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Hail Insurance.

The Park Region Mutual Hail In
surance Association of Glenwood has
the record of being reliable, prompt
and fair in adjusting and paying for
losses. Insurance in this Association
can be had by applying to: State
Bank of New London, Security Bank
of Atwater, Julius Nelson, for Ed
wards and St. Johns, L. O. Norheim.
solicitor, Or
L. O. THORPE,
General Agent for Kandivohi Co,
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1t Came Hards

In France, as most Of other coun'
tries, it is necessary to give ones age
| when making a statement in a court
of justice, as well as in many other Of
fetal proceedings. But French women
of mature years are noted above all
other women for their unWillingness
to state their age.
On one occasion a ! lady who had to
testify was accompanied to the court
by a numerous company Of her friends,
and when the magistrate asked, "How
old are you 2" there was such a cough
ing and clearing of throats, as of peo-
pie suffering from severe colds, that
all that could be heard in the court
room was "--ty years p
Through the amiability Of the mag
i~strate, this more than half suppress.
ed response was allowed to stand, but
the tribunals are not always so %lenient
On another occasion a magistrate asked
a woman:
What is your age, madam !"
"Whatever you choose, Sir ?" an
swered the lady, who was under oath.
"You may put it down IS years,
then" said the magistrate to the
clerk.
"What is your occupation, madam ?
"Sir," said the witness, "you have
! made a mistake of 10 years in my
age"
o"Put down IS years them" said the
magistrate. "Your residence
"Sir," exclaimed the lady, "my age
is 35 years, not 30 J.
cat last we have your statement,
said the magistrate, and he proceeded
with the examination.
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that they can be raided by means Of

drives.
Some of the fences are hundreds Of
miles long. One starts at Barringun,
on the Queensland border, follows the
Main Trunk line from Bourke, and
ends at Corowa, extending in an un-
broken line for 4O7 miles. There is
another such fence along the entire
western boundary Of New South Wales,
346 miles long. But even this heroic
remedy is not unfailing. The fences
are liable to break down, especially in
times of food, and particularly where
they Cross rivers and creeks. It is
impossible to keep the fences under
complete and constant supervision in
order that breaks may be repaired i'm
'mediately, and it does not take long
for a few thousand rabbits to pour
through a break once they find it. 1t
is stated that in many instances hun
dreds of thousands Of rabbits have
been seen dead or dying on the outer
side of the fence, having eaten up all
the availablefoo supplies, and making
vain efforts to leap oyer the closely
woven wire netting.
These fences are expensive to build
and expensive to maintain. They
have to be sunk a considerable depth
as we'll as built up quite high. But
after many years of heavy loss and
disheartening struggles the Austria
lians have CONE to consider this as the
only means of dealing with the pest.
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At Amy Cost.

In wrath and tears Edith Hewlett
had gone to bed. She had been tuck
ed in once, given a drink twice, kissed
goodnight three times, and the lamp
had been eXtinguished but the spark
of rebellion still burned in her child,
ish soul.
"Mamma," she cried.
$50 to sleep, Edith her mother
said sternly; II shall not come in
there again" ,,..,
ri want a drink, mamma Edith
pleaded.
"You've had two drinks already
Now go to Sleep
There was a brief silence, and then
Edith tried again. :,
Mamma, come and kiss me good
night"
nYou've been kissed goodnight,
dear, and I shall,not come again, so go
to sleep at once like a good girl
There was another pause, while the
lonely child cudgelled her little brain
for a new expedient.
Mamma" she cried, at last,
"please come in, I'm so hungry
"You cannot have anything to eat
tonight, and if I come in there again"
the mother said, with rising choler.
s'it will be to give you a good spank
ing"
There was a long pause, and just
as it began to look as if the evenings
battle were over, the child's voice
was heard again.
Mamma" she pleaded, I'm SC
lonely in here Please come in and
spank me p
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E~Ii0treated Him.

