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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-28
Masonic Aprons.

The Deputy Grand Master of Arkan-
sas says: Operative Masons. when at
work, wear an apron to protect and pre-
serve their garments from spot or stain.
a white apron therefore is very appro-
,priately used in Masonic ceremonies. as
an emblem of purity and innocence, and
is intended to impress upon the Wearer
of it the duty of preserving pure and
spotless character, untainted by corrup'
ton and free from vice.
When we see an operative Mason
whose clothes are all spotted and stained
with mortar and dirt, We know he does
not wear an apron at all, or is uncon-
cerned about the appearance Of his
clothing. So it is when we see specu-
lative Mason indulging in iutemperance,
or hearing him take the name of God in
vain or otherwise living in violation of
the moral law, we think at once ne mas
never learned the use of the Masonic
apron and that his soul is spotted and
colored with violations of his obligations
as Mason. What must be the feelings
of q profane, incorporate and immoral
Mason, when his mind reverts to the
time when first, as an entered apprentice,
he was presented with the white apron,
and taught that it was an emblem OF IN,
nocence and the badge of q Mason, and
was told TO wear it with pleasure to him
self and an honor to che fraternity.
How does be feel, as clothed with his
spotless emblem of purity, he stands in
full view of those in and out of the Or
der, who observe his work and conver-
sation to be corrupt.
Oh how his conscience must burn
within him (unless he is covered in the
rubbish of SIM when he drops his eyes
down upon the badge and thinks OF the
vain, irreverent manner in which he has
used the name Of that Being who should
never be spoken Of except in q spirit OF
awe and reverence? How should the in
temperate one feel when his trembling
hand drops upon the clean texture OF
that spotfess emblem, and he thinks of
the ruin be is bringing upon himself, the
disgrace upon loved ones, and dlshonor
to the fraternity by his Incorporate hab-
its.
Brethren, are we wearing our aprons
with pleasure to ourselves and honor to
the fraternity Or are they a displeas.
ure to us in constantly reminding US of
broken rows and violated pledges in the
taking of which we call God to witness
our sincerity and fortitude? Are we
wearing them to the dishonor of the
craft by having the standard of moral
ity of the Order lowered to our own i'm
moral characterY
Let us brush off the untempered NOR
tar that has discolored our Masonic
aprons; readjuss,. them and nd comic conform m
that pure emblem, that God may know
and the world be convinced of the SINGER
ity of our profession. Then the busy
tongue of slauder cannot harm US; the
malignant shaft of bigotry and fanatl-
cism will fall harmless to our fect.-PhI-
adeLphia Chronicle.
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Large Bank Robbery.
. BosroN. March 1S, 1877

f. :. t'E -. 50 BOSTON, March IL, 1879.
4. heavy robbery was committed this
afternoon in the Lechmere National
Bank, Cambridge and Second street, East
Cambridge. About 2 O'Clock, President
Lewis Hall was sitting in the parlor of
the bank, the business of the day being
done, and he was about putting up the
books, arranging the papers or deposising
money, when a buggy containing luan
and woman drove up. The man entered
and requested Hall to utep TO the door to
see the lady, who desired to transact
some business. Hall walked to the side
walk, the'man accompanying him. The
woman said that she desired to purchase
draft on the Providence bank, and
began in q deliberate manner to count .
roll of money. He said that>he could
not wait while she counted the money,
and, returning to his room, sat down to
write. In few minutes he hea.d bug
gy drive hurriedly of. Suddenly ous-
pecting something wrong, he made q
hurried examination and found that
small trunk, which the moment before
had contained $1,000, had been rifed.
Further examination showed that two
trunks that were in the vault door had
been distracted. The trunks contained
Government bonds and other securities
amounting to $4,000, the property OF
different individuals left in custody for
safe keeping. From facts since ascer-
tanned it is supposed that the robbery
was done by three men and the woman.
1t is thought that two men were con-
cealed behind the door in the hall Of the
bank building when the President passed
out, and though he could not have been
absent above two minutes, they succeed
ed in getting off with the money and Sc
cnrities.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-28
An Arsenic Mine.

