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HoYo Of q Resemblance.

OF all tho reflex celebrities, the man
who looks or thinks he looks like the Late
President Arthur, and who travels on the
strength of suoh resemblance, is the mos t
comp}acent. He Is large and forld, and
be wears his whiskers and mustache after
the manner Of the late president. He
made quite reputation in Broadway
saloons and cafes while the late Gen.
Arthur was alive, and, on the death OF
that distinguished and amiable gentleman,
he had the good taste to stay under cover
for q month or two. Now, however, he
is abroad again, posing as the hero of a
chance resemblance, and smiling when he
is alluded to as the ''ghost. New York
Sun.
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Disturbinc Influences ogr.1uduction.

SANb ASS" ON AAANoSsAoA'
The chief practical difficulties in work
ing the telephone are due td the fact that
when an electric current is !passing along
a wire it has the property oi producing q
current OF opposite chatactSr in any wire
in its vicinity. This is what is known as
induction, and it is owins tp this faculty
that the words spoken on on wire can be
overheard on an adjoiningIone If the
neighboring wire should bel telegraphic,
the feeble current Of the telephone is over
powered by its stronger neishbor, and it
Is difficult, II not impossible, ito catch the
transmitted words amid tho din-com-
pared to the noise OF pot tboilng-caused
by the telegraph.
Still more fatal to all telephone COM
munication Is the presence of an electric
lighting system in the vicinity Of tele-
phone wires, the powerful cuFent neces-
sary for lighting purposes causing 'san in
cessant roar that renders speech an i'm
possibility" Many plans havebeen tried
for overcoming the unpleasa int conse-
quences Of induction, the most successful
Of these being that of using an additional
return wire instead Of utilizing the earth
for the completion OF the circuit. The
two wires are placed in close proximity,
with the result that the disturbing infu-
epce Is completely NATURALIZATION and
Steel Trades Journal.
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AN EMPHATIC DENIAL.

IL the Editor of tie Neaos and Courier /:
My attention has been called to an arti-
Gle in your paper Of December ls,
headed "a Youth who finds Veterans in
his way" &c. The article almost pro-
vokes emile 10 spite of the gravity Of
the charges made against me.
|, At the Grand Central Hotel in Colum.
bia, on last Friday, (not in the House of
Representatives,) in. a conversation
between two friends aud myself, some-
thing was said by one Of them in jocu.
lar way about men who have been elected
to Office in this State solely because they.
bad received wounds in the Confederate
service, and who had not another quail.
ficatiou for Office. replied in the same
manner, in substance, that it would be
better for the State if all such battle.
SCARED veterans were dead politically.
One Of them said he thought it q very
honorable sentiment to reward with
Office men who had been manned in the
war. l said yes, / think so too, other
things being equal; but that fact should
not be allowed to outweigh every other
consideration and put men into Offices
who are utterly incompetent to discharge
their duties. If this be treason, then /
am q traitor.
The article referred to would make il
appear that I deliberately insulted
MANNED Confederate veteran, who is an
Office holder. was talking to my two
friends, and did not know such a man.
was in earshot. I may state also that
one Of the men I was talking to is an Ex-
Confederate soldier. He did not take
any offence at it, because he knew none
was intended to him or anybody else.
Ifany one who knows me or who does
not know me is foolish enough to think
that could say word or entertain 3
thought disrespectful to Confederate
soldier, / ask him to consider these facts:
My father was . Confederate soldier.
Only few months ago he Joined the
silent majority. At the beginning of the
war I had eight uncles, the only memf
bers of my family old enough to 60 into
the army. One of them was chaplain
of regiment, the other seven fought in
the ranks. One of them has died since the
war, the result in part of wounds received
in battle. Two Of them survive with
their bodies covered with scars made by
minnie balls. One Of these has. dis.
charged for eleven years the duties of an
important Office to the entire satisfaction
of his constituents. The bones of the
other four lie bleaching on the battle
fields of Tennessee and Virginia. How
many families in South Carolina can
show better record7
I trust you will repair the injury done
me as far as possible by publishing this
communication, and that any newspapers
which have copied it will copy this also.
ELLIS G. GRAYDoN.
Abbeville, s. G., December IA, 1887.
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Whore He Foole d Himself.

