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"CIub Fist.n

"Club Fist" vas a very enchanting
game. Zach player caught another by
the thumb, making a column Of fists,
One player acted as spokesman, and
asked:
"What you got there2"
"Club Fist"
"Take it OF aid knock it off,"
When all the fists were knocked Of
except the last one, the questions and
answers we're:
@What you got there ?"
"Bread and butter"
where's my share 2"
Seats got it."
"Where's the cat?"
"Dog killed it."
"Where's the dog?"
"Stick beat him."
"Where's the stick?"
'Fire burned it."
"Where's the fire 2"
'sWater quenched it."
where's the water ?"
"Ox drank it."
"Where the ox2"
Butcher killed it."
where's the butcher?"
"Rope hung him."
"Where's the rope?"
aRat knawed it."
where's the rat2"
"Cat caught it."
"Where's the cat?"
"Behind the church door, and the first
one who laughs or talks will be punched
three times"
Then follows whispering on the sly
and suppressed laughter, until nearly
everybody has been pinched a time OF
two.
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Artillery Prelude at Gettysburg.

From the exertions and the anxieties
of two days of strife the armies had fallen
into lethargy, silence that told Of
nerves and muscles worn out. The morn
ing of.the third slipped away. A spirit
of battle at Culp's Hill drove off the
enemy there, and men at distance
turned over to hear the news and drowsed
again. While some slept, others cooked
and ate, then the sleeping and the wax.
ing, the hungry and the filled, exchanged
places. From the description of Samuel
Wilkeson, who was at Meade's head
quarters, and whose son Bayard was now
lying still in death and just beyond the
lines, this faithful record of the hour has
been preserved. ga silence as of deep
sleep had fallen upon the field of battle.
Our army cooked and ate and slumbered.
In the shadow of the tiny farm house
where Gen. Meade had made his head.
quarters, lay wearied staff officers.
There was not wanting to the peaceful.
ness Of the scene the singing of bird,
which had nest in the peach tree within
the tiny yard ofthe white washed cottage.
In the midst of its warbling a shell
screamed over the house, instantly fol-
lowed by another; and in a moment the
air was full of the most complete artillery
prelude to an infantry battle that was
ever exhibited. It made very hell of
FIRE that amazed the oldest officers. The
shell burst in the yard-burst next the
fences garnished on both sides with the
hitched horses of aides and orderlies.
The fastened animals reared and plunged
with terror. One fell, then another, until
sixteen lay dead and mangled, still
fastened by their halters, and having the
expression of being wickedly tied up to
die in torture. These brute victims of
cruel war touched all hearts. The
expressions often found in battle accounts
of "heaps of slain" and Grows of dead'
are food for ridicule in this skeptical
age, but a few figures showing the con.
dition of things at Gettysburg will prove
that in this case, at least these terms are
not mere extravagances of speech. The
killed outright and mortally wounded
were III found numbers, 5000. Of the
$4,000 wounded and otherwise disabled,
probably 10000 more, at the outset, were
prostrated, and the total number to be
accounted fallen is 20, 900, an army that
if placed in four ranks as soldiers ordina'
rily march, would reach nearly foul
miles, or a distance equal to the whole
front from Cemetery Hill to the Round
Tops. Of course these PROSTATE men die
not all lie in unbroken lines, nor wert
they to be seen all at one time. But ths
heaviest loses were on open ground
where the fire had clear sweep, and
although there is much scattering of thu
ranks when those not killed outright ART
struck, the losses we're SO severe at the
vital points on the several fields fought
over that language could not paint thl
scene with milder words than Carnage
and "blood.stained sod strewn with tht
dead and the dying, all mingled il
phastly heaSs and fows.'
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The Cucumber in the Bottle.

