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SILENCE. ' Come down from thy aerial height, Spirit of tho summer night! Come stepping softly from the slender moon - 'Wore thou dost lio upon her gentle breast, And bring a boon Of silence, and of solace for our rest. Or lift us, lift our souls to that bright place Where she doth hi do her face; Lap us in lightand lustrous fleece, and steep Our hearts in stillness; drench in draws) dreams; Give us the pleasant languor that beseems, And rock our sleep. Quell thy barbed lightning in the somber west; ?v Quiet thy thunder dogs that bay the moon; Soothe the day's fretting like' a tender nurse; Breathe on our spirits till they bo in tuna Were It not best To hush all noises in the universe, And bless with solemn quietude, that thus The still, small voice of God might speak to us I - ?Dansko Dandridge in The Critic. GHOSTS-ABROAD. The Valiant was her name. Who had christened her, and how she came to be christened a name so peculiarly inappro? priate, we cannot say. She was a tub if ever there was one. Such craft as she, f- they build by the mile, and saw up into lengths. A floating coal box, painted black, with an engine and a couple of - boilers, a rudder aud screw, some tarred * V:, rope and a score of seamen of all nation? alities and no manners; there you have the Valiant, and tho thousand and one ships of the same ilk which fetch and carry the riches of the world. On the 12th of February we cleared out of the Tyne, loaded to the muzzle with coal, and bound for Venice. We hod a, .river pilot aboard, of course, and' were dragged out to sea, through the double """""lino of buoys and the crowd of shipping, by a little coffee pot of a tug. The chief ? officer, Mr. Marks, was in command, tor our new cap'n had not yet arrived from Newcastle. He was an elderly man, this Mr. Marks, with a patient eye, and a saudy goat's beard. Mr. -Rubble,, the second mate, was a squat little man, heav? ily bearded, who had run away from homo to . follow the sea, and had never ceased regretting it ever since, for, after "bucketing" about on a three years' cruise, he found himself too much of a salt to Jbe happy ashore, and. too heartily sick of the sea to be contented afloat. For the rest, our ship's company consisted of a motley crew of twelve seamen, half a doJien, stokers, three engineers, a stew? ard, a cook"and a cabin lad. A regular old seodog was our^bo'sun, Jack Dredge, stumpy and square, his brown, weather battered fuco framed in a ragged fringe of whisker; one eye bad foundered in his nead, and there was nothing left but an eyelid and a hole. The ball of had been bitten one night in his sleep by a famishing rat, and had festered "and sloughed out. He was in mid Pacific then, and the near? est surgeon a thousand miles away. He 1 vas of a taciturn disposition, and I fancy ? nis. temper had been damaged in the West Indies by a too liberal allowance of pepper in his curry. In his last spell j ashore?he was a native of Newcastle, where his wife and his lad BUI lived?the j Salvationists had got hold of him in the midst of ono of his tremendous drinking J bouts, and had excited him into a state of ' religious frenzy, and in his temporary ex? altation ho signed the pledge, and, amid a whirlwind of applause, fetched a bottle of rum out of his pocket, and, smashing it on the platform, solemnly executed a hornpipe on the relics. When he came to his senses next morning and remembered what he had done, he swore at himself like a hurricane, but kept the pledge, though ho maltreated fearfully a zealous "captain" who called about breakfast time to see how their seafaring proselyte was progressing. Well, we hove to down the river just where we could feel the lift of the sea j ; under our keel, and waited for the return Df the tuxc with our skipper. The sky was j banked up with clouds, and a pretty stiff wind was piping in from the nor'-nor'-east. I The steam was at high pressure and blow? ing off from the waste pipe by the. funnel. We wore a little more shipshape, for the 1 men hod been swabbing and swilling the coal dust from the decks. At lost the tug steamed alongside, and Mr. Marks re? ceived the skipper as he swarmed up the rope ladder, followed by his portmanteau .and umbrella. He was a dapper little man and came aboard smoking a cigarette. By the time the fresh meat had been passed across into the doctor's (the sailors' sobriquet for the cook) hands the pilot was ready to leave us. "Well, good night, cap'n!" sang Master Pilot, as he clambered over the side? "good night, and bong voyage!?Below there! steady!" . The ropes, were cast off. The engine room telegraph was rung?"Slow ahead;" and as she /got way on her the Valiant was headed for the sea. It was a dirty night and not a vestige of moon. The sea was not very heavy, but it wosgetting up under the nor'easter and there was every sign of a wicked gale brewing. Day broke at lost over a tum . bRng sen. What with keeping the watches, overhauling the decks fore and aft, battening down tho hatches and mak? ing nil shipshape, there was plenty to do on that first day at sea to keep us from thinking too fondly of the girls we had left behind us. ^JQjawTafter hour the Valiant pegged ?^stubbornly along, plunging down the grecu slopes of the waves, and raising her? self heavily out of the troughs of the sea. She rolled excessively, and labored up. the waves in a reluctant way, which was far from inspiring confidence in her sea worthinessi At 2 p. m. we passed the Cromer lighthouse, and it was an hour and a half afterward before we got the Haslow light abeam. At 4 Mr. Rubble turned out for the first dogwatch, and soon afterward a man brought the side? lights aft and fixed them in their sockets. Tuen, after a second trip for'ard, he re? turned, nursing the binnacle lamp in his i arm. It was Smith who brought them instead of the bo'sun, whose duty it is-to look to the compass lights. Mr. Rubble was too little of a martinet to have troubled himself about so small an irreg? ularity, had he not been irritated by the clumsiness of the man's efforts to adjust the lamps. "Where's the bo'sun?" he shouted into Smith's ear, for the wind and sea were making a great uproar. "Why hasn't Dredge brought these lights himself? What does he mean by sending you with 'em?" Still fumbling at a lamp, Smith bel " lowed in reply, "Dunno, sir!" But there was a look in his face, shy and glossy with rain, which gave the lie to his words. Mr. Rubble noticed the tell? tale expression, but did not stop to give it a second thought. Taking the lamp from Smith's blnndering fingers, he dismissed him, and fixed it in the binnacle himself. At four bells the first mate relieved Mr. Rubble, and the later dived below to get his tea and a snatch of sleep if possible be? fore it came his turn again for Mount Misery (sea slang for the bridge). With his hands deep in the dog eared pockets of his pea jacket and his shoulders hoisted - well up to his ears, Mr. Marks paraded to and