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Year: 1879

The following is the testimony of Jesse F.
Cox, given before the coroner's jury in Oconee
county, which was impanneled to ascertain
the facts in connection with the murder Of
Alexander Bryce, jr, in Oconee county, on
the night of the 25th of August, last Cox
was in the company Of Bryce at the time Of
the killing:


"That on last night 0he 25th of August,
1879 deceased was at my house. I live about
fifty yards from deceased. About one hour


in the night he started back home. l came
to the door with him, when I saw some person
in the road out toward the creek. Could not
tell whether there was one or two or more. l
called his attention to it. He said we would
step down that way and see who it was. AS
we started he said he thought that it was his
mule that had gotten loose. We then started
together in that direction to see if it was the
mule. The object passed out of our sight be.
hind the hill toward the creek. got ahead
of him about fifteen or Twenty steps. De:
ceased was still coming on. As advanced
nearer the creek, I saw two men standing in
the cotton. I went toward them to see who
it was. Deceased was still coming on behind
me. I advanced to within ten steps Of them
and asked who they were. They made no
reply at that time; they both presented their
guns. Iasked them what they meant. Asked
them the second time. They asked me who l
was told them who I was. The larger one
of the two wanted to know who that other
man was, and pointed in the direction Of the
deceased. Told him it was Alexander Bryce.
He then stepped to the other one and handed
him pistol. Seemed to be navy size then
returned to his former position. l then asked
them what was the matter that they would not
talk. Just as asked them that, Alexander
Bryce started toward the house in q run, when
the taller one fired his gun at the deceased, as
I took it. The other one then says willspeak
and speak now, at the same time he fired on
deceased and started in pursuit Of him. He
had to make circle to get round me and ran
up near to deceased, think, within six or
seven steps, and fired a second time. Think
he was using double-barrel shot gun. When
he had fred the last time, deceased called to
me and says, "Come here, Jesse" At that
time he fell on his face and died right away.
Both of the men then turned and ran off out
of sight I saw no more Of them. | don't
know that know who they were They were
dressed in dark clothing, with their coats but
toned. up to the chin. Had ons dark hats.
They had on, as think, frock coats. and one
of them was rather tall man. The other
was low, heavy set man. Saw their tracks.
Measured the tracks. Think would know
the same tracks again if I were to see them.
The tracks came from the direction of Messiah
Cobb's, and went back the same way. De-
ceased never spoke to either Of the parties"
Year: 1879

bar The Boston Globe says: "The wonder
is not that there has been so much disturb
.ance in the South so much bull.dozing, it you
please, but that there has been so little. The
patience and long suffering Of that people
have been simply amazing, and it is only to
be accounted for on the ground that the war
left them with neither men, money, nor heart
to fight. The grand mistake Of the Repubo,
lican party-and its leaders now admit it
almost universally in putting the ballot
into the hands of the negroes before they were
able to govern themselves. In doing that,
the Republican party did violence to one
of the fundamental principles Of popular gov
ernment, and made certain and inevitable
the violation of other fundamental principles
which has followed. A people not able to
govern themselves, were suddenly endowed
with the prerogatives Of selfgovernment:
They were made the majority of the people OF
great States, and the minority were not will
Ing to be governed by them. 1t is hard to
imagine how such blunder could have been
committed. To the South it was che most
direful legacy of the war, and a punishment
vastly more cruel than the wholesale Danish.
meut and slaughter commonly inflicted upon
conquered rebels"
Year: 1879

AN ELoPEMENr FRUsTRATED.-An Eng
lish girl, near Manchester, tied string to her
toe and let 1.-THE string, not the toe-hang
out of the window for a gentleman friend to
pull in order that she mi ght not miss her music
lesson. The rector of the church, it is further
stated, hearing of the arrangement, refused
the couple the sacrament. And this reminds
us of little story. Once upon time, a
young lady who desired to 60 on an eloping
tour, adopted the English girls plan, and the
lover was to be on hand at daybreak to give
the signal. The string used for the pedal was
a strong cord, and one end was dropped out
of the third story window into the back yard,
and the other end attached to the damsel's
great toe. And helegend runs that healthy
goat, of the William persuasion, arose early
the next morning to look for the early worm,
as it were, and wandered into the yard after
eating up all the tomato cans, barrel slaves
and broken crockery ware, he found the string
and took that in as dessert. AS soon as the
string was drawn taut, the goat stood upon his
hind legs, and gave the string an impulsive
jerk. The girl awoke. The goat gave anoth-
er sudden pull, and the maiden jumped out of
bed with smothered cry of pain. Then she
stopped down to detach the cord just as the
ridiculous beast gave another violent jerk,
and she lost her equilibrium-and her toe,
too, almost-the cord cutting into the tender
flesh. She sprang to the window, and called
in hoarse whisper, "Stop pulling, Charles,
Year: 1879

