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A Queer Organization.

s.. a Reading Pa dispatch to the Phila.
delphia North American says: "The
recent refusal of 8 we'll. known and
highly respected young lady ofthis city
to marry a young man just as respecta-
BILE, to whom ahe had been engaged for
several months, set the tongues of the
society gossips wagging, and they have
besn coDjuring their minds consulting
their oracles ever since to ascertain
if possible the reason why the young
lady did what they have been consider.
ing such q foolish thing. By the
mefest accident her reason Tor SO doing
has been found in the fact that she is q
member of an organization of young
ladies. IN this city, numbering about
forty, governed by a constitution and
bylaws forbidding, among other things,
the marriage Of "a member to any one
swho-is not in the enjoyment Of perfect
health: who has had consumption or
amy other hereditary disease in his fami-
ly; who is not of good moral character
and a.smember of the Young Mems
.Christian Association or=some branch of
the Chriatian church; Who drinks any
thing stronger than light wines or who
uses tobacco in any form, or who is not
actively engaged in some trade or pro.
fession. It has been ascertained beyond
doubt that this society has been in
existence in this citys some 'months,
that it holds regular meetings, has.regu:
lar officers, and that it has detective
employed who keeps the members we'll
posted as to the habits and antecedents
Of their fellows When a proposal of
marriage is made to.a membez OF this so'
ciety she at once notifies the society of
the fact, and if after thorough .investi-
CATION as to the poor fellows character
and antecedents they consider him up
to the mark sheis allowed to answer,
Nvoa
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Notiice of Homestead.

NYoTIOE is hereby given that J. D.
IN Smith, has filed In my Office an ap:
xplications to have his HON mestead in rea.
and personal property set off to him II
pursuance To. the Act Of the General AS
4sembly In such cases made and provided
ssssss W. W.aHUMPHREYS, Master.
Jan "a. 1889 %
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i; lI,l YOU.
81 Ifyqu propose going West or North.
west toiWrite to me: { represent
The Snort Line. ~
FRED. D. BUSH, D. PA,
;s,sssss ;s* Atlanta, Ga.
.ssSaGES
sSEEsNsrS!
o,ys15,1Ss8ss

SsCTATEsOFsSOUT UTHsCAROLINA,
~ ANDERsoN COUNTY.
ByE ". Coz, J..dg of Probate.
WHEREAS. James Brown has APP
,splied to- me to grant him letters of Ad-
@ministration9 on the. Estate and effects
gof Jonas Brown, deceased. 80 -.
These, are therefore to cite and. admon:
I jah 1.au kindred and cred ditors of the said
Jonas Brown deceased, To- sba=and1 ap-
I near before me in Court of Probate to be
Sfeid eidsatsAnderson Court House, on the
I I 9th day of February, 1889, after publica-
/: ton hereof, to .sheW cause, If any they
Shaye. whyfhe said ministration should
not, bas granted. Given under my hand,
:sthis 25th day. of ] january, 18S9. ys
vs. f. COX, Judge Probate.
8 or 400 ss ~.
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LADIES!
DO Your own Dyeing at Home, witt
PEE'RL,Eg DYES.

They; ;Vill dys Everything. they are sold every:
where. Price l0c. q package. 40 colo1s. They
3 have no equal for Strength, Brightness, Amount
i I'm Packages or for Fastness OF Color, or nom
fading Qualities They do not crock or smut. For
sale by Simpson. Keid e Co.., Druggists, Anderson
rs. c., and b. @: Martin & Son, General Marchan'
sdise, Williapston, s. c. 1ysS
sass Feb %; 1883 al -.
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Many pleasant recolIections to US
individually are connected with St. Paul.
In. our young anhood days, ,we. attended
this church frequently, and did some
.smityn sweet talking all about there,
and mot far from there e certain blue
eyed gil said yes, TO avery 2 important
;questio q certain occasion. She nor.
wears her mat tarpsl shonoras well, and isl
istillshe e1ameb blne:eyed gill to us. All.
these collections scame fast crowding
enpon rs as We drove up there last week,
walked into the school room, shook
hands With Miss Minerva Drake, receiv.
ed ahearty welcome from her, and then
turned to look into the more than seventy
pairs Of eyes. fixed upon us. The school
s:isss.s.well-ordered in all things" Miss
Minerva is the gnidings star here, and
she is sHschuck full" of business. She
expressed herself as delighted with the
Chart, and from ocular demonstration,
weithink the "littles ones" are equally
50. They gave convincing proof Of the
,great;utility Of this method Of teaching.
The Arithmetic classes gave proof <of
':heir knowledge Of fractions; { and the
History and Geography classes gave
evidence ofcarefnl training. This school
is to run ten months -sss1. 80
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P1fARloSI
IHAHSAgN
ND
ORGAN ORGANS.
sspaciaIS offers for next 80 Days.

