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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

The Corsicana Democrat says !:
"Many farmers become discouraged
with their lot when they observe
how some men in other walks of life
accumulate wealth. If this matter
was looked at carefully it would be
found that the showing is not as
good as it appears. The men who
make great fortunes are the ones
who come into notice; but for every
merchant who counts his wealth by
hundreds of thousands, there are
hundreds of other merchants who
have failed entirely. Now and then
we hear of a lawyer or physician,
whose fees in few years amount to
n reasonable fortune; but for each of
these there are hundred who neve.
know one month where the money
is coming from to pay the bills for
the next.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
Is Consumption Incurablel

Read the following: Mr.. g. II. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "Was down with abscess Of
lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurab!o consnmptive. Began taking
DIR. Kings New Discovery for consumption, am
now on Iny third! bottle and able to oversee the
work on my farm. It IL the finest medicine ever
made"
Jesse Midddlewart, Decatur. Ohio, snys: "Iiad
1t not been for Dr. Kings New Discovery for
consumption woulh have died Of lung tr0n
bles. Was given mp by doctors. Am now IN
best of health" Try It. Sample bottles FREQ ai
Norman Drug Co.'s drug store.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

The war spirit is not dead in Edge
field. At an inspection of the Light
Dragons last week, General Bon
ham being present, ~. A. Tompkins
and Jesse Morgan had fight with
swords. They hacked each other
a little before they were separated
They afterwards renewed the battle
with fists and made tho wool and
blood fly. Both were put in Jail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
Senator Hampton.

WASHINGTON, October 1.-"My
position in regard to the colonization
Of the negroes" said Senator Hamp-
ton, "has been misinterpreted by
numbers of people who think that l
am in favor Of using force to get
them out of the country. In conse-
quence of this misinterpretation l
have recently received scores of let
ters, most of them anonymous, of an
exceedingly abusive and denuncia-
tory character. I never said word
about forcing the negroes away.
There is no doubt in my mind,
though, that it would be better for
the South, better for tho negro and
better for the whole country if the
darkies could be put by themselves.
Gen. Grant favored something of
this kind when he advocated tho
purchase of some of the Western
islands. For myself I would favor
q bill giving governmental aid to the
removal and settlement of those
willing to emigrate. Then the ne
groes would have All opportunity of
seeing what they could do for them
selves in the way Of self-govern-
ment.
"Tho South" continued the Scna-
tor, els destined to become great as
a manufacturing section, but it does
not need protection for its infant in
dustries. In coarse fabrics South
Carolina is already mdcrselling the
cotton mills of Lowell. The reason
why the South must become the ma
nufacturing section of the United
States is quite evident. Our climate
enables lis to work twelve months in
the year. Labor is cheaper and cot
ton is grown right on the ground.
These Inducements arc bound to
bring capital to us. Then, In regard
to iron, if we can produce that at
eleven dollars a ton, as it is done, we
have no need for protection. The
South has superior natural adYanta-
gcs, and whatever protection the
Government icvies simply helps to
keep up the competition of the
North"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
'Daily except Saturdays.
thnily aycp1,f Q,nfloya

'Dniy except Saturdays.
tDaiy except Sundays
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains 80 and 5l Pullman Buffet Slccnor
between New York and Atlanta. ~
Pullman Sleeper between Spartanburg and
Hot Springs.
On trains 81 and 3d. Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington ana Montgomery; wash
ington and Augusta, Greensboro and Richm0llti
Greensboro and Raleigh. '
Through tickets on sale at dill principal sta.
tiOns to all points. ~
For rates and information, apply to any Agent
of the Company, or JAS. l.. TAYLOR, ~ =.
General Passenger Agent. ,
Washingt OH, DC. :
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager ,
Washington ID. O.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
The Quintessence Of SycOphancy.

