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tt?0itfttf? -. t^M?ftstof aheftven? re-know emotions strange by it, 1) is as a voice, j, as a friend, ? in the gay summer time; with daridngshapes, ipate; and they go on * it and Triads call to them,. r .^Robert Browning. LD PAkT TO PLAY. ie??? -an Esting family. We all rhe stage a?} young ducks take to -;;and tbe%*trangest paxtot itJs tre none of us geninses. And ton.. My three brothers are at ot. time starring either In the l?chi&i America; my two elder - strutted and fretted: their -stage, are married to re _r: mehj I,:Sybll Gascolgne, fi^cstaSToh&as1 can remem ii??" ones, Kato and Dick, are. ^^c^i;^utv/whett they leave the ;&eydc<:wiU- be.to look out for 'itmt;; r 'doii't think we are any 2hinvlovewith the profes ^eiDr^^; snould -we be? It ?^me v^;?ias? that an ac+ox Is ' ''si^i?sed f?; be at high pressure: ^%the^gtage,'.' "cultivate the lucato" the popular taste1 *?? :.:senttment3 -which are sup " the actor's breast. ^mcesf'which are forever iionths. '. Now I can't imagine fox./more than any" one else constantly on stilts. I have " ite?^ muHician enjoying a ^ and have heard h?n dtf kef .was; far preferable to aye- secuta great. painter telk ^laamaoontstocks and-shares vdteqni8ltlon upon axt? : iod scandalized. But with :^?flterenti. Unless he ispel> ngrit.will hot be -forgiven ie.iaaii'actoE. , tGasctilgnes teak things easily., ih^w^sraneparts we liked ' fewe."played every-, S~ came1 in. bur ^way-r?comedy, a ?., -, ra^^;^te^miit ^Btft^mTtch.tlme ,'lli^aunWves: ..:'They '?OTi tfceir^ marriage, honored intheprihiapal dramatic ; bnesaid'therBtafce bad bus 'trrepaa^' loSs, ox the profes * * b?K^ qrikot its brightest ott ?wp^ v?qr much in mycdsr is:1: The critics :^ways spoke ^^taeyer,i '^ ?Tiatatihg* in my ?n'befoxeVttfr . &almb?t;navQ repeated word %" b??: that woiald' be'?sed: was-pains^^ in ; 'iThe part . wa*safo j.iot; ih^promismg: you^ ac i?n\ "Withicpffiions ..^^9B?oiaitont.r My kijejgulariy paid; I couTd&ways STgo^ehgag^ent, and even if, *ra Ja|^mi9#^;.was Jack s5 upon- {. And Jack was sub " i to ;fall back upon, with ln&oiio$s^~;Heiwas six Cbroad- square shoulders; i?4rwel^^wbeh Jack's aims w??re ^-yon tfelfc^it yon didn'tvvant ise. in theTwor^d. . At least that's fand J^e'he??yfots of girls say; a' same. '? Jack" ought: to have been ^Jf-Wax^Jj and he would have ?)^i.^calthy uncle offered to do j Jor. him; and: of course such an ;.'not to be . refused; and the ;u turned out to be ? that Jto- go ss clerk into the nncle's ?~w^h'r^;'vlew/:torpaxtoeT8hip, as say., Now, the busi tty nor a romantic one spmethihg' to do with leather? "~ extremely profitable, and as I rioxward. to one day sharing all Worldly goods I didn't grumble at the*. -Not that Jack had evex yet .word tome which I could construe f^owpxight oiler^ He had . looked, ?y:: 'But then with eyes like his l no'knowing what they may imply, ere:. dark ? htae eyes, and his hair | ~;hfc hxownwitha touch oi yeHow ? : bJ& m^ ?waa Sunburnt to a healthy red. ^Jbteen; ratxp^uced in quite the ox JW^rS^^" hadn't fallen in love the footlights. He seldom came ne actv but sometimes he'd drop in ps;on his way from a din fe&a dance;; and if I. could make "with ns until it was too late to " ' cdan ce, what a happy girl^ I iMy mothex^ with thecuxum 1 belongs to mothers, - told me only fin-ting, and that I'd bet ty attention to somebody else. J else I - As ifcany one wereworth' at after Jack Cnxtis. I girl who was engaged because " i?t engaged to him. Howconld -,^1? h?ppyf. BAsigned, content' | be; hot to be married and done ?rward to meet Jack?weB, failed me to depict the awful acaianrity. quite time he spoke?there could ubt of that;: although Jack Cux ^rcharniing to be bound by the rhich govern crdinaxy mortals, still K.Bbt help feeling uneasy and appre How could I teB how he carried k^ay ?udfesilvescenes in which iucdnAedt; Aprondearl'slovely light beyearning to bestow hex th?u." A duchess might have m for ihex own; Possibly my ;iCe4xs eacaggexated ?ie importance j'sbcijty injyhich he" moved, but it ^to%e that if . Jack had been bid ?fej'?friendly dinner at Bncklngham ft was only what his tninscendent ?,merifced. fitheretcame a night -when we ex-?| Jack to eupperj and he appeared haly^in, his place, a few lines to &he was going to start at once'fox yv" A friend had just invited v$3in h?n on 'his yacht He added :-lpt, "I will write later." He ;te. Hours, days, weeks passed, a ward did we hear. ^bIeak:^ohV, said my mothei; "He*d got tired of us all tght this the easiest way of let know. Itold you there was . an between him and Isabel i; any one could see that with jkaa.eye." Sjp^awayshuddering.- ? - Cerriblo gales,'.'.said my father, rust " Vnewspaper, comfortably in his v"?re?t disasters among the I shouldn't wonder if the ?y6uag 'What's-hlfi-name went in to come to grief." ^gxew pale and thin and dispirited. I ?^jfche ladles of our company made xe abont me. One day I overheard t them talking. lie never was much of an, actress, she merely walks through her . ..They never had any feeling for art, i ana, ?f those Gascolgne girls." ^pig for.axt! "What a low, mean, ^?Wicked thing to say. And the it was that it was so txue.' Ire l ot once that I would do something j. The last piece brought out at our 1 beenafrost" It had dragged [ the advertisements were able ^tFifteehth night of the great drama." And various scath _ . from the papers were p?nd, weeded till they seemed un fj?jg?:: "It was not the .tha management that the new i so far from being a triumphant ^BiSv cut down to one modest encej i4A triumphant success." ."A ntuusiastic. cheers from partial i alone broke the ominous silence tho curtain fell," became briefly oitfastic cheers." /nobody was deceived. One week > were informed they could book . a month in advance; the next ^the successful drama had to be with r&t the height of its popularity ow other ariangenients. What the ? rrangements were to be our -man r^^* ; at his-wits' end to .decide. t- only wanted three weeks to tho t'lOt- the season. Fired withavsrild ition born of suspense and disappolnt suggested . 'that Shakespeare ;fiil the breach?"Romeo and Ju iv ine^ Syb? Gascolgne, as the r! child," said our good humored gga^'don'tknowwhat you are ( Juliet! .You haven't the temperament, the experience ..She bad more-knowledge of '&.t thirteen than most of our flOftlds'have at thirty. To repre Ue> accurately an actress must ^facer and figure of a young girl, Tajbd minoVof A woman, andi ihas??ffered." ? r^ suiTered? Do you U.?ee; me tripp-nc fhronah some foolish, insipid role that I am capable of nothing better? Give me a chance, and see what I can do. Oh, bid me leap, rather than many Paris, >? I began, and declaimed the speech with stich despairing vigor- that onr manager was impressed. Well, the end of it was, he yielded to my suggestion. It seemed a prosperous time to float a new Juliet At a neigh? boring theatre a lovely foreign actress was playing, the part nightly to, crowded houses. We might get some of the over /flow, or the public would come for sake of comparing native with imported talent Oh! the faces of my traducera who had said, "Those Gascoigne girls have no feeling for art" when it was known that they were oat of the bill, and that Sibyl Gascoigne was to play Shake? speare. I absolutely forgot Jack for .one whole minute. But the next, my grief, my desolation, were