The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 14, 1887, Image 4
SUNRISE AT SEA.
How soft a light fr?re yonder east 1m thrown :
Across this wftste of sea, Saturai&n,
A glor.- as tender as when time began; '-?'?-??
Though hero there Is no other creature known
Save deep blue sea and deep blue sky alone,
And the rain burdened clouds' slow caravan.
The sea and sky, forgetful here of man, .
Talk each to each in measured monotone. ',
Once in ijMi > strange ship passes by?
Stf 1 presses on the multitudinous host
Of billows, dark beneath the lonely sky,
. Summoned ere night to bathe some "distant
coast.
Thus o'er earth's desert places, eve and mom
From v tho palo lips of heaven, God's smile It
librae. .
?William Pres cot t Foster to The Century.""
LITTLE MSS UGLY.
. . .?.
The Orringtons were by no means liked
by their set, simply because they looked
down on their set, and on every one else,
holding themselves as of the noblesse.
And it must be owned that they had a
streak of the bine blood. The paternal
great grandfather, Percy? Orrington, was
' an Englishman, the younger brother of a
noble house, who, to escape the woes of
yonnger brotherhood, when a young man
of 20, brought himself and his small
portion to the colony of Pennsylvania. He
obtained a grant of a largo .tract .of Hand s
in thVwestern part of the colony,'settled
V ' there as a bachelor, and fortunately kept
his scalp safe from the Indians. This was
a:8hoxt time before the: colonies revolted.
.A He took the popular side, held a major's
. commission, and distinguished himself at
Still water and- elsewhere. Years after
the war was over, and: rather late in. life,
he married a Miss Bsten, a young Vir?
ginia gentlewoman^ who brought Mm ad?
ditional pride, btlt 'little wealth. Percy
never forgot his connection, but
. ? v .Ee?t up ? correspondence ! with Ms' kins?
folk on tho other side of the Atlantic.
His son did the same. Bat when the.
older branch died out, and the title fell to
the son, he. never claimed it. His uncle,
Ms father's elder brother, had joined In
cutting off the entail, and being spend?
thrifts, both, when the last Lord Orring?
ton died-the family estate had gone. The
American heir was wealthy for this sido
'-?of the ocean, but he had not enough to
support a proper state as a nobleman, and
Bgfh-e never claimed his place In the peerage.
Neither did the grandson, although he.
had added to his means by wedding the'
?wealthy Miss Sackville, and he died a
plain American citizen. As for the great
grandson, John Sackville Orrington, sud-.
denly made the head of the family by the
death of both parents, ho cared not a whit
for anything but enjoying Ufo in his ac?
customed way. He had enough to main
^__tain MM and his sisters in good style, and
let them wander about during summer to
Ixmg Braincti or Saratoga "or the 'WMte
Sulphur, or where they waul i, am? ho was
- quite content. He was a good looking
bachelor of 20, and though not par
Sgtocularly averse to matrimony, declared he
would re main single u:.i til after his sisters
had been married.
fmf - was about time that Marian Orrbg
-ton was married, if she meant to be mar?
ried, at all. She was 35, 'and though' a
recognized beauty and belle, looked much
older than she was. . Certainly sho had
classic features, a wealth of light waving
. hair, a fine figure, fine manners, and a
sfyle which attracted and 'secured ad
. miration; bnt late hours and fashionable
habits had combined to give her an ap^:
pearan.ee of age. ' She had suitors enough,
and had refused several offers,,really be?
cause her lovers were not rich.. She had
bnt a. mode, ate portion, of her own, and
did not' intend to link herself to any;
gentleman who brought no more than lore
in.a cottage. A very prudent young
woman was Miss Orrington, and the one
she thought eligible came along at last.
They were at Niagara Falls, at the close
of the season, having come there from
V Saratoga, intending to go from thence to
Philadelphia, where tho Orrington man?
sion stood The yonnger sister, Margaret,
barely 18, was with them. The three
were standing one day on Goat Island,
looking at the mist that rolls np per?
petually from the. foam below,- when a
stranger passed, them. He turned, and
gazing curiously for a moment, came for?
ward and offered Ms hand to John Or?
rington.
"Jack!" and "Elmore!" were the words
of recognition that were interchanged, and
then John introduced the stranger as air.
Braxton.
- Marl;::: .'::>ew all abont Elmore Braxton,
of whom she had heard her brother speak
as an old college mate at Harvard, an ec?
centric young millionaire, about a year
older than John himself.' She was quite"
. familiar .with., his Mstory. . He was on
only son. His father had died within a
year, and left him a number of -houses
and. farms, with stocks and boods run
ntogwelTtpTnahe milfions, besides a vast
, amount of mtoihgprbperfy, scattered over
the United States, estimated to be worth
a large sum. The elder. Braxton bad a
fondness for burying his surplus money "
underground. If a new mining company
were to be organized, whet?%for sliver iin*
Colorado,' or copper in Michigan, or iron
in New Jersey, or coal in Pennsylvania,:
the projector always f o und in Mm a willing
victim. In most cases, however, the victim
became a victor. Good luck seemed to
attend him. The ventures nearly edl
turned out wed, notably the Last Chance
mine, in Colorado and the Mnsiragon in
Michigan, both of wMch returned large
dividends. Bnt the son had no taste far
mining affairs* and was just then engaged
in disposing of Ms mining stocks at mar?
ket prices, and investing the proceeds in
government bonds, wMch yielded less in?
terest, bnt gave him no further trouble
than clipping coupons. Taken altogether,
he was a very rich man, and though he
_s was quiet, and ? despite of a fine presence
and easy carriage not" given much to
drawing rooms, Miss Orrington felt sure
that were sho Mrs. Braxton her liege lord
would become eminent as a society man.
As for Margaret, she did not enter into
the calculations of . anybody. She was
considered to be little more than a school
girl, having been just -emancipated from
the fashionable Academy of St. Barnabas,
where, besides indistinct reading and illeg?
ible writing, she had been taught a smat?
tering of tho ologies, academical French,"
.and schoolgirl music This was her first
' summer tour. She looked np to the new?
comer as a rather nature gentleman, 30
seeming old to 18; but as she heard him
and her brb&dr talk she was amazed and
rather delighted at the vast amount of in?
formation possessed by the big stranger.
Braxton hod traveled all over Europe and
Asia?he was in Palestine when the news
of Ms father's sudden death reached him
?and he had been a keen observer. Quiet
as he generally was, and even reserved,
he was quite entertaining when drawn
out, and little Margaret listened with,
widely opened ears, remaining quietly in
the.background, with nothing to say.
Impulsive at times, she was shy in gen?
eral, and with a pleasant, easy way at
home, was bashful among strangers if
they were her seniors. She had not
Marian's' manner nor Marian's beauty,
though she was neither awkward nor
homely. She looked more like her mother,
who had been dark, while her sister and
brother were fair. She inherited one
thing from her mother?a pah- of large,
dark hazel eyes, that at times lit np her
whole face with a strange luster.
