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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

IN ORDER to make room for my Fall
| and Winter Goods, which expect to
buy OCTOBER 1sT, will close out the
most of my entire stock of DRY GOODS
and NOTIONS. BOOTS and SHOES.
TRUNKS and VALISES. B;sIoW COST.
rwenty-three yards Of Calico for 81.
Gingham, S cents yard; worth l0cents.
Worsted. cents a yard; worth y cents.
Bleaching Zone yard wide.) 5 cents
yard; worth 10 cents.
Mems Ready-made Shirts for - cents.
Notions of all kinds reduced to one
half price.
Mems Brogan Shoes for - cents; worth
$l.335
sEomen's Button Shoe for 80 cents;
worth Sl.25.
Women's Polka Shoes for 50 cents;
worth 80 cents
Carpet slippers at 45 cents: worth 90
cents.
Trunks from 81 cents to s..
Valises from 40 cents TO -.
Oven Litter Flour at $40 per barrel.
also have tirst-clasS Flour at % cents
per sack.
A car load of salt just arrived.
Corn. Wheat Bran and. in fact Provis-
ions of every kind AZ the very lowest
prices.
These goods must be sold at some price.
If can't get my price | will take yoarS.
These prices will last until OCTOBER
!, 1892.
Big money saved by calling on
ITHH HUSTLER,
AT His Familiar OLD Stand.
Respectfully,
D. QELKERS.
September %, 1892.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

When Baby was sick, we gave her castorta
When she w.s CT =, she cned for Castofia-
When she beca.-.o Hiss, she clung to castoria
When she had Children, she gave them E 'storia
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29
CITATION.
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE.

IN IHE SOt III or hcD<hAf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OcoNEE.
By j. W. HoLLEM.AN, ESQ, Probate
Judge.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Zella Robertson hath
made suit to me to grant her Letters OF
Administration of the Estate and Effects
of w. c. Robertson, deceased
These are, therefore, to cite and ad.
monish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said W. c. Robertson,
deceased, that they -,2-,7-'
before ne, in the I.S---s,
to be held at Walnalla Court House,
S. c., on Friday, the 14th day of Oc-
tober, 1892, next. Siter publication here
of, at II o'clockcsin the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand and seal this the
oath day of September, Ammo Domlni,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29
yALHALLA, S. C.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 20, 1892:

THURSDAY. SEPT. 20, 1892:
Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT:
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
A. E. STEVENSON,
Of Illinois.
FOR GOVERNOR
B. R. TILLMAN.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
E. B. GARY.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
j. E. TINDAL.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
w. T. c. BATES.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
D. A. TOWNSEND.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL:
W. II. ELLERBE.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION:
w. D. MAYFIELD.
FOR ADJUTAST AND INSPECTOR GENERAL
HI. FARLEY.
FOR CONGRESS, THIRD DISTRICT:
A. c. LATlMER.
FOR SOLICITOR. EIGHTH CIRCUIT:
NJ. +. ANSEL.
FOR SENATE:
S. Y. STRIBLING.
FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES,:
NJ. B. DENDY,
j. L. SMITH.
FOR CLERK OF COURT:
JAMES SEABORN.
FOR SHERIFF:
B. f. DOUTHIT.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER:
n. ". MACAULAY.
FOR TREASURER:
4. =. CRISP.
FOR AUDITOR:
w. T. GRCBBS.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
]. l.. REEDER,
y. PHILLIPS.
j. NJ. HUNNiCUTT.
FOR SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION:
J. c. p. =. MILLER.
FOR CORONER:
;. b. MARETT.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

on Ouo a~
of cultivation
of river hills,
grasses and L
pastures, VIII
stock-raising.
address me at
August II,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

Savannah is naturally greatly interested
in the success of the new crop. This
city is the market to which all tobacco
raised along the South Bound will lind
its way. If its culture assumes large
dimensions, as now seems probable, this
city will be greatly benefited, as well as
the planters.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

And a great many other nice goods
greatly below what they are worth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

One item of interest neglected to be
noted above is, thatno award committees
will be appointed by the Association, but
the exhibitors will be called upon, after
they have made their entries, to elect by
ballot or otherwise the committees for
the various departments to award the
premiums, not to the owner, but to the
animal exhibited. which will be known
only by number. SCRIBE.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-29

o-I Afew Ladies' Undervests left
NJ d at 25 cts. per pair.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03

