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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
Notices.

He is idle who might otter bo om-
ployed. Socrates.
The more we do, tho more We can
do.--Hazlitt.
Trifles make perfection. Michael
Angelo.
Good thoughts arc blessed guests.
-Spurgeon.
Live up to the best that is in you.
-Longfcllow.
Lazincss grows on pcoplc.-Sir
Mathew Hale.
Every man has need to be for
given. cn.-IIcrbert.
Hear cautiously, decide impartial
ly.-Socrates.
Act well your part: there all tho
honor lies.-Popc.
10 succeed, be ready when oppor.
tunity comes.-Disracli.
A dull AK never loves grindstoncs.
II. w. Bcechcr.
Never try to get something for
acknowledgement.
Reputation is the shadow which
character casts.-J. l.. Pickard.
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Epidemic Influenza.

4 " e Il ii Il . III
The epidemic Of influenza which
we have already referred to rs occur
ing in Russia has spread into Fin
land and Eastern Prussia, and is not
unlikely to spread throughout Eu-
rope, and even reach this country.
The disease travels rapidly, and has
been known to make all Europe
sneeze within six weeks, SO we may
expect an arrival here before our
winter months are over. 1t used to
be thought that this epidemic moved
in definite cycles of one hundred
years. Although such an idea has
long been abandoned, it is curious
fact that influenza prevailed in
America one hundred years ago,
and DR.. John Warren, in a letter to
DIR. Lcttsom, says that "our beloved
President Washington il but now
recovering from a severe and dan
gerous attack of it.
In 1880 an epidemic started in
China, it reached Russia in January,
1881, and by May it had spread to
Western Europe but it only reached
this country in January, 1882, and
then prevailed but slightly.
Another and severe epidemic start
cd in Russia in December, 1886 !;
within a month it appeared in Lon
don, and rapidly spread over Europe.
This time, again, America was not
affected. An epidemic Of consider
able extent prevailed in the United
States about ten years ago, and there
have been various mild manifesto
tions of the disease. On the whole,
however, Nortl, America docs not
seem to be very favorable to the de-
vclopmcnt of epidemic influenza in
its worst forms, and it is unlikely
that we shall have severe visitation,
- w '''''o any ~ "i''
me aiseasc is not dangerous
except somc'imcs 10 chllarch or inc
agcd, "hlle thc former "ftcn snow a
decided exemption.
There is no doubt that this new
epidemic will prove Il boon to bactc-
riOiogy, for Scifcrt'S microcOccuS has
not quite satIstlcd pathologlsts, and
we ahNlously await the announce
mcht OF inc discovery OF the lhtlll-
cn@ bacillus, only regrettlng Tor the
sake OF American science that mlasm
always begins III the East and
lfaVels west Inc meteorological
iaoora'ories OF Europe VIII therefore
nave inc iIrst chance.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
Walhalla Church Directory.

Presbyterian Church-Rcv. j. l.. Fogartie,
Pastor. Preaching first and third Sundays
morning and evening. Sunday school at 9ia y. NJ.
Methodist Church--Rcv. VI. l.. Carlisle Pas.
tor Preaching first, second and fourth Sundays
morning and evening. Sunday school ut 10 j.. NJ.
Baptist Church--Rcv. Basil NJ. Pack, Pastor.
Preaching every first Sunday morning and Sat
nrday before at II A. NJ, and on the third Sun
day night at az. NJ. Sunday school ut 10 4. NJ
West Union Baptist Church-Rcv. IE,sil VI.
Pack Pastor. Preaching every first Sunday
night, at =. "'c!oc!>, and third Sunday morning,
ut II o'clock, and on Saturday before.
Evangelical Lutheran Church-Rcv. j. G..
iicilz, Pastor Preaching every Sunday, first and
third Sundays in German and second and fourth
sundays in English, in the morning. SUNDAY
school 1T ?'a \. NJ. Catcchctical instruction for
the young, At 3 J.. NJ, 10y the Pastor.
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'Daily except Saturdays
iDaily except Sundays.