A Michigan man that had just start
ed a saw mill in the Pine Flat neigh.
borhood asked old Bench-Leg Bob il
it were really true that the colored
man s political privileges were abused:
"Yas, it is true, sab. I amt voted
fur de man I wanted in mon SIX
years.
"You don't say SO p
"Yas, I does say so; eff I hadn't
you wouldn't hered whut I did say"
sAnd you have been voting fol-
Democrats all this time, have you
"Yas, sab, dat's zackly whut I been
doin'."
"That a shame"
"Yash, sab, but it KANT be
he'ged."
eminent ought to take this matter in
charge. Who did you vote for at the
last election ?"
"John Simmons"
IA Democrat, I suppose?'
ser pizenous one, sab OATS whut
he is"
"And they made you vote for
him 2"
"Dat's whut da done, sah."
Threatened you, I suppose
emo, da didn't do dat"
"Then how did they make you vote
for him 2"
"Why, da. come hashin' er $5-bill
at me. I beggek 'em ter 60 on erway
an let me er lone, but da wouldn't dc
it. I didn't wanter vote dat ticket
an da know'd it, but dat didn't make
no diffunce, an when I seed da warn
gwine ter let me er lone I tuck de
money, sab, but dat amt no way tel
treat er free man an er citizen o his
country"
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NEwBERRY, S. c., Oct. 1, 1895.
Mr.. M. M Msttison, Mgr. Mutual Ben.
eft Life Insurance Co., Anderson, s. c.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of re-
cent date, asking my estimate of the value
of q policy contract in the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. j., I
would say that my attention was called to
the advantages of owning q policy in this
Company about eeven years ago by a
friend of mine who was receiving % per
cent dividend annually on a new policy,
when I was only getting about 10 per cent
on my policy Of $4,000 in the Equitable
Life and about II per. cent on my $4,000
policy in the New York Life. His con.
tract and mine In these Companies being
about the same age. | gave up these poll.
cies in the Equitable and New York Life
and took out two policies of $1,000 each in
the Mutual Benefit Life and the smallest
dividend they have paid me was 20 per
cent. I carry $4,000 besides this in other
Companies, but I regard the advantages
offered by the Mutual Benefit superior to
any contract I have ever examined, espe
cially the guaranteed face value, the 80
per cent loan plan, the reputation for
economical management, the liberal e1.
tension features and the large dividends
they have credited me with for the past
six years. I would not hesitate to recon-
mend 1t to any one desiring reliable life
insurance for the smallest cash outlay.
Sincerely yours,
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. The way q woman holds up her d

The way q woman holds up her dress
when she goes across a muddy street has
| heretofore been considered her " affair.
| There has been an unwritten law among
the fair sex that the height would be reg
! uleted by the size of the woman's foot,
| and whether or not she had on her best
silk petticoat. Last week the question
was, however, drawn into Court in Brook
Ign. A pretty oma was crossing q
muddy street, and to keep her skirts from
| being spoiled raised them to a level with
her shoe tops. The bicyclist Lindblatt
was standing near. and yelled, ooh, WOW,
vow" which hurt the feelings of the wo-
man, and she had him arrested. The
Judge realized that this was a serious
| case, as it had to legally settle the skirt
| limit, and had also to take into conside-
ration the depth Of the mud. There were,
| however, no precedents to be consulted
40 he did what was better, he took the
| opinion of q lot of sensible women before
| handing down his decision. he fned the
man S25 for his remarks, and backed up
| the woman's point of view that q woman
may hold up her skirts to any height de-
handed by the mud that was consistent
with modesty.
- According TO a wholesale furniture
| dealer, the best furniture polish Is made
| of one-third alcohol and two-thirds sweet
oil. Apply it with q soft cloth and rub
| with another cloth.
"A Dutch court-martial has de-
cided that it is not insubordinate for
a soldier to refuse to wash his face
when ordered to do so By his COM
handing officer, and the high military
court of the kingdom has confirmed
the decision.
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9uaerBoa gutsIJigeaees.
Breakfast Sa7ed the Uuion.

