The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 07, 1898, Image 7
-THfc aOWER.
- ????s ns? husbod at Inst as by ooongSn^,
**5.rTni8t sky ubove,
^2 . * -ay clouds spread o'er tbo fallow
fl*
&tBdtBS Uko ?dove.
,"?o motion in tho air, no SCUQ?
*?S! S ib? *. . ?'" to?9 .
W Jh,? sua? last loaf, fluttoripg to Qt?
ba"' wni" -
pr ; j. JlJ?? wounded bird.
, " swart rooks '.:? ? filtcrinr? crowd
<v bs uoUos wheeled.
[(slo, tuon sw?oped with wran
-.'.' r *; i'.i?a
_ . ., , stubbly field.
.. .1 (bowed horaos, loUlpg slow
!'~ . ," ' . lea J okod,
: ttbo pl?wBbaro to and fro
>'.? . .. kV?,j baunckoti smoked ;
. Y ?pr??! breiten int? ?'lo?s, \
- ' i i:>i.i hurnjw's tooth,
ri, v. uth it a humid coda
?- , . ftirrowslujn?Qtb.
? . 1 jilo, from riso to out of run,
* ' . , . ? 5JM? or pp?od,
' ;/ ism furrows dun,
s,; , i\vs tho Hood.
tho 'od, which, moldering,
n . ; i:i tba oartb;
1 ut with tho futnro ?prinj?
b?j .. :i into birth.
" ,. i i.r 1 irt!i and death! Controlling
.,,,' i und u?cdl
? h :?;! moil aro ?uroly oowors;
lifo l.-i til'?'di
j! .. ; ,..1 dropped in Timo's yawning
Ou !
?."
I?:
v,...
, :.'?i\v uproot and shoot
HU? world's unfathomed morrow
.LI und biuir fruit.
-Mathilda ElluiL
A MENTAL PICTURE.
Midnight und Ibo rush and whirl
?f tL'.'i - ress flying south. Between
me r.nd my destination 300 miles.
Tinco litiudrt d miles passed over in
j^jjj eddying flight. Tho events of
that night I remember how vividly I
Aid.' ' .' ? had dozed frequently on
thc j ?ni'iuiy, I distinctly remember
{,j ;. in my mind there now
: nod hut ono other utaiiou at
which htoppago would ho made bo*
f0p.i i ?ching London. This was
forton Ih'ath. No ono alighted, and
only una person entrained.
Thc di r of my own carriage was
q [;h Hung open, anda man some
what younger than myself sprang
xa closing the door behind him.
Never bestowing upon mo oven tho
Dju-x'i casual glance tho stranger set
tled into n curiar and yieldod him
?.11 up i ) the rhythmic-whirl of tho j
wheel . wh? h increased almost im- j
ncrccptihl ith the velocity of the
train tis it . oil ovor tho darkened
country.
A?t? r :.. little while ho took from
one nf bis pockets a ilask of brandy
which 1; eniplied at u draft and
then relighted Iiis cigar, which had
gone out ; ii iee ho entered tho car
riage. The monotonous hum of the
wheels, together with tho quantity
-ir spit ils he must have consumed,
heightened his drowsiness to lethar
gy, and ho gazed vacantly through
tho darkened window into the un
searchable gloom of wreathing
?make that wove itself into 1,000
chimeras past the magician's cun
ning.
Wo bad journeyed thus for nearly
half an hour when, by chance turn
ing my eyes in tho stranger's direc
tion, I behold tho man haggard and
terror stricken. The half smoked
elgar lay on the floor noar his foot,
ind ho had taken a grim hold on
the dcor handle, and, rigid with
iciir, ho gazed away into the dark- ?
ness. 11 was no ordinary sight which
thus bold his attention, I was cer
tain.
Fearful of intruding on the pri
vacy of KO completo a stranger, I for
aomo time refrained from speaking,
but tho stranger's movements now
became so many nameless fears not
to he endured. Unable longer to
bear tho horror of the man's face, I
at length passed over and looked
out.
The night was dense, a deep plu
tonian darkness, not a star visible.
Tho agony of the white face upon
tho pane caused me a shiver. Now.
>id thou a spasm convulsed his
whole being, and for a rare instant
tho fixed ayos vero closed. How
long this state continued I never
new.
At last I could endure the thing
|ao longer. I seized the man's hands,
wen in one of my Own. Even as I
lid so the droning of the wheels in
ased, and against the blackened
ao vague, half formed contours
?an dimly to shape themselves,
Otting and going fantastically, like
' louottes of tho dancers against
ne curtained window of a ballroom,
"ho train, however, appeared to be
aveling at a much greater celerity,
* tho peculiar effect for some timo
Kited my curiosity to a high pitch,
j. Roused to a keener ?onso of ob
cation, I began to cant about for
pocausp of the fantasy. An empty
train, hitherto unnoticed, had
kd cud for eomo distance jour
eyed abreast of us. And yet, how
M it seemed unreasonable to sup
? that the train had slowed down
ner coming np with us., Indeed
1rapid was, ?ur passage that tho.
"Tinges could be felt to oscillate
Wy as the train eddied round a
aiD bead in the track.
Bo strange and'weird seemed tho
ahng shapes upon tho pane that
' a long time I was utterly at a
"' to account for the curious freak.
y?t plainly enough it was not
pother train that had slacKened
JJ6", but wo who had, aa I could
J'doubt, now 'increased our own
Wero conKoqueutly moving more
jess collateral with tho darkened
empty carriages. ,
ibad board of those optical illu
^ beioro and ascribed it to my
'fought imagination. ?lnaily,
^shed with these discoveries, ?
*** my attention to thp stranger,
jazfthad become fixed and. in
I was AUTO it was no slocqtfnsr
.tate ul wiiicii no waa plungea. ;
Soma mysterious power held bim
ohurmed.
