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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-27

Parties indebted to REED & MOOR
HEAD will take notice that after
short time lllleir Notes and Accounts
will be placed in the hands Of an Alter
.ney for collection.
If you want to arrange with US, call
on either j. Pink Reed or R.. l.. Moor-
head at the old stand.
R. L. MooRHEADd
j. PINK REED.
Nov l3, 1881 18
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THE END HAS COME !!

RADICAL rule is over at last, and
the end of lard times is near if every
one will come-up and do his duty square,
ly by paying those who have helped
them.
Those indebted to me for Guano or
Supplies MUST come forward and pay
up, as am determined not to carry over
any Accounts from this year. So come
along and paw up at once.
I have on hand q stock Of General
Merchandise, which I will sell at the
lowest living prices for cash. Call Cal; ard
secure bargains.
J. PINK. REED,
No. Z Granite Row.
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TO Rem
A Valuable arm,

TrWO and onehalf miles from the City.
j. Contains It's acres-about half open
for cultivation. For terms call on
s. M. ORR.
Nov On 1894 10
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Gen. John Bratton has been elected to
Congress from the Fourth Congressional
District, to 6ll out the unexpired term
oi the late Col. John q. Eyins. Gen.
sBratton Is an excellent gentleman, and
win make an earnest and faithful Repre:l
sentative. 9.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COuRT OF COMMON PLEAS.

z. A. Wilhite and John E. Breazeale, Plaintiffs
against J. L. Chastain, observation-disclosures Jo'
Relief-Complaint not Serred.
To the Defendant J. L. Chastaini
XIOU are hereby summoned and required to an.
swer tho complaint in this action, which
is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas at Anderson c. H., s. c., and to
serve copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscribers ut their office, Anderson c. II:
S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof
exclusive of the day Of such services and If you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded In the COM
plant.
Dated November Goth, A. D. 1884.
MURRAY, BREAzEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
[SKALl John w. Daniels, c. c.. P.
To the Defendant ]. l.. Chastain
TAKE NOTICE, That the Complaint In this ac-
tion, together with the Summons, OF which the
foregoing Is copy,) was fled In the office Of the
Clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, at Anderson, in the State OF South Caro-.
lima, on the Goth day of November, A. D. 1884.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE 4 MURRAY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
Nov q, 1884 20
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AN ORDINANCE

To Order an Election on Subscrip.
tiopu or aNo Subscriptions" Of S25,.
900 additional to the Capital Stock of
the Savannah Valley Railroad Com.
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The Greatest Bargains yet
offered in Lands.

Nov q, 1884
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
The Late Senator Morton.

Governor Morton was elected to the
United States Senate in January, 1867,
and, resigning the Governorship, took
his seat on the 4th of March, for the
term ending in 1873. Many of the
places. Mr.. Wade was there as Presi-
dent of the Senate and acting Vice
President. Charles Sumner and Will
liam Pitt Fessenden still occupied the
seats held SO many years with honor.
Grouped about them were Edmunds,
and Morgan, and Wilson, and Trumbull,
and Frelinghuysen, and others of SINH
lar character, who will ever be remem-
bered among Americas ablest States
men. Originally of splendid physique,
with flashing black eyes and the voice
of Senator, he gradually decayed, as
he advanced to the leadership of the
Senate, and finally had to be carried to
his seat in chair by two men. If he
rose to speak, ten minutes on his feet
would exhaust him so that he would have
to lean upon high rest attached to his
desk, and often pain and weakness
compelled him to finish, sitting, speech
which he began standing. But, sitting
or standing, sick or well, he was the
strongest debater in the Senate, and
the best partisan leader either house
had seen since Thad Stevens died.
Governor Morton always lived, while
at Washington, at the Ebbitt House,
where he had parlor and bedroom
up one-fight of stairs, opening out upon
q little balcony over the main entrance,
capable of holding about dozen per-
sons. From this balcony Senator Nor
ton delivered many political harangue.
1t was noticeable characteristic of the
man that he rarely let slip an opportu-
nifty for making political speech, and
never, SO far as my observation serves,
made such speech without throwing
his whole power into it. A serenade at
his hotel by half-hundred darkies,
would bring him out upon the little bal
cony in all sorts Of weather. l have
seen him more than once standing there
/ bareheaded on a most uncomfortably
cold night, and heard him deliver po-
litical philippe for nearly half an hour,
when his whole audience would not
number two hundred, packed In the
street below, and they mainly rabble
of unkempt young darkies and small
boys. At such times the thought has
often forced itself upon me that he was
not elevating his high office; but the
man could not resist such opportunities.
The Presidential maggot possessed him
like demon. He gloried in political
power, and lived on political excitement.
From nine in the morning until nine or
ten at night, when he usually retired,
his parlor at the Ebbitt was almost con-
stantly the scene of some conference,
except when he was at the Capitol
where he never missed days attend
ance if he was well enough to be out OF
mis- bed.-Be1a: Perley Poore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
Mexican Etiquette.

