.?Constantinople Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. ... _ . High B as a Test of Merit. About seventy years ago the chorus of the Bergamo opera in Italy possessed among its numbers a poor and modest young man, who was beloved by all his comrades and who was a tailor's appren? tice and chorus singer atone and the same time; in order that he might the better support his mother. One day the singer Nazari came to the tailor's Bhop to try on some garments then being made for him. The apprentice's face seemed familiar to him, and, on inquiry, he learned that he was a member of the chorus. "Hast thou a good voice?" asked Na? zari. "It is not particularly good," re? plied the tailor's assistant; "it is only with trouble that I con sing G." "Let me hear you," said Nazari. The boy be? gan and sang G by dint of great exertion. "Now an A!" "Sir, I cannot!" "Sing A at oncel" . And he did. "NowaB!" "It is not in my power!" "B, I say, or by my soul, I'll"-?? "Don't get angry and I'll try," and he song it "Do you see, you can sing!" said Nazari, with much pleas? ure. "And now I will tell you, my son, that if you will but practice you will be the first tenor in Italy." Nazari did not err in his judgment for the poor tailor's assistant finally became the owner of 1,000,000 lire and was the celebrated opera singer Ruhini.?Musical Society. Sletals and Alloys, One of the curiosities of science is to be found in the effect of impurities upon an alloy of gold and copper or other metal. Workers in the precious metal have long known that minute quantities of certain other metals render 'gold brittle and un? workable. It is, in fact * serious diffi? culty with which jewelers have always had to contend. . In an experiment recently made to dem? onstrate this truth, 200 sovereigns were ' melted and a minute portion of lead add? ed, amounting only to the 2,000th part of the weight of the mass. A little of the pure gold had been first run into a small ingot, which was bent and flattened to prove that it was perfectly workable. The rest of the moss was allowed to harden in the form of a bar, and when it was sufficiently cool to handle it could be broken by n slight tap of a hammer, or even with the fingers. The color of the gold was quite altered and had become an orange brown, while its tenacity?that is, its resistance to a force exerted to pull it asunder?had been reduced from eighteen tons to the square inch to five tons. A bar of tin, which could scarcely bo broken, though it would readily bend double, was rubbed with a slight quan? tity of quicksilver. Tho fluid penetrated the solid one, and in a few seconds the bar could be readily broken. Its fractured surface was white, like silver. A Tory Valuable Tonic. Dr. Christopher Columbus Johnson, an honorary member of the club at Mobile, forwarded a communication in regard to spring tonics, and gave the following rec? ipe for preparing what ho calls "Johnson's Liver Annihilator:" "Water, one gallon; alcohol, one quart Put in sassafras root, peach stones, tonka beans, persimmon buds, New Orleans mo? lasses and tnr to suit the taste, and keep in a dark place for ono week. This is warranted to cure perspiration of the liver in three days." The secretary was ordered to return the heartfelt thanks of the club, and various members will at once prepare the tonic.? ?atroit Free Press. MAKING MATCHES. HOW MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES DO THEIR WORK IN PARIS. Their Ramification* Found In All Spheres of Society?The Discoveries Hade by the "Secondary Agents"-How a Match Is Made. There are at the present moment in Paris between fifty and sixty serious mat? rimonial agencies, having ramifications In all spheres of society. Furthermore, 25 per cent, of the marriages in the middle and upper classes of Paris are arranged by these agencies. This is a fact which has been established by careful inquiry. Now, let us see how the agency Is organ? ized and how the machinery works. Anatole desires to marry. He does not know a girl that will suit him; his friends cannot help him; the usages of Parisian life prevent him from making acquaint? ances among marriageable maidens. He therefore goes to an agency and says, we will suppose, to the manager: "Monsieur, I am 84 years of age; I am an employe in the Bilateral Filter com? pany; I earn $50 a month, bnt hope to get an increase next year. Can yon find me a nice young wife, pretty, bright and an orphan? I do not care to have a mother in-law, and I don't mind if the young lady is not a musician." The matrimonial agent looks over his books, reflects, and replies: "Monsieur, I think