The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 16, 1887, Image 4

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. ' * TH'E -PRlCe ?F POWER. ?_. . ? . > - "t?n^jaureled soldlers,' statesmen, seers and ? f And tells nsofyour glorious victories; 'O, King-of Babylon! to-day where Is :.-' Toy majesty ? Thy countless slaves and pages, ;?^TOy. banquet halls and gardens? Wealth engages ^^^ sto^eeyo with dazzling treasures? y".A*dyet uncouth ChaldWm memories j^Orcrwchlng'beaste come down the path of : ? -agea._. i"*>iUld:yoa; who. made Rome's heart grow faint - ,with fearl - ^V^jBeitefttixBfflento's waves your tomb was made^ ^Veop^faiifef.c^bed; your.kinglybler ^?i:^t^au3night there the doomed slave sevrtons ? ;. -lajd-. .Death softened'by no honest sighor tear? . ' T< -'Twere better, had that soul at birth been stayed. cf/v-^lwlesKh6wicsBoltonto Now England Mag >'^.ozine. ? .'' A SNAKE' STORY. *Telog,T' saidvthe. Old Settler, as he ^vttiletfhis pipe after supper and dragged rrC;>'the s5llnt bottom roclrjng chair out of the Vx . backstoop for a quiet, smoke, "run over to tb&'S^uire's'an'. see if his folks has got ^^Qnror^Twifh their las' week's Clarion \V..-BIastT '?*\ Freedom yit. Seems to me it. ^.^a^^em.a^goc^ -vv'ile to read that paper fe^pjpteongh."; Tsent over fer it yisterday, an' :^"^iey^seht bsbk'word they was readin' on '?:0?n-:tlujlrselfe. yit. :It'R be'time foir nex' ^i;^eJkSvpaper. to git.aroun' 'fore I have a c j^e^p?DuV. at w'at .were goin' on las' week if ;^51ihe'?S^uire's folks hoi's on -to. that paper ^. ' muclju. langer.. I never see- how selfish -i^-XBoma "folks is. Run over, Pel?g. an'seoif "^Hhey'm through with it, an' if they can't W.send'ifr this' time, vthoy tin keep their oT ^cpaper';for all o' me. Run along, Peleg." % lit^Pelegput oh.hishat and started. tfVrlie was about climbing the garden ience sv - tcr niafeo a- .short cut to. the 'Squire.'0 ^"'^hen his grandfather called b^m_?X*" _^^ . v^tiao^Dacit. The Old .Settler i^t?ok ii few' vigorous puffs on his pipe and "" i'said: - ^g^atfmammy.'s gone to 'xperi ;tneetih', haan'tshe?" rPelbg-said she had, and his grandfather r_. ^:Bald5-.l'All right,?* and Peleg started once ^^B^Me for the garden fence. But tho Old ""^^Set?er calM ;h?h liack* again. "After a *^*%&Mti& .vigorous ;puffs at. the pipe, and ^|^>ci?tfl?js'^mce anauhd into thejMtchen, '-'th?^Ojdr Settler, said, in a low, confidential .. ..tone: : "l^^f /s'pose JQ' don't ^kn?w whar yer gran^ammy. keeps that >olr?that air : bot??b'.^ toot d' her'n, do 0 ^^B&sg: ha "didn't, and his' grahd . mth'^/iold.- him to go on after the paper.. , i.'W^tti^Peleg harl mounted the fence the : ,<tfe\ Settler knocked the ashes out of his plpe,>'dr'agged -his chair "back into the . ^tohen:anxl lighted a lamp. Incn he put ?*:>4^1i&'ipectaoles-, took the lamp and went ^!;:;^toto''tho pantry.' He locked along the ^T'-^shelves;- felt behind two or three big plat -;'. tors that were slanted on a shelf against tho -iv^ topS down the catchup bottle, smelt ? of Itniid pnt it :.back, looked behind the ^BKoor and in all the corners, and came ou t ^^Htato. the kitchen apparently, disappointed. ^ thpnght^a moment, and then hurried to the'tall old clock that ticked solemnly, ^^?a one.-c?rner. Ho opened the dock and ? examined tho interior. Disappointment evidently met him there. Then h i opened the-:drawer:in the kitchen table, looked ^^Hgoremlly into it and shut it with a slam. The bedroom off then attracted h's atten ;? ' . ' Sou. '. Ho weat In, rummaged through all , ihe bureau drawers, looked under the bed ', ' - and came out again with disgust mingled >?'-.. wi^disappomtment on Ids. face. Then ? -h^soiuiht.the; sitting room and the spare V he^6om,;exaniihed eyerynookand corner ^^?^marcajono back into ;"the kitchen looking very- hot and mad. He put. the lamp down on^ the tabled threw himself with a 'snldr I into his chajr, and- at last said: "1; guess ?TSl'riar's afeerd th't burglars* ?U'/.'^ ?l'horo "theiT wayin herOsome evenln' an' :v^,'~"waliC r.ATay with that hottle o' durnhitter stuff o1 her'.u. They'd hef to want sumpln' ? ? ? ? .to;-,drink; p?o^ bad if they did. . I never /""?;iSee> b'gosh, how s'plcions some folks is. 'Specially womehL" Just then little Peleg camo in with the ^^igmer lrom the 'Squire's. : "Wall," said the-Old, Settler, "they h*y mado'np their minds at last to let ye have MfA% did they?" . > 7 . Yesj^'ieplied Peleg; "but Aunt Peggy ;' - said'thatirm never thought of subscribing to the paper " yourself as fgZj behig a good way to get the news when it I^^K^nsriesh.'' .^"'Scribin' to it!" exclaimed the Old Set t-:' tier/ u 'Scrfbin' to itl W1y;didnt;I.usety :yi;'< '?C'/ihe to-it? Didn't I 'scribe to it jis' to v*:?:;helpthe;feller along.th't startedit? An* ; dicfo'the/sen' me a bfll for $2 TboUt a year ; arterw/Qs, an' say he'd be obleeged if I'd , drop-in w?en I come to town an' settle, or '<r- - sen' it-down by a "^neighbor? ; That's w'at :.^^;Fdono, an' tha^s .w'at he done. Wa?, I ??'?r:,$s? -sent word to the ungrateful chap th't ' w'en'"I 'scrit'ed for his "paper jls* to help hnU. along I.s'posed he 'predated it, 'an 2* th't I wa'n't use to" no. soch doin's. ez his. ^^'T tophim to stopsendin^hispaper tome* ^;. immejitly an' to wnhst, ez I wouldn't hev ? . .hfcumerysheefc iumyhonse. An' I hain't ? toqk.it sence, on' I wouldn't compermise : mj^Seif^ by takin'it, nuther. Peleg, w'en '-'?":fi man don't Jpreciato his friends ez wants .-,?" tp'h?r^him along, the sooneEiheiqnttB the better^ Wat's in the paper, sonny? Open it hp an pi rceed. Has they h'en any Injin ' ..fights lately?" ' Peleg sat down and opened the paper. ; ,". "Loot for Injin fights, fust, Peleg," ' said the Old Settler. Peleg" glanced over, the paper, and his ejo fell on a column .-headed, "Deadly J V. Work in the Wild West." "- -'.'That'sitl" exclaimed the Old Settler. $;. '^hat'lslnilns!" .. '." - Then Peleg -read about some peaceful ?s -settlenients on the frontier, and how the - torribl^ cydones'had. swept down upon ; t^em^kiuLag, men, women and childreni ,5. destroying their houses, and even carry? ing little children away before their dying parents' very eyes. , /'The bloody scoundrels 1" exclaimed the Old Settler,, greatly exdteci. "Injinsisthe -.terriblest critters _ez over roamed on the face oVthe 'arth, takin' 'em all togetier; ^-butl've allnz said'th't that Cycloon tribe was tho bloodiest on'em all I Ionlywisht ; . I vrero .this.gover'ment 'bout a week! If ' Xwouldn't 'send a l.?tp' sojers out thar t^'dwipe ev'ry red devil of a Cycloon off an this mort al globe in less time th'n it'd take me to tell it; then I'd goont thar ? anf let 'em chaw me, h'gosh, bones, boots A ;-.-an'; buttons, dod dum 'em. W'at else is v V th' starfclin'', Peleg?" - Little Peleg read column after column, . until he began to get hoarae and wanted Ity stop. ? ' "Wall, all right," said his grandfather; - ^.TjUt jgive Us the Sugar Swamp jottin's ,. /fust. :'? Le's see w'ats goin' on in the Sugar .Swamp deestric." .s So-*Pelsg; turned to tho "Jottings from 'Sugar. S^vamp" and read them through. Tho prihdpal items were that Simeon Shortlip's. heifer had-given birth to three' '.'calves, all. alive and healthy; Obadiah Frazer ls tame bear had choked to death on a jturnip, and Jacob Pindibble had blasted a big white oak stump, and, be ' sides yblowing'the stump to pieces, had " oncovered a den of shakes, out of which ' camo 103 big black snakes, 03 rattle ; snakes, 47 copperheads, and so many or ? mnary: everyday snakes that Pbidibble .couldn't connt ?eml; -': "Them-calves I b'lievo in a lie," said -the- Old Settler, "an' ez fer the tame b'ar, "" that's a 'tarnal shame. Thar's that Obe , Fnizer, a big, strappin' six footer of a f -ebushwacker, the very sight on him bein' V<3Jaough to skeer a decent h'ar inter the Vkind o' conniptions, yit he's act'ally d to go inter the woods alono, 'cause __;^ays ho^mowt- run. foul of a big j'ar on' bo"" chawed up, an' his fam'ly aowt suffer. But las' spring he comes a lee tie bit of a cub awhlnin' in a> holler log,, waitm' fer its mammy to. come back an' give It sumpin' eat.! Wa't does Obo do? He gethers the cub an' cuts his sticks on the We quick fer home, an' ezhe happened Sketch a ride with a lightnin' rod peddler i hadarattlin' good boss, he throwed I' b^'r offen the scent an' gits home the cub all hunkey. Now,if .bo'd i leifc that cub whar it were, the i aces iSthat it mowt ha' growed up to "ibe A tearer, an' some o' the boys mowt ha' <run ag'iu it an' had a bully 01' rassel with ?; it. But no. Obo yanks tho onpertected cub tahls cabin, chains it to a pole, on' "raises, ft to be a dum ornery, no'count ;'.D*ar that 'stid o' comhi' to an end; ez'd [ vha' dlditan'its fam'ly-credit, setch ez f ;..