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Ise a gwiue to take you do next time, aud ltt you .see what they can do for you !" .. ? Yours to please, THE ANDY BROW IN CO GOOD COAL! It Pays to Buy the Best ! BEST Grade Jellico Coal, delivered, S4.50 per Ton. Best Red Ash Egg Coal, delivered, S7.50 pei- Ton Best Grade Nut Coal, delivered, S7.50 per Tun. scST Pr.unpt attention to all orders and satisfaction guaranteed. TELEPHONE 37. J. M. PATRICK Oct 28.189 i_1*_gg A HAPPY FAMILY ! Will be made more happier by having. ' SOMETHING CHOICE AND NICE TO EAT. AND my friends should remember that ? can always supply their wants. My Stock of Groceries, both Plain and Fancy, Are always FRESH. In Canued Goods my stock can't be excelled. My Stock of? CONFECTIONS, TOBACCO and - CIGARS, Are the best, and I also have a fine line of choice FRUITS. My prices will please you. Call and see me. CITY DELIVERY. G. . BIGBY. ? THE LADIES' STORE Has put the Knife in their entire Stock of Goods, and jumped from the Highest priced Store to the Lowest in Town. iigfrFTTOocdS at 50o , former price $1.00. Goods at 2c O former price 25c. Hats at 25c., former price ! ??c , old price 50c. Goods at lac, 50c. Uats at 50c , former price ?l 00 Hats at ?1.00. former price $2.00, on np to $4 00. Hose 4c. to 75c. Hanks 2ic. to 50c. Novelli, s at bfdf pric<>. Ribbon 1c. to 75c. per yard. Velvet 25c to Sl.25. Dress Silk 153. to $1.25. Embroidery lc to 50a. Lace ,1c. to $1.00. Table Linen, Towels, Tidies, Lace Curtains all at balf price. Gosfa *ners at 25c. to 50c. Don't forget the Bargain Counter ! It is filled with grand bargains. All are invited to come. Wo want each aud every one to get a share. Our Stock must be reduced in order to make a grand change in our business. Yours rospectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. ASTONISHED ! IS THE SAI ALL BOY at the manner in which the old gentleman is about to swallow a pill. There are many astonishing things about the Drug business, and the only way to keep posted on the latest discoveries in the materia medica is to deal with a reliable Druggist Our method is to buy the best, sell the best, keep the best, and recom mend the best. It is this method that wins in the end. . HILL-ORR DRUG CO I d ? ri ri M O q d fr % M H W fr O fr t? fr H 3 co ?1 fr 0 > fr cd < > m fr o fr H fr Q Q O co fr H H fr fr > O t? pq s? fe SS a SB o ?-3 o g HEADQUARTERS FOR BUILDING MATERIAL. BEFORE BUYING give us a call. We can save you money on all kinds of Building M aterial, such as? BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, A.t Lowest Prices. Also, a COMPLETE STOCK of? HEAVY antt FANCY GROCERIES. Four good Mules for sale cheap. 'Jackson & McK^niiey. %ti?mm f ttUUtymm. BEAR TRAP, SWEDISH STYLE. It Caught tho Bear, but American FrUls Proved Too Much For It. Sven Larsen has tried the Swedish method of trapping bears, with American trimmings. The bear fell in with the Swedish plan, but kick ed on the American frills and is still at liberty. About ten miles south of Sugar creek, in Warren county, John Wat son runs a small sawmill and in the spring turns his attention to boiling maple sugar, in which he is assisted by Larsen. One day he sent Larsen down to the sawmill to fire up the boiler. In a short time Sven came running back, breathlessly shouting between gasps: "Hand me the gun ! A big. black devil has his head in the boiler." Watson called another man, seized a rifle and started toward the woods, Larsen and the other hired hand following, armed with axes. The bear had disappeared when they ar rived at the sawmill, and with it a fine big ham which had been left in a small smokehouse. Larsen then began to tell how he had seen bears trapped in Sweden and proposed to catch this one. He secured an empty oil barrel, knock ed in one of the heads and smeared the interior with maple sirup and honey. He secured assistance and carried the barrel toward a spot where the bear was supposed to re side. He dug a hole in tho ground and let the barrel down into the earth, leaving about ten inches above the ground, filling the earth lightly about the barrel. He also threw in a piece of ham bone for bruin, to catch a whiff of as an extra inducement. Watson laughed at Larsen and said no bear would be foolish enough to fall into such a shallow trap, and if it did tho barrel would not hold it. The trap did work, however. The following day, while the men were working in a clump of woods near by, they heard a scratching and growling in the direction of the bear trap and hurried toward it. Sure enough, there was a big black bear headforemost in the barrel, stuck in tight. It snorted and tore chunks of earth with its hind paws, which it scattered in showers in the air. Watson prodded it, which increased its anger, and it tore furiously to free itself. Larsen was anxious to run to the loghouse and get a riflo with which to shoot it. Watson suggested a cheaper and quicker method. His was to dip water out of the run near by, pour it into the barrel and drown the bear. This improvement on the Swedish system of bear trapping started trouble. Larsen and the other laborer filled two buckets and