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j by clinkscales & langston. anderson, s. c, wednesday moening, december 2, 1896 volumi sxxiT. -no m Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County or Anderson. In the Court Common Picas. Mrs. Fannie H. Simpson, as Administra trix, Plaintiff, against Julia Simpson, Henry H. Simpson, Lcuipa Simpson, Susan Simpson, Charles C Simpson and Wm. J. 8impson, infants, Jos. N. Brown, Lois Watson, Ida Watson, C. E Hor ton, A. A. Dean, Virginia Sherard. Ex f catrix, C. F. Jones and Hobt. C. Webb, Partners, J. G. Canniugham, . P. Tribble, P. B. Allen, Farmers and Mer cbants Bank of Anderson, and Bank of Anderson, Defendants.?Complaint to Sell Lands for Payment of Debts, Re lief, &c IN* obedience to the order of sale herein 1 will sell on Salesday in December next, in front of the Court House in the City of Anderson, S. C, the Lands described as follows, to wit : No.'l.?All that Tract of Land, con taining 311 acres, more or less, known as the Samuel W. Sherard Tract, and ad joining lands of Samuel Wbarton and others. No 2.?All that Tract containing 26!i acras originally, containing 323 acres, known as the Robert S. Sherard Tract, on waters of Savannah River, adjoining lands of D. J. Sherard, Estate of David Sadler. Samuel Wharton and others. No 3.?All that certain Tract contain ing 124 acres, mo. ~ or less, known as tbu Robert A. Reid Lact, adjoining lands of William O'Bryant and other.". No. 4 ?All that Lot or parcel of Land, with the building thereon, on South Main Street in the City of Anderson, known s?i the Entei prise Furniture Co. Store-room, fronting on Main Street-feet, and run ning back-feetr Rdjoining lots of Mrs. Mary P. Sadler, R. S. Hill and Miss Lizzie - Williams. Terms?One-third cash,balance in twelve months, with interest thereon, with leave ' to pay all caeb, or anticipate payment ; credit portion to be secured by mortgage, and the Store-room to be insured by the pu chaser and policy assigned to the Spe cial Referee. Purchaser to pay for papers. K. M. EURK1S3, Probate Judge and 8pecial Referee. Nov 11. 1896_20_4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. L. C. Terrie, Piaiatiff, against Edwin L. Terrie, James H. Tenie and Nettie _ P. Terrie, Infants, and Miles M. Hun ter, as Administrator of the Estate of Lizzie S..Terrie, deceased, and as Gen eral Guardian ol said Infants, Defend ants?Action for Partition of Real Es tate. IN obedience to the order of sale to me directed in above stated case, I will sell on Salesday in December next, at Anderson, S. C, the property described as follows, to wit: One Lot containing one acre, more or less, situate in the town of Pendleton, S. C, being Lot No. 3 in plan of said town, and known as the Homestead of James Hunter, deceased. Also, one Lot in said town of PeodU* ton, being the east half of Lot known as Lot No. 4 in plan of said town, and con veyed to Lizzie S. Terrie by Miles M. Hunter, Trustee, by Deed dated June 7tb, 1892, containing acres, more or less. Also, one other Lot in said town of Pen dleton, containing one acre, mere less, being Lot No. 30 in plan of said towD, ad joining the Homestead Lot first mention ed, and being the same conveyed by Mlles M. Hunter, as Executor of the iast Will and Testament of Eliza J. Hunter, de ceased, to Lizzie S. Terrie by Deed dated July 5th, 1894. Also, one tract of land containing 45$ acres, more or less, situate in Pendleton Township. County and State aforesaid, and near said town of Pendleton, being the same conveyed by Miles M. Hunter, Trustee, to Lizzie S Terrie, by Deed da ted November ISth 1S90 Terms?One-half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest from sale, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. M. BUR RISS, Probate Judge and Special Referee. Nov. 11,1896_20_4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. In the Court of Common Pleas. Mary Sherman, in her own right, and Lucy Allen, Lucy Mackey and Minnie Hill, by the said Mary Sherman as their Guardian ad litem, "Plaintiffs, against Beulah C, Brown and William Chan celor, Defendants. PURSUANT to the order of Court in the above stated case, I will soli on Sales day in December next, at Anderson, S. C, the land described as follows, to wit : All that parcel or Tract of Land con taining 105 acres, more or less, situate in A'arennes Township, in the County of An derson, S. C , and about three-quarters of a mile south of the City of Anderson, whereon Danois Chancelor resided at the time of his death, adjoining lands of W. G. Watson, M. P. Tribble and J. H. J ones. Terms?One-half cash, balance in twelve month3 with interest thereon, se cured by bond and mortgage with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. M. B?RRISS, Probate J udgo and Special Referee. Nov 11, 1896_20_4 Valuable Lot for Sale. BY virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned Board of Directors of the Y. M. C A. of Anderson, S OY, under resolutions adopted by the Stockholders ofeaid Associa-ion, and resolutions of the Board of Director?, adopted Oct 30, 189 , the undersigned Board of Directors will sell to the highest bidder, at public auc tion, at Anderson, S. C, at the usual hour of public sales, Salesday in December, 189G Ail that certein Lot, situate in the City of Anderson, County of Anderson, State aforesaid, containing 13,545 square feet, more or less, said Lot being the Corner Lot on McDaffie and Church Streets in said City, fronting one hundred and five feet on McDuffie Street and one hundred and twenty-nine feet on Church Street, and adjoining lot of the Estate of J. B. Clark, deceased, on the west, and lot of Mr?. Rosa Webb on the South. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. C. F. JONE 3, Vice Pres. B. S. LIGON, J. G. CUNNINGHAM, F. G. BROWN, J. L. TRIBBLE, R C WEBB, J. M. HDBBARD. MAJOR A. DEAN, J. T. PEARSON, jar>l of Directors Y. M. C. . of Ander son, S. C Nov. 4, 180-3_19 5 EXECUTOR'S SALE. BY virtue of the authority vested in me by the last Will and Testament of Mrs. l?artba A. Glenn, deceased, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Anderson C. H., S. C, on Salesdaj in December next, at the usual hour of public sales All that certain Tract of Lmd, situate in the County of Anderson, State afore said, containing two hundred and thirty five acres, more or less>, adjoining hnds of F. t?. Watkins, Mr?. S. J. Craytcn, Sam'). MrClure and others Terms of Sale? One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve n.onth3, with inter est from day of sale at the rate of eight p6r cent per annum, to be secured by note and mortgage of the premise0, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay ex tra for papers. The property will be sold subject to the unexpired lease made bv tbe deceased to C. D. Chamblee, for 1SU7 and 1S98. Purchaser will be entitled to receive th<-rents undor said lease for 1S97 and 1S9S. J. L. TRIBBLE, As Executor of the last Will and Testa ment of Mrs. Martha A. (Jlenn, de ceased. Nov. 4, 1890 19 5 NOTICE FIN A L SETTLE M EXT. Tbe undersigned, Administrator tbe Estate of J. K. Dalrymple, de eased, hereby gives notice thai be will; on he 18:h day December, ISWi, apply to the udge of Probate for Anderson County for ""ical Settlement gf said Estate, and a charge from bis orfico as Administrator. T. J. DALRYMPLE, Adm'r, y 18,18^6 21 5 ' There's a Heap OF DIFFERENCE IN Ready-Made Clofe PUT ours alongside of others and see how they excel. Ours are made with a single eye to long and satisfactory ser vice. Stylish as possible. Reliable beyond question. Forty-nine pair Men's $5.00 Pants reduced to $3.89. Broken lots the reason. If you need a good pair of Pants come and see them. About three dozen $2.50 and $3.00 Stiff Hats reduced to $1.00. They are a little out of style, but will give just as good wear as any Stiff Hat at $2.50 or $3.00. Do you know our 25c. and 50c. Neckwear. They are trade winners. MONEY BACK IF YOU WANT IT. The Celebrated Oliver Chilled Plow! GUNS marked down again. AMMUNITION of all kinds. SUI UVAN HARDWARE CO. WE STUDY TO GIVE. FULL VALUE For every Dollar spent with us. No high-priced "hifalutin" goods but reliable. STAPLE GOODS In every department. OAR TEXAS SEED OATS. ID. IP SOW GOOD SEED ! And the Good Book says You will reap good grain. 1 HIS will doubtless explain why we havo such a TREMENDOUS SALE of? OATS, BARLEY AND RYE. Our Seed er? bought, not with a view of underselling our competitors, but that the buyer may get value received for his money. sell OATS, BARLEY arid RYJfi cheap, and aUo pive you Seed rhat will make heads and not straw only. Look to your interest and come and see us. It is useless to say we have a tremendous stock, as every one knows it always takes a huge stock of Oats to fill our orders. We brag because we have the OOStotRfH to ba-;k us up in our statements. We beg evervbody to try some of our grain aii'l see how true our statements are. We have a small lot of VI ( I A BLUE STRAW SEED WHEAT Come at occe if you want any. Our supply is limited. LIGON & LEDBETTER, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Anderson, S. C vJust Opened, our At Greatly Reduced Prices, Call and examine our Stock before buying, as we can SAVE YOU MONEY. THE YATES SHOE COMPANY, Anderson, S. C. BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES. "Fighting Dick" Anderson and his Gal lant Brigade. Watercc Messenger. The following is the address of Er. A. A. Moore, a brave and gallant ex Confederate, delivered before Camp llicbard Kirkland, at their recent an nual reunion : I come here to teil you what I know about the battle of Seven Pines. After the lapse of thirty-four years the larger outlines of that important event have faded from my memory, and only a few personal recollections and impressions remain. This brief story will, therefore, doubtless con tain many inaccuracies, as it is told without consulting any history or official report. It was one of the first great battles of the war, and was the beginning of a series of hard-fought and bloody en gagements which finally culminated in driving the enemy from the gates of the Capital City of the Confederacy and compelling him to change his operations to a former theatre of war, where he encountered his first defeat and rout, and from which he was again hurled back across the Potomac to seek shelter under the protecting guns of his own threatened Capital. It is needless for me say that I here refer to the first and second battles of Man assas. In the early part of the night, on the 30th of May, 1862, while we were encamped before Richmond, a violen? thunder storm broke upon us, the rain pouring in torrents for two or three! hours. Very soon after the cessation of the storm and rain we received or ders to be ready to move by daylight the next morning with two days' ra tions and forty rounds of ammunition. I believe. Of course our camp was at once a scene of stir and commotion, the men being busily engaged cooking rations and making other necessary preparations for the stern and trying duties of the coming day. Aftor a night's refreshing sleep, but alas I the last sleep on earth for many a brave soldier, we moved out of camp next morning before sunrise. After a march of three or four miles we came to the Williamsburg road and were halted and ordered to rest. It was now somewhere about 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning. Here we lay by the roadside until between 12 and 1 o'clock, when Gen. Huger's command, a body of fine-looking and well-equip ped men, marched past us. It was afterwards reported that the cause of our long halt was to allow this com mand to come up and engage the ene my on one part of his lines, while we were to make a simultaneous attack on another. But, be this as it may, im mediately after this command filed by us we were ordered to fall in and move forward. After a short march, we came to an open old field lying on both sides of the public road. Here we