-'gittin* a'kntfe in its gullet or an ounce or ^twer o' lead in its gizzard, JIs turns np an' sez the fool dieth, by. chokin' to death fa turnip- Obo Frazer orter be prose ^ cutedt-i Ho had, b'goshl, ? ?-".132 to them snakes,'' continued the Old Se??dr after a pause,, "knowin''the > Swamp-' deestrie' ez;*.well ez I do, I a talk over setch a insignificant find o' snakes es that. Jee?whizzl We'nlwere a boy, an* lived in that deestrio*, I didn't think nothin' o' goin' out an'?but, pshaw! Wat's the use o| taBcln'? Th' hain't no snakes no more." "Oh, yes there is, grandpopl" said little Peleg. "Me an' Bill Simmons seen three great big ones down 'long the creek yes? terday, and Bill says he knows where there's a heap of 'em." "He does, hay?" replied Peleg* 9 grand? father, with a touch of sarcasm in his tone. "Wall, does ho happen to know whar he kin clap his eyes on a drill tailed egg epitter? Did Bill Simmons mention anything 'bout no 'count sarpinta o' that name in that election o' his'n?" "N-ho," said Peleg, opening hiB eyes wide. "He didn't say anything about it, bnt he says he knows a snake that milks '. cows and carries the milk in a bag that hangs from - his neck and takes it around and peddles it to other snakes that like milk out can't milk cows. Bill's going to show me that snake some day." . This seemed to stagger Old Settler for a moment, and ha looked uneasy. But he recovered himself and said: '?Bill knows whar thuz one o' them baggy necked milk peddlers, does he? "Wall, Bill's an obsarvin' boy, but I'm afeerd he's a follerin' pooty clus in his daddy's footsteps, an' the fust thing he knows he'll l'arn to lie. His daddy, ol' Jake Simmons, fit shy o' the truth tfil his dyin'day." h v "?< *{But them drill tail egg spitters, they wasasarpint th't Sugar Swamp dees trie' .?wero proud on w'en I were a boy. They was a tol'able curious snake, an' I don't see w'at people could ba' ben thinkin' oh to let their breed die out, 'cause they was a useful part o' nat'rnl hist'ry sixty year ago. But 'tain't likely thuz ez muchezJ a dried skin o' one left in the hp^r-irees tric?. ? "The drill tailedv^gR Bpitter didn't brag much on bj? 'Height, tut w'en it come down *Jo heft he alluz ockypied a front ' seat at the show. That is, 'specially the he male.. These snakes was fixed up by natur' in a enriona way. Ye know-, Peleg, th't in the honey bee xam'ly thuz the queen, the drone an' the worker bee. Now these drill tail egg spitters was cut out by natur' in pqpty "much tlfe same way, 'cept th't'they didn't hev ho drone. Not much they didn't. They had the he male, the she male and the worker. The he male had the drill tail, the she male had lhe ' egg spltter an' ? the. worker he jist .worked.. To make this int'restin' lector' in nat'ral hist'ry plain an' simple, I'll call the he feller the drill snake, the she nn the spitter snake, an' the worker'11 come under his proper name o' worker snake* "The drill snake, Peleg, were not over two foot long. He were two inches an' a half through, an' the same size all! the way down, like a round, stick of wood.! The head were 'bout the shape oi an ol' fashioned flat turnip, an' weighed two poun'. In the middle o' the tail end, which were cut square Off, just like a . round stick o' wood is sawed off, th' were fitted, a drill, mebby six or seven inches long, an' an inch thick where it were fastened to the snake, an' tapered off to a tolahle sharp p'int Six inches or so of - the tail end o' the snake were got' np on the plan o' one o' these twisted springs that ye kin push way down ez flat ez a sasser, almost, bnt w'ich jumps np. ag'n . quicker'n a powder flash w'en ye let go of it The drill snake were about the color of a 50-year-oP barn ez hadn't never been painted. . So ye kin see, Peleg, that this sarpint wan't ez pooty ez a pictur* book, but he didn't travel on his beauty no mor'n he did on his height. W'at he bragged about were his uncommon git up an' git '?The'spltter snake didn't seem to hev many p'tio'lar p'ints 'bout her ez fur ez ye could see, 'cept th't she were jist ez purtyez her ol'man were humly. But '' her innard arrangements was a little dif | fer'nt from them o' any other sarpint ez ' had managed to 'scape from the ark with Noar, for 'stid o' layin' her eggs like com? mon ordinary snakes does, she fetched 'em up like a cow does her cud, an' spit 'em out. Then w'en she traveled she alluz got herself np in the shape of a letter S, ? an' went sailin' along ez pooty ez a swan a swimmin', an' kinder put tin' ye in mind o' one, too. "The worker snake o' this curious sar? pint fam'ly were a dandy. Peleg, I only wlsht I'd a thort fur enough ahead w'en I were a boy, an' I'd a kep' a speciment o' this snake jist to show to yon, so ye could see w'at funny things natur nsety do th't she don't seem to care a dura 'bout doin' nowadays. It'd a pleased ye, I know, an' I'm'consarhed sorry. Wall, the worker, snake were a dandy. It were built on the plan of a shingle ez to thickness, but its toll were roundin', like an eel's. The worker ' snake were properly six inches ? wide," flat an' smooth on top, but roundin? on the bottom. W'en it traveled it didn't wiggle itself along with a sideways wiggle like other snakes, bnt got over the ground by an up an' down kicMn' of itself th't were amazin' to see. The worker were nigh on to three foot long. Its head came . to a sharp p'int, like the bow of a boat. A few inches back from the head end the snmpin' th't looked like a thin piece o' bone, mebbe three inches high an' four or five wide,-'peared to raise np onten tho worker snnkW boot "That was bone, bnt it wa'n't fast to the back. Eunnin' from the middle o' the under edge o' that thin plate o' bone, an' fastened to it, were aroun' piece o' snmpin' th't looked like a lead pencil, only 'twere bigger. That dis? appeared in the worker snake right at the shoulder. Pooty soon ye'll see, Peleg, w'at that apparatus were f er. " 'Long in the last part o' April was the time th't this fam'ly of sarpinta get ready fer their , season's hatchin'. Then ye'd see the drill snake, an' the worker snake pickin? out their ground. W'en that were foun' to suit 'em, the drill snake ' d stiffen hisself like an axe handle, give hisself a spring up in the air, and come down with his drill straight in the gronn' and to its full length. As he struck, the. weight of his head'd drive the spring of his tall end down flat, bnt in the tenth of a second it 'd fly np to its place agin. That'd throw the drill snake np in the air, an' he'd sail ahead mebbe ten foot, w'en down he'd come agin, an' so on, ez long as he wanted to. Wall, follerin' right along arter the drill snake come the spitter snake, twisted in her pootty letter S shape. She'd sail up to the fust hole her ol' man had drilled, stop fer a second, shoot her head down to tho hole an' spit an egg inter it Then away she'd go to the next hole. I fergot to tell ye that she had three egg chambers. 