Suddenly I released my hold of
the mutt's hands, and in an instant
tho illusion vanished. I was dum
founded. Again I seized his hands
and hold thom, one in each of my
own. Gradually, aa a dream grows
into life, I viras conscious of innumer
able things passing swiftly before
me, unintelligible and with a sonso
of infinite woe.
By the workings of the man's faeo
I was sure that, by some morbid
Byiupathy, the mirago was visible
in both, for 1 perceived that I might,
by tho mero lifting <>f his bauds,
conjuro the sueno or disperse it by
releasing them, it struck me liku
a forcible recollection of Do Quin
cey's opium dreams, especially that
last related terrible vision.
I experienced a sickening nausea
and was forced to ae;.iiu relax my
bold. Tho empty train was still
traveling alongside us, thus form
ing a magie mirror where furtive
! lia'.?s played. I crossed to tho other
window of the earriago and looked
! out. Ail was blackness, impeuetra- j
bly dark. 1 came bael: and oueo
j more seized tho man's hands.
Feme terril ile drama, 1 felt con- ;
scions, was about to bo enacted.
Whence came this strange presenti
ment! I saw a face distinctly mir
rored on the dark pane. Yet not
one faeo alone. Others there wore,
familiar and recognizable. I glanced
instantly at the faee of the stranger.
The face, that terrible first face,
was his own. Then, whether sleep
ing or waking, in act or in laney or
whether in that mystic interspace
between the real and tho unreal, it
faded through tho gloom and be
came suddenly transported to a
room filled on all sides with books.
I understood it to be a library. A
mai? sat reading alone, with a lamp
beside him.
hio sudden had been tho removal
that I knew not when or how it
came. Tho mau at the table rose as
ho entered and beckoned him to a
seat opposite. Ho made some mute
request, which I neither heard nor
comprehended. I knew only that
tho mau was obdurate. Meekly ho
urged his petition, and still ho ax>
peared to refuse him. There was
anger on both their faces. In a min
ute tho stranger raised his hand and
dealt the other a blow across tho ta
ble. Ho struck him to the iloor. Tho
blood streamed from his face, yet
once moro ho gained his feet and
stood confronting him. Tho blood
raged in his own vein.-, and he struck
out with all the loree of a great
strength. This time the mau did not
rise, and ho stooped to look into his
face. ' .
I struggled to brea!; away from
tho sickening nightmare of blood,
but was powerless. I looked again,
now only upon tho face of tho van
quished, and it was not the same. I
know that it was tho face of the
man beside me which I now beheld
Palo and distorted it looked, tho eyes
bursting from their sockets and tho
lips foaming in the final throes.
About bis neck was a rope, tighten
ed so that ho could not breathe. I
knew all this and more. Tho sensa
tion grew lipon me. Ho choked, ho
gasped. The lights went out.
No; it was I that choked. The
blood surged through my brrin like
an Atlantic current. Ten thousand
whirlpools burst wildly around me,
bearing me, down, down to unutter
able depths, while the weight of
fathomless oceans lay upon me.
Cries ajid lamentations rose upon
every hand--uttor.heartending cries
from the uttermost abysses.. Weird
faces mocked at me and called mo a
saino at which strong men grow
palo and the legions of hell tremble.
Darkling I lay, oppressed and ut
terly confounded, it seemed, for long
ages of immeasurable time. At
length light broke in, the tumult
subsided, tho voices became gradual
ly less. Suddenly tho phantasm a
faded from the darkened pane, giv
ing place to a fierce, lurid light, and,
with a start, I broke away as tho
train snorted into the great termi
nus.
The train came to a stop. I rose
and looked at the opposite seat. Tho
man had already alighted, for the
carriage door stood open. Not a
word had passed. I made only ? dim
conjecture of things. I sat with my
eyes upon tho place ho had occupied.
I knew that what I had seen he had
seen also. I know that a hideous
secret had suddenly passed into my
keeping. I started up. Did he know
this?
The gray dawn loomed in the east
ern sky, faint and far away. It was
4 o'clock', and I sniffed tho fresh
morning air hungrily as it greeted
me outside the station, as yet an*
tainted with tho fumoe from the
myriad chimneys of tho metropolis.
The morrow was a blank?
News of a great trial permeated
tho London newspapers and struck
activity into tho movements of thc
newsboys as they flitted hither and
thither, proclaiming loudly thc
startling revelations of tho late edi
tion. Tho name of Sir Waiter Ferrif
Tras blazoned at every corner in thc
glaring capitals of obtrusive pla
cards. In the vicinity of the Ole
Bailey an expectant crowd bruited
the names of .the two malefactors t<
bp tried that day for his murder.
Inside the monoton one ordeal o?
cross examination was going for
ward. Tho events of the two pare
vioua days' triat pointed un m i st ak
ably to the judge's summing up be
fore tho court adjourned that af ter
noon. It transpired thnt on a nigh
anterior by some weeks to tho pres
ent stage of affairs two mon wor<
surprised at tb.eir work of bmrglarj
in tho mansion of Sir Walter Ferris
at Norton Heath, by the gardener
I!!!! . . ' ?: I -
wno Hau noan loa to visit me nouso
by sounds of hurried footsteps out
side his lodge a little beforo mid
night On entering tho study,
whence tho sounds of breaking glass
attraotod him, ho deposed to having ,
discovered his master lying appar
ently insensible on the fl?x>r, and ,
two men engaged in rilling the
drawers of his escritoire. Ho at once '
gave chase, and, raising an alarm,
brought to his assistance tho butler
and two other servants. Ono of tho
men succeeded in escaping through
tho library window, but tho other I
was eventually overpowered and se
cured.
