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WEW JEWELRY STORE ! JOHN M. HUBBARD, Kk h!s new store.IN HOTEL BLOCK. LOTS OF NEW GOODS. SQVEXTIES IN PROFUSION. JUST WHAT YOU WANT, lc. TO ?100 00. ?_> No Charge for Engraving. - ?&* The Prettiest Goods in the Town, and it's a pleasure to show them. P. t.-Jf you have Accounts with J. M. HUBBARD & BRO. make settlement rltfc meat above place. . JOHN M. HUBBARD. f A. DEAN. W.H.GEES. D. L. O. MOORE. WE WISH TO SAY Fo OUR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY that we have greatly in ressed onr Stock of? SHOES. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, Lid are prepared to give prices LOWER THAN EVER. W6 have on hand a big stock of FLOUR and MOLASSES, which we will sell IEEAPER than anybody.' . Call and inspect our Stock. Remember, we keep nothiug but First Class Goods, nd will take pleasure to giving prices, whether you buy or not. ? Yours, > ?_._DEAN, GEER & MOORE. Bs SMITH. A. A. BRISTOW. WHEN YOU GO TO GREENVILLE Call and see the Handsomest and Newest line of Slothing J-ECats and Furnishings, Ta be Found in tlie City, SEND US AN ORDER, which we will gladly fill, and if not satisfactory to be itemed at par expense. SMITH & BRISTOW, Clothiers and Furnishers, Greenville, S. C. Bj_i<Txa PRI?ES, tiXQ Sreatest Bargains in Furniture ever offered in South Carolina are offered at G. F. TOLLY & SON'S, depot stbeet. . They have the Largest, Cheapest and Best Selected Stock in Jio State, and challenge any Furniture House in the State for a comparison of prices. WALNUT and OAK SUITS cheaper than they can be Kragfet fromany Factory. BUREAUS at prices unheard of before. PARLOR SUITS cheaper than any, AHD EVERYTHING in the Furniture line. ' Come and see for year-elves and be convinced that what we say is true ??:/ SQT' Come asd look at oar Stock, whether you want to buy or not. We will ?pltJuWdt?ahowypaaroand. Caskets and Coffins furnished Day or Night. m F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. ANDERSON COUNTY DISPENSARY. S are Dispensers of the finest grades of FLOUR at prices that cannot be beaten Swiry pound guaranteed. ; On ail other GROCERIES we dispense nothing but the purest and best Goods, i Croelsery, ?lass and Tinware we dispense only the best material, and i. lower than yon have to pay for shoddy goods elsewhere. MOTTO: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?sell fo >fit and sell fast." jgour friends and customers for their past trade, we ask a continuance of ie si the GREAT BARGAIN STOKE. Yours ready to please, WEBB & SIMPSON. 12,000 Bushels Yellow Tennesse Oats for Seed. XL. OTXR STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES IS COMPLETE. will not be Undersold for the Cash. GIVE US A CALL. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, NO. 5 HOTEL CHIQUOLA. LOOK HERE! OAToii onsr to this! havs toe many Goods to carry, therefore for the next SIXTY DAYS we LARGE and HANDSOME STOCK? AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, CONSISTING OF illinery, Notions, Shoes, Handsome Dress Goods, Priestleys Henriettas. lso, the handsomest lot of SILKS, in all the new shades, that has ever been t to this market, es' and Misses WRAPS and JACKETS in every style JQP Gbnce st our Bargain Counter and see what you can dp. "Gome one, come all, And get your share of all." Thanks for the past. Respectfully, ^ - LADIES' STORE. JOHN H. AND E. L. CLARKE HAVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP IN THE RCHANT TAILORING BUSINESS, ITNDBRthe Firm nameo JOHN H. CLARKE & BRO., and respectfully ask the \J patronage of the general public We have secured the services of Mr. KLINE, rJiaJfisrned his trade in Germany, and is a fine work man. He has worked in several irge eitlee in this country. Mr. BAYLI3 R. CLARKE is also with us. He, too, is a Jgrtr class cutter end workman. We have long suffered for the want such woi k men. hut ?tfietofor? onr business would not warrant our obtaining sucb ; so now all we ask is to ?nll*S trial, and you will be snre to be satisfied both in ssyle, fit and work, and at iOfflr lower prices than you would pay in larger cities. We keep some nice Piece Goods on hand, and a full line of Samples from the North nd West for yon to select from. Altering, Cleaning and Repairing neatly and prompt? er done st reasonable prices. We are verv anxious to do a good business this Fall and jfr?or, and shall spare no effort or expense to do so. Very respectfully, JOHH H. CLARKE & BROTHER. FLOUR.FLOUR.FLOUR! ean save yon some money on Flonr?F.VERY POUND gnnr nteed to be as represented, and at Lowest Prices. OTHER GOODS IN PROPOftTJO^ fZ09~ OOME AND SEE US?WE ARifi GLAD TO QUOTE PRICKS. ' W. H. HARRISON & 00. Agents for Te^ney's Candies. A SLAUGHTER OF RABBITS. War on the Pests Every fear In Califor? nia. San Francisco, February 25.?With the month of March opens the season for a sport that is distinctively and exclu? sively a feature of California life. It is a rabbit drive. Though marked by cold? blooded and promiscuous slaughter, the rabbit drive is yearly growing in popu? larity with Californians, who when they go 8field with sinews strung for the action, literally combine business with pleasure. A rabbit drive means a half day of the wildest exci tempt to a regi? ment of men, a violent and certain death to a legion of long-eared, lithe-limbed jack rabbits and the preservation of thou? sands of bushels of grain and numberless valuable trees and grape vines. The valleys of Central and Southern California swarm with jack rabbits. For years they proved themselves a pest of the worst kind to farmers. They rooted over the grain fields and destroyed young grape vines and fruit trees by girdling them near the ground with their ubarp teeth. All sort of schemes were resorted to the annihilation of these