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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-11
: A very picturesque story ia told !

- 4 very picturesque story is told by
o White Sulphur Springs correspondent
of the Cburisr- Journal, regarding the
widow of Gov. Pickens, ofSouth Caro-
lima. "She was very much grieved," says
this -coTf fespondent, calmly, Sat Il, news,
pepef afticle concerning herself, which
sioke Of her accepting Coy. Pickens on
conditional that .ie1 obtained q Foreign
MiEaion. She said that H. seemed so
mercenary and calculating in girl of
eighteen. The truth was that she was
au only child, and the Mission to Russia
wes the mothers objection to the mar
riage. Gov. Pickens was rejected, and
had taken his passage for Europe. He
wrote o farewell letter to his lady love,
but hsesse concluding, said it wns not too
late for her to change her mind, for if
she would telegraph him after receiving
would meet her in New Orleans and let
the steamer sail vi ,hout him. She did
accept, and few weeks afterward they
sailed together az man and wife. The
marriage proved happy, nothing hut the
war interFupting Il course of true love.
Governor and Mrs. Pickens returned to
South Carolina about the time chat State
seceded. During their residence in Eu-
rope, they had made many purchases of
pictures, statuary, furniture, rare laces
and jewels. These arrived at the port OF
New Iorh in sailing vessel, month
after their arrival. Everything was con.
fiacated. Among the articles were busts
of the Governor and his wife by Powers.
A New York gentleman purchased these
at the, sale, and after the war was oyer
sent them to tho owners in South Caro-
lima"
= An Oneida street merchant who
takes gEsat pyideain keFping hiss waits
we'll spsiasled pnd swept. wSs standing
In bis door when the ram began 10 pattef
last week. A passing citizen remarked;
"God is sprinkling your walk for you to.
day, m see~ - axss ss yesl and he's doing
a igas. .e ghss aSS Te 4 , nS. &s ya pi,e
on this street who has failed to como in
I and borrow my ny !, ,sprinkler when he had
49, l. Portland Chinamhn became the
fathae 'ofan Ataerican-bo son, and as
He! danced GROUND, swinging his pigtail
and knocking over the ;opiSm Jars. he
ektiaiIned: 7"lfe Mclean man, all
samesi Ne heap Washington Me
sewing machine agent! Go way
Whoopeep
"dy son, would you suppose the
Lords prayer could be engraved in q
space no larger Shap nickel cent r,
'fWell, yea, father, IL cent i5 as big Ia
sverybody'e eye ~ y Is In yours, I think
there wonld be no officially In putting it
on about four tiuies.n " 1't r'''
(. r
- "A Mississippi Granger is opposed to
railroads. Eef Gays when he goes to
town they "bfing him home so quick he
hasn't time 20 get sober before he ar
ziiyes." ag!s5gs
- The girls aay that there is too muCs
collar and too little young man 20 the
present style Of gents neckwear.
az wish, Sally ssid Jonathan,
"thet y0u wsf - = my arniB, and
tho key Was IoAss.''
~ pEofesser Hall, the dIscpSerer Of
the two new sateilltea Of Mars was once
carpenter.
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Hampton is our Governor !!
Taxation has been Reduced
The Fence Law will be q Success

WTE have been blessed this year with
Wv abundant crops, and whnt Is your
excuse now for not paying your honest
debts2 All persons who ara indebted to ua
for supplies and general merchandise fur
nished them this year, and for past years,
will please come and make settlement as
soon az they get their Gotten readv fnr mar
ket. We hnve exhausted our means and
strnined our credit to accommodate our
friends snd customers, and we hope they
will show us that they appreciate the favor
we have extended to them by paying us up
promptly at once. In any case where par
ties can't pay us all they are due, they must
come and pay what they can, and give us
some good collateral for balance, to enable
us to go on with our business. And to
those who expect to sell their cotton in
Greenriliy, oil who are indebted to us we
will pay them as much for their cotton here
as they will realize at Grecnvile or any 9th.
er market.
Thanking our friends for past patronage,
We ask continuance Of the same. Our
Fall and Winter Stock of General Merchnn.
disc is large and complete, which we will
sell low for Cash, or on short time to prompt
paying customers.
A. J. STR!NGER & CO,
Belte:., 8. C.
sept u, 1877 III tttT I'm
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WILLIANSSTON p.
FEMALE C0LLEGE.
-NfILLlAlaST0ll, s. G.
Live Up-Counfry School for Girio.
REV. s. LANDER, a. H., Presiaess.

