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The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04

In his letter In reply TO X. Q. Mills,
Col. James G. Dudley says:
Times have been growing steadily
worse for years. The farmer is uo
longer prosperous; mercantile busi-
ness no longer pays return on the
capital invested. Buildings and i'm.
provsments Of all kinds have well
sigh stopped. The decline 10 IL
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04
Han kers are Worried.

How the bankers are squirming
about silver. They are alarmed at
the prospect. That $25. 5.000.000 an
nuslly stolen from depositors would
weigh $50 tons il it was all in silver.
just think OF 1t. II all taken at once
it would require 10000 cashiers to
carry it, and would make procession
eleven miles long. Every man loaded
down with over q hundred and twenty
pounds of silver. Some Of them like
as any would get caught. too. carry
iug such q load ~ that-Chicogo
Express.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04
kepob,tcau Grover.

The Republicans ought to erect a
statue to Cleveland. He has done
more for their party than any living
man. No man in their party could
have broken up the Democratic organ
izstion as he has knowingly and de-
liberately done. Glenn. J
Sun.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04

1t Is just as sensible to give a few
people the monopoly OF issuing coin
money as 20 give them a monopoly OF
issuing paper money. Neither func-
ton belongs to private individuals.
New York Voice.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04

The amiable wife Of Secretary Car
Isle says that her husband is q candi-
date for president and will be pre-
sented as the administration favor
ite." Now let him deny it. il be
dare. st Louis Globe e-Democrst
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04
Funny.

France has good school houses al
through the country. but has great
difiiculty in procuring qualified teach
ers. 1t may have to fall back ON
women, who are not allowed 70 teach
in the public schools-
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04
An Internal Machine

Baron de Rothschild's clerk opened
an Internal machine intended for the
head Of the house. and was maimed
for life. He will not be treated ~
Sage did Laidlaw. II is not fashion
eble In England.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-04

ALL money 10 honest and sound.
that-is full legal tender. and ire
deemable. except in the payment Of
Ill debts. public and private.
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A Canine Life Saver.

In the March number of Our Dumb
animals, Boston, Mass, the follow
ing account of how dog was instru-
mental in saving the lives of eight
seamen is given:
"Some years ago vessel was driven
on the beach Of Lydd, in Kant, Eng
land. The sea was rolling furiously.
Eight poor fellows were crying for
help; but boat could not be got off,
through the storm, to their assistance,
and they were in constant peril, for
any moment the ship was in danger of
sinking. At length gentleman came
along the beach accompanied by his
Newfoundland dog. He directed the
animals attention to the vessel, and
put short stick in his mouth. The
intelligent and courageous dog at once
understood his meaning, sprang into
the sea and fought his way throug b
the angry waves toward the vessel.
He could not, however, get close
enough to deliver that with which he
was charged but the crew understood
what was meant, and they made fast
rope to another piece of wood and
threw it toward him. The noble ami
NAL at once dropped his own piece of
wood and Immediately seized that
which had been thrown to him; and
then, with degree Of strength and
determination scarcely credible-for
he was again and again lost under the
waves-he dragged it through the
surge, and delivered it to his master.
A line of communication was thus
formed with the vessel. and every man
on board was rescued.
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Largest Stesr In tine World.

There arrived at the West Phila-
delphia stock yards on Friday what
is claimed to be the largest steer In
the world.
The animal, which weighs within
q fraction of two tons, is five years
old, and was raised near Mechanics
burg, Cumberland county. 1t is OF
the Durham variety. A special car
was provided for the transportation
of the monster beef. The animal is
so large, fat and clumsy that after
lying down it is with great difficulty
that it manages to stand up again,
and usually requires the assistance
of gang Of cattlemen.
The monster Is exceedingly docile,
and seems to know it's name, "Dick, "
to which it answers when spoken to
by it's keeper. ''Dick" is now on
exhibition at the stock yards and
will be until Tuesday, when it will
cease to be the largest steer alive.
On that day 'Dick" will be trans
formed into about o ton and quar-
ter OF dressed beef.
The official records of tho abattoir
show that "Dick" Is the largest beef
that has arrived there In thirty
years.-Philadelphia Record.
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Game Cock and Hawk.

