The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 11, 1899, Page 7, Image 7
THE SINGERS.
Ile struck Iiis harp a sounding: stroke,
And high in benyeo thc music rang;
The echoes in the skies awoke t
Fluting the uu?hty note l-.e sang.
And ?io cm: paused to greet Iiis thought;
Life was too swift and love too sweet;
He sang lus lofty stave for naught.
Thc throng went hy with hurrying feet.
Dut one who loitered Ly the way,
Who wore no singing robs at ?Ul,
Lifted & warble lig-it and gay
As a child's laugh, a throstle's call.
And half beneath thc breath his Ftraln
Seemed fu.L ot tunes nil men had heard
Long, long ago, sweet falls of rain,
The love song of the mating bird.
The rustling leaf,' thc murmuring dove,
They heard in tbat melodious Eigh;
The whisper of first trembling love
They heard and their first lullaby.
Within their .hearts they sang his lay
Again. Tliey kissed his garment's hem
And threw their laurels in his way
Tliat he might set his feet on them.
-Harriet Prescott SpoiTord in Independent.
"IU?
Tho Swamp Swallowed the Loco
motive, and tho Lake Swal
lowed tho Swjmp.
BS MOOKLEY RODENTS.
Copyright.
ill
I* was undoubtedly a swamp.
"There ain't no skadder of a doubt
of it," said tho railroad men when they
cut sodB from the moss with short
handled shovels.
North of them stretched the mighty
prairies, not yet yielding corn, for half
a thousand miles. Beyond thc prairie
lay the muskeg, the barren lands of
northern Canada, haunt of the red
eyed, matted musk os, of the moose
and caribou.
South was Lake Superior, a silver
green sec, quiet, unruflled and tremen
dous. Upon its shores thousands of
men were working at the making of a
railroad, part of Britain's steel girdle
round the world.
But now it was on the anvil, and the
nature of things was bucking against
tho intention of man, and every now
and again Fate pipped a card played
by tlie engineers, and this happened
sometimes just ns the C. P. It. man
was reaching out his hand to collar
the stakes.
"A swamp, lt ls true," said the sur
veyor, "but nothing serious. Let the
engineers look to lt."
They ..shifted ahead and measured
the rotund earth and left the swamp
behind them. And a spell of dry weath
er took the engineers in. It even took
Archer in, who was not truly an en*
gineer. but a man who- understood
things generally and often was hard
est driving when be was as Invisible
ns steam in the cylinder.
"Get on, get on," said Archer, who
was a real chunk of millstone grit, orig
inally from Yorkshire and American
ized till bc bit like a file into any op
position.
"I just mean having it done," was
Archer's motto, and lt was forever In
bis mouth.
"He meant having it done" should
be bis epitaph and perhaps will be by
and by when it gets done Anally.
So when the swamp spread out he
jumped on it and declared decisively
that lt wasn't a swamp at all, or, if it
was, it wasn't much of a one. And If
lt wns much of a one he didn't care.
"The railroad goes over It," sold
Archer, for he wanted that section
through, and In his mind was the no
tion of the driving of the last spike,
which represents heavenly attainment
and paradise to railroad men.
And the railroad did go over lt. and
then Archer said:
"I told you so. Hurry up, now; hur
ry up."
As everybody had been hurrying up
till the horizon danced the men grunt
ed a little. And Archer siid east on a
train on business and wasn't back for
three days. As he returned it rained
in a gentle, insinuating way, good for
crops and soothing to the farmer's
mind, as it was a long time from har
vest. But It did not soothe Archer, who
wanted nice, dry, warmish weather, as
he knew men, If they worked nt all,
never worked as well In rain,, for when
a man is thinking about himself lt
takes his mind away from his shovel,
and he who would shift 15 cubic yards
of "dirt" in ten hours will come down
to shifting only 12 or less.
He got out at Nepijon.
"It's a blt damp, Mr. Archer," said a
man loafing there on the platform.
"Humph!" paid Archer.
: "And they do say there ain't no rail
road on that swampy patch;" said the
Nepijon man. -fl
"What?"
! "No railroad on that swamp piece, 1
said," returned Nepijon, spitting.
"Gone through I"
. "The deuce I" cried Archer, and, go
ing to bis office, he found a few. tele
grams,'reading:
I ?L "Swamp looks very shaky."
j 2. "Swamp too soft. Ca? hardly rnn
the gravel train over it."
3. "Road gone In. Locomotive gone
with lt Wire Instructions,"
Archer went outside and shook his
fist nt ?ato re and swore a little very
softly and a little not loud and, get
ting on the locomotive with the engi
neer, went like the wind oh a visit of
inspection. -
"I own it freely," said the man, with
his band on the lever as the engine
fled west like n squattering duck. "I
own lt freely, Mr. Archer, but I never
had no confidence In that swamp."
"Nor me," said the fireman.