poured one into the barrel over the bear's back. As the ice cold water flowed down its shaggy coat the bear carried c*fc at a furious rate. It clawed, snorted, sneezed and lought with its hind paws, while the mu sical gurgle, gurgle, bubble, bubble from the bottom of the barrel caused the three to hold their sides with laughter. Larsen had started to throw the second bucket of water down the bear's spine when it gave an un earthly growl and tore itself free from the barrel with a jerk. Wat son and his assistant ran a dead heat for the log cabin, throwing away their axes so as not to be im peded in their sprint and leaving Larsen to fight it out with the bear. Larsen threw the bucket at the bear, hitting it full on the snout, which the bear stopped to rub an in stant before starting in pursuit of Larsen. Tho latter thus gained about a hundred yards. Larsen made for an embankment and just cleared the hill, rolling over and over as the bear made a vicious lunge after him with his paw. The bear did not follow. It sat down and licked the sirup, honey and blood from its body and slowly trotted off toward the woods.?New York Sun. Workmen's Exchanges. When a strange barber comes to town and wants work, he does not waste his time and shoe leather walking around inquiring at tho shops for a position. He goes to one of the two exchanges and registers his name. Then he takes a chair and a newspaper and proceeds to make himself comfortable. Boss barbers are coming in at all hours of the day, and if the applicant is sober he is sure to get a chance to show his skill within 24 hours. The confectioners and bakers on the east side get their employees from an exchange on the corner of Houston and Allen streets. The ex change is in a large saloon.?New I York Mail and Express. Valve o? Woods For Charcoal. Tho different woods which are to be used in making charcoal may be estimated as to their relative value by this rule: Of the oaks, 100 parts will yield 23 parts of charcoal; beech, 21; the elms, the apple and the white pine, 23; birch, 24; maple, 22; willow, 18; poplar, 20; hard pine, 22. All charcoal used in the manufacture of gunpowder is made from either willow or elderwood. It Cured. The following story is told in the memoirs of Lord Blachford, recent ly published in England: Mrs.-'s relations with her maids are rich. She was describing one who was a breaker of china. "At last she broke three things in one day. So I said to her, 'You are ill, Jane; you want some castor oil. ' Tho maid stared and was astonished. 'Your hand shakes: you want some castor oil, Jane. ' The mahl took it as a juke and grinned. But when bedtime came the upper maid was duly sum moned. 'Jane is ill and wants some caster oil. Come with me, and I will give it out for her.' :' Mrs.-ap peared at the bedside with a quite inflexible determination, explained that Jane was ill and did want cas ter oil and must take it. She did take it, and no further breakage oc curred. ToUet Note. "Miss Powderpuff must have a very highly colored imagination," said the young man with the chrys anthemum in his coat. "Why !" asked tho other one with the geranium. . "Because she spends so much timo in making up her mind. " -Detroit Free Press. A gram of the metric system is ?quai to .rains ci coaagioa AN INDIAN LEGEND. It Tolls Ho VF tho Beautiful Trailing Ar butui Hail Its Birth. A great many moons ago an old man lived in a lodge beside a frozen forest stream. He clothed himself in the heaviest of furs, for winter was everywhere, and the old man could scarcely keep from freezing to death. The cold winds whistled through the forest and shook the big trees until not a leaf was left on them. It chilled the birds, too, and drove them away. The old man's fire was burning low, and he wont out to search in the deep snow for wood with which to make it burn brighter and thus warm his lodge. But ho searched in vain. Not ono piece of wood could he find, and in despair he returned to his lodge, sat down by the dying embers and prayed the gi*eat Man naboosho that he might not utterly perish. He had scarcely finished the prayer when the wind blew open the door of his lodge, and there came in a radiantly beautiful maiden. Her complexion was of cream and roses; her eyes were largo and bright ; her hair was long and as fine and as shining as spun gold; her dress was of beautiful leaves, grasses and ferns, and her moccasins were made of white lilies. "My child, my fair daughter," said the old man, "I am delighted to see joxi. My lodge is cold and bare, but it will shelter you from the fearful tempest of tho night. Pray, sit down and tell me who you are that dare come to Manito's lodge in such strange clothing this cold, cold night." Tho maiden sat down, and Manito filled two pipes and handing one to his visitor said: "Let us smoke the pipe of peace while we talk. I am Manito. I blow my breath, and the waters congeal ; I shake my snowy locks, and, lo, snow covers the earth. At my com mand the animals hide away, the leaves fall from tho trees, and the birds fly awny." Said the maiden : "I have but to breathe, and gor geous flowers are seen everywhere. 