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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26

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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
THE MARKETS.

ANDERSON, Feb. rs, 1874.
Cotton in good demand to-day at 13a to 1Si
cents for middlings.
No market reports yesterday from Charles
ton and New York.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Failure Of the Tobacco Crop.

The tobacco trade is at present in a
state of considerable effervescence, in
consequence of very bad crop prospects.
The crop in this country, with the ex-
ception of Connecticut and one or two
other districts, is pronounced by some
of the leading dealers to be almost q
failure. This is more especially the
case in hogshead tobacco. Leaf tobac-
co is not so bad. But the tobacco crop
is very poor all over the world. The
European crop, except in Alsace and
that section, is very small. The crop
in Brazil will not reach half an average
crop, while that of Havana, though
near sn average, is reported to be de-
cidedly inferior in quality. The con-
sequence is, that prices have risen from
four to five cents a pound, with an ex-
ceedingly active demand, and proba-
bility of still further advance as the
season progresses. A variety of reasons
are given for what would appear to be
generally bad crop throughout the
tobacco growing world 1; but the general
impression seems to be that, though in
too dry here, and too wet there-has
had a good deal to do with it. The
farmers, too, neglected to prepare their
soil sufficiently before planting. But
be this as it may, the crop is poor
enough to create an amount of excite
ment and speculation in the trade such
as has not been witnessed for years, and
which bids fair to keep the importers
and iobbers busy for a long while to
come.-NeW York Times, Sept. 7.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Partisan MarVels.

The Paris correspondent of the Phil.
adelphia Press says, in describing the
display of jewelry at the exhibition OF
fine arts applied to industry: "Among
the prettiest designs for earrings are O
pair of scales each freighted with rose
leaf, while the beam above it is a true
lovers knot in diamonds pierced with a
tiny diamond arrow. A superb gold
bracelet is clasped by two diamond
shells joined by large emerald and
each shell containing pearl. The gold
hair-pins of novel design represent dan
delion seed-balls in gold studded with
tiny diamonds, the feathery lightness OF
the down being exquisitely repro iuced.
The loveliest of diamond sprays for the
hair represents plume of seed-grass,
and anything at once so graceful and 80
brilliant can hardly be imagined. Side
by side with these glittering marvels a
case of dolls from the Rue St. Honore
attracted universal attention. Their
wooden ladyships were dressed so as to
display the fashions in France from the
end of the last century and beginning
of this. There was the Marveilieuse in
the thinnest of muslins and scantiest of
draperies the short-waisted, short
skirted dame of the consulate; the
longer skirt, huge sleeves, and CASH
mere shawl of the lady of the restora-
tion, and finally the becrinolined dam
sci of some years ago, looking very
large and hoopy, but pretty and pict-
uresque Notwithstanding.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Cheer Him.

At fire in a large city, while the
upper stories of lofty dwelling were
wrapped in smoke, and the lower sto-
ries all aglow with flame, a piercing
shrek told the startled firemen that
there was some one still in the building
in peril. A ladder was quickly reared,
until it touched the heated walls, and
diving through the flames and smoke a
brave young fireman rushed no the
rounds on his errand of mercy. Stifed
by the smoke, he stopped, and seemed
about to descend. The crowd was in
agony, as life seemed lost, for every
moment of hesitation seemed an age.
While this shivering fear seized every
beholder, voice from the crowd cried
out "Cheer him cheer him p and o
wild "hurrah" burst from the excited
spectators. AS the cheer reached the
fireman he started upward through the
curling smoke, and in few moments
was seen coming down the ladder with
a child in his arms. That cheer did
the work. How much can we do to help
the brave ones who are struggling with
temptation, or almost fainting in their
efforts to do good to others Don't
find fault with your brother in his trial,
but cheer him. Give him a word that
shall urge him on the way, and if you
can't help him in any other way, give
him cheer.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
a Florida Lake,

