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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01
The Assessment of Property.

Section POI of the General Stat
utes OF this State provides that call
property shall be valued for taxation
at its true value in money!" &c, and
the person making the return is re-
qulrcd TO swear that the value ut
which his property is returned is its
true market value Sin money" We
are not going to say anything hard
against anybody, but we shall ell
dcavor to show the folly Of the pres
ent mode of returning property in
this State. For instance, the prop
erty in Anderson County, both real
and personal, is really worth, and
would bring ut public sale for cash,
more than double the amount for
which 1t is returned. That is, it's
actual value is more than twice rs
great us the value fixed on it bv our
people on their oaths. We do not,
by this assertion, mean to charge our
people with anything wrong, but they
have gradually fallen into this mode,
aided by our County Auditors, who
are willing to take it just as low as
the people will allow.
This way of returning property
for less than half its real value saves
nothing for the taxpayers, for so
much money is to be raised on the
property owned in the State, and to
return all property at its true value
would have only one pccllniarv effect,
and that would be to lower the num-
Der of mills to he levied. If the
property was returned at twice its
present assessed value, the levy
would be about ST to 81 mills, in
stead of 10g to II mills. 1t would
also set forth to the world the true
value OF our property, and thus
make us 10 appear not to be so poor.
This method of making false re-
turns is Il relic of the dark days of
Rcpublicanism in South Carolina,
and should be wiped out 1t will
not cost our people single cent,
and will give us financial showing
that will be of benefit to us rs n
State. OF course, it would not be
just for one County to make returns
ut true value while the other Coun-
ties in the State continue the present
system Of returning the property at
less than half its true value. There
should be an understanding among
our Auditors all over the State, and
all property should be returned at its
true value. Some men dislike to
swear their property is worth II Ger
lain amount when they know it is
lctually worth more than double
hat sum. We desire to sec such
steps taken as will put us all right on
his subject.
There is certain tract of land
not far from this city that appears
IN the tax books to be worth $500,
hat was sold only few days since
or $2,400. This is an illustration
hat illustrates the necessity of get
ing rich. South Carolina is not so
poor, if her citizens would return
heir property as they should.
Let the law be enforced and all
be valued for taxation at it's
rue value in moncy.-Indersop In
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

An Indiana paper mentions thirty
cases in it's own neighborhood where
fear OF tho whitc-caps has wrought
a change for the better in men and
families. In some instances men
who had not done an honest days
work Tor years are now putting in
ten hours every day in the week and
getting into clean shirts on Sundays.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

Judge james II. Brown, Il brother
OF United States Senator Joseph r..
Brown, has announced himself q
candidate for the Democratic Con-
gressional nomination in Georgia, to
succeed Hon. "A. ID. Gambler, who
declines Il reelection. Judge Brown
is an able and popular man, and will
probably secure the nomination.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

The Charleston, Sumter an Il North
crn Railroad Company has decided
to extend its line from Sumter to
Bcnnettsvillc, travcrsing the counties
o! Sumter, Darlington and Marlboro.
The extension will be about thirty
five or forty miles.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

"llow are things going?" asked a
West slider of an old friend whom
he had not met for some time.
"Tough," was the reply.
NIow sop
"Got arrested by mistake and had
to prove | was an honest man."
"rhat's bad"
"Bad ? should say so. I never
had such q hard job in my lifc."
CHicayo Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

An electrician has invented a won
dcrful watch that will tell q man
when his note is coming dnc- His
watch would be great deal more
remarkable, as well as ,sseful, if it
would tell the man where TO got the
money TO pay the note.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
Nos. 3, 1, so and Il daily except Sunday
Main line train, 81 and 65 daily between Co
umbia and Aston.
Daily except Sunday irctwcrn Niston ami
Grccnvillc.
Tickets on sale at principal stations to all
points ID. CARDWELI.,
Division Passenger Agent,
Columbia, S. G..
JAS. l., TAYLOR,
General Pass. Agent.
Sol HAAS, Traffic Manager.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

