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, 1886-11-17
The CONTRACTOR DIED GAME
One of the Compact Little Romanccs o
the Grent and Growing Mest.

- '''S' - $3.50 o'NN'1
One Of the Compact Little Romanccs Of
the Great and Growing West.
II was out in Arizona. Al outfit had
come on to do some work on the new bar
racks AT the fort, md they were an or
merry set, you bet. They were getting
$3.50 II day, and when orders came out
from headquarters to ush things at the
post they up and struck for -, after
every man of them had signed an agree
mcnt To work for $3.50. The contractor
mounted his mustang and rode over TO
where the gang was hanging out. |
happened to be over there when he came
up.
whats the row here" says he.
ave can't work for no 81. 30, - says the
leader.
"What do You mean by that''
1--WE want 81.
..Struck. have YOU Struck Get to
work. every BANKED one of You. The
first man hat says strike to me I'll let
daylight into him.
II SAY strike, 81 says the red haired, red
shirtcd, ugly muggcd leader, AN if
there's any shootin' going on, Pm here.'
That wasn't my day for being in the
target biz, and | Topped fiat us II pancake.
The contractor had lcvelcd dead at the
man-but he had only one shot in his
gun.
Hipl-zipi-zip'-zipi-
The red shirt was down at the first
shot, with his seven up out just ms he
struck the gravel
Up he hoistcd ON his left elbow; then
he banged away, while the contractor did
some lively dodging. that was the last
three tips.
The red shirt rolled over, and the con
tractor asked me if there was any doctor
around. | said, ayes, over at the quar-
tiers.
"IIe got that last one into me sure,
let's see that doe
We went over and found the surgeon
! got the contractor III my bed, skinned
oil his clothes, washed away the blood,
and the surgeon probed him. 1t was n
bad hole in the left lung.
~ reckon it's an ugly one, doe Dead
sure thing, chf Yes | thought so.
How long ave ] gotsn
1t was / O'Clock then.
you'll last till evening"
THAT'S all right. But did fetch hims'
"Dead ms n door nail
'Im blanked glad that blankcty
blanked blank is nXcd.n
He wanted me to take charge of the
500, 600 in gold notes in his belt and write
to his brother.
After hat he called for II square drink
and got it,. Mex he must have the To-
NEST cigar in the camp. The surgeon said.
Eyes, il didn't make no difference |
got II real Havana. He smoked away at
it slow and comfortable like. II when
the cigar Wa played he expressed his
satisfaction that everything was lovely,
passed n few more compliments about
that red headed blankety blank who was
, 1886-11-17

Mr.. lIalliwcll Phillips declares that
Stratford on Avon is ''undcr the control
of II few individuals who are unfortu
nately imbued with the spirit of modern
izntion. Great interest is excited by
the alleged mischief doing at Stratford
on-Avon To S~hakespcarc's monumen by
the inconsidcrate conduct Of the local
authorities The subject is interesting
to Americans, ms American subscriptions
have been extensively given TO preserve
these mouumcnts.-Frnnk Leslir's.
, 1886-11-17

A sunday school teacher visited n
school for feeble minded children in II
western state and talked TO the inmates
very earnestly on the subject Of prayer,
and urged them TO form the habit Of
praying every night. A few days after.
ward one of the boys was overheard to
say to another; %"Johnny, did you say
your prayers last nighty'' ono. | didn't;
o | didn't say them the night afore that;
and what's more, | amt a-going 10 say
them mint one Of the skecry kind.n-
International Record.
, 1886-11-17

Is a very prevalent and exceedingly dis
agreeable disease. liable, if neglected, tc
develop into serious consumption, Being
Il constitutional disease, it requires a con.
stitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsarpa-
rilla, which, acting through the blood,
reaches every part of the system, e~fTectine
u radical and permanent cure of catarrh IN
wen most severe forms, Made only by
c. |. Hood X Co., Lowell, Mass.
, 1886-11-17

The Soils Cigar Co. of Denver import
their tobacco direct from Cuba in air tight
packages. Their Cigars are always fresh
and have the genuine Cuban flavor. No
artificial flavor. Once tried, ever used.
Ask for Soils Cigars. Sold by all dealers
, 1886-11-17