fro, thumping his feet down to keep the blood in them' from stagnating. Every now and then he peered ahead into the stormy darkness,.on the lookout for the Shrowash light, which was due to come up some half dozen points off the star? board bow. Every now and then he stepped aside to consult the compass, to satisfy himself that the ship was being steered her proper course. Once, as ho stood staring ahead across the tumbling black seas, the door of the fo'c'sle was suddenly opened and a shaft of light streamed out on the deck for'ard. The figures of two men came out darkly against the bright background for a mo? ment, and then were lost in tho night again. As far as Mr. Marks could make out, there seemed to be some unusual commotion in the fo'c'sle. He changed his position, and went over toward the spot where Duckworth stood, shifting his squid and the spokes of the wheel. "Anything wrong for'ard, Duckworth?" shouted Mr. Marks tentatively. "Are they quarrelling, d' you think?" The man glanced down at the distant open door of the starboard fo'c'sle where the seamen were quartered, and put the wheel over some half dozen spokes before replying, which he did without looking up at the mate: "I don't know as they are, " sir. Maybe it's the bo'sun as is took bod again'and frightenin' of 'em." "The bo'sun?" bellowed Mr. Murks. "Why, what's tho matter with tho bo'sun?" "I dunno, sir," shouted Duckworth, stolidly minding bis business at the wheel. "He was took bad this afternoon?in his 'ead?and said as how he 'eard voices a callin' of him; and some o' the boys j'ined in, and said as how they 'eard 'em, too, ; a-callin' of the bo'sun; and he turned in 1 at eight bells and jammed his 'ead nnder the piller to shot ont the voices, and wouldn't turn out again for no one." . Only fragments of Duckworth's narrative reached Mr. Marks' ear, for the din of the storm was terrific. "Voices?" shouted Mr. Marks interrog? atively. ' 'What d' you mean?'' Before Duckworth could shift his quid to reply, a head and a pair of shoulders appeared above the ladder and stopped, not daring to trespass on the privacy of the bridge. The mate went over to see what the man wanted. It was the Irish sailor, and his jolly red round face was wet with rain and white with fear. He was dressed only in trousers and shirt, and the latter was unbuttoned and flapping in the wind. "What do you want here?" shouted Mr. Marks, savagely, irritated by these irreg? ularities. "And what arc you men up to in the fo'c'sle? Do you want to gel your? selves reported to the cap'n?" "Av ye plasc, sorr," shouted the Irish? man huskily, "the boys asked me to come and tell ye there's sperrits aboard, and the bo'sun's clane gone mad." The mate caught the word "sperrits," and jumped to the conclusion that the men had smuggled some liquor on board and were drinking themselves crazy. "Spirits?" he roared back. "Which of you has got 'em?" The man shook his head. "It's not them sperrits, sorr, worse luck?it's voices; and the bo'sun's clane gone mad. For the love av heaven, Mr. Marks, come for'ard and spake a word to the boys." Telling Duckworth to keep a sharp look out ahead while he was away, the'mate ran quickly down to the deck, with Grady at his heels. It needed a good pair of sea legs to avoid being wrecked against the hatchways or capsized into the scuppers. They had almost reached the fo'c'sle, when suddenly the mate felt his arm grabbed by the Irishman, and, turning on .him, saw Grady's face ablaze with excite? ment, "Did ye hear that, sorr?n cried the man. "It's them sperrits again 1 There, sorr, just listen to that!" If Mr. Marks' hearing had been as keen as his sight, he might have been more im? pressed by the cry, wild with seeming agony and faint with distance, which pen? etrated even the roar of the wind and the .ceaseless thunder of the sea. But Mr. Marks' hearing had been damaged by par? tial drowning off the coast of Spain, and, though he listened Intently, he heard no voices except those of the ocean and the air. Naturally concluding that Grady was drunk, he laid hold of the man by his beard and shirt collar, and, shaking him savagely, flung him down, aided by a lee? ward roll of the ship, tinder the wheels of the donkey engine, and almost toppled after, his victim himself- In no palaver? ing mood, he went on to the fo'c'sle and stepped inside. It was very "evident that there was something wrong with the crew. The men were huddled together by the stove, some in steaming: oilskins, some only in shirts and trousers, all looking scared and all silent. Ia the middle of the place Dredge, the bo'sun, stood,- half clothed, with a queer, wild expression on his gnarled face, listening hard for some? thing or other. The'eyes of the men were all fixed on him.'. As Mr. Marks stepped in out of the wind and rain, the bo'snn shouted hoarsely: "Hark, ladsl He's collin' of me again! It's him?it's Bill!" This time the mate heard the cry, or thought he heard it, for it was very dis? tant, and was carried away again in the thunder of the gale. But he elbowed the idea aside roughly; it was so impossible . for any human being afloat on such a sea to moke himself heard above the roar of the storm. "What's all this tomfoolery about?" he demanded of the men, angrily. "And what's the matter with you, bo'sun? ' You ought to be ashamed of yourself, playing the fool in this way. Bo'sun!" But the bo'sun heard nothing of the reprimand. He was eagerly listening for the recurrence of that cry, his fists were clenched, and the veins on his throat stood out'like cords. And when that sound of human agony came wailing out of the storm again, his battered face lit tip with a passion of love, and crying aloud, "It's Bill! it's Bill! I'm comin', lad, I'm comin'!" he made a bolt for the ' ..?; but Mr. Marks stopped him; and they came down together. A couple of men pulled Dredge off the mate, and helped the latter to his feet. "The man's drunk or mad," gasped Mr. Marks, fetching his breath heavily after the shock?Dredge had retreated up the fo'c'sle?"mad or drunk. How has he come by the liquor? And who's this Bill he's raving about?" "Bill's his on'y son, sir," said one of the men in a scared way. "And the lad warn't well when we come out o' port, and bo'sun he thinks as he bears the lad callln' of him for to help him or suthin'. Nor it's not all tommyrot neither, Mr. Marks, for we've heard them voices our? selves. Haven't we, boys?" "Ay, ay," chorused the men, wagging their heads; "heard 'em ourselves, wo have, and more nor once." But as he had been absent already far too long from his post, and as it was be? neath his "dignity to bandy-arguments with the crew,-Mr. Marks pooh poohed the matter; and after warning them to keep on eye on Dredge, and hot to dare to hear any more "ghostly voices at their peril, went aft again to the bridge. When the second mate relieved him at 8 o'clock he recounted briefly what had happened, and advised Mr. Rubble to keep a sharp lookout ob the fo'c'sle, and if any further