present to me with more acuteness than ever. And I was glad that it was so. Such agony as I was en? during would surely make me play Juliet as it had never been played before. At rehearsals. I could see I created sensation; I felt that I was grand in my "hopeless love, my desperate grief, should make myself a name. If Jack were dead or had forsaken me, my art should be all in all. The morning before the all important ?evening dawned. I had lain awake nearly on hour, as was my custom of nights now, thinking of Jack, wondering if ever woman had so much cause to grieve as Then I rose, practiced taking the friar potion, and throwing myself upon the bed until my mother come-up and told me go to sleep onr my eyes would be red and hollow in the morning. But I told my mother that hollow eyes; and pale cheeks . were necessary to me now; that my career depended on the depths of my despair. "To-morrow, mother, let n? one disturb me on any account Keep* away letters newspapers, everything. To-morrow am Juliet or nothing." i ? ; ,' "My mother promised, and I got some hours of undisturbed slumber. . Rehearsal was over?the last rehearsal T had gone through my part thinking ?my woes.- I had swallowed the draught if it had indeed been a potion to put me out of all remembrance of ? my misery. I had snatched the. dagger and stabbed myself even as I often felt tempted to do in real life. And then I set off home, feeling that if life were bereft for me of all joy, I was doomed to siuk/unwedded, to tho : grave, I should at least have the satisfac tiori of confounding " my enemies and triumphing'over them. I was passing Charing Cross station delayed a little while by the streams ve'nicles issuing forth, when In a hansom at a little distance I saw a form?a face? which made me start" and tremble, and turn hot and cold and red and white all at the. same time. It could not be Jock. It oughtn't, mustn't shouldn't be Jack. * Had I not to act in suffering and ^Stesgstr to-night? Well, even if he had re-, turned in safely from his cruise, it was ? without a thought of me- in his heart ?He was engaged-^marriedVr-for aught knew;. - It was possible, nay certain, that T should neyersw'bim again. And yet Iran all 'the way home: And yet Etuld theservant breathlessly, "If any viaitortfcaTLI don't wisk to'bev disturbed And yet ,I:?ade my mother repeat the promise she had given meuihe-previons night .Then rflewfto my den aathe top ." of the how*, bolfedrmyself inland feet chair against the door, as if I were afraid of . any one; making a fordbla'e^trj;/; stuffed my fingers in my ears and, .went ; over my paftwith vigor, with more!noise - even titan was absolutely necessary. Still how siSrangely T seemed to hear every sound- A hansom passing?no, a hansom drawing * up at bur house. I went as far from, the window as possible. I wedged myself up between the sofa and the wall and I shut my eyes firmly. Surely there were unaccustomed noises about, talking and laughing, as if something pleasant had happened. Presently heavy footsteps come bounding up two stairs at a time Ohl should I have tho courage not to answer if it should be Ja j ? -' But it wasn't Kitty's voice shouted? "Sybil, Sybil! come down. Here's" "Kitty, be quiet," I called out furiously. "If you don't hold your tongue, if you . don't go away from the door immediately, I'D.?I'll shoot you." She went away, and I heard her telling them down stairs that, she believed Sybil had gene mod. , I waited a little longer, then I stole to the window. Surely Juliet would not be spoilt by the sight of a visitor leaving the house. But there was no one leaving. Indeed, I saw the prospect of a fresh ar , rival?Isabel Chisholm was coming up the street in a bran new costume, and hat to match. Her. fringe was curled, to per? fection. A tiny ve? was arranged coquet tishly just above her. nose.. : Flesh, and blooft could not stand this. .' Down stairs 1 darted, w^hOTtv^lfog; aaren for a look in the ^glaSs: - Into' the "drawing "roonri I bounced, and there, in his. six feat two of comely raanliness, stood'; Jack, my Jack more Yronzetl and handsome and lovable ? thanevear^-.HejWhomriiad. mourned by ' turns as dead and' faithless, but whom L ? now* feevr was^nelther^qr.he* came toward me with both hands outstretched, and he held mine in such a loving clasp, and he looked at me. with eyes which I knew were reading just such another tale as that written on his own face. - Then: when the. 'knock 'sounded which heralded Miss Chisholm he .satdV'" ? . "Come into another room, Sybil; I have so much to say to you." And in that' other room he told me of his adventures and perils, and how through them all he had thought of me, and won? dered if he never came .back alive, whether I should be sorry; and if he did come back, whether I would promise to be his darling little wife very, very soon. T . But all this, though for more beautiful than poet ever wrote, was not Shake Bpeore, and I had to act Juliet to-night? Juliet the wretched, the heart broken? while my own spirits were dancin?, and my pulses bounding with joy and delight unutterable. . Well, I need hardly tell you my Juliet I was not a success. I was conscious of tripping about the stage in an airy, elated way, which was allowable during the I earlier scenes; but when I should have ' been tragic and desperate. I was still briniming over with my newfound joy. All through Juliet's grand monologue, where she swallows the poison, ran the refrain, "Jock has come home, I'm going to marry'Jack" I had on awful fear once, that I mixed the. two [ names a little, and. called on Jackimo when I should have said Romeo. And when my speech was over and I lay motionless on the bed, I gave myself up to suck delightful thoughts that Capulet or I the friar, I forget which, bending over the I couch to assure himself I was really dead, whispered: "Keep quiet; you're grinnl" " ? I was very glad when the play was over. We often read the reverse side of the picture?of how the clown cracks jokes while his heart is breaking; perhaps his only mother-in-law passing away without his arms to support her. But no one has ever- written of the Juliet who goes through terror, suffering and despair to the tune of "Jack's returned. I'm going to marry Jack."?Re Henry in Home Chimes. When Emigrants Were Sold. Many-years ago the great majority of immigrants were so poor that they could not prepay their passage. They accepted advances and were bonded to the ship owners, who derived enormous profits. . Charles Reade has a vivid description of the immigrant at this period in his "Wan? dering Heir." When a vessel arrived at Philadelphia or New York the steerage passengers were sold at public auction to the highest bidder. The country people either came themselves to purchase or sent agents. Parents sold their children that they might remain free themselves, and families were scattered never tobe reunited. Old people and widows did not sell well,- while healthy parents with . healthy children and youths of both sexes found a ready market When one or both parents died on the voyage the expenses of the whole family were summed up and charged to the survivor. Adults had to serve from three to six years and children until they became of age. Runaways had to serve one week for each day, one month for each week and six months for each month of their absence. The immigrants were called "intended servants," but in effect they were slaves. The last sales of immigrants took place, I think, in Philadelphia during the years J818orl819, The government then in? terfered with the traffic and encouraged the immigration of a superior class of people. But the accommodations for im? migrants remained shamefully defective, and nearly twenty out of every hundred passengers died at sea of fever or starva? tion. The steerage deck was usually about five feet,high, without ventilation or light, 'and in this space the bunks were ranged tu two or2three tiers.