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%Mmn Intel A STORY OF TUE WAR. Floafcett Bclates Incidents Along the Ghlckahominy. Atlanta Constitution. Daring of the war they didn't have none of these .telephones .like they have ^owV.But: fiey^had er way of talking to xath^othef by signs*" So said Plunkett, as the group bad ated by the fireside. Scratching his [head and tossing bis bat over on a little lelf, be continued: '{"1 was np to Atlanta- and I overheard 'youngster talking to er girl through er ^telephone, and it made? me thick of bow thir gs have- changed > "nee the days along ie Ghickahonciiny v m old McCIellan jwaa tryiog to take I hmond.. [-"There wasn't r telephones, nor no telegraphy wires, other, erlong that gloom old. river, ; they sent messages nighty fast, an* ney done it by signs, ere was fello s stationed erlong on fgli places, three and fjur miles apart, 1 the length of the battle lines, and in second, by thedipo.fa'whitehandker fefcief, they would pass;a..word for miles, 'hese fellow were called the signal corps png, and if it hadn't er been for them I on't know bow Johnson and Lee would have ever got erlong, for old McCIellan bad ten thousand balloons, and ha would put er fellow on to one of 'em and send him up, and he could aefiu for miles and miles with h? telescope. They, didn't tum the balloons loose then like they do at these expositions, but tbey hady them ,.|B^V4>^oS'''.iop^ fapd a^windlaas ?% on a weil, that left 'em go up and held 'em- there and wouDd 'em down when they had seed as much as they wanted to see.,. w - "Every old soldier seed' these balloons of the yankees, and hailed 'em, too, and ey ali seed the 'signal' fellows, but the youngsters that talk through telephones don't know nothing erbout 'em. \ It was jusf; a white piece of cloth tied to a stick that tbey used to give their signs with. For instance, the young fellow at the telephone the other day 'lowed to the girl: ; " 'Hellow, hellow, what ?. Bellow, bellow, what you say ? Is that you ? Hellow, hollow, they cad me oft Hel? low, hellow, what? Central connect blank, with blank, blank, please. '.Hellow ? Is that you? Ha! ha I ha 1 ha 1 ha! Yen, ha I ha! faa I ha! Good? bye.' ; "Now, all in the world he said to that I;.;gali.'was "goodbye," and one of them sig? nal fellows could bavfl done that by a quick dip of his handkerchief to the right and sent it twenty miles in ten sec onds, but them youngsters was courting, know, and that makes 'em s'ow to get through with each other. ? "I never will forgat the commotion that was caused at one of these signal platforms, for the fellows were put up on little platforms, one day during of the seven days' fight. "The flag dipped to the right, then in front,, then to the left and back to the 3fe o I "(Where is President Davis at this moment ?' was the sign. "The officer says, answer: "'At Qaine'a mill.' "This only took a dip or' two of the white rag, and in er minute there came ' another message, < which only took er dip or two of tho rag and it put things to moving. ? " 'Send courier in haste. -He will be ambushed on his route to the pontoon bridge.'. _ "Yon ought to have seed that courier k move, and one' of the signal fellowB |r-^iowed that it was no place for a presi? dent to-be, nohow, but they didn't am? bush old Jeff; the courier caught him at the mill, and the course of hia route was changed, and it didn't take them signal ?fellows as long to save this great man as it did this youngster at the telephone to tell the girl goodbye. ? * * * * * * * * r?)^>; "That Chickshomioy was er bad, bad ?replace, I tell you. It' was in the days ll'^when there was no place between pick !&';?-.. ete. They didn't swap tobacco for coffee, fn: and say, how are you yank, or how ate '? you Johnny Beb, erlong them lines. A ' ? fellow bad to keep behind something, ??;' and keep mighty close. Yon could put your hat on your bayonet and stick it out i?^and three or four bullets would hit it -before yon could say Jack Robinson. .:. ^Sharp-shooters were e?erywhere, and it's of two of these that I want to. tell you |;;v;erbout. "For several days man Efttir man waa shot on the Confederate side, and the .sharp shooters' place c f concealment had nol been spotted. At last one of the . Oonfeds decided that as scon as .darkness come ergin he would try to make it to er .. big log that lay between the two lines, ?iCand so the next day he would have a bet ifir.pat ch?.nce to observe up down the line. _ No sooner than dark come than the Con <? derate Btarted fur bis log. He got '.here By crawling and creeping and . . never cracking a stick. "At Bunrise the next morning the Confederate was snugly planted behind the big log, but he was horror-stricken to discover, that the fellow who bad been doing the killing of his comrades for sev? eral days was just on the other side of i the same log. They discovered one another's presence at the same time and they both lay mighty close to the ground and hugged the log. "At last the Confederate 'lowed to tbe vankee: " 'Hello, yank, you're In er mighty |? tight place, haint you ?' " 'The same to yourself, Johnny Beb,' replied the yankee. "'Well, darn you,' said the rebel, yon daresent raise you bead.' " 'The same to you,', said the yank. ? * 'You make tbe first move.' " T? let you do that'"^' " "'I haint erg wine to do It.' ." Utor I haint ergwine to do it.' "And so tbey talked for an hour or two, daring each other to make the first move, till at last tbey agreed to a truce between themselves, saying that it would be murder for them to shoot each other under the circumstances. Tbe agree? ment was that they should not molest : . each other, but had the right to use every opportunity against anyone else, ? aid when night come they were to both . retire from the log back to their com? mands. "The day rolled on till away up in the i afternoon when a young fellow on tbe ' . Confederate side tried (o change his Tuition from one tree to another, when i.ve vankee behind the leg pulltd - his trigger and the young fellow dropped dead. pa ?