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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

With but little care and no trouble,
the beard and moustache can be kept a
uniform brown or black color by using
Buckingham Dye for the Whiskers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

The Senate has by vote of so 10 16
adopted an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to Issue and
sell 0,0OO, 900 of bonds for the purpose
of maintaining the usual amount of gold
in the treasury for the redemption Of
the obligations of the government.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

5. When Tillmanism first started the law
yers were the objects of its most bitter
and unspairing denunciation; but no
other administration that the State has
ever had has been half so profitable to
the profession than the present one,
which has been in continuous litigation
ever since it hassbeer in power.-Aarion
c}ny
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

DR.. overton Moore, of Helen ;, Ark,
was shot and instantly killed, last Fri
day. by DR.. C. R. Shinault, of the same
place. 1t is said that the killing was the
result of a quarrel on the subject OF pro-
fessional etiquette.
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Ayer'sPiILs

and I began to use them, and soon
noticed an improvement. Encouraged
by this, I kept on till took two boxes,
when the sores disappeared and have
never troubled me since."-H. Chapman,
Real Estate Agent, Roanoke, Va.
"I suffered for years from stomach
and kidney troubles, causing very severe
pains in various parts of the body. None
Of the remedies tried afforded me any
relief until began taking Ayers Pills,
and was cured. d."-Wm. Goddard, Notary
Public, Five Lakes, Mich.
Prepared by DR.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Hass.
Sold by Druggists Everywhere.
csor,, noeo EHon+ivo
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
NOTICE TO TR[SPASS[RS.

A Ii persons are hereby notified not
n to trespass on my lands in Oconee
County, for hunting, fishing, shooting,
or any purpose whatsoever, without my
consent, under penalties of the law.
j. NJ. CALHOUN.
February 9, 1893, est
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At Cost.

Don't miss these bargains, as they
don't come your way often.
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October.

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November.

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

From affidavits made, the substance OF
which is published in the Greenville Daiiy
Ner$. We do not believe there is any
truth in the statement published. that an
effort was made to bribe the jury in the
case Of the State against sullivan. for the
killing OF Gilreath. III Grecnyille.
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April.

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December.

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May.

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Drop in next week, when at court, and
subscribe for the COURIER You cannot
well get along without it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

Th. Westminster High School now has
on roll nearly one hundred pupils. l..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

Gov. Tillmap has appointed MIR. 4. B.
McGutfin OF Fort Madison, Oconee coun-
". Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16

wants. men and boys had yawned through
the drowsy tomorrow of the festival, get
ting up late after coming home in the chill
drunk, some of them. They had got
through the broken day in \ somnolent
semi-consciousness, relieved by gossip and
occasional drinks
And now work a-day life was beginning
again. The great heireSs' coming % age
dance was a thing of the past, and the
thread of dull daily toll in dun little town
set in the midst of a landscape Of level
dizziness had to be taken up again.
"A fly to be at DIR. Parker's door in good
time for the IL :l5 train"
That was the message which came from
the bar to the stable yard at O'Clock on
Thursday morning. Coachman, hostier, and
lads were washed and wakeful and In their
right minds. Miss Hillborough's coming Of
age belonged to history.
the coachman went to his coach house.
There had been no orders yesterday in the
general stagnation. He and his underlings
had cleaned three out Of the four vehicles
which fetched and carried the gentry to
ana from Ledford and the civilized world
but there was fourth fly. a spacious and
venerable landau, the oldest vehicle on the
premises, which had came in about O'Clock
In the morning. driven by an occasional
into shed. and left to molder in its dirt.
Fetch out Noah's ark" said the coach
man to his slave, a bare-armed boy whom
very Few people had ever seen in a coat
she do for Parker. She wasn't cleaned
tother night Thou'd best gi' her a wash
down, lad
The lad dragged out the leathern mon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
The Old and New,

the nute. harp and fiddle never fails to at
tract attention. There are many other So
called musicians who treat the public to
selections on cornet, banjo and guitar, and
the vocalists and whistlers are almost innu-
merable.
Wherever one finds these strollers will
also be found many delegated listeners and
JUST SO varied as are the Instruments will
be their tastes. No two persons hear
sounds alike. That faculty depends upon
the sensibility of the auditory nerves and
what delights one Is quite dsplea sing to
another. There are people in this city who
would rather hear selection from the
rankest street minstrel than listen to a
perfect Interpretation from Mr.. Seidl But
their opposites are many.
"A queer old couple once living near Du-
pont Circle and who preferred knowing the
pedigree of the beef before eating of it,
thought these musicians were an abomi-
nation. and nearly all of them were paid to
Keep away from that neighborhood. There
NAV be some consolatio for the ''must-
clans in knowing tina. they are not the
only nuisances in that line. Beethoven
used to make such distressing noises while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
a JEwELEO TURTLE.
The ExtravaRant Freak of New York
Millionaire.