was given Il lesson in etiquette by a
Mexican young lady met on the train.
| Glanced to be the only man on the
sleeping-car when it drew out OF Ell
Paso. and after an introduction by TIE
conductor. to whose charge the young
lady had been committed, she and be-
came quite well acquainted. Il saw
you eating an orange on the depot
platform, she said. s1n Mexico that
would be considered as unmannerly.
There it is unmannerly to eat anything
outside of house, even candy. And /
noticed when Mr.. Romero gave you a
Mexican match you threw it away after
using but one end of it. The other was
still serviceable, aud you should have
returned the match with your thanks.
If you hand one cigar or cigarette to
light with. you must take Whit after
it has been returned 10 you, though it
may be so short as to burn your fin
gers" All this received with good
grace. for my young lady was but ten
years old.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
The Sea.CAM.

In the published proceedings" OF
the third meeting of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science, which met at Charleston, S.
c., 1850, there is given very curious
and interesting account of the manatee,
or sea-cow, and some errors of eminent
naturalists of the past in regard to the
strange aquatic mammal were cor
rected
The head of this mammal resembles
that of COW without horns. The
fieshy nose is much like the cows. The
resemblance, however, ends with the
face.
The swimming paws of the manatee
are employed like legs for climbing up
the banks of rivers. The mammal thus
is at once kind of fish and animal, a
sort of connecting link between the
two.
The manatee is an inhabitant of the
seashore and the banks of rivers. It
feeds upon alg@ and aquatic plants,
thus affording another reason for the
name "sea-cow" or WATERFOWL" When
it stands erect in shallow water, it looks
at distance like man.
The famous manatee of Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico is about twelve feet
long, but sometimes attains length of
fifteen or twenty feet.
Like the seals, the manatee is gentle
in disposition. 1t is not afraid of men,
and is harmless even when attacked.
1t is found in shallow water and is
easily captured.
The flesh of the manateee is whole
some for food. Curiously enough, the
manatee of South America is regarded
as fish during Lent and fast-days, and
as animal food when occasion requires.
The manatee, like the seal, may be-
come attached to man. It exhibits in
this respect the strong characteristics
of the animal rather than the fish. Few
mammals are more interesting to tho
naturalist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

London, with its population of 4, 000.-
600 takes precedence of all other great
cities in its list of periodical publica-
tions, which number nearly 1000.
These have an annual circulation of
about 1,017, 000,00 copies. Paris, with
population less than 5000, 900, issues
l,553 periodicals, and these have an
annual circulation of about LOO, 000,-
900 copies, so that in fact the citizens
of Paris are more literally supplied
with daily and weekly provender than
their British neighbors. In fact, it is
estimated that the journalistic products
of Paris amount annually to almost
one-tenth of the entire issue of the
globe. New York and Brooklyn, with
population nearly equal to that of
Puris, produce 537 publications, with
an annual circulation of about 516 ,000,-
600; Berlin produces $50; Vienna, 4S2;
Madrid, 253; Brussels, 223; Rome, 2l3;
showing gradual Illumination until
St. Petersburg is reached. with a pop
ulation of 677, 963. and newspaper
issue of 1873; and Moscow, with pop
ulation of COL, 800, and only 81 periodi.
Gals
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
Separate Beds.

