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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-03

We were pleased to receive call on Sat
urlay last from our esteemed friend across
the river, Col. John II. McGill, 1--WE never
saw man from Georgia with lower title
than Colonel,) of the Ha-twell SIM, the
best paper to its size published in the EN-
pire State" He is looking hale and hearty,
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
The Gar Nicholas.

A young student, a relative of the writer,
had, with few friends, formed literary
society in which the works of contemporary
political economists, publicists and philoso-
pliers were read and debated. The secret
police denounced this society as revolution
ary organization, and the young student was
imprisoned and condemned to Siberia. All
possible influence was brought to bear on the
czar, but in vain, and at last the young man s
mother, meeting the czar one day in the
summer garden, knelt and implored her sons
pardon, asserting his innocence. The czar
seemed touched, and promised to give the
youth personal interview. The latter was
brought to his majesty the next day, and the
czar, forcing him to his knees before an
image of the Saviour, and exclaimed:
1Can you swear before Almighty God that
neither you nor your associates had any GRIM
inal design against my life? Can you swear
that you believe in the holiness and eternity
of the Russian autocracy?"
The surprised prisoner answered:
81 can swear to your majesty that neither
nor any of my friends had the remotest
idea against your safety. As to the autocratic
form of government, / can not conscientiously
swear that believe in its eternity. The
history of other countries teaches us that
the time must come. even in Russia, when
the people themselves will take part in its
government"
The czar tenderly embraced the student,
and giving him ring drawn from the inn
perial finger said:
"This is token of respect from your Gar.
You have been sincere and truthful to me,
and there is nothing / hate so much as lie"
He then approached the writing-table where
lay the students sentence of exile, and with
one stroke of his pen, signed the paperl q
pity you from the bottom of my heart" he
said; syou are an honest man, and an honest
man, true to his convictions is more danger
Gus to autocracy than an unprincipled rascal.
Therefore, 1 must punish you, though never
was this duty more painful to me than now.
God bless you, my son, and judge me merci-
fully if should appear to be in the wrong"
Then once more embracing the student, he
dismissed him to Siberia.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03

The following "yarn" is an old one, but
will bear reading several times and each
time provoke laugh:
"Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell US why
you never got married. You remember YOU
said once that when you were a girl you
were engaged to a minister, and promised US
you would tell US about it sometime Now,
aunt, please tell u.s."
We'll, you see, when was about IL years
old was living in Utica, in the State of
New York. Though / say it myself was
quite good looking girl then, and had seve-
raj beaux- The one that took my fancy was
young minister, very pious young man,
and remarkably steady. He thought good
deal of me, and l kind of took fancy to
him, and things went on until we were en-
gagged One evening he came to me, and put
his arms around me, and kind of hugged me,
when l got excited, and some frustrated. 1t
was long time ago, and / don't know but
what might have hugged back little. l
was like any other girl, and pretty seon l
pretended to be mad about it, and pushed
him away, though wasn't mad bit. You
must know the house where / lived was on
one of the back streets of the town. There
were glass doors in the parlor, which opened
over the street, These doors were drawn to-.
1 stepped back a little from him, and when
he came up close I pushed him back again.
pushed him harder than intended to; and
don't you think, girls, the poor fellow lost his
balance and fell through one of the doors
into the street"
"Oh, aunt was he killed."
mo; he fell head first, and as he was going
l caught him by the legs of his trousers.
held on for minute and tried to pull him
back, but his suspenders gave way, and the
poor young man fell clear out of his panta-
lna,e int a aroal af ladiaa nd
along the street"
"Oh, auntyl aunty! Lordyi"
There that's right; squall and giggle as
much as you want to. Girls that can't hear
little thing like that without tearing around
the room and he-he-ing in such away, don't
know enough to come in when it rains
Catch me telling you anything again"
.But, Aunt Sallie, what became of him7
Did you ever see him again?
NO; the moment he touched the ground
he got up and left that place in terrible
hurry. | tell you it was sight to be re-
membered. How that man did runl We
went out West and / believe he is preaching
in Illinois. But he never married. He was
very modest, and 1 suppose he was so badly
frightened that time that he never dared to
trust himself near woman again. That,
girls, is the reason why l never married. /
felt very bad about it-for he was a real good
man, and I've often thought to myself that
we should have been very happy if his sus-
penders hadn't given way"
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03