A man armed with d long iron hook
pulls open an iron door, and you gaze
with awe in the Danteaque heart of a
huge, fierce furnace, the white-hot con-
tents slowly turning round and ever fall
ing in cascades of yellow fire. 1t is
found that at the works on Devon sui
phur in the pyrites is enough to keep the
furnace, when once heated, burning
without other fuel. The product? Here
it is, white heap of several tons of it
lying in an open shed, where everybody
passes by. 1t is something like fine -four.
One of the men dips thumb and finger
loosely into the white powder, puts a
quantity into the palm of his other hand,
and brings it to US to looE: at, precisely as
miller shows sample of flour, smooth
ing it with his fore6nger. One expects
every moment to see him test it with his
tongue; child probably would, but the
miner knows better. All this white heap
is arsenic; all these rows of barrels are
filled with arsenic. More than 1000 tons
year are sent out from this one mine,
to be used mainly in those brilliant mod
ern dyes by which our women and chill
dren can dazzle the sunshine at cheap
expense. Are they safe to wear? My
chemistry books do not plainly say yes
or no. But in one book I have chanced
to open I find the following remarks:
"Arsenious acid-white oxide of arsenic,
or white arsenic. This substance is of
the highest importance, as being the fire.
quent agent of criminal or accidental
poisoning. There are few substances SO
much to be feared, it being almost taste
less; it can be mixed with articles or
food and swallowed without discovery,
and there is no practically eff icient anti
dote." This innocent looking white
powder, this potent and fatal substance,
of which your chemist must not sell you
dose without entering your name and
address in book, of which three grains
weight will kill man, wa, lying by one
of the ordinary roads of the mine, in
open sheds, in heaps breas;high. was
assured that no kind of harm ever comes
of all this, save skin eruptions to the
work people, and these rarely, but titgave
one shi7er to see those white mounds.
-Eazer's Magazine.
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Grange Column.
Under tho Supervision of tho Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange.
New Hedge Plant.

As our ragged rail fences cease to
"wend their winding way" about our
cotton fields and wheat and corn patches,
it is natural that the farmer will be look
ing around to find some permanent SUBJ
stitute to take the place of that prosy,
monotonous zigzag structure. The wire
fence is commanding some attention, aud
will make quite light, neat, airy substi-
tute, but we apprehend it will be rather
costly for the condition of or people at
present. The judicious use of some suit
able hedging plant would probably in
spire more of romance and poetry, be-
sides furnish substantial fencing
Many farmers have plat of ground
adapted to the growth of hedge, which
he still wishes to enclose permanently as
an orchard or grazing lot. The stand
ard hedging plants now in use are the
hawthorn, Usage orange, Cherokee rose,
lobe cactus and pyracanthus, but the
american Farmer gives US the name of
the Jujube tree as the very best hedge
plant yet proposed. 1t is native of the
countries bordering on the Mediterranean
Sea, but will flourish nearly anywhere in
the United States. 1. is said TO be we'll
adapted to hedging purposes-easily
grown, very enduring, readily trimmed
and kept in hedging order. 1t bears
seed and valuable fruit in the Southern
States. which it refuses to do in the
Northern States. The Jujube is said to
be cultivated for its fruit in Georgia.
We know of at least one tree in our
County bearing fruit, resemblinga plum.
But We don't think the'natives take to it
yoraciously. Yet, if it will make per-
manent enclosure and yield an ordinary
fruit, it is worth the attention of our
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-28
Democratic Caucus.