Marian pnt forth her whole fascination,
and Braxton seemed to succumb to it at
once. They all walked back to the hotel,
where Orrington and Braxton?it was
"Jack, my boy," and "Elmore,old fellow,"
with them?-recalled their old college
scrapes to quite a late,hour. When tho
party separated for the night it seemed as
though Elmore Braxton had been long as
intimate with the rest of the family as he
had been years before with Jack. ]
It was soon rumored around who Brax?
ton was, or rather what he was, and he
received considerable attention from far
seeing fathers and match making mothers,
with modest smiles from spinsters thrown
in; bnt he clung to Jack and his party,
and Marian was triumphant. She was
still more elated when he promised to be
their guest in Philadelphia so soon as he
had visited a coal mine in Pennsylvania
in which he was heavily interested. He
was to part with them at Buffalo, the
others taking a different routs.
The morning of the day he left Buffalo,
Margaret was late at the breakfast table
where the party sat, and John rather im?
patiently asked of Marian, "What does
keep little Miss Ugly?"
Braxton started suddenly, and repeated
the last three words of the question.
"Oh," cried John, langhing, "I had for?
gotten that yon didn't know our domestic
slang. The name is fastened on Mar?
garet, bnt it has no reference to her
looks. When she was a baby, and was
teething, she was rather fretful, and
father playfully called her 'Little MIfs
Ugly.' It grew into a pet name with all
of us, much to mother's disgust It
vexes her, though,, and we only use it in?
advertently, just as it came ont now."
"Margaret is a nice little girl, though
unformed as yet," said Marian. "Shells
apt as impulsive as she need to be, though
she is still little more than a child."
"Peggy's Impulses are good ones, Mari?
an," said John.
'/Oh, of course, or she wouldn't be an
.Orrington; hut they do lead to ridiculous
'consequences sometimes. Just think or
that tramp!"
"Ahr" said Braxton, inquiringly.
"It is commonplace enough, F.I more,"
observed Jack, "baft it gape-as lots of fun
at the time.- Justafter w? were graduated
you went off somewhere for a tramping
tour, and I came home, and we all went
up iio the country house. Margaret was a
girl of 12 then, in short dresses, and fond,
of climbing fences and rambling round,
which: accounts 'for her': rather robust
health". - Grandfather Sackville?*that'was
the year before he died?gave her a $10
gold piece for spending money. She didn't
like to break it, and carried it around in
her pocket Off she went the next day to
a famous blackberry patch' we had at one
end of the place, intending doubtless to
eat her fill, childlike. She happened to be
near the fence, when she saw two ill look?
ing fellows crouching under the hank?
the road is cut deep there. She hid among
some coppice and watched them, fearing
to let them; see her. Presently a young
fellow came along whistling. The two
tramps suddenly sprang on him. Accord?
ing to Margaret's account he was a plucky
chap, and fought like a tiger, hut the two
tramps were too much for him. They
knocked him down, turned out his pockets;
raptured his watch* and made off, leaving
him-iaint and bleeding. Wbeifthey were.
^gbnlt'rPeggy came out, aofeftt the tfood
^ Samaritan, and ^wlpeV tho blood off Iiis
face with her handkerchief. He thanked
her and asked who she was. 'Oh, I'm
little Miss Ugly,'. was hex reply. Then,
as she thought he was left) destitute, she
. forced the $10 gold plecf fax his hand) and
by that time, I suppose, got frightened at'
: her own boldness. At all events, she ran
away,, and reached home trembling.
When she told her story we all laughed,
except grandfather; he was incensed, and
declared he wouldn't give her anything
for six months.. And now comes the odd
port of it. While we were discussing the
matter, and pokmg fun at the little girl,
in walked our man Patrick with a letter
hi his hand. He was very indignant. 'It
is for you, Miss Margaret A blagyard
beyant towld me to give it to Miss Ugly.
I'd hey pounded the face of him, only ho
was off like a shot; an' pounded it was,
anyhow. He. looked as ay he'd been in a
ruction some where?the impident crater!'
The letter was opened and had a $10 note
in it and some words written in lead
pencil. The substance of this was thanks
for kindness, and- a- statement that- the
money was not needed, and so returned,
the ruffians having only got some loose
change, hut that he retained the coin itself
as a souvenir. A rather polito tramp;
woBn'Vhe?" s ?J ft U *! W\ ? O^l
Margare t.had entered unobserved, htafi
heard the last part of the story. "He
?wasn't a-tramp," she said. "He had on
a plain gray suit and a slouched hat, it
is true, and he was pretty dusty, hut ho
was a gentleman." j;. > ?
"Margaret always defends that tramp,"
said Marian. \ 'She went so far then as to
say she'd marry him when she grew up.
What a ridiculous child she was I"
"Are you in the some mind yet, Miss
Margaret?'' inquired Braxton, with a
quizzical look.
"He never came back to ask me, Mr.
Braxton," replied Margaret, blushing;
and there the matter dropped.
. Braxton aaid very;. little during the meal.
The* story, 6r' something' else, set him to
thinking, and he cast furtive glances at
times at the young girl as though he was
interested. However, when they all
parted at the train, while he shook hands
with Jack and Miss Orrington, he merely
bowed to Margaret.
It was two weeks from that time when
Braxton dropped in on the Orringtons.
As Jack had desired, he brought his traps
for a stay, hut came alone, leaving his
body servant behind. He became domes?
ticated at once, though Jack, Philadelphia
like, carried him round to see the sights.
On some of these excursions the young
ladies went also. Braxton was very po?
lite and attentive to Marian, and observers
supposed he "had intentions.'.' This did
not prevent others, when he was intro?
duced to our "set," from attempts to sup?
plant Marian in his good graces. The
Braxton was a fish too big to be suffered
to go into the Orrington net without ef?
forts'to' land him elsewhere. His atten?
tions to Marian, though rather formal,
were constant Margaret being compar?
atively a child, twelve years younger than
himself, was petted a deal as a matter of
course, tie bought her a good many
knick knacks, which she accepted with
childish delight. He taught her chess.
In fact, she amused him evidently, and
ffiey becamT*great cronies. This suited
Marianjervwell, ?JEo^haye him always
dangUngja?OT|her wopByQ bore, jjnd
she \ coma {Bf sjbf him f <n gn| f?rgsret
when so^hspesed'arfe lure bbc? tra falcon
When it pleased her. And Margaret as?
sured her, confidentially,: thoft he was "as
nice an old fellow ?s ever lived."
One day. at dinner, after Braxton had
been there ? two months, ax.d was talking :
I of taking ieave,^Jaxxrasked his guest,
.."Do you knaw-anything about Ojibway?
I mean the copper mine?''
"I should," replied the other, "since Ii
have 15,000 shares of it, which I would |
like to sell, now that it has gone up $1.
Why?"
. 1 'Rambo, the broker, telkvme it is dead
cheap at the present figure, and is bound
to advance. What do you hold yours at?"
