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y B3UYIN8 BESPKBaTK; C05YICT8. A Knight ot tho Throttle Ami Death to Becover His Knclna, number of the engineers who are a> | tending the convention were sitting in ? the billiard-room at the Palmer House. The conversation had taken a reminiscent ^turn, and Bobert Heriot, ofLittle BocV V Ark.i related the following : . One of the most notable cases of reckless bravery : I ever saw occurred on tho Sunset route in Texas in 1875. I was a conductor at j ; that time, and had charge of a construc? tion train. Convicts did all of the work, - and an armed guard was stationed on ^ earii siu^)f the track to keep them from leaping.TJierefiwasa big force of the convicts?about one hundred if I remem? ber right?and about fifteen guards. The guards used to sit on nail kegs fifty feet ^rfrom'-'-the track, with umbrellas over ? their heads?-you know it gets pretty hot S down there?and with heavy breech loading shot guns across their laps. Those shotguns were deadly affairs. Be v fore they were adopted by the guards several daring convicts bad, at various / times, made a bold dash for the woods a and escaped the bullets from tho gutrds' >."rifles. But the introduction of the shot ^?guhB-stopped that sort of thing. They were loaded heavily, with "buckshot, and ' would drop a man up to 100 yards with? out iaii. My train was not far from the. j Brazos river when the incident occurred' that I am about to tell you. Chumley : ' was the engineer, and a braver man never , pntied a lever. . Among the convicts was a Texas Sheriff 1 who had been sentenced to two jean for - beating a man to death with a six-shoot? er. As it afterward turned out, tha : Sheriff was a pretty good engineer. ThisJ ; .-sheriff and another convict had put up ^^pjsporate plan of escape. Some time} during the morning they managed toj ?' pnll the pin between the engine and the: - train. About noon, and at a given aig ; nal, they dropped their shovels and made : a dash for the engine. They were in the Ocab and had tho throttle of the engine r wide open before a guard could shoot. Chumley and his fireman were lying on the ground u nder the sbade.qf altree, and : the first that Chumley knew anything 5^ wm wrong was when he heard, her ex haust Quicker^than I can tell it he was ; -dashing after the engine,} and before he : had made over> torn or" two he caught if -on behind. He climbed up on the tender ; r.andi as he hung with his hands over the ^-*PPi;: was uiet by one'of tbe'.convicts?not ! -the Sheriff, but the other one?who threatened to brain him with a stick of I wood unless he;dropped off. But Chum? ley wouldn't drop, and he would have been killed sure had not the Sheriff taken j his part He opened the box under ChumleyV seat, where Chumley had a six-shooter, took out the pistol, and cocking it told the other convict to drop j the wood or he would blow the top of his head off. Then he made the other con - ~ vict help Chumley up, but made him stay baclrbeyond the gangway. - "While* these things were going on ;. Chumley was between the convicts and ^^giiard8, so that they did not dare fire . fcheirjBhotgons, and a moment later ithe engine was out of range. Tho Sheriff ftonyict-engineer told Chumley thay would not harm him, but they wanted liberty ..and would not be thwarted.^'You must think a heap of this old engine to take. ..the chances you did to board her,'said ~> the Sheriff. 'Yes, I do love her,' answer? ed Chumley,. 'and I didn't want to see her golinto the didtch.' All this while the], engine was fairly flying. When : Chumley said he didn't want to see the engine in the ditch the convict smiled grimly and. said: 'I can bandle her as well as you~or any other nun.' They ? rah the ongine a few miles and Stopped in hie,heavy timber. The convict-engineer gp?^ h*T onto a dead center, shook ?'hands with Chumley,!and. a moment later the two convicts disappeared in the ^'woods. Catch em 1 ' Oh, no. Chumley ? ran her back to the train, and I tell you r. we were glad when we saw_her coming, "j and knew he was all right Ever hear ' of the convicts again ? I met the Sheriff j about two years ago. He is running! a {f cattle ranch, and is rich and prosperous, T and I wouldn't give him away. He knew y ; me at once, and didn't pretend to avoid : - me, but came right up and shook hands. : He inquired about Chumley the first - thing. I>ant to live my allotted time, and I don't think any man who sends that man back .to jail two years would be ?^alivei very long after he got out" Farming that Fays* :?. Mr.M.T. Holley, Jr., a most success ^-fttl young farmer of the*. Levels, at our ^peujuest'has given us for publication the - result of his farming operations this year. -^EQa nrm .lies about, two miles South of I Aiken, on what is known as the Levels. ;He planted in cotton last spring, using rV the Peterkin seed, between fifty and fifty - two acres, manuring with fertilizers, ^corjapost and cotton seed, and off this he has gathered fifty-nine bales averaging -: 467 pounds each. On eighteen acres he put 600 pounds;;of fertilizers and com glll&and 80 bushels of cotton seed to the . acre, and from this he gathered twenty four bales,; which goes to prove that heavy manuring pays, even on our , uplands.' On the balance of his cotton 'landhe put only about 800 pounds of; fertilizers and 15 bushels of cotton seed. With the exception of four bales, which Mr. Holley still holds, this cotton has all "been sold to the Granlteville . Manufacturing Company, where doubt* - ing Thomases, should there be any, can ^s?iXy_these figures, both as to the num? ber of bales sold and their weight. Mr. Holley is a firm believer in the use :; of fertilizers, and next year he proposes to reduce his acreage and increase the quan '-: tity of fertilizers, thus backing up his judgment by bis actions. , In addition to this fine yield of cotton, . Mr. Holley Ibas made all the corn and fodder that will be necessary for him to ^ run his farm another year. ^hafc has been accomplished by Mr. y can be accomplished by others. acreait*16 n0 *>etter than hundreds of I h inanuro iunoand him' bat he r instead of h&?nd P08^ hi< ?"p h? made mo^.facroppushbim. Hj his permission to g^ we wiah *f his farm this year, litt? n?t profits on although the figures ?fc ? h?? not, aioo. Suffice it to say tbPar posses tonng pays.