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DiptherIa

Diptheria is disease which moth
ers cannot have treated too promptly
and thoroughly. 1t is caused by a
bacillus which has its home in the
false membranes in the throat. 1t is
highly contagious, and particularly to
the nurse or mother who has the dan
gerous duty Of mopping or cleaning
the throat, and who may receive in
her throat some small particle of mat
ter containing the germs Of the dis
ease. This is most usually done when
the child involuntarily coughs while
the throat is undergoing treatment.
The germs Of diptheria are very resist
ant to treatment, and live and thrive
in spite Of much exposure.
It is very difficult to recognize the
disease in some children, and some
physicians undoubtedly call ordinary
easily cured throat inflammation diph-
liberia, in order to reap undeserved re-
ward as being skillful in the treat
ment Of diphtheria. The fact that in
fants and some older children have
the reprehensible habit Of putting ev-
erything to or in the mouth makes the
dangers of this disease among chill
dren greater. The same precautions
are needed here as in scarlet fever.
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The Dlspensary Issue.

We called to see our sheriff, MIR.
John P. Hunter, who has been quite
ill for the past month, on Monday, and
are glad to say that he is much i'm
proved and though still unwell, is at
his post giving his duties his personal
attention. While talking with. him,
the conversation drifted into the con-
dition of our country and the political
outlook. He is, as every one knows,
level headed man, and always speaks
as he acts, in very plain and en-
phatic way. When asked what he
thought would be the leading issue in
the coming State campaign he said,
his honest opinion was, that the dis
pensary question would be, and that
the dispensary and anti-dispensary
advocates would lock horns and that
the anti-dispensary Democrats would
be overwhelmingly successful, as he
believed that the prayers and earnest
support of the preachers and good men
and women in the State would be
against the dispensary liquor business
and all other wrongful traffic in liquor.
That their influence exerted in the last
primary election on the prohibition
question would convince anyone
of their great power and moral
strength. And they will no doubt
commence at an early date to
look about for men for the va
rious Offices who will not ignore their
wishes as expressed by their ballots
cast for prohibition in the last primary
election. Another thing, Mr.. Hunter
says, that convinces him that this will
be very strong issue in the coming
campaign is, that he finds more Al.
liancemen who are anti-dispensary
men than he does non-Alliancemen
who are anti-South Carolina admins.
tration men, and that he has no idea
that any political liquor tricksters
would be able to influence the good
alliancemen and good people generally
of. our country to go to the ballot
boxes at the coming election and vote
for selfish political schemers in in
iquity against their own interests in
every conceivable shape imaginable
Lancaster Ledger.
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A Man with Three Legs.

Oflate years I have lost all trace Of my
old and oddly malformed friend, George
Leppert, whom I first met at Tif6n, O.,
in 1854. George was BaYarian by birth,
and came to this country IL years ago,
settling at Baltimore where he followed
the trade of a wood-carver. Should you
happen to meet him on the street you
would notice nothing peculiar either In
his gait or general makeup, unless 1t was
that the right leg of his trousers was
something near twice the size Of the left,
and too full to wrinkle besides. This
lopsided appearance was caused by re-.
markable malformation. Mr.. Leppert
being the notover proud possessor Of two
right legs and one left; or, In other
words, Of three perfectly formed lower
limbs. I often remarked to him that
should nature, through some Of her odd
freaks, choose to increase my normal
supply of legs by so per cent. would do
my best to play the Sl0o.a-week fiddle In
dime museum before the setting Of an
sun on the day following the addition OF
the extra member to my anatomy.
But George was modest. not to say
somewhat "touchy,", on the subject OF
extra legs, and would usually answer me
by giving vent to ore of his gruf across
tu0- VI otOA aA eSS VI ~
wished that I could be fixed up with a
"full half dozen legs and twice that many
feet" I could only get even with this
last remark by informing him in half
Joking way that had never really pined
to be monstrosity. but that had great
ness been thrust upon me" I would GER
tainly take advantage of my misfortune
and make more money out of it than all
the wood-carvers and item-chasers in
town could hope to realize by their COM
bined efforts.
But George would never talk about
exhibiting himself, not even when 1 of.
fered to act So business manager, seeming
to prefer to pursue the s'even tenor Of his
way" and to conceal, as far as possible
his "misfortune and aff1iction."
He often told me that when he was 8
small boy in his Bavarian home he hao
perfect use, of all three Of his legs, but
when saw him last-in 18S7-the extra
member was slightly paralyzed, proba
bly, the result Of being bound to its com.
panion, an operation that was necessary
In order to get both in one trousers leg
When last heard from him, in 1891
he was at the Bellevue IN. ~ Hos
pital undergoing treatment for rheuma
tism,
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The Salt Rub,

