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Between the 49 and IS mile posts on the
Carolina Central railroad there Is piece
OF track for distance of nearly six miles
that presents q singular condition that 30
far amounts to an mex plicable mystery.
ALI trains going and coming 60 to grind
ing and start terrible suueaking when
they get on this six miles of track. The
noise comes from not only one car, but
every locomotive, each coach, and every
car of whatever kind sets up a grinding
az if turning curve. The noise is some
thing like the screechipg Of an ox-cart
that has no grease on it, and it is made by
every truck OH train. The track ls per-
fectly straight, and as there Is no curve
at all the cause Of the grinding and
squeaking has mystihed the railroad peo-
pie. Every effort has BEEN made 10 ascer-
tain the cause of the difficulty. The loco
motives have been examined, the coaches
and cars have been scrutiDiZed, every
crosstie and every rail has been inspect
ed, and every joint has been looked al and
every foot OF the track has been regauged I,
but no explanation could be found. The
sectionmaster has almost craGled over
the six miles on his nees in search ofthe
cause. The roadmaster has tried bis best
to ferret out the matter, and the superin-
tendent has been over the track and in-
spected it-all of them making repeated
efforts time and again to find out what is
the matter-but they have given it up as
bad job. They have not only not been
able to discover the cause Of the noise,
but have been unable to discover any the
ory to explain the mystery. 1t is one of
the railroad mysteries of the age, and has
been going on for 70 years. During that
time the crossties and rails have been re-
placed several times with new ones, but
without effect.-,&. Louis Gtobe-Denao-
c1.nk.
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Roger and the Tramp Dogs

Someone gives the following account
of dog heroism: This is dog story in
which Roger is the hero. The cook
noticed in the last ten days that Roger
had developed terrible appetite, and
was not satisfied with- one bone, but
hung around until he got two or three,
and then he would start off with them
in his mouth. The cook thought he
buried them, so he determined to fol-
low him one day and find out what he
did with them. He followed him
over to the barn, and close to the barn
is an old hayrick with fence around
it, and there in the corner was poor
little miserable dog. He was one with
whom we are not acquainted, and
therefore we called him tramp dog.
He was blear-eyed and skinny, and so
poor that when his tail wagged in ap-
probation of Rogers bringing him the
bones, his joints would make noise
like sandpaper rustic. Roger would
put down the bones in front of the
dog, make little dog talk, and sit
down and watch the poor little tramp
commence to eat them up.
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A florist of many years. experience
gives the following receipt for preserving
boquets: When you receive b"quet
sprink q it lightly with fresh water; then
put it into vessel containing some soap
suds, which nourish the roots and Keep
the flowers as bright as new. Take the
bouuet out of the suds every morning,
and lay it sideways in fresh water, the
stock entering first into the water; keep
it there minute or two, then take it out
and sprinkle the flowers lightly oy the
hand with pure water. Replace the
boquet in the soapsuds, and the flowers
will bloom as fresh as when first gathered.
The soapsuds need be changed every
third day. By observing these rules, a
boquet can be kept bright and beautiful
for ut least one month, and will last still
longer IN a very passab,e state, but the
attention to the fair and frail creatures, as
directed above, must be strictly observed.
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- There are no truer, manlier, more
peace-loving men in our country to-day
than these Con 'ederate veterans. There
are none who better deserve the confidence
and respect of those with whom they live
and before whom they are setting exam.
Piles of patient toll, with no repining over
the past. Never may the day come when
we of the South shall be so weak, 80 un.
mindful of their desert as to feel ashamed
for them, or even to think Of them with
out thrill of pride in their heroic en-.
durance. AS their graves increase year
by year, let us lay on them the un facing
laurel of their renown, together with the
olive branch of peace and the white lilies
of 81 Christian hope of reunion and peace
eternal-''over th- river. under the shadow
of the s."-.Southern Presbyterian.
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If your chickens have cholera, which
may be known by the following symp-
toms: sleepiness, droopy appearance,
thirstiness, with slow, deliberate gait,
as though they were counting their
steps, frequently gaping their combs
and wattles in the mean time becom.
ing pale or very dark; diarrhea, give
the Douglas mixture together with
corn or wheat soaked in kerosene.
Soak the corn or wheat over night,
and feed them three or four times a
week. It is an excellent plan to keep
the soaked corn on hand to be in
readiness on the first appearance OF
the disease, for in this, as in most
other chicken diseases, promptness is
an important item. Upon the first ap'
pearance Of the disease remove and
keep to themselves the affected ones,
clean out your houses and use carbolic
acid in the proportion Of one ounce OF
the acid to two gallons of water fol-
spraying the inside of the houses and
roots of the trees. If you haven't a
spray pump, broom dipped in the
solution and shook over the places to
BE disinfected will do. Burn the
bodies of all those that die Of the
disease.
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Bucklsns ArnIcp SaIye,