formed our line of battle, the brigade being under command of Gen. R. H. Anderson, (fighting Dick ;) and our regiment, the 6th, under Col. John Bratton. The officers of our company were Capt. E. B. Cantey, Lieuts. H. W. DeSaus sure, R. M. Cantey and A. Brevard, who by their cool and intrepid conduct not only won the confidence and ad miration of their own men, but of all their superior officers. The other two regiments of the brigade, the Palmetto Sharp Shooters and the 5th, and a battalion of four companies from Col. Sloan's old regiment, were respective ly commanded by Cols. Jenkins, Giles and Mattison. These three commands moved down the road and attacked the enemy's breastworks in front, while W3 (the 6th) advanced through the old field on the left of the road and by a ri?hi wheel of the whole regiment fell upon the enemy's right flank. After passing through the old field we came to some thick woods where we first en countered the foe, they having felled the timber in every direction and thus formed an abattis forty or fifty yards wide perhaps. Thie wae of course in tended to arrest our advance, which it did for a time. We were told that the cnsiny were in force in the woods just beyond this, and were ordered to lie dosvn and load our pieces, and then to rise and fire in the direction indicated, though they were not visible to us, being concealed by the thick under growth. We at once opened a heavy fire of musketry upon them, and this was the beginning of the battle on our part of the line. Permit me here to mention a little incident : During the hottest of this fire, and amidst the rattling and roar ing of our guns the Major of our regi ment, a very gallant officer, called out to Col. Bratton and said: Colonel, any man who says he isn't scared in a place like this is a d?d liar." After firing several rounds, the command "Charge," was given. This was a trying moment. The enemy were thick in our front, and this abat tis of fallen timber intervened between us and them. But soon every man was on his feet, and with that yell which afterwards became so familiar and so characteristic an accompani ment of a rebel charge, we began our advance under and through and over the brush and tree tops. Whenever we were obliged to climb over the trunk or bough of a tree, we knew that we were fine targets for the enemy's rifles, and every veteran here can un derstand and appreciate how greatly that sense of danger added to the celerity of our movements at that par ticular moment, and it is therefore scarcely necessary to Bay that each of us crawled under > many of these ob stacles as possible. During this try ing scene and amidst the din of battle Sergt. Thomas M. Whitaker, of West Wateree, as gallant a spirit as ever faced a foe, with his face flushed with excitement and his musket lying across his arm ready for further use, repeatedly called aloud. "Come ahead, boys, don't you see the Yankees yon der ! ' This brave young patriot fell mortally wounded two years afterwards in the assault on Fort Harrison. After we crossed the abattis, to our great surprise and delight, we discov ered that the enemy had almost en tirely disappeared from our front, leav ing the ground thickly strewed with their dead, dying'and wounded. But alas we, too, had to mourn over many a dead and wounded comrade. Here we passed through the ene my's camp and a clean and beautiful one it was. The little white tents were pitched in rows or streets, the undergrowth of bushes having been cleared out and even the leaves swept away. We found, too, many of their cooking utensils on the fire with their dinner in course of preparation. This looked like they were evidently sur prised at our sudden appearance, al though they had thrown up light earthworks in some idace? and mads other preparations as we have seen to give us a very warm reception. But although the enemy had van ished from before us, we soon found out that we were not done with them, for they had fallen back but a short distance, had rallied and were await ing our approach. We were ordered again, our faithful and gallant officers of every rank cheering us on at every step and directing all our movements. Here we again met the enemy in thick pine woods, and steadily advancing from tree to tree, we poured into them an incessant fire, they rapidly falling back, and likewise firing from the cover of the trees during their retreat. This was not inaptly characterized bj some of our men as a regular "Indian battle" in its style. While we were thuB engaged on our part of the line other regiments of the brigade were doing equally hard and effective fight ing on our right. Our whole brigade had thus moved so rapidly and so far into the enemy's lines that about this time one of our own batteries mistak ing our fire for that of the enemy com menced shelling us, but were quickly apprised of their error before any damage was done. We wish here to narrate another in cident : A very gallant officer of our regiment went into battle with the firm presentiment that he would be killed that day. While the battle was raging sure enough he was struck by a ball and fell. As he fell he said to himself, "Just as I expected, shot through and through." Believing himself mortally wounded, he lay for some time afraid to move. Finally he concluded to examine his wound and very carefully unbuttoning his coat, then his vest and then his shirt, he discovered to his intense relief that he was not wounded, bub had been struck by a spent ball, making a severe bruise, from which he did not recover until some time afterwards. This was about the story a3 he told it himself. Gen. Anderson, whom the whole brigade idolized, was near us all day, and when we could not hear his com mands in the roar of battle, he would motion with his hands to forward. And we were told that he said it was the only command he gave that day. It was also reported that during the fight Gen. Longstreet sent a courier to him inquiring if he needed any