Various sanitariums and private
hospitals are using '''the salt rub, "
and it is becoming so popular that
some Turkish bath establishments are
advertising it as a special attraction.
1t is just as good for well people as
sick ones, is the most refreshing Of all
the baths and rubs ever invented,
only excepting dip in the sea itself,
and is matchless in its effect upon the
skin and complexion. With all these
virtues, it is the simplest, most easily
managed of all similar measures, and
can be taken at home easily.
Put few pounds Of coarse salt, the
coarsest you can get, sea salt by
preference, in an earthen jar, and
pour enough water on it to produce a
sort of slush, but not enough to dis
solve the salt. This should then be
shaken up in handfuls and rubbed
briskly over the entire person. Of
course it is better to have it rubbed
on by another person, but any one in
ordinary health can do it for herself
or himself very satisfactorily. This
being done, the next thing is thor
ough douching Of clean water, prefera-
bly, cold, with a brisk rubbing with a
dry towel.
The effect of elation, freshness and
renewed life is felt Immediately, and
the satiny and increased clearness and
brightness Of the complexion swell the
testimony in favor of the salt rub
Ne,o York World.
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The Mirage.

In Texas 1nirages can be witnessed
in as wonderful forms as are ever pro-
duced in any part Of the world. In
that portion of the State marked upon
the maps Of the olden time as desert,
where no plant could grow or breath
ing thing live, but which is now cut
up into immense wheat or grazing
fields, I have experienced the most
lifelike optical delusions Of which the
mind can conceive. Fol that matter,
the entire prairie appears to be de-
lusion. The air is so rare that no
odor is perceptible, even from the car
rion. AS man rides along he sees
before him beautiful groves Of majes-
tic trees, which, when reached, prove
to be mesquite bushes three or four
feet in height. Over the plain are
what appear to be stakes six or eight
feet high, which in reality are Spanish
7daggers about foot in height, the
entire plain being called the "Staked
Plain" from the effect produced by
this plant. The best mirages or cloud
pictures are to be seen about Anna
rillo, where beautiful lakes appear to
be but mile or two away, and stran-
gers invariably ask if they contain fish.
Views of the Gulf are occasionally
had and once steamer in distress was
seen, and it was learned that steamer
had been lost at sea at that time. A
few miles above Amarillo is a steep
canon, the prairie ending abruptly
where the river flows between perpen-
dicular rocks, one thousand feet be-
low the table land. This canon can
sometimes be seen inverted in the
sky. The mirages assume all kinds OF
shapes and in the summer season few
days pass during which there is not
some kind of landscape seen in the
.sky.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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The revelation that Buffalo pension

- The revelation that Buffalo pension
agent has been instrumental in robbing
the Pension Bureau of round million
OF dollars, startling as it is, is apparent
~ only the prelude to arrests that prom
ise even more sensational developments.
In the face of such evidence that pension
frauds exist, an have existed for years.
it will tax the hardihood Of even the
hide-bound organs to continue their
abuse Of the administration for having
done its sworn duty to unearth such
wrongs.
- The increase of insanity In Georgia
has been 80 rapid that the capacity Of the
buildings provided for the insane are In
sufficient. The trustees report that they
are now 80 overcrowded as to Interfere
with the comfort and successful treat
ment of the patients. There were only 750
inmates of the asylum in 1878; this year
nearly 1000 were treated, and there were
over 1000 on hand at the close of the
year.
There was very rich farmer who
would never own that he had anything
to be thankful for in the way of profits.
The parson once said to him during q
very fine harvest season: "Come, Mr..
Jones, you can't have nothing to COM
plain about this year, at all events!' II
can't say that" said the farmer. "Still
YOU can't say what is amiss." He thought
a bit, and then replied very grudgingly,
"Well, you see, there will bs no spollt
hay for the young calves.
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Indicating that fact and unceremon-
iously ordering the intruder out. His
meyouw on such an occasion cannot
be miftaken. Instances of this are
not uncommon and ordinarily fail to
attract attention, but is there not here
a field that will well repay careful
investigation ?
OUntil my pet squirrel commenced
her performances regarded these
things as matter Of course, but her
chattering has raised within me the
question, Is it not possible that oul
animal friends are endeavering in
their own way to talk to us as we talk
to them?
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STILL ON TOP!