I can just fix you. Lady, 29 years of age, agreeable exterior, small house near Dijon, expectations $8,800, daughter of a retired military man, excellent pianist." Anatole accepts at once, and two months later he is married and happy, and his excellent wife, who knows nothing about the intervention of the dis? creet agency, exclaims in a moment of "expansion: "My Anatole, what a lucky idea that yon stopped at Dijon on your way to Geneva! Had it not been for that we might never have met!" HOW DID IT HAPPEN? Now comes the question. How did the matrimonial agent know that this modest and honorable spinster was waiting for a husband on the outskirts of Dijon? The answer is, because he has correspondents all over France, who send him informa tic-Ti and exercise a sort of secret police on his account. In the provinces, everybody knows everything about everybody else, and it is easy for the correspondents of the matrimonial agents to :aote that Mile. A. has inherited $20,000, that Mile. B. has a weakness for lawyers, and that Mile. C. has refused to take the veil. "Very good," you will say. "Now tell me how the matrimonial agent manages to bring the young people together?' J This is precisely the point where the genius comes into play, aided often by an obliging priest The matrimonial agent has under his command a whole army of secondary agents, who may be classified under seven headings, viz., scouts, entertainers having homes, permanent or temporary inquiry agents, travelers, followers, introducers, and conscious or unconscious intermedi? aries. The chief scout of a first class Parisian matrimonial agency was formerly a body servant of Cavour; he married the cham? bermaid of a fashionable beauty of the court of Napoleon HI; and now he and bis wife earn in their new profes? sion $2,000 a year. Their business is to discover marrlageble girls and to re? port them at headquarters; the ex-valet of Cavour gossips at cafes with men ser? vants in rich families; he learns the modus vivandi of each family; he gets the names of all the friends of a family, and, if neces? sary, tbS names of the friends of the friends; thanks to this information the chief matrimonial agent is able to dis? cover among these names either that of a person affiliated with the agency, or else an unconscious agent who will introduce his client to the family of the young lady whose hand and dowry are to be won. AGENTS ON THE LOOKOUT. Travelers ore agents sent to the provinces, and especially to the seaside or to watering places, on some special mis? sion. Followers are volunteer agents who go to marriages and midday masses in the Paris churches, remark young girls ac? companied by their mothers, follow them to their homes, and by dint of patience discover who they are, what they are worth, and so constitute a sort of dossier or brief, which they sell to an agency. Conscious intermediaries ore financial agents, solicitors or notaries whose busi? ness enables them to collect in ; formation of a private kind. As for i the unconscious agents, they ore created by the conscious interme? diary, who calls upon a friend ! of the family about which information is re? quired, or upon a doctor or a priest who is in relations with that family. This con? scious mtermediary has an honorable social position; he apologizes for intruding and says that he has been sent to ask for information in view of a marriage much desired by a person whom be is not yet at liberty to name. The family is puzzled, wonders who the mysterious person may be and answers vaguely, perhaps, but sufficiently to enable the agency to know what ore the desires of the family. Then, if the agency has not on its books a client capable of realizing those desires, it is bnt a poor agency. The bride rarely knows that she has been won through the intermediary of an agency. It is only the very richly dowered who ore aware of the existence of this complicated and mysterious machinery, and who are therefore tempted to see in every young man with whom they waltz a client of a matrimonial agency which is seeking to earn its usual commission on the dowry. Thanks to the extension of the operations of matrimonial agencies, French marriages in the middle and upper classes tend more and more to become merely operations of loveless and arith? metical multiplication.?Paris Cor. New York Sun. Name of a Class Color. The unique name of a class color in a university not far from Boston is "No. 8." When the freshman class met to select its color it found the duty full of difficulties. What color could be chosen which had not already been appropriated by the pre? ceding