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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

A LECTURE ON SCoLDING.- Scolding
is mostly habit. There is not much
meaning to it. 1t is often the result of
nerv0usness-an irritable condition of
both mind and body. A person is tired
or annoyed at some trivial cause and
forthwith commences finding fault with
every thing and everybody in reach.
Scolding is habi. very easily formed.
It is astonishing how soon one who in
dulges in it at all becomes addicted to it
and confirmed in it, H. is an unreason-
ing and unreasonable habit. Persons
who once get in the way of scolding,
always find something to scold about.
If there is nothing el,e, they fall to
scolding at the mere absence Of anything
to scold at. 1t is contagious. Once in
troduced into family, tits pretty certain,
in short time, to effect all the members.
People in the country more readily fall
into the habit of scolding than people in
town. Women contract tho habit more
frequently than men. This may be be-
cause they live more constantly in the
house, in confined, heated atmosphere,
very trying to the nervous aystem and the
health in general; and it may be partly,
that their natures nre more susceptible
and their sensitiveness more easily
wounded. The proper remedy for the
habit, If formed, is to experience an en-
dowment of that divine love shed abroad
in the renewed heart by the Holy Ghost,
the characteristics of which are that it sis
not easily provoked" "thinketh no evil, .
anu .fDeareth ali Things
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

ANIMALS LENGTH OF L1FR.-The
average age of sheep docs not much ex-
coed ten years to that age they will rssu-
ally live, breed, and thrive tolerably well.
But there are instances of much more
protracted age. Particular sheep are sta
ted to live nearly twenty years-those
which the mountain sheperd calls t'guide
Sheep" old wethers which are kept on
purpose to direct tho bleating hocEs in
the unfrcqlented wilds.
Cows have an average age of about
fifteen years. Rings on their horns tell
the number of their days. At four years
old o ring is formed ut .heir roots aud
every succeeding year another is added.
Thus, by allowing three years before
their appearance, and. counting the num-
Der OF rings, the age of the animal is
known. Itis we'll for certain members
of the human race losing their bloom,
which are somewhat sensitive upon the
question of age, that there are no definite
appearances added with unusual preci-
sion to their cheeks, revealing to the eye,
what they Ssep from the car.
Pigs have been known to live through
thirty years, Int the average term is much
less Good Health.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

How WAS THIS TOAD TREED IA re-
markable incident occurred at Brown s.
Halls saw-mill Saturday, says the Acton
(Ont.) Free Press, while pine log was
being sawed up into lumber. The OUT
side slab and one board had been cut OF,
and while the worknien were turning
over the log they were surprised to see q
large toad poke his head out Of hole ia
which he was imbsdded, aud where he had
barely escaped being cut up by the saw.
How the stranger got there Is a mystery,
as he was completely eucased In the
wood, with no possible means OF ingress
or egress. AS the log was the fourth or
fifth from the butt of the tree, his posi-
ton must have been at least fiily or sixty
Sc. Sc. .svsli tbs sIolTli, anu ne nus, no
doubt. grown up with it from infancy,
being probably hundreds of years old.
The animal was quito flat, and nearly as
large as mans hand. He was perfect
ly blind, but taken from HE bed he made
use Of bis limbs to crawl away. The tree
was perfectly sound with the exception
of q decayed spot of about foot in
length, below the hollow place in which
he was imbedded. How did he get there,
and what did he live on2
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

RUSTIC FLOWER PoTs.-Last season 1
had pretty arrangement of my front
yard which was much admired, as things
of beauty. When the winters wood was
hauled 70 the house, there were some hol.
low logs amongst it. These were sawed
off about eighteen inches long; the de-
cayed wood from the inside was scraped
out i; then filed with rich earth and ma
nurc; in the centre had & roaetush, and
next moss pinks: OH the outer edge I sat
slips of ivy, and wandering Tew; in one
raised come sweet peas. The plants all
grew nicely, and they were certainly
beautiful ornaments source Of pleasure
to myself and admiration to passers-by.
These lille arrangements Hro out triiiing,
but anything thai makes home pleasant
and enjoyable is worth seeing about and
trying for, and tsifles add much either to
happiness, or disconifit, ali through life.
-RurdS Home.
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.0(slmme eomethine, 70 cnYa ! ~

