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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-13
When We Grow.

Some interesting results have been
yielded by the investigation concerning
human growth. which have been made by
10 committee of the British Association
| for the Advancement of Science. II is
shown that growth is most rapid during
the first five yesr7 of life, when both
4 sexes grow alike, the boys being little
| taller and heavier than the girls. From
| fye to ten the boys grow little faster
than the girls, but from ten TO fifteen the
girls grow the faster, and between the
ages Of eleven and half and fourteen
and half are actually taller than the
boys, while from twelve and half to
fifteen and half they are heavier. The
boys then take the lead, growing at first
rapidly but afterwards slower, and com.
pete their growth at about the twenty
third year; while girls grow very slowly
after fifteen, and reach their full statue
ct about the twentieth year. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that "grown up" people
do not increase in height, bu: these re.
searches appear to show that men gain
slowly in statue until their fiftieth year,
and make more rapid increase in weight
up to the age Of sixty. Statistics are too
Incomplete to determine the growth Of
women after the age of twenty three.
A Now York correspondent says
"Phe most Interesting thing hnve heard
lately about Mrs. William f. Vanderbilt
"a matter which good many husbands
may find wicked sort of pleasure in
clipping out for their wives sake-is that
she knits stockings, real stockings, yarn
stockings, for the feet of her millionaire
husband. Yes; Mr. Vanderbilt wears
the stockings. With this information as
text we can look for a stocking craze
all over the land, just as all our girls
began year or two ago to paint plaques
when somebody happened to tell about
the adeptness of Miss Astcr at the easel"
- The system of carrier pigeons is
roH recognized feature of the French
military establishment. The two central
depots are at Pa!is and Langres. Com.
munication with TOul, Vcrdun and
Mezieres will be made from Paris, while
the Southeastern groups Of fortresses,
Belfort, Dion, Bcsancon and Lyons,
will be connected by the mrial messen-
gers with Langrcs. Constant commune
cation will be had between the two main
stations. The greatest distance between
any two places in direct communication
will not exceed 2S5 kilometres or fifty.
four miles, and as the average swiftness
of carrier pigeon is about 500 metres
or one-half mile u minute, the longest
| Of these military journeys can be accom-
pllshed in about five hours.
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SHOES AND ROOTS,

a and Boots. Warranted not To rip and
20 have no wood ior paste, board. !, Also o
few Miles Ladies' Shoes. All In want Of
good Shoes and Boots will fnd It to their
interest to call on
'idg =, .sn ABS TOWERS,
Feb Ia, 1884 81
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/ I o Iff AlR DY J.

eosnlIy 20 a0LosgY BLACK by o eifsio f,p.
r pscaticH cs,e s g tnis DrR. Sold BY DrIggisfs.
s0{ eons ~ oxpresr on receipt Of els - 3 5
IgIT's saARHaL uF GssFut IntcEipTa fpsr
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-13
AY YER'S
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints nrc SO insidous IN their
attack as those affecting the thront a,mi lungs:
mono so trined with by tlo majority OF suffer.
crs. Tho ordinary cough or cold, r>ui:.
perhaps from trili,ns or unconscious ~.
posure, 10 often but the beginning Uf !: fatal
sickness. ArER'a CHERRY PEG TunAi las
well proven It's efficacy In II forty Years fight
with throat nnd lMi:g diseases, and should I've
taken III all cases without delay.
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A Terrible Ccug;, Curt,i.

g IN 1851 took n severe cold. wL;rl,,:.. r.u
my lungs. had - terrible cough All J. .cd
night nftcr night without sleep Ilc...,i,.ys
gave me mp. l tried AyFn's CiiIrr, Ii,.
TouAL, which relieved my lungs. ir...;r,.;
sleep, and afforded me- lie rr,i 'rrrss:r,
Tor the recovery oi my strength. l., ;..r
continued use OF the ftt1"it.I. !, ma
nent euro was effected. l hm new q: ans
Old, hale and hearty, md am sut.sI.c ,",r
CHERRY PICTORIAL y. e.l me.
HORACE FAIEri;uIHtE
Rockingham, VI. July 10 lsk2
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A Mhl7f roseI Send !, ! slz y: cent fsr "A
IA HhNHH which will help AZ "a
% ~ y :. e,nto more money n ri,S. y "
anything amt else sell In this world. FoitSD,,r rS 9
SSsoeIs Co ayginn Eu.e. Atonee ss
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Out Of The Jaws Of DE