support or assistance, to which he re plied, "No, tell the general the boys are driving them just ahead of them." And so it seemed, for charge after charge was made until four or five successive lines of the Federals were broken, and they were repulsed at every point and driven from the field. Night, now coming on, closed this day's bloody drama, and we slept on a victorious field. While the victory was ours, and by no means a fruitless one, yet the cove ted prize was not won. That intrepid and brilliant soldier, Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, who was at that time in command of our army, knew that the opportunity was a propitiou3 one, and wisely planned the attack. His pur pose was to kill and capture that por tion of the Federal army which had crossed over to the south side of the Chickahominy, knowing that this stream with its lowlands on either side, was so flooded with the rains of the previous night that the enemy could not send over reinforcements. But he, having been severely wound ed, his plans were frustrated and we failed to "bag our game." I will not attempt to give any sta tistics as to the number of killed, wounded and missing. The enemy lost very heavily, and, suffice it to say, that on our part many a brave 3oldier and gallant officer gave up their lives a willing sacrifice on their country's altar. And thus tears for our fallen com rades were mingled with our shouts of victory. Oue Million Dollars a Day. The daily expenditures of New Yorkers, as detailed in a recent article in the Herald, may be summarized in i? very small space and will b*e found extremely interesting. We spend $1,000,000, more or less, every day in the year for a few com forts and a great many luxuries. This sum has no relation to house rent or to the butcher, the baker, the candle stick maker or to tailors' or dressma kers' bills. It costs us $21,000 daily to put milk and cream into our coffee, and in order to produce the 420,000 quarts a herd o.t 140,000 cows must be housed and fed. We eat each day 800,000 pounds of meat of all kinds and something near 2,000,000 pounds of bread. That is $70,000 worth of one and $90,000 worth of the other. We spend close upon $70,000 a day for the privilege of either having a seat in the street cars or holding on to the straps thereof. Those who can afford to take a cab pay out $18,000 for the pleasure of doing so. We pay $10,000 a day to be shaved, $000 for our shine," and, wonderful and woful to relate, $900 for chewing gum. For the liquor and wine we drink W'3 expend about $140,000 a day, which, multiplied by 365, makes a sr.ug little sum. Of course we smoke, and it is safe to say that our tobacco costs us $80,000 from every breakfast ti:ne to midnight. We do not leave any too much at the box offices of the theatres?only $30,000 per day?and we always get more than our money's worth. We are also fond of "chips," and tb.2 fun we have with them causes $30,000 each night to drop from the pocket of the loser into that of the winner. There you have a short history of every twenty-four hours in this great and glorious metropolis.?New York Herald. ? There are many more fools in the world than there are knaves, otherwise the knaves could not exist. ? The "flying eagle" cent pieces of 18c'6, United States coinage, are worth having. They sell at from $2 to $5 each, depending on the condition of the coin. ? "I thought, Alice, that you were engaged to Harry Smith, and now I hear you are goinc to marry his father."' "That'sright, Maude. The oldgentlc man said he could support only one of us, and I decided to be that one and took the widower." Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take iuternal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and acts directly on tbo blood and raucous surlaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a qnack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in thin country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com posed of tho best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on tie mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients is what produces such wonderlul results tu curing Catarrh. Send for lestiiuoiiia'e, ili':. Human Gold. The dross of human nature is, un fortunately, usually more readily ap parent than the true gold. For some mysterious or occult reason, most men fancy it unmanly to show the softer, finer, sentimental, if you will, side of their character, and endeavor to show an unruffled, untender, and, if possi ble, cynical face to the world, burying deep in their hearts and hiding in se cret their love, sympathy, friendship and other tender graces of character. The moro rough and dangerous the calling in which a man is engaged, the more he seems bound to effect this concealment of characteristics he thinks out of keeping with the nature of his occupation and a flaw in the dignity and self-composure which he imagines should mark man's estate. Occionally, however, come crises in life when all these fancies disappear as dross in a crucible or mists before the rising sun. Recently a sad acci dent occurred in this State which re vealed like a flashlight the tenderness of two characters. "When death was surely claiming Professor McGee, as a result of an accident at Clemson Col lege, he spent his last moments on earth in sending loving messages to those endeared to him by tender asso ciation. One of these messages was to President Lee, of the Mississippi Agricultural College, who promptly wired back: "Tell McGee I am shed ding tears for him." The crisis of death served to show the full beauty of the attachment between teacher and scholar. Last week there was an ac cident on the Southern Railway in North Carolina. A failure of some one to obey orders caused an accident in which Engineer James was fatally injured. He was one of the oldest and best engineers running on the Southern. As the death darkness be gan to shut out the beauties of this world from his eyes, he