The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 03, 1887, Image 4

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MY LITTLE WIFE. """TV My little-wife! nrylitttowifc! / < When first I saw her face, I wished the minstrel's art were min? To tell it* peerless grace. Had fancy touched the sweetest harp By fairy fin peri strung, Oh, who could twine a Lay for her. Whose charm could notes sung! My.lltUe wife: my little wife! Iga? Into her eyesV And as I witch the love light there What tender memories rise! Ah, some are glad, bat most are sad For oft from day to day, ? Grief hid bis cruel thorns amid tj The roses by the way. My litttewifelmy little wifel I know -he's growing old? But what care I if silver gleams Have kissed hex locks of gold? Her beauty f o Us the hand of time And'shines despite his art, The vine that wreathes my fireside, The blossom of ray heart! ?Boston Transcript A NABROW ESCAPE. The Important day selected for my wed? ding was slowly drawing near. But fif? teen days remained, and already the news* 3 papers of the neighborhood bad announced to the world, in their blunt rhetoric, that _: the coats of arms of Mile. Suzanne de Stahl and M. Roger de Caplan were^about to be blended, when an untoward accident set all at variance. Mmc. de Stahl and her daughter had breakfasted at the chateau. While wait-! lng for the heat of the day to moderate a little, Mme. de Stahl and my grandmother had seated themselves in a corner of the drawing room and were converging in a low voice.. . . . v "Roger,?' said Suzanne "now is. the time to redeem your promise, ' Taker me to the Hermitage as 'you said you, would," I had given this name to a small, iso? lated summer house, a kind of tha'twhed shed, which I had bnfl^for my own\use in a grove behind the'chateau; It wast my favorite retreat, on account of its rustic J appearance and-solitude, the silenced? the spot Deingrbroken of distant peacoci.s and guinea fowls. We stole- off noiselessly, and taking a icntvreai onkthrcraghla bidden gate operS^rinto the fields. For a time we trippedHftia?Jyjaloug under an arbor of chestnut trees and climbing vines. She had slightly raised her riding habit, , holding up the train with her left hand.': I pushed a hurdle, and we started along the outskirts of a vast meadow, down a narrow, worn path, fjingedV.with a-.fc?iilgej where, in the spring time, myrtles, lilacs and wild roses'flowered pell mell amid the hawthorn bushes. Here, everything, un trimmed and untrained, grew , up in a . natural disorder that delighted me. Li* I remember that, from the moment aha stepped into the little path, and*set but through tho wide meadow, where all the fragrance of spring seemed to float up through the clear..air beneath,the blue, cloudless sky, it seemed to me that nature had bedeck^ herself .wtfhrher brightest I jewels to receive ray fiancee, and, uncon? sciously, I repeated to myself the words of the poet: Down the narrow path tripped my a weet. Flowers springing up beneath her feet. now and" then nrte'ring delightful' litt gfireai?, -an a-startied-hkd flitted- out of-1 the bushes, or a too hasty bee inadvert hi^iching^er movements. Yes,? I will' acknowledge that I loved her without. reserve.1 I fere pfb4d& introducing her to" this little nook* that I had created for myself alone, where* no foot but mine had left its print, where someone of my thoughts still rested on each blade of grass and shrub leaf. A warm breeze, redolent of the fra? grance of the fields, made the hawthorn twigs tremble, the white flowers shimmer? ing like pale flames. A world of buzzing Insects was humming, chirruping, playing and flying about us, while, overhead, the great sun shone in all his majesty. My dog Toby shared in the common joy, and gamboled across the. meadow or rolled in _^the sweet' scented grass. In my rapture I was ready to swear that everything around lived, moved, -shone or. bloomed for us alone, I loved this, earth, radiant and beautiful as a betrothed maiden, and from the depths of my soul I blessed that sisterly "affection bfT)ame" Mature dB-1 player! in the brightness of the dag, tl beautiful amazon, blithely tripped along wahead of me, and, s3 she coirflded>.to me | all her dreams and hopes of "happiness , soouuj, berealized, she gayly swung 1 riding whip about her?! [Wifle ?s]f?? in this way she \s ould now and then': advertently touch the frail stems of haw? thorn, and the detached flowers, fluttering' like silvery butter flies, would fall to the ground*." A fancy for this amusement seemed to grow upon her, and the flowers, adroitly switched off, .continued to drup right and left, while the bushes, denuded of their ornaments, appeared tome to be reproach? fully holding up to my gaze their muti? lated stems, like so many bruised Angers. "Roger," said she, laughingly, "look, it is snowing." In fact, the white flakes fell faster and strewed the path, I made no reply. Without being able to account for it I felt somewhat annoyed. How could I help it? All that surrounded mey-tire meadow, the trees, the hedge with its hawthorn, its lilacs and its wild roses, all had, as it were, become with time a part of myself, so it seemed to me that each flower that fell was a part jot myself dropping to tho earth, and to avoid tread? ing on them I instinctively turned my footsteps aside. Yet, I remember it well, she was at that very moment speaking of the poor who are oppressed, of the lowly who are dis? dained; of the pleasure she derived from going to their aid, and as she spoke she would raise her arm, switch her whip around and tufts of lilacs would bend down and hang drooping like lifeless locks of hair. Against my will I became sad. I felt like checking her arm "After all," reflected I, "she does not think of what she is doing." '."Suzanne," said I to her, "what are you doing?" "Who, I," she replied gayly; "why, don't yon see, I am amusing myself." And the cruel riding whip, wielded by a skillful hand, switched right and left, np and down, while rose leaves were scat? tered, lilac petals stripped off and daisies decapitated; With a sweet smile on her lips she, the young girl, was extirpating the flowers. "Yet," I said to myself, "they have done her no harm. None of them, I am sure, have got In her way; not one has pricked her fingers, or even grazed her dress. Why . then should she .chastise them? * ? * And atfll, what can I say/ to her now? She does not understand." - So great was my fear of appearing ridiculous that I hardly dared say any? thing. "Suzanne," at length risked I, in a tone which I tried to render jocose, "you do not reflect. * * * They suffer." "They?who?" queried she, half turning around. "They," murmured I, timidly. I dared not say "the flowers," but with my finger I pointed to the hedge. She burst out langhing. "Really, Roger,'1 exclaimed she, "yon must have lost your senses! Flowers suf? fer! Oh, my! but yon are childish!" And poking fun at me, she moved on, still switching about heedlessly. What was going on within me? Was it on account of the flowers, or was ib my self esteem? To