"The market price?$3 a share."
"I'lltokeit"
"See here, Jack," said Braxton, seri?
ously, "I had rather unload on some one
else. I know they are very sanguine
; about striking the Musinagon vein, which
they think extends to the Ojibway; but
let m 5 tell you a secret. They intend to
make an assessment of $1 a shore to sink
the shaft farther; and if they strike the
vein, then they'll make another levy to
improve the smelting works. Take my
advice and keep out of it"
? "If you don't sell me, some one else
will. I am bound to have the stock.''
"Well, you can have aH-tnystock at $3,
hut I will give you three days in which to
back out. Yon can takelte all or not in
the meantime?.'
The ^nekf day Jack "came home very
much excited. His friend was out some?
where. Jack ran into the sitting room
where the girls were, and was evidently
much perturbed. j
"What is the matter?'.' inquired Marian,
looking up from her embroidery frame, at
which she was killing time. '
"Matter! It's a case of 'so near and
yet so far.' You heard no talking with
Elm ore about the Ojibway stock yester?
day?"
"Yes."
"Well, they've struck the vein they
were after.1 Not a doubt of it. The street
is full of the news. Shares have jumped
up to seventeen, and not tobe had at
that If Braxton had closed with me
yesterday 1 but now it would be asking
too ranch."
"I should think it would bei" replied
Marian, dryly. She was feeling a pros?
pective interest in the Braxton profits.
"Didn't he give you a refusal for three
days?" asked Margaret, looking up from a
book which she was reading.
"Yes; hut no papers parsed, and''
"His word was passed," retorted
Margaret. "Mr. Braxton 1b a man of
honor, and you'll get your stock."
"You're too good to live in this sinful
world,'' sneered Marian. ' 'Do you expect
a man to throw away so much money on
the ground of a dinner table talk?"
"I expect a man to keep his word,
Marian. He told Jock that he had three
days to take the stock, at $3, or not. If
he were to break his word because he will
lose by it I should despise him."
"Much he cares for that, Peg," retorted
Marian.
The bell rang, and presently Braxton
sauntered into the room.
"Have you heard the news about Ojib?
way?" inquired Jack.
"Yes. It is aU right," replied Brax?
ton. "I congratulate you. If you sell at
present prices?and I advise you not to
wait for a further rise?you'll clear over
$200,000."
"Do you mean to say that I can have
the block at three?"
"That was our understanding yester?
day, I thought"
"It seems," said Jack, hesitatingly,
"like giving me these profits."
"Nothing of the kind. It is a plain
business transaction, and you are lucky.
I lose nothing. My father got the stock
at $1 during its lowest ebb. And then,
you know, one ought to do something for
a?prospective brother-in-law."
"Well," murmured Marian to herself,
"that is the most extraordinary way of
popping the question." But she smiled.
"Brother-in-law I" cried Jack. And
Marian flushed, while little Margaret bent
lower over her book.
"That is, with your permission, Jock,
my boy. This young lady," taking the
unresisting hand of Margaret, who blushed
very red, "has given her consent, and
with your approval"
Jack whistled. "Sly puss!" said he.
"I can scarcely huvo any objection; but
ehe is so young yet."
"She'll grow out of that; won't you,
.Maggie dear?" said Braxton, langMng.
.."There Is one comfort," exclaimed
Marian, who had regained her self pos?
session?"she will not marry that dread?
ful tramp, anyhow."
? "I fear you will be disappointed, Miss
^Orrington," replied the lover. "I happen
to be that dreadful tramp myself."
"Youl"
"No other than I. I did not remain in
the mountains on that tour your brothel
spoke of the other day, and finally struck
. your neighborhood, though I did not know
! that, where I was* beaten and plundered
: by the two more disreput?blo travelers.
I sent Margaret's money back, or rather
its equivalent. I never knew whe she
was, and I never thought to inquire. I
only recollect her as a pretty and sympa?
thetic child. But when you spoke of Miss
Ugly, and told the story, why I began to
make acquaintance with my benefactress,
and fell in love with her. Last night she
was good enough to consent to guard me
against tramps in the future. And for
proof?ecce Signum, Jack, my boyl"
?And Braxton, drawing a small morocco
case from his vest pocket, opened it.
There, on a bed of velvet, lay a single
gold eagle.?Thomas Dunn English in
Harper's Bazar.
|f- Police at the Epnora Kaces. ?
" On the grounds the police swarmed
everywhere. They were very Skillful in
their management of this holiday crowd.
They were very careful about not using
any arbitrary power which would provoke
the crowd. They were very firm in say?
ing what could or could. not be done, but
they acted more as friendly monitors than
as arbitrary representatives of the law.
Tho English constabulary certainly handle
largo crowds in this regard better than
we. There is no pushing, no jostling, no
scrambling permitted. The rights of the
humblest are respected. The costermon
ger, with his overloaded vegetable cradle
and Ms little rat of an animal, has as fair
a chance in the street procession as the
showy 'drag, with its, handsome double
teams. The police on this day, so far as I
could 6ee, made bnt few arreBts. Where
a man was found transgressing he was
simply warned. If many .arrests were to
be made it is easy to see that the mob ele?
ment might become excited, and the re?
sult would be anytMng bnt the good order
which is now maintained.?T. C. Craw?
ford in New York World.
Pnre Orientalism.
Some European ladies passing through
Constantinople paid a visit to a certain
high Turkish functionary. The host of?
fered them refreshments, including a
great variety of sweetmeats, always tak?
ing care to give one of the ladies double
the quantity he gave the others. Flat?
tered by this marked attention she put
the question, through the interpreter:
"Why do you servo me more liberally
than the rest*" "Becaij*e yon have a
larger mouth," was the Mraightforward.
reply.?Chambers' Journal.
The Russian and His Kation.
The simplicity^ diet to which the Rus?
sian is accustomed gives Mm a great ad?
vantage in enduring the privations of a
campaign. Where an Englishman would
be half starved the Russian finds his ra?
tions sufficient. - According to the''Armed
Strength of Russia)" the. men,receive a
mess allowance1"v$Icb/ is calculated to
give them one-third of a pound of meat
on one hundred and ninety-six days of the
year. The remaining one hundred and
sixty-nine days aro observed as fasts, ac?
cording to the rules of the Greek church.
In addition, about two pounds of floor,
wMch the men bake into bread for them?
selves, or one pound thirteen ounces of
biscuit is issued per man, and to this is
added four and four-fifths ounces of
groats, four-fifths ounces of salt, and for
every one hnn^red|nerf elevenlflhd seven
tenths ounces oj-teiti^nd two pounds t hroe
tenths ounces of sugar^.. .. .
