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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

FALLING FROM A BALLooN.-Af fright
full and probably unprecedented balloon
accident occurred on Sunday evening,
31st October, at Courbeyoie, near Paris.
A large crowd had assembled to witness
the novel and perilous ascent of q gym
mast called Auguste Navarro, who, with
inexplicable fool.hardiness, had volun-
teered to perform number of athletic
feats on trapeze suspended from q
Montgolfieie balloon named the Vidon-
vilIaise. Rejecting the advice of by
ISLANDERS, Navarro refused to allow him
self to be tied to the trapeze. There was
no chr attached to the balloon. At near
5 o'clock the balloon was let loose from
its moorings and rose majestically in the
air. Navarro, hanging on the trapeze, ap-
peared quite confident, aud repeatedly
suluted the spectators. When, however,
the balloon had reached height of near
ly one thousand yards the crowd VAS
horri6ed to see him suddenly let 80 the
bar and fall. The tragic descent was
watched in breathless excitement. At
last the body reached the ground, strik-
ing with such force that it made hole
in the earth two feet deep and rebounded
four yards. 1t was crushed and mangled
almost beyond recognition. Meanwhile
the balloon, freed from its human ballast,
shot up with lightning speed, and soon
disappeared from sight. Late in the
evening it burst and fell at neighboring
town, much to the CONSERVATION OF the
inhabitants or the busy Partisan quarter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

TRAPPED.-There is q story told of
lady and gentleman travelling together on
an English railroad. They were stran.
gers to each other. Suddenly the gentle
man said:
MADAM, 1 will trouble you to look out
of the window for few minutes; am
going to make some changes in my wear
"Certainly, sir" she replied, with great
politeness, rising and turning her back
upon him.
In very short time he said:
"Now, madam, my change is completed
and you may resume your own seat"
When the lady turned she beheld her
male company transformed into dashing
lady with veil over her face.
"Now, sir, or madam, whichever you
like" said the lady, II must trouble you
to look out Of the window, for l also have
some changes to make in my apparel
Certainly, madam" aud the gentle
man, in lady's attire Immediately COM
piled.
"Now, sir, you may resume your own
seat"
To his great surprise, on resuming his
seat, the gentleman in female attire
found his lady companion transformed
into a man. He laughed loudly and
said
"It appears that ne are both anxious to
avoid recognition. What have you done
I have robbed bank"
"And l." said the whilom lady, MS be
dexterously fettered his companions
wrists with pair of handouts, 'am De-
tectiye j, of Scotland Yard, and
in female apparel have shadowed you for
two days; now" drawing revolver,
"keep still"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

ORIGIN OF THE TERH PRINTERS
DEv1L."-When Aldus Manutius set up
in business as a printer in Venice, he
came into possession of little negro boy
This hoy was soon known all over the
city as 'ithe little black devil" for at that
time negroes were not often seen in
Venice, and some of the most ignorant
people believed him to be either an. en-
bodiment or an emissery of Satan, who
aided Aldus in the work of his profession.
One day Manutius, desiring to dispel this
strange and spreading opinion, displayed
the young imp publicly to the poorer
classes, making this short but character,
istic speech: "Be it known to you and
all Venice that I, Aldus Manutius, prin-
ter to the holy church and the dodge,
have this day made exposure to all of
the printers devil. And if any think
he is not like us, flesh and blood, they
may come and pinch him, and they will
find that though he is black, he is hu-
man."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

