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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
There is q Future.

A future state of existence is neces-
sity as we'll as certainty, for it involves
the question of mans Immortality and
dual nature. This is a frail tenement,
and must soon decay and fall to pieces,
but there is house not made with hands,
eternal in the Heavens, that shall remain
forever. It cannot be that this troubled
scene of sorrow, care and pain-tbis bat
tle.feld of mans passions and prejudices,
is TO abide forever and be our perpetual
home, the promised rest Of life's weary
pilgrims. 1t is not pleasant to contem-
plate our earthly existence as mere
bubble, fading phantom, an evanescens
dream, the football of time and the
plaything of the centuries, cast up by
chance or thrown into being by Omnip'
otence for no more stable or worthy pur.
pose than to float a moment on the cres'
ted bosom of the stormy waves, and then
explode and sink into the deep dark sea
of oblivion or unremembered nonentitty.
If it be so, how can we account Tor
those divine longings and aspirations
which swell up in the soul and leap like
angels of hope from the living temple
of the human heart; restless yearnings
for Immortality Why is it that the
twinkling stars that hold high festival
round the jeweled throne of night are
placed beyond our reach and the compre-
hension of our finite faculties, forever
eluding our possession and tantalizing
and mocking our immortal longings and
fondest hopes with the glorious parapher.
MALTA of their unattainable beauty and
unapproachable surroundings? 1t can
not. i must not be. There is hig gher
life beyond, nobler and more satisfying
sphere of existence, where all our hopes
will be realized aud faith be lost in sight.
There is divinity that stirs within us,
that tells of the spirit land and points
out hereafter to man in terms which
be cannot mistake.
Why is it that the beauties of the sen.
tinel stars that set their watch in the
skies are placed just above our reach,
and the bewitching charms of dear friends
and the bright forms of beauty and love,
illness are torn from our embraces and
laid out of sight in the deep. dark grave,
the narrow house of clay, leaving the
thousand warm gulf streams of fond
affection to strike the icebergs and flow
back in Arctic torrents upon our bereaved
and desolate hearts? 1t all proves be-
yond the reach of successful controversy
that there is hereafter, bright realm
beyond the cold river where the loved
and lost are awaiting US, where parting
will be unknown, and where the reinbow
of realized hopes never fades; where the
jeweled stars that never set, and resplen.
dent beauties that never grow dim, will
be spread out before our enraptured
vision like the green islands that slum-
Der on the peaceful bosom of the storm
less ocean of eternity. There the stars
and the rainbow and the myriad forms
of beauty which passed away from us
here, like the early dew and the morning
cloud, will stay in our presence forever.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10

- In Sweden when a man has been
drunk three times he is subject to the
loss of his privilege of voting for local
or general officers.
1t is stated that the people of this
country consume patent medicines to
the amount of 5000, 900 every year.
That is four dollars worth to every man,
woman and child in the land.
- There is many a man with fine
classical or business education yainly
seeking for bread, but who ever saw an
industrious, temperate, frst.class engi.
neer, or mechanic in that fix; any man
who has thorough mechanical educa-
ton, or training, and who is out of work
and unable to succeed in the world, is
lacking in something, for the world has
need of such men every day and a place
for them to fill.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10