When Rodney was at his uncle's he
saw something very queer. It was q
cucumber in a bottle. It was sitting on
q table in the porch when Rodney first
saw it. He sat down and looked at it
very hard. Then he thought for at least
ten minutes.
Rodney could not tell how the cucum.
Der got into the bottle. It was large
bottle, but it had q very small mouth.
The cucumber was very large. If the
mouth of the bottle had been four times
as big as it was it could not have been
put through it. There was not even a
crack in the bottle; SO it had not been
broken and put together after the cucum-
ber was in.
While Rodney vas trying to think
how the cucumber could have got into
the bottle his uncle came up the steps.
he laughed when be saw what Rodney
was looking at. "Can you make it out ?"
he asked.
mo-" said Rodney; "please tell MT" /"
Suppose show you. I will take
another bottle and we will put cucum.
ber in it. You can.have it to take home
with you," said his uncle.
Rodney thought that would be very
nice. His uncle brought bottle just
like the one the cucumber was in. There
was a basketfnl of cucumbers on the
porch. Rodney expected his uncle
would take one Of these and put it in the
bottle. He did not know how his uncle
would manage to get it in. That was
what he was anxious to see.
Instead of taking cucumber out of
the basket his uncle led the way to the
garden. He looked over the vines and
found tiny cucumber near the end of
the vine. He cut off the end of the vine
beyond the little cucumber, and then
pushed it through the neck OF the bottle.
Then be laid the bottle down on the
ground, but did not cut the cucumber off
the main vine.
"Is that all 2" said Rodney. "Why,
it's not bit like the other"
swat a few days and then see how it
will he aaid his uncle
ooh" cried Rodney, "I know. 1t
grows inside the bottle"
"That's just it," replied his uncle.
Every day Rodney went out to see how
bis cucumber was getting on in its glass
house. 1t seemed to like its new quar-.
ters very much. By the time Rodney
was ready to go home it was larger than
the first one.
How much fun he had with that Gu.
cumber! He showed it to everybody.
Very few could tell how it got into the
bottle; then, when they could not guess,
Rodney would tell them.-0ur Little
Ones.
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Ruoklan's Arrioa salYe.

The Best salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
PRICE as cents per bsk. gos sale by
Hill Bros,
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Syrup Of Figs

Is Natures own true laxative. 1t is The
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to Cleanse the System
when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Head
aches, Colds, and Fevers to Cure Habit
usl Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
For sals By Simpson, Reid q Co.:
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/. Senator Tabor, of Colorado, cannot
remain obscure. BE is now making him.
self famous By using as paper weight a
twelye.thousand. dollars bar of gold.
This saltogether too costly paper weight
for man whose night shirts cost only
10000 dozen.
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Two Kinds Of Courage

General Horace Porter contributes an
article to the June Century on .'The
Philosophy Of Courage, from which we
quote as follows:
.sIndifsrence to danger is not always
the form of courage which should entitle
It's possessor to the highest credit. It is
a!negative virtue as compared with the
quality which enables one to perform a
dangerous duty while realizing the full
measure Of the peril encountered.
These two traits are best illustrated
by the old story Of the two soldiers whose
regiment was charging up hill in a
desperate attempt to capture battery.
When halfway up, one Of them turned
TO the other and said, "Why, you're as
pale as q sheet you lcok like ghost;
Il believe you're afraid. Yes, I ann was
the answer; sand IL you were half as
much afraid as I am you'd have run long
ago. II is something higher than phys
ical courage, it Is q species Of moral
courage, which recognizes the danger
and yet oyermas.ers the sense Of fear.
When the famous mine in front Of
sPetsnbu1g had been completed, and the
National troops drawn up ready to charge
the enemy's works az soon as the mine
had done its work in creating breach,
the signal was given just before daylight,
the fuse was lighted, and the command
stood waiting with intense anxiety for
the explosion which was to follow. But
seconds, then minutes, then tens of min.
|;utes passed, and still no sound
tm the miDe. The suspense became
painful. and the gloom Of disapp ppointment
o7erspread the anxious faces Of officers
and men. The fuse had been spliced
|;about midway. It was now thought that
there was q defect in the splice, and that
it was at this point that the fuse was
hanging ;fre. The day was breaking, the
enemy was becoming alert at sight ot
cur unmasked columns, there was not a
moment % be lost. Lieutenant Doughty
and Sergeant Reese, OF the 4sth Pennsyl |.
l:vania infantry, volunteered to e1.
anime the fuse. Thsysentered the long
I..LS..I1..~,J-ksot,J. Tai !, -, kt,n ,,,sra orf
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= One of the prisoners at the Ohio
State penitentiary is writing history of
the institution for the approaching cen.
tennial. It will contain considerable in
terestipg reading matter and cuts of some
of the most notorious convicts.
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vast means for achieving honor and
accomplishing worthy aims, and yet fail
80 completely to make use Of his oppor-
tunities as to escape even the poor dis.
tinction Of seeing his name on the roll of
ssmillionaires. -Ssnday News. &
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TRY THE BARGAIN STORE! !!

