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FINIS. r.wbenfiuraooiirato And, somewhat sadly, fancy goes, ... With backward si*p, from ?tage to Stag* ' ? Of that accompUtthed pilgrimage, .the thorn lies thicker than the rose1. ? There is so mach that no one knows, So much unreached that none suppose; ; What flaws; what faults! on every page, When finis cornea. ?Austin Dobsofi. : A CUBAN DUEL ' v * . Tmado my initial appearance on the field of honor in Havana a few days since as second to a howling Cuban swell. It was a.duel that set the queen oi the An? tilles agog^ On Sunday night there was music in the park, and after dinner an English lord, a Chicago gambler and I were strolling tranquilly along in the starlight when a magnificently appointed victoria rose up and a man whom we all V~- " blew jumped out *'X was at your hotel,", he said, raising ^ hishat amiably, "but you rhad out gone; and so I come here." - :.'. "Haw!" said the Englishman, fixing his glass in his eye and beaming through it upon the young Cuban, "I'm shuah we're : alwajs.glad.to see you?indeed* we?ah?? we a?fe7aff8^y iiadeb^sifS to you akeauy for so man?v^ " '?Indeed*" saidthe Chilian, with j t^f^rtv^^ot the hand, 'HfcisTthat am complimented by meeting men of the V world." - ? ?? .The. gambler nodded to him sagely, and pfttted-hisrshoulder with a thin,' white hand,' on which glittered a diamond as blg V as. an acorm Having' pasted creditably through the complimentary stage of.the . conversation?an absolute necessity in the tropic&r-we wandered over to the big : Louvre cale. Here the Cuban told us oJ a masked ball that was on that night. As near as we could ? make out it was a sort f- .l of hall way respectable dance, where one m*ght. expect to meet almost anything. There/was always more or lass mystery in our tali:, as tho Cuban spoke very little English. He,-however, knew some Ger . maur-tbe gambler knew the. tongue well . Yaudw^s admirable in French. TheBri>< Ish nobleman's knowledge of the language i?V ?? ? '??<? 'thft*: merry Gaul was on the same ec? centric scale as?my,<5wn, and we.all knew. aHttaeSpaiusm^Thetalkwascommonlss therefore, a touching mixture of French, Spanish, German and English. "And I rawther like-it, too, d'ye s know?" the EngtihhTnan remarked that night.:.. "I?ah?nevaa really understand what peoplo are talking about in my. own tongue,:and I'm quite shuah no one has the slightest idea what?ah?what I hap "TP^^r-pen to^ekprating about, though we all > ^ke^-"u#; 'such a tremendous Be?inlBg,"y?u. ?v know.( ;This way ii'doesn't make"-? ." Thvte was a sudden movement irk the crowd; a chair waa ovarturned and fell with a crash on the floors and the ? Cuban 'fry '< v at oar table sprang to. his feet and glared 'savagely at a sallow faced man,who stood twenty feet away with his blazing eyes fixed on the Cuban's face. Neither man moved. The space, between them was cleared instantly, and- everyuian*' in the room, was on his feet except the nobleman, the gambler and myself. v - "There's goin* t1 be shootm*," muttered the Chlcagi) man softly. , <--?. ?. - "Looks that way," said the English*-' man laconically, as he turned his hand? some and imperturbable face more toward the'stranger. When the Cuban jumped to his feet his hand fell mechanically on my shoulder, and his grip tightened as ha stared at hJaloe t?l I thouglrt his nails would bore through my coat Thus he stood'An-awhile, and then the Btatnesque man. across the room WR3 ragimnded^by bis -^ends and: burrfed; .out. ? He went 'ibis seut and Lghted a dgarette, the.wait % ers moved alertly about and I rubbed.my ? ahotuder gently* * j gambler>to:his 'soofM^g1 hfeh^;on.^yonsng f "?[0, else I kill him as he stand.'? c .<rW>?L we'E just g? overwith youV jrour house till you get in shape, see? I vdon-'t know much,"you unerstan', but I "come from a corner ? o*! t&e airth where : men take care o' themselves, an' I know th' look of a man thatH shoot. If that :%Ht?uUvered imipe gete^tfuroyOn you, yergone." MGood," saidthe boy?he was but. 21-* "I-will go arm myself, but I go alone-" else! seem coward. Will join you here We nodded and he left us, While the gambler watched him closely. Thon the Chicago man twisted about in his seat, jted a cigar nervously, moved his big diamond ring once or twice on his thin finger, and said in bis peculiar, insinuat? ing voice: "Don't you think I had better go with 1dm*". We/nodded again and he slid out of the door; and moved hurriedly across to the park in the dixectionjt&ken by.the young kcjraaa' "The lRngrfirnmml>ulled himself together and told mo of .tne.-trouble be? tween our Cnl^ trieg?jm^ faced man who had glared aft him in i ; a theatrical manner. :. _ -. > ?That chap," said the lord, with a nod toward the place where tho sallow faced man had stood, "is one of the best swor "vrans. He ia the head of a f ^^ffiat*s^very weHTsnown here,?and fought a number of duels both, to Paris,. ^Madrid and at home. He has a surly dis? position, but bis skill with the pistol and foil has mode Mm. more or less Jamous-, | and he is a gooi deal of a local hero. He is consumptive and booked for the 'voy? age' rdthin a few yftars> anyhow, and 'that -seems to have made him reckless* K His trouble with our: friend Tomaso hW is of leas than five hours' standing. They were pUying ecarte after breakfast to? day; there was some dispute, and t the boy i threw the cards in the duelist's face; trd of it all in the clubs this after-, while you were asleep. Several of' Tomaso's friends have tried to get him away, but the hoy has the right spirit, and he's a good deal more of ah Anglo* Saxon thaffmost of the people here-, t ' rather think that is the reason that he followed us to the park-'to-night, and] it. I was certainly the reason that I was glad | to see him when he told me so. His coun? trymen are "Very excitable, and he is gifted with a good deal of coolness. I suppose he flndorus the same way. I cannot say that I am particularly gratihud with the turn affairs have taken, though, for I rather though fc that one of the three of US was booked when that big eyed fire, eater stood glaring at us. We smoked on tranquilly, waiting the return of Tomaso. I do not i.hink either one of us felt particularly cheerful) for there is an element of uncertainty, not to; say uneasiness, about it: when you find yourself in the situation of lying around K7?,ti in a strange country near midnight with a companion for whom somebody is searching with murderous intent - Presently Tomaso returned,- but before ho entered the louvre the gambler slipped In ahead of him, and I doubt If he knows - it to this, day that he had a vigilant, sharp eyed and cool headed guard in his lonely walk through .the. park that sight and back again, to, the, tsrojffded >.cafe. Tho ? gambler moved Bis chair against the wall, crossed his legs, lighted another of his in? numerable cigars, and .all three, .of. us chatted in a desultory way, while Tomaso moved from tablo .to, table, nodding .to "'moss this friend and shakings ban. as he approached. News of the trouble had apparently got abroad, for.tho cafe was crowded and every eye was fixed on tho placid young Cuban. He was a good typo of the tropical man about town, clubman,-yachtsman, and dandy. His shoes 'were russet leather ? with high heels and tied with tiny bite of blue ribbon, affording a glimpse of silken hose. His - coat, waistcoat and trousers were white flannel, cut by a Parisian tailor " and almost molded .to his ahm figure, and a $200 Panama hat with a tiny crest in gold worked in the top of the crown, was pushed back on the top of his head. . He wore tho snowiest of linens,, and the ?general whiteness, of his .attire, was re? lieved by a brilliant scarlet scarf in which there was ? black diamond set in white enamel He wore several showy There was. something that relieve appearance of all suggestions of < ntey,-and I think it was the steady gaze o:J his eyes. His face was clean cut and rugular, the mouth firm and the expres? sion very winning when he chose to smile. He was the only son of a rich widow, had' the entree to the best houses in Havana, and was more of a favorite among men. ?