Much of the discomfort and nervous
ness of which people complain when
they rise in the morning is due to the
fact that each does not sleep alone.
There are electrical changes going on
in the system during the night; and
where persons lodge together night
after night under the same bedding
these disturbing causes will work de-
structlve results.
The London Lancet, in recent issue,
draws attention TO this evil habit, and
says that there is nothing that will so
derange the nervous system of person
who is eliminative in nervous fore -
to lie all night in bed with ano.l +,
is absorbent of nervous force
ter will sleep soundly all nigi. Al
arise refreshed in the morning, " lille
the former will toss restlessly, and
awake in the morning fretful, peevish,
faint-hearted and discouraged. "No
two persons" says the Lancet, mo
matter who they are, should habitually
sleep together The one will thrive,
the other will lose. This is the law.
The case of the aged David and the
youthful maid who was sought to i'm
part physical energy to the king in his
senility occurs to mind. The grand
mother with her little grandchild is
another case in point The aged one
keeps st ong; the little one pines away
and becomes enfeebled. A lady in mid
die life informed u; the other day that
she habitually arose in the morning
nervous, worried, and weak, while her
husband would sleep soundly all night.
The touch of his foot even would
awaken nervousness and discomfort,
while he seemed to be wholly I'M
affected"
To some of extreme Susceptibility the
fact that one sleeps with the bed point
ing east and west is ominous. 1t is said
by some scientific men to be little less
than suicidal for certain parties thus to
locate their touches. The proper posi-
ton for the bed, they say, is north and
south, in harmony with the magnetic
currents. 1t is easy to pooh-pooh at such
suggestions. Some persons can ride
backward in carriage or car with per-
feet ease; ascend and descend in an
elevator; can cross and recross the
stormy ocean with no vertigo or nausea,
while others must face with the carriage
or railway train, or they suffer great
discomfort. IT is plain that we are not
all alike, and that we must regard the
electrical conditions of each one
Aside from this admitted law, there
are other reasons why this plea for sep
arate beds should be needed. 1t is a
matter Of cleanliness j alth, and mo-
rality as well. ..ch person should
hay6 his own couch as truly as his own
seat at the table. DR.. Dio Le,Uis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
The Elephant and the Buddhist Priest,

Two young ladies were gazing at the
white elephant us it stood enthroned il
all its sacred splendor and surrounded
by the mystic emblems of its holy char
acter and the adoring priests who were
kneeling devoutly on every side
How curious it is" remarked one,
"that any race of people should be SC
deluded as to worship an elephant"
ut is, indeed, replied the other sad
ly. when look upon this worship
ing throng of ignorant, superstitious
creatures, and realize how earnest and
sincere they are, / cannot but feel that
there should be no rest until the mis-
sionary message is borne to the last one
of these misguided heathen."
"True," asserted the first speaker; I'll
is grand and solemn duty"
just at this juncture the animal
ficked his tail and struck one of the
Buddhist priests in the mouth.
"Howly Moses!" he exclaimed, inter.
rupting his devotions, "ye hather
haste" and then the young ladies
strolled on to the monkeys cage-PhiE
1delDhi1 Call
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

Is THIS young man your son?'
asked the Judge of an old negro who
had been arraigned before court. Hes
my half son, sab" Half son? How
do you make that?" "His mudder wuz
married fore ] married her." "Then
he's your step-son." "No, sab, he ain,
cause he want born'd fur two years
arter his mudder married me" Then
he's your son. The old fellow scratch
ed his head for a moment and said ]:
"Doan de fack dat his mudder wuz q
married oman for she cher seed me
make dis boy my half SON." "Of course
not" Den he's my whole son, is he ?"
"Yes." @Come heah ter me, Silas, an
let yer daddy fling his arms 'roun' yer.
Been CT 'busin' half o dat boy all o his
life. Come heah ter ger daddy, sab. y
-Arka1tsalr TrGUeler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
AN UNFORTUNATE CHILD.
A Touching Incident from a Landc
School Teachers journal.

