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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-04
4 Case Of Nit ii Affection.

Not long since Wakefield Starkey, Of
Austin, while crossing tho track OF the
International and Great Northern Rail
road on valuable mule, was struck by
the locomotive and killed. The mule
WAS also hurried into eternity. Wakefield
Starkey, although perfect gentleman
on the street, WAS domestic tyrnnt of
the deepest eye. Without any provo ca
tinn Whatever, lie used to beat his wife
and lock her up in the wardrobe hence
when she heard of his death, it was not
10 much case of heavy bereavement rs
it was OF mitigated affliction IA the en-
glneer Of the locomotive WINS clearly to
blame for the accident, il was suggested
to the widow that she bring suit for dam
ages. She resolved TO do 80, and called
at the office of the railway compnny.
The proper official happened to 10 in.
The widow had such clear case against
the company that it was deemed advisa-
Bile to compromise the matter.
Now, madam" said the official, after
the widow had thrown back her veil and
stated her business, I'VE are willing to
do what il fair in this matter. There is
really no occasion to 60 to law to discuss :;
so think without going into the merits
of it, will tender you a check for $3, 900,
and you will sign a paper releasing the
company from all further demands.
The widow started, and asked: chow
much2"
II am authorized to pay you S3,OOO,"
II accept" she said, very much ngitn-
ted.
The check wns handed over, the pa
pers signed, and the widow walked out
in the street in bewildered frame of
mind. As she cashcd her check, she
said to herself confidently ~ didn't ex.
pect to get more than $50. I reckon
that railroad fellow didn't know how old
the mule was"
1t had never occurred to her that she
had sustained any loss in the death of
her husband. On the other hand, the
railroad official said to one of the clerks !:
The company is getting off dirt cheap.
We usually have to pay $4,000 for run.
ming over husbands"
1t did not occur to him that the widow
had sustained any loss whatever in the
death Of the valuable mule Tras SiH-
ings.
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Can we Raise our own Pork 7


We have frequently heard the qucs.
'ion asked, Will it pay to raise our own
pork?
We have always answered in the atlir.
native, as the surest and best way to
supply our tables with sweet meat and
lard. TO do 30 our farmers should first
supply themselves with good stock, lessen
the acreage in cotton, and plant sweet
potatoes, pinders and chufas at the rate
OF one acre OF the above to every five
hogs To be fattcncd. In other words, one
acre each of the above to fifteen hogs ::
giving them salt three times week and
u tablespoonful Of sulphur in dough ut
the same time
Our farmers are sowing more e1ten-
sively in small grain than formerly, and
as soon as harvested the entire stock
should have "the run" of the field, and
by the middle of August patch Of shiney
or speckled peas should be ready for the
Porkers, to be supplemented with wheat
bran. soured. until the potatoes, &C., are
ready for them. While "rooting" for
their living little corn should be fed to
them nigh, anu morning. by the mid
die of October pen and feed them all the
corn they will eat, and by the first cold
snap the hogs will be ready for the knife.
1t will appear that considerable trouble
and some expense is attended in having
good meat, but ne are of the opinion that
the number Of hogs, fifteen, indicated
will cost at least $500. or nearly eight
bales Of cotton!
AS to the proper breed we speak from
experience with the Essex and York
shires. The latter is white. but the OBJ
lection raised To lis color Is obviated in
the cross Of The Yorkshire on the Essex,
or perhaps the Berkshire also.
We know of one hog, cross of the
Yorkshire on the Essex, that at the age
of ten months weighed, after it had been
killed, 900 pounds. Our experience is
that we know of no hog that will kattcn
more readily before maturity than the
above cross. While the cross maintains
the color of the male, yet the objection to
mango i'll them is obyiated. And right
here allow us to say that mango, to g
very great extent, il carelessness of the
owner in allowing hogs to lie under
houses.
The Berkshires are no doubt equal to
the breeds mentioned. but as our expert
ence has been confined to the Essex un-
til within the past twn years; and since
then cross nf tha Essez end Yorkshire.
