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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
An Historic Incident.

The late Rev. DR.. Richard Fuller, one
OF the most eloquent of Southern preach
ers, was in early life lawyer in Reau-
iort. >. y. He belonged to an sristocrst-
ic family, which, with his own talents
and his intimate associations with emf
nent lawyers and politicians, made his
prospects Tor auccess In life unusually
brilliant.
He bad been educated st Harvard
college, and was . superior scholar, q
wide reader and an enthusiast in his pro.
ieasion. His extraordinary gift for pub.
Tic speaking and his attractive social
qualities, caused his friends to predict
that he would rank among the leaders of
the bar and honor the State by his emf.
nence In Congress.
But change came over his prospects.
baptist preacher Of ordinary talents
but earnest spirit came to Beaufort and
Young Fuller was attracted, out of curl.
osity, to the unpretending house of wor.
ship, where the minister preached, and
received there new ideas OF life. He de.
termined, after much consideration, to
abandon his profession and become a
preacher of the gospel. When It became
known to the brilliant LAWYERS and his
political friends In Charleston that young
Fuller was intending to leave the bar for
the pulpit they were amazed.
|. The Hon. william g, Preston. shs c1i.
league Of Mr. Calhoun In the United
States Senate, and the most brilliant ora
tor In the State, " cpt TO Beaufort to ex.
postnlate with Mr.. F1ller, and If posi-.
BILE to turn him from, what seemed to him
his momentary folly.
Calling at his Office Mr.. Preston began
to speak with great warmth. "Fuller." !"
oaid he, "whet does this mean that I
hear? Are you crazy2 Have you be-.
come fsnatic2 Giving up your pros. !.
poets at the bar, and in public life, to be-.
come preacher It seems impossible.
Let me persuade you to act nationally.
and give up this singular, and it seems to
me, morbid purpose. p
Sir. Fuller listened quietly. and then
said: Preston. WIS living sclfish life,
esSer only to win success, and nave q
great name among men. Religion rever
entered ny thoughts, and was negligent
OF al duty to God. Suddenly my eyes
opered. discovered Gods great love.
saw hat Jeana Chrtat he'd left Heaven
and came to earth md died, to win nv
love. This act has 30 impressed mo, that
ss o man OF honor, can DO nothing else
but to love Him in return, and put my
life at his service. It does not seem to
me that this is irrational"
h1r. Preston was man of tender feel.
ings. The ee.:cst words touched him.
The conversation continued for some
time, and in leaving Preston grasped his
friends hand, and said, with utterancs
halt: choked, Fuller, I think you are
right. You are the rational man, and
We are all irrational"
He who candidly reviews DR.. Fuller's
long and remarkably useful caresr as q
Christian man and minister of the gospel
will appreciate the wisdom of Mr.. Pres.
tons words Youths Companion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
Dangerous Whims.

Many of the old women's Withstand
of the old mems, too-have come down
to ns from the very hags Of ancient
nenthenism. The negroes OF the South
still practice charms brought from their
ancestors in the slave-ship from Africa;
and Virgil represents Queen dido as
preparing, through her sister, a charm
learned from an Ethiopian crone.
Nothing is harder to get rid of than
superstitious notions. The great Dr.
johnson was a slave to one. MANY q
New England farmer refuses to plant in
the dark of the moon." A learned
college professor once told us that he
would rather not see the moon over his
left shoulder. The howlipg of dog ia
very "bad sign" to not n few. A
"boat" in the morning cup indicates to
many women company before the day
Such whims and scores of others can
be laughed at, as they wend their way
from simpleton to simpleton down the
ages. But there is another sort of old
Whims that are more serious in their
effects, for they commend themselves by
show of truth.
Eating chalk, slate pencils, etc., gives
the coveted delicacy-of disease. Drink
Ing vinegar renders one thin and slim,
by arFesting salivary digestion.
Most of the nostrumB for the removal
Of corpulency act by undermining health.
The London Lancet says there are seven
cases on record of young girls biting off
and Swallowing the ends Of their hair to
give them clear voices, in one of which
1t resulted in causing tumors of the
stomach and intestines.
It adds more recent case of several
achool-mates indulging in the habit.
One of them, fheen years old, had prac.
ticad It for four Years. Fer tn. yeara
she had suffered rom acute dyspepsia.
A tumor was at once noticed, and her
sulferings became so severe that the stom-
ech was opened through the side, when q
black and solid mass Of hair mixed with
vegetable matter was discoveredl She
got we'll at once on its removal Youths
Companion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
Confronted W!th M.s y.llaIny.