**?n exclamation broka from the Con? federate behind the log and he 'lowed; " 'That was my brother 1' '"My God, you.don't say bo?' said the yankee. "Before a second could have been counted, the Confederate gun cracked and a young soldier fell full length from behind a tree. "An exclamation broke from the yan kee behind the log, and he 'lowed : "?That was my brother I' '"My God I you don't say so?' said the Confederate. " 'Yes,' said the yankee, 'and he leaves a wife and three helpless .child re a back in York state.' " 'And my brother/ said the Confed? erate, 'leaves a poor old father and mother who will grieve to death over the loss of their youngest child.' "War's er bad thing, er bad thing." . ? Sarge. - Cotton Seed Oil for Cooking. Much is said about the danger that Congress will pass the law forbidding the mixture of cotton seed with lard. This, it is thought, will greatly injure our Southern product. My own judgment is, that such action by Congress will ultimately benefit cotton seed oil, and at the same time injure lard. All that is necessary is for the papers to discuss the matter fully in its practical bearing, and theu cotton f eed oil will Btand upon its merits. Some years ago I read an article writ' ten in New York and published in the Atlanta Constitution, predicting that the, production of cotton seed oil would ulti? mately be a Bource of great wealth to the South, and commending it for culinary purposes. The writer stated that the refined article was preferred in cooking by some of the wealthiest people North, over the purest olive oil that tbey could secure from abroad. This struck me, and I soon got a quart for trial. Possibly it was not the best article anyway. My family soon became thoroughly dis? gusted, and the trial proved as usual with the first?no trial at all. After a -while it was ascertained that we used it too freely, measuring somewhat by the rule of measuring lard. So about eight years ago I secured a nicely refined arti? cle, with directions how to cook with it. From that day to this we have had it in our family, and my children have had it in their families, and we will never go back'to lard, unless a good article of the oil cannot be secured. Now why do not our Southern papers take np this matter in its proper light, not in a defensive, but an aggressive spirit ? Do let Congress pass the law as a real protection to cotton seen oil. It should be kept uncomtaminated by the stuff made from animal fat, subject as it must be to impurity from every shade of disease to which the filthy hog is subject. It is the cotton seed oil, not of the lard, that should be protected. The testimony of experts, some of whom have been manufacturers of lard, before the Con i gressional committee a-year or two back, was sufficient to convince any unbiased mind that hog grease is unclean, and that the cotton seed oil decidedly im? proves it, and is itself a pure article. " In my own family we employ it for everything cooked. It takes so very j much less than lard in quantity, that it is difficult to get old cooks down to the right minimum. There is where the mistake is oftenest made. It is far cheaper than lard, perhaps costing not much if any more than one third its price. For years I have been buying it by the barrel from the Kentucky Refin? ing Company, in Louisville, but just as good an article can now be procured ill Atlanta. Other families have followed onr example after much distrust, and now would not for a great deal resume the use of lard. Suppose our. Southern Alliance people take up our side of the question. It will require a little deter? mination to make cooks use it, for their prejudices are remarkably strong in favor of lard. Iu convenience, cleanliness, sweetneos, utility and cheapness, our Southern ladies will find it incompara? bly better than lard, whilst our poor peo? ple will soon realize that it is a4>lessing in convenience and economy. A purely vegetable product, it must be much healthier than animal fat can be.? j John C. Winter, in Atlanta Constitution. How She Broke Him. "My husband doesn't chew any more tobacco," said a newly married lady to a party of friends, "or at least, he doesn't where I can see him." "How did you stop him ?" they all asked. "The.morning after we were married," began the lady, "and he and I were Bit? ting on the front porch, I noticed he was ill at ease, and finally I asked him what was the matter with him." "My darling," he said, taking my hands, there is something t should have told you before we were married." "What is it?" I gasped, as the vision of another woman swept over me. "Love," he answered, "I am an invet? erate tobacco chewer. Can you, will you, forgive me?" As he finished, I slipped my hands from his, and drawing out a box of snuff and a brush, I said: "Ob, John, I'm so glad you spoke of it, for I'm nearly cra?y for a 'dip.'" His face was a picture, I can tell you, and in less than three minutes we had entered into a solemn compact to forever abstain from the weed. "And did you really use snuff before you was married?" asked one of the ladies. "No," answered the wife, "but I was fixed for John." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will -surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole*sydtem when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, s.s the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, ?., contains no mercury and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Tole? do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. BgkSold by Druggists, price 75 cents per bottle. _ ? Some men work harder to avoid paying an honest debt than tbey would have to work to earu the money to pay it with. ? I have been suffering the past three months with rheumatism. One bottle of Salvation Oil gave entire relief. Baltimore, Md. Frank O'Brian. Some Engineer Yarns. John C. Taylor, for many yeare a locomotive engineer on the roads of the middle west, is full of reminiscences as an egg is of meat. "Ever on a wrecked train ?" he asked. "No ? Then you don't know what you missed. But the man who rides along comfortably till the shock comes is a good deal better off than if he saw it some minutes ahead and couldn't get away, One time I was running the fast express on the Pittsburg road, and pull? ed into Wanatah, Ind., just alter dark with eight loaded cars. It was Friday night while the exposition was running here in Chicago, and every car was crowded. There was a freight on the New Albany road, which crosses the Pittsburg there, and it was due to pass some ten minutes ahead of my time. I couldn't see it and the target lights gave me the track, bo I pulled out and was almost to the crossing when I saw tbe man at the target run up the Albany track swinging a red lantern like mad. Just then I saw that freight coming down grade at full tilt, and whistling for brakes I let on all tbe steam I bad, but bietst if my drive wheels didn't slip and just go whirling around there like tops. The little headway I bad gathered pushed us forward, and the engine was just on the crossing. If the wheels would have cleared it before the freight came, but I saw it was no use. They would strike us sure. So I bad my choice: I could pull the engine across and let them hit the coaches, ?r I could stop where I was and let the engine take it. " 'Human life before dollars,' I said to my fireman, and reversed tbe engine. She took bold, strangely enough, and stopped the train stock still. I let on a little more steam and tried to back, but they flew again, and my partner and I jumped, just in time to see that blunder? ing freight crash into my Baldwin engine. They made an awful, wreck. The whole freight train piled up along tbe track and smashed half the oars. fhB two engines was all drove together and ruin? ed, but we got the track clear, and a new engine came down from Valparaiso and pulled my train into Chicago. But, sir, not half tbe passengers on my train knew there was a wreck. Theyjwere comfort? able, and their cars, being nearly still when the shock came they were not jolt: a bit. The company clissed a little when I told them I lost tbe engine to save the passengers, but I guess they would rather have it that way! Suits for damages, when a lot of people are killed, are always expensive. But tbe strain of those few minutes on me, when I knew my train must be struck, and had Co ' choose where, was enough to tfa?ke my black bat turn gray\ "t was running a through freight on the Alton road one time and fetching a train load of cattle up from St. Louis. It was along about morning, and just this side of Lincoln as we round eda curve I saw a little bridge on fire. It was over a dry, shallow creek bed and wasn't over twenty feet wide. I couldn't possi? bly stop, and I believed the fire had not weakened it much, so I put on a full head and let her go. About five care back from the engine was the man that owned most of tbe cattle, and he saw the fire almost as soon as I did. He danced and yelled and swung bis arms, but I let him go and watched the bridge. Just as the pilot pushed into the smoke something broke loose behind, and I'll be shot if that engine of mine didn't jump two feet ih the air. She came down all right and just flew like a bullet. I shut off the steam and looked around. There was only two cars with me. That infernal old man bad taken tbe train in his own bands and Climbed down to the bumpers when be saw I was going to take the bridge; be uncoupled the third car and the rest of the train, climbed up again and set tbe forward brake till he just about split it. Then be ran to the next, and his hired man helped him; His cars came on, shoving that first one along like a pair of skates till it stood right on tbe bridge. There it stopped, and when all tbe slack was taken up the weight of twenty cars of cattle just shoved the head of his train into the creek bed, tipped seven over on their sides and derailed the rest. I was so mad I could have hammered him. The bridge would have held the cirs running, but when the dead weight rested on it, With all that train bangiDg up behind, it went down. We had to open tbe cars nod let Dearly two hundred head of fat Kansas Bteers out on the prairie, and it took a wrecking train four days to fix up the bridge and track and take the rubbish away. And then that jaybawker had tbe nerve to sue the company for damages. Get it? Well, no, "I ran acro? a woman engineer once. Her father used to own a big sawmill, and, being an engineer himself, be taught the trade to his daughter. She was a little wild, I guess, and ran away from home to take an engine on a little nar? row gauge track in the Arkansas woods, dressing like a man and wearing her hair short. Then she got a freight train on the Iron Mountain road from Popular Bluff to St. Louis. She held that until she went to sleep one night and Tan plump into a freight on a crossing. Then she skipped, and turned up afterwards on the 'Q' road at the time'of the big strike. I knew her father well, and he often aBked me if I saw her. Finally one morning when I was pulling out of Chic, ago on a Bock Island train I saw her backing a 'Q* engiue down to the yardB. I called her by name, and when I started out next morning she came to my cab, got on and rode out a ways. "I never saw her again till juBt before I quit the road. She came to me at Council Bluffs one night and wanted to ride to Chicago. She had uo money and was discouraged, and I let her ride, although it was agidnat the rules, She sat before me and ran my engine half tbe night. She seemed to be watching for something, and didn't talk much. At last, just before midnight, while we were passing through a stretch of woods, she threw over tbe lever, set the air brakes and fetched the train up with a bump inside of a hundred yards. " 1 Man on the track ; don't you see him?' she said, and jumped to tbe ground. There was a man on the track, but I hadn't seen him before, and didn't believe she saw him when she stopped. Just then I heard a shot fired, and look? ing back saw a group of fellows trying to Bmash in the side door of the express car. " 'Go ahead if you can, John,' yelled the conductor. 