ARCADIA, La, April 15.-Mr. Sanders.
living Just on the edge of Claiborne, owns
q fine young game cock, Anthony, Of
which he is duly proud. Although
Anthony is not fully grown, he is game
all over. Sanders has only to hold out
his hand, when the cock will mount to
his forearm and begin to crow Justify at
being hidden. Anthony has established
his reputation as cock Of the walk in the
barnyard, and the other roosters have to
betake themselves to the neighbors for
protection. The other day Sanders wit
messed a very oreditable exhibition Of
Anthony's prowess.
Just as he was about to enter the barn
yard he saw hawk swoop down and
bury his talons deep down into big
Brahma hen, which a. once began to
suuawk and alarm the whole place. It
soon became evident, however, that the
hawk had miscalculated his strength.
The big hen was too heavy for him, and
be only stuck hard ard fast, unable to
extract his claws or to mount with his
prey. At this interesting moment
Anthony appeared, Growing a valiant
response to the Brahama's cries for help.
The cock seemed to take in the situation
at glance, and walked into that hawk,
giving one, two, three Win nls spurs
that practically did the business. These
lusty blows, however. relieved the hawk
of his embarrassing situation to a certain
extent, as it set him free of his hold upo1,
the hen. But he was too much played
out to fly, though he was quite willing
to.fght it out with the cock on his own
ground.
Sanders stood by to see fair play anu let
the birds have their way. This was
Anthony's first foe in the hawk line, and
he seemed anxious to get as much prac-
tice on him as he could. But in turn the
hawk was no fool. He dabbed and
scratched like an old stager, and managed
pretty often to fight shy of Anthohy's
spurs. Finally the hawk got jammed up
in the fence corner, when the cock took
advantage of the situation and gave the
death blow, growing proudly when the
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An Expert Forger.

GREENy1LLE, S. G., April 30.-As-
founding developments resulted here
to-day by the arrest of S. G. Dickson
on three warrants charging him with
forgery. The warrants were sworn
out by George A. Norwood, president
of the Greenville Savings bank.
Dickson is the leading real estate
dealer of the city and has been doing
large business.
It is learned that for twenty years
he has been carrying on an elaborate
system Of forgeries, his forgeries being
confined to the character of papers
used in the real estate business. He
would make deeds to himself Of i'm
aginary lands as we'll as Of real tracts,
signing fictitious names to the same.
He then used them as securities in
borrowing money. He forged mort
cages on real estate to secure forged
notes payable to himself and deposited
these with bankers and money lenders
as security for loans.
The number of forged and false
deeds will never be known, as he kited,
taking up old forgeries with new ones,
using new names and new lands for
each transaction. When pressed by
the holders of his paper he could
always produce new deeds and new
mortgages to renew the old.
In one case developed to-day he had
borrowed $1,000 from each of three
individuals on three duplicate mort
cages given by the same person on the
same land, and even the valid mort
gage is valueless, as the mortgager
claims that he had paid the mortgage
and given it to Dickson to be marked
satisfied. Dickson made clean
breast of his transactions and says he
has not a dollar of the money fraud
ulently obtained. This is probably
true, as most of the money represented
by the existing forgeries has been
used in paying interest on his out
standing debts. The losses Of hold
ers of his forged papers will amount
to from $12, 900 to $1,000.
It is believed that Dickson will not
attempt to give the $4,000 bond re-
quired for his appearance at court and
that he will also plead guilty to the
indictment. Dickson was in Texas
tpushing sales Of a cotton chopper, of
which he is the inventor, when the
discovery Of his forgeries was made.
He promptly came back to Greenville
when his wife informed him of the
situation and the charges against him:
There is an impression among some of
those who know him intimately that
he has been mentally unbalanced for
number Of years, and his prompt
return to the state suggests that this
may be so. None of the losers will be
seriously injured by his transactions,
as all of them are men of means.
Dickson was always wild, visionary
man, and says he went on with his
forgeries believing that some of the
enterprises in which he was engaged
would be so profitable that he would
be enabled to take up his obligations
and have snug sum for himself. He
is in Jail tonight.
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Gallery OF Crooks

