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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

-Four attempts were made on last Sun
day night to fire Charlotte. Great en-
citement was produced, and the military
were called upon to protect the city.
Two negro boys were arrested the next
day on the charge Of committing incendi-
ary acts, were confined in Jail, and will
be tried at the mex: term of court.
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

A strong pressure is being brought
upon Congress to re-enact the bankrupt
law.
- The Democratic State Convention
of Texas has been called to meet at Gal
weston on the Goth Of April.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

- Governor Williams, of Indiana,
has pardoned two convicts on the condi-
ton that they abstain from drinking
liquor during the term for which they
were sentenced,
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BLECKLEY, BROWN G. co.
Anderson s. c.. Feb. u 1880.
TRUSTEES SALE
Valuable Town Property.

10Y virtue of Deed of Trust executed to-
ID US by a. P. Willingham, dated March.
4, 1876, recorded in Book Of Mortgages No.
Z, page 362, we will sell at Anderson 2. H..
on SALEDAY IN MARCH next, all that.
Lot or Parcel of Land in the Town of Bel
ton, known rs the
WILLINGHAM PROPERTY,
With the buildings thereon, consisting of
dwelling, store-room and outbuildings, con-
tanning y acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of A. ]. Stringer and others.
TERMS OF SALE.-Onc-third cash; balance.
on twelve months credit, with Interest, Sc
cured by mortgage and insurance.
+. w. WAGNER G. co.
Feb &. 1880 80 1
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

STOVES.

HAVE very large lot of excellent.
i Stoves, different sizes, OIL hand, and
two car loads more coming, all OF which.
will be sold as cheap rs you could wish. In
fact, am headquarters for Stoves. and if
you wish to purchase call in and get my
prices before you buy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12
Notice to Road Overseers.

VOU are hereby notified and required to
i warn out the road hands liable for
road duty in your respective sections, CIV
ing twelve hours notice beforehand, and
put the Public Roads of the County in
thorough repair within the next thirty
days.
r. S. BAILEY,
n. o. FARMER,
w. s. HALL,
County Commissioners A. c.
Feb - 1850 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

gathered round tne Dul!uihS, t!i1I iio
Chance of dole of Indian meal might be
lost. There they stood, their poor gar
mcnts saturated and glistening with wet
the bare feet Of the women sinking deep
er and deeper into accumulating mud
and water, while upon every face OF man
or woman hunger had set its unmistaka-
bic mark. Some Of these sorrowful souls
had walked miles that morning in order
to be first at the gate of mercy; and more
and more, as soon had reason to know,
were tramping over bog and mountain in
hope that, though late, it would not be
too late to enter. There was not an atom
of sham about this. Hypocrisy never
pays the value of what it receives, and
the poor wretches of Cahcrsivecn were
paying for few pounds of meal a price
in patience and suffering out of all pro-
portion to their worth on any estimate
save that of starvation. Even the gath.
ering numbers in front of the hall did
not indicate the full measure of distress.
Many u poor hungry creature hung back
and, for shame's sake, refused to join the
throng of applicants. One such, a re-
SpeClHOlC hlIIG''ii, ii"' p'S'ANe.'- WV"
pointed ont to me by Canon Brosnan,
who knew that he had neither the price
nor the value of Il meal in his house, and
still would not beg. Curiously enough h,
we met the mans mother after, and the
poor old creature, taking her priest aside,
hoped that something might be given
her without the sons knowledge, because
he would be so ashamed | have no
doubt, whatever, but that had Canon
Brosnan chosen to do so, he might have
told me of many others who hide their
destitution from the world, rather than
those of shame. But hunger is, in most
cases, master!ul thing, and during that
wrctched day it drove the representatives
OF full five hundred families to a confess
sion of absolute want. could not re-
main to see the end, nor had l any heart
for the sight; yet | hope and believe,
that, rs the truly Christian priest assured
his people would be the case, not one ap-
plicant went home unrelicved.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
A Man Of Muscle.