commotion occurred to let the cap'n know at once. Mr. Rubble "had quite forgotten the incident which had oc? curred in the chief mate's watch, and he was beginning to long for his bunk when he was startled out of his drowsy com? placency by the sound of a wailing cry, thin and distant and agonized, which the wind seemed to" bring to his ears out of the storm and the night. The man at the wheel had .heard, it, too, and turned a frightened face on the mate. "Lord save us!" exclaimed the man, "it's that there voice again!" .. The words were hardly spoken when the door of the fo'c's!5 was flung back and ; a crowd of figures swarmed out on deck. Then the door of the firemen's quarters was opened, and three men came out -with a lamp. Seeing that something was aomw, the mate hurried down the com panionway to the cabin and roused the skipper.. Capt. Lawson was on deck promptly, and after hearing Mr. Rubble's . .huddled narrative requested him to re- - turn to his duties on the bridge, and went for'ard Tiimself. The men were all congregated under the shelter of the weather bulwark, one or two standing, the rest crouching down together like a lot of sheep. They had turned out in all sorts of haphazard clothing, and most of them in bare feet. They were all sulky and scared and silent except one of the firemen, who was re? lieving his feelings in the choicest lan? guage of the stokehole. The skipper was among them before they were aware. "Now, my men," he demanded briskly, "what's aU this nonsense about? Who gave you orders to turn out and lie around on the decks in this way? Where's the bo'sun?" "One or two drew in their legs timidly, but nobody attempted to reply. "Well?" sharply interrogated the skip? per. "Is the bo'sun nroomr you? Why doesn't he answer?" Silence. The light of the fireman's lamp "glinted" on a small, bright object in Capt. Lawson's hand. The sight of it brought the carpenter to his senses, and he shouted sulkily; "Bo'sun ain't 'ere, Cap'n Lawson. He's mad. And no won? der neither. It 'ud drive me mad mysel' if I was to pass another night in that there fo'c'sle. Why, the ship's 'aunted? There! listen to that!" Again the faint, -uespairing cry made itself hearcT above the roar of the waves. The wind seemed to bring it and the wind swept it away again. Its weird agony awakened something of a super? stitious dread even in tho skipper's mind. The men cowered close together. Leaving his crew where they were, the captain made his way to the starboard fo'c'sle, and called the bo'sun by name. No answer. Then he entered the alley? way and walked up the length of it. Be? hind the stove at the far end he found the bo'sun, huddled down on his haunches, in nothing but his sleeping shirt. The man was staring, stark mad. His one eye was bloodshot and wild, and the other empty pit glared up darkly. The skipper was no coward, yet at the sight of this half naked madman he quailed a little and felt sorry that he had found him; but only for a moment. He stepped quickly past the stove to lay bands on Dredge, and as he did so, once more that wailing voice bore through tho storm its message of in? finite, helpless agony. At the sound Dredge leaped to his feet, and crying out loudly, "It's Bill ae is callin' of me! I'm comin', lad?father's comin'!" burst out of the fo'c'slo and away across the deck, and was up on tho Ice bulwark and over the sido in a flash. The skipper made a rush for the door, to attempt to secure the fleeting flgnrc, but in vain. Just for half a second the madman was visible in his fluttering shirt on the reeling bulwark, ! and then went over into the darkness and those tumbling seas. Mr. Rubble saw the deed from the bridge, and, springing to the telegraph, rang the ship to n full stop; and then, whipping out his knife, ripped and sawed at the cords with which the lifeboat was lashed to tho bridge rail, and dashing down the ladder to the afterdeck, flung the belt overboard from the stern. But, of course, it was trouble thrown away. And even if a boat could have lived in such a sea and men found to man it, the bo'sun would have drowned three times over before we could have got one lowered and started out to find him in a waste of black and stormy waters. After wallow? ing about somo ten minutes or so for de? cency's sake, the skipper rang the ship under steam again, and we slowly drew away, leaving the body of our bolsun tossing somewhere in our wake. That was the last of the voice. Neither out nor home did we hear any more talk about the ship lieing haunted. "We made a prosperous run, and were docked again in the Tyne before the seventh week was over. Then tho secret came out. The Valiant was scraped and painted, and ran? sacked and repaired from stem to stern post. In that narrow den called the fore peak, which serves as the ship's lumber room, beneath a moss of old iron cables and rusty cordage, we found the corpse of a lad withered to a mummy. The rats hod been at him, too, and his feet were gone. Beside him there lay an empty meat tin; and in one of his pockets was an old silver watch with thi3 inscription on It: "To Bill, with Father's love." It was the bo'sun's son. The poor fellow had stolen aboard as a stowaway; for, being a sickly lad, his father had been strongly against his following the sea. In the storm the plunging of the ship had shaken down upon him all the lumber in the forepeak, and be had screamed for his father till he died.?Chambers' Journal. The Point Wan Visible. They were sitting on the piazza of the Kushaqua house at Knowersville, and one gentleman ventured the remark that the capitol at Albany loomed up wonderfully clear in the morning light. "Bosh,-1 per? fect bosh," grumbled one wise looking gentleman, without taking his eyes from the feast of scenery stretched before him in an opposite direction. ""It is an impos? sibility for the naked eye to distinguish objects at that distance. Eighteen miles, sir, you forget the distance." "Let's see, Charlie," said one of the party to a friend in a tone loud enough for the stage to hear, "how far off is the moon, anyway?" The old gentleman coughed, mumbled something about "common sense in all things," and shuffled off to the card room ?Albany Journal. New School of Politeness. "I saw Mrs. B-today, papa, and I took off my hat and bowed to her- very politely." "I'm very giad to hear that. Where did you learn to bow bo nicely?" asked tho fond father, blissfully anticipating that ho had himself been the model. "I saw the hand organ monkey do it," was the prompt reply.? Tho Epoch. A "THIRTEEN" NATION. HISTORY PROVES THE NUMBER A LUCKY ONE FOR AMERICA. 