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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Hints In Lightning Storms.

Colonel Parnell, II. T., gives the fol.
lowing useful hints TO avoid being struck
by lightning. Carrying as little metal
OF any kind on the person as possible.
Shelter inside the nearest brick or stone
building when the storm approaches. If
none near, stand still, or better, lie down
on your face, disregarding the rain which
acts as a protection. Avoid the shelter
of trees or doorways, under walls, caves,
hayricks, &c. Go into stone house,
but not an outhouse, such as barn or
stable. Temporary shelters of this sort
are to be Stunned, especially if the
building is wooden. Iron is safer. In
the open, low, dry, stony ground is safer
than high, wet or grassy ground. Leo.
ward sites are safer than windward
ones. Eield laborers should leave their
tools behind on seeking shelter. Indoors,
the Kitchen fireplace is to he avoided.
Choose room or passage where there is
no fireplace. Keep clear of walls, espe-
cially outer walls. Keep clear of metals,
especially pipes of wires, cisterns, win.
dow bars, looking glasses, pianos, gilt
frames balconies, &c. Close ali the
doors and windows. Keep the chimneys
clean-the SCOT and heated air draw the
discharge. Paving close round the walls
guards a building; 80 also do dry and
we'll drained foundations.-Cd CdsseFs Alag.
dzinc.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
ELECTRIFIED LIQUOR.
How Whislsey may be Given Age within
few Hours.

The latest and certainly the strangest
use to which electricity has been put to
is process of "giving age" TO whiskey
and wines. 1t is the discovery of q Cal
fornian, who has succeeded in getting
patents from the United States, and has
at the same time interested the internal
revenue commissioner to such an extent
that special privileges to experiment
with bonded whiskey have been accorded
him. n series of trials are being con-
Quoted at store on Washington street,
between Montgomery and Sansome, un-
der the supervision of deputy re:enue
collector The process in question is ex-
cecdingly simple, and, if all is true that
Is claimed for it, it will revolutionze the
liquor and wine trade. 1t is nothing
more than quick and cheap method Of
refining, that being done in from twelve
to forty.eight hours, which formerly re-
quired years TO accomplish.
Two blocks Of carbon wrapped up in
flannel are inserted in the liquor to be
purified, and these carbons are connected
with the positive and negative poles of
an ordinary Brush electric machine.
Electricity is then generated by the usu.
al means and the process of publication
anc refining proceeds, The chemical
action upon Tho liquor is such { at all
impurities are attracted 10 tie i. gativs
carbon. covering flannel. The eA ess of
fusel oil also finds lodgment here, and
when the cloth is removed, it looks as if
it ma heen stepped for day and a year
in Tar Flat brine. 1t is asserted that the
liquor does not lose proof during the
process. Light wines require about two
hours OF this electric churning; fortified
wines are rendered mellow in twelve
hours, and the hardest and deadlest
sample of alcoholic disti'lation is made
comparatively harmless within forty
eight hours. If all that is claimed for
the Invention is found on facts its proper
Importance upon the wine making indus.
try can hardly be overestimated. 1t will
then be no longer necessary to send casks
OF port on sea voyages around the world,
and Eastern wine merchants need no
longer have recourse to the prevarication
that French wine, having undergone a
sea voyage, IL necessarily better than the
domestic product. Age, the great disid-
eratum for California wine, can be pro-
duced by the aid of dynamo electric
machine. Every saloon can own a little
machine, turned by hand, dog or steam,
anu every person can personally be con.
vinccd that the liquor which is set before
them is electrically pure and old. "Give
it shock" will become as common as
"a little water, please," the sting will be
taken out OF many Il temperance speech,
and mania potu will no longer be
dubbed horrors.-i&n Francisco Chroni.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
The Oldest Bank Notes.

The Oldest bank notes are the "fying
money" or convenient money" first is.
sued in China, 2697 B. G. Originally
these notes were issued by the treasury,
but experience dictated change to the
system Of banks under government in.
spection and control. A writer says that
the early Chinese "greenbacks" were in
all essentials similar to the modern bank
notes, bearing the name of the bank,
the date of issue, the number of the note,
the signature of the official issuing it,,
indications of its valure in figures, in
words aud in the pictorial representa-
ton of coins or heaps of coins equal in
amount to its face value, and notice Of
the pains and penalties of fcounterfeiting.
Over and above all was laconic exhor.
tation to industry and thrift: Produce
all you can spend with economy" The
notes were printed in blue ink on paper
made from the fibre of the mulberry
tree. One issued in 1869 B. G. is pre-.
served in the Asiatic museum at ST. Pc
tersburg.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Fatal Duel In North Carolina.