ss:speCiaIS Offers for next so. Days.
we Lead In Low Prices.
sssss WeiLead in Easy Terms.
VeLead in b best instruments
COME and letns take :your; M easure for
steed. rite or call on
.sL.s HAYNIEs & DAUGHTER,
So Watfcld Street,
GREENVILLE, b. C.5ssss,
sssD Dec 20, 8s8 "a ~: sit;;sss3
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Right alongside Of st. Paul for eaicien.
~: and results; stands Cedar Wreath,
under thecare Of Miss Jennie Rosamond.
We had expected to see q good school
andEa careful, thorough teacher, and We
were not disappo pointed !. The rithmetic
class gave evidence Of familiarity with
The principle involved; in the readiness
with which they solved problems in
interest. Miss Jennie has been teaching
this school for number of terms, and
the results Of her work will be found
here for many years to come. We went
home with the chool.marm," (noW
don't tell on us) and spent tie night
with her father and mother, friends Of
our boyhood years, and spentithe time in
social converse. u; s aas-'t.sss
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4 ;-jTNo 5S.l Northbound

SsaNo. 54 MaEea clnsa conn ection for Atlanta.
q no. IS makes close connection for Augusta ana
sChE.7esto1at Colun.
J1s..L. TlYLoR, Gsn1 Pass Agent.
81 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I fsss. Agt7 Columbia, 9.
sgsoL. Haas Traffic Manas ger .t
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We found Mr. III. ii. Merritt in, charge
of the Bethesda Sloan school. We saw
this school under -unfayorable' cifcum:
stances, as il was3a very rainy day;and
very few pupils we're present. Hence,
we could not form much Of an idea, but
from what NE saw ne think there is need
:ofsome thorough work to be done there.
However, some Of the classes had just
started s,and we: hope our: young friend
will buckle on the armor for some hard
and thorough work, J 50 that on the occa.
sion Of ous. next visit we may be able to
see tangible results.
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We wish some people could have seen
what we. saw at the Mountain Springs
lcolosed school. Nearly all the pupils
could read, and the teacher is on high.
waysto success trith those who cannot
read, iorshe has got hold Of the right
plan. Scarcely q .'blue.back, /" and
teaching them the words on the black.
board. This school is taught by R. J.
Scott, froE, Claflin q University.
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TEAGHERs'GoLUMN
-aN All communication intended for
this Column should be addressed to D. 81.
RUSSELL, School Commissio oner, Ander.
son. sc. - - - II :
We stopped to see Mrs. Darracott at
the Melton school house, but found she
was off on wedding jaunt. Well
young folks will get married, and ne
older ones loye:to see itsgoing on. Will
call again some other time.