'One of 'em held the egg th't hatched the drill snake, ono held the spitter snake eggs, on' the third the worker snake eggs --?'cause, ye see, they had to keep up a sure supply o' each kind o' snake. In one hole she'd spit one kind o' egg, another kind in the next, and t'other kind in the next, or. all three to wunst in one hole, if she wanted to. An' so she'd go on fol? lerin' the drill snake ez he went leapin' over the country, peggin' holes in the ground fer her to spit in. "Follerin' the spitter snake come the worker snake, churnin' its way along fast an' easy. It'd stop at tho fast bole tho spitter had been at, an' then ye'd see snmpin' funny. That sheet o' thin bone'd raise up from the worker's back, an' ye'd see th't w'at I said looked like a lead pen? cil were a handle fast to 'the bone, an' worked on a hinge at the snake's shoulder an' ye'd see at wunst th't the hull business were ez complete a hoe an* handle ez any one could whittle out Well, Peleg, the worker would throw that little hoe ahead of itself, an' it'd strike the ground on t'other side the hole. Then the worker 'd hump itself a little, an' pull the dirt back with the hoe an' kiver np the egg th't had been spit in thar, an' it were per? fected tho slickest "sind, an' could go right on a hatohin'. Then the worker'd follcr on to the next hole an' the next jest ez long ez the driller and the spitter thort best to keep up the plautin'. Mustn't that ha' been a funny sight, Peleg?" "Yes, gron'pop," replied little Peleg, with bulging eyes; "but what did they make the worker snake so flat for?" "'Dzac'ly," said the Old Settler. "'Dzac'ly. Iknow'd ye'd ast methat, Peleg. I'll tell ye why the worker were flat Natur' don't make no mistakes. Ye see the drill snake wero so heavy that ho couldn't swim, an' it often happened in their journeys 'roun' tho country th't they had^to cross rivers an' ponds. It were part a' the duties o' tho worker snake to' take tho driller aboard of itself an' ferry him over to t'other side, an' that were tho reason the worker wero built that way. The hoe layin'on its back at them times made a bully sail, an' helped the worker on its voyage amazin'. p 'fNow this fam'ly o' sorpints were ez docile ez elephants an' ez harmless as gin? ger pop. My poor ol' father struck on Idee one day th't ho see a good labor savin' machine in them snakes, an' he ketched a fam'ly o' young uns an' trained 'em. . The neighbors hardly believed it the next spring, w'en they come to our cleorin' on'see a driller snake, a spltter snake an' a worker snake jist more th'n 'drfllih', au' droppln' an' kivorln corn in .One o' our fields. My ol' dad hod teached 'em to do It. All he had to do, arter the 8arpints see w'at were 'spected of 'em, were to fill tho spitter snake's egg cham? bers with corn an' start 'em out, on' away they'd go. They conld drill, drop an' kiver more corn ground in ono day than ten men could in a week. I don't see w'at in the world they ever let setch a race o'*-but 8h-h-hl Peleg! Here's yer granmammyl" But Peleg was asleep, and when Maria came in the Old Settler was deep in the columns of The Clarion Blast of Free? dom.?Ed. Mott in New York Sun. Metropolitan Burglars. A gentleman whom I met this after? noon, commenting on the purchase by Tiffany for 180.000 francs of the French crown jewels, made the remark that there is more treasure stored in the city of New York than in any other city of the world. "For two reasons," said he, "it is the most valuable city to sock. In the first place, a great amount of all sorts of treas? ure?bunion, diamonds and precious stones of all sorts?is stored in safes which any expert burglar can open in half an hour with appliances which can be carried in the vest pocket." He said that a man could carry in his vest pocket that which would open any safe now in use. "It does not require an expert man, either," said he. "Youcan doit; any? body can do it." Then this gentleman went on to demonstrate clearly how it could be done. He said there is no secu? rity in safes, and the only way Is to have valuables guarded by a watchman. He said this is tho reason for tb? ?nwcfch *?f. these great safe deno.*<t companies. He then illustrate^ by saying that a viol o nitro^jrerine, wltha percussion cap and 'Vtmall: piece of putty, was all that was necessary to do the work on any safe that was now manufactured.?Cor. Philadel? phia Times. Mn Charles Mackey's Mistake. ?Mr. Charles Mackey jeers at the sen? tence "When the hay is in the mow," evidently under the impression that the last word is a substantive coined from the verb, "to mow." "If this were good Eng? lish," he says, "why should it not bo fol? lowed by such companion compositions as 'When the corn is in the reap,' 'When the sheep are in the shear,'or even 'When the cows are in the milk'?" Borne day Mr. Mackey will find out what a blunder he has made, and then he will wont to go out in the back yard and kick himself.? New York Tribune. The telephone wire between Brussels and Paris was put to a fraternal use re? cently by the advantage of a microphone. -The Parisian people, being invited to lis? ten to a band of music in Brussels, heard over the wire a French melody, and heard it so distinctly that not a note was missed. ! ? ? Chicago Times. On thu A-rcnno. Professional Beat?Dear boy, glad to see you. Come and dine with me to-day. Bich Friend?No, thanks. I'd sooner lend yon $2.?Town Topics. And a new kind of writing paper is mode from sea weed.. Steam Heat In Kail way Cars. The Engineering News, in the course of on able article on the substitution of steam heat for stove heat in railway cars, shows that no more than 21-2 to 8 1-2 per cent, of the locomotive's supply of steam Is re? quired for heating the average train. It adds that this quantity can be obtained without reducing the load, increasing the heat surface, decreasing the speed, or de? creasing the loss by radiation. It is only necessary to push the fires a little when the locomotive is on a level or down a grade and to use steam that can be spared while the train is resting at stations.? Chicago Times. The Shoppers nnd tho Salesladies. The State street war is a social war, and when we seek out its causes and analyze its character we find that it nay bs ex? plained quito rationally. Everybody likes to feel that he is superior to somebody elso. and have an opportunity to show it. This opportunity comes to a man in divers ways. He can lord it over his employes, or his subordinates; he may patronize his barber, or the cigar dealer, or the news? boy. But few such opportunities come to the woman. She daren't go it too strong with her servants for fear they'll leave her. Besides, a good many women don't keep servants, and among them may be found many of those who fiercely lead the a&aadting columns in tho dry goods stores. It is in State street that every woman finds an opportunity to feel and enjoy and givo outward evidence of a senso of superi? ority to somebody else.' The average shopper, no matter what her station or circumstances, thinks herself several notches abovo the saleswoman. She shows that sho thinks so, too, and there comes the trouble. The clerks, feeling themselves at least tho equal of those whom they aro serving, resent either patronizing or peremptory ordering about. Thoy have pride, too, and it rises up and makes them belligerent. Tho shopper, trying to maintain the consciousness of a superiority which, in fact, does not exist, and which she isn't quite sure of herself, is naturally over suspicious and quick to complain of alleged inattention and impu? dence. Tho clerk, allowing herself to fall into the habit of resenting the airs of her customers, becomes chronically waspish and quick tempered, and fails to discrim ate between women who do want to im? pose on her and those who do not. This, I think, is why we have a war on State street.?Miss Mufflt in Chicago Herald She Knew tho Answers. A professor in a certain musical college once told me of a pupil who attended his lectures?a young woman from some re? mote place like Seattle or Los Angeles, who attracted his attention by her extreme devotion to her work, her regularity?in fact, by all that goes to make a pupil solid with the faculty. Moreover, she was beautiful as the day, with largo and stat? uesque beauty, as of a strong, full na? ture, serene, calm and undisturbed. But alas! when examinations came and papers wero handed in hers was found to be sim? ply impossible. It was evident that be? hind that Juno liko brow there were no brains. In fact, such a paper was never seen before; even the spelling was ludi? crous, whilo grammar and music wero equally injured and outraged in every line. Tears could not move my stern friend, and his report was?"not passed." But it was intimated to him that there were reasons why it was absolutely essen? tial that the pupil should graduate, while her knowledge might be acquired after? ward. Accordingly she applied for a ro examinatiou, and the questions wero then something like this: 1. Is not tho sym phon ' > highest form of purely musical exprefc i? 2. Was not Berlioz remarka? ble for _ s mastery of ingenious orchestral"*1 effects? 