In the formation OF n single loco
motive steam engine there arc nearly
5000 pieces to be put together and
these require to be as accurately
adjusted as the works of watch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

a New York man Killed himself
tho other day because ne was too
poor to marry. AS his friends had
to chip in and defray his funeral
expenses, it seems that he was too
poor to die.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

"A man in Kentucky claims that
he can produce rain storms which
will cover the whole country and last
for hours at the expense of only Sill.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

Stranger from st. Louis Uo Chi
cago WndcrtakcD els the corpse
mortified ?"
Chicago Undertaken -"No, sir.
Why"
st. Louis Man--"I should think he
would be, to have been found dead
in this town."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

OF the twelve millions of people
in Mexico, eight millions are pure
bloodcd Indians, and there is no
translation Of the Bible in any one
of their languages.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

81 love this old horse" said the
Colonel. 81 feel that he saved my
life at Gcttysburg."
IIow ?"
ole kicked me in the stomach be-
fore the battle so that I couldn't 90
on the field, and my substitute got
shot in the neck"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

Solid Trains between Charleston and
Columbia, S. G..
j. II. DIVINE,
General Superintendent.
II. NJ. EN- ERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01
Ee9s BR0WNS mon BITTERS

cures Indigestion, Biliousncss, Dyspepsia, Mala.
ria, Nervousness. aud General Debility. Physl.
clans recommend 1t. All dealers sell IT, Genuine
hastradc mark and crossed red lines OH wrapper.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

a tlantic Coast Line.
Passenger Department..
Wilmington, N. G., JdnHouy Is, 1890.
Fast Line Between Charleston and Co..
lumbia and Upper South Carolina
and Western North Carolina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01
Aithmond l. Danvil(r Aai(roNQ Go,
iINVU n II,

Condensed Schedule, In effect, Sept. %, 1882
Trains run by 10th Meridian timc-onc hour
faster than Goth Meridian time.
SOUTiIBOlISD,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
A Queer Looking Niagara.

There never was a time in the NOM
DRY of any n living, when the bed of
the Niagara River was absolutely dry;
but at n time. for a few hours only,
there was scarcely any water passing
over the two great cataracts. On March
20, 1S49, the remarkable occurrence
was witnessed. The winter had been
an extraordinarily severe one, and ice
of unusual thickness had been formed
on Lake Erie. Tho warm spring rains
had the effect Of loosening the con-
gealed mass, and during the day men
toned Il stiff east wind drove the ice far
up into the lake. About shutdown the
wind suddenly changed and blew a
heavy gale from the west. This turned
the ice in its course, bringing it down
to the mouth of the Niagara River and
piling it up in a solid mass. The force
of it was so great that soon the outlet
of Lake Erie was so completely checked
up that little or no water could pass.
Soon all the water below the barrier
had passed over the falls, and when the
Inhabitants awoke the next morning a
weird spectacle met their gaze. The
roaring, tumbling rapids above the falls
were almost obliterated, and nothing
but the cold black rocks were visible
everywhere.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Substitute for a Pair of Blue Stockings