In Upper street, Islington, London,
the Dukes Head was remarkable, toward
the middle of the last century, on &C
count of its landlord, Thomas Topham,
''the strong man of Islington. He was
a carpenter, but abandoned it soon after
apprenticeship expired. When he had
attained his full growth, his stature was
about five feet ten inches. The first
public exhibition of his extraordinary
strength was pulling against horse,
lying upon his back and placing his feet
against the dwarf wall that divided Up
per and Lower Moorfelds. He afterward
pulled against two horses, and it was the
opinion of DR.. Desaguilers, the eminent
mechanic and experimental philosopher,
that, in proper position, he might have
kept his situation against the pulling OF
four without inconvenience.
Among the curiosities of the British
Museum is pewter dish marked april
3, 1877. Thomas Topham, of London,
carpenter, rolled mp this dish (nade OF
the hardest pewter, by the strength OF
his hands in the presence OF DR.. John
Desaguliers, etc. He broke pieces OF
tobacco pipe by the force of his middle
finger, having laid them on his first and
third fingers. Having thrust the bowl
of a strong tobacco pipe under his garter,
his legs being bent. he broke it to pieces
by the tendons of his hans without alter
ing the position of his legs. Another
bowl Of this kind he broke between his
first and second finger, by pressing them
together sideways. He took an iron
kitchen poker, about yard long and
three inches round, and bent it nearly to
right angle by striking upon his bare
left arm, between the elbow and the
wrist. Holding the ends Of poker OF
like size in his hands, and the middle OF
it against the back of his neck, he
brought both extrenities Of it together
before him; and, what was yet more diff
ficult, pulled it almost straight again.
He broke arope of two inches In clrcuIn--
ference.
He lifted stone of eight hundred
pounds weight. standing above it, and
taking hold of q chain fastened thereto.
Topham exhibited the exploit of lifting
three hogsheads of water. weighing ], 63l
pounds, in Coldbath Fields, May %,
1741, in commemoration of the taking OF
Porto Bello by Admiral Vernon, In the
presence of the Admiral and thousands
of spectators. Topham had loose wife.
In a fit of frenzy, after beating and stab
bling her in the breast, he inflicted
several wounds upon himself, and died
in the flower Of his age, August 10, l749.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10

Indian summer. and why is it SO called? If
So. r will give you the answer which received,
which was:
lie name Is derived from the custom Of the
Indians to use this time in preparation for VIM
ter By. laying Ia stores OF food. or
from tn6sf NefiAt that il i caused by
wind Blowing 5rectIs from = the
court OF great and beneSoseat Southwestern
God. whose name is CautantouWit, wSse ~ SUP
poeed to overlook the weil-being CT the rcbfe
red man, ald thus gives him time to prepare
Mofss fgf his winter consumption. Of course
Ne as Tic Tfse Eale face" denounce this tra-
dition as legendary and futef,tltious. Yet, as
we have no other explanation Go oseF for the
strange phenomena, We give tacit consent to
believing as the eoppeT-eolored race do. ST
any rate it presents some of the most beautiful
days OF the year, but we cannot say the most
perfect, for with the warmth and light Of a
June DAY We kAve not the respondent &C merry
Of the hovefy month, But is beauty always
dependent on rorfectionf / think not. An old,
byokeyfdoNn, vine-ennbowefed CABIN is more
beauti al T. the eye Of an artist thar the grand
Russian palace Ct the ErenlilTl.- Yet it Is not
nearly so perfect. or rather not perfect at all,
when contrasted with all the laSssh spiendor
which wealth can give, or power can accom-
phsh, or the skilled eye of taste arrange. Per
fiction is not art, while the very soul of nature
IN all quaintness and iregulaTity is the quint-
essence of beauty. But must return to my
almost forgotten subject; yet, on returning,
eRd there is nothing more for me TO say ex-
cept this, which yen ali know By experience
covers all fields Of discussion; There is moth
ing so sweet. so soft, and so intoxicating as the
baImy glory Of an Indian summers day, but
how short is this brilliant season, and, in the
words of Milton:
How art thou lost, how on-a sudden lost.
WHITE HALL, Pa. CAPIToLA BIsAex.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
Shy. Proud Indian Youth.