A^agaihst this, the daily field ration of.
th4Qpitfs& soldier is one. pound of meat,
one and one^^ pounds, bread or one
ponnd biscnit, one>third ounce coffee, one
sixth ounce? t$a,ltavp-. o.dnces sugar; land
one-half'ounpe of salt, and when hard
wprVis being done anotheis half pound of
mVat*is ?daecl If possible', and it is also
usual to serve out two ounces compressed
\;egetables, or four ounces preserved pota?
toes.' At home groceries and vegetables
are not issued as rations, but a sum not
exceeding three pence a day is stopped out
of the men's pay to form a mess fund, out
of wMch they supply j themselves, with,
such extras. The difference in the fare of
the two armies is sufficiently striking; and
the thought immediately arises, how could
the multifarious wants of Englishmen have
been supplied in the snowy passes of the
Balkans, or how would the British sol?
dier have worked on Russian rations? The
weight of the English daily ration is
about three and one-half pounds, that of
the Russian is* abOut two pounds. Every
Russian regiment has on hand eight days'
supply of biscuits, which is renewed once
a month. When marching five days'
supply ..is. carried with the regimental
wagons and-thrt* days' allowance by the
men themselves.?The Argonaut.
Too Much Eating and Drinking.
An old and retired banker in New York
said to me lately that he had just come
from Carlsbad, where he went to have
the gout treated. Said I:
"Is that place really influential upon
the gout?"
"If you would go to any spot in the
United States where tho air was good,
and submit to tho same diet and exercise,
you would get well just as quick. The
Americans go to Carlsbad and stay two
months working for health; and then
they go to Paris, and in two weeks, upon
a good charnppgue spree, destroy all the
benefits'they have received."
The same is the case even at Saratoga
and our health resorts. The waters are
unquestionably beneficial at that spob if
taken with some regard to diet; but the
Saratoga hotels are all organized upon tho
theory of feeding the system to the fullest.
The bar rooms there for the men to re?
pair to aro big enough for a regiment to
enter. The dining rooms are prepared
for 1,000 to eat at once. Spring chicken
from Syracuse, birds from the Adiron
dacks, frogs from Canada pamper up the
system, and wine is almost necessary to
wash them down; so the waters one goes
to drink have but a partial effect What
good is done in the morning at 8 o'clock Is
neutralized at 10 o'clock breakfast After
that the horse race and its incidental dis?
sipation, the afternoon ride and the big
supper at the lake and an evening given
up to cards or billiards or drink, carry the
invalid faster toward Ms grave than back
from it?Herald of Health.
How to Sign a Note.
Not long since a prominent woman in
good society undertook to instruct the.
public not so well informed as herself how
to write a note.. Her hints to letter writers
appeared'in a" New York newspaper, and
will undoubtedly prove of benefit to many
of its readers. All she said on t?is topic
was perfectly correct, from "the abomi?
nation of scented stationery" and the ob?
jectionable ragged edge note paper with
colored inks, to the formula required in
all notes of invitation. The article, which
also punctured some of the affectations of
a young letter writer, was signed "Mrs.
Burton N. Harrison." The use of the
prefix "Mrs." in this connection is a
breach of literary etiquette which tho
writer commits in common with Mrs. John
Sherwood, who certainly know3 better
than to do so. Both these ladies have pre?
sented their society views in print as
models to be followed by less well bred
people, yet both aro guilty of bad form in
signing themselves "Mrs." No lady ever
writes a note and signs it by her married
title. She is neither Miss nor Mrs. at
such times, and even should she be writ?
ing to an inferior, or to a stranger, the
rule is the same. To avoid any mistake
of address, notes of this description must
be written In the third person. With a
newspaper article the "Mrs." signature is
In intolerably bad taste.?Boston Herald.
Make the City Attractive.
"People are just begmning to tinder
stand," remarked nn observing and much
traveled gentleman, "that it pays to make
a city attractive to visitors. I mean on
this side of the water, because Europeans
have learned the lesson long ago, and the
result is found in an ocean of travel
abrond. America surpasses every other
country in natural attractions, bnt there
is very little attention paid to art and
decorations. Our cities nrc plainly built,
the streets are poorly kept, there are few
drives, and what attractions we have aro
not well advertised. But a change is tak?
ing place for the better and the result will
soon be apparent. Architectural beauty is
not. a waste of money, us Americans used
to think, but actually a somce of revenue
if looked upon as an advertisement"?
Philadelphia Call.
When a young man is walking with his
girl he forgets all the short cuts.
WILD BILL, OF KANSAS
Killing Two Soldiers In a Twinkling,
but Hesitating at a Monkey.
"Wild Bill was a good shot, was ho
not?"
"With the six shooter he was simply
wonderful. la my entertainment I give
an illustration of a double shot he made
out at Hays City, Kan., in the early days,
when he shot two soldiers, one in front of
him and one directly behind him, each en?
deavoring to shoot him before he could
draw his gun. He killed one and mor?
tally wounded the other, and the two re?
ports of the revolver seemed almost as
one. The marvelous feat was the talk of
the country for a long time. In fact,
when I come by there o few days ago one
of the old residents who witnessed the
killing mentioned it to me and said he
could scarcely believe it even after seeing
it. Bill never missed his mark. Ihova
seen him take a pistol in each hand and
fire with right and left pistol at a can
thrown in the air, hitting it with both
bullets. By the way, I heard a very
funny story told on Bill some time ago.
If you remember, he married Mrs. Agnes
Lake, widow of Lake, the circus man.
Bill fairly worshiped his wife, but de?
spite his great, love for her she never
could induce him to quit drinking. He
would come homo full of bad whisky, and
one day Mrs. Hick ok said to him:
" 'Bill, if you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon you will actually begin to see
monkeys.'
" 'Monkeys?' said he. 'What do you
mean, little one?'
" 'Why, you know, when people back
east drink too much of the kind of whisky
they get back there they see snakes, but
this awftfi stuff out hero makes them see
monkeys.'
"Bill laughed at her and did not give
the matter a second thought, little dream?
ing that she had 'put'up a job' to break
him of his intemperate habits. There was
a tame monkey in the town?Cheyenne, I
believe it was?and Mrs. HIckok hod in?
duced its owner to loon it to her for a
night. Bill came home that night com?
fortable drunk, and after he had gone to
sleep his wife secured the monkey and
chained it to the foot of the bed. Then
turning down the light a little, she too
retired and awaited results. Bill woke
up in the night burning with thirst and
raised up into a sitting posture, intending
to get out of bed and get a drink of water.
There, perched up on the footboard, was
the monkey, staring him in the face with
hideous grimaces. He rubbed his bleared
eyes, looked again, and a horrible suspi?
cion came into his befuddled brain. Had
his wife told him the truth? Did he really
have 'em? Finally, he sprang out on the
floor, seized his six shooter, which lay on
a table near, leveled it at the grinning
creature, and said:
" 'Now, old man, if you are a monkey
you're in a bad fix: if you ain't a monkey
I'm in a bad fix.' At tho same instant he
fired and the monkey fell over in tho ago?
nies of death. His wife, who had been
watching the working of her scheme,
sprang up in tho bed with a scream, and
Bill, turning to her with a broad smile of
the most intense satisfaction, said:
" 'Little woman, congratulate me, for
I have just had a wonderful escape. I
ain't as drunk, asT thought I was, and
there's a monkey: lyin' there on the floor
that'll never Intrude itself into the do?
mestic felicy of another happy family an'
make a gentleman think he's got the jim
jams.' "?Copt. Jack Crawford in Kansas
City Times.
