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Nothing better shows Inc Inc progress g. q
theIace than the modern tacilltties 10, !or
postal commnnicatio1s compared with
She past 10 the ancient world iamong
the Assyrisns and .Persiansi stations were
sestab blisHed a day 9 journey apart, and
shorsepaen Travelled with all possible dls.
patch from one 70 another: From the
estahl lent Of the roman ra sEimP1e
down to the thirteenth century courlers
Nsse employed for the quick transmission
dispatches But theLemarEable thing
about this, system was that the general era .
public got no advantage IN the way OF
communication, as it was only govern
mept lispat tshese which we're allowed to
be sent ~ these posts. The first courier
system sfo transmit private letters was
adopted I'M 1916. I. It Is worthy of note
that when the Spanish invaders entered,
Perds ia 1527 they found g postal. sys- Y p
TEN; ID existence. BY which messages were
transmitted by acorpse ofsswifefooted
runners; Onr own postal system was
otganized in ITO. Ins1753, Ben. Frank.
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Audersutt .gutelligetleer.
Man and Fishing.

Fishing was q far earlier mode of sup
porting human life than agriculture.
However far back in the stream of ter
restrial events We suppose 1t allowable
to carry the date of mans appearance on
the scene, still he must, have been. pre-,
Sceded by fish. The rivers, lakes and
seas, when he first looked upon them,
muat have been peopled very muchssas
sthey are this day. There was asS great q
variety of Species and probably much
tho came in6nitudes Of individuals in
some of these species. And as a savage
population must. be always sparse, and
10 any locality few in number, their sup
ply Of food from this source could only
belimited by their inability to capture
it. What the wild game of the forest
and of the open plain were to the INLAND
hunting tribes, the fish Of the fresh and
I salt water were to the riverine and mari
. time tribes: Between these early days
and the first beginnings OF agriculture
vast periods of time must have elapsed.
First, because in these,-and- more Or Less,
in ali ATTITUDES, nature offered to man no
plant that in its unimproyed state was
worth cultivatipg. The suitable form
had TO be evolved or created By long pro.
Gsses 81 observation and selection. This
I Is why ne kSseGlsos 6 oshi1gnf The parentage
of wheat, barley, oats. re, beans or
niaisel and Why the tropical breed ifuIt,
plahtain, bana1as and isugarscane fAafe
lost the power of producing seed, and 80
Of reprodacing themselves thiss must
have been the sresultiofs long g.ages OF
human selection. IN othing 0fethe kind
had to be- done, for fish. There it was as
fit for food ON, Che first, day that man
stood on theriver bank or the seashore,
as It is at this day. Agriculture also
required implements to clear and sMtlr M the
grogRa and to either hahk sF9Hs swsn,
andAS SssS impN NAents Ws kpoE saessthe
result oY q long series OF discogefies,
Improvements and advances. Primeval
man, therefore, as We now read his his
tory, could not have Lived BY or kn2Tn
anything Of agris 1ltnre: NoS conlfd f!,f he 1Ye!
have lived BY Wild fruits, for, they ARE
not icontinUous throughout sthe s year:
They;ha1e their season and that saibriet
one Hemustth then have lived by hunt.
Ing and fishing; and Of the two fishing
would be the most continuous through.
ont the changing, seasons, the most .vaiq..
sblssof quail l6ea1of .thoie ID auppfed
times. Itwould not-be more difficult to
hook, and spear, and net, and trap hsh,
and,b sgathes ImoI oIhsks'fFpn the: rpcks
and sand; banks, than to pierce with
arrows Wild game. Our immediate
comparison, however, is.with agriculture;
and NE may be sure that not IN 1T were
the foundations ofEsoeiety laid, but in
hunting and fishing. and that of these
two, as the great scarniyors at first had
possession, of forest and the plain against s IN
i1tr9dibg man ishingf7 was the NAM
primeyal occupation sand means Of
snbsistsnce. Nc iillan.s Magazine. aa
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MUSICAL l.FIsH.--Lieuteuant John
White says that on his voyage to China,
when his ship was anchored at the mouth
of the river Camboya, the sailors were
much astonished at the sounds thatissued
from the water, resembling the bass Of an
organ mingled with the tones Of bell,
tie croaking Of an enormous frog and
the clsng Of an immense harp. These
sounds swell Into q gentle chorus on
both sides of the ship and were attributed
By the interpreter to a school of fish.
A similar occurrence in the South Sea
was described by Baron Humboldt: The
sailors were greatly terrified lat about Z
o'clock in the evening by an extraordi.,
narynoise in the air, like the beating of
tamborines, followed BY sounds which
resembled the escape.of air from boiling
LIQUID. 1T 9 O'Clock these strange
sounds, which It was judged proceeded
from q school of selenoides, ceased. The
gizzsrd shod, known Scientifically as the
ioros0me, utters a distinct yibratoIy,
whining sound. The smullet utters dis.
Stinctr notes, often quite prolonged and
accompanied by a discharge of air bub-
blea.- Denper Tribune.
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Remember This.