New Use OF THE CorToN PLANT
The Fayetteville IN. C.) Examiner of a
recent date speaks rs follows OF the new
use to which the cotton stalk can proba.
bly, be put:
MIR. John Kirkpatrick, of this county,
called at our Office few days ago with n
strong piece of twine, about the size used
for tying up parcels of goods. This
twine was made from a fibre of the cotton
stalk bark. The stalk was immersed in
water and the woody portion rotted leav-
ing the fibre. It's strength is undeniable
if this string can be taken fora sample.
The stalks should be gathered for this
purpose before frost falls on the plant.
Much has been said about jute and its
adaptability to our soil and climate.
Would not the cotton stalk answer in its
place? Mr.. K. is of the opinion that
ropes, strings and all sorts of bagging can
be successfully manufactured from the
cotton bark fibre, and we see no reason to
doubt it.
The variety Of the uses of the cotton
plant is something marvellous: Cloth
from the wool; oil from the seed !; paper
from the hulls; oil cake from the ker.
nels; bsgging from the fibre, and great
quantities of valuble manure for the i'm
provement of farms; these are to be the
results of this, the most valuable plant
ever given by nature to man.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

WHIPPED AND BRIDELEss. They
don't permit drunken man to marry in
Odessa. On the contrary, they whip him
and give his bride to another. An illus
tration of this occurred, when couple
appeared in church and requested the
priest to marry them.
The priest, detecting an unsteadiness
of gait in the bridegroom, refused, and
called the young man choosing swine" ."
Indignant at the untimely inebriate, the
father of the drunkard seized him by the
collar, dragged him out of the church
and labored him with stout cudgel, in
the hope of making him sober enough
to marry.
The BRIDES father, however, took a
more practical view of the situation, and
declaring the engagement of, said that
any eligible candidate for his daughters
hand might wed her on the spot without
incurriDg any expense.
Two aspirants came forward, and after
inspection by the bride, and interrogation
as to their worldly condition, one was
politely dismissed, and the other took
the "boozing swine's" place, and WAS
made q happy husband.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

MARRIED MEN.-Hear what Miss
Bre.aer says about married men. $50
good was he, that l now take the oPpor.
tu atty of making a confession which
hnvo often had upon my lips, but have
hes;tated to make for the fear of drawing
upon myself the hatred of every married
woman. But now I; will run the risk.
So now-for it--some time OF
other people must unburden their hearts.
l confess, that never find a man more
loyable or more captivating than when he
is q married man. A man never so
handsome, never so perfect, in my eyes
as when he is married, as when he is
husband and the father of family,
supporting in his manly arms, wife and
children, and the whole domestic circle,
which, on his entrance into marriage
state, close around him and constitute part
of his home and world. He is not mere
" ennobled by bis position, but he is ac-
tually benefited by it; then he appears to
me to be the crown of creation; and it is
only such man that is dangerous to me
and with whom I am inclined to fall in
love. But then, propriety forbids it.
And Moses and all European legislatures
declare it to be sinful, and all married
women would consider it sacred duty
to stone me. Nevertheless, I cannot
prevent the thing. It is so, and it can
not be otherwise; and my only hope oi
appeasing those who are excited against
me is in my future confession, that no
love affects me so pleasantly; the con-
temptation of no happiness makes me SO
happy as that between married people
It is amazing to myself, because it seems
to me that I, living unmarried, or.match.
less, have but little to do. But it is and
always was 80.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

WATCH TIE CH1LDREN's FEET
Lifelong discomfort and sudden death
often como to children through the in.
attention or carelessness of the parents.
A child should never be allowed to 60
to sleep with cold feet; the thing to be
allowed to 60 to sleep with cold feet: the
thing to last attended to is to see that
the feet are dry and warm. Neglect Of
this has often resulted in q dangerous
attack Of Group, diphtheria, or q fatal
sore throat. Always on coming from
school, on entering the house from visit
or errand in rainy, muddy or thawy
weather, the child should remove its shoes
and the mother herself ascertain whether
the stockings are the least damp. If
they are, they should be taken of, the
feet held before the fire and rubbed with
the hands till perfectly dry, and another
pair of shoes put on. The reserve shoes
and stockings should be kept where they
are good and dry, so as to be ready at a
minutes notice.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