The daughter of a Norwich, Conn,
shoemaker was the acknowledged belle
in society circles, and when her doting
father brought her d cute little pair OF
slippers he had made her expressly for
the occasion her joy knew no bounds.
The great day came at last, as all days,
great OF small, have a habit Of doing.
Early i'll the evening the beauty laid all
her finery carefully on the bed, the
dress washed and ironed by her own
fair hands, her new slippers and only
good pair Of stockings, reserved for
such occasions; ribbons for her waist
and hair. Then, with shining eyes,, she
stood off and admired the collection
with glowing anticipation OF the hearts
she would break and the envy of her
girl friends.
The time for dressing finally arrived
and like the majority of her sex. she
almost completed her toilet before put
ting on her stockings and slippers. The
latter were where she had left them,
but the stockings were not. She
searched the whole room over, frantic
ally pulling the bed to pieces, in vain.
Then she darted down to the parlor,
where the parents awaited her coming,
with the dreadful information that her
only pair of stockings had in some nys-
FERROUS way vanished. What should
shedo? To go without was impossible,
for the dancing length Of dresses was
more abbreviated at that time than now
and allowed a more liberal display OF
an ankle.
To remain at home would break her
heart: besides, if the cause OF her alb.
sence became known, she would have
to endure the ridicule Of all those she
had snubbed at other times. As she
stood in speeches. despair, the tears
trickling down her pretty face, her at.
tention was caught and held by a tin
bucket containing blue paint, which the
old man had bought that day to put a
fresh coat" on the front of the house.
In a twinkling she caught the bucket
and brush and darted back to her room.
The amazed parents thought the dis.
! appointment had turned her brain, bu,
not so. It was rather late when the
family got to the ball, but when the,
did arrive Beauty was quickly sur
rounded with admirers, and when tn,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
All Habit.

We are creatures of habit, even in
performing duties for which We have
prepared. A little boy, whose mother
had taught him his letters, went to
school one day, and attempted to go
through them with the teacher, Vain
effort! He stopped at "B," and was
unable to recognize &C" as ever a
casual acquaintance. At length a happy
thought occurred to him.
Twist my turl!.' he said eagerly,
pointing to a sunny lock Of hair on his
neck. Mamma always doesawhen
say EN-" The teacher began to play
with the curl, and the little boys mem
Dry returned.
Even grown people are dependent on
habit in fulfilling public duties. Mr..
George w. Cable one evening not long
ago, as we learn from another p
lectured in Scranton, Pa. A large
audience greeted him with their pres
ence, but only that. When the noted
orator was introduced, he was received
With a dead silence.
Most speakers would have been en-.
barrassed almost beyond recovery by SC
frigid a reception, but MI. Cable was
equal to the occasion, and administered
a just rebukc in the mildest possible
manner.
He said that i'll order to appear at his
best before an audience, it was quite
necessary that he should be greeted
with a noise Of some sort; they need
not scream, nor was it necessary for The
ladies to wave their b%onnets, but a loud
rumbling noise he must hear. Of course
the noise came, and when it had ceased
he thanked them for their unsolicited ap.
plause, and added that now, with the
boldest effrontery, he could begin as he
had intended-"Dear friends"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
The Old Warrior Did Not Finch.

The death Of Lord Napier of Magdala
recalls a story told in India of the old
soldiers nerve. The Sikh warriors
were remarkably dexterous swordsmen,
and Lord Napier had heard that one of
their tricks was to sever an apple on a
mans outstretched hand with a sabre
stroke, dividing the fruit into two
equally proportional pieces so clearly
that each section dropped singly to the
ground without scratching the skin OF
the palm on which they had rested.
Lord Napier did not quite believe
this. He thought the soldier making
the offer to perform the feat relied upon
the person to whom it was made de-
clining to hold the apple, and that he
would be prepared to make some en-
! cuse if his proposition was accepted.
Accordingly, when a dusky trooper in
vited him to present the apple on bis
hand and witness the experiment, he
promptly agreed. The Sikh, confident
of his own proves, did not falter, but
looking closely at the Generals right
palm as it was extended he observed a
slight irregularity of the surface, and
suggested that the left hand be used.
Lord Napier afterward said that for
the first time in his life he was con-
scious Of the sensation of fear, as he
realized that the soldier was in dead
earnest; but, firm as the rock of Glib
%raltar, the left hand with the apple upon
it was presented. The sword flashed
down and the fruit, parted in two equal
segments, fell to the earth, and the
General felt something strike his palm
as lightly as though a hair had been
broken across it. The keen edge of the
blade had touched the skin without
cutting it. The slightest tremor might
have resulted seriously to England's
great chief.-Ncw York Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Not Much in II.

