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Lives to Be Kicked. George Washington Oakes is the imposing name of a Eichmond (Va) darky, who has receatly started on a tour of the towns and villages of the South with one of the most novel and preposterous shows ever taken on the road. The actors are three in num Her, Oakes playing the leading role, a mule, with sledge-hammer hoofs, tak ing what may be described as the heavy villain's part, and a diminutive colored boy acting as prompter and scene-shifter. The whole exhibition consists of a single scene between the mule and the leading man. Oakes braces himself behind that section of the mule which an architect would term his "rear extension," and awaits the kick which the animal has been trained to launch at his owner's shins. The mule is a terrific kicker, and the smashing hit, he delivers would, completely demor alize an ordinary man , and send him to meditate over his sins in the near est hospital ward. Not so with Oakes, however. Either because nature has provided him with shinbones of chill ed steel or because he has discovered some trick to prevent the mule's hoofs from striking fairly, he never flinches er seems to be one whit the worse for the terrible concussion of those iron shod feet. After thus showing thc spectators that he cares no more for the heels of a mule than for the push of a baby's pudgy fist, Oakes passes the hat, and the novelty of the entertainment never fails to bring in a shower of coins. Oakes has always refused to divulge the secreto? his phenomenal powers ef resistance. That he is not provid ed with any great amount of padding at the poiut where the mule's heels land he has shown by baring his shins when, as frequently happens, some spectator bets money that he will not dare to repeat the performance with his trousers rolled up. On such occa sions Oakes has actually allowed the mule to kick his bare shins, still with no serious results. "Ter tell der truf," said Oakes, when making a little speech after a recent performance, "Ah dunno how 'tis ah kin stan' it mahself. Guess ah musir ben born wid stone-bones. 'Pon mah word, gemmen, ah don't *eem ter feel it at all." And Oakes's appearance both dur ing the performance and after it seems to bear out his statement.-Pittsburg Dispatch. No Life on Jupiter. Judged by our terrestial experience, which is all we have to go by, the magnitude of the pl?net, if it is to bear life resembling that of the earth, is limited by other considerations. Even Jupiter, which is as far as our knowledge extends, represents the ex treme limit of great planetary size, way be too large to become the abode .f living beings of a high organization. The force of gravitation on the sur face of Jupiter exceeds that on the earth's surface as 264 to 1. Oonsid ering the effects of this on the weight and motion of the bodies, thc density ef the atmosphere, the laws of pneu matics, etc. , it is evident that Jupiter would? to say the very least, be an ex ceedingly uncomfortable place of abode for beings resembling ourselves. But Jupiter, if it is ever to become a solid rocky globe like ours, must shrink enormously in volume, since it is only 0.24 as compared with the earth. Now the surface gravity of a planet depends on its mass and its radius, being directly as thc former and inversely as the square of the lat ter. But in shrinkage Jupiter will lose none of its mass, ^lthough its ra dius will become much smaller. The 1 force of gravity will consequently in crease on its surface as the planet gets smaller and more dense. The present mean diameter of Jupi ter is 86,500 miles, while its mass ex ceeds that of the earth in thc ratio of 316 to 1. Suppose Jupiter shrunk to three-quarters of its present diameter, or 64,800 miles, theu its surface gravi ty would exceed thc earth's nearly! five times. With one-half of its pres- j ent diameter the surface gravity j would become more than ten - times j that of the earth. On such a planet a mail's bones would snap beneath his weight, even granting that he would remain upright at all! It would seem. ! theo, that nnless we arc apt to aban-j don terrestial analogies altogether and . "go it blind" we must set an upper j limit to the magnitude of a habitable >' planet, and that Jupiter represents ? such an upper limit, if, indeed, he \ does not transceud it.