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?0(X;i...._?_0.,D. , (iTmtof^^a?tlyiwU?ngD^arid Meath a rarid ricyl Swans t mystery? ?"?yKSS\r;ajftn,:heart, that ta the broad domain o? -?- ? ; ;ifi V ^Ko?i?ng Ipv?y efer .Ii? lost?we go On ^UbtnJtp S^i- aefelag ' . . . ' ? ^Oj^ ^ung Wop^ rf love and fancy, slowja*^ -J?~.\ \--turing; ' ' ~" "* " "ISlak them, -withered- pine for these alluring, .j.v?bol entrancing, llfe enhancing venial blossoms, r vEnla,our sad. and p^xite*Sr^!a^*??dttll .*^ . *: ?s?in?, i c, ? ;A3^\iroaId deeperphmge-rolvdark dejectloal ... 'uBut? length o'er desert sands nploomlng, ?"See, the. hearth young life in olden fragranco vi glooming I - -YES, HE DID. ^B^oviey^elhna^ -ib^^t^tml lpol^^Ttoll?0. He id salesman ' In. a lar go Broadway bouse. . As ne stood In the rawTU^; IrfsajDlnft against an oo ftaTOVWOT^ r?f-riov^te-man,8irie edition cf Dickeilay ^iOf silk: fabrical'Wbat in the name; of > had,; talk- fabrics, to. do with .th?v] "For, he loYed;f J^r'flme^e.fl ,t a-flnt litefary'; eitiier^.Htera^w ' ":?^ ^aa'-tiie -He^bad loye *.met heir that va flat. vhad fiff^^al!.years been' willing to commit :natrimony. Ed amUnberiteda comfortable l of money anci had been, liko many - rjostfog" quies<^,.^ of ^?Vest ppcke?with.one hand and pointed the ^fry|!Wl|^ instant - -fc^ba^ted^forfts^irtedtxm&i JM^'Wjbfin-w^s?>? large, .ronnc^l rr^dfhe^ 'a^ girlMl&wi^^ jM^ier.look indin her sympathy aj^^beaut?^ittitiiemaelves and W I ^Vv^totfc^ small ^ftoa/;1^ saap c4?5Cim ' and had a queer old father, Yel* Mfeavoprorjosed to her om^right but for tht^ -Wlmn^Te^^importimt obstacle^ ip^JJni& When-' . '.' . - ?, '??f$&i^W^w a character;' His horf'sa ?::^Was; a richly furnished but quaint rambling one-story^bmlamg, which p&^iu^k?Bm??l "Wheute Wliim; bs-jpojd ?>;c6tmtryside; ? name wbose? eternal fitness :?-Hiade?? it' stick and stay. He was a wld tati&kpQfc.ia many years? loneHn?? as Syin-. i^Setry's age. He bad two absorbing pa3 One was Symmetry, and the other oaugl^H.de<??aty:wa*>| If the former was anadora outside of her he Tarels V^He wns .a Htti&thmaTd; ^white-hair andTeyes ni- sharp as a rat's. ^?,jd^fti^?etsed "hgpt ,\~"'?r&rBaspMsfa& of evi : i the stm except bis danghta&u ... ... .r^r^ When she came home from New York .. and tmiMly hinted that there wag another . .man' in the world besides :h^_^hej?,<he | I. iepressed'. bis natural muignatidn like a ;-B e& rpf^inlngy^mvinayor th^ other man might call at the JStna erupted^with. & roar iuid;Symni?ajjr;j fi\ -waa.rmried ih the ashes, of paternal in^ig*-. ktimii'iiSho dug herself out, however, and ^xatujrned to the attack. The dampness of a loving nxaiden's tears gradually ^"'q?efcked .the: blaze of. bis quite, mwuvj ; Sd?^y selflsh, fires.; ^ flixa^;g?t ?iem>: 1H"under;controI and put Shem^out: T^ cMt : v gmtleonan at last com^nj&ed^ upon cdndl-1 ;i [i ti^nspbut ?, the condlMou?; werBifdmcet ? aa.' |p[?$-!&8^no/consent at alt,' -, &i? btzZ ? ' ."1^3 .no 1130 a taIkto*tiSjj^,,s^^i HYbu^ve ben - to" F?rmingt?n an* "know / ^jobly a. great deal! more'n any gh?; ??; pi^tep; <->They aBer?SIeara 5a great deal j ' ^lore*? they oughter at a boardin' ?liveterl? #aa'-yjifather, an' ye won't If .: trds.:. I don1t:,' 'ss5B iielovesyef. :i %a^toTS^w!lmwJ mnch ipt up an'git he's isofc, to IXgWKfin way.'and yourn tbroughthe^ v, ^iowigit up an1 git In a man is"; l: whatX think;of,l?m mighlj c nick : poor, perplexed and bothered Symmetry. ?' * "Absurd nothin'. Ain't life force aWP /? ^i^)i^ ^Si same thing? Aint the .'nerves jthe.: finest 'lectrJcal.; cjonductoitl -''kr^?wjaVraiit^a^t'every cue M. 'em insu : l??d as perfect as an ocean cable?. Hain't > Herbert Spencer come round aqua ;to;admit It, when first off- he wouldn't itliear-to^?fien- years ago? T tell j?$Ji?. t^AV^^^ijj^o^Thnright It'sjour . TTn;.think1nv of, hot M?;, sdoh't know -nothin1. They lmowJj -._enough after they're married, but before that they might as well be babes '^ulace.caps.!' ? '??'?hy^y'y i S. i. 21 J%^mxi^^p8L^tSs ifi'ybh waattJoo?X I^B?^^ellnm?todo?'' -' Tw^tfimf to wear aUk unaerclothea he comes up here, on' a ?ilk mixed ] out. I guess ?xeyjwoa't hurt' him.; J ^ear.'em myself andtheyi'overlmrt ace.*' f|S6ut how can I write him suclr?tiiii?|?? '^You'lVhave to nggerthaf ant foryourr You've been ta school enough^ seems ; 4,0h, deart" sighed Symmetry, as she " it to her task. And with many burn blushes and not a fews^bs sheused up ,riyhole quire of note paper before she tally-achieved the somewhat noncom ittal communication which found/its 1 .ay to Mr. "Vellum's haada; I - Mr. Vellum, however, was acquainted j fw^itjx.none of these circumstances. He waa as. ccnnpletely perplexed and aston? fished as a shad which had thoughtlessly migrated from the river up a water pipe ? [anil found .tiself ^confronted. by a 1 ?fhtub Irely foreign to its plans.. He ^puzzled r.the letter, all' the aftexnoorL He de? land he worried,' fcr ft was: already ay;-.^ Finally, in complete despair, he it atelegram: l Symmetry Wheii's ton, B^tsswax^l .Jan^m^.O^^l^^gOTr^. J^i Dyyoa mean hoaBy. and eoforth? :.P> 31? awaited the answer feverishly. It Ir. Doodovcy. Vellum, -EeHtw&jai ??- York: ?. ^^SMLmW v J.Yes,OTerytJjang,"'^S Jw^S \?M^LM?' i .Everything went! ?Wlien'Sr. TeThtm" Jeacendcd from the train-a5 Beeswax runction lato in the following afternoon e'wOTesfBsund^^ dress llrty a :siBi 'neck^ej^^atocktog?, auk ? "jg?hafe suit; s?khat,Hfimpfi [.-manners that were ssftand .^J-in-the extreme. The old gentleman,, though eccentric, ras none the less keen on that aoeor*'* re desireS Symmetry to hav s a husb rho could love'her deepM an*- ifi'eeiiBw-; uence, cherish and tenderly care for her. [e had no gen^erdt?r-th? old electrician, | Jook?t^ upon vital "force as merely a 1 ?rm ofeleetpicalfoTce.. Ha regarded uman body simply as a i^mmlex ma-; iincs-and all-its acts, of tlioaght and sen:' ihent, as well as muscular motion, as > orely eieet^?cal phenometia. He b^evied| iat ajry jpan's. emotiqw? capacity?gas^ tohis;possess^pnjaf [Senln^rveforce. Conr-?uently he radm N^nd resolutely had determhied to. let. Cr. \Vellum woo Symmetry to the full of &>ji8fcle?but ho propoeed to knowex-: ifly how much he actnaBy loved her by iep^g track of the r^oceaa with, yte ^t 'j ?ia plan was simply thisH Mrt YeUunt, '** hile-makinglove, sh<mIdTje insulated and' lould ber the confiecttoglinkl)etween two Isitiye and negative win?, which wires. l?nlit run from the arena of love's young. i ul and ffle; misentmiental..u-.. ?..? tMr^WJunx'st.Hhrary.' This waa>hy he tifa&f?W beeauae be i inted t^ gly>.J4fcYellmn every, show,. 