The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 30, 1887, Image 4
FINIS.
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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.
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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...
Atlanta....
53.
11.00 am
1.01pm
2.20pm
2.42 pm
5.53pm
5.55 pm
4.35pm
4.35 pm
4?0pm
6.02pm
6.85pm
10.40 pm
No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta.
No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and
Charleston at Columbia.
Jas. L. Tatlob, Gen'I Pass. Agent.
D. Cardwkkl, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C
gQL. Haas, Traffic Manager._
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