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 25 cents perbox. For sale
By Hill Bros.
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A Novel Experiment.

The most curious experiment ever
made with piece Of ordnance was at
Portsmouth, England. A stage was
erected in the harbor within the tide
mark; on this an Armstrong gun Of
the 110-pound pattern was mounted.
The gun was then loaded and careful
" aimed at target-all this, of
course, during the time of low tide:
A few hours later, when the gun and
the target were both covered with
water to depth Of six feet, the gun
was fired by means Of electricity. We
said Gained at a target" but the
facts are that there were two targets,
but only one was erected for this
special experiment, the other being
the hull of an old vessel, the Griper,
which lay directly behind the target
in range of the ball. The target it.
self was placed only twenty-five feet
from the muzzle of the gun. 1t was
composed of oak beams and planks,
and was twenty-one inches thick. In
order to make the old Griper invul.
nerable, sheet of boiler plates three
inches thick was riveted to the water.
logged hull in direct range with the
course the ball was expected to take
if not detected by the water. On all
of these-the oaken target, the boiler
plates and the old vessel Eull-the ef.
feet of the shot from the submerged
gnn was really startling. The wooden
target was pierced through and through
the boiler iron target was broken into
pieces apd driven into its backing, y
the ball passing right on through both
sides of the vessel, making huge
hole through which the water poured
in torrents. Taken all together, the
experiment was an entire success,
demonstrating, as it did, the feasibili'
ty of placing submerged guns in har'
bors in time of war aud doing great
damage to the vessels which an enemy
might dispatch to such points for the
purpose of shellipg cities.-Inrentton
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FARM TO RENT!

r YING in Two miles Of Anderson, near
enough to send to The Graded School.
Tnis Farm contains about sixty utres OF
cultivatable land, and his nice Viney al d
in good condition. Comfortable tuild-
inps' 7 wish to rent from this time unl l
:Iannary lst, also Tor the following year.
will give possession of the hnus. at once.
For terms apply to the Postmaster at An
derson. MRS. I. ". DIM fSON'
July Is, 1896 B q
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Watch out for sore head from now
until Sept. 18th, and if it makes it's
appearance, grease the sore heads with
the following: LARD (fresb) four parts,
sulphate zinc one part. Pulyerize the
zinc and mix thoroughly.with the lard.
One application is usually sufficient.
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Unusual ceremonies attended the
marriage on Thursday last n Hagerstovn,
Md, Of Mrs. Mary Dei,ric', a widow, TO
Mr.. John C. Metz. On the day OF the
marriage several Thousand printed invi-
tations we're distributed over the town to
everybody. The prost ective bride and
groom rode in barouche before the cer-
emony up and down the principal streets.
Flags and colored pompons. decorated the
carrisge, and there were bells on the
horses, 30 that they bad music wherever
they went. About 500 people assem- bled
to see the ceremony. The parlors were
gorgeously trimmed with flowers and
vines. The bride wore black silk dress
and carried roses. The groom was attired
in black. The ushers and attendants
wore very large sunflowers in the lspele
OF their coats.
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We never see but one side of the
moon butjudging from the side presented
to our view, 1t is the general opini n that
the moon is at least spherical. or late,
however, a new theory is being advanced.
Astronomers who are carefully studying
the question say that the lights and
shadows of "our silver sister world" are
patible with the old theory of it's
aoharical shapa
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POULTRY DEPARTMENT..
GDAll Communications intended for
this department should be addressed to
DIR. J. F. KILLEEREw, Bslton, S. G.
RELToN. S. c., July %.