The gentleman who outlines hi, e,ak.,,
man considerably advanced In life aS [
for his sterling Integrity. His Po,tofsasI
vile, Upson County, Ga. The folloViprs :;
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25

ffnsf qnnfl Hauf lfiff, hni ffnm theft
nifuIfuI a. De- HfH ins4 nfiIenl 10 the
rfuHf 7 ulOn, tnd muH dNhaiHthie
isu ihH HuIiNU lHiiuns shnNn 10
ihe reports Ol rm~us' "
wnuli hH lngl iWtte Ne ~
d nuqhIf' in N.roHNh "hN hH We
FandlllnuH which uusIiH knnlsnd 10
manufacture ntehinUrf aud other pa.
duOts ~ irss prize tian siinilsr gtspd-
can he uianuttiituftI Ia frsure and AZ
prices tuuAl "a those In brrWanY,
while tnu Tatps Of Wsgrs paid iu
workiDon engaged la ihpse mann
iaotuiitH in Eugland are on the hole
ighCr than Those paid iorsiniilAr labor
in France, aud more than double those
paid iu Gurmany,
Secretary Frvllnshuyscn contrasts;
The sueiu and uuial conditions at la
dupeudcnI prupl" are irgiumal- sub
irCI- tur Investigation ~ another
government when they directly
saact Il, nstioual peliry, hut
only aS obey may throw lisht on
the uT riso putut undeT discuss'on' IN
eollettii q inl"ruiatlun, tha c,iii,Arison
of wage, aud III state uf labor AT home
aud \ road, Nhlle the iHuusuls were eS'
pprtrd a. furnish such details ~
might tsud 10 establish the connec-
lions between the Individual hauiis
/ and labor |, any existed. review ~
marry Of thoir reports leads "a the con-
olu,.uu that - Ia a. the moral condi-
, tons that affect pruductiun and wages
wyo all ctgd hy them, the relations,
! II amy. arc nd s,iuct, obscure aud
contradictory. luprpyi lOlo', intvm-
| prrsnce aud iuunraiity may often br
I iuuud prevalent la crmulunitics side 10y
I side with thr Successful conditions OF
! labor, from lAmcuts like THESE not ro-
duuible "a statistics, M effective gen
rrA conclusions can DO drawn.
Tho physical traits oi COM
munitics arc most Often due
Ia natural causes, climate, race, trudl-
ton, and % IlrLu IA HHd religious ad-
yAutages aud raining. Thi, snhIocti
however, belongs rail her To the domains
of hi shcr political economy aud the phil
osop v of morals than - the prartluaI
questions Of labor mi the purchasing
power at labor, 20 which this present
examination is mainly confined. THIS
review of reports has, OF course, omitted
muuh interesting aud valuable IN
tor nation furnished by different
officers. aud has bcou necessarily
confined To the simple conditions
uf labor W pich admitted OF comparison
with those here existing The iacts
have bupn presented ~ they were re-.
ported, without regard To any political
or economical argument which may be
drawn from them.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25
They pronounce it a Hoax.

PIrTsBuRa, Dec. 2l.-The reported
explosion of natural as at Nottington,
Armstrong county, last night, by which
eleven men were said TO have been Sc
rionsly injured, is without foundation.
A telegram from Il reliable source says
from the best information Obtainabie
the story is n hoax.
BtTTHis Is NO HOAX.
PITrsBUKG Dec. 2l.-Natural gas has
been playing sad havoc at different
places in western Pennsylvania within
the past twenty four hours. Reports Of
explosions, ATTENDED with fatal and. Sc
rinus results having been re-
ceived from Butler and Washington,
street, occupied by II. Studt AS a gro
Gerry store. was completely demolished
this morning by an explosion, which
terribly frightened the residents of
that part of the city and dam
aged property to the extent OF
$1,000. At Washington, Pennsylvania,
the residence of Will am Robe was
party wrecked, and Robe, his wife and
child injured SO badly that all have
night and we ut into the cellar with q
lighted candle, when an explosion took
A Post special says the excitement al
Washington Is intense, as many people
livisg there have natural gas In theii
houses.
The explosion at Butler, fennsylva
ni>, occurred about o'clock this morn
ing, and came very near ending In
horrible disaster.
A special to the Commercial Gazette
iust received, says the fine brick resi-
tence of John Gates was en-
tirely demolished, and the family
consisting OF himself, his wife and
four children, all grown up,were burned
in the debris. Fortunately, the entire
family were rescued, although all
were moro or less seri-
ously hurt. 1t appears that
thev retired about 10o'cloak, and proba-
bly, two hours later Winnie, a daughter
aged 20 years, who slept down stairs
awoke and noticed a tiny
blue flame playing on the
hearthstone She got up and
out 1t out, and then called her
brother John, who, with light, went To
the cellar to Investigates. He had no
sooner. opened the door, than terrible
explosion followed, and the building
was raised fl m its foundation and
came down, q mass of ruins. People
living quarter of mile away
felt The shock, and In . short time
plenty Of Willing hands ware At work
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25