? The engineer shut his left side sub
ord?nate np with a frown- of surprise
.which was like a blow with a clinker
rake.
'.Yon didn't, ehr'said Archer. "And
.why not?'
"Waal, Mr. Archer, Ifs this way,"
returned the engineer: "I felt that she
didn't trust it. And when a man's en
gine don't trust the road, but gets on
a nervous treroulatlon, like a horse on
a plank bridge that's bendy, a tann
hasn't the proper confidence neither."
"Humph!" growled Archer.
"That's so,** said' the engineer ns ho
peered ahead through the rain, which
. .was now coming down "kersploah."
The lake waa lost under a blnck
squall, but here and there lt showell
a thunderous green, like live swamp,
green and mucky, in hard dried fen.
Tho road's ditches were full of water,
and so were the drain culverts miming (
athwart the road.
"lt's got to be tried with nil weath- j
ors." said the engineer, who was rather
religious. "Tho Almighty says that
ubout all things. Mr. Archer, and rail
roads ain't no exception and haven't
no especial gifts of grace. It's good
works put the railroad through. We
find salvation on the bedrock."
But Archer had no love for theology
then or at any time, and he growled.
"Here wo are, slr," said tho senten
tious man nt the lever.
They pulled up at a bit of a wayside
shanty that is now a dandy station,
and Archer lit off thc locomotive into
a puddle.
. He found a gang of melancholy mak
ers of railroads awaiting his coming.
Tlicy looked very much ashamed of
themselves.
"So you've let her through, have
you?" cried Archer reproachfully.
And Scott, the chief of them, nod
ded. The others nodded, too, like au
tomatic Chinese mandarins.
"We've let her through, sir." said
Scott: "that's a fact."
Archer nipped him by the nrtn just
above the elbow.
"Come in and let's have a look," said
Archer. And he went out of the shel
ter into the rain.
Behind them tailed the gang of sub
dued subordinates. A dozen of tho
men came out of their tents and fol
lowed.
"Think bully Archer can cure her?"
asked one.
"He's a rustler."
"Bustles us."
"And himself, sonny. But this yer
swamp! Dr. Archer can cure swamps
and give new life and tone to tho
whole railroad system of the C. P. R.
Do not delay till it is too late. Men
tion this advertisement."
The tail of Archer's group laughed at'
the joker. But Archer overheard, for
he bad ears.
"You heard that?" he said to Scott.
"Young Wade is saying I'm the swamp
doctor. If so, it's my ilrst case."
They came down to the creek or lit
tle river which bounded the swamp.
The bridge was wrecked, and the rails
gradually disappeared into bubbling
slime on the far side of the water. And
right across the swamp which now
glimmered in pools lay a broad band
of this same black slime, marking
whore the road to the Rockies and be
yond had once been.
"Oil. British Columbia!" snid Archer
to himself; "ob, Eritish Columbia, must
you wait?"
He spoke out.
"So the gravel train went through?"
"Yes," said Scott, with the curt
American affirmative, "it did so."
"Then she's deep?""
"She is so," said Scott, pulling bis
mustache.
"We'll report this when we've cured
lt," said Archer. "Oh, bang this rain!
How shall we cure It?"
Scott put the end of his mustache
into bis mouth and chewed it.
"Mr. Archer, lt's my opinion that it
was e. mistake to take this line. It
would have paid us to go up yonder."
"Extra miles cost dollars. Mr. Scott,"
snapped Archer, "and never mind
about the ought. What's to be dont
now? For I just mean having lt done,
and that settles it."
He sat down on a baulk of pine lying
on the ground and motioned Scott tc
sit beside him. The others retreated.
"He says 'he just means having 11
done,' " said Charley Wade. "He's c
tough, isn't he? I'll bet drinks he doe?
It too."
And ho and his crowd argued all tb<
way back to camp.
"A swamp can be drained," sale
Archer.
"This one drains Itself," replied Scott
"We're sitting beside the drain now."
"Then we want another."
"I don't see bow it's to be done, slr.'
"I just mean having It done!" crlet
Archer. "But for raising dlffleultie:
give me your expert. This man wh<
knows too much knows too little."
uAnd the man who knows too ll ttl
often knows too much, sir," said Scot
sharply.
"Oh, pshaw!" cried Archer. "I'll cur
this swamp or bust. It's late now an<
getting dark, and I'm wet to the skin
But tomorrow I'll go through thi
swamp nnd fix lt I tell you I mea:
having it done. Think it out, Scoti
I'll give a month's pay to any mai
Who makes a feasible rmggestloi
whether it workB or not"
He went back to the camp and stat
by himself, sweating over the swam
problem, while the crew of engineer
and the men argued till the night fe
on thc lake and the vast fertile nortl
ern prairie. And lt rained mightily ti
dawn, when the sky cleared in the ea?
and the sun came up from Ontario t
soe how the work got on.