"Charging is the last resort Of brave
but bafaed commanders" said a local
critic Of military affairs, ''and it al
most always results disastrously."
Thirty-one years ago, March "a,
1895, the affairs of the Confederate
Army of Northern Virginia were des-
perate enough to warrant its brave
commander, Gen. Robt. E. Lee, to
resort to charging, says the Utica Oh
seruer. So it came to pass on the
morning of the 18th day of March,
1865, he made a break through the
Union lines and opened the way to
City Point, which, if he could have
reached and held, would have pro-
longed the war for at least another
year.
The preliminaries were we'll arrang-
ed. First of all 100 men appeared in
front ofsour picket line and announced
themselves as North Carolina deser-
tiers. They were all armed, but the
officer in charge of our pickets vel
coined them and told them to bring in
their guns, as Gen. Grant had recently
issued an order commanding his quar-
termasters to pay for all guns brought
in from the rebel ranks. So this hun
dred of armed men were graciously
invited to march in behind our pick
cts. When once there they turned
suddenly upon the astonished Union
troops and requested them to surren-
der in words too impolite to print.
And the picket had no choice but to
obey.
In the rear Of the picket line stood
Forts Haskell and Stedman, garrison
ed by the 18th New York artillery,
several Of whom belonged in Utica.
In the early dawn of that mild March
morning the sleeping members of the
18th were awakened by the sharp "Yi
yi!' Of the rebel troops, who bounced
in upon them 10000 strong or more.
They were under the command of Gen.
William Malone, of Virginia. After
capturing the 14th they we're expected
to move forward to City Point.
But here an obstacle arose that
neither Malone nor Gen. Lee had
foreseen. That obstacle was our sup
plies of food. 1t was utterly impossi-
Bile to get the Confederates, who were
actually starving, beyond our soft
bread and coffee, our fresh beef and
salt pork. The whole BODY passed
and went to eating, drinking and max
ing merry, without regard to the con-
clusion of that well-known saying,
"For tomorrow we die It was all
in vain that Gen. Malone threatened
and swore and coaxed his men. They
simply would not stir till they had
satisfied their appetites.
This pause was the salvation Of the
Union Army. It enabled not only
the majority Of the 18th to escape
from their captors, but the other
divisions of the 9th corps to come to
their relief; SO that when the rebels
were ready to advance they found
their way blocked, and they were com
PEELED to retire from the scene Of their
victory and their breakfast table and
carrying with them nothing but full
stomachs.
The foregoing is a brief but truthful
account Of Gen. Lees last charge. In
a little more than q week from that
day he evacuated Richmond and
Petersburg, and in less than another
week he surrendered his entire army
to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.-E1chamge.
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Sale of Valuable Lands.

WYE, the undersigned, heirs at law OF
wv r. F. Pullen, deceased, being all OF
lawful age, offer for sale, at private sale,
the following described Real Estate OF
which the said r F. Pnllen died seized
and possessed, 10 witt
Tract No. ], known as the Allen place,
containing four hundred and ninety-ive
acres, more or less, situate in Fork Town
ship, Anderson County, s. O., waters OF
Big Beaverdam Greek and Tugaloo River,
and bounded by the lands of Wayne FAINT,
S. N. Richardson, William Campbell, Jo-
seph Kay and others.
Tract No. @, known as the Kidd place,
containing four. hundred and thirty one
acres, more or less, on waters of Trgaloo
River, in Fork Township, Anderson Coun-
ty, s. C and bounded by lands of Rich
ard Earle, Mrs. William Pullen, Mrs.
John T.. Glenn and others.
Tract No. 3, known as the Holland
place, containing two hundred and eighty
five acres, more or less, situate in Fork
Township, Anderson County, 8. c., and
bounded BY B. 81. GIvmph, F. j.. Pullen,
Henry Richardson, james B~radberry and
others.
For terms of sale apply to F. j.. Pullen,
Fair Play, s.. c., or to Bonham q Wat
kins, Anderson, s. G.
p. T.. Pullen, j. q. Pullen,
Mrs Sarah Pullep. Mrs. 8. A. Simmons,
Mrs. Emma Durham, Mrs. L. E. feathers,
Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs.Nannle Wooten.
April 20, 1896 AZ 4
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A Mean Trick.