On Tuesday last duel was fought
with fatal results in Whitehouse Town.
ship, Robertson County, N. c., between
Henry Horne and David Butler. The
latter was shot through the collar bono
and died in twelve minutes. A feud had
for long time existed between the two
men, and they had repeated quarrels.
Yesterday the two Buffers and the two
Horne brothers met at Whitehouse
Township. All hands were drinking.
and words passed between David Butler
and james Horne, and they agreed to
step aside in the road aud settle the
trouble. Horne had pistol and Butler
club. Neither was hurt seriously.
Henry and Marshall Horne, on les.rn.
ing. Of the. fight; won't to the rAcue
of their brothers. Heni, called to But.
ler to draw his pistol an6 1e;end him.
self If he valued his life, and at the same
time drew his own, six.shooter. He
fred before Butler could get out his
weapon, and killed him. Buffers only
remark after he was shot was "Weli,
this finishes up an old grudge."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
= Warning to senselcss Parents aud Cruel
Nurses.

Few people seem to properly cs,im ate
the great tong of frightening children.
Nearly every household has its ugly old
man" or great old bear" The terrible
old man and this great old bear are pow.
ertui factors in nursery discipline.
Come along here now" mother or
nurse will say TO child. "and let me
put you TO bed" II don't want to go
now" the child replies. YOU'D better
come Oh here now or III tell that ugly
old man TO come and take YOU away.
There he comes now This has the in.
tended effect, and the child, trembling in
fear, ubmits at once and goes To bed,
probably to see in Imagination all kinds
of horrible faces.
The sad death of little girl which
occurred recently shows what Il strong
impression these "b0ogers" make ON the
minds Of children. The little girl was a
beautiful child, and every one at the
fashionable boarding house where her
parents we're spending the Summer
months loved her with that purity of
affection which child so gentle SO
strongly inspires. She would stand at
the gate and clap her little hands with
glce when her father came to dinner, and
when lie would take her Oil his shoulder
she 'Yould about and call to every ons 4,
look how high she was. One day a large
shaggy dog came into the yard, and
when she ran to him and held flower
to his nose he growlcd and turned away.
She was terribly frightened, and the
black nurse who stood near was not slow
in making mental note of the impress.
ion the dog had made. Several nights
afterwards, when bed time came, the
child was unusually wakeful.
"Ier'd better come hcah and vi, in dis
bed" the nurse demanded.
II don't want to-"
"All right, den. I'se gwine out an
call dat ole dog what growlcd at yer.
When he comes an fines you uutcn de
bed he'll bite yer head off,
The little girl grew deadly pale.
"Nuthin' would suit that dog better
den to git chance at yer. 'Tother night
he cotch little girl across dc road an
eat her all up"
The child screamed.
"Come on heah, den, an | won't let
him ketch yer"
The poor little thing obeyed. Her
father and mother were at an entertain
ment and there was appeal from the
negro woman's dct i. When morn.
ing came the little girl did not awake
with her glad good mornn,' papa and
mamma" She had tossed all night and
hot fever had settled upon her. She
grew rapidly worse, and the next day the
physician declared that there was no hope
for her. She became delirious. and
struggling, would exclaim:
Dog shan't have mammals little
girl"
1t wasa sorrowing circle that surround
ed her death bed. The parents were
plunged into grief which none but the
hearts Of fathers and mothers can feel.
Her last moments were series of
struggles. How hard the beautiful can
die. She wildly threw up her little
hands and shrieked:
Go away dog !"
A gentle hand wiped the death frolh
from her lips.
Again she struggled and sbrieked
"Dog shan't have"--buts she died ere
the sentence was finished.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Buffers Escape.