We this week take up the Cornish
Indian Game. These fowls were i'm
ported into this country from England
about ten years ago. They are good
all purpose fowl, having the desired
qualities for market, being compact,
with yellow skin and legs, and are
very heavy, the cocks weighing from
nine to eleven pounds, and the hens
from seven to nine pounds, from
which there is little waste in dressing.
They are very rapidly maturing birds,
chickens coming to full feather about
six weeks from Matching. They are a
very profitable fowl for the farmer
owing to their rapid growth and the
delicacy of the flavor Of their flesh.
They command from five to eight cents
per pound more in the New York mar
ket than any other breed. The flesh
is tender and juicy, and more nearly
represents the flesh Of the young tur-
key than that Of any other fowl. Their
breasts are very full and round, car
rying plenty Of meat. If given plenty
of range they will prove to be very
persistent layers, of good sized eggs,
which are even in size and color. In
color these fowls are very beautiful.
The bright brown shafts and glossy
green lacings make beautiful con-
trast. In the male the plumage of the
breast and under parts of the body is
a green, glossy black, neck and hackle
same color, with brown crimson shafts
to feathers; back and saddle mixture
of rich, green, glossy black and brown
crimson; wings chestnut brown with
metallic, green, glossy wing bar. In
the hen the color is chestnut brown,
with beautiful lacings Of metallic
green, glossy black. The legs and
skin in both sexes are q very rich,
bright, deep orange yellow. Their
wattles, faces and combs are rich
red. They are very active and vigor-
Gus, and great "hustlers, going, if
the range will admit of it, long dis
tances from the yard. The Indian
Games are very peaceable birds, and
indeed the male bird is less apt to
quarrel and fight than almost any
other breed. Most people seem to
labor under the impression that they
are fighters, but such is not the case.
They are game only in name and not
in disposition.
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Mr.. George W. Fant, living near
Bolton, has cock two years old, that
has four well-deyeloped legs. The
second, or supplementary pair, coming
out from the body near the butt of the
wings. He has promised to have it
at the Poultry and Pet Stock Show in
Anderson this winter as curiosity.
This chicken is Plymouth Rock
hybrid.
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TIE e.

READ this list and you will find one Of the i'm
portant features about our Stock of Groceries iS
GOOD TEA and COFFEE Grades you can
depend on, Goods you need not be afraid Of Oar
Stock is the best throughout. Royal Blend Coffee
a delicious drink. lee Tea Blends recognized ne
cessiiy during th- Summer months
Other popular Summer Beverages :-Arcsdian
Ginger Ale the finest; Csrbona.ed Ginger Ale ane
Sarsaparilla; Imperisl Root Beer, refreshing and
healtbful. These hot days come in and sample out
No To1 Wild Cherry Phosphate. There is no other
Summer beverage to pare with it.
BlaDke'S Candies suits to T. The poo
know it IL the best Fresh lot just received.
When you need something REALLY NICE
bear Us in mind The above G. DDS were selected to
please you. Pleas inform Us where anything better
No need of purch hasing if you do not find what
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"P,' p. III. "A, a. NJ.
Trains and 10 carry elegant Pullman
sleeping cars between Columbia and Ashevile,
enroute daily between Jacksonville and Clnclu-
natl.
Trains leave Spartanburg, A. & G; division.
northbound, 6:lo a. IN, 8:22 p. m, 6:lS p. n,.,
lVestibule Lmited): southbound 10 a. n.,
sos p. H., II: a. m, (Vestibule I.imited.l
Trains leave Greenville, A. and G. division,
northbound, 5:25 q. m, 2:l8 p. m. and 80 p. rn.
(Vestibuled Limitcdl soutnbound, 80 a. m,
d:40 p. m, 1928 p m. (Vestibuled Limited).
Pullman Service.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains IS and
&c. 81 and 50, on A. and c. division.
W. GREEN, J. M CULP
Cen. Superintendent, Traffic Mgr,
Washington, u. G. Washir yton, d. O.
w. A. TURK, S. p. HARDWICk,
Gen Pass Ag't. Asst Gen. Pass Ag't
Washington. D. G. Atlanta, Ga
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Athens and Atlanta.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
WILMINGTON, N. c., Nav II, 1896.
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Close connections at Greenwood for all points on
s. A. L., and c. & T. Railway, and at Spartanbure
with -outhern Railway. -
Pullman slespiog Csrs between Ch, rlsston Sa-
yanDah and Jack .onville.
For auy Information relative to tic !. rates,
schrdule, ETC.. address
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass Agent, Au; us !. Ga:
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Trains Nos. 400 and l0S solid veaiibulea
trai ms with Pullman Budrt sleeping cara 6etWeep
Atlanta and Portsmou h. Va, and Pullman Buaet
paror cars between Washington and New Yore
'Traips Nos. SS and Al run solid retv en- Atlantis
and Norfolk, carrying Pullman sleeper making
direct connection at Weldon for Washington,
Baltimore Philadelphia, New York. aud all
points north aud eas, at Norfolk with steam:
ers for Washington, Bay Line for Baltimore, OLD
Dominion for New York. Trains 81 and 45, solid
trains between Atlanta and Columbia with
through coachcs for Charleston. Tickets for sale
a. Union depotr at comp.ny's ticket office, No. 8
Kim hall house.
F. St John, vlce.President and Gent. Manger.
V. E. McBee General superintendent.
T ]. Anderson, Cent Passenger Agent.
B. A. Newland, Genl. agent Pass Department.
Atlanta, Ga.
w. B. Clements, T. P. A, Atlanta, Ga.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17
THE PRICE or WOOL.

