The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09
THE SENSATION OF LONG BRANclr.

lHE 'oESSATIOS OF LONG BRANCH. -
Here comes the sensation OF the branch.
Mrs. Edward Stephens, attended by her
maid, and creating ripple of excitement
as she passes. Mrs. Stephens bas been
the heroine of many letters from here,
but none of the correspondents seem to
have established her identity, CHASING
her as an ef1ulgent daughter OF Isreai.
In reality, sine is the daughter.in. law of
Mrs. Ann S, Stephens, the authoress, and
has certainly succeeded in creating gen.
uinc commotion even at this abode of
connections.
II is at the water that she exploits her
self. Coming down on the Beach, ar
raycd in gorgeous attire, and attended
by her maid, she takes her seat in beach.
chair, and holds an almost imperial
levee. She has smile, word and nod
for every one, end they hustle each other
for supremacy. The leyee concluded,
she rctires to her bath house, aud reap.
pears, after while, attired in bathing.
suit calculated to display her charms TO
the best advantage. Her hair is ar
ranged after the latest mode, aud, to day,
she was with difficulty prevented from
going into the water with several valua-
bic diamond rings on her fingers. The
bath over, she arises from the water like
rather demoralized Venus, and is met
by her maid who throws q picturesque
Jounouse over her mistress, the hood is
pulled over her hair, and, escorted by
numerous cavaliers, she proceeds in state
to her tb-house, and the morning sem
sation is over. The other day an artist
from one Of the illustrated papers made
q portrait of her for publication. The
Stephens, indeed, has surfeit of noto.
riety, and while the women envy, the
men adore her Cor. ". Y. Express.
RUssIA's FIGHTING MATERIAL. The
New York Times has an article under
taking to show that although the numer-
ical superiority of Russia over Turkey is
enormous, her supply of fighting men is
comparatively small. Some facts are
given which seem to impart color to this
statement. OF 10000 men recently Sc
up to Warsaw for inspection, 10 900 were
rejected as unfit to serve from various
causes, not inclusive of short stature. 1t
has been established by sanitary COM
missions that Russia possesses fewer able
bodied men in proportion than either
France or Germany. The average dura-
tioE of life, which in Britain is 40 years.
in Germany 38, and in France sc, does
not exceed % in the hcaithiest parts of
Russia, while along the Volga and the
Caspian it falls rs low as l5.
The annual increase of population i'm
European Russia is only l in 26, q fact
not difficult to credit when we remember
that the cholera sweeps the whole. coun-
try every five years or SO, and that in
several of the northern proyinces-Noy-
gorod, for instance-93 per cent. of the
children born die in their infancy from
exposure, accident or unavoidable neg
lcct. 1t is added that many districts arc
unavoidably exempted from the conscrip.
tion on ac2oIn. of the extreme scantincss
of their population, which in some c.,scs
averages only three to tho square mile.
Besides these there are large bodies of
men i'll the empire whom it would be
unsafe to enroll, such as the disaffectcd
Poles, the Mohammedan Circassians, and
the Menonites, who, like the Quakers,
have conscientious scrHplcs against fight
ing.
For generations the bad air of over
heated cabins, and the extreme cold out.
side, together with insufficient food, have
combined to render the Russians inferior
IN muscular power to Englishmen and
Germans. OF late years, however, cook
ing and ventilation have not been neg
lccted by the Russians; their armies are
better fed, and the unlimited flogging
which once Prevailed is virtually abol-
ished. Their devotion to the Emperor is
and has as much of the fierce
enthusiasm of the fanatic in it rs tho de-
votion of the Turks to the prophet. No
one can claim, however, that Russia is
equal rs military power to Germany.
II Germany had declared war against
Turkey when the Gear did her legions
would be now in Constantinople.