If you are sick Hop Bitters will surely
aid Nature in making you well when all
else fails.
If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are
suffering from any other of the numerous
diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is
your own fault if you remain i'll, for Hop
Bitters are sovereign remedy in all such
complaints.
If you are wasting away with any form
of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death
this moment, and turn for cure to Hop
Bitters.
If you are sick with that terrible sickness
Nervousness, you will find a Balm in
Gilead" in the use of Hop Bitters.
If you are frequenter, or q resident of a
miasmatic district, barricade your system
against the scourge of all countries-mala-
rial, epidemic, bilious, and intermittent
fcvers-by the use of Hop Bitters.
If you have rough, pimply, or sallow
skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel
miserably generally, Hop Bitters will give
you fair skin, rich blood, and sweetest
breath, health, and comfort.
In short they cure oil Diseases OF the
stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves,
Kidneys, Bright's Disease. $500 will be
paid for q case they will not cure or help.
That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister
mother. or daughter, can be made the
picture of health, by few bottles of Hop
Bitters, costing but trihe. Will you let
them suffer?
March /, 1883 80
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A Beautiful Incident.

A man blind from his birth, man OF
much intellectual vigor and with many
engaging social qualities, found q woman
who, appreciating his worth, was willing
to cast in her lot with him and become
his wife. Several bright, beautiful
children became theirs, who tenderly
and equally loved both parents.
An eminent French Surgeon, while in
this country, i.called upon them, and
examining the blind man with much.
interest and care, said to him: -
Your, eblincness is wholly artificial /;
your 81 ses are naturally good; and could
/ have operated upon them twenty years
ago, could have given you sight. 1t is
barely possible thatI can do it now,
though it will cause you much pain"
81 can bear that" was the reply, $50
yop.but enable me to see." y"
I6e- surgeon operated upon him and
was gradually successful: first there were
faint glimmerings of light, then more
distinct visions. The blind father was
handed a rose; LIE had smelled one
before, but be had never seen one; then
he looked upon the face of his wife, who
had been 80 true and faithful to him,
and then his children were brought,
whom be had, 80 often ;fondled, and
whose charming pratt!es had SO frequent.
ly fallen upon his cars.
-.Hc exclaimed, ,-s0h, why have /
not seen all these before inquiring for
the man by whose skill ] have enabled
to Behbta hem Show me the doctor !"
ana .ahmHe Was pointed out to-bim, he
embraced him with tears of gratitude and
joy.
/ So, when we reach heaven, and with
unclbuded eyes look uponiits Eglories, ne
shall not be content with q. view Of these.
No, we shall say. Where is Christ? he
to whom am indebted for What heaven
lis; show me him, that with all my soul
II may adore and praise him through
e"o'eo' "S:-,.; .:.is:E.... .zzc a.
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o.Rhat, it did for an m old Lady,
tCosHo ocToN STATION, y n. Y,

December %, 1878.
GENTs-A number of people had been
9sfng yparBittefs here, and whitman
effect. In, ,oneI case, 81 lady of over
seventy years, had been sick for years,
and, for:the past ten years has not been
ableoto be around half the time. About
sixlmonths ago she gotso feeble she was
hsZplsss;i..s Her old remedies, OF physi.
clans, being Of no avail, 7 sent 70 Deposit,
forty.fiye miles away, : and Il got bottle Of
Hop Bitters. 1t improved her so she vas
able to dress herself and walk about the
houses! 'When'she had taken the second
bottle she was able to take care Of her
own room and walk out TO her neighbor's,
aud has improved all the time since. My
wife and children, also have derived great
beneitfr from their use. ~ be9
w. B. HATHAWAY,
Agt. U. S. Ex. Co.
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Grand Total. al..".............$l7SS1 45
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County OF ANDERSON,
w, III. Frierson, clerk Of the Board of
County Commissioners for Anderson corn.
ty, do hereby certify that the foregoing is
true and correct statement of accounts
against Anderson county approved by the
late and present Boards, for the fiscal year
commencing Nov. 1st 1882 and ending Oct.
31St 1852.
w. III. FRIERS0N,
Clerk Board County Commissioners
Anderson County.
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Specific Remedies Tor
Woman's Woes.
BRADFIELp's FEMA1E aEau1Aroa