It fonnd little Archer sitting over h!
swamp, thinking lt out and went on t
inspect the Rocky Mountain divlsloi
where 10,000 human ants strove arnon
the great hills. And when the su
came round again it still saw the ma
who meant having lt done sitting ovc
his swamp, thinking it out
He called all the engineers up OE
after the' other and found them fixe
in cursing the surveyors for havln
struck this swamp in fine, dry wea the
But none of them had any notion <
clearing np the difficulty without cl
"I mean having it done and wltbot
any more waste of time," be said t
Charley Wade, who was as bright a
tho best of them. "If this swam
stays, there's a reason for it What I
it Wade?"
i "Ifs not so much above the lake le'
el, slr," said Charley, "and mayt
there's a connection between tho two,
"Come herc," said Archer, and I
walked the young fellow far down tl
bank of the creek. "Isn't this a goo
enough drain?"
"Only lt don't drain lt" ans were
Wade.
And then Archer clipped bim tlgl
by the shoulder.
.I've got it Wade. Look at tl
creek and read It and tell me win
you react"
Wade knitted bis clear young brov
and stared at the black and gloorr
stream. But he read nothing.
"You nee nothing?" laughed Arche
"Then .I'll show you engineers what
wrong. I told you I meant having
done, and when I say so something
got to give. Go and get mo the bo;
up here ?'rom thc shore. You'll find n
bete when yon get back."
And while Wade ran for the bo
Archer strode alongside to tho camp.
"Give me au iron rod," be demand- j
ed of the storekeeper, "and let me have
It quick. One ten feet long, and stiff j
at that. Steal it. take lt. get lt. man '
alive!"
And ns he stood waiting he looked
back between tho steel rails running
east past Nemagoseudn. Metagama and
Klplsslng till they struck the Ottawa
river und went through under thu
crowned city of Ottawa to Montreal.
And westward, westward lay the
mighty mountains, and beyond them
was the sea.
"Lot us get our blt doue, my men,"
?aid the doctor of thc swamp. "Oh, 1
just mean getting it done!"
Tito storekeeper came hurriedly, try
ing not to run for the sake of his dig
nity and hardly daring to walk while
the half tamed hear. Archer, danced on
the hot plate of his desire.
So Archer snatched a long clearing
rod from the hands of his man and.
with it over his shoulder, started back
for his sick spot in tho railroad, like a
thick set little surgeon handling a pro
bang and hungering for enlightenment,
for he was more like a surgeon than a
doctor, and no dilettante or mere fum
bler at that.
"I'll drain you," he said savagely.
"I'll give you beaus. I'll rake up your
vitals, my precious swallower of lo
comotives. I'll make you a mud spot
and scrape you dry'with a shovel."
His eyes brightened, and he walked
with a swing. Throe deep Hues be
twlx his eyes were now two, and If his
diagnosis of this swamp disease were
but accurate he would smooth out
these to a single crease.
He got back to bis drain, the slow
nnd dismal creel;, and saw Charley
Wade in the distance coming up from
the lake In a rotten shell called a boat,
"Step light or you'll step through,
slr," said Charley. "She's a basket
nnd as crazy as a state asylum."
"Was it easy rowing up, Wade?" ask
ed the little bear, handling bis rod like
a harpoon.
"Easier up here than below," said
Wade, and the bear grunted joyfully.
"And still she tells you nothing?"
Wade looked up chopfallen.
"Not a word, sir."
"You came th rough a place where it
was n bit weedy, eh?"
"I did," said Wade.
"Lot ber drift," said Archer, like a
bear when he smells honey.
And he let his Iron hang deep in the
water, but fouud no bottom.
'Tu. on mud," said the boss, and bc
stood up.
"Let her drift," be said sharply, and
be jabbed into thick ooze.
"Not yet," he growled. "Go lower."
Again he jabbed at the under earth
and the rod went deeper.
"Ugh!" said the hoss, and there wert
three lines between his hnlf 'closec
eyes.
"Oh, a yard more!" be cried to Wade
and then he rammed again at the eartl
and struck a rib. The divining rot
rang.
"Oh, I've got it!" said tho surgeon
and the world was a- happy place fo:
bim that moment "I touched her
oh, I touched ber! Ribs o' rock!"
Wade opened his eyes and under
stood.
"Hurrah!" be cried.
"You read her now?" said Archei
with the open brows of a child.
"She's A, B, C," laughed Wade, an<
the boss and the boy shook bands.
What greater joy than to clrcumven
the ancient, cunning earth ! The Make
of Things and the builder can declar
It Let those of a city's meaner joy
and those who play their little will
against a brother ant's brains laugh i
they will, but they are nothing in iu
scales of Fate when God bolds the bu
ance and sets against their golde
plumpness some natural lord of tb
open air.
"Say nothing about this, Wade; not
word," cried Archer. "Some of yo
think I'm nothing but a whip an
spur."
"Not I," said Wade. "1 told 'em."