/ than among' women. This is the best i recommendation any man can have. . 1 had met him in New York, and so posed as bis oldest friend among the queerly con? stituted trio that night, but we had all been in Havana a month, and we had been together constantly, so that he waa quite as well acquainted with the English nobleman and the Chicago gambler: as with me. ? When .he finally got to our table he pulled out fate little jeweled watch and ultis beyond 12 'o'clock, and bo we go tothsbalk* I When we got to the Tacon theatre, where the masked ball was going on, the floor was crowded by men and women in carnival attire dancing a curious and sug? gestive Cuban waltz. We went in the box immediately over the governor gen? eral's, tri the second tier* In an instant every bead hi the room was turned to? wards Tomaso. There was nothing new about the ball, it was the same old series 'of wriggles and contortions which invariably characterize the tenban 'danc^ and which make it in its ml gar form the grossest of known Eublfc amusements. We had all been np tie the night before, and I am afraid I was rather sleepy. At all events, I dozed off a bit at the back of the box, while the music strummed away monotonously. The others talked and watched tho crowd. It must have been nearly 2 o'clock, when a young yachtsman pulled open the door of the box, stuck a half scared face in and nodded significantly to Tomaso. The lat? ter raised his eyebrows perceptibly and smiled his thanks for the warning. .. It whs evident that the duelist had arrived. The gambler pulled my sleeve and told me in a hoarse whisper to wake hp-, but the suggestion was hot needed, for I saw by the movement in the Crowd that we were frfcfor the row-ablast. - A crowd of, .club men and loungers 'surged In on the floor, and with them was the hero of the hrmr.'Witb. his fi?ce whiter than ever and . ?a&bi&cyaa rolUng from face to face. The TCrtp;HHhTTmT> had evidently been thinking HffeeJir?*ntrBe^ As the little group of rounders pushed their way on the floor he arose and leaned ove^ the . young Cuban, with .a more" fatherly air than I had ever seen him ex? hibit before, ^ "I wish you would come home, my boy," he said, with a half sullen and half husky Voice. "I feel like a criminal. I . ought to have spanked you and put yon to bed three hours ago. ' The trouble is that the duel is Buch a recognized institution in these countries than an outsider can never interfere, but it is a pity that you hav*to get into any sort of a scrimmage with that white faced cat down there on the floor." ..'It must be, you know," said the youngster resignedly. ."It is the custom of the country, and if I shewed the least - tendency to shirt I would he cht by every frie?dnnd re&tive'oh the* island.'' The Englishman sank back again into his seat Then I proposed a walk through the c^rridcrsT u We moved out Blowly with the gambler beside Tomaso, and the Eng? lishman and I walking together beside them. ? I was rather surprised to see that none of the Cubans came to Tomaso's side, but I learned the reason from one of them as j we walked along. He said that as Tomaso had deliberately chosen foreigners, mean? ing us, for his ? associates in the trouble, they thought it would only be courtesy to respect hid wishes^ but that they all held themselves at his services at, any tune. This I was told to communicate to him by the' speaker, whose good breeding appa? rently prevented him from approaching Tomaso himself. We moved down the broad flight of stairs and into the open . court adjoining the Tacon theatre. At the same moment the other party hurried tumultuously out of the further door, and we heard occasional slurs and gibes leveled at Americana and Englishmen, including four or five imitations of how we spoke Spanish. The imitations were so deftly and cleverly made that both the English? man and I grinned, but the gambler and Tomaso ware apparently quite unconscious of the fusflade of remarks that were leveled at us. It began to look as if we Were in for more of a row than we had at first ' supposed. We Were walking directly toward the crowd, and in the front rank stood the duellist, with.a sort of stage smile onfuf 'JtH? Bps, and his eyes fixed directly orithe slim boy who*"was walking by thftgamhlfir's side. . -vj? ? ?had rather have had.that famous Chi? cago faro dealer and gambler for a guard at that moment than: a.regiment of the czar's imperial guards. \ There was some-, thing about his immovable face' and the proteoting^nwiner in which ho hovered about the boy that caused even the hot blooded and half tipsy crowd that we were approaching to mot ferate their .voices. We had approached within five feet of the crowd, jwhen Tomaso, without a word of warning to us or any one else, sprang for? ward like a cat directly into the crowd, and, with a single back handed motion, slapped the duelist in the face with his left and stood where he landed, staring at him. ; The.face turned crimson, and the man gasped from sheer amazement and stepped hack a pace. Then "there was a howl from the crowd, and the men and women from the ball poured out of doors into the open court. The duelist was so . amazed by the suddenness of the attack? for he evidently expected that he would have to; provoke..the quarrel?that he pointed angrily to a tall Spaniard by his side, turned on his heal and pushed his J way tieck into the theatre without a word I Tomaso, who was not flustered in the least by the crowd that was pushing and jostling him, turned to me and raised his ? hat with a meaning smile. I suddenly c'discov^g^n^ Thad been selected as a secondlnadueh The tall Spaniard bowed * and we approached each other while the crowd fell back and the gambler hurried Tomaso off toward the entrance. They drove to our hotel and the Spaniard, his brother, the Englishman .and myself went out on the Prada, stepped into a carriage and drove rapidly down to an all night club?which was the only one open at "that hour?where we arranged the pre ?Tlmfnttrfps ? withftr the hour. They were simple enough. Dueling swords were , agreed upon as the weapons and the hour ; . was to be 7 o'clock that .same morning at a quiet place on the beach two miles from the cemetery. .. The Spaniard agreed to bring a surgeon, which made three spec? tators on each side, not including the principals. The Spaniards were courteous and ?ceedingly polite in making all the arrangements, and the whole matter was settled within ten minutes. We parted to meet again within four hours. The Englishman end I drove back to the hotel and went up to the second corridor, where we discovered the man from Chi? cago st ill smoking and leaning against the railings outside of his; room. He looked . at us and then Bald: "Wear" "They are to flght at 7 o'clock." ?:. "Any stakes?" Both of us grinned, but the gambler seemed perfectly serious. "Because," he continued, "if there are any. stakes I want to back this youngster right here, and