We cannot speak authos.;ai:.o:y zz 30 :Esa
merits Of this mos. popular breed. We
have now pair of thoroughbred Berk-
shires, and in addition to pigs that we
propose to raise for sale it is our inten-
ton to make crosses and the merits of
the breeds that have now for that pur-
pose.
There is another very important mat
ter to secure SUCCESS in raising hogs, and
that il never to try to- raise more than
can be we'll cared for. Five hogs will
make more and better pork and lard than
ten neglected and the food fed to the ten
if given to the FIVE.
We trust that this important matter
will be thoroughly ventilated through
your columns, and that our people may
be brought to realize The importance of
the subject and to change at once from
the present system Correspondence Of
the Meas and Courier.
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VOLUME XVII.---NO. 25
The Impending Great War.

a war III Europe will probably break
out IN the early spring. the contestants
oeing Russia on one side, aud Austria
backed by Germany, on the other. The
Austrian budget, this year, contains
large appropriations for the military ser
vice, avowedly because of the probability
OF hostllitics with Russia. The people Of
neither country desire war, but il seems
inc Car would not be aversc to n con.
liict which would save him from Nihilis.
nc conspiracies which endangcr his life.
lle would. be Czar-kileB are nothing if
not patriots. and they would never dream
OF removing the head Of tho nation in
Tune OF war. Austria and Germany
THINK the time Ia propitious for dealing n
haaHy blow at Russia. Bismark coyets
that portion Of Russia which fronts on
the Baltic Sea, because the bulk of its
inhabitants are Germans or of German
descent, while Austria aims to absorb the
l'anubian principalities, go that when
the power of the Sultan disappears in
Europe, what is left of the Turkish do.
hlnIons north Of the lIelcspont, will
become her inheritance. Should this
war break out. Italy, Spain, and Great
britain would sympathizc with, if not di.
rectly aid Germany aud Austria, for
Western Europe fears the mighty Coius.
sus of the North. France is The only
possible aid of Russia, but tha. once
great nation seems to have lost its an.
cent warlikc spirit, and is under the
evil spell Of Chamber of Deputies with
out cr.,eaion, policy, or public spirit.
Should this War break out, il would bc d
mighty one. and literally million OF men
would be brought into the field. Yet it
might not be long war, for railroads
aud telcgraphs can now be used to mass
vast bodies of men ut strategic poiuts.
thus making modern contests quick,
sharp and decisive. Austria and Germa.
ny would probably triumph. rs the or
organization Of their armies il better.
aud rank and file is more intelligent and
better educated than thnt Of the Russian
armies. In that case, the c0ntest would
result i'll itussia being shorn of her do
mlnions to the north west aud south
west
great foreign war would mt first
cause disturbance, because Europenn
holders Of American securities would
sell them in our market, in order To have
iunds on hand 10 meet the demands of
their respective governments for means
To arInamrnts. But in time our manu-.
lhcturcs and cOnim' e would bc bene.
lifted, because war would involve a waste
which America would be called upon To-
make good. Our vast stores of grain and
animal food would be called upon to
help feed the contcnding armies, while
our metals, such ~ copper, would be i'm
demand for cartridges and firearms. A
great European war would eventually
lead to the purchase of American securi.
ties ny conservative foreign capitalists,
who know the dangers to the money
markets of the Old World when n state
of war exists. While humanity would
suffer from great ; irrational contest
IN Europe, :hr -" States would be
the Pecu' II tho time be-
ing.-N far ,Iunuurv.
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Marriage.

Men aud women, says Theodore Par.
ker. especially young people, do not know
that It takes years to marry completely
two hearts, even of the most loving and
well.soited. But nature allows no sud.
den change. We slope very gradually
from the cradle to the summit of life
Marriage is gradual, fraction of us at
time.
a happy wedlock is long falling in
love. | know young persons think love
belongs only to brown hair and plump.
round, crimson cheeks. So it docs for its
beginning, just as Mount Washington
begins at Boston Bay I,nt the golden
marriage Is part of love which the bri.