7he Original Thirteen States?Thirteenth .V men elm cut?Thirteenth Presidential Term?Perry's Victory?Settlement of Virginia?Three Times Thirteen. It seems well, in this blessed year of the celebration of the hundredth anniver? sary of the completion and promulgation of the United States constitution, which, as the late Judge Black, of Pennsylvania, wrote a few years p.go, has proved strong enough to survive and meet the exigen? cies of several foreign wars and one civil war, and more remarkable still, has with? stood the demoralizing effects upon the people of what he called the "canker of a calm world and a long peace," to call at? tention to the fact that the almost uni? versally considered unlucky number thir- - teen lias in numerous important instances proved a most lucky one for these United States. .There Were originally thirteen states in our Union, and the constitution was first formally declared ratified by the conven? tions of nine of them, and, according to its own provisions, was then "established be? tween the states sorotifsing the same" on Sept. 13, 1788, when the date was also fixed for the new form of government to begin?on the first Wednesday in the fol? lowing March. Previously .the noted instrument known as "the ordinance of 1787" hod been passed by congress on the 13th of July of tha t year. . The Thirteenth amendment to the con? stitution Is that prohibiting "slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punish? ment for crime," within the United States, and marked a most important era in our progress, and a fortunate one ns an ad? vance in Christian civilization. The thir? teenth presidential term, that of Martin Van Buren, and the term of the thirteenth President, Millard Fillmore, were both eras of great national prosperity. It was on the 13th of August, 1838, that banks in the United States resumed specie pay? ments, which was during the thirteenth presidential term. MOKE TERRITORY. During the term of the thirteenth presi? dent?Fillmore?California was admitted as u state, bringing its' great mineral wealth into our Union; and on Dec.' 13, 1800, the territory of New Mexico (an .other part of the wealth producing lands which came to us in consequence of our victory in the war with Mexico) was or-, ganized. "That war which so enriched our people was" fought and the victory won I during the presidential term of James K. Polk, who Was the thirteenth individual who had been elected speaker of the Na? tional house of representatives; and, curi? ously enough, that thirteenth speaker is the only one out of thirty who have held that office who has been elected president of tho United States up to the present time, though two of the more noted indi? viduals who have served as speaker of that house?Henry Clay and James G. Blaine ?have each been nominated by his party (the former several, times) as a candidate for the presidency. It was iu the year 1813 that Perry's vic? tory on Lake Erie, our greatest naval vic? tory against a foreign foe, occurred. On the 13th of May, 1007, occurred the first settlement of Jamestown, Va., tho state which has had more of its citizens succeed to the presidency than any other, and four of the five individuals from that state who have, been at the head of our nation had two terms in office. In view of all these lucky thirteens in the history of the United States might it not be called a thirteen nation? Beginning with thirteen slates it is likely we may have just three times thir? teen when we celebrate In 1881) the cen? tennial anniversary of the beginning of the present form of government. The only instance the writer has yet found of thirteen being tin unlucky num? ber in the history of our government or of prominent officers thereof is that of Wil? liam K. King, who was elected to fill tho thirteenth vice presidential term, but could not even go to Washington to tako the oath of office, but was by law per? mitted to take it elsewhere, and died in April, his term having begun in March, 1857. So the one exception proves the rule.? Harper's Bazar. Westminster Abbey's Monuments. Some of the monuments tower up to tho height of twenty feet or more, perhaps to the height of thirty feet. Great Britain is carved nil over the bases of them weeping for her sons. Judging by the number of these sons her lamentations are incessant, and she would seem to be a kind of profes? sional funeral mourner. The lion is seen disconsolate, wiping his eve with his paw. The unicorn is in a deep melancholy. The statesmen rise up in their robes of peers calmly gazing off into the depths of the cathedral. Here and there some entirely forgotten person has made the marble howl. One tomb represents :i man's wlfo snatched away by death, who is coming coming out of the grave in his bones and shroud to claim her, and the husband is squaring off nt him, as nearly as I can recollect. The attempt to make marble do too much mi funeral occasions often leads to an emotion in the spectator liet\rct*ri ex? citement, wonder and smiles. Some actors arc put in here .like Garrick. The nionu meni to Shakespeare bus I wen often copied, but is a poor composition, and it ivpn ,-vnts Shakespeare leaning over :i kind of tablo as he stands where his play hooks are being studied. Porlwqis l Ik; most ef? fective thing in the poets' line is Ben .Tonson's tomb, which merely rjiys: "Oh, rare Hen Jonson!"?'*.'.\th's Letter in Cin? cinnati Enquirer. WHAT AILS THE NATION? The^Average Length of Life De? creasing?Not Pestilence-^ Not Famine?111 oui L. Oifn Fault. Modern Cooking and Mod? ern LrvrNG have brought it on; It comes upon us una wares. The patients have jpains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especi? ally in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold a: d feel clammy. After a a-, rule a cough sets in, at first <\: y, but after a few months it. is at? tended with a greenish colored expectoration. The patient feels tired all the wl:!!e, and sleep does not Beam to afford any rest. After a i\r^. he be? comes nervous, irriUV.i and gloomy, and has evil forebodt ings. There is a e'?'?iiness, a sort of whirling sen j.iion in the- head when rising y.p sud? denly. The LovVi become costive; the skin h dry and hot at times; the l>Ic-o i Incomes thick and stagnant; x:io whites of the eyes become lii^ed with yellow; the kidney *? cretions becomes scmity v.itl i.'^h col? ored, depositing a sediment after standin?. THcr-5 is fre? quently' a ppiitircr rp of the food, sometimes v, i i i a sour taste and somet::p. i with a i sweetish taste; IK* is fre- ?' quently attended w.ih palpi? tation of the heart and As; li matic symptoms; the vision be-, comes impaired, with ryots be? fore the eyes; there ? a-feel ing of great prostration and weakness. All of these symp? toms are in turn present. J t is thought that nearly one-half of our population has this dia . .ease in some of its varied f onus. Shaker Extract of Roots (Sei-, gel's Syrup) changes the fer ? ments 01 the Digest! ve organ s so as to convert the food we eat in to a form that will give nourish? ment to the feeble body, and good health is the consequence. The effect of this remedy is simply marvelous. M il 11 ons upon niillions of bottles have been sold in tm'j country, and the testimonials in favor of its curative powers are over? whelming. ? Hundreds of so called diseases under various names are the result of indi? gestion, and when this one trouble is removed the other diseases vanish, for they are but symptoms of the 'real malady. Testimonials from thousands of people speaking highly of its curative properties provo this beyond a doubt. 