creatures, but in spite of-the poisoned baits and tbe trapB prepared for them they increased iu numbers until. they threatened to de? stroy every crop of grain that was plant? ed, and every vine and tree that was set out, Five years ago the farmers of Fresno County resolved to rid tbe county of some of tbe animals, and they planned a rabbi* drive. On a certain day the grain and fruit growers for miles around as? sembled in the fields at tbe southeast of Fresno. The country was virtually de? serted, and the ranks of the farmers were strengthened by men, women and chil? dren from the town who made sport of what the farmers considered serious bus? iness. First, a corral was built of wire fenc? ing about four feet wide. This inclosure surrounded about an acre of land, and in form represented a Bartlett pear split .lengthwise. Tbe entrance w^b'at the small end. Running out from each side of this gateway were wines of wire fen? cing extending nearly a quarter of a mile each way. From the extremities of these wings the people far into the field as their numbers wonld permit without breaking the rank,, until they formed a living circle around a tract of land twen? ty acres in extent. The women and children were placed nearest the fences, for in the field active work was to be done. When tbe line i was completed and all the things were in readiness the leader of tbe drive j gave the signal, and, yelling at the top I of their lungs and beating the ground with clubs, the line closed slowly in. j When the advance toward tbe corral began, now and then the drivers at some particular point in the line would be aroused to a degree of enthusiasm that j seemed almost maniacal by a light-brown j hump that rose from the gronnd and stretched itself into a dim streak that momentarily lengthened toward the op? posite line, of drivers. That was a jack rabbit, started from bir lair. Ab the lines of men drew near each other tbe brown streaks doubled rapidly on themselves, and finally began to zigzag wild ly across the inclosure as the fright? ened long-eared creatures ran hither and thither in search of an open? ing through which they might escape. Gradually the animals, were driven to? ward the corral until finally the laet one was in the inclosure, which was an undu? lated mass of hopping and skipping bun? nies completely at the mercy ? of their enemies. As many of the men and boys as cared to do so entered the inclosure and with clubs Blew the rabbits, a sharp crack on the skull being all that was ne? cessary to put a permament quietus on tbe animals. In about four hours' time upwards of teu thousand' rabbits were killed. Tbe undertaking was voted a complete success by tbe farmers, and from that day the rabbit drive has been an established thing in Central and Southern Califor? nia. The most exciting and successful rab? bit drive ever held came off on the 10th of March, 1892, near Fresno. It was tbe last day of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which was being held in that city. A crowd of people numbering eight thousand, including war veterans and visitors to tbe encamp ment, encircled a vast territory. It was a disastrous day for rabbits, and also for a good many of the drivers who, after tbe fan was over, bad a picturesque as? sortment of bumps and bruises to exhib? it as a result of tbe reckless use of the ! clubs. I An immense corral was built, and after i a few hours of enthusiastic labor it was literally alive with rabbits. Twenty thousand is the estimate of tbe number of animals killed on that occasion. Tbe ground within the wire fence was heap* : ed with the carcasses of the dead crea? tures. The months of March and April'are the ones in which tbe farmers are tbe most anxiouB to exterminate tbe rabbits, for in May and June, and, in fact, through all the summer months, they propagate and multiply at an alarming rate. The farmer reckons that every rabbit that he kills in March and April prevents the birth of fifty of its kind. In tbe vineyards and orchards tbe rab? bits are specially destructive. In tbe for? mer the animal watches for tbe bursting forth of the green shoot that, if allowed to grow, would iu July and August, bend under tbe weight of luscious fruit. Of these tender and juicy sprouts tbe jack ' rabbit is very fond, and be nibbles them i off with great relish. In instances where j vineyards have just been planted the young vines are eaten off close to tbe j ground. The fact that these rabbits will : go through a vineyard of twenty acres in j a single night and strip it of every ves? tige of foliage shows how great a pest these animals are. When the sap begins to run in tbe - fruit trees tbe orchards are in danger. TLe rabbit in the spring rolls the bark of the prune tree under his tongue as a de? licious morsel. Sitting on his haunches he deliberately gnaws the bark off the trunk of tbe trees all the way round, then .standing on his rear legs be gnaws bis way back to the starling point. When a tree has been girdled in thia fashion it might as well be cut down and cast into the fire. To protect their trees the farm*-'" were compelled to wrap the trunk? IV. id the ground up to a height of two ltd with several thicknesses I of gunny sack, and those who can af? ford it follow this plan of protection to? day. The jack rabbit of California, like the trees and the fruit of that State, are much larger than the jack rabbit of the prai? ries east of tbe rocky mountains, and a .person who is unacquainted with the na? ture of the animal at first sight of him gets the impression that he is a very tame creature. He will Bit quietly by the roadside while a team passes, and if tbe team should stop and the occupant of tbe wag? on get out with tbe idea of picking up the mild looking creature tbe rabbit will probably remain