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CONFESSOR'S - STORY. "' .>??E???r?.^t6e trembling -voice betrayed .^^^^aWedlteartv. "Benot afraid,' K -r-;l strftly. answered.- <lWoe ianiol I)ead,outo.all but misery l '. *^?y^iat;cli?4;ofclimpoonce " ~atoe^;s?n unknowihg.whence is prigic^wiioinjunaware, .-. V- ? ~V. A*-*tf than angel's watchful cfare,' - ' i|2^-e^1e^dl^gulded. - Now V ;'} g?^ra]^jt|^f^Bsecr?ttog Vow ?? ^^^^esthoodyaild tomorrow stands ' C?evite,: with uplifted hands, <V ble?'thpd-. .-Slay a mother dart ^Ibofrtipouihatf acband shared . - . '< ? rjnsoea+.tho blessing of her son? ' ^inynwDotV-.'Sbiboitdone . tfceein thy lastngony, row^bu do^tmtb me.rV ? ^^if^n?;rac?d^theri. . ? / Tthto a^oistered place of prayer ^i^^?w.a?d'wept}' tbenaUunkaown j^Shrunk biick intothe-world alone. .' s Bays:passei :, A winter's cheerieffl matti t^W^ta'summons; came.":-. A. soul forlorn ? - s Ctayed&elpfadangor imminent; 'rAbd-Chrf^fke'odhis mission wtat l? neV^blntod;;;;-? ? .- ?? tuStrangei"heEai3. ^tT^Hfc'glean^ ? .^Uppn'j^-'dyla^t'T&ere.she lajv ? fV.tj3^ri^robatef lifeVstormy day ' s^'m-itranoe, beiiold?jg me,. ' ??haijfc tfrou <$inei' she cried, SdjVwiUib^?Tii? about me, diedi^- > J i'-'if?^o?dered, aad I turned away, J&cst. tears rty st.?r>fc should betray. -' ?John R-Tabb iui The Independent m ^^d^gSfe:! have; knocked ? -me down ta^ejrobafj ,ChitfIey,:? VI >said,-;-' *when s^*o^e^Jix>tf?fo- accompany her It^wou2d';- require ? a: ^pretty ?? strong $?*&fc?*tep??fov. "And"what, did i sciy?" '. .'?-?-? .... - ? ? : gioif course^! wanted your permission. .a^gedf'tha^ ttf^moirow: I am to'.'call at j:bjaT^'anja.'let,ber know-."'. . ?eyou;,wahV.to goiLucy, go by.-all 5S,y.; sald'be, : taldirg up . the newa?: tT^nc^"sa much ? that, but you'eee we ' ^-vgalkr scHething' for/the "winter, child;; wantsclothes; I 'want a few ?g3 myself?: aid/your^shirts, Charley, "^ngoub.dreadftsliy.>' Vs'J right i: bring- - mo. in: and; get >wrt way. ;; You're a fine diplomatist, fr^ttlSo: -tra^parent,-but quitethe. it-tlring.'* ?' - 4 : ? ? ' V ^^^jt^7f^y.0vm^y lacked. iV he replied,..- VL'wiK-'try to ._ for a month.'' Pl^roT^J^.:$a^j';and he I^?j^r^am^abti'qnit?-. sure ?didh':t,ratier-eiijoy the prospect; psjl^T^of^eyanUnert .day-made * " i^emenfeiwi&r'Miss "Katie,. who led nie to;/accompany- her into rhiudpwhere'.ahewts to'stay awhile icr aunfeajid?ou3ln3."; -?. ?i/yob so much*. Mrs. Farmer," I?ai?; j. ^.'F&ther would not have. been fl^l?-:yoX-]had:not:^(m5eiited-to go ^'beipo' Mr. Fanner does: not branch;miss. ::Wh6n do wo Start?'? '^^63^^^Vshei^]ledraml:.th^' Y quitted home, comings through i- to - Dovct,^where we_ slept that is -'?'tjie^^v^^onld have told l^tjaevpassagvj was/a little- rough; rchilly toq.. . It wasn't natural ite^hould .:tra7.ei: nnno?ced, >we^ireached} Calais' a gtntle r^andfb^s- sJster,':a; pleasant spoken Ipie^were^'talklag to-.Ker.'' They were piping into bur. part of the' country? saplafce endingIn "berg^?but whether L" ^oESnpwberg, br. "some other name, '"distftictly" say?I--think. It was lil^^;br.Twb.Mo^ - .I^^j^a^^gentleinj?n'iafid' his %*sister. ^^^fetotb^^ sambr direction. Their. 'Ywa5\Sevill3. -.Theyhadno servant, ^was: weUl^was there, and waited, on? j LNbyille, ;who was, J must say, liberal -^?^iions):.sb'.-.Ch^Iey/s'-'8h^ were ^v?e4CQ?ickIy; ehongh, but. one ' wews waiting for ii: steamer,to -:usbnrfr?id soma. place which I.for* to. ^a^^ep^-rMtT'can't. eiactly: now " ^5fI-rgot,??a-^ehock; which -nearly ^nae'-into:^:.miage.'. of Lot's wife. '"''?i3S4i?~:3^er;nnseBn' by- her, ? ^d^perat^^man,!: knew too- well? J^^rasperl ;--.Yes] ,the. man she had ctho "-b^ to be ?tho imsa72puJpb?; Grasper him-, P^^^S??Dn^-irom pur village ' thajrmrc^ no one ' "jr,fathcra; ;when^Mis3 Katie f?sbd;hfini ,Ther? wasfsbme-; talk?-for t;lc41c^:i^''^^P>=Lhu<.no one of. h^-far,-habi'evo^ ^qlott^' Vas in ;hand, watching her ^.bn. thjt^lfttle-l?ndlng^^ stage, ;: -Y^^tnbu^^-:.,while.'.-Miss-: Nev?le' s, ' ?io fSteame^{and":M f ^iii'ryjng; fdoivn with ?: this - big", bag Hue.-/. ?: :?'..? ? ?.? _';.' a; 'i&? terrible^Cright 'for fear "Miss \ld seo Grasper. *. He kept aside ratched;7-he- meant :xnischief; yet in jesp^ts^ twas.bhangetf his hair "weTe^lbbg, his dxeaawas almost jnlike/.and^ he was smokfp'g a china ?v :3utr-hJs^ey^s^wer? as bruel and ?yo/as.:ever; and X shudderecVas I ?^Ifa?tei^thein.". on.^Idlss -Katie. feerV.montiis; had jnade a deal of .dlf :^his-.appearance; I doubt if ho itered. in himself. . - ' jicaino tho/littib. steamer, aiul we all on; :bbard^Mr.;;2ireville. attached " gB?Hsfl^B??e^_and I could see him, " ahe Janghed, but j ^Il^h^same-, 'and said, "Just. 1ich;?.th^PV!'ft;fav?rlte'say^ of leon.GLraapejr^was fbrwBrd, and lb ?gb^'u^ near.the en ?hcn:het^came^ whls they' engaged^ . eh?' Tell me, :dare?yon.^ddress;'.mo like that?" , -trirbingbn him hi English plain face;, Sj?*.-*not -.the queen of England, nor [the empressbf Rnssi?j so T suppose I "c to-;%<??htry; woman. My dear "you;: are ?'looking younger jatleastv rGfdeon-Grasper,"-1 said, "I can't the * complhn.cnt, and- I require 5%oum.f ?W& - are' strangers since ' ie^.that bark." -,: .. ?? ry6u5rtopgu"el"1he hissed j "or it ^badfor -yaaaad your baby faced ler. Tsuppose you know she is tome?"- : . . ^iuJ"iC es'cla?ned... "Oh, heaven ^'coi isuch% story! -"Why, she hates . she? -" Then she'll have to change [d. \I:h?vb her promise, in writing, "iaiT'eighteen.' months, old; and it 2r. retracted.-'- l ean claim her? ^ha^^'^^r-'t^^k at his i^t^y-i^chedj-rhe' through?"Or ^she'lft.ibt vhve; to marry any one :^I5a'you;'s^pD&acI didn't know ' ;?' has:"' come. I away ? to avoid r^, .^e has; but Gideon Grasper is ^myyto'/givar; up his sweetheart, fe'red "enough for her already. Now . a tell hermit you Kke... But, mind, 1 fc'jc^^Ww^and ..can. have you ar - atr-Tiny ^mbmcntv if 2 please, as X-Kih?lsts." ?r^'^ dempb,*. Gideon Grasper?a i^demOu^that's what you are 1". ?tt-n?t-c.thb character, yon may TarmerV So he warned, you ;e l'/.' ,^,jcried- away, and. T waited until disappeared- amongst the other Angers. Then I came alt again, and ??co ' perceiyed' 'that something had .ied to S&Iss Katie and Mr. Nsv?le. rA.v/as "a shynesB in/her, manner, and "$of proprietary, proud like look in ^i^hichbonvineed me that he had ^saying ebmeth?ig.;sentimeutal, and j^owe^ahbtunfl^^ it. it they:- musti npt' be engaged. The it.nt .Gideon.Grasper had been too ^^a^T .wculd have Interfered had r?ie host stopped at: our landing place. Er0- -sreht 'ashbre.'-:: Gideon Grasper was t'tttere- I began to breathe more freely. ?went, .-to the^hotel'aU together; and vre reached /.MissT Katie's room, she ;hnd said^: ? - ' . _3."Farmer;'I thins; it only right to in,: who h?vealways been so good to . Jiat Ful?I;iaeab. Mri Fulcher ? Nev l~has'proposed to me, and I have'told athat''-^>-. , - bu promised;-Gtdeon-.Graspcr a year - "Twhispered. ~'anner,' yott are Unkind? ?ajHr; Keyfllo that if ho Popini?n^ ta\i three months, k -""agedtohim?if I didn't "'/sh6;;added with n se mi',. I'm on elderly woman?leastways, a. married woman and a mother. Take my advice?don11 lead him on too for. Do mako up your mind. Remember Grasper; he is almost desperate." "Let him be wholly desperate, then," she replied airily. "Am I"not to amuse myself at all? Mr. Grasper, Indeed!" "He Is a determined man, miss," I ventured,. "So am l a deterrnlnsd woman, Lucy? If I may call you so?