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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-02
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To I'd Witnesses, yuroya, 90.
BY order Of Ele Dislria Cb,4t OF thc Uaitcd
States Jor tie Dissrict ef So,its Carolina.
HT0TICE Is Hereby given that an Ad.
AN journed Gesaion OF the August Term
OF the District Conrs OF tho United States
for the Western Dlstrist OF South Carolina
will be held in Grcenysiic, In said Dissrict,
ON "Wednesday, tho 1st day or Ecptainber
ness of tho said Term. Jurors, Defendants.
Witnesses and all parties concerned are
thereby notified to attend.
Il. .5glasg u. M. SEABROOIS,
August 10, 1880 9 = :: . & s.
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EAsEEY. s. d. Ials. 3. 81

DR. i. q. ffiLl- Dear Sir: II am In acs
;ceipe Of yours asking certificate as 20 The
say that i lays sold n ffosa nay eonptcr
end prescfibed 1t Ia any practice with ge9d
results aiTay8. One case Of INDIGESTION Ia
IN old lady being entirely cured ofser years
OF suffering can Tec0mmond Il in all
easet of derenged liver.
Rsspe fully. >, QpILSIAf, M. d. Z
Price t1c a bottle. For sAlh by Wilhite
e Wiiiite Andersen, @. II. 8. 81.
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BroadaWay Democratic Club Ia reauestad
70 meet on Saturday, 4th OF September, et
meeting on the 9th at Anderso:a, and for
the ttanaactton OF such ether business as
may be reqnired. This c. nb announces
once for NIL That tho candi idates OF her marty,
are welcome at her meetings r q,
# JcserK 3. Moong, President.
A. IS. RnoEs5, SeIretary. 5.
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a., ~, !. 3, aIov : ,osc

ATLANTA, Gh.s Nov, q, 1910.
DR., OIL. GoRgErT--D Dear Sir--I cannot
too strongly recommend your Teeshina
{Teething Powdersl 20 rnofhefs as ono OF
the BET iaedteincs dley can oEtaia for their
HsbS'itatsd ard s,ats. lave used it
mer with my own child, and while we hava
heretofore lost q child o.twe from teethine
under ot,leF remedies, our present child
t!hat has taken Teefhina Is o fine healthy
boy. Its merit D certain to make e q stand.
ard family medicine for this country Cor
Che irritations OF teething and bowel aa;ssof-
ders OF children OF ail 'agea.
j AN, very respectfully,
a. p. BRowH, n. ID.
(Bfothef ex.Gov. Jos. "a, DfoWn.) &
For aale by Messrs. Wilhita q Fyilhite.
Anderson, s. O.. Ess 6-Im
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., dEeqnq lie, i3, 81 j g o. 1890
s 6tsslt & Co. senyiiie,5
9. Or. GiFs have used tho.
Hall Ealf-I ecdiIsR Cek ekssis flits
nihctured ~ Sing s Essis, II 2 ss' q
Tor aey efsiI seilsa alss. It is ttis best. 4
constructed ard iinest fifiis 1 "a iirs
lever sars II gins
q better sample D, and, thIe iGs,
Gals u turning ont my Gin evsss
used in this part OF tie Col
! !. have 2ised, curing the y.is VIZ. q y ~
several OF tila most itnr3oS Cot 81
ton Gins. 10 3ssd cFx nrg
kels- lisits q Gin III To any es zen
i1k isa peri yct eias g Z cheers
fully roo e0ilfilnShd d ID ess my i ESD
! Ing q Con Gin.
ials5 l,sl sos ~ scsiss
pleeesa VII 1; 1868.
John feSsl q /; Z, Iss
ss = 3 ID q Ia b6ujFht;
iof yol1s iins given 5 u;
eioil z a - II
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1EEDrOAI CARD.

DEs. Ees a. EsEI10
tTTAvING recently graduated Ia MeaI.
IA cine et the Medical College OF South,
Carolina, offers his professional services 10
the. people Of Anderson and surrounding
county, sis' ~ & tEt,i
! July %. 1860 sfe Q I'm
Seven Valuable Cows for sale
3 "A n RIv0LTf PLANTATION, (John B.
s17A Adger, Jr.s,) near Foudieton.. Three
OF then. with Young calves.
JAMES "A. PRlCIc. slis
Manager.
: August 8, 1880 a sg 3
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Con IN s mint Uy sfsi
It cleGi3s thc seed bsi iifi TtIlss
I lig htsf than any Gin ( syss
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The friends OF Dr.. II. /. EPTING re-
spectfully nominate him as candidate for
tho House OF Representatives, and pledge
that no will abide by the result of tha pri.
mary election OF the Democratic party of
Anderson County 5ilf - & n 4
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The Republican journal., 1880-03-04
What Investigation SHOWS M Washing
ton County. Drisko's paIl III the Crack.