-frw? the AiB$a M? ami Review. _y**1 ? Two bright New Jersey yo?K^ Women, dissatisfied with the money they made teaching, invested $50 in poultry. Iho first year their profits were $1,000, 4he second $0,000. Begulatlig Trade In Eggs. At the national convention of the Butter, Cheese and Egg Association, to take place at Manchester, la., this month, a resolution will be introduced by a prominent member of the New York trade which will embody a plan for the future sale of eggs by weight, Those who agitate for the change say that the dishonest farmer speculates in eggs by salting, mealing or holding them for an advance in price and then fraudulently sells them as fresh laid to the buyers or shippers. The latter again retain tbem for a time, short or long, as it may be, before passing them along to the receiver in the east, who again retains them sub? ject to an advantageous sale. The jobber coming next on the list, in order to make a greater profit than is legitimate, will buy these now stale eggs and mix them with more honestly handled eggs, and in that shape they may reach the consumer through the retailer. Naturally this manner of selling eggs reacts on and dis? courages the honest producer in the fact that the consumption of his products are becoming more and more restricted as j this system of egg manipulation is grow- j ing better known to the public The honest producer and the- consumer are the real victims' of this questionable : practice. It if argued, therefore, that the prosperity of the trade depends upon' substituting the weight of twenty-four ounces for tea eggs as a standard or quality of ?alue, Instead of dealing; by mere count, as at present. In this way the consumer coold judge for himself the quality and value of a purchase, and this fact will encourage him to buy freely. Birds' and guinea hens' eggs will, when sold by actual. weight, become. mere curiosities in the .market, instead of being, as now, sold as food. -???-.-? p: Hair Growing After Death. ; Sitting in the office of the Comptroller of; the Treasury the other day were two gentlemen waiting for the preparation of "some document which the bureau was just about compiling. On the wall op? posite hang a fine oil portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the first Comptroller, showing him as a handsome, florid faced man, without. beard and with bead partially bald. "That doesn't look mach as he did a year ago," said one of them, noting the handsome portrait "A year ago; why, he has been dead these ten. years, or more, hasn't he?" "Yes,' eighteen of them. Yet I saw him only a year ago with full beard aod a foil head of hair, very different from the picture yon see before us." '?What do you mean?" "Simply this: I was present when hi* remains were taken from Oak View cem? etery for transmission to. Cincinnati a year ago. Although seventeen years had elapsed, the remains were still in an al? most perfect state. The features were entirely distinguishable to those who knew him in life. The clothing was in a perfect state of preservation. The prin? cipal changes were that the face was dark, aod instead-of being smooth, as was his custom in life, was covered with a full growth of beard, two inches or so in length and mixed with gray. The head, which yon see was bald in life, was covered with a foil salt of hair, partly gr." _ Painless Death lor Marderers? Alb ant, December 15.?A commis missiou was appointed in the Legislature, session of 1886, to report to that of 1887 on the most humane method of capital punishment. The commission consisted of Elbridge T. Gerry, of New York City ; Matthew Hale, the eminent lawyer ot this city, aod Dr. Southwick, an eminent surgeon of Buffalo. Owing to the absence of Mr. Gerry in Europe daring part of last year, the commission obtained' a postponement of the date of reporting to the Legislature for one year. They are now required to report on this sub? ject not later than the third week in Jan? uary next. -They have had one meeting in New York city, last month, and will have another and final ooe to adopt a report early in January. The commis? sion is now understood to be wholly in favor of some electrical mode of execut? ing death sentences. Mr. Hale, who last year said he "cherished a personal pref? erence for the old-fashioned method," [now says that he has learned enough j from the researches of bis brother com - ! missioners to incline him to the electrical system. He believes that it is absolutely instantaneous, and therefore painless. Dr. Southwick hss been making various, experiments daring the summer upon dogs in the pound at Buffalo, and claims to have demonstrated that ;it is so pain? less that hardly the tension of a muscle follows its application. It Iis quicker than even the nerve communication with the brain, by which pain'.is felt Mr. Gerry Is preparing a paper giving an account of all the ancient and modern modes of official killing. Mr. Hale intends to submit a |compilatio'n of the opinions, suggestions and experiences which the commission, with great labor, have collected. Reporters who have witnessed hangings, physicians who have had large experience in counting the dying poises of the hanged, and a man who was hanged by a mob aod resuscita? ted, will contribute to thisTeport The The literature of the commission will be as interesting as De Quincey's essay on "Marder as a Fine Art" Gen. Lougstreef s Pension. Atlanta, Ga? Dec. 13.?At the last session of the Legislature a bill was passed making provision for the award? ing of various sums to wounded Confed? erate veterans. The list of those applying for such as? sistance has been surprisingly large, and to-day the Governor was in receipt of a letter from the famous General James Loogstreet, now residing at Gainesville, who wrote for the small amount allowed for wounds in the arm. The noted commander of the Confed? erate First Corps, while leading his di? vision tt the second day's battle in the Wilderness, was shot in the right arm, in the neighborhood of the shoulder. The wound nas prevented him from en Sfiog in any laborious pursuits since e war. He is close on to seventy years of age, wrecked physically and in com? paratively poor circumstances. His present appearance offers a sad contrast him in and out of the^saddle, anf made him the pride of his men and the object of commanding attention. The General's connections are compar? atively wealthy, and would never permit him to become dependent upon either county or State for maintenance; but he was determined to secure, at this late day, some pecuniary recognition of . his valor. A knot of veterans were in the