A gallery of crooks aud forgcrs has
been added to the business outfit Of
every bank in the country belonging
to the National Bankers Association.
Yesterday handsomely bound copies
of very interesting volume, contain
ing excellent likenesses of a great
army of bank crooks, forgers and bank
robbers, were received by a number of
Atlanta banks. The volume is the
first that has been issued in accordance
with the movement decided upon at
the Baltimore convention last May
and is one of rare value.
The Atlanta bankers have filed their
copies away and the officials OF each
institution who have to come in per-
sonal contact with the patrons of the
bank will familiarize with the faces of
the rogues. In this way they hope to
become familiar with the features of
all the bank crooks and in case one OF
them should ever appear at the bank
window they will be able to protect
the bank against him.
For some time members of the
National Bankers Association have
favored this plan of protection for
themselves against the sharpers who
prey upon banking institutions. 1t
was their idea that this method OF
protection would be more direct and
more effective than that rendered by
the police and detective departments.
Through the working Of this plan each
bank official would be a detective.
The opportunities Of bank officials are
much better in the matter OF detect
ing this class of criminals than are
those of the detective bureaus.
The matter received favorable action
at the convention and the secretary,
whose headquarters are in New York,
was instructed to 60 ahead and pre-
pare the picture book, with descrip-
tions and histories of all the bank
crooks that could be obtained. Each
bank lent valuable aid in the prepara-
tion of the work. The bankers in the
several cities secured photographs and
descriptions of noted bank crooks
from the detectives rogue galleries
and from other sources and forwarded
them to the secretary. With these
and such pictures and descriptions as
he secured from other sources, the
secretary compiled the handsome vol
ume which was issued yesterday.
The book received yesterday is but
the beginning Of this branch Of work
which the bankers have inaugurated.
The banks will continue to furnish
pictures and descriptions Of crooks
whenever such fall into their hands.
It is the purpose Of the association to
accumulate valuable and extensive
gallery with accompanying descrip-
tions of the crooks.
The book received yesterday is an
interesting volume. 1t will be OF
great value to the banks and will
doubtless aid them greatly in the
apprehension Of crooks. It will be a
splendid auxiliary Of the detective
departments of the country, and it is
the hope of the association to reach a
high state of efficiency in few years.
atlanta Constitution.
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: The Hindoos. who arc probabl

= The Hindoos, who are probably
more terribly exposed to the rayages
of poisonous serpents than any other
people in the world, declare that no
venomous creature of that class will
bite or otherwise injure babies. When
the women go to the cane and cotton
fields they always take their children
with them, and do not hesitate to-
deposit the little innoccnts on grassy
plots adjoining, even when it is known
that such places literally swarm with
cobras and blood snakes. English
observation in India appears to bear
out the Hindoos' assertion, that ba-
bies are snake-proof. The reason as
signed is that the serpent is the wisest
of God 8 creatures, and that it knows
better than to bite one utterly sinless.
- The Dutch are not fond of lazy
people, and they have very good way
of curing persons who can but won t
work. If pauper who is able to work
refuses to do SO they put him in els
tern, to which a pump is attached, and
turn on a stream of water. This
streams flows into the cistern just
slow enough to enable the lazy person
by lively pumping to keep the water
from getting up over his head.
AT a spot on the highway, near
Avon, N. Y, where man was killed
over 10 years ago, three plants Of an
unknown species are SAID to annually
spring up and bloom.
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Let Us Live More at Home.