8. Is not Bach called the father of modern music?. "And to my astonish? ment and gratification," said the professor gravely, "to every one of these puzzling questions sho answered with great perspi? cacity, 'Yes,' and passed triumphantly? average mark in my class, 100 per cent." ?Harper's Weekly. London's Finest ITotol. It is a remarkable fnct that in London a jump should have been made in almost a single bound from tho old fashioned English inn, with its dork, illy ventilated, cramped and uncomfortable hallways and bedrooms, to such a hotel as tho Metrop? ole, with its 800 high end well lighted rooms, its richly furnished saloons, and all the other beauties and advantages that tho most advanced modern architecture can devise. No ono can step into this world renowned establishment without an expression of wonder and delight. The building alone, to say nothing of its perfect arrangements, is now ono of the institutions of London that must be seen by every American traveler. Naturally It has come to be the center of American travel in London and a majority of its guests Is often made up of Americans. No single hotel in Europo begins to ap? proach the Metropole in popularity with American travelers, it is also the favor? ite with tho English public. Its superb Whitehall rooms are the best of their kind In London. It was only a few weeks ago that the Prlnco of Wales presided there at the seventy-fourth anniversary of tho London Orphan asylum, when contribu? tions reaching ?25,000 were handed in. Tho Mctropolo is the prince's favorite hotel, for tho reasou that its beauty of construction and interior decorations and its advantages generally are incomparably superior to those of any other hotel in London.?-New York World. An edition of the Bible in two volumes, the first book ever printed, was sold in lA>ndon a short time ago for $18,000. Whoever makes "a new necessity for himself is not wise." A" LEAK TN I "TOBY? WHAT TO DO WHEN RAIN COMES THROUGH THE CEILING, How the Boof of the Dwelling 1? Mend? ed in New Mexico?A Bent Pin, Some Twine and a Bit of Broom Handle Do the Business. When the roof of your "doby" leaks in in this territory the native can always remedy the trouble with a bent pin, ten feet of twine and a bit of a broom handle. If the ceiling of any room becomes dis? colored with smoke or otherwise loses the white purity which must always distin? guish the interior of "a room for rent," the same native has a remedy which is as effective as it is novel. He takes down the ceiling, puts it iu the washtub, and after thoroughly cleansing it restores it to its proper position. As leaks in roofs necessarily have a close connection with room ceilings, I simultaneously gained my knowledge of both occult remedies during a rain storm the other night. When I came here I found that nine tenths of the population lived in rented rooms, and that I must do likewise, un? less I wanted to pay $17.50 per week for board. So I hired a spotlessly white room in a doby and went to bed in one corner of it, without thinking for an instant that I would be inconvenienced by the heavy, rain storm prevailing, t <i?-c*.i ?=._,?' mipd 9v?-?- t^?uiguc, when a stream of water worked its way through the mud roof and dropped squarely down on my head as I lay sleeping in bed. I got up at once and prosecuted a search for a match, while another stream played on my back. I lighted my lamp, and then saw that about a dozen streams were coming through the ceiling. As my room opened on the road, after the manner of all Mexi? can dobles, I was compelled to dress my? self, fish an umbrella out of my trunk and go out into the storm to get into the next room, where my aged and Celtic landlady reposed. "An' has that roof bruk loose agin? Well, now, jest wait a brace o' minnits till I get some clothes on, an" I'll coom to ye," sho said, as she opened her door in response to my exasperated knocks. In four minutes she emerged into the storm, carrying two lamps, and rushed into my room. First she lighted all tho lamps and put them around the room so she could see-well to do the work ahead. A glance at the scene of action, a vigorous oath and a plunge at the bed followed in quick succession. She put the foot tub to catch the stream of water that was wet? ting the bed clothing, glared at me re? proachfully and then went to work. From the bottom of tho washstand sho brought forth a string and about three feet of an old broom bandle. The articles, it seems, are always kept ready for use in every doby house in New Mexico. Drag? ging the table to the center of tho room my landlady put a chair on it and ? ?d with business like sharpness: "Now, young man, s'pose you jest turn your back around entoirely." I faced about and the lady scrambled to the table and thence to the chair, comfort? ably assured that'I had not caught a glimpse of her venerable ankles. When I looked slyly over my shoulder sho was bending a pin at right angles between her teeth. Then she tied the string to the pin and reached up to the ceiling and stuck the pin in. I was startled to see the ceiling bulge downward, and then for tho first time perceived that, instead of being white plaster as I had supposed, it was of white muslin. Having attached tho pin so that it would not slip, the landlady leaped down with the other end of the string in her hand. To this end she fastened the piece of broom handle, and loft it swaying gently beforo my eyes. . Heedless of my questions, she seized a broom and went around the room gazing critically at the ceiling. Hero and there wero little blister like protuberances, where the water had accumulated in littlo pockets. Each of these tho woman pushed upward until tho water ran toward the lower level around the point where the pin penetrated the muslin ceiling. The weight of the wooden stick on the end of the string, of course, pulled the muslin down? ward, making a hollow over the center of the room large enough to accommodate all the little pockets. When the water had thus been accumulated in the central reservoir I saw a small stream flowing from the end of the swaying broom stick. 