The Democratic members of the Leg
islatpre held 81 caucus just before they
adjourned. The Columbia Register says !:
At the Democratic caucus last night
Judges Aldricl, Hudson and Thomson
were selected to constitute the special
court to try the bond cases.
The next buuiness was the election of
a Commissioner OF Claims. Messrs. J.
w. Gray, J. G. Colt, Wm. Wallace and
w. K. Bachman were nominated. After
two or three ballots, the vote stood !:
Colt 81, Gray 81, Wallace s, Bachman 4.
The election for two attorneys to assist
the Attorney General in representing
the States interests before the Court of
Claims then came up, and Messrs. Henry
a. Meetze and Y. j. Pope were declared
to, be the successful candidates.
The election of an Inspector of Phos-
phates was next in order. There was a
host of candidates in the field, but Col.
Thos. Taylor was declared to be elected.
The following gentlemen were elected
Directors of the Penitentiary: W. K.
Bradley, John Meighan, E. S. Allen,
John G. Seegers and Thompson Earle.
The elections being over, Mr.. Buist
offered a resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted, that committee of
three be appointed to wait upon Gov.
Hampton and invite him to visit the
caucus aud participate in all matters re-
lating to the Democratic party. Messrs.
Buist, Butler and Vandlver were ap-
pointed said committee, and they imme.
diately waited upon Gov. Hampton and
bore the invitation rendered by the cau-
Gus.
After short time, Gov. Hampton en-
tered the hall, and there was deafening
applause for some minutes.
Governor Hampton being called upon,
responded in n speech which was loudly
applauded. -. ,
Numerous other speeches of q political
nature were made, aud it was a very late
hour before the caucus adjourned.
Several resolutions suggestive of the
future policy of the Democratic party OF
South Carolina were offered and adopted.
Mr.. Buist offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Democratic members of the General AS
sembly in caucus that no Democrat hav-
ing the interest of the State at heart
should unite with Republicans on an in
dependent ticket, and that this caucus,
through its President, recommends to
the Democratic caucuses of the next Leg
islature that all such Representatives
elected as independents be not allowed
admittance into the Democratic caucuses
Of the next General Assembly.
Mr.. G. II. Simonton, of Charleston,
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted and vociferous-
ly cheered:
Resofued, That we recognize the debt
of gratitude which the State owes to his
Excellency Governor Hampton for the
sagacity, wisdom and eminent ability be
has exhibited in the administration Of
his high office under circumstances oi
great public difficulty and trial; that ne
possesses the entire confidence and re-
spect of the people Of South Carolina.
and we feel that in his hands the honor
and interest of the State is safe.
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Home Physicians.