classes? After much discussion a committee was appointed to secure sam? ples of colors, and in due time a card, to which bits of ribbon were attached, was presented to the consideration of the class. A unique color, between the shades of peacock green and peacock blue, was the result of the vote. Unfortunately no one knew what to coll the color. It was neither blue nor green. Finally one fresh? man had a bright Idea. He proposed that the color should be called "No. 8," the mark of the sample of ribbon upon the card, and by unanimous vote his sugges? tion was adopted.?Chicago Times. William Rockefeller, the Standard Oil millionaire, lives over two miles away from his office, and always walks both ways, rain or shine. Busy but >"ot Careworn. How is it that the busiest and most suc? cessful meuaro often the least careworn? Take the most notable millionaires of Chicago, for example, and you will find the foreheads of half of them smoother than those of the average man who has been successful in a small way. Phil Ar? mour, George M. Pullman, Marshall Field and Potter Palmer are among the busiest of men, but they carry their weight of responsibility easily and look younger than they really are. Mr. Field and Mr. Armour at 50 are younger than ?most men at 45, and hereditary vigor can? not wholly explain the preservation of men like them, who retain their power of endurance under burdens a hundred times greater than those which are breaking other men down.?Chicago Journal. Forgetting Their False Teeth. It is not only in the hurry of escaping from hotels during earthquakes and fires, as recently described in the reports from southern Europe, that people forget to take with them their false teeth. Within the past few days no less than four sets of teeth have been left in the rooms of the Planters', and by persons who were not in any way hurried in their movements. One of these sets was a very large one, and the puzzle is how any one accustomed to carry such a mouthful could possibly walk off without missing them. His head, certainly, was considerably lighter.? Globe-Democrat When a woman is asked her age she blushes. Under 20 it in a blush of pleas? ure, over 20 a blush of rage.?Drake's Traveller's Magazine._ Up with the Times, "That new dentist who came to town last week is going to make business hum," said the postmaster. "Howso?" asked the parson. "Why, ho has a sign out, 'Teeth extracted while you wait.' He's a rustler."?Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle. THE GREAT BUDDHA. A GIGANTIC MASS OF GOLD THAT IS WORSHIPED IN JAPAN. A Head end Shoulders Only, NInety-flve Feet Hl?h?Laughter Right Under the (tod's Nose?Ringing the Great Dell of Kioto. ? The temple of Dai-Doutsou (the great Buddha) seems a temple built for fun?an enormous joke to amuse the faithful. This "Great Buddha"' has only a head and shoulders, at least ninety-live feet high; he seems to be rising from the dej'ths of the earth, with his neck stretch? ing up like some one making a painful effort to struggle out of the ground. He alone fills all his temple, and his curling hair touches its roof. One reaches him, just as all the gods are reached, by a series of stairways, porti? coes and courts. From the gate of the sanctuary one can not very well explain to oneself at the first glance what is that hillock of gold, that shapeless mass in front (the shoulders of Buddha). It is only afterward, when you look up very high, that you see far above you the colos? sal gilded face, the huge fixed eyes gazing down upon you from tho height of ninety feet with idiotic placidity. I find myself making this pilgrimage at the same time as a good natnred Nippon family of country people, who have coine to the holy city for the first time; and the good folks, especially the ladles, cannot get over the idea of seeing so big a god: and there are cries of "Ah!" and "Oh!"?exclamations of surprise?little screams and little laughs. Now, really! this Buddha is just too funny, with his stork? like neck and his stupid air?funny as any of those snow men which urchins make at the corners of the streets?funny as some enormous caricature made to order by little children. And there the little conn ,try family are all laughing right under the god's nose?laughing till the tears roll down their cheeks, and the other visitors, and even the guardian bronzes themselves, also laugh to see them laugh. Then they all look at me to see how I feel about it, and I have to laugh, too?can't possibly help it. What a country this Japan, where everything is oddity and contrast 1 Who could ever 1 magine that this frivolous little temple, with its