1 'All the water will run down to the pin now, me dear, and thin down the string to the broom handle and thin down the broom handle to this bucket, and thin you'll hav no more trouble ef you'll jist keep away entoirely from against the .bucket," announced the woman, oracu? larly. It was even so. When she had put dry clothing on my bed and left me I turned in again and went to sleep in comfort under a roof that was full of holes. In the morning the bucket placed just under tho pendant broom was full of water, but the room was thoroughly dry. By daybreak it cleared up and the woman's "man" was shoveling an extra cart load of earth on the roof of my room. "Now, Peter," I heard her call to him, "jist take and sow half a bushel o' grass seed there, so that we will have a fresh sod before tho next rain comes." Peter sowed the grass seed while Peter's wife took down tho muslin which had been pasted around the edges of the ceil? ing. She took it away and washed it, and bringing it back soaking wet, pasted and tacked it into position. When I asked why it was not dried before being put up, she said that it was desirable to have it wet, so thr i when it dried the shrinkage would make it taut. An enormous fire dried my ceiling until it was as white and smooth as the plaster of an eastern domicile. The landlady put away the pin and string and bit of broom handle in the bottom of my washstand and said respect? fully: "Now, then, young man, if things spring a leak agin you 'tend to 'em your? self an* don't come arter me. I oilers show strangers how to stop a leak once, but I charges extra If they comes arter me twict." In two weeks there was an elegant green sward on my roof. The roots of the rank grass form such a compact network that it takes a very heavy storm to wash away enough earth to admit water into the room underneath. For this reason I have escaped a second ducking and have had no occasion to try my 'prentice hand with tho pin and string.?Santa Fe Cor. New York Sun. The "Queen's Cadgers." The jubilee beggar ladies in London have been nicknamed "queen's cadgers." They go round bullying people into sub? scribing for the jubilee, and are not above squeezing servant girls for a shilling. The Chinese high executioner thinks ho does a good stroke of work when he chops off twenty heads in two.minutes. Carrying the CreeL The mode of procedure in tho village of Galashiels was as follows: Early in the day after the marriage those interested in the proceeding assembled at tho house of the nowly wedded couple, bringing with them a "creel" or bosket, which they filled with stones. Tho young husband, on being brought to tho door, had tho creel llrmly fixed to his back, and with it in this position had to run tho round of tbo town, or at least tho chief portion of it, followed by a number of men to seo that he did not drop his burden, tho only xondition on which ho was allowed to do so being that his wife should como after him and kiss him. As relief depended al? together upon the wife, it would some? times happen that the husband did not need to run more than a few yards; but when sho was more than ordinarily bash? ful, or wished to have a little sport at tho expense of her lord and master?which, it may be supposed, would not unfrequently be the case?he had to carry his load a considerable distance. This custom was very strictly enforced, and the person who was last creeled had charge of the ceremony, and he was nat? urally anxious that no one should escape. The practice, as far as Galashiels was con? cerned, came to an end about 100 years ago, with the person of one Robert Young, who, on the ostensible plea of a "soro back," lay abed all the day after his mar? riage, and obstinately refused to get up and be creeled He had, it may bo added in extenuation, been twice married before, and had on each occasion gone through the ceremony of being creeled, and now, no doubt, felt that ho had had quite enough of creeling.?All the Year Round. Life in Bermuda. Vorjt.c Caller (who has como down on last steamer)?What is that balmy, spicy odor that wafts in at the casement and seems to send the now life spinning through my sluggish northern blood? Practical Caller (who has been there three weeks)?Onions.?Tid Bits. QUEER ^BTJrI?L RITES". How Ponca Indians Disposed of the Body of a Chief?Sport and Sorrow. Wa-si-kaj head chief of the Ponca. In? dians, a tribe living in the territory just south of here, died recently and was buried with all tho pomp and ceremony known to the tribe. His body was taken on a blanket from his tepee by his squaw and three children and placed in a wagon drawn by two horses, which the widow guided. This was the Indian hearse. Behind this followed nearly 500 bucks and squaws?the former on horseback and the latter trotting along on foot. AU the way to the burying ground the widows and orphans moaned unceasingly; When tho burial ground was reached the squaws formed a circle about 100 yards in circumference around the wagon, and outside of this circle twelve squaws were stationed at intervals of a few feet, to keep away evil spirits by giving vent to unearthly screeches. Beyond these there were about 175 bucks on horseback, laughing, chatting and trading horses. After the circle had been formed White Buffalo, head chief of the Poncos, came forward and in tho Ponca tongue delivered on oration on tho deceased. At its con? clusion the mourners, who in the mean? time had kept their seats in the wagon, picked up the four corners of the blanket on which reposed the corpse, and giving it a toss threw the body to the ground. Then the widow went to the rear of the wagon and. iKi tt^nd ^7. z~ssr<>' 'e " or refuse "iiuaDer, which she deposited by the side of her dead spouse. During this time an Omaha Indian who had entered the squaw circle kept filing a saw which he had in his hands, and the mourners continued their mourning. As the Omaha brave had finished filing his saw, he began making a receptacle for the remains out of the culls. This receptacle was in the form of a chicken coop, being eight feet long and five feet wide and about five high, securely fastened to the ground by posts. Into this the body, covered with the blanket and other earthly possessions of the deceased, was laid. A foot race was then announced by the bucks on the outside of tho circle. Four almost naked Indians were the partici? pants. Then followed a two mile horse race, in which there were eighteen partici? pants, all of whom had painted their, faces in a hideous manner. Riding off the re? quired distance, the chief then signaled for tho start with a looking glass. At full speed came the eighteen reckless red riders. As they neared the circle the entire body of 400 Indians set up a terrific howl, and as the horses camo in past them the ex? citement was intense. During the races the body was entirely disrobed. There were four prizes in each event?a jacket, a pipe and tobacco bag and two blankets. The winner of the first prize was given his choice of prizes, the second second choice, the third third choice and the fourth fourth. After the horse race the attention of the assemblage was once more given to the dead chief. The "chicken coop tomb" having been constructed, the body of Wa-si-ka was thrown inside and the ends were closed up so as to prevent any animal from entering and carrying off the body. A horse and two calves, the property of the deceased, were also laid in the tomb in order that he might enjoy them in the happy hunting ground. This ended the ceremony.?Arkansas City (Kan.) Cor. Kansas City Times. Suppression of Strong Perfumeg. Why doesn't some female Anthony Comstock, or Henry Bergh, or other re? former start a society for the suppression of patchouli and musk? Why are inno? cent men and women forced to endure these sickening odors (strong enough to be called smells) that are sold under some fancy names at very cheap prices? Why am I, who only like faint perfumes, to have to sit next to a woman who can make me endure, by the wave of her fan or the flourish of her handkerchief, perfumes that mako me absolutely sick? Why is Jack, who has a very healthy taste for ean de cologne and abominates everything else, forced to suffer the same thing? Why should a whole stage load of people be made the victims of some atrociously dressed woman who confides to her com? panion that she uses pints of extracts every week, pouring them on her under? clothing until every particle is thoroughly impregnated with them. Carbolic acid would be a thousand times better, and