sitting with ears erect until tbe person reaches out to grasp him. Then there is a flash and tbe astonished man sees a dim line stretching away from him until fifteen or twenty yards away it resolves itself into tbe same jack rabbit that a moment before was quietly sitting almost beneath his hand. Hnnting these rabbits with greyhounds is a favorite pastime with sportsmen. A race across the country betwen a fleet footed greyhound and a jack rabbit is an exciting thing to look at, but thoroughly to enjoy it from start to fiuish a person must have a long-range field glass that can be focussed instantly. The grey? hound usually wins the race, but he is a busy creature for a while. A jack rabbit in California that meas? ures five feet from the tip of bis toes on his hind legs to the tip of his ears is a common sight. During the winter and early spring his flesh is very palatable, and be is baked into very nice pies at that season of tbe year. Later ou be is assailed by fleas tbat swarm over him in myriads and keep him as poor as a railroad spike until they are drowned out by the fall rains. Tbe Blacksnake and the Battlers. Jacksonville, Fla , February 23.? A thrilling fight between a blacksnake and a rattlesnake was' witnessed on tbe Cunnings' orange grove by a party of gentlemen from Daytona. For. several weeks past a blacksnake about ten feet feet long has made its headquarters un? der an old crib ou the grove, appearing occasionally, but never allowing himself be killed. He was as large around as one's wrist and as fierce a looking fellow as one would want to encounter. The gentlemen were seated under a large pal? metto tree enjoying the pleasant after? noon when they noticed a rattlesnake creep slowly and cautiously from tbe brush heap and coil himself with head in the air and eyes turned toward tbe party as if to Bay: "Here I am." One gentle? men seize'd a club, but the others per? suaded him to delay his attack and watch the reptile for awhile and see what it would do. They bad a chance to size up the stranger, which was about six feet long and of a grayish striped color. In a few minutes the black snake was Been to appear from under the crib, fifty feet dis? tant, and move slowly towards the rat? tlesnake. "Now for a fight," said Mr. Bert Walker, and the party drew back to give the reptile a full show. Noiselessly came the big black fellow, carrying bis bead high in the air and occasionally dropping it, apparently studying the ground around which he was to make tbe attack. It was plainly evident that the black snake wanted to fight. When within twenty feet of the other creature he stop ped, raised his head and tbe rattlesnake saw him for the first time. Tbe ground between them was clear, not a stick or a stone being noticed for many yards. The rattlesnake raised his head and threw out his tongue, and seemed to be prepared for an encounter. They really reminded one of a couple of desperate men just entering the-arena for a fight to the death. Presently the black champion .8 tar ted on a circle around his prey, near? er to tbe rattler every minute. The rat? tler never took his eye from his ap? proaching enemy and his bead going around reminded tbe looker on of the movements of a corkscrew. When within six feet of tbe rattler, tbe black fellow, flew around bo fast that you could hardly tell what it was. It was like tak? ing a string tied to a stick and twirling it with all one's might. Suddenly, the two came together and immediately became entwined about each other, rolling over and over in the dust. This lasted fully five minutes. Then there was a lull and the blacksnake was seen to have his ad? versary by the throat with his mouth. His body was twisted about the rattler's body, and every few seconds he would give a squeeze that Bent the rattler so much further toward his end. In ten minutes the black hero dropped the body of bis victim, blew himself up, took one last look and then slowly wound o T into the brush. It was a rare and remarkable scene and thoroughly enjoyed by all the party. One of the gentlemen raised up tbe dead rattler on a stick and found tbat he was terribly gashed and mangled. Like tbe boa constrictor, the blacksnake does not bite but crushes out the life of its victim. Divine Concealment. When some of tbe Sioux Indian chief* were iuvited to go to Washington and visit President Grant, one of them, known as "Spotted Tail," hesitated about going for the following reason : He said that if he went he should probably see many things which wonld be new to him, and when he returned his friends would ask him what be had seen on bis jour? ney. If be told them the whole story, they would listen for awbile, and then leave his lodge one after another, saying: "Spotted Tail tell lies since he has seen the Great Father's kingdom ; the white men he has Been have made bad medi? cine for him." Thus he feared be might lose his chieftainship and his influence among the Sioux. The fear of this chief was not alto? gether without foundation It is related that a certain young Indian once made such a visit, and witnessed the wonders of civilization, and on his return to his tribe, they listened to his wonderful tales, until he told them he had seen a white man take a basket and fasten it to a big ball, and get into it and fly up in the air; when an old Indian, concluding that a man who could lie like tbat had lived long enough, leveled bis gun and shot him through the heart. It is sometimes pretty serious business for a man to undertake to tell all he knows. There are men who will not be? lieve anything unlesB they can under? stand it, and tbe more marvelous the tales they hear, the greater liars tbe nar? rators are supposed to be. Many a skep? tic in certain that Christinns are lying to him, as wob this old Indian, when he