A GOSPEL INFANT.-There was q
powerful revival the other night at Par.
son Bledso's Bue Light Tabernacle, and
among those ,who, experienced a change
of heart was Jim Webster. Yesterday he
met Parson Bledso, who asked Jim:
ais yer gwine ter stick, James?
"Parson Bledso, ef anybody offers to
gamble, on my ,sticken', YER kin make
money by taking 'em up. Use gwine ter
lead y new life till de lake whar de wum
is nebber squenched is friz ober wid ice
thick enough to bal. q train of kerrs load
ed wid railroad iron." :.
'I'se glad to hear yer talk in dat strain"
said the parson, gravely, "but kin yer pass
by q ward after dark whar dar is close
.hangin' out widout stin'yer leg ober de
fence?"
"Look heah, you don't spect me to be-
ccme saint in less den two days! ise
gospel infant, what has ter be fed Oh
light diet, but tells yer I'm maxim rat
Ting good time on de- road to de- New
Jerusalem, when yer looks at my record
foah de pass four yeahs."
GLOW bout chickens 7"
."Last night after had jined de gospel
band. | started foah home, and / had to
pass down de alley what leads. BY de
backward of Col. Jones's house. Ihadn't
noah den got pass his yeard when |
found I was carryin' one OBJ his Spanish
breed of roosters, wid big combs, in each
hand. Satan must hab showed dem fowls
in my hands"
"Jim Webster, you is gwine to bring
de church into discredit. Don't you
know Col. Jones de only man what raises
dem Spanish breed of chickens what kin
be identified by der police"
"Dat's just what my conscience tole
me. I was filled with remorse as so on
as saw what kind of poultry was totin'
off. Besides, dem old roosters amt wutf
cent ter brile. so jest went back
and put 'em right back whar | got
'em."
"Bress de Lor', said Parson Bledso.
ri put 'em back and tuck two young
pullets, what looks like any udder chic K
ems and was Jest de right size ter brlle."
<"Don't add lying Jim Webster, to yer
udder SINS"
"I can't tell lie, parson, but eff you
bleeyes l isn't one of de elect, jest come
home wild me and hab some OBJ de breast
and de stutfin' for dinner. | kin smell
dem Drilled pullets now" He went
| Galveston NeWs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

Not many miles from New Bedford
J n small company of colored brethren de-
cided 10 take up collection. The pre-
siding officer offered to pass the hat him.
self, and in order to encourage the others
The. put in 10 cent piece. After the COZ,
lection. during which every hand had
been in the hat, the President approached
5 the table, turned the hat upside down,
and not even his own contribution
dropped out. he opened his eyes in as
tonishment and exclaimed: "Fo' good.
mess, out Pze eben loss de 10 cents |
started Mid r. The presiding officer de-
manded the restoration of the 10 cent
]: piece. But nobody came forward. After
san i Impressive pause brother remarked
solemiIly, Oar pears to be agreat moral
lesson ronn' heah somewhar. 2
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

"soL1D CoMFoRT."-A lady in this
city noticed her colored help chewing
pins and needles. The lady, thinking
the amusemen: was dangerous one, re-
commended that she desist.
"No chile" she said. (Tbe mistress
was much younger than the servan,t.)
"In de slabe times I had heab of trouble.
I sought comfortt whiskey, but dat gib,
me headache ip(ae mo'nin'. So tried
smokin'. That was de berry same. Den
chawin' tried. But that was no good.
Hap'Iy one mo'nin' thought OBJ pins
and needles. 1 puts bunch of pins or
needles in my mouf, chaws them, and
they gabe ME heab oh solid comfort.
Sc now when ever feel wearied OBJ de
trials of dis wuld I puts pins and needles
ia my mouf and chaws them. You hab
no idee what solid comfort there is in
pins and needles!"
Don't you ever swallow any by accl-
dent" the lady asked.
"Guess do, chile, guess do; for some
nights 20 to sleep with monf full, and
they're ali gone in de mo'nin'."-c"cin-
natl Gazette.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
Words of Wisdom.

