The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 25, 1889, Image 4

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?^B?Q?IES.! We have just bought a handsome lot of BUGGIES aud WAGES?all styles?and now offer them at ROOK ?BOTTOM prices to lysrs, either for cash or.ou time. Also, a splendid assortment of? harness. Whips, Umbrellas, Saddles, Blankets, &c. r ,; Our'big Warehouse is now full of the celebrated STUDEBAKER and TEN? NESSEE WAGONS?all sizes. Call and see them and get our prices before buy .ing 'elsewhere, - 1?RCAINS ? DRY GOODS. iWe^itve cut prices on all our? DRY GOODS, LADIES' HATS, PARASOLS GENTS' READY MADE CLOTHING, And SHOES, of every description. ^KThes.e.giJods aro going cheap?yes, very cheap now?to make room for the big ^^?tb?^bich we are going to buy. So come along early and get some of them before"they Yire: air sold out;.. -.Big stock of? - WOODBURY FRUIT JARS. ?^Best oqI the market?don't fail to get some of them, for they are cheap. r^^S&i You are welcome at all times?so drop in to see us every time you come to town; . Yours truly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY CO. ippT?RY TO STaCK T?KtNS s For Twenty Days I will sell USHNS, OBAHlBS^ AND STRAW EATS AT COST FOR CASH. ? Isb7^bt. of 'Misses arid.Woman's SHOES at COST,' and fresh stock at re? diced prices. Now isyour,time to buy Shoes if you'want-good Shoesab low prices. IS^&AmOTTESVILLF/ OASSIMERE and CASHMARET?the beet 'quality i^ibwfpricea. . -. . ?siv In fact, my assortment in all lirjeB of Goods is complete, and in order to reduce stock, prepcratory to utock taking, I am determined to please everybody in prices. ^Qme.sMn^aa{l^ will only, be for a limited time. ??-just':'RiBCBivED;: ' ? ' . . Preserving Kettlea and Fowler's Improved Fly Fans. The best Fly Fan I ?know anything about. If you .want comfort in your dining room buy Fowlert Fly. Fan and Harper's Trap. gv^WAIil^ PAPER?1200 to 1P0O pieces beautiful Wall Paper and Borders for 3ale.lowby r ? ? ^Pf.;"^V/-"" '. ' A: B. TOWERS. No. 4 Gra;:ilte Row. fpin^a, P?iitts, Paints. Inrushes, Brushes, Brushes0 Strictly Pure. White Lead. ?nseed Oil, Turpentine, ^ M^^ Oils, Etc. PilltfOSr?ny cokr in painting lino you desire. We guarantee our Paints to be pl^ila^^^-'^S^? aaUsfaction. : Ready Mixed Paints we don't jecommendj and therefore only keep a small mhtityin Btock. Give us a call before you buy. wilh? wxlhxte. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST GOODS, FOR THE LEAST MONEY, CALL ON THEI STOCK IS SIMPLY IMMENSE! .HEY ar? clever, conscientious fellows, aud being a new Firm with a trade to iild upVtbcy are selling at? ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. their entire stock is RAJS" 1SFEW AND FRESH. I-C-'VYOU will FIND there a splendid line of ts' Ready Made Clothing, complete stock Hats, Gravats, Boots, Shoes. T ?.TiTI?Q* QTTfYI?Q ever brought JjAJJlHiO OHUElO to this market. pHEiR DRY GOODS STOCK Is full of the most attractive SPRING STYLES of Ladies' Fine Dress Goods, Satines, Batiste, ChalHes, Ginghams, Lawns, Laces, Ribbons, &c, At prices so low they will astonish you. p^lieir Grrooery Room IS FILLED WITH PLANTATION SUPPLIES, . Aud their prices on FLOUR will "DOWN" anything in the market. Their Hoes, plows, Plow Stocks, Shovels, Trace Chains, Collars, &e., ire sold at prices that f^l^ptl&il to build up a trade. ^i^^QB-t-bojwy^iB ?rilJl yo" lryafc' M W, BROWN & SONS. FREEDOM FROM NUT GRASS. A Great Agricultural Problem Solved by a ? Carolina Matron. EdLgcfitld Monitor. As some mutual friend to whom I re? lated my trying experience with nut grass has evidently inspired your edito? rial request of last week that I should report progress in cultivating the pest "for hog food," to "evict" the once covet? ed nuisance, I cheerfully comply. It is a fact, as yon intimate, that jubt after the war I did plant nut grass for the double purpose indicated.. Many will say it was a fool-hardy enterprise, and I must confess that for a long time I sorely repented the undertaking; but I am glad of it now for two things: First ~ because I have learned that nut grass tubers are rather poor diet for hogs?not so good as the roots of either Bermuda or Johnson grass, or white melilotus? and, second, because I have discovered how to kill the pest, or rather MrB. M. J. Tillman (my wife) made the discovery, while I, like the gallant husband in the bear fight, early retired from the contest,, although I had deliberately brought on the struggle in our truck patches, which soon extended to the garden, contrary to my intention, when I planted the nuts. The plan of campaign to extirpate nnt grass is simply to prevent it. maturing seed above ground. Nearly eyerybody thinks the nuicunce reproduces itself from the nut alone, whereas it propagates a thonsond times more from the seed, which it generates on cultivated fertile lend almost as abundantly as crab grass itself, and these coco seed, like crab graes seed, will lie dormant on or iu the ground for years, or ages, until the soil shall be