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The Republican journal., 1880-03-04
Death of Salem Born Celebrity.

pIrr~BrEG, Penn, Feb % \ re-
markablc old merchant named George
Albrce died here, to-day, il bis 7@th
year. He for many years has been 4 lo-
cal celebrity Of a peculiar kind. He was
4 weather prophet Of the Ncnmcr type,
and lis lucky guesscs in regard to atmos-
pheric changes made him famous. He
rals away to sea, ana served on board
Il privdtecrsman in the war Of 1872, when
he was but 10 years old lie took part
in a number Of minor engagements, and
witnessed the great fight between the
Boxer and Enterprise, Oft the coast Of
Maine. He was wounded, and for this
he drew Il pension from the American
private navy fund. He was the last pri-
Vatcersman who drew pension from
the government, all the others having
died before him. He wrote several
works on theology, which We're well
known in their day. lie was very
wealthy, and left large fortune. lie
was born in Salem Mass.
The Republican journal., 1880-03-04

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III H dolen lectures on Woman ~uiiragr.
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tnouaht nlIch 1ho,It female ,u,l,aer W.,
nltrd thr r,rurIcr nuukE
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The Republican journal., 1880-03-04

Mash some boiled potatoes, and then
\ n!p them with the white Of an egg un-
u lIothy. using for the purpose either a
GIIe ;,I' egg beater or a silver fork. Add a
, r.lle cream, butter, salt and pepper !;
PRESS through sieve, and set in the oven
,ol ~, lew minutes and it will make the
most palatabe dish.
singular to see a garden walk.
Ministers Of the interior Cooks.
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Ministers Of the interior Cooks.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
A Valuable Cargo,

Six carloads of silk worms eggs, val
ued OF $780, 600, arrived at New York
direct from San Francisco, en- route for
Havre. The eggs were originally col
lected in Japan, and were sent from 70.
kohama to San Francisco. They are
consigned to French and Italian silk
growers. Several cases we're opened for
inspection, and in every instance the
laryS wero found to be in excellent con.
dition. The partial failure of the French
and Italian silk crop this year has had
a tendency to give a fresh impetus to
the importation Of silk worm eggs, and
Japanese and Chinese silk oulturists ore
just now reaping a rich harvest in sup
the necessities Of their European
customers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
The French Wine Cron.

The wine vintage all over France has
proved this year a decided failure. in
the Gironde district the quantity Of wine
made is less than one.quarter Of the
amount usually produced, while the
quality OF this small production is much
below the average. In consequence OF
this latter circumstance, it is asserted
that the owners Of some Of the best vine.
yards in the south of France will not
allow any OF the wine grown this rear
to enter the market under their ordinary
labels, fearing that such a course would
prove injurious to their reputation. This
policy is firmly insisted upon by the
Marquis de Lar Saluces, who owns the
vineyards where the grapes that produce
what is known as Chateau Yquem wine
are grown; and hence quite a little OF
this wine will find its way TO the con.
sumner this year under a different trade.
mark. If the marquis had the opinion
OF Americans as to the merit OF his wine
under consideration when he came to
this conclusion, the caution which he
exercises would have been in q great
measure needless, as we fancy that a
large part Of the vine that is sold here
as Chateau Yquem has very little right
to that title. In a good year this wine is
sold at the vineyard by the tun, at rate
which makes the prices Of it per bottle
range from 81. 80 to 81, while the wine
Of an exceptionally favorable year sold
at Bordeau, at more than $40 per bottle.
A number Of the vineyards Of the Gil
ronde produce wine which possesses, in
an inferior way, some Of the character
istics of this most delicate Of white wines,
and it is not improbable that in the
transit to this country some Of this is
mysteriously transmitted into the supe-
rior article. In the champagne district,
the harvest is an absolute failure. and |
for tie first time for sixty years not a
bottle OF this wine will be made. The
large houses engaged in this business
have, however, on hand a sufficient
quantity to supply their customers for
the next two years, and it is not at all
likely that the harvest of 1880 will turn
cut as badly as that of 1879. The stock
OF champagne in the cellars in and
around Rheims is estimated to be seven.
million bottles, while the annual
expectation out OF France of genuine
is not greater than twenty
bottles. It is stated that the
producers will not increase the
price Of the wines on account of
this years failure, fearing that such a
would cut down the number of
their consumers; but as a speculative
mania has set in among foreign dealers,
hey may be compelled to make an ad.
vance in order to keep on hand a sufi.
'ient amount to supply their legitimate
customers. A forced advance in the
price of champagne would be unfortu-
late, for experience in the past shows
hat when a point OF this kind has once
been attained, the producers whose
vines have a worldwide reputation are
lever willing to recede from it.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Dan Rice's Charity.