oslNet0p" ~ pf.tileed a ouf great
riiY hslvals snd "a elnne ~ 0iu college
halls. u sHlI a. h4ge arts ~ ffltu TIE
assHsslnsiiOn ~ Klns issfi u Wag
lifn the tusinin stnnnE the AnfiD-sss.
Nns a. pass fnuhd a tuli, ffOin witch
pHnh guest dfank ha whp titus drsnk
sInlHi az, aud ~ h. met the cup with
buth hands his budy Nas espise'l Wien
Out any defense Ia hlnw, snd the oe.
faslun was uft.n seixed by an enemy Ia
murder him. To prevent this the FOL.
lnN lux plan was adnpteii When Que ~
tue company stOid up Ia drink. he re-
qulfsd tie companion who sat nett Ia
i'm a. be- hts pleiue--ihat l., IN he re-
spoush le tor projecting him against
M, body who should attempt H. take
adv ,nlage NJ his dei"nsriess positinnj
this coup ,nion sloDd up ais,,. aud rsi led
his drawn sword In hiHhand IL defend
the drinker white drinking. This prao-
lire continued long after the condili ~
III society had ceased ia 'squire IL. In
drinking frum tie Glowing CUP" A. now
practir"i, each person rises aud takes
the Gun Ia his hand Ia drink, and at the
same tina the person seated next Ia
him Tisp, alsp. and when thu latt' T
takes tue cup la his turn, the individual
uoSt ~ him does the saine.--l,iiasgow
| Herald.
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TIM rOnK OF NArLRk.
lis LII. 10 Them Worth the LivingT''
E,en Ia sunny Southern Italy.

els LILO 10 Them Worth the LivingT'
E,en In sunny Southern Italy.
In single rooms on the ground noors
or la the cellars whole. families live to-
grIher with donkuys, goats, chickens
aud pigs. They ara 80 poor they eau
not pay for better quarters. 1t is not a
depraved taste which makes them
eros Il into these dark aud dirty holes.
and keep their little one in the gutter;
II is only need. The Neapolitans are
nut brutes. They like music, bright
coiors aud lignt.
How can they pay high rents when
tho best wages aTo scarcely franc
dayf There Ia O,lty Ia Italy wh.re
wages are M low M la Naples. Tue
h,st skilled workmen-the tailors,
shOemakers, type-settrr', job printers,
masons ANA carpentcis-even IN the
busiest seasons, scarcely get ~
men must get along with 10 cents
H. 10, therefore, impossible for . Nea-
pnlitan To pay more than 81 n month Tor
his rent. The condition Of the women
/, simply dreadful. A poor mother is
Obliged 10 get work outside of her home
or her bread and for that of her child
ran. hHt-tnakefs, e>shiHkets ANU
flower girls make only - or 81 n month.
The grea, majority Of the women are
obliged a. go uul To service rs domos'
ties. A servant giri gets 10 francs
month, without any dinner. Some oil
them have two or three houses In which
10 do house work for 81 at eacn
mousse every month. Thew arc con-
stantly running from one house 10 AN
other, and scoidud and threatened In
eacn place they 20. Many OF these mis-
cradle creatures have children To muse
when they 20 home ut night, "a bsby,per-
nays. that has been left the whole day
in the arms Of little sister. The poor
HOiher. gong home without suilicienG
food and halt exhausted, has To nurse
the little one, and 30 ears of age looks
as old ~ il she had suffered the wear OF
sixty winters.
Children in Naples are considered r
sort of burden or iiiudrance. When the
boss lakes u boy To work, merely TO pay
hin his daily bread, u mother is happy,
and when girl makes cents week
by hard daily work, the work OF regu-
lar servant girl, the mother is equally |
Galignaut.
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Tho AdInurnm. MT Ouestion.

