The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 04, 1899, Page 7, Image 7
MISS MUFFET ANO THE SPIDER.
Little. Hiss. Kuffet discovered a tuflct
(Which oe var occurred to the rest ol us),
Aud, >&a "twas? June day and just about noonday,
Sne wanted to cat-like thc best of us.
Rec diet was whey, and I hast eu to say
lt ia wholesome, and pcoplo grow fat on it;
Voe; spot being lonely, the lady not only
iKscovercd tho tu?et, but sat on it.
A rivulet gabbled beside her and babbled.
As~ rivulets always are thought to clo.
.and dragon Sics sported around and cavorted,
Aa poets Ray dragon Sics ought to do;
Wjbgn-'glant?ing aside.foc?a moment, she spied
ATSmbic sight that brought fear to her,
A hideous spider waa sitting beside her
And roost unavoidably near tr? her!
However unsightly, this creature politely
Said: "Madam, I earnestly vow to you
i'm .penitent that I did not wear my hat. I
Should otherwise certainly bow to you."
Hough anxious to please, he was so iii at case
That he lost sil Iiis K?03C of propriety
Acd grc\r so inept that he clumsily stepped
IQ her plate-which is barred in society.
'Jthw curious error completed her terror;
She shuddered and, growing much paler, not
?oty lslt tmTet. but dealt him a buffet
Which doubled him up ia a saiior knot.
It should bc explained that at this he- was pained;
He cried: "I have vexed you, no doubt of it!
Your fis' like a truncheon." "You're still in
m., ??mcheon."
Was all that she answered; "get out ot itt"
And the moral ia this: Ito it rcadnm or miss
To whom you have something to say.
You are only absurd when you get io the curd.
But you're rude when you get in thc whey.
-Uuy Wetmore Carry 1 in Sketch.
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Late one evening an old knight made
his way wearily down from a high
peale of the Hara mountains Into the
valley. His name was Leuthold. and
he had formerly held sway over all
that tract of country, but he had been
driven, ont from bis possessions by the
superior might of a rich barou, and the
usurper now lived in the honored an
cestral halls, for a glimpse of which
the aged Leuthpid climbed the wooded
heights by his cottage as long as they
wore passable and gazed at the two
; tall towers ani?i the sun set. tfhen the
old man went down again into tho val
ley, where he was allowed to live un
. molested, being considered harmless
and powerless, for his only heir, a high
spirited young fellow, the hero of
many a battlefield, had fallen in de
fense of hts father's hearth. On his
way home the knight always passed a
?chapel which he had had erected in
better days and where the body of the
' young lord, sleeping his honorable
sleep, lay entombed. Thou the father
would kneel befove the door of the lit
tle building and say a Tater Noster for
the soul of his dear Sigebald. Ile did
so today also. Then he rose and looked
longingly through the window, but be
could not even se* the collin, for it
stood in a niche ia th>; Wail behind the
altar, and immediately after his son
was laid to rest thc bereaved father,
overcome by his grief, Had flung the
key of the door inte the rjshing tor
rent of the Bude. He rued it bitterly'
now, for the poor man lacked money
to have a new key made for the elabo
rate lock; and so he had cut off himself
and his good wife and bis niece. Dio- j
twina, who had been Sigebald's betroth
ed, from the precious remains of their
dearest happiness. Never before had
his longing been so great as ou this
evening. He gazed at the door with
passionate yearning. He almost be
sought it to give way, and felt that it
must perforce yield to his desire. But
it stood firm and immovable before
bim. It would scarcely allow the rust
ed latch to be moved up and down suf
ficiently to proye th? strength with
which every part of the brazen clamp
. did its duty. After the old man -had
tried the door in vain tor awhile he
turned away and went buck to his cot
tage, shaking his head and with tears'
in his eyes.
He found his wife waiting for him
with the frugal eveniug meal.
"Where is Diotwina?" he asked.
"She has gone to her room," replied
the dame. "Today is the anniversary
of her betrothal io Sigebald, which, as
you know, she always spends in fast
ing and solitude."
The knight sighed deeply and was si
lent a long time. At length he asked:
"How much money have we got laid
aside now f"
"Not quite two gulden."
"And the locksmith's price for a new
key 1s"
"Tbree gold gulden."
Then the old man fell to sighing
again and looked searchingly around
the room.
"No/* said the dame, "there is noth
ing more to see here. There is only
one thing. The locksmith would glad
ly give us a couple of gulden for it."
"You mean that!" exclaimed the old
man, looking up'at his sword, which
hung on the wall. His wife nodded in
assent But he 5 amped up indignantly
.md cried:
"God forbid I ? shill do no more work j
with the old blade in this world, it is i
true, but it has earned the right to lie in J
honor on my coffin. Sigebald himself,
looking down from paradise, would [
scarce forgive me iT I parted with tile
faithful old weapon." |
The dame began ii-- weep behind her j
wrinkled haut!, for she remembered >.
how ber dead son had [Waved. :is :i '
beautiful, merry boy. with the old ?
sword and lisped of future victories, i
Then both the old people became si- j
lent, put oct their light and went to !
bed.
Toward midnight thc old knight ;
heard strange sounds and eries ringing I
through the valleys. From one of the ?
?heights a light like a great flame shone i
through the window of the little roora, j
He was about lt? get up to what H
might be. but his wife said:
"Lie still, husband. I have heard ir ?
for a lour time and have be* n untying
silently, lt is surely some unholy inarch
of the Mad arr.... .