Fifty miles southeast of Okechobee,
and sixty miles north of Biscayne bay,
in Florida, writes Sun correspondent,
lies a beautiful lake, rarely visited by
white men. It is about the size of Sen
eca lake. A narrow strip of land,
densely wooded, separates it from the
ocean and the warm gulf stream flows
increasingly within rife shot of its wa
ters. On the west, it is locked in by
the Everglades, and is approachable on
" through the watery path webbing
that unexplored region. The lake is
bespangled with islands. It sleeps in
perpetual summer. The thermometer
runs but little below fifty degrees, aud
frost never seres the green leaves of the
trees. Cocoa palms and ever blooming
oleanders adorn its shores, and scores
of dark-green India rubber trees knot
their banyan-like branches it its out
lying thickets. The mastic plum, lus-
cious alligator pear, purple mulberry,
ruddy sea grape, mellow pawpaw,
oranges, lemons, cocoanuts, and other
wild fruits are reflected in Its bosom.
Varie9ated shells, tinted land crabs,
gilded ants and crickets, snowy owls
and herons, roseate curlews, sea-green
turtles, and huge ebon alligators are
seen at every turn. Strips of morning
glory prairie are dotted with red deer,
and tropical jungles are lurking-places
for tigers, bears, and wildcats. The
wild turkey struts through the woods,
and great ivory-billed wood-peckers
drum the sturdy oaks. The sllvery
pompino jumps from wave to wave, and
the lake is filled with fish. Such is the
bright side of the picture. Its dark
side is haze of feas, sandfies, mos
quitos, jiggers, deerfies, scorpions,
red bugs, snakes, and hurricanes /; but
despite these annoyances, the country
is a paradise for all who enjoy camp
life, and like hunting and fishing.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
our common School system.

Is it not about time that teachers
should abandon the merely textbook
method of hearing recitations? In the
large cities better methods are prevail
ing. Indeed, teacher who insists up
on the commitment and rehearsal of the
words of textbook verbatim will find
little encouragement in the large cities;
but we fear that in the country the
textbook servitude still maintains its
place. No doubt much of this evil re-
suits from a recognized system. As
SAYS the Philadelphia Ledger "Our
system of school-teaching, as it stands
now, is based upon text books.' Nearly
everything is made to conform to the
exigencies of the books. Studying
and srecitations," questions and 'an-
swers' merit marks for accurate memo
rizing and demerit marks for inaccura-
cies-alI from the books-these make
up the greater part of what is called
teaching But there is just next to
nothing worthy OF the name of teach
ing about it. Yet this is not the fault
of those who occupy the positions CT
teachers. It is the fault of the system,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Romantic Marriage.

The Norwegian papers are full Of a
marriage recently celebrated between
an English gentleman and gypsy girl
bearing the name of Esmeralda. The
gentleman is Mr.. Hubert Smith, de-
scribed as a land owner in Shropshire,
and who, some time ago, made himself
known in literature by q clever book en-
titled "Tent Life with English Gypsies
in Norway" dedicated to King Charles
XIV. of Sweden and Norway. Mr..
Smith has spent several summers in
Norway with a following of gypsies,
wandering on foot through valleys and
over mountains. carry ingtents and pro-
visions with him on the back of don
keys, and leading most original v8ga-
bond life. Esmeralda was born on his
estate in Shropshire. She is, the Nor
wegian papers state, very handsome, a
perfect type of the peculiar beauty of
her race, of the sweetest temper, and
richly gifted from the hands of nature.
The last months she has passed in the
Norwegian family, taking lessons in
languages and music, and has aston
ished all by the wonderful progress
made in short time, not less than by
her gentle manners. The marriage was
civil one, being performed by the Justice
of the peace, but the rector of the par
ish attended the ceremony, and, as he
had the opportunity of knowing the
bride during her stay in the neighbor-
hood, made much applauded speech
in her honor. The Norwegian gypsies'
friend, Mr.. Eilert Sundt, who has de-
voted the best part of his life to the
pulling down of the barrier erected by
prejudice and traditional superstition
between the gypsies and the rest of the
community, and who has converted not
a few of the nomadizing tribe to settled
ana industrious life, had been invited
to the marriage, which had his full ap-
proval, but was prevented at the last
from attending. Several no
bilities from Christiana are mentioned
among the guests, and the marriage
was the occasion for numerous express
siens of sympathy, especially from
ladies who made the acquaintance of the
bride. After the solemnity the newly
married couple left to spend their hon
eymoon in the venerable beech forest
near Laurvig, the only one of the kind
in Norway, affording ample commodi-
ties for tent life with gypsies.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
The Fan,

Since the fan has come to be re-
garded as an almost indispensable ad-
iunct to the feminine toilet, history
of its origin may not prove uninterest-
ing to the sex who handle it so adroitly.
The Chinese say that Kansi, the beauti-
full daughter of the mandarins, found
the mask which Celestial etiquette re-
quires to be worn in public by ladies
very oppressive, as the evening was
warm, but her ingenuity was equal to
the occasion. She united her mask, and
moved it so rapidly back and forth be-
fore her face that il was impossible to
distinguish her features, while her beau
ty was enhanced in the eyes of all be
holders by the coquettish man@uyre. In
a moment thousand fair Celestials,
appreciating her courage and coquetry,
initiated her example. and thousand
masks we're put in motion before thou
sand pretty faces by thousand pretty
hands. The ingenious Chinese caught
the idea, and by the next feast of Ian
terms fans were substituted for masks.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
The Perils of Whalemen.