Miss Leola Russell1is teaching at the
.O'Neal school, q location recently estab'
1lished BY the Trustees Of of:Brushy Creek
We did not make, a full visit to this
school, hut will hdoao.in thesfuture. The
teacher IS q former pupil Of ohfs, and
also q relative; and for reasons which will
be understood, ne will NOT say what
under other circumstances ne might say.
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private car and pufed up and bloated
with surplus. money, and the newspapers
make much ado over his. arrival. and
speak of him as brilliant exampler Of
enterprise and sagacity, and call him, 9
commercial king, and all that, the young
man who is clerking at fifty dollars a
month, signs and wonders if he can't
find some nearer cut to fortune, and be
buys lottery ticke-its only two dollars
and half--or be slips round to the cotton
exchange and ventures ten dollars on the
hazard. The trouble it takes is too
much to keep the modern young man
going; too much to keep him in hailipg
distance of respectability; too much to
keep up with the girls and be popular,
Society is very extrayagant and very
exacting and very attractive. A call ora
german is just as delightful, but it costs
|. q young man about five dollars pop. i
don't like society. It strainsm my habits,
my content and my purse. Sometimes I
get caught in it, and it nearly kills me.
I wish that I wasen't such an old fogy.
About twenty. four hours of society uses
me up, and ! feel like little boy who
wants to go home. The last time I was
caught they had aswell dinner, and there
were six forks at every plate, and don't
know how many spoons. I got demoral-
lied at the start. l thought that I would
watch the others, and do as they did,. but
unfortunately, the servant tackled me
first, and presented a'waiter with whole
lot of little silver screws on napkin.
What they were for I had no more idea
than the man in the moon, but ! sorter
gauged the lot to the number of guests,
and took four. A sly glance around the
table discovered the fact that the Others
were watching me, and SO: they all took
four apiece too. I laid them down by
my plate and waited for signs. looked
at the hostess and she looked at me with
a kindly smile that encouraged me and I
said: MADAM, if you will excuse me
please, Maam, I really do not know
what to do with these screws. My di-
gestive organs are not 80 strong as they
used to be and +"
She burst outinto q fit Of laughing and
said, "Why, Major, the screws are not to
eat thew are to fasten your napkin with,
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LII 4uuiaua tue Juliet uay, q isuEXeOu
removed a rib from man, whosmylved1
the operation. Nothing igEsaid sto|
what became of the dismemb bered lib: In
view of our surplus population of. women
there Was no particular necessity ofsrc.
peating the miracle of Adams life.
"A maiden said to her little nephew:
"Now, Johnny, you 60 to bed early. and
always do so, and you'll be rosy.cheeka
ed and handsome when you grow up:g
Johnny thought over this few minutes
and observed: We'll, aunt, yon must
have set up good deal when you were
young" ,s,757|g -.
1t is not for Gods pleasure, but fol
our profit, that he aflicta t,s. At sucH
seasons, prayer is like an wthad
pierces the dark clouds of afaiction, and
makes them break with blessings on Che
Christians head; !; but the arrow.will fall
to the ground unless the bow Is strong
and bent in dependence on the HOLY
Spirit. -
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-04
IN FOR ThE PlSHE.
tas-s slide D~wsu~rus- ~ssrsting Bs~.ssy E.r the
sbctaaer Contest.

k.s-s slide D~~s.~ras- s.~ssinx ss~..sy E.r the
tbstoa.rr Contest.
Sis-ciai to the standard.
sept. 3--Thi- city and county
feel tile imTs,tus that was given to the
dcmorratic ticket in the state convention
held iu Anaconda. Ii may he. said. with
CAT successful contradiction, that the
democrats Of Lewis and Clark were newer
so we'll organized as they ar, to-day in
every prsS.inct at the county. In every
ward of Helena enthusiasm prevails.
Every effort has tssn put forth ira ths,
dirsstion at making the rcgi-try as COM
plctc as possible. IL has hsen Discovered
that the new Law involves many new fea-
turss-, bat these will In fully complied
with So far as that il found tn bc within
tl,s. range of possibility.
In Helena the work az organization has
been pushed with enthusiasm. A city
democrats. club has been organized. The
attendance ut It's first meeting. last EVEN
ing. was -n much larger than had bs'cn
anticipated that am Informal ratification
meeting was held and the gr.atc-, en-
was present. His speech touched an th.
vital issues involved i'm the cam
paign. and was received with nm
ton and Judge McCouncli wer,. present
and both gentlemen were received i'm -
spirit that gave a-s,rancc OF earnest and
at the. state convention last week. Inter
est i'm this city renters partially in the
efforts of the younger element in the
Democratic party. They arr. the mos,
carn..S, workers in the field and they
propose To take an active part in ia" can
va~~ until its close.
Tho registration law il severely rriti-
ci~sd in the county aud i'm III. section az
Montana east OF Helena. Tn" BURDEN
some registration law has hssn hcipful
tai tl,s. Democratic cause. The law ~ i'm
tcuscly unpopular tiiro,igl,out eastern
Montana. Reports of the hars!ship~ re-
s,ltipg from its application arr constantly
coming i'm. A letter rec" wed to-day men
tiotIS eighteen voters N.ro arr one htitt-
drssi aud twenty miles from tho nearest
place 80 registration. There arr, hundreds
of like cases.
Hon. Joseph *. Toolc and Juslps' Penn
ts'rton, democratic nominees Tor governor
and encouragement. started to-day for
Fergus county, twhcre they will visit re-
mots. >sttlcmcrts seventy miles from the
railroads. Mr.. Toolc's appointments are
already made for every day of the cam
paign. Other speakers will follow these
gentlemen i'm the field until every section
L. visited.
A survey Of the entire field AT this time
shows the democrats cvcrywtterS united,
alert and confident. and the opinion of
conservative Judges is that nothing tI,
the hGtrsiships of tlic registration act can
Is,~sibly prevent complete and sweeping
democratic. Stlsts.SS,
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MISSED HER IT
Mrs. Gougtlin k0ssckrst Over ~ lsssrt,- " Ire.
Pence by ~ Ia.-ngcr Tr,si0.