I'll Show you why." He pulled back the fluttering curtain of his room.. We looked In and saw Tomaso stretched out upon the'bed sleeping as sweetly as a 2-year-old child! "That's -what.X,call, nerve," said the Chicago man,' "and that's what I like to. back." . I think it dawned on all of us at that time that the affair was no longer a farce. We allowed the boy to sleep until 5 o'clock, by which time we had succeeded in finding a fencing master, and then we aroused Tomaso, and all of us went round to the gymnast's apartments in Acquiia street. We had discovered that Tomaso had never held a foil in his hand. He was taught twothingsr?how to thrust and how to parry. For an hour he exer? cised there, and then we all drank coffee, took two hacks and drove* out on the sea road. . I have never. seen, a moro thor? oughly self contained andwell balanced man in my life Ihanitbe young Cuban, who sat by my side smoking cigarettes in thatbeautif ul drive in the early morning. There was a gentle. breeze. blowing in from the sea, over, which the sun's rays were dancing like a network of diamonds, and the few laborers we passed nodded and smiled with the conventional cour? tesy of the children of the tropics. ' , "W? were five: minutes late, for the oth? ers were these when we arrived. The duelist.looked more ghastly by daylight than he had the night'before, but he 'bowed pleasantly to us all. I told his seconds that Tomaso had had no expe? rience with the sword, but tbey shrugged their shoulders carelessly, and one of tbem said something about the fortunes of war. It was"Ijuite 'evident that they knew of the ignorance of the boy, and that their principal was also acquainted with the con dition ol 'affairs. To tell the truth, this was Tatter a source of satisfaction to me, for I did not believe the duelist would butcher the ..young Cuban outright, but would probably exercise his skill in giv? ing him some slight wound which would satisfy the demands of honor. I was wrung. A quicker duel was never fought. The men faced each other and stood for a moment with their swords crossed Then the duelist, who, by the Way, was as agile and firm a swordsman as I ever saw, made a conventional thrust at the boy. Tomaso parried it and sprang forward again precisely as he had done in the attack after the theatre. His teeth were set and his eyes gleamed His on ' slaugh i was so unexpected and fierce that his antagonist throw his sword too high for the parry, and the point of Tomaso's Sword swept under it with a flash like pghtning and laid open the cheek of the t duelist straight down to the heck. Then the boy bounded back and stood with the > blade of his sword clasped in his left hand staring at his astounded foe. It was the quickest thing I ever saw. The wound was a disfiguring one, but by no means dangerous. The presence of blood satis fled the honor that had been so violently outraged that night. There was a con? ventional hand shaking and a moment later we wer? rolling back to town. I don*t think we had been out of the car? riage six minutes. The amazement of the duelist was so complete that I donbt if he realizes to this day what had occurred, and the hilarity of the three Anglo-Saxons who had made up the party of the young Cuban extended far into the following night. The ignorance of Tomaso had saved him, for no man with a knowledge of fencing would have exposed himself as he did in that furious onslaught. ?Blakcly Hall in New York World Buffalo Sill on the Cowboy-. 1 should greatly like .to say a few words respecting a topic which I much regret to find is understood in the Inverse propor? tion to which it is discussed. I refer to that unique Specimen of humanity, the coWboy of today; In order to be briet I willi like a cowboy, take the bull , by the horns, and lay down the axiom, once for all, and most emphatically, that a cowboy is not a blackguard; nay, more, he is in nine cases out of ten better than his fel? lows, more especially as in nine cases out of ten his fellows are the offspring of an effete civilization. He has certain attri? butes that commend him to creation. He is manly, generous and brave. He is not merely a creature of impulse, but uses the gifts given him by his Maker with a discretion which might well be copied by mere of us. In putting in these few words for a class of men who have only to be understood to be admired, I speak after years of study resulting in a conviction which nothing can shake.'?London Globe Interview; "Soldiering" in a Band. Yes, there is such a thing as "soldier? ing" in a band, audit frequently happens that there are several of the players en? gaged in it at the same time. In a large band it is a very easy matter for a player to hold the end of his instrument to his mouth and create the impression that he is playing his part when he is not. Iu parades a great deal of this is done. It is also practiced largely in string bands. The man whose duty it was to manipulate the big bass violin in Gilmore's band sol? diered throughout the whole perform? ance.?Musician in Globe-Democrat. In Favor of Smoking-. Shakespeare did not smoke, while Mark Twain usesJJOO cigars a month. As Mark Twain has made more money by his writ? ings than Shakespeare ever saw, the im? pecunious author has here a strong argu? ment in favor of smoking.?New York Graphic._ Brass Signs and Door Plates. - New ways of making a living continue to present themselves. The professional brass sign polisher dropped in to solicit a job from mo this week. He carried his kit under his arm and was willing to con? tract to keep the brass sign which I might own, but do not, dazzling to the eye for a fixed sum per month. He looked as if the trade was not a bad one, for he was decently dressed and jingled some money in his pocket. I saw him next day busy on a store front where there are seven signs and noticed that he worked quite expeditionsly and effectively. As brass signs tarnish over night and are as numerous as wooden ones once were here, I should not be astonished if my visitor died a millionaire. Speaking of brass signs, how completely the door plate has gone out of fashion. When I came to New York to work for a living a door plate was as essential an in? signia of gentility as a bank account, and shops where they were sold were^ to be found everywhere. On the residence streets of the better class at a certain hour every morning you would see a ser? vant on every stoop polishing the plate up before its owner had his breakfast. The door plate was with us what the marble front step is to the Philadelphian. Phila? delphia's front steps are there yet. Our door plates hare become things of the past, found only on old fashioned houses without pretensions : to style. Their places have probably been taken by the coats of arms which fashionable New York now pays a clever Frenchman to in? vent or borrow for it?Alfred Trumble in New York News. Ho Wanted to Say. "I came in here a few weeks ago," said a stranger to the proprietor of a place on Michigan avenue, "to buy some candy, and a cross eyed woman with a stuck up . nose" "That woman; Bir, was my wife," re? plied the proprietor as he moved along the counter. "Ahl Excuse me 1 But. there was a girP here.' She was a tall, Blab sided young woman with red hair, and had freckles all ?ver"-T-T-. : "That was my daughter, sir, and how dare you talk that wayl" '.'