Fr"m the ~. Louis Globe Democrat.
In my )ourneyings over this fair land 4
have run across some very strange fads in.
dulged in ny people who have plenty Of
money and who have used IL in the grstif-
cation Of fancies that have not BENEFITED
the world in the least says a correspond
ent. ] have met stamp collectors and pug
dog fanciers; men with a mania for ac-
cumulating walking canes: once l knew q
man who had spent hundreds Of dollars
getting up a collection of historical hats
covering two centuries; but a jeweler az
Bunal0 told me about n millionaire Of that
vicinity who should certainly have the
highest pointed crown hat IN my friends
collection About month ago this NIL
lionaire walked into a jewelers. place with
a common land turtle or tortoise which he
had captured in the woods near b.. laid IL
on the counter and gave a most astounding
order. remarking: ''rll give the people
something TO talk about"
And he certainly did for he ordered the
shell Of the turtle TO be encrusted on It's
outer edge with a heavy layer OF gold on
Etruscan finish. In the center OF ite horny
back he ordered an emerald 10 bs placed
At various points in the gold he had In
serted small but pure diamonds. A mas
sive silver chain was attached to the shell
At his magnificent country seat tho giraffe
millionaire had constructed on his lawn q
reproduction in rocks, bushes and ferns
of the spot from which the tortaise had
been taken. In this place. which IRE rich
man calls a "turtlesrmin." the highly deco
rated reptile IL permitted to rosm the
length OF his silver cham. IL looks az
though the financial strfngency had not
struck this man of means and his neigh
bors are now waiting for him a have the
shod with silver and diamond droIss place.
In the ears of his fanny plEs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
LUCK WAS WITH HER,
Woman Who Has Reason to Be-
1feve That "Thar's "a Lawd I'm Arkan-
Snw."

A Woman Who Has Reason to Be-
saw"
From the Detroit Free Press
1t was on the Arkansas side a few miles
below Memphis. Tenn. L stopped at a creek
near pole cabin to water nv horse and a
man and five children and six or eight dogs
came down and surrounded me- After ask
ing where | was from and how far 1 was
going the man said:
Stranger. l reckon / kin ask yo' to do me
leetle favor"
'Oh. yes"
My ole woman started fur town half an
hour ago with three prime coonskins 10 sell
1 never kin dun tell what was the matter
with me, but when she said shoes and tea
and snun l nodded my head. 1 was lust
swine TO send one of the children after her =
Have You thought of something else?"
- Just have. l must have been crazy.
w men yo overtake her tell her she's to git
1t all in whisky and terbacker"
The road was deep with mud and the wo-
man must have taken a short cut for did
not overtake her. / met her, however a bout
man nile from the country store where
she had been trading, and halted her to de-
nNer the message. She had pair of coarse
shoes for herself hung over her should ar
half pound Of cheap tea under her arm
ana was using snuff stick with vigor and
rensh- she never stopped handling the
SUCK until ready to answer. Then she wait
ed long enough 10 reply:
stranger, some folks dun say thar hain't
no Lawd IN Arkansas. but thar is He Jest
till the tradn' was traded, and I'm gwine
back nome a-feelin SIGH a feelin' O. glad
ness that Sim Jones may switch me ord
be hanged to him"
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forth. and probably the less said about their
mode Of living the better He was led
through the ilI-smcIIins sleeping rooms to
the rear. where Signor Caprivenetti was
bribed into divulginS what little unrelia Bile
Information he possessed. The place was
not one where you would care to tarry.
They have no organization and little or
no system is used in going about from
place TO place. Some of them have regular
routes and will work il till they are fore
ed TO abandon II from lack of support. then
they will attack other districts and stick to
the more reTlunerative streets Some go
In single day from the Navy Yard to
Georgetown, gathering up the pennies, but
they have ali studied the town and they
all have their regular customers"
As dark approaches you will find the ten
pianos that Washington supports within a
circuit Of eight or ten blocks of 9th and F.
streets. while the other nocturnal warblers
ard less noisy musicians will do the out
lying districts.
There is sufficient variety to satisfy the
most eNacting taste. II you care for the
busle or harp YOU can have them By far
the Doisiast and probably the more remun =
erative instrument is the automatic piano
that comes from London. and is as big as
q reed organ u does not require an artist
to operate IT: the modus Operandi is very
simple. turn of latch changes the CYL
Under TO another Of the ten tunes it holds.
and n turn OF crank releases the music
II has its prototype in the ancient hand
organ. and its wheezy and feeble anti-bel-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
Marriage In Eurn an.