Gov? ernor's office when the letter was received, and many were the reminiscences related of Longstrect's bravery. Bnoklen's Amies Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup? tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. i esvTbe peanut harvest in Virginia is (! peauved at 1,000,000 bushels, and nine ibr marstories clean and sort the nuts, Confederate Veterans Indignant* The Confederate veterans, who bear as honorable evidences of their service wounds and scars, or perhaps have lost an arm or leg on the battle field, feel justly indignant over the report of state meats made regarding them by Mr. Ellis G. Graydon, of Abbeville, who was an unsuccessful candidate for Circuit Judge against Judge Norton, who is himself a one-armed veteran. The Register'* reporter traced the report to the source and found the fol? lowing to be the facts: Last week, Fri? day, in the office of the Grand Central Hotel, Mr. Graydon, Colonel Irby, of Laurens, Mr. Gasque, of Marion, one of the doorkeepers of the House, were sit? ting io conversation, the Confederate pension bill being the topic thereof. In the talk Mr. Graydon used words to the effect that it would be a good thing for the State if all the scarred and crippled Confederate soldiers were dead and out of the way, as they now run for offices they were not competent to fill and were elected by sympathy. Mr. Gasque, on whose authority this statement is-made, and who is himself crippled in one arm by service in the war, was so justly offended that he rose and left the place, lest he* be tempted to forcibly show his indignation. It is due Mr. Graydon to say that it has been since stated by him that his words were spoken in jest, but this expla? nation is not sufficient and there is good reason for the feeling of indignation which, as has been said, prevails among all Confederates who have heard of bis language. He should hasten to repudiate such sentiments if he ever uttered or maintained them, and he will find it dif? ficult to make those who properly were the veteraos who gallantly risked wounds and loss of limb and life itself in the Confederacy, believe that even in jest such words as those reported coming from his lips should be tolerated without emphatic condemnation of him who Utter-**1 them.? Columbia Register. an emphatic denial. lb the Editor of the Newt and Courier : My attention has been called to an arti? cle in your paper of December 13, headed "A Youth who finds Veterans in his way," &c. The article almost pro? vokes a smile in spite of the gravity of the charges made against me. At the Grand Central Hotel in Colum? bia, on last Friday, (not io the House of Representatives,) in. a conversation between two friends and myself, some? thing was said by one of them in a jocu? lar way about men who have been elected to office in this State solely because they bad received wounds in the Confederate service, and who had not another quali? fication for office. I replied in the same manner, in substance, that it would be better for the State if all such battle scarred veterans were dead politically. One of them said he thought it a very honorable sentiment to reward with office men who had been maimed in the war. I said yes, I think so too, other things being equal; but that fr et should not be allowed to outweigh every other consideration and put men into offices who are utterly incompetent to discharge their duties. If this be treason, then I am a traitor. The article referred to would make it appear that I deliberately insulted a maimed Confederate veteran, who is an office holder. I was talking to my two friends, and did not know such a man' was in earshot I may state also that one of the men I was talking to is an Ex Confederate soldier. He did not take any offence at it because he knew none was intended to him or anybody else. If any one who knows me or who does not know, me is foolish enough to think that I could say a word or entertain a thought disrespectful to a Confederate soldier, I ask him to consider these facts: My father was a Confederate soldier. Only a few months ago he joined the silent majority. At the beginning of the war I had eight uncles, tbe only mem* bera of my family old enough to go into the army. One of them was a chaplain of a regiment the other seven fought in the ranks. One of tbem has died since tbe war. the result in part of wounds received in battle. Two of them survive with their bodies covered with scars made by tninnie balls. One of these has. dis? charged for eleven years tbe duties of an important office to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Tbe bones of the other four lie bleaching on the battle? fields of Tennessee and Virginia. How many families in South Carolina can show a better record? I trust you will repair tbe injury done me as far as possible by publishing this communication, and that any newspapers which have copied.it will copy this also. Ellis G. Geaydon. Abbeville, S. C,, December 14,1?87. the facts in the geaydon matter. Editor Register: In reply to the denial made by Mr. Ellis G. Graydon in tbe News and Courier of December 16th, I desire to make the following statement: On last week, Friday morning, Colo? nel J. L. M. Irby and myself were seated in conversation at the Grand Cen? tral Hotel, when Mr. Graydon and another gentleman took seats near us. The conversation turned upon the last campaign, and the gentleman who joined us with Mr. Graydon remarked concerning the failure of tbe candidates to meet issues squarely, and complimen? ted Mr. Graydon for belog an exception to that rule. Something was said about putting wounded soldiers in office, and Mr. Graydon said that- he thought it would be a good thing-for the State if .all tbe scarred and wounded Confederate soldiers were dead, because they were often elected through sympathy to posi? tions which they were incompetent to fill. I immediately arose and left, to avoid replying in tbe anger engendered by the remark. I spoke of it to several persons, among them the Sergeant-at Arms of the House, who mentioned it to Mr. W. D. Mars, a friend of Mr. Gray? don. Mr. Mars saw Mr. Graydon and returned and told me that Mr. Graydon said he was misunderstood; that it was said in pleasantry. I refer to Colonel Irby and Colonel J. D. Brown, Sergeant at-Arms, and to Mr. YV. D. Mars, to substantiate tbe statements with which I connect tbem herein. I do not mean to say that Mr. Graydon made the aforesaid statement seriously, although I so