upon our American ideas Of marriage which
deserves serious consideration. Our Ameri-
can women are in the main well-principled
and true-hearted, and if they incline to mar
~, as women generally do, they believe and
are ready to declare that the main thing is to
make an honest and hearty match with s
man whom they can respect as well as love.
But may we not, without ofense, ask wheth-
er the tastes and habits of our favored and
refined American women are not much per-
verted from the true standard and too often
made over to the European code7 While
men keep a certain republican simplicity in
their personal habits, and in some respects,
as in dress, are more frugal even than their
fathers, are not women becoming more aristo-
cratic and exacting2 We do not say that
they claim more than they deserve, but do
not they expect and ask more than the men
vino ought to be their husbands can give,
and is there not on this account Just now a
great pinch in the marriage market? Sterner
censors might say that American women are
asking for the emancipation and the dash of
their French cousins, without helping out,
as those cousins do, the means to pay the
bills. There is a way out of this difficulty,
we trust, without giving up our American
birthright of honest love.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03

There is one thing no family pretends to
be without. This is hammer And yet
there is nothing that goes to make up the
equipment of domestic establishment that
causes one-half as much agony and profanity
hammer. 1t is always an old hammer
with a handle that is inclined to silver, and
always bound to slip. The face is round as a
full moon and as smooth as glass. When it
striks nail full and square, which it has
been known to do the act will be found to
result from combination of pure accidents.
The family hammer is one of those rare
articles we never profit by. When it glides
off a nail head, and mashes down a couple of
fingers. we unhesitatingly deposit il in the
yard, and observe that we will never use it
again. But the blood has hardly dried on
the rag before we are out of doors in search
of that hammer, and ready to make another
trial. The result rarely varies, we never
profit by it. The awful weapon goes on
knocking off our nails and mashing off joints
and slipping off the handle, to the confusion
of the mantel ornaments and breaking the
commandments, and cutting up an assort-
ment of astounding and unfortunate antics,
without let or hindrence. And yet we put
up with it, and put the handle on again, and
lay it where it won't get lost, and do up our
mutilated and smarting fingers, and if the
outrageous thing should happen to get lost
we kick up regular hullabaloo until it is
found again. Talk about the tyrannyzing
influence of bad habit 1t is not to be
compared to the family hammer.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03

degenerate days. grappled with these
megatherial monsters ofprimitive erudition.
"Oh yes, have" he answered very quietly;
and then l, who thought / was dealing with
a modest young divine of the regulation pat
tern, took another look at the massive head
of the young man, whom Mr.. Wendell Phil
lips has lately spoken of as the "Jupiter of
the pulpit"
Somewhere between these two extremes
most of us find ourselves. But we must re-
member the French saying, "pappetit vent
en- mangvent," or, as Hamlet would phrase it,
increase of appetite grows by what it feeds
on; and if we do not love books enough
naturally, we must acquire the habit of
loving them, if possible, as peopleacquire bad
habits, that of intoxication or opium-eating,
beginning with a little and trusting that by
and by we shall thirst for more.
What shall we read2 am very thankful
that it does not fall to my lot to answer this
question. do honestly assure you I had
rather ask this question of the ladies and
gentlemen who have undertaken to direct
the home studies of those who are fortunate
enough to be under their guidance,
than to answer it. What infinite waste of
labor might not such guidance have
saved me- could have had it, and have had
wisdom and good sense to profit by it, at a
you most sincerely and deeply that the thor
oughly cultivated intelligence of the scholars
who surround me has been made tributary to
your advancement in sound knowledge and
wholesome training. 1t is task of great
difficulty TO point out the proper course for
so many minds of different natural aptitudes
and different stages of education. In this
inundation of literature / have spoken of
most young minds will be oyerpowered by
some flood or other
The daughters of Danaus are not all dead
yet; ON the contrary, their number is legion.
All those young women who pass their days
and nights in reading endless story-books
novels. so called, doubtless from their want
of novelty--what are they doing but pouring
water into buckets whose bottoms are as full
of holes as a cullender, and which would
have nothing to show if Niagara had been
emptied into them2
8. How shall we read2 / must answer
this question very briefly. l believe in read
ing in a large proportion, by subjects rather
than by authors.
Some books must be read tasting, as it were
every word. Tennyson will bear that, as
Milton would, as Gray would-for they tasted
every word themselves, as Ude or Careme
would taste pottage meant for king or a
queen. But once become familiar with a
subject and you can read page as flash OF
lightning reads. Learn a lesson from Hou-
din and his sons practice of looking in at q
shop window and remembering all they saw
Learn to read page in the shortest possible
time, and to stand a thorough examination
on its contents.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
Though the Earth be Removed.