-I defy Gideon Grasper and all. his works. I shall do aslpleasol" After awhile we reached our destina? tion;:'and to this day I am not certain .whether the place was in the Tyrol or Swissland. I say "was"?not is?for not a vestige of the village remains to tell the -tale which I know to Ibe so true. Zwei .bergtihal was the place, and there are two mountains, one on each side of it, fine, rugged, show clad, fir fringed mountains, much bigger than our country's hills, but not so green and rounded. "We found Miss Katie's relations living on a what they call a pension, though the family are well off, too; and what the "pension" is for I can't say. Mr. and Miss Neville also came to the same board? ing house, and I need hardly tell you that they were falling fast into love. It was as plain sis possible. He was a pleasant, 'well: spoken gentleman, and Miss Bate was las. (farming, and, I must say, as careless as ever. ' x One day she and I had ascended a little .way up one of the Zweibergs?I can't tell their real names: something about a ; "stock." We had climbed up, alone, for a wonder; and while I was resting, Miss Katie went, on a little farther. She had been gono some timo when I heard a scream above me, and looking up saw her running down, pursued by a strange man, who,, as he came nearer, I perceived was Gideon Grasper. . He was excited and angry. He yelled at her to halt, but she only ran the faster, passing me without .stopping. Gideon ?saw me in his way, and halted as I held out my arm to check him. He was glar? ing like a wild' bull; the man was going mad, I believe. . "She shaB never be his?never I" he .screamed. "If I have to move the moun? tains to fall on her she shall die 1" Then be turned away toward the snow, which" lay: thickly above us, glinting in' the hot sun. Hot, indeed! It was beautifully warm;; and to think of so much heat near so much show was wonderful I said as :i??ch to the man at the "pension," who spoke some English. "Yes," said he; "it Is hot, a great deal too! hot for the time of year. We don't1 Eke it." -'We do." Bald I; and off I walked, thinking tfisre was.something odd in his -manner. . I found Miss Katie all of a tremble. Gideon had frightened' her, and threat? ened her, but she was more than ever determined to become engaged to Mr. Neville. So when, three days afterward,. he suggested a little picnic to a small hut on the side of the mountain, where there -was a lovely view of a lake and a fine waterfall, she gladly assented, and did all shs could to make up a pleasant party. - . I was to go, and Mr. and Miss Neville, Miss Katie's cousins, too, and two Ger? man students. A guide and a porter were engaged to show tbo way and to help any on j who wanted' help, and to carry the boisiets. It was a lovely, bright, warm morning, perfectly still, not a breath of air stirring, only the hum of insects or the sound of a cow bell could be heard; and, as wo proceeded, the roar of a cataract - from the melting snow field above us. The guide and porter woBced In front by-themselves chatting. Another man some one in skins and bare knees, with a high feathery hat?came behind Tiy him? self, as if watching us; but. no one took .?any notice of him.- My only fear was about Gideon - Grasper, and for his inter? ference, and . of something the landlord had said about the snow falling. We reached the hut and had lunch. After lunch Miss Katie and Mr. Neville rambled off and so did I. Although we took opposite directions, they soon came round near mo; and as I sat in a dreamy, wondering way, thinking of home, I could occasionally hear their voices. .. "Mr. Neville was pleading hard; and Miss Katie was yielding. He seemed quite satisfied, for I heard him say, "Then, dearest, yon are mine?" in a loud voice, when another voice in threatening tones alarmed me. I knew too well who it was XGideon Grasper! I jumped- np. There was the man in . the Tyrolese hat grasping his gun. That -man* then, was Gideon. He was speaking sternly, firmly, but withov.t apparent anger. Every now and then he glanced up thivjmountain in a half alarmed manner, as if some presentiment weighed upon him. But I soon approached, nd understood his words. < v: ','Marry her at your peril, then!" he shouted; handling his gun. Mr. Neville thought he was going to be shot,, and" leaped upon Grasper. There was a shouting and a struggle:- Miss . Katie screamed. The guide and porter and the Germans were all shouting at . something or somebody in warning tones. Suddenly the gun went off?both barrels at once-^-with a tremendous roar. The echoes came back over and over again in the still air; the concussion seemed tremendous. ~ Suddenly a hiss was heard?a roar; a great lump of snow had tumbled from the overhanging mass, and had fallen in the belt of fir trees some yards away, and higher up than we were. t "Come back! coma back!" shouted the Germans in English. Miss Katie's cousins screamed; out "Avalanche!" But Mr. Neville still gripped Grasper. Suddenly a sound like a pistol shot was heard. . Then we all looked up. The whole mountain:.was moving, sliding down?a white 3j'.ope. of thick snow, with a noise 01! ten thousand boiling kettles hissing like millions of snakes! A crack? ling of timber high up the moun? tain! We turned* and ran for the hut under the rock, in wMch the others had token shelter, as we fancied, because they had disappeared. But when we reached the hut, in about ten seconds, it was empty. They had escaped down the hill with the guides. We had no time to think. A tremendous roar seemed to crush the air down on us; then a crunching crash like cart wheels in snow ruta a thousand times magnified. The light died out. We were buried alive in the avalanche. "Miss Katie!" I scresnud? "Mr. Ne? ville!" , "Yes; here we are," they replied. ".Gideon Grasper?is he here too?" I [ said. b There wits no answer. Then he had [ been caught In the avalanche and suffo? cate d! A terrible doom l We were silent for awhile. I cannot tell, you what the others thought I know I prayed very earnestly. Occasionally I could hear Mr. Neville comforting Miss Katie; and after awhile he spoke to me. "Mrs.. Farmer, will yon come here? I think/ Miss Canton has fainted; she is heavy and cold," he whispered. I stepped toward his voice, which sounded so curious In the darkness and deathly sience, and took Miss Katie in my arms. She lay passive. I placed her on the floor, and loosened her dress, so as to revive her. We felfc the awful silence. Then I perceived a touch on my face. It was cold; and Mr. Neville said: "Give her some of this." I took the flask and poured a few drops down Miss Katie's throat?and, I may say, drank a little myself. Mr. Neville said he didn't want any; and he kept feel? ing his way about the little hut, trying to find the door or window. "If we only had a light," I cried, "we might save Mass Katie. I am afraid she is dying. If we could only see" t'What a fool I am!" exclaimed Mr. Neville. Then after a pause I heard him striking a match. In another second the hut was lighted by'o wax vesta. "I have six or seven more," he said. - Then He stooped, and by the light of the tiny taper we saw that Miss Katie wan pale as death, her eyes and mouth tightly closed, her hands cienched and rigid. "Force some cordial down her throat," he said. "I will chafe her feet;" and ho knelt down. "Hold another match, sir," I said. "Look; what's that yonder?" He jumped up. "An old lantern and a bit of candle in it Now we are all right." He had apparently forgotten the ter? rible situation wolwere in. The candlo was lighted, and while it burned we turned all our attention to Miss Katie. After awhile she again breathed regu? larly, and then the candle went out. "Hurrah!" cried Mr. Neville, who was ! nearly crying, too. "Ob, my