'Go ahead, for God's sake,' came from the express messenger, and I let on tbe steam again. The man who bad been lying on the rails was gone. We gathered headway rapidly and the fellows who bad been pounding tbe door tried to get on the cars. But aa the train went faster they jumped to tbe ground and escaped. The woman id ia with a gang of train robbers, and is doing good work for them. I shouldn't wonder if she made her scheme work some night and her pals will get a big haul. But they didn't take anything out of my train, and if I ever see ner again, I'll send her where she'll have lots of time to be despondent, and where tbe'll wish she never saw a steam gauge."? Chicago Herald. An Affectionate Bird, The gander as a friendly bird, acting the part of faithful companion and pro? tector, is a revelation. Naturalists have evidently neglected the study of the tender side of the gan? der's nature. It is General Philip Cook, the Secre? tary of the State, who sets the gander right before the public hy telling the fol? lowing story : "I saw," said General Cook, yesterday, "a statement in the Constitution about Bome geese carrying water around in gourds. That story is good, but I can beat it." "There lived in Macon County," con? tinued the General, "some years ago a gentleman who is dead now. But for years before he died he bad a gander that was a wonderful bird. Tbe gentle? man lived in Montezutna; was rich and of great intellectual force, but before he died he lost his money) and then took to taking a drop too much. About that time a great big White gander attached himself to the judge, and they were never seen apart. The gander would follow the judge about like a dog, and when he entered a house the gander would sit on the front step and wait until he came out. "When the gentleman, as it sometimes happened, was overcome by his toddy, the big bird would sit by until he recov? ered, and if anybody dame near be had tbe gander to fight. He'd blow and puff worse than a dog, and nobody wanted to tackle him. "The gentleman was devoted to hie companion and fed him just as regularly as he eat himself. When he went from Montezuma to Oglethorpe a long trestle had to be crossed, Hud that bird would follow the gentleman across every time. "There arc hundreds of people in Ma? con County who remember the gentle? man and his gander perfectly, and they will all vouch for the truth of the story." Sally Conquered. Many of the first settlers of Illinois were rude in speech ahd rough in ihanner. Money was scarce with them, and service was paid for in produce. Governor B., according to tbe New York Ledger, used to illustrate these incidents of frontier life by the following anecdote t One day when he was justice of the peace there came to his office a young man, accom? panied by a young woman. "Be you the squire ?" asked the youth. "Yes, Bir." "Can you tie the knot for us right away." "Yes, Bir." "How much klo yoli charge?" ,lOne dollar is the legal fee, sir," "Will you take your fee in beeswax ?" "Yes, if you can't pay cash." "Well, go ahead and tie the knot, and I'll fetch in tbe wax." "No," said the squirej thinking there was a good chance for a little fun; "bring the beeswax first, then I'll marry you." Reluctantly the youth went out to where was bitched the horse upon which, Darby and Joan fashion, the pair had ridden, and brought the wax in a sack. On bel?g Weighed its value was found to be only about half a dollar.. "Walt," said the tanxious groom, "tie the knot and I'll fetch more wax next week." "No, sir; I don't trust* that's against the rules of this office." Slowly the disappointed youth turned to go out, Baying i "Come, Sal ? let's go." "I say, minister," answered Sal, with a woman's wit, "can't you marry us as far as the wax will go ?" "Yes, I can, and Swill," replied the "dquire," laughing j and he did. To Sew on Buttons. "When I get a bright idea I always want to pass it along," said a lady who sat watching a young girl sowing. "Do your buttons ever come off, Lena ?" "Ever I They're always doing it. They are ironed off, washed off and pulled off until I despair. I seem to shed buttons at every step." Make use of thCie two hints When you are Dewing them on, and see if they make any difference: When you begin, before you lay the buttons on the cloth, put the thread through so that the knot will be on the right Bide. That leaves it under the but? ton, and prevents it from being worn or ironed away, and thus beginning the loosening process. Then before you be? gin sewing, lay a large pin across the button so that all your threads will go over the pin. After you have finished filling the holes with thread, draw out the pin and wind your thread round and round beneath the button. That makes a compact stem to sustain the possible pulling and wear of the button hole. It is no exaggeration to say that none of my buttons come off, and lam sure yours won't if you UBe my method of sewing. ? Dave