A mother of fifty, accompanied by a
boy about fourteen years old entered
Il of the national banks the other dav,
and when asked, after waiting around
for half an hour, what was wanted, the
woman replied:
Il want to get my sou James d place
here"
What sort Of a place?'
oh, he can do anything there is to
do. He is II of the smartest bows Won
ever saw He can add up figures like
a streak, and you never saw any one
count money the way he can"
When courteously informed that
there was no vacancy just then she ex-
pressed her disappointment and added
Come. James, we'll go over to the
City Hall and get you in for a clerk.
There hain't very much to the bank
business, I guess" = Detroit Free
Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
NIisers.

We still read occasionally of misers Of
the old-fashioned type, who fill teapots
full of coin, stuff bonds under the
attic floor, and are found dead in bed
with three grains Of raw corn in their
shrivel]ed stomachs. One such was dis
covered q few weeks ago in New Hamp-
shire, a poor old creature. starved aud
frozen stiff, with plenty of money hid
den away in his lonely old farmhouse.
It is not often that we hear Of so de-
plorable a case as this, but in many OF
our remoter towns there are persons
who are living so separated from their
neighbors that they are in danger Of
lapsing into miserly habits. 1t is not
good for man to live alone. Almost al
ways when we hear Of a miser We are
told that he lived by himself. The
man who avoids the society of human
beings has already lost a portion of his
moral health. Ii he values his sanity,
let him make haste to rejoin the human
family.
In every large school there are pupils
who, for one reason or another, find it
difficult to associate with their fellows.
They do not go upon the ice in skating
time, o climb the slippery hill with a
sled behind them, nor join in the ball
games, nor go with the boys to the
swimming-place, nor share in the in
door frolic of the winter evening.
A wise teacher observes such boys or
girls with attention-Doctor Arnold did
so-for the habit is a bad sign. Some
times it arises from the form of intense
vanity which we call bashfulness; some
times from a bodily defect, as of eye,
sight, which disqualifes for games.
Often it arises from a want of courage
to take the plunge into the tumult o!
the playground, OF a dread of not be-
ing able to hit the ball, and not doing
credit to the side" that chooses him.
So he withdraws from the merry play,
and wanders modify by himself, until
by some happy chance, a friend, young
or old, coaXes, argues, or laughs him
out of his morbid feelings and unsocial
ways.
A boy can rarely do a better service
for another than to make it easy for him
to mingle happily with the crowd of the
school or the village.
There is a Latin word.-gTen-from
which our word "gregarious" is derived.
Grex means flock. In human beings,
as in buffaloes, geese, sheep, birds and
bees, the gregarious instinct is so strong
that the man who does not belong to a
flock Of some honest kind can seldom
long retain his courage or cheerfulless
No miser could be a miser long it he
would join himself to his propcrygrea
If only to look on and see a crowd OF
people nee or twice q week.-YoEth's
Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
vev entered her fathers cottage a

vey entered her fathers cottage and
made peace with her kindred. But
when, a few hours later, he went home,
he took his wife with him; and Alice
was joyfully welcomed to her husbands
home by kind, motherly Mrs. Harvey,
who had never shared her husbands
hatred toward the Trevors.
The bones which were found in the
coal-pit we're evidently those of an UNI
known woman who had been lurking in
the Douglas Woods for several days,
and who was supposed to be deranged
but she was never seen again after the
bones were found. She had probably
been lying or the pit to keep warm,
when it caved in and cremated her.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
rAs CHEER OF THE TRENTON.
BY WALTER