A man dishonest enough to engage to
do work, take pay for it, and then not do
1t, would be commonly supposed to be
equal to any kind Of thieving, provided
the chances for discovery seemed slight.
But such fellow missed o rare chance
the other day. He took carpet from q
house to clean and brought it back with.
out ever having opened 1t. The wom3n
who was to put it down judged by tic
dirt that this was the case, but when SIC
found diamond stud among tho dirt 81
had the unanswerable testimony. A
member of the family had lost the stub
six months previous. What could le
more delicious than the expression Of tn"
rascal's face when confronted with sucl,
evidence Of his knavery-and lost Cpl
portunitys-Bostoa Herald.
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= FIREARMS OF The RIoH.
wealthy Men Who Have Big Stock Of
Guns on Hand In Gun Storage Rooms.

Wealthy Men Who Have Big Stock oi
Guns on Hand in Gun Storage Rooms.
IN adingy little workshop near Univer.
sity place two men were busy one day last
week cleaning the barrel of shotgun.
They were hearty looking Scots and
worked slowly, stopping at short intervals
to take 8 particularly long pull at their
black briarwood pipes and to eye their
work critically. Piled up on the shelves
around the room and against the wall
were many leather gun cases, with tags
bearfng9the names of their owners at
tached to them. AS stood watching the
two menl read some OF these names and
was surprised to see such prominent ones
as James Gordon Bennett, William z.
Vanderbilt and many others that I have
since forgotten.
"All here for repairs?" I inquired.
"Oh, no." replied one Of the bonny
Scots, shutting his lips tightly Immediate
" afterward, as If to prevent any secrets
from escaping.
''What are they here for, thenr' I per.
sisted.
"On storage" said the second Scotch
man. eve take fine guns on storage,
keep them in good repair and send them
to the owners when they get ready for
them"
It Is the only place Of the kind in New
York and probably in the country. Even
in Europe Il Is question whether such o
thing exists: The wealthy gentlemen and
mobiles who have large country estates on
the continent and in England have, 80 to
speak, theirprivate arsenals and armorers.
Here they Keep their firearms, certain
that they win be preserved and ready for
usa at any time. They can well afford to
do this, as they need not go far to do their
shooting, and may have occasion to do 1t
at very short notice.
In this country, however, where large
estates stocked with game are unknown
and shooting trip takes time and prepa-
ration, such private arsenals are not
needed. Even the wealthiest and most
.extravagant do not find 1t necessary to
employ private armorers, and most sports
men take delight in cleaning and putting
away their own guns Some though, who
have great demands upon their time either
because of social or business cares, cannot
afford or do not care to bother with the
WOC6a 6lu IL - 4O( GuCuA tueaV eulo Su0A
storage business was begun by the two
Scotch brothers.
AS they are first class workmen and
very independent, only the wealthy sports
men can afford to deal with them. They
have conducted this business for many
years, and in that time have been associ-
ated with all the prominent New Yorkers
of sporting prociiyities and have learned
great many oftheir characteristics. The
trust reposed inthem is very great, as the
guns are oil valuable and are sometimes
left In their care for years. Such Is the
case, for instance, with some Of the fire.
arms belonging to James Gordon Bennett,
the proprietor ot.The Herald. The duel
ing pistols which this gentleman intended
to use in his famous encounter with Fred
May have lain instheir leather case on a
shelf In the storage room on University
place for several years.-New York Mail
and Express. s.
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Regulating Trade Ia Eggs.