Peach, a young man about thirty years of age, committed suicide at Kershaw Tuesday by taking morphine He had been drinking the night before, and no cause can be assigned for his raab act except that he was probably demented from drink. Mr. Peach was a shoemaker by trade. He had lived in the town of Kerahaw about eight months, having moved there from Westville.?Lancaster ledger. ? Ben nie Bryant, a naughty nineteen year-old boy of Indiana, has just married pretty sixteeu year old Lillie Minton, tbe two having convinced a Justice of the Peace that they were real grown up folks. Bennie'i big brother, however, is now out with a declaration that ho will spank the reckless youth when be catches him, and the youngster is afraid to go home. Love hoes a rocky row these days. ?A popular railroad conductor handed around tbe contribution plate at the Episcopal church Sunday night, and some of the bad boys say that tbe Captain called out "Tickets I" as be started down tbe aisle, and that he was on the point of putting off one or two parties who failed to "throw in." He ough t to be employ? ed regularly in that capacity.?Lenoir Topic. ? A Russian inventor has a new smokeless gunpowder, said to exceed in power any explosive yet invented for guns Tbe Government is constructing immense new works for the manufacture of the powder, and the inventor baa been taken into the service. ? A gold mine has been discovered on the plantation of Mr. G. G. Stone, near Donnald's, Abbeville County. c They Didn't Agree on Religion, Louisville, Ky., March 4.?Mr. John Willis, a widower, highly respected in McLean County, marrie?! Mrs. Effie Pinkston a couple of days ago. A wed? ding supper was served at Mr. Willis's home, to which a large number of guests were invited. All went merrily until late in the evening, when a discussion arose about religion, and Mr. Willis found that he and his bride differed on some cardi? nal points of doctrine. The discussion got decidedly warm, and the company one by one withdrew, as things began to 5;row unpleasant, so that the pair were eft with only a sister of Mr. Willis in the house. This sister, after a silence of half an hour bad followed the war of words, named the hour and suggested that it was time to retire. Mr*. Willis* warmed to her subject again, and declared that she was not going to retire in that house that night or any other night. Her husband offered to withdraw the unparliamentary language he had used in debate, but the proposition was not accepted Every entreaty failed, and the irate woman whose religious convictions bad not bepn respected in the house of her husband sat stock Btill iu ber chair until daylight, when she set out on foot for her former home, refusing to be ac? companied by anybody, or to ride a horse, which her husband offered her. The minister of her church has endea V /j td to get her to return to her husband, and the latter has offered to bind himself cool and body never to mention religion again in ber presence, but she refuses to entertain any proposition looking to a reconcilation.? Neio York Herald. A Bravo GIrPs Acl. Charlotte, N. C, March 10 ?There is one brave girl in Charlotte. She is Miss Lula Smith, the pretty little fourteen year old daughter of Sheriff Z. S. Smith, of thia county. At 5 o'clock this afternoon Miss Lula was playing near the jail with some other children, when she happened *to see a prisoner slide out of the jail through a newly made hole iu the wall. The little Miss knew that would never do, so she ran quickly to the side of the jail and picked up a ! big stone. She began to pound a second kinky head, poked neatly through the hole, and in the act of escaping. Only a few licks were necessary to drive the prisoner back. Standing by the hole on the inside of the jail were a dozen pris oners ready to crawl through the hole and escape, but the little woman stood guard at the outside, dared them to poke out their heads. She gave the alarm, and soon her father Was on the scene and the prisoners all locked Up in their cells. By some means or other the pris? oners had cut a hole through the thick brick wall, and had it not been for Miss Lula a wholesale delivery would ha?e resulted. The prisoner that succeeded in getting away was a negro boy, in for a trifling offense. Gainesville, TeXas, March 8.? Margaret Lane, aged 60, weighing 175 pounds, and a giantess in strength, clean? ed out the mayor's.ofSce here yesterday. Her husband Was fined several days ago by the mayor s court, and yesterday she called at the mayor's office and abused him till he ordered a policeman to arrest her, but she knocked the policeman fiat, Then she knocked down City Attorney Hall and tbe mayor, who attempted to restrain her. Che afterwards attacked all three, dfiving thera out of the room with badly disfigured faces. She held the court room three hours, and only left when she got ready. ? A special to the Montgomery, Ala , Advertiser reports ice an inch thick at Peneacola on Saturday and"Sunday night. Vegetables of nearly all kirJda were killed by the severe freezes on those nights. The cabbage crop, which was very large in tbe country, and the finest tyjr known, wsb seriously injured, if not entirely ruined. There was wholesale destruction of all fruits that had Wormed, and there are but few left that h?dnot. The green figs were destroved: and it is feared that even the fig frees were killed. ? The North Carolina penitentiary farm on tbe Roanoke River, is assuming large proportions. Tbe general supervi? sor reports that the new quarters for the convicts are nearly ready. There are 196 hands on tbe farm, 10 on the Halifax side and 126 on the Northampton sido. They will work 75 borseB, will plant 1,000 acres in cotton, 800 acres in corn, 400 acres in clover, 400 acres in oats, and