'Daily except Saturdays.
iDaily except Sundays.
SLEEFING CAR SERVICE
On trains 30 and 81, Pullman Buffet Slccncr
between New York and Atlanta
Hot Springs '' ~.
On trains 52 and SO, Pullman Buffet Slcepcr
between washington and Montgomery; Wash.
ington ana Augusta, Greensboro and Richmond
Greensboro and Raleigh.
Through tickets on sale at all principal SIN
tiOrs 20 all points. ''"
/ " rates and information, apply to any Agent
OF the Company, or JAS. H. TAYLOR,
General Passenger Agent.
Washingto on, ID. G..
SOL. HAAS, Traffic Manager
Washington, D. G.
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Auditors Notice.
Assessment of Real and Per-
sonal Property.

j. LIE Auditor Of Oconcc County or his
Clcrk will appear at the following places
and times for the purpose of taking TAX
RETURNS for the year 1890:
Cleveland, Monday, January goth
w. +. Wclborn's, Tuesday, January 21,
a. NJ.
w. ID. Dcaton's, Tuesday, January 2l,
p. NJ.
d. +. Cartcrs, Wednesday, January %,
a. NJ.
Henry Lees, Wednesday, January 22
p. NJ.
Jonas Phillips, Thursday, January 23
\. NJ.
NJ. j. Moorc's, Thursday, January %,
p. NJ.
Abel Robins, Friday, January ~.
Mountain Rest, Saturday, January %,
a. NJ.
Richland, Monday, January 81.
IIalcy's store, Tuesday, January 2S
South Union, Wednesday, January 20.
Fair Play, Thursday and Friday, .Janu-
AIRY 30 and 81.
Sitton's Mills, Saturday, February |.
Mrs. Chcrry's, Monday, February 3.
Seneca, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, February 4, and 6.
Westminster, Friday and Saturday,
February I and s.
High Falls, Monday, February 10.
Salem, Tuesday, February H..
Little River, Wednesday, February II.
| will ~ IN NV rG;no nf NVou,,n, ,l,,,
ing the above period, except from the 4th
to the 9th Of February.
Unless Returns are made on or before
the goth day OF February, 1890, the pen
atty OF fifty per cent will be added in all
cases and collected.
All Real Estate as well as Personal
Property, will be listed this time for tax
alton, and it is desirable that all persons
owning Real Estate make out list of
the number Of acres or lots and their
value, and the number of buildings and
their value before going to make returns,
rs they will then have time to study and
prepare the valuation Of their lands and
houses, which will he a great help to the
Board of Assessors, as well as facilitate
the making Of Returns. All Notes and
Mortgages, and Moneys arc taxable, and
other Chooses in Action. All persons be-
tween tho ages of II and 80 years are
liable to poll tax, unless exempt by law.
! hope every one will come and make his
or her return. Study it before you do
come, so rs to get down the property cor
rcctly.
TT p NNPpTS
COUNTY AUDITOR.
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| 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 speciality 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 "ricc as
well as effectiveness. l have on !. many
testimonials from the foremost sawycrs
and mill-mcn of this State who use my
mills to their perfect satisfaction.
an. enables! to furnish iious, Fronts,
Railing and all Architectural Work at
short notice, having a largo variety of
patterns; and, besides, the experience of
many years i'm the trade, so that | can
suit customers in every manner to their
taste rs well as to prices. My experience
and knowledge of gcaring.and other ma
chincry by this time is we'll known
throughout the State, and will warrant
to every one that he can bc suited by me.
l pay close attention to Repairs of
Steam Engines, &c, when ordered, so
that they are promptly filed 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.
Write for Circular and Price List,
which will he furnished on application.
JOHN ALEXANDER,
Columbia, S. G.
May 2, 1880.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
FOR 1890

Consider SCRIBNEEs MAGAZINE when
you arc deciding upon your reading mat
ter for next season. The subscription
rate is lOw-S3. .OO IL year.
The standard Of the Magazine is high
Its spirit progressive,
The Illustrations arc interesting and OF
the best.
There is not space here to give even Il
summary of the features to appear next
year, hut among other things there viii.
be Il NEW DEPARTMENT and ADDI-
TlONAL PAGES, and groups of illus
tratcd articles will lie devoted to the fol-
lowing subjects:
African Exploration and Travel,
Life on Il Modern War Ship 6 articlcS),
Homes in City, Suburb. and Country.
Providing Homes through Building
Associations,
The Citizens Rights.
Electricity in the Household,
Ericsson, the Inventor, by his Author
lied Biographcr,
Hunting,
Humorous Artists, American and For
cigh.
There will be , serials.
Robert Locis Stevenson will contribute
in 1890.
Each subject, and there will be Il great
variety this year, will be treated by
writer's most competent to speak with
authority and with interest. Readers
who arc interested are urged to send for
Il prospectus.
- cents Il number; 81 90 for 4 months.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