DIAL day knows nothing of.
Youth is the tassel and slEen flower of
love, age is the full corn, ripe and solid
IN tho ear. Beautiful is the morning of
love with i,s prophetic crimson. violet.
purple and gold, with its hopes of days
to that are to come. Beautiful also ia
the evening. of love, with its glad remem.
brances, and its rainbow side turned TO.
ward heaven AZ well rs earth.
Young people marry there opposites in
temper aud general character, and such
marriage is generally good one.
They do it instinctively. The young
man docs not say, "My black eyes re-:
quire 10 be wed to blue, aud nv over.
vehemancc requires 10 be little mcdi.
fled with somewhat of dullness and re-.
verse" When these opposites como to.
gether 10 he wed, they do not know j.
but each thinks the other just like him.
self
Old people never marry their opposites.
they marry their similars and from cir.
cuatlon. Each of these two arrange.
ments is very proper. In their long iour.
ney these opposites will fall out Of the
way great many times, and both will
charm the other back again, and by and
by they will be agreed us TO the place
they will 90 to, and the road they will 90
by and become reconciled. The man
will be noble and larger for being associ.
ated with 30 much humanity unlike him.
self, and she will be noble woman for
having manhood beside her, that seeks
to correct her deficiencies and supply her
with what lacks, if the diversity be not
TOO great, and there be real piety and love
In their hearts 10 begin with.
The old bridegroom, having much
shorter Journey to make, must associate
with one like himself A perfect and
complete marriage is, perhaps personal
beauty. Men and women arc married
frac.ionally-Now n small fraction, then
a large fraction.
very few are married totally, and they
only, think, after some forty or fifty
years OF gradual appronch and excite.
ment: Such large and sweet fruit is a
complete marriage that it needsa winter
to mellow and season. But u real happy
marriage of love and judgement between
man aud woman il one of the thinya
NO very handsome that if the sun were,
rs the Greek poets fnbled, a God, he
might stop the world in order to feast his
eyes with such II spectacle.
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4 Gllastly Secret.

DIR. Frank Hamilton is reported to
have declared that Garfield was dosed to
death. He asserts positively that after
the use Of morphine had been prohibi-
ted by the council of physicians DIR.
Bliss continued its use, and but for this
course Of treatment the wound mirh,
have been successfully probed and the
Presidents lite saved by judicious sur
gical treatment. DR.. Hamilton is said
to be, or was, anxious to have Congress
investigate the matter, and that if it
would aid in bringing about a settlement
he would welcome o suit for libel from
Bliss, if he feels himself wrongei. If
this be true, and we have seen NO denial
of it, DR.. Hamilton should be gratified
with an investigation. We can under
stand now, in advance Of such an inqui-
sition, the wild, incoherent talk that
emanated from the sick room of the
stricken President, which was scattered
over the country, with embeIishment,
and ct times regarded az the utterance
of q person who had visions beyond the
ken Of ordinary and unhurt mortals.
This matte. leads .a @hst .may be con
E:a=E=:: :.,t IA the gs=ses: sEs.lEs ii; mod
e!n medical praciice-ihe inconsideFate
use of morphine. We have heard it said
that some physicians bad "hobby" on the
subject of that drug and its application
TO diseased patients. In some cases, it
is certain that disastrous results have fol-
lowed its use-far more dreadful than
even death as tue consequence of physi-
cal pain. Many Of the death beds filed
with visionary conversation and appari-
tional spectaces may be traced to the
uss of this drug and not to any clairvoy-
ant piety. There can be no vaster mis-
fortune perhaps than for any individual
to become habituated to its use, through
medical instruction, and it seems to ue
that more pernicious hobby could not
exist on the part Of any physician. That
its sparing use may be necessary now
and then, because Of the ignorance Of
other professional remedies, we admit !;
but the patient should be warned most
solemnly of its tremendous possibilities
for evil and taught rather to submit to
pain and even clear. minded death than
a temporary release from afiliction end.
ing in final catastrophe, darkened with
nightmare and phantasmagoria, when
the mind goes drifting in utter wreck
upon sea Of tempestuous delusion.-
augusta Chronicle.