this day I am ignorant of the cause that stirred me to anger so sud? denly. . My other nature, the bad one, was fully (aroused, and, on account of a few flowers, I was getting as mad as a hornet "Suzanne," said I, shortly after, but in a tone which, I must confess, might have sounded somewhat imperious, "stop that, ulease." With a surprised start she half turned her head and asked: "18ay,.what- is the matter with yon, Roger?" , - "With roe? nothing?nothing," stam? mered I, abashed, but at the same time, piqued "by the haughty manner in which she had put the question. "But no?it is not right?I don't want yon to do it." "But if it pleases me?" demanded she, facing about abruptly, and, with a slight, disdainful movement of her hand, a flower at my left fell to the gneund, nipped off by the ptyant Whip lash. <TOU?2lMX'WitjrAat l&tto pati? ence I *ad left, "I will not allow it!" And I made.a movement to arrest her hand. Tj fjl f If *J i "Then, air this is in earnest," said sfe; stepping back to avoid my grasp, and eye- j ing me from head to foot in a defiant man* ner. "Tea," cried I, "I am thoroughly in earnest;" but it was quiet wrong of me to add, "yon have no feelings at aU.1" ' r She became slightly pale, and, without a word of reply, she passed hastily by me. Giving a short, downward switch' with her whip, In the air this time, as if cutting through an invisible obstacle, she strode bacTfcttftt?^h?ieau. |A\fee ?% ; M^ra^^jn^wa^ofg^o^^vas^to" try to appease her,~but I could not muster np the courage to do so. Besides I was still under the influence of my foolish anger, not enough so, however, to make me. unconscious of the gravity of 'the offense conveyed hy my last words. She retraced her steps along the path we had been following. I did not take my eyes off her, hut she never once turned her head. When she entered the avenue of chestnut trees I lost^sight of her al; together. ; * ' ,\ ' \ \\ ' ' My anger soon* ?coaling 'down, I began more fully to understand the nature of the quarrel that had taken place. I could only sum it up in these two words: " 'Tis absurd." i.-the housel ydnd ever! eeded [ more courage than I possessed. Waiting | ps-geiflfla tcrttfe Th^rT^tTfKiu'gh'not'the | most commendable plan. In order to thin* over the matter calmly, and to let events take their own course, I passed through the thicket and walked on for a while at random. I soon reached the outskirts of a small grove about 200 metres from the main avenue of .the chateau. Not wishing to get in yet, I threw myself on the grass, and with my eyes fixed on the house I waited. Toby ?etreUhejtt^teenselfatniy feet ' .-A little later two horses were led into 1 the yard. Mme, de Stahlband her daugh | \ter' came down . the steps- alone, mounted their horses and started off at a gallop. Aroused by' the allghtesf^oisft Toby sprang, off at full speed toward them, * faaloEadishecould:^ ' : ig by tae grove the young girl t her eyes in*my dtfection. '?' Perhaps sfflMror she j whip and brought it down whack on the neck of . her charger. The surprised animal reared up on her hind legs..- ., To subdue, Mm she belabored blm witir-blows which, T verily belfever'were not falling on the shoulders she would have liked them to. With ceaseless yelp? ings Toby escorted the enemy to the en? trance of the avenue; then bounding back as fast as his legs could carry him be took his place at my feet, growling still, but in a tone which seemed to mean: "I have done my -duty, haven't It Now, let us live in peace." As the sun began bending his course toward the lulls I decided on returning .home. For awhile I wandered around the house .and.th'en set out in search of news. Above all things to be feared was the reception myjgrandmotiej^wonld give me. At last I spied my" old governess, who had looked for me'in every corner of the premises. I asked her what she had heard. She told me that MUe. de Stahl had re? turned in a fury, giving orders to have the horse saddled Immediately. On enter? ing the parlor she related a long story of a hedge, a riding whip and flowers, of which it was impossible to understand anything except that I had so far for? gotten myself as to insult my betrothed. Mmer do StaM-hgd-fttUy apyrweu~llBr daughter's conduct As to my L ~ra?'getrcaUyAmdertaking my defense, when, on - ? finishing, her recital, MUe. de Stahl applied to me rather uncomplimen? tary epithets.' 1 '' ' I was not more than half reassured when I entered- the house. Wishing above all things to explain matters to grand? mother, I went immediately to the draw? ing room,. Not finding, her present, I de? scended to. the garden, but no one had -seen her. I was then informed that, after the departure of her two friends, she had [ retired to her bedchamber: . Sending to ask her to receive me, word*came back that she was not feeling well and desired to be left to herself^. r_r [1. !Q?^,Jwenjlyto<..inyJroonit ajpd at ;din ner time found some cock and. bull story , as an excuse for,not going dovffl. Two, or ] ' three annoying" thoughts h?untcoTme. I iway, and all 9:j at c?mie "?n." 'tVeU' aware that all Idr prove -futile, i? | ; the window, and \ ation. ? ? up' Still, instead of heightening my fancies or exasperating my~feelings, as is gener aUy.the case, night on the contrary seemed to allay them. It was as if nature, whom I had endeavored to defend, was now try .Ing to mitigate my- cares. I perceived -from afar, in the staTllght^the spot which I had witnessed my hastiness, and the sight afforded such pleasing sensations to my mind that even the shadow of regret was Boon effaced therefrom. I repeated to my? self the words of which I had made use, and finally came to the conclusion that I had no fault to accuse myself of. I reflected on the freedom I had re? gained, my old time life which would re? sume its quiet course in those peacef ul spots I loved so well, and I fancied that everything, far and wide, the meadows and the woods, with their millions of voices chanting in the gloom, the trees and the flowers, alive with a sense of gratitude, were all saying to me, "Be re? assured, thou hast done well." "Then, so be it," said I to myself, closing the casement, "God's will be done." And I throw myself upon my coach. The next morning my grandmother greeted me as usual. Still there was no misunderstanding her first glance. She was studying my face to see if yesterday's folly had left any traces there. No ex? planation being asked. for, none .was ? given. ?One thing'struck me,' however, and that was the absence- from the draw? ing room table of the krge bouquet of 1 wild flowers which my grandmother so delighted to gather, and which always stood there as an ornament. Was it an i accident, or did the kind old lady wish to remove from my sight everything that might evoke a painful remembrance? Anyhow, day after day flew by, and the , name of Suzanne de Stahl was never i mentioned in the chateau. Besides, Time, I the great healer, brought the needed panacea. Eight months later Mile, de Stahl be? came the wife of the Count P., one of our most renowned