"Lemme ashore," cried Archer, "au
take your boat back."
He marched tb the camp triumphal)
holding his hat in bis hand.
"Send me quick three rock men, wit
drills and dynamite," he cried eas
"And this Is private," he added to tl
operator ticking the message.
And early next morning be bad thr<
lads of metal drilling under water im
a rib of the eartl).
"There's nothing in It," said Scott,
bit sulky nt being dispossessed of tl
Initiative by this brigadier who belle
ed he saw the enemy's weak spot.
"There'll be dynamite In it," sa
Wade to himself. "And grumpy Arc
er's lu it, and be's a whale nt things.'
And grumpy Archer growled ai
swore and tramped and stamped at
walked round and round his swan
and up and down it and waited for tl
crisis and the proof. Between bis ey
came other lines, and tbey were erk
crossed with other wrinkles.
"I'll rake your insides out' ' ho to
the swamp that regarded bim with fi
black contempt and stood in ooze. "1
rake and scrape you and make d
peat of yon and get my locomotl
back."
The lads drilling went at It stead!
arid when one hole was made und
the dark water Archer ordered auotb
"I'll give you pills, my boy," he tc
his sick railroad, "and fetch you c
hale and hearty."
He sat watching the men work, c
of them turning the drill stolidly n
the others striking.
"Keep the hole up and down. Do
go out of the rib," said Archer. "I
not so big across."
All who were doing nothing coi
down to look at the operation, a
they made beta for and against, ;
cording as they believed In Archer
in Scott
"A dollar he does!"
"And a dollar he doesn't!"
"Fifty dollars I dor' said Archer.
Just mean having lt done."
And next morning early they put
the dynamite cartridges, tailed 1
fizzing comets, with Blckford's fuse.
"Set 'em going," said the doctor, a
all bands sat back to watch for gey
spouts In the creek.
And presently the crack came, s
the water heaved, and & rock lu
leaped In foam.
J "Bolly for our side I" said Wa
jumping. "I'll double my bet"
And now the creek was lined w
men who watched lt in doubt that st
was doubt no more.
"She's moving!" yelled Wade, i
the others cheered. For tho current
the stream was swift Archer with
rod, was Jabbing for that earth rib, i
fourni it no moro. Tbc undent ueeu- (
muintion of weed ami wreck ami ooze j
piled up against it began to go, and the"
stream moved swifter and swifter as it
cut its way into the earth. And as it
moved it sauk inch by inch.
"Have I done lt?" asked the doctor.
"It looks like lt." said Scott, "and 1
own you've beaten me. She's draining
-draining fast."
"Let's go up higher," said Archer.
"Where's my locomotive?"
Ile set men by thu place of blasting,
and as the creek fell they cheered tho j
way for it. He piled them into the
water with their shovels. , and thu |
swamp went out Into the lake and !
mnde a black, broadening hand in thu
silvery waters lapping ou their beach.
"I'll teach you." said Archer to tho
enemy; "I'll teach you! Give me back
my locomotive!"
And presently they saw the engine
show itself above tho sinking ooze, and
from both sides of the swamp the
length of three long rails was visible.
"A blt of sun." said Archer, "will
make It peat, i'm wanted east just
now. Hurry up, hurry up."
And the man who meant having lt j
done went back to do something else.- |
New York Tress.
Slat!? lllm Sinir UitiH.
"What man has done man can do."
ls a? good motto, b\it lt needs to be in
terpreted in the light of common sense.
Every now ami then we hour of a mau
who takes lt to mean that a little per
severance will make a Newton or a
Beethoven out of the stupidest of us.
Hero ls a story connected witli Lid
dell, the somewhat overpositive dean
of Christ church, borrowed from Tho
Spectator:
Dr. Corfe, the organist of Christ
church, was at this time sorely plagued
by one of tho choirmen. whose alto
singing was miserably bad. He came
to the dean.
"Mr. Dean, 1 really cannot have that
mnu singing any longer. Ile spoils the
Whole choir. If only lie sang bass it
would not so much matter, but such an
alto is Intolerable."
"Very well. Dr. Corfe," sn id the dean,
"I will deal with the matter."
So thc clioirinan was sent for.
"Dr. Corfe complains of your sing
ing and says lie cannot have you sing
ing alto any longer, but that lt would
not bo so bud if you sang bass. Tor
the future, therefore, be good enough
to sing bass."
"But, Mr. Dean, I cannot sing bass,"
rejoined the man.
"Woll," answered Liddell, "I am no
musician, but sing bass you must.
Good morning."
And for many a year afterward, as
can be but too well remembered, the
mau sang bass till bo was finally
shelved.
Evils* of Continued Anxiety.
Some years ago I collected the sta
tistics regarding the lives of stockbrok
ers In a certain city nnd was surprised
to find that nearly every person who
lived a sob"r life and continuously
studied the ups nnd downs of the
money market failed either mentally
or physically in a short time-less than
a dozen years-ultimately disappear
ing from active life.