understood him. I am sure he made it substantially as I have given it, and that the word "politically" used by him in bis said denial was not in it I do not know what he said in ex? planation or otherwise of this remark after I left. He is a gentleman of character, whom I have known well and and favorably for some time, and I was greatly surprised at the utterance, and attributed it to the ebullition of passion engendered by tbe suggestion of the in competency of Confederates now in office. I had and have no reason or de? sire to injure him in any way, but natu? rally felt indignant at any remark which might be derogatory to tbe wounded Confederate soldiers of our State, one of whom I am. W. B. R. Gasque. Columbia, S. 0., December 16,1887. ? The young lady who burst into tears has been put together again and is now wearing hoops to prevent a recur? rence of the accident. ? A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down. ? Georgia started, built and conducted the first woman's college in th***w%hi ABOUT PAPER MONET FRACTIONAL CURRENCY IN DEMAND AT TWENTY TIMES FACE VALUE. Bat little Profit In Holding On to Coo* federate Scrip?Tho Continental Cox. renejr-?Issne* ?f State Paper In Demand bjr Collectors. "If any of the holders of confederate money hope that it will eventually reach par, or anything like It, as a curiosity, they will have a long time to wait," said a veteran coin collector. "Tho Continen? tal currency Issued by authority of the congress of the United States -ells today ?that is a considerable quantity of it does?at less than a cent on the dollar of face value. The $80 hill issued under resolution of May 10, 1773, can now bs bought for 25 cents. The $2 bill of the same date is also worth 29 cents. I? other words, the face value of the bill has no relation whatever to its value as a curiosity. "Probably the nearest that any Conti* nental currency known to be for sale at all comes to par is in the case of the $4 and $5 hills printed under resolution of congress at Yorktown April 11, 1778. The $4 hill with a boar and spear brings $ 3 if in fine condition, and the $5 bill with a hand and b.ush also $3 if in good condition. "Certain very small bills, owing to com? parative rarity, bring more than some bills of very high denominations. "A great many people have held on very tenaciously to the Continental currency, in the expectation that it would be redeemed at par, and every now and then somebody sends on his collection to Washington demanding payment, only to be met by a sebuff in some form or another. Even now the quantity of Continental money In the market is not unfrequently aug? mented from the hoard of some departed veteran whose father or family may hove given full value for it in times long gono by, and who has kept it sooner than part with it for a song as a curiosity. The heirs, however, having i more ?'practical and less sanguine view of tho .ubject, are generally willing to let the stuff go at col? lectors' rates, and the garret or trunk that has known it for so many years knows it no more." ; STATE ISSUES, "How about the state issues of paper money?" "They are of considerably more value, as a rule, than the United States or Con? tinental money, being much rarer, es pecially if Issued in tho colonial period. For stance, a Connecticut five' shilling bill oi 1764 is worth $2; a one shilling and threepence of the same date is worth the same amount; a twopence of 1777 is worth $1.50, and so forth. The Delaware bills, many of which were printed by Franklin, are more common and less costly. Georgia issues are scarce and costly, a $20 bill, however, being worth just the same as a quarter of a dollar?$2. One of these, which represents a tree forcing a millstone upward by its growth, is' interesting and suggestive, the motto also al'uding to the growth of the colonies, not' rithstanding the oppression of England. It would be eminently appropriate, just ej present, for Ireland. Maryland bills are not so rare. "A claim for ?340 against the common? wealth of Massachusetts, Issued under authority Of that state In January, 1780, can be purchased for the moderate sum of $2. The treasurer of the commonwealth would, however, doubtless refuse to honor it if presented. On the other band a Massachusetts bill for twopence, with a pillars and codfish design, but no beans, is also worth $3, which illustrates more plainly, perhaps, than any other compari? son, how utterly the matter of face Value is ignored in Revolutionary currency. "New York money of the revolution brings quite a fair figure, a bill signed by Abraham Brinckerhoff for half a Spanish milled dollar, Sept 2,1775, being worth $2. Indeed, with the exception of a few ?5 and ?10 issues, most New York money, .colonial and revolutionary, is worth more than or about its face value. Interesting Issues are those of the New York water works, running from 1774 to 1776 inclu? sive. As curiosities these bills are worth, in some cases more than In others, close to the original value. As to present val? ues, the New York issues present a favor? able contrast to those of most other origi? nal states. INTERESTING READING. "For inscriptions North Carolina cur? rency takes the prize. If King George ever got hold of any of the currency of that state it must have been interesting reading. It is, however, rather calcu? lated to arouse mixed feelings to see a $10 bill with the inscription 'American Union Forever* going for fifty cents, while a $40 bill reminds Americans of the cost of championing 'Freedom of Speech and Lib? erty of the Press' by a scald of just $39. "A Virginia bill of $800, Issued for army clothes, is worth only the moderate sum of $2, while $500 bills of the same commonwealth, set afloat in 1780, bring only fifty cents apiece. A Virginia $1,000 bill of 1781 is ratedf se from $1 to $1.50, and a $2,000 bill of the same year, but a later issue, is worth $1.50 to $2. Virginia appears to have gone in more heavily than any other state on bills of large denomi? nations. -"The worth of Confederate money as a curiosity, like that of Continental cur? rency, bears no relation to its face value. The possessor of one of the very few Confederate silver half dollars, struck off about the beginning of the rebellion, rates its value at $1,000. On the other hand, a Confederate $500 bill with a picture of Stonewall Jackson is worth just twenty five cents. A $100 bill with the head of Mrs. Jefferson Davis can be bought for fifty cents. There is not a Confederate bill in existence, whatever its face value, worth more than $1. . None of the state Issues of the Confederacy reach $1 in value, although five and ten cent shin plasters of Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina bring fifteen cents apiece among collectors. "In the dart days of the war even the most enthusiastic Unionist could hardly have anticipated that within a quarter of a century five cents of United States frac? tional currency would be worth from fifty cents to $1, or from ten to twenty times the lawful value. Such, however, is the fact as to the series of 1862, while certain specimens of all the issues aro largely in demand at high prices."