Just before the fight at Petersburg,
General b. L. Butler, while out in front
of his lines with his staff, came near be.
ing captured by picket squad Of tho
Seventh South Carolina Cavalry. Some
days afterward q member of that regi-
ment was captured by Buffers men, and
by the Generals orders brought into his
tent. General b. asked the man what
would have been dono had he (Bu:ler)
been taken by his comrades few days
previous. The man replied that while
he was prisoner he declined giving any
opinion. Butler then said that he had
asked the question from curiosity, and
would protect the man, no matter what
his reply should be- The Confederate
then said: "Well, General, think that
in the event Of your capture by our men
You would never be heard Of again."
Butler laughed heartily, thinking it a
fine joke.
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Mrs. ''StOnewalI" jackson.

10 the Editor Of the Charlotte Journal
Observer: Upon my return from my re-.
cent visit to the North, find some com.
ments which are not entirely just from
the Southern press, and, in justice to my.
self and my daughter, must correct
some statements which have been made.
After joining Governor and Mrs. Jarvis.
who were going on the same trip we
were, land where could we find a more
pleasant and suitable party to travel with
than the Governor of my native State
and his excellent wife? p, an invitation
was extended TO US to become the guests
OF the State of Massachusetts,.
/ was advised by Southern friends to
accept it; and it was urged that we
would not be the guests of Governor
Butler, but ofthe State, which represent
ed many good and noble people. While
In Boston we were entertained at a hotel
and did not cross the threshold of Gener.
al Butler. Justice, however, compels me
to say that he was wanting in no courte.
sy to the guests of his State. The people
of Boston, and at every point we visited
in the North, certainly gave evidence
that my husbands name was held in such
honor and reverence that my heart could
not but be touched with tender and
grateful emotion. was told they nd.
mired him for 'his moral grandeur" )"
"his exalted piety :" that he was the
"brasest man the war produced on either
side," and that they were proud of him
as an American citizen" &c.
Surely there must be enough of chiv.
airy and right feeling on the part of all
true Southerners to cast no blame upon
me for having been the means of evoking
such sentiments rs these; and while
every instinct of my nature is loyalty and
devotion to the South. can testify that
there are many excellent Christians nt
the North who are anxious to blot out all
sectional differences, and extend to us
the love and kindness which makes a
nation that happy people whose God is
the Lord"
NJ. A. JACKSON
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Boys or the Old Kind.

When any man who has been boy
himself attempts to put OH dignity and
take the boys of the present day across
his journalistic knee because they in
dulge in "idiotic enthusiasm" he starts
the Irish IN us, and the red hair snaps
like slroking the fur Of q cat the wrong
way. Let tho editor 80 inclined look
back twenty five years and think of the
deviltry that was going on among the
boys at that time: and compare it. with
the quiet of to-day. Twenty five years
ago boys never thought of paying to 60
to show, but crawled up to tho window
on boards, and got in, and tho audience
could consider itself in luck if they
didn't raise the roof. The boys of q
quarter of a century ago were regular
cowboys compared with your truly good
boys of the present day. Why, man,
don't you remember when Sunday
morning in summer would have seemed
tame indeed if the people on the way to
church did not find o procession Of fifty
wagons on Main street, placed these the
night before by the boys" Don't ycu
remember how every wagon contained a
crockery crate, with q dog inside, and
each cage labeled with the name of some
rare animal, caught in tho iuugles OF
Alrlca or lassoed on the plains of Vene-
zuela by Indians. OF course your great
mind can 60 back 10 the time when eyery
sign in town that was not printed on
stone or cut in marble in the sidewalk.
would appear in the wrong place in the
morning, and you can recall the long.
faced citizens who could not see any fun
in such monkey work and said those bows
would all fetch up in State Prison. We
have watched the State Prison records
for quarter of q century, and not sin.
gle name of one Of those old bows is re-.
corded in any prison, but we can point
out fifteen OF them who occupy high
positions in all branches of business.
There are lawyers, as good as the State
can produce, among those nocturnal
menagerie organizers and smoke house
mo, ers of the olden time. There ia a
judre Of a Western State who used to
make specially of putting zebra stripes
on a white dog with black brush. His
decisions are said to be marked with no
evidence that he ever worked half the
night to carry the northwest corner of a
smoke house around block to have it
ready in the morning. There is a capi.
talist living in this city, who helped place
a 200 pound wooden boot, stolen from
the front of shoe store, upon q school
house at Whitewater one night, but the
exercise did him good, and nobody was
harmed. Sun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Not Guilty.