Is q result Of skillful and scientific combination
pi that special class of medicines known to act spe
etfeally on the womb and uterine organs; and
IL therefore special remedy Tor all diseases
cases Of suppressed or painful menstruat1on,
the W hites, and Partial Prolnpsus, stands un.
challenged. In these cases it affords immediate
relief, and permanently restores the men.
etrual function, and thus protects woman
from long train of disastrous consequences. AZ
an uniailins remedy to be used during that crih.l
period known as "Change of Lfe," thia In
valuable preparation has no rival;
RRICE.-Small size. 15c: Large size. 81
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ANNUAL@REP0RT.s ]
y OF THE BOARD OF
COUNT COMMISSIONERS
For Anderson County, S. G.,

TO HIS Honor ]. H. Hudson, presiding
IL Judge of the Court of General Sessions,
February Term, 1884, showing schedule of
claims against the County of Anderson,
filed, audited land sapproYed for the fiscal
year ending October 81, 1880:
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4ONtl ''''''''''''''''''''
ROADS AND BRIDGES.

NO. NAME. AMOUNT.
7Wm McGukin. repairing bridges % 90
8H Palmer, repairing BRIDGE" 90
9JK DuckWorth, building bridge 90
10 e " Byruni, hauling rock, road G 90
II A Banister. blasting on road... Is 90
12J 3 Cox, repairing bridge......... 25 90
13JR& MI Harper, rep BRIDGE. 1G 90
% VIM Freeman hauling rock, rd 200
"a II Brown, improving road.... Is 90
4G w A Neal, repairing bridge..".. 10 90
At w e Archer, repairing crossing 9 90
49J Dobbins, building BRIDGE. 8 90
So T G Shcarer, building BRIDGE. 20 90
G2J J Dobbins, building bridge.... Q SO
63 w Farmer. repairing BRIDGE. G 50
60 Il Handy, hauling rock, road 5 90
10 w A S McWhorter. bldg bridge 80 90
7G II B Major, repairing BRIDGE. S 90
81 John Davis, blasting on road" % so
80 R R Keaton. repairing BRIDGE. 2 so
83 2 Anderson. specl com opn rd 10 90
IS S Beatty, imp on Genrrs Road 45 90
88JA Wiles, building bridge....... 325 90
80 w e Archer, imp Oh road......." so
80 ] A Emerson, imp on road..".. 6 90
81 w H McMurtry, Bldg bridge.... 30 90
90 James Burriss, bldg BRIDGE. S 90
94J A Emerson, imp on roo !...... 90
95 s A Whitaker, hauling g.......... 10
102 l. Fowler, building BRIDGE. so
100 w E Stevenson, building bdge.. 10 90
154 r Z Holcombe, repairing bridge II 05
155 J G Keys, repairing bridge."... 90
159 w H Crawford. ............. ......... IS
1G3 C Simpson, rock for pillars. l6 90
III Thos Simpson, bldg BRIDGE. Is 90
173 VIM Burriss, building BRIDGE 3 100
ia S ] King. repairing bridge....". 80 G8
179 L r Watson, building BRIDGE" 25 90
1873 e H Poore, building bridgc..... 50 90
1S4 L Fl Poore, repairing bridge. "a 90
1S9 P Maddox, imp OIL rOad...... 3 10
1872 w a Geer. repairing BRIDGE. 80
20O D X Norris, lumber for bridge. 90
204 W l. Dalrymple, covering bridge 5S 50
2O8 A r Smvthe building bridge.. 197 so
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[sEALl JOHN w. DANIELS, c.c.P.

To the above named Defendants:
Take notice that the Complaint in this action
was filed In the Office of the Clerk of the Court Of
Common Pleas for said County and State on 18th
day December A. D 1888, and that unless the
minor Defendants, Austin Spence and Jacob
Spence, or some one in their behalf, apply for the
appointment of Guardian ad Lltem to represent
them in this action within twenty days after tho
expiration of the publication of this notice, the
Plaintiffs will apply 10 the Court for tho appoint
ment of one for them.
THOS. c. L1GON, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dec IL 1889 22
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Notice to Creditors.

