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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15
Modern Lettec.Writing,

Letter-wrltlng has become one of the
characteristic occupations of our time.
We keep up multiplied correspondence
with people whom we know and like in
very various degrees, just as we also
possess photographs of people whose
lives have cut accidentally across our
own, but whom we may never meet
again. How different from the more
concentrated life of three or four gen.
erations ago, when letter and por-
trait were solemn things, both connect
ed only with persons really interested
in one another. Women, especially,
treat their correspondence as an affair
of state, magnify it's idleness into press
ing business, make it a pretext almost
as universally available as the old-fash-
Toned headache" and end by believing
themselves as important as Cabinet Min
listers. A man in any public posi-
ton is generally assailed with let
ters, many utterly frivolous; editors
have protected themselves only by the
avowed use of the waste-basket; but
even in the quietest walks of private
life the letter-writing which affection
ate friends expect from one is frequent
~ a severe and unavoidable ordeal.
Business letters can be dispatched in
five minutes; great interests and i'm
portant transactions can be compressed
into half a dozen lines and a few mo-
ments Of time; but when it comes to the
! friendly letter, which politeness re-
quires you to write, you look hopelessly
round, with the conviction that you will
be dubbed heartless unless you devote
at least three-quarters of an hour to de-
failing the state of your health, your
trivial occupations, the last book you
read, the last local news you heard, the
state OF the weather, etc. We have
forged an additional social chain in
thus gradually making correspondence
q necessary part of our life.-Atlantic
| MO7athlu.
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Klop That Couch.

Il you are suffering with Cough, Cold,
asthma asu Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Consumption,
lection ct the Throat o: Lungs, use DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. This is the
great remedy that is causing 80 much excite
ment by its wonderful cures, curing thousands
OF hopeless cases. Over one million bottles
OF DR. Kings New Discovery have been used
isfaction in every instance. We can unhesitat.
ingly say that this is really the only sure cure
fer throat and lung affections, and can cheer
fully recommend It to all. Call and get trial
bottle free Of cost or regular size Tor 800.
ncapOlis. '1'
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Try.

The late Gov. Steele, of New
Hampshire, once said of his fell
low-townsman, MIR. John Smith, OF
Peterboro: ITO him I owe moro than
1 can express. He taught
me to believe that there is nothing i'm
possible-nothing that q willing mind
and active hand cannot accomplish.
yet seem to hear his voice reprovine
me for saying, I cannot do itr why
don't you tryT he would say, and not
stand there looking as il you were in a
trance"
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Why a Letter Doesn't Go.

Because you forgot to address it.
Because you forgot to stamp it.
Because you forgot to write the town
or State on the envelope.
Because you used q once-canceled
stamp.
Because you cut out an envelope
stamp and pasted it on your letter.
Because you used foreign stamp.
Because you wrote the address on
the top of the envelope, and it was
surely obliterated by the postoffce dat
ing, receiving and canceGng stamps.
And because you put your letter in q
blank envelope, and sealed it and for
warded it to-the Dead-Letter Office,
where thousands of valuable letters are
destroyed because tho people are either
careless or ignorant of the postal laws.
And to the above We would add O
few reasons why an answer don't
come:
Because you do not sign your name.
Because you sign it so indistinctly it
cannot be read.
Because you do not give name of
postofice.
Because you do not give name Of
county.
Because you do not give name of
State.
Because you write with O pencil,
which is rubbed off and illegible.
Because you use ink so pale and dim
it cannot be read.
Because you write so poorly no one
can read it,
Because you do not inclose stamp to
prepay postage on the answer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15
THIS AND THAT.