reverences and its eternal laugh, could have lived through centuries locked up in such ferocious mys? tery, and have given birth to those thou? sands of other temples, with their monsters and their hobgoblins? MAKING THE ROUND. By the payment of two cents one is privileged to make the round of the great Buddha?one ascends by a series of slop? ing plank galleries, placed at a very steep angle, on which yon can pass behind the head of the colossus, a little above the nape of tbe neck. I advance upon it, still accompanied by the voyaging family; the sloping way is slippery, old, broken through here and there, worm eaten?the ladies very nearly fall. I put out my hand to help them, and then we become good friends right away. Behind the enormous head, in a dark nook, an old bronze is squatting down?for one cent he shows us a suit of armor and a war mask which once belonged to the great Taiko-Sama? and then he throws open for our benefit sundry very ancient idol closets, in which animal headed divinities are conserved with various relics of weird aspect. There we do not laugh any more. In the court of this temple is the most monstrous of all the belli) of Kioto?at least seven or perhaps eight yards around. It is rung by means of an enormous beam tipped with iron?a sort of battering ram suspended horizontally with ropes. For two cents extra one has the right to experiment with it I harness myself to tbe pulling straps, a circle is formed around me, and children ran up. Even two or three young girls come behind me to take hold, bothering me a great deal, pulling the wrong way half the time, bursting into fits of laughter. The united strength of the three is almost equal to the power of three good kittens. Meanwhile the battering ram begins to yield; gradually it begins to swing. Boom! boom! A sound awful, cavernous, and prolonged into mighty orchestral vibrations which must be heard through the whole of the sacred city. Then the audience is so happy I?delirious with joy?can't get enough of it; every one laughs, every one is in ecstasy.?New Orleans Tunes-Democrat's Translation from the French. GEN. BEN BUTLER'S "SPOONS." His Story on the Witness Stand Concern? ing the Famous Silverware. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was on the witness stand in Washington the other day in a case brought in tbe court of claims . by the heirs of Gen. David B. Twiggs, of New Orleans, to recover the value of cer? tain property taken by the United States during the military occupation of that city in 1863. Among tho property was some silverware, of which tho famous spoons constitute a part?the spoons of wMch so much has been said and so little has been known for twenty-five years. Gen. Butler has, of course, previously denied that he ever transferred any prop? erty in New Orleans to his own pocket, but this is the first time, we believe, that he has been enabled to make a detailed statement under oath as to the disposal of the silverware of which those celebrated spoons formed a part. After reciting the circumstances of his occupation of the Twiggs mansion, Gen. Butler deposes that when he was relieved of his command he asked his successor, Gen. Banks, to appoint a property com? mission, which he did. An inventory was then taken of all the property that Gen. Butler and his agents had, and it was turned over to Gen. Bonks and a receipt taken for it. As to tho particular parcel containing the spoons, Gen. Butler says: "Tiiere is but one article that I have any distinct remembrance of which was in my personal possession. The part of this property not in use was stored in the custom house, where there were large vaults, and among it was a tin box of jewelry, with a most ordinary lock upon it My property agente at the time brought it to me and said it was Very val? uable; the custom house vaults were open to everybody and it might be carried off. I thereupon took it from him, sealed it up carefully with the ring which I then wore upon my finger and still wear, and pnt it into my own safe, and when this inventory was taken I had it receipted for in the words found in the receipt: 'One tin box containing jewelry, sealed.' This property all went into the actual posses? sion of Capt McClure before I left New Orleans. My property agent had to re? main behind to settle up various matters, and I directed him to see to it that the chief quartermaster signed the receipt, which he did on the 1st of January, 1863. "I have no further personal knowledge of what became of the property." Thi s particular and detailed statement, made under oath in a United States court, may be presumed to settlo