On the other hand, the mon who
were operators of great skill and cool
ness and who lived regularly most of
the time, but occasionally gave way to
tho drink habit and disappeared sev
eral days at a time on account of help
less drunkenness, lived longer and had
fewer mental disorders.
This, of course, cannot bo construed
into an argument in favor of drinking
even occasionally, but was to my mind
il very strong indication of the benefit
coming from the occasional complete
relaxation4 from Intense mental anxi
ety. Protracted anxiety without rest
breaks moro men than does bard intel
lectual effort.-Medical Record.
PocUctH nnd Sentiment.
"Married or unmarried?" asked tho
measurer of a Walnut street tailoring
establishment of a customer yester
day afternoon just as the Saunterer
chanced to stroll into the place.
"Unmarried," replied the young mau,
with a blush.
"Inside pocket on the left side, then,"
observed the tailor, os If talking to
himself, while in the memorandum
book on the counter he made a note
to that effect.
After the young mau bad departed
tho Saunterer could not refrain from
tho query:
"What difference does bis being sin
gle make tn his Inside vest pockets?"
"Ab, my dear sir," observed . the
knight of the thread and needle with
a bland smile, "all the difference in thu
world. Being unmarried, he, of course,
wants the pocket on the left side so
as to bring lils sweetheart's picture
over tho heart."
"But doesn't a married man wont
his wife's picture In the same place?"
inquired thc scribe.
"Well, there may have been an in
stance of that kind," replied the tailor
in a doubtfully hesitant tone of voice,
"but I must confess that such a ono
never came under my observation."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
What Made Armor Obsolete.
"Firearms and Armor" ls the theme
of a paper by Julian Corbett in Long
man's. The traditional idea that lire
arms occasioned the disuse of armor
Is shown to be unfounded. In fact,
"plate armor and gunpowder were In
troduced In the same century." He
argues to prove: "Thc real explana
tion, then, of the disappearance of
armor is, flrstly, thnt with the devel
opment of military science light cav
alry proved itself more serviceable
than heavier cavalry, and, secoadly,
that light cavalry In their origin were
mounted musketeers and wore there
fore unarmored. Except In their early
days musketeers, it must be remem
bered, never wore armor."
Marine Corp? Chevronn.
There Is only ono branch of the Unit
ed States service whero the chevrons
of sergeants and corporals are worn as
they were a century ago and as they
aro still worn in a very large portion of
the English service. This is In thc
United States marine corps, and hero
they are Inverted, the point of thc
chevron being toward the shoulder
Instead of toward the wrist, as in all
branches of thc service. The other cu
rious feature of tho service Is that the
colors of the corps oro red and yellow,
those of cavalry and artillery, while
thc service is actually Infantry.
PJtJNTlN(? HAT TIPS. |
THE WORK IS DONE FROM STEEI,
PLATES OR GRASS DIES.
A Vant Vnriety u( Deilem Nceefmnr y
to Mci't tlio Demnnda of tho 'I'rn de.
Au lutoroatiiiK I?IIKIUCI.X anti How
It IM Conduct od.
Hatters' |>i*iiitin.tr, which is tho print
ing of names, trademarks and other dc
signs upon hat Ups and sweat loathers
in lints, and upon the labels used on
hat boxes, is a business bj* Itself. The
hat tip. or crown lining of a hat. is I
sometimes made of paper, oftenest of
satin. In a silk hat and. in some stiff j
hats the tip covers the entire Interior j
of tho crown above the sw. ai leather;
lu straw hals tho tip is very often ;
composed of a broad snip of satin
upon a larc crown lining. Many stiff j
hats nnd most soft hats aro now lin- i
Ished without tips, in which caso the
trademark or name is printed on the
sweat leather.
Tii> printing is done from brass dies
and in the finest work from steel
plates. These ?Iles ami plates are made i
in very great variety. In a largo os- j
tabllsbment devoted to hatters' print
ing there might bo found 150.000 (li?s
and 10,000 steel platos. Proof I ni pres
sions of thf$N:rent number of dies and
plates lill many huge, ledger like vol
umes, upon whose pajees they are se
cured as in scrapbooks.
There are throughout the country
thousands o?, retailing hatters, each
having a separate die ol* his own. with
which the tips of the hats he soils are
printed; some hat jobbers might have
many ?Hos, including dies of trade- j
marks and designs for special lines of |
goods. All thesu dies and plates, how- j
ever varied ami widely distributed
their ownership may be. are kept In the
establishment of the printer, ready for
use on occasion. The owner pays for
tho engraving of the first ?li?*, the c?isr
varying according to its elaborateness; j
If a die or plate becomes worn ami a
now ?lie is needed the printer supplies
lt.
