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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-05

A REVOLUTION INDEED.-During
slavery I owned one of the blackest as
we'll as meanest negro men in South Ar
kansas. He was known in the neighbor-
hood as Crow Sam. I used to thrash
Sam about twice a week. Steall he'd
steal from himself and then deny it.
Well, when the war came on he was one
of the first to turn against me. He went
into the army and served till the sur
rende.. After peace was made moved
over into an adjoining county and went to
work, trying to repair my broken fortune.
One day negro that ! had working for
me knocked down one of my horses,
which so enraged me that 1 struck him
several times with my cane. He went
away and returned with constable who
summoned me to appear next day before
magistrate. Officers were not quite so
numerous then as now, and the magis-
trate's office was several miles away.
Well, sir, when I got there who should l
see on the bench but old Crow Sam. He
was fat and greasy and had on al enor-
nous pair of spectacles. When every
thing had been made ready court was
opened, and old Sam, giving me search
ing look, remarked:
"'Pears that I've seed you afore."
"Look here, SAM" said, 81 don't like
to be mixed up this way. Try to settle
this affair without malice"
ode law is gwin to hab its direck
course" said Sam. Things hab kinder
changed since we was in business togeth'
er, but the principle of de niger havn't
revoluted. Dis niger is as big a rasca
as used to be, so Marse John Tll dis
charge you, finging de black ape in de
cost. t."-LiHle Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
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VOL. XIV---NO. 81.
Paying in Promises.

"I brought up some cotton to-day and
sold it, but 1 had to pay taxes, buy some
provisions and settle up my guano ac-
count and am dead broke. l had in
tended calling round and paying for my
paper, but haven't got the money just
now-will be in town again some day
and see what 1 can do for you"
"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" and we are tired of such empty
promises as this-the very east wind of
indefniteness. Why have we to wait
until every store account, guano bill and
tax execution are satisfied? If the paper
amt worth the subscription price nobody
will force you to take it, but don't call
around at the Office and say you want it
and that you will pay for it and then
never do it. Our subscription money,
although it is but two dollars, is of as
much consequence 10 US as the mer-
chants store account or the guano agents
bill. Publishing newspaper is no
child's play. 1t is constant, steady ex.
pense. 1t takes time and talent and
money. 1t is an everyday, all-year job,
through SIorul anu sun, "eeh III anu "eeh
out. The profits of the business, even
under the most prosperous conditions, are
very small. Come up, then, and pay
your subscription, pay it promptly, pay
it in full and pay it in money. Sell your
wood to somebody else and bring us the
cash, turn your potatoes into money,
drive your ducks to some other market.
You wouldn't think of paying your ply
sician in pindcrs or lawyer in 'possum
grease-why bring such trash to publish
ers and try to palm it eff on them for
money they have worked for and honest
ly earned. Il will pay you in the fall"
and "I'll call round again" ain't worth
a cent. You can't buy box of backing
or pound of cheese with any such cur
rency.-AbJcriWe Medium.
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Modern SamSons.

In the last century there lived in Eng
land e. man named Thomas Tophanl, who
was renowned for his muscular power.
He could, with ease, roll up in his fingers
the pewter platters which were in fashion
at that time, or strike an iron poker upon
his arm until he bent it at right angle.
He took bar of iron and, placing it be-
hind his neck, holding the two ends in
his hands, he brought these ends forward
until they met in front, then-a feat
which required still more dexterity-he
brought it straight again in similar
manner. He is said to have lifted with
his Teeth, and held out for time, a
wooden table six feet long, and with half
a hundred weight attached to one ex-
tremity. These performances are record
ed by DR.. Desaguliers, French scien-
tifc writer, who mado it his business to
investigate the subject personally, while
collecting material for one of his works.