In the past few years the Southern
people have made some progress in the
matter of producing their food sup
plies, but it is to be feared that the
newspaper reports of our increased
output Of grain, meat and horse feed
have created an exaggerated idea OF
what we are doing in this respect.
Very few of our readers realize the
extent of our dependence upon the
east and the west for breadstuffs,
meat and forage, and they will be sur
prised to learn from the Baltimore
Records figures that the South now
pays the North annually over $780,
100000 for these items. In Virginia,
the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and
Alabama, where it is easy to produce
great quantities of grain, hogs and
hay, the people are still buying largely
from other sections. Among the in
terror towns dealing largely in these
articles imported from the North are
Richmond, Lynchburg, Staunton, Ra-
leigh, Charlotte, Columbia, Green
vile, Sumter, Spartanburg, Augusta,
Columbus, Macon, Birmingham, An
niston, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Baton
Rouge, Shreveport, Fort Worth, Hous-
ton, Dallas, Waco, San Antonio,
Meridian, Natchez and Vicksburg, to
say nothing Of our seabord cities.
The Record mentions the fact that,
whereas Tennessee and Virginia are
splendid grain and hog producing
States, Memphis and Nashville handled
in one year 50, 1885, ,473 worth of wes-
tern foodstufs, while Norfolk be-
tween 1888 and 1893 handled about
15O,OOO,OOO pounds Of western pork,
bacon and lard, all Of which could
have been produced at home.
1t need not be said that it is the
worst possible policy for us to pay out
$1OO, 600, 900 year for supplies which
we are able to produce on our own
farms. But the estimate of this un-
necessary expense should not stop
here. We buy our canned goods from
the North and may other articles Of
food. Then, we are almost entirely
dependent upon the outside for our
furniture, wagons, tools, woodward,
fine cotton goods, shoes and thous-
and things that could be cheaply
manufactured here where we have
plenty of raw material and labor. Add
all these items to the 500, 100000
spent for food, and it is safe to say
that we spend several hundred mil
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HUNTING TRUFFLES.
It Furnishes J ul1 Opportunity for
Pretty Hound Work.
A Form of Sport That II Growing In
Favor In England, and tho Anti
Sporting League Cannot
Tonch IT.

Were the Anti-Sporting league to
succeed in stopping the slaughter of
all wild animals, 1t is consoling for
the sportsman to remember that
there will yet remain at least one
out-of-door pastilne that preserves
the best features of his amusement,
and which the most virtuous
philanthropist can take no excep-
tion, says Longman's Magazine.
Instead of shooting pheasants or
chasing the fox, he may go out and
hunt truff1es. This amusement will
provide him with abundant exercise
among the autumn and winter
woods, whose unequealed tints lend
half their charm to ordinary open
air pastime. 1t furnishes full op-
portunity for what hunting-mcn call
pretty hound.work, even though
the ''hounds" are only little half
breed poodles, and the sport de-
mands wood-lore all its own. No
bloodshed is involved, and the con-
science is untroubled by any thought
Of wounded bird or beast creeping
away afterward to pine and die.
The very dogs are trained and
worked exclusively by kindness.
Surely, then, it is an innocuous,
most gentle and pleasing sport, well
fitted to amuse those who love to be
in the fields and yet shrink from
bloodshed. In word, it is an ideal
amusement for vegetarians.
Within the last few years num-
ber of amateurs have acquired
trufhe dogs for the sake of the
amusement, and Of these consider
able proportion, probably majority,
are ladies. But anyone wishing to
see how it is done ought, peyerthe-
less, to go to professionals man
who, as rule, is so dependent
on o full bag that he does not view
his calling as diversion. No one
could earn his entire livelihood from
it. The season begins ostensibly in
October and lasts till Marcn, but
ripe truffles are often found in Sep
tember, and they begin to grow
scarce after Christmas, so that it
may be said to last about four
months. In Dorset and Surrey
there are men who earn a little by
trufle hunting, but the mostregular
practitioners of the craft belong to
Wiltshire. Tradition says that o
Spaniard introduced the art to Win
terslow about three centuries ago,
and that village has ever since
practically supplied the English
truff1e market.
The Frenchman with his pig finds
most of his truf1es under the oak
shadows, but Sne Englishman's best
ground is below the beech trees.
Only under one species of oak-the
holly or evergreen variety-do they
grow in this country. Next to the
beech come the lime and cedar, and
they are occasionally obtained in a
hazel copse when the twigs are bare
and the leaves rotting. The ''hazel"
trufaae is scarce, but it is said to
have a peculiarly fine flavor. No
truf1es grow under any coniferous
tree other than the cedar, nor in any
damp, sour soil. 1t is useless to
seek them near reeds, rushes and
ferns or where gorse is plentiful. In
very light, sandy ground they do not
grow much larger than marbles, and
they do not flourish in strong clay
or stiff loan.
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Swore Himself In.