have now 100 acres in wheat, besides some rye and clover already ir, ? James Holden, Sr., who lives about twelve miles below Marion, is one of the remarkable men of the County. He is about 75.years of age, and one day last week he split over two hundred rails. He has four grown sons, and all of them say be can do more work than either of them. ? G. S. Reville, of Columbia County, Ga , has sn infant daughter 22 in ttths old, that knows every letter in the alpha? bet, and can count as high as 100. tiuckienJ8 Arnica Saive ? The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, 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 feet satisfaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For Rale by Hill Bros. Presents in the most elegant form THE LAXATIVE AND NUTR1TIQU8 JUIOE ?or THE? FIGS 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 Vhcn one is Hilious or Constipated ?so Til at? J?URE QLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR ?"STIFTEriE? OJE* MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA PIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK, N. Y. Fob 0, 1F90 31 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By IF. F. Cox, Judge of rrobatc. WHEREAS, W. H. Glenn has ap plied to me to grant him Letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Win. P. Norris, deceased. These are therefore to cito and admon? ish all kindrod and creditors of the said Wro. P. Norris, deceased, to bo and ap? pear boforo mo in Court of Probate, to bo held at Anderson Court House, on the 12'Jth day of Mnrch. 1800, aller pub- i lication hereof, to show cause, if any thny have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand this t'Jtii day of Murch, 1890. W. F. COX, Judge of Probuto. March 13, 1890 30 U The Cruel War is over, But we are carrying on A MERCILESS WAR ON HIGH PRICES. THE Campaign on Cotton is over for this Season, and we are going to make a campaign on high prices In Groceries. We intend to mako this the cheapest crop the farmers have ever raisod in Anderson County, by selling Groceries and Provisions so CHEAP that no man cnn complain of not being able to live economically. We are buying for Cash, and proposo to soil the same way. We are running only one line of Goods, and buy in largo lots, ao get Goods cheap ; we sell at the closest margin for handling, so we cannot bo undersold, even if our competitors sell for cost. We mean what wo sa3r, and say what we mean. We buy for SPOT CASH, And Wo propose to soil only for SPOT CASH. So don't aak to have Goods charged at these prices. READ, REFLECT, and ACT. These prices "mako tho old jnde wince." WE GIVE A FEW PRICES: Granulated Sugar ??c. per pound. Coffee?best Rio?20c. per pound, Soda?ptlre?3c. per pound. Flour?Patent, ?4.85 per Barrel. Flour?Good Family, $3.85 per Barrel. Flour?Family, ?3.45 per Barrel. Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Tobacco, And all other Goods in proportion. Wehave some HATS, SHOES, NOTIONS, and oth? er Dry Goods loft that we are selling so low that the prices surprise you. These aro no shop-worn, oldpoods, but arc new and in first-ciass condition. These goods are in tho way, as we need the room for an immense Stock of Groceries ; so they must and shall go. THE LAST CHANCE TO GET BOME DESIBABIiE COODS At and BELOW COST. BROWN BROS. I have a Fine Stock of Buggies, Wagons, Surreys, Harness, Mules and Horses, On hand that can be bought at a Bargain for Spot Cash. 1 AM situated so at present that I had rather have the money than the Goods, even if I have to sell at about cost. Will cootinue until my present stock is ex? hausted to sell on time to good, responsible parties. Always prefer cash payment. Call on Messrs. L. L. Gaillard, John D. Beard and J. A. Shanklin, Thanking the people of Andcrsou and oountry for their kind and libeml pa? tronage, I am" Very truly yo?f?; JOHUT. B. PEOPLES. T E PROGRESSIVE AGE in which we live and flourish demands? ENERGY, ACTIVITY, .AJSTD BOTTOHVX PBIOES! If you wiJl visit our Store you will see a combination of all the above, with a few other things that are calculated to make competitor* "Get up and Dust" to keep in sight. We can and will shake the bottom out of any prices you can get elsewhere. We'll tell you the "Good Old Honest Truth" about every article we sell you. We Pay Cash for every Dollars' worth we Buy, And Give Yo? the Benefit EVery Tlriid. Don't Believe a word we Say. BUT COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, JOHN M. HUBBARD & BRO., ."Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank, Anderson, S. C. J s THE OF ANDERSON, S. C, CAPITAL, - - $50,000 WE take pleasure inofferint: to tho pub? lic full burglar and fire piolection in the latest improved Vault and Saio work, secured by time Lock. Loans effected nn approved Peisonai, Real or Collateral Security, and liberal ac? commodations offered to depositors. In all that pertains to a general banking busi? ness we solicit tbe patronago of the public. OFFICERS. R. 8. HILL, President. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Vice President. J. R. VANDIVER, Cashier. ? J. BOYCE BURRISS. Ass't. Caahiar. DIRECTORS. W. W. Humphreys, R. S. Hill, S. M. Orr, " C. F. Jones, John E. Peoples, W. F. Cox, W. G. Watson, T. W. Martin, F. G. Brown. Ang 8, 1889 5 _ maxwelisI?llery" WILL be open only a few weeks long? er. Call eariy if you want First Class Work. No day too cloudy for good Pictures. Views of Resiliences made. Ba? by and Children's Pictures a specialty. Pictures copied and enlarged to any size. Remember my stay in Anderson is ?bort. J. A. WREN. B F. BROWNE, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Returned tu Anderson. EXCLUSIVE intention given to Repair? ing. Prompt mid honest work, and reasonnld.- charge.