.Oh, it was! Beg your pardon, sir beg a dozen pardons. The boy that waited on me had a mouth as big as a pumpkin pie, and I don't believe he knew enough to last him over". "That was my son, sir! Have you come in here to deliberately insult my family?" shouted the proprietor, . "Your son, eh? Begmore pardons?lots of pardons. What I wanted to say was"? "You get out! You came here to give me a hit about an old man with dyed whiskers who had married his third wife and walked with a game leg, and I won't stand it! Go right out or I'll do you mortal injury inside of a minute."?Detroit Free Press. The Fosciiifttint Gypsy Woman. I marvel if there exists another of human kind so wise in all unwisdom, so knowing in all that beclouds others, so cunning in all that is valueless to the world, so adept in all that bewilders the ignorant, so keen in all that blunts and dulls those that yield to her spells, so fascinating in all that which, sorted and sifted for human service, is so utterly trivial and unwhole? some. In contemplating the gypsy woman through years of study, I have never been able to get away from the notion of her likeness to a splendid wild animal, a leop? ard or a tigress, trained to matchless de mureness and humility by some Hindoo magician, still under the lash of the black art master, capable of strangest attraction in wondrous j eyes and supple movement, and possessing a charm of mystery, oi power, of suppressed ferocity and a deadly fascination which magically sway and hold in such subtle way as can only be felt, and can never be told. Thing of the night and mystery she certainly is. Human, as we weigh humanity, she is not.?Edgar L. Wakeman's Letter. The "Buckeye" and the "Papaw." Originally Arkansaw had 45,000 square miles of timber land and about 000 square miles of prairie. She has no need of nn "arbor day" yet. Among her trees are somo which have peculiar properties, the Obio buckeye, for instance. The fruit and roots of this tree are used by Indians on then* fishing excursions. They put the roots and fruit in a bag, and drag the latter through the water. In on hour or so the fish rise to the surface dead. Cattle die after eating of the fruit or leaves. Man eats the fruit of the papaw; hogs won't. Ropes and mats are made of its bark. The fruit and bark of the bay tree are used for medicinal purposes. They are supposed to be a cure for rheumatism and Intermittent fever.?New York Times. The March of Civilization. "Yes," said the gentleman from Texas as he put his feet up on our desk and leaned back, "they say there is no ad? vancement in the southwest, that progress in that region Is unknown, but there's where they're mistaken. You know Texas railroad conductors used to yell, 'Twenty minutes for robbery?have your valuables ready!' but that's all out of date now. The robbers meet the train at a station, put then* horses in the dining car and ride to the next town, making the robbery while the train is running twelve or thirteen miles an hour. I tell you, Texas doesn't lag in the great march of civilization so much as you might think." ?Dakota Bell. Public Gambling at Spa. It seems the Belgian government is in? clined to ignore the anti-gambling law passed by the Frere-Orban ministry about fivo years ago. Spa, which ever since has had rather indifferent seasons, is filling up fast now that a new banker Is said to have been found in the person of the rich Count De Lannoy, who has paid the trifling sum of 800,000 francs a season for the privilege of opening a roulette and trente et qua rante table at the Casino.?Paris Reg? ister. FIZZ, POP AO BAM. THE PRESENTATION OF POINTS PECULIAR TO PYROTECHNY. How Spectacular Combustion Finds a Market??Fireworks Xo Monger Monopo? lized by the Fourth of only?Collections for Corporation Celebrations. One does not have to overhaul Iiis mem* ory to ?iiy great extent to reach back to the time when Independence day was the one day of the year when skyrockets and pinwheels asserted themselves as a sym? bol of our country's greatness. Along in the fall, it is true, when candidates for public office sought the suffrage of their1 fellow citizens-, the Roman candle supple^ ihehted the oil torch as an adjunct of po1 litical processions. But, as a general rule, tho fireworks that were not burned on Fourth of July night were carefully packed away for next year. It is not sd any more. Pyrotechnic displays are prom? inent attractions at summer resorts [all through the season, and the father of a family who takes Ids boys and girls in the country to pass the heated months not unfrequently adds a box of fireworks to the Lares and Penates that he carries along. "This fireworks package business has grown to some considerable proportions, hasn't it?" asked tho truth seeker. BOX COLLECTIONS. "Well, I guess you'd think so," replied the pyrotechnician. "We instituted the plan of putting up these box collections about sixteen years ago, and it has been growing more popular every year. Want to know why? Well, most people who buy fireworks for a Fourth of July cele? bration very naturally put off the pur? chase until the last minute. For that matter, most purchasers of any kind of goods do the same thing, but just stop and think how the rule applies to fire? works when you consider what they are. It is not to be expected that a man would want a box of them lying around loose in his house for two or three weeks. Yes, if there's anything that's bought at the eleventh hour, its fireworks. Then, again, not one person in twenty knows what he wants. There is a general desire for something that will make a show, and perhaps make a noise, but tho average man knows only the commonplace names of pieces that will produce certain effects. They know what bengola lights, triangles and mines are, but we can't expect the president of a bank, or a man who has made a fortune in potatoes, to expend his valuable time in trying to learn the differ? ence between a saucisson mine and a tourbillion rocket. So we, as it were, do their thinking for them, and put up a collection according to our knowledge of results consistent with the price charged for it. It's very much cheaper for the purchaser, too. Now there's a collection packed ready for de? livery. We charge 50 cents for it just as it stands. It contains thirty pieces?none of them very elaborate, it is true, but what do you suppose you'd have to pay for them if you came in here and puttered around our Btock, selecting this one hero and that one there, and wasting at least half an hour's timo in doing it? Well* here's bur catalogue, and you can see at. once that, if you bought each one of those thirty pieces at retail, you'd have to pay something over. $1 for the lot, and they wouldn't be so compactly packed for de? livery either. How could they be, under tho circumstances? CORPORATION CELEBRATIONS. "How expensive a collection do you put up?" "To any amount that a customer wants, for that matter, with corresponding rates of discount as between wholesale and re? tail prices, but for regular catalogue goods we have a $100 collection; This is ade? quate to a complete town or corporation celebration, and contains goods that would cost, at retail, just double tho money. There are pieces in it whose prices range from $5 to $15 when purchased singly." "What do you mean by 'corporation celebrations'?" "I'll tell you. There are lots of manu . factoring concerns that come to us every year and buy a collection of fireworks for their mills up in the country. Only the other day a mill superintendent came in and gave me a $50 order. 