On medical assistance being railed
in, it was ascertained that Sir Wal
ter bad succumbed to a blow on tho
head from one of the burglars. But
at this phase the ease assumed un
uspoct ol' almost overwhelming com
plexity. Medical evidence went to
provo that but ouo blow had been
dealt. Sir Walter had been tho vic
tim of a singlo thrust. Who, then,
of the two men incriminated was re
sponsible for the blow, for he surely
was the umrderer?
On this point tho evidence was en
tirely lacking, as, without positive
denial of the assault, each persisted
in maintaining his own innocence.
Tho only light that could be brought
to bear upou tho mystery was tho
plain assertion, perhaps not alto
gether trustworthy, of tho burglar
captured in the library, that ho had
seen his companion doal tho deceased
a blow with a jimmy.
Whether countenance should bo
extended to au impeachment of this
kind was now a mooted point. How
ever, its bearing was this: That,
whereas Bland, the man subsequent
ly taken at Victoria, protested that
no violence had been used, he was,
in tho nature of facts, less to bo be
lieved than tho other, to whom,
however, credence was ultimately
given.
Tho counsel, wearied out, at length*
retired to wait tho judge's summing
up. Tho progress of tho trial had
worn tho afternoon far away, but
the importance of tho final office
obliged his lordship to defer ad
journment. Tho jury found the man
guilty of willful murder. Amid
ominous silence, the judge then ad
justed tho black cap, the insignia of
death,and prepared to pass sentence
"Stop IV
A voice sounded through tho hush
ed court, hoarse and sepulchral. At
tho sai HO instant a mau, pale and
breathless, dashed through the cor
don of officials ranged in the door
way, and, rushing straight up to tho
court, stood confronting tho judge
with hands ux>liited 5n deprecation.
For a moment ibo silence was in
tense. Ho staggered up to tho foot
of tho bench and then sank dowu
upon his knees, while tho sweat
coursed down his brows in great
drops, like tho workings of his
agony. Recovering their surprise, ?
tho warders quickly surrounded and
strove to eject him, but ho broko
away and raised his voico in appeal
to tho jurors.
"This man is innocent 1 You dare
not condemn him! Stop, I say!
Hoar me!"
Tho condemned mau fell forward
and swooned upon tho rails of tho
dock, and, with that, excitement lev
eled all bounds. Tho walls of tho old
courthouse rang With tho tumult of
voices. Men cried aloud on every
hand, first to tho judge and then to
the warders, demanding to hear tho
man.
His lordship was agitated and per
plexed beyond anything ho had en
countered in his career. Tho sen
tence, but half pronounced, ho could
not finish. Twice he roso to his feet
and ossayed to bo heard, but his
voice was lost in tho deafening up
roar. Counsel ?nd jury stood non
plused, till at length tho judge sign
ed to tho clerk to givo tho order to
clear tho court. They raised tho man
and were bearing him away. 1
strained forward to catch a glimpse
as they passed. It was tho passouger
from North Heath.-Sketchy Bits.
Some varieties of. mosquito work
irmly by day, others aro nocturnal,
but all are equally ferocious.
Cu WM Kaptlcea JMiatieaaea.
It was proved nt a baptizing in
Kentucky that it is well, to go well
prepared if you aro to bo baptized,
says tho Albany (Ky.) Courier. A
citizen who was immersed can testi
fy to thi9 'offoofc. This gentleman
had long intended to bo baptized,
but it took him a long timo to mako
np his mind. At last, however, ho
carno to a docision, and tho minister
led him into tho i>ool. So fur all was
well. Tho- tronblo commenced as
soon as tho minister tried to put
tho citizen's head under tho water.
Tho citizen apparently did not oh
jeot to standing in tho water up to
his ears, but furthor, or rathor deep
er, ho did not wish to go, Finally,
as a last resort, the minister placed
his hand on his head and began to
bear down. As ho did so tho citi
zen's mass of hair slipped from his
head and tho minis tor found him
self standing with a wig in his hand,
while tho bald head loomed np con
spicuously. After this there was no
trouhlo gotting that head under tho
wator. Tho citizen had always caro
folly concealod the fact that ho waa
bald, and when ho waa found out
ho wont under tho water so willing
ly and staid so long that tba spec
tators becamo frightened. . Ho was
taken out very much ashamed of
himBoK'
- Tho United States has as largo a
population a.? Great Britain and Franco
put together.
- In Russia the principals in a Jud
pavtake-of r breakfast together beforo
going out to fight.
CUTTING MAHOGANY.
The Work o? UundltuK u (il.mt Trco 1? |
the Tropical Jungle.
Whilo tho camp is hoing tunda the -,
huntor is off exploring. Tho precious j
Swioteuia mahogani duos tiot grow
in clumps and groves, liko our pino
and walnut, but each monarch stands j
alono in solitary statt) amid a dense
growth of other hngotreos, its trunk
concealed hy ti v.iM tangle of vines,
orchids and underbrush, requiring
tho closest attention of tho experi
enced woodsman to deteot it. In a
tropical wilderness, where tho tree-;
aro HO thick that ono can hardly
force his way botw< them, tho
whole hung with un impenetrable !
masser verdino ns with u curtain,
their mingled tops :\ m lid wall which
makes eternal twilight below, und
every trunk twined round and round
with creepers-it i.s not an easy
matter to distinguish species. Tho
bunter climbs thu lullest trees that
he can find compurativt ly clear, and
from its to]) his practiced eye de
tect.1 the foliage til" tho coveted ma
hogany. Ho then counts the Irons in
lino, notus carefully tho direction,
distance and every landmark, slides
down from his leafy observatory und
proceeds to cut and bia zo a trail to
his lind. This dono, he marks tho
trees with his machote and returns
' to camp. Each man in a company is
assigned his particular work-some
to fell trees, other sto cut truck roads
: through tho jungle, others to eollect
and haul the wood and water, eto.