There is no suffering equal to fear, fol
it has no limit.
Charity is first mortgage on every
human beings possessions.
The more virtuous man is the more
virtue does he see in others.
A man cannot do good nor evil to 9TH
ers without doing good or evil to him
self.
These men whose brains are few but
active, are the most successful in busi-
ness.
A weak man is worse than an insane
one, for the latter may be cured or kept
harmless.
Men owe their resolution, and most of
their success, to the opposition they meet
with.
Mankind NIL suffer alike, but some
know how to conceal their trouble bet
ter than others.
One reason why we all grow wise so
slowly, is because we nurse our mistakes
too fondly:
He who loves to read, and knows how
to reflect, has laid by perpetual feast
for his old age.
The divinity of charity consists in re-
lieving o mans needs before they are
forced upon US.
A man is great, just in proportion to
his superiority to the condition of life in
which he is placed.
There is no strength in exaggeration;
even the truth is weakened by being ex-
pressed to strongly.
A strong man is one whose passions
stimulate his reason and whose reason
controls his passions.
Unfortunately, the only pedigree worth
having is one that can be neither trans
mitted or inherited.
One ofthe kindest things heaven has
done for man is denying him the power
of looking into the future.
Monuments do not prove very much
after all (; some Of the wisest and best
men who have ever lived are buried, no
one knows where.
It is generally safe to converse freely
with an unreserved talker, but when q
man lets you carry on all the conversa-
tiou,it is we'll to be on your guard, for
the probability is, he is taking your
measure.-Scribne,'s Magazine.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

DEVELOPMENT OF TIE TEA Trade
In lS4s thirteen firms only imported
teas into the United States. Two years
after Young Hyson vas the kind most
used, and it was sold at $1.50 per pound.
To-day the same quality can be bought
for rs cents. From 1857 till 1860 Eng
land controlled the entire tea trade of the
world. She now commands the markets
of Congou, Souchong and the Indian,
while the United States directs the gale
for Japans, oolongs and greens. The
enormous increase. in the production OF
Indian teas since their first importation
forty years estimated at 100000
pounds annually-has enabled England
to maintain the greater control over the
entire crop of the world. If, however,
the rapid increase of the American tea
trade continues, the United States, before
the commencement of the next century,
will stand first and foremost in its impor,
tation.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
A Wasp in an Old Mans Slipper.

There are times in the life of the small
boy when he feels very sad from the use
of a slipper or switch upon him. If any
thing happens to the person who has
thus afflicted him, bis joy is great, as
will be seen from the following incident:
A gentleman returned home from his
daily toll and had pulled off his boots
and was going to put on his slippers,
when howl of'intense-- agony resou nded
through the hall. The affrighted family
rushed to the door and beheld their papa
heaving the shadows with wild gestures
and frantic gyrations. "Take it off," he
shouted, and made grab at his foot,
but. ,..missing:it. went en- on with the war
dance. "Waiterl" be shrieked, aud
started UP stairs, three at a step, and.
turning, came back in a single stride.
"Oh, Pm stabbed |" he cried, and sank
to the floor and held bis right leg high
above his head; then he rose to his feet
with bound, screaming for the. boot
jack, and held his foot out toward his
terrified family. "Oh, bring the arnica, %
he yelled, and with one despairing effort
he reached his slipper and got it off, and,
with groan as deep as we'll, and as
hollow As drum, sank into chair and
clasped his foot in both hands. "Look
out for the Scorpion" he whispered
hoarsely, "I'm dead man."
The small boy was by this time out in
the wood-shed, rolling in the kindliug.in
an ecstacy of glee, and pausing occasion.
ally to explain to the son of a neighbor,
who had dropped in to see if there was
any innocent sport going on in which he
could share, "Oh, BILL Bill" he said,
"you wouldn't believe; sometime to-day,
somehow or other, big blue wasp got
into the old mans slipper, and when he
come home and put them on-oh Bill,
you don't know what fun I've had."-
Dallas 7sras) Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11