1 and silk was the best conductor in the list of fabrics. Consequently, having giv I en Ms consent, he fitted, up two stationary .stuffed doth chairs beneath a spreading elng|nst whe^e aocolottnide of "beautiful trees led awayto the moonlit surface of a sleeping silver lake. It was a beautiful place for a man's heart, beating With all the Mgh hopes and pure and ennobling \ to expand it? self. It was also a firstdags" locality to bring out all the Sympathetic electricity there was Jn him, thought the. old gen? ?ematt^?a'h'e surveyea "Ha Work chuckled.. The chairs were Bimilar and by Bide, quite.dose to dlfferencef*between Mr. Veil am's had two narrow strips of brass running down the hack and across the seat of the chair out? side of the woolen npholstery. From thesQslips twoj-ftaeiN/o^lS? .copper, wires/ ?lel^wttttie cnair^&gs, ?p'the trunk of the elm, along a branch, across the lawn to the portico, around the corner of/ the house, through the library window and connected with the positive and negative poles of Mr. Whea's galvanometer. The chairs stood on the platform, which ap-. pe?re? t^ljb ? ^ough wood, but was rfaSy a large plate^MSi glass; Mr.Vellum, when , be' obeyed the promptings of his deep affection, would be at?olutely insu? lated with the exception of the brass strips which he would Infallibly. touch be safe, and thereby com fore i iuin in the wbrn If he pre r f?Te'S"ymme&y and'the galvsn ding.was t gainst him, tho old . By dusk on Saturday evening Symmetry ~waa-waifoigrinthe tender trying conflict of a young girl's heart, for her lover's step.,: She.-knew something of the plan. She-was: perforce, a party.to it,. She did hot dare to tell Mr. Vellum for fear her father had "some/ unearthly machine by ' which ho would catch her at it. Dressed I in snowy mnll, with, tho ve lvet blush of Ntfc'tf nntol?^ng' rose Hrpon' har cheek, she 1 ^ra^gen^^perfect, and as fair as . __te"women ?are'' who make the biblical atigel a rational supposition. - Dressed hah* an hour too early b.u came down stairs and i.tole'.softly and a:ono into tho dark library . where the galvanometer, with the. fine degree marking) .and its tii?v aTmoat,.invisible faftdf?.l?y. silent lipMt ;berJ father^ desk. Who; can teH; rn&lo^ing'h?p^S. and" tender fears were' era as;she gazed timidly upon . that dell-: ^6ate'rthing; of metal4 and of glass" trpon J??i^ai her' Me-'bAppteess 'depended?; .Who can tell' the unexpressed' longing ' that 'came .-"tocherss^she Wished' it were only'-a pug: dog or a policeman, or any? thing iihat,' by a-woman's diplomacy, she could win over to- her caosfta vBtifenol It t cold and quiet and beyond her. But * jied'ever .impulsively raid kissed it; The needled trembled slightly in gallant pi?op* 'That was alL : _,; tmjc,.yelliunj arrived t duly and was nah- I ^^^^^jp^eirj father. The 1 ohJinan evt? him sharply whfie they ex dmrigea'a'few commonplaces, and Vellum | rfon?ly imagined that the i was probing deep into his - moral..charac | terV but it.. wasn't.. It .Was directed. en tirely at bis underclothes. It was a little awkward to ask a stranger about Ms un? derwear, particularly when he bad not ' been five minutes in the housa. Notwith _ this, however, the old man was 1 tunes on the verge of it, and Sym |jlMrfirjwa*tvtn terrrir: 1 She-was nervous that she could neither talk ait nor e t Is "be'a^i?fnl" to "see ,the galvanometer.'1 W$&- $vt?TW^ Vellum, helake^thelake,:lTn?an," she said \ ly,bb^njgj^yn| *T flhimW ?fl'^^ffhfa^i T am anw.," said Vellum. He looked askance at her : od I i: .. ??? . i'loilfl Li-, .:;uii,dcm\nnnd...me, don'.t rnind^mp,"J 1 said the old gentleman, quickly. He was rubbing his hands and seemed, as pleased [ astthVwere^oingtowalk" himself. -Tho two men rose. "Be natural; all I want Is fofc yoncto :be; perfectly ^natural, "he whispered rapidly in Vellum's ear. Yel\mn stered.at him as_ If he classed I ,b?n? :?s, sornething decidedly. nnnataraL_ I -?OTI^irff- endeavor , toJ -rg^b^v^^tp;^ he said, S of; thflr door' and.down- the wide ' ~Tk^^fe7e^#a^-th> loved one r languorous bush of the sum? mer night was perfect" The dewy air was laden with.: the scent of flower and shrub j and tree. Yonder through the big dark 1 elms the great g'dd moon was climbing the black velvet wall of the ?ky. Ah, yes, Mr. Vellumr If ever In all the dusty ; *para of dusty commerce you or any other -tuanwOtlicbboVe to be meisnrea by tn'8 e, it would >nr such as and pre ; in gauze upon your arm. soon in a state of fu jpatience. . Three times bad he sat down in his library chair before t instalment, and.. three jtimes had the. die stood motionless, only sending Ifinf ' to the door to discover that they had * not^take? ti^rcna^ Trat were Stooping : ovec-a flower, or bending over the crystal rim of the litde lake, or standing still to /breathe in the magical radiance of the wonderful dient moon. But at last they, j approached] the Beats::.: .They sat down as J " . He rushed hack to the library :.. How the old man'B eyea lightened! The, needle had gone from 0 to fl the minute ydlum touched the chair. , , ? 'Then the. old "man plumped himself down in bis seat, and with the shaded lamp light Bhining brightly on the face of the instrument and bringing tho watcher's nose and month in full relief he watched 'with all liia eyes. ,,^^ynnnetry,.*l6aid Vellum, alowly and earnestly?alcne with her in the shade of the elm?"it seems to me this is the hap? piest night-of rarHfe''-^-. - 33ie needle Trcse slowly as he spoke? -ttomfrtxi 11 flush. ^^e-hee," chuckled the old man in the ?'^^?ttV'do1 you know, dear friend," Mr. Vellum continued, "that it will be the unhappiest of them all if you choose-to make it so?" : - '? The depressionbf the. sxteiial circula tion in Vellum, through bis fear, sent the needle back to 10. - -Syunnetrysal? nothing. - The needle/went to 8. ..... '?Wirtin th'underbaa bappw^" eJ^* ulated the old man uneasily. . . i She could not speak, she war, so beauti ? fullyj hopelessly in love that she dared not .trust herself to say one word. She could only torn herself nrately to the man be? side her and let the soft luminance of the moonlight sift down to show the ghost of the happy tears that lay in those eyes, iliat -were so earnest and alight with love. -Vellum felt a gr?at throb of Joy as he Lsaw her meaning. The needle jumped 1 like a" flash to 22. "Ah!" said the old gentleman cheerily. "Al-h-h-bl" he continued patronizingly, asTt^eptet^any up to 25. ~~ y^I have never Ipved any^woman," said vl^bave thobgbJ^ttoaS ^ttheyiwould be in all my, life #8 things apart. But ?from the moment I met yon, ?Symme? try"-? He drefr a long, Bflent breath. The needle was 40 and ?? fraction. "High tension," sold the old man, shak? ing bis head. "Suthin' '11 have to give Wajrpooty soon." And with his right thumb and forefinger he .twisted a com . press clamp just the faintest part of an lach, watching intently the while. - "I am afraid to soy the words I came to sayj'?