Our anchors drag and our cables surge
AT every shock of tho hurting sea.
While the mist OF the breakers wells the verge
OF The reef OF coral undor our leo.
From the east by north to the north-northwest
The Wild tynl,oon vecrs swoep OH sweep,
And II In moment TO moment the cross wave
crest
B,lics our waist i'll its sidelong leap.
Under the blows of our plunging screw
The whitening brankcrs foam ana chufn,
hut fr I'LL that Eteum md skill cnn DO,
We are drifting slowly nstern, nstern.
On our starboafd quarter close abroad
We. see the stanch Calliope loom,
Willis the black food from tho smoke-stacR
Covers the sen like u pull of doom.
Her top1nasts struck and her yards braced
She is headed out for the open main,
While her shroudA, like the strings of q giants
harp.
Scream TO the touch of the hurricane.
We from our flagship Trenton's decks
Are watching her battle i'll hope and dread
AS She threads the Jhrong of tossing wrecks,
Now beaten backward. now forging nhead.
She with the rcd cross ensign aloft.
Aud we, our starry bauner below,
Lie beam to beam, US inc frlgata OFT
Ranged in sea fights long ago.
We watch the weight OF the te1ll.est 1ul
On her flooded decks and her Keeling bow,
And or hearts are beating one ana all,
For we both go down should she foul us now.
Through the darkest night there's a gleam TIC
break.
Fnthom by fathom she FORCES past.
Till we know by the swirl of her eddying wake
That her seawurd struggle is won ut lust.
The admiral losses his sea cap high,
AS from station TO station is passed the word
And over the uproar of the wnve and sky
The thunder roll of our cheer is heard.
And back from the Briton's tafflail came
Tho gallant. grateful and proud reply.
That stirred our hearts like a pulse of flame,
The scamans unL brothers last goodbye.
Oh, blood is thicker than water. and long
Will England's memory hold it dear,
And the tale be told III the ~fo'castle song
OF the flagship Trenton's parting che
-NclU YorE lSu7t.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
Concise.

Talleyrand was not fond of letter.
writing, and always dictated a lette,
when he could. When he was com.
PEELED to write with his own right hand
his brevity was amazing. Two holo'
graph htters OF his have just been dis.
posed OF in an autograph sale in Paris.
They We're both addressed to the same
lady. The first is a letter of condo.
lence upon the death of her husband
Dear Madam-Alas!- -Your devoted
I~alleyrand." The other is a congratu
lation upon her marrying again: 5Dea1
Madam-Bravo !-Your devoted Talley
rand"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS Nm
a Lucky Number Makes a 1sloa...
holder of a kalamazon NJ hoht

The streak of good luck that place.
in in , sSia s sash front ia int the ea t4eas,, of e e Fine
ana State Lottery. has created ""e 5loutdl
stir. Mr.. Phillips held one-twenttilost5SaSt
OF S1OO,0 600 in the drawing of Marcehb 10 q pria]
Phillips is 26 years of age and a MI II; Nj
the firm Of RICHMOND & Phillips. salnnnsirr !
he had ever tried his luck before H. ~hetha
that he had regularly invested a doIlap replied
month for the past three wears .'. ar cad
drawn three smaller prizes dHrinns al had had
which had nearly covered his total ,luis TIM
ments to date. invest
Shall you retire from business, Mr. NJ.
lips" fhl1
20. no; l shall watch for a good
nifty to invest this money. and Keep ppt ,rsi!]
Mr., Phillips handsomely %banouetto, , l
friends in honor of his good fortune . ~
a young man of the good sense not |"aa
away the snug fortune which will n,. ~ ~ o
in comfortable circumstances for If" a1
mazo Mich, Telegraph. March o. As1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

favored man tucked her under his arm
and they took their places at the head
of the set" forming, a perfect buzz OF
envy went around the room on the part
of the girls, and of admiration on the
Part of the men, but the only remark
made: "What q lovely pair of blue
stockings Beauty has on" Others
present may have outdressed her, but
no one will deny that she "outstepped'
the crowd.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02
The Census Of Greece.

According to the last report of the A..
ish consul at Patras, the census Of CIV WIN
of last year gave a total populat h,sss
2.1S7,20s. of which l,133,625 were md'
and loss, 5S3 females. The increase S siA'
the last census was 2lS,925. Of tho s nes
inces the most popnlous was that Know W."
Attica and Boetia, with a populati0n
257, 764;; the next Achaia and Els vi,
210, 7l3. All the others are below 2OO G 0S