'It keeps the boys at home,' he said, 'and they spend their money right in town instead of com? ing to Boston.' Very frequently the local tradesmen chip in with the mills for a fireworks display for this reason. "But, of course, we don't have to de? pend upon the Fourth of July alone for business. You know it has become the regular thing to have pyrotechnic displays at the summer resorts, and excursion parties often consider a box of fireworks as necessary to a good time as a basket of champagne." "What have you to say about fire crackers?" "Fire crackers are no object to our trade nowadays. We have to keep them, of course, because they are bound to be popular, but thero is no profit in them. Have you seen that American cannon cracker, by the way, that was introduced last year? There's one point about them that's, worth consideration. Not tho noise especially?of course we expect that ?but the fact that no danger from fire attends their use. When they go off they go for good and all, leaving no vestige of a spark behind them. We're ahead of the Chinese in this respect at least."? Boston Herald. Monotony of Farm Life. The monotony of farm life and it3 at? tendant dangers are well shown by the fact that the large majority of the inmates .of .our insane asylums have been farmers or their wives. The never ending round of work, with no opportunities for amuse? ment, are the predominant features of such life. The dangers to physical health are also many. The water supply is too often contaminated by surface water con? taining decomposing animal and vegetable matters, while the sleeping rooms, in win? ter especially, are too frequently badly ventilated, and too warm or too cold The need of change of scene, of air and of water is as pressing for the former and his family as for the merchant and the society lady.?Globe-Democrat. Tho Forllons Bar. It is a source of mortification to the' "old salts" of New York ? city that their, harbor is nowhere deep enough, even in full front of the Atlantic, to permit a steamer in distress to reach a point of safety inside of the perilous bar. The disabled and leaky Britannic was detained outside a long time because she draws thirty feet of water, and if a storm had arisen she would probably have been sunk rVi sight of land.?Chicago Times. .' Robert T. Lincoln's law firm is said to have an income of $60,000 a year, and he declares that ho will never hold another political office. Maj. Ben: Porloy Poore. Maj. Poore owed his admirable sense of color in reporting to some study of the Paris papers, when the graphic quality was well appreciated. He had training as a journalist both in London and Paris, and began as a society reporter. No one understood better how to observe and throw in the touches which distinguish a live narrative from a dead one. He once came near missing a very momentous piece of news. He lived in Georgetown, and had been at his office in Washington late getting off his dispatches, and finally took the horse car for home. Just as the car was getting well out of the city, a person got in and announced the assassi? nation of Lincoln at Ford's theatre.? Springfield Republican. Instrument Tuning by Telephone. A firm of Birmingham music dealers was lately required to tune an organ to accord with a piano in Moseley. It was impracticable to bring the instruments together, but a happy plan was at length stumbled upon. A note of tho piano was struck in front of a telephone, and the sound was so accurately transmitted to the distant tuner that he was soon able to accomplish his task, and the organ was sent in season for its intended use with tho piano in a concert?Arkansaw Trav? eler. When He's First Married. A guide who has conducted many bridal couples through tho Capitol at Washing? ton declares that they aro his best cus? tomers, because "if a man is ever going to throw away money on his wife, it's when he's first married."?Harper's Bazar. The Pianot Uranus. Two astronomers of the Grand Ducal observatory; Carlsruhc, have made the remarkable observation that the disc of tho planet Uranus appears distinctly ellip? tical instead of perfectly circular.- ?V* TURKISH BATHS AND BEAUTY. The Art of Dancing AU Night and Go? ing Home Fresh in the Morning. Ladies in New York are getting more and more into the way of resorting to the Turkish bath as a means of restoring color to the cheeks and brightness to the eyes atter a night of dissipation. I know a girl whose complexion is of the clearest, but who has left the ballroom many a time as early as 3 o'clock, so fearful is she of injuring her greatest charm. She heard of the Turkish bath, and therefore risked dancing until 5 and after the other morning. Frem the ballroom she weut directly to the bathing establishment, feeling as if the entire world saw her in? flamed eyes and sunken cheeks. From the office she was conducted to a box of it room about as iarge as a section in a sleeping car. When my friend had re? moved her garments she was led into an iron walled room, where the air was so hot that the perspiration started at once from every pore. She was told to sit down?there were several chairs for the purpose?and to wait until called for; The heat was surprisingly great, but after a moment it produced that languid feel? ing that is perfectly delicious to a tired body. The attendant returned shortly and bound a wet towel about the new customer's head. It began to steam almost immediately. Five minutes of this and it became uncomfortable, ten a torture, fifteen frightful and the last five of the twenty minutes were simply im? measurable suffering. Then a strong, motherly looking woman came in. She had on a loose gown that had no sleeves and fell only to the knees. "How long must I stay here?" ex? claimed the suffering customer. The attendant ran her hand along the dear girl's back and limbs, and said: "You seem to have sweated pretty well; I guess you can come along now." They went into a room adjoining. It was nearly as hot as the first. There was a table in it on which the parboiled girl was requested to lie down. Then the stal? wart attendant went at her in a hammer and tongs style. She rubbed and scrubbed and lathered her for several minutes, and scraped her with a brush, and kneaded her flesh until it seemed as if her very bones must have felt the cleansing effect of the operation. The attendant was puffing and blowing from the exertion when she told the customer to sit up, and went to a hose that lay innocently coiled up at one end of the room. Without more than a "sit still now, please," she began to play a cooling stream of water on the lathered and glowing girl. The word cooling is used advisedly, for as it played it rapidly grew chilly, and presently the dear girl was spluttering a helpless plea for a change. The contrast with the in? tense heat she had endured was tremen? dous. The attendant dropped the hose when she thought best, but before the poor innocent customer could rejoice at the relief she was being pounded with the icy cold blows of a shower bath. It was agony itself, and it seemed as if every inch of her glistening cuticle were being over? laid with pricking icicles. But this, too, had its end, and the novice was all but crying with weariness and torture when the attendant led her into another room and began to dry her. When the water had been entirely removed from her body, she was wrapped in a blanket and taken to her room. "How long will you sleep?" asked the attendant. "Why, I don't want to sleep at all," re? plied the customer. ' 'I want to go home.'' But she was told she would have to lie there a while any way, and that she would surely fall asleep, so she would better say when she wanted to get up. She named