In 1744, being then thirty years of age,
Topham went to Derby and obtained
permission of the authorities to display
his prowess in public. A stage was erec-
ted for him, and on this stage, among
other performances, he raised three casks
filled with water, the total weight of the
three being 1926 pounds, and it will be
observed that in doing it he brought the
muscles of his neck and shoulders par
ticularly into requisition. The muscular
strength of his legs had been affected by
an injury he sustained during an incau-
tious experiment. He had undertaken
to pull against two horses from the trunk
of tree, but, being unscientifc in his
mode of e1ertion, and placing himself
disadvantageously, he was defeated, and
his knee pan was fractured. 1t was the
opinion of Desaguliers that, had he gone
properly to work, Topham might have
pulled successfully against four horses
instead of two. The two-horse feat was
accomplished in the last century by a
powerful individual, a German named
Non Eckeburg. This man sat down on
an inclined board, with his feet stretched
against fixed support, and two strong
horses were unable to remove him from
his position. Standing on a platform,
like Topham, he sustained the weight Of
large cannon round his waist, and, at
another time, bending his body in the
form of an arch, he allowed stone of
more than a foot in thickness to be
broken upon his abdomen by the blow of
a sledge-hammer.
Of Maurice, of Savoy, son of the Elec-
tor Augustus H., it is recorded that his
strength of finger was so great that he
could snap iron horse-shoes between his
fingers like pieces of glass, and, on one
occasion, finding himself in want of a
cork-screw, he took a long nail and with
his fingers, twisted it round into the
shape of the implement he required.
Such are some of the feats which the
human body is able to accomplish by
muscular exertion.
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good order would Immediately reassert
themselves. In 1876 this revolution was
accomplished, and the late campaign du-
ring the present administration fully
vindicates the justice and truthfulness OF
our claim in that event, and should
silence forever the libels and ISLANDERS to
which the character of the citizens of the
State has beer so long, so unjustly and
so shamefully subjected. We as peo-
pie are entitled to rejoice at our redemp-
ton from governmental misrule and its
consequences, and feel sure that good
men everywhere, when they come to un-
derstand the situation, will join with US
in our rejoicing, and will sympathize
with us in our struggle for the perma-
nency of that redemption. Let me ex-
press the hope that nothing will occur
in the future to mar this record, and that
our people throughout the State will
unite together in the preservation of the
public peace and the continued suprem-
acy of the law.
+ have purposely refrained from dis
cussing any matters connected with the
Federal government, for several reasons ;
among the most prominent is the foct
that, while the State and Federal govern
ments are closely connected with each
other, and while the happiness of the
people of this State is much dependent
upon both, YET the orbits of these two
governments are entirely separate and
distinct, and the harmony of their move
ments can be best preserved by each con-
6ning itself to the discharge of its own
functions as defined and limited i'll the
Constitutions OF this State and of the
United States.
This was certainly the intention Of the
founders of our system, ard could that
be strictly carried out, home rule and
non-interference on the part of the gen.
eral government, except as to those mat
ters embraced in the Constitution, and
which are the foundation stones Of that
system, would be the grand result-a re-
suit which would be hailed with joy,
opening, as it would, bright future to
the people of this State.
In closing this communication, permit
me, gentlemen, to invoke the blessings
of Almighty God upon your delibera-
tions. May he give you wisdom from on
high, and may the performance of your
arduous and responsible duties be marked
with that harmony which so eminently
distinguished the General Assemblies of
the olden past in South Carolina, reflect
ing honor upon yourselves and lasting
benefits upon your people and State:
w. d. SIMPSON.
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Miss HosMER's MoToR.-This is an
age that threatens to overtlrn all our
conceptions of the stability of things.
Even the cast iron mechanical laws that
are believed to govern the equilibrium of
the universe are in danger of being set
aside by those untiring Investigators of
the mysterious secrets of nature who are
bent on showing that the word "impossi-
BILE" must be expunged from our modern
dictionaries because it belongs to dead
language. The telephone enables us to
hear friend speaking FIVE hundred miles
away, the phonograph makes word ut
tered au eternal physical record of an
idea, and now comes an application OF
the magnet as motor that promises to
cause revolution in mechanics such as
the widest dreamer had not imagined.