In the larg?' hatters' printing estab
lishments everything pertaining to the
business is done, Including the design
ing and engraving ot' the ?Mos and
plates, as well ns thu printing from
them. Som?? designs, the trademarks
of old established houses, become fa
miliar from l?>ng continued uso. As ?lies
ami plates wear ?mt they are simply
replaced, the design continuing the
same.
On the other hand, every year, for
one reason ami another, many designs
g?i out of us?', and Huntly the ?lies and
plates are destroyed; hut every year
there are produced for individual deal
ers ami for general trade purposes
thousands of new designs, so that tho
number of ?lies ami plates on hand at
the printer's is always great. Thesu
designs, aside from those made for in
dividual hatters. Include a very great
variety of subjects. Thus there might
bo seen printed on hat tips ships and
locomtitives and horses ami anvils
nnd many other things; ami any name
or object of public Interest at tho mo
ment is likely to be reproduced Inside
of hats.
Almost every hat worn bears within
it printing In some form. If the hat
has no tip it appears on the sweat leath
er, and it may also be in such a hat
upon what is called a sticker, tlils be
ing a piece of imper, cloth or leather,
in outline of the exact shape and size
ol' the ?lie, upon which are printed the
dealer's trademark and na nie, the
sticker being pasted in the center of
the crown of the hat.
The retail hat dealer, wherever lie
may be, If be desires a ?listinctive
trademark or name design to appear In
the bats he sells, sends to some big
hatters* printing establishment for a
design; he sends, perhaps, a suggestion
of his own, or it may be that he relies
upon the deslguer of the printing es
tablishment. Une or more tlesigns are
made ami submitted to him for ap
proval. According as may lie required,
such designs might embody in some ar
tistic form simply the nain?? and ad
dross; often such ?lies or plates are
made In designs appropriate to tho re
gion, state or locality. Such ?lies ami
plates are made in almost endless vn
riety. The plate would remain at tho
printer's, and when the retailer ordered
hats of the jobber with whom he dealt
the jobber would have the tips and
sweat leathers with which tho hats
thus ordered were finished printed
from the customer's own dies.
Tips are printed in gold leaf, In silver
leaf and lu aluminium leaf and in Ink
in various colors; sometimes tit ey are
printed In combinations of colors. Most
commonly, however, they are printed
in a single metal or color. AH sweat
leathers are printed in one or another
of thu metals.
Box labels for hat boxes are made
both plain and embossed In a very
great variety of styles, and these are
printed In variety as to color. A hat
denier migbt have lila own design com
plete for box label ns well as for hat
tip; or he may select ono from among
mnny box labels that nre made with a
blank space to receive a die and have
his own die inserted In the label.
Many bat tips printed from dies en
graved here are exported to Canada for
use In bats thnt are flulshed there; nnd
there are also made here suitable dies
from which are printed hat tips for
hats exported to South America.-New
York Sun.
Illa Fa tr Proposition.
"Are you able to support my daugh
ter?" asked tho old gentleman. "You
know she bas pretty expensive tastes,
and I don't mind saying that the bur
den has been pretty bard for me at
times."
"That's just the point," exclaimed
the prospective benedict. "If I marry
her, we can divide the expense."
Chicago Post
- Man is a pecular animal. When
ho gets what he wants he doesn't want
it.
C ASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind \ Have Always Bought
Signature, of
Makes Artificial Eyes,
Tucked away lu quaint old world
corners we timi Rome ot' the most odd
personages. Such is tko groat nrtlA*
?.lal eye maker and pa i mer, A. Muller
Mipper. In quaint Lauscha, In tko
very heart ol* old Tkurlngcn's douse
forests and high mountains, ko sits and
works away day in and day out, sur
rounded by his family, tko malo moni
kers of which are all experts in this
delicate work and have been such
since the days ol" his great-grandfa
ther, who first started the work in
Paris, but who, owing to tho strong
:inti-( icrmnn fceliug, was forced to re
llim to his native mountain land. They
have grown rich, but load simple, quiet
lives.
While the writer sat in front of Mr.
Hipper he deftly mixed different col
ored glasses over his gas lamp and
within half au hour brought forth a
perfect reproduction, In every tiling but
real sieht, of tko writer's eye. Every
year thousands of eyes made by this
old world family find their way to
America.-Leslie's Weekly.
('niiHi il Ind'nest lon.
"Why does Henpeck refuse lo eat
sausage?"
"Hu says that they provoke sad
thoughts. Ho proposed to his wife ou
the golf lluka."-Brooklyn Lifo.
- According to estimates of the
salmon pack made at the principal can
neries on Puget sound in the last few
days, this year's product of canned
and pickled salmon will reach fully
7.~>0.(KM) cases, or a gain of "id pei runt,
aver la^t year's paek. This means
that the product ol' thc canneries Fold
in the Kuglish und American markets
will realizo ahout $2.3UO,000.
- "Ma." said a discouraged little
Maple Avenue urchin, "I ain't Lroing
to school any moro.'' "Why, dear?1'
tenderly iiiijuirod hi> mother.