The SnnsMne In Mexico.
In two years' time the mercury in my
house has never risen above 65 degrees
nor fallen below 50. It is a curious physio?
logical fact that, after a time',' an Ameri?
can living here becomes unable to stand
intense heat, such, for example, as one
I may experience' by ?walkmgjindev the ver?
tical tropical sun at midday. On first
* coming- here Americans* ofiS Englishmen
a walk with impunity in -the -sun, but in ft
~ year or more the same men ;oegiii: to seek
the shady side of the ""street On*sum?ler
days. The explanation of the coolness of
stores, offices and houses even during what
we here coll the "hot months*'of April
and May, is the rarity ot the off, Which;
in shaded places, cannot hold much, heat,
One never feels the necessity of stripping
oft one's outer clothing to keep cool. In a
word, the tableland climate of Mexico,'
while not perfect, is, compared with th'o
New England collection of violently assort?
ed weathers, ideal. I have seen a thin,
cadaverous,, Boston consumptive, nearly
killed flkereLnt"ihV blowing of the east
wind, gain twenty pounds in six months
in this city, and those nervous diseases
engendered by the erratic thermometer of
New England are much helped by resi?
dence here. The drinking of the common
people's beverage of pulque stops the
ravages of kidney diseases, and the abund?
ance of vegetables the year round conduces
to the cure of dyspepsia, as- does;also the
tranquillity of life hi a country where no
one is in a hurry.?City of Mexico Cor.
Boston Herald.
The Parisian Bai lloaes.
The fashion of giving' 'bals bloncs,
which are attended by girls of tender age.
only, who are not yet entitled to make
their debut in society, or to appear at the
hals roses, is meeting at present with
som.3 opposition. These infantine bolls,
which are, however, frequently attended
by young ladles of 20 years, have been'not
inappropriately compared to regiments
composed of old veterans and enfans do
troupe. The chief sufferers from such
conventional entertainments are, of
course, tho older neophytes, who are con?
demned to' go through their waltzes and
quadrilles under the eyes of atrabilious
duennas. It is doubtful, however, if the
present opposition will bo able to break
through the barriers of formalism which
hedge in the marriageable French girl as
if she were a pulling infant, and condemn
her to a Cinderella like treatment unheard
of in the social philosophy of her English
or American sisters.?Paris Cor. London
Telegraph._
Told to a Friend.
Of course in all families the mother is
the one to whom the children cling. We
don't talk to them, feel with them, love
them, occupy ourselves about them as the
female does. We think about our busi?
ness and pleasure, not theirs. Why do I
trouble you with these perplexities? If I
mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the
use of a friend? That's why I would
rather have a sad letter l!rom you, or a
Bhort one if you are tired or unwell, than
a sham gay one?and I don't subscribe at
Mil to the doctrine of "striving to be cheer?
ful. "?"Unpublished Letters of Thack?
eray" in Scribner's.
I ltcvolutlonlzlng the Business.
A young man in Missouri started out to
)e a snake charmer and revolutionize tho
business, but the first thing ho felt was
;he fangs of a rattlesnake buried in his
;heek, and it has taken two months to
get the swelling of his cheek reduced so
that he can wear a No. 8 hat.?Detroit ,
Free Press.
Florida's Kazor Backs.
We have seen his long tusks divide a
dog like a sword; we have seen a panther
so terribly wounded that the poor cat
crept off in despair to die, while the hog
recked not of flowing blood from his own
neck and shoulder, but promptly chal?
lenged a renewal of the fight. At Toclo
lately a hog made it a point to stand on
the track whenever he saw the loconiotivo
coming, and the considerate engineer
stopped for four successive days to drive
him off. At last, tired of humanity
which aroused no gratitude, the train
hands assembled by invitation to sec that
hog demolished. Ho was on the track
awaiting his doom, and extra speed was
drawn from fat pine hurled into the fur?
nace with malice prepense. The hog
raised his head in surprise when no stop
was made, and seeing Iiis danger, started
at a gallop down the track. In vain the
engine rushed forward with maddening
speed, till conches rocked and ladies
screamed in terror. When tho train
reached Palatka the hog was eating waste
com at Vertecs' stable.
On another occasion the writer of this
was sleeping in camp, and around
lay a pack of hounds who had often
proved that a bear at bay brought no ter?
ror to their hearts, and who carried scars
honorably earned in strife with the wildcat
and panther. But a number of these ra?
zor backs came around in the dead of
night, ami when the dogs attempted toj
drive them off, they charged like warriors
true and tried. They swept off the dogs
and charged over the hunters. Blankets,
guns, cooking utensils, and fishing rods
became tilings of the past, and stout men
took refuge in the boats. Then, to save
the dogs, revolvers entered into the fray
and finally the fierce grantors moved off
in search of pastures new. With the
early dawn came u long, lean man who
carried a rifleas long as himself, and he as?
sessed tho damages which (lie hogs should
have paid and carried off the slain,
which the victors did not want.?Palatka
News.
TWO MEALS PER DAY.
TO INTERRUPT WORK AT MIDDAY
IS A GREAT MISTAKE.
A Pernicious Custom of the Anglo-Saxon
Knee?Effects of Overworking tho Stom?
ach?Benefits of Occasional Fasting.
The Chinese Habit.
Now, say that breakfast time is 7
o'clock. It takes a full hour afterward
before it is safe to interfere tho nervous
energy essential to digestion. By 10 o'clock
a healthy person ought to be in good con?
dition for work. At about 11 o'clock the
air out of doors reaches the highest point
of purity, or in other words, the oxygen
in the atmosphere is approaching the max?
imum. It continues in this state until 1
o'clock p. m. The electricity following
the sun is then at its height.
So we have at midday the inner and
outer conditions for the greatest brain
and bodily power. To interrupt work at
such'a time is a mistake which the Anglo
Saxon race does not realize, becauso it has
inherited the custom of stopping to take
provisions between 12 nnd 2 o'clock in tho
"day.
All kinds of mental and physical
work proceed by better sustained attention.
The difference between nn Isaac Newton
and an ordinary mortal is shown in the ease
with which the occupation of the day is
thrown aside in order to do what Is de?
scribed as "fortifying the inner man."
Newton could concentrate his mind upon
a subject so as to be oblivious of all else,
including eating nnd sleeping, for twenty
four hours. I think there is an appropri?
ateness in comparing tho too frequently
loaded human stomach to an engine which
is all flred and working splendidly when
the fire is buried under new coals and the
steam cooled down by a deluge of water.