An Eastern potentate once asked
a group of his courticrs whom they
thought the greatest man, himself or
his father. At first he could elicit
no reply to 30 dangerous question.
At last willy old courtior said I:
"Your father, sire; for, tn ugh you
are equal to your father in all other
respects, in this he is superior to
you---that he had greater son than
any you have" lie was promoted
on the spot.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
Electric Bitters.

This remedy Is becoming so well known and so
phpular as to need no special mention. All who
have used Electric Bitters sing the samo song Of
praise. purer medicine does not exist and it
is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitcrs will all diseases of the liver and kid
neys, will remove pimpes, boils, salt rheum and
other affections causcd by impure blood. Will
drive malaria from tho system and prevent rs
we'll MS cure all malarial fcvers. For cure of
headache, constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bittors. Entire satisfaction gIaran-
teed or money refunded. Price SOC. and 81 per
bottle at Norman Drug Co.'s drug store.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

a woman in Nam, speaking Of
the sudden death of her husband, is
reported hy the Salem, Mass; Go-
zctte to have said: "Bcfore no died
he ate a gallon of oysters for 500,
and cleared $S5 for his family, his
funeral only costing $15."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

At cafe group of gentlemen
were discussing politics when young
student entered and joined in the
conversation. Ills argument did nc
please the others, and one Of them
said to him: "Be quiet. At your
age ! was an ass myself~ "You
arc wonderfully well preserved, sir
was the reply.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
The Inildel's Sheep.

Away among the hills of Northern
New England were two infidel neigh
bors, who had lived to mans estate,
SHINING and disappearing against
God.
One of them heard the Gospel mes
sage, and hearing, believed unto
eternal life. a short time after
ward the converted man went to the
house of his infdel neighbor, and
said to him:
81 have come to talk with you. I
have been converted"
"Yos, 7 heard that you had been
down there and had gone forward
for prayers" said the skeptic, with a
sncer; "and was surprised, for I
had thought you were about as sensi-
bic a man as there was in town."
"Wcll," said the Christian, "I have
a duty to do you, and I want you to
stop talking and hear me. I haven't
slept much for two nights for think
ing of it. l have got four sheep in
my flock that belong to you. They
came an !9{G %}X i"!l x: y;;s ;ss ago, and
knew they had your mark on them, {
ut took them and marked them ,
1ith my mark; and you inquired all {
round and could not hear anything {
f them. But they arc in my field,
With the increase of them. And
low I want to settle this matter. I
AVE lain awake nights and gromned
'ver it, and I have come to get rid
# it. And now I am at your option.
will do just as you say. If it is a
ew years in Statc-prison, I will suf"
er that. If it is either money or
you want, say the word.
AVE a good farm and money at inter-
st, and you can have all you ask.
want to settle this matter and get rid
If it,"
The infdcl was ama.-d. lie be-
;an to tremblc.
"If you have got them sheep you
ire welcome to them. don't want
lothing of you, if you will only 60
way a man who will come to me
IS you havc--something must have
got hold of you that I don't under
stand. You may keep the sheep, if
Iou will only 60 away"
"No," said the Christian 81 must
settle this matter up, and pay for the
sheep; I shall not be satisfied with
out. And You must tell me how
nuch."
"Wcll," said the skeptic, eff you
must pay for them, you may give me
what the sheep were worth when
they got into your field and pay me
six per cent. interest and let me
alone"
The man counted out the value of |
the sheep and the interest on the
amount, and laid it down, and then
doubled the dose, and laid as much
more down beside it, and went his
way, leaving load on his ncighbor's
heart almost as heavy as that which
he himself had borne.
The full result Of that scene is only
known to God. One thing is certain,
the infidci was seen to frequent the
house of prayer, and we may be sure
that he aftcrward believed there was
some power in the Gospel, and that
all Christians were not hypocrites.
The COLLEGE, of Mexico haa the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

Gen. Meigs has written a note to
the editor of the Engineering and
BWlaimg Record, in which he says ::
"The child is now born who, in his
old age, will be one of 1,000,000,000
of people in tho United States, of
which 80,000,00O will be blacks, or
of African decent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