The United States Government is ed
heating q few Indian youths at the
Hampton School. The teachers find an
obstacle in the shy, proud, independent
rlture of these national wards. They
ire ambitious to go the white mans
road" but they do not want to appear
thus ambitious.
A writer in Harper's magazine Illus
rates this shy, proud self-consciousnesS
~ an incident Of the classroom.
When visitors are admitted the Indian
pupils become shy and distrustful. They
net at being objects Of curiosity.
Laughing Face" says the writer,
will not even sruile, OF show any sign
# intelligence, nor will he condescend
respond in any way except by grunt
to his teachers efforts. AL this before
strangers. But when they are gone
Laughing Face, with much difficulty,
writes on the board, Il sorry not try,
Tor his teacher.
can Indian girl" continues the
writer, s'stands leaning on the balus-
yrade of the piazza, her eyes turned
coward the waters Of the bay, but seem
ngly seeing nothing. She might as
veil be behind a red mask, for any
shadow OF expression on her face.
!" You speak to her; she does not un-
lerstand one word that you say, nor
does she turn her head or eyes.
You touch the dusky cheek-you
might as well touch stone. But be-
hind that mask she is watching you.
She Is learning every minute, but she
VIII not let you know it. If she is
touched, you will be none the wiser. Ii
she is sorry, she will not ask your SYM
pathy.
''On a. Christmas night the Indian
boys at Hampton contributed their share
to the amusement of the occasion by
war-dance. They prepared their cos
tunes unaided, and executed the dance
with So much truth that it was frightful.
But the next morning, when clothed
and in their right mind, they sat in
their class room, and their teacher said
So was afraid / had lost my boys
last night. 1 am glad to get you back
again
s. They answered as with one voice,
We are SO glad to get back r'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
:. Behavior. Hksn in Comnanr.

We reprint from the first Worcester
edition of Isaiah Thomas q Little Prett,
Pocket Book, one Of set of juvenile
books very popular when our grandpar-
ents were boys and girls, the following
very practical and simple rules for be-
havior while IN company. The Mosaic
style is very apparent:
]. Enter not into the company OF thv
superior without command or calling.
nor without q bow.
2 Sit not down in the presence of su-
petio}'s without bidding
g. Sing not nor hum in the mouth
while in the presence of superiors.
4. Stand not wriggling with thy body
hlther and thither, but steady and up
right.
8. Play not wantonly like a mimic with
thy fingers or feet.
9. In coughing or sneezing make as
little noise IS possible.
Z. If thou canst not avoid yawning,
shut thine mouth with thine hand or
handkerchief.
s. When thou blowest thy nose let
thy handkerchief be used, and make not
noise IN so doing.
8. Gnaw not thy nails, pick them not,
nor bite them with thy teeth.
&c. Spit not in the room, but in the
corner, and rub it with thy foot, OF rather
go out and do it abroad.
II, Lean not on the chair Of a. super
ior, standing behind him.
II, Spit not upon the FIRE, nor sit too
wide with thy knees at it.
ID. Sit not with thy. legs crossed, but
keep them firm and settled, and thy feet
even.
IA. Turn not thy back TO any, but
place myself SO that more may be behind
thee.
is. Read not books, letters or Other
writings in company, unless there be
necessity, and thou askest leave.
16. Touch not, nor look upon the
books or writings of any one unless the
owner invite or desire thee.
II. Come not near when another reads
o letter or any other paper.
is. Let thy countenance be moderately
cheerful, neither laughing nor frown-
ing.
IS. Laugh not loud, but silently smile
upon any occasion.
20. Stand not before superiors with
thine hands in thy pockets; scratch not
thine head; wink not with thine eyes.
but modestly be looking straight before
thee.
q. Walking with thy superior in the
house or garden, give him the right or
upperhand, and walk not even with him
cheek bg .joie, but a little behind him, yet
not SO distant that it viii be troublesome
to him to speak to thee, or hard for thee
to hear.
%. Look not boldly nor wishfully in
the face of thy superior.
%. To look upon one in company, and
Immediately whisper to another, is I'M
manneriy.
"a. Whisper not in company.
Is. Be not among equals forward and
fretful, but gentle and afable.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
A Maniac's Horrible Crime.