3 Sold by druggists._ NOTICE. WE take this opportunity of thanking our friends and customu-rs for their liberal patronage, and to sav to them that we are buying a full line of FRESH fam? ily and FANCY GROCERIES-sucb as Teas, Coffee, Sugar, Bacon, Flour, Mo? lasses, &c. Also, all kinds of.tabie delica? cies, including the celebrated'.'-Holmes & Ooutts fancy and plain' Cracker^ and French and. plain Candies arrive weekly, fresh from the factory. Canned Goods of all kinds. Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, &c. Try our "Honor Bright" Cigar?it is the best hand-made. Try our Log Cabin Laundry Soap. But the best bargain to be bad, we think, we can give you in a TRACT of land, 5a miles west of Anderson, with good dwelling and tenant houses, including 215 acres, with 165 acres in a high state of cul? tivation, that is either for sale very-hw, 'dr can be rented by good, responsible party, but prefer selling. Would be glad to have parties, either buyers or renters, to call on the uudersigned; Verv respectfully, E. fW. TAYLOR & co , Northwest Corner Public Square. Sept 1,1X87 f 8 Trustee's Sale Real Estate. BY virtue of a Deed of Trust--executed to nie bv II. C. Palmer, I will sell on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBEI text, all that Truct or Parcel of Land, contain? ing sixty-one acres, more or loss, com? prising three separate parcels, adjoining each olher, situate in Anderson County in said State, on tho Westsido of Seneca Riv? er, at Earth's Bridgo, adjoining lands of W. S. Sharp*.- and others. Tkhmh of Pale?One third cash, and the remainder on credit of twelve month.", with interest from dav of sale. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Trustee. Oct 13. 1skj__14 _ 4 Special Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common I'ieux, The Anderson Building and Loan Associa? tion, Plaintiff, against James J. Dodd and others, Defendants. By virtue of an older of Foreclosure directed to me, I will sell on SALE day IN NOVEMBER next, at Anderson C. H., the following described property of the Defendant. James J. Dodd, to wit: One House and Lot in the City ol An? derson, fronting sixty feet on Church St., and running hack one hundred and fifty six, feet, and hounded by Lota, of J. N. Brown, Thomas M. White and John W. Daniels. Terms? Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. J. L. TRIBBLE, Special Master. Oot 13, 1SH7 __14_4_ HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. By virtue of a Power of Attorney exe? cuted to nie by Mrs. E. C. Fant on 2tHb day of September, 1887, I will soil at Anderson 0. H, on Salesday in November .next, (hat certain House and Lot of Mrs E. V. Fant in the corporate limits of the City of Anderson, containing three and one half acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Lou t. Brown and others. Terms of Sale?Ono-half cash, balance ou a cro'lit of twelvo months, secured by bond und mortgage ol premises, with interest from clay of sale?with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay extra for pa papers. 1 J. fj. triBrle. Attorney in Fact. I Oct 13, 1867 11 4 1 MASTER'S SALE. Statb ok South Carolina, County of Anderson. In the Cuiirt of Com moil 1'leos. A. J.Salinas & Son vs. Granville Clark. IN obedience to tbe Judgment of Fore? closure in above caso, I will sell at Anderson C. H., on SALESDAY IN NO? VEMBER next, tho mortgago premises below described, so wit: All that Tract of Land, containing 46 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, S. C , on branches of Rocky lliv er, adjoining lands of S. J. Emerson, Es? tate of A. Rice and others. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 13, 1887,_14__4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA* Anderson County. In the Court of Common Plena. Joseph N. By rum, as Heir at Law and as Executor, vs. E. W, Byrai?, et al. IN obedience to an order of side in the above caso, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN NO? VEMBER next, the lands below describ? ed, it being part of the Real Estate where? of Joseph N. Byrum, deceased, died seized, to wit: LOT NO. 1, Containing nineteen and three-fourth acres, more or less, situate in the State and County above named, about one mile West of Anderson C. IL, bounded by B.F. Crayton, Lot No. 2. J. C. Keys, Lot No. 5 and Joseph N. Byrum. LOT NO. 2, Containing forty-one acres, more or less, situate in said County and State, about one mile West of Anderson C. H., bounded by B. F. Crayton, Lot No. 3, Lot No. 4 and Lot No. 1. LOT NO. 3, Containing twenty-three and one-fourth acres, more or less, situated in said State and County, about one mile west of Ander? son C. H., bounded by lands of B. F. Cray ton, Lot No. 4 and Lot No. 2, on which there is a very desirable house site and spring. LOT NO. 5, Containing thirteen and one sixth acres, more or less, situate in said State and County, about one and one-fourtn miles west of Anderson C. H.. bounded by Jo? seph N. Byrum, Lot No. 1 and J. C. Keys. All of which lots front on public roads leading to Anderson C. IL Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by a mort? gage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct13,1887 14 4 MASTER'S SALE j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anberson. In the Court of Common Pleas. Joseph N. Brown vs. S. T. McCullough, and Others. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above casp, I will sell at Anderson C. IL, S C, on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, tbe mortgage premi? sses, to .wit:' .{'.I! All that Tract of Land belonging to S. T. McCullough, containing 150 tfcres, more or less, being the northern half of a Tract of 300 acres conveyed to J. A. Wiles and S. T. McCullough by James L. Hall, adjoining lands of J. M. Reid, Elizabeth McAlister and others. 2. Also, all that other Tract of Land of S. T. McCullough, containing 95 acres, more or less, on oast side, of Savannah River, adjoining lands of James Craft, C. C. Simpson and others. 3. Also, all that Tract of Land, contain? ing 150 acres, more or less, being southern half of the Tract conveyed to J. A. Wiles and S..T. McCullough by James L. Hall, .adjoining 83T. McCullough and others, jj 4. Also, all that other Tract, containing 212 acres, more or less, on Little Generos tee Crtek, adjoining lands of Elias Spear? man, John Hull and others. Terms of Sale?One- third cash, and the balance on a credit of twelvemonths, with interest from day of sale, secured by bonds of purchasers and mortgage of the premi? ses, with leave to pay all cash or anticipate at any time. Purchasers to pay extra (or papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 13, 18?7_14_4__ MASTER'S SALE. THE 8TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andebson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Joseph N. Brown vs. D 0. McLin, E. R. Norris, and others?Action to Foreclose Mortgage. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore closmein the above case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, tbe mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that tract of land containing 275 acres, more or less, situated in Varennes Township, of Anderson County, S. (.'., on waters of Rocky Biver, adjoining lands of C. S. Maiti-on, and others. The land being rented for next year, the sale is made subject to said lease, and the pur? chaser will be entitled to the reut Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct. 13, 1887 14 4 MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Anderson. ? In the Court of Common Pleas. Richard E. Thompson vs. R. B. Massey, and others. PURSUANT to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. ft, one SALEDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land situated in Rock Mills Towhship, of Anderson County, S. C, on a branch of Generostee Creek, con? taining 151 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Jas. McLees and others. Terms?One.:balf cash, the remainder on a credit- of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 13, 18*7 14 4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Andekson County. In the Cuia-t of Common Picas. Charles Smith, as Administrator of Millie Smith, deceased, vs. Millie Moon-, Mary 15. Moore, et al. IN obedience to an order of sale in the above case, 1 will sell at Anderson ?. H., S C, on SALESDAY IN NO? VEMBER next, the Land below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situate in Brushy Creek Township of Anderson Co., S C, containing 100 acres, more or less, it being the same whereon Andrew Smith died. Tains of Sale? One-half cash, and the balance ou a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to'pay extra for papers W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 13, 1887 14 4 MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Greenville County. In the Court Common Plcns. Alice M. Bhdock and S. Cloud Moore against Richard H. Blalock, as Adminis tratorof the Estate of Dunklin D. Moore, deceased, and others. By virtue of u Decretal Order in tbe above entitled cause, I will sell on the FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, in the City of Anderson, in front of the Court House* during the legal hours, at public auction, the following described Real Es? tate, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situato in the County of Anderson and State aforesaid, near the Town of Williamston, adjoining lands of A. VV. Clement, J. Ii. ? Jaines, C. E. Horton and Dr. John Wilson, ami containing fifty acres, more or less. On this Lot is a handsome dwelling-housc and other valuable improvements. Also, all that Tract of Land, situate in the County of Anderson and .Slato afore? said, in or near tho Town of Wiltiamston, I on both sides of Camp Creek, waters of Big Creek, adjoining lands of John Atta- I way. A. Harris, Henry Wilson and Jones Duckworth, containing lifty-two acres, more or loss. Also, all that Lot of Land, situate in the Town of Williaiiiston, County of Ander? son and State aforesaid, hounded by lots Jack Madison, Mrs. J. B. Rogers, Tiny Cason and others, ami containing about one-half aero, more or less. Terms?Ono third cash, the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, tho credit portion to be ocurod by bond of the purchasers and a mortgago of tho premises. Purchascra to pay for papers. S. J. DOUTHIT, Master. Oct 13, 1S*7 14 1 MASTER'S SALE. St\ti: of SniTir Carolina, County of A ?dersox. hl the Court vf Common Mats. C. Wardlaw, Administrator, against James M. Hiatt and Sallie McMurtry.?Action to Foreclose Mortgage. IN obedience to the Judgment of Fore? closure in above case, made by b:;s Honor Judge Pressly, bearing date Octo? ber S, 1887, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the mortgage premises below de? scribed, to wit: 1, All that Tract of Land, situate in Anderson County, S. C, containing 100 acres, more .or less, adjoining lands of R. H. Anderson, Harrison Tucker and others. 2. All that other Tract of Land, situate in Hopewoll Township, of Anderson Co.. S. C, containing 17u acres, adjoining lauds of Chesly Martin, James M. Hiatt and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the remainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest at ? per cent per annum from day of sale until paid. Purchasers to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Qct 13, LSS7 _ 11_i_ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County ok Anderson. In the Court of Common Hens. B. Frank Mauldin and C. A. Reed, survi? ving Executors, vs. J. N. Lewis, Mary E. Smith and others ?Action of Fore? closure. PURSUANT to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above case, I will sell at Anderson C. H.. S. C, on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the mortgage premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, situate in An? derson County, S. C. on Beaverdam Creek, containing 80 acres, more or less, adjoin? ing lands of S. Bleekley, W. 0. Hammond and others Terms of Sale?One half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond arid mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment at any time- Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Otc 13, 1887_14_ 4_ _ MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Picas. John E. Peoples vs. James K, Grifliu.? Action of Foreclosure. IN obedionce to the Judgment of Fore? closure in the above case, I will sell at Anderson 0. H., S. C. on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, tho mortgage promises below described, to wit: Ali that Tract of Li nd, situate in An? derson County, S. C, containing 80 acres, more or less, on Dcnverda.ni Creek, adjoin? ing lands of S. Blcckley, W. O. Hammond and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of tho premises, with leave to anticipate payment at any time. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. Oct 13, 18S7 14 4 MASTER'S SALE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court Common Pleas. John B. R. McLain vs. Sallie Kerratal.? Action to Foreclose Mortgage. TN obedience to tho Judgment of Fore X closure in the above entitled action, I will sell at. Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALESDAY IN NOVEMBER next, the mortgaged premises below described, to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing 83 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Thomas Dickson. \V. A. G. McWhorter, B. B. Davis and others. Terms of Sale?Oue-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment at any time. Pur? chaser to puv extra tor papers. W. \V. HUMPHREYS, Master. _Oct_l3, 1S87_14_4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE 0E SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Probate Court. C, Wardlaw, Administrator of David L. Wardlaw. deceased, Plaintiff, against John L. Wardlaw, Defendant.?Petition to sell Land in aid of personal assets to pav Debts. BY virtue of an order in the above case made in this Court, I will sell on SALE BAY in NOVEMBER next, at An? derson C. H, S. C, the following described tract of land as the real estate of David L. Wardlaw, deceased, to wit: All that TRACT OF LAND, containing seventy-seven acres more or less, situated in Brushy Creek Township in said County and State, on the public road lend? ing from Pendleton to Greenville, S. C, about a half mile East of Mount Pisgah Church, adjoining lands of Anderson Cason, W. C. Sco'tt and others. It being the place where the said David L. Ward law lived at the time of his death. Said place is well improved, and lies well for cultivation. Terms of Sale?One-half cash and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale at ten percent., secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate pay? ment. Purchaser to pav extra for papers. * W. F. COX, Judge of Prob3tc. Oct 13, 1887 14 _4 Sale of Land. B'Y virtue of a Power of Attorney exe 1 cuted to me by Mrs. F. J. Beaty, I will sell at Anderson C. IL, on SALES DAY IN NOVEMBER next, that certain Tract of Land, lying three miles Southeast of Anderson, S. (J., containing ICO acres, more or less, bounded by J. H. Jones, Samuel 'Whittaker, Andrew' Keys and oth? ers. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, balance on a credit, of twelve months, with interest from day of sale at 10 per cent per annum, payable annually, with bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. F. J. BEATY, Per W. B. WATSON, Attorney in Fact. Oct 13. 1SS7 14 3 Should bo used a few laoutua before confinement. Scad for hook "To JIotiikbs," niu?cd free. BriADFiEi.d Kwvlator Co., Atlanta, Ga. name on a package of COFFEE Is a guarantee of excellence. COFFEE is kept in all flrst-class stores from the Atlantic to the Pacific. COFFEE is never good when exposed to tho air. Always buy this brand in hermetically eoalecl ONE POUND PACKAGES. NOTICE. \ LL persons holding claims against tho J.\. County of Anderson are hereby notified to file them with the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners on or beforo the 31st day of October, ISS7. Fail? ing so to do, thoir claims cannot ho paid out ol' tin: funds of tho present fiscal year. K. W LONG, Clerk Board County Commissioners. Oct (5. 1SS7 13 5 OFFICE OF WILHITE & WILHITE, DRUGGISTS, ANDERSON, S. C. WILIIITE'S EYE WATER is a sure cure for Inflamed or Weak Eyes, or any common form of Sore Eyes. It lias been used for the )>ast thirty years with preat success, and we will refund amount paid for it if it does not cure any ordinary furm of Sore Eyes, where there is no constitutional or organic trouble, after directions have been carefully followed. Try it. If it does you no good it will cost you nothing. Retails at 2?c. per Bottle. Sept 1, 1887 WILHITE & WILHJTE. " CASH TELLS THE STORY! CALL AND SEE !" BEOWNLEE & BKOWN, DEALERS IN HEAVY, FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES. WE ALWAYS CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF Flour, Bacon, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Hams, Molasses, And Everything else in the Grocery line. We also keep a full Stock of CAN GOODS, CANDIES, NUTS and CRACKERS. FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES alwavs on hand. Everything NEW and FRESH. Call and see us before you buy. Ocl. 0, 1887 BROWNLEE He BROWN, First Door Below Masonic Hall! is BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, CANOPY TOP PHYTONS, DOCTOR'S PH/ETONS, SURREYS, ROAD CARTS, BUCKBOARDS, WAGONS. WOULD call attention to the LARGE and ATTRACTIVE stock of VEHICLES now in my Repository, and to arrive. I sell the handsome and reliable work made in Columbus, Ohio, and represent nearly all the Companies at that place. Will call especial attention to the old, reliable? COLUMBUS BUGGY I can give you. The best material, workmanship, and most superior finish. The light? est;, roomiest, easiest running, most stylish Carriages and Pbcetons in the market. I have several styles of Road Carts and Buckboards. Will sell the EASIEST RUNNING and RIDING CART in the world. They are perfectly balanced when on the road. I sell Buggies any style, kind, grade or price, to vary from $40.00 to the highest price Baggy sold. Also, represent the STANDARD WAGON CO. of Cincinnati, Ohio headquarters for reliable, cheap work. ALL WORK GUARANTEED as represent? ed. MILBURN AND OLD HICKORY WAGONS. I am not doing business for fun, but am satisfied that I can sell you anything you want, if you will look at my? ELEGANT STOCK OF HAND MADE HARNESS. ~~~~ 1 know thev are hand made, because everv stitch is made in my own Score. SINGLE HARNESS, DOUBLE HARNESS, STAGE HARNESS, and any kind or part of Harness you may waut. All stock carefully selected, and made by JOSEPH MARTIN, the most expert workman in the up-country. Any kind of Repairs on Har? ness done with neatness and dispatch. L.AP ROBES, WHIPS. BUGGY UMBRELLAS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, HAMES, COLLARS, and everything else in the Harness line. ??f Don't forget my Stable when you come to Town. Call and see me, and I will convince you that I mean what I say. May 10. 1887 J. 8. FOWLEE. ?15 BARTON & 1WNSEND, CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS, AND DEALERS IN Lumber, Shingles, Mouldings, Doors, Sash and Blinds. 8@T BE SURE and see us before you buy whal you want. We will save you money. Sept 15,1887 10 500 BUSHELS Winter Grazing Oats, Seed Barley, Seed Wheat, Seed Bye, Clover and Grass Seeds. Magnolia Hams, Country Hams, Active Soap. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES BY EVERY TRAIN. Sept 1, 1SS7 ?. F. CRAYTON & SONS. 8 WATSOIT &c SOZtsT. N VIEW OF AN IMMENSE FALL TU A DE we have added a full lino of? DRY OOOD8 and NOTIONS, (Bought in Northern markets with Cash, and Cash only,) in addition to our full stock GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, BOOTS and SHOES. We sell the best Wagon on the market, WHEELER'S FATENT?eight Bearings instead of four. We are agents for the largest and best? _ ? . _ , m Bug-fry 3Xaiiufiictnrcr? in trie world ! Have descriptive catalogues, cuts and prices to suit everybody. Sell only upon orders, and save you ten dollars on every job?guaranteeing satisfaction. WATSON & SON, No. 1 Brick Range. Anderson, S. C. Sept 22, 1K87 11 3m COME AND SEE! I am now Receiving my Fall and Winter Goods. In Dry GoodH-I have Virginia Cu?