Such, at least, are the opinions of prac.
tical men who have had opportunities of
examining the operation of this new
motor on a small scale. That there ex-
lists an irresistible, if unregulated, force
in magnetism has not been denied by SCI
enrists. The nature Of the power exerted
proves plalnly enough LnaL our present
appreciation of it cannot measure what
may be exerted to an unlimited extent
when unknown agencies cause develop
ment of its latent forces. The steam
that only lifted the lid of Watts kettle
has been applied to the Corliss engine
So can the subtle power exercised in
raising a needle by a magnet be devel.
oped to degree equal to the movement
Of an ocean steamer. That Miss Hosmer
should be the discoverer Of some of the
secrets of this mighty force is matter
of which her country has reason to be
proud. We only hope that Edison and
herself may not drive us too fast toward
the time when all that is to be known
will be known.-M. Y. Herald.
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AYexed Question Answered.

"NThat shall do to get rid of all this
fesl ?" is the question that has been
asked again and again of phyicians with
out receiving an intelligent reply. Sew
eral of our popular lecturers and writer's
have attempted to answer it, but the force
of their disquisitions can be summed up
in a single sentence Be content you are
not lean, and starvc yourself,-a course
of treatment that will never cure obesity,
as thousands who have tried it can attest
Pharmaceutical science has given RI,
tional answer to this question in Aliens
Anti Fat, which will reduce the system
from two to five pounds per week. 1t is
purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
Sold by druggists.
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HIS OBJECTION TO A JURoR.-"Are
you satisfied with the jury, gentlemen?"
asked Judge Noonan this morning, after
the jury had been impannclled.
"We are," said the lawyers in chorus.
A tall, gaunt figure solemnly arose in
the jury box, and said impressively,"
"But I'm not"
"NYhat is your objection, Mr.. Snooks," F."
inquired his Honor, blandly.
'This young man, on my right, you.
Honor, has been eating onions"
"Objection overruled; 60 on with the
."-Elmira Gazette.
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CuAsTE AND DELICATE.-The most
chaste and delicate perfumes for the
handkerchief are DR.. Prices Unique
Perfumes, Pet Rose, Alista Bouquet,
Hyacinth, Sweet Brier, or any of his
odors. The exquisite delicacy of their
fragrance will delight all lovers of sweet
scents.
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AN AUGER WHICH BoREs SQUARE
HoLEs.-To send verdant youngster in
search of drill wherewith to make a
square hole is one of those time.honored
workshop jokes, the freshness and origi-
nality of which is perennial with sue
ceeding generations of perpetrators. But
the laugh is now over, or at least it is on
the side of the victim, for, incredible as
it may appear, this apparent impossible
ity has been accomplished, and in way
so simple and so easy that any one may
prove the fact for himself. AS may be
supposed, the invention has excited
more genuine astonishment among the
mechanics gathered at the Exposition
than any of the other wonders here dis
played. There is a constant crowd sur
rounding the inventor, watching him
bore hole after hole square, and puzzling
over the very simplicity of the provok-
ingly simple solution of the problem. II
1 had not seen the thing done, 1 should
have refused, as many of your readers
will doubtless feel similarly inclined to
do, to believe in its possibility; but, for
tunately, here is case where nothing
need be taken on faith. All that is re-
qured is an ordinary hand drill.stock
4 stationary one with chuck below for
holding the work, the inventor, Mr.. Ju'
illus Hall, of London, uses; but he says
common brace will anything
in fact, will do that will properly hold
the drill" The tool itself is the usua
form of three.square drill, so that it vii
be seen that no special apparatus at al
is required Clamp or chuck this drill
in its holder so that it will "wabble,
and you have the whole secret. Instead
of making n round hole, as it undoubt
edly will if tightly grasped, when loose
ly held it produces a square ono. Why
it should act thus is at first to all appear
ances an impenetrable paradox, and
even after the rationale is discovered, i
scarcely seems quite clear.-Paris Letter
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BEYOND A QUEsTIoN.-Dr. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is free from all
adulterants, hence the purest and most
economical. 1t is beyond all question
the best and most perfect Of anything in
the market. Dr. Prices Cream Baking
Powder is not sold in bulk, it is put up in
cans, securely labeled.