In the pretty cemetery at Sag Harbor,
Long Island, there is marble monu-
ment bearing touching record. 1t is
in the form of a broken ships mast,
with an unstranded hawser twisted
around the foot, and engraved upon it
are the names of six captains of whale
ships belonging to the town, all of them
under thirty years of age, who died
within ten years of each other, In actual
encounter with the monsters of the
| deep. An old whaleman who had es-
capped death several times used to de-
clare that he only lived son borrowed
time, a monument of Gods Infinite
mercy" We may also mention here
the case of Captain James Hunting as
an example of whaleman's endurance.
His boat was upset and rolled over him
by a large sperm. whale. When he rose
to the surface he was entangled in a
line, and struggled hard to free himself,
but before he could succeed he was
jerked out of sight of his horified ship
mates. A blight of line yet attached to
the whale was around his ankle. Draw
ing himself nearer the retreating ami
NAL, he drew a sheath knife and man.
aged to cut the cord. When he again
came to the surface boat rescued him
and conveyed him to the ship. His an
kle was broken, and in the presence of
his men he set it himself, and then re-
sumed his usual duties.
Captain Davis mentions sperm whale |
which first wrecked two boats and after
ward charged at the ship, tearing away
the cut-water and the copper sheathing |
around the bow. Several harpoons,
lances, and bomb-lances were fred into |
him without effect. During the night |
he remained on the surface in the vi
cinity of the wrecked boats, and was
frequently heard fighting the fragments.
On the following day thirty-one bomb
lsnces more, each containing half
pound of gunpowder, were exploded in
him before he yielded. The monster
produced 115 barrels of oil, half of it
head-matter, the value of which will be
explained anon. Finback whales are
even more dangerous than the sperm.
They are occasionally 120 feet long, and
extremely swift and powerful in their
motions. But their blubber is thin and
the whalebone scant, and they are con-
sidered less valuable than others of
the species.--HarpeT'S
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Prince Bismarck as Dummy.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don News relates the following anec-
dote: -r
GA Saxon military band gave a pri-
vate performance before Prince Bis
mark, few weeks ago, in Berlin, just
prior to his departure for Kissingen,
and one of its members has furnished a
Dresden paper with an account of their
reception by him. The prince showed
him over his house, and pointing to a
desk in the princess room, told them
his wife, as they might observe, kept
the cash. He ad from the beginning
intrusted her with the charge of his
money affairs, while he attended to pol
itics, and he would advise every mar
rfed man to do the same, taking no
more than his wife gave him. Drawing
a table out of corner, he said: 'At
this table NJ Thiers, M. Fayre and /
played dummy game at whist. That
dummy was won partly owing to you
Saxons, for if all had not been so brave
I should have held no trumps in my
hand. When we began to negotiate, the
gentlemen would not understand my
French because I demanded too much.
Thereupon I spoke German to them, and
that they would not at first understand !;
but at last we agreed. They conceded
everything; and when they had signed
their names to it, L again spoke French
with them. Had we been united two
hundred years ago we need not have
been tyrannized over by the French !;
but now, thank God, we are united, and
hope we shall remain so. If they
once more require it, we shall again
give them fall Alluding to the war
of 1866, the prince said he had always
respected the Saxons, for they, above
all, had the courage to stand firm
against the Prussians when all the 9th
ers had lost their heads. 'You must
see,' he said, that it could not be
which was the strongest"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
A California Opinion of the New
Gold Sensation.

An examination of the correspondence
from Gen. Clusters expedition to the
Black Hills indicates that the alleged
gold discoveries were not of such a
promising character as to infict upon
the country at large another gold fever.
The finding of the shining particles at
the roots of the grass is to be set down
rather as a rhetorical flourish than any
thing else. Gold was found in that
position, but the grass was on bar in a
little stream. In most cases, nothing
but the color was found. The grand
discovery was bar, yielding from five
to seven cents per pan, which, the cor
respondence adds, "could be made to
pay if water we're more plentiful there.
We apprehend that little sentence tells
the whole story. But even if gold ex-
listed in paying quantities the lands
belong to the Indian reservation, and
the government would, th' refore, not
allow mining to be done. The Indians,
also, are Numerous and powerful, and
would be able TO destroy any ordinary
mining expedition.-San francisco
Bulletin,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
London Threatened With an Ant
Plague.