"H'm!" said Leuthokl. "I ni vu often
heard the Wild H tm ter rush past in
.'nighty forest', but this is quito :t dif
forent thing."
"Then it miist be witeherafl of some
sort," said his wife. "Who knows what j
may lie happening upon the Brocken'; |
I beg you to He ?fill and to i ?rb your 1
.nriesity."
Tue old man yielded to lu's wlTe'i
treaties, lay quiet .iud prayed so
But after awhile he began again:
"Wife, some oue is riding a h
past our window just as our ble
son used to ride."
She trembled and urged bini i
gentle voice to be still. But after ?
tie the old man said again:
"Did you not hear how some on?
the mountain called out: 'Wt
Charge?' lt came distinctly thro
the storm. But shortly before
Sigebald fell he gave just such a cr;
"If you wish to kill me with fear
anguish." said his wife, "or to rob
of my reason, keep on with such wo
It will take very little more."
i So the old man held his peace
kept his thoughts, which were m
and strange, in his own breast. '
wonderful tumult ceased also or 1
lost in other valleys, and tow
morning the old people fell asleep.
The bright sunlight shone again o
tho mountains, the dame was aire;
seated at her distaff, and tho kui
was going out rc? hoe and spade his
tie patch at the door and said:
"It is wonderful how the riddles :
ghostly happenings of the uiglit. wi
once they have forced themselves i
a man's brain, refuse to go to r
again. I dreamed until bright d
light of the harvest festival as wc ll
to celebrate it in happier days at <
old home"
"How strange!" interrupted
clame. . "I also circa m od of it. 'i
peasants came to the courtyard of i
castle with shining scythes, their wi1
and daughters bearing their rakes, t
with'many ribbons. The harvest ero
shouc brilliantly in the blue of i
bright summer day. and. alas! before
walked my dear, dear boy us a you
child; wouhd round and round witt
chain of blue cornflowers, a bcauti;
wreath like that of a bridegroom on I
head and a great red flower on I
breast. And i knew the red dov.
weil."
She bowed ber head, and the knig;
to turn her thoughts from the dca
wound of her only son, said:
"The singing was the most wondi
fui to rae. Even after I awoke I st
heard the solemn hymu which t
band had sung, and at this moment
seem to hear it over the mountaii
coming nearer and nearer down t
wooded slope. Indeed, now that
open the door, the sound seems
come more plainly."
The dame heard it also and rose
speechless astonishment to step ot
side the door, leaning on her husband
arm. to look for the cause of the una
customed noise, emboldeued by tl
cheerful morning beams which gildt
the trees and the dewy grass uudi
them, but still more emboldened I
the reverent character of the byra
which came steadily/nearer, ?hawn
and reed pipes mingled with the sin:
lng.
As the elderly couple stood at tl
door they could see. through the trunl
of thc beeches, a crowd of people wit
gleaming scythes in their hands: som
however, had also naked halberds an
spears. . ?
"Ah. heavens!" cried the dame. "1
is not yet harvest time. And why d
'they come thus, with song and rejoh
ing? See how rod the morning su
shines on their scythes."
"H'm! There must have been a grav
mowing somewhere," muttered th
knight He knew the red on the bar
steel far too well to take it, as did hi
wife, for the reflection of the mornin,
sun.
Meanwhile the peasants had formo
a semicircle around the venerable pah
and out from their ranks, between th
scythes and lances which they brand
ished as they finished their song, step
ped Diotwina with radiant face. Shi
went up to the astonished couple an<
said :
"He who goes carly to prayer find:
good fruit. Here at the edge of thi
wood these heroes met me, and thej
wish that you hear the tidings fron
my Hps. They have reconquered youl
castle. The country is free, the op
pressor ia dead!"
The old knight stared around hin
as if he had again fallen into tin
dreams of tho previous night. Then thc
oldest of I he armed peasants approach
ed. a venerable graybeard, like bis mas
ter, and. taking the spade and hoc
gently from his hand, he placed in
their ste.id an ancient silver staff, in
laid with gold, which Leuthold's fore
father? had borne from time imm?
morial and which had now been re
captured with the other family relics.
Then the circle of men raised a great
shout of joy, repeating DIotwina's
words, "The country is free. Thc op
pressor is dead!" over and over and
striking their weapons against one
another so that they clanked jubilant
ly.
"It is all true," said the old peasant
to the still incredulous pair. "Your
brother's eon, Richard, has returned
from the crusade, my liege, and hp,s
brought these wonderful things to pass
since yesterday evening, when he first
showed himself here. He must have
known how we all longed for our old
rightful master, for he spoke to us so
that v e felt compelled to take up
scythe and spear for you as if it were
a necessary act, which had long been
decided upon, and even the hesitating
ones among us believed that it could
not be otherwise. Then the storm bells
rang, the battle fires dared up on the
mountains, wc assembled hastily and
were as hastily organized in lighting
array by the young champion and
marvelously inspired by his speech;
Wo swarmed up arixl down through
thc valleys wherever the baron's re
- tainers were u? be seen. Finally we
stormed the castle, and the baron, in
desperation, fell "it his sword. The
young conqueror led us toward you
until wi; had nearly reached here, then
ho galloped liack lu Hu: castle to make
ready for your reception. If you will
be [?leased to let us eseori you thither,
wc have with us three gentle, well ;
broken horses from your own stables !
for you and our noble lady find i !..' i
gracious damsel Diotwina."