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, | feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had a running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me | would have
to have the bone scraped or leg amputa-
ted. | used, instead, three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve, and nay leg is now
sound and we'll"
Electric Bittcrs are sold at fifty cents n
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at
twenty-five cents per box by W. N.lIunt,
, 1886-11-17

George W. CablN the novelist, was
born left handed. but has learned to use
his right, and So Is nmbi- deNtrous. lie
writes with either hand, usually making
the first draft Of II novel with his left
hand and copying it for the printer with
his rlght hnnd. Vow York Sun
, 1886-11-17

Cheyenne Transfer company-From
FIVE pounds per day to carload at a time
Reasonable reductions to large consumers
, 1886-11-17

GNA and reliable Medicines are the best
49, to dopcnd upon. Ackcr's Blood Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm
puriticsoftheBlood Incvery form of Scrof
ulous. Syphilitic or Mercurinl diseases, 1t is
invaluable. For Rheumatism. has no equal.
Pearse & McGill, Druggists.
, 1886-11-17

a Philadelphia child On seeing "A negro
baby for the first time asked is that n
spoiled childlN
, 1886-11-17

Every ahls bodied Indian in Maine has
u dog, and every Indian who is not able
bodied has two
, 1886-11-17

&" W. do hercbD certify hat me Stq,errisc al The
arrangements Ior The MoHthW and quarterly
tirdiUinDs Of The Louisiana STATE lottery tOUi-
ydnD. and in person apnJidge and control the
Drawings MeDisicrcS, and that The san c are con-
ducted ioih honesty, JnirneSs, ana M good Idih
f0indrd al parties, aud zee authorize the tDri-
papty to use This certificate, ruth fdcsimiicx of ON
signatures dnuchcd, in is ndrcrfscnieufs."
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landlady recommends some soup for our
stomach's sake, so we indulge moderately

and retire.
We remain Friday, July 2, in Dieppe,
and are very much interested in the
quaint old city, for such it is in the truest
sense of the term. The streets are mar
row and the buildings are crumbling with
age. The customs and habits of the peo.
pie are much the same as hundreds of
years ago. That part of the city lying
along the coast has been built up during
the last century, and is now quite a
fashonable summer resort. But We must
not tarry too long at Dieppe, so on Satur-
day morning we wheel toward Paris via
Rouen and Nantes. The weather is
quite warm but the scenery is so attrac-
tive and the roads SO fine that we forgot
about the heat. We have not the space
to give details of The journey, it was very
pleasant throughout and the many funny
experiences we had in trying to make
ourselves understood along the road only
made it the more romantic. We found
the peasants kind and obliging, however,
and did what they could to help US on our
way to Rouen. My machine attracts o
good deal of attention, which was worth
moro to us than letter of introduction,
for we found the acquaintance Of several
wheelmen, one the President of a bicycle
club, who showed us the way to an En-
glish botel and did all in his power to
make it pleasant for us. Rouen is one
of the many attractive places of France.
It's history making it Of unusal interest
to travellers. We visited many places OF
interest and hasten towards Paris, arriy-
ing there on Monday, July 5th. We
wheel down that magnificent Avenue de
la Grand Armee, near to the Arch of
Triumphy, end stop at the Hotel du
Chateau. VAN De VENTER.
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Important Medical Discovery.

DETROIT, Mich, July 2s.-A series Of
experiments were performed yesterday at
Milan, small town in the Southern part
of this State, that are thought to make
certain great advance in one branch Of
medical: treatment. MI. Eugene Allen
has perfected an instrument which he has
been working at for a number of years,
for the TRANSMISSION of blood directly fro--
one animal or person into another, and it
bids fair to overcome the only heretofore
existing obstacle to the success of this
operation, the clotting of the blood and
dangerous following from injection of
such clots. In the experiments sick
sheep was, placed at one end of the in.
strument, and q healthy one at the other,
and q very visible change for the better
was in the sick one. The other was then
allowed to bleed as long as blood would
flow, and was. resuscitated by blood taken
from. a calf There we're present Profs.
Vaughn and Langley of the Medical
Department of the State University, and
four or five. local physicians. The Pro.
fessors took an instrument back to Ann
Arbor. It will probably be introduced
into the hospital there. The inventor is
a lawyer by profession, enjoyed q fair
practice until i'll health compelled him to
partially give Zip work. :
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12
7 'E'A6HERs'
( J. g. CLINKSCALES, EDITOR.