I am convinced that there ought to be an
interval of at least seven hours between
the two meals of the day. If there must
be a brief rest from labor at noon it will
be found healthier to do anything else
than eat and drink.
Nature is quicker to forgive the mis?
take of sleeping, bathing or walking too
much than the fault of oppressing the
whole man with an unnecessary load of
food. The theory that the stomach de?
mands something to sustain it after a few
hours from the lost time it took food is as
wild as that a horse should be put to work
in a very little while after it bus had hard
service.
BENEFITS OF FASTING.
The stomach is not dependent upon
work for its health, except as,
of course, it nnd tho whole body
must have the Mood made from its
digested food; but this blood docs not
need replenishing so often as is supposed,
considering that it remains in the system
and continues an endless circuit.
Disease is occasioned by the over fatigue
of the digestive system, just as overwork
kills the horse. Many persons o? mature
judgment obtain relief from bodily
troubles by fasts of threo days. I have
often tried this experiment, nnd have
always found that the stomach gains in
tone. I have even done the seven day
fast, studying nnd working the whole
time, and believe it did me good.
Fasting for long periods bos to be done
intelligently or it may do more harm than
good. I can fully appreciate the danger
of advising any particular course of action
outside the line beyond which everyday
people should go; but there is good ground
for advising them to become accustomed
to two meals.
When Christ snt at the well in Samaria
waiting for his cold victuals it was 6
o'clock p. m., Roman reckoning. He is
never mentioned as having eaten at noon.
The eating habits of bis disciples were
the same. The only exception to the gen?
eral record was St. Pfcter, who is said to
have eaten a noon meal on the roof at
Joppa; but, judging from what appears
elsewhere concerning him, I believe he
wus then only breaking, his fast for the
day.
The Chinese habit of eating only twice
a day is confined to those who do not
work in the fields. Tho latter mentioned
class eat three times.
To break off tho habit of eating the
noon meal, it only requires about four
days' persistent fasting. After that the !
craving for food will become more and I
more moderate, and ultimately disappear.
?W. Crofut in Herald of Health.
Hints to Swimmers.
The expert swimmer acquires the knack
of expelling a little nir the instant he
finds himself going under. This drives
out any water that may have been inhaled
if he has been taken by surprise by a
wave or by any other sudden immersion,
nnd he can usually hold his breath long
enough to reuch the surface. If not?if
he is kept under water too long for Iiis
non-breathing powers?he involuntarily
tries to breathe, and drowns, as do the por?
poise and his confreres under like condi?
tions.
The cruel and dangerous prnctico
among boys of ducking one another vio?
lently and at unexpected moments, much
as it is to be reprehended, has probably
saved more lives than it has sacrificed,,
for it teaches its victims to catch the
breath almost as instinctively as does a
seal.
The same end may be attained, how?
ever, by less brutal methods, if the
learner will begin by ducking himself in
shallow watpr, nnd as the submerged con?
dition becomes familiar, advance to div?
ing, swimming under water, and the like,
until, within the bounds of reason, it is a
matter of indifference whether the head
is under water or not.?New York Com?
mercial Advertiser.
Killing Kiits by Strategy.
"To attempt to catch rats by traps or
by poisoning them suddenly will fail,"
said an old rat catcher recently to a re?
porter. "Old rats know too much nnd
can be caught only by kindness. To de?
stroy them give them a good meal every
day. Do not put any poison in the food,
but simply prepare a dish for them daily,
as a free lunch, composed of corn meal
moistened with milk, into which one egg
with salt to season has been beaten. At
first they may not touch it, but keep It
before them, making it fresh every dar.
They will soon try a little, and if not in?
jurious their suspicions will be allayed.
In a week or ten days they will expect it
and every rat on the place will bo at the
appointed spot for the treat. Give plenty
of it so as to induce all tho rats in the
neighborhood to join in. Do not be in a
hurry to poison them. If they cat all tho
food give them a larger portion next time.
As soon as they have thrown ort all sus?
picion get some phosphorus paste or other
rat poison, mix it with the food and be
sure to give them enough and something
to spare, so as to induce all lo rat. They
will either be killed or become so suspi?
cious of all food that not a rut will remain."
?New York Mail and ExurvsK.
German Centenarians.
By way of celebrating the emperor ol
Germany's 90th birthday a list of all the
known persons in the Prussian kingdom
who are older than tho sovereign was
completed. There was one man of 120
years, another of 118 years, a woman of
117, another of 115, two women of 112,
two men and ono woman of 111, five
women of 110, one man und four women
of 100, threo men and two women of 108,
two men and ten women of 107, thirteen
men nnd seven women of 100, ond quite a
large number who had attained to their
105th year. The total number of persons
who gave their ago at over 100 was 1G0.
Tho province of Silesia appears to be ex?
ceptionally favorable to longevity.?Chi?
cago News.
The Country of Indolence.
Egypt is for everybody who is not forced
to work, the country of indolence. The
manana of the Spaniard finds a home
here. No one ever thinks of walking.
Mr. Butler gives tho reply of a Pasha,
who was perhaps asked to get up and
look at something: "All places arc alike
to the true believer. The servant of God
is passive, not elective. Doubtless Iblis,
the accursed, beguiles Infidels to love
walking or travel; but it is written on the
pages of the air thot sitting is better."
Horses are trained to walk smoothy, and
the fat Pasha sits his mount and feels no
more motion than if reclining in a rocking
chair.?New York Times Book Review.
For Students of Theology.
The Waterbury American thinks that
theological students should be required to
serve an apprenticeship in a newspaper
office. They would there learn what to
leave out of their sermons, as well as
catch the newspaper spirit, which divines
what people can be most effectively talked
to about at n particular time; what sub?
ject is least likely to put them to sleep,
nnd how to treat a sleepy subject awaken
The Fight in Texas.
Says a Galveston busines man : "The
prohibition question has given rise to
more discussion in Texas than any issue
ever brought before the people. Those
in favor of prohibition live principally in
the thickly population counties in the
northern portion of the State, Dallas and
Fort Worth being the prohibition strong?
holds, while Galveston, San Antonio and
El Paso are opposed to it. jioth sides are
making a vigorous campaign, and vast
quautties of printed matter for and against
theamendment are distributed throughout
the Stale. The anti-prohibitionists pub?
lish an illustrated paper in Dallas ata cost
of $2,000 per month, and 2,000 copies are
distributed each issue. It is generally
reported in Texas that the brewers and
liquor men of St. Louis bavc sent large
sums of money into the State to be used
during the campaign, and the prohibi?
tionists are equally liberal in expending
money, so that the election will be stub?
bornly contested on both sides and the
race will be very close. Most of the
business men of Texas are opposed to
prohibition, but it is said that fully two
thirds of the newspapers in the State are
in favor of it, and many leading men are
fighting on that side."
Study of the Mule.
Money may make the mare go, but it
takes three darkies and a yoke of oxen to
stir a mule.?Hose's Toothpick.
We have noticed that it doesn't make
much difference where a mule is reared.