her hour and was tucked up in her bunk, She was still perspiring, and In two minutes was sound asleep. She was awakened promptly, and her eyes feeling heavy and her body weary, was told to get into a tank of water sunk in the floor of still another room, into which she had been led. The water was chilly and she was glad to get out of it hastily. It was the last torture. She was rubbed with alcohol to prevent her from taking cold and then permitted to dress. When the dear girl got home it was just her time for breakfast. She slipped into the house unobserved and promptly appeared in the dining room, feeling as bright and vigor? ous as if she had had a full night's sleep, and betraying not the slightest sign of her dissipation.?Cincinnati Enquirer. ? Boiilanger as an Organizer. "For fourteen years," said the diplo? matist, "Boulanger had, as a subordinate officer, chafed and fretted that he could not carry out plans of reorganization of the French army that had been his con? stant study since the iron entered his soul at the battle of Sedan, in witnessing the overthrow of the French forces. This overthrow, ho felt, was due to the short? comings of the French soldier and the want of thorough organization of the French army. As minister of war he could give those plans a trial, and the speed with which they were put in opera? tion showed how long and carefully he had studied out the details of his scheme. He is a .wonderful organizer, and I am sure his only ambition lies in the desire to redeem the military reputation of the French people by restoring the prestige of their soldiers."?New"York Graphic. A Car Coupler Wanted. Among railroad men it is universally admitted that the common method of coupling cars is about as primitive and as dangerous to life and limb as can be de? vised, and that the man who invents a proper substitute for it Will reap both fame and fortune. The patent office has issued over 8,000 patents for improved and automatic couplers, and yet none has been invented which seems to be perfect under all the requirements of railroading. Many men have spent the best portions of their lives in devising couplers only t? find when they were subjected to practical use that they had defects that were fatal and could not be corrected. Said an inventor: "There are plenty of couplers that are practical and safe, but the great trouble is that their first cost is a little more than that of tho ordinary man killer, and as money is dear and brakemen are cheap they won't adopt them." "I hardly think that is fair to the rail? roads," responded a third. "In my opin? ion, the great obstacle to the adoption of automatic couplers is the lack of uniform? ity in the height of cars. The master car builders have adopted a standard, but they have no means of enforcing it on roads. If all the cars could be made of one uniform height, there would be but little difficulty in devising an automatic coupler that would work; but at present you might ns well try to make a straight stick without two ends as a coupler that will do tho work required by present cir? cumstances."?New York Sun. Water Will Not Burn. It is a matter of general belief that by cer? tain chemical processes water can be made to burn. Now, combustion, in almost every instance, is a process of combination of oxygen, and water is a completely oxidized body; that is, all the affinities of the hy? drogen have been combined with an equal number of those of oxygen. The chemi? cal reaction which would be accompanied with heat and light has already taken place, and cannot be repeated. It is true that we can decompose water into its con? stituent gases, and produce the phenome? non of combustion by recombining them; but it is not the water which is burned in such a case, but the hydrogen gns ob? tained from it. The man who "wus born to set tho river on fire" must be classed with other mythical persouages.?Popular Science News. Tobacco and tbo Eyes. "Cigarette smoking is doing more in? jury to the eyes than anything I know of," said an optician recently to a re? porter. "Smoking pipes or cigars is bad enough, but there is something in the paper with which the cigarette is rolled that is very injurious to tho eyesight. There are more men and boys wearing glusscs now than I have ever known before, and I attribute it nil to excess in tobacco smoking. Nino out of ten Germans wear spectacles. They are inveterate smokors."?New York Mail and Express. Not So Humble, Perhaps. It is easy enough to call one's self names. Those self depreciating mortals who are so fond of calling themselves mis? erable sinners and worms of the dust would flare up instanter if anybody should presume to corroborate their statements; and it is just possible that the poor publi? can, with all his humility, would not have been overpleased had somebody at hand called him. the names he bestowed upon himself.?Boston Transcript. Gordon Cummljpc likened ;:n African jungle to a forest of li.di hooks relieved by an occasional pRtch (if penknives. One Standard for Both BoTes. Joaiah Allen's children have been brought up to think that sin of an; kind is just as bad in a man as iu a woman ; and any place of amusement that was bad for a woman to go was bad for a man. Now, when Thomas Jefferson was a little feller, he was bewitched to go to circuses, and Jodab said : ''Better let bim go, tSamantba; it hain't no place i'or wimmin or girls, but it won't hurt a boy." Says I, "Josiab Allen, the Lord made Thomus Jefferson with jes as pure a heart as Tirzah Ann, and no bigger ears and eyes, and if Thomas J. goes to the circus, Tirzah Ann goes too." That Btopped tbat. And then be was bewitched to gel wilb other boys tbat smoked and chewed tobacco, and Josiab was just tbat easy turn tbat be would have let bim go with 'em. But says I: "Josiah Allen, if Thomas Jefferson goes with those boys and gels to chewiu' and smokin' tubaeco, I shall buy Tirzah Ann a pipe." And tbat stopped tbat. "And about diinkin'.," says I, "Thomas Jefferson, if it should be the will of Providence to charge you into wild bear, I will chain you up, and do the best I can by you. But if you ever do it yourself, turu yourself into a wild beast by drink in', I will run away ; for I never could stand it, never! And," I continued, "if I ever aee you hangin' 'round bar rooms and tavern doors, Tirzah Ann shall hang too." Josiah argued with me. Says be: "It doesn't look so md for a boy as it does for a girl." Says I, ''Custom makes the difference; we are more used to seeing men, But says I, "when iquor goes to work to make a fool and a brute of anybody, it don't stop to ask the sex, it makes a wild beast and idiot of a man or woman, and to look down from heaven, Igue?s a man looks as bad layiu' dead drunk as a woman does." Says I, "Things look differently from up there than what they do to us?it is a more sightly place. And you talk about looks, Josiah Allen. I don't go on clear looks, I go on principle. Will the Lord say to me in the last day, 'Josiah Allen's wife, bow is it with the soul of Tirzha Ann-, as for Thomas Jefferson's soul, he bein' a boy, it hain't of no ac? count?' No! I shall have to give an accout to bim fo; my dealin's with both of these eouls, male and female. Audi Bbould feel guilty if I brought him up to think tbat what 'Aas impure for a woman was pure for a man. If a man has a greater desire to do wrong?which I won't dispute," says I lookin' keenly onto Josiah?"hii has greater strength to resist temptation. And so," says I, in mild accents, but firm as old Plymouth Rock, "If