WAsuiaor n, Dec. 2l.-lt is the gen.
oral opinion of members of the house OF
representative. that when that body
meets on Wednesday next IL will imm =
iatety adjourn Tor three days ana that
successive, similar adjpurnnents VIII
take place until January D, unless in the
meantime the senate shall aine'd and
pass tho concurrent resolution pro-
viuiug Tor holiday recess. The
failure OF the cOuiiereS upon
The naval bill TO reach
IN under standing, SO that the holiday
recess might brgiu last night, was dis
appointment To many senator's who had
made arrangements To leave the city,
and, although tho senate meets to-
morrow, IL may be without Il
quorum, and therefore unable to
transact any business except
by ignoring tho fact. II quorum is
present in the senate, the Interstate
commerce bill, the hill 10 forfeit the
land grant Of the Oregon Central rail
road and the Hill silver resolution are
unfinished matters upon which speeches
may be mace, but il Is unlikely that
action will be taken in respect
10 any important question during
The absence of many senators wp'
have left the city not To return until
after New Year. Two temporary naval
appi opriaiion bills ara pending, one
providing for the naval establishment
for the last half of he current fiscal
year, and ono making provision
Tor the month OF January. Either
may be passed, but in view of Ire
action of tho sgnate, last night,
and the temper of afnajority of the sen
ators at That tiuie, such course seems
improbable.
The Informal discussion OF the Mica
rsguan treaty, which began yesterday,
the preteXt being the tendency of
Mr.. Vests resolution, declaring IL mex
pedient to send u surveying party to
Nicaragua, may be continued upon the
same basis, 70 treaty itself not having
been reported back from the COMMITTEES.
INDIANA DEMOCRATS.
An informal meeting OF Democratic
members OF congress and citizens Of
niiana was held AT the capitol last light.
The sentiment generally expressed WAS
that Indiana is entitled to recognition
in the cabinet OF the president elect, and
tho opinion was unanimous that in that
event The honor should be conferred
upon ex-senator Mcdonald. Senator
voorhees, and all the Democratic mem
beers of the house were present and con-
CURED in the views expressed.
oHIEF JUS Ica wAiTE'S CONDITION.
Chief Justice Waite, who has been
seriou ly i'll for Il week past, and whose
condition yes erday and Friday was
snch AS to cause his family and friends
much uneasue 8, il better Tonight.
Tae chief justice has been suffering
from overwUrk iately, and a week ago
severe cold, which was the
cause of his prostitution.
Early last week erysipelas set in
in his face, and he suffered |
much from neuralgic pains. The cry
sipelas was of a dangerous symptom,
but to-day this entirely disappeared.
md tonight his condition is improved
20 much that his son, who was sum
noned here from Ohio early in the |
week, has lett for home.
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New YoRK, Dec. 2l.-The searehers
for bodies in the ruins Of St.
Johns Orphan asylum, in Brooklyn,
resumed their labors this morning
Almost all the ashes, brick
and rubbish were removed dur
ing the day, but no more
bodies we're found. twenty bodies are
all that have been accounted for
in the ruins. There are
still twenty orphans missing, hut
lhev are believed to have escaped. The
total amount of donations to the
relief fund amounts to S4,0l6. A
band of orphans made their way
on the night of the fire To
the street car railway stables, near by
and conductors, drivers and stable men
fed them. Some people were trying
hard to dispose of them for
the night and found one too many, when
another urchin, already provided for,
called out, "He's our baby; put him in
the manger."
Coroner Menninger visited the ruins
to-day. He noted tho remains
of two children and two
adults. Tne Mother Superior
furnished the coroner with list OF the
BOYS killed. Mrs. HLllorsn, who
was visiting the ASYLUM on the day OF
the fire and was supposed to have been
lost, was found this evening, with her
boy, at residence on Vanderbilt av
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-25