--iOmaha Bee. ' fC BULLDOG ftTfRAiWN?. liOiig Wallis?Worrying tho Bag?Turn. - * lngr the Wheel?Reduced In Flash. A dog is usually in training six or eight weeks and. it will-cost about $60.' Tho ' first thing a good trainer does is to give his dog some powdered arica nut. Ina day or two after that he gets a stiff dose of sirup of buckthorn, and either this or powdered magnesia is given every few days during tho ensuing week or ten days. If very fat, the dog is reduced in flesh by degrees.- He gets* long walks night and morning, and for the first two or three weeks his food is principally boiled bran, mixed with half a teacup of beef tea from which the grease has been carefully skimmed. During the winter it takes a pretty game dog to stand the train? ing which the best conditioners resort to. Take a dog, for instance, that weighs 88 pounds, and he is matched to fight in six weeks at 22 pounds. Reducing a dog 10 pounds'in wint?r makes him very sensi? tive to cold, and though he is well blan? keted in his walks he will often rebel against this branch of treatment. A con? scientious trainer will be up early with his charge for an eight or ten mile walk in the: fresh morning air. When they return the dog is rubbed for half an hour with the bare hands. Sometimes diluted whisky is use!, but in any case he is rubbed until he is thoroughly dry. His feet are also dipped into a substance that hardens them. A warm blanket is then placed on him and he is placed on a bed of straw and allowed to sleep until mid? day, when he is taken out and given a couple of miles and perhaps ten minutes' work at the bag, when he is put to bed again. He requires a great deal of Bleep. Work' at the bag is good exercise. "A< strong. bag is suspended from - the celling to within twenty inches of the floor, filled with- straw. Inside the bag is a smaller one, in which is placed a cat The bag is set swinging and the dog goes for it, pulling, .tugging, and biting in great shape in his efforts to get at pussy; but she is safe from his strong jaws. After a four or five hour rest he is taken out again for a five or ten mile walk Another mode of exercise is the wheel. The axle of a sulky wheel is cut in two in the middle and placed perpendicularly on the floor. The wheel is covered with planking, a thick layer of straw evenly distributed over it, and over tins is tacked "a carpet, making a soft walk for'doggy; To an upright'close to the wheel is fast? ened a singletree with traces, and to this the dog is hitched. He is then induced to pull, and. the harder he pulls and the faster he goes, the faster the wheel will revolve. As this exercise is trying to the dog's feet, he is generally booted, that is, chamois skin tied on his feet A trainer must bo careful not to give his charge too much of this sort of work He is then rubbed again for half an hour, and if the time Is about three weeks before the fight he gets a good supper,, which is prepared with great core. It w?l consist of about three-quarters of a pound of round steak or lean mutton, broiled or fried, not too well cooked, and toasted brown bread. This is then cut up fine, and a cup and a half of tea. or the juice of the pan poured over it until it is of the proper consistency. This amount of food is given night and morning, as a dog in training, is only fed twice a day. ? dog Is weighed every night before going upon the wheel. If not too fat when he begins training the decrease in weight w?l be scarcely per? ceptible. The great trick is to reduce him slowly, with a view to bringing him to the exact weight on the day of fighting. ?Pittsburg Dispatch. Hints for Amateur Tramps.' Among our summer and fall diversions walking and .riding parties are gaining more popularity all the time, and to those who contemplate joining one of these par? ties, either this year or another, some hints may be acceptable as, to the care of their feet, it being token for grouted that the general health warrants the under? taking at the outset; for unless the feet are in a good condition it is self evident that no walking, at any rate, can be done that will amount to anything. 'A course of wholesome but plain food is desirable before any such expedition sets out, so that the digestive apparatus shall be in perfect order to begin with; and the next thing requisite is to accustom the feet to sensible shoes, that while hot too heavy, and while fitting snugly, are yet loose enough to give the toes perfect play, on no account allowing the. least pinch of tightness or rub of looseness, or any heel but a broad fiat one. -A foot bath of water into which a couple of handfuls of' common salt have been thrown should be administered every morning for some days before beginning the walk, and during its continuance, and after the feet ore wiped from that they should be rubbed in alcohol, which keeps them in fine condition, and insures a suc? cessful journey, other things being equal. For the rest, good sleep and enough of it, good food and not too much of it, are the chief things to be secured, and one will then "return from the trip with strength and tone sufficient to meet a great deal of ordinary wear and tear.?Harper's Bazar. Electric lighting- in Europe. The prospects of electric lighting in Europe are brighter than they have been for some time. There is a .demand for apparatus.in Spain, activity prevails in Austria/ some large mstollotions are pro? gressing in England, while in the land of the "unspeakable Turk" a "powerful syn? dicate".has been formed to push electric lighting, beginning with a fifty years' monopoly in Constantinople. In England, especially, important work is ahead; and we judge, from tho stray accounts, of the work being done at Leamington, -that the plant there will be an unusually large one. It is high time that England had several central electric lighting stations, and their construction is evidently nearer at hand than seemed possible a few months ago.? Electrical World. An Oar with Steel Blade. A Birmingham firm is making on oar in which the blade is made from the best sheet steel, highly tempered. It is put forward as .being much stronger than the ordinary wooden one, and cannot be broken without undue. violence. The handle fits into a socket running nearly the whole length of the blade, and form? ing a backbone of great strength. The oar being much thinner in the blade than the wooden one, enters 'and leaves the water cleaner. The handles ore made separately of the ordinary spruce or ash, and if broken can be readily replaced."