When Mr. Popperman threw off his
overcoat last evening his wife said:
my dear, this is your birthday. Now
what kind of present would you pre-
fer ?"
"Well, money"
That's just the kind of a present I
have for you," and Mrs. Popperman
took from beneath her apron plethoric
bag and emptied upon the table pile of
jingling coins. "There's your birthday
present"
The husband looked at the coins in
amazements, and then said:
"Why, my dear, the money is no good.
There is nothing here but lead quarters
and dimes with holes in 'em. Here's o
quarter with hole in it and the holes
bigger than the quarter. What rascal
palmed that money on your oh I the
scoundrels there are in the world ~
"Calm yourself, my DEAR" said Mrs.
Popperman. "That money must all be
good. That's what you've given me fol
pin money aimee we've been married.
Ne,1 York Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
Are Cyclones More Frequent Than
E0rmerlyl

Editors atlanta Constitution In your
Sundays issue in answer TO Gu inquiry
from correspondent, you say opinion is
divided as to whether there are more
cyclones now than in former years; that
many persons think the facilities for the
rapid transmission of news being greater
every little whirlwnd is reported, which
was not the case years ago.
With your permission, desire TO saw a
word upon this subject. It will not be
denied that news is much more rapidIv
disseminated at the present day than Il
was twenty or thirty years ago. It ia
likewise true that our leading journals
are more enterprising iu the collection of
important current events than formerly
(as witness the Constitutions admirable
appointed and organized corps of cores.
pondents.) But granting all this, I do
not think it is satisfactory explanation
of the frequency with which we are
shocked by the stories Of the cyclones
wild work. Certainly such terrific storms
as We kaye had of late years. carving
deatk and destruction through whole
States, could not have occurred twenty
or thirty years ago without elicitipg
much comment in the newspapers. and
making. deep and laating impression
upon the public mind. Think YOU.
Messrs. Editors, the youth of this gener.
alton will be likely to forget the fearful
cyclone of the 10Th inst. ? will it not
rather 60 down as q tradition to future
generations IF thia be tue. do you
think IL probable that those of us who
were young, tweaty to for,y years aRo
could baye forgotten occurrences entail.
ing ouch widespread devastation and
loss of life?
Now, that, there were local cyclones,
which swept through limited districts in
the South before the war;" / am aware.
but their course was seldom moro than
mile in extent. OF the frequency of
these comparatively insignificant storms.
l have no accurate knowledge, but that
they were OF rare occurrence in Georgia.
infer from the fact that never heard
OF more than one previous to 1876. Long
before that year Georgia was penetrated
In almost every direction by railroads
and telegraph lines 90 that had these re.
markable disturbances been common, it
10 hardly to be supposed We should not
have heard of them.
am no scientist, but ] cannot help
believing that the world is Just now
undergoing radical atmospheric changes.
There are various theories, as We have all
seen upon these subjects; which is the
correct one, or whether anyone that has
yet been advanced is the true one, don't
pretend to know, but that there arc unu.
suai forces at work in nature, confident.
iy believe. Are tbs caases which pro.
duce or set these forces into active motion
temporary, or are they likely to continue
for an indefinite period, creating like dis.
turbances Will some wise man rise to
The occasion and inform us?
CURIOUS.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
An Alleged Good Story by Vance.