OH! that man Williams Where will
W he stop at? Done gone and made
that old back -out-of-the way Hotel Chi
quola Barber Shop the incest place in town,
and in addition to his Hair Tonic has got
a fine Face Cream to heal up all bumps,
&c., on the face; and he has the the best
Razors, too, and keeps them the sharpest
of any Barber in town, and he shsyes so
nicely. Well, just go and see for yourself
and be convinced. Children's hair cut to
order. No swearing or bad words allowed
in the presence Of children. Will come to
your house and cut your childrens' hair
or trim ladies' bangs. Don't forget the
Tonic for removing Dandruf and stop
ping the falling out Of the hair and heal
ing all scalp diseases. Satisfaction guar
anteed to all. J. NJ. WILLIAMS.
Jan 10, 1894 %
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(: Deep.Sea Diving.

The steamer Alfonso XII, having
| on board 10 boxes Of gold coin, each
box worth s1O, 900, struck on rock
| and sank at Grand Canary while on a
| voyage from Cadiz to Havana in 1886.
It was ascertained that the specie was
at a depth of 26 2-3 fathoms, 16O feet,
| and grave doubts we're entertained OF
| the possibility Of any diver being able
| to withstand the tremendous pressure
| incidental to such a depth, viz, some
81 pounds to every superficial square
inch Of his body.
Experiments at this depth were
made off Dartmouth, and two men,
Lambert and Tessier, were found
equal to the perilous task. Also,
dresses we're at length made which
would remain watertight at 80 great a
depth.
An expedition was sent out by the
Marine Insurance Company, the divers
to receive reward Of 5 per cent. or
$500, on each box recovered. Lam
bert got up seven boxes and Tessier
two. So terrible was the pressure that
neither man could stay belowfo more
than few minutes, and Lambert, for
some time after his return, suffered
from chronic paralysis Of the bowels,
by which he was in certain respect
reduced to the helpless condition Of q
babe in the cradle. Probably a tightly
sealed kettle, sent down empty to the
same depth, would have been crushed
fat.
AS it was, the divers only succeeded
in finding nine boxes out of ten,
100000 thus remaining below. A
subsequent expedition went in search
Of this box, and the diver, after being
down for 20 minutes, was hauled up
only to de- Nothing discouraged, a
fresh expedition went out with two
divers from Germany.
The first of these was promptly
hauled up half dead, only to be sent
ashore to the hospital raving mad !;
the other went down but returned
declaring that no box was there.
Whether he really got so far as the
lazarette from which the nine boxes
were taken is open to doubt. The
pressure at such depths must be posi-
lively crushing. In the accounts Of
one of the deep sea dredging expedi-
tions it is mentioned that when the
trawl was raised from great depth
the pressure proved to have been such
as to crush together the wood OF the
trawl beam so that the knots started
out of it.
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Why Mankind Has to Learn How to
Swim.

A writer named Robinson, in Nine-
teenth Century, brings forward a quite
plausible explanation Of the fact that,
while most of the animal creation ap-
pear to swim by intuition, man is al
most alone in requiring previous
training to enable him to keep his
head above water. He says it is
merely a matter Of heredity, and due
to our descent from races who were
cave and rock dwellers and rock and
tree climbers. This theory does not
necessarily imply Darwinism, or go so
far as to demand the belief that man
is but highly revised addition Of some
anthropoid ape. He suggests that all
mammiferous animals, when conscious
of danger, uses instinctively the
means given them for flight and es-
cape, which involve precisely the mo-
tions best calculated to keep them
aAoat in water. The hereditary in
stinct of the man, however, is unfor-
tunately, he says, to climb out of the
danger. Hence, unless he has nata-
tory education, he throws his arms at
once above his head, thus increasing
the weight upon the latter, which, of
course, goes then under water.
Thus the struggles Of the untaught
human being tend to his own destruc-
tion, as is well known to be the case.
It may be added that, admitting
this view, we bar ourselves from any
imputation of batrachian element in
our ancestry. Had there fortunately
been such, we ought to have found
ourselves swimming instinctively,
when plunged into deep waters. New
ertheless, in any case, the frog has
clearly been our preceptor OF rather
our examplar in this useful art, fo1
man swims greatly like frog, and by
no means "like a duck" or "like a
fish," as so often tritely phrased.
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- Trees are felled by electricity in
the great forests of Galicia. For cut
ting comparatively soft wood the tool
is in the fern Of an auger, which is
mounted on carriage and is moved
to an fro and revolved at the same
time by small electric motor. AS
the cut deepens wedges are inserted
to prevent the rift from closing, and
when the tree is nearly cut through
an Ak or hand saw is used to finish the
work. In this way trees are felled
very rapidly and with very little la
bor
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In Prussia 1900 people die of
delirium tremens every year.