^e^nmwas greatly agitated?the needle- Went'back a little?"It seems to me as if my whole life was hanging hi the balance"?the needle was 84?"but could yoTt?would yon, darling, would you?be -my-wife?" ' ; [*^TEEt3~"^?Tm^went^rtb ap^ peuling to her- shoulder, it passed about her neck of its own accord,*.tiie loving gb\ lily, fler head was upon his shoulder, and in that kiss of perfect, of intense and transcendent worship her lover's lips were pressed to hers. . t. Two hundred and the maximum. It had jumped there in a flash. The old hair was oa^ end and his eyes were ^frU^wMffUf rfung to the bmlt 'a mussel to a rock. It would pass , over, on the negative side, fly back,: try to ;'. getrbigher, and : '^?SnapI" there was ? faint sound. . The delicate balance bad broken. ' The galvah iameter was ruined. *?* Tho old-man was wild. "Ho wati as mad as a whole convention of hatters. His pet instrument! He altnost frothed at the mouth'. He rushed through tho hall, out of the door, down the walk, and flew at ?yeUtun. i> '^OuVscoundreir; You've smashed my ? gal vanQmeter," he roared. J\"#ve. kissed. ypur: daughter, you old fooV' roared Vellum back at him. "Oh," said Symmetry in anguish. She shivered in love's fear. , . The old man's face was a study. There I was not a sign of anger in it. At Vellum's words, as if by magic, his look had changed instantly to one of deep interest . and some hesitation. "You?a?you kissed her, you say?" "I did," said Vellum, without the least -apparent; shame. . . 1 Vj?buld you?a^-abem. " The old man ^wao really confused. "Could you?a? I've got another galvanometer?could you, could you kiss her again?" "Well, rather." Vellum did not lose a moment He kissed her soundly, and she did not dare to disobey. : "Oh, no-^toprrl didn't meah,,!~ The "old gentleman Was thrown off his balance. But he was helplessly in a dilemma. He stood s?ent, en Irely perplexed. "Will you take me for a son-in-law?" asked Vellum squarely. . : y*Oh, yesj; of "course, ".returned the old man, a little abstracted. "When?a? when'll you be up again ?" It was some time before Mr. Vellum be? came aware of the mysterious concomi? tants of his courtship. When he knew he - laughed long and loud.. -Theyare married fhow, and. Syminetry?rfieem3-ta>hare ^ father's Interest in tfre.exactsciencesi At least she-"-thinks that galvanometer the n^t""pwfect""mecnanlcal contrivance in the wide,'wide world?H. J. W. Dam in New York Times. ff"*S^fc*!.v'!"- ' >/ ?$I ^? "*| |l^i*^oi*':A?> Silvirfed* Severing n?rrors is an unhealthy em1 ployment, and thermen cannot work at it moro than two or three hours daily. They must be strictly, temperate and abstain froma all*use of ""alcoholic drinks. They need nerves of steel to be able to endure the horribly ear splitting, penetrating sounds of the grinding room. Another process less dangerous Is used in making mirrors called the patent back A solil tion of colorless liquid is poured over the glass, which is laid on a table and steamed for a time. Then after the mirror Is de? veloped the back is painted with a dark red paint, applied with soft camel's hair brushes. It. is quite simple and quickly accomplished, but is only used in the '? cheap grades jof glass nurrors.-j-Chicago I Herald. ! ' "" '" Something About; Blood Oranges. 'liWhere* do the" blood-oranges come from?"' ? "Front Sicily. They are the Messina I oftfiftges;1'"They""are a distinct species. Sometimes they mix with other varieties ' near by, as white com mixes with yellow, and you see one occasionally with a red i "How do they sell?" "Slightly higher than others. A great ; many prefer them to others, while some !persons won't touch them at all."?New {York Sun. FACES FOR THe STAGE. What Was Said- t>y Actors ot Kote at ft Kecent Benefit. Behind the scenes of. a theatre is not an 1 Interesting \ placed usually, and its inac (?ssmuityia agobd; thing in preserving ?the 'air of mystery-'and ideality so essen-: !tial .to Btage'.wOrfc- /? B?t-?n-the"occasion ?of the Ctouldbck "benuflt the" actors em 'ployed were so-famous, and the rules so irelaxed, that a moderate company keenly ienjoyed- the meeting,of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John Gilbert, Joseph Jefferson, C..;W..Couldockalnd a number of. lesser dramatic personages. Much of their talk was- commonplace,, o* course, but at length "somebody spoke of an ac? count, published thatmorntogrot'Eichard Mansfield's attempt to represent the dual character of Dr. Jekyll and" Mr. ^Hyde. The former is a" good and rotund man in the story, ypil*- wfll ^member,~ with a benevplent;6urt:.oti*lace; while"" the latter; , is a wizened scoundrel,-with an ugly, evil t ivl$age; 4twissaidtowtmnsfleldnadun dertaken. to ^huw- the contrasted faces by means of; contortion alternated with.calm placidity. - In-the slang of the stags he had 1 fmugge^tr^Miv Boothremarked* ?'Ire meinberUbiit my father always urged actors of 'character' parts to rely as .little as possible on make up,' and to practice the right?' expression by an artistic control of the muscle3 of the face: even when the expression wsarone which had to be stead fly maintained throughout the play. He did so very generalrV htm self;; v As;. Sir.: Giles Overreash he did not line bis face at all, and about the only, paint he used was for the. production of the -desired com? plexion?not for expression.1' ?Q "That is good art, certainly," said Mr. ' Jefffirsony who stood there in the guise of Bob Acres, ready.;to; appear in "The Rivals/5 iMbnt when? you play juveniles af my age it is the obliteration of lines, not j the making, of fals^i ones, that requires the brush. Speaking of your father's idea, though, reminds me'of an actor in his company who found it extremely difficult ' to obey the rule. He could pnt his mobile face i??tnejpamct grimace at the outset, before the'glass'in' his' dressing room, but could not hold it persistently. He would "be a most atrocious villain at first sight, but when the audience got well acquainted with him, and the action of the drama re? quired him to get wickeder and wickeder, f his face would steadily smooth out. Many i a time your father scolded him for this, and at last permitted him to paint on the necessary lines." I - "My experience has been singular," said Mr. Gilbert "I began to play old men right from the commencement of my ca? reer, and, being boyish tiien^Ihad to paint I my . face for age very thoroughly. I am " nojeJMide-up-for-Sir--Peter Teazle, as you see, but, alack! the wrinkles are all natu .ruL*^One/after another^ during about half a century, a have" left oft the artifi? cial lines, until at last I have caught up 'with my stago age." ?j Mr. Barrett told about an actress whom he would not name. "But she had a pretty as well as mobile face," he said, "and that Is a combination not often found. Strong expression does not com? monly go with lovely features. However, it was so in this instance. The lady prided herself a great deal on her facial delinea? tion, but she had tha same difficulty men? tioned by Mr. Booth?she couldn't be sure of just what she was-looking like when away from her glass. So she al? ways had a tiny mirror about her teilet? in a fan, as an adornment at her wrist, or in some other place where the audi? ence would not detect it Whenever she ?would become in the least uncertain of her face she would glance into the mir? ror and readjust her features. It was a good, practical idea."