A blood-curdlng tragedy was enacted few
days ago at Chester, I'll. A young farmer
named Louis Tockstein, living near that town.
who had grown csezy from relig GUS excitement.
was adjudged insane and ordered to the asylum
at Jacksonville. He was in charge OF q couple
of guards in q hotel in Chester. The maniac
asked one of them for water TO wash
With. It was got for hin, and
rs the guard handed the pan
to him he dashed the contents of it in his face
and then jumped ont of a window. The other
gu rd caught him by the overccat as he jumped
but Tockstein got out of the garment and ran
Town the road. He ran quarter of mile be-
fore he came to farm house, occupied by
Thomas Ryan, an old man of 68, his widowed
laughter, Mrs. Smith, 12-year-old lirl. q
laughter OF Murphy, aud his grandson, a little
BOY. Before emit ring the house. Tockstein had
secured possessiOa Of an az. He told those in
TIE house to kneel and prepare to die. All
obeyed him but the little boy, who ran out and
Harmed those persons living in the adjacent
neig hboThood. He said he would give them but
iftetn lutos to i've, but before Chat ii ne wa,
ZIP he had Drained and led Ryan, bi4Wiiowed
laughter, and the little girl. Then he cut off
Inc little eiil's head, and, tai ing II up By the
ong hiir, ho ran with it down the road 10 the
nearest house, Wish happened to be that of
III. Gordon. He found @ servant there. and
ordered her to kneel down and say her prayers.
telling her that her time had come to die.
She screamed, and DR.. Gordon and hired man
Who happened to be near, hearing her cries,
ran into the house, and, after g struggle over
powered the maniac and tied him with ropes,
But few weeks ago Tockstein was a Catholic,
but for some reason or other he left that faith,
joining 3 Protestant church, and becoming al,
enthusiast on religion, talking and thinking
about it Until it set him crazy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
Absence of Mind as a Sign Of Incipient
Mental Disease.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter
has some suggestions and statements il.
the article below, which are of interes
and Importance to good many people
1t is ess initial to skill that the muscle,
OF the body should work unconsciously
but the moment they assert, as it were.
their independence of self-consciousness
and prompt to the initiation of efforts
ontside of what they have been taught,
diseased condition is begun which W
call "absence Of mind" Such q habi
begins on little things, more general,
by an omission than a commission
ing, part of the toilet IS overlooked
the necktie is forgotten, the wrong coal
is put on and the hair is unkempt.
Soon, as the habit increases, absurt
and even harmful acts are committed
The collections Of anecdotes are full o
stories of such (ollies. We know OF al
able young lawyer, who, instead Of pour
ing ! tonic from bottle on his desk
carefully emptied the ink from his ink.
stand into a spoon and swallowed it
Another, an ex-Attorney General of tn
United States, went on fortnight tril
to attend an absorbing legal case. Hi
wife packed half dozen shirts In ms
portmanteau. On his return there was
no shirt visible. Pushing her inquiries
she found that her husband had regular
ly clean shirt every other day, but hat
forgotten to take off the soiled one, all,
now returned we ring the whole hal
dozen! An authentic anecdote of tn
great political economist, Adam Smith
tells us that when called upon to sign q
contract, instead Of writing his owl
name, he made an elaborate imitation o.
the signature Of the other party, which
had already been affixed.
Such incidents tend to depreciate s.
man, though perhaps unjustly, in th
opinion of those with whom he does bus,
mess. They become also grave annoy
ance to the individual himself. In Il
sense they are mental Weaknesses, which,
pushed to certain degree, pass int
mental diseases. Senility and insanit,
are not infrequently marked by auto
n1atic actions, carried out without til,
viii or consciousness Of the doer. Tn,
absent-rninded one, like the sleep-walk-
Or, performs actions without the knowl
edge Of them, and neglscls duties which
are pressing. Justly, therefore, it is q
source of anxiety with every thoughtful
person when he finds himself fall n : int
this bad mental habit. 1t is usual,
gradual in its onset, stealing over one in
moments Of intensest occupation. I'm
like other mind weaknesses it is not thu
Zoe of the idle man so much as the busy
one. Yet habits Of revery and day.
dreaming may also bring it about.
Those who feel this habit creeping ovel
them viii do well TO make an early and
special effort to resist it. It can b.
conquered by habit of attention, and
by severe self-chiding when the mind
Yields to it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.