A man who probably hailed from
Buffalo played a powerful mean trick
on a Detroit bridal couple at Niagara
Falls the other evening. They went
to a hotel and registered, had supper
and then started out for a night view
of the Mighty Roarer. They had not
gone far when a man called to them
and said
"Haye you just been married ?"
"We have" anvered the groom.
"Going to stay here a day or two?'
eyes"
"Having registered at my hotel, you
probably intend to remain there p
eyes, SIR
"Well, [ want to say a word to you.
I don't want any duck-deary nonsense
around my house. [ want no popsy.
wopsy business on the veranda. ]
want no squeezing hands on the bal,
comics or feeding each other at the ia
bles."
The groom let his arm fall from
his brides waist in a slow. and pain
full manner and the stranger contin,
ued:
"The first time you call her peaches
and cream, or she calls you her darling
out you co.
eyes, SIR
"She's no sweeter than ten thous:
and other girls, and you're no more Of
a darling than I am, and won't stand
lovesick nonsense
He walked away with that, and PEG
pie at the Falls who knew the bridal
! couple were amazed to hear them ad.
1 dress each other as Mr.. and Mrs, anc
to see what precautions they took tt
prevent touching hands or betrayinl
any symptoms of love. They put in
two wretched days, and it was only as
they were on the point of leaving that
they discovered how a base villain had
duped them.
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Rucklans ArnYca SalYe.

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 rs cents per box. Fog sale
BY Hill Bros,
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About one-third of the area of
the United States consists Of vacant
public land. Most of this vast area
lies within the dry districts of the
West, in which section t%Wo~thirds of
the land ia still unoccupied.
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READ, READ!

ANDERSON, S G., Aug. %, 1895.
Mr.. M NJ MattIson, Mgr, Anderson,
S. C.-Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18th
inst. to hand. In reply will say that T am
very much pleased with the policy I hold
with the Mutual Benefit, and 7 know of
no other policy issued bv any other com.
pauy for which I would exchange mine
with you. My return premiums or diyi-
bends have been perfectly satisfactory,
amounting every year so far to more than
twenty per cent Of my annual premium.
Yours truly,
JOS. j, FRETWELL.
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Fl CLUB,
WlNE and
LIQUOR HOUSE,
So South Main Street,
A~SHEV1llE, "a. c.,
Makes a Specially Of Fine Whis.
kies, Wines and Brandies for
Medicinal Purposes.
PER GALLON.

Very Old Sherry at 81 so per gallon
Old Virginia Claret, per casa one dozen
quarts. $3.50.
Old California Sherry, per case n doz.
quarts, $500.
Old California Port, per case n dozen
quarts, $500.
Dixie Bottled Beer, ten dozen per Bar.
rel, So 90.
My motto is to keep the best and defy
competition, either in quality or price.
No charge for packing or boxing.
Goods shipped on remittance.
PAT MCINTYRE, Proprietor.
Feb 5, 1896 - 3m
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An %extradition treaty has been
negotiated between Brazil and the

negUIIateu Ot"01 ""0 '"o
United States.
"A Scotchman had a dream in
which he saw four rats in single file.
The first was fat and sleek; the
second and third were thin and half
starved the fourth was blind. He
puzzled much as to the meaning of the
dream. Both himself and wife felt
sure it meant some calamity. Finally
the boy of the family, with keen wit
and practical wisdom, ventured an
Interpretation. '"The fat rat said
he, lis the saloon keeper. The lean
rats are mother and myself. The
blind rat is yourself, father
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.

II will be in my Office every Saturday and
i the entire week following first and
third Sundays and of Salesdays. The in
tervening time I will travel and work on
call in the country and near Towns,
OFF1cE-Up-Stsirs in Orr Building, two
doors below Alliance Store.
Respectfully,
W. j. KING, Dentist.
Jan %, 1896 30
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Anderson.
COTTRT Of COMMON PLEAS,