beard tbe young chief talking about men hitching themselves to a balloon and fly-! ing up into the sky. Tbey do not believe | bis story, for the simple reason that they do not know enough to believe the truth upon this subject. Hence, at times, even truth must be withheld from euch per? sons, because tbey are Dot in a fit condi? tion to receive or appreciate it. The pearls must not be cast before swine, nor the holy things given to the dogs. The fears of the wise chief were not realized. He made the visit to Wash? ington, saw the sights and wonders, and on hiB return was bo careful and prudent in his statements that his influence was increased rather than diminished. He was the firm friend of both Indians and whites, and was finally selected supreme ruler of his tribe.?Religious Paper. The Governor's Mistake. "I once made a mistake myself by try? ing to be very thorough," said the gov? ernor, shutting his teeth down on his Habana, and closing 19 eyes retrospec? tively. "When was it ?" we asked. "Not so long .ago," said the governor. "Do any of you think I look like a fel on ?" he asked. The replies were not UDanimouB. "Well, I was aireBted as one, within the la?t two years," be said. "When I came into the governorship I thought I would be very thorough, and one of the first things I investigated was tbe con? vict system,. Tbe newspapers said I bad made promises that I would give honest labor a show. Perhaps I had. So one day I slipped uff by myself, and went up to the mine? and Bee bow tbe thing was being worked when no one was expected. Tbe charge bad been made that tbe les? sees ran things very differently when an investigating committee was expected, from the way they usually ran them, and that ordinarily tbe treatment was very harsh. I intended to go down into tbe mines, and I put on an old suit of clothes, in which I used to hunt occasionally. They were torn and muddy, and I congrat lated myself that no one would know me. "In the pockets were all sorts of odds and ends, such as string, wire, a knife, nippers, etc. I got tbe conductor to let me off tbe train at a crossing, and walk? ed a mile or two to tbe mines. As I got near tbem, thinking I would look over tbe ground before going out in the clear? ed space, I turned out of the path and struck up the bill through the brush. I took a survey, and saw a small gronp of men arouud a fire, one or two of them convicts, one or two perhaps visitors, and one a guard with a double barrel shot gun acrosB his arm. I was thinking of going down, and took a step or two, when some one bebind me said, "Hold on ; come back here.' I turned, and there, thirty steps from me, was a guard, an ugly old fellow, long and bony, stand* ing with his shot gun across his arm. ?What do you want?' I asked. " 'I wants you,' he said, 'and I wants you quick. Come here.' "I went over, moved rather by curi? osity. 'Well, what do you want with me?' " 'I'm going to take yon to the warden,' be said. "?But I won't go,' I said. 'I don't want to go to the warden and I will not go.' "?You won't? Well, we'll see if you won't. If you don't, you'll git a load 0' buck shot in you,' he said, dropping his gun, and palling back tbe hammer slow ?y. "I saw 'hat be bad me, aDd I de term in ed to explain. 'I am a visitor up here,' I said. "'Yes, no doubt; that's why I wants you. I wants you to finish out your visit. We can't bar to part with you. Walk along there.' ??But-' I begaD. " 'But nothing,' said he; 'you don't want no but, but this,' and be gave me a crack with tbe butt of his gun which nearly knocked me over. 'March on,' he 'said. " 'Look here; I am tbe governor of tbe State,' said I, trying to look impos ! i?g "He looked at me quizzically. 'You're a pretty-lookin' gov'nor?I'm glad to see you; I'm gwine to helpyo' finish outyo' term. Walk along tbar and shet up yer jaw. I'm gittin' kinder tired on it, and I've a good mind to let you have a load of buck shot anyways, jest to teach you manners.' "Well, that old fellow marched me dowD and made a convict go through my clothes. Tbe things in my pocket were positive proof of my guilt, of course, and you never heard such a lambasting as be gave me in your life, all tbe time keep ing a runLing fire at me, asking what I was 'in for,'etc. Tbe circumstantial evi? dence was that I was a burglar, but tbey all agreed that I looked like a pickpock? et, and one man even suggested that I had picked a bdrglar's pocket. That was tbe worst of all. Then be marched me off to tbe warden." "What became of the guard?" asked one. > "He's my manager on ray farm," said the governor, "and be still makes me march straight." The Bigness of Texas. A recently printed statement that the Western States of America are becoming crowded is disproved by figures that, through various manipulations, tells a most wonderful story of the leugth and breadth of the magnificent empire lying west of tbe Mississippi. Of the vaBt area of the larger Western States people who have uot visited them and travelled over tbem have no com? prehensive idea. Texas, the largest of the Uuited States, has an area of 262,290 square miles. To the casual reader, says "Kate Field's Washington," these figures mean very little ; they show, however, that the Lone Star Stare is more than fifty-four times as large as the State of Connecticut. If it were possible to run a railway train from Connecticut to Texas and back in a day, and if the train could take the entire population of tbe Nutmeg State, as given in tbe last census, at every trip, and upon its return there should be as many persons in the State as there were before the train left with its cargo, and if each were placed upon an a-ire of ground upon his arrival in Texas, the train would be obliged to make 224 trips or to depopulate Connec ticut 324 times before accomplishing