The ? i i noblojnau blessed Iiis brave,
faithful people will? wide, outstretch
ed arms. The horses were lcd forth. I
i he* three were lifted into the saddles ;
find the journey li? lin- castle was he- j
gun amid great rejoicing.
Tho old peasant walked beside ins
master's horse and told of the night's
battle and the marvelous feats of Rich
ard. As Leuthold heard with ever
increasing wonder and admiration tho
(nany divers instances of his nephew's
magnanimity, generalship and hero
rsm, ms nome ouarc was so own
iug with grateful enthusiasm tin
cried out loudly, so that tho w
hand heard:
"Now by my knightly troth aud
or, 1 swear that our brave deliv
shall hn ve the most precious t!
that I know upon this earth, and
is my fair niece Diotwina! Sin
hereby betrothed to him before
and mau!"
ile had stretched out bis right li
toward heaven as if taking a soli
oath. Tho procession halted in am
mont nnd looked at the impetuous
man. but his wife was deathly f
and at length she said sadly:
"Husband, husband, what have
done? How eau this fatal rashi
be found with bair so white? L
around you and see where ive s?
lender ls thc chapel within which
only son sleeps, and you have just
nulled Diotwina's solemn vow to
and die thc pure betrothed of our S
bald. Which oath shall now be brok
Hers or yours V"
Tho old night's head sank upon
breast, and he sighed
"It is ever tims! Heaven confers
most precious gifts, and man in lus
bridled delight uses them to his rul
The whole i ?ami regarded their i
tressed master sorrowfully. Thou
otwina opened her lovely lips it
smile like thai of an angel aud said:
"Father and mother, do not gric
i think our oaths are not so conflict
as you imagine."
Anti, tinning toward the i ki poa sa
she continued:
"How do you know ti?:it your leai
of last night was Richard-?"
"In God's name, gracious'lady. v.
else could it be?" replied the old ra;
"Ile wore thc colors of of.r mast?
house, rind its arms were on his se.
and shield. Even his speech ami mi
uer and way of riding were like t
io: " And he cried out the fara
112 a mighty battlecry every ti:
that he charged the enemy's ran
Indeed, he told us that we were fig
ing under a shoot of tho true stoi
Who. then, could It have been but !
Richard? Though, in truth, no o
saw his features, for he kept his vii
down."
"Then let me tell what happened
me last night," said Diotwina in
clear voice, "and give careful heed
what I say, for 1 speak the pure tru
as a pure maiden should. I stood
my window, and my tears fell upon
beautiful myrtle bush which in form
happy days I had intended for n
bridal wreath. Now it had reached t
fullness of its beauty, but the fea
"which it should have graced was nev
to bc. I was interrupted in this ai
other like thoughts by a slight uoi
outside the door of my room. I cou
distinctly hear some one coming i
the little stairway with soft, ligl
steps, but With clanking spurs, and. ;
father and mother had long since gol
to bed. I was afraid. Then the doi
was pushed half open aud an arm i:
cased in steel was thrust inside ir
room, holding a scarf which 1 had er
broidcred for my betrothed and whic
was laid in the coffin with him. Thc
Sigcbald's voice said:
" 'It is I. May I come in witboi
frightening you to death?'
"'In God's name!' I cried, tremblin
with fear and hope.
"Then the pale youth stepped siowl
and gravely into the room, clad J
armor, with raised visor. I knew tb
dear features well, but yet I had nc
the courage to gaze straight into hi
helmet, so I do not know whether hi
eyes were fixed and hollow, like thos
of a corpse, or glowing with tende
love, as they were In life.
"'Do you still need the myrtle fo
your marriage day V ho asked me kine
ly.
"I shook my head
" 'Nevermore, truly?'
"I shook my head again.
" Then,' he begged coaxingly, gentl
aud true hearted as he ever was ii
life, 'weave me a wreath of victory o
it. my dear little bride. For, see, it i
permitted me to accomplish the worl
of revenge and deliverance in this pale
earthly form, and when it is again lah
in its coffin it will take the wreath o
victory with it.'
""I bound and bound deftly and twin
ed all the blossoms into a beaut!fu
wreath. My betrothed stood, sileut am
patient, at the door. When I lind finish
ed. he knelt before me. I set the wrcatl
on his helmet, and he rose, saying:
"'Do not be alarmed, dear love, ii
you hear thc diu of battle in thc val
leys. God has. given the victory inti
my hand.'
"And then he took leave of me, sc
sweetly that all my fear vanished, and
I had to smile after him as I used tc
do when he left me for a merry joust.
Only when ? heard him gallop away on
his horse so fast and so eagerly Into
the night did the terror come over me
again.
"Now you knott who your deliverer
was, dear, faithful people, and if you
will open the chapel and the collin, as I
pray you to do, the victor's wreath on
the helmet of my betrothed will bear
testimony to the truth of my words."