At the national convention of the
Butter, Cheese and Egg Association, to
take place at Manchester, Ia, this month,
q resolution will be introduced by a
prominent member of the New York
trade which will embody plan for the
future sale Of eggs BY weight. Those
who agitate for thechange say that the
dishonest farmer speculates in eggs by
salting, mesling or holding them for an
advance in price and then frsuduleutly
sells them as fresh laid to the buyers OF
shippers. The latter again retain them
for 8 time, short Or long, as 1t may be,
before passing them along to the receiver
in the east, who again retains them sub.
ject to an advantageous sale. The jobber
coming next on the list, in order to make
q greater profit than is legitimate, will
buy these now stale eggs and mix them
With moro honestly handled eggs, and in
that shape they may reach the consumer
through the retailer. Naturally this
manner of selling eggs reacts on and dis.
scoursges the honest producer in the fact
that the consumption of his products are
becoming moro and more restricted as
this system Of egg manipulation is grow.
ing better. known to, tho public. The
honest producer and the. consumer are
the real victims Of this questionable
practice. IT is argued, therefore, that
tho prosperity Of the trade depends upon
substituting tho weight Of twenty-four
ounces for ton eggs aa : standard OF
squslisy value. instead Of dealing BY
ggmeie conns, as 1t present. In this way
shs consunaer could judge for himself
the quality and yalue Of . purchase, and
thisfact will encourage him TO bny freely,
Birds and guinea hens eggs will, when
sold BY aetual weight, become mere
scuriosities Id the market. inStead Of
being, IS nov, sold as food.
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Confederate Veterans Indignant.

The Confederate veterans. who bear as
honorable evidences of their service
wounds and scars, or perhaps have lost
an arm or leg on the battle field, feel
justly indignant over the report of state
ments made regarding them by Mr.. Ellis
G. Graydon, of Abbeville, who MAS an
unsuccessful candidate for Circuit Judge
against Judge Norton, who is himself a
oue.armed veteran.
The Registers reporter traced the
report to the source and found the fol-
lowing to be tho facts: Last week, Fri.
day, in the Office of the Grand Central
Hotel, Mr.. Graydon, Colonel Irby, Of
Laurens, Mr.. Gasque, of Marion, one of
the doorkeepers of the House, were sit
ting in conversation, the Confederate
pension bill being the topic thereof. In
the talk Mr.. Graydon used words to the
effect that it would be good thing for
the State if all the Scared and crippled
Confederate soldiers wore dead and out
Of the way, as they now run for Offices
they were not competent to gil and were
elected by sympathy.
Mr.. Gasque, on whose authority this
statement is made, and who is himself
crippled in one arm by service iu the
war, was so justly offended that he rose
and left the place, lest he be tempted to
forcibly show his indignation.
1t is due Mr.. Graydon to say that it
has been since stated by him that his
words we're spoken in jest, but this expla-
nation is not sufficient and there is good
reason for the feeling of indignation
which, as has been said, prevails among
all Confederates who have heard of his
language. He should hasten to repudiate
such sentiments if he ever uttered or
maintained them, and he will find it diff.
fcult to make those who properly we're
the veterans who gallantly risked wounds
and loss Of limb and life itself in the
Confederacy, believe that even in jest
such words as those reported coming
from his lips should be tolerated without
emphatic condemnation of him who
utter'a them.- Columbia Register.
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Jefferson and;Hi. Descendants.