Chow fast do you think we are traveling?
Charley Fraser, one Of the Oldest engineers
of the New York, Lake Erie and Western
Railway, asked Sun reporter as they were
standing together on the footboard Of locomo.
tive No. 309, rushing over the meadows to-
ward Rutherford Park.


81 should think we were going nearly a
mileaa minute.


"a mile minute r. said Frazer. "Idoubt
if you ever rode mile a minute. Few loco.
motives have driving wheels over FIVE feet,
and have my doubts if 6ve-foot wheeler.
can be pushed mile a minute. People have
a very erroneous idea Of the speed of railroad
trains. We are not going more than thirty
five miles an hour, and this is very fast. Few
trains make this speed. The passengers in
the cars would think we we're going mile a
minute sure, if was to pull out the throttle
so as to send her forty miles an hour. The
express trains make no such time as the local
trains. Where we lose is with so many stops.
No man could stand on platform car and
face the wind going mile minute and live.
The breath would actually be blown out OF
his body. You couldn't count the telegraph
poles going mile minute. Talk to an old
engineer Of that rate being made by a passen-
ger train, and he would laugh. made mile
minute once, however. It was when l was
but 1S years of age. I was an engineer then,
in charge of fine six-foot wheel locomotive.
There were lot of railroad moguls on board,
and the object was to make the best time we
could. They were to ring the gong when the
speed was a mile minute. I thought we
were making it for some time before the bell
rang. Atlength, on down grade, with q full
head of steam, when we were spinning along
as if. we were all going to destruction, and the
motion of the piston going over the centre
could no longer be distinguished, the bell
rang. We had reached the rate Of a mile
minute. 1t was the fastest ever rode before
or since. I tried hard to make a mile q min
ute on subsequent miles, but lacked it three
or four seconds every time. I couldn't squeeze
another mile inside of the sixty seconds.
When you hear man telling about ridmgin
q passenger train that ran mile a minute,
don't say anything, but mentally scratch Oft a
good allowance York Sun.
Year: 1879

The tendency of the proposition for
unity Of action between the United States
and the principal commercial nations OF
Europe to effect a permanent system for
the equality Of gold and silver in the rec
ognized money of the world, leads me to
recommend that Congress refrain from
new legislation on the general subject


The great revival of trade, internal and
foreign, will supply during the coming
years its own instructions, which may well
be awaited before attempting further ex-
perimental measures with the coinage. |
would, however, strongely urge upon Con-
gress the Importance Of authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to suspend the
coinage Of silver dollars upon tie present
legal ratio. The market value of the silver
dollar being uniformly and largely less
than the market value of the gold dollar,
it is obviously impracticable to maintain
them at par with each other if both are
coined without limit. If the cheaper coin
is forced into circulation it will, if coined
without limit, soon become the sole stand
ard of value, and thus defeat the desired
object, which is a currency of both gold
and silver, which shall be of equivalent
value, dollar for dollar, with the univers-
ally recognized money of the world.
Year: 1879

The continued deliberate violation by u
large number of the prominent and in
fuential citizens Of the Territory Of Utah
of the laws Of the United States for the
prosecution and punishment of polygamy
demands that the attention of every de-
partment Of the Government. This Terri
tory has population sufficient to entitle it
to admission as State, and the general
interest as nation, as well as the welfare
of the citizens of the Territory, require its
advance from the territorial form of gov
ernment to the responsibilities and privi-
leges of State. This important change
will not, however, be approved by the
country while the citizens of Utah IN very
considerable number uphold practice
which is condemned as crime by the laws
of all civilized communities throughout the
world.