Thomus J. hangs, Tirzah Ann shall hang too." I have broughi; thomas Jefferson up to think that it wau just as bad for him to listen to a bad story or song as for a girl, or worse, for he had more strength to run away, and that it was a disgrace for bim to talk or listen to any stuff tbat be would be ashamed to bave Tirzah Ann or me to hear. I have brought bim up to think that manliness didn't consist in having a cigar in bis mouth, and his hat on one side, and swearin', and slang phrases-, and a knowledge of questionable amusements, but in layiu' bolt of every duty that comes to him, with a brave heart and a cbee 'ful face ; and helpin5 to right the wroDg, and protect the weak, and makin' the most and the best of the mind and the soul God bad given him. In short, I bave j rough t bim up to think that purity aud virtue are both feminine and masculine, a ad tbat God's angels are not necessarily all she ones.?Samantha Allen. ? Inventor Jrhn W. Keely. who has been giving exhibitions of what he calls his sympathetic ab eric motor during the past week in Philadelphia, has been so bothered by tho questions of puzzled spectators tbat he has prepared a printed statement in which he says that he is now graduating bis engiue, and is at work on the fifth octave. His system, he says, is founded on sympathetic vibration, in wbicb there ia neither pressure nor ex? haustion, aud all the power is generated, the engines run and the cannon fired through a mine. When the present process of adjustment shall be complet? ed, and when he shall be protected by patents, Keely says that be will give an explanation of his power, a knowledge of which can be more easily acquired than that necessary for the operation of a steam engine. ? In Marion lives a colored woman who is older than the uinteenth century. She has the reputation of being inordinately fond of "filthy lucre," and when ber aged fingers close over a dime its mission in the money world is for the time being ended. Somo time ago revival services were being conducted in the church to which this old woman belongs. At one of the experience meetings held by the congregation the old woman was mightily wrought upon and was led into a narra? tion of her experience. "Brudren and sistern," she said, "I has been a mos' 'sis tent membah ob de church now gwine mighty nigh onto eighty yeah, an, bless de Lawd, it havo iiebber coa' me one ten cent yet." It is paid that the congrega? tion now want to turn the old woman out of the church. Further developments arc awaited with in terest.?Marion Index. ? The Island of Johanna, Comoro Islands, has some very peculiar customs. The natives are je; black, but neat and clean. The girls after marriage are not allowed on the streets at all, and can see no one but their husbands. Eich men are allowed four wives, poor men one. When a poor man gets poorer he can sell a half share in Iuh wife for so much money, regulated by lav;. A native belle, before her marriage, makes a fine display on the fashionable streets of Jo? hanna in this rig?a red calico Mother Hubboard gown, printed with a pattern of banana leave?, roac.iiogto her knees no shoes or stockings, and for headgear a wide rimmed, bluo china teacup, worn with the bandle on one side for conve? nience in taking ofT. ? Attorney General Earle bas made investments in real estate in Birmingham and is seriously thinking of removing there in the near future. We are all in hopes, however, that be will remain in Sumter, as it would be a great loss to our people for him to go. We doubt if South Carolina has a son to whom she can point with more pride than the general. A man of decided opinions and who is never alow or afraid to make them known or any occasion, Sumter county will never forget ber debt of gratitude to him for bis aid in ridding this county of the radicals in 76, and loses no opportunity to honor herself in honoring bim.? Co? lumbia Register. ? An intimate :"riend of the tattooed man from Maine in a recent conversation said: "Mr. ?laine will not return until after Lho National Republican Conven? tion. Hia absence will relieve him from the embarrassment of saying whether he would acce.pt the nomination for Presi? dent again. Of course, if in his absence h?s friends should insist upon renominat ing him he could hardly do less than accept the responsibility. Mr. Maine, I understand, will make a circuit of the globe. VVhen he lands in Ban Francisco next summer he will probably receive Ihe news tbat he has been renominatod for President by the Republican party." ? Among the visitors at the Vaasar ! College commencement was a graduate who has made $10,000 in a unique man* ner. Upon her graduation she was promised by her father a dollar for every cent she earned by working et anything. She accepted the offer, and, entering a factory, where she obtained six dollars a week, kept on working until her father had paid her $10,000 and broke the con tract because his little joke was becoming too costly. Bucklcn's Arnaca Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,Salt Rheum, Fevet Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains^ Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi? tively cures Piles, or no pay required; It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander son, S. C._ _ A FATAL MISTAKE. " The Cleveland (Ohio) Press, of February 23d, 1883, pub? lished /in account of a fatal surgical operation which caused a great commotion among med? ical men throughout the whole country, Dr. Thayer, the most eminent surgeon in Cleveland, pronouncing it scandalous. It appears that a Mrs. King had been suiTering for many years from some disease of the stom? ach, which had resisted the treatment of all the physicians in attendance. The disease commenced with a slight de? rangement of the digestion, with a poor appetite, followed by a peculiar indescribable dis? tress in the stomach, a feeling that has been described as a faint "all gone" sensation, a sticky slime collecting about the teeth, causing a disagree? able taste, This sensation was not removed by food, but, on the contrary, it Was increased. After a while the hands and feet became cold and sticky? a cold perspiration. There was a constant tired and lan? guid feeling; Then followed a dreadful nervousness, with gloomy forebodings. Finally the patient was unable to re? tain any food whatever, and there was constant pain in the abdomen. All prescribed rem? edies failing to give relief, a consultation was held, when it was decided that the patient had a cancer in the stomach, and in order to save the patient's life an operation was justifi? able. Accordingly, on the 22d of February, iu83, the opera? tion was performed by Dr. Vance in the presence of Dr. Tuckerman, Dr. Perrier, Dr. Arms, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Capner, and Dr. Hailiwell of the Police Board. The operation consist? ed in laying open the cavity of the abdomen and exposing the stomach and bowels. When this had been done an examin? ation of the organs was made, but to the horror and dismay of the doctors there was no cancer to be found. The pa tient did not have a cancer. When too late the medical men discovered that they had made a terrible mistake; but they sewed the ports together and dressed the wound that they had made, but the poor woman sank from exhaustion And died in a few hours. How sad it must be for ihn luisband of this poor worn.