?New York Cor. Chicago Herald. , :. Justice In Persia. :- A traveler In Persia relatesTthe follow? ing incident: I was on a visit to a judge when a man was brought in who stoutly denied the. offense with, which he was charge?. fcTb*ebeglerbeg (judge) sent-for a whip. "I vow I am innocent," said the accused, as he crossed his hands over bis breast, at the same time^stretching for? ward one of Iiis fingersT The minions of justice stood ready to strike at a signal from the judge, who fixed his eyes on the breast of the prisoner and' exclaimed: "You are guilty!" "By thy venerable head, I vow I am not gu?tyj? protested the accused, now raising two fingers. This process was continued until he at last stretched out five fingers of each hand, when the beglerbeg remarked: "Good; let him go; he is innocent." I learned after? ward that by raising his finger the pris? oner meant the judge to understand that ho offered one toman (about ten shillings) for his release, and had been compelled to raise the amount by successive bids to ten tomans (?5) in order to satisfy the de? mands of Per^ian'justice.?The Argonaut Ti'ital Play With Kaplers. An-incident-is mentioned in Meek's ? "Komantic and Picturesque in Louisiana" and in Claiborne's "History of Mississip? pi." ? Six young creoles,"neated with wine, were returning from a dance on a starlit night, when one of them exclaimed: "What a loydy^igatk-and what an excel? lent place for jBwpM pIayl:' -"Yes, suppose ? we take a1 turn wlttf thVrapiers," replied ? another one. Then the two who had spoken drew.their rapiers, or short swords (wbfi? j?efe} regulhrly curried by;French gentlemen of the better . class in those days), and proceeded to fence vigorously, ? ~> as if in actual fight. "Why should the rest of us stand hero idle ?" exclaimed a third man, drawing his rapier. Then they all drew and proceeded to fence, disposed in three pairs. A passer by came along early the next morning and found the six young men stretched upon the ground, five of them dead and the sixth one mor? tally wounded. The survivor gave a full account of the occurrence, and died a few hours later.?The Argonaut. Something new and unique is a cork? wood cane made to look liko the daintily rolled umbrella prized by swells. THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE SURE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE SHARPER BUILDS. The Confessions of a Fakir?The Sale of Consumption Cures?Three Card Monte* How the Connterfelt Money Dodge la Worked. "The foundation on which every sharper works is avarice," said the same fakir after lighting a fresh cigar, "and heisas apt to catch the citizen, of a big town as the farmer living by himself. I was atr tached to a circus for several seasons, and my statistics proved that the biggest share ot my money came from townspeople. I had a wheel of fortune, two or three pat? ent medicines, a prize drawing, etc., and I have taken more money at once out of a lawyer or merchant than out of a coun? tryman. It is curious how all sorts of people will invest their money on a wheel of fortune. There never was one made which did not give the operator seventy five per cent, advantage to begin with, and by trickery this advantage is increased fifteen or twenty per cent. You must know that the operator has things so fixed that he can stop the wheel at will. In a town in Rhode Island a member of the common council who wan accounted one the sharpest men in the locality left $200 with me before he quit my wheel. If there is any raffling or dice shaking it is all fixed* of course. In the prize drawings you may fifid gold and silver watches and sums of money displayed) but these can? not by. any possibility be drawn. "I know several men who have grown rich and retired from business on the sale of liveT mvigorators and consumption cures. Both remedies are made of the same materials?to. wit, water, whisky, and one or two extracts. In Dayton, Ohio, a fakir connected with our show sold 130 bottles of liver iavigorator and 208 bottles of consumption cure in four hours, and not over one quarter of the lot was sold to farmers. When you appeal to a man's avarice yon hit him hard; when you get him to thinking his liver is out of order, or that be is consumptive, you can take his last cent You have seen the glass bulbs filled with reddish fluid which fakirs claim to test the blood with? Any one of average sense must know they are frauds, but I have seen the best physicians in a town pay their ten cents with the rest About the only thing connected with the outside of a circus which is not a fraud on . the public is the electrie battery. That' s all right, and the owner will give yon all your money calls for, and sometimes more.. THREE CARD MOXTE. "Now take the three-card monte busi? ness or thimble rigging. Those two games have been worked for the last fifty years all over the United States, and the public has been warned against them tens of thousands of times. They are still the most profitable games to bo Worked. Even old gamblers are enticed to: bet. Several years ago, while I was taking a vacation att a health resort in Wisconsin, a couple of the fraternity called for my assistance to help 'work' a farmer. * The intended victim was a sharp, keen man, about 80 years old 'He had been- everywhere and was up on nil dodges. He had been tried with the gold brick, and treasure dodges, but had refused to bite.. We held a coun c? and decided upon a plan. He had three or four fine horses for sale, and the trio of us drove out to his place to make a purchase. We were Illinois stock raisers and horsemen, and it was apparent that he sized us up for sharp fellows. One of my companions, whom I will call Jim, did moat of the talking, and he alone dashed to do the buying. Jack and myself sat . down on an old hay rack in the barnyard, and scarcely noticed the horses as they were paraded up and down in front of us. At the proper time Jock took out his cards and began .to show me how.it was done. I bet him that I could pick put. the card, and we began to talk in loud tones and at-r tract attention. '-. - .... "The farmer finally came over. He knew all about the game and smiled in pity at the idea of being caught, but in less than ten minutes, and that without any urging from any of us, he had bet and won $10. That'was the entering wedge. He was allowed to win $80, and then cleaned out of $40.: His spirit of avarice was now. thoroughly aroused, and I'm telling yo'u the solemn truth, when I say that he put up the horses and walked into the house .and brought out a bag containing $900 in gold. He sat down with' greedy eyes and pale lips, and won and lost until we had his last dollar. There was no explosion when he had; parted with, his last gold piece.. On the. contrary, he volunteered the statement that