The law for the suppression of this Of
fence was enacted with great unanimity by
Congress more than seventeen years ago,
but has remained until recently dead let
ter in the Territory of Utah, because OF the
peculiar difficulties attending its enforce
ment. The opinion prevailed among the
citizens Of Utah that the law was in con-
travention Of the constitutional guarantee
Of religious freedom. This objection is
now removed. The Supreme Court Of the
United States has decided the law to be
within the legislative power of Congress,
and binding as a rule of action for all who
reside within the Territories. There is no
longer any reason for delay or hesitation in
its enforcement. It should be firmly and
effectively executed. If not sufficiently
stringent in its provisions it should be
amended, and, in aid of the purpose in
view, 1 recommend that more oomprehen-
siye and more searching methods for pre-
Year: 1879

venting as well as furnishing this crime be
provided. If necessary to secure obedience
to the law, the enjoyment and exercise Of
the rights and privileges of citizenship in
the Territories of the United States may
be withheld or withdrawn from those who
violate or oppose the enforcement Of the
law on this subject.
Year: 1879

Whenyou have any heavy work to do,
do not take either beer, cider or spirits.
BY far the best drink is thin oatmeal and
water with little sugar. The proper
tions are quarter Of pound of oat-
meal TO two or three quarts OF water,
according to the heat Of the day and your
work and thirst; it should be we'll boiled,
and then an ounce and half of brown
sugar added. If you find i, thicker than
you like add three quarts of water. Be-
fore you drink it shake up the oatmeal
well through the liquid. In Summer
drink this cold; in Winter hot. You will
find it not only quenches thirst, but will
give you more strength and endurance
than any other drink. If YOU can not
boil it, you can take little oatmeal
mixed with cold waller and sugar, but
this is not so good. Always boil it if you
can. If at any time you have to make
long day, as in harvest, and can not
stop for meals, increase the oatmeal to
half pound, or even three-quarters,
and the water to three quarts if you are
likely to be very thirsty. you can
not get oatmeal, wheat flour will do,
but not quite so we'll. For quenching
thirst, few things are better than weak
coffee and little sugar. One ounce of
coffee and a half an ounce of sugar
boiled in two quarts Of water and cooled,
is very thirst,quenching drink. Cold
tea has the same effect; tut nelherIls so
supporting as oatmeal. Thin cocoa is
also very refreshing and supporting like
wise, but is more expensive than oat-
meal, DIR. Parker.
Year: 1879

"The mortality reports of Detroit or
any other city in the country ought to
prove the death OF ten females to one
male" said Detroit physician the other
day when speaking OF the way women
dress. The best physicians advise warm
clothing and proper precautions when ad-
visng with a big, rugged man, and men
follow this advice and die of lung trouble.
This day you will meet men on the streets
with pulSewarmers, heavy overcoats, fur
caps, woolen underclothing, thick socks,
etc, and ahead and behind them you
will see women in almost Summer attire.
Men are brought up to look on women as
trail, delicate creatures, ond to be tender
lY cared for, and yet there are hundreds
of them in every town and city who can
and do endure more to the physical sys-
tenn than men dare attempt. A women
will wear two ounce bonnet TO church
or to the opera and make no complaint
A man goes out wearing seal.skin cap,
and perhaps has his ears fro,t-bitten.
Thousands OF women wear Gotten stock
ings all Winter long, while mems toes
are nipped through warm woolen socks.


The great majority OF women do not
wear woolen underclothing. AT least
ninety men out Of every hundred wear
either red tlannels or merinos, and yet
they seem to suffer more than women.
Men will wear double mittens while a
women will put on kids and seem to feel
no cold. A mans beaver overcoat
alone will! weigh as much as all the gar
ments put on by women in this weather,
and yet he is the one who complains OF
the chilly winds.


We believe that men are oftenest af-
flcted with sore throat, coughs, colds,
bronchial and lung disorders, and yet men
wear chest protectors, take care Of their
throats and know the danger of draughts.
This being so. men must either stop
thinking OF the female sex as the weaker
vessel, or it must prove that overcoats
and woolens are unnecessary to health
and comfort. During the last polar wave
which rolled over this section, when the
street-car horses were covered with ice
and the frost on the windows was nearly
a quarter Of an inch thick, ladies rode up
and down in kid gloves and light bonnets
and made no complaint, though strong,
robust men in the same car, dressed as
warmly as men can dress in this country,
could not sit still for the cold.--Detroit
Free Press
Year: 1879