an awful dread of their visits. But those
dreadful negro vretches, whose very look
betokened their brutal natures, caused an
indefnable thrill of horror and loathing,
BY their presence, to women who had
been reared in an atmosphere of refine
ment and whose lives had been tenderly
guarded from everything coarse. Though
our friends suffered much from priVation
and still more from constant dread OF
further outrage, they were mercifully
shielded from actual suffering and vio-
lence. They could receive no direct
communication from the seat of war.
Vague rumors came to them of defeat
and disaster, but Katie's cheerfulness and
answering faith in the success of the
cause kept up their spirits. She consid'
cred it treason even to hint at the posi-
bility of failure. Her sanguine spirit
would not entertain doubt of the final
issue. Woman like, she clung to and
trusted in the cause she loved, even when
cooler and wiser heads clearly saw the
impending doom and prepared themselves
for the inevitable stroke. Even in the
darkest hours her hopes were bright and
firm, and when the blow came, it found
her all unprepared. When she heard
the announcement "Lee has surrender
ed |" her very soul seemed to stagger
beneath the blow, All her fond hopes
were dashed to earth. The cause was
lost for which she had worked and suf-
fered and prayed, and for which she felt
that she could have severed the dearest
ties of earth and even have offered her
own hearts blood. For time it seemed
es if her very faith in Heaven was shak-
en-. Angry and rebellious thoughts filled
her breast, and even the presence and
safety of her lover failed to comfort her.
But there is friend who sympathizes
with us in our SORROWS and pities the
weakness of our human nature. so
when He whispered in her ear: what
7 do thou knowest not now but shalt
know hereafter" the waves of her grief
subsidized and she was able to say "Thy
will be done!' But the awful stroke
left her with sore and wounded heart,
and though time has healed the wound,
ever and anon, like the old flesh wounds
of many of our Confederate soldiers, 1t
breaks out and bleeds afresh.
These lines may seem sensational, but
they truly record the heart history OF
one whose hopes were bound up in the
success of the Cause that was dearer to
her than life-one who has since passed
through many bereavements and trials,
but who, looking back, records the day
above described as the most hopelessly
dreary one of her life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
The Doctors Mistaken.

HARTFORD, Conn, June 30.-Dr. G.
A. Taft, the leading homeopathic physi.
clan in Connecticut, who died Thursday,
was supposed for years to have had only
one lung, the other having been exhausted
in early life by pulmonary difficulty.
Very soon after beginning practice he
was sickly and puny, and DR.: Willard
Parker, of New York, examined him and
said that one lung was about gone and
he could not live over six months. a
leading Boston physician confirmed this
opinion. DR.. Taft resolutely determined
to live as long as possible, and began
course of generous living to make blood
and tissues. Speaking of this period, he
said some time ago to friend: 81 had
a bottle of brandy at my plate at every
dinner, and lived chiefly on rare beef.
steak. I got the reputation of being
confirmed drinker, but l saved my life.
I have gained sixty pounds, now weigh
ing 1885," Since those days be has not
had to resort to just that arrangement,
but he lived uucommonly we'll and had
the reputation of providing the most
bountiful dinners in Hartford. Upon
his death the newspapers remarked upon
the loss of one lung and expressed sur
Prise that he could have lived to the age
Of sixty-four. Yesterday, as the result
of an autopsy, it was found that both of
bis lungs were in a perfectly healthy con:
dition, and that the trouble and cause of
death was in the stomach, which had not
assimilated gastric juices, 80 impending
digestion finally that he literally starved
to death. It considered notable case,
showing that well.educated physician,
upon his own knowledge and aided by
the diagnosis of the best physicians in the
country, was wholly mistaken as to the
cause of his ills, and by course of liv-
ing designed to cure one serious difficulty,
as he supposed, which did not exist,
he brought on gastric troubles which
caused death at last.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
In the Sick Room.

Never stand at the foot of sick bed
and survey the patient. All figures loom
large to fevered eyes, and by the side of
the bed are only partly seen, and 20 not
annoy with the sense of too much pres
ence. Do not open the door very slowly,
for then the attention is strained specu-
lating as to who the next conner can be
after all this preparation and with such
cautious approach, generally creaking.
Low, not clear tones, quiet but sure move
ments, not tiptoeing, and rapid rather
than slow, are great relief to any patient
who is blessed with practical nurse.
Whispering is torture; silence is best
until you can discuss matters in another
room; but if you must, speak out and
make no mysteries about anything. In
severe sickness the nurse must watch the
patient steadily, but not seem to be look
ing. In convalescence it frequently
soothes the invalid to have the nurse
seated at the window, appearing to be
looking out. This frees the faculties from
the tension that the sense of being
watched unusually gives, and also quiets
anxiety if the nurse does not seem to
be anxious, the patient will not be.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10