its mission, and then there wpuld remain in Texas 703,808 empty acres. It may be of passing in'ereat to know that such a train, made up of coaches twenty feet long, capable of accommo? dating fifty passeugers each, would ex? tend over a distance of more chan fifty Biz miles. If tbe entire S:ato of Texas were planted with corn and the hills were two feet apart, and the rows were three feet apart, and if every man, woman and child in the State of Connecticut were set to work in the field to hoe the corn, and each peison were able to, and did hoe two hills in five minutes, it would take this army of laborers 7 years, 280 days and 7 hours to hoe every hill of corn in the State, laboring continuously day and night 165 days each year. To those persons who have never stopped to consider how great a country they are living in these figures may be of interest. Tbe man who fears that he could not elbow bis way around in the crowded West without chafing the nap of his coat sleeves may gather some solace from tbe statement tbat the entire living population of the globs, 1,400, 000,000 souls, divided into families of five persons oacb, could be located in Texas, each family with a house on a half acre lot, and there would still remain 50,000,000 vacant family lots.? New York World. -m * ? - A Wise Bird. Joaquin Miller, in the Independent, relates tbe following instances of a bird's sagacity, which is truly marvelous: "We have a little woodpecker here, (in California,) which shows even more than human foresights and knowledge in pre? paring his winter's food. This bird runs a spiral lines of holes up and around a pine or oak tree- dozens and dozens of spiral lines, in fact?each hole large enough to receive tbe tip end of an acorn; and here the busy little fellow and his co-operative society drive in bushels and bushels or acorns, point first. And they drive tbem in se tight and fast that it is hard work to dig one out, even with the point of a knife. "Nothing remarkable or superior in this to other woodpeckers, you say ? But hold on a moment. The marvel is they do not eat these acorns. Tbey simply drive them iu, point first, leaving the large and soft end exposed to the sun and rain, and then sit by and wait for months for the results. Meantime tbe large end of the acorn so exposed sours or ferments, and then a moth lays an egg there ; this egg finally becomes a worm or grub, and grows to almost fill the shell, feeding on tbe decaying acorn; and finally, when plump and fat as a pig, the woodpecker kills and eats him, throwing down tbe empty acorn shell at the roots of the tree and leaving the bole empty, which has cost bim many a bard knock, to be used again and again for many generations. And wby does he make these lines of holes spiral ? Because his bard, little head is level, and he knows that if he bores a straight line, be will weaken the bark; and be knows, too, tbat if he does not distribute bis board evenly, tbe bark is liable to break and fall from excess of weight, But this is not quite bo wonder? ful as is his cold-blooded calculation in getting the moth to help him prepare his winter's dinner; for here he calculates not only on the moth, but the very ele ments to help him; and it is probable that he never calculates in vain or makes a single mistake." A Crazy Lover's Act. Calvestox, Tex., February 25.?This afternoon Frank Gilbrough shot and killed Miss Dora May Wassam, then shot and killed birr self. Gilbrough was 26 years old and at one time was employed in the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe gen? eral offices. Miss Wassam was 17 years old, the daughter of a resident physician. It seems that Gilbrough has been an admirer of Miss Wassam for some months, and after a proposed marriage recently she gave him assurance she could not become his wife. Her parents had raised serious objections on account of the young lady's tender ago. To-day Gilbrough went to tbe Wassam residence and inquired for the young lady, saying: "I have come to marry Dora." Mrs. Wassam informed him tbat Dora was not at home, and furthermore could not marry him. Gilbrough left the'bouse and shortly afterwards met the young lady in the street with a younger sistor. Ho shot her and then himself. Both died almost instantly. Gilbrough had been acting strangely for several days, and bis act is said to be due to tem? porary mental derangement. ? Enough spider web to go around the world would weigh half a pound. He Will Not Beside In the White House. Prosidcnt-eloct Cleveland has do cidod not to occupy the White House during tho early part of his administra? tion. He wants the White House to be thor? oughly renovated and arranged to suit his family before bringing Mrs. Cleve? land and tbe baby into it. He has therefore arranged to rent a private house in the city for a few months at least. He will take the residence of the late Admiral Porter on II street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. It is but two blocks from the White Houso and is one of the oldest and most comfor? table residences in Washington. It is a large old-fashioned throe-storied mansion built of brick and painted to resemble brown stone. It Is a double house with a small step, projecting bay windows, heavy cornices and diamond window panes. It has tbe general suggestive? re ess of bygone days. There are spacious and well kept grounds about tbe house enclosed on the west by a high brick wall, surmounted with a row of big urns in which plants and flowers were once kept growing. Mr. Cleveland could not have selected a more comfortable and convenient houso in Washington. It may be that he will spend six months or more in this house or perhaps only a month or two. It is a very unusual thing for the presi-1 dent of the United States to live any? where than in the