= One Of the wealthiest men in the
Argentine Republic is senor Jose
Guazzone, the "wheat king He
owns $4,000 acres Of land, according
to South American papers. He went
to Buenos Ayres in 1875, when 20
years old, with only few dollars in
his pocket. In the following year he
saved $4,000. He invested the money
in land and in 1879 his estate was
valued at $4,000. With the money
which he had saved he rented more
lands, sowed them in wheat and bor'
rowed machines to reap his crops.
Guazzone is said to be Of Hebrew
origin.
If the money spent every year
in this country on drink were given to
person in s5 gold pieces he might
walk around the world at the equator
and drop three every step, and then
only exhaust the supply,
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CTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

CTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
= ANDERSON COUNTY.
By ". F. Coz, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, B. F. Crayton
has applied to me to grant him Letters Of
Administration, with the Will annexed,
executed by her in Georgia, on the Estate
and effects of Mrs. M. G. Lindsey, de.
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all kindred and creditors Of the said
M. G. Lindsey, deceased. to be and appear
before me in Court Of Probate, to be held
at Anderson Court House, on the 3lst
day of January, 1894, after publication
hereof, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said Administration should not
be granted. Given under my hand, this
10TH day of January, 1894.
w. F. cox, Judge Probate.
Jan 16, 1894 %
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NOTICE TO
Administrators,
Executors,
Guardians,

RHu ITUSI6bS.
A LII Administrators, Executors, Guar
II dians and Trustees are hereby noti'
fed to make their Annual Returns during
the months of January and February as
required by law.
w. F. cox,
Judge of Probate.
Ian 10 1894 %
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The $1,000 Cotton Crop Contest,

In which there are FOUR PRIZES offered for the
NEAREST ESTIMATES Of the size Of the colt on
crop of 1894, now being marketed, and award to
be made as soon as the New Orleans Exch ange
announces the official crop figures. Four Hun
dred Dollars in Gold for nearest guess to the crop,
Two Hr ndred Dollar prize for second, Two Hun
dred Dollar prize for third, One Hundred Dollar PA
EFrons for recent years have been as follows
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}bl s Va Raw Lire. iDj Via New York, Phlladel.
phla and Norfolk R. 3. W. Via Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Co. Trains Nos. 1874 and
III run solid with Pullman Buffet sleeping cars be.
tween Atlanta and Washington, and PullE m Buff
York. Parlor car Weldon and Portsmouth sleer.
Ing car Hamlet and Wilmington. Trains Nos. SO
and Al carry through coaches between Atlanta and
Charleston, 8. C. Tickets at P E & W. c. depo
C.V. SMITH, JOHN q. WNDER,
Traffic Manager General Manager.
r. w. B. GLOVER, Div. Pass. Agt, Atlanta, Ga.
Chaa.J. Heard, 8. P. A., Augata,eia.
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PUY in July. August. September or
O October. Pay when your cotton Is
turned into cash.
Spot cash prices No interest Just
little cash down and the balance next Mo-
vember 18th.
That's the proposition. That's our sps-
cial summer sale.
Pianos s25 cash and. balance November
18th, 1898. =f@:3E
Organs $40 cash and. balance November
18th, 1898. a9eis
Remember, loves Icash rates. No ad-
vance. No interest.
If you can't come in, talk 1t over and
just crop US line.
JOHN L. HAYNIE & DAUGHTERS,
Greenville, g. c.,
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dog can relate numerous instances ID
which his dog has clearly understood
what was said to it, and the readiness
with which dog learns new COM
mand shows an intelligence Of a high
order. Although dogs vocabulary
is Of limited range, it has certain de-
finite sounds that possess an unmis-
taxable meaning. There is the short,
sharp bark that expresses want, the
low, nervous bark that means dis
comfort, the sharp, quick bark of joy,
the low whine Of distress, the growl
of distrust, the deep growl Of anger,
the loud bark of warning and the
whimper of fright. When to these is
added the various movements of the
body, covering in fear, crouching in
anger, the stiff bracing of the body in
defense, leaping in joy, and many
special actions, as licking the hand of
the master or pulling at his clothes,
we find that a dog can express his
likes and dislikes, his wants and feel
ings, as clearly as though he were hu-
man. Any one who, in time Of sor-
row or depression, has had his dog
come to him and lay its head in bis
lap and has looked down into those
great brown eyes so full Of sympathy
and love, can never doubt that the
dog understood all, and in its own way
was trying to comfort.
A friend cat has an unmistakablc
sign for yes or no. The former is a
low meyouw, while the latter is a
short, sharp m'yoww. If Tom wants
to 20 out that fact is made manifest
by quick meyouw. If, perchance,
any one should be in the chair Tom
regards as lis especial property, no re-
gard for r:opricty rcstrains him from