The traveller Humboldt gives an interest
ing account of the first earthquake he wit
messed. 1t was at Cumana, in South Amer
lea. The first shock came after a strange
Stiffness It caused an earthquake in his
mind, for it overthrew in moment all his
lifelong notions about the safety of the
earth. The crocodiles ran from the river
Orinoco, bowling into the woods, the dogs
and pigs were powerless with fear. The
whole city seemed "the hearth of destruc-
ton" The houses could not shelter, for they
were falling in ruins. He turned to the trees,
but they were overthrown. Hisnext thought
was to run to the mountains, but they reeled
like drunken men. He then looked toward
the sea. Lol it had fed, and the ships, which
a few minutes before were in deep water,
rocked on the bare sand. He tells us that
being then at his wits end, he looked up and
observed that Heaven alone was calm and
unshaken. Many strange things are yet to
come upon the rld-earthquakes, over.
turnings, upheavings. But amidst them all,
the Book tells us, the Christian shall look up
to the Heavenly one, "Jesus Christ, the same
Yesterday, and to-day, and forever and to
His heavenly home, which cannot be moved
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
STRENGTH of Character.

Strength of character consists of two
things-power of will and power of self
restraint. 1t requires two things, therefore,
to its existence-strong feeling and strong
command over them. Now it is here that we
make great mistake-we mistake strong
feelings for strong character. A man who
bears all before him, before whose frown do
mestics tremble, and whose bursts of fury
make the children of the household quake
because he has his will obeyed and his own
way in all things we call him strong man.
The truth is, that is the weak man. 1t is
his passions that are strong; he, mastered by
them, is weak.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
POcket-Picking.

A London lady, walking up a muddy
street, found that her dress holder had given
way, and that her skirts were sweeping the
pavement. She was at once accosted by a
"person" who seemed respectable, and who,
apologizing for having trodden on the dress
by accident, offered to loop it up anew, and
even-kind, obliging creature-tendered the
loan of spare dress holder which she hap
pened to have about her. The lady consent
ed, but, either mistrusting such effusive good
nature, or disliking closeness of contact with
an absolute stranger, she was on her guaro,
with the result that she found the hand of
her chance acquaintance had made its way
from the dress holder and the waist to the
pocket and its varied contents The at
tempt was decidedly clever, but it failed.
The novelty of this impudent attempt was in
the locality chosen-a crowded street, where
most ladies would fancy themselves safe.
Pockets are picked by the dozen, but not
generally when the victims attention has
been specially drawn by the thief to his or
her own maneuvres. This particular pick
pocket may have baited good many traps
with spare dressholders in muddy weather
and caught good many victims.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD LIKE A MAN.
E. BIRDIE TEAL.

Well, what If you are in trouble, my friend,
Or have debts which you can not repay.
As soon as you wishs ALI streams have an end,
And each night is succeeded by day.
Don't you know that repining will not help your casef
To be cheerfurs the far better plan,
To be steadfast and firm. wearing q smiling face
And hold up your head like man.
Midst the turmoil Of life we prone 10 bewail
Our lot, should we make mistake,
But jog along easy and never say fail,
And you'll conquer what you undertake.
There's much to encourage resoute heart,
For your friends all your actions will scan,
And will help and assist you in doing your part
If you hold up your head like man.
So, whistle and sing, drive dull care away,
And you surely will never regret
That you've tried to be thankful contented and gay,
And fortune may smile ON you yet.
Your burdens surely never so great
But our Father will Tighten the band
Under which you labor in sorrowfu strait,
If you hold up your head like man.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
Devoted Mothers.