1t stole on its pinions of snow to the
bed of disease, and the sufferers frown
became smie-emblem of peace and
endurance 1t went to the house of
mourning-and from the lips of sorrow
there came sweet and cheerful songs.
1t laid its head on the arm of the poor,
which was stretched forth at the COM
mand of unholy impulses, and saved
him from disgrace and ruin. 1t dwelt
like living thing in the bosom of the
mother, whose son tarried long after the
promised time of his coming, and saved
her desolation and the "care that kipeth. :"
1t lowered about the head of the youth
who had become the Ishmael of society
and led him onward to works which even
his enomies praised. 1t snatched u
maiden from the jaws of death; and
went with an old man to heaven. Hope,
my good brotber2 Have it, Reckon it
on your side. Wrestle with it that it
may not depart; it may repay your pains.
Life is hard enough at best, but hope
shall lead you over it's mountains, sustain
you amid its billows. Part to ali beside,
but keep to hope.
Year: 1879

A new arrangement for multiplying
writing called the hectograph, has re-
Gently boen invented in Germany. The
hectograph consists of flat sheetiron
box filled with a gluey mass, upon
which, after moistcning and drying it
several times, a sheet of paper, written
upon with specially prepared ink, is
placed and lightly rubbed with the hand.
When the paper is raised the writing is
found to be transferred reversed to the
film of glue, and from that film, by
simply placing pieces of dry paper upon
it and rubbing them, some fifty inn
pressions Of the writing can be taken in
a short time. The negative impressions
can easily be removed from the film by
washing with warm water, and the
latter can be used over and over again
for long time.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, April 6th.-In accordance
with the custom of the Senate to appro.
pirate money and investigate if it is need
ed afterward, it is now made known
that the bill appropriating 100000 for
refrigerating ship, passed last week,
will be money thrown away, for it has
been found that the treezing-out system
OF disinfection is a failure. This has
been specially noted by Secretary Thom-
son, who says that two cases OF yellow
fever broke out on the United States
steamer Plymouth, when at sea, on March
23d. The ship had but short time
previously sailed from Boston in good
condition, and with her crew perfectly
healthy.


She was on her way to Guadalupe,
but when she reached latitude az north,
a short distance from Bermuda. yellow
fever made its appearance. She had
several cases of yellow fever on board
her, whic.4 made their appearance in
Santa Cruz on November Sth last. Two
of these cases resulted in death. The
others recovered, and she sailed al once
for the North, where she could be frozen
out during the Winter, as that had usually
been considered a perfect preventive OF
the spread Of the disease she lay all Win.
ter in Boston, where everything known
to sanitary science was used to disinfect
her Of the germs OF yellow fever. She
was entirely broken out, the stores landed
and exposed TO freezing temperature
and the ship thoroughly tumigated several
times. A part of the ship was in dock
where large quantities of ice remained,
and the temperature frequently reached
a point below zero. The water in the
tanks and buckets in the store-room was
constantly frozen, and when she was re-
moved from the dock and fires lighted
under her boilers she was so thoroughly
chilled that for several days the water re-
mained frozen in her bilges. When the
Plymouth left Boston all men of weak
constitution or susceptible of climatic
influences were removed from her and
she went to sea with a crew entirely
healthy. Yet, Notwithstanding all these
precautions, yellow fever made its appear
ance as above stated. But the most
curious and remarkable fact of all is that
the first man attacked, Richard Sanders
machinist, had his hammock slung in the
precise place of the man who first showed
symptoms Of yellow fever in Santa Cruz
in November last. For the present the
Plymouth is in quarantine off the Ports.
mouth navy yard, where every pre-
caution will be taken to prevent inter-
course with shore. All the sick on board
will be taken TO the quarantine hospital,
and other arrangements are in progress
to remove all her men from on board.
There has been one death from yellow
fever, Peter Egan, the boatswain's mate
who was the second and last case on
board. Richard Sanders, who was the
first to show symptoms of the disease,
is recovering
Year: 1879

AN ENGLISH SENTENCE IN 1907
That you, David McLane, be taken
to the place from whence you came,
and from thence you are to be drawn
to the place of execution, where
you must be hanged by the neck,
but not till you are dead; for you
must be cut down alive, and your
bowels taken out and burned before
your face then your head must be
severed from your body, which
must be divided in four parts. and
your head and quarters be at the
Kings disposal and may the Lord
have mercy on your soul.
Year: 1879