cultivated. Hence, to effectually and quickly destroy nut grass on any land infested with it the soil should' -be,, fre? quently stirred during the growing period of summer so as to stimulate each not and seed to sprout and come np. It is a waste of effort to attack coco in winter either by digging or ploughing or turning hogs on it. ' The best time for fighting it is. between midsummer and frost time, although myriads of the sprigs will show itself above ground in a day or two after each working of the soil, even in the spring month's, yet no seed Btem will Bhoot up till late in the season, and the secret of success, as before remarked, is merely to cut down every tall seed stem while in the flowering' stage at the latest, and the sooner the better. The old and most approved theory for destroying coco, by cutting it off under the surface of the. ground every time a sprig appears above the surface, is a useless expenditure of labor. That method persisted in long enongh will of coarse eradicate it, bat what a cost of attention, patience and toil 1 The ground should be often stirred with plough or hoe from April till frost, as before men* tioned, to make every nnt and seed come np if possible and as soon as possiple, but there is no urgent necessity, as far ' as eradicating the grass is concerned, to kill its sprigs until they begin to shoot np seed stalks. For this purpose it is only requisite to plough np or chop down the grass at the regular intervals of working Indian corn, collards or any other crop. Still it is advisable to plant the land in some tall growing crop which shall neither cover nor obscure some coco seed stem so as to prevent it beiog observed and destroyed, j By the above method two yeafa are ample time in which to rid any ground of coco. In fact, one season is sufficient to eradicate it except that a few scattering sprigs will 8 how themselves in subsequent years, which can easily be prevented from going to seed by close attention. But this close attention must be given in every instance to com? mand success. Coco is like the cockle bur in its vigorous vitality. All corn planters on river or creek low grounds know with what blood hound persistence the cockle bur seeks to progagate itself as the season advances and the intensity of the effort to reproduce itself after it is cut down is in direct proportion to the time remaining before frost. One bur will sometimes mature seed on the very surface of the ground in an incredibly short time, and although coco is not quite this persistent at reproduction, yet its seed stalks muBt be carefully hunted i for and destroyed as frost approaches. One cause that has enabled coco so long iand so defiantly to hold its sway at the South is that we have so few cropB which are hoed or ploughed in the fall of the year. This, together with the popular error that coco propagates from the nnt alone, explains the whole story of its uni? versal triumph over the patience, sweatj curses and blows of the millions who have j waried on it. By pursuing the plan above hurriedly outlined, Mrs. Tillman has completely extirpated nut grass from three different plats of ground where it once held un? disputed sway. What caused her to con? ceive the proper plan of battle for de? stroying the grass was brought about in this wise: About five years ago she had two favorite squares in our large garden broken up preparatory for spring vege? tables, but before she could get the seed in the ground the nut grass came up so quickly and growed so rapidly and vigor? ously that she despaired of being able to cope with it and let the squares lie out the whole year. During ftbe season the squares in question had such a magnifi? cent crop of hay?about half nut and half crab grass, two feet or more high? that she concluded to cut and cure it for horse forage, securing two full mowings. The next year the manure from the stable was deposited in piles on other -squares in the garden and in cotton patches where no nut grass had ever been Been, and lo 1 in a short while-nut grass was as thick as it could stand, wherever a-pile of the manure had been put. From this she rightly reasoned that the nut grass hay was responsible for it, that nut grass propagates from the seed, and that in the instance mentioned the seed bad passed undigested through the stock, and that if nut grass should be prevented from going to seed, while at the same time cultivat? ing the land assiduously to make all the seed sprout, the dread pest would no lon? ger be a pest. She ba3 put ber theory into successful practice of her own volition, and I am rejoiced that if I could not solve one of the problems about, nut gtass which I venturesomely undertook, I wss lucky enough to find tbe woman for a wife who could do it and has done it. My pride in her success more than counterbalances the mortification of my failure to conquer coco, after Beekiog a combat with it. And although tho joke is at my expenBe, yet if every good housewife shall have as little trouble in managing