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BOWIE KNIVES ANDA DARK ROOM,
\ Reminiseence of sho Thirty-Si1th Con-
greAs.

The telegraph yesterday morning an
nounced the dying condition Of Hon.
John l.. Potter of Wisconsin, an inmate of
poor house at Mukwango, Wis. The
mention of his name recalls the stirring
scenes Of twenty years ago. when the
man who now lies at the door Of death
was u conspicuous figure in Congress.
The Thirty sixth Congress, which Assem-.
bled in December, 1859, contained about
score of Southern hot t.heads--regular
fire caters" as they were called-and
there were three men Of the same lispo.
silion from the North-Lovcioy of Iii.
nois, Giddings of Ohio and Potter Of
Wisconsin. These characters always
went armed and were ever ready TO take
the offensive or defensive on public mat
tiers, even to the death.
Mr.. Potter, on one occasion, is said to
have become offended at remarks made
by MIR. Barksdale, of Mississippi, aud de-
liberately walked over to that gentleman,
pulled his wig from his head and slapped
his face with it. Fortunately. this little
difficulty was amicably settled by an
apology. But al the latter part of Feb.
ruary, 1861, toward the close OF the ses
sion, Lander, who WAS lobbying . bill for
$25, 600 through Congress to assist him in
building military road in Minnesota,
brought on q war of words and torrent
OF abuse OF himself hy his insnlent man
ner toward Southern men. Lander's
best friend on the floor of the House was
John +. Potter. and he besought him to
come to his defense and fight that bill
through, and Potter agreed 10 90 so. hs
result of his vigorous championship of
the measure hot debate arose between
himself and Roger A. Pryor of Virginia,
in the course Of which Potter called
Pryor liar
Mr.. Pryor, with the instinct Of n
Southern gentleman. demanded satisfac-
ton and sent a challenge to Potter by
his friend, Lawrence NJ. kcilt of South
Carolina. Potter Immediately responded
by his friend, General Lander, accepting
the challenge, choosing bowie knives az
the weapons, n dark room MS the place,
and the seconds 10 t0 armed with Colts
Ievolvers. Mr.. Keitt considered these
terms as barbarous and consealea them
from his principal, telling Pryor that
Potter was coward and refused TO fight
lie managed to get Pryor go to Alex.
andria and remain there until the
close of the session, under pretense Of
tear OF assassination ut the hands Of
General Lander. Thus, by the prudence
of keitt, possibly one OF the bnodiest of
all duels WIS ayertcd; but when Pryor
learned the particulars, at later date, he
was greatly incensed with the conduct of
his friend, and branding him rs II coward
and knave, refused to recognize him
again. Potter became the hero Of the
hour, aud was lionized by the people of
the North for his courage in so promptly
accepting the challenge and naming such
uncquivocal terms Of slaughter.
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Cow POIsiOning.

The question as to whether COWS are
poisoned by eating butter bean vines is
exciting some inquiry. Mr.. J. G. Strib.
bling, of Pendleton, writes as follows:
Frosted butter beans, sweet potatoes,
or field peas will poison cattle. have
seen several calves and yearlings killed by
eating frosted or partly decayed sweet
potatoes. A neighbor lost two COWS last
fall by eating frosted butter bean vines
A COW that gets full feed of mustard,
suddenly without being gradually chang.
ed to it, is almost certainly fatally pois.
oned.