Anna X. Provost VS.. Wm. G. Andrew and
J. Willett Provost, late partners, doing
business under tha firm name of An
drew g. Provost, and others.
nURSUANT TO an order of Court made
in the above case By his Honor Judge
j. S. Cothran, bearing date December IL,
1853, the partnership creditors of the late
firm Of Andrew & Provost arc hereby mott
fled to present and prove their claims before
me, at my office at Anderson C. H., 8. c.,
on or by the Dist February next, or be
barred of any benefit in the decree to be
made herein And all persons indebted to-
said firm are requested to make payment
to me at once.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, MastcE.--
Dec 20, 1883 223
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.aL:IfsSatan ever laughs it, must be at
bypotrites. They are the greatest dupes
ih6 has. They serve him better than any
Others, but receive no wages. Nay, what
lis still more extraordinary, they submit
to greater notifications than the SINGER
est Christians.
! "A lawyer was. summoned as wit.
ness in certain case. The Judge, find.
ing that the witness was lying badly, in
:terrupted him, saying: ~ beg of you to
forget your profession for a, moment and
tell us the truth"
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1NoUEsrs AND POST ,MoRTEMs.

NO: NAME. AMOUNT
20 DR. CIV Barnes, post mortem ex IS 10 90
IS Drs Nardin & Orr, post. mort ex.. 10 90
68Dr NIL Sharpe, D III after exh..... 80 90
85J G Whitefeld, ~, inouest....... % 95
III Dr. T ] Cook, post mortem exam 10 90
III B F Shirley, r J, inauest.......... IL 40
137RB A Robinson, T j, inquest..... 10 90
145 DRIP B Carwile, post mortcm ex. 10 90
172 DR. John A Robinson, D M exam 10 90
1888 W F Cox, T ], inquest. 10 90
195 B G Hard, II J, inquest. 18 60
o35 " F NJ FAINT, # J, inquest.......... 10 90
280 E I Pinson, r J, inquest............. IL 8 so
319Dr B r Brown, two o M exams. 20 90
BAL DR. H IEpting, post mortem ex.. 10 90
353 DR. R F Smith, post mortem ex.. 20 OO
356 w F NJ FAINT, RI J, inquest. ......... 10 90
357 J jameson, 7, J, inquest-."......... 13 10
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. /!
COUNTY OF ANDERSON s.'i
COURT OF CoMMON.PLEAs. =.

Nancy Cartee and Margaret Cartee, Plaintiffs,
against Robert Spence jT7 T. s.sas X Spence W~'
Spence, George R. Spence Joseph Spence, Wm.
Spence, Austin Spence, Jacob Spence and heirs
OF law of John Spence, deceased, names un-
known; r. F. Browne and Sallie v. Browne,
observation-disclosures for Relief:
To the Defendants Robert Spence, jr II. Y. Spence,
VIM Spence, Mary J. Moore, II. T. Spence, Mary
z; Spence, George R. Spence, Joseph Spence. snf.
at law Of John Spence. deceased, names un-
known, B. F. Browne and salle " Browne:
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an :
/ swer the complaint In this action, which Is
fled in the office Of the Clerk Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, at Anderson G. H., s. c., and to serve
copy of your answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his Office, Anderson C: H., S. c.,
within twenty days after the service hereof, e1;
elusive of the day of such service; and II you fail
to answer the complaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiff this action viii apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated 10Th December A. D. 1883.
THOS. C. LIGON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
rocIr1 Io1ru w n.NJErc crp
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BLANKETS.

TUST received a nice lot of Blankets
u from Philadelphia, and from New
York another lot of those splendid 11-4
and 12-4 Blankets. Call and see them.
For sale low by A. B. TOWERS.
Nov %. 1883 20
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RHEUMATISM.
Writo for copy of the little book-tree

&1 OOO REWARD will be paid to any
P1,OOO Chemist who will find, on analysis
OF 100 bottles Of s s. s., one particle Of mercury,
iodide potassium or any mineral substance.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga
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ASSESSMENTS.
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Mg- SMALL Accounts are no harder to
pay with small crops, than full Accounts
are with full crops. This being true, COL
lections up to this time have been fine,
and to those who have so promptly
sssQUARED'' up with me have my
thanks, ard to those who have not are
URGED to do so AT ONCE, as I
greatly need the money to pay my debts
with. .,.....-,..-,,-.- :, -,.!..s,-- :.
Come along with your Cotton or Money,
and if you owe anything pay it, or if you
want to trade have large Stock Of Goods
at prices that can't be undersold.
Respectfully, &C., e
J. J. BAKER.
oct4, 1888 > 12
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS g. CLERKS
); SALARIES.
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TRIAL JUSTICES, SALARIES.