?New York Sun. Hearts of Great Men. The relic preserved as Shelly's heart Is now commonly believed to be his liver, and the assertion is made that Napoleon's heart at the Invalides Is, in fact, no part of the "Little Corporal's" anatomy. The doctors who made the autopsy of his body were interrupted, so the story goes, by nightfall, and on returning found that hia heart was devoured by rats, whereupon a sheep's heart was substituted. This Btory, however, is pronounced entirely un? true, ?New York Sun._ An Overcrowded Profession. "The reason why there is such a rush of lawyers for every judicial and legal office that becomes vacant is plain enough," said a lawyer. "The profession is overcrowded. Lawyers, like most other men, prefer the sweets of earning their livings independently, to the obligations of a salaried office. But the temptation to make a try for an office worth any? where above $5,000 a year is strong. to a man who knows the chances are against his earning that much in bis profession. It Is the wish to live comfortably more than the desire for honors that actuates him. There aro over 1,500 lawyers in Chicago. Take out the Trumbulls, Knickerbockers, Jewette, Goudys, Swetts, Fullen, Bisbees, and a few score others, and how many earn $5,000 a year' How many earn $3,000? How many half of that sum? There is more and more a dis? position to settle commercial disputes privately. Big cases are scarcer. And in criminal law all the rich professional criminals who fought desperately are dead, exiled or in prison. The bar pre? sents few attractions. Why, I knew one young man who used to sit day after day la his office waiting clients and at night drive a hansom cab to live."?Chicago News. Hero of a Besemblance. Of all the reflex celebrities, the man who looks or thinks he looks like the lato President Arthur, and who travels on the strength of auch resemblance, is the mo;; complacent. He is large and florid, and he wears his whiskers and mustache after the manner of tho late president. He made quite a reputation in Broadway saloons and cafes wolle the late Gen. Arthur was alive, and, on the death of that distinguished and amiable gentleman, he had the good taste to stay under cover for a mouth or two. Now, however, he is abroad again, posing as the hero of a chance resemblance, and smiling when ho is alluded to as the "ghost."?New York Sun. ~ jfoEARM3 OP THE RI0H."~ZI Wealthy Men Who Have a BI? Stock ol Gum on Hand In Gun Storago Booms. In 8 dingy little workshop near Univer? sity pjftce two men were busy one day last week cleaning tho barrel of a shotgun. They were hearty looking Scots and worked slowly, stopping at short intervals to take ft (particularly long pull at their black brlarwood pipes and to eye their work critically. Piled up on the shelves around the room and against the wall were many leather gun cases, with tags bearing; the names of their owners at? tached to them. As I stood watching the two men I read some of these names and was surprised to see such prominent ones as James Gordon Bennett, William E. Vanderbilt and many others that I have since forgotten. "All here for repairs?" I inquired. "Oh, no," replied one of the bonny Scota, shutting his lips tightly immediate? ly afterward, as if to prevent any secrets from escaping. "What are they here for, then?" I per "On Btorage," said the second Scotch? man. "We take fine guns on storage, keep them In good repair and send them to the owners when they get ready for them." It is the only place of the kind in New York and probably in the country. Even in Europe it is a question whether such a thing exists. The wealthy gentlemen and nobles who have large country estates on the continent and to England have, so to speak, their private arsenals and armorers. Here they /keep their firearms, certain that they wcDl be preserved and ready for use at any time. They can well afford to do this, as they need not go far to do their shooting, and may have occasion to do it at a very short notice. In this country, however, where large estates stocked with game are unknown and a shooting trip takes time and prepa? ration, such private arsenals are not needed. Even the wealthiest and most extravagant do not And it necessary to employ private armorers, and most sports? men take delight in cleaning and putting away their own guns. Some though, who have great demands upon their time either because of social or business cares, cannot afford or do not care to bother with the. work, and it is for them that this gun storage business was begun by the two Scotch brothers. As they are first class workmen and very independent, only the wealthy sports? men can afford to deal with them. They have conducted: this business for many years, and In that time have been associ? ated with all the prominent New Yorkers of sporting proclivities and have learned a great many of their characteristics. The trust reposed in them, is very great, as the guns are all valuable and are sometimes left in their care for years. Such is the case, for instance, with some of the fire? arms belonging to James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of. The Herald. The duel? ing pistols which this gentleman Intended to use in his famous encounter with Fred May have lain in their leather case on a shelf in the storage room on University place for several years.?Now York MaU and Express. Jefferson and His Descendants. Jefferson received very little from the United States for his services, and con? gress bought his library for $23,000, which was not more than half what it cost. There were Bixteen four horse wagon *Ioads of books, and they were carted by team from Monticello to the CapitoL During his last year! he tried to dispose of Monticello by a lottery scheme. A . paper advertising this contains a letter from