-f*opnfar ?SW ence Monthly. - It is easy to catch a cold and just a.s ; easy to get rid of it if you commence I early to use One Minute Cough Cure. It i cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumo nia and all throat and lung troubles, it. is pleasant to take, safe to use and sure tn ? eure. Evans Pharmacy. - He-Did you tell your father that I would kill myself if I couldn't I have you ? She-Yes. tic-What did he say ? She-Ile said that set- , tied it. Vou couldn't have me. - J. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, O., was , for thirty years needlessly tortured by ! physicians for the cure of eczema. He j was quickly cured by usiug Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve the famous healing ?alve for pi 1 es and sk in diseases. E vans All Sorts of Paragraphs. - In Japan every child is taught to write with both hands. - The only thing that beats a good wife is a bad husband. - High words are often used to ex press low language. - One Minute Cough Curecures quick ly. That's what you want! Evans Phar macy. - A school where blushing is taught is the latest novelty in Paris. - A ton of oil has been obtained from the tongue of a single whale. - When a man begins to discuss matrimony with a widow the result is usually a tie. - Thc Detroit man who is sued for $299 for breach of promise evidently proposed on bargain day. - She-"Why is it called the 'stl I ver moon?' " He-"Because it comes in halves and quarters, I suppose." -Vhc Chinese dress in white at funerals and in black at weddings, and old women always serve as brides maids. - A Topeko clergyman says he makes more by performing marriage ceremonies than he does by preach ing. - Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddoll's, 111., Buf fered for eight years from dyspepsia and eb/onic constipation and was finally cur ed by using Dewitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for all stomach and liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - There arc now in thc United States 136,000 ministers of all denom inations ; that is, about one for every 500 of the population. - She-"They tell mc, Professor, that you have mastered all thc modern tongues." He-"AU but two-my wife's and her mother's." - An editor who married a 3Iiss Church says he has enjoyed more hap piness sauce joining the church than he ever did in his life before. - Canada imports from the I.'nited States increased $3,000,000 last year, and her imports from England decreas ed $3,600,000. - Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of thc future. - Before 1886 the average number of labor strikes of all kinds in this country was about 500 a year. Since that date the average has been 1.500. - Miss Allie Hughe?, Norfolk, Va., was frightfully burned ou the face and neck. Pain was instantlv relieved by Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve which heal ed the injury without leaving a scar It is the famous pile remedy. Evans Phar macy. - From the United States G ermany has taken 12,000,000 bushels of corn in thc past eight months, or more than 100 per cent increase over the same time last year ; the. United Kingdom took 24,000.000 bushels, and Frauce 2,000,000 bushels. It is said that the Rhine millers are experts at mixing corn meal with wheat flour, and have made a good thing,as there is a differ ence of 60 cents in the price of the two grains. - One of the Rev. Dr. A. L. Stone's deacons was much concerned in his mind over the fact that his beloved pastor liked a good cigar, and he went to reason together with him on the subject. "Don't you think. Doctor Stone," said the deacon, "that there is such a thing as a man's smoking too much ?" Yes, indeed, Dr. Stone thought there was. "Well, don't you think there is such a thing as a min ister of thc gospel smoking too much?" The doctor certainly did. "Well, what would you call too much?" And the doctor assured thc deacon that he would certainly call it smoking too much if any man, no mattsr who, should smoke two cigars at once. - A singular case of human shrink age is reported from the Soldiers' Home at Sandusky. Ohio. Peter Cooley, who was admitted to thc home about four years ago. was. when he enlisted in the Fourth indiana infan try in 1 S(> 1 j five feet and two inches tall and straight as au arrow. Llis perpendicularity iias been in no wise affected since that time, but to-day he stands exactly four feet and lour inch es in his stocking feet, having, with out in any manner affecting his health or general appearance otherwise, grown ten inches