Nr~. t0ngtsIin X nsckssi Over 70 ls,srl,- " Ire
Pence by u Passenger Train.
Mrs. j. w. Coughlin. the wife 81 "a la
boring man living on Blair street near
Western avenue, 81. Paul. had an exciting
experience one afternoon last week,
barely escaping death in ~ peculiar acci-
dent. Slh. was walking along the Mani
toba track. at u poin, where il curves t-
ward the city. Her EARS were covered
with u large sun-bonnct and sh,. dill not
hear the train as il game tearing around
the curve near hcr at "a speed OF forty
miles AN hour or the wLisil. that was
blown to warn her of ti.c danger. The
train could not Ia stopped aud a. tn" en-
gilccr reversed steam lac closed hi~ eyes
tn avoid the awful sight that appeared in
cvital,ic. III" train stopped within so
feet. hat ID WAS loo late. Striking the wo-
man in the back with terrific force tls. en-
ginc throw her from tia" track over u barb
cant lot. 1iirr" she lay niotiouI.-s. her
skirts thrown over her head.
NJ tho train stopped the conductor and
several passengers jumped To the ground
Suddenly there wasa rustic of white gar
mcits, "a pair of arms prptru,lcl from nm
der tlp. skirts about her head. and in "a
second more "a woman Whose eyes dashed
men. She adjusted the new sun-bonnct.
and shaking IA well-brownssI hand AT the
conductor she exclaimed ID right.
look AT me-. ! like to know IL il ant bad
'noueh to mash my clean clothes all mp
without starin' that way; rot your dirty
engine"
The rest Of her speech could not bc
heard. and as she started ont across the
lot al "a rapid pace. the trainmcu lopkssl at
each other in arnazrnhent. Before start
ing again the engineer took 70 careful sur
yey of the cowcatcher tai see that nothing
had been broken.
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y.ut M. l,.,i In n

A peculiar accident happened la - hors..
belonging in Harwinton. Conn. ia" other
day. a uoi~" was heard in the barn. aud
on going tn see what the trouble was. th..
men found the horse lying ON iiS side will
one of his hind legs caught in his mouth
After coIiSiIrrIbl" trouble. attended. says
the Hartford Past, Icy no little danger of
getting badly hurt Icy the Of tho
animal, u" was finally released from his
uncornfortabl" position apparently nom"
the wor-. for ia. adventure. Apparently
the horSr. WI iic fighting iii,-. reached his
head around To bite th"In off. and at TN"
same time raised lis foot To stamp tlIrui
oil mud got camglIl in Tint MaN.
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He knew ths. Owner.

The late Judge w ,lker of Aurora. Ind.
was. il il said, the DISQUALIFICATION of pom
posity. He was proud of himself. of his
family, and OF all his possessions. Illus
trativc of this trait of character, "a story *
told of the old Judge. shortly bpfors. his
death he built "a splendid mansion ON the
high hill back of Aurora. Judge Walker
was Unfortunately proud of this house.
which could bc seen for miles up aud
down the river. One day he was return
ing home by steamer from Cincinnati.
Judge Walker no sooner caught sight of
his residence than his whole attention
was fixed upon il. He wondered if every
one else appreciated the beauty and strik-
ing location of the house. Finally hc
walked up tn "a stranger and said: II beg
pardon. hut -ah-can you tell me who *
tire owner of that ah -palatial ard beau
tiful mansion on the hill ." Yes, sir
replied the M promptly. That old
barn belongs To Judge Walker. the biggest
fool in Indiana. although he thinks him
self "a sage" The Judges curiosity was
..ntii giy satisfied.
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A watchman i'm one of the departments
at Washington who does not want to Ia
quoted recently said: 81 was an ordinary
seaman on the original Monitor when she
went down on Hatt.ras. She was no,
built for heavy seas. and was being towssl
10y the steamer Rhode Island. IL H. not
known. but IL il "a fac. that the Rhode
Island carne near going down with our
boat. and nobody would have been left to
tell the tale. The law~er either parted or
was cut. w" were sinking and III"
Rhode island was slow ia getting cut her
boats. w. thought She was going to de-
scrt us. The heavy guns of ia. Monitor
were turned on her 10y some of the men
and we intended tn blow her out of the.
water before we went down. just az We.
were about tn firs. the shot ia. Rhosl.
Islands boats w.fs' lowered. The shot
was not fired. II tl. Rliosl" Island had
been prompt nom" Of orr men would have
been lost. Sixteen went down"
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At COUNTY & A