We regret to lose Mr.. Yickery from
Anderson, but, at the same time, are
forced to admire his determination to
prepare himself for the duties and re-
sponsibilities of his chosen profession.
He goes next winter to .Furman Unirer.
sity to- complete his education. To sus-
tain the reputation of the New Prospect
School for thorough work. his successor
must be wide.swake and full Of energy.
1t is refreshing to try 10 teach class in
school so we'll drilled as that has been.
IF there is, man in the County that
doesn't believe that the system and order
of the city schools can be introduced
into the country schools and be made to
revolutionize the fossilized method OF
assigning and hearing lessons, let him
make visit to the New Prospect School.
In neatness, order, system, and push, that
school has no superior in the County.
The teacher came to Anderson County
ain inexperienced second-grade teacher.
BY close attention to his work and by
almost unremitting study, not only of
his textbooks, but of the best works he
could find on the science of his profess
ion, he has placed himself among the
very first of the frst-grade teachers in
the County He puts brain and heart
and muscle into his work. With these
three elements, what teacher could be a
failure
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Unexpected Arrival.


About year ago a citizen Of this
country was riding along certain road
whistling nice little tune, when his dog
ran small squirrel up q sspling. The
dog was we'll developed as to mouth and
his lungs lacked not strength. Soon his
furious barking so frightened the squirrel
that it leaped from the sapling and shot
headforenost into his mouth just as he
opened it to bark. The squirrel disap.
peared like a flash into the interior de.
partnent of the dog. The dog seemed
stupefed by the sudden shock and began
turning round aud round, as if crazy.
It was evident that the free lunch did
not set we'll on the dogs internal econo-
nv. In short time he was seized with
a fit of vomiting and the squirrel was
heayed up. The little ANIMAL. without
q moments pause, darted for the sap
ling and was soon seated on its topmost
branch.
Since then the dog cannot be induced
to bark at a squirrel up tree.-Alapaha
Star.
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Care of Animals In Summer.

The American Humane Association
presents the following suggestions reIa'
tive to. the care of animals during the
heated term
Provide water-fresh, pure water
Think, reader, how you are refreshed by
drink of cool water on hot day. The
lower animals are equally in need of the
means of quenching thirst.
The active dog requires drink frequent.
ly during the hot day, as does also the
cat; and q dish of fresh water should
stand where they can have access to it.
Undoubtedly many a dog is driven to
madness through lack of water and the
testimony is that hydrophobia is almost
unknown in those localities where dogs
can drink when they wish.
Every city, village and country town
should be literally supplied with drinking
fountains for animals, and they should be
so constructed that even the smallest
dogs can drink from them. No gift to a
people confers greater pleasure than q
fountain, and that person who turns aside
stream from the field and gives water
ing trough to the roadside, or provides q
fountain at which man and beast can
drink pure water, is truly o public bene.
factor.
GiYe the horse frequent opportunity to
quench thirst at times when not too much
over heated, and before eating. To drink
freely Immediately after eating prevents
favorable digestion of food.
Provide shade. How instinctively we
seek the shadow when the sun is pouring
its hot rays on the dry and parched earth.
If the pasture is not provided with shade
trees, in convenient locality set four,
six or eight supports, across which place
straw or grass, and thus, in a brief time
and with little labor make shade in
which animals can rest from the heat
of the sun, to the great comfort of them.
solves and benefit to their owners.
Remove the harness from the horses in
the hot day whenever you desire to give
them full, free rest, and once during
the day, preferably at night, a thorough
currying and grooming will not only give
rest, but will do about as much towards
improving the animals condition as will
the oats.
Examine the harness On your working
team. and you will discover that blinds,
check. .reins and cruppers are simply tor:
turing contrivances, serving no useful
purpose, Take them all of for the con-
venience of yourselves and the comfort
of the horses. Keep the stable we'll ven
tilated and free from the strong ammonia
which is injurious to the eyes. Assist the
animals to protect themselves against
flies, feed regularly, hitch in the shade,
and remember that the care which will
give comfort to the lower animals will
make them doubly profitable to their
owners, aside from the humane bearing
upon the subject.
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Cut Him Down.