Senator Vance of North Carolina tells
a good story concerning an old colored
preacher in Raleigh, who collects his
salary from the devout Of his own race
without the aid of deacons. Meeting
one Of his congregation recently he hail.
ed him with
"Good morning, Brudder Bony. Has
you anything TO glib de Lawd dis morn.
In 2"
eyes, parson, certain has. Here is q
dollah." And he pulled out an old
greasy pocket book, from which he fished
o greasier greenback and reached 1t to.
ward the e1pectant parson. Drawing 1t
back again, Ee said
Dose you expect to see de Lawd
yo'sslf, Parson :" Course does," said
the preacher.
"Whsn will yer run acrost him, do yer
| "Oh come time In De sweet by imby ~
responded his reverence.
."Well, dem" said Bony. "I,ll jes keep
dis greenback tvell do sweet BY inby,
ssowcd It away. = :
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06

George Washington weighed 200
pounds at the close Of the revolutionary
whr.
- There are In the United States 49,.
100000 milch cows. One billion and
three hundred million pounds Of butter
and 4s0, ,0o0, 900 pounds OF cheese are
made Annually,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06

= The moment man is satisfied with
himself, everybody else is dissatisfied
with him.
--"Didn't you say that young Snifsns
only gets ten dollars q week 2" "Yes.
WhyT "Well, see his wife wears dia-
r,onds." "Oh, but he works in . jewel.
~ store"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06

"A Louisiana newspaper publishes an
advertisement Of a recent marriage, and,
after acknowledging the receipt Of q
the happy couple, adds: "May they
prove as good to each other ss the cake
and wine proved good TO us."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
PENITENTIARY INDUSTRY.

The Boot and Shoe Factory-The Hose
Fsctory-Details of the Management and
Condition OF the Institution and its In
,nntca.
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Year proposal. S. 8
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unouOA oSu Hooi-o oluCAS yo!toW Blu Ieu
torn from their clothes, and do not for.
get to leave o plaster or 30 in the muney
basin before departing. This is the cure
for fevers and colds, and also o protective
againat tho "evil eye." This fear of the
"evil eys" Is as strong among the Turks
as among the Italians, and in point OF
civilization much more becoming. Like
tho Italians, they consider coral protec.
tion against It's i'll effects, and every Turk
carries piece Of it about with him as a
charm. Not only this, but tho supersti.
tion extends to animals and products.
CORAL AMULErs
The donkeys aud horses have neckia.
ces of red coral and strings of turquoises
twisted into their tails. Pendants of
coral hang froE- the grape and vegetable
baskets, and If "ark gets swearing mad
st his donkey m. Nuts to gay the worst
thing he can to him. a threatens to take
away his jewelry, tha. being the shortest
way Of ~ :eriy consigning him to the
devil. Th arks are very much afraid
Of dying tneYlsclves and never like to
think Of dyl ] In any way. As a conse.
qnence they appear peculiarly heartless
about their funerals. The body, in a
coffin or on q board, as the case may be,
is covered with yellow cloth and laid
in o litter. Then four brawny Turks
Lift up the corners and act of as fast as
they can go to the mosque, the friends
following az best they can. Nobody
makes way for the procession In the
crowded streets and it often goes hard
with the bearers to Godge In aud out
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
ife on a Huge Mud Fiat.

On the northern coast of South
America, and to the eastward of the
Orinoco delta, there lies huge mud
fiat. In our biographies it is called
Guiana, and in romance and history it
is spoken of as the Spanish Main, but
to the commercial world and to the
people generally it is known as Demer-
ara. Back of this mud fiat, at a dis
lance of from 80 to 60 miles, commen-
ces the dark forest of Guiana, which
stretches in an almost uninterrupted
hand over the equator and down to the
Amazon River. This mud flat and this
forest have their history, and a strange
and romantic one it is. But, for the
present at least, will have to omit the
romance and try to give you an idea7of
very matter-of-fact city, whose inter-
est now centers, in its chief exports
sugar and rum. Georgetown, the cap
ital of BritishA Guiana. lies upon the
right bank of the Demerara river, al
most at its mouth. Its population, they
tell me, is about 1900, of which some
As, 900 are colored, yellow, black or
brown, for the majority of its citizens
come from distant clines-sOme from
CHINA, many FROM Africa, and thous-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
VOL. XXXVIII.
LIFE's GOOD NIGHT.