sportsmen, and took up her residence in Paris. About the same time, wishing to devote myself thence? forth to artistic pursuits, I quit the coun? try with grandmother, and we established ourselves in her mansion, Rue de Lille. i Today my punishment, and, believe me, it is no light one, for it has now lasted more than three years, is to be compelled to meet myjfprmer fiancee at every turn. The ebb and flow of the tide of Parisian life are continually bringing us together. At the Bois, at the play or at receptions, if I. do not happen to meet her, I hear nothing around me but words of praise, landing the matchless wit and elegance of the beautiful Countess Per?hold! I came near divulging her name! And each time we meet, when I find myself in the presence of those proud eyes, bright as diamonds, but at the same time just v. a cold, when I look at those lips so disdain? fully curved, when I hear that haughty, domineering voice, when I reflect on her cruel, cutting wit, then do I say to my? self: "Most assuredly I did right." But shortly after her glances seem so bewitch? ing, her voice so fervid, her exquisitely molded form so perfect, her carriage so graceful, that in the presence of this rare treasure, lost forever by a mere whim, I cannot hush that other voice within me which, with accents of remorse, or at least of regret, sighs from the depths of my heart: "Most assuredly I did wrong." "And you^kind reader, what think you? L. Berthous-Laatrgue. P. S.?Just as these lines are going to press I find the following paragraph in a daily paper, which makes a specialty of publishing items of this kind: "There was quite a scandal yesterday in a grand drawing room of the Monceau quarter. After a few remarks, about a subject that .we will not mention, ad? dressed to her by Count P., the beautiful, but rather Irascible countess, whose hot temper, until now*,, was only known by a few intimate friends, threw her fan into her husband's face, and, the same even iag/sho left the mansion." " .For the past two hours I have been walking np and down tho boulovardt. . Tie weatheris gloomy and rainy, but hdw jleasant life is! 11 feel as if my bosom, no 'longer able to tonmin my?joy, were about ?to-burst. I ean'tf restrain my feelings, and have an insane desire to embrace everybody. I have just met r '?old friend, Maurice d'Ermont, a happy .isband, he. Lqnestioii him cleverly! He has not yet beard tho'news. * * * Well, it is best be should learn it from some one else-. We have been wandering about, arm in arm, for quite awhile. The good fellow does not understand my gayety, my pleased, laughing countenance, and for the .third time he asks me in a puzzled mannefe J Tt01d friend, what makes you rub your hands together in that way?"?Translated from the French for Times-Democrat. Our National "Thick Eardness." James Payn, in recent English notes in The Independent, says: "It seems to be the fact that what people in general de? light in above all things is noise?the organ, of course, if possible, but if not the hurdy gurdy, or. even the tongs and bones. Xf this were not the cose it is impossible that the nuisance of bell ringing should sc long have been tolerated. Letters from the relatives of sick persons are just now flooding the papers: 'My mother hasbrairt fever, fcnd the jangling bells drive her g. 'My sister,*.now on her death only sleeps-tie earjy morning In the chjM^|jcllstt^5i^ The; _ bei of these betters lsjone of the' fany'prtfofs of now much less the English Jike.J^e^.ttifl0..ye^do.". If Mr. Payn should stay here awhile he would conclude that England is. an asylum of silence. One of the strongs jfop^ssions h?ade on ggf American recurnmg 'tofbhis nativ land from foreign,li!nmeis is"that it is a pande? monium unmatched on the globe; that is, this is his impression if he does not hap? pen to share in the national "thick eard ness," if you'll permit the'coinihgvOf ft needed term, and is so rendered oblivious of noise.?New York Graphic^- . . LIMITS OF HUMAN LIFE. How It May Be Prolonged Beyond the Average Length?Centenarians. I have before me the records of no less than fifty-two centenaridus^the detafls? in regard to whom have beenvcollected'by a committee of the Britisn?Medical associ? ation. Let us see whether an inquiry into these details suggests anything either as to what are, probably, the natural limits of human life, or as to the regimen by which life maybe prolonged beyond its average length:!; I )?? > I Of the fifty-two no fewer than thirty six (more than two-thirds) are women. This may probably be attributed in large part to the comparative immunity that women enjoy from many risks to which men are ? exposed, but probably it is due not less to ? their greater temperance and to their freedom from the anxieties and heartburnings which attend men's strug? gles for influence, and even maintenance. Medicad^meft* contend, however, that women also possess greater inherent vital? ity than men, the mortality of girls being less than that of boys, even during the first year of life, when the female is neither" more temperate nor less ambi? tious than the male, and is exposed to as many dangers. . Of the sixteen men one only was single; ten of the thirty-^x women were single; fifteen men and twenty-six women, then, - among the centenarians, were married; but, naturally enough, of these forty-one a latrge'number, all in fact but five, were widowed. Three of the fifty-two were( rich, nineteen poor, the rest in comfort? able circumstauces; nine were fat (only one man), twenty-three lean, eighteen I medium;only eight were full blooded; the , rest average or pale. Forty had good digestiorrf-whiclr; after lOO years, means a good deal. Most of the flf ty-two have had . good appetites, only two having appetites classed as actually;bad; most of them have been through life moderate eaters; twelve, however, have eaten large -quantities of food. Only one is returned as a large eater of flesh and blood, and only one as a, great consumer of alcoholic liquors (inhis case the liquor preferred has been beer). Only eight of all the number are classified as simply "irritable;" but to these must be added, five classed as "irritable and energetic.'! Unfortunately, however, the inquiries have not in such matters as these beau ex? tended into the past. A man or woman may be very irritable in extreme old age (and we may call 100 a good old age, even here when I am striving to show that it is the natural limit of life) who has been very placid and even extremely ami? able throughout the greater part of his or her career. As to smoking, thirty-two. are. non? smoking, seventeen smoke much (four of them are women), three moderately, and two aUttte;j>nly one. chews; thirty;seven. avoid snuff. Most of the remaining re? turns, relating only to the actual, condi. tion of the flf ty-two wntenariahsfat pres? ent, are of no specIaT interests-showing only that the same weaknesses prevail in about the same degree among them, as many men and women of the average sort, between 70 and 80 years old. If only our fifty-two centenarians could have been examined twenty years ago in these respects, the world might have obtained some useful hints. It is worthy of notice, however, that ..most of them were free from rheumatic and gouty troubles. The only man whos^^?nts were stiff and deformed from ?neb; causes stated,.,in reply/w questlps "as to his capacity and ? taste for Sfrffig drink, A always drank as much as I could, and I.always wnl!'