"A man in Birmingham, England,
proposes to live month on cold tea.
A mule with five legs has been born
in Alabama. We shall look for large
falling off in the population of that State
within the next six or eight years.
"There, Frances, you've caught
another cold, and I'll warrant you caught
it when you were out walking with Joe
last night" ooh, no, mother couldn't
have caught it then, cause we didn't
walk fast enough to catch anything; in
fact, we just set down on the stile and
studied astronomy "Aud did you have
anything around you, my dear?" "Oh,
yes, indeed l did 1! Joe's always particu-
lar about that; he won't allow me to sit
down anywhere in the evening air without
putting something around me.
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"A rich young chap of Aatick,
Mass, went to livery stable pretty
drunk and ordered a team. While they
were Harvesting the horse he climbed
into the carriage and went to sleep. They
let him sleep couple of hours when he
awoke and, declaring that he had taken
a good, quiet ride, called attention to the
fact that he hadn't abused the horse, but
on the contrary had given him an oat
bait at the Newton Falls Hotel, paid
three dollars for the tour and went off
satisfied. Post.
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= 1t is estimated that the decrease in
the public debt for the month of June is
about ten million dollars.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-10
Short Talk With tile Boys.
BY NJ. QUAD.

"Now, my boy, let's look around us
and find out something about every day
life. DO you swim ?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
HEALTH HINTS.

Use plain, well cooked food. Avoid
highly seasoned dishes and all pastry.
For a sore chest, apply upon retiring,
hops saturated with vinegar, till relieved.
Keep your rooms well ventilated.
Don't be afraid of the night air. It
is health giving.
Take plenty of sleep, not less than
seven hours. Have regular time for
retiring and a regular time for rising.
Injections of a one per centum solution
of carbolic acid into the affected tissues
are now in use in Canada as a remedy for
the pains of acute rheumatism. The
process is attended with little pain, a
momentary stinging sensation being the
main inconvenience, and great relief is
said to follow in few minutes.
To disiniect a room, place an ordinary
house shovel over the fire until it be.
comes thoroughly hot (but not red hot)
then take it to the center of the room
and pour on the shovel an ounce of No.
or No. carbolic; lean the shovel SC
that no fluid can fall to the floor, and
the carb. c will be readily given off in
vapor sufficient to fill an ordinary room.
This will disinfect the air of the room
and as genuine carbolic (more properly
called phenol or phenylic alcohoD is MOI
mineral corrosive acid, the vapor viii
in no way injure pictures, metals o.
fabrics. s.-Health and Home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
Where Extremes Meet.

1t may be they exaggerate somewhat
in the Idaho press, but couple of items
from our exchanges, if taken with a
grain of salt, would seem to indicate ex-
tremes of heat and cold out there. The
Virginia Enterprise says:
On the sand plains down by Hawthorne
it is so hot that mercury boils in the
thermometer unless the bulb is kept
wrapped in wet sponge. A dipper of
water thrown up into the air evaporates
! efore reaching the ground. The only
living creatures seen about Walker lake
are the pelicans, and in flying from one
shore to the other during the middle of
the day they are obliged to descend two
or three times and fill their pouches with
water. The sand at the bottom of the
lake gets so hot during the day that
bathers going into the water of evenings
are obliged to wear boots to prevent
burning their feet. The Homer I,ldez
says: Snow banks are still plentiful near
town, on the slopes of Mounts Gilcrest,
Scowden, Hayerly and Homer, on the
southerly side of Mill Creek canyon and
on Mount Hector, north of town; while
on the west. circling the head of the
canyon, large, unbroken fields of snow
loom up against the sky on McClintocB
peak, Mount Bill Williams and the Ses
Lions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08