THERE asked ayary
w Groceries oss and TaTa5s
the hamGf Notions all Fine met Totssso @ and
Seeds that and have gh for Anderson g9un
shade clothes see py
something
all
Peach Cider always on hand
Pillows
&c. family
the
d. J, BOHANNON, Depot Street. Anderson, s. c.
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Several Church Goers in Birming-
ham compared notes, the other day, and
found that not one in the crowd had
heard a sermon in.two years preaching a
literal hell. The preachers don't have
much to say about hell these days.
of the ten thousand piano makers
in this country about FIVE thousand live
in New York. Each one makes about
s1S week and belongs to an organiza-
ton which takes care of its members
when sick or out of work.
= The wife of a Buffalo physician has
recently been judged insane because of a
strange mania for fans. She was accus'
toned, when out shopping, to purchase
every fan she saw, regardless of cost, and
accumulated q magnificent collection.
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fssAL.] NJ. p. TRIDBLE, C. C. 2:

TO Amaziah NJ. McAlistcr, William Leverett and
Amanda Leverett, absent Defendants herein:
Take notice that the Complaint in this action,
together with tie Summons of which the foregO-
ing is copy, was filed in the Office Of the Clerk of
the Court Of Common Pleas for Anderson County,
at Anderson c. H., s. c., on the 3lst day Of May,
1898 and that the object of the action Is to cancel
a deed to Tract of Land from 2. Hall to Amanda
Leverett, and to compel tho specific performance
of q contract to purchase the same by the Defend
ants, Amazlah NJ. McAlister AMI William leyerett.
MURRAY, BREAZEALE & MURRAY,
Plaintiffs Attorpeys.
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Registration Notice
OFFICE OF
A Hfnh

OFFICE OF
SUPERVISOR OF REaIsTRA1IoH, 49,
ANDERSON, 8. G., March 8, 1883.
Il HE office of Supervisor OF Regstran9n
will be open on the first Moncays IN Malca,
April, May, June and July for tne transaT y,
connection con- with the registration of voters
The Office will be open every day from y
a. m. to D. m., and from p. m. to 5 pm.
G for the renewal of lost certificates,
OFrIcE-Up Stairs, over National Bank Of
Anderson, ,nou,,
Supervisor
March 8, 1883 S5 Am
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON
corrRT OF COMMON PLEAS,


Hugh Robinson, as Surviving Executor Of the
last viii and Testament Of the Estate of 2
Hall, deceased, Plaintiff, against Amaziah M
McAlister, William Leverett, Amanda Leyerett
Relief-Complaint not Served.
To the Defend ants Amaziah NJ. McAlister VII.
liam Leyerett, Amanda Lcverctt and W. T.
Walters:
NOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the Complaint in this action
which Is filed in the office of the Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas ut Anderson c. H., S. u
and to serve copy of your answer to the said
complaint an the subscribers ut their Office, Ander.
son 6. H., S. c.. within twenty days after the ser.
vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service
and if YOU fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the
complaint. ~ 1000
Dated at Anderson, S; G.. May Slst, a; D, 1888.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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w. L. DOUGLAS
So SHOE. GENTLEMEN HGh