Tho cutters turn out from camp ad
: soon as it is light enough to seo
? which in thu tall, dense woods moans
a much later hour than in tho regions
whore tho sun has u hotter chanco to
i show itself, and generally hy noon j
tree cutting for tho day is iinishod. j
! All work is dono by tho task system, 1
; which is said to bo tho only way of
.' handling native labor-that i.^, one
man's stint is tu cut two tree.-,
from H to 10 feet in circumference.
Two moil aro given throo largo trees
to bring down, cr lour men aro do- ,
: tailed to lay low sumo forest giant,
i perhaps 25 feet in circumference.
To tho tenderfoot that seems a
task impossible of accomplishment. ?
Owing to its enormous buttresses
tho trunk cannot bo cut near tho
j ground, so tho axmen aro obliged to
i rig up a platform 10, lu, ?0 or as
' many feet high as tho buttress ex
tends. Those platforms aro called
i "barbecues, " though how that word
applies nobody but an Englishman
who prides himself on correct uso of
: tho language can tay. Tho "barbe
. cue" is mado of elim polos, ono on
j each sido of tho tree, on supports,
j and two other poles laid across them;
I also ono on each* sido oj: tho troe.
' Tho axmen mount this platform, j
with ono foot on each polo, two men
to a treo, on opposito sides, and raj)- j
idly foll tho tree. It is a marvel how
men can stand cn these slondor polos
and chop down enormous trees, but :
they do it, and quickly too. In an
incredibly short timo tho stately
monovch of centuries totters and
falls, crashing its way through tho
crowd of smaller trees. Tho trunks
and branches are then squared and
aro ready for transportation.
In felling a valuably tree every
precaution is taken against, breaking
or splitting it and thus spoiling tho
lumber. This manner of cutting on
a platform seems very wasteful, as
it leaves in tho stump mi averago of
400 feet of tho best part of tho tree,
so far as beauty of grain is con
cerned-to say notliiug of tho
gnarled and twisted roots, which
boar tho samo proportionate addi
tional value that our walnut roots do
to tho rest of tho treo, but no bettor
way has yet boon devised. Throo
hundred trees aro considered a good
season's work for ono camp, each
tree yielding 2,000 feet of timber on
a modest estimato of tho averago.
When the morning's stint is com
pleted, tho mon aro free tho rest of
tho day to hunt, fish, sloop or gam
blo, to search on their own account
for india rubber, sarsaparilla and
other marketable products of tho
I woods, or to make canoos. paddles,
bowls, etc., from tho mahogany
i stumps for their own uso or to soli
when they return to tho haunts of
man. The logs are haulod to tho
camp at night, so as to avoid the in
tense heat of tho day. Where the
plaoo is not too remoto, oxen do this
part of the work.-Honduras Lotter.
Uateriaiatlo 3>onbt?.
"No," said tho mau with bluo
glasses, "Ihovor oncourago moLdi
cancy. Bot boro is a book which 1
i will give you. Read it, my friend
-road it and improve your mind."
"What is it about?"
"Monoy."
"Mister, I'm sorry I can't act
grateful. I know you mean well,
but I'm a materialist. I can't bo
I liovo there is any such thing until I<
soe it. "-Washington Star.
j . Barmaids In England.
I There aro nearly 00,000 barmaids
i in England. More than 1,000 in Lon
don are daughters of gentlemen; 400
have fathers, brothers or unoloa in
tho ohnroh; 200 aro daughters of
army officers, 600 daughters of phy
sicians and surgeons and 100 daugh
ters of navy officers.
-? ? -?
j -A bachelor physician was once
! called td' seo a young widow. "You
! are lonesome," said'thc doctor. "Your
i husband has been dead three years. I
advise you to marry again." "Oh,
doctor, nimarry to-mmorrow if you
will have .mo." "Ah ! ah ! Well,"
muttered ".tho^doctor, steppidg back
and blushing; "you know, madam,
that physicians never take? their own
prescriptions. "
ilaJlo? For Contempt.
Tho old lawyer wan in a reminia
oent mood. "Talking of contempt of
court," bo said, "hero ia ono that's
a good one anil true. A good many
years ago a well known member of
tho bar got into o dispute with a
brother lawyer with whom ho was
trying a case, and some very hard
words passed-in fa? :, so many that <
the judge sent the lawy? v who bad
used tho hardest Wf.riis down for
contempt. So off tho lawyer was
marched with thu de] my ta tho par
ish prison. Now, Un l:t\v r, niter
the manner of iii.- Uiinl, was a very
shrewd maa. That v.as hi v: bogot
his living, and that w ,v ho got
out of going to jail. .*. . -, n p.ood
ed to tho prison this : ! wd lawyer
proposed that they ?' : .? lir.?.t din
ner on tho way. Tho n'sli iran? was
at hand of inviting a] ? ?aiiiueO and |
the. doputy, after ii;>; mai.nev
deputy "sheriffs, ti thirsty man. They i
wont into the restaurant dim }
and eke wined withal until the i , -
uty, having ut length his thirst !
slaked and being full ol' generous
wine, did not know hims? If iroin the
lawyer. The lawyer pro;ei.dcd n?s
to know either, har he did.
"lie kept up the pretension, how- ;
over, got tim deputy into a cab,
picked his pocket ?,f tho ci n n:it
mont, drove thoth puty to tho j arish
prison and handed him over to the
sheriff as '-, Bsq.,' member
of tho bar, committed for contempt,
videlicet himself in bis own place
and stead. Some colleagues, friends
of tho lawyer, went to his house that !
evening to explain his abser.ee to
his wifo. They were met 1 y tho law
yer, who came lo tin? door in his
slippers. " - Kew t Moans 'J imus
Democrat.
Tobuccu nml Study.