Many poor mother, in an humble cot,
with no money or position, has struggled
hard to feed and clothe her little ones, to
train them to be an honor to their country,
and blessing to the world Most of our
useful, prominent men came from such
homes. Our churchyards are full of such
sleeping mothers, whose hands are folded
over their breasts. No worldly eye ever
saw the records of their lives; only God and
the angels. No tall monuments and high
sounding epitaphs mark their resting-places.
What responsibility rests upon the mothers
of this countryi Life is too short to be spent
in accommodating the things of this world
that must perish. The children do not stay
with us long enough to permit us to waste
our hours in the pursuit of fashion and gay
iety. What we SOW now we shall reap
hereafter.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
About Girls, Correspondents.

A Virginia lady writes: "And now few
words to the girls who may read this. Be
careful to whom you write and what you
write. Many loving, trusting letter is sent
by a true-hearted girl, and is read by the re-
ceiver to laughing crowd of men, and va
rious remarks are passed about the silly girl
1 can conscientiously say, on the other hand,
that / have never seen nor heard of girl show
ing letters promiscuously, even from a man
she did not care for, though they are often
shown to the one dear frisnd in strict con-
fdence.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
What to Hold ON To.

Hold on to your tongue when you are just
ready to swear, lie, speak harshly, or do any
important act. Hold on to your hand when
you are about to strike, pinch. scratch, steal,
or do any disobedient or improper act. Hold
on to your foot when on the point of kick
ing, running away from duty, or pursuing
the path of error, shame or crime. Hold on
to your temper when you are angry, excited
or imposed on or others are angry at you.
Hold ca to your good name at all times, for
it is Of more value to you than gold, high
places, or fashionable attire. 81
The Indiana State sentinel., 1879-09-03
The Charms Of virtue.

There is but one pursuit in life which it is
in the power of all to follow, and of all to
attain. 1t is subject to no disappointments,
since he that perseveres makes every difficult
ty an advancement and every contest vic
tory; and this Is the pursuit Of virtue. SIN
cerely to aspire after virtue is to gain her,
and zealously to labor after her wages is to
receive them. Those who seek her early
will find her before it is too late; her reward
also 10 with her, and she will come quickly.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-10-28
wheat by the Cord.

All along the line every warehouse and
available store room 10 filled with wheat,
and g.is in sacks are piled like cordwood
along the track at sll stations. At viii"
lians', along the side. track, ars piled
sscks of whest. three or four deep, and
10 to Is feet high fos = long distance. At
Wheatlsnd, . prominent buyer remarked
yesterday that he ''couldn't bay another
bushel-no place 10 put it--and it was
inx,ssihls 10 obtain transportation" Yet
with al the amount wheat stored and
corded up. At the various stations, large
amounts yet remain to bs threshed. From
present appearance it looks . It fnavigatioa
would close, leaving immenas quantities
Of wheat stoned aad il the hands Of the
tarmsn 70 await tho opening Of The lskss
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-10-28