The people of the Third Congressional
District, in common with those of all
South Carolina, love and honor Judge
Cothran, but they ought to defeat him in
the contest he is making for Congress.
He is violating a vitally important prin.
ciple and trying TO make very danger
GUS precedent.
The property, liberty and lives of the
people are secured only by the purity of
the bench and its freedom from the in.
Auences of politics. For that reason the
power of electing judges is taken from
the people and vested in the Legislature,
terms are made long and liberal salaries
are provided. The spirit of our customs
and laws is to the uplifting of our judges
beyond the need Of seeking popular ap-
plause or the favor of individuals.
Judge Cothran's character and record
give assurance that he is, so far as man
can be, beyond the power of sel6shness
in the performance of his official duties.
But 70 man is beyond the suspicion of
disappointed or defeated litigants and it
is easy to imagine how the rage of per.
sons against whom he is required to de.
eide causes would seize on his candidacy
as pretext for shaking the confidence of
their friends and other in the purity OF
his motives. He offers weapon to all
who are tempted by passion or self.inter-
est to assail the administration of justice
and throw dirt on the judicial robes.
There may come after him men lack.
ing his strength and honesty who would
yield to the temptation to use their Office
for their ends and win popularity at the
expense of justice. Such men have been
and will be judges. They ought to be
kept from the possibility of temptation
by being kept out of political struggles.
They can not be keptso with the example
of man like Judge Cothran to point to
and the precedent of his success to urge
them.
It is generally understood that Judge
Cothran can not resign to enter the con
test for Congress without injury to the
State. and damage to litigants who have
cases in his hands: In these circum-
stances we believe he made an unfortu
nate mistake when. he became n candi.
date. We do not question his motives.
The people have nothing to do with
them. Facts are all we ought to consid-
cr. The fact ia that ajudge on the
bench is q candidate for Congress seek
ing the sufrages Of the people among
whom he sits as judge. The people owe
it to themselves, for their own safety and
to secure the sanctity of the bench in the
present and its purity in the future, TO
forget the love and respect they justly
hold for ]. s.. Cothran the man, and to
declare by.an overwhelming adverse ma:
jority their rebuke of the judge who
actively engages in politics and their
purpose that no man shall be on the
bench and candidate before them for
other honors.-G GreenUile Mevs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12

-"For years or more ago I sat in the:
Indiana Legislature next to an old fellow
v always voted mo- on every bill that
Sas presented. One day I said to him..
Whats the matter with you 2 Can't you
say 'ayeF Why, you haven't voted f,r!
anything since you've been in this house,
"Well," said he, eff q good Law passes all.
right. You never hear anything from
that, but if they pass a bad Law / want
to be on the record right" Cincinnati.
Times Star,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12
How it Feels to be in Love.

"Bill you've been in love, hasin't you9"
said one stripping to another year or
two older than himself.
"Ch, yes, Tom; Pve been there head
over heels couple times"
"I,ocs it make fellow feel as though
his clothes didn't fit him7"
"That's it."
And sortor gloomy aud saddish most
of ths time 2"
"Nvell, I should rather say so. Il
you've got it in earnest, Tom, you feel
as though you had been fishing and
didn't get bite
"Bite Gosh feel as though l didn't
even have no bait"
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"Pa," inquired little boy, "if you
can say that people run for Office why
can't you say chat people walk for
oiice?' because they are in too big q
hurry to walk" explained the intelligent
father.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12

i In eighteen months the Administra.
i tion has weeded out 22,747 Of the 53,514
postmasters. It is big job, soberly,
deliberately, wisely performed. 1t marks
a policy of zeal tempered by discretion
and denotes victor who is just to his
friends and magnanimous to his foes.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12