From the London lifnss
A chapter in the Burmsh census report.
dealing with what is callel the "ciril con-
diton" OF the people. gives much interest-
in. Information Regarding marriage In that
county. From the tables marriage appears
to be much less common than IN lsidta. but
this is said TO he due 10 the fact that there
il no child marriage among the Baddhists
and Nat-worShipers. VINO form tas bulk OF
the population. Moreover. In Bulmaa mar
riage is generally the result OF mutual af-
fection between the pa,tics af'"- they have
reached years OF discretion. On NE other
hand. marriage Is mcro common there than
in European countries, Tor the tie b. moro
easily formed and mo,e easily dissolved.
while motives Of prudence have not the
same weight Dcstitution Is almost un-
known. and the wants OF life In tae tenn
perate climate Of Burmah are more easily
satisfied than in the colder countries OF
northern Europe. young Burr1pse cou-
pie can start life with "a dR ana eOoking-
pot. The universal bamboo supplies ma
te -ials for building the house. lighting the
FIRE carrying the water from the well. and
may even help 10 compose the dinner itself.
The wife is usually prepared 10 take O
share in supporting the household. end thus
she has gradually acquired a position Of In
dependence not always enjoyed by mar
ried women elsewhere. IL has been decided
that. under the ancient Buddhist custom
prevailing I'm Burmah, a husband cannot
ALLEVIATE property Jointly acquired after
marriage without the consent OF his wife.
Few marriages take place where either
party Is under fifteen. and the usual age 10
between fifteen and twenty-five. Pelygamy
now practically no longer exists. although
In ancient times the Burmese were pOlyga-
mists as well slave holders. Most Bur-
mese have only one wife. and few mere than
two. The first. or head wife is usUally the
choice OF the husband In his youth. and
when she ceases o. have children she often
assists In the choice Of a Young wife. who
is bound TO obey her. The ease with which
divorce IL obtained is said to be one Of the
causes why polygamy is SO rare. The tens
OF divorce are based on ancient rules. one
OF which is that the party wishing the sepa-
ration can take his or her property and no
more; the other party takes all the rest. tn
GLIDING the children. The safeguard against
caprice in husbands IL not merely public
opinion. which condemns too frequent d.
vorces but the self-respect Of women which
prevents them from marrying a man who
has divorced his wives too freely The
privilege of perfect freedom I'm this respect
is said TO be rarely abused. Divorce 10
very rare. a fact attributable equally per-
haps. TO the high position occupied by wo-
men I'm Burmese society the care with which
marriage contracts are entered into and
the extreme evenness OF temper whiob
characterizes both sexes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16

EPILOGCE.
From James Heron, Brisbane to Sir John
Blake. Barberry. Hereford:
Dear Sir John-Do not think me I'M
grateful for leaving England without seeing
You and Lady Blake, thanking you both
In person for your goodness to my poor
girl. L was only three weeks in my native
country, where everything looked strange
and unfriendly and where l VAS too I'M
happy to meet the face OF an old friend.
Il found my daughter-alonc-in a Lon
don lodging, broken-hearted. a life spo.lt. a
name bEShted. Not your fault, my good
friend, nor Lady Blake's. You both did ell
that friendship could do when you trans
ferred my poor child from the excellent
school where she was happy and well
cared for to the country vicarage, where
she would haYe been just as hsppy .anl just
as safe, If 1t had not been for
Perhaps you can guess the rest, which /
can't write.
You know something of my temper. and
something OF my views, about the right OF
every man to settle certain debts in his
own way.
The man who broke her heart will break
no more hearts.
She knows nothing except that she is
here in "A new world with a father WHO
idolizes her, and whose sole task in life
henceforward is to make her forget the
past.
God bless you and yours,
Goodbye, J. H"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16

robe of fig leaves
for the skin OF a wild beast and sat at the
entrance OF her fathers cave and played on
a flute of bone to his lady love- The min
strels of old and troubadours of middle ages
came later. and invented new instruments
with strings. reeds and shells. To some
they disturbed the quiet of the night with
their mournful ballads and weird music,
and had to be bribed to move on. much as
do the street MINISTRIES of today There is a
great deal OF the troIbadour still living In
them. Strollers they all are. and therein
lies the charm of music for them. With
out IL their rowing would cease. and were
they deprived OF that life the rest to come
would be but an empty dream
The troubadours of To-Day are made up
mostly Of swarthy Italians-Dagos, as they
and the Spanish and Portuguese are prop
erly called-but there are those OF our
people. who are usually unfortunates, to be
found at the street corners grinding and
saving away, and who are sometimes to be
pitied- But one not foreign born is likely
TO take up this life for the remuneration or
pleasure derived from IL.
To the NeapOlitan. however. ii is an oc-
cupation not 10 be compared even to that of
fruit vending. and when he has once saved
s2cO-enough 10 purchase one OF those big,
noisy. automatic pianos so frequently seen
on our streets-he is an influence among
his brethren and monopolist who Is looked
up to.
II is the means of livelihood he likes The
open-air life satisfies that restless nature
born within him. and combined with the
pleasure of receiving the pennies and nick
els. his cup OF happiness is kept well up to
the brtm.
The writer spent a short time-a very
short time.-on Il street, not many doors
from the National Theater. where a colony
OF organ grinders and fruiL vendors hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
CHICAGO's JANE CIUB.
me Dainty Co-Operatfve Home Life
Of Forty Working Girls.