The Edgciicld County Alliance
has obtained Il charter for bank ut
Edgciicld with Il capital stock of
100000 in shares of S25 each. The
Abbcville County Alliance has also
obtained Il charter for a bank, with
100000 capital, with the privilege
OF increasing the amount.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

Crime begcts crime. The lynch
ing of the eight negroes in Barnwcll
the night of December 2Sth no
doubt led the drunken wretch to
murder a negro prisoner the 7th.
There is no telling where this sort
OF thing will stop if somebody is not
hung for 1t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, has,
by request, offered bill authorizing
the secretary Of the treasury to lend
money to farmers at per cent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
THROUGH CAR SERVIC

THROUGH CAR SERvICE, I----
Nos. 3. A. 90 and 81 daily except Sunday.
Main line trains 81 and 55 daily between Co.
1umbia and Aston.
Daily except Sunday between Aston and
GrccnYiC.
points. ID. CARDWEII. W.
Division Passenger Agent,
Columbia, s. g
JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
CO. General Pass. Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

Senator Joseph T.. Brown is The
largest taxpayer in Atlanta. lie
returns property to the value Of
Sl3l ,225 IN that ciry, and it does not
ny any means constitute the larger
part OF his worldly possessions.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
VIM. F. Erwin, Surveyor,
Land Agency
and
Commission Business.
Office in the Bank Building,
WALHALLA, S. G.
Money to Loan
Merchant Tailor.

UNREDERICK THEILKUIII,. late of
i, Germany, a professional tailor, is
prepared to do any kind of work in his
line on reasonable terms. Give him a
call at his Office on Main street, next door
to Bank, Wallalla, S. G.
October 81, 1884, 44-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
CONGAREE IRON WORKS,
Lady Street, near G. g. C. R. R.
Depot, Columbia, S. c.,
Steam Engines and Boilers,

Mill Gearing, Vertical and IIOri-
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.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

.hITINC NIIttI IC>IOII (IN. II. TN n. JUDUCJ
............. ................ 9 30 y m
Solid Trains between Charleston and
Columbia, S. G.
j. +. DIVINE,
General Superintendent.
II. NJ. MERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
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III Office.

HPITE PARTNERSHIP EXIST-
u ING between DR.. l.. b.
johnson and the undersigned for the
practice of medicine has been dis
solved by the death Of DR.. Johnson.
All persons indebted to the firm will
make immediate settlement.
w. j. BRANiLE1T, NJ. ID.
December 2G, 1889.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23

Mrs. Julia Nj. johnson, principal.

Mrs. Julia NJ. j Johnson, Principal.
There is no institution in the county
more comfortably and completely fur
nishcd with modern convcnicnccs than
Wagcncr Academy. The most approved
methods of teaching adopted. a beau
tiful supply of l}radlcy's object forms,
Special care shown small children. Daily
exercise in singing and calisthcnics with
organ accompaniment. Monthly reports
of pupils record sent to parents. Pa
irons will receive benefit Of public money.
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4 6lanuil(r 8ailroua Go,

Condensed Schedule, IN effect, Sept. 90 1885,
Trains run by 10Th Meridian timc-one hour
faster than Goth Meridian time.
SnIIPJJRnJINn
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-23
gg BROWNS LRON BITTERS

Cures Indigestion, Bliousness, Dyspepsia Maa.
rin Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi-
cnliS recommend 1t. All dealers sell it. Genuine
hastradc mark and crossed red lines OIL wrapper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03
AN ELECTRIC PARTY.