How to Teach Horse to Shake Hands.
Teaching horses to shake hands, that
is, to lift the hoof up for you to take
hold Of, is begun by tapping the shoul-
der with your hand and lifting the foot,
holding it for q moment and letting it
go. Then give the animal piece of
apple. This process must be kept up
until the animal associates in his own
mind the tap on the shoulder, the lift
ing Of the foot and the reward. At first
you will find you have to drag the foot
up, but before long the horse will yield
1t easily. Then, suddenly, after he has
felt the tap he will lift the foot himself
and paw. When this point has been
reached catch the foot in the air with
your hand and hold it while you aiye
the apple and the horse Is eating. Work
along this way until the mere gesture
Of tapping him on the shoulder is enough.
The next step is to make him put bis
foot into your open hand, and when this
point has been reached his education Is
complete. It is the condition Of tricks
with horses that the practice, including
the rewards, be kept up IN private.
ttE
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
The Most Beautiful Women.

A writer in Harper's Monthly draws a
charming picture Of the Hungarian
women, here declared to be the most
beautiful in the world. It is kind of
beauty that one would like to see dis
tributed over all the earth-a beauty of
good health, good temper and a natural,
free, sunny spirit which is enchanting.
They are not sentimental, these speci-
mems of Hungarian loveliness, or over
charged with sickly emotion, like so
many of their more artiicially brought
up sisters, but when they are thoroughly
in love they can give man glances that
will make his heart, even q tough old
one, jump up into his throat.
The writer in Harper's says:
They are erect and straight as a candle,
hearty and vigorous to the core. the rare pic
ture Of good health and aboundine vitality.
They are gifted with small fest, full arms,
plump hands with tapering fingers, and wear
long braids. The sun has spread reddish
golden tint or q darker tone over the complex
ion. The Hungarian woman is not q beauty Of
classical contour, nor does she perhaps fire.
Quently present q riddle to the psychologist,
and ethereal poets will scarcely find theme in
her for bypersentimental reveries. She is
rather the vigorous embodiment of primeval
womanhood.
As her exterior, SO her whole character is
enchantinGly fresh and positive. She likes to
eat we'll. IL fond of drop of wine. takes natu-
rally to swimming. dancing, gymnastics, and
has not the least objection to being admired.
This Is truo of the so called girls of the people
no less than Of women of the higher classes,
for grace and beauty know no difference be-
tween high and low, and often bestow upon a
poor. barefooted, short skirted peasant girl
with her face in q kerchief tied under the
chin) the same enchanting form, the same
magically attractive glance, as upon her more
favored sister,
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How Flight of Birds Changed the His.
tory Of America. ..

How Flight of Birds Changed the His
tory Of America. ...
When Columbus sailed westward over
the unknown Atlantic he expected to
reach Zipangu Gapan). After several
days sail from Gomera, one of the
Canary islands, he became uneasy at not
discovering Zipangu, which, according
ing to his reckoning, should have been
216 nautical miles more to the east.
After a long discussion he yielded to the
opinion of Martin Alonzo Pinzon. the
commander Of the Pinta, and steered to
the southwest. Pinzon was guided in
his opinion by flight of parrots toward
the southwest. The effect Of this change
in his course curiously exemplifies the in
tiuence of small and apparently trivial
events in the worlds history. If Colum-
bus, resisting the counsel of Pinzon, had
kept his original route he would have
entered the warm current Of the Gulf
Stream, have reached Florida and
then probably have been carried to Cape
Hatteras and Virginia. The result
would probably have been to give the
present United States Roman Catholic
Spanish population instead of Protest
ant English one, a circumstance of i'm
measurable Importance. "Never," wrote
Humboldt, "had the flight of birds more
important consequences. It may be
said to have determined the first settle.
ments on the new continent and it's dis
tribution between the Latin and Ger
manic races"
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
a Book or Ghosts.