nut grass and her husband as mine, I will be content. ?Very truly, G. D. Tillman. Clark's Hill, S. C, June 24. Strange Case or Insanity. In a South Carolina family, in the upper portion of the State, there is con? fined in a room the eldest son of the house a maniac, condemned to die of madness. His case is one of the strangest. Without designating him by name and mortifying his family and friends, the cause of his insanity can be told. The story is inter* esting and weird: He is a stalwart young fellow, probably 35, intelligent, heathful of body, handsome of fi.ce, well read, and at one time there was no more promising young man in the Paimetto State?noted for its statesmen and Hcbolars. His malady is instructive of how men, of however sound of mind, can dethrone their reason by permitting or forcing the brain to rest on and revel in one subject. When our unfortunate friend had fin* iahed bis education he accompanied an ancle, on a trip North. Among other places of interest they visited the Smith sonion Institute at Washington, and the young man was deeply interested in the displays and specimens exhibited. Par? ticularly was his attention directed to the botonical department. He minutely examined and carefully studied the exhi? bits there, read pamphlets bearing on the display, and sought to make himself as thoroughly conversant with the history of each plant as possible. Strange as it may seem, here it was that he possessed himsef of the information that a year later brought about his insanity. Daring his absedce a negro had been executed near his home in expiation of a brutal murder. When he returned the people of his neighborhood were still speaking of the hanging. The gallows, a few hundred yards from the jail, was still standing. With three or four com? panions he went one moonlight night to look at the scaffold, and, incidentally, to dispel the idea current in the neighbor" hood that the criminal's ghost haunted the spot. While 'standing under the awful looking structure He inadvertently stooped and plucked a plant growing at his feet* For' the rest of his life he was a maniac. As he pulled the weed from the ground he cried to his- companions : '/Did you hear it shriek ?" They were dumbfounded at his subsequent conduct. He uttered strange ejaculations and raved, crying: "Must I die a madman ?" His friends were not long in ascertaining that bis reason had been dethroned. He was conducted?rather carried?to his father's home. Every attention was given him.' Specialists from home and away failed to restore him Co sanity. His family were reticent when asked for an explanation. The inquiries were numer? ous, for he was popular and mach belov? ed. In truth, his reatives had no expla? nation to make. Later on, however, through information imparted dnring his wild ejaculations, the ancle with whom he had gone North was able to give a possible reason for his queer actions. Daring his visit to the Smithsonian Institute the young man was more than interested in the mandrake plant and the carious ancient legends which accompa? nied the printed illusions to the plant in the books of instruction on Bale in the in? stitute. . .It was a belief among ancient sooth? sayers that the mandrake grew only under gibbets. The root of the plant resembles a human form and was thought to poBsees a soul; the moss which attaches to the root grows on only one side of the top of it, and falls downward, as does hair on the head of a man. It was believed that, growing only under gibbets, the sex of the person last executed determined the sex of the plant last grown. The plant uttered a shriek when pulled from the ground, and the person who thus disturbed it would die of madness-.' When the young man read of these strange things while in Washington he j was much affected. He followed up the history of the mandrake, devoting hours and days to its study, and continually spoke of it to his uncle and to those with whom he came in contact. He further learned of it thai the ancients used it for its soporific and anaesthetic effects; that they procured it by having the earth moved from its roots by a man whose ears were stopped with wax, when a string was tied to it and a dog attached to the chord and required to pull np the weed. His mind was so worked np over the plant and its history that the uncle for? bade him to read further of it and brought him home. Nothing more was ever thought of the affair when the sudden insanity of the youth was announced, but later the uncle recalled it and explained the case. While standing under the gallows the young man thoughtlessly pulled a weed. Instantly the history of the mandrake was pictured in his mind. He fancied he heard the plant he held in his hand shriek ! The horrible fear of dying in an insane asylum came over him. His mind was unbalanced. He had made himself a madman. The feeble mind was pow? erless to resist?evermore he is a raving maniac. ? Five Indians reeently appeared as witnesses in a land case at Los. AngleB, Cal,, one