Novel Entertainment Mt Which Even the
Fireworks Went by the Current.
New York SUM-
An electric lawn party was given few
days ago by one of the leading electricians
of the country at his residence in Connecti-
cut. As the visitor was ushered into the
oaken hall he YVES greeted with music from
an electric organ. An oFen box of cigars
lay on the center table and overhsnging it
was an electric cigar lighter. On the side
board, in an electric teapot. the fragrant
Bohea was brewing, and novel and almost
weird effects of electric lighting we're visi-
BILE all around, while the air was cooled with
electric fans.
Two objects of unique interest, taken side
by side, were one of the first monographs
and the very last perfected instrument
made. In the evening there was grand
display of fireworks, ignited by electricity
direct from the lighting circuit. thing
never before attempted. The fireworks,
which were shown about $50 yards from the
house, were lighted from the piazza by the
turning of small electric switch in the
hands of lady.
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pearance as q musician in Berlin when he
was q years old. After that he became an
instructor in the academy where he had
found his own education, and taught there
until 1873, when he was compelled to enter
the army. In 1877 he returned to his be-
loved musical work. appearing in public
for the first time as concert pianist. He
produced at Hanover his first important
composition, concerto in B fiat minor on.
81. This was also played the same year in
the London Crystal Palace by Mr.. Damn
reuther and the following year Scharwenka
produced it at the Gewandhaus, Leipsic. In
1879 Scharwenka went to London, PLAYING
at the Crystal Palace and the Musical Union
he also appeared at the Philharmonic So
ciety's concerts. In 1881 he made his third
visit to London, producing his second con-
certo In G minor, op. SO, which he had
already. played at Vienna. The same wear
he opened an institution Tor musical instruc-
tion in Berlin under the title of the Schar-
wenka Musikschule Many Americans
have since been his pupils.
His works now number nearly 70. In
chamber music ne has produced two trios.
one quartet, one violin and one yioloncello
sonata.
His "Polnische Tanze" have become vary
popular; lie has written an opera which
may be brought out next season. His play-
ing is said to be marked by strong character
and originality. He is described as a fine
and brilliant player, with rare technique.
He has been classed with the highest of
players, and pages of the English and Ger
man newspapers and magazines have been
devoted to him. One of his concertos won
the appreciation OF Liszt, while he has also
devoted time to mere ballads. His ostensible
object in coming here is pleasure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

trst floor and bedroom on the second. 1t
is about mile and half from the depot at
PurdY's and sets back about IL feet from the
road. An old-fashion stone wall surrounds
the house, and an old swinging gate, on
which the Greeley children used oft to swing,
gives entrance to the grounds.
Mr.. Greeley occupied the house, so tradi-
tion says, for about two years and then
moved to New York with his family. The
new tenants of the house built an addi-
tlon, but OF materials SO like the older part
that the Improvement in the space makes
but little difference in the appearance of
the house. The house is very old, 50 old, in
fact, that the oldest inhabitant at Purdy's
station cannot tell when it was built, and it
is at present occupied by a poor family,
the head OF which ekes out an existence
from the little garden which he tends on the
place and from work on neighboring farms.
While the old homestead has gone to ashes
the older house of the Greeley family still
stands a curiosity to visitors to the little
town of Purdy's station.
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clear an open space at the window. Then
there are cornice grilles. as they are termed
-one piece of fret work going clean across
your window space; from the bottom of this
fret work is the rod, to which the curtain IL
appended. This entire fret work moves
from hinge on one side. and the entire
curtain structure swings out like door.
There are great many beautiful i'm
ported hand-painted tapestries now sold in
this country and the native painter is
wondering how in the world they can be
sold so cheaply. The way it is done is
simply this: In some parts of France and
Germany whole families are put upon the
work. One of the family is skillful at
painting faces, one has strong eye for
shading, someone else is an adapt at figures.
Whatever the taste of the workers. he is
allotted his share of the labor in hand. The
subject is taken from some group of magic
lantern sketches-"Psyche and Venus"
"Perseus and Andromeda," 'Phryne"
or the "Alps Climber" A re-
production of it is thrown
upon canvas with an ordinary magic Ian
tern. The picture being here reproduced,
the artist runs over the outlines with char
coal and thus gets the exact proportions.
When this is done the most difficult part Of
the work is completed, and the filling in of
the details in color is a comparatively easy,
job. and three or four pair Of
hands al it get through it in short order. In
European villages where the work is done
the people are easily satisfied, and as long
as the industry yields them a steady liveli-
hood they are content. Prices therefore do
not take the fictitious flights which an artist
would quote. G. r. CLIFFORD.
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A Simmer Maid,