Touching Incident from a Tendon
School-Teacher's journal.
Tonight 1 saw one of my lads sitting
on doorstep, doubled up over his
slate, and he screwed his head this way
and that in his vain endeayors to avail
himself of the light of the street lamp.
When took his slate out of his hands,
found that the poor little man had
worked out his sums in a SPRAYING
fashion. The light was so very uncer-
tain and his little fingers were so cold
that anything like neatness was out of
tho question, but he stuck calamity to
his post--or, rather, his doorstep-and
grinned all over his face while 1 patted
him. asked him him what he was
doing out on the street on such nasty
evening, and he replied: I'VE amt
got no candle, sir. Father and mother
has got to sit in the dark, and / came
out under the lamp to get my home
lesson DONE" AS walked into better
neighborhood, and saw the bright lights
In pleasant rooms, and heard the
laughter of children and the tinkle of
pianos, thought rather kindly of my
poor little man sitting with cold fingers
cropping through his sums by the yell
low light of the gas. 1t is a curious
kind of topsy-turvy business altogether.
That little boy is as bright as bright
can be. When / first knew him he was
In dire distress because he could not
read his little book right away. / ex-
planned to him that there were certain
formalities and drudgeries to be gone
through before one could tell what was
inside books, and we had great fun
while he was learning his alphabet. He
christened the letters by names of his
own. The small d he called "belly in
front" and the small b belly behind. I"
And he was charmed when he had be-
come able to tell the difference between
d, p, b, and q, with absolute certainty.
He begged the loan of books to take
home; he never played, and even when
he was walking to and from school he
puzzled himself over various Readers"
until he had mastered all we had in
stock. The lad was fit for anything,
but his parents managed to make only
about 8 shillings a week at the best
of times. 80 there is not much chance
for him in the future. have had to do
with lazy boys who needed to be scold-
ed into learning; but this poor little
soul-the son of a costermonger and q
would go without his
dinner to get an hour with new book.
Yet 1 rather fancy he will end as a
laborer, or something of that sort.
The struggle for food will crush am
bition out of him, and very likely by
the time he is 20 years of age he will
not care to read even the Sunday news
papers. Pail Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
Daniel Webster,s Court nre.s.

Mr.. Webster and Judge Duane Doty,
then of Green Bay, Wis, were warm
friends, and the Judge at one time was
visitor at Marshfield. Mr.. Webster
was very fond of fishing-the only out
door sport in which he INDUCED. While
the Judge was his guest it Glanced that
fine day for his sport presented itself,
of which Mr.. w. was anxious to avail
himself He accordingly invited the
Judge to accompany him in this pisca-
tory sport. The Judge didn't want to
go, and tried his best to get off, saying
he would much prefer, with his consent,
to pass that rainy day in Mr.. WIS Ii
brary, among his books and papers.
Mr.. w. wouldn't listen to him; said he
could pass any and as many days in the
library as he chose, but such a day as
that for fishing might not occur again
while they were at Marshfield. The
Judge, as last resort, said that he re-
ally could not so, as it would spoil his
clothes; that the handsome black suit
he had on was his best and all he had,
and that to go fishing in it would spoil
it. To meet this objection Mr.. w. di-
rected his servant George to go up
stairs and bring down the dress in
which he was presented at court in
England, which George did. As soon
as he appeared with it Mr.. w. said /:
There, Doty, is dress for you; put it
on, and come as soon as Won can, for we
are losing valuable time"
The Judge replied: Surely, Mr..
Webster, you are not in earnest in what
you say-that you want me to go fish
ing in that elegant suit, and spoil it?"
"Yes, am" he replied; "that is
what it has been brought down for. :"
The Judge still fingered, when Mr..
W., to settle the matter, said to him:
"Have no anxiety about injuring the
dress. for to fish and hunt in it is the
only way it can now be made useful.
Could wear it in Washington, Phila-
delphia, New York, Boston, or even
here? If / did, wouldn't everybody
laugh at me?"
The Judge was compelled to answer
affirmatively to the question.
well, them" he said, spray what is
it good for but to go fishing in?"
This settled the matter. The Judge
put on the dress, and went fishing in
Mr.. WIS court dress, and saved his
own.-Hdrpe7's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
Supposing a Case.