dictated the following message to "Bunch" McBee, under whom he had worked for many years: "Old Fort, N. C, Nov. 19, 1896. "Captain V. E. McBee, Portsmouth, Va.: "I will die this morning from inju ries received in railroad accident. (Signed) "W. L. James." Will the world ever appreciate the bravery and coolness of those men who sit in the cab and direct the mighty energy of the iron horse, as he rushes along his narrow road, hauling with the speed of the wind the rich freight of commerce or the infinitely more precious burden of human be ings, each of whom has some loved ones at home who are breathing fer vent aspirations to Heaven for their safety and whom they are eager to re join. And these men who gra6p the throttle, as they keep their eyes fixed on the road ahead, whether the path way is bright with the glare of noon day or black, with the pall of night, whether summer's heat broils or win ter's cold nips, whether the dust flies or the snow or rain falls, to them come visions of .the loved ones at home, and they unconsciously breathe a prayer, as they grasp the throttle more tight ly and increase their vigilance to "run her through safely." Sentiment and these strong men, whose lives are full of danger, would seem to be strangers, and yet the begrimed blouse and over alls cover hearts in whose depths most kindly feelings are ever alive. The attachment of the engineer to his su perior officer, when the latter is one who understands and appreciates him, ?3 most marked, as is evidenced by the telegram of the dying James to his former superintendent, in whose big heart there is a warm place for ever Faithful employe who ever worked un der him. "Bunch" McBee is a busy man, but the moment he received the ibove telegram, he immediately stop ped and wrote the following telegram ^n reply to the engineer who had thought of him in his dying moments: Portsmouth, Va., Nov. 19, 1896. 'R. P. Foster, Train Master, Old Fort, N. C: "I am just in receipt of the last xlegram from Engineer W. L. James, ?aying he will die this morning from juries received in a railroad accident. If he still lives, and is conscious, tell aim for me that he was one of the best ocomotive runners I ever knew, and ,hat I knew he did his duty. May 3-od have mercy ou him. (Signed) "V. E. Mcbee." There were tears in "Bunch" Mc Bee's eyes as he replied to the last nessage of his humble friend. And vho can say how much that kind mes ?age from a man whom he honored and oved cheered the brave engineer and ?elped him endure the agony of death? ? Columbia Register. A Keen Retort. General Jubal Early was as keen , lometimes with his tongue as he was ? vith his sword for the Southern Con- , ederacy. The Pittsburg Dispatch ? llustrates this by the following inci- , lent: In tho summer of 1877 General Ju- ' >al A. Early was a guest nt the Ar- , ington Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark. , Imong the other notables stopping here was the somewhat famous ex jrovernor Stearns, of Florida, who had ( >een recently appointed by President , layes a commissioner to adjust the , ilaims of citizens of Hot Springs who , i?d improved real estate which was j .fterward decided to belong to the na- . ional government. One day the two j ;entlcnien, who had no personal ac- j [uaintancc, met in the hotel office. ( "General Early," said Stearns, po- , itely, "you ought to be willing to ? hake hands with me. You owe me , ,n arm," and he indicated his empty , ileeve. , "How is that, Governor?" queried ?arly, at the same time extending his land. "I lost that arm in the cause of the ? Jnion at Winchester, where you com- , nanded the Confederate army." "Indeed," responded the general iuavcly, as he stroked his long gray (; >eard, and slightly straightened his >ent figure. "You musn't blame mo or that. I always instructed my men , o do their duty; but somehow the ascals would blunder." The future intercourse of the two ;entlcmcn was limited to passing j )0w. ? Major C. T. Pictonis manager of he State Hotel, at Denison, Texas, rhich the traveling men say is one of he best hotels in that section. In ? [peaking of Chamberlain's Colic, Choi ira and Diarrhoea Remedy, Major Pic- I on says: "I have used it myself and I my family for several years, and I ake pleasure in saying that I consider ( t an infallable cure for diarrhoea and t ,nd dysentery. I always recommend ? t, and have frequently administered ] t to my guests in tho hotel, and in ( very case it has 'proven itself worthy if unqualified endorsement. For sale i 7 Hill-Orr Pius Ce. s Mystery About this Air Ship. Sax Francisco, Nov. 22.?That a successful air ship has been perfected by an inventor in this city is borne out by very good authority. Dozens of persons have been found who have seen the ship hovering about their houses during several nights. The air ship, however, is still surrounded with the greatest mystery. The in ventor cannot be found and ?he home of the air ship is unknown. The suppressoin of the inventor's name is said by George D. Collins, who says he is his attorney, to be due to the fact that patents must be secured before the mechanism becomes-public prop erty. Information from many cities aronnd San Francisco show that the ship has been se?n. The Sacramento corres pondent of a local paper telegraphs that what was apparently a large arc light passed over that city at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, going south west. Thousands of persons saw it. This is the description given by numerous other persons who have seen the air ship. No observers have seen the ship at close enough range to de scribe all the movements and its shape, but many have recognized the outline of a cigar shaped*vessel. Concerning the inventor and his in vention, Mr. Collins, his attorney, said : "It is true that there is at least a successful air ship, and California will have the honor of bringing it be fore the world. I have known about it some time, ani have been acting as attorney for the