Bishop Daniel S. Doggett, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South died
at bis residence in Richmond, Va, We'd
nesday night, after protracted illness
The deceased was one of the ablest divines
in the Methodist Church. He was born
in Lancaster County, Va, in 1910. Al
an carly age he read law under his
father, with the intention of entering that
profession. This design, however, he
abandoned, aud before he was seven
teen began to study for the ministry.
Before be was eighteen he entered the
pulpit Soon after arriving at the age
OF manhood DR.. Doggett entered the
Randolph College, an institution
conducted by the Methodist Church
After leaving college he was assigned q q
charge, and from that time till about 1873
he preached in almost all of the principal
churches Of his denomination in Virgin
ia. In 1873 be was made bishop.
= The total value of the taxable prop.
erty in Charleston county for the fiscal
year 1880 is s26,S21, ,O55, of which Sl6,.
946,9l7 is in real estate, and S9,874, 1873
in personal property. This is an increase
of S35S, ,557 over last year, when the total
amount of taxable property was $685.
462, 2,49S. The value of personal property
this year las been raised 1868, 4Sl, while
that of real property has been reduced
$304,924.
There are three kinds of people in
the world-the wills, the wont's and the
can'ts. The first accomplish everything
the second oppose everything: the third
fail in everything.
is hard to do anything simply
because it is your duty. Once make your
duty pleasure and your whole life be-
comes quiet happiness.
- Taking q penny that does not be.
long to one removes the barrier between
integrity and rascaliIy.
- Truth is always present; it only
needs to lift the iron lids of the minds
eye to read its oracles.
- Better be in shame now than at the
day ofjudgment.
Draw not thy bow before thy arrow
is fixed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
The Family Doctor.

A very simple and expenditious way
Of cooking little bit of chicken or fish
for sick person is to butter q paper
thickly, and:place the'food to be cooked
within the paper, and place it on o grid
iron over clear;fre. A very short time
sufices to cook it thoroughly; and I have
often found that to be eaten when all
other modes of invalid cookery have
been tried in vain.-Chana6srs Jour.
nal.
Teeth arerdestroyed either blythe &C.
ton of acids or the developement of veg
etable parasites, The former is the much
more frequent cause of decay. 1t has
been demonstrated by actual experiment
that even very weak acids, may suffice to
deeompose the teeth substances. In
forty eight hours the juice of grapes will
render the enamel ofa chalky consistence.
Most Observation-Disclosures are inert until
fermentation takes place and.acetic acid
is formed. Animal substances exert no
deleterious influences until putrefaction
is far advanced. N
When cold affects the head and eyes
and impedes breathing through!the nose,
great relief is gained by wet napkin
spread over the upper part of the face,
covering the nose, except on opening for
breath. This is to be covered by folds
of flannel fastened over the napkin with
handkerchief. So also wet towel over
the napkin with hapkerchief. So also
a wet towel over the throat and whole
chest, covered with folds of flannel, often
relieves oppressed lungs So says Miss
Butcher: and truly. In addition, use o
hot lemonade on retiring at night. This
is the best time also for the hot oot-bath,
which should be followed by tho lemon
ace.
Inyalids should keep the refreshments
covered iu their sick room. The jellies.
blanc,manges, and various liquids used
as cooling drinks, are more or less absor.
bent, and easily take up the impurities
which float about sick room. A glass
of milk left uncovered will soon become
tainted with any prevailing odor. as can
be proven by leaving itin room freshly
painted. How important, then, that the
poisons of sickness should be carefully
Kept from all that is to be eaten.
fla person swallows any poison what.
ever, or has fallen into commissions from
having overloaded the stomach, and in
stantaneous remedy, most efficient and
applicable ina large number of cases, is
a heaping teaspoonfnl of common salt,
and as much ground mustard, stirred
rapidly in a teacupful of water, warm or
cold, and swallowed instantly. 1t is
scarcely down before it begins to come
up, bringing with it the remaining con-
tents of the stomach; and lest there be
any remnant ofthe poison, however small,
let the white of an egg or teaspoOnful
of strong coffee be swallowed as soon as
the stomach is quiet, as these articles
nullify a large number Of yirulent poi
anna