The boafman pulls his dripping oars,
And the sun shines merriy over,
For lady fair on the distant shores
Was waiting the kiss of her lover.
And OF he was a gallant young knight
And she was n baron's daughter;
And her tresses were bright us the mellow
sunlight
Now flushing the brow of the water.
The boatman pulls his dripping oars.
But the sun shines forth no longer;
And he views the sky with nervous eye.
And his grip TO the oars grows stronger
A darkness comes across the maip,
Relieved by the lightning's flashes:
The sea runs mountains high, and the rain
Comes down, and the thunder crashes.
The boatman pulleth not his oars.
And the boat has ceased its motion;
IT'S scattered and torn, and piecemeal borne
On the bosom of the ocean
And the knight and the fisher have found
their graves,
And the lady has lost her lover.
And she weeps, and prays, and laughs and
raves
Till her journey of life is over.
Supposing the knight had gone by rail,
Or say that he'd taken a schooner,
We shouldn't have had this horrible tale,
And he would have seen her much sooner.
Or supposing he never had gone at all,
'Twouid have stopped a deal of bother.
And, you bet your boots before the fall"
She'd have taken up with anotherl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

The monument placed on the spot
where General Clusters command was
massacred. near the Big Horn river in
Montana, is reported to be rapidly dis
migrating under the influences of the
weather. Some time since a high iron
railing was put up to protect the
memorial from injury at the hands of
relic hunters, to whom nothing is sa-
cred, but the action of the sun. wind
and rain proves even more destructive
than were the clippings of the vandals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
A Narrow Escape.

"Sisteri" cried little boy, running
into the room, "your little pug dog has
bit me ON the leg"
"Whati" exclaimed the frightened
young laly. Beauty has bitten you on
the leg? Let me see"
She hastily pulled down his stocking,
and sure enough there was the impress
sion of his teeth.
"You naughty boy" said his sister
shaking him violently, don't you know
better than to tease Beauty? Some
day he will bite big lump out of your
leg, and it might make him deathly
sick. Philndelphia Call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13
At the Window,

Mamma" said a sweet four-year-oid
as she stood looking out of the window
at the falling snow, mamma, what's
that?"
"That is snow, my Gear"
"Snow, mammal"
"Yes, child"
what makes it?"
"Oh, it comes from Heaven"
"Then know what it is, mamma"
"Well, darling, what do you think il
is?"
"Why, mamma, it's only dandruf
from the angels hair"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

Il UNDERSTAND that you referred to
me as a pig, sir" remarked pompous
elderly gentleman to young man who
had spoken disparagingly of him TO a
third person @You have been misin-
formed, SIR" replied the young man.
Il hope that know better than to re-
fer to person of your advanced age as
pig"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

"a FARMERS wife" wants to know il
we can recommend anything to destroy
the common grub" We guess the next
tramp that comes along could oblige
you, if the family can't stan,l your cook
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-13

MANS duty is more important than
rights. A man true to his duty is but
insuring his rights, and his rights will
be respected by his fellowman ON ac-
count of his faithfulness to duty.