executive mansion du? ring his term of office. Mr. Cleveland's action, when he was president before, in buying a summer home, created some? thing of a sensation. It had been the cus? tom of Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Arthur and one or two other presidents to spend a portion of tbe summer months in one of the houses belonging to tbe govern meut in tbe Soldiers' Home grounds ad? jacent to the city. Mr. Cleveland was invited to occupy one of these houses, but he disliked the idea of having his rent paid for him by the government, and so he purchased a home of his own, Oak View, which he lived in for two or three years and then sold for a clean pro? fit of ?100,000. ? A hog, when properly fed, makes more meat in proportion to the food con? sumed, and more also in proportion to the waste material, than any other ani? mal. ? Last week a party of white cap.s went to the house of T. A. Anderson, in Carroll county, Miss., with the intention of whipping him. James McMahon, one of the party, entered the house, pistol in hand. Anderson shot and killed him, and tbe others beat a hasty retreat. An? derson had a preliminary trial and was discharged. ? W. D. Crowley, travelling man for Marsh, Smith <fe Marsh, of Atlanta, com? mitted suicide in his boarding house in that city last Friday, shooting himself in the breast with a revolver. He had the day beforo received a letter from a young lady in North Georgia to whom he was engaged, dismissing him because of his intemperate habits. ? A northern paper dismisses Genera Beau regard's death with a brief notice as follows: "General G. T. Beauregard, who directed the attack on Fort Sumtor, died at the residence of his son, at New Orleans." There was a time when tbe mere mention of Beauergard's name caused such a tremor of excitement in tbe north that it took whole columns of northern newspapers to express the feel? ings of the people. Then mothers would .scare their babes into being good by tell? ing them that Beauregard would catch them, and the cheeks of grown men would blanch when his name was spoken. And even now that he is dead, they for the first time, venture to allude to him as "G. T. Beauregard." Advice to Women. If you would protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Men? struation you must use BRADFIELD'S | FEMALE 1 REGULATOR ] Cabtkbsvillb, April 30,1880. This will certify that two members of my Immediate family, after having suffered for years from Menntrual Irregularity, beins treated without benefit by physicians, ?were at length completely cured by one bottle of Hradilt Id's Female Regulator. Its effect Is truly wonderful. J. W. Strange. Book to " WOMAN " mailed FREE, which contain" valuable Information on all female dlseaaes. BRADF1 ELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, CA. _B*O.B SAZE HF AZL DRUGGISTS. Begin Right Plant WOOD'5 Seeds And End Right. Our seeds are just what southern plant? ers need to meet the demands of the early markets. Our NEW SEED BOOK, for 1893, is the most complete guide ever issued for the farmer, gardener, and trucker. It tells how to begin right and end right. Wc send it FREE. Write for it and current prices of any Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain, 5eed Potatoes, &c, you may require. Send your ordere direct If your merchant does not handle Wood's Cecils. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Vai. . . BEWARE OF FRAUD. Ask for, and innist upon haYiflir W. L. DOUGLAS .SHOES. None gen? uine without W. Li. Douglas name and prlco stamped on bottom. Look forltwhonyoubuy. Sold everywhere DOUGLAS FOR GENTLEMEN, S3 SHOE A sewed shoe that will not rip; Can', seamless, smooth inside, more comfortable, stylish and durable thau any other shoe ever sold at the price. Every style. Equals custom made shoes costing from $4 to $5. The following are "of the same high standard of merit: $4.00 and $5.00 Fine Calf, Hand-Sewed. $3?5? Police, Farmers and Lctter-Carriers. $2.50, $2.35 and $a.oo for Working Men. "1.00 and $1.75 for Youths and ?oys. $3.00 Hand-Sewed, j for 50 and a.oo Dongola, j LADIES. " .75 for Misses. " IT IS A DUTY yon owe yourself *1 get the bo3; value lor your money. Economise In your loot?car by purchasing W. ~i. Douglas Shoes, which represent the best value at the prices advertised, thousands can tes? tily. Do yon wear them? Will give exclusive aalo to shoo dealers and general merchants where I have no ?ents. Write for catalogue. If not for sale la your place send direct to Factory) stating nd, size and width wanted. Postage Free. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. C. F. JONES & CO., Agents, Anderson, S. C. GEER BROS , Agents, Belt on, S. G. HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST STOVE ON THE MARKET FOR $10.00. GLASSWARE, TINWARE and CROCKERY At reasonable Prices. Bring me your Rags, Green and Dry Hides., Thanking you for your liberal patronage? I am yours truly, JOHN T. BTJRKISS. ? While a man was walking along the river bank near Mount Meridian, W. Va., the other day, he discovered a musk rat hole just at the water's edge, and upon close examination he found it was full offish. He got a board and stopped up the bole, and in a short time he claims that he had taken 175 suckers from the hole with his hands. ? There is a Pittsburg widower who must want a guardian bad enough to hire one. He carried on a loving correspon? dence through a matrimonial paper and lavished the most intense avowals of affection upon the unknown victim of his tender passion. When it came to the "round up" be found himself engaged to bis own daughter, and the disappoint ment in that household was so dense that the festive old gentleman kicked himself two blocks up bill and the daughter cried straight through till breakfast time. ? Rain which, on touching