The people looked at one another in
doubt and silence. Thc suspicion rose
in many minds that Diotwina's brain
had been affected by the wonderful
events of the night, and perhaps also
bj- a terrible dream; but when they re
called how calmly she had com? oui
of lb-' cottage to meet them al Hie
edge of the wood there was no longer
'.?ui;'.:? for ?iii- idea, and indeed the
peasants remembered that their leader,
after he had assembled them, had
been missing for a space and had ro
turned with a beautiful wreath crown
ing ins helmet. Si. it was done as Dio
twina begged. The chapel was open ct:,
and th;.- dame, who was doubtful
whether the bone.-, of her precious dead
ought in bo exjiosed !<. viev. so auda
ciously, was satisfied by ?!??- pensants'
promise to Um ?> guard at the lomb un
til the door and lock were made fast
again. Rill when ii was seen what
powerful resistance the ruste*.] door .of
fered, belief in the apparition seemed
? rushed to death hi every heart by tho
weight OL' tho material world, 'rn!;.
Diotwina smiled contidenfl.v and await
ed the proof of her word?
Back rolled thc cover of the collin,
and lhere, with a smile ninia his lips,
lay the youug hero in full armor, di
visor raised and upon his head the
wreath . '!' victory made of iii'- myrtle
bush <?!" ?us betrothed. Tin M all S?U?
upon their knees and praised God.
Diotwina found her happiness i:i fu!
lilling her own and her uncle's vow
She remained tho faithful betrothed ot
uer icnigut until tile tiny or uer ucatn,
living in ?a little cottage near the
chapel. When Richard did come home
many years later and came into the
property, which the old people had left
to him with their blessing, he enlarged
the little house to a beautiful nunnery,
under whose protection Sigebald's
chapel was long revered as a place of
sanctity and an object of many pil
grimages.-Translated From the Ger
man For Short Stories.
The Yanko? In Germany.
How does the Yankee look in tho
imagination of my countrymen V asks
Professor Hugo Munsterberg in The
Atlantic. In the German language only
three things are usually connected
with tht; adjective American: the Ger
mans speak of American stoves and
mean a kind of stove which I have
never seen in this country; secondly,
they speak of American duels, and
mean a crazy type of duel which was
certainly never fought on this conti
nent, and. thirdly, they speak of Amer
ican humbug and mean by it that kind
of humbug which flourishes in Berlin
just as in Chicago.
But the American man is of course
very well known. Ile is a haggard
creature, with vulgar tastes and brutal
manners, who drinks whisky and
chews tobacco, spits, tights, puts his
feet 0:1 t!ie table ami habitually rushes
along in wild haste, absorbed by a
greedy desire for the dollars o?' his
neighbors, ile does nut care for'edu
cation or ar!, for the public welfare or
for justice, uxce.p1 so far us they mean
money to him. Corrupt from top to toe,
he buys legislation .-ind courts and gov
ernment; and when he wants fun ho
lynches Innocent .negroes in Madison
square In New York, or in the ?os?on
Public garden. Ile has his family
home usually in a skyscraper ol' -!
stories; his business is founded on mis
leading advertisements; his newspa
pers are Glied with accounts of mur
ders and his churches with hypocrites.
Don't Worry Aboai Salarie*.
"What salaries ft re paid in different
business callings is a question often
asked by young men and one which
seems to enter into their deliberations
as a qualifying factor as to whether
they shall enter certain trades or pro
fessions," writes Edward Bok In The
Ladles' Home Journal. "I never could ?
quite see the point of this nor the rea- j
son for lt. What are the saJaries which ,
are paid to others to you or to me? i
They signify nothing. If the highest j
salary paid to the foremost mau in a
certain profession is 910,000 a year,
what does it provo or signify? There
is no obstacle to some one's else going
into that same profession and earning
925,000. The first step in going into
business is to lind out not which spe
cial line is most profitable, but which
iine you are most interested in and are j
best fitted for. Then drive ahead, and '
tho salary will take care of itself. !
When a young mau thinks too much j
of his salary, it is pretty good proof .
that he is not of very superior make, i
Ability commands income. But you :
must start with ability, not with sal- i
ary." |
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Do Planta Think?
A well known botanist propounds
the question, "Have plants the power
of reason or. any way of determining
what is going on arouud them?" The
question, though he admits it appears
rather fantastic, ls prompted by ob
servations he made a few weeks ago.
His daughter was tending a morning
glory vine at home, when a delicate
tendril reached out toward a nail in
the casing. The botanist proceeds:
f'Shc marked the position of the ten
dril with a pencil on the wood and then
shifted the nail about an inch lower.
Next day the little feeler had deflected
itself very noticeably and was again
heading for the nail.
"The marking and shifting were re
peated four or Gve times, always with
the same result, and finally ono night
the tendril, which had grown consider
ably, managed to reach the coveted
support, and we found it coiled tightly
around it."
Other little experiments of a similar
nature are put forward in support of
the botauist's theory.-London Mail. |
A Baseball Ills Tomuntone.
The grave of William A. H?lben, at
one lime president of the old National
Baseball league, is marked with a ?
tombstone in the shape of a baseball.
When Mr. Hulbert died, in 1S82, some
of his old associates set about to show
their love and respect for him. and
the result was the monument in Grncc
land cemetery. Chicago.
The baseball is made of red granite,
about 20 inches in diameter, showing
the seams as they appear upon the
balls used iu the regulation games.
Across tho top appears in raised let
ters, "W. A. Hulbert, President Na
tional League, P. B. B. C., 187G, 1882."
On one side appear the names of four
clubs in the old Leagnc-Boston, Provi
dence, Worcester and Troy-and on the
other those of the other four-Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo aud Detroit.
Also there is a headstone of white
marble, upon which appears the uame,
together with thc date Of birth, Oct.