?not a casej?it*wfil "he observed, of '/Willful- will to.water so Willful must weV'-but of WJUfiO&ould not to water and so wet his whistle toils own discom? fort.?Jtfc hard A. .Proctor in The CosmG Methods of the "Hojspltal Heat." The "hospital beat1' is an individual we have to be on the constant lookout for. His business is to impose himself on the hospitals of the different cities, and thus get boarded and lodged free. The regular beat has no ailment except chronic lazi? ness. We had a good case the other day. A fellow rame in all dirty (I mean un w'asjhfl?^filsaid he wasfsuffering from a fearful pain, in -the side, which prevented him from breathing; and, besides, he had a headache. > As the fellow's tramping had left him looking debilitated, and no examination of him could be made till he hod been washed, he was sent to the City hospital, on the supposition that he had pneumonia. When he came to be stripped for the inevitable bath, $187 were found in his clothes. That ended him, and he was fired. ' Then there is a class of those who get into the hospital really suffering, but do their utmost to stay there. Take a man who goes in because of an ulcer on his leg. Under the tonics, good food and clean beds he improves, the ulcer gets smaller, and finally closes. Then, if he is worth? less, as is often the cose, he attempts to prolong his stay in his free quarters. So he deliberately tears the ulcer open again. I have seen such fellows get sand and rub It over the .wound till they had opened It again. These geniuses are'also promptly bounced. But the crop is always just about as large. For three good meals and a nice place to. sleep, all free, some bums will do anything?almost maim them? selves, I believe. The beats are the most common in the latter part of September, in October, and in the fore part of Novem? ber. The approaching cold drives them in, and they then get to seeking shelter for the winter.?Dispensary Physician in Globe-Democrat. ' ' Her Ticket Matched Her Dress. First Kansas Woman?Were you at the polls yesterday, Minnie? Second Kansas Woman?Oh, yes, I was out at the dear little polls. Isn't it jnst too nice to vote? "How did you vote?" "Really, dear, I don't remember." "Well, you remember that they had two kind.of tickets?white and red." "Oh, I remember now. It was the lovely little red ticket that I put on the polls." "Why, I am surprised. That was the Republican ticket." "WeiVi didn't ask. I saw that the color of the ticket was a delicate red and that it exactly matched my dress."? Nashville American. HUndly Written Signatures. It may be the proper thing for bank presidents, cashiers and congressmen to scrawl their names in the hen track fashion, but men who write for a living read enough writing to know better than to puzzle correspondents with blindly written signatures. If a man'is consti? tutionally unable to write Iiis name and address plainly, he should use letter paper with a printed heading containing the de? sirable information. Bad writers often forget that while a dubious word in the middle of a Sentence may be deciphered yith the help of its neighbors, nothing goes with the signatu. . on which to base even so much as a surmise.?The Writer. LIFE : AT IONS BRANCH. A DAY'S DOINGS AT THE FASH? IONABLE SEASIDE RESORT. Going to the Early Train?Lawn Tennli and Horseback Biding?Bathing Begins at 11 o'Clock?Afternoon Driving?Din? ner and the Evening Hours. People who live in Rome would find it difficult to pass the day as they would in Paris, and a New Yorker in Florence cannot live a day as he would in his own metropolis. Neither can a man, with all his victories over nature, pass a day in the Alps ns he would on the banks of the Amazon. And so a man cannot carry oxit a day at Long Branch as he would at White Sulphur Springs. He does at Long Branch what the place permits him to do. Generally speaking, the summer popula? tion is up at 7 o'clock, because the great majority of the men go to New York every day to attend to business and they start at about 8. Going to the train is the first business of the day, and a pretty sight it is to see the ladies In their fresh, white, morning gowns, driving their, carts and phaetons down tojthe station with thaw:hnsbj?hds. fThe hanrafe and .horses a?|f?cOTrmges, freshfromlthe hands of h^dust?^sgrooms and coachmen, and un'spottedi'as yet-by the dust of the day, glisten under the early morning sun.- The aiHs coorTOid-iirvfg orating, and the bustle and confusion .about the station has a-fashionable pic turesqneh'ess abpulKit tha't is charming to ftfie student cf^socfetiyl ISAiter the busi? ness of the morning exodus is done, lawn tennis comes to enliven the day. The game is exceedingly popular at Long Branclywhere the fine lawns, of which I have spoken, furnish admirable courts. About 9 Qjelock In the morning you will see, young men in white flannels and young ladies in loose gowns running.about on the smooth turf, and entering into the . game with..; an earnestness which fully atones for any lack of skill. Besides ten his, horseback riding claims attention. The roads" at the Branch arc ex .ceRen^for. this exercise, and scores of^equestrians may be seen every day taking a morning canter. Many of the ladies Choose this part of the day to do their shopping, and East Long Branch is made very lively. About 11 o'clock bathing begins to rise above the horizon.. At the hotels the cus? tomary time for bathing is at low5 tide, but as the water is seldom so high or so rough in the summer that people cannot bathe at all hours, most of them select the morning for their dip. The refreshing in? fluence of the bath prepares one to pass, with equanimity, the warm hours of the early afternoon, before the sea breeze springs up. At some of the hotels the hands give morning concerts at eleven, and those ladies who prefer to deVote their afternoons to bathing,"sit in the parlors, Asten to the music, and put forth a con? tinuous flow of small talk. After luncheon most people at the Branch take the day leisurely until 4 o'clock. The afternoon driving then begins and continues until about 0:80. The scene on Ocean avenue at this time of the day is a most animated one. At times the drive" is crowded. ,sp that carriages are compelled to proceed cautiously in order to avoid collisions. The evening trains from New York and Philadelphia come in and carriages are dashing to and'. from "tl?e "stations, while the hotel stages lumber along laden with incoming guests. The steam? boat lands at the pier, and there is a great rushing from all points of excursionists ! who have come down from New York for I the day and are eager to get seata