No little anxiety, says the Pail Mall
| Gazette, has been caused in the neigh
borhood of London during the last few
days by the sudden appearance of my
rlads of ants. A vanguard of these in
| sects has been seen marching over Wa
terloo bridge, and it is impossible to
deny that our position is at the present
moment one of extreme peril. At any
moment the invading army may be up
on us, and we shall then be exposed to
all the horrors of an ant plague. Those
who are accustomed to look at the ant
as an industrious but insignificant
creature will probably smile at the idea
of It's presence, even in swarms, being a
source of serious inconvenience. With
out any wish to cause an unnecessary
panic, but merely with a view of pre-
pairing Londoners for possible contin-
gencies, it may be as well to call atten-
ton to the proceedings of an army of ants
that some years ago invaded the island
of Grenada. The ants on that occasion
q descended from the hills like tor
rents, and the plantations, as we'll as
every path and road for miles, were
filled with them. Rats, mice and rep
tiles of every kind became an easy prey
to them, and even the birds, which they
attacked whenever they lighted on the
ground in search of food, were so har-
rassed as to be at length unable to re-
sist them. Streams of water opposed
only temporary obstacle to their pro-
gress the foremost rushing blindly on
certain death and fresh armies instantly |
followed, till bank was formed of the |
carcasses of those which were drowned |
sufficient to dam up the waters and al |
low the main body to pass over in safe |
ty. Even fire was tried without effect. |
When it was lighted to arrest their
route, they rushed into the blaze in
such myriads as to extinguish it." To
such straits was the unfortunate island
reduced by the ants that a reward of
G20, 900 was offered, but in vain, for an
means of destroying them
and it was not until hurricane in 1870 |
came and blew them away, and drowned
them-doing, by the way almost more
than the ants-that Grenada
was freed from these terrible destroy
ers. Happily, in London we have the
which should be kept
ready for immediate action in the face
of the calamity with which we are
now threatened.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
Hat Racked.

The Saratoga correspondent OF the
Washington Star says "They have a
phenomenal boy 10 mind the Grand Un-
ion dining-room and hnt-rack, TO see
that no mistakes occur. In powers OF
memory and locality he beats Blind
Tom or the lightning calculator In
the height of the Saratoga season, with
from nine hundred TO two thousand hats
on his mind, he has never been known
to make a mistake. White hats, brown
hats, black hats, slouch hats, stove
pipe hats, straw hats; No. 5s, No. 81,
No. los hats with black bands, mag
enta bands, blue bands, or green bands,
il is all the same-he has mover failed
to have in his hand tho right
hat for the right maa at the exact mo-
ment of emergence from the dining
room. He is not supcrcilious or proud
of his Gift. When cOmplimented upon
his powers of memory, he answers not
in words, but smiles a melancholy
smile, as If the sword we're too sharp for
he scabbard."
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-02
The Farmers and their Wheat.

II any combination among our rail-
road magnates raises the price OF Amer
can grain in Liverpool, the telegraph
flashes to our rivals in the Baltic orders
which we're destined for ourselves.
Hence our railroad men can,sif they
wish il, do both their roads and tho
country a great wrong. Under our in-
stitutions these railroad men are free
to make combinations, free to check the
movement of our crops 10 tho feaboard,
free TO put up the rates Of freight 80 as
to shut down the gate that let's Ameri-
car breadstuffs into Liverpool. We
may apply the same rule TO the farmer.
He also is free to make his combinations
adversely TO himself or otherwise. He
can promote his own best interests and
the commercial interests OF the coun.
try, or he can act hostilely 10 himself
and hostile TO his country. At present,
IL is said that our farmers are holding
back their crops from market because
the price is low. II they wait long
enough, the farmers OF Russia, OF
Poland, OF Germany and Of France will
all have had time 10 get their grain To
Liverpool, or wherever else 1t may be
that the pranaries invite and are refused
American breadstufIs. What price our
farmers will be able TO command when
their European competitors have filed
and gatiated the market, we do not sug-
gest TO men of so much intelligence and
education as our western farmers.
Let our great trunk roads keep down
their rates instead of putting them up,
and they will secure, so far as lies IN
them, one of the conditions for reliev-
ing the effects of last years panic, by
helping this year TO market the immense
wheat surplus OF the country. II our
farmers, with that wisdom which they
can exhibit in other matters, will accept
the low rates now current Tor their
wheat in preference to n lower price
hereafter, they, also, will have the sat
isfaction of accomplishing their part to-
ward the solution of one Of the finan-
cial difficulties which threaten the coun-
try.-NeD York CONNER ciaL and nj
ndnciaL Chronicle.