The only fine calf So Seamless Shoe In the
world made without tacks or nails. AS stylish
and durable as those costing IS or Sc, and having
no tacks or nails to wear the stocking or hurt the
feet, makes them as comfortable and well.ftting
as hand sewed shoe. Buy the best. None genu-
Inc unless stamped on bottom "W. L. Douglas IS
W. I. DOUGLAS So SHOE, the original and
only hand sewed welt 81 shoe which equals GUS
ton-made shoes costing from Sc to SO.
". L. DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOE is unexcelled
" ". IL Z. DOUGLAS So SHOE is worn by all
Boys, and Is the best school shoe In the world;
All the above goods are made in Congress, But
ton and Lace and If not sold by your dealer write
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
C. f. JONES & CO., Agents.
Anderson, s. c.
Jan 26, 1888 %
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Want of Sleep

Is sending thousands annually to tho
insane asylum and the doctors say this
trouble is alarmingly on the increase.
The usual remedies, while they may
give temporary relief, are likely to do
more harm than good. What is needed
is an Alternative and Blood-puri6er.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is incomparably
the best. 1t corrects those disturbances
in the circulation which cause sleepless-
ness, gives increased vitality, and re-
stores the nervous system to healthful
conditions:
Rev. T. G.. A. Cote, agent Of the Mass.
Home Missionary Society. writes that
his stomach was out of order, his sleep
very often disturbed, and some i'm
purity Of the blood manifest but that
perfect cure was obtained by the use
OF Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Frederick W. Pratt, 424 Washington
street, Boston, writes: "My daughter
was prostrated with nervous debility.
Ayers sarsaparilla restored her to
health"
William F. Bowker, Erie, Pa, was
cured Of nervousness and sleep,essness
by taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for about
two months, during which time his
weight increased over twenty pounds.
Ayers SarsapariIFa,
PREPARED by
Dr. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold byall Druggists. Price 81; SIX bottles,s6.
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Z OO % m..ArianQerSOn. ...'..AS S.vV -.
Connects with train to and from Green
wood, Laurens and Spartanburg.
Connections at Augusta with Georgia,
South Carolina and Central Railroads. At
Spartanburg with A & G. Air Line and
Ashevile g. Spartanburg R. R.. ,,..
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked to des'
lina,ion w. J. CRAIG, A. 6. T. a.
~. W. STARR, Supt., Augusta, ia.
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READ THIS.

All who desire full information about the cause
and cure of Blood Posons, Scrofula and Scrofulous
swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney
copy of our 32.page illustrated Book of Wonders,
filed with the most wonderful and startling proof
ever before known. Address.
BLOOD BALM Co., Atlanta, Ga.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
May s, 1883 45
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TWELVE YEARS AFFLICTED.

BLuFFroN, IND, Feb. 6, 1887.
Ihaye been afflicted with Blood Poison for twelve
years. Have used prescription from physicians
offered me during that period. Through the drug.
gist, w. A. Gutelius, procured one bottle Of
B. B. B., and since have used three bottles, and am
satisfied it has done me more good than anything
ever used I am almost we'll and am sure, within
two or three weeks will be perfectly well, after
twelve years suffering intensely. Write or address
JOSEPH FExaC,
Wells Co.. Ind Baker and Coifectioner.
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HONEST OPINIONS.