"'Cause taint no uso. I can never I
learn t'> spell. The teacher keeps
changing words on mc all the time."
- Kv o ry drunkard was once a mod
erate drinker, and boasted that lie
could drink or let it alone. The only
man safe from this terrible demon is
lie who positive!v refuses the fir>t
gi"--*-_' _
Notice to Creditors.
A LL persons having demands against
thu Kstute of J. Walter Dickson, deceas
ed, are hereby nodded to present thom,
properly proven, to th? undersigned,
within the time prescribed by law, and
those indebted to ionice pavanent.
J. C. GANTT, Adm'r
Oct 4, LS'.*!* l l :;
Copartnership Dissolution.
rriHE copartnership here'oforeexisting
A. between Luther H. Rigby and I.
Walter Cox, under the Arin name nf Uig
hy it Cox, at Pol/.or, S. G., was dissolved
on July ls?. IS!>ii, by mutual consent. All
accounts, Ac., dim the linn to be paid io
LutlicrS. flimby, who also assumes the
liabilities ol' the linn and continues the
general merchandise business.
LUTHER 8. UK;HY.
I. WALTER COX.
Sept 27, IS!tu l l 3
LAND SALE.
MORE Laud than I need. Will sell
in large or Minali lots. Laud fresh,
productive, well timbered and lies. well.
Community healthful, pure, e.old water,
good citizens, good roads, sohools aud
ehnrelies. Communlcste with
W. L. SMITH,
Ila, MadiHori (Jo., Ga.
July is, IS'.)!)_4_:iin
Valuable Plantation for Sale.
T rr yt ACRE-', more or less, on Bea
JL 6 ii verdam Creek; in a high Htato
of cultivation. SO aurea bottom land, 3d
in pins woods, l l in pasture, "100 in cotton
laud. 3 houses on it. 1? Minded by Rev.
(Jeorgo Rodgers, A. M. Guyton and oth
ers. Will soil on easy terms. Purchaser
to pay for paper? and stamps. For fur
ther particulars apply to M. Berry Wil
liams, ti uv ton, H. C.. or
MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS,
A luierson, y. C.
July 12, 1890 3 _
Valuable Lands for Sale.
WE offer for sale the following Tracts
ot Land :
1st. Tho Hopkins Tract, situato in Bick
ens County, e nimming two hundred
acres, more or loss.
2d. Their. W. Miller Tract, containing
one hundred and twenty-four acres, more
or les?. This Tract has upon it a good
Mill und Gin.
3d. All that part of tho Homo Tract of
Lr. H. C. Miller, lying in Anderson
County, being eighty acres, more or les?.
These three Tracts of Land Ile on the
'waters of Eighteen Milo ('reek, resp
UvHly, within oneand a half to three miles
of the towns of Pendleton, Clemson Col
lette and Central on the Southeru H. R.
These Lands are finely wooded, with
uplands and low lands in cultivation.
For further particulars apply to Jas. T.
Hunter, Pendleton, S. C., or John T.
Taylor, on the premises.
W. W. SIMONS,
CARRIE T. SIMONS,
RESSIE E. HOOK.
EXPO. Est. Ur. H. C. Miller.
A ugJIO, 1H00 _10_3 m
DR. J. H. BURGESS,
DENTIST.
IN Pendletou every Monday,Tuesday
and Wednesday.
At Clemson College every Thursday
Friday and Saturda}7.
April 2<>, 1S1?)_44_i>m_
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Ti e undersigned, Administratrix of
the Estate ol John M. Hall, deceased,
h?*rebv gi\ea notice that she will on the
28th "day of October, 1699, apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County for
a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a
discharge from her office as Administra
trix.
CORA HALL. Adnit'x.
Sept. 27, lfOO 14 5*
60 YEARS*
EXPERIENCE
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &C.
Anrnno semlliiir a sketch ?nd description n>a>
Quickly ascertain our opinion froo whether tm
invention I* probably patentable. Communion.
lionsHtrlctlycontldontlal. Handbook on Patents
sent freo. Oldest nccnoy for securing patents.
Patenta talton thmuch Munn & Co. receive
sytelnl notice, without chnnto, in tho
IS
A handsomely ll'istrnted weekly. I .unrest cir
culation of any solentltle tournai. Terms. ;?
rear: four months, fl. SoWbyall newsdealer*.
MUNN & Co.36,Bro-^' New York
Branch omeo. 625 F tit.. Washington. D. C.