shorter. He is a well-built, compact old man. now in his eighty-iirst year, and is as lively as a boy. Transplanting Shade Trees. There is no better time to trans plant shade trees than during thc whi ter when thc trees are dormant, as the digging up and moving does not inter fere with their sap circulation at that timo. It pays to dig up quite large trees to set out. for shade, for theu^ they are of use in a year or two. Dig 1 a ditch around the tree several feet, from the body, cutting off tin- mots cleanly as they are exposed. Then undermine the tire until it tip-; over. Trim the top us closely as thc roots have been trimmed, roll the roots ou a mud boat and '"snake' it to tin- place where it is to be set out. Uraco it. so it will not blow ever, and in tin.1 spring it will start into new ami vig orous growth, and in a year or two make a thick shade. Thousands ol' trees were dug up on the site ol'the World's Fair and set out in another place, in this way. and nearly every .ne of them is a nice shade tree now. 1 TALK ON THE BOOKSHELF. Tho little toy (shepherdess looked up Whore thc books Htood in n row. "I wish I could hear them talk," she said, "For it must bo fine, I know." "Ah, yes," tho wooden soldier said, "They arc quiet enough all day, But. I've heard when thu children arc all abed They talk in a wonderful way." And now it was twilight in Hie room. And on thc bookcase shelves *Thc books bogan to stretch their backs And to talk among themselves. "I wish," cried a peevish little hook, "That you would not crowd mo so. .You'ro always poking mu in tho back Because I am small, I know." "It's not my fault," said a fat, thiele voice. "I'm crowded so myself I can hardly breathe. You little books Should bo kept, off tho shelf." "Oh, dear, my stories," another said, "Kept buzzing so insido That I hardly got n wink of sleep Last night, though I tried and triod." "Oh, go to sleep!" cried a lesson book. "It's enough to work all day Without your Quarreling, too, ct night, So get to sleep, I say." "Ah," the shepherdess sighed, "thoy are going to sleep! How lovely their dreams must be! I wish that I wore a book to live Up tkeru cn the shelf," said she. -Katharine Pyle in St. Nicholas. A Sanitary Reform For tho Mind. It is easy to demonstrate that the montai health of the community is a much higher concern than the physical health and comfort. The analogy suggests the extension of protection. Take such a detail as the teeth in tho mouths of tho commu nity. If there is needed a license for the practice of dentistry, why not a license for the practice of literature? If the teeth are ruined, science is capable of furnishing a now set, and our blessed tariff lets them in free of duty, which is more than it does for a set of literature. But there is no way of getting a new set of mind if the mind is once demoralized by reading year after year slovenly and untrained writing. A person may Iiavo tho conceit that he is capable of cutting his own eyeteeth, and so he may be in matters of business, but no young mind of a person who can read is safe against the daily demoralization of bad writing. If the intellect of the public is of equal importance with its bodies, surely it is worthy of equal protection. No toriously it does not get it in the matter of reading. I am not speak ing now of vicious literature. That comes under the head of mortals. But men and women, boys anti girls, are daily making books and news papers who do not know how to write, who have neither skill, train ing nor conscience in the matter. They deluge the reading world with a false product which docs irrepara ble injury to the unprotected public. .-Harper's Magazine. The Word of an Indian. While Indian Commissioner Pray was at one of the agencies a number of young men drank whisky and became unruly. They disturbed the peace. They were tried and con victed and sentenced to do a certain number of days' work on tho high ways. The next morning the Indians un der sentence without guard of any kind went to the place designated and did their day's work. Tho ne:xt day they did the same, and so on until the terms of their sentences had been fulfilled. They never shirked, and nothing was required from them except their word that they would fulfill the conditions of tho sentence. Is the word of an Indian worth more than the word of a white mani -Iowa State Register. Something Polished. "I got no 'use for football and all those rough games, " said Cou Mann, shifting his cigar to the other corner of his mouth and thc cut to the top of the deck. "A smooth game is good enough for me."