benzine or varnish would be heavenly be? side such dreadful waves ot suffocating stuff. It is horribly bad form, and yet women who know a thousand times better do not hesitate to commit this atrocity.? "Bab" in New York Star. A Composite Class Photograph. The present seniors in Harvard college have wisely decided to have a composite class photograph taken. Such a picture will be very interesting, and, if the prac? tice were continued in succeeding years, as, for example, on every fifth or tenth commencement, or upon the occasion of the class dinner, at intervals of five or ten years, the result would be a series of photographs of great value. If a young man just graduating ueeds any sobering down treatment, which is a doubtful point in these days of moderate expectations, it might bo applied by showing him what he is almost sure to become at 40, 50, GO, 70, and even 80 years of age, should ho live so long.?Boston Post. After the Battle. Perhaps the most shocking sight of the battlefield the day after the battle was the evidence of rascality which the helpless dead afforded. The writer Has seen many battles?how many it would be hard to say?yet he never saw one dead body on the field the day after the battle that all its pockets were not turned inside out. There were some soldiers, especially when late in the war tho number of substitutes bad become large, who were degraded enough to rifle the dead, but most of the villainous work was done by the camp followers, the horde of hired teamsters and other civilian employes and attaches of the army.?T. F. Galwey in Chicago Herald. Essay on "The Seasons." Mary was a girl with a scarcity of ideas, but a little stock of quotations, which she lugged in on every possible occasion. When asked to write a composition on "The Seasons," she triumphantly pro? duced the following: "There are four sea? sons?spring, summer, autumn and win? ter. Some like summer, and some like winter, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."?Harper's Bazar. The Duke of Connaught gets $50,000 a year as commander in chief at Bombay, and has a parliamentary allowance be? sides of $125,000. Channcey Bepew and the Reporters. Mr. Depew is at all times an agreealile talker, and to reporters he is especially so. "I never but onco refused to be inter? viewed," said he, whilo hero tho other day, "and I gave in on that finally. It was very late at night, and I had gone to bed more than usually tired. I was in tho midst of my first sleep, which is my best, when tho door bell rang. I made up my mind I wouldn't answer, hoping that who? ever he was he would tiro out and go. But he didn't, and finally I got up and went down to the door and ushered in a young man. 'Mr. Depew,' said he, 'I am a news? paper reporter. My wife is very sick and the doctor says I must take her to Clifton Sprmgs to-morrow. I don't como to you for a pass; I don't ask you for money. Ono of the newspapers (naming one of the leading dailies of New York) has given me a column and a half. I've got to fill it. The money I will get for it will, perhaps, save my wife's life. I have walked the streets an hour wondering what I would write, when I thought of you. Now, I want you to fill that space.' "'But,' said I, 'what shall I talk about?' " 'Anything,' said he. So I walked up and down the room and commenced to talk upon a subject. 'No,' said he, 'I don't think they'd like that.' Then I started off on another. 'I'm afraid of that,' said ho. He suggested a topic, but that was professional and I could not talk to him about it. Then I rambled off a category of difforent things until he inter? rupted me on one.- 'That'll do,' said he; 'give me something on that,' and I fired a speech at him. In a few minutes ho stopped. 'That's enough, Mr. Depew,' said he; 'I've got my column and a half,' and he had. The next morning the inter? view appeared, and my night friend's wife no doubt received the benefit of it."?Al? bany Journal. Tho Soudan Chieftain. A red headed Texan thinks it ridiculous for Lord Wolseley to write about tho war between tho states. "He never fought anything but naked niggers and half starved, half armed barbarians," says the Texan, "and they mostly got tho best of him."?Montgomery Advertiser. Interview With Mr. Blalne. The New York World of June 1 prints an elaborate account of a visit made by a correspondent to Mr. Elaine at bis house in Augusta, Me., and afterwards at his cottage at Bar Harbor, in the course of which Mr. Blaine gave fully his plans for his forthcoming trip, dis? cussed the false reports of his failing health and referred at length to the work he has bestowed upon the books just finished. He says bis visit abroad will extend over more than a year, and doubt? less beyond the time of the meeting of the next National Convention. To the World correspondent Mr. Blaine said: "I am going abroad and expect to be away about a year. Mrs. Blaine and my two daughters, Marguerite and Hattie, will make up the party. I have engaged state rooms on the Ems, which sails Wednesday week. We shall stop at Southampton and go at once to London. We intend to spend a considerable time traveling through Great Britain. After England we will probably go into Scot? land, and Ireland. Then I think we shall spend a time in Germany, and after tbat take France. By this time it will probably be getting so late in the year that Spain and Italy will be comfortable. We intend to make a tour through both of these countries and spend next Winter nJoug the Mediterranean. We will pro? bably ma'sir luug yisits in Rome and Greece, perhaps Btop a brier^iu'reVnCtttt-J Btantinople, and visit the scenes of the recent earthquakes in the South of France and adjoining portions of Italy. A year is sufficient to cover a great deal of ground without hurrying." The correspondent asked: "How about the report, Mr. Blaine, that you contemplate in some way assisting Mr. Gladstone and the Home Rule party ?" 'That story is purely imaginative. I never had such an idea in my mind." "It has been widely published tbat your trip to Europe is for the benefit of your health. Is that the case?" "I have had hardly a sick day in my life. Never any time serious, and I never bad an organic trouble of any kind." Mr. Blaine positively declined to talk about politics, except that while in con? versation with the correspondent in his cottage at Bar Harbor he said, in regard to the Burcbard incident in 1884: "I didn't hear what be said, but the report? ers heard it, and next day every paper in the country had it, of course, but as a matter of fact, I did not hear it myself. Way out in Indiana they had it that I said it." "In a good mauy places in the West they had slips of paper printed with 'Read What Mr. Blaine says' on them, and distributed them in front of the churches on Sunday. That is what lost me the election. You know, of course, how close it was. Well, in New York city alone it lent me several thousand votes, a good deal more tban enough to have carried the State. I have never felt sure that I was not elected. It was a matter of less than 600 votes to have turned New York the other way. When it is a* close as tbat there is no certainty of tbe count. I do not think it can ever be said with certainty which one of us really got tbe most votes. Senator Ingalls Disgusted. Senator Ingalls is dissatisfied at the breach made in tbe color line in some of the States in the South. He is quoted in tbe Boston Herald as baving remarked recently : "I have no hesitation in say? ing tbat granting the right of suffrage to tbe colored people has proven an abso? lute and unqualified failure." This con* fesaion from so thorough a radical Re? publican as Senator Ingalls is significant of bis disgust at the changes in the colored vote tbat the later Southern elections have shown. They have not been so strongly manifested in Virginia as in States further to the South, but