He is at borne with bis heels anywhere.
?Burlington Free Press.
The tail of a mule waa recently eaten
off by rats in a Key West stable. The
standard joke about the mule evidently
needs revision.?Philadelphia Call.
A scientist concludes that the voice of
a mule is much less musical than that of
a horse. We have observed that a mule
always flatted badly on his upper notes.
?Philadelphia Press.
A new settlement in Dakota has been
named Mule Head. That the other
terminus of the animnl was not selected
seems to indicate that the people of the
new town are not "kickers."?Morristovm
Herald.
Another Reunion.
Hood's Texas Brigade, which contri?
buted no small part to the magnificent
history of the Confederate army of
Northern Virginia, bad its annual re?
union at Austin last week. Of 4,500
of those Texans who marched to the
fieldd of Virginia, perhaps not more than
one-tenth of them returned home, and of
those more than half are now dead. One
of the features of the occasion was an
eloquent address from Hon. J. D. Sayers,
himself a gallant soldier in the com?
mand, in which, reciting the history of
the brigade, he gave an account of the
celebrated episode at the terrible battle
of the Wilderness, when Gen. Lee, in
order to re-establish his broken lines,
personally commenced to lead a charge
of the Texas brigade, but was prevented
by the men themselves.
A He Lily.
I once called ou a lady who showed
me her plants. Among them was a fine
Calla, and I knew by its appearance that
it bad not bloomed. I remarked :
"You have a fine Calla."
"Yes; I am very proud of my Calla,"
she replied.
"Has it bloomed ?" I asked.
"Oh, no!" she exclaimed, looking very
wise and at the same time very modest,
"it is a he Lily."
I was greatly amused. If any of my
readers have such an idea, just correct it
at once, for there are no be lilies. The
male and female germs are contained
within the same bulb. If you will ex?
amine carefully the spadix, you will lind
there both male aud female flowers.?
Vick's Magazine for July.
A Horrible Brute.
Mobristowx, N. J., July 1.?John
Wilson, of Chatham, near Morristown,
was an habitual drunkard and brute.
Last night be went home drunk and gave
bis wife a beating before be went to bed.
This morning he woke up surly, and
becoming enraged at his little daughter
shot ot her with a double-barrelled
shotgun, but missed his aim and the
child escaped. The wife remonstrated
with him, whereupon be fired at her,
shooting her through the heart. Mrs.
Wilson started to ruu out through the
rear door, but fell in her tracks and
immediately expired. Being now thor?
oughly frenzied, Wilson reloaded his gun
and placing it to the side of his bead
blew out bis brains.
?Once upon a time in u region not
remote from Hartwell, there labored a
pious preacher of the old school, who
bcld to the idea that it was wrong for a
preacher of the Gospel to make any pre?
parations for his sermon; firmly ground?
ed in the belief that the Lord would put
the words in his mouth. In the pulpit
be was a small sized cyclone, and some?
times the flow of ideas would come so
thick and fast that be would get confused
and badly mixed. A wagish fellow went
to hear him preach at one of his appoint?
ments. The preacher proceeded smooth?
ly for a time, but warming up he got all
mix'd up, became incoherent and banged
and spluttered around at such a rate that
his congregation could not understand a
word he was saying. Remembering the
clergyman's belief that the Lord fur?
nished him with ideas and words, the
wag bent over to a friend in the pew in
front and whispered: "John, the Lord
is sorter crowding Bro. Blank this morn?
ing?"?HartweU Hua.
? A quick wilted youngster, who is
always iu dirt, got into disgrace the other
day. The teacher, ferule in hand, called
him to her desk, and on the way thither
the boy made a hasty preparation for the
approaching ceremony by hastily draw?
ing his tongue across the palm of his
right baud and wiping the latter upon
his pants' leg. Arriving at the desk, aud
at the word of command, he extended
the newly cleaned hand. Tbe teacher
looked at it a moment in silence, and
then iu a solemn and reproving voice
told the little culprit that if be would
show her a dirtier hand in that school
she would let him off. Quick as thought
the little fellow whipped out bis left
band from behind his back and looked
up with a smile of triumph. The ferul?
ing was indefinitely postponed.
Uiicklen's Arunca Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruiars, Sores, Ulcers,Salt ltheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi?
tively cures Piles, or uo 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.
? "Get married, Charlie, get married.
One never knows how cheaply he can
live with a good, economical wife until
he tries it. Why, when I was married I
couldn't even support myself, while now
-? "Well?" "Now my wife sup?
ports me. It is cheaper for me than
being single."
PORT ROYAL & WESTERN CAR?
OLINA RAILWAY.
In effect July 3,1887.
GOING SOUTH.
Daily. Sunday
Except Sunday. Train.
Leave Anderson. 315 p m -100 p m
Leave Deans. 3 42 p ni 4 22 p ra
Leave Cooks. 3 51 p m 4 -12 p m
Leave Lowndesville. i 37 p m 5 05 p m
Leave Latimers. 5 05 p in 5 25 p m
Leave Hesters. 5 22 p m 5 30 p m
Leave Mt. Carmel.... 5 45 p m 5 52 p m
Leave Willington.... 6 00 p m 0 08 p m
Leave Bordeau.G 15 p m G 22 p m
Arrive McCormick.. 6 45 p m G 45 p m
Arrive Augusta. 920pm 0 20 p ni
Arrive Charleston... 6 15 a in 6 15 a m
Arrive Savannah.... 6 15 p in G15 a m
Arrive Jacksonville.12 00 m 12 00 m
GOING NORTH.
Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m
Leave Savannah.810 p m
Leave Charleston. 4 00 a m
Leave Augusta. 8 00 a in 7 35 a m
Leave McCormick... 10 35 a m JO 35 am
Leave Bordeau.11 0G am 11 0G a m
Lcave;Willington....ll24am 1124 am
Leave Mt. Carmel...11 38 a m 1138 am
Leave Hesters.12 02 pm s 12 02 pm
Leave Latimers.12 20 p m 12 20 a m
Leave Lowndesville.12 48 p m 12 48 p ra
Leave Cooks.118 p m 118 p m
Leave Deans. 1 45 p m 1 45 p ra
Arrive Anderson.2 15 p ra 2 15 p ra
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 it Spartanburg R. R.
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked to des?
tination. E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A.
W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga.
WHAT KILLS MR1CM1S.
Fust Llx'.tix? Ur-Mrim Kntiiur?Kurd Drink?
lag?r -ur ???*r>i?ln?-rn. :nl Jonloiwy??
FolUIcn! V:i . tin: ?1 Jniont I'nselona
'ane lla.ee for iltouc.
The alarming disease of this
country is nervous debility nnd
prc*tr;.tion. It goes under
many nnr.ics but it is essen?
tially the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu?
tions for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
ij the United r.utes is de?
ceasing every year. Sudden
tieaths from nervous collapse
rmong our business, profess?