for the return trip. Sailing vessels of all "kinds are seen gliding along up.and down the coast, and southern steamers pass by, gen? erally runnings close' in 'shore, dipping their flags, blowing their whistles and firing thetr guns. The men who have been all day in the steaming hot city rush down to the beach, don their bathing suits, and plunge. into the surf. The whole shore front is alive and brilliant with the handsome costumes of Indies, the glitter of mounted harness, and the flasb of polished wheels. By and by, as the 'dinner hour ap? proaches, the bustle and confusion die away, or rather, transfer themselves to the hotel dining rooms, where the evening dinner is attended to iu a manner which shows that the sea air is truly provocative of hunger. The evenings are usually passed in dancing, or looking at other people dance. The hoteJ,bands play in the parlors every night, and when it is not too warm, waltzing is indulged in to a great extent. .Saturday evening is the fashionable night, when people from the cottages go to the hotels to dance, and some little show of dressing is .made_As a general thing, however, people do not dress especially for the dancing, and full evening attire is the exception. The men who spend the day at business do not feel it incumbent upon them to put on their dress suits for the evening, and the Indies are, therefore, compelled to permit them to dance in business costume, if they so desire.?W. F. Henderson in Outing. A New Idee^ Two spruce looking girls stopped an open car ia which I happened to be the other day,-and took the seat jnst behind me. They were'^Jhey' out of sorts, I .fancy, by the toh?st^heir voices, and tlw "prettier of the two' was evidently '/aking it" for some delinquency, by wjiich the other had suffered an annoyance: Finalry\ she burst out with the old, familiar teini-' nine, "Well? I don't care!" And then, with deep sigh, said: '!Oh,'dear, I wish I'd been born without; feetl^Then I shouldn't be forever treading on people's corns!" The idea was new.?Boston Herald._\ \ Her Three Tiny Dog*. ^ It's simply astounding the lengths some women go to on the dog line. I know one, and she's still at large, who keeps a "nurse" girl whose sole djity is to wash, feed and look after three tiny dogs named Pepper, Salt and Mustard. Every morn? ing, rain or shine, the Cruet, astheneigti^ boring small bos's call, them^ate driveu' out by the coachman, "attended by the "nurse maid," for an airing..' VWnen it rains, in a covered carriage. Think of the longing faces which follow the beautiful turnout, of the sick poor, of?ugh 1 it makes me sick ^nto death.?Pioneer Press. He Planted the Bottle. A short time ago a Basuto of South Africa, while plowing up what used to be the camp of the Cape mounted rifles, at Morosi's mountain, foUnd a bottle of French brandy which had been buried and forgotten by some over provident trooper. It is needless to add that the Basuto promptly drank the contents of the bottle, and with a faith that is almost sublime he buried the empty bottle in the ground again with the hope of getting a crop of full bottles next year.?New York Tribune. . , Several Way* or Urning. There are several ways of dining of which I haven't spoken. The cheap bar rooms are served by one of holla dozen firms of what arc called free lunch manu? facturers, whose wagons go round like the milk and ice carts, delivering a monoto? nous assortment of chopped herrings, sliced bread, sliced tongue and smoked beef, mustard, pickles, cheese and crack? ers. In the high priced bar rooms it is possible to make a tetter meal. They pre? sent sideboards with tempting arrays of olives, sardines, ham, smoked salmon, corned beef, small sandwiches, Edam , cheese, Boston brown bread and while bread. A reccut fancy is for the bar? tender to baud out with each drink a plate with two or three sandwiches and a nap? kin. A great many of the faded genteel youths who hang about Madison square get amply fed in the Hoffman house bar room by ordering a glass of Bass or beer, and then instructing the waiter to briug them first a bowl of soup or hot stew and then a sandwich or two, all of which cost* nothing. There is "The Beefsteak Tavern,1!'over 100 years old, where you order dinner ten days ahead, so that they can hang the steak up that length of time, and there is Beefsteak Johnny's, where round steak is j served to poor men for live cents a plate. Finally there are the not at all dubious but quite toff positive females who move about the down town offices selling sand? wiches, and a colored man who goes the rounds of the up town bar rooms at night selling soft crabs, hot corn, ckim fritters, or whatever may be in season.?Julian Ralph's New York Letter. College and Workshop. The father expects the college to do for the son what the home no longer docs for him; he sends the college flabby material, and expects the material to be turned into such strong, self poised, self con? trolled manhood as the American home once furnished to the college. If the children's teeth are Fct on edge, it is largely because the fathers have eaten sour grapes. There can be little doubt that two-thirds of the material now sent to college would he bettered by being put. into a workshop of some kind for two years between the nges of 12 and l?. The spread of comfort among the people has been steadily in? creasing the number of those who con spare their sons the necessity of work even through their yeais of early man? hood; and we have not yet come to un? derstand the full measure of the injury which is thus done to the character of the boy.?The Century. Answering an Advertisement. A venerable New Yorker recently ad? vertised, asking any one who wished to go to Europe under pleasant auspices to ap? ply to him, and giving his address. This advertisement was seen late one night by a young man who had been dining freely. He cogitated awhile and then told the club porter to call a cab, into which porter and cabby hoisted him. He told the mart to drive to the address given in the ad? vertisement. Arrived there he was as? sisted to the sidewalk, and with much dignity ordered the cabby to practice ort the knocker of the old fashioned residence. The advertiser stuck his. venerable head out of the window, and howled s "What do yon mean-by waking me up at this hour?'* "Come ;t' ansher ? 'vertisliment.'' "Well, sirv what have you to say.' " "That's orri. I'vfe come to shay: "Verry shorry, but I can't go with you. Goo'ai."?The Argo? naut. A Hearse as a Memorial. The oldest and most grotesque idea in connection with Queen Victoria's half century that has come under our notice is that adopted by two villages in the west of England, which are rejwrted as having "clubbed together to buy a hearse as a public memorial for the jubilee." This seems to have been done in good faith. It strongly suggests Mark Tapley's remark when he was looking out for "something in the grave digging way": "It's a good, damp, wormy sort of business, sir."