Jefferson received very little from the
United States for his services, and con-
gress bought his library for $29, 900, which
was not more than half what it cost.
There were sixteen four horse wagon
loads Of books, and they were carted by
team from Monticello to the Capitol
During his last years he tried to dispose
Of Monticello by q lottery scheme. A
paper advertising this contains letter
from Jefferson, written in 1920, in which
he hopes that the legislature Of Virginia
will permit him to sell his property in this
way, as he wants to- leave something to
his family. The advertisement Of the lot
terry, which was made after Jefferson's
death, states that the tickets are to be
$40 each, and estimates the three estates
given as prizes at. $119, 500, and states
that therewill be lat blanks. 1t states
that Monticello is the best private estate
in the country, and estimates that it took
750, 900 bricks to build its residence.
Thomas Jefferson was, however, a very
extrayagant man. He never learned the
secret of wealth in keeping his expenses
below his income, and be allowed his
managers to cheat him. A great part Of
his fortune went intd the stomaehs of his
friends, and his tables consumed more
than $11, 900 worth d wines during part
of his presidency. He ran behind his in
come while he was IN the White House
right along, and when he retired to NJ :
ticello he kept frse hotel for all who
came. At times there were more than a
score Of horses kept I'd his stables, each Of
which represented one or more visitors,
and he entertained PEOPLE who had no
claim upon him and who came to see him
entirely out of curiosity. He was an i'm
practical man in many ways, though
wise statesman; and ills said that he had
in 1893 10000 acres Of good land, 154
slaves, 81 horses, mules, 249 cattle, 800
hogs and sheep. Still his best lands
only produced eight bushels OF wheat to
the acre, and his average was about five
bushels Of wheat and tenibushels of corn.
BE was in debt during nearly the whole
of his life, and, like most presidents, he
had not the faculty of making money.
There are great number Of the Jeffer-
son family living, though no grandchil
dren. At the time Of thS war there were
forty of Jefferson's direct descendants in
the two armies. Martha jefferson had
thirteen children, and several of Jeffer-
sons other descendants hsve had families
of twelve. One of the daughters married
an Eppes, and there is large branch Of
this family in Florida today Carpenters
Letter from Washington.
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THE
PLANTERS RESTAURANT.
THE

WITH view of filling long-felt want
w in Anderson, First Glass Restau-
rant has been opened in the Masonic build
ing, where the public can always get
good meal. The patronage of the Ladies
is also solicited.
The Restaurant will be presided over by
Mrs. Margaret Harris, who has had con:
siderable experience in the business, and
the mere mention Of her name is suf1-
cient guarantee that everything will be
served in the best and most palatable style.
The table will be supplied with the best the
market affords. Meals at all hours. at the
low price of Is cents meal.
Sept o. 1887 II
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Hearts Of Great Men.

The relic preserved as Shelly's heart is
now commonly believed to be his liver,
and the assertion is made that Napoleon's
heart at the 1nvalides Is, In fact, no part
Of the "Little Corporal's" anatomy. The
doctors who made the autopsy of his body
were interrupted, so the story goes, by
nightfan, and on returning found that hia
heart was deyoured by rats, whereupon q
sleeps heart was substituted. This
story, however, Is pronounced entirely un.
true.-NeW York Sun,
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Painless Death for Murderers.

ALBANY, December ia commits.
mission was appointed in the Legislature,
session Of 1886, to report.to that of 1887
on the most humane method OF capital
punishment. The commission consisted
Of Elbridge T. CORY, of New York City ;
Matthew Hale, the eminent lawyer OF
this city, aud DR.. Southwick, an eminent
surgeon of Buffalo. Owing to the
absence Of Mr.. Gerry in. Europe during
part Of Last year, the commission obtained
q postpoDement of tho date Of reporting
to the Legislature for ono year. They
sre now required to report on this sub.
iect not later than the third week in Jan.
uary next. They have had one meeting
in New York city, last month, and will
have another and final ono to adopt q
report early In January. The commis-
sion is now understood to be wholly in
favor Of some electrical mode of execut-
ing death sentences. Mr.. Halo, who last
year said he Cherished q personal pref.
erence for the old fashioned method" !"
now says that he has learned enough
from the researches of his brother COM
missioners to incline him to the electrical
system. he believes that it is absolutely
instantaneous, snd therefore painless.
Dr.. Southwick has been making various
experiments during the summer upon
dogs in the pound at Buffalo, and claims
TO have demonstrated that it is 80 pain
less that hardly tho tension Of muscle
follows its application. It lis quicker
than even the nerve communication with
tho brain, by which paints felt.
Mr.. Gerry is preparing 8 paper giving
an account of all the ancient and modern
modes of official killing. Mr.. Hale
intends to submit q compilation Of the
opinions, suggestions and experiences
which the commission, With great labor,
have collected. Reporters who have
witnessed hangipgs, physicians who have
had large experience in counting the
dying pulses Of the hanged, and man
who was hanged by mob and resuscita.
ted, will contribute to this-report. The
The literature of the commission will be
as interesting as De Quincey's essay on
"Murder rs Fine Ars."
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The young lady who burst into
tears has been put together again and is
now wearing hoops to prevent recur'
renee of the accident.
"A man has no more right to say an
uncivil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing to another than
to knock him down.
Georgia started, built and conducted
the first woman's college In the. e.wurM.
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Farming that Pays.