it is evident that Senator Ingalls very clearly sees tbat tbe Republican party South is in danger of disintegration by tbe defec? tion of a considerable portion of its colored allies, and tbat the "absolute and unqualified failure" of the reconstruction policy lies in tbe fact tbat by granting the right of suffrage to the colored people it has largely increased tbe number of Southern Democratic representatives in Congress over and above what it was be? fore these newly created citizens swelled tbe popular vote. So long as tbe colored people could be organized into Republi? can clubs and led by a few white Repub? lican leaders like a flock of sheep to the polls, and carpet-baggers and renegades by their help were in control of the sev? eral State governments, Senator Ingalls was perfectly satisfied tbat granting tbe right of suffrage to the colored freedmen was a wise policy. It was only when they had gotten over the fear that was sedulously instilled into tbem that they would be remanded back into slavery if tbe Democrats obtained possession of the government that they began to think for themselves and to act independently of Republican dictation. Now tbat tbey have learned tbat their freedom is quite as well assured to tbem under Democratic sb under Republican control, it is not at all strange that while they were always ready to ask tbe advice of their own people in all matters outside of politics, they should now be ready to a steadily incrf a-iing extent to follow, their advice in politics.?Baltimore Sun. A Slight Confusion. "Boss, Ize a bit confused 'bout suthin'," said one of the negro white washers at the market to Detective Webb tbe other day. "Well, what is it?" "What does per annum mean V "Per year, of course." "A hull y'ar?" "Yes, a whole year." "Can't be no rr intake ?" "No sir." "If I borry $2 of Abraham Johnson an' agree to pay 20c. per annum dat means 20c. a y'ar, does it ?" "It does." ?'Hu I Dar'a gwine to be'de biggest row in Kaintuck to-night you ebej^jtea tell of." ' "About what?" .*> * "About dat per annum. - Intfyed ?2 of de pusson menshunecAf; l^per cent, per annum, an* fur de las fo'teen months he's bin collecting 20c. a week as regu? lar as a clock. Stuck right to it, he did, dat per annum ment ebery Saturday night. Law ! but when I gits dese paws on him won't per annum take a flop?" ?be Needed None to Defend Uer. Chattanooga, TexjsJHtjPSI.?Miss Mary CbUders? a pretty sahpolJeacher of Trenton, Ga., heard three weeks ago that John Mogors had been circulating slanderous remarks about her. She rode across Lookout Mountain, a distance of fifteen miles, and at tbe muzzle of a shot-; gun forced her traducer to apologize, j Then she published Mogors as "an infamous scoundrel, anjfr^traducer of womanly virtue," and that "his parents bad descended from tbe whipping posts of South Carolina." When Mogors saw this he sent Miss Childers a challenge to fight, and the little woman went to the spot to meet him, but he did riot como to time. She has now gone to find bim and whip him for his cowardice. ? It was reported on the streets yes? terday morning that four people, two men and two women, had run away from the poor house for the purpose of getting married. Of all the Gretna Greens on record, this is pro eminently the boss. Ono of tbe men is named Samuel Parks and his age is 76 years. He hasn't a tooth in his head, and bis blushing partner was Cynthia Parks, whose age is swtet68. The other couple was Green Kimmonp, aged 80, and Sarah Baldwin, aged 20. Before their departure they told some of tbe inmates of the poor house of their intentions?Charlotte Chronicle. ? The Boston Journal of Education days: Before marriage the question a girl asks her lover most often is : "Do you really love?" Alter marriage the query becomes: "Is my hat on straight ?" ? A Vermont farmer plants a sun. flower seed instead of a pole to each hill of beans. The sturdy stalk answers for s pole, and the seeds supply an excellent feed for poultry. ? "My husband ia a very absent minded man," said Mrs. Slowboy. "He very often takes one thing for anotner." "I know it," said Mrs. Badman. "I saw him take a hot toddy last night," and he said he took it for a cold." ? Asheville Citizen:?"In Chatham County a white deacon set a steel trap in bis corn crib, and upon visiting it in the morning found a colored deacon with four fingers in the trap. ? Never has the quality of honey bten better than it is this year. By the way, good, old fashioned corn bread, baked in a skillet, buttermilk from the spring bouse, with honey fresh from the hive, and a little yellow butter are pretty hard to beat.?Carolina Spartan. ? The fourth finger of the left hand has from the earliest jdate been used as a wedding ring finger. The ancient belief was that a nerve in this finger went dir? ectly to the heart. The modern belief is that the nerve leads directly to the pocketbook, and strange to say, after the ring is bought, the modern terminnsroX. ?^fea^r5rWVe^ia "often Vi guter than-the an? cient one ever could have been.?Jeweler's Weekly. JJucklen's Arnaca 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 fc guaranteed to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cento per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander son, 8. C._ WH?TKILLSMEBIGANS. FaatLlTlng-MerlifeaJ Batiug-Hard Drink" Ing?Poor Sleeping--Km.ial Jonlomy? Political AwMtloit?Violent Pniiionfl The llu.ee for Alone. The alarming disease of this country is nervous debility and prostration; It goes under many names but it is essen tially^ the same complaint. Hospitals and private institu? tions for nervous patients are crowded. The average of life ? in the United States is de? creasing every year. Snddcn deaths from nervous collapse among our business, profess? ional and public men are so frequent as scarcely to excite remark. The majority of sui? cides, committed without ap? parent reason, or under so-called "depression of spirits," are realJy prompted by nervous prostration, which is a fruitful source of insanity and crime with all their grief and'hoiTor. These fucfcs are startling. They threaten the very life of the nation. They assail the springs of its power and pros? perity. They wreck manhood's strength and woman's useful? ness and beauty. Every one should know the causes. What are they? The answer is easy and terribly Pi.tu: Our vicious personal ha!?; is; our careless and lawless eaiirg and drinking; the in? te: ? ? mental and physical strain iv. 1>.tig from our mad race after n ? o ?..; -y, position and influence; t! :- fears and struggles of pov e: <y; the use of narcotics and sl'.uiulants; our fashion of turning day into night and r.: iit into day; and, briefly, cur desperate willingness to p"j any price for an hour's I ?.c'3sure or success. So we turn life's candle at both ends and fill the lunatic asylums and the graveyards. The disease from which we suffer and die is, in plain Eng? lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it is seated in the Nerves and in the organs of Digestion, Assim? ilation and Nutrition. Healthy digestion being impeded or des? troyed, the whole body, nerves included, is literally starved; even when there is no emaci? ation to tell the sad story. Nervous prostration 6ends out its warnings:?headache in the morning; a persistent ! dull heaviness or aching at the base of the brain; wakeiulness; loss of appetite and disgust with food; loss of mental energy and interest in ordinary duties and business; restlessness and anx? iety without any assignable reason; eructations; bad breath; foul mucous on the teeth; occasional giddiness; palpitation of the heart; sal lowness of the skin; coated tongue and gradual failure of strength and ambition. The remedy is a total aban? donment of the habits and cus? toms which cause the disease in each individual case, and the use of SI taker Extract of Boots (ieigcl's Syrup) to cure the mischief already done. This great remedy, prepared by the Shaker Community of Mt Leb? anon, N. V., is especially adapt? ed to eradicate Nervous Dys? pepsia. To do this it acts directly and gently but power? fully upon the disordered stom? ach, liver and kidneys, restor? ing their tone and vigor, pro? moting the secretion of bile,ex? pelling waste matters from the system,and purifying the blood. Upon the nervous system Shaker Extract(SeigeV* Syrup) acts as a safe and wholesome anodyne without the slightest narcotic effect, and then leaves the nerves to regain their nat? ural tone and strength through its wonderful influence upon the function of nutrition. It is safe to say moro nerv? ous dyspeptics have been-re? stored by it from the depths oi misery to n fresh enjoyment of life and labor than by any or all other forms of treatment combined. . 