very limited newspaper-list are published
at four of the treaty ports, open to for
eigners. Shanghai has given birth to
fifteen-Ningpo, Foochow and Annoy are
answerabe for the others. OF the three
exceptions, two are published at Han
kow. zoo miles from the mouth Of the
great river, Yang -tsi-Kiang waterway
which, by opening communication with
the sea ports, has perhaps tended to in
troduce this ephemeral literature. Even
Canton, with its population of 800, 900,
has not one publication of any sort. The
third exception, and sole newspaper Of
vast Northern China, is the Pekin Gasette,
a purely official publication, containing
only imperial edicts and official informa-
ton.
In strange contrast with this terribly
conservative old nation, which will not
assimilate any new ideas from the outer
world, and which cares nothing for any
history more recent than that of Confu-
cius, stands the ultra progressive empire
of Japan. In nothing is this readiness
more apparent than in the rapid develop
ment of widespread system of news
papers, of which upwards of $50 are now
produced by the native press, and circu-
late freely among the masses. The news
paper shops in all the principal native
cities are invariably crowded with eager
purchasers, thirsting for the latest news
of all sorts.
In the year 1922 papers and periodicals
first began to circulate in London. The
first was called "Weebely Ne0Ues from
Italy, Germany, HUNGARIA BoHEmia,
the Palatinate, France, and the Low
Countries, Translated out of the Low
Dutch Copie and sold at Nicholas
Bourne's shop in Pope's-head Palace" a"
This is apparently the fac-simile Of a
rudely carved wood block, and is the
size of an average magazine. Next in
chronology comes a "REovEm DIES
| GAzETTEs de rannee 1884," adorned
with the royal arms. This is a fac
simile of the first number of La Gazette
de France, which continues to run its
course. Very quaint indeed is the title
page of The Reading Mercury or Weekly
Entertainer, as it appeared in 1725-a
weekly issue of eight pages, also the size
of an average magazine, with fronts
piece suggestive of Albert DuIer, show.
ing a rude sketch of Reading in the
background, with allegorical figures IL
the foreground and in the clouds.
Next we find group of early Ameri
can papers, published at Boston and al
Baltimore between the years 1904 anC
1875; 1904 was the year in which tn,
very first newspaper issued by the Amer
ican press was printed at Boston. Ther
comes full-page reproduction of tn
Times, or Uni0erSaL Register, as printed il
London in 177S-a curious sample of al
advertisement sheet one hundred year
ago.
The very first example of anything o
an advertising nature is found in
curious old German news-pamphlet pre-
served in the British museum and printed
in 1591.-NeU York Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
Hotel Piazza Talk.

Piazza talk at the seashore was never
more happily blended than in the follow
ing by the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
"Oh, Mamie I'm awful glad you
have come down, we are going to have
German and you can-trot inside 2:40,
sir, and road ten miles an hour, best hoss
| ever owned he's-engaged to that
young Sopher, and they do say he's
dreadful fast, no daughter of mine
should be--taken by the head and
dipped into a dish of melted butter, then
they haste like-flannel trimmed with
braid and tennis hat of black crimson,
then think, Jennie, shall be-the best
catch on the field, sir, took it right off
the bat. Jim Boggs he was playing be-
hind and he ran back and-wiped Stitch
and Smorlware completely out, sir, all
their assets are-the loveliest box OF
French candy you ever saw, Nellie, and
when he came down | ask him if he sent
it, and he said-jess as soon as he stuck
his fork into 'em them's mothers pickles,
sez John, can tell mothers pickles, they
allus taste like-a regular old maid, my
dear, been down here for the past ten
years, she is trying to catch
TIC DlBRtSb COulSu llldJ HAS Dt6l
taken off this shore this year, when Jack
pulled him up the fish was-down at the
roller-skating rink having an awful good
time. 1t is embarrassing though to fall
into-the meanest clique that ever was
planned-and just to put down-a hot
whisky punch. l wish we might, old
10Y, but the law and order league-a
dreadful chill, catch me in the water
again without-managing private theat-
ricals, I'd like to have you try it. Girls
say they can't take part that has love
making and then kick like a steer if you
give them a part that hasn't-horrid
mean thing. | do wish people would
mind their own affairs. Why, we danced
the german Saturday, and Sunday we
went to the rocks together, and now they
say ana perfect bar-room, all kinds
Of liquors in his room and-mother anC
go to Saratoga because stocks, sir
lhat have risen over ten per cent. in-a
blue silk dress, if you ever heard such 4
hing and then-held eleven trumps anC
ioo-five dollars, father to pay subscrip
ions to the-pitcher ice-water to ninety
1--WE and call me-a jackass, sir, to d,
business with no more capital than-he
headdress which makes her look like a
thousand shares in Union Pacific that
seems exactly like a heavy rain, etc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
THE WORLDS NEWSPAPERS
AooMPREHEEsIvE GLANCE AT THE
PRESS OF THE aLo4E
Europe Has the IIOst Publications, but
Aneri N Not Far He ehind-Amcri-
cans the Greatest Headers,