a curious book is that issued by w.
Z, Stead, Of The Review Of Reviews.
IN the volume which he calls Real
Ghost Stories. Mr.. Stead's aim has
been 70 collect thoroughly we'll authen-
ticated instances OF apparitions Of the
living and dead, dreams that came true,
hallucinations that were not connected
with insanity and give them to the pub
nc for what they were worth. It is his
idea that there may be as much super
stition in believing too little as in be-
lieving too much. Between these two
extremes he would steer and find q true
middle ground.
SO ne takes what he calls his census
OF ghosts To the thoroughly unpreju-
diced outsider, however it will seem
that Mr.. Stead believes in ghosts before
he undertakes their enumeration. For
this reason the census appears at times
somewhat loosely taken. So old and ex-
perlenced newspaper man as Mr.. Stead
should not for instance reprint as fact a
mere sensational story in an American
newspaper without ascertaining it's rigid
and exact truth. But he does this very
thing. He publishes the story about an
American engine driver" whose loco
motive had been six times upset at high
speed and each time this engineer had
beforehand dream of the occurrence
exactly as it happened.
The truth about this marvellous hap
pening is said to be that once a newspa-
per reporter found himself awfully hard
up and concocted the story in connection
with a constituencies engineer with
whom he divided the money he got for
it. The reporter faxed the tale and the
engineer agreed to it, though there was
not word of truth in it, Mr. Stead
ought to be careful how he brings out as
solemn fact a remarkable tale he finds
In an American newspaper, without at
least hunting up the persons to whom
the Incidents happened, taking them be-
fore justice of the peace and making
them swear by all their hopes of heaven
that the tale is true. Even then he
could not depend on some people.
But the book contains enough hair
lifting matter that is thoroughly we'll
authenticated to at least set reasonable
person to thinking seriously. He will be
apt to conclude that there certainly are
psychic depths which we have not yet
fathomed, if indeed it will not be found
possible after awhile for mankind to
communicate by thought telegraph Mr.
Stead recommends that only level headed
persons read this book or engage in any
OF the experiments it suggests, and in
doing this he is wise. One fact that
stands out here is the great number of
reliable persons who have had remark
able experiences.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How to Prevent Badness.

Badness is attributed to hat wearing.
Children should do as much as possible
without caps. Hats worn by any one
should be as light as possible. The stove
pipe hat is the worst form for the hair.
In winter wear a light, well ventilated
felt, unlined. Do not wash the head
more than once week, and use very
little grease afterward. Avoid using a
stiff brush.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
Pasturing Wheat.


Occasionally farmers are known to
have pastured their growing wheat with
supposed beneficial effects. Obviously
there should be in such cases so luxuriant
growth as to make temporary check
desirable, and the pasturing should be
done by animals of light weight and
never when the plants could be tram
pied into a soft, clay soil. To test this
question with some accuracy by actual
comparison between contiguous pastured
and unpastured plots, trials were made
at the Kansas station with wheat sown
in September on fifteen plots. As re-
ported in the station bulletin, COWS were
pastured on five Of these plots in October
and November, and on five others in
April, and the remaining five plots were
unpastured.
In this test the unpastured plots
showed an average gain Of is bushels
per acre over those pastured. Whether
the food obtained by pasturing will
compensate for this difference in yield
cannot well be determined on so small a
scale. The pasturing of wheat, how
ever, is considered by the station officers
an important practical question, as
many farmers place no small depend
ence on the food that their wheat fields
furnish in fall and spring.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03

How to Mako Shoes Waterproof.
Ordinary leather shoes and boots may
be rendered waterproof by being thor
oughly saturated with castor oil. Let
them stand near the stove so that the oil
may soak in thoroughly. Squeaking
may be prevented by driving peg into
the middle of the sole.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03

How to Make Paste That viii Stick
to Anything.
Take three parts sugar Of lead, three
parts alum, five parts gum arabic and
sixteen parts good wheat -four. Dissolve
gum arabic in two quarts warm water;
when cold stir in the wheat -four, and
add the sugar of lead and alum, which
must have been previously dissolved in
water. Cook until it shows signs of
ebullition. Let it cool, and it is ready
for usa t-..
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How to Start 4 small workshop.