? San Francisco Chronicle. ?V. . -TV-1 Known as "Blonso Volante." ^ Perhaps some readers may belnferested to learn that the Mother Hubbard of mod? ern notoriety has been au.; unvarying fashion for ancient creole dames from" time out of mind. This shapeless gar? ment is known among them as blouse vojaiite. -rHarper's, Bazar^.. ? ~ Tho Chinese Quarter in New York. In 1875 there were but about 150 China? men in New York. The Chinatown of the present was a very insignificant col? ony, and a queue seen on the streets created a sensation, at least among the ranks of the small boys downtown. Now there are fully 0,000 Celestials in this city. They are doing well in various lines of business, and there are a largo number of them who have bonk accounts running into thousands and tens of thousands of dollars. In fact there are at least two Chinese merchants in Mott street who each own considerably over $100,000 in property and money. It was not until 1875 that tho Chinese took possession of Mott street. At that time the six companies of San Francisco, which practically controlled the Chinese population of that city, established an agency in this once fashionable street. As new arrivals from the flowery king? dom appeared on the scene they settled down in this spot and Chinatown waxed and grew strong, until it became what it now is, a veritable city within a city, hav? ing its own municipal government and in most matters making laws suiting itself, and growing in strength oblivious of tho political and social amenities of the great city around it The Chinese evidently be? lieve in ciose corporations.?New York Mail and Express. Prlvnto Madhouses. Thero arc no fewer than fifteen private madhouses in New York. Violent pa? tients are not received in them. The charge is often as high as $100 a week, which includes medical attendance, and the like. Victims of melancholia, of t lie opium hnbit or of strong drink are usually the inmates.?Chicago Tribune. There is selfishness even fii gratltudo when it is too profuse; lo be over thank? ful for ouo favor is in oiTect t-j lay out for another.?Cumberland. Nine new comets were jbserved during the year 188? >_./ ... ARMIES OP THE SfIS THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC . STRONG IN ITS SOLDIERY.? . She Could Probably Put 200,000 Troops in the Field to Defend Her Ancient Freedom?A Conntry of Gymnasts and Marksmen. If one asks any well informed Switzer what show of arms his fatherland- is pre? pared to make in case of a general Euro? pean war, the answer invariably is: "We can put a well equipped army of 200,000 men on the frontiers in ten days." This means that about 7 per cent, of the popu? lation of this little repxiblic of 8,000,000 people are prepared at an hour's notice to spring to arms in its defense, and I see no reason to question the assertion. During the last twelve months, since the war clouds have been settling down lower and lower over central Europe, the Swiss gov? ernment has been keenly alert to the progress of events, accurately informed in regard to diplomatic negotiations, and tirelessly active, even to the most minute detnjls, in preparations for the mainte? nance of its traditional neutrality, in case of tlio hostilities .which nt times seemed about to break upon Europe nt a moment's notice. Under the Federal constitution every able bodied Swiss citizen is liable to mili? tary duty from his 20th to his 44th year, his first twelve years in - the regular army, the lost twelve in the rc . serve or Landwehr.. There is also a third j corps, . known niSj th? Lanflstfjrinf or, as W? might call if?a'home guard?,, only li? able in cose of great emergency, and com* posed of youths between 17 and 20, and men between 44 and 50 years of age. .Each cauton furnishes a quo? tum ofjtroops, based xrpon its popu? lation, ":the . aggregate' regular force amounting to ninety-six battalions of in? fantry of 774 men each, eight battalions of sharpshooters of 770 men each, twenty four squadrons of dragoons of 124 men each, forty-eight field batteries, each num? bering 160 men, with six stoel- rifled can? non of eighty-four millimeters caliber, two mountain batteries and ten companies of heavy artillerists. TBA1NIXG OF THE .SOLDIER. The entire system is in many respects similar to our American militia, or na? tional guard organizations, wilh, how? ever, this difference, that, here every able bodied citizen is enrolled and becomes liable on reaching Iiis 20th yenr. He re? ceives, free of charge, his weapon, equip? ment and uniform, which remain in his personal possession during his whole term of service, being taken with him to his home, and kept always within ensy reach. The training of the Swiss soldier begins with his early boyhood. At 10 years of nge, he commences gymnastic exercises at the public school, attendance being obligatory; at 12, drill with iron rods as a substitute for guns; and nt 14, shooting" at a mark with n species of bow gun, .'ire added. At 10, company drill in the school of the soldier is introduced; and between 17 and 18, the rifle is put into the youth's hands, and he is thoroughly Instructed in its ca? e and 'use. All this is part of his regular school training and education. His next instruction is acquired by means of membership in some shooting society, or sch?tzen verein. In these volunteer associations for improvement in marksmanship?and their name is legion ?lies, in the judgment of many, the best guarantee of the efficiency of Swiss troops, and consequently the government.encpur> | ages them by paying a liberal share of tlie powder and ball Used in their incessant practice. In return for this outlay the government exacts that every citizen imble for military duty shall fire off thirty ball cartridges per year at a target. If he does not do so, as a member of a volunteer sch?tzen verein, he must go into barracks and do it, and time so spent is not reck? oned on his account of compulsory mili? tary service, i. e., on his 117 days' service as an infantryman and so on. For in? stance, during.the year 1885 there existed in this canton (Zurich) alone no less than 285 of these volunteer associations, with a membership of over 11,000 men, who man? aged during the year to shoot off as many as 812,000 ball cartridges, the government contributing the handsome sum of 25,783 francs toward covering the expenses in so doing. And all this in a single canton 1 GYMNAST AND MARKSMAN. ' And thus the Swiss youth, arrived at his 20th year, and already a trained-gym? nast, ind a practiced marksman, proudly roports for duty as a defender of the be? loved Fatherland, iand goes into barracla as a recruit. If in the infantry, he remains for forty-five days, in the cavalry for sixty days and in the artillery for fifty-six days ?and then returns to his home, taking his arms, equipment and uniform with him. The remainder of his barrack service is so distributed over his twenty-four years' period of liability as to be^carcely felt in his ordinary civil pursuits. In the infant? ry he serves in all for 117 days, in the cav? alry 188 and in the artillery 146 days?dur? ing the entire twenty-four years. Possibly Swiss troops may lack that me? chanical1 precision of drill which character? izes the soldiery of their more military neighbors, but their drill is, for all practi? cal purposes, thorough and good enough, while, 5niali tnat. ^rtahis. to physical en? durance, 'courage' 'and* 'marksmanship, they are probably unsurpassed by any troops in the world. Another important fact to be borne in mind is that every Swiss .soldier is thoroughly acquaintedjftith.his. weapon.' It is ho new arm thrust into his hand when hostilities threaten; it has been