1.-THE Standards Daily ssist of Interesting
News from Deer Lsrlge.
Special tn the standard.
DEER LODGE. Sept. 3-The Board of
County Commissioners met in regular SEES
sion YESTERDAY. there being "a full board
present. No business of Importance has
been transacted mp To this time except the
allowing of IA few small bills. During
yesterday and to-day the. board has been
considering the appointment of Judges of
the election precincts. INT the list is-iE-
complete and will not In given out until
tomorrow afternoon.
The marriage of Henry Ii. Davis, demo-
cratic candidate for county surveyor. To
Miss Lizzie Voolfolk. will take place
"Wednesday morning AT o'clock at the
minister will be Rev. ID. j. Mcmillan,
president of Montana college.
Mr.. Thos: Ford, of the uppe Deer
ance on the Board of Commissioners.
T., O,Leary. attorney at law, of Ana
He thinks Deer Lodge the most beautiful
town i'm the territory.
H. r. Whitchili, attorney, OF Anaconda.
came down this morning to visit his
w. A. Hensley. of Upper Deer Lodge
valley, was in town to-day. He is always
The probate judge to-day issued "a mar
riage license To William killiher and
w. F.. Furay, republican candidate for
clerk and recorder, has just returned from
PhiIlpsburK ana Granlte, where he has
been to look after his political fences.
They ART i'm bad repair in hat part of the
country.
The College of Montana will open day
after Tomorrow. Students are beginning
to- come i'm and by the day of opening il is
expected the dormitories viii be pretty
full.
A new mining company has just been
Incorporated under the naInc of the Mag
nolia consolidated mining with
"A capital stock of 5OO,OOO shares of the par
value of S1.OO per share. Seven directors
were selected last evening. Hon. VIM. j.
Galbraith was elected president and John
+. Straubal secretary. The corporation
Nill develop the Magnolia and Blue
Mountain lodes i'm the Oro Fine mining
district. within "a half mile of the Cham
pion mine. The Office of the mpan
has been opened i'm the Klein, Schmidt x
Co. block and the stock has been placed
ON the market at ten cents per share.
Twenty-six thousand shares have been
taken, tlday by parties outside of Deer
-1D,dge.
Champion stock il selling at from 20
cents IL one dollar per share. and Noun
tain Lion at 42E cents.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon only AIS
voters had Registered i'm the Deer Lodge
registration district.
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Something Omin"n- Abo", g..

TfNIl INC NisIIIIEfUn TW>f-
IL j. not our disposition to alarm the
public. hut when W" see all the European
kings and eInperor- and potcntatc~ and
potentatesscs going about huggiug and
kissing each other w. feel that war i~ how
ering in the immediate vicinity OF the
present time and that the market price of
American brsadstiIffs il cro,ching for "a
pretty tall spring.
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The " rs,ng Gial,.
From Time.

FROM Time.
Wife ito husband coming i'm late, Here
you are with "a big head again. John. And
IL comes from that hateful old club, too.
Husband: You jush bet il does. wife;
that beastiy p'li.hman. He Is the man
for you 10 tackle
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as. For the Coin.

From Time.
McCracklc: I see that "A movement Is
on foot to induce the Government to coin
half-cent pieces.
McCorkle: Yes, IL In thought that m~re
people could he induced to contribute 10
church collections i'm that case.
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Over la Carroll.

The registry office in Carroll reports -
total of 149 names ON the list. The office.
of registry il in Walkers hotel. This
Office takes care of Carroll. Warm Spring
and Lost Creek.
The work of substituting iron for wooden
buildings AT the snneltcr works il progress
ing rapidly. The boiler ho,iSs. aud power
houses are already enclosed. The frame
work of the new sunclter is about rom
plcted.
Workmcn arr. laying "a double track for
the srncitcr high line.
The new brick machine i'm the works
near the. Anaconda Commercial company
will bc in running order Ny the close of
this week. Ii will have "a cap,city of
12.OU fire brick per day. The machine
puts II pressure of over - tons on five
brick.
The Carroll democratic club held "A
rou-ing meeting i'm tia. school house at
that place, last evening. Over 40 snthu-
were. made 10y w. w. Thornton Silven
Hughes and j. X. B~oarrnan.