The Dakots Hoase Changes Hands.
Many rumors have been sflcat around
town Of late to the effect that parties
from the east were negotiating With
Anton Klaus, proprietor and manager OF
the Dskot* House, Of thi, c.:y, with .
view Of Purchasing or renting it. And
sure enough, last Saturday evening, M.
Klaus quietly made the fact known to his
guests that Sunday morning he would
take Q place in The dining rom. ~ q
boxrjer, and not as their landlord; that
be had rented the house t. Messrs. J. J.
Flint and J. A. D,le who would take
Possession at once ~
Mr.. Klaus came from Green Bay, Wis #,
little more than year ag''; and, being
. man Of keen speculative abilities. dis
covered st glance that jamestown would
ifproperly managed, very rapidly develop
into city. He at once commenced max
ing Improvements and early in the spring
built the mammoth store building new
occupied BY Curtin q Winslow-
wh"lesAle and retail merchants Of this
city. He next saw the city vss greatly
in need Of 6rst class hotel; that on &C.
count Of the sbsence Of such a. institution
the town was losing great deal Of fpre.tage
It would otherwise gain.
Viewing the interest Of the village from
this stand point he at once proceeded to
erect an eight thousand dollar house and
furnished 1t With . three thousand dollar
set offurniture. It being . welt known
fs that NJ. Klaus retiring trora the
hotel, could only enable him to push
forward With greater vigor another pro.
iect ON foot which materially effects the
interests of our promising city, it Vas felt
that the change (viewing it from selfish
stand point) voald be good
one. During Mr.. Klaus reign ~
proprietor and manager of the house, he
has Won hdsts Of frieads, both st home
and abroad. Who will mark his retirement
with feeling of regret.
The new proprietors are nessrs. J. J.
Flint. Of West Randolph, Vermont, and
J. A. Dole. lste Of the WansCtta House,
North Attleboro, Mass.
These gentlemen are both thoroughly
versed in the hotel business and srs fully
bic 60 keep tie reputation Of the house
mp % IL present staLdiag. Mr. Flint, who
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e" 4. Learned, @, the Arm Of learned
Bros, Minneapolis, and member of the
hrm Of Learned Bros, Of this city. arrivcl
last Tbusdsy noon. Mr.. Learned has in
the progress of completion one Of the
largest aud dnest store building our rising
young city affords; which be proposes 70
al With general stock Of hard
ware. stoves and sinwase. This drm pro-
poses 10 coutipe. their business exclusively
to the hardware business and sell their
goods ct the very lowest possible figures.
They have just received . car load "f tho
celebrated Cleveland stoves, which THEY
sre prepared to sell At reasonable pric. p.
Will oommence receiving their hardware
stock the first of next week.
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A GOOD wOHD roRJAMEsTOwN

A GOOD WO1D FOR JAMEkTOwN
The able ediRr Of the Canton Advocate
in writing up his late trip through
Northern Dakota. has the following to
offer regarding Jamestown: :....
Tnc bluffs bordering the James River
soon came in sight and a: noon the train
wound, int" the valley and stopped at
Jamestown, wher we "btained ~ good \
dinner at tb' Dakota House as was fur
nished on the wi.oie line. The day pre-
vous at the Minneapolis fair, we lad s-en
M maln,l:'th vegetables displayed hail
ing ir III this place, and on our return our
pride as a DakWixD was grsti6ed at the
in sbnt premiums had been awarded to
the producer The residents Of jamestown
are snnylne Of building the best town y:
the river, sad the pr">pfc arc t'attering.
The buiidih salr,sdv constructed are of
the !rs, class an: ttl:. site Of the village is
no attractive, one Four ;1aily trims pass
there n',w auI the locality is sucl, that
Ia ~ .t;ac' Of G'untrv will always be
tributary, and no rival town is liable tn
interfere with It's prospects,.
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TD0X 4 1BlCK RAK0U
=. JE,'sssos. Oct. n. 10.
4AIsHAIL hCCLURE,.

4A1sHALL hCCLgRE,
,~~, EplToR JAxksroxx AL1Rr.
Dear S,r,-I sse by your aaa,er that you
recommend jamestown to be Rn,d place
Tor . brick maker, ~ you have no one
there. have been talking with man
by the name OF Stiel OF starting brick
yard at this place; but seeing q notice iD
yout paper that there was M brick yard
at jamestown, and ~ you have recon
uaended 6nt-clss. Glance there, Thought
would wlite to you. aud ask you b few
questions: 1st Is there gn'd clay there
and i'"w near your town End IL there
M sand nta by Sd. Is ther. any wood
mar b.. aud what is 'he price per co,ds
4th What 10 til" price for cnmn,cn lumber
per thousand! 5th. What IL the price Of
brick: 9th. How taI dawn d. you
have t.. dig before sou can come down to
thr clay? 7.h. What kind "f clay, and
nov d"rp. does it e. down: 9th Iould
you Yell me- about how much brick there
would br used during the season at
Jan->,"~n and vic,ni,y? We are o'd
byick makers bv trade, and y:u can refer
~ Mr Grimm and Mueller, Or Ed.
McMah"n. cs~''ir, Of the jeff rson County
Bank. J, ff"rs"r, Wi. You will do US a
favor b, "sitlng aud give us all the par.
ticuIars. II ,"u write US favorable news
.ve will hu un this tal! and see jamestown.
Y.uls respectfully,
s.. BRowN & lTlEL.