A very nice small workshop, avail
able for all the practical purposes Of
ordinary life, may be started at very
little expense with the following out
tit: Two good planes, q jack and smooth
or, with double bits; four chisels, from
one-fourth up to one inch; q square,
try-sqnare, brace and six bits, small
handsaw, gauge, compass, bevel, draw
shave, and hatohet with hammer head.
This whole outfit ought to cost less
than ten dollars.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How to Mark Steel Tools.

Warm them slightly and rub the steel
with wax or hard tallow until a film
gathers. Then scratch your name on
the wax, cutting through to the steel.
A little nitric acid poured on the mark
ing will quickly eat out the letters.
Wipe acid and wax off with hot, soft
rag, and the letters will be securely
etched.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03

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How to he Agreeable.

The true art Of being agreeable is to
appear well pleased with all the COM
pany, and rather to seem well enter
tanned with them than to bring enter
tainment to them. A man following out
this line Of conduct may never obtain a
reputation for being particularly bril-
liant, but he is certain to become popu-
lar. =@ 3z }ss5 t
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How to Keep Nails from Rustinr.

10 make nails secure against rust, mix
pint of inseed oil with two ounces of
black lead, stirring until the whole is
thoroughly incorporated. Heat the nails
red hot and steep them in the mixture.
They should then be we'll drained and
shaken up in an old nail bag until dry.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
siLos THAT Paw.

huities and Made Truly Economical.
In 4 series Of letters written to Country
Gentleman is one from New York
farmer, who has this to say about build
ing and covering silos: Theoretically,
the only object in inclosing q gilo is to
exclude air from sides and bottom. Then
what can be gained, SO far as preserva-
tion of silage is concerned, by double
boarding outside with matched lumber
and paper between? # the lining Of the
silo be such as completely to exclude the
air, is not the interfilling with sawdust
and the interplacing Of paper entirely
superfluous? We all know that the in
side partition must be air tight or ensi-
lage rots. Again, after paying a man
several days work tramping the pit, the
contents settle somewhat Then what
has been gained by tramping? The spe-
cifc gravity Of the mass packs it more
solidly, after it becomes softened BY the
necessary fermentation, than forty men
and horses could do before the fermenta-
ton has taken place. Thirdly, the only
object in covering silo is to prevent the
too rapid escape Of moisture and heat,
1t is proved by the experience of hun
dreds that a covering of swale grass or
cut straw a foot deep, when compacted,
serves this purpose completely. Then
what possible good can be derived from
the extra tight board and paper covering
and few tons weighting?''
A second correspondent gives his ex-
perience with a SO called cheap silo.
The silo is built with good foundation
laid in cement. The uprights are 3 by
8 inches by IA feet. The outside is
covered with novelty siding, the inside
lined with old boards, a layer Of heavy
tarred paper and last matched hemlock,
dressed on one side, put on vertically.
In filing this silo the silage is dropped
into the center of the pit, where it stays
for twenty-four hours, when one man
spreads it evenly over the whole surface.
keeping the center higher than the sides
and doing very little tramping about the
edges. This method gives the settling
mass constant outward pressure, which
is desirable in keeping the air excluded
from the sides. The silage is often al
lowed to lie in a heap as it drops from
the carrier for two or three days, if
weather prevents cutting and hauling,
and then the heated mass is spread, Civ
ing an even, high temperature to all
parts of the silo.
The first year this correspondent
covered with tar paper and boards and
one foot's depth of silage was spoiled.
The second year he covered with straw
only, with much less waste. The last
two years he has cut the fodder after
husking the field corn directly on the
siage already heated and settled, and
the last method has given result as
nearly perfect as could be desired. The
rising steam from the silage softens the
tough, dry cornstalks so that the cattle
waste none. The silage comes out
sweet, not a bushel having been spoiled
the past two years. He feeds two bush
els per day to each COW, with light
feeding of hay at noon. In addition to
the silage and hay each COW in milk is
fed four quarts of bran and two quarts
of cotton seed meal, with highly salts
factory results in way of milk, butter,
etc. 49,.
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
How to Key Up q Violin,

Keep the instrument always tuned up
to concert pitch. Many, especially
country fiddlers, have an idea that they
save their strings by loosening them
when they have finished playing. "This
is quite absurd, as the string is almost
certain to break when it is again put
back to the proper pitch" says an expert
yiOlinist, -..<
Mower County transcript., 1892-02-03
Worth Knowing.