darling, you uro better now? IC-\tic, dearest, speak to me!" She only closed her eyes wearily. "Keep her awake, for heaven's sake? keep her awake! She will die if she sleeps!", he screamed; "I would give my life for hers." He rushed toward the doorway, and be gan wildly to pick out handfuls of the snow. Was he mad? I called to him and begged him to desist. He raved and seemed demented, in truth, calling Miss Katie, who lay still in my arms, while I caressed her, and did all I could to keep her awake. At length Mr. Neville calmed down in despair. He came and sat beside me, holding Miss Katie's hands, and occasion? ally kissing them, as (could hear. How long we remained seated thus I cannot tell you. It seemed hours, when suddenly we heard a thud overhead. "We ore saved I" shouted Mr. Neville. "They oro digging for us. Shout 1 shout!" We two shouted. A cry answered us. Then we heard voices plainly. At length a gray light came in. A man with a rope leaped down from what seemed a white sheet overhead; and wo were drawn up as tenderly as babes. We were laid, wrapped in blankets, on stretchers, and carried to what remained of thovillage. Jt had been nearly demol? ished; and many of the inhabitants still lie buried in the landslip which accom? panied the avalanche. Most fortunately the "pension," at the extremity of the valley, escaped, with some few houses; but the village is no more. Our friends were all safe. f It waslong befuge Miss Katie recovered. Her father came out with Miss Rose and carried her home. Mr. Neville and his sister accompanied them to" London. I was sent home before that, for I was very anxious about Charley; but some weeks after my return Miss Katie drove up in her little pony chaise and overdid mo with thanks and kisses. - "Mr. Neville is coming to stay here, Mrs. Farmer, and we?are engaged to be married in August." Then she whis? pered: "Did you hear about poor Gideon Grasper?" "No, miss," I said in surprise. "What about him?" "It was he who carried the news of our danger to the villagers, and who rescued us. He managed to avoid the track of the avalanche after all." "Poor Grasper!" I exclaimed. "Did you hear what became of him, miss?" "Yes; he came and begged my pardon, and lectured me kindly, too?gave me advice never to play with a man's feelings again; and oh! Mrs. Farmer, I am so sorry; I am afraid I have been a misera? ble airt.!' She began to cry, and I comforted her. Then she said that Gideon had left for Ameriea, and her father had supplied him with ample means. "And so you are really going to be mar? ried, miss?" I said, after a while. "Yes, Mrs. Farmer, I am really?in August; Fancy that!" It was no fancy. She was married, and is still very happy in her new home, for although she had tolerated some gentle? men for a while, and had had many offers of marriage, she found her match in Mr. Neville, and with him she kept her last engagement.?Lucy Farmer in Cassell's Magazine. Among the things cheapened by dishon? est tricks is "skimmed" oil of peppermint, by which is meant tho oil deprived of its menthol. How Mexicans Treat Their Dogs. The treatment for mad dogs in this country, it is my firm belief, "knocks the Pasteur system hollow." It is simple, too, in the extreme, being based upon one proposition namely, not to let the dogs go mad. From early in the spring until the close of the warm season?if a climate so equable as that of Mexico may be said to have definite seasons?the observer here may note one feature which will remind him strongly of Alexandria and other points of the orient. Just inside the door of every establishment sits a vessel of more or less capacity, fast anchored by a chain, a cord, a rope or a leather thong. The swell shops. have showy bowls of china, glass or decorated metal, with handsome chains, and thence the article runs down the scale to the makeshift con? trivance of the poor for the same purpose. The other oxtreine may be seen In the wooden roughly dug out tray, the pipkin of coarse brown earthenware, which may be-bought for a cent, or the exempt coal oil can cut. down to a suitable height, which stand in the doorways of petty shops or across the grimy threshold of the dark dens of the charcoal sellers. But the use is the same wherever seen, and the tired and thirsty dog who wags his vagabond tail while he laps the merciful, saving water is not so ungrateful as to discriminate in favor of the more co3?y holder. Not long ago Mexico was visited by a gentleman of, I may say, a national repu? tation, who adds to his journalistic and political achievements an enthusiastic and practical crusade in the ranks of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ho was much pleased with" Mexico, save in ono respect; he felt moved to inveigh bitterly. againi;t tho inhumanity of the race. Among other allusions he expressed a bit of disapproval of bull fights. Now, a bull fight is a sport that in my heart of hearts J dote upon; there? fore was I moved to a swift defense, and among other points I adduced that of this merciful provieion for vagrant dogs, which the enthusiast was fain to admit went far to offset the practice of loading on mules bunches of chickens tied together by the feet, heads down. "All things come round to him who will-but wait," andonedoy when "those other two legged beasts of burden," the peons, shall be emancipated in the BpMt aa in the letter, the lower order of animals wfll como to receive more consideration.?City of Mexico Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. Luck of the Prince of Wales. The Newes Wiener Tagblatt informs us that the Prince of Wales is regarded on the continent as having a singular lucky hand at games of chance. "The day bo fore the earthquake he appeared in Monaco, and tried his luck in jest at trente et quarante. His success was so satisfactory that the prince resolved to venture at roulette tho sum which he had won at the other game. Here again luck followed him like a dutiful servant, and in a very short space of time he left the salon with a gain of ?600 sterling." Tho incident reminds the Vienna journal of the equally fortunate play of the prince a year ago, when ho was the guest of Count Tafllo Faste tics at Buda-Pesth. "In one single night the future ruler of England won nearly a- quarter of a million gulden in a well known aristocratic club. The prince told his fellow players that he would give them an opportunity for re? venge as soon as he returned from his hunting tour. Fourteen i days later he appeared at the club, according to his pro? mise. The 'revenge,' however cost his opponents 8,000 florins!" It appears from the same journal that the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Crown Prince Rudolph, is not quiet so prodigal and reckless in gaming as the Hungarian nobles. He will only play for very small stakes, like the aged German emperor, who thinks that a sum of fifty pfennig is as much as a king or prince should ven? ture at a time.?Pall Mall Gazette. Have Had Their Day. Those who have watched the rise, prog? ress and decline of the height and depth? most of all the depth?of tho absurdity of fashion or blank idiocy in tho matter of pug dogs may now whisper pence to their souls and rejoice that the worst is over. To be sure, the sweet doggies yet loll in their mistress' laps, thrust their impudent and ugly mugs out of carriage windows and luxuriate in cushions, sweet ribbons, perfumed baths, doting caresses ami kisses and dainty food. They still wear em? broidered harness, the most stunning feature of which is the handle by which