"A girl baby born in Georgia during
| terrible storm, has been named Oyclo'
mia
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-12

A1OAAA &4A1oSA5VA ~ WV. RAssSS-SSA AAASssr n
ing, and back by another road, we passed
over body of lands of fine texture and
complexion, presenting a large amount
of comparatively level surface, just such
as would stimulate a farmers enterprise
There was little to be seen of that ugly
deformity of up.country farms, the gull
lied Hillside. Cotton vas bettor than
ne had seen it elsewhere; and upland
corn gave promise of an abundant yield,
provided the present sun.shiny weather
does not harden into drought. y ~
The name of the church may sugres+-.
its vicinage to mountain region but
this is not the case. There is a single:
point where the surface rises into IN ele. (
vation which looks like spur: of a !,
mountain chain, but it stands "alone in !.
its glory" Some time or other, it will
probably be q pine.clad height, morc..
especially as from its side It is now
throwing back the shrill whistle of ihe5
locomotives and the rumbling of trains
on the Savannah Valley Railroad, JUST
now about opening the connection bel
tween Anderson and McCormick's, onll
the way to Augusta.
One word more. We had ocular land
oral demonstration that carp.raising is
more than fancy. We saw two polds.''
in which ne witnessed the inmates Of i
the water disporting themselves with az
fish's activity and glee; and we saw,
upon more tables than ono, dishes which
they supplied with.a luxury quite equal
to the "fried chicken" of which minis.
tiers are credited (how truly we know not
with being particularly fond: We iares
not much of all authority in such mat
ters. but express our opinion and let it
60 for what it is worth.-JAAlEs g. Fun.
MAN in Baptist Courier.
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Az IVY " GiUSh. R4fCieely OuA Nsii0' o!u0
wheel steamer glides out ofthe harbor at
the rate of sixteen miles per hour, and as
she steams along the great white cliffs
she seems but speck but she moves so
beautiful that we are more delighted with
her than with the great "City Of Rome"
But as we push further .:out into the
channel, the sea grows heavier and soon
the waves toss her about like bobin to
a fish line, and our opinions 60 down as
our dinners COUP. We lose all relish for
the French language and the desire to
see France. In fact we lose pretty much
everything but our boots. Well ne don't
talk. about it, and to. cut q long story
short we concluded that it might bo pos
.sible 10 make ,Freuchmen out of us but
sailors impossible. owe are not built
that way" Thanks. to kind Providence
at7.3O we arrive in Deippe and all there
is left of us goes upon shore. We have
hardly reached the end of the gang plank
when squad of blue jacket fellows
swarm around US and commence firing
their French at us. We are taken rather
unawares, and before we could get time
to converse With them IN tnelr own IAN
guage or otherwise our cocts were unbot.
toned, and our. persons and baggage
examined. Well to tell the truth we
didn't try to talk much and don't have
any remembrance of any of us trying to
gesture for there was lot Of men with
red pants and long swords that kept their
eyes on us and ne didn't care 10 make
any false motions so we stood there like
clothier's dummies and let them have
it all their own way. The ceremony was
short and right to the point and we soon
learned that they were custom house
officers and they meant no harm. An
English hotel had been recommended to
us which VIC soon found, and it was our
pleasure to converse in our own language.
We are kindly invited to make ourselves
at home We ara vet weak. aud our
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-29


THE Boston LADT.=A special
list in throat trouble was called =
treat a Boston lady who manifested
so much interest in his surgical in
struments that he explained Their
uses to her. "This laryngo-scope,
said he, d" is fitted with small mir
rors and an electric light; the in
terror of your throat will be seen
by me as clearly as the exterior
you would be surprised to know
how far down We can see with an
instrument of this kind The OPP
GRAFTON over, the lady appeared
somewhat agitated. "Poor girl"
said her sister, who was present,
cit must have been very painful
son, no, not that whispered the
Boston lady, " but just as he fixed
his instrument in place | remem.
bered that ] had a hole in my stock
ing"