-"Glmme something to cure boil,n
he exclaimed as he dashed into drug
store. "Ah, so. you've got one Of the
things now, have yon ~ smiled the clerk.
eyes, sir, and It's just in the right place.
"Just ia the right place 2" repeated The
cle-k; ''why, whore ia that?' NOn an-
other fellow came the sweet reply.
- The Scientific .dEericdn has this
comforting intelligence for smokers
ATha effects of tobacco smoking arc dis
coloring Of the teeth by carbon, excite
ment of the salisary glands by the am
monis, headache and lassituds from the
carbonic acid, disease OF the heart ffnrn
tue vaFp0nlc oxide, nausea frCm the bitter
extract, end tainting OF the bfeath 81
the volatile empyfensnatie substance.
The system may become used to these
things get is made liahl 3 10 consumption,
nerv>ns exhaustion, pashlyz,s Spd other
eij1aonas."
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FIVE CIRCUIT SoLICIToRs.-Besid
their State officers and che Congressman
the Democrats certainly olecs ave Of the
eight Circuit Solicitors, viz: Fourth Cir
r. Abney; Sixth Circuit, T. O. CASTOR:
Seventh Circuit, 3, w. Ball; Eighth Cir
cult, jones 8. Cothran. This is the most
important gain, for no Office in South,
Carolina has pecn moro abused than that
Of Circuit Golicitor,
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LEGAL ADYRRTLSIR0--.Wc aro compelled 10
re2oirs oa1h payments for advcftlaiar ssSere. hs
SxeenyorEs Administrations and othef iifTuciafis5
ana herewith append the rates for the ordinary
nollces, which VIII only be inserted wNun the
money comes viii. the order, s. y - y -
Citations, two Insertions ~ - -. o. 90
We Hoi'cee, three ipeertfons, - 400
All Settlements, five incertions 9Go
10 CORREsP0NDENTS--Y o7aey co receive
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by the true naine and afdfcss OF tho griteT Ia-
lected hinnqscripts vii not bc returned. nhess the
thereon. tsgs 80. = Il, - '.SS
3a- We are not respoassbis for she views ana
opinions OF our correspondents y.
;, All communications should be addressed to ed
itors Inteiligencern and all cheeks, drafts money
orders, de-. should be msee payable to the ordes
OF H0YT T. CO., y 3
Andersop, 8. q,
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"A facet Gus person went into ay .
lagc shop and was observed TO be looking
about, when the proprietor remarked 10
him that they didn't keep yhisky: 1T
would save you good many Dteps If you
did, was the visitors reply.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

"If Smith undertakes to pull NY
ears" said Jones, che will just have his
hands full, now" The crowd looked at
the mans ears and thought 60 too.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-23

- Plow deep while sluggards sleep aud
you will have grain 70 cell aud 70 keep.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-03
Quite Satisfied.