A negro man was sworn in upon the
jury in larceny case. He looked very
detected, and as soon As possible, skunk
away into corner of the jury division,
and hid his face from view. Presently
the Judge had occasion to address him,
ana, after repeated attempts to attract
his attention, had him punched in the
side. The juryman arose.
do you know what you are here for 2"
demanded the Judge, with severity.
Pore dc Lawd, boss, amt dono
muffin :"
"Don'. you know what case this il? ?"
Somehow do disrecollect," said the
darkey, scratching his head.
"Well," exclaimed the Judge, "it's
the case where two men are accused of
stealing two bales of cotton"
II didn't steal em /" was the excited
reply Of the thoroughly bewildered pe-
gro: The Judge explained the matter,
and the trial proceeded.-Aobie Regis
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
The Chicago Inter. Ocean truthful

- The Chicago Inter- Ocean trnthfuily
observes: This country needs more in. :.
dustrial institutions and fewer colleges OF
law and medicine. We want more COM
mon sense and less ideality, more hard.
headed practice and less theory, more
workers and fewer puddlers. Success In
tho workshop is infinitely preferable TO
and more honorable than failure IN
profession, and the mere matter Of name
has come to make but little difference
with the estimate of mems worth nova
days. Technical education is what is
wanted in our manufactures, and IN
them is our life"
Is your wife's health poor? Are your
children sickly7 Give them browns
Iron Bitters. It will revive them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Prohibition In Georgia.

Prohibition has made its way steadily
and rapidly. Ten years ago it had no
hold whatever. The sale Of liquor is
now prohibited In the whole or part of
seyenty.one counties, leaving less than
half the counties In the State in which
its sals:is unrestricted. The Legislature
just dissolved has made nine Of these
and ploSasa 'osass b. enact +
thirty odd more. It ALSO passed bill
making It crime to sell liquor to a con.
nrmed diunkard or drunken person,
by one of his relatives.
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= Young man, don't try to forget your
identity and become somebody else for
the other chap is sure to be an inferior
person.
= Late frosts have done much injury
TO the growing corn crop Of the North
western States.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
ruE MINISTER WHO FAILS

THE MIN NIoIE1C WHO FAILS interest his conoroo,
build up his church generally accused being poor preacher
not studying hard enough THAT is always where the trouble
s from. Dyspepsia and liver disorders responsible for ~
snon and many vacant pulpit When the Domnes dnesGv G
utus working wrong and his giving him pain and HE
to 40 It's duty IS almost impossible make or to breach
Give your suffering minister bottle Of Browns IRON Biz
You will see Its effect on next Sundays preaching The Rev. Mr.
unit, B1Gw4T row ni Iron tters made of him sThe Rev
Browns Iron Bers is not only for the minister but for all people
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= The rich depend on the poor, as
we'll as the poor on the rich. The world
is but magnificent building; all che
stones gradually cement together. No
one subsists by himself alone.
That poor 6edridden, invalid wife, Sis
ter, mother, or daughter, can be made the
picture Of health by few bottles of Hop
Bitters. Wa you let them suffer 2 when
so easily cured!
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An Enthusiastic Enforcement.
GoRHAM, N, H. july ID 1877,

GENTs-Whoever you are, I don't
know; but thank the Lord and feel
grateful to you to know that in this
world of adulterated medicines there is
one compound that proves and does all
it adyertises to do, and more. Four
years ago had slight shock of palsy,
which unuerved me to such an extent
that the least excitement would make me
shake like the ague. Last May I was
induced to try Hop Bitters. used one
bottle, but did not see any change; !;
another did 80 change my nerves that
they are now as steady as they ever were.
1t used to take both hands to write, but
now my good right hand writes this.
Now, II yon continue 10 Manufacture "a
honest and good an article as you do,
you will accumulate an honest fortune,
and confer the greatest blessing on your
fellow.men that was ever conferred on
mankind.
TIN BURcH.
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Building and Building Materials.

xxy b. BEACHAM, Contractor ,solsnd and
w Builder, Depot Street, Anderson
&C Dealer in Sash, Blinds, Doors &C.
cent for sale Of Rough and Dressed Lnm-
her. Furnishes Window and Door. Ftain1s. n th.
With sash and doors h.Jeu Wer. reap az Materials
building. Orders for "otS OF sA"'o ''
promptly executed. 20 am
Anil 10, 1888 ~
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=. :. Abstaining from food, It Is said,
wiii cure rheumatism. If you have
rheumatism 60 live In boarding house.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
AMDERS SON
CITY BAKERY.