Certain American universities
hnvo en ter od on ti campaign against
tobacco as being injurious nor, only j
to tho physical health, but to tho in- j
tellectuul development ?ii students. j
In 18'Jl thu o?icial physician oi Vale !
published tho results of obst rvaiions
mude cu the undergraduates ol thai
university. In a class of 14? students
ho found that in lour years 77 who j
did not uso tobacco sur pas: ed tho 70 ?
who did uso it to the extent of 10.4 1
per cent in increase ol weight, 2-J per I
cent in increase of height and 20.7 j
per cent in increase of chest girth, j
The most marla ii difference was, I
however, in point of lung capacity, i
tho'abstainers showing an a ver ugo j
gain ?jf 77.D per cent moro than
smokers or i ht wera. As rt gards thu
effects of tobacco on the inti Ut dual
powers, Professor Fisk found, en di- \
viding a class at Yule into four see- !
lions representing different degrees
of proficiency, tho highest section
was composed almost entirely o?
nonsmokers. As is pointed out by
Tho British Medical Journal, how
ever, there may bo some confusion
hero between cause aral effect. Be
sides tho question o" intellectual ca
pacity another factor has to bo tak
en into account. As a general rulo
studonts who do not smoko are moro
industrious than those who do. It is
not necessarily, however, because
they do not smoko that they work ,
harder. It is rather because they are
industrious that they do not smoke, j
Dr. Johnson soul that tobacco waa :
conducive to luzjness becuuso it gave
a man tho feeling that he was doing .
something when ho was doing nolh- j
ing.-Buffalo Commercial.
Tho Chimo Tree.
Chono ia tho name givon by tho :
Kanakas to a tree which flourishes
in Now Caledonia. It reaches a
height of 40 feet and puta forth
beautiful whito flowers, having a
porfumo liko that of jasmine Tho
okono is thoCerberumanghu.H of tho
botanist and belongs to tho family I
of tho apocynaocu,'. lt yields a
milky juico, liko tho india rubber
tree, which, when evaporated, leaves
u black gum that softens in boiling
water liko gutta percha. It is im
permeable, liko gutta percha, hut
has tho advantage of dissolving in
potroloum. Tho solution painted or
iloatod on wood and evaporated
loaves a thin layer of tho gum, im
pervious to water. Leather impreg
nated with tho gum can remain in
water for hours without becoming
moist. Moreover, aooording to Dr.
Prat-JTlottes, a French naval sur
geon, it makes ah excellent water
proof varnish for boots whun it is
dissolved in ossenco of turpentine.
--Now York Lodger.
Accident? tu Hird* and Itcnata.
Thero aro a good many ways in
which wild animals como to thoir
doath hy accident. In tho season
whon nests aro built those birds that
uso haira and strings in tho con
struction of their humes ar?? occa
sionally killed by hoing noosed by a
tiber of nost material.
It is related of a wild turkey gob
bler, a patriarch of the Mississippi
bottoms, thai it was leaping up to
reach the berries and carno down
with ita nctek in tho fork of the
bush, and there died, lt was found
a while after hy bunters.
A snako ono? caught itself in a
rattrap. It forced its hoad through
tho wires and grasped tho rat. When
it tried to pull out ita hoad, it could
not do so, nor could it loosen its'
hold on tho rat.-New York Sun.
CASTOFF A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
- Aa a rulo it takes more to keep
up appearances than it takes to sup
port a family.
A Candidate For Heaven.
Judge Tnrludl leila the full owing
j.?ke nu himself: A short time after
his retirement from th? benoit lie hap
pened to meet an old friend whom he
hud not seen for .sometime. The judge,
?ill smiles und heartiness, effervesced
aver his friond in snell a way as tu
>-revoke ?the ?tupi?ry ; "What ofi'tea
ure you a candidate f.>r now, jude?' ?"
The judge mad?' a dcprec.it?vi movo
ute.iit with un nut,ws?rd luraed ;. dui
m l said : "Fur none at all, my ?!,
brother; I 'ni 'at tn ply a candid >!<. j' ethe
Kingdom of Heaven." Iii- V. . n>!
ivgiirdcd him Korroiyfully lor in
slant, and then, with nmr vu t' in
I? Itieuess, an<l inoro profanity t i \
? ii ber, <iid. "Iii bel you don't curry
i >i ii township !
Wins (own ('Inning Contest.
Nr.w VtutK, Nov.lil. M i sit M otha
Mourn. . ol l-'oruhani lleigiiis, < t* this
?.?ty. won tb?' g nui chuwiiiL' cliauipiehi- ;
ship ol' lb?' w?>rhl last hight at a pub:
l?C emile-i ai 127 st reel ami 2nd nye
mi' . The rub -; culled for a constant,
unerasing aiol perre pl ib ?. niasl ?cat mp j
ol' l?it- cuds. Tin re \\> rr twt Ive cu
testants .lohn Wi' dey a. .1 Peter |
Manu, the ju l.'. -, h ni?! 1 .?ut thc
gum. Mi<s M on for t ibo hat in :
t h" si copd ru un d ai,'! in t lio third
right, ntlt'rh'S Were ?liM|U:ditied. Miss
M on ?.. n: ha?i a .ho ;. nuts rom pt-t iii r in
in M ?ss Sd ? r:? inn aa! I', ?ra while .
I 'try were on ?., * : . t t ? -, -to .. hilt hu ' ' '
(er's jaWs showed si; - <?'.' !; . M .. aj
hthn chisu V?f (his;vep!'?. Tit {'.dirt h
! round decided t?:. cont ;. Miss
Monroe suecoedv?! in putti'mf 'i . ..
, sticks ol' gu ju that rein:: in tilinto hjjr ?
. month. She gave two or linet: .:. tdd
! ful (dows .ano tilne Was rall ed. .Viii??
? was declared t lo- winner aiul pros? i ? . .'
' with a diamond ring. Hu hiol i ii. v. A
unceasingly fer thirty ni tu uti . ami
had consumed the required 1!? flicks
ot' gum. While tin euntesl w:t? on
every spectator was busy chewing
gum. The managers of the hall <iis
? tributed lo,(HM) packages of gum, that
ali might chew and hr happy.