After Gen. Crook had brought his ex-
hausted and half-famished soldiers to
safe distance from SITTING BULLS bullets,
and had provided them with something
better TO eat than sailed horse-hesh, he
went by appointment to Fort Laramie,
where he was TO confer with Gen. SHERf-
DAN on the conduct of the campaign.
CRooK reached Fort Laramie on Sunday
of last week, but found that the debonar
Northumberland had departed for the
Fast only the Gay before, quite satisfied
with the situation"
Just after the massacre on the Little Big
Horn, SHERIDAN was also quite satisfied
with the situation. He sat down in his
comfortable headquarters at Chicago and
wrote a letter to show the public that
CUSTER had been little rash. With great
cheerfulne-s lie Offset the loss of CUSTER
and the brave men with him against the
probability that quite as many painted
Sioux had been slain in the encounter.
1--WE are all right" he wrote. "Give us a
little time Lieut.-Gen PHILIP II. suERr-
DAN was then, us now, quite satisfied with
the situation.
He has had little time. lie has repeat
edly sent forth assurances that 1--WE are
all right Meanwhile the campaign has
steadily proceeded toward an inglorious
end Failure is sometimes redeemed by
conspicuous daring and splendid death.
Since CUSTER fell, the record Of our troops
has been "A record of inactivity, starvation,
aud retreat II is useless to disguise the
fact that We have accomplished nothing in
this war, unless 1t be to teach SITTING BULL
that he can successfully nsht the United
States of America.
Iieut.-Gen. PHILIP II. SHERIDAN may be
quite satisfied with the situation, but the
country Il not,
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II Is painful 10 hear that the intestine
troubles in Brother MURRAY's colored
church in Brooklyn not only continue,
but even famed out on sunday into
actual riotug inside the sacred cdihcc.
The cause OF the distressing conflict In this
household OF the faith must be known TO
every body who follows the chances aud
changes OF ecclesias teal organizations.
Last March Brother MURRAY felt him
self called on TO turn out of Office several
members of the board of trustees of the
church because OF wanton insubordina-
ton, and new trustees were elected more
in unison with the pastor. The turned
out trustees refused to give up the per-
Torrance of their fduciary functions
Hence there were two rival boards, ono
bitterly hostile 10 Brother MURRAY, the
other his faithful supporters. The first
tried to put Brother MURRAY out of the
church, hut he was not that sort of man.
aud Tor one long month ne actually lived
IN the sacred cdificc, slceple-sly guarding
the KEYS. while the devoted sisters rallied
to his support and kept HIM supplied with
ratious. The courts decided IN favor Of
the hcleaguercd pastor, but the decision
brought no peace 10 the emhroilcd flock
When the collection was to hc taken up
both boards Of Trustees passed around the
boxes, and each kept the spoil they got.
Harsh language was used 10y both parties.
and so severe and 50 biting was it that
Brother MURRAY ana Brother WILSON,
one of tho old trustees, brought counter
libel suits against each other.
4 4 A
mated in row ght IN the church il elf
The rival collections had been taken NJ,
aud were Just about 10 be deposited near
the pulpit, when Brother WILSON violently
suatchcd both piles of the offerings and
held ON to them convusivelv. Brother
NJ NnAY ordD red Brother WILSON 20 "drop
that Brother WILSON said hr would he
"damuod FIRST Then tho rival parties
gathered about the lawlcss trustee, and
what with the struggles of the brethren
nud the shricts of the sisters the church
seemed Ike pandomonum. Even life and
limb were in peril but thopolicc entered,
luggcd off Brother WILSON, aud flung Inn
into cell, whence the gentleman for
whom he acts n Coachman subsequently
rescued him. The excitement among the
brethren ana sisters Is AT fever heat, wCalc
told.
Can we not throw oil on the troubled
waters2 Let both boards of trustees re-
sign. Let Brother MURRAY, having vindi-
Gated ms right 10 the pulpit step down
aud out amid the applause of the malcon-
fonts aud the tears Of the sisters. Then
let all hands join in trying 10 rebuild the
shattered peace of the church. Perhaps,
in the glow of restored union aud happi-
ness, all parties will blend, and with shout
of joy unanimously call Brother MURRAY
back 10 tie pulpit. Let us hope that such
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-03
Indiana.

There is no doubt that If the votes OF In
diana can be honestly polled and honestly
counted on Tuesday next, the Democracy
Will have n majority Of from ten TO twenty
thousand.
But neither honest polling nor honest
counting can he depended on. OLIVER Il.
MoRroN, the leader of the Republicans In
that state. Is a man of immense intellectual
resources. OF boundlcss audac ~. aud uu-
cquallcd cNpcr cncc and skill in manipu-
auug elections. The Democratic mana
gers in that state are very far from being
a match Tor him; and while they have had
hardly money enough for legitimate and
necessary expenses, vast sums OF money
have been placed at MoRToN's disposal for
the purpose Of saving the Republican
party 10y carrying the state.
1t remains to he seen whether by snch
means the genuine decision OF the people
can bc suppressed, aud a fabricated and
fraudulent result substituted in Its place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-03
The Federal Election Law and the
Duty of the South.