finally the once vexed question of what (Jen. Butler did with those spoons.?New York Mail and Express. _ Four Styles of Canal Boats. It requires Intellect to build a canal boat, even if it doesn't seem so. A canal boat never hurries, and people who think they know everything believe that speed is the only thing that requires meditation. Canal boats are built for what they can hold. There are four styles of them?bull? heads, lake boats, scows, steamboats and consorts. Tho bullhead Is the everyday canal boat which impedes the ferries. The laker Is a size larger, and can stand a sea. The scow Is an old acquaintance, but the steamboats and consorts are new. They have come to revolutionize boating and banish tbe mule. There are 8,000 canal boats in commis? sion on the state canals. They keep about 1,400 men and boys busy during the sea? son, and pay them $15 to $30 a month and feed. Boats travel as a rule doubled up?that Is, with their two teams pulling both boats.?New York Sun. You Can't Mnlco Death Cheerful. "No," said a Brooklyn undertaker, "I can't say that any. one has adopted a wreath of flowers as a death signal, as did the Bcecher family. You should think it would become fashionable? Well, it might. There are fashions in everything, even undertaking. Tho idea is right and beautiful, *but it isn't likely to grow. You can't make death cheerful. The Cbineso are tho only people who do. While's their mourning color and flowers and feasts accompany their funerals. They think -a man's life only begins when it ends?if that's not too Irish fur you. But this country's different. The big knots of black that flutter from bell knobs are not going to vanish yet, and won't this side of tho millennium. Yet I'd rather hang up flowers than crape."?New York ? "Hollo, Mr. Brown! What are you doing up at this time o' morning?" "Oh I I'm trying to scare up an appetite for my breakfast. Why are you up no early V "I'm trying to scare up a break? fast for my appetite." ? Dissipation is a sure and swift destroyer, and every young man who fol? lows it is as the early flower exposed to untimely frost. ? Two thousand three hundred and ninety-two more immigants have arrived at New York. Buckleys Aroncn Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, 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 eon, S. C. PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond *fc Danville K. II., COLUMBIA & GEEENVILLE EIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1886. (Trains run on 75th Meridian lime.) Southbound. Ho. 52 8.20 am 9.00 am 10.45am 12.00 m 10.45 am 8.20am 9.25am 12.44pm MOpm 3.04pm 5.15pm 9.20 pm; Northbound. No. 53 11.00am 1.01 pin 2.20pm 2.42pm 6.53pm 5.55pm 4.35pm 4.35pm 4.50 pm G.02pm 6.35 pm 10.40 pm Lve Walhalla....! Seneca.. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurons Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-8lx Newberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... Lve. Columbia.. Newberry.. Ninety-Six Greenwo'd Arr. Greenville ? Laurens'.... Abbeville.. Spart'nbr'g Anderson.. Seneca....... WalhaDa... Atlanta..... No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. S2 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Fass. Agent. D. Cardwekl, Ass't Pass. Agt., ( olumbia, S. C Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager. - . . _t:Afl.o THE INVALID* BENEFACTOR. -i - DlBcovcitr of Dr. Kumar's s Complete Female Remedy ?2lie? * .? ? H9? Treatment Special and 8peciflo treaton-at for all Complaints and Diseases peculiar to Daughters, Wives and Mothers >TOM*M? contain. S bott Ice. _ J^TEach kind is ajso Mid separately: Female Remedy, (slSot aadsWtomjiii. Autumn-Leaf Ext j(t?<*iTr*?m'i)i t. L A O Anointmeiii,(fcrt?rDAi * \Vn |3f*or the three In one Packagejiioo. Recovers the "run-dpwn;'? bed-rt?dan'' or "abandoned." It Eliminates Humors and Blood Impurities that cause Scrofula, Oaacor, Tumor, pimples and blotches. Tno ?? for Pcwriti itnd Bxpoiarw is rant. Woajavi Health and uxofalnwi ogHa rortorwl^ Dr. Kilmer treats internal Tumor, Cancer. Yoii^c?n't?fford to oegloet early ?rmptoma. i "Invalid?' Guide to Health" Rent Free). i i SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. j Ztnum ?mByiiiunuMMiii \m anatS For sale by WILHITE & WILHITE, Anderson, S. C. _ 44?ly JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE ? OF ? New, Ftare 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? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc JOHN SAULS, Washington, D. C. March 3,1887 34 2ro CALL AND SEE MY STOCK OF MULES, HORSES, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, FARM WAGONS, ? HARNESS, SADDLES, PLANTATION SUPPLIES, HAT, BRAN, OATS, FEED STUFFS, Of every description. HARNESS REPAIRED by competent workmen. 