his companion and- his reliance in a hundred fricfidly contests^ .und ho knows and trusts it in the hour of 'danger as ho does his own right hand. ?New York Mail and Express. Toronto's "Black 1.1st" System. Though little or nothing is now heard of the "black list", system established -about two years ago by the Toronto^mer chant tailors, the system ' continues in force with very beneficial ..results to all concerned. The customers who have been found by experience to require watching are entered under one of the three heads, dead beats, slow payers or those who pay only on being sued. , These lists are open only to"members of the association. The system has been the means of reducing materially the losses of merchant tailors through bad debts.?Chicago Times. Making Slate Pencils in Vermont. In the northwestern part of the town of Castleton, Rutland county, Vt., is the only manufactory, in the United States of slate pencils. The stone as it comes from.j the quarry is first sawed into MdcWfronT four to seven inches wide, according to the length desbred for the pencils. These are split quite easily with a chisel into slabs a little thicker than the" finished pencils say 5-10 of an inch. These are passed -through a planing machine and over an emery belt to make them flat,"8mboth and of a uniform thickness of about 3-16 of an inch. Next day they are pushed info the jaws of a "crocodile," which consists of a pair of steel plates, in the under one of which are six rows of curved knives, each set so as to cut a little deeper than the one that went before it. These plow out par? allel grooves half way through the slab,' which a man then turns and lays on a steel plate, having ridgetJ which just fit these grooves. This slides back under the six rows of teeth of a second crocodile ly? ing in wait alongside, which cuts the grooves on the other side, and leaves the pencils side by side. Lastly, they are broken and rolled oft for an instant to point them upon an emery belt. Aman can give this last touch to about 8,000 in a day. The average daily output is about 00,000, and the mill gives employment to some twenty-five hruds. The old plan was to saw out square pencils from the Blab one by one. These were boxed and distributed among poor families, who whittled them round by hand at from a quarter to half a dollar per thousand.? Pottery and Glassware Reporter. The TYlilto Mountain Butterfly. Mr. Samuel II. Scntlder, tho entomolo? gist, of Cambridge, and Mr. Edwin Faxon, of Boston, who take great interest in the plants peculiar to Mount Washington, have been mnklrtg their annual visit to that region. The former has been study? ing the growth and development of the White Mountain butterfly, which is found only, with a single exception, on Mount "Washington, and there never below an elevation of 500 feet. It is closely allied to a butterfly found on the coast of Labra? dor, and it is supposed to have come down hero in the great ico flow in the glacial period, and when the climate changed nnd the snow line retreated it was left on the' summit of Mount Washington, where it has since existed. Tho only other place in which it is found is in Colorado, on the summit of its higher mountains, and on none at an elevation of less than 18,000 feet,?Boston Beacon. . A DISCONSOLATE HUSBAND How a Case of Domestic Irregularity Is Advertised In China. I think it may amuse you if I give you Borne extracts from The North China Herald, which are very curious specimens of a class of advertisement quite common in Chinese newspapers. Advertising must be a very economical matter in China, if one judges from the length of the adver? tisement from which I quote. A hus? band, whoso wife has run away, inserts a long account of the circumstances under which he married the lady, and the story of her elopement, and goes on with his piteous tale thus: "I married my wife in 1878, with much feasting, and respectful obedience to parents. She is 27 years old this year. I followed, in July, 1883, the Ko ching (courteous and tranquil) bat? talion under the ever valorous viceroy, Tso tsung tsang. As my son was also on his duty, my wife and I removed our resi? dence to Shanghai. In the fifth moon of the present year again we removed to the Hui fang Lou, where my wife, Ku ai ch' ing (the affectionate cubbage), went frequently to drink tea at the Ti i lou, of which I knew not. "Later on, on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, a Huchow man, whose name and surname, and whose grandfather's name and surname, I know not, went with my wife to burn prayers and incense to the temple. He had the sacrilegious ef? frontery to Svear the little blue button and the medallion ar-d beads of a grent official. This went on until 8 o'clock on the seven? teenth day of the ninth moon, when my wife indiscreetly and secretly vanished from my house, carrying a bundle, but leaving a 1-ycar-?ld little daughter who, without ceasing, weeps and wails from sunrise to sunset, and from sunset to sun? rise. I cannot, therefore, control my wrath and bitterness. How, I wonder, could this ever to be execrated tailor's block without a name beguile Ku ai ch' ing from her husband, who mixes this ink with salt tears? Surely he 1ms not law nor justice before his eyes or on his fore? head. "Should any kind hearted one give me information by letter I will reward him with $20; should he bring her back I will gratefully give him $40, and for a myriad generations, to all eternity, the eldest son of my successors shall burn incense for him. Should this rascal without a name obstinately retain my wife, not only to all eternity shall he be infamous, not only shall he cut off the lino of his ancestors, and be discarded by his grandparents, but we three, father, son and little daughter, will at all times risk our lives to punish him. I hope he will think three times, and so avoid an after repentance. Letters ehall be received for me at No. 4 Hui fang Lou, or at the house of my wife's niece's husbancVHsia Lao nau,-at the Yung Lou." As the exhausted reporter sometimes puts it, "Comment is needless."?Leeds Mer? cury. Buffalo Bill's Mascot. Henry Bcaconsfleld, of Leavenworth, talking of William Cody's early life, said: "When I knew Buffalo Bill first, in 1801, he was exceedingly wild and woolly and unpromising. We speak of the wild and woolly west sometimes with a vein of humor in our remark, as though we en? joyed it. Well, of all the hard looking citizens I ever set my eyes on, young Cody was the worst. The schoolma'ams who used to come out from Illinois and Ohio about that time used to refer to him as Sweet William. He wore his black hair very long, his pants in his boots, a sham? bling gait and an unkempt air generally that marked him as the most unpromis? ing youth in that section of the rowdy west. He had no pride about him, and it did not appear that he would ever amount to anything. "About this time he fell in love with a dashing little school teacher and proposed to her. Everybody but Bill knew his fate long.beforehand. They knew he wns des? tined to get floored, but Bill had no ink? ling of it. When he received a negative reply he was utterly crushed, and remained so for days. Ho was perfectly collapsed and lifeless. But after a week ho began to brace up. The rough frontiersmen had ridiculed his grammar and poked fun nt him on everything. Bill bought some books and began to post up. ' "Ho was soon thereafter in the field as a scout, and three years after, when he came hack, he was the most changed man 1 over saw. His defeat had proved his victory. The girl was his mascot Had it not been for her I am as confldent ns I can bo of anything in the world ho would never havo amounted to anything, and would never havo been heard of."