the ground, crackles and emits electric sparks is a very uncommon but not unknown phe? nomenon. An instance of that kind has been reported from Cordova, in Spain, by an electrical engineer, who witnessed the occurrence. The weather bad been warm and undisturbed by wind, and soon after dark the sky became overcast by clouds. At about 8 o'clock there came a flash of lightning, followed by great drops of electrical rain, each one of which on touching the ground, walls or trees, gave a faint crack and emitted a taint spark of light. The phenomenon continued for several seconds, and apparently ceased as soon as the atmosphere was assurated with moisture. ? Thirty years ago Simon Hayes was married to Miss EJizabeth Hayward, the daughter of an Illinois farmer. The couple became estraged soon after mar? riage and the husband went to the war, He fought in the Third Iowa regiment, was desperately wounded and reported among the killed. His wife believed bim dead and married again. After the war Hayes went west to seek his fortune. He returned from Utah a few days ago and found that his wife had been married, but ber last husband bad been dead some years. There was a joyful reunion and another marriage at Belleville, 111., one day this week. S6SAT68ED TEH I ^ A troublesome skiu disease I caused mo to scratch for ton (en jp^p^gjjj cu^ea by a few days' use of M. H. Wolff, Upper Marlboro, Md? i was cured several years ago of white swelling in my \c% by usinp; SfasySfSjfl an(^ bavo had no symptoms of ro jff^SifyVaj tuxn ?r tho ^* ease. Many prominent physicians attended ma and all failed, but S. S. S. did the work. Paul WV Kirkpatrick, Johnson lit/,Tenn. Treatise on Blcod and Skin Dis? eases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Execute rs of the Estate of James A. King, deceased, hereby gives notice thai they will, on the 11th day of March, 1893?. apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from their office as Executors. W. R. ELLIS, J. C. KING. Executors. Peb 8, 1693_32_J? "\TOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. JA The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of A. J. Watt, deceased, he-eby gives notice that she will, on the 18th day of March, 1893, apply to the Judge of Proba'e for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office as Administrator. ELLA J. HT7DGENS, Adm'r. de bonis non. Febl5,1893 33 _5 Scientific American Agency for CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, etc.l For Information and free Handbook write to MUN.N 4 CO.. SCI Biso ad wat, HEW VOBK. Oldest bureau for securing patents In America. Every patont taken out by us is brought before the publlo by a notice given free of ohargo in the gtmtitit ^mnum Largest otrcnlatton of any scientific paper In tho world. Splendidly Illustrated. No intelligent man should be without It. Weekly, S3.00 a year; *J.50stx months. Address IIDKN A CO? PUBUitaEiis, 301 Broadway, New York Oi*y. YOUR HOME ! Isnot Fumrsried without a Piano or an Orcran! NOTHING completes tbe furnishing of a house so well. No present you could make your family would be more acceptable or give them so much enjoy? ment and benefit. If you had been paying ten dollars p?r month on a l'iano two or three years ago you would now have it paid for. If you don't begin soon old age may overtake you, and you will go through life with an unfur? nished and cheerless home. Why delay ? Pianos arc cheap, very cheap. Never so good for the money. Less than one-half their cost for? merly. And the terras are so wonderfully easy. Only a few dollars paid monthly will secure oae. Start in aud it will be yours and paid for befoie you know it. Do you want a Piano or an OrgaD ? If so come in and talk it over. We can suit you and save you money. If you can't come in and talk it over, just drop us a line. JOHN L. HAYNTE & DAUGHTERS, Greenville, S. C, A. 0. 3TBICKLAND J. P. ANDERoCN Strickland & Anderson, DEITTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. ^S?~One oof the firm will be at their Pendleton ffice every Wednesday. Attention, Ye Eaters! -0 The undersigned, proprietor of the? ANDERSON BAKERY, Is now running a DELIVERY WAGON, and will deliver? FRESH ROLLS, pies, CAKES and BREAD, At your door every day. Send or leave yonr orders at the Bakery, No. 1 Whitner Street. A. SCHILLETTER. April.28,.1802 43 JAS. F. WILSON, DENTIST. N office at Honeo Path, 8. C, every day except Friday, when I will be in office at Williamston, S. C. Jan 18, 1893_29_3m JOHN K. HOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, - - 8. C. Feb 5, 1891 31 8m NEW TAILOR SHOP. B, E CLARKE, Proprietor. -o THE undersigned has opened a Mer? chant Tailoring Establishment on Whitner Street, one door above Auditor's office. Having graduated from a first-class Cutting 8chool of New York City, 1 am prepared to give you a perfect fit. Entire satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. Cleaning, Repairing and Altering done on short notice and at reasonable rates. Country Cutting at One Dollar per Seit. A full line of Samples for Suitings al? ways on hand All I ask is a trial for anything you wish done in the Tailoring line, and will guar? antee to treat you right. Remember the place?one door above Auditor's office, on Whitner St. Respectfully, B. R. CLARKE. Jan 18,1893_20_3m Registration Notice. -0 Office Supervisor of Registration. Anderson, S. C, Feb 8,1893. THE office of Supervisor of Registration will be open on the first Mondays Id March, April, May, June and July for the transaction 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. in., and from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. for the renewal of lost Certificates. Office-^Id the County Commissioners office. J. L. GLENN, Supervisor. Feb 8,1893_355_3m THE ST* E OF SCUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE, Ex Parte Samuel McCrary, Administra? tor with Will annexed, In Re. the Estate of Thomas L Reid, deceased.?Petition for Final Settlement and Discharge. To C. L. Reid, Esther Garrison, Nancy Eskew, Sallie A. Riley, Ms.ry M. Mc? Crary, Darwin L. Reid, Elizabeth C. Reid, G. W. Darby, M. C. Darhv, Carrie Phinney. H. N. Reid, W. P. ^eid and T. B. Reid. TAKE NOTICE, That the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate at Anderson C. H , S. C, on Friday, the "th day of March, A. D. 1893, at 11 o'clock a. m., for a F' <al Settlement of the Estate of Thomas L. Reid, deceased, and Dis? charge from the office of Administrator of said Estate with the Will annexed. Dated 31st day of January, A. D 1893. SAM'L. McCRARY Adm'r. with Will annexed. To H. N. Reid, W. P. Reid and J. R. ? Reid, legatees residing beyond the limits of the State: TAKE NOTICE, That the Petition for the Final Settlement of the Estate of Thos. L. Reid, deceased, was filed in the office of Judge of Probate for Anderson County, at Anderson C. H , S. C, on the 10th day of January, 1893. Jan. 31, 1893. SAM'L. McCRARY, Adm'r. with Will annexed. Feb 1,1*93_31_6_ Richmond & Danville B. B. Co* F. W. Huldekoper, and Reuben Foster, Eecelvera. COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE DIVISION. Condensed schedule in effect Not. 20, 18)2. Trains ran by 75th Meridian time. BETWEEWN CHAEESTON, COLUMBIA, SEN? ECA AND WALHALLA. I Daily. I iNo. Ill STATION8. I Dally. I 'No. 12/ I 6 50am|LvCbarleston.Ar 1120am Lv.Columbia..Ar 12 57pm Lv.Newberry.Ar 2 17pm Lv Ninety-Six " 2 37pm LvGreenwo'd.Ar 2 55pm Lv... Hodges...Ar 3 12pm Lv_Dondlds...Ar 3 23pm LvHonta Path " 3 43pm Ar....Belton...Lv. 4 05pm Lv.._Belton...Ar. 4 35pm Lv.Anderson_Ar 5 18pm Lv.Fendleton.Ar G OOpra Ar....Seneea...Lv 6 32pm Lv....Seneca... Arl12 10im 7 00pm I Ar-Walhalla- Lv j 11 40am) ? 00pm I Ar?GreenvfleLv' i? OOn^n' _ BETWEEN ANDERSON. BELTON A GREEN VILLE. 10 30pml 6 05pm' 4 25pm 3 15pm 2 63pm 2 29pm 211pm 158pm 140pm 1 35pm 115pm 12 45pm 1216pm SfiSfcl 8TATION8. 11> o. 12.< I Dally, i I No. 11. I 115pm 1 35pm 3 43pm 4 02pm 4 08pm 4 20pm Lv>Anderson.Ar Ar....Belton...Lv Lv....Bclton...Ar ArWiiliamst'n " Ar...Pol_er._Ar Ar~Piedmont.Ar 4 35pm 4 05pm 1 25pm 1 02pm 12 55pm .12 40pra. 5 00pmiArGreenville.Lvil2 00u*Ni BETWEEN CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, ALS? TON AND SPABTANBURG. STATION8. I Dally iNo. 14. 6 50am|LvCharl?i?OHAr|108<)pmL^. - 3 50pra Lv.ColumbIa~Ar jajjfaT 5 23pm Lv...OarJi*kratotTT44am 5 ?0pm LTJ4^Oi]ion....Ar 1117am 6 5j)nmrar8partanb'gLv|l0 20aml BETWEEN" NEWBERRY, CLINTON A LA RENS. Ei.Sno. No. 15, STATIONS. ExJBun. No. 16. 11 20am 2 00pm 3 04pm 3 34pm 4 15pm Lv?Columbia_Ar Lv.Newberry.Lv Lv?Goldville?*r Lv...< lirton_.Lv 6 05nra 12 OOn'o 10 56am 10 30am Lv...Laurens_Lvl 9 50am I CONNECTIONS VIA SOUTII BOUND R. R. Daily.) Dally.jrFXTR. r TnfF Daily. | Daily No- 39.,No. 9. [CENTRAL TIME |No> 33 jNo 1Q 12 30pm| 6 45am|Lv..Columbla?Ar| 2 40pm|9 00pm 5 10pmill 30amiAi..SavaDnah_Lvil0.20ami4 00pm Parlor Cars between Columbia and 8avaunah. Trains leave Spartanburg, S. Cm A A C. Division Northbound, 4 09 a. m., 3.48 p. m., 6.00 p. m. (Ves buled Limited; Southbound. 1.56 a. m., 3.37 p. m.. 11.37 a. m. (Vrstibuled Limited); Westbound, W N. C. Division, 6.50 p. m., for Hendersonville, AahevlUe and Hot Springs. Trains leave Greenville, S. C, A. k C. Division, Northbound 3.07 a. m. 2 26 p. m., 4.42 p. m. (Ve? tlbuled Limited); Southbound,3 07a. m., 4.42 p. m., 12.28 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited). Trains leave Seneca, fl. C, A. A C Division, Nnrthbound. 1.36 a. m., 12.15 p. m., Southbound 4.38 a. m. 0.30 p. m. Trains Nos. U and 12 on the C. and G. Division, and Trains 13 and 14 on tbo A. S. Divis'on will run solid to and fioin Charleston over the S.O. R. R. PULLMAN CAR SERVICE. Pullman Sleeper on 13 at d 14 between Charles? ton and Ash evil le, via Columbia and Spart, nburg. Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on Trains 9, 10,11 and 12,37 und 38 on A. 4 C. Division. W. A. TU RK. 8. H. HARDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Asa't. Gen'l. Pass Art, Washington, D. C. Atlanta Ga. V. E. McBEE, SOL. HAAS, Gen'l Supt., 1 *??naw Columbia. S. C. Washington D. C W H. GREEN Gen'l Mgr., washington, D C Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway. IN EFFECT JAN. 22. 1893. (Trains ran by 75th Meridan time.) Going South. Daily?Ex. Sun. Sunday. Leave Anderson. 9 00am 1045 am Leave Starr. 9 45 a m 1112am Leave Lowndesville.-10 45 am 1150am Leave Mt. Carrael.1210 am 12 42 pm Arrive McCormick. 1 30 p m 1 80 p m Arrive Augusta.- 335pm 335pm Arrive Savannah. 7 30pm 7 30pm Arrive Jacksonville.~ 7 55am 7 55am Going North. Daily?Ex- Sun. Sunday. Leave Jacksonville.2 00pm 1 45 p m Leavo Savannah. S 45 p m 8 45 pm Leave Augusta. 9 00am 900am Arrive McCormick. 10 50 a m 10 50 a m Leave McCorcick. 3 05 p m 3 05 p m Arrive Mt. Carmel.4 20 pm 3 65 am Arrive Lowndesville. 5 45pm 4 46 pm Arrive Starr. 6 45 p m 5 25 pm Arrive Anderson. 7 30 pm 5 50 pm SAVANNAH SHORT LINE. Leave Augusta. 3 00 p m 8 05 am Arrive Fairfax. 4 25 p m 9 35 am Arrive Savannah. 7 30 p m 11 45 am Arrive Charleston.............. 9 35 p m 2 38 pm Arrive Jacksonville. 7 55am 7 55 pm Leave Charleston. 9 35a m 4 17pm Leave Savannah. 9 35 a m 4 00 pm Arrive Fairfax. 9 45 a m 6 45 pm Arrive Augusta.12 05 p m 8 35 pm Connections at Augusta for Atlanta and all points west. Tickets on sale at P. R. k W. C. Full way depots to all points at cheap rates and bagj;ago checked to destination. Palace Sleeping Cars from Spartanburg to Sa? vannah. For any other information apply or write. W. F. SHELLMAN, W. J. CRAIG, Traffic Marager, Gen'l Pass Agt? Savannah, da. Augusta, US* R. L. Todd, T. P. A., Augusts, Ga. J. B. FANT, Agent.