of whom, Juan Sabers, claimed to be one hundred and twenty years old, and said he was twelve years of age when the San Gabriel Mission was founded. Another one of the quintet was Juan Oalmila, whose years numbered one hundred and fifteen. The other members of the group were Francisco Apache, one hundred and five; Ramon Largo, one hundred and four, and Hsrahisjo Cabo jon, who was a mere boy of eighty. ? Rev. Sam Jones is preaching to im? mense crowds in Nebraska and is meeting with great success. How's This? We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by taking Hall'B Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Choney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorably in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. E. H. Van Hoeaen, Cashier Toledo National Bank, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly uPonJ^bJ??L^S mucus surfaces of l?^jSSBr' ll|fP^| 75c. pei: bo^s^^?^:-?^M A Postofilce Incident. "Fifty cents' worth of two cent stamps, please 1" The speaker was a young woman about 20 years of age, fine figure, blue-black hair and hazel eyes. She stood at the coun? ter in the stamp department of the Post office, and while the clerk was counting out the stamps extricated a silver half dollar from her beaded pocketbook and laid it down on the counter. The twenty five two-cent stamps were counted out, torn off aud laid down on the counter. The fair purchaser, who had in the mean? time taken off her glove, reached out picked up the sheet of Btamps, aud pass? ed them rapidly three or four times over the crown of her blue black hair, the mucilage side down. Then she folded the stamps carefully, put tbem io her pocketbook, and tripped out of the office in time to catch a Blue Line car. "What did ehe do thai fur?" asked a semi-paralyzed Reporte, who had wit? nessed the transaction. "Doncberknow ?" asked the official. "No." "Great Ctesar'a ghost! where was you educated? You must be awfully fresh !" was the reply. "Well, but what does it mean auy how?" "Mean? What does it mean? Chris topher Columbus! Why, everybody does it." "Does what?" "Does that. Isn't this summer?" "Yob." "Well, how are you going to carry home a sheet of postage stamps without getting them stuck togother ?" "I don't know." "Of course you don't know. Well, just wait here for ten minutes and you will learn something." The thick-headed Reporter accordingly tarried about' twenty minutes. In that time four men, three boys, two young women and seven negroes came in to buy stamps. Each purchaser, as he received his sheet of stamps, carried it to his bead, rubbed the "glue" side across his skull two or three times, folded the stamps, aud put them in his pocket and depart? ed. "Doyou catch on?" asked the stamp clerk, after the exhibition had continued for half an hour. "No," was the reluctant respose. "It's very funny, I expect, but I fail to 'catch on' to the exact point where the fun comes in." "Well, there's some people with brains and Borne without. Did you ever hear of the oil that exudes from human hair ? No? Well, the reason these people rnbbed the glue side of their stamps on the back of their heads was to prevent the stamps from sticking together. You just take a sheet of stamps, put them in your pocket and try to take them home. By the time you get home you'll have to put 'em in Boak to get them loose. Rub them on your head first and they won't stick together. Sabe ?" "But won't the oil prevent the stamps from sticking to the envelopes when you want to use them ?" asked the puzzled Reporter. - "Not by a large majority," was the reply. "If you rub a sheet of stamps over your head they will get just enough oil on them to prevent them from sticking together, but not enough to prevent them from sticking to an envelope. Try the experiment. It's worth trying." The Reporter invested six cents in two cent stamps and tried the experiment, and it was worth trying. Water For Fuel. .What appears to be an important invention has recently been made public in Phillips, Wis. It is no less than the practical and cheap use of water as fuel. The appliance consists of nothing but a piece of gas pipe from two inches to six inches in diameter, as may be desired aud of convenient length to fit a cook stove or a parlor dr other heater, with short legs or stable .support to keep it in position. This is placed in the stove with one end slightly projecting, to which is attached a vessel of water with stop cock conduit from the water vessel into the pipe. Before reaching the steam chamber the water passes through the important part of the invention, the part that constitutes or contains the great discovery. By means of it the water may pass into the steam chamber, while the steam cannot pass out. The part of the pipe contain? ing the steam chamber i'b within the stove, although a small part may be without if desired. To this the heat of a moderate wood or coal fire is applied, so ns to heat the steam to a higher temper? ature, Bay 300 degrees or nearly 400 when it