?San Francisco Examiner. An Air Fnrlfylng Apparatus. Tho improved French apparatus for purifying air by imparting to It a rotary motion appears to be a success. This de? vice consists of two horizontal concentric cylinders, placed in connection with a fan, these being fixed and turned with a spindle, and the whole is inclosed in a casting. The cylinders arc closed at the ends, except for a hole permitting the passage of air drawn by a fan, and as the air passes through the concentric space between the drums, it is caused to rotate with them by the presence of feathers run? ning longitudinally on the inside of the outer cylinder. The spindle which carries the whole ar? rangement is hollow, and it thus serves to bring the water which is allowed to escape therefrom inside tho drum by means of fine holes, which project it in the form of rain against tho inside of the inner cylin? der, also perforated, and the water again escapes from it and is projected against the inside of the outer cylinder, over which it forms a thin coating. The motions of the air and water are as nearly as possi? ble in opposite directions. The water, aftcrft has been sufficiently exposed to the air; is allowed to escape, and is drawn off by means of a siphon. It is impossi? ble for any air to pass through tho appar? atus without being washed and its solid impurities removed by centrifugal action, and the porportion of water required may he varied, as found necessary with reference to the particular character or condition of the air.?Boston Transcript. To Close a Cur Window. The. car window literature is not yet complete. Here is a recent'contribution to The New York Tribune, giving instruc? tions how to close a window in front of you without touching it: "Let any man fold a newspaper so that he holds eight leaves in his hand, then grasping it firmly by the edgesj hands apart so as to draw the paper taut, ad? vance it forward as far from him as ho reasonably can, resting one hand against the side of the car, and about half way up and down of the open window. One of ? two things immediately happens. The window closes with a bang, or the back hair of the person sitting by the window flies across the car. The position of the paper can be so innocently attained that no suspicion of tho effect need be shown by tho holder. Only hold it hard and taut, well forward." New Way to Bring the Butte. A young lady at this party told me of what might almost bo termed a scientific discovery she has made. Atauyrate.it is a scientific experiment she has been trying. Her boarding house is a very fashionable and exclusive and excellent one, but of late the perversities of the but? ter have been trying. Butter sometimes has a way of being perverse, and this usually in August, when, it should be tho best, just as children arc very likely to appear at their very worst when they should behave the best. Now, some one had told this young lady that if cream were buried in tho earth for twenty-four hours it would then be found to have be? come butter of n superior quality and flavor. She longed to test the truth of this statement, and, confessing her am? bition to Mrs. Daniel Merriman, she was made a presont of a bag of cream from tho Bigclow farm. She told me, with the minuteness indis? pensable to the description of scientific procedures, that the bag was of white cloth, of strong and firm material, and that the cream, of course, being from the .Bigclow farm, was of lovely richness, of tho sort usually described as being ''thick enough to cut with a knife." She made the excavation in tho ground of tho neces? sary size, and deposited her cream and covered it up. After twenty-four hours she unearthed it, und it was a ball of golden, hard, delicious butter, wanting only salt to make it perfect, and this she added with her own fair hands. There wero no traces of buttermilk; it had nil been absorbed through the pores of the cloth into tho earth. It is improbable that the young lady will go on making butter after this manner, but her method may indicate that fhere Is shortly to bo a revo? lution in the art of butter making. The new way has to recommend it a great sav? ing of labor, and, one would say, of care os well. In these wonderful days itis im? possible to prophesy what great and mo -. mcntous results may come from such a 'happening as this.?North Conway Cor. Boston Herald. POISON IN THE ASHES What the Mt. Lebanon Shakers Found?Incident in the His? tory of a Quiet Community.* The Mount Leb?non (New York) Shakers are a quiet com? munity, secluded from the fret and worry of the outside world They are widely known, how? ever, for their strict honor and probity in business. The. Shakers "believe that na? ture Las a remedy for every dis I ease. A few have been found? the rest are as yet unknown. Many wore discovered by acci? dent. Others came to light as the res;/it of patient experiment and research. Nervous Dyspepsuais acorn parativ'-iy new disease, growing out of ilija conditions of modern life. Ib h a joint affection of the digestive organs and of the nervo.;s system. These two were formerly treated as sepa? rate ailments, and it was left for the clear-sighted Shakers to prove that the basis of this terrible and often fetal compli? cation lies chiefly v\ the disord? ered ami depraved functions of digestion and nutrition. They reasoned thus:?<:Ii we can in? duce the stomach to do its work, and stimulate the excre? tive organs to drive out of the body the poisonous waste mat? ters which remain after the life giving elements of the food have been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous D}rs pepsia and Nervous Exhaust? ion. And they were Tight Knowing the infallible power of Shaker Extract (Seigel's Syrup) in less complicated though s i m i 1 a r diseases, they resolved to test it fully in tills. To leave no ground for doubt they prescribed the remedy in hundreds- of cases which hod been pronounced in? curable?with perfect success in every instance where their directions as to living and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex? haustion is a peculiarly Ameri? can disease. To a greater or less extent half the people of this country suffer from it? both sexes and all ages. In no country in the world, are there so many insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resulting from this alarming disease. Its leading symptoms are these: Frequent or continual head? ache ; a dull pain at the base of the brain; bad breath; nau? seous eructations; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat; a sense of oppress? ion and faintness at the pit of thestomach; flatulence; wake fulness and loss of sleep; dis? gust with food even when weak from the need of it; sticky or slimy matter on the teeth or in the mouth, especially on ris? ing in the morning; furred and coated tongue; dull eyes; cold hands and feet; constipation; diy or rough skin; inability to fix the mind on any labor call? ing for continuous attention; and oppressive and sad fore? bodings and fears. All this terrible ? group Shaker Extract (Seigel's Syrup) removes by its pos? itive, powerful, direct yet painless and gentle action upon the functions of digestion and assimilation. Those elements of the food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon their mission, while all waste matters (the ashes of life's fire) which unremoved, poison and kill, are expelled from the body through the bowels, kid? neys and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned and fed1 by the purified blood. ' As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings and power, returns to the suf? ferer who had, perhaps, aband? oned all hope of ever seeing nn other wrell day. DO YOU-WANT A DOG ? If so, send for DOG BUYERS' GUIDE, containing colored plates, 100 engravlnirs of different broods, prices they are worth, and where to bny than.