Nh, d. =. Hollet, Jr., most success.
8onng farmer Of tho. Levels, st orr
q q slsqnest has given Us for publication the
sIesult fhis farming operations this year.
His farm lies about two miles South of
i Aiken, on what is known as the Levels.
He planted in cotton last spring, using
the Pstsrkin seed, between fifty and fifty.
/ tiso acres, manuring with fertilizers,
kcempost and cotton seed, and off this he
siss gathered fifty.nine bales averaging
46T pounds each. On eighteen acres he
put 600 pounds.:..of fertilizers and com.
post and so bushels of cotton seed to the
! acre, and from this he gathered twenty
-four bales. which goes to prove that
sheasy manuring pays, even on our
snplands. On the balance of his cotton
land he put only abou:: 300 pounds of
imtilizers and is bushels of cotton seed.
With the exception of four bales,
which MI. Holley still holds, this cotton
has all been. sold to the Graniteville
. Manufacturing Company, whore doubt.
+ ing Thomasss, should there be any, can
these fg1res, both as to the mum.
bsT Of bales sold and their weight.
Mr, Holley Is . firm belieyerin the use
81 srtilisers, and next year heproposes to
reduce his acreage andincrease the guam.
titys Of fertilizers, thus backing up his
judgment BY his actions.
Ia addition to this fine yield Of cotton,
MI Holley thas made all the corn and
s fodder that will be necessary for him to
{ ssyun his farm another year.
ghsf hss been accomplished by Nh.
! 5 8 r1;sy can be accomplished BY others.
.c,ss - are no better than hundreds Of
s. I 5,anura surround him, but he used
B ;n.tasa of ls3 and pushed his crop
6.ss msde moiilh, non bis crop push him. He
fl permission to apd We wish We had
his iarm this year, batis net profits on
5 slthouea the figures aSs We have not,
s;on. Suffice it to say theur posses.
farming psys.-FIom tie AiAsn MN
%, ~ ,urnal
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON
Cnrrpr nE COMMON pT,EAS

Thomas A. Sherard and Thomas A. Sherard as Al.
~signee Of Samuel MCGOWAN, John B. Moore and
John E. Allen, partners under the Firm name
of McGowan, Moore & Allen, PlsintinS, against
]. B. Newton and Eliza Newton, Defendants
Summons for Relief Complaint not Serred.
To the Defendants above named:
VyOU are hereby summoned and required to an.
swer the complaint in this action, which
is filed ir the Office of the Clerk Of the Court
of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H., 8. c.
and to serve copy Of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscribers at their Office, Ander.
son sc, within twenty days after the service
hereof exclusive of the day Of such servicei and II
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 complaint,
Dated November Il, A. D. 1887.
BROWN & TREBLE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Anderson, 8. G.
[sEAL] r. E. WATKINS, Dep. c. c.P.
To the absent Defendant, ]. B. Newton:
Take notice that the Summons and Complains
In this action were filed In the Office Of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, in the State Of South Carolina, at Ander.
son, S. c., on the 14th day Of November, 1887.
BROWN TREBLE,
Plaintihs' Attorneys.
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Buotlsn's Aruiea salve.

The Best Salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup'
tious, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Hill Brca.
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essThe peanut harvest in Virginia is
peared at 100000 bushels, and nine
fox masctories clean and sort the nuts
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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 & c. Air Line and
Asheville e. Spartanburg R. R.
Tickets on sale at Anderson to all points
at through rates. Baggage checked to des-
tination. w. ]. CRAIG, a. G. P. A..
W. W. STARR, Supp, AusuHx, Cd.