-Cincinnati En qui ror.. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. .Jf? Condensed Schedule in ?'fTect J U l-Y i. 1S07. STATIONS. j gfr LT. Charleston_. . _. . . ? hi .1 ?a tv. Columbia. ll (IO a in " Prosperity.i 1-' ll p ni " Nowberry. ! 1- 22 pm " Ninety-Six. j 1 25 p ni Ar. Greenwoo?l. ' 1 45 p m " Hodges.,...j 2 25 p ni Ar. Abbeville.,.j 2 55 p ni Jr. Belton.j ii H) p ni Ar. Anders! m.it :>5 pm Ar. Green vi Ho.?4 20_p ni Ar. Atlan ia. ...... . !" ii :jrt" p~m STATIONS. I jj?4,? Lv. Greenville., hi JW :v m " Piedmont. lu .Vi a m " Williamston.1 lt ls a ni Lv. Anderson.j ll 03 a 111 Ev! Kelton. ffi? a ia Ar. Donnalds ........; 12 US p ni ET. Abbeville. . . ll 45 a 111 Lv. Hodge*. IS 20~pTi? *' Greenwood. 1 00 p 111 " Ninety-Six. 1 2.1 p m " Newberry. S 25 ii m " Prosperity.! 2 :)7 p ra Ar. Columbia ._ ._. S 50 j) ni Ar. Charleston. H nu p ra jDailylDaily] ?T> A TTOVC B?TjylU???y No. ?jNo.l?: MAHONS. yo.14jyo.iQ 530r. 7 Uta Lv... Charleston.. Ar K(Kip ll 110.1 880a ll Wal '. ... Colunibia..... " ":j 85|i li:Kji 9 07,i1l215p ".Alston. " ?45p S.?la 10 04B 125p: ".Sandie. " ' J 25n 7 40p 10 20a 2(tti> ".Union. " I 0.1p 7 ??Op 10?7.1?. 2 2;?]) "... Jonesville " 1226p 6SS11 1064a 237p ".Pacolet. " l i 1 ipi 0 47p 1125a a Inp Ar . Spartan burg.. Lv 1145a R2Up 11 4.">it ttJCtp l.v.. Spartanbtirg.. Ar II 28a ti flip 2-?5;> 7 00p!Ar,_Asheville... Lvl 8 20al 3 06p .'P." p. m. "A." a. m. Trains !' and lu carry elegant Pullman aleepiug ears between Colunibia mid Asheville, enroute daily between Jacksonville and < linein nail. Trains lenvr Spartanburg, A. ?Kr C. division, northbound. I?:il7 a. m., il:17 j?, m.. ii:ls p. m., (Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:2?? a. m., ?:13 p. m., ! I n. m., (Vestibule Limited. > Trains leave Greenville., A. and <'. division, northbound, 5:45 n. m., 2.:>l p. m. mid 5:30 p. m., (Vestibuled Limitod): southbound, 1:25 a. m., 4 '3? p. m., 12:80 p. m. t Vestibuled Li m i ledi. Pullman Servieo. Pullnmn naine- sleeping ears on Tra instand 8(1, i>7 and JW, on A. and c. division, NV. H. GREEN. J. M. GULP Gen, Superintendent, Traffic M'g'r, Washington, D. (J. Washington, ?. (!. W A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK, Gen. Pass. Ag't. As'I Gen. Pass. Ag't. Washington, D. C. Atlanta, GB.. ?hat he Supposed. The efforts of a certain literary man to turn himself into a successful "hen farmer," on an estate of two acres, afford his agricultural neighbors some excitement, and no end of amusement. It is credibly related that, during thc first year of his poultering, the ama teur farmer discovered that all his lit tle chickens, which were confined in coops, were languishing and dying. Ile went over all his books tn see if he cou'd find what ailed them, but in vain. At last he called in one of his neigh bors, and. showing him the thin and weak surviving chicks, asked : "What do you suppose is the matter with those chickens ?" "Well, I dunno," said thc. farmer; "what do you feed 'em ?" "Feed them? Why. I don't feed them anything !" "Then how did you expect they were goin' to live?" "Why, I supposed the old hens had milk enough for them now !"-Poul try World. TRIUMPHS OVER; DISEASE. This matchless Blood Purifier has never failed to cure the worst case of Blood Disease where thc directions have bc?n faithfully carried out. We are willing to undettake the most . desperate case with entire con fidence that Africana possesses thc matchless power to cure. Will you continue to suffer WITH THIS GREAT REMEDY AT YOUR VERY DOOR? JJ?"" Foreale by Evans Pharmacy and Hill-Orr Drug Co. Trustee's Sale House and Lot. BY virtue of Deed of Trust frr^m Mrs. Hallie W. Todd I will sell at An derson C H. on Sdlesday in February next, all that Lot, containing one-half acre, on the South side of West Franklin Strfot, in the City of Anderson. Terms Ooe third cash, balance to be secured by mortgage. JOS. N. BROWN, Trustee Jan 12, 1S98 29 4 Trustee's Sale of Real Estate. BY the Will ot the late Capt. W. S. Sharpe I will sell at Anderson C. H. on Salesday in February All that Tract of Land, containing ninety-six acres, more or lea?, situate partly within the corporate limits of the City of Anderten:, adjoining I-iOta of Louis Sharpe, i>r. A. C. Strickland. .Mrs. Laura A. Sharpe and others. It may be divided in two or moro par cels. Terms--One-third cash, balance to be secured Liv mortgage, JOSEPH N. BROWN, <4uatitied Executor. 