Jefferson, written in 1820, in which he hopes that the legislature of Virginia will permit him to sell his property in this way, as he wants to- leave something to his family. The advertisement of the lot? tery, which was made after Jefferson's death, states that the tickets are to be $10 each, and estimates the three estates given as prizes at $112,500, and states that there mil be 11,477 blanks. It states that Monticello is the best private estate in the country, and estimates that it took 750,000 bricks to build its residence. Thomas Jefferson was? however, a very extravagant man. He never learned tho secret ot wealth in keeping his expenses below his income, and he allowed his managers to cheat Urn. A great part of his fortune went intd the stomachs of his friends, and his tables consumed more than $11,000 worth cf wines during apart of his presidency. He ran behind his in? come while he was In the White House right along, and when he retired to K v ticello he kept a f rte hotel for all who came. At times them were more than a score of horses kept in his stables, each of which represented one or more visitors, and he entertained people who had no claim upon him and who came to see him entirely out of curiosity. He was an im? practical man in many ways, though a wise statesman; and itte sold that he had in 1793 10,000 acres of good land, 154 slaves, 84 horses, 5 mules, 249 cattle, 390 hogs and 3 sheep. Still his best lands only produced eight bushels .of wheat to the acre, and his average was about five bushels of wheat and ten bushels of corn. He was In debt during nearly the whole of his life, and, like most presidents, he had not the faculty of making money. There are a great number of the Jeffer? son family living, though no grandchil? dren. At the time of thfc war there were forty of Jefferson's direct descendants in the two armies. Martha Jefferson had thirteen children, and several of Jeffer? son's other descendants have had families of twelve. One of the daughters married an Eppes, and there is a Large branch of this family in Florida today.?Carpenter's Letter from Washington. I Disturbing Influences of "induction." The chief practical difficulties in work? ing the telephone are due to the fact that when an electric current is jpassing along a wire it has the property of producing a current of opposite character in any wire in its vicinity. This is what is known as induction, and it is owing to this faculty that the words spoken on ode wire can be overheard on an adjoining one. If the neighboring wire should bei telegraphic, the feeble current of tho telephone is over? powered by its stronger neighbor, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to catch the transmitted words amid the din?com? pared to the noise ot a pot boiling?caused by the telegraph. Still more fatal to all telephonic -com? munication is the presence of . an electric lighting system in .the vicinity of tele? phone wires, the powerful current neces? sary for lighting purposes causing "an in? cessant roar that renders speech an im? possibility." Many plans have been tried for overcoming the unpleastnt conse? quences of induction, the mostbuccessful of these being that of using an additional return wire instead of utilizing the earth for the completion of the circuit. The two wires are placed in close proximity, with the result that the distorting influ? ence is completely neutralized.?Iron and Steel Trades Journal. Dangerous Amateur Remedies. Purgatives are a bane. The most dan? gerous of all are salts and castoj oil. A great quantity of either can be benight for very little money, and this cheapness is at the bottom of many of our physical wrecks among the poor. Tho most potent breaker up of constitutions is thefceidlitz powder. It is the pleasantest to tht palate after one has once accustomed himself to the smothering sensation, and is sd handy to have a boxful in the tedroom. That box is Pandora's. Unless used with moderation the seidlitz powder is a woeful weakener of the human system, and paves the way for almost every known ill Es? pecially the aged should never touch it or rochello salts or castor oil, unless with the approval of a physician. Above all, there should be an operative moral law o|ainst women, who so banker for the chance to play doctor outside of their own families, recommending purges to the sick of their own sex. These amateur remedies have complicated the work of the regular phy? sician in thousands of cases, and oavo often been the remote cause of death.? New York Times. Where He Fooled Himself. A man dishonest enough to engage to do work, take pay for it, and then nob do it, would be commonly supposed to be equal to any kind of thieving, provided the chances for discovery seemed slight. But-such a fellow missed a rare chance the other day. He took a carpet from a house to clean and brought it back with? out ever having opened it. The womln who waB to put it down judged by tie dirt that this was the case, but when y found a diamond stud among the dirt .-t hod the unanswerable testimony. >. member of the family had lost the dtufl six months previous. What could :t more delicious than the expression of ih-y rascal's face when confronted with such evidence of his knavery?and a lost opl portunity??Boston Herald. 1 What Is this Disease that Is Coming Upon Us? like a thief at night it steals in upon us unawares. The pa? tients have pains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially 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 and clammy. After a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attend? ed with a greenish-colored ex? pectoration. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After a time he becomes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirl? ing sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bow? els become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the urine is scanty and high colored, de? positing a sediment after stand? ing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, some? times with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is frequently at? tended with palpitation of the heart; the vision becomes im? paired, with spots before the ayes; there is a feeling of great prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our popu? lation has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has T^een found that phy? sicians have mistakenthe cause of this disease. Seme have treated it for a liver complaint, others for kidney disease, etc*., etc., but none of these kinds of treatment have beer attended with success; for it is really constipation and dysoepsia. It is also found that Shaker Ex? tract of Roots, or Mother Sei >el's Curative Syiup, when properly prepared wul remove this disease in all its stages. Care must be taken, however, to secure the genuine article. IT WILL SELL BETTES THAW COTTON. Mr. John C. Heniptinstall, of Chulafirmee, Cleburn Co., Ala., writes: "My wife has been so much benefited ? by Shaker Extract of Roots or 3eigel"s Syrup that she says she would rather be without part of her food than without the medicine. It has done her more good than the doctors and all other medicines put together. I would ride twenty miles to get it into the hands of any suf? ferer if he can get it in no other way. I believe it will soon sell in this State better than cotton. TESTDIONT FROM TEXAS. Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Varner, Ripley Co., Mo., writes that she had been long afflicted with dyspepsia and disease of the urinary organs and was cured by Shaker Extract of Roots. Rev. J. J. McGuire, merchant, of the same place, who sold Mrs. Bartoft the medicine, says he has sold it for four years and never knew it to fail. SHE WAS ALMOST DEAD I was so low with dyspep? sia that there was not a phy? sician to be found who could do anything with me. 1 had fluttering of the heart and swimming of the head. One day I read your pamphlet called "Life Among the Shakers" which described my disease better than I could myself. I tried the Shaker Extract of Roots and kept on with it until to-day I rejoice in good health. Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier, Muhlenburg Co., Ky. For sale by all Druggists, or address the proprietor, A J. White, Limited, 54 Warren St., New York.... * . ,. 1888-PresidentialYear:1888 TO KEEP POSTED ON POLITICS Subscribe for tbe ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Greatest and Cheapest Family Journal In tbe United States. An Impartial Epitome every week of | eacb State's political movements. The Foreign Department is unequalled. Latent and most accurate Cable Specials by the Commer? cial Cables. Fullest Telegraphic Reports of all Current Events. SPECIAL FEAURES : Practical Farming, The advance of Science, Woman's Work, Notable Sermons, Short 8tories, The World of Literature and Art, Information on all Subjects. Address: JAMES GORDON BENNETT, New York Herald, New York City. Dec 15, 18S7 23 The Season for House Furnishing and Renishing is now at hand ! I * JOHN E. PEOPLES ICO. Are now prepared with an entire Sew Stjto offer a perfect Jubilee for Housekeeper! and lovers of "Santa Claus!" i kilf Ei KITCHEN WARE in Tin, Wood and Iron, including all k?of Kitchen Cooking Utensils. CROCKERY WARE in Dinner and Breakfast, and TEAWArJ the Set or single piece. GLASS WARE, in all shapes, colors and quality. KEROSENE STOVES and LAMPS, from the cheapest gradl the most Artistic Table and Hanging Lamps made. Hanging Lamps a special SILVER PLATED WARE?finest grades of "Rogers" make. A large lot of WAGONS, and the best assortment of? \ CHRISTMAS GOODS Have arrived, and will be sold lower than the lowest We invite everybody to come and get prices before buying. We buy REMNANTS OF SEED and LINT COTTON in legal k Oct 27,1887 JOHN E. PEOPLES 16 PLEASE READ THIS NOTE , I HAVE RECEIVED MY FALL AND WINTER GOOD J HAVE A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF? Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Wooden Ware, Crockery and Glass Ware, Sugar , Coffee, New Crop New Orleans Molasses, very fine, Flour, Bra And other Goods too numerous to mention in this advertisement. I have Goods forty-eight years, and I can say that the CHARLOTTESVILLtiO?LEN MILLS makes the best CASSIMERE I ever sold, and the BAY STATE SEB which I sell are the best Shoes I ever sold. So if you want the best wearing Cas?res and Jeans, and the best Shoe you ever wore, come and see me and supply yours] FINE TEA and COFFEE a specialty. 1 I will sell Goods as low as any bouse iu the City will sell the same qua] MONEY NOTICE. IF you owe me for Merchandise or Guano bring on your Cotton and sei h selling Oct 27,1887 A. B. TOWERS No. 4 Granite Row, Anderso). O BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, CANOPY TOP PH/ETONS, DOCTOR'S PHOTONS, SURREYS; ROAD CARTS, B?CKBOARDS, WAG0?S. WOULD call attention tolhe LARGE and ATTRAC TVE stock of VEHICiES now in my ReposiUy, and to arrive. I sell the handsome and reliable lork made in Columbus, Ohio, andrepresent nearly all the Companies at that place.. Vill call especial attention to the od, reliable? s COLCMBUS BUGGY I can give you. The best mateial, workmanship, and most superior finish. The light est roomiest, easiest running, kost stylish Carriages and Phastons in tbe market. ' have several styles of Road Carl and Buckboards. Will sell the EASIEST RUNNINC and RIDING CART in the woti. They are perfectly balanced when on the road. I sell Buggies any style, kid, grade or price, to vary from $40.00 to tbe highest pric Bueeysold. Also, represent th STANDARD WAGON CO. of Cincinnati, Ohio headquarters for reliable, cheapl/ork. ALL WORK GUARANTEED as represent 61 MILB?RN A* OLD HICKORY WAGONS. I am not doing business for in, but am satisfied that I can seH you anything yoi want, if you will look at my? ELEGANT STOCI OF HAND MADE HARNESS. ~"~ 1 know they are hand mdc, because every stitch is made in my own Sto^c SINGLE HARNESS, DOUBiE HARNESS, STAGE HARNESS, and any klm or part of Harness you may wan All stock carefully selected, and made by JOSEP? MARTIN, the most expert worhan in the up-country. Any kind of Repairs on Hai ness done with neatness and dispicb, LAP ROBES, WHIPS. IUGGY UMBRELLAS, SADDLES, BRIDLES HAMES, COLLARS, and eveithing else in the Harness line. Don't forget my Stablerhen you come to Town. Call and see me, and Irill convince you that I mean what I say. J. B FOWLER. May 19.1887 45 BARTON & TOWNSEND, CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS, jND DEALERS IN Lumber, Shingle, Mouldngs, bors, Sash and Blinds. BE SURE and see upefore you buy whai you want. We will save yoa money. Sept 15,1887 10 500i BUSHELS I ? Winter Grazing ats, Seed Barles SeedjrY"heat, j>eed Rye, Clover and Grass Seeds. Magnolia Hams, \ Country pirns, I Active Soap. FRESH FAMILY ROGERIES BY EVERY TRAIN. Sept 1,1887 b. f. crayton & sons. 8 "N VIEW OF AN IMMENSE K.LL TRADE we have added a full line of? DRY g|)DS and NOTIONS, (Bought in Northern markets witbash, and Cash only,) in addition to our full stock groceries, Hardware, cutlery, 'BOOTS and SHOES. We sell the m Wagon on the market, WHEELER'S PATENT?eight 1 irings instead of four. We are agents for the largest Buggy Man iacturers in the world ! Have descriptive catalogues, cuts d prices to suit everybody. Sell only upon orders, and save you ten dollars on cver^b?guaranteeing satisfaction. watsox & sox. Sept ZBfpXXT n No. 1 Brick Range, Anderson, jg-C am HYGEIA. 