How tenderly touching though sad,
Is the calm, serene death of the old,
How unlike the fading Of happy youth
Fer the blossom its leaves untold
Bat when the duties of life on earth,
Have each been nobly done,
And when afar down the horizon
Touches the sinking sun;
When the purple twilight shadowy falls
Ger the future and the past
When memory, with dim eyesight,
Ger the backward shadows cast,
Can scarce cen spell the records
OF the vanished nights and days;
OR gather up the tangled thread
OF hie's bright morning ways
When surrounded by friends and kindred
Death comes, like a musical strain,
Like the sweet, low tone of Aeolian harp,
In the night winds sad refrain.
Ii the day has been long and weary
'Tis then that the end is sweet,
When the tired head shall be pillowed,
And rested the weary feet.
For life is a shadowy, winding road,
And we travel little way;
'Tis at best few short steps we tread
To the land of brighter day.
lis but from the tiny cradle,
With its lullaby of love,
To the narrow bed meath the willows.
Aud the wax ming in realms above.
We all must stop ut the "Wayside Inn,"
To the old it seems pure and bright,
While the death-call sounds to the ears
of age
But calm and sweet "good night"
And the burroughs from out the placid brow
BY the hands of love are pressed,
Amid flowers and tears, we yet musl feel
How sweet 10 the Aged is Rest
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
The DociIe American Horse.

1t has long been accepted as theory
by our transatlantic kinsmen that vice
in animals is almost always the result of
an unkindness and maltreatment re-
ceIved by them from their human COM
panions, and that the paucity of vicious
horses in the United States Is to be
explained by the gentleness, and. so TO
speak, the familiarity with which the
noble animal IS treated in every part of
the uniOn. There can be little doubt
that in no country is the intelligence of
quadrupeds more developed and cultiva-
ted than in the United. States, where it is
well understood that by kindness alone
can their characteristics, traits, DISPOSE
tons, and qualities be fully drawn
forth. Nothing is more common, for
instance, than to see an American
horse harnessed to buggy and stand1
ing alone in New York-his master
having entered shOp-by the curb
sone's edge, in the midst of the crowd
and turmoil of Broadway, one of the
most crowded and noisy thOroughfares
upon the face of the earth. Before
descending from his buggy the master
says d NOlu lWO W hOisC, ouu
leaves him standing in the street with
out restraint. The sagaclous animal,
whose eyes are not shielded by blinkers,
and who is not tOrmented by PrOcus-
trian bearing rein, understands perfect
ly that he is expected to wait until his
master has transacted his business, and
wait, accordingly, ne does, sometimes
for hours at time, and without regard
to the winters cold or summers heat.
Again, in the widest parts of the West
ern and Southern States there is not a
farmer who thinks anything of driving
his horses by night over a. wooden
bridge full of holes, caused by many
planks having dropped into the stream
beneath. The careful beast, who may
or may not have crossed the bridge on
many previous occasions, feels his way
in the darkness, and his head having
been surrendered to him by the driver,
steps carefully and with as much pre-
cision as dancing master. Whenever,
indeed, a horse is found possessed of a
violent, or, to use an old Yorkshire
word, "mischancy," temper in the
United States, the odds are in favor of
his being imported from abroad.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
Tho Queens Fortune.

Queen Victoria is abOu. to make a
new will. Her Majesty possesses an
immense fortune. The estate of Os-
borneis at least five times rs valuable
as it was when it was purchased by the
Queen and Prince Albert about forty
years ago. The BalmOral property of
her Majesty now extends over 10000
acres. Claremont was granted to the
Queen for life i'll 1868, with reversion
to the country; and her Majesty pur-
chased tie property outright three years
ago for e1S, 900. Probably its market
value is not much under e150,000. The
Queen also possesses some property at
Coburg, and the Princess Hohenlohe
left her the Villa HohenlOhe at Baden;
one of the best residences in the place.
With regard TO personal property, Mr..
Nielda1eft the Queen over 1000. 900,
and the property left by the Prince
COnsort is believed to have amounted
to nearly .e600, 900; but the provisions
of his will have been kept a strict secret,
and the documents has never been
''proved." The Queen must also have
saved vast sum out of her income,
which has always been very well man
aged. Since the death of the Prince
Consort. the general administration OF
the Queens private affairs has been
coDfided to Lord Sydney, who is con-
summate man of business.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
Cremation In Japan.