As the time Is approaching in many of
the states for the election OF Representa-
tives IN Congress, aud as the whole basis OF
the Interference by the Federal Admins
tration AT the polls is the law which sta
tions Federal officers AT the places of
registration and voting, a peculiar interest
arises respecting the character and oper-
alton of that law. Its cOnstiiu ionul va
lidty so far as II undertakes 10 act on
the registration required by state laws,
depends entirely "a on IA decision made in
this circuit IN 1871. This Is the only de-
cision referred TO IN the margin Of the
Revised Statutes opposite 10 those sections
OF the law which are reenactments OF the
original statute Of 1870.
80 far ~ this law undertakes to de-
volye upon or 10 require from the
Circuit Courts or Judges the perform
uucc Of tho duty of appointing super
yisor- TO act at thu elections Of mem
bcis OF Congress, there is no decision Of
any Court or opinion of any Judge 20 the
eN'Ft lhal o"'a"''ss can devoiva nn"" -;
courts or tue Jud.cs the appointment Of
officers whose duties are not judicial but
executive. Tint some OF tho Federal
Judges have submitted TO this kind of
work, which certainly mtoricrcs with the
performance of their judcnl duti cs to no
imcon,i1crable extent, may p rhnp' be
considered as evidence that they do not
regard the law as IN this respect uncon-tI-
tuiional But the point has never been
argued before any of them, aud has never
been formally decided.
II Congress atnny time supposes thnt the
State officers "A Il magistrates are not 10 be
trusted with the superhlcndcnce OF cleo
tions at which members OF Congress arc TO
Dee chosen, the proper course would be to
take he regulation of those elections en-
tIoly out OF the hands Of the State au-
thorltics. But 80 long rs these elections
are left to be- guhted by state laws and
TO he held by state authOrty,i II ia a useless
waste OF public money 10 appoint and
pay double set of officers and so long
AS these particular elections are left
TO be held AT the same times aud
places with elections for State end
local purposes, the presence Of Federal
officers with power to arrest voters Mt the
polls, is "a dangerous presence, because II
| furnishes means for an interruptions Fed
eral Administration to control all other
! elections that are held ~ the same tlIas apC
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place, ms well as the elections for Repre-
sentatives in Congress. Such was the real
motive Of the present law, although its pre-
text was the alleged but unreal necessity
for preventing frauds.
The whole scheme Of the present Admin
istration, which reaches by bold usurpa-
ton to the control of elections by the
intimidnting presence of troops at the
voting places, is based upon law which
places ut the polls horde of Federal OFF,
GERS, who are supposed to be present be-
cause the state officers are not to be trust
ed, and who can practically prevent the
state officers from exercising their appro-
pirate function of determining what votes
to receive and what to reject. Upon this
foundation superstructure has been
erected, consisting of interpretations OF the
late constitutional amendments which the
Supreme Court have rejected; and the
consequence is that we have on the part Of
the Federal Administration, at time
when II is acting with all its re-
sources. as an open partisan, to
secure the election of particular candi-
date for President, claim of Federal
and Executive power to seize and inn
prison individuals upon the pretenco that
they are interfering with the rights of
other individuals to vote.
At this thoughtful men have become
alarmed. They begin now to see that
the distribution OF Federal troops through
the Southern States, to act under the
Marshals and their deputies nj the polls,
may not only be used TO overawe the Dem
I.,t -, g.,
turns ms the central power welding this
kind of machinery may choose TO have
made. There is but one mode in which
this nefarious scheme can be defeated
and this is for nll Southern voters
to carefully avoid being drawn into
any collisions with the Federal author
tiles that will furnish an excuse for driving
or dragging them away from the polls; to
exercise their rights Of free discussion
and persuasion with their fellow citizens,
fearlessly but calmly, taking care to per-
petuate the evidence of all improper inter-
ference with the exercise Of those rights
and relying on the certainty that with
the overthrow OF the Republican party.
the day for the deliverance of the whole
country will surely come.
The people of the South have now new
motive and new occasion for looking
to the Union for relief from the evils
under which they have so long suffered;
for although the Union has been
made an agent Of their oppression
because its forces have been welded
10y Il party that cared nothing for
constitutional restraints and that has
utterly broken its faith, yet that same
Union, when its authority shall be ex-
ercised by party which respects
the Constitution and means that all
who dwell under il shall enjoy its pro-
lection, will become the means OF restor-
ing to the Southern States all their just
constitutional rights of self-government
which have been withheld from them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-03
ADAMS and RLFORyI.
A sound English Opinion.