From the New York Sun.
"hen an eastern woman, for whom M
Jane Club exists. sits down 10 write shout
the one out west in Chicago she doesn't
know where TO begin. IL is such a fairy
IKE tale OF impossible good thinss made
possible. The club was named after Miss
Jane ADAMS. the well-known and well-be-
loved founder Of Hull House She eb,sined
lhe mouse. a big double one on q quiet
shaoy street, and she got Il at a very low
rent Ihen, as godmoJher OF the project
she furnished IL f,om basement TO R~rret.
Ill ht, are ABOUT forty lucky young women
VINO oelong 10 the club. A candidate must
De backed up by the written guarsntee a.
Two members. and, this affidavit having
neen accepted. she must receive a two
thl IDS vote Of all the members Of Inc rim
Affairs are in the hands OF a pres,dent
vice president. recording secretary treas
urer. librarian and last and most trnoorfsnf
a steward The president and the steward
form the house committee general
meeting of members In held on the second
ana fourth Tuesday OF each month. whes
all cranks" and ''kickerS'' may ,,-esens
their grievances. This affords q safety
valve for the institution, but "a Is rettine
rusty for lack OF exercise TuesdaF Is nav
oay, when eve-y member is requirea 70 pay
weekly due Of S.
But would you know what these Girls re-
ceive In return for those ss9 In the frst
place each has q large and well furnished
mouse for her home. There are two re-
ception rooms. a library stocked with rood
BOOKS music room. three large dinina
rooms, Kitchen, four bath rooms and ten
bed rooms. There is q large laundTF I'm the
Basement. The club employs a cook for 81
week. ana two housemaids for s. a week
each At the table are served the best OF
roasts. the Juiciest steaks and chaps the
cholcest fruits and buildings and cakes ana
the highest biscuits. The steward lio.-s ths
marketing and is very important person-
age.
The members must be unmarried or elss
WIDOWS without small children The age
limit is from eighteen to fo-ty-five years
There is one person living I'm the club house
who Is more than forty-fve. THE is the
sixty year-old mother OF one Of the girls
and she is chaperon and coddler for the en-
tire household. This IL not a club OF old
maids, sour o. otherwise. The present
members are all under twenty-eight YEAR,
OF age and are well-dressed and Jolly
company. They are stenographcrs type-
writer's millners. book binders dressmssera
shoemakers and so on
The club members entertain as N they
were at home, which. in reality. they are.
Small dances. informal musicsles ana cc-
casional receptions dc not disturb hut en-
liven the even tenor OF the Jane Club's wsy.
Naturally enough. the next thing % record
Is that other Chicago young women be-
fore whose envious eyes the Jane Club has
sprung up and nourished. are about 70 or.
ganize more clubs OF the same pattern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16

composing that he was more than once
Obliged to change his lodgings ON that ac-
count.
The poorer class enjoy the stroller 8
music. Stroll through the streets any aft
ernoon and watch the crowd OF children as
they laugh and shout and scamper after
him. Little croakers In their mothers
arms. scarcely able to lisp the "orgie''
man, are quieted and amused by his poprl-
lar airs Those able to todtlle after him
line the sidewalks when re stops and
their little white faces and black faces
bob up and down as they dance to his
merry grinding. And what perfect time
they keep to his jerky tunes as they
walk and skip about,
III the old couple could be induced to
watch such delighted group q little while
they would probably not denounce him in
such terms as they have. And IL they
We're to toss nickel to the swarthy fell
low at the crank his broad smile and 20
lite bow would be cheaply purchas
On almost any of our down town streets
In the evening can be heard the organ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
Children Scamper After Him,

man filling the air with lis popular tunes,
and as often can be seen the crowd of
children keeping time with hands, feet
and voice, and group of interested look
erS-on.
His face is study. See how readily he
detects a person in fourth-story window
behind screen, and how quickly comes
the acquired smile and the nod. Ills black
eyes find you as soon you appear al the
window and IL a coin is dropped down 10
ground out a little faster and again comes
the smile and a bow
If you were to judge from his face while
he IS not acknowledging donations you
would say he gets little pleasure from his
street life. not even the groteslIe dane
ing OF some of his little followers will
elicit comment or an Indication of de-
light but give him an occupation with a
roof over IT and see how quickly his dis
pleasure will make itself manifest