CANDoR compels US to admit that some one hos
long known the Ingredients Of B. B: B. But since
one of the present proprotoYs originated the pro-
acription and used for years in his PRACTICE it Is
nii1n1
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A. l.
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s, ~ s. Ia ,'c Gonld,s @ a-tnns ,sa., !.
S;Se :s6;sn Is 8. onsssuoo,n l. am nm o,G !. ],
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& axhib;tea : fau vsa,s ago,
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81. I i d, .,,,ob.blv s, onlv - small II
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a.. ista o 4 - stew.rt & whoss :
az schol.rv F-anch man sesr. not
s b Ssvs:iasr5 q sitting M comment On tha
S 81 ,acla,r,s sof fame ba.eS on the pocket.
4: :I;I, Nj slone OF Mr.. Benefits fortune
! fi,ek fsar says only that It phopes,; he is as
s|Ss ssSnslI Ras he Is here said to be. Mr..
y 3nner horses are Il mentioned rs having
sosst S 10000. M. George Jones, Of Tie
Essc M Yors Tines, Is described Is having
M M@sTslfased 81 l,000 600 foY lis paper. Mil.
iois sise editors. however; according to
IS arignY, are the exception.
:J66anSliIm, g 3 stshrewdly explains, "is
= = :
::srareiy the career adopted by those
impati tient. .of fortune, (" which shows that
% & Iis has NOT studied his subject without
Z 50 a iTsntage.
n,opg other American millionaires,
a Z faaiiksd ythe new standard, are Belmont
orillapd and Westmore, of New York,
lunn of Chicago, and Lyman and
sRarkins, of Boston, 2 some ofwhich names
ths SAss does not recognize, while it is
Impressed by the absence from the List
of the names Of the Goelets, the
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NOTHING TO EQUAL IT.

ZAIAHA, BAA, June ~, 1887.
n. E. Ye0able & Co.:
have been using B. B. B. n my family as
blood purifier Have never used any medicine to
equal It. Respectfully, MRS. R. N. LAWS.
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af4FEs AN Old MAN yoUYG.

PSI bought bottles of your Botanic Blood
Balm from my friend r. D. Ballard, at Campobello,
S. c. have been rsing it three weeks. It appears
to give me new life and new strength. If there Is
ANYTHING that will make an old man young it is
B. B. B. am willing to sell It, I can earnestly
and honestly recommend Botanic Blood Balm.
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TIE BEST PURIFIER MADE.

DAMASCUS, GA, June 20, 1887.
have suffered with catarrh for about four years
and after using four bottles of Botanic Blood Balm
I find my general health greatly improved, and If
could keep out of the bad weather I would be
cured. believe it is the best purifier made.
Very respectfully, l.. w. THOMSON.
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How much fun he had with that Gu.
cumberl He showed it to everybody.
Very few could tell how it got into the
bottle; then, when they could not guess,
Rodney would tell them.-0ur Little
Ones.
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AFTER THE BATTLE.
the din of the battle

It was after the din of the battle
Had ceased in the silence and gloom
When hushed was the musketry's rattle,
And quiet the lannon's deep boom,
The smoke of the conflict had lifted,
And drifted away from the sun.
While the soft crimson light, slowly fading
from sight.
Flashed back from each motionless gun.
The tremulous notes Of bugle
Rang out on the clear autumn air,
And the echoes caught back from the mount
aims
Faint whispers like breathings of prayer.
The arrows of sunlight that slanted
Through the trees touched brow white as
snow.
On the bloody sod lying mid the dead and
the dying,
And it flushed in the last parting glow.
The dark, crimson tide slowly ebbing,
Stained red the light jacket of gray;
But another in blue sadly knelt by his side
And watched the life passing away.
Said the jacket i'll gray: I've brother
Joe Turner, he lives up in Maine,
Give him these, and say my last message
Was forgiveness" Here q low moan of
pain
Checked his voice. Then: You'll do me
this favor,
For you shot me;'' and his whispers sank
Said the jacket in blue: brother Charley,
There's no need, I'm your brother, I'm
Joe.'' ". Stuart MOsby.
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FREE RATHS.

The subject has been discussed so
much, and to no purpose, we confess
that it is with no little trepidation we
again take it up. We refer to free baths
for the masses. But the return of an
other warm spell, with all the indica-
tons that it is to be one of long dur
alton, refreshes our memory on this
matter, and we wonder why it is, in a
city full of philanthropic people who
are always active in the promotion of
some good work, that no one has made
it special business to agitate the free
bath proposition, and to carry it forward
to success. That cleanliness is next to
goodness is an accepted truth. Yet it
is not the feature of cleanliness alone
which commendS the free bath PROPOSE
ton. Viewing it in the light of pub
lie benefit, there is higher consideration
and stronger argument in its favor. 1t
S that of healthfulness. And then
here is SO much charity in it, as plan
or not only ameliorating the miseries of