The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 08, 1893, Image 4
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.
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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 |
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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.
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Ask for, and innist upon haYiflir
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GEER BROS , Agents, Belt on, S. G.
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At reasonable Prices.
Bring me your Rags, Green and Dry Hides.,
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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
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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.