LOCATION Healthy, accessible. ou;e,
pleasant. Community, moral. ortie,, i,,
ly. No grog-shcp within three miles
Chalybeate Spring in 200 yards. Pr.
pills attend three Churches In turn.
COURSE OF STUDY Y--Semi-Annual q,
the "OHE-STUDY" plan. Each puni
pursues one leading study at time
% Concentration of thought, incrcasaj
interest, success, and enjoyment 10.
suit. Be!les-Lettres, Natural Science
Mathematics, and Latin, required for
graduation. Studions girls complete
the Course In three years.
TIE MA THEMA TICS SECTION will one,
Monday, Oct.8 For five weeks there.
after, each Academic pupi. will recite
three times day in Arithmetic and
pupil three tines in her appropriate
branch of Mathematics. and once eacL
in Arithmetic and Spelling.
PREMIUMS Every pupil who averages u
or more Is entitled to a discount OF 10
to so per cent. on next Sessions reyu
lar tuition.
FH HYSICdL EXERCISE receives systemat.
ic attention. Daily practice In Calls.
themes. Regular use of Health. Lift
Morning and evening walk, sc.
THE FAIL SESSION opened July 81 and
is progressing witt. Unusual order.
harmony, and enthusiasm Pupils
are admitted ut any time, and charged
to the end.
RA TES, per Session Of 20 weeks
Board, exclusive of Washing. .....$65 90
Regular Tuition.........S10 90 to 20 90
instrumental Music. 20 90
For further information, send for a new
Catalogue.
Rpnt 13, 1877 o 1y
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SAVING SEED CORN.--The suggestion
that there wns ''sex" in the ear Of corn
is simply m0onshine. The tassel or ra.
ceme is one sex and the silk is another.
The best ear In uniform in size through
out its entire length the rows are 81 raight,
with uniformly snapcd grains the entire
length, and Incline IN extend over each
end, and indeed to cover the silk end.
To have seed that will certainly grow,
no matter what the weather or how long
it may be in the ground, 1t must be gath
cred before there Is any freezing weather,
and Immediately be thoroughly dried, 80
that the cob 10 rs dry 40 it can be. niado
If SO dried, after-treatment IL of seconda-
ry importance. Seed corn treated In this
manner, picked any time after It has
passed the milky state, will grow, and
the produce will not deteriorate.
No season In the northern belt OF
States sufficiently dries or cures the cob
of the larger varieties of corn enough Ia
warrant reliance on its gormination, IL
not subject 10 artificial drying in addition
to the natura! EoEesa. The inevitable
tendency in all varieties of maizs in cold
seasons or in latitudes higher than the
beit whore peaches can be successfully
grown, away from large bodies of water.
l. 10 rapidly shorten the ear and e
keep up Faoductiveness, long cars should
be first sought for that are otherwise che
nearest perfect as previously stated. =.
No doubt it is wise to refuse the grains
at each end If they ure diminutive and
Irregular in shape, but If the co. Is per-
feet little or no rejection is needed.
We are willing to stake our cradlbility
on the single statement thnt II. aeed corn
Is thoroughly dried, cob included, as set
forth above, 1t is as certain to sprout OF
that it comes in contact with sufficient
moisture and warmth.
For ten years ! have had no degree OF
failure with seed corn, tressed ae; therein
directed, Sweet corn thus managed Ia
just as sure 70 growlas the haldier, ,Variey
ties.-E IT b., IN Gerznantoic7, Telegraph.
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Two TERRIBLE FRIENDs.-They tell
q good story on one Of the boys who lives
At Mineral Mill, and who happened To
arrive in town during the progress of the
late inauguration ball. His social in
stincto prompted him 70 attend, but his
attire was not quite up to the mark, and
he applied to friend for the necessary
articles of apparel. The friend consen-
ted With some reluctance, and, arrayed
in borrowed plumes, our hero engaged IL
the feStivities. ! The owner Of the, gar
ments watched him as he treadea the
may dance, and after it WaB over, and
he had escoEced himself In a seat by The
side of fair charmer, approached him
and broke loose with toe following re.
mark:
"See here, D, them pants is new,
and wish you wouldn't set down and
make knees in them"
D came very near fainting from
modification, and abruptly left the hall,
followed by o sympathizipg friend who
hsd overheard the remark, and felt sorry
fog his embarrassment. D stripped
off those pants, and after much solicita-
ton accepted the loan of another pair
from his new-found friend, and, after
some hesitation, returned TO the ball
room and soon forgot his troubles in the
smiles of the company Of the fair dane
eIs. A polka was called on. He was on
the floor with the belle of tile evening,
skipping and hopping IS gracefully as
that exhiIaratipg dance: would permit,
until outiof breath, he promenadsd, with
his fAir partner on his arm, in close prox-
unity to the owner of the breechcs, who
had been looking on in evident delight
at the abandon Of the wearer, and as he
came by him he gave vent TO his pleasure
by slapping D on the shoulder and
exciaiming:
"Go it old fcllcr; burst the brecchos
IT you want %; / don't care cent ns
long as you enjoy yourself"
D dropped his partner and rushed
for the depot just in time to catch the
train.-Eureka [ Hcv.) Sentinel.
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y Portland Chinamhn became the
fatheF ofan American born son, and as
haI danced around, swinging his pjg.ail
and knocking over tho .opiSm Jars. he
ektiailned: 7aNe Mclean man, all
samesl Ne hear Washington Me
sewing machine agentl Go way
Whoopee ~
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inrafiinp health and strength to the system. S
"vr,whrrc. Office. IS Murray Street, New Ys
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- The girls aay that there is too muCA,
collar and too little young man 20 the
present style Of gents neckwear.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-11