they may be carried over puddles and es? cape wetting their paws, or escape being devoured by larger, intelligent dogs, or escape fitting death from being scratched into eternity by cats. They still wear little blankets to protect them from pneu? monia, and charming feaunine ingenuity, which ought to devote its cunuing in adorning robes for future presidents and policemen, exhausts itself in the details of their neckwear. But, though human or feminine reason and affection seem to have fled to brutes, there is evidence that tho worst is over. The decree is that young women shall no longer carry doggies?wear them, so to speak.?Worcester Telegram. Total of tho National Wealth. The census report of 1880 places tho total of tho national wealth at $43,642, 000,000. Of this amount $10,197,000,000 are credited to the farms; $9,681,000,000 to residences and business real estate; $5,536,000,000 to railroads and their equipments; $5,000,000,000 to household furniture, books, pictures and the like; $2,000,000,000 to live stock; $0,000,000, 000 to agricultural products remaining over and- -$2,000,000,000 to churches, school houses, public buildings and insti? tutions of ono kind and another. There was also a considerable miscellaneous list. ?New York Sun. i ' PERU'S EXPOSITION. . SCENES IN THE STREETS OF THE ''CITY OF THE KINGS." Houses of tho Peruvian Capltal??Llma'9 Poorer Claases?Iron Barred Windows Kverrtvhere?Tropical Plants of the E;? position?Chilians' Destructivoncss. Passing over one of the Rimac's tribu? taries we enter and pass through the out? skirts of Lima, and stop beneath the cov? ered station, where, alighting, I find my? self amid some of the strange and inter? esting sights of tho handsomest city in all South America. The houses that lined the streets on either side, fairly teeming with life, seemed innumerable, and stood so closely that their roofs touched. There is no space around tho Lkneno'a residence for the yard?though many have small, square courts within, more or less unattractive?but we miss the grass plots, flowerbeds and gravel walks which enhance the appearance of our American homes so much. Gardens, however, appear here and there along the streets?invariably, if not public, the property of the upper classes?surrounded by the ever present adobe wall, which detracts much from their natural beauty. Yet mud is a very important factor In Limeno architecture; deprived of it, the city would be but an unsightly mass of ruins. Over one-half of the houses are built of adobe?sun dried brick?plastered within and without with mud, and roofed mainly with red tiles. A couple of coats of whitewash, in lieu of paint, complete (he dwelling. The poorer classes, who form the greater portion of the population, live in houses of bamboo, over which a net work of cane is woven, plastered on all sides with mud, and roofed with bam? boo or straw. Lima possesses but two stone buildings?a flour mill and the peni? tentiary. A few of the fine adobe resi? dences of the aristocracy are, however, fronted with marble and encircled with wooden balconies; and those of the foreign residents are, in a few instances, built of j kiln burfct brick?a few being composed ; of timber. But Lima's archways, her aqueducts, her palace, her cathedrals, her business blocks and public buildings are ; constructed almost entirely of mud? I grimy, unsightly mud everywhere?a city : of mud. The reason of this?a feature common to all these countries?is the I great scarcity of timber and good stone, the cUmate and the frequency of earth? quakes; for which latter reason, the majority of the dwellings are but one storied. And it may be in place to re? mark here that the lower windows of all dwellings and buildings, both public and private, in Lima are iron barred?I pre? sume because of the numerous revolu? tions that occur hero so often, with their attendant robberies and bloody street fights. Another noticeable feature is the ex? treme cleanliness of the streets and alleys ?there is no dirt or refuse to be seen any? where. The Linia board of hearth, which evidently understands its business, has efficient aids in its labors, without which it would have a hard time in fighting those diseases that ever infest dirty tropical cities; these indispensable helpers arc known in America as "buzzards," and at all hours of the day they can be seen standing on the housetops, their glossy black feathers glistening in tho sun, or strutting in tho streets and by? ways, searching for refuse and filth. They are very numerous and increase in numbers eoch year, as there is a strict law against harming them. Arriving at length at tho entrance of the exposition grounds, I alighted, and paying a paper solo (five cents), entered through the high, iron barred gate. Following one of the many neat gravel walks, bordered with flower beds, for a short distance beneath the heavy foliage, I found myself suddenly in the midst of a perfect wilderness of sweet smelling flowers. The date, the palm, tie banana, the orange, the cocoanut?in fact, nearly all tho tropical plants?were here in abun? dance. Birds of gay plumage, hidden amid the thick foliage or circling in the balmy air, were making the gardens ring with their strange noises. Monkeys, with the concentrated mischief of an American school boy, were scampering about upon all sides. Busts and statues stood in prominent spots; and arbors and cozy seats were scattered in cool and shady places. NumcrouB fountains were flash? ing in the sunlight, and flowing from them in every direction, keeping every? thing green, were small, clear streams with mossy and flowery banks, spanned here and there by rustic bridges, where one could watch the little fishes disporting themselves in the limpid waters beneath. It seemed a little Eden, it was so lovely and fragrant, so cool and refreshing. Leaving regretfully my shady retreat, I entered the chief bu?dlng of the four? that in which the Lima exposition was held in 1872, and the one which is also used when the annual fair of Peru takes place. But the buildings have been stripped of almost all their valuables? mostly by the Chilians when in posses? sion^ Lima in 1881?and littlo of interest now remains save a few paintings of South American scenery, which show evi? dence of great care and considerable tal? ent; some pieces of sculpture, and a great quantity of specimens taken from Peru? vian mines?evidence of the wonderful mineral wealth that lies hidden in the bowels of the Andes. After exploring the other buildings and fiuding nothing of interest, I passed out into the gardens and visited the wild beasts that were caged in a long, low shed in the southern part of the grounds. But here, as elsewhere, were evidences of the destructive, thieving propensities of the Chilians. Before the capture of Lima these grounds contained specimens of nearly every animal in the world; but, after the valiant Chilians had transported the greater part to Valparaiso?where I saw them some months ago?and began using the rest for targets, their numbers dwindled rapidly to the sorry spectaclo they present to-day. These gardens, lovely as they are, bear no comparison, it is said, to the beauty and magnificence they possessed before the arrival of the Chilians, who found it tho loveliest spot in all Peru, and left it a shadow of its former self.?Callao (Peru) Cor. San Francisco Argonaut. Wear Your Hat Straight. Wear your tall hats straight, young men, - if you have any desire to prove equal to the occasion. A toll hat is sub? lime, but worn tilted over one side even a sixteenth