'Hear my prices, look at what I offer, and I can sell you. J. S. FOWLER. March 24,1887 87 OUR STOCK OF FAMILY GROCERIES IS COMPLETE! FRESH GOODS Arriving: toy EVERY XJ&AITV 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 Com, the great Southern forage plant. 50 pounds Watermelon Seed from Augusts.?Rattlesnake, Skaley Baric and Kolks Gem. All of which we will Sell Low for CaSh. V&* FRESH CELERY every day. 33. F. CK;A."Z"TO:iiT & SOIsTS. March 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 Blanket*; 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 Woo l, Felt, Straw and Maccanaw. Wall Paper?A large and beautiful line of Wall Paper at low prices?over 700 rolls on band, Hardware?A good assortment of Hardware. Groceries und Provisions?Bacon, Flour, Cum, Bran, Salt, Molasses and Fancy Groceries. FINE TEA a specialty. CARPETS, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, WOODEN WARE, 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! HAVING 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 (be 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 sbadeu, stylish MLLLINERY and NOTIONS. All orders receive careful attention. MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. March 24,1887_ 87_ JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. Are offering their immense Stock of STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, CHEAPER THAN EVER. They will sell Stoves on time to good parties for good paper. They will sell their second-hand Stoves mnch lower than cost. They buy remnants of Seed and Lint Cotton, Rags, Raw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Call and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware, &Oo m- BEFORE BUYING. Feb I7,;i887 32 GROCERY HOUSE BROWNLEE * BROWN, ? DEALERS IN - HEAVY, FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES, FRUITS and CONFECTIONS. W E offer all kinds of Groceries, Canned Goods, Pickles, Crackers, Preserved Fruits, Haras. Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Green and Roasted Coffees, 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, <fec. A nice lot Of Bran just received. ??f Everything NEW and FRESH. Call and secure polite attention, and any? thing you wish in the Grocery line at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FOR CASH. BROWNLEE & BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Hall. Jan 13,1887 27 CET THE BEST ! The Cheapest and Finest Guano In the Market! THE undersigned having been appointed agents for the sale of the GENEBOSTEE 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 firsc-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 manure 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. Patronize home enterprise, and at the same time get the best manure. SSS* Call and see us without fail before purchasing. It will cost you nothing to look into the merits of this Guano. BROWN BROS., Agents, ANDERSON, 8. C. Feb 17,1887_32_8m FURNITURE! FURNITURE I Will be sold Cheaper than Ever at G. F. TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! THERE you can find the most Elegant assortment of all kinds of Furniture from the cheapest to the finest, in the whole up-country. Sold Cheaper than anywhere in the State or out of It. Full and complete Boom Suits from $16.00 to $850.00. Elegant Plush Parlor Suits 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; Booking 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. J9?? P. S.?Persons indebted to me must pay up immediately and save trouble. Can't indulge any longer. Gr. IT. TOULY, Depot Street. Oct 14,1886 14 H 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 YEBY 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: Ha ad-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 DBUG STOBE on Granite Bow. Persons indebted to me must pay up by 15th November. JAMES M. PAYNE. Oct 7,1888 13 ' Potash Victim. Cured by S. 8.8. CAUTION. Consumers should not confute our Specific with the numerous imitations, substitutes, potash and mercury mixtures which are got? ten up to sell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our remedy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can steal from the article imitated. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. For sals by all druggists. TEE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. S. S. S. vs. POTASH. I have had blood poison for tea years. I know I hare taken one hundred bottles of iodide of potash In that time, but it did ma so good. Last summer my face, neck, body and limbs were covered with sores, and 1 conld scarcely use my arms on account of rken matlsm in my shoulders. I took S. 8. S., and it has done me more good than all other mrrii eines I hare taken. My face, body and neck are perfectly clear and dean, and my rh-n mausm is entirely gone. I weighed 116 pounds when 1 began the medicine, and I now wtth 153 pounds. My ant bcttla helped me greatly, and gave me an appetite like a strong man. I would not be without S. S. S. for several times its weight In gold. _ C. E. MITCHELL, W. 33d St. Ferry, New York. I I ????.ii i mi um ib?jmm EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. ROCHESTER, N. Y./.September 15, 1886. WE have made HILL, ADAMS & CO., of Anderson, S. C, our Agents for the sale of our Ladies'.Fine Shoes. We make on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wan? ken Pbastand Creole lasts; the latter is just out and is very nice. We use the McKay Machine and sew with best Barbour's thread. Every pair warranted. Thev are nice, neat and stylish. Give them?a look when 3on want a Shoe and you will be pleased. We nse the Gordian Patent Stay. Oct 7, 1886 E. P. BEED & CO. PATENTS WM. G. HENDERSON, Patent Attorney And Solicior. OFFICES, 925 F STREET, P. 0. Box 50. WASHINGTON, D. C Formerly of the Examining Corps, U. S.Patent Office, Practices before the Patent Office, ?. 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 Patents, with refeiences annexed, FREE._ CARRIAGE AND "Wagon Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully in? form the public that he is prepared to do all kinds of work iu the Carriage and Wagon line. New Buggies and Wagons fut np to order. I make a specialty in ainting, as I have a first-classPainter; so bring on your old Buggies. I have in connection with me Mr. J. A. Wallace, an expert Blacksmith, who will do nil kinds of Plantation work, and Horse Shoeing n specialty. Please call and f?> us?we will do you right. Shops, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. W. 1). MA HONEY. Jan .20. 18S7 2i> MADAME DEAN'S ft C K f MB o pi < 0. VHOTI H ?9 o I A Fl 11? <S Frorcctio and intelligent kMU 9 d ?9 Indies wnntcd to introduce our popular Corset* in evwy rimnty. No expert enoo required. Accnts nro n.aklmr #100 monthly. 1.10 di;Ter<r.t nt;; lea to select from. Largest commissions; best terms, nnri most sal? able good*. .Satisfaction ?ruamnteed. Kxclufdve territory given. S3 OUTFIT TltKE. nins trated Catalogue and particulars free. Write for terms at once. Ask for our 8300 Cash Premium List. 0:ir new book, entitled DliESS REFORM FOR LADIES, with biography of "Worth (illustrated), sent on receipt of application. TT WILL I*AY EXPERI? ENCED AGENTS to WRITE for TERMS. Don't delay If you wish to secure terri? tory. UWI8 SCHIEL! * CO., 990 B10ADWAT, HXW T9K, FORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect April 15,1887. Time?1 hour slower than C.&G.R. B time. Going South?Daily, except Sunday. Leave Anderson. 5 30am 1100am Leave Deans. 6 02am 1133am Leave Cooks. 682am 12 03 pm LeaveLowndesville. 705am 1240pm Leave Latimers. 7 85am 113pm Leave Hesters. 7 55 a m 1 35 p m Leave Mt. Carmel.... 8 21 a m 2 02 p m Leave Willington.... 837am 220pm Leave Bordeau. 8 57 a m 2 40 p m Arrive McCorraick... 930am 315 pm Arrive Augusta.JS 6 os 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 10pm Leave Charleston. 4 00am Leave Augusts,.1215pm 750am Leave M cCoimick... 415 p m 1015 a m Leave Bordeau. 4 49pm 1047 am Leave Willington.... 5 09 p m 11 07 a m Leave Mt Carmel... 5 25 p m 1122 am Leave Hesters. 5 51pm 1148am Leave Latimera. 6 10pm 12 08 p m Leave Lownde: ville. 6 41 p m 12 38 pm Leave Cooks. 715pm 112pm Leave Deans.743pm 142pm Arrive Anderson.8 15 p m 2 15pm Connects with train to and from Green? wood, Laurens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanlnirg with A & C. Air Line and Ashevillc & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rate?. Baggage checked to des? tination. K. T. CHaRLTON, G. P. A. W. W. STARR, Supt, Augusta, Ga. lUvtaf toltljmr excel fentpitptrktlM known ?? ? Cm tbeput rearer nora *i ire pletMO to report tl.tt it ku gtven ?fttfre MtliOKlloo ?n J ?t do not imiute to tecs?end it. J C. WlUUaaiJk Co, Srncue, N.T. SctdtTrDrurgUa. Mce, #1.00. For sale by ORR.& SLOAN, Anderson. S. C. 45-ly $25,000.00 IN GOLD! mi he pud fob AMCKLES' COFFEE WRAPPERS. 1 Premium, ? ? $1,000.00 2 Premiums, - . $500.00 each 6 Premiums, - $250.00 " 25 Premiums, - 9100.00 " 100 Premiums, ? $50.00 " 200 Premiums, ? $20.00 " 1,000 Premiums, $10.00 " For full particulars and directions see Circu? lar (a oterr pound of Anireun' Corrsa,