Practical mothers, whose minds are
more interested in the affairs of horne
than in the frivolities of society, cannot
fail to learn much by their daily and
nightly experience with the little bodies
entrusted TO their care. Some of the
most common-sense facts in the physical
culture of these little ones, we'll known
to the more experienced mothers, have
been recently set forth in an able article
in the Golden Rule, and may be valuable
to young mothers and those who have
had but little care of children:
"Think of the delicate and complex
machinery of the human system, infin-
itely more marvellous and fragile than
the inner workings of watch, yet what
unskillful hand would dare meddle with
the inanimate pieces of mechanism as
carelessly as too many do with the "hu-
man form divineT" Children are so
dozed and doctored; so well-nigh "killed
with Kindness" their little stomachs
distended with unnecessary food and
divers lotions-enough to give dyspepsia
to the digestive organs of an ostrich
that the only wonder is so many live to
grow up. There are few simple
FIRST PRINCIPLES
That are applicable to all children, in
any climate, or under any circumstances,
which, if faithfully practiced, will save
much sickness and suffering and obviate
many doctors bills. To insure healthy
and happy children, the foundations
must be we'll laid. The child must be
vel, slept, we'll aired, we'll fed, and we'll
bathed. By thorough understanding
and systematic practice of these four
simple rules, much of the physical, men.
tai and moral suffering in life would be
avoided by both parent and child. If q
healthy child land delicate one pro-
portionately) is regularly put to bed at
about dark, in quiet, we'll ventilated, or
even cold room, after supper of plain
food, it will naturally wake at daybreak,
good 'natured, and with keen appetite
for wholesome breakfast. Plain, nu-
tritious food at regular hours, with no
candy or stimulants, and free bathing,
help the most fragile system to ward off
many prevalent ailments to which child
hood is heir, and to bear with far less
danger the few that must come to the
majority of little ones. The child that
is given "just u little confectionery" or
any unsuitable food, and then rocked to
sleep, should cause no surprise at waking
peeyish, fretful and feverish. 1t is SIM
ply the natural result of imaginary afec-
tion and lack of knowledge on the part
of the person in charge. twill certain
ly pay we'll in The end to search diligent-
ly for
THE CAUSE,
When a little child is proyerbially
"cross"-for that there is cause there is
no doubt. Mothers do their babies the
blackest injustice when they ascribe to
wilfulness or to temper" the persistent
wailing that keeps the household awake
all night. Depend upon it children are
naturally good "this total depravity"
doctrine is a humbug-at least as far
as pertains to years of responsibility,
and if your child is unmanageable, it is
from physical and not mental or moral
diapase
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rar If body meet g body with bag
of beans, must body tell body what a
body means ?-Erchangc.
If body see body 'propriate bis hat
should body kick body just for doing
that ?--Star.
If body catch a body stealing his
"old rye," should body kick body till
body cry Cincinnati Paper.
If body spy body creeping round
his lot, should body treat body to a
load of shot?-Noraoich Erpress.
# feller catch feller carrying off
his wood, should feller whale feller
if he could ?-Germantown Erpress.
IF fellcr catch feller sparkling of
his daughter, should a feller tell feller
that he hadn't oughter?-True american.
If feller catch feller huggin' of his
wife, should feller kill feller--take a
feller's life ?-Erchan3e.
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INvETERATE BETTERg.-An enormous
bore is the fellow who j, always wanting
to "bet." He will bet anything from
"his bottom dollar" down to his "life." :"
He will bet on either side, both sides,
and is only abashed when somebody hap
pens to take him up. The mania for
betting with which some persons are
crushed is humorously illustrated in
"Toby Candor's" letter from San Fran
cisco to the Boston Journal. He says:
Californians have an Inherent, inordi-
nate desire for betting. 1t amounts al
most to mania.
"I'll bet you ten dollars that mans
name is Sneider," said one Californian
to another, as a man who WAS an utter
stranger to both passed by.
"Its co." said his companion.
Inquiry was made, and the wager lost
By the man who proposed it.
Up in one of the mountain towns q
stage.coach tipped over, and, it is related,
as the passengers went tumbling down q
rocky embaukment into gulch, fellow
shouted:
"I'll bet the drinks for all of US that
half of US get killedP
The bet was taken, but the casualties
were not fatal.
A doctor reported that a well.known
citizen VINO was at the point of death
would not live twenty minutes longer.
"I'll bet FIVE dollars that he will, /" said
one of his friends" ~
The wager was accepted, and the stakes
were scarcely put up when the report
came that the man was dead.
"Do you give it up?" asked the man
who won.
"No," was the reply; "I'll now bet ten
dollars that he isn't dead"
The bet was taken, and about that time
the doctor re-appeared.
'Is the man dead, doctor?" the ques-
ton was asked.
eyes, dead as Julius Caesar"
"Then I've lost again." was the reply.
"Now I'll bet twenty dollars that he
won't go into fve-foot-six coffin. l
want to got square if can"
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WASTE AND WANr.-Eitber man
must be content with poverty all his life,
or else deny himself some luxuries and
save to lay the base of independence in
the future. But if man defies the fu-
ture, aud spends all he earns whether
his earnings be one or ten dollars day.
let him look for lean and want at some
time, for it will surely come, no matter
what be thinks. To save is absolutely
the only way to get a solid fortune; ;
there is no other certain mode. Those
who shut their eyes to these certain facts
will be forever poor, and in their obstl-
nate rejection of truth maybap will die
in rags and filth. Let them so die and
thank themselves. But no they take u
sort of recompense in cursing fortune.
Great waste of breath. They might as
we'll curse the mountains or the eternal
hills. For 1 can tell them fortune does
not give away good and substantial
goods. She sells at the highest bidder,
70 the hardest and wisest worker for the
boon. Men never make so fatal mis-
take as when they think themselves
creatures of fate; tits the sheereit folly
in the world. Every man may make or
mar himself, whichever he may choose.
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: The Virginia Legislature has passed