II there be one man IN the United states
who can be regarded - the represen. alive 81
the Old Republican traditions of all that was
honorable anu resp, ctahle in Northcrn politics !;
Oi all that made Mas stchusetts tue foremost
sta in New England. that man IL Charles
Francis Adams. IL there be a man VINO. above
all others, ~ attached TO the party now IN power
10y the kind Of hereditary TIES so common In
England aud So rare IN America, Mr.. Adams Is
that man. That he should inst have shaken OF
his allegiance to the party Of ms birth AID sym-
p.thles, anu pronounced himsel ready to sup
port whichever candidate should best represent
the principle and purpose Of REFORM. was fact
OF no little Significance. That, having 80 pto-
nounced his intenunn-, ne should now declare
in acton that it Is the Democratic candida ate
VINO represents the reform for which he hoped :,
that the interests Of parity and public honor
are bound up wi h the cause Of Mr.. Iilden. Is
SIN more significant. After tins II will he m
colt for any man to sustain his character aud
professions ms y reformer before all things. end
yet To vote WIKI the Republicans. We N y
almost say That by the lips II !. Adams the
respectable ct .sses Of America have pronounced
judgment onth character II he Two p rules. and
have declared the Dcu Ocrats to be the ch mpious
If reform, and ~ ntincd KepuLlIcauism with
the corruption and sc udHis, the ioDbery and
extravaganza OF the last Mt en- years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-03
An Us EM ENIS.
A Brief season al Italian Opera.

Mr.. Max Strakosch commenced "a week
Of Italian opera at the Academy OF Music last
evening with a company somewhat singular In
its composition in that the artists taking the
leading roles were mostly new to the pubic Of
this city, and one Of them, Mr.. George "A. Comfy,
new To the Italian operate stage. The artists To
whom We refer were Siguor and Madame Pal
mier and Mile. Persian, VINO assumed respect
lively the characters of Polio, Norma, and
AdIlyisd in Belnni's opera.
The performance as whole was not such as
TO call for any special comment. II was wit
messed, and apparently with Qualification, by a
large audience composed In considerable ptrt
Of he strangers. 80 many OF whom Just now
soiourn within our gates. The noticeable pOr-
tions Of the nuefa were In the characters as
suned by Madame Palmeri and signor Pal
meri-the nlst 10y its mert and the latter
cuiehN 10y the absence OF tnat quality. Hla pre-
sentttion of the character POUiO, while sum
cicntly good fIOm the merely dramatic point Of
view was, vocaly, greatly lacking IN finish and
indeed at times utterly commonplace.
Madame Palmieri. on the contrary, proved
herself an artist after " the grand manner" Her
Costa Diva was hntly rendered, perfect in IN
donation, anu sung with a snuotunesS, just re =
latiOn Of the Darts. and admirable uhrasing.
such this fioulJ cavatina can only receive
from one WHO Is completely mistress of the
vocal art.
10 the character Of her voice some execution
might be taken AT first. especially, the quality
being, indeed. too rcedy. But this effect wore
somewhat away llter, as the ledv gave herself
moro July to tue character. Doubtless Tn
vou Is not what Il was. aud must have been At
it, best IN exceedingly line one. II cert AMY II
one that can tee listened to with pleasure Nv all
those who HAD delight ia really good vOcalisu .
Mr.. Comfy, considering the fact that he sang
for the first lime IN a foreign tongue, acquitted
himself with much Creuit.
his evening dor the performances take place
every uignO Rossinis "Semirimlde" - TO be
given for the first tiue here IN very many years.