The Optic has been mn ardent advo-
cate Of protection to American products
in all years past aud is just as firm in
that belief today as ever. but protcc-
tion will not do it all. 70 those rcpubli
cans who can see no other question IN
this campa gn but protection, and they
are chiefly tho wool men, lot US ask, how
will protection benefit the wool grower
20 the great extent expected! When
will he cell his wool at that increased
priceg Three-fourths Of the wooden
mills of the country are closed They
did no, close because they had no pro
lection, for the protection on the man
niactured pro iuct IL ~ great now No Il
was under the Mckinley tariff. The,
are getting The wool Tor less money
than over h,tore. Does tho wool grow
or expect that II the manufacturer !.
co upelled 90 pay ten ccnis per pount
M re Tot his WOOL that he Nill immc
d deiy open h.s m.llg Ear from THE
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17

sactions have enlarged. IL the volume
OF currency had kept race with trade,
We should 1, W have. instead of S24 for
each person, something like S4l31 per
capita. or s2,S95 900 900 in place of 81,
GS0,000,000, which the Tribune esti-
mates is now in circulation.
We do not believe that volume of
currency, based on the amount Of bust
ness Of the country can be attacked as
unfair or unreasonable, but one based
upon population might, ard generally
would, be at fault. Take, to illustrate,
the case of China with a population Of
more than 4C0.CO0,C0O, and whose
money is estimated to be much less
than our own, but which seems to be
sufficient for her necessities, and to ac-
comm0date her volume of limited trade.
Money has no relation, necessarily, to
persons, but to their exc hanges of com
moiities and commercial transactions.
Hence, to regulate the money of the
people by their number would be mani
testify improper and indeed senstless
while to make the volume of currency
correspond to the business of the
country would, as clearly, promote the
interests Of its commerce. The safety
Of Initiation of currency must always be
determined by the enlargement Of the
demand for its uses and any contraction
below such demands will cause depress
ion in trade and paralysis of business
The figures we have given on the sub
ject of the comparative volume of cur.
rency to the business of the countr.
will explain the present stagnation o
trade and the failures Of commercial ant
financial institutions so common
throughout the country.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17