- The Virginia Legislature has passed
a bill revising the criminal laws of that
State. Among other things it abolishes,
as far as practicable, one year terms of
confinement in the penitentiary. In all
cases of petty larceny and minor offences
of like character stripes have been sub
stituted for confinement in Jail. Not more
than 80 stripes shall be inflicted on one
day, nor more than 78 for one offence.
Where female is convicted of au offence
punishable by stripes, she may, in the
discretion of. the court, be punished by
confinement in Jail not exceeding twelve
months. Intermarriages between whites
and negroes is made felony, punishable
with confinement in the penitentiary not
not less than two nor more than ten
wears,
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. The question whether Gov. Nichols

- The question whether Gov. Nichols
should pardon Returning Board Ander-
son threatens to disrupt the Democratic
party in Louisiana. Much bitterness is
evinced between the Democratic factions
in the Legislature on the subject.
"Bob,"- the veritable sorrel war
horse which Stonewall Jackson was rid
ing when he received his fatal wound,
is still living at the age of twenty-three,
and retains much Of his old-time vigor.
He is owned by brother-in.law of the
General, in Lincoln County, N. c.
% General ]. 3. Kershaw, of South
Carolina, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the annual address before the
Virginia Division, Army of Northern
Virginia, at Richmond, Va, October,
1873. His subject will be, "The First
Maryland Campaign"
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LUCY CARTER.

South Carolina is making progress
in manufacturing. There are now in the
State $500 spindles and 1,4O0 looms,
divided among ten prosperous factories.
When the Vaucluse and Piedmont Mills,
now near completed, are filled with ma
chinery It will add some l,500 spindles
and $50 looms to the above figures. In
the course of few months it is safe to
say that there will be 7,400 spindles and
1850 looms in active profitable operation,
besides other factories in process of con-
stru ton.
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Among the curiosities in the army
medical museum at Washington is the
withered and parched hand and arm of
a man who left it on the battle field
Mt Gettysburg. A cannon ball carried
it to the top of high tree, where the
wind and the sun shriveled it to its pres
ent well tanned condition.
THE next General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
meets in Atlanta next May.
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Bob Toembs and the Yankee.

The New York Star relates the follow
ing incident, which it sayi occurred just
after Gen. Toombs made his great speech
on slavery in Boston, OIL the 26th of
January, 1856:
One Cultus, q Boston man, thought be
would mako the orator betray himself,
and took occasion to approach him in the
midst of q great crowd at the Revere
House, so as to have witnesses.
"You are Senator Toonlbs," he said.
ri am" said the great Bob.
II have no doubt your eminent posi-
ton will compel you to give a true an.
swer to a question, even if it should
criminate your section"
"Try me,n., said Bob, with twinkle in
his eyes.
"Sir," said the long-faced and long.
haired philanthropist, II am informed
that in Georgia, your own State, they
actually work negroes te' the plow in'the
place of horses, and I rely upon you to
substantiate or contradict it,"
Toombs said IT will answer you Yam
kee fashion, by asking you another ques-
ton: Do you know what likely negro
man or boy costs?"
"Oh, yes" said Philo, 81 am informed
of your dreadful customs, and the price
of human blood is from $500 to 81 500.
"Will you take $1,000 as fairf" said
Toombs.
"Yes, sir" said the man.
"Well," said Toombs, "a fair plow
team with us is two mules. How many
negro men would you think it would
take to do the work of Two good mules?"
The man pondered. He said: II
would say about ten to mule, or twenty
to team"
Toombs said: "a mule costs from 500
to $3.50. a team $500. Your negro
team will cost just 500, ,C00."
The man gave an angry jam of his hat
over his ears and went out calculating,
IT might have known it was lie."
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An Irishman being brought up for
drunkenness, was asked by the judge if he
was guilty or not, GLOW can I tell till
1 hear the evidence ?" was his reply.
- The Georgia Legislature meets only
once in two years, and the members get
only 81 per day.