I
tflftJE^Gf CARDUE
?\J70MEN used
.w to think "fe
rn alo diseases ",
cou'.d only ba
treated after "lo
cal examina
tions" by physi
cians. Dread of
such treatment
kept thousands of
modest women
silent about their
suifering. The in
troduction of
Wine of Cardul has now demon
strated that nine-tenths of all tho
cases of menstrual disorders do
not require a physician's attention
at all. The simple, pure
taken in the privacy of a woman's
own homo insures quick relief and
speedy cure. Women need not
hesitate now. Wine of Cardul re
quires no humiliating examina
tions for its adoption, lt cures any
disease that comes under the head
of "t?male troubles"-disordered
menses, falling of the womb,
"whites." change of life, lt makes
worh?n beautiful by making them
well, lt keeps them young by
keeping them healthy. $1.00 at
the drug store.
For advice In cases requiring special
directions, address, glvlmr symptoms,
tho "Ladies' Advisory Department,"
The Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chatta
nooga. Tenn.
W. !. ADDISON, M. D., Cary, Misc., says:
.'I use Wine of Cardul extensively In
my practico and find 11 a most oxcoiieot
Dreairatloa for female troubles."
t&lN? Of CARDUt
H. S. VA NIH V un.
K P. VAN DIV KU
.). .1. M A.I o a.
VANDIVBR BROS. & I?J0R.
D13 A LEWS IN
Fine Buggies, Phasetons,
Surreys, Wagons, Harness
Lap Robes and Whips,
AUK in their elegant now Repository
??vcr Vaudlver limn. Store
Between Masonic Mall and New Bank.
If you ni'Mil anything in our line wo
have tim goods, tho guarantee Ktitl tho
prii'o t?i ideas*.
Wo hiuhly Mppreeiato all tho trade giv
en u*, and are trying to give the very
best JluggiPN OMI can b? sold for the
price. A nico Int of New, Cheap II aggies
on hand. Thu price will positively sur
prix? you.
Yours lor Buggies,
YAN DIVER ll ROS. & MAJOR.
W. G. McGEE,
SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE- - rom K .or.'
mid Mo eli an tb lian K
over Farmers
ANDEUSON, to. O.
181)8 83
NOTICE.
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.
Desirable Plantation for Sale.
ABOUT ano acre? of Land, on Threo
and Twenty Creek, two and one
half miles east of Pendleton, on the road
lending to Pelzer, la ottered for Bale. There
aro about ?25 acres of bottom land. The
place is well watered and well adnptod to
stock-raising, and baa butween 50 and 75
acres of forests. For further information
applvto J. MILES PICKENS,
S-?lm_Pendleton, S C.
Notice to Teachers & Trustees.
ARegular Examination for both white
and colored teachers will be beld
on Friday, Oct. 13. Under the rules of
theState Board of Education certificates of
teachers who did not attend tho Summer
Normal can not bo renewed. If your
certificate expires before tho next Spring
examination, this will be your only
opportunity to secure a certflcate.
Trust?es are forbidden by the school law
to employ teachers who tmvo no cer
tificate, and a teacher who is employed
without a eerti floate is in danger of losing
bis pay. The examination will begin
promptly at 0 a. m. and all applicants
are ordered to be here at that hour.
Trustees who have not already done so
are requested to forward their annual
report to me at onco, as my report to the
State Supt. must be com ploted at an early
date.
R. E NICHOLSON, Co. Sup't.
CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY.
AUGUSTA ANO AHHKVILLE8UOKT LINE
In effect July 23,1893.
LT Augusta.,
Ar Greenwood.
Ar Anderson.
Ar Laurens.
Ar Greenville.
Ar Glenn Springs?.
ArSpartanburg.
Ar Saluda.
Ar Hendersouville.
Ar Ashovllla.
9 40 am
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1 20 pin
3 00 pm
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5 33 pm
C 03 pm
7 00 pm
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LT Asheville.
LT Hpartanburg.
LT Glenn Springs..
LT Greenville.
LT Laurens.
LT Anderson.,
LT Greenwood.
Ar Augusts.
LT Calhoun Fulls..,
Ar Raleigh.
Ar Norfolk.
Ar Petersburg.
Ar Richmond.
LT Auguste.
Ar Allendale.
Ar Fairfax.
Ar Yemasseo.
Ar Beaufort.....
Ar Port Royal....
Ar Savannah.
Ar Charles ton.
8 28 am
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2 87 pm j.HHMH
6 10 pm ll 10 am
4 44 pm
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LT Charleston.
LT Port Bural.
LT Beaufort....
LT Yemasseo..
LT Fairfax.,
LT Allendale..
Ar Augusta.
1 00 pm
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9 ?W ora
ll 2) nui
Clos! connection at Calhoun Falls for Athena
Atlanta tad all points on 8. A. L.
Close connection at Augusta for Charleston
Savannah and all points.
Close connections at Greenwood for all points on
8. A. Lt., and C. A G. Railway, au-1 at Spartanburg
with Southern Railway.
Forany information relativo to tickets, rates
schedule, etc., address
W. J. CRAIG, Gen.Pus. Agent,Augusta,Ga'.
E. M. North, 8ol. Agent.
T. M. Emerson ,Tr alfie Manager.