99 A. Wonderful Discovery? Tobacco an Aid to Health! ANEW TOBACCO, manufactured by Tbos. C. Williams & Ca, Richmond, under a formula prepared by Prof. C. Mallett, of the University of Virginia. \nti-MalarIal! Anti-Dvapeptlo A Good Nervine and Tonic I And an excellent Chew! For particulars of its virtues call for cer? tificates at the following places, where the Tobacco can be had: B. F. Crayton & Co., Anderson, S. C. A. B. Towers, M " Hill, Adams & Co., " M Cunnjngham Bros., " 11 L. 8harpe, " " Brownlee & Brown, " " A. B. Carpenter, Pelzer, 8. C. Nesbitt & Trowbridge, Piedmont, 8. C. James Hunter & Sons, Pen diet-on, S. C. Sept 1,1887_8_4m THE WITH a view of filling a long-felt want in Anderson, a First Class Restau? rant has been opened in the Masonic build? ing, where the public can always get a good meal. The patronage of the Ladies is also solicited. The Restaurant will be presided over by Mrs. Margaret Harris, who has had con? siderable experience in the business, and the mere mention of her name is a suffi? cient guarantee that everything will be served in the best and most palatable style. The table will be supplied with the best the market affords. Meals at all hours, at the low price of 25 cents a meal. Sept 22,1887 _11_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Tbomaa A. Sherard and Thomas A.Sherard aa As? signee of Samuel McGowan. John B. Moore and John E. Allen, partners under the Firm name of McGowan, Moore A Allen, Plaintiffs, against J. B. Newton and Eliza Newton, Defendants.? Summoni for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in this action, which is filed lc the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C H., 8. C and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Ander? son C.U.,S.C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintlift in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, Dated November 14, A. D. 1887. BBOWN A TBIBBLE, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Anderson, 8. C. [seal] F. E. Watkins, Dep. c. c. p. To the absent Defendant, J. B. Newton : Take notice that the Summons and Complaint in this action were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County, in the State flf South Carolina, at Ander? son, S. C? on the 14tb day of November, 1887. ?BBOWN A TBIBBLE, / Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Nov 17, 1887 19_6 8 8bould be uid a few months before confinement. Bend for hoc " To Morons," mailed free. BBAimcLD RwCLATOB Co., Atlanta, Ge> PIEDIONT AIR-LINE, Bicbmnd & Danville B. B.f COLTJMBI. & GEEENVILLE DIVISION. C0DEN8ED SCHEDULE, IN EFECT OCTOBER 16, 1888. (Trais ran on 75th Meridian time.) :_:_*?_ Southboti. Lvo WalhA... Senec... Andetn.., Spart-b'rg Abbeile... Laura..... Greellle.. Greovood Nin?-Six Newrry? Arr. Colihla... Au^a.... No. 52 7.;.5am 8.30 am 9.52 ani 6.00 am 10.45 am 8.45 am 9.40 am 12 56 pm 1.23 pm i 3.05 pm' 5.07 pm 9.15 pm Northbound. Lve. Columbia - Newberry Ninety-Six Greenwo'd Arr. Greenvillo Laurens'.... Abbeville iil Spart'nbr'g Anderson n Seneca.. Walhalla... Atlanta-... 58. 11.00am 1.01 pm 2.18pm 2.52pm 5.40pm 5.45 pm 4.35pm 6.45 pm 4.50pm 6.02pm 6.85pm 10.40pm No. 53akes close connection for Atlanta. No. shakes close connection for Augusta">nd Chariest at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Pass. Agent D. C4WEKL, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, 8. 0 ggOK Us, Traffic Manager._ tRBUCKLES' narr on a package of COFFEE is a guaAtee of excellence. ARI0SA OOFEE is kept in all first-class stcos from the Atlantic to the Pacific. COFFEE is Jtver good when exposed to the- air. ATays buy this brand in hermetically sefld ONE POUND PACKAGES. DO'YOU WANT A DOG If to. send for DOG BUYERS' GUIDE, crmtMir,^ colored plates, 100 cnaTaTin/rs of different brood*, Srtces they are worth, and wluere to ny them. Directions fcf Training DogaandBreedingFerreta. HaBad for 16 Lent*. Also Cnta of Dog Furnishing Goods of all kmda. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN POULTRY 'one of tho breeds; how to canonize; Uns for pool try honsos: informaiioa bout moubators, and where to buy MSB from bent atoclc nt 8?o0 >er witting. Sent for 16 Crate* ?0YOU KEEP CAGE BIROS t UXUJL..-3. i;u pages, lay iuaa> trntiona. BeanQfuT colored p Imc. Treatment and breeding of all kinds Oaga birda, for pleasnra and" pro it. DiaeatM and their cum How to build and stock an Aviary. All about Parrots. Price* at all kinds birda, caees, e t o. Mailed for la Cents. The ToroeBooks,40Cts. ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, ' 2CVSouto Eighth Street, PhiLadtlphia, Pa. PORT E0YAX & WESTERS" CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect Oct. 8, 1887?75th Meridian Time. GOING SOUTH. Daily. Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Anderson. 240pm GOO am Leave Deans. 3 11 p m A 31 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 pm 7 00 am Leave Lowndesville. 4 13 p m 7 33am Leave Latimers. 4 44pm 804am Leave Hesters. 5 03pm 8 23am Leave Mt. Carmel.... 529pm 8 49 am Leave Willington.... 5 45 p m 9 05 p m Leave Bordeau. 6 04pm 925am Arrive McCorniick.. 6 40 p m 10 00 a m Arrive Augusta. 920pm 6 00pm Arrive Savannah..*.. 6 15 a m 6 15 a m Arrive Jacksonville. 12 30 pm 12 30 pm GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 05 p m Leave Savannah. 8 20 p m Leave Augusta. 7 50 a m Leave McCormick...l2 30 p m 6 00 a m Leave Bordeau.106pm 6 30am Leave Willingtor..... 125pm 6 55 am Leave Mt. Carmel... 1 41 p m 711am Leave Hesters. 2 07 pm 7 37am Leave Latimers. 226pm 8 05 am Leave Lowndesville. 2 57 p m 8 37 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 pm 9 10am Leave Deans.?409pm 939am Arrive Anderson. 4 40 p m 10 10 a m Connects with train to and from Green wood,':Laurens and Spartanburg. Connections at Augusta with Georgia, South Carolina and Central Railroads. At Spartanburg with A & C. Air Line and Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. W. J. CKAIG, A. G. P. A. W. W. BT ARR, Bupfe., Augusta, Ga.