all had been, fair and above board. An afterclap always accom? panies such events, however, and we got out of the state just as he had secured warrants for our arrest "The safest game worked ilnthecountry to-day is the counterfeit money dodge, and a goodly number of fakirs are rolling up fortunes by it. I supply myself with a lot of new;.greenba^ks-rones,"twos, and fives?and then appear in some small town as an agent, or detective, or a stranger seeking recreation. ? It requires Only a tew days to size up the people. In every town" of 8,000 Inhabitants there are half a dozen men who are ready to deal in the queer if it can be dope safely; The money I have with me is, you understand; perfectly good. When I have selected my man I exhibit the money as counterfeit. I am quietly supplying the 'stuff to a few good fellows at so much on the dollar. Before he buys I give him a bill to take to the post office or bank It passes without question and he is elated. I am ready to leave a dollar bill with him as a sample, butif "he gives me an order to be filled two weeks later he must, pay me a certain sum in advance, say $40 on the hundred. To prove to him that I have his interests and safety at heart, I produce a paper in which he makes me his financial agent to receive and receipt for all moneys. Then I give him my note of band, due some weeks ahead, for whatever money he pays me, and he rests assured that the law can? not trouble him. His order is never filled, of course. "Suppose he kicks. He has given me power of attorney. I have not had a dol? lar of-the queer in my possession. The document is an effectual bar to his recov? ering or prosecuting.. I have seen two or three tests of it, and the fakir came out with flying colors in each instance. In ninety-nine casesfont of a hundred, how? ever, the victim loses whatever be has ad? vanced without a thought of raising a row. He has been caught in bad com? pany. He intended to swindle his neigh? bors. He is amenable to the law. Ho is glad enough to let the matter drop and say no more about it, and the fakir goes from pasture to pasture and rolls up a fat bank .account. .When you read in some newspaper of the sharpness and cuteness of the American people, just remember what I have told you. Xo people are swindled-of teuer,., .and none hunger so badly for the hikir :iml i.iitrieksJ'?Now York Sun Interview. Packing Boxes Made Ont West. Space is so valuable to New York mer? chants, and particularly those engaged in the dry goods trade, that they prefer pur? chasing the packing boxes in which they send off their goods to making them upon their own premises. To manufacture a sufficient number for then: daily need would require consider? able room, and the rent for such accom? modations would more than offset the amount saved. Therefore they purchase them from men who make the sale of such boxes a specialty. Their places of business are to be seen in nil quarters. Generally they choose some piece of prop? erty, which, through litigation or other cause*', has not been bnilt upon, where the rent is trivial- and the lease of short date, and buy up all the old boxes they can lay hold of. These they patch up and sell at a considerable advance. There are others in the business, however, who are, in the.trno sense of the word, manufac? turers. Some of them conduct a safe and profitable business upon a small scale, while others launch thousands of dollars in the enterprise. . These latter are mostly men residing in Michigan, who buy lum? ber by the wholesale. They have saw? mills of their own, in which they manu? facture the parts of a box complete,, ac? cording to careful measurement." .Thjj. different portions are numbered and sent to eastern shippers, who have only to nail them together according to directions to have n perfect packing box. Such boxes' can be produced at remarkably low prices, and the dealers in this city cannot suc? cessfully compete with their western ri? vals. In fact, the business has grown to such proportions in Michigan that several firms havo invested thousands in forest lands in order to procure timber at the lowest possible cost.?New York Mail and Express. The immigration to California the past year is reported iu round numbers at 100, 000 people, mostly in southern California. DRAMA IN WINNIPEG. A BARN STORMING COMPANY'S EX? PERIENCE IN MANITOBA. An Audience of Indians, Trappers and Traders?Flaying to Enormous Houses* A Primitive Theatre?Two Perform? ances in One Night?Receipts. Charles Arnold, who is now a star actor in England, tells of his visit to Manitoba In this fashion! "We were advised to visit that place, as no dramatic company had at that time been there. Accordingly a lit tie party, numbering sixteen members of the stock company from Montreal, journeyed 2,000 miles to Winnipeg, which was then a little village. This was in '79 or '80. There were no public lights, pave? ments or roads in the 'city,'which con? sisted of one street only. Winnipeg was inhabited by Indians, half breeds and a few English settlers. We opened in the Market hall, immediately over the jail, and our performances were enlivened by the shrieks of the Indians and half breed women, who had taken too much 'fire? water.1 "I was very much disgusted with the 'noble red man'?he is nothing but a beg? gar, after all. The ideal Indian that Fenimore Cooper refers to is simply knocked on the head. I found one in? telligent Indian, a nephew of Sitting Bull, who had been educated at a college in Min* weapon's. I found he had a' decided taste for the drama, and from our repertoire of twenty pieces he selected Gilbert's 'En? gaged' and 'Pygmalion and Galatea' as his favorite plays. Except for the novelty of the life, there was little amusement for us In Winnipeg. The hotels were so crowded that we had to live in tents. We slept on the prairie, and for amusement we bor? rowed a few laths, obtained some, fish hooks, and went along the banks of the brooks spearing frogs. This was great fun, as wo speared three or four dozen of these edible reptiles in an hour. A most delicious supper was obtained from their legs, which were dipped in egg batter, rolled in biscuit paste and fried in. boiling fat. "We played to enormous houses in Winnipeg. Indians and half breeds made up our audiences, and every one seemed flush of money. Mnny carried rolls of bills about with them. There were no coppers used, and a half dime was the lowest com. While wo were in Winnipeg the mayor of Emerson, a small town of 800 inhabitants, came up and said they hod never had a dramatic performance., and insisted upon our visiting that place! He said there was not much in the way of a theatre, but that they had an old bonded warehouse full of agricultural im? plements,-soap boxes, brandy and cham? pagne cases and by clearing those out he would rig up a first class auditorium. Having two days to spare we decided to visit Emerson, and upon entering the place