A DEoE1v1Na age-Sausage.
The glory Of woman is her heir.
UNEASY sits the man who has q boil.
ENOUGH for scent-A penny cigar.
ALWAYS striking for wages-A black
smith.
IT is better to 60 out on a fly than on
lark. 49,.
IT'S sharp rat that gnaws its own
fodder.
HEAVENLY acknowledgements sore
threats.
The new crop of almanacs is the best
for year.
WHAT he calls his adored Sarah-A
Sally of wit.
A DEER park-One that costs more
than it is worth.
EYES are not eyes when cigar-smoke
makes them water.
my wedding trip" said the groom,
as he stumbled ever the brides train.
EVE, 60 to grass, as Mary said to her
little lamb when she sent it out to get
it's meals.
The same man who would scrape an
acquaintance, would dare to scratch his
own wife.
A WITTY divine said he spent day
in New York because it was all he had
to spend there.
In o game Of cards q good deal de-
ponds on good playing, and good play.
ing depends on good deal.
SONG of the poor young married
couple occupying q single room
"We'll have suite by-and-by."
PERSONS who go all their lives with
out mating have at least one recourse
left in death-they may be cremated.
The experienced never speak of Chi
cago girls: feet by that name. They
mention them as Ohicago's great ter
minal facilities.
A PHILOSOPHER says: You require
in marriage precisely the same quality
that you would in eating sausages-ab-
solute confidence.
A WRITER in the Garden says that If
potting soil is placed for day or two
in the hen-yard every particle of it is
dug over, and all grubs and eggs of in
scots are picked out,
A BOY who won't take as big bite as
he can from another boys apple is dis
guising his real feelings and should be
narrowly watched, lest he make sad
den grab and rush off with the whole.
ABuNoH Of flowers
A book or two,
A little billing,
A little COO,
A little coming
And going, till
They 60 to church
And say = WILL"
And that ends it.-Salena Sunbeam.
Young man, you're wrong
You surely are;
You worked that rhyme
Just one too far.
It ends right thero--
Obi no, it don't.
For coming home
Sho says: Il won'tW
And that begins it.-Eln,ira Gazette.
PArn1cK and Biddy were engaged,
And time set to DO married;
But Biddy hirted, Pat got mad,
And so the plan miscarried.
Then Biddy soothed her wounded heart
And was to Michael we'd;
Michael fell down between two cars
And home was carried dead.
That was lucky 'scape," said Pat
EUR If I'd married Biddy
would have been in Michael's place,
And she'd have been my wildly"
A SCIENTIST asserts that " the aggre-
cation of bioplastic germs evidence an
irresistible tendency to correllate their
molecules in inverse ratio to the capil-
larry processes of differentiation. This
will not affect these young men who
swore off on New Years and intend
to keep their pledge, but to those per-
sons who are wasting their substance in
beer, draw-poker, hot toddies, pool, and
other Intoxicating beverages it is ter
rible warning. It must be dreadful
thing to have ones molecules correl-
lated, etc.-N0rrist01v7a Herald.
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RauGhtrr~. ~ l.... ana 1lnthers.

Daughters. WIVES and Mothers.
DIR: MAhCHISiS UTERINE CATtOiICON will
positively cure Female Weaknes such Falling Of
new omt w hites, Chronic Inflammation Or liberation
o. the Womh, Incidental iIeuorrhage or Flooding
Painful Suppressed and Irregular Menst alton &c.
An Ola ana Ioilao'e remedy Send postal card for
pamphlet with treatment cures and certificates from
phys.clans and patients, to HOWAlsTH l. BALLARD
UTICA, N. y Sold by I'LL druggists-$l5O per bottle
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"A household Need.

A book on the Liver, it's diseases and their
treatment sent free: Including treatises upon
LIVER Complaints, Torpid Liver. Jaundce
Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspep-
sia, Malaria. etc. Address Dr. Sanford, 16"
Broadway. New York city, NY
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

Who ever knew of person having sore
throat, but what their blood was impure! DR..
E. B. Halliday's Blood Purifier is your medi-
cine In all such cases. Gargle the medicine
in your throat before swallowing, and every
dose you take will give you relief. For sale
by all druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

The cheapest and best way to buy Dr. T. B.
Halliday's Blood Purifier, IS in the large sized
bottles for 6, which makes It the cheap
ct and best blood puri6er In the world.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

Try DR.. E. B. Halliday's Blood Purifier for
croiula, Salt 'Rhcum anG Syphilitic diseases.
It Is pronounced by competent druggists the
best blood purifier the world ever produced
for all poisonous diseases of the blood.
Two:thirds Of all the axle grease used in the
United States is made by the Frazer LubrlcS
tor Company. Buy the genuine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