The Troy Times, commenting upon
Dan Rice, the circus man, questions
whether he has not been q pretty good
sort Of Christian all his life, and tells
the following story about his charity {:
Uncle Dick Vanderheyden, who had
been q man of consequence in his day,
and who was a descendant of the origi-
nal family which first settled at Troy,
was al the time w speak of not only in
declining years but had lost his wealth
and was in a deplorable situation gener
ally as to health and financial prospects.
he was an old friend of Dan Rice, and
on n occasion, when Dan himself was
in pecuniary straights, had done the
Snowman a small kindness. Dan wal
advertised to exhibit in this city, and
while enroute heard of Uncle Dicks
sickness and misfortunes. Thereupon
he wrote to q friend in Troy, saying
TELL uncle Dick to keep up heart and
courage; I am coming One day, just
before the circus was to arrive, Dams
agent entered the Times cfice and re.
quested that we should announce that
Dan Rice would give the proceeds Of
the aftern Don performance for the ben
eft Of Uncle Dick Vanderheyden, and
on the morning Of the day of the per-
Torrance Dan himself came in, and his
great, big heart Lighting up his sun.
Drowned face, said: when 1 was poor
and in distress, travelling with q one.
horse show by canalboat, and didn't
have a dollar or a cents worth of credit,
Uncle Dick worked all day with his
cam carting my stuff up to the chow
ground, and didn't charge me one dol
lar. He helped then to put me on my
feet, and now I'll help him. 1 mean to
give him every cent of the afternoons
receipts, and The bigger the sum 1he
happier it'll make the old man and Dan
Rice, too That afternoons perform
Melted Uncle Dick between $500
and $500. 1t was Gods gift sent to him
Dan Rice, the Snowman.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Night.

II is a gloomy philosophy which looks
upon the night as the cloak OF sin and
the ambuscade Of crime. Wrong is ac-
tive by night and by day, but the dark
ened hours are also full OF sweetness
In them suudered households reunIte;
the infant sleeps upon its mothers
breast; in peaceful dreams hearts beat
ing speak again with hearts long stilled,
the joys OF other days revive, aud the
sleep which God gives his beloved flows
like a peaceful sea, round all the world.
The night is blessed with nobler thoughts
and higher hopes than is the day. Am.
bition is chsstened by the boundless
calm; passion is cooled by the grave re-
bukings OF the stars, and evil halts
amazed before the vast, mysterious SOL
itude Of the universal depths. No
thoughtful mind can endure the mute
questionings Of the night unmoved; it
must experience emotions TO which the
day is a stranger, thoughts which over.
whelm, exalt, crush and renew.
There is a flower OF scent so exquisite
that it forbears to blossom among the
more ignoble plants which worship the
blazing sun, but spares its fragrance
for the cool night, and its prayers for
the moon and stars. When the sun
goes down its folded buds expand, and
when the last CLEAN Of twilight has
glimmered and died in the west, il
spreads ont its snowy flowers like ador.
ing hands, and the perfume OF its petit
tons fill all the air, Men who pass
by the glaring colors Of day blooming
flowers, come from far to see these fair
white blossoms, and with one voice de.
clare that there is no purity and beauty
like to theirs. The thoughts Of our
bards and poets are like this flower
They that sing in the sun alone gain not
nor impart the inspiration known by
those who dream and labor in the night. |
are sweetest when tempered
with the dew, and like it they fall into
the soul, while words unmingled with it
are heard only by the mind. All our
bestowed poets have sung in the night
and of it, and the nightingale has more
Of honor than all the other warblers of
The wood,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Value Of Water Fowls.