we were received by the inhabitants with a great ovation. A committee of ten had been appointed to clear out the building, which was nothing but a barn, with windows on. the ground floor. A hole was cut in the building for purposes of exit, and another exit was constructed from the platform on to the prairie, where tents had been rigged up for the com? pany. There was no house for a mile around, and we had to dress in the tents. "At night there was a big house, every one coming to town on horseback.' It seemed like a big horse fair, as the ani? mals were picketed in the bushes around the building, and now and again we were startled by a shrill neigh from their direc? tion. The committee of ten citizens,. headed by the mayor, bad done their work well, and while the old warehouse did not present a very inviting appear? ance it served a purpose. The stalls, or back seats, consisted of soap and candle boxes, brandy and champagne cases placed in rows in front of the stage (no extra charge for champagne cases). I may add that the cases were not empty. Each seat represented a dozen or two of brandy or champagne. The committee saw that no liberties were taken with the seats (r). We performed Lester Wallack's military drama, "Rosedalo," which seemed to please our audience greatly. The lady members of our company had a lively time of it all through the performance, as the mosquitoes insisted on making their presence felt in a most uncomfortable ? manner. It was laughable to see the gentle slaps the victims gave during the more serious portions of the play to rid themselves of the stinging pests. "On the second night of our stay we performed 'The Shaughraun,' with all the effects, revolving tower, etc. At the con? clusion of the second act the committee waited on me and requested that we pro? long our visit another night. This could not be done, as we had engagements to meet elsewhere, but it occurred to methat we could give another performance that night We could finish playing 'The Shaughraun' at 10:45 o'clock, and by dis? missing the audience for fifteen minutes start again with another play at 11 o'clock. I announced this to the audience and was . received with cheers and cries of 'Play all night!' Well, we finished'The Shaugh ' rauu,' and the male portion of the audl < ence retired to the prairie, while I collect? ed the admission fee for the second per? formance from the ladles, who remained seated ; the gentlemen then returned, pay ' ing at the door. "At lm5 we commenced the second programme,' which consisted of a bur? lesque on Canadian politics, entitled 'H. M. S. Parliament,' written to 'Pinafore' music. Each character was made up to represent a prominent Canadian states? man. Our orchestra was a small church ? organ, played by our conductor. That was my first experience of playing twice, .in one night, and there was only twelve shillings difference between the two houses. The people paid two shillings to look in the windows to see the perform? ance. Some borrowed and others stole j ladders so that they might peep through the upper windows, as the house would only hold 400 or 500 people.' '?Brooklyn Eagle. _. Sleeping Alone. It is very much healthier to sleep alone.1 The unhealthfulness of two persons occu-. pying the same bed very much depends on the .physical condition of either or both.' If one is diseased, Injury to the other la sure to result. The practice is unhealth ful because the exhalations from the body of one come in contact with and are ab? sorbed by the skin of the other, nnd be? cause each one must, of necessity, breathe some of the air which has been breathed by the other, and consequently rendered impure.?Herald of Health. i ' ? -'??-'?? < For the "Earthquake Committee." < The city council of Charleston, S. C.,j has presented to the "earthquake com-,' tnittee" a handsome bronze plaque bearJ, Ing the seal of the city and the palmetto, wreath of the state as a token of the city's' appreciation of their services during the earthquake excitement. The Patient Proof Header. The proof reader is a patient animal; ho is a mass of erudition; knows everything and everybody; is acquainted with most languages and is on speaking terms with a great many; and can detect a typo? graphical error, straighten out the gram? mar, correct mistakes of fact and rattlo along the whole at a rate of speed that would paralyze the ordinary reader of a newspaper. He is the one man against whom the recording angel never balances the ac? count. He may capture and summarily execute 100 typographical* brigands bent on making nonsense of some interesting nnd instructive article, but if one slips by him no recording angel drops a tear and wipes out the blot. Not a bit of it. Irate editors, furious reporters, incensed mana? gers unite to pour out their vials of wrath on the proof reader, and if Nature, with her grand gift of compensation, had not provided him with the hide of a rhinoce? ros he might, once in a while, feel sore.? George B. Perry in The Writer. A Remarkable Dam. A remarkable dam is about to be con? structed by a water company at the San Mateo canyon, four miles from SanMuteo, CaL, in order to form a reservoir. The canyon is very narrow and steep, and "fifteen feet below the bottom is a solid rock, on which the foundation of the dam will rest. The structure will be 170 feet /high, 175 wide at the base, 20 feet at the top and 700 feet in length. It will be the largest stone dam ever known to have been built. The dike will have a curva? ture of 80 feet, and the convex side will be up stream. The material will be a nevi sort of concrete composed of stone. Th( walls will be perfectly smooth. The reser? voir'that W?1 bo formed by it and the ad? jacent hills will be about eight miles in length and"'150 feet deep at the deepest places. Its capacity will bo about 82,000, 000,000 gallons. The water will be con? veyed by tunnels to the city of San Fran? cisco.?Chicago Journal. Hott the Lake Was Poisoned. The Btory of the poisoning of Dawho Lake, Georgetown county, by a hail storm, as recently described in the Her? ald, has been corroborated in every par? ticular by a prominent citizen of Geoige town, who has investigated the matter at the request of Gen. Greely, chief of the weather service. A dense mass of black gum trees sur? round the lake on all sides. It is well known that the leaves of these trees are strongly impregnated with tnnnic acid. It has also been ascertained that the bot? tom of the lake contains a Blight deposit of iron. The poisoning of the water, therefore, is thus explained: The hail storm filled the lake with biruised leaves and small branches from the trees, the tannic acid emanating from which min* gled with the iron and formed tannate of iron, causing the water to turn black as ink and bitter as quinine and poisoning the fish by the thousands. One species of the fish inhabiting this lake survived the singular disaster, and that was the mud fish, which buried itself in the mud at the bottom and thus escaped effect of the poison. The stench arising from the mass of dead and rotten fish is described as fear? ful. The thousands of buzzards in tak? ing their departure in the evening for their roosting place after a day's feast are described as making a noise similar to that of an approaching cyclone.?Co? lumbia special to the New York Herald. A Bald Man's Invention. I have only known of one instance where baldness proved remunerating. A friend of mine who had a shining pate fell into the habit of watching the actions of bis tormentors?the flies. He noticed that a fly always walks upward. Fut a fly on a window and up be goes towards the top; ho cau't be made to walk downward. 