"FIerc, waiter! what kind of pic
do you call this ?"
"Applc pic, sir"
"But there is nothing in it,"
"Bcg pardon, sir, but we use cva-
porated apples in ali our pies"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

John Hart, who drives bakers
wagon in Winchester, Penn, is a
great grandson of the John Hart who
signed the Declaration of Indcpcn-
dence. -.~'''&
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

l-I'he Austrins tie the hands of the
corps and extract the finger nails
that the dead may not scratch his
way out of the grave.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

a lazy convict in the Salem, Orc
gon prison recently chopped off his
left hand with a hatchet in order to
avoid being put to work.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

Queen of Spain--"Moi Gracia
The baby king has the stomach ache" "
Lord chamberlain (cxcitcdly)-
Woo! Cafl the .Sccrctary of the
interior % =;
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

The people of the United States
use annually about seven postal cards
for every man, woman and child.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

THROUGH CAE SERVICE. IT
Nos. 3, j, 80 and 81 daily except Sunday.
Main limo trains 81 and b5 daily between CO.
lumbia and Aston. - e,
Daily except Sunday between Alston and
GrCcnvilc.
Tickets OH sale Mt principal stations to all
points. u. CARDWEIL
Division Passenger Agent,
Columbia, 8. g .
JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
General Pass. Agent.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager. -.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

Over onc-half tho inmates Of iails
and penitentiaries arc under twenty
eight years of age.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

I know no religion that destroys
courtesy, civility and kindness.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
Mrs. Julia NJ. johnson, Principal.

Mrs. Julia NJ. johnson, Principal.
There Is no institution i'm the county
more comfortably ana completely fur
nishcd with modern conycnicnccs than
Wagcncr Academy. r.,c most approved
methods Of tenching adopted. a beau
tiful supply Of Bradlcy's object forms,
used in illustrating "OhJcct Lessons"
Special care shown mall cI lrcn. Daily
exercise in singing and callslhcnics with
organ accompaniment. Monthly reports
of pupils record sent to parents. Pa
irons will receive benefit Of public money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

The College of Mexico has the
reputation Of being fifty years older
than Harvard.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

a t1antic Coast Line.
Passenger department.
Wilmington ~. e., September 20, 1880.
Fast Line Between Charleston and Co.
lumbia ana Upper South Carolina
and Western North Carolina.
Condensed Schedule.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

A Cincinnati judge has decided
that ice cream is not luxury but a
necessity.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

NIanyPersons
Are broken down frbm oS,rwork or household
cares Browns iron Bitters
febuilds the system, a$ss digestion, removes ex.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

"Dcn 'twarn't none oh my son.
Dat nigger warn't none oh my rails
ing" ---
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
CONGAREE IRON WORKS.
Lady stra!s,tu5ar L. |; = Il c. r. R.
Depot, Columbia, S. c.,

-MANUrAcTURER Or
Steam ENGINES and Boilers,
Mill Gearing, Vertical and Hori-
zonta Cane Mills, Grist and
SAW MILLS OF ALL SIZES, HOUSE
FRONTS, RAILING FOR GARDEN
AND CEMETERY LOTS.
Prompt and Special Attention
given to Repairing Of Ma
chinery.
would call the attention of the public
especially to the fact that my CIRCULAR
SAW MILLS have taken the first prize at
every State Fair in Columbia when on OK
hibition, and that make a specially of
the manufacture of the IMPROVED
CIRCULAR SAW MILL, combining
great simplicity with durability and
strength in their construction, and there
by am enabled to put on the market an
article which rivals any other in price as
well as effectiveness. | have on file many
testimonials from the foremost sawyers
and mill-mcn of this State who usc my
mills to their perfect satisfaction.
am enabled to furnish House Fronts,
Railing and all Architectural Work at
short notice, having largo variety of
patterns; and, besides, the experience of
many years in the trade, SO that [ can
suit customers in every manner to their
taste as well as to prices. My experience
and knowledge of gearing and other ma
cnincry by this time is well known
throughout the State, and will warrant
to every ono that h" can he s,nr,d by mo.
| pay close attention to Repairs of
Steam Engines, &C., when ordered, so
that they arc promptly filled and no loss
occurs to any customers by delay.
Parties desiring any article IN my line
will find it to their best interest to call or
correspond with me,
Writo for Circular and Price List,
which will bo furnished on application.
JOHN ALEXANDER,
Columbia, S. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