- only for the work clone. Fine und difficult j..bs a ;? penalty. Front window is I. II. Swl'n, D.y; 11?, fiWJ 'J4 3m NOTICE TO C RED IT? IIS. All persons having claims against the Estate of S-imuel 8 1 horry, decoasod, arc herehy notified toiiresetit ihem. prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within tbe time prescriheil by law, and those indebted to make nay merit: M. C. DICKSON, Ex'r. Feb?7, 18H0 ;} LAW CARD. IAM now prepared to give prompt, and special attention to all Law Busi? ness intrusted to my care as an Attorney or Counsellor at Law, not being otherwise en? gaged. COLUMBUS WARDLAW. _Feh 27, 1-TO_3j_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Rebecca 0. Gillespe, deceased, are hereby notified to present them; prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, nud those indebted to make pavuient. AI W. SEA WRIGHT, Adm'r. Murch 0, 1800 S3 fl? Mortgages OF Real. Estate, Or Good Collateral. Cull on J. D. MAXWELL, Sec and Treas. Anderson Building and Loan Association. Write us, and we win send you one on 15 Days'Test Trial In your own home. We pay all freights. No cash asked until you are suited.? Satisfaction Guaranteed. Over 40,000 Southern home.-, supplied by us on this plan since 1s70. Fairest method of sale known. Buyers saved all risk, and ensured Perfect Instruments at Lowest Cost. We make it easy for all to buy. Write for Valuable Information. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, CA. MgrrnntiniunmnrTTTrrf ~vrr: nTm : 111: n 11 j t1 / n iTl'lTcH ?ah 'srruAsinci 'usNfON 9 ZNW ssajppv 'Sdiov oc ! sasnouuaaJO gf> j ?pooiu? -juiiO nonrojsnus i in? 0) aoJj paifuiu oq ?IIiAVoja spaaj'sauirt :adEJS 's;snjj \\ws 's33jx |C}U3UI CU jo ? 'sqnjtis 'souiA 'sqing 3s 'siueid jo otiaopnuD a| poivJisiiirr mok mo 1 "iiv. 01 aaai _ Com In 1 TO ? DATS. . j}atnntMd net %?} MBMSlrUtan. Urdonljtylto iClimlalCa. Cincinnati,! Ohio. WILHITE Jan 23, 1800 Big Q hugiren cn! ver? sa! satisfaction In tha care of Gonorrhoea and Gleet. I prescribe It and feel sale la recommend? ing It to all sufferers. A.J.ST05EB,M.D., Decatur, IU. PRICE, 81 00. Sold by & WILHITE. 2tt ly S500 IS OFTEN MADE ON AN ACRE OF OUR Earliest Musk or Water Melons. Wo have found Um VERY REST, and will soil a Limit.-' -lumber of seeds at ONE DOLLAR a package. WINDSOR SEED CO., Drawer 927, Sau Rernamlino, California. March 6, 1890_35_Im TUE Best, Choapeftt nod Most Perfect Tonic Quinine and Iron Tonic Capsule*. A?tiroand prompt cure for malaria, chills and fever, sallow skin, loss of appetite, C'-noral aud nervous debility, biliousness, and nil ailmeuts which nrise from n disordered liver, or from lack of iron in the blood. A box of Tonic Capsules, which arc guaranteed free from mercury or any? thing at all Injurious, will be sent free, on receipt of cents In stamps or postal note, by the pro? prietor, ARTHUR J. MULDOON, 161 Graham St., JJrookhn, N. Y. &?8m 2\TOT A.T COST? (So-O ailed,) But wo pay SPOT CASH for Goods, and will sell them as Low as any Firm in America. OUR STOCE IS FRESH, OUR PRICES THE LOWEST, When quality of Goods is considered, and it will pay yon to COMB A-InTID SIEB ITS. We start the New Year determined to lead in PLANTATION SUPPLIES - AND ? STANDARD FERTILIZERS, At Lowest Prices possible. OUR SHOE STOCK THE LARGEST IN ANDERSON. Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes, And High Cut Plow Shoes a specialty. Also, the ''Fat Baby Shoe." Gome and examine this Stock. WE GUAANTEE THE SHOES, WE GUARANTEE THE PRICES. EL W. Brown & Sons, _ANDERSON? S, C._ this wlLi7SiE?sE "yotjT The undersigned have opened A. First Class Bakery, At the old stand of J. M. Hubbard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel. AFINE. NEW OVEN has been built, and our Establishment Is cquippod with erwr* thing needful in the Baker's occupation. We will have FRH3H BREAl), CAKES, PASTRY, etc., every day, and we want the public to give u? a trial ordar. We guarantee satisfaction. We will also keep in stock? A NICE LINE OF CONFECTIONERIES, Etc-, Which will be sold at very low prices. We will sell Twenty-Five Bread Tickets for $1.00, And deliver fresh Loaves to our customers every day. pSr We will Roast Fowls, or any kind of Fresh Meats, and Bake Cakes to ordtr. - a E. BOCK & CO. Dec 5,1889 22 LAMP WE have already received a big portion of onr large stock of Lamps for this season, and they are constantly arriving : Library Lamps, Students' Lampa, Stand Lamps, Church Lamps, Store Lamps, Parlor Lamps, Kitchen Lamps cheaper than ever before. PAINTS, PAINTS, PAINTS ! We have the largest and most complete line of Floor Painti, Carriage and Buggy Paints, Mixed House Faints, Enamel Paints in all libades, White Lead and Oil. Brushes, all sizes, from 10c up. Don't forget that we keep the largest stock of? Drugs, Patent Medicines, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles Of all kinds, including Perfumery, Fine Soaps, Face Powders, Ac. We will take pleasure in showing you through our big stock. Call early and get a look at our elegant line of Lamps. wilhite & wilhite. Registration Notice. Office of Supervisor of Registration, t Anderson, S. C, Feb. 4, 1800. J The office Oi'Supervisor of Registration I will be open on the first Mondays in March, April; May, Juno and July for the transac- j tion of such business as the law directs in connection with the registration of voters. The office will be open every day from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 3 p. m to 5 p.m. for the renewal of lost certificates. Office?Up Stairs, over National Bank of Anderson. WM. S. BROWN, Supervisor. Fcb fl, I6ftg_31_5m Notice of Final Settlement. Ex Parte 15. F. Mullikin, A. N. tfnftiXln and A. W. Pickens, Executors of the Estate of .Tsnrcs Mullikin, deceased, and B. F. Mullikin, Admin? istrator of the Estate of Malinda Mullikin, de? ceased. To A. N. Mullikin, Liicinda Hall, Marcus L. Mul? likin, Martha M. Mullikin, Emanuel A. Mulli? kin, Jesse F. Mullikin, Wm. II. Mullikin. Lean? der tttilllklo. Wm. E .'