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsrArtH.I
Her gowns were white and simple,
Her ribbons blue and soft;
Her eyes we're either downcast,
Or gently raised aloft-
She seemed like one whose spirit
At earthly pleasures scoffed.
The maids of old romances
Who tainted at word
Were much like her, I fancied,
Especially when 1 heard
Her sing an old-time ballad
Where love and wealth demurred.
Inoticed that she never
Went forth with alpen crook
To scale the shaggy mountain,
Or ford some pebbly brook,
But sat about the porcbes
And read a summer book.
The other girls. In suitlng
OF rough and dusky blue,
In sailor hats and collars,
Went daily out to WOO
Rude health and rustic freckles
And sunheam's sylvan hue;
While her enchanting pallor
And mournful. listless air
Were such as cioistered maidenS
May be supposed to wear 2
Sweet nuns that tend pale lilies
Far from the daylight's glare.
With gravest pains wooed her
Has she changed, or have II
Her listlessness has vanished
Since marriage. Hanging high,
Her mandolin confronts me,
Its music stilled for aye.
She makes me keep on record
Just what spend day.
She goes to early market -
Her thrift may none gainsayi
She's just busy housewife
And like her best this wayI
EVA WILDER NccIAsso,
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A TENNESSEE CYCLONE.
III Could skin Tree il Could Skin
sheep, Jed Went Free.
twR1TTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.l
Near Fayetteville, Tenn, shortly afte,
the recent cyclone which did so much dam.
age in that State and Kentucky, old Jed
Tompkins, colored, was hauled up be-
fore Squire Mason for stealing one of Colo
mel Ballentyne'S sheep.
Before the trial the Squire, the Colonel,
Jed and several others were lounging in
front of the 'Squire's dingy little Office, all
hands, with the exception OF Jed, relating
incidents of the terrible storm; the Squire
winding up with a tree on his farm from
which the wind had stripped the bark, and
the Colonel ''seeing" this with brick wall
on his place through which the tornado had
driven q wheat straw.
On the trial the evidence was all against
Jed, the Colonel Identifying the sheep,
which had been found hanging up on Jed's
back porch.
you can explain how that sheep came
there" said the Magistrate.
''Caint splain, Square," Jed answered.
"W'en I got up in de mawnin' dat sheep
wuz jes layin' dar."
"And you don't know who brought it
there!'
''No. suh-lessn de cyclone blowed it
dar.''
"Ahai 1essn de cyclone blowed it dar,;'
eh? And did you ever see cyclone that
could skin sheep?'
"No, sub, CANT say as has, lessn 'twar
dat same cyclone what peeled Square
Nason's tree en- driv de straw thoo Colonel
Ballentyne's WALL"
The Squire pulled up his specs and took
long look at Jed, and the Colonel arose
and stated that he would not prosecute the
csse further, as this was the first cyclone
that had ever blown any Of his property
into Jed's possession. POLK SWAPS.
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LOOKS LIKE A THEoLoG,
How Henry S. Ives aud His Partner Are
Getting on Nowadays.

How Henry S. Ives and His Partner Are
Getting on Nowadays.
New York Times.l
That energetic young fnancier Henry s.
Ives is to be seen uptown of an evening now
adays. He was in popular cafe near the
Forty-second street railway station the other
night, and Partner Stayner, his old asso-
ciate in the late banking firm. was with him.
Both looked sleek and prosperous. Ives
gold-rimmed spectacles, smooth face, and
strdious air retain for him the guileless ap-
pearance which helped him to take Cincin-
natl into camp. In fact when he is seen
near the terminus of the New Haven road
the stranger within New York's gates would
be likely to size him up as a theolog from
DIR. Dwight's educational and athletic
establishment come to town to Investigate
personally the need of mission work in a
great city.
But. guileless as he looks, it is not of rec
ord that any suaye gentleman ever induced
Mr.. Ives to guess which shell the pea was
under. The young man likes black straw
hat. and wears one-probably for that rea-
son. Hisex-partner carries an air of benevo-
lence under tall white hat
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airs to the vestibule to look for letter.
he hall has several turns and is quite dark.
She saw nobody as she went down, but Just
she was about to reascend the stairs q fig
Ire sprang upon her from a recess and seized
her long hair.
Hold your head down low" said wom-
ans voice In loud whisper, and Mrs. Veh-
stedt was too startled to make any resist
ance: A big pair of shears severed the
braid within few inches of the roots before
she took in the situation. Then she shrieked,
and was fleeing up stairs when the woman
threw the braid up after her.
Henry won't find you so pretty now r.
the woman said, as she ran out the door.
Mrs. Vehstedt says she has no acquaint-
ances who might be led by jealousy to wish
to spoil her looks.