- Directions for Training Dogs and Breeding Ferrets. Mailed for 15 Cents. Also Cuta of Dog Furnishing Goods of all kinds. ,)jARE YOU INTERESTED IN P.OULTRY ?f? Then sand for Practical POUL? TRY BOOK. 1O0 pages; bean tiful colored plate i engravings of nearly all kinds of fowls; descrip? tions of tho broods; how to caponize; plana for poultry bousos: information about incubators, and whero to buy E?k? from best stock nt Sl.?Q per Hlttin/r. ticat for 13 Cents. do^?^eert^G'eObirds n If so, son need the BOOK OF CAGE 1jikds. JLt) pngts. 150 Hlus Jra mai<>ns. BeantifuT colored plate. v?a Treatment and breeding of all lands Cage birds, for pleasure ana profit. Diseases and tbeir euro. How to bin Id and stock an Aviary. All about Parrots. Prices of I all kinds birds, caeca, etc. Mailed for l? (.'t.'iitu. ThoTatce Books, 40 Cts.' ASSOCIATED FANCIERS. ^Sontn?ighthStrect,PhlladelpUa,ra. | STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of rrobnte. WHEREAS, Emma E. Martin lias applied to nio to grant her letters of Ad? ministration on the Estato and oilects of W. A. Martin, deceased. These arc therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of tho said W. A. Martin, deceased, to bo and ap Eear before me in Court of Probato M be eld at Anderson Court House, or. cbo 20th day September, 1SS7, after publica? tion hereof to show cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this nth day of September, 1887. W. F. COX, Judge Probate. Scpl 8,lSh7 ? 2 . Application for Charter. "Vf OTICE is hereby given that an appli JJ\ cation has been liled with tho Work of tho Court for Anderson County for a charter for "The Pioneer Steam Piro En? gine Company." JAMES M. PAYNE, President. J. N. WATKINS, Secretary. Sopl8,1S87 5 5 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Picas. J. L. Tribble vs. Anna Feaster. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action?I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN" OCTOBER noxt, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situate in Fork Township, of Anderson County, S. C, adjoining lands of Mrs. Woolbrlght, Dr. W. K. Suarpe,-Holcombo and others, containing-acres, more or less. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 8, 1887_9_4 MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Andekson. In the Court of Ormmon Plcos. Wni. Burriss vs. J. R. Burton. PURSUANT to the Judgment of Fore-' closure in above case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. O, on SALEDAY IN OCTOBER the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situate in Ander? son County, S. C, containing 53 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of 0. A. Bur? ton, G. F. Burton, J. D. Burton and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept. 7,1887, 9 4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson Cou.mty. In the Court of Common Picas. Jno. B. Childers vs. Rachel Gambreil, et. al.?Action to Foreclose Mortgage. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action, I ^will sell at Anderson C. H., S. O, on 'SALEDAY IN OCTOBER next, the mortgaged premises described below, to wit: All that Tract of Land situated in An? derson County, S. C, containing twenty six (20) acres more or less, adjoining lands of E. F. Elrod. A. 0. Merrettand Copeland Merrett. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 7,1887_9_4 MASTER'S SALE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court Common Pleas. James M. Chamblee vs. James A. La timer. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action, I will soli at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTOBER next, the mortgaged promises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing 115 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, S. C, on Big Generostee Creek, adjoining lands of James M. Chamblee, R. T. Chamblee, Wm. T. McGregor, and others. Terms ok Sale?One-half cash, the re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 8, 1887_J)_4 MASTER'S SALE. i State of South Carolina, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Picas. O. H. P. Fant vs. A. Evins Brown and others. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTOBER next, the mortgaged premises below described to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing 80 acres, more or less, lying on both sides of the Columbia & Greenville Railroad, and on thp West side of Broadaway Creek in Broalaway Township of Anderson Coun? ty, S. O, adjoining lands of Sara'l. Brown S. N. Pearman and others. Terms of Sale?Cush. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 8, 1887_9_4_ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andekson County. In the Court Common Picas. Joseph N. Brown, as Guardian, vs. F. M. Wei born, et al. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above entitled action, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTOBER next, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situated in Wil liamston Township, of Anderson County, on waters of Saluda River, containing 203 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of T. F. Anderson, W. G. Whilden, Mrs. R. A. Allen, B. C. Hard and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 8,1887_9_4 MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Pleas. Wm. 8. Sharpe vs. T. T. Wakelield. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure herein, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTO? BER next, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing 249 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, S. O.j on waters of Twenty Throe Mile Crook, adjoining lands of tho late Joseph Eaton, deceased, Oliver Casey and others. ALSO, All that Tract adjoining the above, con? taining 50 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Win. Harper, David Watkina and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. ' W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sopt 8, 18S7 8 4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Picas. Thomas P. Smith, Mclvor & Co. vs. J. C. Shirley, M. E. Bufford, et al. PURSUANT to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTOBER next, the mortgage premi? ses below described, to wit: All the interest and estate of J. C. Shir? ley, H. B. Shirley, M. E. Bufford, Susan L. Smith and S. L. Smith in tin Real Es? tate of their late mother, Mrs. Sallie Shir? ley, deceased, containing 240 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, S. C, nn the road leading from Anderson to Craytonville, adjoining lands of T. W. Martin, Estate of W. R. Wilson, M. Mc Gee, Cudjo Thompson and others. Terms o f Sale -One-half cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Mastor. Sept 8,18S7 9 4 MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Mary L. Griflin vs. Joshua H. Acker, and others. PURSUANT to the order of sale in the above stated case, I will soli at An? derson C-H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN OCTOBER next, tho following described lands, the Real Estato of Newton Acker, deceased, to wit: Tract No. 3, containing 60 acres, more or less, situate in-Township, of Anderson County, S. O, adjoining lands of John Ragsdale, Elizabeth Acker, Tracts Nos.