A popular way of polling running
beans is by setting pole in the center
of a hill and planting the beans around
it. An improvement on this plan is to
set the pole in the center of four hills
and stretch a string from the top to q
hooked peg in the center of each hill.
According to The Jersey Bulletin there
is nothing better for calves than liberal
allowance Of skinned milk, oatmeal,
bran and cornmeal, equal parts by
weight, with good pasture. The COW is
made within the first eighteen months
of her life. This is the time to make
her grow.
When young trees have been damaged
during the winter by the gnawipg Of
rabbits OF field mice, or have in any way
become barked, tho thing to be done is
to protect the wounded parts from the
air by bandages Of cloth, and where the
injury is close to the surface, hilling up
the soil around it may be practiced.
The guinea is very useful fowl not
wiitfstanding it's peculiarities. In their
wanderings over the farm they destroy
numerous insect enemies and weed seed
and do little damage to crops by scratch
ing and eating. They lay large num-
Der Of eggs which, though small, are Of
good quality and nutritious.
A correspondent in one Of the bee
Journals stated that his apiary averaged
nearly one hundred pounds Of excellent
comb honey to the colony, the majority
Of which came from blackjack acorns.
During the night the acorns were pune
tured BY some insect and the next day
the bees would gather the sweet sub
stance which oozed from the puncture.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24
This Is what the Deacon Died OF.

Nearly four years ago Deacon Elisha
Pratt of New Providence, n. j., died of
cholera morbus after eating a hearty din
ner, and his widow has placed a strange
memorial of the event in the parlor. I'm
der large glass case is an enormous silver
platter. On this platter, arranged in reg
ular order, are portions of meat, vegeta-
bles, watermelon, cucumber, ice cream,
pie, etc, moulded in wax. They repre-
sent, as nearly as possible, the exact guam
tity of each of these articles that the dea-
con ate the evening before he died. They
stand on the platter in just the order that
the real articles We're consumed by Mr..
Pratt. Scattered through the solids are
goblets full of wax, colored to represent
the cider that the deacon imbbed during
the same dinner. Each wax imitation is
perfect, and looks as though it were a real
piece of meat or portion of fruit The
quantity represented is enormous. On top
OF the glass case is little arch made of
solid silver Above the arch is the silver
figure of an angel blowinga trumpet. Sus-
pended from the centre of the arch is
tiny tablet of white marble, on which in
deep black letters are engraved the follow
ing words: "This is what the deacon died
ON. Y. Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24

Don't become constipated. Take Beecham',
Pills.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24
In Gods Hand sin

How can l cease TO pray for theeY Somewhere
In Gods great universe thou art today;
Can He not reach thee with His tender carer
Can He not hear me when for thee prayi
What matters it 20 Him who holds within
The hollow of his hand all worlds, all space
That thou art done with earthly pain and sin;
Somewhere within His ken thou hast place
Somewhere thou Invest and hast need of Him;
Somewhere thy soul sees higher heights TO
climb;
And somewhere still there may be valleys
dim
That thou must pass, to reach the hills sub
lime.
Then all the more because thou canst not hear
Poor human words Of blessing, while / pray;
o true, brave heart God bless thee where
so'er
In His great universe thou art today
Boston Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24
A Deed And A Word.
little stream had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern

little stream had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern.
A passing stranger scooped a well,
Where weary men might turn
He walled ii in and hung with care
A ladle at the brink
He thought not Of the deed he did
But judged that all might drink
He passed again, and lol the well,
By summer never dried
Had cool ID ten thousand parching tongues,
And saved life beside.
A nameless man, amid the crowd
That thronged the daily mart
Let fall word of hope and love,
Unstudied, from the heart,
A whisper on the tumult thrown,
A transitory breath.
1t raised a brother from the dust
II saved a soul from death.
o germi o fountl o word Of Lowell
o thought at random cast
Ye were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last
Cherries Mckay
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-24

Not bench. ''You say this man had
been drinking" said His Honor; drink
ing what?' 'Whiskey, l suppose" an
swered Officer McGobbe. you suppose |!
Don't you know whiskey? Aren't you
judge?" mo, y'r anna. Only a police
man." His Honor looked carefully at his
minion a moment and then called the next
Indianapolis journal.