of nn inch, it is not only ridicu? lous, but makes the wearer so." It does not make any difference how sweetly the hair is brushed above the car on the tilted side.?Middleboro News. The Duke of Bcira, infant prince ol Portugal, has seven cradles, which he oc? cupies in daily rotation by instruction ol tho court physician. A Magician's Discomfiture. When Magician Hermann walked out on his little platform at the Grand Opera house the other night he held in his hand tho largo sheet of blue surah silk which he wraps around his pretty wife when he performs the "vanishing lady" trick. He toBsed it to a man in the parquette and asked him to examino it. Then he walked back upon the stage and fixed a paper un? der the mechanical choir in which madam sits until the seat falls down. Having got everything in readiness, the magician tripped down his platform and asked the man to whom he had tossed the silken sheet to return it as speedily as possible. The fellow rolled the wrap into a small ball and made a feint to toss it into Her? mann's outstretched hands. To the great surprise of the performer the rag disap? peared in midair. He had given the robe to a man who was as deft at the tricks of tho block art as himself. The spectators laughed at Hermann, but the Mephistoph? elean looking wizard showed no signs of discomfiture.?Chicago Herald. An Electrical Current. It is not necessary to have different metals to obtain a current of electricity. Iron in nitric acid, and iron in sulphuric acid, the two fluids being separated by a porous partition, will give a current, one plate wasting away, while tho other tWoVens.?Boston Herald. A French liovo Draught. Two women recently went to a grave digger in rural Franco and asked him to sell them some human bones, which he did for a good price. The women, who passed in tho district for sorceresses, re? turned home, hiding tho bones for n short time, and then burning them and care? fully gathering up the cinders; their pur? pose being to prepare a love draught for a y^ung and pretty country lass, who had ordered ib to reconquer the heart of a lover who had turned her off.?Now York Trib? une. mm of REWs?' CASH COINED BY THE DUSTMEN OF NEW YORK CITY. The Work at tho Street Cleaning Dumps. How It Is Done?"What Becomes of the Day's Collection?Strango Flndci fiorao times Mudo. Before the scows of the street cleaning department are sent to sea with their car? goes of street sweepings, ashes, garbage and refuse of overy description, it is neces? sary to distribute this mass of unsavory material so that the scow will float evenly, and not dump the load, together with the Italians who are employed to shovel the refuse, into tho water, before the fleet reaches the boundary line within which the sanitary laws forbid the dumping of any material. The contractor who does this work is a broad faced, good looking Italian named Cicerelli, who, when the contract was put up at auction, astonished all his competitors and tho city authori? ties as well by bidding $275 per week for tho privilege of sorting over this material. The contractor has the right to retain and sell anything of value that may be brought to the docks when the scows are loaded, and an Italian will recognize a value in refuse material which would be rejected by scavengers of any other nationality. There are sixteen docks along the water front of the North and East rivers where the collections of refuse are loaded upon the scows. Cicerelli Bublets the privilege of sorting this waste at some of these docks to one or two of his friends. The men who do the actual work of "trimming" the scows aro almost exclu? sively Italians of the lowest and most un? intelligent class. They aro filthy and dirty in the extreme, and the clothes worn by them are in a great measure cast off garments, found in the refuse as it is searched over and distributed properly in tho scows by them. These men aro paid small wages by tho contractor or sub? contractor, and aro supposed to turn over to them all material on which it is possible to realize any money. Many small mat? ters, however, fall to their lot in the course of work, and whatever can bo se? creted or stowed away and taken h?me does not go into the general harvest of the "boss." The day's collection of salvage goods is stored on or near the wharf until it Is dis? posed of -.to some speculator. Old tin cans, old Bhoes, broken umbrellas, bones, clothing, coal and other refuse is carefully laid aside to await a purchaser. This material is generally sold in bulk to regu? lar customers, who dispose of their wares to the best advantage. The bones are carefully cleaned and sold to sugar re? finers, who make them into the bone black used for clarifying sugar. Bones of larger size are sold to manufacturers of cutlery, who use them in making handles for razors and knives. The tin cans, bat? tered and bruised out of all resemblance of the attractive form they have when they stand In rows on the shelves of the grocery stores, are sold to buttonmakers. They are put in a furnace, the Iron Is melted out, and then the tin plate is rolled together and is run beneath heavy dies, which punch out the circular bits of metal used on the back of cloth covered buttons. The old clothes, such as are not appro? priated by the workers in the harvest .field, are sold to the rag merchats. In the summer time it Is customary to put these collections of rags and old clothing in a big wooden cage, such as is used for the drowning of stray dogs which have not been reclaimed from the pound, and to submerge it in the river twenty-four hours before the clothes are sorted and sold. The broken umbrellas are sold to perambuteting peddlers, who use the ribs and sticks in making old umbrellas "as good as new." Occasionally articles of considerable value and even money are found by the trimmers. It may seem impossible that such a fragile article as a fine porce laine vase could survive the vicissitudes of a Journey through an ash barrel, be jolted over the rough pavements of this city In a sp'ringless cart, be dumped from the cart a distance of ten or fifteen feet into a scow, and yet escape Injury, but the writer was shown not long since a hand? some cream colored vase, about three Inches high, on the sido of which was painted a spray of forget-me-nots, which had been dug out from among the rub? bish on one of the scows of the depart? ment. Very frequently the men find silver spoons and forks while sorting over this refuse. These they sell to second hand dealers in silver, but sometimes' they keep them for their own use. There is one Italian working on one of the dumps on the oast side of the city who lives with his family, consisting of a wife and eight children, in two rooms in a rear tenement In the "Bend" in Mulberry street, who has his table set with silver forks and spoons. He has collected fifteen spoons and eleven forks, all of different patterns. Theso arti? cles get into the garbage pail by tho care? lessness of servants, and even the rag pickers avoid these pails, and will not search tlirough them for articles of value. Every day some one on every dump in the city will find one or more coins. These never reach tho contractors, but are pocketed by the finders.?New York Post] Tendency of the Newspapers. The time Is not far distant when the newspapers will crowd out all magazines and many books. The tendency of the newspapers at this time Is to put before the world all hot, so to speak, the best efforts of the best thinkers in all direc? tions. The cable brings the immediate news of