- A (icrman author, ii. Salomon,
has written a treatise, in which he
recommends thai children should uni
bo sent, to school tiil tin ir Tth yt ar ;
that in the Grid year three hours adey
should he the maximum of brain worl;
and that tin.' bodily health should bc
looked after with special '. ire from the
Sith tu 12th year.
- Seven American presidents have
died in the month ol' .July, and in that
mouth Garfield received his fatal
wound.
1 WOMEN IN TROUBLE.
The Approach, of Motherhood is tho
Occasion of Much Anxiety to All.
Every woman dreads tho ordeal
through which sho must pnss in becom
ing a mother. The pain and suffering
which is in store for her is a source of
constant anxiety, fear and dread, to
Eoy nothing of tho danger which tho
coming incident entails". Tho joyous
anticipations with whieh she looks for
ward to baby's coming nivea way to an
indescribable dread of tho ordeal when
she. fully realizes the critical and trying
event which will soon approach und
have to bo endured.
Women should liait willi delight a
remedy which insuma to them im
munity from tho pain, suffering and
danger incidental to child-bearing.
Such a remedy is now offered, and
women need not fear longer the hour of
childbirth. '.'Mother's Friend"-is a
scientific liniment-and if used before
confinement, gently anil surely prepares
tho body for the great requirements
and changes it is undergoing, insures
safety to both mother and child, and
takes her through the event with com
Saratiyo ease and comfort. Thiawon
erful remedy is praised by every
woman who has used it.
What woman is not interested in
"Mother's Friend?" This wonderful
remedy bus boen tested and its price
less value proven by tho experience ol
thousands of happy mothers who
have used it. during tho most critical
period of woman's life-'tho approach
und culmination of motherhood^
It has won their everlasting praise,
for it gave thom help and hope in
theil* most trying hour and when
moat needed. Every woman may sumo
day need "Mother's Friend." Tho
little book, "Before Baby is Born,"
telling all .d)out it, and when it should
bo used, will provo of grout interestnnd
benefit to RII expectant mothers, and
will be acut free to any nddress upon
application to tho Bradfield liegulatoi
Company? Atlanta, Ga.
J- ?C. \H*A:!,KE&,
DKNTLK/L1.
Ollie?? itt 111? SlttHer ito ll MO,
WILLI&HS'.CON, S. C.
Oilier Uayt Wo t.-:'-iU.\ ?> an ; ruo nula j s\
1?. s -I wit! t>?? at my Pirtidloton odie?
nu SatUrdav*.
Juue 1, 1MW -I? " "'
Notice of Final Settlement.
Viii': nnderHlgneil, Execution tin.'
Eatatti of A IT. Reed, <).<.,... i. Imrcb/
?ive notice iliai they will 'ai t!;" 2:>nl luv
nf Deoainbor, I?98, applv to Ilia .1 migo of
Prohato f ir Auderaou C??untv, S. C., for
u Final Kottloiriont of ?te.I IMato, mut A
tiiirehari'o fri UTI tlioir o 111 .'. "** Fxecutnrt*.
< ?. Il HMD. t ,
.1. P KEKD. j *'* T
Nov 23, 16'.* 22_5_
Notice of Final Settlement.
THE uinleral**!!!?*'. Administrator.of
ttl** Ketate of E. H. ?'onre, il?oeased,
heroliv givro notice that ho will ?>n I lin
&2nd iiav' nf December, ISi'S, apply to tl),
jiid'vi ol' Pronato for Anderson Count v
S. f??r a Final Settlement of ?uld E-?
t.? ", ?nd ?i d lachante from otliro a
AiliutniHtrrtti.r. tW. F. COX, Ailm'r.
Nov iii, ISO") '-i-i 5
NOTICE.
ALL persons Indebted lo tho Estate n.
Silas Hill, deceased, will nuder
navment tr? mo or my Attorneys, Bon
ham & Watkins, and ell perenna h u ni'
dalma against enid Estate will rend?,
the esme, duly attoated, to mo or lo my
?aid AU irnoya, within the tim? requlrod
bylaw. .... K A. II I Lb,
Qualltiod .Executor.
NOT 25,1808 22 3
COTTON is and will con
tinue to be thc money
crop of the South. Thc
planter who gets thc most cot
ton from ii given area at the
leasl cost, is Hie* one who makes
tin* most money. Good culti
vation, suitable rotation, and
liberal use ol fertilizers con
taining" al: least vv'\, actual
Potas!
will insure the largest yield.
We witt send (free, upon application,
pamphlets;tIt.tv mil niti-rcbt every rotten
plan;, i m Uio Soulhr
ClUUNAN KAU WORKS,
vz Nucsuu st.. Now Yurfc
i : ii t-t M i t i i tn H CAI oLttyA,
. .?: v i < <?'. .1 v,ir:.'.v,i.v.
( l-? lt'!' Ul <; <| Bl 8! 4 % t I.J A;-?.
.If? i to; < ni i .! .. lu ... Ado.itiWf tater ol" tim
'I 'I II ii" i i. "i m.. .1........ ,|. ]. . iniiif,
iiL'tl.-: I." l'-l.f. :, *? li-1. i|i J; M (;>.
li ? ll I i : i U i . i .t i . :. Vfi K. iy. II, lu i;hof
Till III I I! I ly In ll.. :i l -l lil I .1 ! l?| i||?
D-tii.tn, il. i i i ,. it. . ml .1? - i li S I ".-v i . 1.1'. ii
il?lil'? Sm.i > !..: Iii |i< I- i i.i. ( liiinl nut
M rv 'I
To Un- lief -miaul il! ? ? . i itu ' il :
\; i 11 " .irr hoi et.y ? ni H m> i m.I ..ii.l required lu an
'Wi i lin I <i|upl,iiiit ',i ih,- nrlioo, ?hu-1?