?New York Tribune. Belles Who Carry Canes. The latest craze which has struck the Washington belle is the carrying of canes. A few weeks ago a young leader in society returned from England, and the next day she surprised her friends by appearing on the street with a cane, writes a corre? spondent. It wasn't the ordinary dudo cane, but a nice little stick with a shep? herd's crook of hamineral silver. Some? times she swung it and at other times she struck the ground with a sharp rap.? Washington Letter. Health Hints. For biliousness a plain diet of bread, milk, oatmeal, vegetables and fruit, with lean meat or fresh fish, is advised. Exer? cise in the open air helps. The victim of an acute attack will be righted by: First, abstinence; second, porridge and milk; 'lird, toast, a little meat and ripe fruit, coming thus gradually to the solid food again.?Medical and Surgical Journal. A Scotchman's Speech. At a jubilee meeting held lately in a northern town in Scotland a Scotchman who. was present made the following speech: "The queen is a discreet and careful lady, and I am always vary proud to follow her gude example. I ken weel that her gracious majesty will no gie a bawbee, so I'll just gie tha same amount myseL"?Chicago News. Th( English Government Clerk. In the course of many visits to England I have discussed with the chiefs of some of the leading bureaus, and have no reason to believe that the average Somer? set house young man will do any more work than the average Washington clerk, of either sex. It is a notorious fact that the sole aim of the clerks in the employ of the various departments of the British government is "how not to do it." What Is the testimony of a young man who once held a position in a country house, and was subsequently appointed as a civil service writer in the British custom house? He merely applied his counby house habits of industry to the govern? ment work. In a few minutes an angry voice sounded in his ear, "For God's sake, man, don't work like that; you'll have the whole office against you, and you won't do yourself a bit of good." "Indeed,'U;he newly appointed writer remarked. "Yes, it's a fact. H- has got to give you the next book when you're done, and he won't be ready for you before next Saturday." . At the. rate he was working the new hand could have finished the book that day, which Was Monday, and hence the first complicated question which arose under the perfect system was how to kill the remaining five days. As a matter of fact, much of the time ol! a London bar? nacle, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., when he is supposed to be at work, is spent reading the papers, taking short walks, discussing the European and Irish questions, grumbling at the stingi? ness of the public and bewailing the working of this perfect system. As a ride the British government clerk is a man whose most serious question in life is how to kill time. On the other hand, the average Wash idgton clerk, and by that I mean the clerks who carry on the business of the government in the various departments, is an industrious, quick and energetic per? son, constantly on the alert for promo? tion, aud to improve bis or her condition. ?Robert P. Porter in Chicago Inter Ocean. The Laundry Man Has His Say. "The tailors are our best friends now," said the manager of a laundry the other day. "You see, they used to persist in cutting coats so high that not a particle of shirt would be exposed. We went to them and tried to get them to change the styles, but they turned a deaf ear to our entreaties. This year, however, they yielded, and everything is running smoothly." "What difference does it make to you whether tailors cut coats high or low?" "Why, the greatest in the world. This present style brings us in 25 per cent, more washing. You see, when shirt fronts were not exposed men didn't have to be as careful of their linen. Nobody could tell whether a shirt was fresh from the laundry or had been worn a week. The present style has changed all that, and in order to look at all decent a man has to put on a fresh shirt every day or else ho will be set down as a sloven. You may not believe it, but there were lots of young men who, under the old style of cutting, never wore linen shirts at all. Some of them passed for stylish young men, too. They used to pin their collars and cuffs on flan? nel shirts and, by using a big necktie, con? cealed the deficiency. There was one west side youth who sent all his laundry here, and It was through him that I got onto this scheme. One linen shirt would last him three weeks. I don't mean that he wore it all the time; he only put it on when he wore a dress suit, the rest of the time it was put awny in a drawer. In this way he saved forty or fifty cents a week. I often used to wonder bow some of these clerks working for $0 or $7 a week could look as presentable. I don't wonder any more, as they have more ex? pedients thnn a criminal lawyer. For in? stance, turn down collars were fashion? able last winter. These fellows, of course, all wore them, and in a small wuy they w'crea godsend to theml Why? Simply because they could make them do double duty. When one side became soiled they would turn the collar wrong side out and present the clean part to the public gaze. When men resort to such schemes as this is it any wonder that they can keep up a good appearance on a small salary? It's disgusting, simply disgust? ing, I say."?Chicago Herald. Gen. Sherman to the West Pointers. "Our government is now founded upon a bed of adamant. Follow its flag wher? ever it may lead yon?lawfully?even to the death. The task of protecting it is now passing from the old to the young. Life to us old fellows is but a span. To you it is a long succession of glorious days like this. May it realize all it promises." A Village of Old Folks. Woodbridge, N. Y., with a population of 800, has two septuagenarians, eighteen octogenarians, und two nonogenarinns, nggregating^about 1,900 years. In 18S.J there werft in the town t wenty-five citizens ranging from 80 to 90. The" average is about the same still.?Chicago Herald. It is said that the czar of Russia has a photograph album containing pictures of all the men who have tried to kill him. Nothing can so humiliate a pliilosophci as loss of temper. Sudden's Arnaca Salvo. 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._ Due West Female College, Due West, Abbeville, Co., S. C. Twenty-Seventh Year. OPENS FIRST MONDAY IN OCTO? BER. First-class teachers. Course thorough and standard high. Rooms com? fortably furnished. Special attention giv? en to Music. Art Department an attrac? tion. Pupils made to feel at home. Moral tone of the school good. Board aud regu? lar tuition, including Latin, $IG5 for the year. For Catalogue, giving full particu? lars, apply to the Principals, Mas. L. M. BONNER, II. E. BONNER. July 14, 1887 _1 5 THE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE Science and Art. One of the best Business and Normal .Schools South, and only one having a neparate Female De? partment, oflcrs a select, unucctarlan, cb.rist.tan borne, to young men and Voung ladies, providing Tuition and Board, Including Washing, Fuel, Lights, etc., for only $12 per month each 1 Pen? manship, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Type-writing and Music thoroughly taught. Full Business, Normal, Collegiate and Irregular courses of study. Superior Preparatory Department. Hcalthful ness unsurpassed. Over 200 students past year. ICth year begins in Sept. Early application is ne? cessary to secure b place. For catalogue oddreis AT ONCE, Tkbbkll E. SuiMONS, President, Nor cross, Ga. _1?3 POET ROYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect July 3,1887?75th Meridian Time. GOING south. Daily. Sunday Except Sunday. Train. Leave Anderson. 