Total......... ......... :-......":.s217o q
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-17
The Presidents Message Relative
10 the nprOTomeGs af':IIc His
sissippi River.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 9.-The President
yesterday transmitted to congress the
Following message:
transmit herewith communication
from the Secretary Of War submitting
the nnnualreport Of the Mississippi Riv.
er commission.
take this occasion to invite the early
attention of Congress to the continuation
ofthe work on the NJ iSsssippi RivrrwhIcl
has been carried on under the plan OF
Commission. My scusr of the mportanc,
OF the Improvement oI this river not only
To the people OF the Northwest, but rs-
pccially TO the inhabitants of the Lower
Mississippi River Valley has alrcadN been
eNpr sscd in Il special communication to
the last Congress- The hnrvests of gram
ana cotton produce in the region border
ing on the Mississippi are SO vast AZ 10 be
OF national Importance, and the project
now heiugeXecutcd for their cheap trans
portatlou should be sufficiently provided
FOR.
The Commission report that the results
due To the still uncompleted works have
been remarkable, land give the highest EN-
couragement for expecting the ultimate
success OF the Improvement,
The act OF Aug. 2. lSS2 appTopTia ted
81, IL, 900 for the work on that part Of the
river below Cairo. The estimates of the
Commission already transmitted 10 Con
gIeSs call for 1900, 900 for rtheeuntiuuatiou
Of the works below Cairo, and il appears
fr I'm the report that all the last appro-
prlation available for active operation is
exhausted and that there is urgent need
OF an immdiate appropriations of : 900, 900
to continue the work without loss Df time
In view OF the approach of the flood sea
son and its attendant dangers | there fore
recommend TO congress the early passage
of separate bill on this subject.
CHESTER 4. ARTHUR
Executive Mansion, Jan. s, 1854.
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Put Fair Value Upon the state
Lands


One of the very first bills passed b,
the Legislature ut its present session
should be one Withdrawing from sale u
nominal figures the vast body of publi'
lands now in her possession. Thas'
lands, particularly the timber tracts
should all be newly appraised. and whel
again put upon the market listed at sucl
prices as rule in the numbering regions
of the Northwest. The proceeds O
these lands go into the Common School
fund and if they are appraised ut any.
thing like fair figures will become al
immense sources of revenue to that
branch of administration.
1t must be remembered by our Leg.
islators that the condition of affairs III
the forost regions OF Mississippi has
materially changed since hey assembled
two years ago ut the State Capital.
Timber lands have advanced m value
all over the Union, and the eyes of I'll
the lumbermen of the country are turn
cd longingly to Our great reserve sup>
ply, and that saw mills are springiug
up everywhere in the virgin forests of
pine, cypress and hard woods.
These lands will sell as readily to-day
at five dollars an acre as they did three
years ago at twenty five cents, and We
can i'll afford to sacrifice this great
source of wealth whose proceeds are
pledged to the cause of popular educa-
tion.
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Whether the Mississippi River OBJ
tains fitting recognition from the
House of Representatives at its pres
ent session in the shape of separate
bill. or in the usual "Rlverand Harbor
bill, we think there is little doubt
but that the new committee, on Rlv-
ers and Harbors, will have charge of
the measure and report it to the
House. This committee contains a
number of men who are highly favor>
able 10 the inieaests of tie people of
the lower valley and but few, if any,
who are opposed to the general
plans of the Mississippi River Com
mission.
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Representativ. Thomas Of Illinois has
introduced n bill granting pensions to
all officers and soldiers of tbs Federal
army who served for thirty days or more
in the late war Thomns it seems wants
to do the thing by wholesale, at one
grand sweep, as it were, in preference to
sitting the veterans through one pension
seive after another until each and every
one finds his affinity in mesh of his
size. OF course this bill will never be
heard of again, yet with each succeeding
year half dozen brigades are added to
the army of pensioners, and they will all
get there after awhile, "horse, foot and
dragons"