The trial by court martial of
Capt. Thomas Blair, at Fort Column
bus, Now York, came to q sudden
termination on Tuesday, the accused
withdrawing his plea of not guilty
and pleading guilty to bigamy and
forgery, but insisting that in com
mitting those oifenses he was inno--
cent of any intention to do wrong.
Captain Blair was the hero of a
Scotch marriage. He left his wife,
came to this country, enlisted as a
private in the army, rose from the
ranks and finally married the widow
Of General Gordon Granger. on
whose staff he served. Mrs. Gran.
ger has abandoned him and will
take steps to have tho marriage set
aside
Year: 1879

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Subscribers to the ADVANCE living
outside Of Mobiles county will please
remember that when we notify them
of the expiration of their subscription
and they do not respond, we take it for
granted that they do not want the
paper longer, and our rule is to strike
their names off.
Year: 1879

A lot of fresh Cllattel Mortgage
blanks just printed ut the ADVANCE
Office. This form is the best in use
and is preferred by the bank and by
our busines; men generally. Send and
get Il supply.
Year: 1879

With the sudden changes OF temperature
which prevail in Autumn weather.-rain, sleet
wind, snow and sunshine often in = single day
it is no wonder that death gathers such y rich
harvest among the neglected colds and coughs
Every home should contain Elcrt's Extract Of
Tar and Wild Cherry which prevents serious
sickness if taken in time, and will surely cure
coils, coughs, Group, c.tarrh, consumption AMI
all bronchial complaints. Don't wait for sick
ness to come but at once procure this valuable
remedy; 1t may save life when delay would re
suit in death Warranted and sold by all Dru.
gist


ECONOMY is the road to wealth. Fifty cents
worth of U Gle Sans HE.ricss Oil applied to
your harnes will make the leather look like
new and keep it soft and pliable.
Year: 1879

The following circular, addressed t.
consumers of coal oil, explains itself:


The following suggestions are intend
ed for your benefit, and if acted upor
will save you much annoyance in the
use of your lamp:


A wide wick tube in a burner is bet
ter than narrow one, as the wider the
wick used, if it works freely in the wick
tube, the greater the amount of capil
larry force and the larger the quantity
of oil that will be pumped up by the
wick to feed the fame.


Wicks should be selected that are not
| closely woven, and SHOULD fit loosely
and work freely in the wick tube. Com
preston Of the wick prevents a free
flow Of the oil.


A wick made Of common candle
wIcking enclosed in muslin casing is
the best that can be used; and such
wicks can be made by any one skilled
in the use of the needle. The fibres O
the cotton must be laid smoothly anC
enclosed IN the muslin casing so that
the width and thickness of the wick will
be the same as of the wick tube in the
lamp; care being taken to avoid any
knots Or unevenness that would pre-
vent the wick from being easily raised
or lowered.


A proper supply of air must be fur
nished the flame Or the combustion is
imperfect; hence the necessity of keep
ing the disc Tor perforated plate on
which the chimney usually rests free
from dust and bits of charred wick that
are apt to fall on it, and which, if per-
mitted to remain, clog the holes in the
plate and prevent the free flow of air
absOlutel y required to supply the flame
and insure d good light. To remove
the dirt and charred wick from the
plate, use hard brush.


Careless Or improper trimming is
often the cause Of poor light. The
charred portion of the wick should al
ways be removed before lighting the
lamp, so that there may be free flow
of the oil in the lamp to the flame at
the top Of the wick tube. If the end of
the wick has become crusted or hard
ened it should be trimmed off with a
pair of sharp scissors, as the oil cannot
flow through the crust formed by the
continuous use of an untrimmed wick.


Lamps should be emptied at least
once week, the oil turned back into
the can, ard the lamp we'll washed out
with hot soap-suds.


In lightning the lamp, turn the wick
up slightly at first, until it gets we'll sat
urated and the oil flows freely to the
flame, then turn up to the desired
height. If the fame drops to any con-
siderable extent after the wick is turned
up, make change in the wick.


Lamps should be trimmed and filled
every time they are used if they have
been used for a number of hours, and
should always be full when lighted.


In extinguishing lamp care should
be taken to turn the wick down so that
the top is below the level of the top of
the wick tube.