A CITY broker, visiting country lady
and wishing to increase her knowledge
OF affairs, asked her if she knew what
watering stock" meant, to which she
replied, "Of course I do; it is giving
the COWS drink"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

n Thomas Electric Oil. six of the be.t oils
known to the chemist are united In it. For
bronchitis, asthma, Group, biliousness. rheu-
matism, soreness, lameness, and external in.
juries, It Is incompatible: Note-Eclectri &C.
lected and electrified. Noyes Bros. & Cutler.
wholesale agents, st. Paul, Mimi.
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! sBuckIen,s lAruIca saiv IL,

The Best Salve in the world, for Cuts, Bruis.
es, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corne, and
all. kinds Of Skin. Eruptions. This Salve is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in every
case or money refunded. Price Is cents per
Box. For sale It wholesale by Gray a Hot
lin, Minneapolis: :,
test in St Paul ana nor for S the last
four years and are backed by excellent testi.
monials. They stand to-day head and Shout
ers above all other medicines in this market.
Crosman & Pmmmer, Druggists, Minneapolis
Mimi
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Gently does 1.-THE mild and pleasant as
we'll as efficient remedy-Thomas' Electric OF!
which does not nauseate, cures a cough,
sores, stiffness Of the Joints, bowel complaints,
liver or kidney troubles, speedily and COM
pletely. It Is much to be preferred to more
Eclectrie, selected and electrified. Noyes Bros
e Cutler, wholesale agents, st. Paul. Mimi
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How tOGcf SfCHr.

Expose yourself day and night, eat toe
much without exercise; work zoo hare
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
How to Get Well,
Which is answered In three Words
Take Hop Bittersl See other column
Express.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

Our readers will note the Advertisement of
the 'Euraka Mower in this weeks issue. They
will find the testimonials particularly interest
ing, and we call their special attention to the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15

When exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action
Of all organs.
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Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic is used bv all

The vOit:lic s:eit Co., marshall, Mich.
Viii send their Electric Vutulc Belts to The
afflicted upon 80 days trial. see their a;ivcr-
liscu'cnl in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
Trial."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-04-15
Minnesota Lands, 9,255 Acres.

Perfect.
LOCO acres in Kandiyoht county.
w Stl0O acres in Pope County.
6 5ly S1 5 ee acro IN n MSTrsGn tCon"ty
1857 2s-l0o acres in Todd Comfy.
Total {. 255 75.l0o acres:
= hf of SO or and hf OF Or, *nr = lo2 81 1i,I
a ut sed e :: ana Of NV Or and hi
Ne ar Of ueqr, sec j, ti2; s.; 20
4 IF IF Of Fl n SO DR. dr. sec sec & II r. &
To:ai in ki %SES ;;S WV i'S9 s:Fss
Nv or of ar and hf Of Sv ar sec a. 1919 aG 1e0
w M or NV or and nc or Of nv Or. Sec H. ra6 In
Of NV ar and NV a Of NV SO: ST. 2ir is II, f
Ne or q NV and sw Or Of ar .. ]s. r37 ~
s at & Se s ans hf Of s" or and sT Or of sw or m
Total * M FSPS iIS;2t; T 81 s!;i acres: "
LOIS eony 50 s ss ' ae, ISL S
w =, 60. Q, . -, WiLKlN Co0STI. m
Ne S,ho;o s of Sc e. s. 81 u.s. Is g
ii aud sv 81 is!, ~
Who|s Of sec e y 3$. a. a 60
II q sec 8 ed If Of Isl. 10 10
M Mt OF sec oo dd3 r a. ................ 5j5
WHIT ri ct Of aT ss G.; H. sf S. 's e. 90 8;
Is Of So sss u lss, Is :: s;
" N OF !53, 40 Observation-Disclosures. SIT
l. III OF sec - ~; 80. MISREPRESENTATION. ~
Total In Wilkin County j, sol 81 lCO acrys
TODD COUNTY.
Whole OF sec t. 49, 80 ............::....... C37
Ne or Of NV Or and Of Or sec So 100 n M
Swqr of s% q :, sec q. ard 4r of sw ar SCI. 10
13O, IS, and NV or o; Sc Or, sec s. and re ar of
no ar, sec II, and nv or o! or, soc 70 I;;N
81, and hf Of or see 81, and " hf evy or OF
sec "a, and 60 or OF SO OR. &c 10, and ar Of So
a., sec 4, 12S 50, and NV ,lr Of NV ar. sec TO-
l8. 81, and hf of nw or and NV or nv ar
soc "a. and SO Or of So or, see &c t 1871, r. 60
10 al in Todd ouly ,;57 -; ;tU .cres
Address tIIDVV a s: - - sSlE, r'~r:;a. E,aIIs
otter nil County. RI iharsOta.
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Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic stimulates the diges
tive organs and adds tone and strength to The
stomach.
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Grocers keep G. Gilbert's pure Starchcs.