1t is affirmed that Americans eat fewer
domestic water fowls than any civilized
people in the world. 1t is noticeable
that a very large proportion Of the ducks
and geese disposed of in this market
are bought by foreigners. In the markets
chiefly patroniEed by persons of Amer
loan birth it is rare to find either ducks
or geese. Wild ducks and geese are
served in their season in most of the
restaurants, but water fowls OF any
description is not often seen on the
tables at hotels. The flesh of ducks
and geese is very nutritious, and highly
favored. Its value as human food is
not surpassed by any kind of flesh, fish,
or fowl With a suitable supply OF
water on or near O farm, it is easier to
raise ducks and geese than turkeys and
chickens, Water fowls eat grass, and q
arge variety Of insects and reptiles
which land fowls reject. The feathers
oil geese and ducks are very valuable,
while those of hens and chickens are
scarcely worth saving, In most European
countries ducks and geese are regarded
rs great d~elicacies, and the improved
varieties command very high prices.
Perhaps the reason they are held in
30 low esteem in this country is that
we have paid less attention to raising
those breeds that are most valuable for
the table, and have been less careful
about preparing them for market.
Dressed ducks and geese will keep
longer than chickens and turkeys, and
on this account they are less liable to
injury when sent long ~distanceto market,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Flowing 10 pe.tror Me.d..


The New England Farmer, In an
article on this subject, which is as ap.
plieable to these parts as to New Eng.
land, says: All through the country
are thouands Of fields that have been in
some crop during the summer, which
Will not be cropped again till next
year. Corn fields, potato fields, and
fields OF grain that we're not seeded
down, will all have 10 be plowed next
spring, unless it lie done low. A great
many Of these fields are more or lefE
infested with weeds; some of these
are late grown ANIMALS that will be
killed by frost, such as pig weed, purs.
lain (pusley), NORWOOD, and many
others, but there are other weeds like
OK eye daisy (wbito weed), wild turnip,
peppergrass and especially sonel, that
will live over winter and be ready to
start into active growth ngain in spring,
before the coil will be in Of condition
to pillow. II left TO themselves these
weeds will obtain such a hold upon the
soil before next April or May as TO
cause serious trouble in the cultivation.
Take a field that is now well set with
sorrel, and let it lie till next April, then
plow it while the weather is cool and
earth damp, and it may be cross plowed
and cultivated as often as once a week
without making scarcely an impression
upon it, but il such weeds are turned
IN now, and we'll covered from the air,
and so left all winter, they will die, or
be so weakened that alittle stirring in
the spring will entirely finish them.
This, it seems TO us, a strong argument
in favor Of fall blowing OF old or ound
particularly garden land, or that which
is to be put into any kind Of hoed crop
next year. It is taking time by the
forelock in a way that will tell in May
and June.
Unless the ground freezes up solidly
very early there is time yet for blowing
all such weedy fields, if we will take
hold of it in earnest, and use every
suitable day for the work. 1t might
have been better to have turned the
weeds under a little earlier in the sea-
son while the weather was warmer,
as the weeds could have rotted faster
than now; but this is one kind of work
that is better done late than not at all.
There are some species OF biennial
weeds that are scarcely noticed now,
that, if left undisturbed, will be in
and perhaps go to seed before
the usual time Of planting next spring.
Another claim in favor of the late fall
blowing is that many insects, which
have just settled themselves snugly and
safely away for the winter, will be de-
by turning them up to the
November air. We have some
doubts es to whether many insects are
thus destroyed, but such blowing can
do them no good, and probably will
destroy some Of them. The principal
we should have in blowing now
would be" the killing of troublesome
weeds, and thus ave much disagreeable
next year.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Why and When Lamps Explode,

All explosions of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vapor of gas which col.
lects above the oil. When full Of oil OF
course a lamp contains no gas, but i'm
mediately on lighting the lamp, con-
sumption Of oil begins, soon leaving a
space for gas, which commences to form
as the lamp warns up, and, after burn.
ing a short time, sufficient gas will &C
cumulate to make an explosion. The
gas lamp will explode only when ignit.
ed. In this respect it is like gunpow-
der. Cheap or inferior oil is always the
most dangerous. The following shows
that many things may occur to cause the
fame to pass down the wick and explode
the lamp:
l. A lamp may be standing on q table
OF mantel, and a slight puff of air from
the open window, or sudden opening of
a door may cause an explosion.
2. 1t may be taken up quickly from a
table or mantel and instantly explode.
8. II taken into any entry where there
is a strong draught from the doors, an
explosion is likely to ensue.
4. If taken up q fight of stairs, or
raised quickly to place it on the mantel,
1t is likely to explode.
In al these cases the mischief is done
by the air movement-eitber by sudden
checking the draught or forcing the air
down the chimney against the flame.
s. Blowing down the chimney to ex-
tinguish the light, is a frequent cause of
explosion.
6. Lamp explosions have been caused
by Using a chimney broken at the top,
or n that has a piece broken out,
whereby the draught is variable and the
fame unsteady.
7. Sometimes q thoughtless person
puts a small sized wick in a large burn
Or, thus leaving q considerable space
along the edges OF the wick.
8. An old burner, which by right
should be thrown away, is sometimes
in use; the final result is K