known character. yOu were too much OF
poltroon to assume the responsibility
thereof by aliixing your name thereto.
You knew you were lying when you
said that | "had agreed that Lauriano
Alarid and Patrico Valencia had been
promised a Communication of sentence as
an inducement to make a confession
which would hurt you III your cam
paign."
You had but recently PICTURED your
self in open court to save these assassins;
you have been shown to be so closely
connected with this crime, and are 50
filed with fear that they MAY confess
something connecting you herewith,
that yon are attempting to forstall pub
lie opinion by spreading, in advance, a
report that such statements as they may
make were procured by personal re-
ward offered to them; just as you are
trying to forstall the effect of your
having falsely sworn that they had not
been arraigned," by publishing what |
believe to be false, when you assert that
Judge Hamilton had stated in the
presence of four witnesses that he had
not arraigned the Borregos"
Your accusations against me are on a
par with the slanderous charges which
you prepared and caused to be publish.
ed against the Chief Justice of the
Territory last year, when you permitted
the editor of the Albuquerque Citizen,
in whose paper you had it published, to
go to prison and suffer for your act
| Then, as nOw you sent out your Sian
| derous shaft under a nom de plume
Now, as then, you will show yourself to
be too much of pOltroon anC
coward to assume personal responsible
! ity for a communication which you
know, and knew when you sent it, to b,
false and slanderous, but will attemp
to throw the responsibility on some o
your willing tools that you keep arount
you.
| (Sjgned) w. T. THORNTON.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17
THE PER CAPITA FALLACY.

We publish elsewhere au editorial
from the New York Tribune Of the 81
inst, entitled "The Value of Gold"
The writer assumes that the supply of
gold is ample because, he says, the per
capita money circulation is larger than
ii was years ago.
If the requirements Of money for the
use OF people or nation, could be
determined by the number of inhabi.
tants the reasoning Of the Tribune
might be taken as sound and logical.
But we do not believe this fair test Of
these requirements, but that the volume
Of business Of the country should,
rather, govern the amount Of currency
necessary TO a convenient exchange Of
commodities. There is no surer avail.
able index TO the rise and fail OF com.
mcrcial transactions than the sums
found deposited in the banks Of the
country.
Now, compare these deposits with the
volume Of currency with which our
people transact their business and see
whether or not the TriL,mc's assertion
that the supply Of gold is ample, viii
prove true.
The first consus after tho resumption
of specie payments, was in 1880 tn,
population of tho United States wa,
j0ljj,7s3. The banks then held on de
posit S2.C05, ,IGG.502, or about $40 for
each person. The money Of The country
which includes oil kinds Of currency
circulating as money, was s23Gl 20
capita.
IN 1896 the banks hold t5.353,000. O0
on deposit, showing that the busines
Of the county las grown more thai
one hundred aud fifty per cent larger
while our population has increased les
than Hity p,r cent, busc on tue prcecn
catimat1 Of s70.00o.CO1. which is gen
orally conceded go bc far, The dc
pusits, then, bad been Increased iron
lssOto is1G, from go Ter capita TO 81
showing that tie people u this countr
had almosl doubled their volume ,
I utin.ts per cepiia, aud therefore N
money of the country IA order TO |
ample" should have increased IN N
os - rrnnnr,ior as commercial tran
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17

The conditions Just now ara favorable
for the manufacturer m 20 Tar as tariff
is concerned as he could expect. but hc
has no sale for hi. product. The great
misses Uf the people upon whom he lie.
pends to use his product, have labor to
offer ~ exchange. but they have no
money. The medium nf exchange haa
boon gradually drawn from tho PEOPLE
at large and placed in the hands of the
few. II WIS possible to do this with the
gold standard. hnt II would not have
been possible II the country had ben
on q bimetulIic basis. So IL the wool
grower wants 20 get at the root ~ the
evil, he muft bcgn with tho money
question. got the people 10 working for
money, have them buy goods that they
u ed of their merchant. have the
merchant buy ~ the manufacturer. and
then the manufacturer can nee tho
wool. and "a soon as the demand Ia
made prices will 90 up. When the dc.
mand is such that this country moods
foreign wool 20 supply the factofiee.
then protective tariff is Of value. until
that time protection Is fallaey. Las
I Vegas Op'fe.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-09-17
SURE THING.

The New York Tribune has been, for
the past week or two, devoting a consid-
erable space in the effort to show that
VIM. j. Bryan, in his speeches, has
misquoted scripture. If this is kept up
until Nov, 3, we cannot see how it will
be possible to elect Mr.. Bryan to the
presidency. The Tribune even goes so
far as to charge that the democratic
candidate has ascribed the celebrated
prayer Of Agur to Solomon. Mr.. Bryan
should look after this.