Europe Has the NEost Publications, but
Aneri N Not Far He ehind-Amcri-
cans the Greatest Headers.
That Americans love to do all things on
a large scale appears to be the natural
consequence of living in so vast coun-
try, and being surrounded by such large
influences and interests. But to those
who are not yet accustomed to their
manner of work, its minuteness and ao-
curacy are a source of equal wonder. 1t
is like looking alternately through the
large and small ends of opera-glasses. A
British work just issued contains the
names of "a, 600 newspapers, maga zines
and quarterlies, published in every en-
pire, kingdom. nation, province and
island of the globe, with much curious
information regarding them, and many
other matters. The first volume is filed
with the IL, 207 newspapers and periodi-
Gals of the United States and 624 of
British North America. The second
is devoted to all the rest of the world,
and very curious lights are thus thrown
on the characteristics of various nations.
How the grand total is distributed
over the earth, and the number
of copies per annum in proper
ton to each inhabitant, is shown below {;
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
Heart Beats.

DR.. N. B. Richardson, of London, the
noted physician, says he was recently able
to convey q considerable amount of con-
viction to an intelligent scholar by sim
pie experiment. The scholar was sing
ing the praises of the ruddy bumper, and
saying he could get through the day
without it, when DIR. Richardson said to
him:
"Will you be good enough to feel my
pulse as stand here 2"
''He did so. l said "Count it care
fully; what does it say 2''
"Your pulse says seventy four"
then sat down in a chair and asked
him to count it again. He did so, and
said: "Your pulse has gone down to
seventy"
l then lay down on the lounge, and
said: "Will you take it again ~
He replied; "Why, it's only sixty-four
what an extraordinary thingl"
then said ''When you lie down at
night, that is the way nature gives your
heart rest. You know nothing about it,
but that beating organ is resting to that
extent; and if you reckon it up it is a
great deal of rest, because in lying down
the heart is doing ten strokes less q min
ute. Multiply that by sixty, and it is
6OO multiply it by eight hours, and
within fraction it IS 5000 strokes diff
ferent; and as the heart is throwing six
ounces of blood at every stroke, it makes
difference of 30,0 ounces of lifting
during the night.
"When lie down at night, without
any alcohol, that is the rest my hear
gets. But when you take your wine ol
grog, you do not allow that rest, for the
influence of alcohol is to increase tn,
number of strokes, and instead of getting
this rest, you put on something like 10,
900 extra strokes, and the result is yol
rise up very seedy and unfit for the mex
days work till you have taken IA littl
more of the 'ruddy bumper, which yo,
say is the soul of man below"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
How the Chinese Get Rid Of Lepers.

The Chinese leper that temporarily es-
capped from custody while his nineteen
companions were being shipped aboard
the Oceanic on Thursday was observed
hidden under building and placed on
board the steamer before she sailed 1t
is anticipated that this last band of
twenty pests will meet the same fate as
the lepers shipped to China about two
years ago. These latter unfortunates
were placed on a barge to be conveyed to
the leper colony in Canton, but one morn
ing they were all found to be dead. The
Chinese government reported that the
food served them had been poisoned by
being cooked in a copper kettle, but
others openly expressed belief that the
lepers had been Intentionally poisoned to
relieve them Of their misery. FFan-
cisco Cal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08

Josiah Davis, North Middletown. XIV
writes; 81 am now using box Of your
Henry's Carbolic salve upon an ulcer, which.
for hepast ten days, has given me great pain.
This salveis the only remedy have found
that has given me any ease. NY ulcer was
caused by varicoseveins and was pronounced
incurable by my medical doc tors. find,
however, that Henry's Carbolic salve is ef.
fecting cure.n Beware Of limitations
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-10-08
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