everything, from the success of a new play to the latest discovery of the scientist. Presently the daily press will give the details as full as a book can of scientific discoveries and inventions. There will be no weary waiting for elaborate technical explanations. All that the pub? lic need to know will be given. The most noted men are now more or lesB swept into the newspapers. They do not need to wait for Issues of reviews, or of magazines, or special periodicals to aii themselves. The daily paper is open and eager to place them before the public, not in mere reports, but with every encourage? ment of remuneration to write then: best The novelists will find the papers stepping lntc-tho field for their novels; the political economist will find room for his latest views; there is no subject for which the daily press will not be willing to open its columns, and no articles for which they will not be willing to pay noted men. A man will soon bo able to follow, through his morning paper, the entire course of general knowledge, and only specialists will find it necessary to read books.?San Francisco Chronicle. A Team of Boosters. An Oil City boy has a pair of Cochin China roosters of enormous size that ho hitches to a small wagon of his own con? struction and drives them about the premises.?Chicaffo Herald, Walking Easier Thnn Spelling. President Lincoln's commissioner of agriculture, Newton, of Philadelphia, is the peg on which all bad spelling stories are hung in Washington. He wrote Eng? lish as she's spoke, without regard to the arbitrary rules of orthography, and the result was often amusing. One clay Gen. Sickles, then lying in a hospital here badly wounded, craved fruit, grapes particular? ly. A friend, not being able to find them elsewhere, went down to; the department of agriculture and asked Commissioner Newton for some. "I haven't any grapes," replied New? ton; "I'd give them to j'ou in a minute for Gen. Sickles if I had, but I'll give you anything else we've got." "Well," said the friend, "what other fruits have you?" "Why," said Newton, "I think we have some nectarines, and you're welcome to some of them." "They'll do very well," said the friend. "Just write me an order to the gardener for some, will you?" Newton said he would, drew a sheet of paper toward him, and began to write. The date line was all right, for that was printed, but after that Iiis troubles began. "Give bearer," he wrote, "as many" and then he stopped, for he couldn't spell nectarines, and he knew it. He thought over it for a full minute. Then he threw down his pen, picked up his hat, and said: "Come, I'll go over with you myself." ?Philadelphia Record. A Sensible Charge. "Gentlemen of the jury," onco said an old time judge In Mobile. "Tho lawyers have been here two whole days discussing the constitutionality of tho law under which this suit was brought. You have nothing to do with that. All you have to ascertain Is whether the man got the money. If he did he ought to pay it. Take the case.' '?The American. Malaria is the name of a new postoffice la Mecklenberg county, Va. Honors to Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, May; 13.?A special to the Picayune from Meridian, Miss., says: At 11 o'clock yesterday morning a public reception was given Jefferson Davis at the residence of Colonel J. R, Mclntosh, where he is stopping. For two hours a perfect stream of people passed through the parlors and shook hands with the ex chieftain and bis beautiful daughter. Mr. Davis was in his best humor and had a pleasant word for each one that shook his hand. At 5 o'clock last evening a banquet and reception was given in the Court house grounds. Mr. Davis made a short address, in which he thanked the people of Meridian for their most cordial recep? tion. At this point the members of the Press Association ascended the platform in a body and presented their respects to him. At the banquet there were 300 plates and seated at the table? were the most distinguished men of the State. A floral wreath was brought in, and E. H. Dial presented it to Mr. Davis in the name of the women of Meridian. Mr. Davis, in accepting it, said: "God has graced the South with beau? tiful flowers and lovely women. The most blessed of women are those of our own Southland. With such feeling expressions, the beautiful flowers, which were arranged so artistically by loving hands, are more beautiful than anything that has been given to me." The second toast was: to "Jefferson Davis, soldier, statesman and champion of Southern rights." It was responded to by Hon. Thos. H. Woods. When Mr. Davis rose to reply, he was greeted with long continued applause. He began by apologizing for the short address he would make them, and said that he was quite fatigued from tbe day's exercises. Continuing be said: "I am unable to treat this theme as it should be without premeditation. What was the army navy of the South ? It was was the patriotism of perBons who bared their breasts to bullets in defending a con? stitutional right. With great navies and armies against us, we formed regiments and battalions. At their head we placed Lee as their commander. We remember scenes where the wife, as she threw her arms around her husband, and daughters in loving em brace gathering aro und those that were to go, and then the widowed mother, as she let tear drops fall on tbe face of the devoted sou she would never see again, and girdled bis sword to hi.? waist and told him to go forth, as his father would have done. Those were the kind of men we had. With inferior numbers of men we marched onward, fighting for our rights, and battle after battle was fought and won; but Northern historians never conceded that, and indulged in triumphs of mind over mat? ter. But now those scenes and incidents have passed, and they only live in our minds and history. United you are now, and if the Union is ever to be broken, let the other side break it. The army of the South will shine forever around the camp fires, and will still shine to our children and children's children. The truth we fought for shall not encourage you to ever fight again; but keep your word in good or evil. God bless you all." The Battle of Bcntonvllle. Raleigh, N. C, May 10.?The monu? ment to the Confederate dead of the battle of Bentonville was unveiled to-day at Smithville, Johnston County. Gen. "Joe" Johnston presided, and Ex-Con gressroan Alfred Moore Waddell was the orator of the day. Governor Alfred Moore Scales, who was in the Army of Northern Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Charles M. Stedman, who was a major in that service, Gen. ?. F. Hoke, who com? manded tbe Confederate centre at the battle, and Major J. B. Starr, who com? manded the artillery on that occasion, were all specially invited to be presenfc, and were there. The procession was a success. The poem was read by Col. Dennis Worth ington. The chief marshal was J. F. Ellington, the assistant marshals were Geore I. Nowitzby and B. B. Adams. The following is the inscription on the monument: "To the soldiers! of the Southern Con? federacy who sacrificed their lives in a cause, which though lost, will always remain dear to their countrymen, this monument is erected by their admirers and fellow-countrymen." The battle of Bentonville was really the last of the war, for, although there was some conflict between Sherman's troops and those of Joseph E. Johnston, up to the very day of the latter's surren? der, yet these did not rise above the dig? nity of Bkirmisbes. It was also a Con? federate victory. Both armies were