inventor. He is a very wealthy man, who has been studying the subject of flying ma chines fifteen years. He. came here from Maine to- perfect his experiments away from the eyes of other inventors. During the last five years he has ex pended ?100,000 on the ship. "Application for a patent is now in Washington, but few details can be made public for fear the plan may be stolen." I saw the machine one night last week at the inventor's home. It is made of metal, 150 feet long, and is built to carry fifteen persons. It has two canvas wings, and a rudder shaped like bird's wings. The inventor climbed into the machine, and after he had been moving some mechanism for a moment, began to ascend gently. The wings flapped slowly as the ship rose. They moved faster as the ma chine began to move against the wind. It was under perfect control all the time. "When it reached the height of ninety feet the inventor ?houted to me that he was going to make a series of circles and then descend. He be gan by making a circle one hundred yards in diameter. He gradually nar rowed the circle until the machine was within 30 feet of the ground. Then it fell straight down, gracefully, and struck the earth lightly. In a few days the mystery will be done away with. The inventor will fly the ma chine dirictly over San Francisco in broad daylight. I cannot yet tell where the ship is housed, or who the inventor is, for I am pledged to secrecy ; but the fact in that the ma chine does its work perfectly, and will astound the world when displayed for public inspection."?JVeio York Herald. A Dog Orchestra. It would seem as though the limit was about reached in the Lavater's Dog Orchestra, which is announced in Mr. Schoeffel's special vaudeville bill. We are told that in this case a collec tion of dogs is presented to us who have graduated from the performing of mere tricks, and have developed ex traordinary musical talents. And yet, after all, it 13 only a natural progres sion in canine education; for many dogs, who, by the grace of good breed ing and lofty emine parentage, have been admitted to the preserve of the "home circle," have been known to show unmistakable signsi of remarka ble interest in singing or the playing of a piano?even to the raising of their caning voices in weird tonos. These dogs are said to play various instruments, and, hence, are truthful ly billed as a dog orchestra. Their in struments consist^so the report says, of violin, drums, cymbals, bas3 viol, trombone and cornet. If this is true, then the composer may try his opera on the dog by giving the advance sheets of his music to them to play! However, we hardly presume that they play at sight, though that may come in due time. A noteworthy feat that is promised occurs right after the dogs have play ed as a brass band, and ils members have walked off the stage on their hind legs. Three of the musicians, the two drummers and the slide trom bone player, are brought on for their special duty. To one of each dog's torepaws is tied a bell, and the trainer disposes enough others about his per son to make up a musical scale. Two ofithe dogs stand at his left, the third it his right, and the man begins the tune with the bells in his charge. As the air reaches a note calling for one Df the bells, the dog lifts his paw to set his bell jangling. In this manner the tune is played to its end, and the logs' notes are struck in wonderfully correct time. The two dogs at the right have been described as plainly soulful musicians, for their eyes are kept on their leader's face, their ex pression is eager, and their tails are beating time. The third bell-ringer baa been criticized as a hothouse pro luct. His head is low, his eye does not brighten so much with the inspi ration, aud when ho lifts his paw it anly conies far enough from the floor to ring the bell. But that is a part of the effect. Then there is a poodle who plays a piano. After playing his air through he ends up with a finale whose notes ire before him in an open book. They ire nothing more than do-nie-sol-do, but he plays them with the air of a pianist struggling with a complicated ending. ? Not to love the good is a proof that you are bad. ? Said a lawyer tc his young clerk. "Why waren't you at the office earlier I this morning?'' "Beg pardon, sir. but [ am a reformer. 1 believe that the I Dflice should seek the man. not the - man the office." I ? When most needed it is not un usual for your family physician to be ?way from home. Such was the expe- ! ienee of Mr. J. Y. Schenck, editor of 1 .he Caddo, Ind. Ter., Banner, when lis little girl, two years of age, was ] .hreatencd with a severe attack of j :roup. He says : "My wife insisted 1 hat I go for the doctor, but as our ] amily physician was out of town I ] purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's : Jough Remedy, which relieved her in- | Mediately. I will no) l>t without it in 1 'uture." 25 and 50 cent bottles for ( ale by Hill-Orr Trug Co. 1 Curing Bacon?The Best Way. Messrs. Editors: In your issue of the 12th inst. I notice several recipes for curing bacon. I propose to give ray way of managing the raising and curing of bacon for the last thirty years. My stock is of the No Bone and Berkshire, which is a close, round, well formed hog. I have a good oak woods pasture, and a lane leading from barn to pasture, so that the hogs can come up and be fed night and morning. In this pen I raise a quan tity of manure which goes largely to pay expenses of raising them. For killing hogs, I have them as old as I can, not to go through two winters. I put them up to fatten about the mid dle of October, and kill about the middle of December. The pen to fat ten them in has a good floor, and good shelter and kept well littered; troughs to feed them in, and one so arranged that they can be watered from the pump, by any member of the family, without soiling Jheir fingers. Feed them plentifully with the best corn, hickory ashes, charcoal and salt occa sionally. It