-in to know that his wife died from the effects Oj. a surgical novation that ought never to have been performed. If this Avomnn J a i taken ti:e proper remedy for Dyspepsia and x-crvous Prostration (for this wa =? \fiiat the disease rea;'y was}, she would have been liv? ing tO-daV. SlIAKET? 1'jXTHACTOF Koots, or Setoel's Ccuative Syeut, a remedy made ex? pressly for Dyspepsia or Indi? gestion, has r.-sicivd many such cases to perfect health after all oilier kinds of treatment have failed. The evidence of its cincacy in curing this class of cases is too voluminous to Tie publ ished h ere; b ut th ose w i i o read the published evidence in favor of this dyspeptic remedy do not question its convincing nature, and the article has an extensive sale. PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect May 22,1887. Time?1 hour slower than C. & G. E. E. time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. Sunday Except Bunday. Train. Leave Anderson. 4 30 am 6 15 a m Leave Deans. 4 57 a m 6 42 a m Leave Cooks. 5 23 a m 7 08 p m Leave Lowndesville. 5 50 am 7 35am Leave Latimers.6 17 a m 8 02 a m Leave Hesters. ? 35 a m 8 20 a in Leave Mt. Carmel.... f> 52 a ni 8 27 a m Leave Willington.... 7 01 a m 8 55 a ru LeavefBordeau. 7 27 n in 9 12 a m Arrive McCormick... 7 55 a in 9 40 n m Arrive Augusta.11 15 a in 9 Id p m Arrive Charleston... ? 45 p in 7 00 a m Arrive Savannah.... 15 53 p m 5 55 a in Arrive Jacksonville. 7 ?0 am 12 00 in GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m Leave Savannah.8 10 p iu Leave Charleston. 4 00 a m Leave Augusta.7 35 a m 7 35 a iu Leave McCormick...10 00 a in 10 00 a m Leave Bordeau.10 32 a in 10 30 a m Leave Willington....10 50 a in 10 47 a m Leave Mt. Carmci...ll 05 am 11 01 a in Leave Hesters.11 30 a in 11 25 a m Leave Latimers.11 47 a in 1141am Leave Lowndesvillo.12 17 p in 12 00 pin Leave Cooks.12 47 p in 12 30 ]> in Leavo Deans. 1 15 p in 1 02 p m Arrive Anderson. 1 45 p in 1 30 p m Connects with train to nnd from Green? wood, Laureiis and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, 8outh Carolina and Central Railroads. At Sparenburg with A & 0. Air Line mid Iahe vi lie tfc Spnrtanburg H. It. Tickets on *-ale at Anderson to all points at through rate?. Baggage checked to des? tination. E. T. C HA ELTON, G. P. A. W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. Are offering their immense Stock of STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, CHEAPER THAN EVER* % They will sell St?ves on tinie to good parties for good paper. They will sell their second-hand Stoves much lower than d?st. They buy remnants df Seed and Lint ddtt?n, Rags, Raw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Gall and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware* &to. *ar BEFORE BUYING. Feb 17,:i887 32 Tried 5n thejfoiciftk j? About t wenty years ago I discovered a little Boro on my cheek, and tho doctors pro? nounced It cancer. I bavo tried a number of physicians, but without receiving any perma nea: benefit. Among the number were ono or two specialists. The medicine t::ey .-jelled was tike fin* to the sore, Causing lntenso pain. I saw a statement In Ihn papr-a t; lUaj wItat S. S.S. had done for others similarly afflicted. I procured some at o::ce. V.: : !! -lu-d I'm Kccncd Lottie (he neighbors could notice that my cancer was hen:i::;; t;;>; I'.y gesrKl :.r..:th had been b.-jl for two or three years?I had a hacking cough ;::-.<! *;>il blo?tl n.n^*s? Itall;-. I had a severe pain In my breast. After taking six bottles of s. mjrc.--s*;U IvX c:c ami I grew r.ioutcr than I had been for several years. My cancer ha?healed mvit rtl h; t n Uttlo Epot about tho sire of a half dime, and ltls rapidly dlsapi*carlni>*. I would m*v~o every one with cancer to give S. S. S. a fair trial. ?Mas. NANCY J. McCONATJGHEY, Asho Grove, Tlppecnnoe Co., I?d. Feb. 15, 1SS0. Swift's Specific Is entirely vegetable, and seems to euro cancers by forcing out the Impurities from tho blood. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Oa. 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 Ladiea'.Fine Shoes. We make on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wan? ken Fhast 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. Thev are nice, neat and stylish. Give tbem[a look when you want a Shoe aud yon will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay. s Oct7,1886 E. P. REED & CO. NEW FUMITURE STORE I W. L. KELLETT HAS opened a new Furniture Store in Anderson, eorner Benson and Mc Du?ie Streets, where be will keep a select stock of Furniture, which will be. sold cheap for cash. COFFINS. I also keep a full stock bf Coffins, all sizes, which I am prepared} to deliver promptly at any time. *sr . Speciallies?I make a specialty of Mattress-making, Upholstering and Re? pairing, and in these lines my work is my best reference. Also, repairing Children's Carriages and renovating old Mattresses. Call oh me when you need anything in my line and I will save you monev. W. L. KELLETT. March 31,1887 38 Pomona Hill Nurseries, pomona, n. c. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the R. & D. R. R. passes through the grounds aud with? in 100 feet of the office. Salem trains make regular stops twice daily each way. Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow? ing are cordially invited to inspect ibis the largest nursery in the Slate and one among the largest in tbe South. The proprietor has for many years vis? ited the leading Nurseries North and West, and corresponded with those of foreign countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit tbe South, both native and foreign. The reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that many agents going out from Greensboro, representing other nurseries, try to leave tbe impression that they are representing these nurseries. Why do they do it? Let the public answer. I have in stock growing (and can show visitors tbe same) tbe largest and best stock of trees, &a, ever shown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian apricot, mulberry, quinces. Small fruits: Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans, English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees, roses &c. Give your order to my authorized agent or order direct from the uursery. Correspondence solicited. Descriptive catalogues free to applicants. Address, J. Van. Lindley. Pomona, Guilford County, N. C. May 26,1887_4.6_6m_ Established 1843. W. & J. SLOANE, Wiiolklalk and Rktail Dealkks in Carpetings, Floor Cloths, Rugs, Mattings, Mats and Upholstery Goods. Great Novelties at Very Low Prices. SAMPLES SENT IF DESIRED. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Broadway, lSlh and 1 Dili Streets, NEW YOltK, AMD oil toG47 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. April 7, 1887 39 2m Wagon and Buggy Shop. MOTTO for 1837 : "Live and let live." Come and see me before going else? where witli 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 13,1887 27 6m PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Riebmond & Danville B. B., COLUMBIA & GEEENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1886, (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. |No.G2 I Northbound. Lve Walhalla.... Seneca.. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurens ..... Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry_ Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... 8.20 am 9.00 am 10.45 am 12.00 m 10.45 am 8.20 am 9.25 am 12.44 pm 1.10 pm 3.04 pm 5.15 pm 9.20 pm L"c. Columbia Newberry_ Ninety-Six Greenwo'd Arr. GreenTille Laurena'.... Abbeville Spart'nbr'g Anderson u Seneca,. Walhalla... 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