1 shake my sunny locks, and the warm rain falls to gladden nature ; at the sound of my gentle voice the plants lift up their heads, the trees cover themselves with innumerable green leaves, the birds come back, and there is music everywhere." As the maiden sat talking and breathing the air of the lodge it be came warm; the old man's head dropped until it rested on his bosom, and thus he sweetly slept. The maiden waved her hands abovo his head, and he began to grow small. Silvery streams of wa ter ran out of his mouth and eyes, and soon he was a little mass upon the ground, and all his clothing had turned to pretty green leav?s. Then the maiden knelt on the ground, took from her bosom dain ty, sweet white flowers, kissed them and strewed them under the leaves and said : "I give you all my virtue and my sweetest breath, and he that shall hereafter pluck thee must do so upon bended knee." With fairylike tread tho maiden walked away to the music made by hundreds of feathered songsters, and wherever she stopped to rest, and nowhere else, grows the love liest of all wild flowers, the trailing arbutus.?Philadelphia Times. London's Poor. An Englishman now in Washing ton says: "The poor man in this country seems to be more self re specting than the chronic pauper that has made the name of White chapel notorious all over the world. The latter is in such abject poverty that he has lost all hope of ever bet tering his condition. How the mis erable wretches live is a mystery. And when it comes to the women, this nation has an immense advan tage. Your women, unless of the fallen order, do not -frequent public drinking houses. It is the greatest disgrace of London that the women of the poorer class are as good cus tomers of the liquor shops as the men, and, worse still, the poison is handed them across the bar by one of their own sex. In east London children of tender years accompany their mothers into such places." The Evening Meal. The principal meal of tho busy, work filled day, says a prominent doctor, should bo eaten at night, when the nerves and muscles and whole physical system need resting and strengthening and stimulating after the day's demands upon them. Sleeplessness rarely troubles the healthy, cheerful person who has dined wisely and well at any time from 7 to ? o'clock. riant Owls. Almost all plants sleep at night, though in the plant world there are owls and bate that exhibit most life and animation after the sun goes down. The Nicotina aflinis, a varie ty of tho tobacco plant, the night blooming cereus and many others are examples of night life in the world. ' ?. Droll l'era Beggar. Several beggars in Pera own a large aruount' of property. One well known man has houses worth 10,000 lire, and yet is to be seen begging in filthy rags. A poor governess, who was very charitable, used to give him a piaster twice a week. One day she missed a lira (pound) and thought she must have given it to the beggar by mistake. He had gone home for the day, so she fol lowed him to his house on the Tax im?. He received her graciously, looking like a pasha at least in his magnificent robes. "I never like to lose a good client," he said, and sent for his bag of takings. "If there's a lira here, we shall find it." Sure enough, the lira was there. "Take it,'' he continued, and the poor girl, full of thanks, was hurry ing away when the beggar stopped her. "Wait a moment; you haven't given mo the piaster."?San Fran cisco Argonaut. Flies. The astonishing abundance of flies during tho latter part of the sum mer is accounted for by tho esti mate made by an eminent entomol ogist that the progeny of a single house fly in the course of ono sum mer will number 2,080,320. If it were not for the innumerable ene mies provided by nature for tho de struction of the fly, the whole air would be fil\gd by the end of Au gust with swarms of flies, which POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. How They Operato In the Countries Aorons the Ccean. Tho experience of France, Eng land, Belgium, Swaden, Holland, Russia, Austria, Hn.ignry, Canada and Australia with i>ostal savings banks is to the effect that the masses of the people derive decided advan tages from having among them everywhere safe depositories for their small savings, managed in connection with the postonico de partment. It is claimed in behalf of such banks that they benefit a class not reached by other savings banks. Thejr function is thus described by a distinguished French writer : "It is the savings bank which has taught the workman of France how ho can become a capitalist, in mod erating his consumption to bring it within his production and in amass ing the excess, called savings. From the bank he learns how capital is formed and how it can be produced. Tho savings bank is in facta school which seems to bo croated for the apprenticeship of industrial busi ness. It teaches a man to govern himself, to resist bad or useless im pulses, and so aids in building up a sound discretion, which is the first success in life. The presence of fa cilities for saving and obtaining a small interest on one's accumula tions affects the character as well as the wealth of tho