*imeros. which are the best goods I ever han? dled ? Jeans, Cashmaret, Calico, Worsted Goods, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings; a few pair Blankets to sell at cost for Cash. ? Boots and Shoes?Bay State Boots and Shoes lor Men. Women and Children. Ilats-A beautiful line of Men's Hats, in Wool, Ptflt, Straw and Maccanaw. Wall Paper?A large and beautiful line ol Wall Paper at low prices?over /00 rolls on hand, ? ?T . Hardware?A good assortment of Hardware. ? ^ ?? Groceries and Provisions?Bacon, Hour, Corn, Bran, Salt, Molasses and Fancy Groceries. FINE TEA a specialty. CARPETS, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE WOODEN WARE, GARDEN ?EKD, YFLLOW YAM and PEABODY POTATOES, for eating or planting, BUGGY RIMS, HUBS, SPOKES and Shafts, And many other things not necessary to mention. - # I beg inv friends and customers to give me a aul and price my Goods. I think I have a reputation for selling honest Goods at as low prices as the same quality can be sold for in the city. Come and price my Goods?no charge for showing. A. B. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. HYGEIA." A Wonderful Discovery* Tobacco an Aid to Health! ANEW TOBACCO, manufactured by Thos. C. Williams & Co., Richmond, Va., under a formula prepared by Prof. C. Mallett, of the University of Virginia. Anti-Malarial! Anti-Dvspeptic A Good Nervine and Tonic ! 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, " " Hill, Adams & Co., " " Cunningham Bros., " " L. Sharpe, " Brownlee & Brown, " M A. B. Carpenter, Pelzer, S. C. Nesbitt & Trowbrdge, Piedmont, S. C. James Hunter & Sons, Pendleton, S. C. Sept 1,1887 _8_4m WANTED?LADIES for our Fall and Christmas Trade, to take li;ht, pleasant work at their own homes. St to 83 per day can be quietly made. Work sent by mail any distance. Particulars free. No canvassing. Address at once CRESCENT ART CO., 147 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Box 5170. INTENDING ADVERTISERS should address GEO. P. LOWELL & CO., 10 Spruce Streut, New York City. For Select List of 1.000 Newspapers. Will be sent _FREE, on application. 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_ Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, X. C. Two and a half miles west of Greensboro, N. C. The main line of the R. & D. E. R. passes through the grounds and with? in 100 feet of the office. Salem trains make regular stops twice daily each way. Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow? ing are cordially invited to inspect this the largest nursery in the State and one among the largest in the South. The proprietor has for many years vis* ited the leading Nurseries North and West, and corresponded with those of foreign countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit the South, both native and foreign. The reputation of Pomona Hill Nurseries is euch that many agents going out from Greensboro, representing other nurseries, try to leave the impression that tbey are representing these nurseries. Why do they do it? Let the public answer. I have in stock growing (and can show visitors the same) the largest and best stock of trees, &c, ever shown or seen in any two nurseries in North Carolina, consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa? nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian apricot, mulberry, quinces. Small fruits: Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans, English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees, roses &c. Give your order to my authorized agent or ordi>r 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 PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond A Danville B. R., COLUMBIA, tc GREENVILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT OCTOBER 16, 1886. (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. I No. 52 1 Northbound Lve Walhalla... Seneca. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurens. Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Six Newberry._ Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... 7.65 am 8.30 am 9.52 am 0.00am 10.45 am 8.45 am 9.40 am 12.5G pm 1.33 pm 3.05 pm 5.07 pm 9.15 pm Lve. Columbia Newberry.. Ninety-Six Greenwo'd Arr. Greenville Lau.-ens.... Abbeville - Spart'nbr'g Anderson.. Seneca.. WalbaUa... Atlanta..... 53. 11.00am l.Olpin 2.13pm 2.52pm 5.40pm 5.45pm 4.35pm 6.45pm 4.50pm 6.02pm 6.35pm 10.40pm Nu. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gen'l Pass. Agent.. d. Cardwkel, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, 8. 0 Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager._, PATENTS. INVENTORS and Patentees and all hav? ing business with the U. 8. Patent Office are invited to communicate with me with confident reliance upon my fidelity to their interests. New inventions patented. Old inven? tions improved, ana rejected applications revived. Caveats filed. Trademarks reg? istered. Superior facilities for skillful and successful prosecution of application for patents. Send model or rough sketch, with brief description of invention. I make <"> rharge for altorney't fee unless I obtain patent. Correspondence solicited. Prompt and faithful attention assured. Address Ar S. YANTIS, Patent Attorney, Washington, D. C. Oct 6, 1887 13 I ? ; *S?3I0NVJ O3XVI00S8V ?"ID Of *83ro?H oojT7x eqx ?sjaa.lCI MJ P?n*H '9ai*s0 '?Mq spof^ IP? joeaauj -ffjoiroj ?juckjtj ny '^rcuy trs ipop pug pimq i/j Mtnj vino jrsqj pan eomesKi 'lyaul pay arnMofd xgjaM oSvq spopi fr" I? Suipwuq n a s iQsin*fMix ?aruia pwoioa jnmirceiT 'huoijtuj 39 V3 iO JIOOfL <*n P*?a no* '<? JI 2 SQHI9 d33M OOAlOQ 3 09*18 >a ipoifl tsaq bkmj sBSsrl Anq oj oxjmm pun TOtjTMBpfainoBi I norjwnijopn; fsosuoq iiinaod joj iiuvfd ? *. 02 mod bo oj'.sioq lepcxuq orjl jo POOfl -dusesp ispuox jo tpnra jr? ?\mm jo BaaiAUVfu? loruid pdjoico ram -nwqJsaaortOOI HOOaAttl -TQOd rBapauj aw paea naqx 12 AHnnOd Nl a3iS3cJ3J.NI no* aav - -spopi n* Jo epoOQ Saiqipung Sofl JO sjaf) owTV -fiiuod 91 xof perrajy, ?sjauojJtapeoig paiuSoa 2tapi|iU?jo} BuoRoan<j-*mwrJ A"nq O] oaaqAi pOT*qvoM anr?nn saotJd *gpooxq ;nojannp ;o BJ9o{AUxaaa00I <sh? a.hj ooa *&i p??? *? n 9oa v iNv PORT E0YAL & WESTERN CAR? OLINA RAILWAY. In effect Oct. S, 18S7?7f>th Meridian Time. GOING SOU? X Daily. Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Anderson. 2 40 pm 6 00am Leave Deans. 3 11 p m 6 31 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 p m 7 00 a m Leave Lowndesville. 4 13 p m 7 33 a m Leave Latimers. 4 44 p m 8 04 a m Leave Hesters. 5 03 p m 8 23 a m L<uave Mt. Carmel.... 5 S.0 p m 8 49 a rh Leave Willington.... 5 45 p m 9 05 p m Leave Bordeau. 0 04 p m 9 25 a m ? Arrive McCormick.. G 40 p m 10 00 a m Arrive Augusta. 9 20pm 6'30 p m Arrive Savannah.... 6 15 a m 6 15 a m A rrive Jai ksonville.12 20 p m 12 30 p na GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville. 2 05 p m Leave .Savannah.S 20 p m Leave Augusta. 7 50am Leave M cConnick...l2 20 p m 0 00 a m Leave Bordeau. 1 06 p m 0 36 a m Leave Willinglor..... 1 25 p m (55am Leave Mt Carmel... 1 41 pm 7 11 am Leave Hesters. 2 07 pm 737am Leave Latimers. 2 20 p m 8 05 a m Leave Lowndesville. 2 57 p m 8 37 a m Leave Cooks. 3 40 p m 9 10 a m Leave Deans. 4 09 p m 9 39 a m 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 L5ne and Asheville <fc Spartanburg R. R. Tickets on sale at Anderson to all j oints at through rates. Baggage checked to des? tination. W. J. CRAIG, A. Q. P. A. W. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, Ga.