* 1,2 and 4. Tract No. 4, containing 70 acres, more or loss, adjoining above, and W. 8. Flem? ing, H. H. Acker, Mrs. Dr. Brown and John Ragsdale. Tcrnis of Sale?One-half cash, and re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, to be se? cured by bond and mortgage of the prem? ises, with leave to anticipate payaient. Purchasers to pay oxtra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Sept 8, 1887 9 4 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, Saw Hides, Otter and Mink Skins. Gall and see their Stock of Lamps, Silverware, ?er BEFORE BUYING. We also sell the Grea', 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 paus, and make all styles. We have bought the right to make and sell the STAGGS COFFEE PO? Come in and see it, and save the use of so much coffee, and have nice, clear coffee. Feb 17,;i887 32 THE LADIES' BEST FRIEND. Cosby's Hand Attachment for Sewing Machines! Can l>c Used on any Machine. AWAY with working Sewing Machines with your feet, when it brings ill health and finally death. The Cosby Hand Attachment relieves all pains and aches caused by sewing on Machines with your feet. The best Physicians Bay Sewing Machines kill more women than every other thing combined. Every Physician endorses the Cosby Hand Attachment. It is health and happiness to every household. Call on GEO. M. TOLLY, at Tolley's Furniture Store, and get an Attach ment for your Machine, aud save your wives, mothers and sisters' health. PRICE, $S.50. June 23,1887 GEO. M. TOLLY, Agent for Anderson County. 60 3m EARTHQUAKE AGAIN. . EOCHESTEE, N. Y./.September 15,1886. WE have made HILL.TADAMS & CO., of Anderson,"B. C, our Agents for the sale of our Ladies'.Fine Shoes. We make on the N. Y. Opt ra, 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 them> look when you want a Shoe and you will be pleased. We use the Gordian Patent Stay. Oct 7,1886 E. P. EEED & CO. Williamston Female College, Williamston, S. C. Rev. S. LANDER, A. M., D. D., Pres. THIS well known Institution, in her iCu year under the present manage? ment, still maintains ber high standard of scholarship, and extended curriculum, and is constantly improving her facilities and methods for the highest development and best training of the pupils committed to het care. The Fall Session, will open Monday, Sep? tember 12,1887, and continue 20 weeks. BATES PER BESSION. Board, exclusive of washing.?60 00 Regular Tuition, $12, $16 or. 20 00 Incidental Fee. 1 00 Library Fee.- 1 40 Special Music Lessons. 20 00 Instrument for Practice. 3 00 Jan 13,1887 27 Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, N. C. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the E. & D. E. E. passes through tbe grounds and with in 100 feet of the office. Salem trains make regular stops twice daily each way Those iuterested in Fruit aud Fruit grow? ing are cordially invited to inspect this the largest rmreery in the Slate and one among tbe 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 ~tb.e South, both native and foreign. Tbe 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 tbe same) tbe 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, Eussian pricot, 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 26,1887 46 6m JONES PAYStheFREICHT O Ton Waxon .Scalen, Iron I-cht?, Hi. d Hearing., Brau Tare Co na and Beam Hox for PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Bichmond & Danville B. B.v COLUMBIA ft GEEENVTLLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 14, 1886. (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. Lve Walhalla. Screes..... Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Lnurens. Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newborry^ Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... No. 52 7..'*5am 8.30 am 9.52 am COO am 10.45 am 8.45 am 9.40 am 12.f6pm 1.38 pm 8.06 pm 5.07 pm 9.15 pm Northbound. Lve. Columbia Newberry_ Ninety-Six Green wo'd Arr. Greenville Laurens'.. Abbeville Spart'nbr'g Anderson.. Seneca....... Walhalla... Atlanta_ 53. 11.00am 1X1 pm 2.13pm 2.69pm 5.40 pm 6.46pm 4.35pm 6.46 pm 4.50pm 6.02pm 6.85 pm 10.40pm No. 53 makes close connection for Atlant?, No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, G?n'l Pass. Agent. D. Cardwerl, Ass't Pass. Atf., Columbia, S. O gQL. Haas, Traffic Manager. ARBUCKLES' name on a package of COFFEE is a guarantee of excellence. ARI0SA COFFEE Is kept in all first-class stores from the Atlantic to the Pacific. COFFEE is never good when exposed to the air. Always buy thlsbrandinhermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES. PATENTS. WM. G. HENDERSON, Patent Attorney And Solioitor. OFFICER, 926 F STREET, P. O. Box 50. WASHINGTON, D. C Formerly nt the Examining Corps, \}\ S. Patent Office, Practices before tbe Patent Office, U. 8. Supreme Court and the Federal Courts. Opinions given as to scope, validity, and infringements of Patents. Information cheerfully and promptly furnished. Hand Books on Patents, with references annexed, FREE. June 9, 1887 ?Torr liie?cale. Tor free price U?i Kaution Uli. paper and addrew JONES OF BlNOKAMTO?, BIN Gil AMT ON. N. T. 48 eow8 PORT EOYAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect Aug. 21,1887?75th Meridian Time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. Except Sunday. Leave Anderson. 2 45 p m Leave Deans. 3 12 p m Leave Cooks. 3 39 p m Leave Lowndesville. 4 07 p m Leave Latimers. 1 35 p m Leave Hesters. 4 52 p m Leave Mt. Carmel.... 5 15 p m Leave Willington.... 5 30 p m Leave Bordeau. 5 45 p m Arrive McCorniick.. 6 15 p in Arrive Augusta. 8 30 p m Arrive Charleston... 6 15 a m Arrive Savannah.... 6 15 p in Arrive Jacksonville 12 00 m GOING NUKTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 30pra Leave Savannah. 8 10 p m Leave Charleston. 4 00am Leave Augusta. 7 50 a iu 7 35 a ra Leave McCorniick... 10 35 a m 10 05 am Leave Bordeau.11 06 a m Leave*Willington..v.ll 24 a m'. Leave Mt. Ci.rmel...ll 38 a m Leave Hesters.12 02 p m Leave Latimers.12 20 p m Leave Lowndesville.12 48 p m Leave Cooks.118 p m Leave Deans.1 45 p m Arrive Anderson.2 15 p m. Connects with train to and from Green? wood, Laurens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage ch 2cked to des tination. E. T. CHARLTON, G. P. A. W. W. 8TARR, Sunt., Augusta, Ga. Sunday Train. 3 30pm 3 52pm 412pm 135 p m 4 55 p ni 5 09 p in 5 22 p m 538pm 5 52 p m 0 15 p m 8 30 p m 0 15 a m 6 15am 12 00 m 10 32 a m 10 47 a m 1100 am 1119 a m 1134am 11 57 a m 12 22 pm 12 45 p m 110 p m ? Should ho nscil a few uicnths before conlnemcnt. Bend for book " Tc Mothers," mailed free. r.r.APriKi.n Emulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. MADAME DEAN'S Q. 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