people. Not only is capi tal created and the rainy day provided against, but habits of so briety and thrift, which are ele ments of moral excellence, arc great ly promoted." In the "Annals of tho American Academy of Political and Social Science" there is an article by E. T. Heyn on "Postal Savings Banks," in which are enumerated the advan tages to be derived, in the writer's opinion, from adding a savings bank feature to the operations of our post office department. These advantages are as follows: Postaisavings banks would furnish a safe place for the earnings of the laboring classes and stimulate them to habits of saving. At present such sums as they hoard are kept out of use, to the aggregato amount of hundreds of millions, thus producing a scarcity of money, whereas if their savings were put in hank they would he restored to active use. After a few years tho amount deposited with the postonico department would approach $1,000, 000,000, ?nd if applied to the retire ment of government bonds would wholly extinguish tho public debt to bondholders. Not ouly would the moral ?one of citizens be improved by becoming depositors, but tho stability of the government would be increased by the practical inter est depositors would have in its wel fare. In the United Kingdom deposits are now received at 11,000 postoffices from 9 a, m. to G p. m. The deposit or receives from the postmaster a passbook, in which are recorded the deposits and withdrawals. Any sum from 6 cents up to $250 may be deposited in one year, and interest is paid on any sum that is a multiple of $5 and is compounded. With drawal may be speedily effected, by telegraph or otherwise. A depositor may, if ho chooses, have his accu mulated deposits invested in gov ernment bonds. Small savings may be made by the purchase of postage stamps, which, when they reach a certain amount, are recorded as de posits. There are 6,000 schools in which the children are encouraged to save through the machinery of the post office, a clerk coming to the school at intervals to receive the stamps and furnish passbooks. Tho aggre gate deposits in postal savings banks ?t the end of 1893 was $402,500,000, tho year's increase being $23,500,? 000. Besides this, 09,131 depositors held $31,500,000 of government bonds. One out of every seven per sons in England is now a depositor in the postal banks. In 1893 there were 9,838,198 deposits made, aggre gating $123,000,000, and withdraw als aggregated $108,500,000. Opera tions are conducted on a similarly large scale in the postal savings f ea tures of other countries. Various public officials have at times urged upon congress the idea of utilizing the postoffices for the accumulation as well as the transmission of mon ey, insisting upon its utility in the agricultural districts, but so far congress has not deemed the matter ripe for action.?Baltimore Sun. Something Small. Visitor?I am grieved to learn of your mistress' illness. Nothing se rious; no great cause for alarm, I trust? The New French Maid?No, mon sieur, nozzing beeg, nozzing grande. Something?what you call leetle, petite. What qcy call ze leetle? small?smallpox. ?Boston Travel ler. _ Conditional. "Doctor, do you think that a little mince pie now and then would hurt me?" "Not if you cau have it in the house without eating any of it' Detroit Free Press._ Spoken Inadvisedly. "Jeer at me if you will, " shrieked the horse in impotent anger as the trolley shot by, "but I will not be cowed!" The Zeitgeist, however, bethink inr; hin: self of the nearby canned corn beef factory, smiled pityingly. ? New York Press. Character Reading- by Telephon?. "In these days of the telephone," said an observer, "we realizo to what an extent we judge character by the voice. Perhaps our faculties in that direction have been sharpen ed by the use of the telephone, but it is certain that we form our opin ion of the man at the other end of the wire by his voico and speech as decisively as we would do if wc stood face to face."?New York Sun. _ Forewarned. Walker?I come, sir, to ask you for your daughter's hand. Mr. Windy?Weih young man, be fore going any farther, I may as well inform you that her hand is the least cxnensivo thing about her. .?- ? ? w-? Unctions Arulca Halve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund ed. Prjse 25 centB per box. For sale byl??ill-Crr Drus Co. THE GUNPOWDER PLOT. Evidence, That the GuyFawkeH Conspiracy Was Planned by Lord Salisbury. Another fine old historical story is in danger of demolition, but its place will be taken by a new one. For over 200 years Englishmen havo celebrated their deliverance from the gunpowder plot. This was a plot to blow up the king, lords and commons on the opening day of par liament, Nov. 5, 1G05. It was tho work of a band of desperate Roman Catholics, who proposed to proclaim a Catholic sovereign afterward. Toward the end of October Lord Monteagle received an anonymous letter, warning him not to attend the opening of parliament. He show ed it to Salisbury, who in turn com municated it to the king, and James, with superhuman insight, divined its true significance. On tho night of the 4th the cellars were