There is one nation, now the Oldest
empire in the world, where cremation
is an established usage, and where the
government, with shrewd appreciation
of the advantages of sanitary laws, have
of late years carefully fostered it. This
is Japan, where crematories, establish
ments under government control are
to be found in all the chief cities. In
Toxic the principal place of cremation
is situated at Shen jo, a suburb reached
through long lines of busy streets.
After an hours drive through lane
of busy life, we came to the silent house
where the dead awaited the last service
of the living. 1t stands little apart
fromthe main road, a building OF sim
gle story, with an innocent looking tall
chimney, and might be connected with a
pottery or a small iron foundry. We were
first received in the house of the mana
ger, where tea was served in priceless
porcelain cups of Kutani ware. The fur
mace, if so imposing name may be used
for the process SO simple, stood few
PAGES from the house. On entering it
there,was nothing to be seenIbut what ap-
peared to lie two butter tubs resting on
a few faggots Of wood. There were
two cavities about two inches deep and
were filled with shavings. . According
to municipal law, no burning is to be
done before half-past six in the evening.
1t still wanted two minutes of that
time, but under the circumstances the
manager thought it would be safe in
anticipating the hour, and the shavings
were fired.
One of the men, kneeling before the
glowing flame, famed it with piece
of wood. 1t caught the dry faggots,
greedily licked the sides of the tubs,
rose high in the air, and then, with
horrible thud, the head of the barrel
burst outward. Quick as thought the
men seized large piece of wood lying
by in readiness and hid from sight
whatever might have protruded. 1t is
the boast of the skillful cremator that
the contents of the barrel are never
exposed to view. A heavy mating Of
wet straw is laid over the barrel before
the fire is ignited. As the barrel burns
away, this falls in and covers the body.
In three hours the work is done. Every
particle of flesh is burned away, and
there remains only the skeleton. The
bones and teeth the relatives collect
and give them Sepulture.
There are three classes of cremation
ut this establishment. In the first
class the body is burned separately, a
charge being made of seven yen 50.
In the second class the charge is only
ten shillings, the. difference being that
two or more, according to the briskness
of trade, are burned at the same time.
The third class pay SLIGO, the semblsnce
of coffin being provided by the. two
being dispensed with. 1t will be seen
that, as compared with the most mod.
crate scale of ordinary burial charges.
cremation is cheap. As far as 1 could
gather, it is this that recommends itself
to the class Of japanese, generally the
least wealthy, who avail themselves OF
the resources of the establishment at
Shen-jo and kindred institutions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
Hurt Him Worse.

Tie was looking at new house On
Cass avenue, Detroit, the other. day,
and rubbing his hands and chuckling
80 gleefully that some one asked him if
he had saved 500 under the architects 8
estimates.
''Oh, that isn't my house, but I was
planning how I'd get even,"
'With whom ?
1.-The owner. I've known him twen-
ty years. We used to be the best
friends in the world, but for the last
seven years I've thirsted for revenge
on him. Now Pm going to have it. {"
"HOw l''-
"He bought that lot, not knowing
that l own the next one. He's build
ing home. He's got 1t set back for a
lawn, and he's put on a bay window
for view up the street. Next week 1
will begin building a cheap house
10 rent. I'll take the line between us
for the south wall, and III bring my
front out ten feet nearer the walk.
Result: Shut in-nO air-nO sunshine
no view-nO redreSS-revenge
What's the use of shooting or stabbing
man when you can hurt him worse 2"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
Il wish I had a pint OF gin.
And sugar halt a pound,
Aliitle nutmeg grated in.

We waited 10 hear 10 mOre-we just
started and made her ''stir around, -
and then discovered that the poor thing
was out of her mind, and we were out
of pocket to the amount of the wall
paper and sundry trifles. We ascer-
tained, afterward. that she was subject
to these attacks in the fan of the year,
and her affectionate relatives had man.
aged TO get her off their hands early in
the summer without taking the trouble
to mention this tritiing infirmity to any
one.
We didn't 60 to the minister's wife
for any more girls. In fact, we re-
manned in state of helpless domestic
inactivity for nearly six months. We
have new paper in the parlor now, but
Mrs. O'Pagus always shudders when
she thinks of Belle. We cherish the
hope that our book of experience in this
respect is full, and what we don't know
about the troubles and tribulations of
''female help" is not worth knowing.
We now merely await the result of our
present venture; and the fates only
know if the chapter then to be added
to the chronicles of the hired girls OF
the period" be one of horror, or one
likely to make some amends for all the
misery we have endured.