In his "reminiscences of the Crimea
in 1854, Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood tells
a story Of a fighting general who,
during o conflict, was seen wherever
bullets fell most thickly. When not
visible his voice was heard encourag-
ing bis men with "a vocabulary bor-
rowed from the army in Flanders, "
which Sir Evelyn says will not bear
repetition. "Years after he was
appointed to the Aldershot COM
mand, and her majesty happened to
ask: Has the new general yet taken
up his commando Yes, your ma
jesty,' was the apt reply, he swore
himself in yesterday"
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and for new oil territory. 1t seems
as if it were within the possibilities
that we might become importers Of
oil from Russia and the Caspian
regions, while hitherto we have ex-
ported the refined products by the
ship-load. In spite Of the electric
light and of gas light, kerosene re-
mains to-day the great light of the
people, and its adaptability to the
humblest farmhouse would make its
curtailment national calamity
Scientific american.
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NOTICE..
A. B. TOWERS.

T1HE County Board of Commissioners
il will meet in the County Supervisors q
office Oh Friday, May 18th. Persons hav-
Ing claims against the County will please
present them before that date, as it will be
impossi BILE to receive and audit claims on
that day.
All persons having picks, scrapes mat
tocks or other tuols belonging to the Coun-
ty are notified to turn them over to their
township commissioner OF County Super
visor. W. P SNELGROVE,
Supervisor Anderson County.
May /, 1895 A
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lions of dollars a year outside Of this

If we propose to continue this
policy, how can we expect the South
to grow rich Why increase our
earnings, if We are going to spend
them abroad ? Money seems to run
through the South as water runs
through sieve. Let us call halt,
and begin to live more at home. 1t
is not what We make, but what We
save, that will make us rich.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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LLOYDS
FIRE INSURANCE

LII YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY,
call on us and let us tell you about the
LlOyde Insurance. We can give
you lower rates than you haye been pay
ing, and absolutely safe protection.
The Lloyds have been thoroughly in
vestigated, and not found wanting. They
have just obtained license from the
State of South Carolina, and will now
write insurance on approved risks in all
portions of the State
We have control of the business in this
section, and will be pleased to give full
information. So,
Call on US or write us and We will save
you money. .nn-oox,
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The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Prise Is cents per box. For sale
by Hill Bros.
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CEALED Proposals will be received up
- to May 20, 1895. for the erection OF
Graded School Building at Anderson, s. Q.
Separate bids will be received for the e1-
cayation and brick work, for the wood
work and for the roofing as well as on the
entire building. Contractors will be re-
quired to give bond with approved security
to the amount of half the bid. Plans ana
specifications can be seen by calling on j.
Nj. Sullivan, Anderson, s c., or by apply
ing to Tinsley & Wilson, architects,
Lynch burg, Va. Right reserved to reject
any or all bids. -
J. M. SULLIVAN,
Chm'n. Bd'g. Com, Anderson, 8. G.
April q, 1906 43 2
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FIGHT WAS over.

fight was over. .
Since then a hawk cannot come within
fifty feet of the earth In Anthony's neigh
borhood. He seems constantly on the
alert for them and If one but passes over
head he crows challenge that makes the
echoes ring, and has frequently been
seen to fly twenty feet high to try to
strike the bird in midair.
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NRE copa.tnership heretofore existing
between DR.. Anderson and myself is
now dissolved, therefore 1 wish to inform
the people that from and after this date l
will continue the practice of Dentistry
alone, Thanking the people for past pa.
tronage, and soliciting a continuance OF
the same,
am most respectfully,
na- .S.-Ofice in Masonic Temple.