searched, and in them were found the barrels of gunpowder and Guy Fawkea ready to do the awful deed. In a recently published book Fa ther Gerard, an English Jesuit, shows that there is strong reason to believe that the British nation has all along been in error as to tho true nature of this plot. It seems very probable that it was the work of the Earl of Salisbury, secretary of state and ancestor of the present prime minister, who succeeded there by in discrediting his Catholic op ponents and establishing himself in power. The absurdities of this traditional and official story are legion. In the first place, there is no agreement as to where the gunpowder was stored. One contemporary account says it was under the old house of lords, another says under tho painted chamber, and it is a remark' ble fact that wherever tho house of lords has sat since that date a Guy Fawkes cellar has been provided under it to satisfy the curiosity of inquiring minds. The house which the con spirators hired was actually the house which was used by the peers as a withdrawing place during the session. Yet no one's suspicions were roused when a band of well known desperadoes secured it at considerable cost and trouble. They mined under it and turned up tor: * of earth, which they secreted under the turf of a tiny baok garden, a* ' no one, not even tho landlady, no ticed it. Then they came to a sol. I wall, at which they hammered nigl.t and day, and again the landlady and her neighbors slept through it all. Finding they could not penetrate it, they stored their barrels in a cel lar, the door of which was on a level with the ground and opened out on to a ciwvded thoroughfare, and no one saw them. With similar suc cess they imported 38 barrels of gunpowder, enough to supply an important fortress in those days, though no one has yet explained where they got if. from or what was dono with it, for the official records contain no hint. Never once did a government spy look in upon them ; yet, strangely enough, every one of the conspirators was known to the secretary of state; most of them had already been noted as suspicious characters.?New York Journal. Tahinrj Out tho Embrtiisadrcus. Mr. W. E. Curtis, tho author of an entertaining work of eastern travel, relates an instance of his so journ in China which represents the great Li Hung Chang in an attitude of characteristic ignorance of occi dental customs. The French embas sador at Peking gave a dinner par ty and invited Li Hung Chang. Pre vious to sitting down to dinner the party, which included tho wives of the European guests, were convers ing in an apartment which adjoined the dining room. Presently the butler threw back the portieres and announced tho din ner. The French embassador step ped up to the great Chinese states man and said: "Will your excellency take my wife out to dinner?" Li interpreted tho request literal ly. The French embassadrcss was a tiny woman, and Li Hung Chang is six feet three. He picked tho little woman up under one arm, and, to the amazement of the company as well as the distress of tho victim, carried her bodily out to tho dining tshlo. _ The ordinary tumbler, made ot the regulation size, in common use in the glass factories, contains al most exactly half a pint. Tho crabapple blossom in the country districts of Prussia is re garded as an emblem of inconstancy. The traveler from St. Louis to Los Angeles traverses 2,104 miles. OVERWORK - INDUCED Nervous Prostration Complete Recovery by the Use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla "Sonic years ago, as a result of too close attention to business, my health failed. I became weak, nervous, was unable, to Inuk afier my interests, autl manifested all Hie symptoms of a de cline. I took three, bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, began to improve at ouce, and gradually increased my wnlglil from one hundred and twenty-fire to two hundred pounds. Since then, I ami my family have used this medicine when needed, and we are all in the best of health, ?i fact which we attribute to Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I believe my chil dren would have been fatherless to-day had it not been for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, of which preparation I cannot say too much."? . 0. ITinson, Postmaster anil rianter, Kinard's, S. C Ayer's Sarsaparilla RECEIVING MEDAL AT WORLD'S FAIR. AYER'S Pills Save Doctor's Bills* minutes to write us a postal card asking ior our Pnce Ustj Itelling abovt Doors, Sash & Blinds Write and ask us questions ( about those articles or anything, cUe in our line-lumber, .Mn ? ornamental woodwork for] of ?terior and Interior finish. ?Bvtftkt Maker" and .,, ,.5 . Surli?