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RATES OF SUBScRLPTI0N-oNE DOLLAR
and FIFTY CENTS per annum, In advance. Two
DoLLARs at end OF year. SEvESTY-FIvE CENTS
for six months.
Subscriptions are not taken for q less period
than six months.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.-0ne Dollar per
square OF one zach for the first insertion and Fifty
Cents per square for subsequent
th.ce months. Ne advertisements counts less
than square.
Liberal contracts will bs made with those wishing
to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad-
vertising by contract must b confined 70 the I'M
mediate Susn ess Of the firm or individual contrac-
ting.
Obituary Notices exceeding Eve lines, Tributes
OF Respect, and all personal communications or
matters of iudi Tidua interest Will DO charged LOT
ut advertising rates. Announcements OF marriages
and DEATHS and notices ofa religious are
espectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis
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EXTRACT FROM THE PoD.-Dr.
Prices Vanilla Flavor is extracted from
the Mexican Vanilla Pod. This popu-
lar favor, as made by DR.. Price, embod-
les the delicate aroma of this agreeable
fruit, free from the strong rank taste OF
those extracts sold as Vanilla, made from
the cheap Tonqua or snufT.bean.
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kissing your sweetheart" says
triflng young man, "is like eating soup
with fork; it takes q long time to get
enough"
"A bachelor merchants advice in Sc
lecting wife: "Get hold of a iece of
calico that will wash"
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The merits of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
are acknowledged by all who have ever
used it for the diseases of infancy.
Price only 25 cents bottle.
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LEGAL ADHERTZSLNG.-we are compelled to
require cash payments for advertising ordered BY
Executors, Administrators and other fduciaries.
and herewith append the rates for the ordinary
notices, which will only be inserted when the
money comes with the order:
Citations, two insertions, $500
Estate Notices, three insertions, 200
Final Settlements five insertions 500
TO CORRESPONDENTS.-In order to receive
attention, communications must be accompanied
by the true name and address Of the writer. Re-
ected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the
necessary stamps furnished to repay :he postage
thereon.
as- We are not responsible for tho views and
opinions Of our correspondents.
All communications should be addressed to ed
itors Intellgencer," and all checks, drafts money
orders, &c. should be made payable TO the order
of Z. 3. MURRAY & CO.,
Anderson, S. C.
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- Memphis thinks of surrendcring hcr
charter to get rid of her debt.
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In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me
to congratulate the General Assembly
and the whole State upon the peace and
good order which has marked the con-
duct of our people during the past year,
and especially during the exciting cir
cumstances of the political campaign
through which we have just passed.
Since the late war we have constantly
claimed that if the State could but be
placed back under the control of those
to whom it rightfully belonged, on ac-
count of their superior qualifications OF
integrity, competency and interest, free
from foreign interference and domestic
incompetency and misrule, that the vic.
lence and turbulence thereby engen.
dered, and which were fast becoming
chronic features in her history, would in:
stantly disappear and that peace> and
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past services ana also as 10 the prOprlety
of fixing sum for the future if counsel
should be needed.
THE PALMETTO MONUMENT.
Permit me also to call your attention
to the condition of the beautiful monu-
ment which stands on the Capitol grounds
to the famous Palmetto Regiment Of
South Carolina, which, by its gallantry
on foreign field, reflected so much
honor upon its State during the Mexican
war. Two panels, containing the names
of many of the officers and soldiers have
been lost. They could be restored at g
trihing cost and thus the monument pre-
served, as it was intended, an ever-e1ist.
ing memento of that gallant band oi
Carolinians.
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT.
hope. gentlemen, that the period il
now rapidly approaching when the peo
pie OF this State can give less time anc
attention to political affairs and devote
themselves to the material development
of the State. I do not mean to imply
that they should abandon all interest il
those public matters usually understood
as political. On the contrary, every gooc
citizen should take deep interest il
such issues.