60 my friends hit upon an idea. Why not use that habit against them? Forthwith he made a window screen divided in half. The upper half lapped over the lower, with an inch of space between. Well, as soon as a fly would light on the screen it would pro? ceed to travel upward, and would thus walk straight out doors. On reaching the top of tbe lower half he would go outside. Not' being able to walk down he bad no way to return to the room. By this means a room can be quickly cleared of flies, which always seek the light. My friend has got out a patent, and proposes to begin a systematic war against the household pest.?St. Louis Republican. The Largest Family, The largest family of children in America, born of one mother and father, is probably that of Mrs. Brandon, of Moundsville, W. Va. The mother is only 77 years old. She has given birth to and reared thirty-three children, five daughters and twenty-eight sons. Six? teen of tbe sons measure in height col? lectively 96 feet 7 inches. All of these sixteen were volunteers in the Union army during tbe rebellion. One was killed at Pittsburg Landing, one died in Andersonville, and one, Charles, the youngest boy, served the longest term in Libby prison of any Union soldier now Hying. Of the fourteen boys who sur? vived the war all were wounded and draw pensions. Mrs. Brandon, tbe mother of this baud of soldiers, has lately been granted a pension of $2,250. The old lady is as bright and attractive as most women of one half her age. She is fond of outdoor exercise, and only a few days ago walked twenty miles within five Hours. Set up Your Bar at Home. _ Barkeepers in this city pay, on an av? erage, $2 per gallon for whiskey. One gallon contains an average of sixty live drinks, at ten cents a drink; the poor man pays $6.50 per gallon for bis whis? key. In other words, he pays $2 for the whiskey and $450 to a man for handling it over the bar. Make your wife your barkeeper. Lend her two dollars to buy a gallon of whiskey for a beginning, and every time you want a drink go to her and pay ten cents for it. By tbe time you have drank a gallon she will have $6.50, or enough money to refund the $2 borrowed of you, to pay for another gal? lon of liquor and have a balance of $2.50. She will be able to conduct future opera? tions on her own capital, and when you become an inebriate, unable to support yourself, shunned and despised by all respectable persons, your wife will have money enough to keep you until you get ready to fill a drunkard's grave. A Human Wreck. In tbe city chain gang, toiling in a listless, hopeless way, may be seen an old man wbose face will impress .he student of human nature. Under bis right name this old man could claim close kinship with men and women of wealth and high social position in a distant State. On several occasions he has claimed the attention of the spectators in police court by short speeches couched in pure and eloquent language, and in conversa? tion be shows that be has known better days. This man, so rumor says, was educated at one of tbe leading colleges of tbe country for the ministry, but afterwards adopted the profession of law. In his chosen profession his bril? liant intellect made him successful, and he was soon on the road to fame and for? tune. Of good family, his genius and accomplishments made him a social favorite, and in time be wou the hand of a beautiful society belle. For several years tbe fates were kind and be knew nothing but domestic happiness and professional success, but in an evil-hour the fortune be had accumulated was swept away by speculation. Close on the heels of financial disaster came do? mestic discord and jealously, and tbe once happy home was changed to a bell on earth. Solace was sought in drink, and the man was soon on the road to ruin. For several years be bus been an outcast and a wanderer on the face of the earth, with only enough pride to conceal bis name he once honored. The end of his career, which cannot be far distant, will probably be a grave in the Potter's field, and another sad life history will pass into oblivion.?Birmingham Age. ? An Act of Congress, passed at the close of the last session, has never been brought to public attention particularly, but is important. According to tbe new law suit can be entered agaiust the Unit? ed States in the same way an against a private party, either in the District or Circuit Court of the United States in tbe district of which the plaintiff is a citizen according lo the amount of bis claim? that U to say, if within $1,000, in the Dis? trict Court; if upward of $1,000 and under ?10.000, in tbe circuit Court of tbe United States. Cases involving $10,000 and more go before tbe Court of Claims. Heretofore, in all disputed claimB Hgainst the Government the citizen had to file a claim in tbe Court of Claims at Washing ton and thru await the Court'B action, which was neceBBarily slow on account of tbe constantly accumulating b'-Jnesa, A Prize for a Printer. New Haven, Conn., June 24.?The DeForest prize, a gold medal, valued at $100, given to that scholar of Yale senior class, who shall write sod pronounce an English oration in the best manner, was this afternoon awarded to John Bennett of this city. Bennett is a compositor, and the time that he could spare from his studies has been spent at the case in the composing room of the Register. In his junior year Bennett won the junior ex? hibition prize, on the strength of which he secured his election to "Bones," Yale's famous secret society. ? "Mama, what is hush?" "Why, dear, what makes you ask such a ques? tion ?" " 'Cause when I asked sister what made her dress stick out behind, she said 'Hush I'" ? Tbe births recorded in London every week exceed tbe deaths, by more than a thousand, and during the next ten years the increase in the number of in? habitants will probably be nearly three quarters of a million. Bucklen's Arnaca Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi? tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander? son, S. C. whatailsthenaST Tho^ Average length of Life De? creasing?Not Pestilence Hot Famine?All our _ own Fault. Modern Cooking and Mod? ern Living Lave