*B****-^ (234) LIS'NIN F'R THE DINNER HORN. Wut I like bes', surc's yor born, Forenoons w'en it's hot, Is Us'nin f'r tho dinnor horn In tho medder lot, 'Ith a brook t' pur like this'n An its pobbly bed t' ^listen, In the shade t ' sot an listen Forenoons when it's hot. Dad ho sot mo hooin corn. Gosh! Them woods is high I More fun lla'nln f'r thot horn, Lookln at tho sky, Sprawlin on ray back an notin How them :lcecy clouds is floatin On tho sea o' air, denotin Weather that is hot. Days liko this I a'mos' wish I o'd swim tho air Liko a bird 'r bo a ?sh 'Ith that i'ollcr thoro Not to see tho brook, but fin it, Git the sunshino cooled each minit, Wash my scaly Bides right in it, Foronoonii w'en it'e hot. Kind o' Uko t' bo a weed, Bowin t' tho breeze Alder bush 'r cattail reed a curd'nal flower liko these, Jee11' be olivo an growin, Fanned by nummer win's a-blowin, W'ero nobody comes a-hoein Foronoonsi w'en It's hot. Shucks! There goes tho dinnor horn! Hear it? "Who-oo-o too who-o-ol" (Ma she thnks I'm in tho corn.) Wish it hadn't blow. Hato t' go, but s'poso I'd orter Hato t' loavo the shade an wortcr; Seem plum crazy 'bout 'em sorter, Forenoons w'en it's hot. ?J. L. Heaton in "Tho Quilting Bee." Carious Customs of Oregon Coons. A California correspondent of Forest and Stream tells about "trooping coons" on tho Columbia river. The coons gather in troops of from 3 to 25 or more after a night's playing and feeding, and make their way over a well worn trail to the home tree or cavern, the females leading and the males following, clawing one another for first place. The skilled troop hunter follows the trail of a singlo coon till he comes to tho main trail. To follow a single coon requires the keenest of eyes and a wide knowledge of the habits of the animals, since fre quently even a skillful tracker loses the train for rods at a stretch. To get be' a big troop of coons is a difficu .natter, requiring lucie add ed to woodcraft. Once the hunter gets before the troop he waits till the beasts come within good range, when he fires his rifle. Thereupon the females turn and go rushing back on their trail, scrambling over the males in a way that astonishes them and makes them blink. Tho males take to the branches of nearby trees. Then the imnter shoots all ho can see ono by one. Three men have in that way bagged as many as 25 coons on a hunt, it is said. On bright moonlight nights the coons may sometimes be shot from a boat. They are very fond of frogs, and como along the river bank in their search for them, as well as for mussels and other water delicacies. Their presence is betrayed by the waves they make, but as muskrats make similar waves a strong jack light is often useful. . the Sitine Bont. A student at Williamstown college had been married a short timo pre vious to entering the college and was led to fear that this fact might debar him from enjoying some of the privileges of the institution. Ac cordingly, in a great state of per turbation, he called to see President Hopkins. After some conversation the young man at last managed to stammer, with a crimson face, apro pos of something entirely i::rele vant, "I?I ara a married man!" "Ah," said President Hopkins, smil ing at him with great benignity, "so am I." And there the student's trouble ended. ?San Francisco Ar cronauf. We Offer You a Remedy Which Insires SAFETY GO LIFE of Both Mother and^hlld. MOTHERS FRIEND ROBS CONFINEMENT OF ITS PAIN, HORROR AND DANGER, Makes CHILD-BIRTH Easy. Endorsed and recommended by physi cians, midwives and those who have used it. Beware of substitutes Mid imitations. Sent by cxpross or mall, on rccolpt of price. 81.OO per bottle. Book "TO MOTIIKH3 " mailed free, containing voluntary testimonials. BRADFIELD BEGULATOR ?0., Atlanta, 0a SOLD DV ALL DnUOGISTS. "FOR PERSONAL USE." IOFFER PureThrer-Y.'ar-Old Moun tain Corn and Rye Whiskies and Apple and Peach Brandies, in quantities rom one gallon to four and. three quarter gallons at wholesale price. Write for que talion?. C. F. SIIEEK, Advance. Davie Co., C, Dec .10, lggg_27_3 THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINaT County of Anderson. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. Alexander W. McCullough, Plaint ft", against S. T. McCullough, Kachel J. Homere, .1.1). McCullough, Robert McCullough, F. P. McCnlloiigb. W. McCullough, Sarah C. Uarris, Jane C Cbarpling, Martha I-'. McAdams, Mary Ann Martin, the children of Washington McCuilou?h, deceased, whose name*, ages and residences are unknown, and A. W. McCullough, as Administrator of the listate of Margeret Mcrullough, deccasrd. Dc? fendants?Summons for Hellet?Complaint ser ved. To Ihe Defendants above named : YOU are hereby summoned ?ud required to an swer the Complain: iu this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, aud to serve a copy of your answer to too said Complaint on tho subscribers at their office, Andersou Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after tho servico hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer tho Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court fur tho relief de manded iu the Complaint. Dated Anderson. s. C, Pec. 15th, A. D. 1S9G lit?N 11 am A WATKINS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [skai.l .Ino. . Watkiks,c.cc. . To the absent Defendants, Martha 1?'