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui?
cides, committed without ap?
parent reason, or under so-called
"depression of spirits," are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life of
the nation. Tfiey assail the
springs of its power and pros?
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and woman's useful?
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes.. What are they ? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain-: Our vicious personal
La;>its; our careless andlawless
eating and drinking; the in?
tent mental and physical strain
nr.-. :ig from our mad race after
mor.ey, position and influence;
i'm*. fears and struggles of pov?
erty; the use of narcotics aud
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into riight and
n:;,iit into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
py any price for an hour'3
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
su.Ter and die is, in plain Eng?
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs of Digestion, Assim?
ilation nnd Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des?
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starved;
even when there is no emaci?
ation to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its warnings:?headache
in the morning; a persistent
dull heaviness or aching at the
base of the brain; wakei illness;
loss of appetite and disgustwith
food; loss of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessness and anx?
iety without any assignable
reason; eructations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the.
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation of the heart; sal
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is a total aban?
donment, of the habits and cus?
toms which cause the disease,
in each individual case, and the
n ^e of Sin'her Extract of llouti
(Seigel's bvrup) to cure the
mischief already done. Ti;:s
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of Mt. Leb?
anon, X. V., is especially adapt?
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys?
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly nnd gently but power?
fully upon the disordered stom?
ach, liver and kidneys, restor?
ing their tone and vi^r, pro?
moting the secretion 0: >ile, ex?
pelling waste matters i. >m the
system.and purifying the blood.
" Upon the nervous system
Shaker Extract(Se\geVs Syrup)
nets as a safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat?
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.
It is safe to say more nerv?
ous dyspeptics have been re?
stored by it from the depths
of misery to a fre.*1! e. yinen.K
of life nr. I labor t!:rn y any
or all other forms of treatment
dambi:." d
JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO.
Arc 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, Bags, Raw
I Hides, Otter and Mink Skins.
! Call and see their Stock of
Lamps,
Silverware,
I?* BEFORE BUYING.
Wo also sell the Great Brennon & Co. Cane Mill. This Mill is reversible, and
is the best on the market. Can be seen in front of our Store. We also sell Evapo?
rators of the very best make, and manufacture them much cheaper than the West?
ern pans, and mpke all styles.
We have bought the right to make and sell the STAGQS COFFEE POT.
Come in and see it, and save the use of so much coffee, and have nice, clear coffee.
Feb 17,U887 32
Tried in tta CraciHe.
About t wonty years ago I discovered a Ilttlo sore on my cheek, and tbo doctors pro?
nounced It cancer. I bnvo tried a nnmbor of physicians, but without receiving nny prrma
nentkencflt Among the number wero one or two specialists. The mcdlclnothry.apptlcd
ww like flrc to the sore, causing Intense pain. I saw a statement lit the papcm tv'a'.ns w::at
S. S. S. liad done for others similarly afflicted. I procured sonic at o::c<\ T.'\<t>- 1 Jr.d u.rd
t::c .'iccocd liottle the neighbors could notice that my cancer was heating up. SJy ccnrrcl
:.c.-.!th had been bad for two or threo years?I bad a hacking cou^h mul kjjiI blood contin?
ually. I had a soverc pain in my breast. After taking six bottles of s. n. s. my cough le.'t
nio ami I grew stouter than I bad been for several years. My cancer has heated over a'.l bt:'.
a Ilttlo spot about the size of a half dime, and it Is rapidly disappearing. I would ulrUo
every one with cancer to glvo S. S. S. a fair trial.
31ns. NANCY J. McCONAUQHEY, Ashc Grove, Tippccnnoe Co., Ind.
Feb. IC, 1S3C.
Swift's Specific l.i entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the
Impurities trom tho blood. Treatise on Blood anrt Slcln Diseases mulled free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Go.
EARTHQUAKE AGAIN.
KOCHESTER, N. Y./.September 15,1886.
WE have made HILL.'ADAMS & CO., of Anderson, S. O, our Agents for the
sale of our Ladies'.Fine Shoes. We make on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wan?
ken Phast and Creole lasts; the latter is just out and is very nice. We use the
McKay Machine and sew with best Barbour's thread. Every pair warranted. They
are nice, neat and stylish. Give thernia look when you w ant a Shoe and you will
be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay.
Oct7,1886 _ E. P. BEEP & CO.
NEW FUENITUEE STORE
W. L. KE1LETT
HAS opened a new Furniture Store in
Anderson, corner Benson and Mc
Duffie Streets, where lie will keep a select
stock of Furniture, which will be sold
cheap for cash.
COFFINS.
I also keep a full stock of Collins, all
sizes, which I am prepared to-deliver
promptly at any time.
Specialties?I make a specialty of
Mattress-making, Upholstering and Rc
Cairing, 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 monev.
W. L. KELLETT.
March 31,1887_38_
Pomona Hill Nurseries,
pomona, n. c.
Two and a bali'miles west of Greensboro,
N. C. The main line of the B. & D. It.
B. 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 nursery 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 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 nursery.
Correspondence solicited. Descriptive
catalogues free to applicants.
Address,
J. Van. Lindley.
Pomona,
Guilford County, N. C.
May 20, 18S7 4(5_ Cm
Established 1843.
W. & J. SLOANE,
Wiios.ki.alk and Retail Dealers in
Carpetings,
Floor Cloths,
Rugs,
Mattings,
Mats and
Upholstery Goods.
Great Novelties at Very Low Prices.
SAMPLES SENT IF DESIRED.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Broadway, ISth and 19th Streets,
NEW YORK,
and
oil to 017 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO.
April 7,1887 30 2m
Wagon and Buggy Shop.
MOTTO for 1887 : "Live and let live."
Come and see me before going else?
where with your work. Prices lower tban
the lowest. I will make it pay you to give
me a call. Filling Wheels a specialty.
Wagons made to ordor. Shop on Capl.
Daniels' lot, opposite Jail.
D. M. STEPHENS.
Jan 13,1887 27 Cm
PIEDMONT AIR-LINE,
Richmond & D?nville R, R.,
COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1888.
(Trains run on 75th Meridian time.)
Southbound. I No. 52 1 Northbound.
Lve Walhalla.
Seneca.
Anderson
Si.nrtanb'rg
Abbeville...
Laurcna
Greenville..
Green wood
Ninety-Six
Newberry...
Arr. Columbia...
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Arr. Greenville
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Anderson _
Seneca.
WalhaUa...
Atlanta-...
53.
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4.85pm
4.35pm
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C.02pm
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No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta.
No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and
Charleston at Columbia.
Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
D. Cardwkkl, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C
Sol. If aas, Traffic Manager._
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And Solicior.
OFFICES, 925 F STREET,
P. O. Uua ;"0. WASHINGTON, D. C
Formerly of the Examining Corps,
U. S. Patent Office,
Practices before the Patent Office, U. S.
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Opinions given as to scope, validity, and
infringements of Patents.
Information cheerfully and promptly
furnished.
Hand Books on Patents, with references
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