3 15 p m 4 00 p m Leave Deans. 3 42 p ni 4 22 p in Leave Cook?. 3 51 p m 4 42 p in Leave Lowndcsville. 4 37 p ni 5 05 p m Leave Latimers. 5 05 p ni 5 25 p m Leave Hesters.. 5 22 p ni 5 39 p in Leave Mt. Carmel.... 5 45 p m 5 52 p m Leave Willington.... 6 00 p ni t> 08 p ni Leave Bordeau.G 15 p m (J 22 p ni Arrive McCormick.. ? 45 p in G 45 p in Arrive Augusta. 9 20 p m 9 20 p m Arrive Charleston... 6 15 a m 6 15 a m Arrive Savannah.... 6 15 p ni 0 15 a m Arrive Jacksonville.12 00 m 12 00 m GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 30 p m Leave Savannah.8 10 p m Leave Charleston. 4 00 a in Leave Augusta. 8 00 a in 7 35 a m Leave McCormick...10 85 a in >0 35 a m Leave Bordean.11 00 a m 11 00 a in Leave;Willington....ll 24 a m 11 24 a m Leave Mt. Carrael...ll 38 a m 11 38 a m Leave Hesters.12 02 p m 12 02 p m Leave Latimers.12 20 pm 12 20 a ra Leave Lowndesville.12 48 p m 1.2 48 p m Leave Cooks. 118 p in 118 p ra Leave Deans. 1 45 p m 1 45 p m Arrive Anderson. 2 15 p m 2 15 p m Connects witu train to and from Green? wood, Laurens and Spartauburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. e. T. CHaRLTON, G. P. A. W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga. WHAT AI LS THE NATION ? The_ Average Length of Life De? creasing?Not Pestilence-^ Not Famine?All onr own Fault. Modern Cooking and Mod? ern Living have broughf it on. It comes upon us una? wares. The patients have 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 sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold a: d feel clammy. After a w iale a cough sets in, at first rlry, but after a few months it is at? tended with a greenish colored expectoration. The patient feels tired all the wh'.e, and sleep does not seam to afford any rest. After a time he be? comes nervous, irritab'.} 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 1 >\oo\ i becomes thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes become tinned with yellow; the kidney s cretions becomes scanty and J.ijrh col? ored, depositing a seiiiment after standing. There is fre? quently a spirting up of the food, sometimes wit.t a sour taste and sometiir.es with a sweetish taste; this is fre? quently attended with palpi? tation of the heart and As.ii matic symptoms; the vision lie comes impaired, with spots be? fore the eyes; there is a feel? ing of great prostration and weakness. All of these symp? toms are in turn present. It is thought that, nearly one-half of our population has this dis? ease in some of its varied forms. Shaker Extract of Roots (Sei gel's Syrup) changes the fer? ments of the Digestive organs so as to convert the food we cat into a form that will give nourish? ment to the feeblj body, and rood health is the consei.'.ienee. The effect of this remedy is simply marvelous. I'liiliions upon millions of bottles have been sold in this country, and the testimonials in favor of its curative powers are over? whelming. Hundreds of so called diseases under various names are the result of indi? gestion, and when this one trouble is removed the other diseases vanish, for they are but symptoms < of ? the real malady. Testimonials from thousands of people speaking highly of its curative properties provo this beyond a doubt. Sold by ^?S*ts? ^_. ->?? LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHS MADE AT MAXWELL'S GALLERY. gABY PICTURES a Specialty. All styles of Photographs, Copying and Enlarging. Views, Ferrotypes. &c. No nay too cloudy for good Pictures. Call soon, as mv time is limited. J. A." WREN, Photographer. May 26, 1887 40 ANDERSON FEMALE SEMINARY. MRS. L. M. AYER, Principal. THE next Session will begin Tuesday, Sept. (ith. A full corps of competent teachers have been engaged. Good work has been done here before, and better shall be done in the future. Changes of impor? tance have bean made in the course of study and the standard raised. The text books are the same as those used in the leading male colleges in the country, and the branches shall be thoroughly taught. For the benefit of the patrons the Semi? nary has been placed on the list of Public Schools in Anderson, which will lower the expenses. For information apply to H. M. AYER, Business Manager. _July 7, 1887 52 U NOTICE. WE will sell to the highest bidder, on the Sixth day oi* August. 1887, at ten o'clock a. m., the Real Estate of W. B. Compton, deceased, known as the Thonia3 H?tchens Land, on Little Beaverdam Creek, in Fork Township, con? taining one hundred and four acres, more or less, sixty or seventy acres in cultiva? tion, twenty acres of high branch bottoms in a high state of cultivation. The sale is to take place on said land. Terms?One third of the money to be paid on the 15th of November, 1887, the remainder on twelve months credit, at ten per cent interest, to be secured by mort? gage and security. Parties can see said Land by calling on either of the Executors. Any other information made known on day of sale. P. S. mahaffey,) e? pr W. J. COMPTON, j *jXeculors July 7, 1887 .02 DON'T FORGET! THAT we are still on hand at Northeast Corner of Public Square, and have in stock and constantly arriving the freshest and best FAMILY GROCERIES, Of all kinds. The finest Teas. Collet-, and all kinds of FANCY GROCERIES. The purest and freshest Candies arriving week? ly. The only place to find the celebrated Holmes it Coutt's Fancy Biscuits and Sea Foam Crackers, the finest in the world. A good line of Tobacco and Cigars. Try our "Betsy Hamilton' Chewing Tobacco?as good as the best. A Car load of ICE just arrived. Can supply you in any quantity at lowest prices. Customers wishing Ico on Sundays will be supplied from 0 to 10 a. in and 3 to 4 p. in. Will fill orders from neighboring lowns in any quantity. Being near yciti no delay, as in ordering from a distance, and guaranteed to be as cheap Our PRICES are the LOWEST We pay the highest market price for Country Produce. "And you can come in and get a nice cool drink iif Ice Lemonade or Cider at any time." * E. W. TAYLOR A ('(>. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. 