. McAdams, Mary Ann Martin, Rachel J. Hogers, Robert McCullough, Sarah C. Harris, and the children nf Washington McCullough, whose names, ages and residence! are unknown : TAKE NOTICE, Tbat the Summons and Com plaint in this nctlon were tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Andersen County, S. C, the 15th day of I'ecomber, 1896, and that the object of this action is to procure a parti t m and sale of a coitain Tract of baud in Corner Township, Anderson County, S. <"., containing soveuty-onc acres, more or less, (71), adjoining lands of A. W. McCullough, Margaret Burton, It. Homer Newell, .1. W. .spearman, and others BON H AM i A INS. Plaintive Att'ye. A^c-ica, S. ?, S;c. 15, liU 2 - c otton. With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper ferti lizer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against " Rust." All about Potash?the results of its use by actual ex periment on the best farms in the Unued States?is told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for tu GERMAN KALI WORKS, ?3 Nassau St., New York. BUCKWHEAT CAKES. JUST received Freeh, Pare Buckwheat Flour. For sale low. If you want a pood breakfast try it. Still headquarters for Finest Tea and Wall Paper. A. B. TOWERS. c c S.a.? IliiiilL r2 SX ^??3Sg Eg S-a ?\\*>nz~z 5 S h : : QR to o s 0 ft O psi s s"l o ? j? : : HB1; ? Il i i! * lisi g fe ss-S ? :. ?.a.sse ? o ^ CD : 3 2 "4 a ' S Sao. c <s ? c "> t? ^j-j BIS? ?s8|a;g.Bf ?fe m g. ? ,"1 ? F 2 a, ? ? ^ g ? ?-C0 H?^E?w B HH ^ ? s ss s Se"? g ? 5 M o CD <??>oo StrSa* < ?g ?co* fel g Sgl gfSg ?D Kj a CD ? ?Off o is 2 13 O. ?, a; Ci m ta J "'S r? r? m cr C s ? S ai P. ?s s? 2. S b ft 5 ou w is >^ m ?Pli* a S "> O H* Cj s ^ i a ? 3a a S a . a ~\< ? li HI uQ?b, mo 5. " h >i e-t- m H H. p ? 0r3?|i??|?? ? itti g * 8 ^ . g S? erg ? So ?y' 8 CO Strickland &Whitefield DENTISTS, ANDEHSOX, S. C Office.Masonic Te DENTISTRY. Iwill be in my office every Saturday and the entire week following first and third Sundays and of Salesday?-. The in teiveninR lime I will travel and work on call in the country and near Towns, Offici:?Up Stiirs in Orr Bu?dinj?, two doors below Alliance Store Respectfully, W. J. KING, Dentis*. Jan 22, 1896 30 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Comlonseil Sclicdula i?i l?.Toot NOV. 13, 1303. STATIONS. ' >vl!iVi. Lv. C'hnrliston. '< 1 ' ? '? Lv. C^thttiihin. ?M ? " Prosperity. i I'll ' Ar. KvwW?r. ?.'?pin Ar. Ninety-Six.'.. : 1 -} "> " Grecuwood. I 4? m " Hodges. ..... _ _? a-3S m Ar. Ahliuvi?i?. . ? '? :-'\ 1> Ar. Bolton... _ ' '? _ ? Ar. Anderson. . 1* m Ar. Orcen ville. 4 aj i> m Ar.A?autn ... I Si HU ra STATIONS. D:tily No. fa. _ Lv. OrcenviUe. 10 :M a m " Piedmont. 10 55 :i m " Williiunstoii ... . U IS ? in Lv. Anderson. _ 11 <l"> a m Lv. Helton. 11 :Vi a in Ar. Donnald-s.. ' li IW i> m Lv. Abbeville . II 1.'? ;i m Lv. HoTIkus .... Vi 'S) \t in " (Greenwood. I IX) HI " Ninety-Six. _. 1 -."> j> Lv. Nowberry. 1 3 25 i? m " Prttsjwrlty. ! 2 3i m Ar. Columbia. ':! ">?!> m Ar. Charleston S m Daily Daily, CT.m,,,Y. ?ai?j !-.:i:y No. li No.i;tj _ X..1 . ..1J 5?Mp 7 10n;Lv... Clinrles?on. Ar SUipJI Oa 83 ! | * '? .... Oliumhin ~~. " :;: -">;' ?i<b 90Tal21."ip "." ?.? 4 >4 a 1004a; 135p ".f-a-.iMie.?? I 1 25p ; 4? 1020 aoa?i ". l'ni . ." 1 tf>t. ??? 103Ca' 2 Sip- " .... .T..t:< '- .... " ! 22?'.1 ?.Vip 10 54a 237p? ".Paeoiet .. " .12 I :? ? i ? 112.1a !M?p Ar.. Sp.".rt:i:iliarir. ', !l ?'?- > 114&IhtXlpLv .SjiarJattlmr},'. Ar II.??. ?'?>',? 240pl TOilp'Ar Aslievilii?. I.v sV.i ?OSp "P," p. ni. " ." ?. m. Trains ?.) and 10 eiory ? 'Mit P'.t?tltntl Bleeping ears Ijetweeii i'oluaibia inti ?? i;_iv. empiute ilaily between .l;:eksuav?l i'.-iaii? . -tu nal i. Trains leave Spartaiil?lf?. A. ft <*. ?'?.?.?:; on. iiortlil.ml. (i: 12 a. in.. : :? p.m.. '? 1 :?. m., (Vesiiliule Limited): .-??? !,' ml I ' iti., B;l.? p. m.. U;:f7a. m.. (V< : tirale ?.i;ai e > Trains leave Hreenvi:.e. . :: ?' ?' ?? .?>: ?. nortlilHiuiid,?:4?a. in., 2:^1 ?<. . a: ;? m., (Vcstibnled Limitali: sod.idi > : ... : ?. in., 4:20]> in., 12:2S p. m. tVes;i :.). Pullman ? < . ? iee. PullmanpnUtetrsice] Inn .:: - T.:.i:.>;.".:?..id ?!, :t? nuil M, on A. nntl ili. >i. W. . Ii KEN, .1. :<t. '. ,P Gen. Superiti onde::t, ,'r, Wasliin^um, U. (.'. \ ? . :> >". W. A. TURK, S. U. . 13.? Gen. Puss. Air't. As't Wca. ' ?. >. Ag't. Washington. D. O. Atlanta. Oa. ii Stuarts Gin and.Buchu, A Remedy'for all kinds of Bladderand Kidney troubles. CURES Did you over reflect that many ills of lifo come from sluggish action of the Kid ney 6? KIDNEY The Kidneys are the great blood strain ers, thus filtering out poisonous elemonts that would otherwise* remain and con taminate the whole system AND Keep the blood pure?aid the Kidneys when oppressed and overburdened, and you will build up thesyelemand preserve health. BLADDER Do yon suffer with weakness, backache pains in the sides, nervousness, loes of appetite, bad tasto in the mouth, etc ? TROUBLES. Take STUART'S GIN AND B?CHU. One bottle will convinco you of its mer its. Sold by Evens Pharmacy. BICYCLE REPAIRING NEATLY and cheaply executed byJ. T. & T. A.WIGINGTON, Newell, 8. C. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. BEATTIE, Receiver. October 6th, 1895. Eastbound mixed Between And erson and Wal Lalla. No. 12.| STATIONS. s 10 50 a m 0 25 a m f 10 IS a m ? 