- A Mississippi Granger 10 opposed to
railroads. He gAysS when !. he goes to
town they "bfing him homo so quick he
hasn't time 20 get sober before he ar
siyea.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-21
NOse.Clanp.

An ingenious person named Frank P
Jannarone, of Washington, d. c., in.
spired PROBABLY by sympathy for the nu-
merous short sighted persons are
compelled to wear or who affect eye
glasses, has invented a self-adjusting
" nose-clamp," which not only relieves
the skin of the nose of the unpleasant
contact with bone clamps common in or
binary glasses, besides avoiding danger.
GUS pressure upon the optic nerves, but
also avoids entirely the use of the pro.
fanity-provoking guardchain generally
in use. The invention is so simple that
the wonder is that no optician has ever
thought of it before. In place of the
usual permanent nose-clamp of hard
rubber, bone or tortoise-shell, one of soft
rubber is substituted, and this is hung in
the middle on hinge which permits it
to adjust itself to any angle or any part
of the bridge of the nose. When once
placed it cannot be shaken Off and yet
the pressure on the skin is felt much less
than that of ordinary frames. The new
frames can be applied to any ordinary
eye-glass by any optician.-N Y. Tri6-
uRe.
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The Republican.
JAS. A. HAYDEN. Publisher.
OAKLAND, GARRETT CO., MD.
" GOD KNO VS."


ON wild and dark was the winter night
W hen the emigrant ship went down,
But just outside of the harbor bar,
In the sight of the startled town!
The winds howled and the sea roared,
And never a soul could sleep,
save the little ones on their mothers breasts
Too young to watch and weep
No boat could live in the angry surf.
No rope could reach the land;
There were bold, brave hearts upon the shore
There was many ready hand:
Women who prayed, and men who strove
When prayers and work were vain
For the sun rose over the awful void
And the silence of the mainl
All day the watchers paced the sands
All day they scanned the deep;
AL night the booming minute-guns
Echoed from steep to steep.
Give up thy dead, o cruel seal'
They cried athwart the space;
But only baby's fragile form
Escaped from its stern embrace!
Only one little child Of all
Who with the ship went down.
That night, when the happy babies slept
So warm in the sheltered town!
Wrapped in the glow of the morning light,
1t lay on the shifting sand,
As fair as a sculptor's marble dream,
With a shell in its dimpled hand
There were none to tell of its race or kin,
" God knoweth, y the pastor said.
When the sobbing children crowded to ask
The name of the baby dead
And so when they laid it away at last
In the urch-yards hushed repose.
They raised stone at the baby's head
With the carven words" God knows!''
Julia G.. Il. D0rr, 81. Nicholas for Apru
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-21