pays to have everything plentiful and convenient. I kill one day, and cut out and salt the next. Cut the hams just above the hock joint, and the shoulders just above the knee joint; as you cut out, spread the pieces to allow to drip and cool off; be sure the meat and bone are perfectly cool: wash the heads and joles before salting, as they are gen erally bloody; and salt them to them selves?have the saltpetre finely pow dered and placed convenient to the salter?put on the hams and shoul ders about as much s&ltpctre as you can hold between the finger and thumb; regulate according to size of joint, rub it in. then put on and rub in the salt, and put on each piece as you pack it down salt enough to cover it entirely, say about one inch thick of the best Liverpool salt. Pack in a close box, first bams, then shoulders and middlings. I have a box used for the purpose over thirty years. Salt is no item of cost; one joint of ten pounds will pay for a sack, and what the meat does not require or take in, can be used by the stock. Let re main in salt about six weeks, take it up, knock off the salt, and hang up for smoking. Use only sound hickory wood, have a good supply in place; have a regular smoke for some eight or ten days, and then occasionally in wet or warm spells make a smoke and put a few pods of- red p?pper on the fire. Hogs about twenty months old have usually attained their full size, and then to be fattened with sound corn makes firm, solid bacon, and the lard will be firm and good all through the summer months. I claim this process to be as simple, least costly and as good as any for curing bacon; and, judging from such persons as I am in the habit of selling my hams to in Bichmond, they stand equal to any "With an experience of over thirty years. I have never failed to have good bacon. As to hanging up, I use white oak splits as most convenient for a farmer; on the collar beams in the roof of the house, I put sticks as long as is convenient to use, and suffi ciently strong; put two side by side one or two inches apart; between them run the string and have a short stick to catch the string; each end of the short stick will rest on the long sticks; do not let the joints touch one anoth er. I mention this because I notice one of the writers used nails for the purpose. Now, Messrs. Editors, I make this proposition, if I can get a second, that each one of us whose re cipes are before you, send you a ham to test the matter. AU I ask is a fair shake and if bacon (the best) can be made without sugar, molasses, black pepper, brine, repacking and rehand ling, &c, let it be known. N. B. Clarke. Atlees, Hanover. Price of Live Animals. An interesting oatalogue was recent ly published by Hagenback, of Ham burg, and the real price of a menagerie can be pretty closely estimated by this price list. He quotes a hippopotamus at $4,500, an African rhinoceros from $2,005 to $3,000; female elephants, according to age, $2,000 to $2,500; male elephants, with tusks two feet long, $2,000; a pair of African lions, from the Sahara only, $1,500; a Nubian lioness, $600; a trained group of wild animals, consisting of two pairs of Nubian lions and two male Bengal ti gers, $7,000; a female Bengal tiger, $750; a pair of Sumatra tigers, $1,500; a pair of jaguars, $750; a female Jap anese leopard, with a cub, $300; an African male leopard, $150; a black panther, $400; a pair of full-grown wolves, $50: a gnu, $600; a large male Polar bear, $300; a large brown bear, $50; a pair of zebras, $750; an alliga tor, ten feet long, $90; a boa-constric tor, twenty-three feet long, $550; a Somali ostrich, $175; a pair of Borneo apes, $100, and a baboon, $25. The greatest increase in price from former lists is in the case of the gi raffe, a male specimen of which is now worth $1,200, while only two years ago such a specimen mignt have been bad for $300 or $350. Each Man's Share of the Globe. There is no immediate prospect that the landed surface of the globe will be iivided upland allotted in equal shares to each of its human inhabitants, but if such a time ever does come it will be found that each will get a little truck farm of 23* acres. The landed ?urface of the globe contains as near as it is possible for the geographers to ascertain, 33,600,000,000acres, which, iivided among the 1,500,000,000 in habitants which the world contains (according to the latest official esti mates) would give each of them a tract of land of the area mentioned above. Taking the entire population of the world into consideration there are al most exactly 28 inhabitants to each square mile. The following figures showing the number of persons (omit ting fractions) to a square mile in the everal divisions of the globe are from the best authorities on human family statistics: Europe, 88; Ask, -16; Af rica, 18; North America, 9; South America, 4: Oceanica and the Polar regions, 2. ? Two States of the Union?Wyo ming and Nevada?have less than one inhabitant to the square mile. ? The wife of Mr. D. Bobinson, a prominent lumberman of Hartwick, NT. Y., was sick with rheumatism for ave months. In speaking of it, Mr. Robinson says: "Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only thing that gave her my rest from pain. For the relief of pain it cannot be beat." Many very ) >1 cases of rheumatism have been mrcd by it. For sale at 50 cents per ?ottle bv Hill-Orr Pru? Co. Herse Meat is Healthful. 