10 00 a m s 9 42 a m f 9 35 a ni s 8 SS a m a 8 5 a m 8 15 a m Ar.Anderton.Lv ...DoQTcr. .Au tun.......?. ..........Pendletoii. .Chorry'u Crossing. .Adam's Crossing. .S< ?eca. .Wei t Union. .Walha?i........... Lv An Westb'd MIXEL/ No. 8 35pm SSS m 4 05 ro 415pm 4 25 m 4S3pm OOSpm 660pm 6 20 m SSO p^a J. E. ANDERSON, 8eperlntendent W. C. COT HR AN, General Agent. Connections at Seneca with Soutbean Railway No. 11. At Anderson with So it hern Railway Nos. 11 and 12. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AND SHU VI ELU SBOR LINE In effect December 1, 1896. Lt Augusta.. Ar Greenwood. Ar Anderson.......... Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn Springs?.. Ar Spartanburg.. Ar Saluda. Ar Hendersonville. Ar Asbeville. 7 30 pm 12 01 pm 7 00 am 10 Uam 10 i? am Lv Ashevllle.?. Lv Spartanburg..... Lv Glenn Springs.. Lv Greenville...... Lv Laurens. Lv Anderson. Lv Greenwood... Ar Augusta. 9 40 am 1217 pm 7 30 pm I 16 pm 3 00 pm 4 OS pm 3 00 pm 6 23 pm 5 61 pm 6 46 pm 8 2a vi II 46 am 1' am 1165 am 1 SO pm 10 25 am 2 28 pmj 7 00 am 5 05 nm 12 25 pm 4 00 pm 4 00 pm 7 10 pm Lv Greenwood., Ar Raleigh. Ar Norfolk. Ar Petersburg. Ar Richmond... 6 89 pm 1 30 am 7 30 am 6 00 am G 40 am Lv Augusta. Ar Allendale... Ar Fairfax...... Ar Yemassec... Ar Beaufort.... Ar Port Royal.. Ar Savannah... Ar Charleston.. 9 ?0 am 2 ro pm 4 05 pm 4 20 pm 5 30 pm 10 35 am G 25 pm 10 60 am 6 35 pm .-. 7 89 pm . 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood fer all points on S. A. L., and C. & G. Railway, and at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For any information relative to tickets, rates, schedule, etc., address . J. CRAIG, Gen. Psss. Agent, Augusta, Ga. E. M. North, Sol. Agent. .LIMITED nOJJBLEDAIIY SERYI1IB TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. 22, 1896. 80UTHBOUND No. 4C3. No. 41. Lv New York, via Pou R. R. *3 2) pm ?9 OD am Lv Philadelphia, '? 6 15 pm 12 05 pm Lv Baltimore " 7 31pm 2 65 am Lv Washington, " 8 40 pm 4 80 am Lv Richmond.-IS 36 a m 9 05 am Lv Norfolk, via S. A. L.. Lv Portsmouth, " .. *ll 39 pm ?9 05am . 12 01 ngt 9 15am Lv Weldon, via 8. A. L... Ar Henderson, " .... *3 05 am 4 32 a re. Ar Durham, via S. A. L Lv Durham, " Ar Raleigh, UaS. A. L. Ar San?ord, " . Ar Southern Pines " Ar Hamlet, " . Ar Wadesboro, " . Ar Monroe, " . t7 32 am _t5 20 pm *5 55 am. 7 14 am . s 00 air. 8 50 am 9 52 am 10 40 am ?11 55 am ?1 89 pm f4 09 pm til 00 am *3 31pm 4 68 pm 5 49 pm 6 55 pm 8 01 pm 8 55 pm Ar Charlotte, Ua S. A. L..*11 35 an; ?10 20pm Ar Chester, via S. A. L... Ar Clinton " .... ArGrrenwood " .... Ar Abbeville, '? .... Ar Elberton, " .... Ar Athens, " .... Ar Winder, " .... Ar Allanta, S A L (Cen . 12 (3 pm . 1 20 pm . 2 S3 pm . 3 00 pm . 4 00 pm . 6 10 pm . 5 53 pm Time) C 45 pm 10 82 pm 11 68 pm 1 00 am 1 82 am 2 36 am 3 38 am 4 21am 5 20 am NORTHBOUND. No. 402. Lv Atlanta.S.A L.(Cen. Tic-) *12 03 n'n No. 88 *8 10 pm 11 40 pm 12 45 am 1 47 am 2 15 am 3 13 am 4 43 am Lv ' barlette, via S. A. L. *8 20pm *j 25 am Lv Athens, Lv Elberton, Lv Abbeville, Lv Greenwood, Lv Clinton, Lv Chester, 2 55 pm 4 00 pm 6 0" pm 5 30 pm 6 25 pm 7 C9 pm Lv Monroe, via S. A. L.. Lv Hamlet, Lv Southern Tines, " Lv Raleigh, _|* 9 15 pm 10 3, pm 11 21 pm *1 2G am 6 13am 8 15 am 9 15 am 11 31am Ar Durham, via S. A L... Lv Durham " Ar Weldon, via S. A. L. Ar Richmond. Ar WasSiugton, vit Pa. r. E Ar Ball ?more, " . Ar Philadelphia, " . Ar New York, " . t712 am , |J 20 pui >4l5?tn . 6 40 am . 10 45 am 1 '. CO n'n 2 20 pm *1 53 pm 11 am t4 til 3 ?) pm 6 40 pm 11 10 pm 12 48am 3 45 am 6 53 am Ar Portsmouth. 7X0 am 5 ArNotfolk.*7 50am 6 10 pm Daily. f Daily, except Sunday. Nos. 403 ar.d 402 "'The Atlanta Special,"' Solid \\stibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull man Sleepers betwpeu Portsmouth and Charlotti}. Nos. 41 and 3S, "The S. A. L Eipress," Solid Train, Coachen and Pullman Sleepers between Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dept. Wm. B. Clements, T. P. A., G Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. , _ K. St John, Vice-President and Gen'l. Manger. V. K. McBee General Superintendent. II. W. B. Glover, Tiatlic Manager J. Anderson, Gen'i. Passenger Agent. Central Orneen?, Portsmontb, V?._^ ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Fast Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upp'?r South Carolina, North Carolina, and Athens and Atlanta. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. ? Passenger Department, Wilmington, N. C, Dec 11, 1896. going west, going EAST. *No. 52._No. 53. 9 10 pm 7 87 pro 6 20 pu 6 00 pm 313 pm 2 57 pm 2 10 pm 1 45 pm 7 00 am S 2G am 3 36 am 10 55 am 11 58 pm 12 10 pm Lv.Charleston...Ar Lv.Lanes......Ar Lv.Sumte r.Ar Ar.Columbia.Lv Ar.Prosperity.?Lv Ar.Newberry.Lv 12 50 pm I Ar.Clinton.Lv 1 IS pm 2 3 m 3 01 pin 5 10 pm 7 45 pm 6 15 pm 8 20 pm ~3 as pni 4 20 pm 3 10 pm 6 03 pm 7 00 tu Ar.L.aurcnii.Lv Ar.Greenwood.Lv Ar.Abbeville.Lv Ar-.Athens, fia.Lv Ar.Atlanta, Ga.Lv Ar.Winnsboro.Lv Ar.Charlotte?...^...Lv Ar.Anderson.Lv Ar.Greenville.Lv Ar.Spartanburg.Lv Ar.Hemlersonville.Lv Ar.Asbville.Lv 1141 am 9 3ii am 110? am 10 30 am 11 45 ait 9 11 arc 8 20 am ?Dailv. . Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C. T.M.ek2 H. M. Em e most, Gen'l. Passenger Agent Ejuclei, GenerafManagtir, Manager.