composed of veterans, and that of the Confederates fought with desperation as if with the hopelessness born of despair. In proportion to the number of Confed? erates engaged the Federal loss was greater than in any other battle of the war. The battle began on April 19, 1865, and continued several days. Sherman was in personal command of the Federal forces. Badeau gives the Federal loss at 391 killed and 1,451 wounded and missing. Johnston com? manded the Confederate troops in person. His losses be officially reported to be 223 killed and 1,467 wounded, 653 miss? ing. Johnston's army numbered 14,100 infantry and artillery. The Federal forces on the ground were 35,000. Tbe monument is a simple shaft of marble, sixteen feet in height, and is placed in tbe centre of the pretty little cemetery, just over the plat of sward which covers the soldier dead. Money in Cotton Mills. Spartanburg, May 11.?The stock? holders of the Clifton Mills held their annual meeting yesterday. The old directors were re-elected. The presi? dent's report showed that the mill had been doing well and the indications are that tbe hard times and short dividends, or rather no dividends of the last two years, are about to pass away. The stockholders have faith in Pacolet water power, for they agreed yesterday to build a second mill, about a half a mile below Clifton, at the Cannon Shoals. They will begin work at once, and have the mill, with about fifteen thousand spin? dles, in operation before the beginning of tbe next year. There will be one hun? dred thousand dollars of stock to bo raised for this new mill, the old stock? holders having the preference in taking this new stock. When this mill is built and furnished with hands the population will run up to two thousand or more, and this where, ten years ago, it was a deso? late, woe-begone looking country. That shows what concentrated capital, wisely managed as this has been, can do. His Wife Got Even With Him, The story is told that a husband was sitting in bis Btorc, when a letter in a familiar handwriting was handed to him. It waB from his wife, whom he had left at home that morning with every assur? ance of affection and devotion. But the very first sentence startled him, and as be read on, tbe moat horrible suspicion seized him: "I am forced to do some? thing that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. I am determined you shall know it, let the result be what it may. I have known for a week that this trial was coming, but kept it to myself until to-day, when it has reached a crisis and I can keep it no longer. You must not censure me too harshly, for you must reap the reward as well as myself. I do hope it won't crush you. Tbe flour is out. Please send me some this afternoon. I thought by this method you would not forget it." She was right. He didn't. Moses Again. Huston, I\Iny Mill.?The friends of Franklin .1. Moses, lawyer and ox-Judge and ex Governor of South Carolina, have made application to Gov. Ames and the Council for pardon. Moses, in October, 1885, was sentenced to three years in the State prison, having been convicted of forgery. It j'h Btated that he is in poor health. Backlen's Arnaca Salve? The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi? tively cares 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. Established 1343. W. & J. SLOANE, WlIOLELAlE AND RETAIL DeALEBIS IN Carpetings, Floor Cloths, Rugs, Mattings, Mats and Upholstery Goods. Great Novelties at Very Low Prices. SAMPLES SENT IF DESIRED. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Broadway, 18th and 19th Streets, NEW YORK, AND Gil to G47 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. April 7,1887 . 39 2m What tlie lit, Lclwjion Shakera Pound?Incident in the His? tory of a Quiet Community* The Mount Lebanon (New York) Shakers are a quiet com? munity, secluded from the fret and worry of the outside world, They are widely known, how? ever, for their strict honor and probity in business. The Shakers believe that na? ture Las a remedy for every dis? ease. A few have been found? the rest are as yet unknown. Many were discovered by acci? dent. Others came to light as the result of patient experiment and research. Nervous Dyspepsia is a com? paratively nein disease, growing out of the conditions of modern life. It is a joint affection of the digestive organs and of the nervous system. These two were formerly treated as sepa? rate ailments, anil it was left for the clear-sighted Shakers to prove that the basis of this terrible and often fatal compli? cation lies chief]}- in the disord? ered and depraved functions of digestion and nuKtion. They reasoned thus:?" jc we can in? duce the stomach to do its work, and stimulate the excre? tive organs to drive out of the body the poisonous waste mat? ters which remain after the life giving elements of the food nave been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous Dys? pepsia and Nervous Exhaust? ion. And they were right Knowing the infallible power of Shaker Extract (Seigel's Syrup) in less complicated though similar diseases, they resolved to test it fully in this. To leave no ground for doubt they prescribed the remedy in hundreds of cases which had been pronounced in? curable?with perfect success in every instance where their directions as to living and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex? haustion is a peculiarly Ameri? can disease. To a greater or less extent half the people of this country suffer from it? both sexes and all ages. In no countiy in the world are there so many insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resulting from this alarming disease. Its leading symptoms are these: Frequent or continual head? ache; a dull pain at the base of the brain; bad breath; nau? seous eructations; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat; a sense of oppress? ion and faintness at the pit of the stomach; flatulence; wake fulness and loss of sleep; dis? gust with food even when weak from the need of it; sticky or slh-ry matter on the teeth or in the mouth, especially on ris? ing in the morning; furred and coated tongue; dull eyes: cold hands and feet; constipation; dry or rough skin ; inability to fix the mind on any labor call? ing for continuous attention; and oppressive and sad fore? bodings and fears. All this terrible group Shaker Extract (Seigels Syrup) removes by its pos? itive, pow; rtnl, direct yet painless and. gen l ie action upon the functions or" digestion and assimilation. Those elements of the food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon their mission, while all waste matters (the ashes of life's fire) which unremoved, poison and kill, are expelled from the body through the bowels, kid? neys and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned and fed by the purified blood. As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings and power, returns to the suf? ferer who had, perhaps, aband? oned all hope of ever seeing another well day. ??? GROCERY HOUSE. BROWNLEE * BROWN, - DEALERS IN - HEAVY, FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES, FRUITS ana COUTFECTIONS. ^We offer all kinds of Groceries, Canned Goods, Pickles, Crackers, Preserved Fruits, Hams, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Green and Roasted Coffees, Best Brands of Teas, Buckwheat Flour, Oat Flakes and Wheat FlakeaJ 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, Ac. A nice lot of Bran just received. $3r 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 Sc BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Halh 27 GET THE BEST ! The Cheapest and Finest Guano in the Market! THE undersigned having been appointed agents for the sale of the GENEROSTEE 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 ourleadiDg 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, 823.00 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. ^ SEQ.. Call and see us without fail before purchasing. It will cost you nothing to look into the merits of this Guano. BROWN BROS., Agents, Feb 17,1887 32 ANDERSON, S. C. 3m CAUTION. Consumtrt 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 thrite only as they can ttealfromlhs article imitated. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dinam mulled free. For tale by all drugjUU. TUE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. I havo hsd blooi poison for ten years. I know I have taken one hundred bottlr* of Iodide or potash tn that time, bat It aid me no good. Last gammer my fnee, neck, body and limbs were covered with sores, and 1 conld scarcely use ray ami on acconnt of rheu? matism in my shoulders. I took S. S. S., and It has done me more good than nil other m<di? does I haro taken. My face, body and neck are perfectly clear and clean, and my rheu? matism Is entirely gone. I weighed 118 pounds when I began the medicine, and I now weigh 152 pounds. My first bottle helped me greatly, and cave me an appetite like a strong man. I would cot be without 8. S. 6. for several times its weight in gold. C. E. MITCHELL, W. 33d St. Ferry, New York. EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. ROCHESTER, N. Y.,:September 15, 1886. WE have made HILL.7ADAMS & CO., of Anderson, S. C, our Agents for the sale of our Ladics';Fine Shoes. We make on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wau> ken Ph&3t and Creole lasts; the latter is just out and is very nice. We use the McKay Machine and sew with best Bar hour's thread. Every pair warranted. They are nice, neat and stylish. Give themja look when yon viant a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay. Oct 7,1886 _ ._J3. P. REED & CO. IINID-IIANNI DR.KILMERS /VOUCH CURE [CONSUMPTION Oil. Evary Ingredient 1? from Vegetable, producta tliat grow In night of erery sufferer. ST has no Morphiao, Opium or injurons Drags, y. h Every dose li///^f259t? Summer, *t//A 1VjD ! Autumn (yf/AZtmll? Winter, v. ''Ir^kgf/? colds settle In T9? wyl-^the Mucous J 's )?*-- Membranes Nose, Throat, Bronchal Tubes, Air-colls and Lima Tissues, causing Cough. Wim : Disease? Invado thcLun~w? Scrofula, Catnrrh-poisons, Micro-organ? isms, Humors, and Blood Impurities. What aro the Primary Can bob? Colds, Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Conges- ? tlon, Inflammation, Catarrh or Hay-Fever,*H Asthmas, Pneumonia, Malaria, Measles,B Whooping Cough and Croup. RELIKTES QTJIOKXY.CTJRES PERMANENTLY It will stop that Coughing, Tickling in Throat, Dry-hacklngnnd Catnrrh-dropplnff. Is your Expectoration or Sputa Frothy Bloort-Staintd Cat?rrhal Pus (Afatfer) relfounsfc Canker-Ukc Phlegm Tvherhular Muco^purulentt ItprovonteDecline, Night-Sweats, Hec? tic-rover, and Death from Consumption. 25c, 50c, $1.00?6 bottles $5.00. Prepared at Dr. Kilmer's Dispensary, Elophnmton, K. y.,"Invalids'ouiilo to Ilenlth" (Sent Free). SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. For sale by WILHITE & WILHITE, Anderson, S. C. 44?ly ??gascBscussi Should bo urcd a few months before confinement. Send for hook " To Mothers," mailed free. Brad field p.suulatoe Co., Atlanta, Go. 1 $k I Iff SB Enr-nmtlc and Intelligent **% 1 Km <G? Indies wnnted to introduce our popular Corsets In every county. No experi? ence required. Agent* pro making ?100 monthly. ir>0 different styles to seleot from; Largest commissions, best terms, and most sal? able goods. Satisfaction triinrantord. Exchwivo torritory given. ?3 OUTFIT FREE. Illus? trated Catalogue and particulars free. Write for terms at onco. Ask for our ?300 Ca*H Frcuilum List. Our new book, entltlrd DRESS KEKOIUl FOR LADIES, with biography of "Worth (fl!n>i rated), sent on receipt of application. IT WILL PAY EXPERI? ENCED AGENTS to W KIT IS for TERMS. Don't delay IT you iviei? tu sccuru terri? tory. 12WIS SCEIEM * CO., SSO HEW 70BS, PIEDMONT" AIR-LINE^ Richmond *t Danville B. K., COLUMBIA & GBEENVILLE DIVISI0K. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1886. (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. I No. 52 I Northboubd. I No. 53 Lvo Walhalla.... Seneca.. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurcns. Grconvillo.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry... Arr. Columbia... .Augusta .... 8.20 am . 9.00 am 10.45 am 12.00 m 10.45 nm 8.20 am 9.25 am 12.41pm 1.10pm 3.04 pm 5.15 pm 9.20 pm Arr. Lve. Columbia.. Newberry.. Ninety-Six Greonwo'd Greenville Laurcns1.... AblKiville.. S|iart'iihr'g Anderson.. Seneca. Walhnlla... Atlanta. 11.00 am 1.01 pm 2.20 pm 2.42 pm 6.53 pm 6.55 pm 4.35 pm 4.35 put 4.50 pm C.02pm C.35pm 10.40 pm No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Geu'I Tasa. Agent. P. CardweeIi, A sB*t Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C Sot.. Baas, Traffic M?n?R*r. CARRIAGE AND "Wagon Shop THE undersigned would respectfully in? form the public that he is prepared to do all kinds of work in the Carriage and Wagon line. New Buggies and Wagons put up to; order. I make a specialty in Painting, as I have a first-class Painter; so bring on your old Baggies. 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, 8. C. W. D. MARONEY. Jan 20,1887_28_ HORSES AND MULES For Sale at JOHN E. PEOPLES' LIVERY STABLE. IHAVE a nice lot of Mules and Horses on hand, and I am expecting a fine drove from Tennessee in a few days, which I will sell cheap for cash, or on time to good parties. Mr. W. H. Green will attend to you in the sale department, and Mr. L. L. Gail lard in the livery department. JOHN E. PEOPLES. Jan 20, 1S?7_28_3m Wagon and Buggy Shop. MOTTO for 1887 : "Live and let live." Come and see me before going else? where with your work. Prices lower than the lowest. I will make it pay you to give me a call. Filling Wheels a specialty. Wagons made to order. Shop on Capt. Daniels' lot, opposite Jail. D. M. STEPHENS. Jan 13,1S87_27_6m Hiving *oM your excel* ? lentprcpamloa known as Ctioi theputyenrormore we ism pleAK'd to report that it iflnm ?tfltiro satisfaction ard we d? not . - berime to wconwctfl It. J, C WmUra A Oo^ Sjrraooe, N. T SoUNrj Dru--g.lt*, Fries, #1.00. For sale by ORR & SLOAN, Anderson, S. C._,_45?ly $25,000.00 IN GOLD! WILL BE PAID FOR ARB?GKLBS' COFFEE WRAPPERS. 1 Premium, - - $1,000.00 2 Premiums;, ? $500.00 each 6 Premiums, ? S250.00 " 25 Premiums, ? SIOO.OO " 100 Premiums, ? $50.00 " 200 Premiums, ? $20.00 " 1,000 Premiums, S10.00 " For Cull particulars and direction* ??*? Clrcu* Inr in every pounH n* AnriURSt.Es' Gorettis. " patents. " WM. G. HEiVDERSOlV, Patent Attorney And Solicior. OFFICES, 925 F STREET, P 0. P.ox 50. WASHINGTON, D. C Formerly of the Examining CorpSj *U. S. Patent. Office, Practices before the Patent Office, U. S. Supreme Court and the Federal Court*. Opinions given as to scope, validity, and infringements of Patents. Information cheerfully and promptly furnished. Hand Books on Patents, with refeiences annexed. FREE._ JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE New, Rare and Beautiful Plants for 1887 IS ROW READY. LOVERS of line 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 Enst Indians, American, etc. ? Alsoi Cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAULS, Washington, D. C. March 3,1887 34 2m