1fSB~ Will also Bell one Horse for cash. Jan 12. I BUS 29 4 _ Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. In thc Court of Common ?'lens. A. P. Johnstone vs Robert S. Sherard and Catherine J. Walker.-Complaint for Foreclosure IN obedience to the order of sale herein 1 will sell ou Salesday in February next, in front nf the Court House in the City of Anderson, S. C, ihe Bauds de scribed as follows, to wit: All that certan Tract of Land, contain ing Kio acres, more or less, situate in Coun ty of Auderson, in State aforesaid, on Vinegar Creek, waters of Little (ieneros tee Creek, waters ot* Savannah Uiver, ad joining lands td'J. H. Reid, C. C. Simp son. Terms-One-half cash, balance in twelve month-, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage, with U-avu to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay f 'r papers. it. M. BUR RISS, Judgs Probate, :-s Special Referee. Jan 12, ls!is L"J 4 - iff" " ?LL PARTIES Owing Bleckley & Fretwell past due Not^s and Accounts will please come forward and settle same by March 1, 1898, as I must settle up the busi ness of the old Firm, Please be prompt in your settlements and oblige JOS. J. FRETWELL, Survivor. Jan 12, 189? 29 7 .NOTICE. TUE undersigned has just received a Cur Load of line Kentucky Horses and Mult---, which he will sell on the basis ot ? cent cotton Come and seo them. No trimble to show them \Y. B. MAGRUDER. Nov 24, IS97 '22 N( )T rCE O F F1 N A I, S ETT1 * E M K N T. The undersigned, Administrator nf the Estate of Amanda Glasby, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will, on the rah day of February, 189S, apply to t!^ | Judge of Probate for Anderson County for j a Final Settlement of said Estate, anda discharge from his office as Administrator. .1 J. MOORN, Adm'r. j Jan .">. 1898 28 ? -VTOTICEOF FINAL SETTLEMENT j3i The undersigned, Administratrix of tin- Estate ol'J. K. Ducworth, dece?? ed, hereby gives nolie- that she will on the lotti day of Febniary, 1898, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement ol'said Estate and a discharge from her nfl!ce as Admin istratrix. .MARY E DUCWORTH'', Adm'x. Jan 12,1S08 2? 5 Wc.?.': iVSore Gan bs AsUsd? Only this ; ask your gro:er fit, ?:-?a Insist <>,.-. trying it. Largos', packugf-greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, ?U Loa?, Kev/ York, Uostca, FhiU'lolphis. COTTON IS CHEAP AIS Vf SO ARK LIVE AND LET LIVE IS OUR MOTTO ! WE bave a choice and .select Stock of FAMILY and FANCY GROCERIES, Consisting of almost everything you may need to eat. Our Goods are fresh, were bought for cash, and will be sold as low as the lowest. Please give me a call before purchasing your Groceries. Thanking all for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same We are yours to jilease, Gr. F. BIGBY. fi The way we are Gutting Prices on Furniture will be a revelation in Furniture Sellin! The rush of Christmas trade is almost upon us, and the room now taken up by large quantities of Furnitur e is abso lutelylnecessary to the display of our To make a prompt and effective clearance of this surplus stock we have made a remorseless use of the knife in CUTTING PRICES. Will you be one of the lucky ones to share in the Big Bar gain Feast we will spread before you the next few days? The largest Stock of Furniture in South Carolina, and at prices at Retail below what the little fe?ows pay wholesale. So come along and get your Furniture and have money left for Christmas. All prices below everybody else's price. 9 Tile Leaders and Money Savers for You. THOSE CR??T ARE still in the lead, and continue to receive the highest praises through out Anderson County. Don't be deceived ?uto buying a Plow that is said to bc just as good as the Syracuse. Make no mistake, and buy only the BEST at prices to bea: the world Th.y ure thc lightest, thc strongest, the bes!. Turn Plow made. Syracuse Plows ure the Standard of the World. So come straight to headquarters and get a Plow that is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. Remember that wc are sole agents, and have just, received :t solid Gar Load. Yours truly, P. S.