THREAD and CAKES always on hand.
ID Cakes made to order. Fresh soda'
lemon. Cream and Sweet Crackers, Candy,
ron nfact;oneries. Fruits and Nuts. Deyiled
Meats Cross q Blackwell's Chow Chow,
p;cties Groceries and Canned Goods and
sosns. Baskets of every variety. Vases
Cups and Saucers, Chamber Sets and Glass;
ware. Hammocks, Rubber, Musical ana m
Base Balls, Novelties: Tobacco ana ee.
cars. Smoke my LADY Of the Lake'-an
excellent SC. Segar. cprEN
May 10, 1888 SO ON
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TIN BURCH.

AS true and sufficient tonic, and one
that excels all other iron medicines, take
Browns Iron Bitters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-17
Miscellaneous.

Mississippi, 16.-Ex-President
Davis is much better to-day and is
improving
Ottawa, 16.-OficiaI advices from
Fort Walsh up to Friday. represent
the Crees as perfectly quiet and no
trouble is apprehended.
Scranton, Pa, 16.-The Hoosic.
near here, was shaken throughout
by an explosion Of powder in the
magazine at CoWbnnken. One man
was almost torn to pieces; another
has not been found.
Philadelphia, 16.-The common
pleas Jury gave verdict for Mr.
Spieker, against the railroad COM
pany, for $4,000. Spieker was 6
travelir g salesman and took passage
for Williamsp 1rt, and presented thu
conductor return slip of an excur
sion ticket from Williamsport Il
Philadelphia. The conductor re
fused the ticket and elected Spieke
in the open country. The judg
charged The jury rather against tn
ejectment of the holder of a ticke
in a rural district and amid
drenching rain.
San Francisco, 16.-Utah is as
sessed 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-17
Lost Faith in Physicians.

Why is it that so many persons
use proprietary medicines, or patent
medicines. as they are commonly
called? 1t is because people lose
faith in their physicians? Well,
this is, no doubt, frequently the
case. There are innumerable in.
stances where cures have been eff
fected by SCovILL's SARsAPARILLA
or BLOOD & Liver SYRUP for all
diseases of the blood, when they
had been given over by Their ply
sicians. It is one of the best RENE
dies ever offered to the public, snd
as it is prepared with the greatest
care, as a specific for certain dis
eases, it is no wonder that il should
be more effectual than hastily wris-
ten and carelessly prepared pre-
scriptiOns made by Incompetent
physicians. Take the medicine Tor
all disorders arising from impure
blood. 1t is endorsed by leading
professional men as well As by
eminent physicians and others. Try
it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-17
WASHINGTON.

Washington, 16.-The acting Sec
rotary of the treasury had a consul
tatiOn to-day with Clay, collector
of customs at Newporttown, Vir-
ginia, in regard to the expectation
of bonded whisky from that port
to Bermuda. The collector said /:
This business was increasing to
such an extent that additional help
was absolutely necessary. Five
thousand barrels whisky were now
at that port awaiting shipment and
he is informed that certain export
ers for whom New York firms are
acting as agents expect to ship
whisky Z 10 Bermuda at the rate of
from 5000 TO 10000 barrels a month.
Clay said his present force could
only gauge about sixty or seventy
barrels day, and could not begin
to work until the expecting vessel
arrived. 'Fhe acting secretary IN.
formed him a force of gauger5 from
RichmondIW would be sent to his as
sistance. The subject will be laid
before Secretary Folger tomorrow.
Postmaster General Gresham has
issued a general order directing
postmasters to co operate with the
custodians Of public buildings in
aiding the civil service commission
in all reasonable ways in the dis
charge of United States duties.