1'::, 1832. und thc date of death. April
1?'. 1SS2.
The Co.njuoU'orr'ft Sentiment*.
Ii. was "ladies" day"" at the yacht j
club, and a erm?ty old member who
hal. .- a crowd and a fuss was watch
ing one "i' thc club servants paint the
"welcome board.'' He painted a pic
ture of a yacht clubman, with a bread,
happy grin dividing his face from ear 1
le ear. Then h.- pu!, these words be- j
neath, "This is :i pretty big board, bul
ii' we were to you how glad wc
are that lathes- day lias come again we
would need a board three times as big
as ibis one."
"Huh!" grunted the crusty member
as the luau pm the last curlycue
the last letter. "What makes you say
dui tv
"Well, sir, (he commodore said we
might as well tell a good one while
we were about it," said the n:nn.
touching his cap. New York Nows. ?
For Infants and Children.
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Tiis Kind You 'Am Always Bought j
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A. VERY HOT PATIENT.
HE LIKEWISE WAS A MAN WITH A
VERY QUEER TASTE.
Thc Singrnlur Case ot a Genius Who
Wa? Ta Good Health Apparent?y
Wlille the Thermometer Rc?r?Ntcr
cd Hi* Temperature at 125.
"There aro any number of malingerers
in to wu," began the attending physi
cian at an east side hospital. "They
have the ability to feign diseases,
throw lits on the street, get picked up
by the ambulance and sometimes they
impose upon the house physician and
the nurses and are allowed to stay a
little while in a hospital. I knew of
one man who was really an expert at
thc business. He puzzled tho doctors
and lived for thc greater part of three
years ai various hospitals. I was one
Of his dupes.
"I had a hurry call to a house on Sec
ond avenue. On the second iloor I
found my mau lying unconscious, with
blood upon his mouth. I felt his pulse
and found lhere wasn't anything un
usual about that. Then, in tearing oJ?
his clot lies to make a hurried examina
tion, I found that his ribs on thc left
side wen? all pasted up with court
piaster, in strips, just as any doctor
would lis up broken ribs.
" 'That's where ti.'- blood comes
from,! I said at once. -One of the
fractured ribs has slipped and punc
tured the lung.'
"I gave him something to stop the
bleeding and a hypodermic injection to
bring lum eui. and tuen i hound np an
open bruise I discovered on his elbow.
While he was recovering consciousness
i took his temperature aud I found it
away up-IOS and lt)'.). Now. the nor
mal temp?rature <>:' a human being is
OS.-!, lu tlie worse eases bf pneu
monia we don't expect .<> lind ir. over
105.
"Just then the man rame i<> and tried
to make me understand what bad hap
pened io him. 1 got a German in from
across the hall to interpret. The pa
tient saiil he had fallen through au
opeu hatch on a schooner bound from
Baltimore to New York about a month
ago; that he had been attended by a
physician on his arrival here and had
got along all right until now when
he had suddenly collapsed. His tem
perature showed me that I had a seri
ous case ou my hands, though I
couldn't tell for the life of- me what
was the matter with him.
"I hurried him into the hospital, put
him to bed aud explained the extraor
dinary feature of his case to the
'house.' Tile 'house' took his tempera
ture again, aud it was 111 i Thou we
drugged him and' drugged him and
gave his feet cold baths and took his
temperature again. It had run up to
113. And there didn't seem to be any
thing the matter with him outside of
that.
"Everybody in the hospital got te
talking about the ease. When the 'at
tending' went through the ward thc
'house'*hurried him by that German.
He didn't want to confess that he waa
staggered. The patient didn't grow
any worse. Ile maintained a constant
ly high temperature anywhere between
110 and 12"), and we kept up the drugs
and the cold foot baths.
"One day the 'attending' noticed the
case and asked how long that man wan
going to be kept in bcd to cure a sore
elbow. Then the nurse told him. 'Take
his temperature,' said the 'attending.'
"The nurse put the thermometer in
the man's mouth under the tongue awi
the doctor watched narrowly. All of fl
I sudden he walked up to the bed. 'Get
out of here! Get up and dress and
don't let me see 3"ou again,' he said
sternly to the patient.
I "And in half an hour thc man was
out on the sidewalk. You see that
doctor was an older man than any of
us. He saw the man was faking, that
he manipulated the thermometer in his
mouth so that by friction he could run
] it up as high as he pleased.
. "Tlie next day this saine man was
picked up on the street and taken to
another hospital, aud the same doctor
who was attending at both places
\ caught him there Hie very first thing.
For three years I heard of that Ger
man, off and-on, always with the same
patched ribs, sore elbow and extraor
dinary temperature. Why, one doctor
up in Connecticut wrote a paper for a
medical review in which he said ho
had found a man apparently in normal
health with a temperature ol' 137! lt
was our malingerer.
"It couldn't have beeu auy fun ei
ther. The doctors were always at him
with hypodermics, cold water and so
on. Ile had a queer taste."-New York
i Commercial Advertiser.
y nt arc'? Color Box.
anions, from leeks to Bermudas, are
bleaching to the skin, aud so are lem
ons, asparagus and celery. Spinach ls
the broom of the stomach, as the
French say, and sorrel, in soup of pu
ree, as they cook it in the provinces
and at the students' restaurants in
the Latin quarter, is n great beautifier.
Dandelion, lettuce and all the salads
will bring out the red and white lints
of the skin.