1 Paris and Vienna cheap restaurantt?! substitute horse meat for other kind?jK of butchers' meat, as .1 matter of SB course. Hitherto even In Paris, vvhercjH the advantages of horse meat tie ainfl regular item on bills of fare bave beeoH known ever since the seige of Purislfl| restaurants hesitate to publish thai fact that they are serving it to tbeiifiH customers, for fear ' the popularan! prejudice. Yet just as oleomargarine! is infinitely better than genuine butterSB of a poor quality, so ordinary borsSl meat is better for health and fiavojlH than meat from cattle sold for the asejfl of the poorer clasiies. |H The poorer people abroad learn toM live largely without meat. A drrver'lHj on a London omnibus, who seemed tofij be a man of intelligence and thrift.SH told the writer that he could afioran meat only once or twice a week.. The poorer classes in Berlin and Vienna Ini are forced by the high prices to go 1? without meat. In Paris the custom IB of using horse meat has made it pos- ]8 sible for all the poorer classes who IH have to do heavy labor to oliai?, a ?8 sufficient amount of nourishing animal ,93 food. Horse's meat differs from !beef in being slightly courser in grain and S having a slightly rich flavor. Its ? quality naturally depends on the ?igc I of the beast. As rule, even though m it may be tougher, the meat is !?ar J| safer to eat than beef. While the herds of cattle each year are prodttc- ft ing among themselves more tubtrcu- [ lous infection, horses have Jit lile ! chance to communicate taben?uloitis I or any other disease to one another, because they are seldom kept ciloyeiy together, The diet of horses fita trxun for food purposes even more than cows, and infinitely more than swine or poultry. The business of slaughtering horssaJH for their meat is undoubtedly on the increase in the United States becauue a large market has opened in Euro]jo for horse meat, especially when it is canned. The Germans are eatiag if;, though unconsciously, in the form of sausage. An unknown amounts comes back to C America as canned meat, and not im probably forms a staple item of. diet in all public or private institutions where feeding by contract is carried on. That this industry will rapidly increase is certain from the fact that horses are becoming cheaper and. more || abundant. The farmers out west can al better afford to feed horses with their IS grain if they can sell the horses for 91 their meat. The result will be that ifj horses come largely into the market as a food product the younger horses will bo killed off before they are two yearu old to save the expense of longer feed - ing them. This will do away with the last real reason against the use of horse meat?that only old and feeble horses are used. A great gain will be made in pre ! venting the constant production of lame or feeble horses by drivers. Just as soon aii a horse becomes a little past his best strength and speed the - owners will sell them off to butchers, just as ordinary cows and oxen-arc sold. The: horse for driving and teaming will be then a much finer animal through a genuine "survival of the fittest." The business troubles iti tho.Uuitcd States and the increasing number of men without employment are empha sizing the fact that every possible factor must be utilized to make living cheaper and better for the poorer classes. Meat-fed labor cannot com pete with labor fed on rice or macearon i. But meat-fed labor accomplishes better - work. Few people realize how rigidly the v old Mosaic laws, largely discarded, even among Jews, holds among the people at large. On account ol4is tinctions made by the laws ofMoses between animals clean and unclean, ? * many animals, on account of some ^ peculiar arrangement of their feet, have been denied to the use of man kind for food. The one exception is pork, which is perhaps the most unfit for food of all meat on account of the filthy habits and feeding of most swine. Orientals decline to eat camel meat, though this also is finding its way to Paris in large* amounts every year. Many kinds of wild animals and birds are disliked from some similar preju dice. Carnivorous an?mala must al ways be discarded Ifccause of their fondness for carrion. Horses, how ever, are the daintiest eaters of the entire animal kingdom. " There was a time when horses wore so closely associ?*ed with man in all. work and progr?s: ^at simple affection ^ for a horse rendered the idea of butchering him repugnant. But now the era of the horse has passed. The bicycle has replaced the saddle horse, ??/;: the motor wagon the h?g*? and stage, and the lack of room in city life has made a horse as a pet no longer prac ticable. That horses will be extermi nated if used for butchers' meat is no more possible than that cattle or sheep will be. And the future breeds of horses in America, festered by the continuous killing off of all but the strongest and most beautiful, will be highly, improved.?New York Frets. A Travelling Man's Yarn. Atlanta, Ga., November 19.?A v.-J man who gives his name as Carroll, representing a Western manufacturer * of dynamite, passed through hore to- ? 'V3 day on his way from Cuba. .He went over on the last trip which the filibus tering tug Dauntless made. He says - that she transferred her cargo to a fishing smack not far from the Cuban jjgg coast. Carroll went ou beard the yvBa smack, and was landed at a point with- _ :?" '% in 60 miles of Havana. He made hie way through the country to the capi tal, seeing some of the insurgent lead ers in the interior. Carroll states that the insurgents ? have a standing offer of $1,000 for ev ery Spanish officer kitfe^ and $5 j for General Weyler, dcl^rjr-ajive. ? company of sixty Texas-Rangers, tra- - ed with Sharps' needle rifles^ carrying wind gauges and telescopic sights, are in the field doing sharp-shooters' du ty. Each Ranger is accompanied by ? a native with a field glass. The na- ^v tives scan the country for officers, anditig wherever one is fouud the Ranger > tries to drop him. The rifle weighs tAventy-eight pounds, and will kill a man five miles. These rewards ac- . '" ?. count for the high death rate among -' the officers. The insurgents spare the ? u Spanish common soldiers as much as ; ? possiblo, believing the privates have no feeling against them. Butthc rob els have determined to give the officers r>i no quarter. Carroll said his information has '?i been corroborated from another source . 'i that the scat of filibustering operations '-S| will bo transferred from the South At lantic coast to the Gulf coaet.