U lUiil Iii tlii'ullin' ul H .- rink ..j iii,, i o.iri of
riilllttli.il l*.ons, .n i-.l. ' ..ii ll . ? i1 :inii to
MTV?- ll ?'ii|iV ol vi'iir iltliwi . I . Hi,. - .iii t'OlliJ>l:iiItt
on do- MII'M r.l.'i i ;il Iii* lilli, e, .?I Anderson.0.11..
S I'., ? ?ililli monly tltil'M ?fl .'I li- ..!.? hereof,
i iclimive of llii'ilur ?il Midi .-''?iii-, ?mil it roil
(nil !.. itllKWet lin- Coliipliiint ?iililll ll . f i mn
sa il. lin- I'l.ililliir III lilis U li .li IVill .l'|.l?r
i., tin- . .uni lor lin- ndiei ii? riandt-d in :?." i nei
I Mll't.
Pated N.ni or 29; A. 1? WS
n.-i.i'ii >:. ititi ?WK,
I'ln'tlUlOi Allon.. >, Al i!, IM.I,, rt I'.
.-i'.Al .'iii.'. ?:. Vi Al Ki r> ll, ? u ?. V.
! i 'nilli. illume I lill . 1 :
... ii.il ill. I ? Ill] I.i'll! iii Iii.- ..?liiiii.
I I h ll.i Ml:. I. ol!" ll. (i 'll, il l o y ?il'
. .i- .( ii i >M i il ii jon y nu. wiro Vi-I in
. lin' iii; ul' I lu' i min ?il Common
ll., i'..lim v o'. And.ison oo Hi - '.Uli
^ I tor. A* ll. 18i8, ?lld llltMildecl nf tho
. :l. Iti'nl 1 >itHr ol Turin r li ?M
! IM", ai'ii'.? In l-'.i k i .iwiislii'i-for
il. ' . > 11, on ti al elnlui i- in-ide
..?)-!.i'll K IIHOWN,
. l:n .i i ! ir*;< Mtornuy.
-'. t '., Suv. ?9; 1SS8.
I .? lo; pi . : . .. .i |.; m . j?nd Cora Vieknry :
. ?.'<?. i oui i|-.iii tinli inti .i|.,iiy within tir?n- .
. ! ii . . M iii??- ?ii lin-, ..summon* upon
'i >v?.t .. .'.i ni ii i-id ni H . maullan ?il ilium
I lo ?pi ? ;ir ; . il li.-ii i d I ll ir ii-lion II, your behalf,
. 11--- I' .m UH ? il. i ii. II :. (i > ?o tur C??ii i lor ??ch
; tin* ' iiiiii om >.ii v.-in 1/ l>i
.1 Mirii N.Mttiv. N, i*:.i?iiiin".i Ati'y.
! Ai.ili iM.tt, s. i . uv, nins. .ja-c
THE ?TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I 'm M V ur A MU.IiSnN
enlim-o s-' et > ,n SJ o M sn: AS.
Mm Un- ll Sinti li, .. i.i.,' i.. i i 'aniline 15. \V>1
I !...H. iimi ;.s lii.iii.I . M i ? i li w. Hmm,
? i>i-itnd ? ?il \V llm j.i i-, .1? liii ll Harper, Ana
ili1.1 -I u i i-i, i .i|! om. lim),or, Wm \ Acker,
j li ' -I II M.-. > .1 - mp.-on i .; Lin Indu \Vol
1'iirtt, I'l.ilnl If... nj* H : Man hi ll 11 ur por, Siv
|.lii?i: li ni II Wi i . i. Silteh A lu.,-, linnie Q.
iii.ii l>. Pal.io M hilldale, lit heat ti.Towu
i. o il ii;i!.- M. Tn.vi .. M 1. N M ll.iii, r. linhurt
. i- linn M-, li intiHi rall, Mary . I Strm, llatllaC.
M r i i. . . Mu un i. Harper,* Williu i '. Acker,
Amolda lliiri.irr, J. Im li llnrnci l-'ordy 11 HUH*
m .1 Wm ??ira t pi i, i,dui a.-SiiiiiiuiiDii lor Ul*
lui--I'omi. ?im nui S-iv.d. 1
To lin- D?-fi-ml A ti I.i nhovfl nanitid :
vrtUI au'tii'ri'liy Buioiiioiiiitl auil rtfijiiiiod tn nn
J Min lin-Cnn |il:iiui In III?M tuition, ufwIiirA
?ic |>y i* lii-iuwilli hurvitl II|MIII jr on, ami iii H?>rv?
n copy ol' yum aiiKuur to 'In- bald <'umpl.uitit aa
tin- ttiilmnillinr ni hid ollicc, Ainli-rsoii Court
lionne, .-"ii'li Carolina, billilli twriiiy d'tys after
tili- K.M-vii'i: liurool, U.II'IUN?VC nf tim day of audi
Horvlcu; und if yon fail in aimwor tho i'oiii|ilulat
within tin- lii.i. Bfurusalil, Hu- I'lnlntift' in thU
Hiitlnn will tt i < 111 y m lim Court for tho relief il?
iii a nd ed in Ho- Complaint.
Jiaiid Andmon, ti. C.Nntemher 1S93.
josKl'll N. mtnwri,
rinilll ill?' A111>r11L-y.
[SltAL 1 .?IIIIN C. WATKI?S, U.O.U. 1*.