passeB out of a Bmall orifice im? mediately into the midst of a bed of coals or ilame from burning wood or coal, when it is at once raised to the required temperature, 400 degrees or more, to be immediately decomposed into its gases? oxygen and hydrogen?which instantly become flame. Only a moderate summer fire of wood or coal will be required the coldest day in winter, the'gaseous flame furnishing the balance of the heat needed in the coldest room. The capacity for reducing heat may be regulated to suit require? ments. When it is known that hydrogen flame yields a heat in burning five times greater than carbon, or about 2,000 de? grees to 2,500 degrees, one may form some idea of the capacity of this little contrivance for producing heat. By increasing the temperature of the gsspipe to about 400 degrees, the vapor may be decomposed into its gases before exit from the pipe, and in such cases it is emitted in a jet of blue flame. In either case the oxyhydrogen flame is easily produced and with a very small consumption ot fuel?Light, Heat and Power. ? Ex-Senator Mahone, of Virginia, aspires, strange as it may seem, to the Presidency of the United States. He thinks that the time is coming when in order to break the Solid-South the Re? publican party will be obliged to nomi? nate a Southern man. As he is the leading Southern Republican he feels that the lightning ib sure to strike him at last. It is this conviction which pre? vents him from making a right for the Governorship of Virginia. ? BucT n's Arnica Salve. The best Ba. 7e in the world for Outs, Bruises, SoreB, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per tion, or money refunded, box. Fur sale by ? Before the war the high wuter mark in cotton was 5,300,000 bales. The crop ot last year is not yet entirely out o( the hands of the planters, but those whoso business attention is absorbed by the staple place it at 7,400,()00 bales, an in? crease of 300,000 over the year preceding. This season, with average weather, it will be 8,000,000 bales, worth nearly $400,000,000, or five times the value of all the gold and silver produced in the United States in one year. ? Mr. Ralph Elkins lives at Marions ville, Mo., and is a successful farmer. He says that he has been a great sufferer from impurities of the blood, which mpde his limbs stiff aud gave him pain in the lungs; but that he took Swift's Specific, and it Boon relieved bim entirely. ? The Grant family have made *600, 000,000 of tbe General's memoirs. ? We have sold Swift's Specific for six years in quantity lots, and the goods have been entirely aatinlactory, and without a complaint from a single customer. HuTCiiiiitsoN & Elliott, Paris, Texas. ? Nearly thirty-seven million babies are born in this world every year. ? Swift's Specific has a brisk acd constant sale with us, and the universal verdict is, that as a blood medicine it has no rival. Lankford & Toyman, Druggists. Sherman, Texas. ? During tbe last fiscal year the debt of the country was reduced $88,182, 000. ? Mr. Jas. J. McCalley, of Monet, Mo., says he had dyspepsia for eight years, which made him a wreck; sick and suffering during the whole time. After trying all the remedies, including all tbe doctors, in reach, be discarded everything and took Swift's Specific. He increased from 114 to 15S pounds, and was soon a sound and healthy man. ? The failure of the rice crop this year is a disaster, observes the New Orleans Times-Democrat, whose extent ie scarcely appreciated by the people gen? erally. There is almost a certainty of a reduction of the crop, by 500,000 barreh below the average, and, more probably, the shortage will amount to 000,000 bar reis or sacks of rough rice. This repre? sents a loss of about $2,000,000. ? A collection wa3 taken up in one of the churches recently; and when the hat reached the seat occupied by a lady, her daughter and little son, the two ladies found themselves without a cent of money; but young America reached over and deposited a cent in tbe bat and whispered to his sister: "There, I just saved this family from being whitewash? ed." A LAME EXPLANATION. . ANGRY FATHER?"Well, toit tooto ras? cal, "what ahe tou doing here ?" COLLTWELL (tcAo has been requested to Titep away from the houcc) ?1' V-rix&sz, sin, I vria I-TAItIXO A W-TTALX." Prestr.ti in the most elegant form THE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUICE ?OF THE? FIG8 OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma? nently cure Habitual Consti? pation, and the many ills de? pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When one it Bilious or Constipated ?SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRE8HINQ SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted.with it. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR SYRtTP OP FIGS MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. - . LOUISVILLE. KY. ? <'3S5?2 NEW YORK, N. V. Prognostication* of Bird* More Accurate Than Government Signal Bureaus. That birds have long been guides to sailors and agriculturists every one who knows anything about popular "weather prognostics is well aware. Not only have tho flight and general action of birds been noted by all civilized nations, but among barbarous tribes in thla and other lands the migratory habits of the feath? ered tribe have discounted the prognos? tics of government signal bureaus. Wind, rain and other atmospheric changes are predicted by those who narrowly watch the migration of birds, and sailors in Earticular, who are close observers of the eavens above, the atmosphere around the aid the waters beneath fhem, base their prognostics on all the peculiar phases of land, water and sky and the elements of life which people them. Among the birds which serve to guide the sailors to look out for squalls, the Bailor expects wind wnen the cormorants fly landward. If the gull soars to lofty heights and, circling round, utters shrill cries, a storm is approaching. If the Earrots whistle on shipboard it will rein, f they dress their feathers and are wake? ful it will storm the next day. If the petrels gather under the stern of a ship bad weather will follow. The stormy petrol surely betokens stormy weather, and no sooner do they gather in numbers in the wake of a ship than sailors pre? pare tc meet an impending tempest. Hunters are close observers of the hab? its of birds, and many prognostics are learned from the vocabulary of an ex? perienced hunter, who will stay Indoors In the morning when an amateur hunter will bo tempted out by a clear sky, to come back in tho rain, or who will find that a moderate temperature in the morning is no sure precursor of 64 warm day. Among the prognostics the hunter draws from the birds a few will suffice* If birds In tho autumn grow tame The winter wfll bo too cold for game Bats flying late in the evening indicate fair weatheiv iiutif they speak flying it will rain on the following day. A soli? tary buzzard at a great altitude Indicates rain, but if buzzards fly high together ? it will be fair weather. If chickens crow before sundown it will rain nest day, If they go out in the rain It will rain all day. If they-run to shelter It will not rain long. If they come off the roost at nigh* rain will soon follow. The Zuni Indian huntem say when chimney swallows circle and call they speak: of rain, and Indians predict a deep fail of snow when grouse drum at night. Hungers and fishermen have a saying that "there will pe no rain the day the crane flies down the creek." One crow flying alone is a sign of foul weather, but If crows fly in pairs the weather will be flue, . If crows make much noise and fly in a circle rain is expected. If the cuckoo hall003 in low lana it will rain; if on high land the weather will be fair. Domestic fowls look toward the sky be? fore rain and go to roost in the daytime. If they stand on ono leg tho weather wfll be cold. If birds are fat and sleek in February it is a sign of moro cold weath? er. If geese walk east and fly west it will be cold. An old proverb says: ""When the heu crows, expect a storm within and with? out," and nunters say that the direction the loon flies In the morning wfll be the direction of the wind the next day, Owls hooting in the day time indicate rain, but if at night the weather will be fair. When the peacock loudly bawls Boon well have both rain and etjaaUB. Pigeons return, to their dovecctes un? usually early before a rain. The habits or wild geese are watched, and furnish many prognostics. The following is a popular verse: Wild geese, wild geese, going to the see, Good weather it will be; Wild geese, wild geeae, gdng to the hffl, The weather it wul spin. In Kansas, when the wild geese fly to the eoutheast in the fall, the people ex? pect a blizzard.?Savannah News. ? It is estimated that the human heart does 5,000,000 pounds of work each day. The man who made the discovery was probably on the suDny-side of his wed? ding day. ? No matter how industrious the ba? ker may be. he is at best a loafer. 1 Wi? Heralfl?1889. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. TO KEEP POSTED ON THE News of the Entire World SUBSCRIBE FOE, THE M M Wy Herald. It is and will continue to be the greatest and cheapest family journal in the Uni? ted States. The coming year promises to be crowded with stirring events. In the United States the entrance of new issues into the political arena hai been fol? lowed by a change of Administration. But the great economic question on which the campaign turned is still unsettled, and its solution is now committed to a Congress almost equally divided between the two great parties. Europe is a vast camp. Army corps pa? trol the frontiers,' and millions of men await the signal for the most titantic war the world has ever seen. The Herald's news-gathering machine? ry is unequalled. Its correspondents dot the habitable globe. Nothing can escape their vigilance, and no expense is spared in spreading the results of their efforts before the Herald's readers. AU the news of America will be