Tie second session of the Forty-eixth Con-
gress assembled at the Capitol in Washington on
Mond y, Dec 6 The Senate was called to or
der at high noon, and prayer was Of
fered by Chaplain Bullock. James L
Pugh, Of Alabama, and Joseph E. Brown, Of
Georgia, were in as Senators, and the creden-
tais OF Senator Eimunds of Vermont (re-elected as
Als own successor), were read. committee was
appointed % notify the President that the Senate
was ready for business. After a brief recess the
senate Eeassemlled, the message Was read. and an
aaJournment voted. The House was called
to order by Speaker Randall. ct precisely II
m he rol-can showed 227 members present
The customary committee 10 notify the President
that the House ready for business was appointed
after which there was call OF the States for bi is
ana resolutions. Mr. Cox, OF New York. offered a
resolution calling upon the President to commune
cate to the Hou the new treaty with China. Mr.
Hurd, OF Ohio, offered joint resolution declaring
that tariff for protection (sn calied) does
not, Ia most cases, protect the interest 1t
prete dis to protect, that it does not increase the
wa of workingnen, that it builds up one citizen
at the expense OF another dsturhs the primal aw Of
trade which governs exchanges by supply and de-
mand, and Is high detrimental to American COM
merce. Pending action the latter resolution, the
Presidents message was received and n ad.
In the Senate, on the It'll inst, Mr.. McDon-
ala introduced bin to authorize local taxation Of
treasury notes. and Mr.. ingalls, resolution calling
upon the President for information In regard to the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
Some Curious Guns.

The museum Of old guns and other
small arms at the armory in Springfield,
Mass, IS probably the fullest and most
curious Of any in this country, except
the one at Washington. First in the list
Of old guns is Wheelock rife, wound
up like clock, made by Gottsfed Elem
ing in 1920. On the lock-plate is bat
tie scene between Turks with bows and
arrows and Europeans with swords.
Another is curious Albanian smooth
bore fint-lock, used even to-day by the
Turkish mountaineers and peasantry.
An old Arab fint-lock has square piece
Of ivory SO fitted to the butt Of the stock
that the gun can be balanced In an up
right position in the Arabs tent. One,
matchbox. made in the fourteenth
century, is the Oldest gun in this coun-
try. It is discharged by lighted tow or
fax on the hammer, drawn to the vent
bv hand.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
The New STYLE of Reporting.

Not long since the viii of male per
son, who was SO unfortunate as to die from
detirauns tren1ens, with fatal results to
himself, was contested in the Galveston
Probate Court by the surviving heirs. It
was alleged that the deceased was not in
the habit of drinking any non-intoxicat-
ing stimulant except alcoholic beverages
and hence was not in a fit condition to
manufacture wills, SO interested parties
had to help him to make his will to the
detriment of his neglected heirs, who
kicked. An italian witness, by the name
of Murphy, was put on the stand to prove
that the deceased was not in his right
mind.
Was the deceased in his right mind
at the time of his sleath?" asked the law
yer.
death?"
Before, of course.
I'll tell ye what I think. When he
drew his last breath he didn't know what
he was about.
What caused you to entertain that
view of the case?"
Because his last breath was the only
thing that smeltof whisky that he didn't
draw wild carkscrew. - Charleston
Neloe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-10
Oueer Showers.

We do not mean to be oblivious to
revelations in science or anything that
deeply concerns the human family.
How, then, can we overlook the lat
est variation In showers, which the
West exhibits In 1876, Iowa had a
mere shower Of angleworms; in 1877
Kentucky followed with shower Of
frogs; Tennessee put IN a claim to the
championship the same year with
shower of blood and fresh meat, supposed
TO be mutton-chops. Showers of fish
have been common In Minnesota, and
Michigan enjoyed a shower of turtles.
Why should not the Weather Bureau
take into account these happenings?
They ought to hs foretold, the same as
snow and hail. Indications in the
morning paper ought to tell us of San
area of snakes passing over Peoria, of
a gradient Of beefsteak rising beyond
the great lakes. and of 'sthe edge of
shower of new-laid eggs" going rapidly
toward the Atlantic seaboard. The
head of our Signal Service Bureau must
earn his money.-ADaericaas Queen