Tu tin- |ii'fi>nilanl? lUiuvu numil] i
Tuki) iiolii'ii tliHt thu ? ou pluinl lu this aetioa.
ti>i;.lln-r willi lim KuiUUlOU? liomin, u copy of
vtliii-li I.? herewith .v rvi-.l upon yon, worn tl Iud lr
llli-nliii-e.il lu.' I'! I li nf I ho 1'llUlt of < "oil. Ina?
l*loa? for lin'1 milli r ni' Anderson', Maliiaforesaid.
nu iii- ill day nf Novell.her, A O 1898, amt thu
olj ol lilllie "tu-i i in I. tn pu ri it iou VU aurel of
1.nuil in iniler.snn i ouniy, rf C , litunng th? liuira
of A*a Harper, doociibid. Ko poitonul claim U
made .i?; .ins- mt
.lu-! ? li :-. IIUOWK, I'lalntHra'Attorney.
Andi IMIIII, S c . Novmuher 'ii, lau?.
To tho Di-feudniilri O-lo ll Townsend, na infant,
?uti li n.s, .,. T wu .-ml. I,ii father, Mary.I.
Mia.'i, in I li ."a" I nv. i 11 yea M ol' ? Hattio K.
Struit.iin Infini!, and Win. dirait, dur lather :
Take mil too that mi uti you, ur tomo mm nu
your l.eli.il'. appli H within I wm ty days after tba
sei vita* i Iii - .-suii nioiiH upon you for t lui appo1 ut
il,eui of ?i iillili.l im nd lileui for ?aid inluata to
?ip o.ii m il d. f. ml MI d .ellon on their behalf, thu
1'.?innil'? w ll ilion apply to lim Court to maka
midi appointment. j'uSi-I'll N. MOWN,
PlalniUV Alfy.
Ander?,nn.R C Nov inlier ?ll. lh"? -ii-?
Notice of Final Settlement.
TH K nniiermiKntHi ICxoiiutrixcs of 19i
tatfrini CitiiiionUnii A. iiull, ddu'd, hereby
ni vi's ti < ii *<.<) iimi 'loy viii on tho l?lb day
ni Di'iaein).it?r, I MW, ?pply Ut tbeJudKf ?*t*
I'orobuln lor Aiulurmin ('minty, S. e., l'or
ii Ki ti ttl Siitlloiiiont of salli IC-4 .ut?, timi ii
iliiolmr^o lt.mi tlii-irolllitbitH lixuftilrixt?.
MKS L?1 1'. I. AKNOM),
MUS. II.A l l II-: WKIAMI,
K.Xicuirtxeti.
Nov. Hi, ISIS "-M fe
Notice of Final Settlement.
T?ll'j iniilor.Httiiiod,! Aitiimii^irator of
th? K-.tut.ii ol' Surah ("ox, ?loi'cased, hern
by ({ivm noll?- tbnt h>- will on th?23rtl
ituy ot' I'(??ein bor, I SSW, ?pply to , th?
JIIIIH?, of Krohati? ?if Aiidoraoii County,
.J. e.. for u KIIIHI S< Klement of auid ICH
tito. HUI) II ili-si'li.i! xu Irotn his .olBce.M
AduilnUtialor.
ll. V W'U'?IIT. Adin'r.
CHAS!.r.r,TO?l AND WESTERN
tJARriLliilA RAILV/AY
Al.'t.C.s? ?. AND AHHISVltiliK HHOltf 1.1 M CS
1 ti Cfl'eot August 7, 18U8.
i Air<usta.I 9 tfl nial 1 -10 poi
Amu inwood.? ll fiO am .
Ai in liirsua.; .?? IOp?a
Ar Laurens. I 23 pm] 7 ? > um
Ari r? un ville. H o > pm lb IA am
Ai (ilenu ''priiigi. 4 03pm].
ArS iri.itilntrg. it !.> pm III n?A
Ar Saluda..i S3.'lpiu .
Ar lli-ndors uiville_. G OH pm|._
Ar Asliovllle.I 7 oo pm I.
LT Aslievllle. rt 2-i nm .. . .
Lv i-pariani.ur^. ! I 4~. Am| ;? 0.5 pta
l.v (ilenn Sprints.1 IOHO tm .
Lr Ureourille.I I-' til ami ao pm
LT Laurens.". 1 ^7 pm j 8 ?st) put
1.7 Auder nm . .i 7 OD am
LT Greenwood... ?87 pul|.
Ar Augusta. l 5 li) \>w ll 10 mn
LT Calhoun l'alls. *U pm .
Ar rtalei?li. 'i Ifi am .
Ar Norfolk. 7 Kia u ._.
Ar Peterahutg. G nO am .
Ar Richmond.' 8 IS au .
LT AiiifUKta..1 2 55 jax
ArAlleoJnlo_>. 6 03 int
Ar Pi ii fax.I 6 is rm
ArYema- Moo. SI-VS um1 t?20pB
Arrtcaufori. 10 50 am | 7 21 j a
Arl'ortRoyal .-.I llOjatuj 7 :r. i ru
A r Saran u iii.1.1 7 35 |.ra
ArCharl-stun.I.I !) 10 \ ca
Lv Cl.-iii ?t. u.I......j G 00 am
Lv Savannah.j. ll CO am
Lr foil ti v.r.. i 40 pm 8 80am
LT Hean fm I . 1 M pm 8 40 am
l.vY. nii^ e.? a 05 pm 9 45 am
1,7 p ill.nt.i. I tl) M ?til
LT (111.1 il-. .1 ll ffi am
Ar Augusta.!.I 1 10 pm
Plos'j connectloii av Cal hon a Kail? tor Athena
Atlanta and til pat .ison s. A. L.
Clos.I nonnecttoa at Augusta f.)r Charleston
Bar tunah UIUL/NU polot^.
close ofinniiifi'ins at Oreenwoo i for all points on
S. A. L ,au I IV A; U IMilway, and at Sp.-xriauhurK
with -^outhoi-n Ilailway.
Fornny Inf irmation relativo to tickets, rates,
schedule, etc.. addrew
W. J. CH MO, OOH. PISS. Agent, Augusta.Qa.
E. M. North,Sol. Agent. -
T. kl. Kmerson, Trafilo Manager.