found each week in the Herald, while its for? eign department will contain a panorama of the Old World, flashed under the sea over the commercial cablea. Special features: Practical Farming and Gardening, Progress in Science, Woman's Work, Stories by our Best Authors. Lite? rature and Art, Choice Flashes of Wit and Humor, Exclusive News for Veterans. Information on all subjects. Address, JAMES GGRDON BENNETT, Nnw Youk Herald, New York City. DISSOLUTION The Firm of JOHN e. PEOPLES & CO. will dissolve September 1, 1889, by mutual consent, and parties will got RAKE BARGAINS until tbat time in? TINWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C. We have a nice line of? Refrigerators, Ice Cream Churns, Ice Coolers, Fly Fans, Fly Traps, Jelly Glasses, Fruit Jars, Etc. Etc. 1 quart Fruit Cans 60c. per duz. 2 quart Fruit Cans $1.00 per doz. In thcso goods our supply is limited. Come at once and secure bargains. We also have ? G-A-ILSriE MILLS On hand, and the best Mill made. We manufacture? EVAPORATORS, And can save you money in buying from us. Come and secure bargains, as we want trt reduce our stock. JOHN E. PEOPLES & CO. & 9 B^FII^&I&H W. L. Douglas? name and the price Lf InO M B81 MBtavM are stamped on the bottom of all Shoes M w> a a ^SBs? 9 \B advertised by him before leaving his factory; this protects the wearers against high prices and inferior goods. Ifyour dealer docs not keep the style or kind you want, or offers you eHocs without W. L. Douglas* name and price stamped on them, and says they are just as good, do not be deceived thereby, but send direct to the Factory for you can get what you want by return mail, postage paid. Dealers make more profit on un? known shoes that are not warranted by anybody; therefore do not be induced to buy shoes that have no reputation. Buy only those that have W. Jj. Douglas' name and the price stamped on the bottom, and you are sure to g?t full -value for your money. Thousands of dollars are saved annually in this country by the wearers of W. It. Douglas' Shoes. In ordering by mail state whether you want Congress, Button or Lace, London cap toe, plain French toe, or narrow cap toe, and be sure to give size and width you wear. I can fit any foot that is not de? formed, as my 6hoes are made in a great variety of widths, sizes and half sizes, I guarantee a fit, prompt delivery and perfect satisfaction or money refunded upon return of the shoes in good condition. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mas?. W. L. DOUGLAS $ 3 SHOE CENTIMEN. Is n fine seamless calf shoe, with Bongola top? and Oak father bottoms. They are made in Congress, Button and Lace on Lon? don Cap Toe, Narrow Cap Toe, and Plain French Toe Lasts, in sixes from & to 11, In? cluding half sizes and in all widths. If you have been paying from 85 to 80 for shoes of thin quality do not do so longer. One pair will war as long as two pairs of common shoes sold fey dealers that are not warranted by the manufacturer. Our claims for this shoe over aU other 83 shoes f.dvertised, are: 1st. It contains better material. 2d. It is more stylish, better fitting and durable. . 3d. It gives bettor general satisfaction. 4th. It costs more money to make. '???> ??< ?? 6th. It saves more money for the consumer, Oth. It Ib sold by more dealers throughout the U. S. 7th. It's great success is due to merit. - 8th. It cannot be duplicated by any other manufacturer. 0th. It Is the best in the world, and has a larger demand than any other 83 *??-0:* shoe advertised. $5,000 will be paid to any person who will prove the above statements to bo untrue. Tho Following Lines wiU bo found to be of the Same Quality of Excellence. OO SHOE PENTTINE HAND-SEWED, which takes the place of cus? tom-made shoes that cost from ii to CfiVl ?UAEf THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY HAND-SEWED WELT ?PHraw'Uy OrlVb 84 SHOE. Equals custom-maa> shoes costing from {6 to $S. 6*42? K/H* CUAEr FOR POLICEMEN. Railroad Men and Letter Carriers all W?JiVv Onvb wear them. Smooth inside as a Hand-Sewed Shoe. No Tacks or Wax Thread to hurt the feet. IS UNEXCELLED FOB HEAVY WE AR. Best Calf Shoe S2.50 SHOE for the price ?WOBKINl 'one pair ought to wear a man a year. 3^ 25 s m OEH ^v 1 ' ?A <TfeO O LJ f\ C IS EQUAL TO SHOES THAT COST FEOM 83 TO 83.60. VBaiVv On^/liM One pair will wear longer than any shoe ever sold at the price. ^2 QQ) SHOE*F0R E0VS is t5ie best sc'ri?o1 sboe in thc w?rid "7 CS (BU 'f% CT YOUTH'S SCHOOL, gives the small Bovs a chance to year *3HaBff Z? V$E?B%^Sb the best shoes in the world. All made in Congress, Button and Lace. ' W. L DOUGLAS $3 AND $2 SHOES J?s. Both Ladies' Shoes are made in sizes from x to 7, including half sizes, and B, C, D, ? and EE widths. STYLES OF LADIES' SHOES. "The French Opera," "The Spanish Arch Opera," "Tho American Common Son ho," "The Medium Common-Sense." All made in Button in the Latest Styles. Also, French Opera in Front Lace, on 83 Shoe only. Consumers should remember that W. L. DOUGLAS is the largest and only Shoe Manufacturer in the world, supplying shoes direct from factory, thusgiving all the middle-men's profits to tho wearer. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maas. FOR SALE BY O. F. JONES & CO., ANDERSON, S. C. LADIES' GOODS STRICTLY ! But Plenty of Them, and the greatest Variety in Town, is to be found at the justly Popular LA.?IES' ?TORE. W3 E haven't space to quote prices, but suffice it to say that after a prolonged stay in the Northern Markets, the Proprietress has returned with the most complete line of? HANDSOME DEESS GOODS, FASHIONABLE NOVELTIES, LADLES' UNDEEWEAE, FINE SHOES, STYLISH MILLINERY, INFANT CAPS and CLOAKS, Ever offered to the public. We guarantee a close examination of Goods, Prices, Quality and Style to prove not only satisfactory but beneficial to you. Very respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. 2,000 Bushels Corn, 2,000 Bushels Spring Oats for Sale. Magnolia Hams, Harvey's Strictly Pure Lard, Dried Beef, Irish Potatoes for Seed, Northern Baldwin Apples at $1.00 per bushel, Beceive Fresh Groceries by every train. All of which we will sell Cheap. t&* Give us a cail before buying-No. 1 South Main Street. _B. F. CRAYTON & SONS. CHEAP FRESH GROCERIES -? AT - EL "W- TAYLOR'S. CRAND COMBINATION of BARGAINS AT 0. A. REED'S EMPORIUM, WHERE you will always find a good as? sortment of the best makes of Baggies, Car* riages, "Wagons and Harness, at LOW and HONESTPRICES. Every one KNOWS that it is cheapest to [buy a First Glass SEWING MACHINE. I have exclusive sale for this section of South .Carolina for the Leaders?such as NEW 'HOME, DOMESTIC, WHITE, DAVIS, ST JOHN, WHEELER & WILSON, FAVORITE, AMERICAN and UNION; all sold un der a five years guarantee. Don't be deceived into buying cheap and wori'd loss Ma chines. Yon will regret such poor economy. After careful examination I am satisfied that I can offer my customers the Best and Cheapest? PIANOS AND ORGANS This or any other State affords, and I DEFY COMPETI? TION as to Price and Terms on First Class Instruments. Church and Sunday School Organs a Specialty. Correspondence solicited. Address, C. A. REED, Ag-enjt, Anderson, 8. C. CLARK &BR0., MERCHANT TAILORS, WILL be better prepared than ever be? fore to please their customers the approaching season. Our senior, Mr. J.H. Clarke, ia now in New York, taking a thorough course in the art of Cutting, and when fie returns wo will be able to give perfect fits in the latest styles. We pro? pose to give as good fits as can be bad i:a any Tailor Shop of the larger cities. We now have on hand a fine line of Samples of Spring Goods, and would be pleased to have our friends call and s?e them. Old Suit.-, cleaned and repaired at short notice. CLARK & BRO. March 7, 1880 ?_35_ PIEDMONT AIR-LINE, Richmond ?fc Danville R. R., CO UMBIi & GREENVILLE DIVI8I0N. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT JUNE 9, 1888. (Trains run on 75th Meridian time.) Southbound. I No. 65 Lve Walhalla.... 8eneca_. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbeville... Laurens..... Greenville.. Green wood Ninety-Sir Newberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... 8.00nm 8.30 am 0.41 am 11.65 am 10.50 am 6.00 am 9.30 am 12.33 pm 1.20 pin 2.40 pm 4.45 pni 9.05 pm; Northbound. Lve. Columbia. Newberry, Ninety-Six Greenwo'd Arr. Greenville Laurens Abbeville.. Spart'nbr'g Anderson. Seneca.. Walhalla.. Atlanta?. Si. 10.45am 12.42pm 1.55pm 2-37pm 5.35pm 7.20pm 4.00 pm 2.50pm 4.40pm (5.30pm 7,00pm 10.40pm No. 6-1 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 65 makes close connection for Augusta ana Charleston at Columbia. Jas. L. Taylor, Gea'I Pas3. Agent. D. Cardwekl, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S 6ol. Haas, Traffic Manager. JULIUS W. QUATTIEBAUM, Attorney at Law, ANDERSON, ? ? S. C. PROMPT attention given to all busi? ness. Office over Tolly's Confectionery. POET E0YAL & WESTERS CAE 0LIKA HALLWAY. In effect June23,1889?75th Meridian Time GOING SOUTH. Daily. Dally Leave Anderson. 6 20 a m Leave Starr. 6 57 a m Leave La timers.-. 8 17 a m Leave Mt. Carmel. 9 00 a m Leave McCormick.10 25 a m Arrive Greenville. 2 40pm Arrive Suartanburg.2 35 pm Arrive A she vi lie.. 7 00pm Arrive Augusta...12 SO p m Arrive Charleston. 6 06 p m Arrive Savannah. 6 40 p m Arrive Jacksonville.710am GOING NORTH. Leave Jacksonville.115 p m Leave Savannah.?.. . 8 20pm Leave Charleston... Leave Augusta.8 15 a m Leave McCormick. 10 35 a m Leave Spartanburg. 3 50 p m Leave Asbeville.?. 8 30 a m Leave Greenville.?. 3 25 p m Arrive Mt. Carmol.1154 a m Arrive Latimer.12 42 p m Arrive Starr.?.2 12 p m Arrive Anderson. 2 55pm This is the quickest route to Charleston ?reaches there three hours ahead of any other line. Connections made at Augusta for At? lanta, and all other points West. Tickets on sale at P. R. ?fc W. C R. de? pot to all poinla at cheap throng!) rate, and baggage checked through to destination. Any other information call upon or write. WM. J. CRAIG, A. G. P. A, R. W. HUNT, Trav. Pas. Agent, Augusta, Ga.