"An uncle of mine once took a notion
that he would fix up nice Sunday morn. :.
ing feed Of sa,ted warm dough for pen
ofsix fiue fatteniug hogs, and to his sur.
prise three out of the six was dead before
night. Salt is good for hogs. and they
should have it regularly and in moderate
quantities. A sudden change in food is
sometimes very dangerous with our best
feed. I am told by good authority that
If wild Indian. that had not been use
to salt, were to get good square meal OF
our salt meat suddenly, 1t would be a. ia.
tai as frosted potatoes are to the cow"
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The Average American Buy.

If there is one thing that the average
American boy needs more than anything
else it is reverence, and the only way for
him to obtain this is to attend church.
He should be made to 10 so. Suppose
he does not understand the sermon.
am willing to acknowledge that he may
not, because there are some sermons
that nobody can understand. But he
gets some good out of it. I know many
parents will object to this doctrine, and
say that we are not now living under the
Puri.anic regime, and that If boy is
made to go to church against his will he
will become prejudiced against religion.
I do not believe this. I have but one
child, a boy. I have tried my theories
on him, and he still lives. The over .indul-
gent mother of to-day, who declares that
her boy shall not be brought up in the
old.fashioned way, md feeds him on
pound cake and sweet.meats at night
just because he wants to have them, may
be acting in the belief that she knows
how to bring up her boy. But the fact
Is she will not bring him up at all. He
will die Of dyspepsia before he Is l5
years old.
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CLOTHING On FIRE.-In the rare
case Of witnessing an individual whose
clothing Is on fire, il is we'll to know just
how to act, that by promptitude and
presence of mind the sufferer may be
saved from terrible death. Make no
ou,cry. if you can avoid it, but seize a
blanket or any woolen fablic-if none is
at hand take any woolen matcrial-hold
the corners rs fer apart AZ you can, and
stretch them out higher than your head,
running boldly to the person, make q
motion of clasping the arms, mostly
about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves The face, the
next instant throw the person on the
floor. This is an additional safety OF
the face and breath, and any remnant OF
flame can be put our more leisurely.
The next instant immerse the burnt par.
in cold water, and all pain will cease at
once with the rapidly of lighting. Next
get some -four, remove from the water,
and cover the burnt parts with an inch in
thickness of -four, If possible, put the
patient in bed, and do all that IL posi-
BILE TO soothe until the physician arrives.
Let the flour remain until it falls off it.
self, when a beautiful new skin can be
found. Unless the burns are deep, no
other applications are needed. The dry
-four for burns ia the most reliable RENE.
dy ever proposed, and the information
ought TO be impaired to all.
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oy tne vessel during the day. When
Tue distance was announced at noon The
persons who guessed the nearest figure
.ook the pot" Vanderbilt won five
times out of seven, and it was whispered
ABOUT that he got his points from the
engineer, with whom he divided S h;S
gslns r amounting 10 $500 or $40O dav.
e,nonn ne ,uea OF man with an income Of
slo,ooo day swind!ing his fellow pas.
sengers out of few hundreds and Wall
sort of a story. ''"'
THE PUBLIC BE ID"
:, Inc public was recently informed
through the press that Mr.. Van,lerbilt's
sentiment toward the people were sum.
med up in the brief expression "TLc
public be id" The crea, man has de.
hied saying anything Of the kind, and
t1e UW matter seems to have dropped.
Whatever may be his sentiment it can.
not be denied that the Vanderbilts have
done great deal for New York in build.
ing railroads which make this port the
outlet tor large part OF the Vests pro.
duce. The $l50,000 which he spent in
bringing the obelisk over here was the
ifSt important contribution Of the Van
ueroiit family toward the art monuments
OF the city, but it is probable that i, will
nc, not Dc the last. II is even whispered, in
!hIs connection, that there is a probabil.
ny that Vanderbilt may contribute the
quarter OF million dollars needed for
the building of a pedestal for the enor-
nous Statue OF Liberty which the
+ rreich nation intend presenting lis with
next spring. He will thus add to his
own popularity and e1tricate the nation
!!om the humiliating position in whicl.
u has been placed by the incompetency
OF o. the committee appointed to look after
the matter.