brought? it on. It comes upon us una? wares. The patients nave pains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especi? ally in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all-gone sensntion at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and feel clammy. After a while a cough sets in, at first diy, but after a few months it is at? tended with a greenish colored expectoration. The patient feels tired all the wb'Je, and sleep does not seam to afford any rest After a time he be? comes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebod? ings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up, sud? denly. The bowels become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes tiiick aud stagnant; the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the kidney secretions becomes scanty and high col? ored, depositing a sediment after standing. There is fre ruently a spitting up. of tLe iood, sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is fre? quently attended with .palpi? tation of the heart and?Asth? matic symptoms; the vision be? comes impaired, with spots be-, lore the eyes; there is a feel? ing of great prostration and weakness. All of these symp? toms are in turn present. Jfc. is thought that nearly one-hali of our population has this dis- - ease in some of its varied forms. Shaker Extract of lioots (Sei gcl's Syrup) chances the fer? ments of the Pi^tive organs so as to convert the food we eat in to afomithat will rrlvo nourish menttothe fec'^j body, and rood health ist!:e consiMjuince. Vhe effect of this rcim-'V is cimply marvelous. ?i:ij':ons upon millions of bottles have been sold in this country, r?vd <hc testimonials in favor vi its curative powers are over whelming. Hundreds of re? called diseases under various names aro the result of indi? gestion, and when this one trouble is removed the other diseases vanish, for they aro but symptoms of the real malady. ? Testimonials from thousands of people speaking highly of its curative properties prove this beyond a doubt. ? Sold by, druggists. _ PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In efTect May 22,1887. Time?1 hour slower than C. & G. R. R. time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. Sunday Except Sunday. Train. Leave Anderson. 4 30am 615am Leave Deans. 4 57 a m 6 42 a ra Leave Cooks. 5 23am 7 08 pm Leave Lowndesville. 550am 7 35am Leave Latimers.6 17 a m 8 02 a m Leave Hesters. 6 35 a m 8 20 a in Leave Mt. Carmol.... 6 52 a m 8 27 a m Leave Willington.... 7 01 a m 8 55 a m LeavelBordeau. 7 27 a m 912 a m Arrive McCormick... 7 55 a m 9 40 a m Arrive Augusta.1115am 91?pm Arrive Charleston... 6 45 p in 7 00 a m Arrive Savannah.... 6 53 p in 5 55 a m Arrive Jacksonville. 7 aO a ni 12 00 m GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m Leave Savannah.8 10 p m Leave Charleston. 4 00 a m Leave Augusta. 7 35am 7 35am Leave McCormick...l0 00 a in 10 00 am Leave Bordeau.10 32 am 10 30 a in Leave Willington....l0 50 a m 10 47 am Leave Mt. Carmel...ll 05am 11 01 a m Leave Hesters.1130 am 1125 am Leave Latimers.1147 am 1141am Leave Lowndesville,12 17 pm 12 09 p ra Leave Cooks.12 47 p m 12 36 p in Leave Deans.115 p m 1 02 p ra Arrive Anderson.1 45 p ra 1 30 p m Connects with train to and from Green? wood, Laurens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination: E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A. W. W. 6TARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. Are offering their immense Stock of STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, CHEAPER THAN EVER. They will sell Stoves on time to good parties for good paper. They will sell their second-hand Stoves much lower than cost. They buy remnants of Seed and Lint Cotton. Rags. Baw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Gall and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware, m&* BEFORE BUYING. Feb 17,1887 32 Potash Victim. Cored by S. S.S. CATJTION. Conrutners thould not confute, our Specific with the numerous imitations, substitutes, - potash and mercury mixtures which are got' tenvptosell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our remedy. An imitation it always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can ttealfrom Vie article imitated. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseatct mailed ? free. For tale by all druggvU. TJIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Gn. S. S. S. vs. POTASH. I havo had blood poison for tea rears. I know I bare taken one bnndrcd bnttlrs of iodide of potash in that time, bnt it did me no good. Last summer m/ face, neck, body and limbs wer? corered with sores, and 1 could scarcely nee my arms on acconnt of rheu? matism In my shoulders. J took S. S. S., and It bas done me more good than all other medi? cines 1 bare taken. My face, body and neck are perfectly clear and clean, and my rh??? mattem is entirely gone. I weighed 118 pounds when I began the medicine, and I now WcJxh 163 pounds. My first bottls helped me greatly, and gave me an appetite like a strong man. I would not be without 8. S. S. /or Bejeral thnes Its weight lngold. C. S. MITCHELL, W. 33d St. Ferry, New York. EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. ROCHESTER, N. Y.,'.September 15, 1886, WE have made HILL,"ADAMS & CO., of Anderson, S. C, our Agents for the. sale of onr Ladies'.Fine Shoes. We make on the N. T. Opera, Acme, Wan* ken Fbast and Creole lasts; the latter is just out and is very. nice. We use the McKay Machine and sew with best Harbour's thread. Every pair warranted. They are nice, neat and stylish. Give them[a look when you n ant a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay. Oct 7,1886 E. P. REED & 00. NEW RJMIT?EB STORE W. I. KELLETT HAS opened a new Furniture Store in Anderson, corner Benson and Mc Duffie Streets, where he will keep a select stock of Furniture, which will be sold cheap for cash. COFFINS. I also keep a full stock of Coffins, all sizes, which I am prepared to deliver promptly at any time. Specialties?I make a specialty of Mattress-making, Upholstering and Be Eairing, and in these lines my work is my est reference. Also, repairing Children's Carriages and renovating old Mattresses. Call on me when you need anything in my line and I will save you money. W. L. KELLETT. March 31,1887 38 Pomona Hill Nurseries. POMONA, X. C. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, ?N. C. The main, line of the B. & D. R. R. passes through the grounds and 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 this the largest nurtery in the State and one among the.largest in the 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 the 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 the 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 the same) the largest and best stock of trees, &c, ever rhown 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. 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