Aubrey Pearre, James NJ. Fisher, E. V. Sharpe,
YIN. II. Miller and II. G. Davis, partners In
trude as Pearre Bros. & Co., P]aintifs, against
w H. q. Elrod and w. A. Elrod. late partners ss
w. H. q. & W. A. Elrod, Defendants .-Summons
for R~elief-Complaint Served.
To the Defendants W. H. G. Elrod and WA. Elrod.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to nm
I swer the Complaint In this action, of which
q COPY is herewith served upon you, and to serve
a coDy or your answer TO the said Complaint on
the subscribers at their office, Anderson Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of the day OF such
service; and If you fail to answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs In this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the Complaint.
Dated April 18th, A. D: 1896:
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
rsELL JOHN C. WATKINS, c.. c C. p.
To the Defendant, W. Elrod:
You will take notice that the Complaint In the
above stated action Is filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas for Anderson
County, s. c., and you are required to serve q copy
of YOUR answer thereto on the subscribers Mt their
Office at Anderson, S.. c., within twenty days after
the s~eryice of this summons on you, or they WILL
apply to The Court for the relief demanded in the
Complaint. boNh pia;ntiG, AAt ttorns1s
April 20, 1894 Il
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"P," ?. IN. "A."a. m.
Trains IS and 10 carry elegant Pullman
sleepinc cars between Columbia and Asheville,
enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin-
natl. ~
Trains leave spartanburg, A. 6 Q; division,
tVestibule Limited); southbound LOO q. M,
B:O5 p. M, II :37 q. M, (Yestibulo Limitedl
Trains leave Greenville, A. and G, division,
TVestibuled Limited) southbound, 80 a. M,
a:4O D. M, 1928 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited).
Pullman Service.
Pullman palace sleeping GERS on Trains S. and
sf y and H. on A. and G. division.
" q IREEN. j. n. CULP,
"aan SUPERINTENDENT Traffic Mgr.
Wash}nnton. d. @, Washington, d. O.
W A TIJRK. S. II. HARDWlCK,
"Gen Pass. Ao't, Asst Gen. Pass. Ag't.
Washington, D. Q. atlanta. "a
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This IS LEAP YEAR !!
Alive to my Interest as Well as my Customers.

TT soaas sasth ISIS some one here that's always trying to make thegood people
eK Anderson and Anderson County believe that n o me here here . Gan sell sell l 10 lbs . 0nsap
fhs, but you VIII always find that the prices quoted you is only made as a catch OF
Savs done "a. bt thank those who SO literally patronzed mt during 1885, and 70
chow you some appreciation OF Same "neny you aeu any "ns Al 10y h'' 4u"'
few Items for your inspection:
oct cn =, Q OF Dippers Sc. Milk Buckets qt Sc, 6 qt SC, s qt 1c, LOOT 1@c,
Not 1e each. OufCans Got. Sc, Of c, Milk Pans Of 3d. 4qt &c, 5 qt sc, 6 qt
Be- each. Dish Pans 10 j. 1c, IL qs lie, l. Of l5c leach.
6rNvT0 CHEAP AsEVER, with full lime Of ware from $50 up to
ES any price customer want. IRON KING and ELMO still in
She lead for fst-cass Goods.
Also, Crockery and Glass in quantities.
JOHN T. BURRISS.
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CURED THOUSANDS.

Mr.. e. L. D Mobley suffered for years
from e1cruciatipg pain in the bladder.
STUART'S GIN AND BUCHU made
him q we'll man."
MI, W. A. Culver considers STUART'S
GIN AND BUCHU the best kidney, uri.
nary and bladder remedy n the world"
Sold in Anderson by Evans Pharmacy.
April 8, 1896 Al 4
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Blood Filters
THE WEAK AND NERVOUS

and must be kept pure, clean and in their
normal condition if you want to enjoy
good health.
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have their kidneys affected. They need
cleansing and restoring I'd a healthy state,
then the blood becomes purified and the
bloom OF health returns. IN order to
cleans YOUR kidneys, use
Evening star., 1896-10-26
In the Last Ditch.

The fairly reasonable theory is advanc I'D
that one of the objects of the play of pow
erty now being made by the syndicate own
ers of the lexington and Belt roads is to
get in line for a plea to Congress next win
ter for overhead trolley privileges. 1t Is
easy to believe that these manipulators
would adopt such desperate measures to at
tain an end so much desired by themselves
And 1t is quite as easy to believe that If
they make the attempt they will fail. Ger
tainly they will not succeed II they de-
pend upon the acQuiescence of the worn-out
public Of Washington, for the latter have
been in this fight long enough to recognize
the signs OF desperation on the part of the
trolley boomers. Mr.. Thomas Dolan anj
his associates have tried soft promises
abuse, threats, defiance and even railroad
wrecking IN the effort to have their way
In Washington. and all they have succeeded
In accomplishing Is the ruin of two fine
properties and the solidification of the citi-
zens of the District against them, heir
methods and their pet system, which has
been so far out-stripped in the race of
science as to be today practically an anti
quated device.