1<\ Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, P. C. Hall has applied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and cilecls of Lent Hall, deceased. These are therefore to cite aud admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Lent Hall, deceased, to bo and up Eear bofore me in Court of Probate to be eld at Anderson Court House, on the 12th day of August, 1887, alter publica? tion hereof to shew cause, if any they havo, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of July, 1887. W. F. COX, Judge Trobate. July 27,1S87 3 2 Notice of Final Settlement. Ex Parte Thos. F. Drake, Surviving Exec? utor, In Re. the Estate of Matthew Snipes, deceased.?Petition for Fin;d Set? tlement and Discharge. To E. J. Lockeridge, Alvin Alford, V .tiida Hazelridge, Amanda Lockeridgr, Hary Jenkins, S. E. Rambo, Alvin Snip*, L. E. Smt:h, W. L. Snipes, M. T. Snipes, M. E. Wollis, Sion Snipes and otln r* : TAKE notice that the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate a; An? derson 0. H., S. C, on Tuesday, the 30th day of August, A. D.1887, at 11 o'clock a. ra., for a Final Settlement of tho Estate of Matthew Snipes, deceased, and discharge from the ollice of Executor of said Estate. THOS. F. DRAKE, Surviving Executor. July 44, 1887 _1_ <i Notice to Creditors. Samuel T. Craip, Administrator of Mrs. Eliza Robinson, deceased, vs. Jumcs E. Hagood, et al. IN obedience to an Order of Court in the above slated case, all persons having demands against the Estate of Mrs. Eliza Robinson, deceased, aro hereby notified to present and prove them before me, at my office at. Anderson 0. IL, S. C, on or by the 5th day of September next. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. July 14, 1887 J_ 0_ Make Your Own Syrup, KENTUCKY CANE MILLS AND COOK'S EVAPORATORS, which are the best known to the trade. Save money by making your own Syrup. For sale low by A. B. TOWERS. July 14, 1887 1 do you w/mrV-hip o G-l If bo, eend for DOG BUYERS* GUIDE, containing colored pbtos, 1?O engravings of different Lroods, price* they are worth, and wliere to buy them. Direct ion s for Training Dog?andBreedincFerrcUi. Mailed for 10 Cents. Also Cute of Dog Furnishing Goods of all kinds Then Bond for Fractlcal POUL? TRY JJOOK. 100 pngcp; beau? tiful colored pinto; ciiKmvlnps of nearly all kinds of fowls; descrip? tions of tho breeds; how to cnponi.ro; plans for poultry booms: information aboutincubators, and *? hero to Luv Fug" from bc<u ?. took ut Sl.?Oi per Kitting. Sont for la tents.1 I'RDS Z If wi, you neod tho TJ OOK OF CAGE DIU U.S. F-iO page*. 1?O illiis itmiion?. Beaanfn? colored pinto. iTnvttaioutnnu broeaiugoJ nil kinds C*fre bird*. f"r plp-im-" ?.d ; rrft. Dit?nrvH ? ?' ilv 'i cum h??t.- b:: M oed Mo? k it <v "?. All abocl PmyuU. Prices ol il ki'.l?: bilu:, ? w*. elc. 21-mit Ul 1,; t eilt?, 'i ho ?X'u.ett Books, 4u l'ti. ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, 2.VSoutaI.?KJiihMreet,Pl?ladcipl?i?,Pa. 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, Bags, Raw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Call and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware, iser BEFORE BUYING. We also sell tie Grea', Brennon & Co. Care Mill. This Mill is reversible, and is the beat on the market. Can be seen in front of our Store. We also sell Evapo? rators of the very best make, aod manufacture thein much cheaper than the West? ern pans, and mpke all styles. We have bought the right to make and sell the STAGGS COFFEE POT. Come in and see it, and save the use of so much coffee, and have nice, clear coffee. Febl7,:i887 82 Potash Victim. Cured by S. S. S. CAUTION". Contumert ihould not confute our Specific wi'h the numerout imitations, tubttitutet, polish and mercury mixtures which are got? ten up to tell, not on their own merit, but on Uu merit of our remedy. An imitation is alvays a fraud and a cheat, and (hey thrive only as they can steal from tlic article Imitated. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. For tale by all druggists. TUE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, On. S. S. S. vs. POTASH. I havo had blood poison for ten years. I know I have taken one hundred hotlirs of Iodide of potash In ttint time, bat It did me no good. Last summer my face, neck, body and limbs were covered witb sores, and 1 conld sca~eely nsc my arms on account of rheu? matism In my shoulders. I took S. S. S., and It has done me more good than all other muH? eines I bare taken. My face, body and neck are perfectly clear and clean, and my rh u matlsm is entirely gone. 1 weighed 116 pounds when 1 began the medicine, and I now weiyh 152 pounds. My first bottle helped me greatly, and gave me an appetite like & strung man. I would not be witnont 8. S. S. lor several times Its weight in Rold. C. E. MITCHELL, W. 33d St Ferry, New YorS. EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. ROCHESTER, N. Y.,'.September 15,1886. WE have made HILL.'ADAMS & CO., ol Anderson, S. C, our Agents for the sale of our Ladies' Fine Shoes. We mike on the N. Y. Opera, Acme, Wau 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 them'a look when you w ant a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay; Oct 7,1886 _E. P. REED & CO. NEW FURNITURE STORE W. L. KELLETT HAS opened a new Furniture Store in Anderson, comer 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 Cofiins, all sizes, which I am prepared to deliver promptly at any time. Specialties?I make a specialty of Mattress-making, Upholstering and Re? pairing, and in ibeso lines my work is my best reference. Also, repairing Children's Carriages and renovating old Mattresses. Call on me when you need anything in my line and I will save von mnnev. W. L. KELLETT. March 31, 1S87 38 Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, N. C. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the R. & D. R. R. passes through the grounds and with iu 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 PomoDa 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 fand can show visitors the same) the largest and best stock of trees, &c, ever shown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina, cousistiig 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 2G, 1887 4G_Gm THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. court of common PINEAS. Elizabeth Smith. ;t? heir at law of Mary Ann Brock, deceased, Plaintiff, against Eucinda Shir? ley, Polly Ann Shirley, Reuben rtrock, James II. Brock. 1'rance.t A. Brock, Millard Brock, Margaret Duke, John Chapman, Joseph Chap? man, Alice Chapman, Wister Chapman, ????? children of Emalinu KIne, de? ceased, the names, a^es and number of whom are unknown, Defendants.?Summons /or Jlclirf. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer tbo Complaint In this action, which is filed in the oliice of the Clerk ol' the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson C. IE, S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on I be subscribers at their office, Ander? son C. lt., S. C. within twenty days after the ser? vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the romp aiut within the time aforesaid, the plaintHl in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated June !?, A. D. 18S7. BROWN A TKIBBLE, I'hiintill's Attorncvs, Anderson,S. ('. [S?AL.] M. P. TjtlBBLK,C. C. P. 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