Beets, carrots, tomatoes, strawber
ries, raspberries, cherries and black
berries are red and bloodmaking, de
veloping infantile loveliness in cheeks
and lips ii* eaten, not now and then,
bul: three limes a day. This is the
r'ruii cure or garden "ii Eden break- I
fa. s I, and ?? will bo remembered thal j
Eve had uo patent medicine?.", eosniet- j
?cs pr doctors.
Pineapple Is gout! for the stomach
and air passages; Wee, all cereals and
while vegetables, such as caulillbw?r
and parsnips, arc whilcsome. Ibu.
pickles and pie crust, hot cakes and
too many sweets will make cue look
pasty, ber a use ihey lack tlie acids and ,
salts which nature needs io cleanse j
her machinery. Oil she must have. .
lou. from tile clive and nut. 0? keep |
ike internal wheels revolving.
W !:;-,! man has don*' woman !
i
thinks she can improve upon.
1 ni position the only position :
- un>- people ever attain
Popularity often makes :i n::in j
believe winn i>n i true.
The hungry mendicant pref? rs j
i!,. cold liam to the cold sh on Kier
?J i , .j j
?onie men -le w go >.? .iucgmenl j
by showing a lack of scIf-eouGi?ence.
The most expensive thing.- one j
...cuni-'- aro tho?e purchased below j
"One ut u Tim?-, if You Pif?ase."
One dark and rainy winter's night
the writer was ordered to carry food to
thc men in the tronches. A team was
hitched up, and with a loaded wagnn
and driver we started out. Every
challenge was maiie with the least
noise, as the enemy were only a few
rods in frout. ''Halt, dismount and
give the countersign!" came at every
thirty paces. I? was MUK h on my
teamster, who was rheumatic and cold.
However, we made the trip, and halt
ed at a cavalry pose. Major-. a
very paladin for courage and strength,
had rolled in my blanket for a snooz**:
he had driven the enemy with slaugh
ter that day. My Jehu begin to re
cite Iiis annoyances thus: ' Cuss thu
(turned infantry, they made me halt
dismount and give the counter.-ign till
[ was weary and tarrii'y wi<i theirfool
ishness." A roar followed from the
couriers. At this m mienta trim f-ta??
officer of a General who had lost an
arm, put in his .--.ay so: ''I say. hold
that noise: the General wan rs to rest:
den i le: mc hear any more of it.
Stair had hardly gone into darkness
before Jehu began his old story. It
was folly to try to keep back' the
laugh. A second outburst., arni asecr
ond entry of thc staff; .,i).;r.'i it ! Did
? hot order you stop this noise?
Who is it*? til fi awe iii tu arrested!''
Just then, by some strange accident,
a donkey pul his demure snout iu at
our fire, and flapping his ears, began
his unmistakable bray. J.eui jumped
to his feet, and shaking bis fist at the
donkey, said: ,((),ie at a time, if you
please!*' Staff left amid a burst of
laughter, as Major-(the prince
of soldiers) rolled over and over with
my blanket, tryii g to restrain a big
laugh.-Lost Cause.
Copartnership Dissolution.
nr**' "l copartnership here ofore ex ?stine:
. 'twaeu Luther ""J. Bigbv anti I.
Walter Cox. undnr the tirm nam?of Big
by ?fe Cox, at Peiz'ir, S. C., was dissolved
on July 1*', 1899, Oy mut lal consent. All
account?, ??e., due the firm to bo paid t ?
LutberS. Bittby, who also as?umes tho
liabilities of th? lirm and continues the
general merchandise business.
LUTHER S BTOBY.
i. WALTER COX.
.Sept 27, ISM l-l '.>
LAND SALE
MORE Land than I need. Will sell
in larK? or small lots. Land fresh,
productive, well timbered and itcs -ell.
Community healthful, pure, cold water,
;:ocd citizens. ?Ood roads, schools ami
churches. Cbmmunieate with
W. L, S M IT ET,
lia, M?disou Cc, tia.
July JS, 1809 4_3m_
Valuable Plantation for Sale.
TrT" A ACRE?, moro or less, on Bea
X I verdaru Creek, in a high state
of cultivation. .">0 acres bottom land, ?JO
in pius woods, 14 in pasture, 1(K) in cotton
laud, o houses on it. B mnded by Rev. .
George Rodgers, A. M. Guyton and otb- J
ers. Will sell on easy terms. Purchaser
to pay for papers and stamps. For fur
ther particulars apply to M. Berry Wil
liams, Guvtoo.S. C., or
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS,
Anderson, 8. C.
July 12, 139!? , li _
Desirable Plantation for Sale.
ABOUT 300 acres of Land, on Three
and Twenty Creek, two and one
half miles east of Pendleton, on the road
leading toPelzer, is offered for sale. There
are about 25 acres of bottom land. Tho
place is well watered and well adapted to
stock-raising, and has between 50 and 75
acres of forests. For further information
apply to J. MILES PIPKENS,
K-V.ca Pendleton, S C.
Notice to Teachers & Trustees.
ARegular Examination for both white
and colored teachers will be hold
on Friday, Oct. 13. Under the rules of.
tho State Board of Education certificates of
teachers who did not attend the Summer
Normal can not bo renewed. If your
certificate expires before tho next Spriuy
examination, this will be your "only
opportunity to secure a certficate.