Lyons Heel Stiffener is the only invention
that will make old boots straight as new.
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SAP0NIF IER

+ The .01iEin,l" Concentrated L,e and Reliab,.
for making Hard, Soft and Toilet sosp onickiy
+ aS Xssht :ad strength Ask your grocer IS,
V0Mta salt ManWfacturlng Co.. Phiia
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-01
SELECT
FEMALE SCHOOL.
Jan /, 1880,

THE undersigned, having returned to
j their old home at Anderson 9. H,
S. c., propose to open o private School for
the Education of Girls. AS our house con.
tains eleven rooms. we can appropriate two
very suitable apartments to the present use
and purposes of the School, and accommo.
date also few boarders. Having, each Of
us, some experience in teaching our several
departments, we are not without good hope
of being able to give satisfaction, especially
when the matter and method of educating
the pupil is left entirely to our judgment.
The first Session will begin at 8 o'clock
q. M. on MONDAY. the 5th day of JAN
UARY, 1880, and continue twenty weeks.
Tuition for the Session, in Literary De-
partment, $40 to $40, varying between these
extremes, according to the studies pursued.
Instrumental and Vocal Music, each $40.
Use of instrument, So. Board, excluding
washing and lights, $40 month, payable
monthly in advance. Scholars will be re-
ceived ut any time during the Session, and
charged ratably from the day of entering to
the close Of Session. No deduction for lost
time, except in case of protracted, serious
illness. The tuition fees must be paid one
half at the time the pupil begins, and the
other half at the expiration OF the first ten
weeks after beginning.
Should assistant teachers become neces-
sary, the most competent will be promptly
engaged The thorough training OF those
committed to our care is our earnest pur-
pose. LEWIS M. 1ER'
LILLE NJ. AVER.
Jan /. 1880 Is
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TownyIlle. .

On Christmas day colored man named
Newt. Latimer got drunk and undertook to
"cut up' and run rough shod over men
and things generally. He got badly foiled,
however, and closed his days work with
out getting to hurt any one, but on the con-
trary being very, generally used up himself.
He received pistol wound at the hands OF
q colored youth, and by his insolence and
threats brought upon himself very severe
beating over the head by merchant OF this
place a most .heart-rending and unpro-
yoked murder was committed last Friday
night, the 26th ult., near Fair Play. That
night two young;men, Turner Osborne and
David Bradberry, who had been to Knox's
bridge for whiskey, on their return passed
Mr.. Richard Compton's house and fired at
his dog, whereupon MIR. Compton spoke
,ciyilly 10 them, telling them to stop such
conduct, but they threatened to shoot him,
too, and one of them fired, striking Mrs.
Compton, who was just coming to the door.
The ball took effect in her abdomen, and
she died the next morning. The two men
were soon captured, but escaped, though
one of them, Bradberry, has been recap
tured and placed in Jail to await trial
Osborn has fled to Georgia, and defes cap
ture. There Is much indignation felt
among the people at this high-handed out
rage.....It Is our sad duty to record the
death of Mr.. Jesse F. Woolbright, which
occurred at his residence in this place on
Hast Monday morning, the 18th alt. Only
week. ago he received paralytic stroke,
the direct effects of which closed his life in
the Sind year of bis age. he served in the
late war,in Orr's regiment till the battle of
Gaines Mill, where he lost foot and was
discharged. He had many relatives and
friends in this County and elsewhere to
whom the announcement of his death will
carry pang Of sorrow. AT the time of bis
death he was5a member Of the Baptist
Church at this. place, and the funeral ser
vices were conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Mr.. sisk. May. our good friend rest in
peace u.
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Masters Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.

COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
John B. Watson and W. G. Watson, Plain
tiffs, VS.. Mrs. Cynthia Neal, ct al.-C0n,-
plant for Partition.
DY virtue of an order to ME directed by
ID his Honor B. g. Presley. presiding
Judge, in the above stated case, 1 will sell
at Anderson c. H., s. c., on SALEDAY
IN JANUARY next, at public auction,
the following described property, as the
Real Estate Of Mrs. Mary Watson, deceased,
to wit
LOT NO. 1,
Containing one hundred (100) acres, more
or less, iying on branches Of Mountain
Creek, waters of Big Generostee Creek, OF
Savannah River. and adjoining lands Of
Mrs. Cynthia Glenn, Lawrence Glenn.
Robt't. B. Dean and Lot No. 2.
LOT NO. 2,
Containing one hundred and twenty-seven
(127) acres, more or less, lying Oh Stephens
Branch and other branch waters of Noun
tain Creek, of Big Generostee Creek, all of
Savannah River, and adjoining lands of
A. A. Dean, VIM. G. Watson, and Lots No.
and 2.
LOT NO. 3,
Containing seventy (7O) acres, more or less.
lying on Stephens Branches, waters of
Mountain Creek, of Big Generostee Creek,
of Savannah River, and adjoining lands of
Mrs. Cynthia Glenn, Lawrence Glenn and
Lot No. 2.
TERMS OF SALE-One-thir cash, and the
remainder on o credit of twelve months,
with interest from day of sole, to be secured
by mortgage of the premises, with leave to
anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay cx-
ira for papers.
Master.
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ANDERSON, S. c., THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY l, 1880.

whom 148 are Democrats, and Of these 148
Democrats 50 are from the South, or very
nearly the two-thirds proportion there is in
the Senate. The Forty-fourth Congress
was the first since the war that was Demo-
cratic, and in that body the South had q
majority of the controlling party. Now,
search through the legislation of the inter-
vening period, and show me, if you can,
where In any single particular just share
Of. legislation was awarded the South.
SO, 200, 900 are voted away annually to PEN
sion Northern soldiers, and not as many
hundreds for Southern men, who fought
the battles of the country in Mexico or
Florida or the Indian wars. $27, ,000, 900 are
appropriated annually for an army in
which there is not Southern officer. $20,-
900, 900 annually for navy similarly COM
posed. From $7,0O0,000 to. ,$9, ,000, 900 go
annually for theimprovenent of rivers and
harbors, three fourths of which, if not
more, are expended for the improvement
of Northern rivers and harbors. And 80
the enumeration might be continued, al
infaitunl, illustrating how Southern con-
trolling influence is exercised continually
in Democratic Congress to foster and
build up the already prosperous North at
the expense in part of the impoverished
South. And why is this done2 Simply
that we may pin our faith to the fragmen-
tary remains of party that has forfeited
our allegiance because it has long since for
saken the paths its founders trod.
In years gone by the very cynosure of the
Democratic party was Free Trade. To-day
the chief leaders of the Northeastern Demo-
cracy are Protective Tariff men. mo pub
lie money for internal improvements" was
once the wal, Org of the Democracy. Grad
ually, as I have shown, the Democrats vote
away millions ut swoop to improve rivers
and harbors. And to-day the Democratic
party is all adrift on that all important
questionable currency or National finan-
ces.
These are facts, stubborn facts, and know
ing them to be true and hurtful to the
South, I believe we should break loose from
this subordination to a minority, and for so
saying am by the Press of the State to be
ruled out of public life.
Twice have been honored by the people
Of the Third District with a seat in Con-
gress. My only recompense has been a
sleepless vigilance over their rights, and an
untiring effort to crafty their wants. If
the Press is an index of the popular will,
all this is no adequate compensation for
mistaken counsel. Ifso, be it so. No wall
of dissatisfaction shall ever be heard from
me. But one thing is very certain, the
thumb screw of popular opinion shall never
extort from me remuneration of my con-
vlctions, settled and fixed'in mind after ma
ture reflection. ~.
Ifan apology is needed for occupying so
much of your time and space with per-
sonal matter, you have it, cheerfully given,
and with q. promise that 1 will not trespass
again except in selfdefence.
Your obedient servant,
D. WYATT AIKEN.