.loon, J. B. F. Mullikin, Thos. W. Mllllifcln. Surah E. Rowland, Malinda Ilunnicutt, Wilson Mullikin, ,7. F. Mullikin, Florence Hall, Alice Mullikin. Emma Harris, Josephine Pickens aud Mary Manser: TAftE NOTICE, That the undersigned will ap? ply to the <Iudi5ft "f Probate at Anderson CIL, ?. <\, on Monday, (lie 291 h day of April, 1800, at 11 o'clock a, m., for a Fiufll Settlement of ihe Estates of James Mullikin and Malinda Mulli? kin, deceased, und discharge from the office of Executors and Administrator of said Estates, re? spect Irely. B. F. MULLIKIN, A. N. MULLIKIN, A: >V. PICKENo, Executors of the Estate of James Mullikin, dee'd. 15. f. mullikin. Administrator of the ICsiate of Mulinda Mullikin, deceased. March I8j 1300_3R_?_ A. C. STRICKLAND, 3DE3STTZST. NITROUS OXTDE given at all timed for the Painless Extraction of Teeth, p?T Office in New Masonic Temple. Nov 1ft. 1888 _ 19 JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE - OF - New, Bare, and Beautiful Plants for 1890 IS NOW READY. Lovers of fine Plants will rind a large collection of Beauti? ful and Rare Plants, as well ss Novelties of Merit. This rich collection is well grown, and offered at very low prices. ORCHIDS?A very large stock of choice East Indians, American, etc. Also, Cata? logues of Roses, Orchids, Seeds, Trees, etc. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. Feb 6,1800_31_ FALL ANNOUNCEMENT' THE undersigned desire to inform the general public that tbey are now bet? ter prepared than ever before to SUIT the rrade. As Merchant Tailors they are thor? oughly posted In all of the latest sUle.? and th?y are prepared to CUT, Ff'i nr.v. MAKE UP Good* on very sho .y^cu. They employ the best workmen. i will give aatii fact ion. Cleaning and .airing Suit* neatly done Any gentleman wishing an (m. i-cat, Suit of Broadcloth; Worsted or Fancy i'us sintere should give us a ch.'I Our trade so far this Fall is beyond onr expectation, but wo want to increase it. CLARK A BRO. Nov 7, 1880 18 Richmond A Danville K. R., CO UMBIA & GREENVILLE DIVISION CONDENSED SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT SEPT. 20, 1888. (Trains run on 75th Merldiaa ?Inn,) Lve Walballa.... Seneca. Anderson... Spartanb'rg Abbsville... Laarsns. Greenville. Cretn wood Ninety-Six Nswberry... Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... M7am X 30am 0. 37 am 1136pm am ?.30 am 8.30 am 12.3.1pm 1. '.'Opai 2.4? pm r>.oo pm 9.00 pm Southbound. | No. 93 | Northbtrand. Lve. C^ambia.. Nurbrrry.. NilSt7-5ix Grturi'd Arr. flrnarlJe Liinti.... a ???-:,>.. Spun air'jr. Audarsoa . Stneoa,. Walballa... Atlanta. 54. KH?am 12.42pm 2.16pm 2-37pm 5.5; jim 7.3?pm iMpva 2-^pa 4.?j?m I.Msn T.Hpm 18.?pra Nt. 6-4 makes olose cosneotiou for Atlanta. No. CO mates close connect ion for Augusta ana Charlwt-on at Columbia. Jas. L. Tay Lou ttan'l 601,. Haas, TraTO Manager. JULIUS W. QUATTLEBAUM, Attorney at Law, ANDERSON, - - S. C. PROMPT attention & ,<*a to all boa4 neas. Office over the Express Office. CAUTION Talso do ahose nnleaa TV. X? Donjclaa' name and _ ? _ ?-price are stamped on the botiom. If tli? dealer cannot imply you. send direct to factory, encloalng naTeruaed price. . L DOUGLAS FOR GENTLEMEN. Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed* moor Waterproof. JCfKf. In the vrorlrt. Exnmln?JU? B?.00 <? WHINE HAND-HEWED'SHOE. ?4.00 1LI "?'O-SEWED \VELT SHOE. 83.50 J'OI.jC'15 AND FARMERS' SHOE. 82.50 EXTRA vAIAJE CALF SHOE. _ . 82.25 St 82 WORKING MEN'S SHOES. 82.00 and 81.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. All made la Congress, Button and Lace. $3 & $2 SHOES JftBe. 81.75 SHOE FOR HISSE8. Beat Material. Boot Style. Beat Fitting. W. L. Douclas, Brockton, Masa. Sold by C. Fa JONES & CO., ANDERSON, 8. C. IT WILL PAY YOU If you propose going Vest or Northwest, to writo to mo. I represent the Short Line, FRED. D. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlnnta, Ga Octobur 10, 18S0_ 14 Ora PORT ROYAL & WESTERH CAR OLUNA RAILWAY. In effect Feb. 2G, 1800?75lh Meridian Tim t GOING SOUTH. Daily. DaUly Leave Anderson. 725am 410 pm Leave Dean. 7 43 am 4t7pm Leave 8tarr. 7 47 a m 4 f 2 p m Leave Cook. 7 57 a m 4 42 p m Leave Barnes. 8 06 am 4 6# p m Leave Lowndesville. 8 16 am 500pm Leave LaMrner.8358m 5 10pm Leave Hester. 845am 5 80pm Leave Mt. Camel.... 9 OS a m 5 47 p ni Leave Willington.... 0 12am 5 67 p m Leave Bordeaux. 9 23 a m .6 08 p rs Leave McCormick... 9 40 a m 6 90 p m Arrive Augusta.11 55 a m 10 05 p m Arrive Charleston... 6 20 pni Arrive Savannah.... 5 40 p m 6* 30 a m Arrive Jacksonville 7 CO p m 12 00 ni GOING NORTH Leave Jacksonville. 110 p m 8 00 p m Leave Savannah.8 10 p m 6 40 a m L*avu Charleston. 8 80 a m Leave Augusta. 8 10 a in 4 80 p m vc McCormick...lOIhtn 650p ru Leave Bordeaux.10 45 am 7 \0 p m I*ave Willington...10 57 a m 7 21 p m Laave Mt CarmeK..ll 07 a m 7 SO p m Leave Hester?.11 24 a m 7 45 p m Leave Latimera.11 36 am 7 5S p m Leave Lowndesville.il 55 a m 8 20 p m Leave Ramos.12 08 p m 8 80 p m Leave Cock.12 13 p m 8 37 p m Leave Starr.12 23 pm 8 4"* p m Leave Dgmu>.12 27 p m 8 53 p m Arrive Anderson.12 45 p tu 9 10 p m This It tin? qjicktot route in Cbnrieaton ?reaches tnera threa hours ahead of any otbei Mne. Jjjhjtfjiint Palacfl sleeping car run* between Atlanta, and Charleston, and anlid train from Augusta to Charleston on Uli? lin?. Connections made at Aneu>ta for At? lanta, wd all other points West. Tlokoti on sale at P. R. A W. 0. B. ds? pot to all point* at ahoap through rat?, and b*frirn<;e chenkorl through t<> <U>aUnation. Any ulli?r in formal?11 upon or write WM. J. CRAIG, A. a PA R. W. HtJMH Trav. Pas. Agent, Augn&lsa, G*.