Trustees aro forbidden by the school law
to tmplo\- teachers who have "o cer
tificate, and a teacher who is employed
without a certificate is in danger of losing
his pay. The examination will begin
promptly at Ma. m. and all applicants
aro ordered to be here at that hour.
Trustees who havo not already done so
are requested to forward their annual
report to mo at ones, as my report to tho
State Supt. must be completed at an early
date.
E. E NICHOLSON, Co. Sup't.
Valuable Lauds for Sale.
WE offer for sale tho following Tracts '
of Land :
1st. The Hopkins Tract, situate in Pick
ens County, containing two hundred ;
acres, more or less.
2d. The G. W. Miller Tract, containing
one hundred and twenty-four acres, more
or less. This Tract has upou it a good
Mill oed Gin. !
Od. AU that part of the Homo Tract of 1
br. IL C. Miller, lying in Anderson
County, being eighty acres, more or less.
These three Tracts of Land lio on the '
waters of Eighteen Milo Creek, respec
tively, within onoaad a half to three miles
of the towns of Pendleton, Clemson Col
lege and Central on the Southern ll. K.
Those Lands aro finely wooded, with
upland * and low lands in cultivation.
For further particulars apply to jas. T.
Hunter. Pendleton, S. C., or lohn T.
'fflvlor, nu the premises.
W. W. SIMONS,
CARRIE T. SIMONS,
li ESSIE E. li ?.adv,
lix-.-. Est. Or. ii. C. Miller.
* ug ISUn 10 "'.rn
Brs. Strickland & King*,
OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE.
Gas and Cocaine used fer Extract
ag Toot!-.
VTOTICE FI N'A L SETTLEMENT
i3i T! k undersigned, Administratrix .
ho Estate ol lohn M. Hali, deceasod.
tercby gives notice thai she will on the j
iSth "day of October, lS0i\ apply to the }
fudge of Pro!.;::.' for Anderson County for
i Fina! Settlement of said Ey:.tte. and a
j'scharge from ... - ..:?.;e?- a- Administra
ri\
HALL. Admi x.
Sept. 27. lv,?.' I '
I?. S. \ ANDIVKK HI P. V ANDIVKK
J. J. MAJOK.
li
DEALERS IN
Firle Buggies, Phasetons,
Surreys, Wagons, Harness
Lap Robes and Whips,
AKE in i heir elegant per.- Repository
??ver Yandi ver Br J??. Storo
Between Masonic Hell and New Bank.
Ir' you nefld anything in our hue vie
I'HVfl thc izo'idti, tbo guarantee and the
pr >,e t ? pifase.
WM hiahly -porpciaro all the trade giv
uti u-. ano arti trying to give the very
best Buggies that ean he sold for the
pi iee. A nico lot of New, Cheap Boggie*
un hand. Toe price viii positively eur
priso you.
Y'-urs for Buggies,
VANUIVER BROS. ?fe MAJOR.
? r
NOTICE.
THE bo<>ks ?or tho col'ection of State. Schoo
anil n.linty Tax-s will be open from Oct. lCth
183.?. u til December Uss, !8J,J, inclusive, and for
the ??uv?nieuc- of the tiX.nyer-: I will ? >!lect a
tin- 'M' .>*. i'ti; pl u e., :
Ii:-h.ic's Brnocb Oct 30, *.' to 12
,s rtbto-vi, iii. un'. Storp, Oct 30,1:30 to S p. ci
Mr liiy.Oct 31, 0 to 1Z
L-ch'."-to.-. Oct. 81, !::;o td 3:30.
Pic lumiir, IV? dti???day, Nov. I, to fi o'clock.
I' ?zr. Timr- iuy. >,?V <j to ..; o'clock.
Wil.ia?i-tou Knday, Nov tl 9 to 12 o'clock.
Belton. Fridav, No?. 3, ?:l> t-> 3:30 o'clock.
Ho?i.-i e. i h Tueiilav, Kov 7-, 0 to 3 o'clock.
? o?.ks ?r Iv ., V.'.-.I,"?'<.>. .y, ?Tuv JO in 2 o'clock
ll .1 ; il., Pn.ii ?dar, Nor 5, i? to 2 o'c;ock.
Towuvill , Frdav, r?oiv 10 ;? t<> 12.
il t? V Farmer's, frilay, X v. li. 1:30to3
c<?ijdl?t'?n;.M:>?d v Nov. I'j'. lU <o $ o'clocir.
After tilt; lOiti ol N >v t'i Ti . .? ur."'.s office wit
lie open, ?i'i- of tax lev . s follows:
s af,.- Tas..".. mills.
O'dltta'y Cou ty . 2; J "
<"i>ii ti turi? tul school. :; "
Pu il'C rfoadi. 1 "
P^sjt in ebteduess-. \? "
Court House and Jail. I
Tota!. i:5 ,;
.'.r; additional . vji i>f3 mlllvUas beeo u.*.dc for
Iltinrei .-{.ii io' District foi s hool puroona, uiak
111. t'ir.-l evy in thar district IC mills
ti," Stt<C CoOMitU'hiu r. qui res all nales be
tween t'v ?ty on'- und 8 xi-y yoar.H of age, except
thosi- incapable ol o*r iii!,' usupport from being
a:i? ned, or from o ber cause, ?nd thosj wno
served in th?- war bet ?reen tba Slates, to pay 3
pol tax of omi dollar.
ail ale prr>oi.s between 'he ages of eighteen
??udi fifo., year*, who ari- ab e to vro'k roads or
cans- thom tobo worked, i-xcept school :rustees
prcdchero who luve ch wge of conyr gatioD.s, and
per.ioUH who served in the war b-tweea the States !
aie llab.e tooo road duty, and in lieu o? work may
pay H tax of one dolur, to be collected at the ?ame
time th<j other laxes are collected
J. M. PAYNE,
County Treosurer. _
W. G. McGEE,
SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE--ront Rjom, over Farmer?