"Uncle Ben, your son was found
fooling around my hen coop last
night, and / came very near catch
ing him. lie had his hand on n
chicken, bnt he let it go when he
heard me-"
"Boss, did yer say he had hand
on q chicken an den lot it go?"
81 did"
"Den 'twarn't none oh my son
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
PIEDMONT AIR LINE.
Richmond & DanVille Railroad.

Condensed Schedule, III effect, Sept. 20, 1885,
Trains run by 10Th Meridian time--one hour
faster than 90th Meridian time. 0
SOIlTHR0IJND
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

Es1Hsss FOR THE BLOOD,
E3aa&F Weakness, Malaria Indigestion and
Biliousness, take
BROWN's IRON BITTERs.
It cures quickly. For sale by all dealers IN
medicine. Get tho genuine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10

-stl3F-7-.- T'I-'-
-.-S ~
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-10
A Bold Einancier.

Mysterious Colonel Leybourn seems
to be holding his place against great
odds as the champion financial sensa-
tion. The papal secretary of state
failed to shake the colonel by denying
knowledge OF his bank, and so the pope
himself vas applied to by a Herald cor
respondent who telegraphs from Rome
that his holiness contradicts categori-
cally the rumors that he is about TO
start bank. kilograms from London
show broad smile at the whole
story, and yet the American end of the
scheme continues to give signs Of vigor-
GUS life. This curious state of affairs is
only to be explained by the theory
that the colonel had strong financial
support from unscrupulous men of
wealth in Wall street, which enabled
him TO give semblance Of verify
TO his movements for the founding Of a
bank with a hundred million dollars
European capital and the pope's bless
ing. The capital, IL there is any, will
probably turn out to be American and
far below the huge figure named, while
the blessing seems TO he nothing but a
bold and fraudulent advertisement.
The benediction trick did not work rs
well in New York as the foreign opera
tor hoped it would. A Wall street man
forcibly remarked 1--WE don't care in
this country whether the money comes
from the Pope or the devil" and the
noise about benediction seemed so
strange TO New Workers that it only ex-
cited suspicion. The brokers talk of Ley
bourn's scheme with caution, and many
insist that there is something in it. One
man shows list of railroad bonds
amounting to thirty millions, and says
that Leybourn has contracted for all of
them. When he has paid for all of
them it will be time to consider seriously
the depravity of the men of wealth,
who employ an agent SO given to tricky
methods and picturesque lies.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-10
The Men From the South.

John III. Inman has long been the
chief figure among the galaxy of South
ern men who since the war have gone
to New York and shown the inhabitants
thereof n notable skill and success in
chasing the almighty dollar and becom-
ing the owners Of millions of them. He
has been the most picturesque figure of
the group and has been supposed to
have won his success in the development
Of the South and in his knowledge of her
resources and his discernment Of her
future. But he seems TO have used the
usual agencies of those who gather great
wealth quickly in Wall street channels /:
since he is accused of having used his
control of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company to pluck its treasury for his
own advantage.
This company was started some ten or
more years ago with some iron furnaces
and ore lands as its basis, at a com
paratively modest capital. 1t was nursed
by Inman and other Southern men
and was In promising way of
growth with the development of South
ern mineral values. There was another
successful company that had been the
pioneer in the development of the
coal field at Birmingham, Alabama.
The scheme which Inman formed W as
the purchase by his company of this
coal company which was done and
has turned out TO have been good
operation; but II was better for Inman
than for his company, TO whom he sold
II for five millions in bonds and stock
after he had bought it himself for less
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-10

Thsv nnrv thc President.