The character of the government unde
which a people live exerts more power
full influence upon their destiny than al
other agencies combined, and that char
acter almost entirely depends upon tn
character of the governmental officials
That government is best which Is bes
administered, and the highest and sures
guaranty to this end is capacity and in
tegrity on the part of those to whom tn
different departments are entrusted.
Under our system, this depends on tn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11
The Death of Murat.

Being led into a snail court of the
Castle of Pizzo the doomed man found
a party of soldiers drawn up in two
ranks. These were Murat's execution
ers. He took his stand as boldly as
ever he had done in the day of battle.
He refused to have his eyes bandaged !;
he looked straight at the muzzles of the
pieces. "Spare my face aim straight
at the heart" he cried to the soldiers !;
and as the words were uttered he fell
dead, torn by the ullets, but holding
still in his hand the miniatures of his
wife and children. The bluest blood ID
Europe never coursed through braver
heart than that which lay there stilled
forever. If courage alone could make
nobility, here was stretched the nom
pareil of the noble From first to last
his daring never failed
While the broken line. charging,
Fell, or fsd along the plain,
There be Murat charging,
There he ne'er shall charge again!
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AS You Sow so Shall You Reap.

The season for gardening is close upon
us. and the following hints are useful:
Pins need light sandy soil. Sow
broadcas..
Hoop-skirts should have a top dress
ing of waist material.
Seaweed needs good deal of irriga-
ton with salt wlt. r
Cook and rarlor stoves may be set out
in about FIVE weeks.
Umbrellas need good deal of irriga-
ton before they will opeD.
Eggs should be sown broadcast In q
rich loan, and well narrowed.
Now is the time, also, TO plant your
hogs, so that you may have baked pig
for the Fourth of July.
If you have a hot house. try and raise
a light spring overcoat. This, however,
needs great care. Few sticceed.
Sow mortgages in about your house.
A summer cottage covered with mort
cages has very striking effect.
Trim the sausage bushes and see that
they grow in a cool, shady spot, so that
the fruit, when ripe, shall not fry out in
the hot sun.-Graphic.
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THE TWO NEPHEWS.

At the parlor window of pretty villa,
near Walton-o -onThames, sat, one even
ing at dusk, an old man and young wom-
an. The age of the man might be some
20 years, while his companion had GER
tainly not reached 10. Her beautiful,
blooming face and active, light and up
right figure were in strong contrast with
the worn countenance and bent frame of
the old man, but in his eye and in the
corners of his mouth were indications of
gay self-confdence which age and
suffering had dampened but not extin-
guished.
"No uee looking any more, Mary, 5"
said he; neither John Meade nor Peter
Finch Will be here before dark. Very
hard that, when sick uncle asks his
two nephews to come and see him, they
can't come at once. The duty is simple
in the extreme-only to help me to die
and take what I choose to leave them in
my will Pooh when I was a young
man I'd have done it for my uncle with
the utmost celerity. But the world s
getting quite heartless p
con, sir p said Mary
"And what does 'Oh, sir T mean %
said he. "D'ye think L sha'n't die? /
know better. A little more, and there1l
be an end of Billy Collett. He'll have
left this dirty world for cleaner-to the
great sorrow land advantage) of his af-
fectionate relatives Ughi Give me a
glass of the doctors medicine -
The girl poured some medicine into a
glass, and Collett, after having contem-
plated it for moment with infinite dis
gust. managed to get it down.
81 tell you what, Miss Mary Sutton, ~
said he, "I don't by any means approve
of your 'Oh, sirr and Dear SIR and
the rest of it. when I've told you how I
hate to be called sir at all. Why, you
ouldn't be more respectful if you were
a charity-girl and beadle in gold
laced hat. None of your nonsense,
Mary Sutton, if you please. I've been
your lawful guardian now for more than
six months, snd you ought to know my
kings and dislikipgs."