<?nd Me chant6 Bank
ANDERSON, 8. C.
IVvfl 18P8 33
NOW is the time to have
your Buggy Revarnished,
Repainted, and new Axle
Points fitted on. We have
the best Wagon Skeins on
the market. All kinds of
Fifth Wheels and Dashes.
Headquarters for Carriage,
Buggy and Wagon Repairs.
PAUL E. STEPHENS.
J. H. BURGESS,
DENTIST.
IN Pendleton every Monday,Tuesday
and Wednesday.
At Clemson College every Thursday
Fridav and Saturday.
April 26,1899_44_6rn
Notice of Final Settlement.
THE undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of Martin Burriss, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will on the
7th day of October, 189i>, apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County,
8. C., for a Final Settlement of (-aid Es
tate, and a discharge from his officias
Administrator
JAMES BURRISS, Adra'r.
SeptC, 1891)_ll_5_
"THE STATF?F LJUTH CAROLINA,
COUNT* or ANDEE-SON
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
G. lt. Mahon, PUintiff ngaini-t Mrs. Tcx?o Aana
Sterling and Mrs. Cor? Litton, Defendants -
Summons for Relief-Comidatui Mirved.
To the Defendants Mrs. Texiu Anna Sterling and
airs. Cora Ligou :
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the Complaint, in this action, of which
a espy is herewith nerved upon yon, and to servo
a copy of your answer to th?* i-aid Complaint on
the subscribers at their office, Anderson Court
Houso, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusivo of the day of snell
service; and if you fail to answer tho < ompl&int
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in till*
action will apply to the Court for the relief de
manded in the Complaint.
Dated Anderson, 8. G, August 19, A D., i860.
BONHAM A WATKIrS,
Plaintiff's Attornoy.
[3:CAL j Jons C. WATXIBS, C. C. C. r.
To the absent Defendant, Mrs. Texie Anna Seer
Ung :
You will take notico that the Complaint tn thia
action was filed In tho office of the Clerk of the
Court of said County on the 19th day of August,
IS99
HONKA M & WATKINS,
Plaintiff* Attorneys.
August 30, 1899 10_6_
CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY.
AUGUSTA AM) ASGEVILLKSHOl?r LI?U3
In effect July 23,1899.
Lv Augusta..^..j 9 40 am | 140 pm
Ai- Greenwood..' ll 60 am
Ar Anderson.!.
Ar Laurens. 120 pm
Ar Greenville., :?. 00 pm
Ar Glenn -'pringn.| 4 05 pm?.
Ar Spartanburg.? s 10 pm j ? 00 a
Ar Salud.1...] ? 33 pm j.
Ar I?enderson7iIle.( ?. 03 pial.
Ar Asheville.-! 7 00pm?.
6 10 pm
10 15 am
Lv Asheville. c S am.
LT Snartanburg. 11 -t"1 a:n| .'. t? v^i
L7 Glenn Springs.! 100?) am:.
LY Greenville.....I i2i?l ami 4 09 pu
Lv Laurena..j 1 37 pin ? C? pu
Lv Anderson.~..?.I 7 00 am
Lv Greenwood.*. - 37 pm?.".
Ar Augusta.i ? 1" pm It 10 am
Lv Calhoun Falls.! 1 41 prc
Ar Raleigh.! 'Jl??tu
Ar Norfolk. 7 30 a?
Ar Petersburg. CC.)um
Ar Richmond.! S 15 am
Lv Augusta.I.... >.i t :?pm
Ar All?DiluIo. . 3 10 pm
Ar Fairfax.'.I 3 55 pm
Ar Yomaasee. 10 on am ! 4 20 pm
Ar Beaufort. tl 15 ami ? 20 pm
ArPortRoyal.I llSOaml 5 35 pm
Arfavannah.'.j 7 CO pm
ArCUr.rlciteu.!.! : ::a pm
Lv Charleston. 6 28 an-.
LT ?"or; noyai.! 1 CO pro t' ?5 am
Lv Beaufort.? 1 If. pm! 7 20 am
Lv Yemasseo.j 2S0pm| 6 20 am
J.v Fair fa v. ., 9 20 un
LT Allendale.; osS aw
Ar Augusta.!. ll 25 ar-j
Clos'3 e"iinectiou at Calhoun Falls for Athens
A danta iud all poi;it.i on S. A. T..
CIO?J connection nt Augusta for Charle??
Barannab and all pointa.
Clcoo connections r.t Gnu nwood !'->r ..til point i : a
5. A. L.,aad C. & (L Etallway, and a: ?nattant -.ru
with Southern Railway.
For any Information i . . ? to tickets, rato?
; ?hedale, cte., nddre?-?
Vf. J. CRAIG. Gen. .V - Agent Augusts,G i.
B.M.N?rth,Sol.Agont.
r. v. Emerson Trat?c Manag?r