The Southern people are having quite
a mourning time over the burial OF Jef-
ferson Davis, for whose memory they
abound In expressions Of devotion. All
that there Is of fragrance to them In
Davis memory Is that which clings to
their lost cause. 1t was failure ana he
was failure; with his burial the whole
concern is buried, and the South will
have no further embarrassment from 1t In
the rapid progress 1t Is making toward
overtaking the North In industry, wealth
and power. Davis ought not TO he the
idol of the Confederacy that he failed to
guide to success. One would think that
they would hold him accountable for the
failure. But the matter was too big to
Law upon the shoulders Of any one man,
however many his failings and great
his errors. AS jefferson Davis, too, be-
came the object Of the malediction ofthe
Republican North, he was driven
closer into the arms of the Confederate
South. So that 1t comes to pass that
when he dies at the end of a quarter OF a
century from the great struggle, the
South mourns him with an extended
show of grief, which has more or less of
substance to It and which Is not made
any the less demonstrative because OF
the snarls Of Republican dogs in the
North who cannot let their enemy die
without splitting on him.
Everyone knows that Jefferson Davis
has drawn on himself the objurgation
of the North only because he was the
president of the Confederacy. The fact
that he was poor president did not ado
to this Northern hatred. 1t ought tt
have made him more lovely in North
ern eyes. But 1t did not, just as 1t doe
not seem to have made him less lovel!
In Southern eyes. The truth seems t.
be that In the general contemplation
the man seems to have been lost In thu
president. 1t is not Jefferson Davis wht
Is to be now buried, but the president o
the Confederacy; which the South loves
and mourns, and the North hates and
reviles; or at least the sentimental ant
stupid people in each section.
We do not think that sensible people
North or South have any stroni
emotion over the death and buria
of the president of the Confederacy
He was distinguished man nnd
he has distinguished burial. He was
quite as virtuous a man as are the ma
jority OF the distinguished dead. He had
great calling, and failed in 1t. Other
wise no stigma attaches to him. He was
arebel; but that Is not a personal stigma
All his people were rebels and there Il
no stigma upon them but their failure
This nation was founded by rebels who
escaped the pains and penalties of failure
and who exalted their leaders into sue
cessful patriots.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-10
TYIs FINGER NAILS CAME OFF.

fFor year I was affii :tcd with a horrible
case OF blood poison, and upwards Of i've
months OF that time was unable 10 do work Of
any kind. My finger nails came OF and my
hair dropped out, leaving my hend as clean
and smooth as II IL had been shaved. con-
suited the best local physicians, and spent hum
dreds Of dollars for medicines OF different kinds,
but without receiving the slightest benefit. /
was advised finally 10 visit Hot Springs. This
I did, but becoming dsgusted with the treat
ment was receiving there, commenced taking
Swift's Specific o.. y. The effect that y. X. =.
had ON me was truly wonderful. / commenced
to recover after taking the first bottle, and by
the time had taken twelve bottles was en-
tirely cured--cured by Swifts Specific ~. =. 81
when the world.renowncd Hot springs had
failed. VIM. =. LOOMIS,
shreveport, La."
FOUR YEARS ON CRUTCHEs.
For fifteen years was afflicted with rheuma.
tism, four years Of which was compelled to 20
ON crutches. Words are inadequate to express
the sufferings I endured during that time. Dur.
Ing those fifteen years OF existence Ut was not
living), tried every known remedy without
receiving any benefit. finally began on Swifts
Specific a.. =. 81, which from the first gave me
relief, and to-day I am enjoying the best OF
health. and am n well man. 1 candidIy be-
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the market to-day.
]. d. TAYLOR, Cuba, Mo.
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseases mailed
free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
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