German diplomats are not to be al
lowed hereafter to marry foreign wives.
Bismarck has found that State secrets
are too apt to leak out where his ambas-
sailors are linked to foreigners. Baron
Bunsen, German Consul General to Alex
andra, lately dared to marry Russian
lady in violation of this edict of the Pre-
mier's. 1t was pleaded by the Baron,
who is son of the great scholar and
diplomatist, that his wire's parents were
both Germans by birth, though they had
spent most of their lives in Russia In vain;
the stern Chancellor was inexorable, and
Baron Bunsen is accordingly dismissed
1t is said that some important secrets O
Bismarck's were betrayed at Pera tbr3uSu
the indiscretion or ueachery Of ,auy
who had wheedled them out of her nus
band.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-21

THE New York Home Journal asks;
" What next? Servant girls advertising
for situations close with the clause no
cards, meaning that ladies desiring to
be engaged must put in "a personal APP.
pearance. In that way the advertiser
can cross.question the person desiring
help"
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Om non,1q falls.
AT THE PARTY.

AT THE PARTY.
half a dozen children
AT our housed
Half dozen children
Quiet as mouse,
Quiet as mOOnbeam,
You could hear pin
Waiting for the party
To begin.
Such a flood Of flouncesl
90 dear meD
Such surge Of sashes,
Like u silken sea.
Little eyes demurely
Cast upon the ground,
Little airs and graces
All around.
High time for that party
To beginl
To sit so any longer
Were sort of sin;
As If you weren't acquainted
With society,"
What thing to tell Of
That would bel
Up spoke little lady
Aged five:
:" I've tumbled up my over-dress,
Sure as I'm alivel
Ny dress came from Paris;
We sent to Worth for it;
Mother says she calls it
Such titl"
Quick there piped another
Little voice.
II didn't send for dresses,
Though had my choice;
have got doll that
Came from Paris too;
1t can walk and talk as
Well as your
Still till now. there sat one
Little girl;
Simple as snow -drop,
Without fiounCe or curl,
Modest rs a primrose,
Soft, plain hair brushed back,
But the color of her dress was
Black-all black.
Swift she glanced around with
Sweet surprise;
Bright and grave the look that
Widened in her eyes.
To entertain the party
She must do her share.
As if God had sent her
6bOOu SllC
Stood a minute thinking,
With crossed hands,
How she best might meet the
COmpany's demands.
Grave and sweet the purpose
To the child's voice given:
Il have little brother
Gone to Heayenr'
On the little party
Dropped spell;
All the little tiounCes
Rustled where they fell;
But the modest maiden.
In her mourning gown,
Unconscious as a flower
Looketh down.
Quick my heart besought her,
Silently;
Happy little maiden,
Give, y give to me
The highness of your courage,
The sweetness of your grace,
To speak Il large word, in
Little placel"
beth StuaH Phelps, in april Vide AWake
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-21

Celia Log IN predicts reriVai Oh inc
old coal scuttle bOunets.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-18
FOR SALE.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
Valuable Farm in Ohio and Marshall
Counties.

Notice Is hereby given that we shall, pursuant 10
decree Of the Circuit Court Of Ohio county, West
Virginia, made and entered on the 9Th day Of jan
uaTyt 1877, In cause In ChancCry pending In said
Court, wherein Henry X. List Is complainant, and
Zachariah Pumphrey's administrator and Others
are defendants proceed TO sell nj public auction 10
the highest and best bidder, at the front door Of
the Court House Of Ohio county, West Virginia, un
SATURDAY, the 18th day Of February, 1877,
Commencing ut 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following de-
scTibed tract Of land: "COmmencing nj q sugar
tree, corner Of Lewis Beunett's,. N. TJho, T.. 1852
poles 10 fallen elm; thence N. 23!Ee, l. q poles
10 white oak n. 40Iso, +. % poles to stake In
pile Of stonCs; thencG N. I51So, W. IS - TO two
S, ;sSIS0, W. T2 - toa stake, W here NJ. Shepherds
corner stood; thence s. 500, W. o. TOT stake
near where white oak stood; thence 3. y, L. li7
- 10 place u beginning, containing one hundred
aud iorty-eight nCrOs (lls), being the samO land
c0nyey0d to ZiChaIiah Humphrey by John A.
food and wife, by deed dated March 9Th, 1919"
Excepting thereiFUm, however, the 10 acres, rood
and 81 perchCs sold to Nicholas Schroeder by Zach.
ariah Humphrey and wife by deed dated the 22d
day Of April, 1868, and Of record among the land
records Of Marshall county, West Virginia, and
which Is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning ut stone and sugar tree, n. 5I<', W.
u i-lOO poles 10 a stone; thence N. 8Sk', L.
u Si-l0O poles TO n stone corner 10 Pumphrey;
thence .. 4SL4', i. to 4 stone corner To Humphrey
aud Causlan. thence 76'. W. to tho BEGINNING
TRRMs OF SALE-Onc-iourth cash, balance In
three equal payments ut eight, sixteen and twenty
four months, with interest from day OF sale, aud
10 be fccurcL 10 the satisfaction Of the COlnmia-
siners. DANIEL PECK,
HANNIBAL FORBES,
Special Commissioners.
WHEELING, january 10, 1871. JaIS
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IrnnorlnntDeclsion.

The Supreme Court Of the United States
has arrived at railroad decision Of con.
siderable Importance in its logi cal con-
sequences. It that, in the case Of land
grant roads whose charter secures TO the
government the right to use them Gree
from all tolls or other charge for trans.
portation Of any property or troops OF
the United States" the provision only
means that the government shall not be
subject TO any toll for such use for its
own trains the railroads, that is to say,
are entitled to the usual rates Of compen-
sation for the transport Of troops and
government property in their own trains
The decision takes the ground that rail-
roads were regarded originally rs pub
lie highways, and might become 30 in
fact, that is, "open 10 the public with
their vehicles" and this is what Congress
had in mind in providing that certain
roads should remain public highways for
the use Of the government. This decision is
rendered in the case of the Lake Super
ior and Mississippi and the AtChison, To.
peka and Santa Fe railroads, Justice
Bradley delivering the opinion, and JUS
tice Clifford, Miller, Davis and swayne
dissenting. The judicial weight of the
court is really against the decision.
There is this to bcsaid: Looking at the
whole history of land grants to railroads,
it is very even-balOnced question
whether Congress meant that the govern
ment should be charged freight rates or
not; in the case Of all the Pacific roads,
it did not presume TO withhold the privi-
lcge. Second, this decision goes the
whole length Of the doctrine that rail-
roads are public highways. 1t carries in
it the maintenance Of the legality Of the
granger legislation and Of the power OF
the sovereignty in general to regulate
railroads.
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Tho Dusy OF Judges.

ElilOis Intcllicerecr:
The duties Of the Judges Of our Courts
are very responsible ones. To them are
entrusted the lives and property Of the
people. When man assumes the Office
Of Judge il becomes his duty TO admin.
lister Justice to all impartially-to give
his time and talents 10 the sacred duties
Of his Office. In all civilized countries
the Judiciary is entitled to tho highest
regard, and the members OF the Judiciary
should be men above reproach. When a
man is selected to a position Of 30 sacred
character he should endcavor to dis,
charge the duties pertaining thereto with
answering fidelity. lie should moi
abandon his post and hang around Leg.
islatures endeavorinG to log-roll himself
into some other position-that OF United
States Senator for instance.
No Legislator ought 10 vote for any
judge for us. Senator, who leaves the
duties Of his circuit and goes to the State
Cdpltal TO lobby for ii. The very act Of
his doing so, shows that he il unworthy
Of it, for il he will neglect the duties Of
one office he will those Of any other in
which he may be placed, and further
more the crminc shOnld never be soiled
by political log.rolling. PEOPLE.
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INC FIuctuntion In U. IS. Ionds

Aut EAuctuullOu III Os ~ bOuWAs
Government bonds have proven to be
almost speculative security for some
months past. The flea Of the INTELLI.
GENCER will show that there has been u
variation Of s and 10 per cent. Those
who invested in them because unwilling
TO lend their money at 6 per cent last fall,
have now the consciousness Of having
paid away money in premium which will
never come back. The last savings bank
which falledin New York owed its final
succumbing 10 the drop in government
bonds. The fall is due, in general, to
the fall Of gold, but, in the case Of certain
issues, to the probability Of their being
called in early by the funding process
There is, at this time, quite an importa.
ton Of United States bonds, apart from
the syndicate operations, and quite n de-
mand for them from the Pacific slope,
where the rate Of interest has fallen TO-
and capital has accumulated to such an
extent that the banks begin TO take an
interest in securities bearing 3 and @ per
cent About S2OOO,0OO in governments
have lately been ordered for California.