-We have a i>ew LADIES' BICYCLES that we arc ottering at a great sacrifice. See us before buyiug. B. B. SHOES, SHOES ! To be given Away for the Least Money ever Heard Of, Bargains in Job Lot ol Shoe?. OUK INDIES' LINE Women's Heavy Winter Shoes at <;!?e.. Women's Whole Stock Heavy Winter Shoes at S?c Women's Ohne Grain Button at 003. Women's Dongola Button, wdifl, at 05c. Women's Dongola Button, N<'*t and Stylish, at $1.20. Women'? Donenl* Button, ?i Baal fine Shs?, at ?! It5 MEN'S BOCK BOTTOM LINK Men's Heavy i'low Shoes, X/i|?.{ Leather, at !>?So. Men's ( !reole Congress at?I 20. Men's Oak Kip WholeStoek Brogansat"?l.2n. Mon's Light Weight Calf < ' mgrens, Opera Tip, 'Ase. Men's Ugh! Weight Calf Congress, Globe Tip, '.Wc. Men's Light Weight Calf Congress, Blain Toe, 9Sc. ThaJ same'shoe in nil the dif ferent toes, lace. Mon's Congress and Lace a shoe for bard service ?1.20. Our liner line of shoes jird as cheap in proportion. While our prices are tho lowest, it :s in no wise suggestive of po.ir (5 ital it y and it is our ?uni in the future to watch carefully tho interest and demands of our incro*sine Lrade on Shoes. We want everybody to look at our goods whether you buy or not. All hove goods guaranteer! to give satisfaction or money refunded. Yours, working for trade, O. OL ANDERSON & BRO. P. S_Car KEB RUST PROOF OATd Cheap. NOTICE. "^vVlLL be let to the lowest responsible bidder On Wednesday. February 2, yt, ll a m" the building of a Bridge over B?averdam Ciepk, Willumston Township on road louding from A C Webb's to Welcome School II -u.-e near Tammie Rogers. Also, Thursday. February 3 at ll a. m., th* building of ? Bridge ..ti'Piermont and > risley road, near Long old pince io Brushy < .raek. Also, at 3 p. m sime day, the building of u Bridge..n new triad near Dunham's Bridge. Also, on February 9, ?ft Il a m., the building of a liridgf. over Heno op Creek, on road le?dmir from Cmytonvilie to Shirley's Store, near J, N. Mitchell's. Plans and Specifications made known on day of letting. Reserving the right to r>j9Ct any and all bids. W. P SNELCROVE, Co. Supervisor, A. C. H ?-7??=BP s ?W * * ?r= s3 s^n-o .. ?B ? ?U&?s-* S" ? Ici ? ??^SfftSK I. ^ |> ? EL 's's s ?3? ? 3o: g ^ I tri ? ^ ? 5 2 ~ < ~ s a ??^ 2 M "o ? H 5 =C 3" S? ? S g2 -i < s g-55B o P 2 r ?RO-C -' S * S S 02 H N & Bj= S -?=-^o 2 p os ir - O ?l- r ^ * GEN. R. E. LEE, SOLDIER, Citizen and Christian Patriot. A (iHEAT KEW BOOK for the PEOPLE. LIVE AGESTS WANTED Everywhere to show ?ample nages and get up Clubs. EXTRAORDINARILY LIBERAL TERMS ! Money can be made rapidly, and a vast amount of good dona n circulating one of the noblest his torical works published during Hie pau quartet.ef a century. Active Agents are now reaping a rich harvpst. Some of our best wnrkers are scMfng OVER ONE HUNDRED BOOKS A WEEK. Mr. A fi. Williams, Jackson county, Mo , work ed four days and a half and secured 51 orders. He sells the book to almost ?very man he meets. Dr. J. J. Mason, Muscogce county, Ga., sold 120 copies thc first five days he canvassed H. 0. Sheets, Palo Pinto county, Texas, worked .1 few hours and sold lo copies, mostly morocco binding. J. H. Haana, Gaston county, N. C. made a month's wa ges in three oays caurassing fur this book. S M. White. Callahan county. Texas is ssUing books at tbe rate of 144 copies a weet The work contains biographical sketches of ail the Leading ener?is, a vast amount of historical matter, and a large number of beautiful full-page illustrations, lt is a grand book, ar.d ladies and gentlemen who ian give all er nny pirt of tuolr time to the canvass aro bound ti? make iinrtCiso SHIM 0.' money handling it. An degant Prospccius, showing thu oifl?rcnt styles ol'binding, sample pages, -.?nd all material necessary t" work with will lui seul on roceifit of 50 couts" The magnificent gallery of portrait, alone, in the prospectus is worth couble ihe mon ey. We furnish it Pt far less than actual cost ot" n?a* ul'acture, and wc would -dvi<e you to order .luickly, and get exclusive cntiol of the best ter ritory, Address KO YAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, , I Jeven'h and Main Streets, RICHMOND, VA. \nronc sending a sketch and description may ouiclcly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably iwtent.ible. Comrmimea t lon? strictly cnntldent la!. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest narency forsccurinc patents. Patents taken throucli Munn & Co. rceelvo specialnoticc, without charge, in the " Scleniific ?merlca?. A haiidsomelv illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of .-my sciontitlt! jiuirnal. Terms, ?:! a vciir: four months, fl. Sold by all newsdealers. 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