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, Hams, 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 6c Segar as you will find anywhere. Brooms, Buckets, Soap, Starch, Blueing, <fcc. A nice lot of Bran just received. SS- 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 Sc BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Hal!. Jan 13,1887 27 _ GET THE BEST ! The Cheapest and Finest Guano in the Market! rTlHE undersigned having been appointed agents for the sale of the GEJiEBOSTEB Ha te^mwUte!^* Count to its merits. It is a home-made Ammoniated Fertilizer, of the highest grac _ cers are personally known to our people, and their character guarantees tbe honesty oi the manufacture. Nothing but first-class materials are used in it. Many of our leading Farmers have tested It with entire satisfaction. We guarantee it to be as good as last year, and as good as the best commercial 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. is- Patronize home enterprise, and at the same time get the best manure. is- Call and see us without fail before purchasing. It will cost you nothing to* look into tbe merits of this Guano. BROWN BROS., Agents, ANDERSON, 8. C. Feb 17, 1887 32 3m gggBBBB Tried Sj the CniciHe. f About twenty years ago I discovered a lltllc sore on my cheek, and lha doctors :>ro ; noKnccd It cancer. I havo tried a number of physicians, but without rccclv!:)- r.r;-: i-rrra i. scatbcucflt. Amcng the number were one or two specialists. Tho mcdlclr.-.-:! iy ?;??KjX: \ wcillko Are to tbe core, causing Intense pain. I saw a statement la tho papers loUtc^ w.':at M S.S. S. had done for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at once. LV.'.;r: r.t.duird -j the eccond bottle the neighbors could notice that my cancer was hrr.::. a up. iij ccucraS health had been bad for two or three years?I hod a hocking cough a n?l Fiul bUMHl contin? ually. I had a sovere pain In my breast. After taking six bottles of S. It. .". ray cough k.'C en and I grew stouter than I had boon for several years. Sly cancer has healed ovi r I b;.'. a little spot about tho size of a half dime, and it Is rapidly disappearing. I would cdvlao every one with cancer to glvo 8, S. S. a fair trial. 31ns. NANCY J. UcCONATJGHEY, Ashe Grove, Tlppecanoe Co., Ind. Feb. 16, 1S3S. Swift's Specific Is entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out tho Impurities from tbe blood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. TBE SWIFT 6PECIFIC CO.. Drawer 8, Atlanta, Go. 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 Shoe?. We make on tbe N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wan? ken Fbast and 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. They are nice, neat and stylish. Give them) a look when you a ant a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay. Oct 7,1886 _;_E. P. BEEP & CO. Established 1843. W. & J. SLOANE, WhoI/ELAle and Retail Dealebs in Carpetings, Floor Cloths, Bugs, 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 oil to 647 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. April 7,18S7_89_2m PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect May 22,1887. Time?1 hour slower than C. & G. R. R. time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. 8unday Except Sunday. Train. Leave Anderson. 4 30 a m 6 15 a m Leave Deans. 4 57 a m 0 42 a m Leave Cooks. 523am 7 08 pm Leave Lowndesville. 5 50 a in 7 35am Leave Latimers.6 17 a m 8 02 a m Leave Hesters. 6 35am 8 20am LeaveMt. Carmel.... 652am 8 27am Leave Willington.... 7 01 a m 8 55 a m LeaveJBordeau. 727am 912 am Arrive McCormick... 7 55am 9 40 a in Arrive Augusta.U15am 916 pm Arrive Charleston... 6 45pm 700am Arrive Savannah.... 6 53pm 555am Arrive Jacksonville. 7 aO a m 12 00 m GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m Leave Savannah.8 10 p m Leave Charleston. 4 00 a m Leave Augusta. 7 35am 7 35 a ui LeaveMcCormick...l0 00am 10 00 am Leave Bordeau.10 32 a m 10 30 a m Leave Willingtor.....l0 50 a m 10 47 a m Leave Mt. Carmel...11 05 a m 11 01 a m Leave Hesters.1130 am 1125 am Leave Latimers-.1147 am 1141am Leave Lowndesville.12 17 p m 12 09 pm Leave Cooks.12 47 p m 12 36 p m Leave Deans. 115 p m 1 02 p m Arrive Anderson.1 45 p m 1 30 p m Connects with train to and from Green? wood, Laurens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A. & C. Air Line and Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A. W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga. Notice of Final Settlement. J. L. Triliblo, as Administrator, Id re. the Estate of Eliza T. Elgin, deceased.?Petition for Final Settlement and Discharge. To J. T. Elgin, J. L. McCarley, Mary Ana Ilanna, Samantlia O'Brien, Narclssa McLarlev, Tecora L. McCarley, Tura I. Davis, Wade II. Davis. Robert A. Davis, Dessie M. Davis, William E. Davis and Sumantha T. Davis, heirs at law of Eliza T. Elgin, deceased: fflAJCE notice thai the undersigned will apply to ?I the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H.,S. C. on Monday, the 5th day of September, A. D. 1887, at 11 o'clock a. in., for a Final Settlement of the Estate of ElizaT. Elgin, deceased, and discharg fro u the otlice of Administrator of said Km ate. Dated 2Lst day of May. A. D. 1887. J. L. TRIBBLE. Administrator. WM. S. BROWN, Atfy, Pro Pet. To Mary Ann Hann a ami SamanthaO'BricB.dom icil in the State of Alabama: You will take notice that a petition for final set? tlement of the Estate of Eliza T. ElgiD, dsceascd, and discharge as Administrator thereof, on Mon.' day, the 5th day of September, 1887, was filed In the office of the Probate Court for Anderson Coun? ty, State of South Carolina, on the 21st day of May, 1887: and you are further notified to show cause on that day why the administrator thereof should not be decreed to administer said Estate. WM. S. BROWN, Att'y Pro Pet. May 26,1837_4G_ 6 Wagon and Buggy Shop. MOTTO for 1887 : "Live and let live." Come and see me before going else? where with your work. Prices lower thau 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, 1887 27 6m PIEDMONT AIR-IilNE, Bichmond & Dan ville B. Be, COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1886. (Trains ran on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. Lve Walhalla.. Seneca Anderson. Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurens ..... Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newbeny_ Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... No. 52 8.20 am 9.00 am 10.45 am 12.00 m 10.45 am 8.20 am 9.25 am 12.44 pm 1.10pm 3.04 pm 5.15 pm 9.20 pm Northbound. Lre. Columbia Newberry_ Ninety-Six Greenwood Arr. Greenville Laurens!.. Abbeville. Spart'nbr*g Anderson Seneca.. Walhalla... Atlanta-... NO. Rl u.oom LOlpoi ?20pm 2.42pm 5.53 pm 5,06pm 4.35pm 4185pm 4.50pm 6.02pm 6.85pm 10.40pm No. 63 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Genl Pnss. Agent. D. Cabdweel, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, 8. O got. SAAB, Traffic Manager. $25,000. IN GOLD! 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