l,liaa o .i,s zoe n,es g
y no Time ,hs explosion occurred.
he nlst 0le lsken Hul ~.
ieona.l sgd o. years. lie VS.
ptiniullY hfuis'd, add N T.
thnunht he las sustained internsi
iulufioa John Oat.f. IL, VS. nssi
fnund. lle Was badly burned about IL
n,rn, necli aud Hrins Int not seriously
hurt. SIR, anj Mrs Oates escaped with
severe hfuises, aud their Daughters,
Winnie an Emily we're found Ia oIai
Viult uuiuJured. The escape ~ an
fIum instant death IL miraculous
The loss an the building aud hir.
nituro will reach iD5iO Mr.. Oates
has been Ia the "a, aud coal business 70
seventeen y"Hts, aud this II the first
tine he has suffered ironi an explosion
There II good deal oi mystery sur-
rounding the accident. There was ~"
natural gas Ia the hnuse, aud the gao
mHins are thirty Ave feet away and
buried three feet under ground.
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Dakor.'s D,.pera,. Disagreement.

TRAvtRsE, Dec. 2i.--A spy has Just
arrived from Wilmot aud reports con
ference e $50 men held In MANN
office, at WilmOt, the chairman
standing an top o. TIT
stolen sale, said the imbnation hat
been teltphoned for, and II it WAS not
received by sunday morning, the safe
would he blown open, and that he asked
the questions: "What shall we do II the
books are not In the safe'"
A motion was msie and carried amid
cheers aud hpwls "a "a To Traverse,
suck and burn every building and hang
every man found. Every man nj
the meeting WAS armed with Win
chester or shotgun. GA re-
c-ipt of this news, Traverse
officers ordered the women and ch 'ldren
TO leave the town, and they are
rapidly departing. The mob is
not expected 10 reach here much
before dark. Buildings are
belug barrirad, d, and men are out over
IN" country for arms aud men. The
I. rec ia Traverse, at present, is rather
small for such uu emergency. The mrn
on the ground are well armed
an will M Ike desperate defense.
All the weak kneed have been asked
To leave town None have lett. Men
from the northeastern part0f the county
are coming to the rescue, hut may
not get here in time. Gov. Pierce viii
have troops here by tomorrow evening,
but they may also bo too
late. Tie officers here are
cool aud will make the
most Oh the circumstances. Gov
Pierce has photographed To the sheriff To
call every man IN the county 10 hi, AS
si-tance aud 10 note every one who re-
fused, The Excitement runs high. Tho
county records have been secreted, no
pno excepting the register OF deeds
k noWy ~ where,
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Cause Half a Nilllon Dollars Worth Of
Properly 10 Burn.
THE OLD PISTOL Al wAxAHAcHIe
sta Masked Men Mako n $4,000 ilebbery
In West Virginia-Dskeus's be-
piorsbia Dis,grrsments-Je-
ssph shelton Dies.
MlsHhPs AND CRIME IN DETAIL.
Astral oil Hxplosisn,

INV YoRK, Dec. 2l.-An explosion Il,
PraLt's Astral oil-worKs, IN the eastern
part OF Brooklyn, called out the whole
iire department OF that city. A
second explosion followed almost
Immediately. These two explosions
made free 10000 barrels OF oil, and all
this Naming mass catching on 10 the
river Of melted snow, was carried
into every nook and granny
OF the works. The result WAS
that all the buildings and tanks at the
building IN which the canning
is don, we're destroyed, besides the
long docks on the creek. The loss
will reach between 5000 and S6bD.OO0
the shock of the two explosions broke
tha windows Of all the houses Ia the
neighbornood and sent the people in ter
For flying into ths streets The building
OF tho Williamsburg Gaslight company.
ON the oppo-ita side of Twelfth street,
shsok so violently that some persons
thought ii would fall. The bail ling,
later, WAS In great danger fr IN the
spreaAiDg flames, The heat was 81
intense that the fremen could not get
close enough Ia render the niece ,sary
service. Chief Engineer Nevins aud
his associates undertook to cut off the
fire from the gas house, as The
blazing oil seemed 10 he surg
ing that way aud were successful. The
noise of the seething flames could he
heard blocks away. The tugs Brilliant,
Daylight and Duval took up positions
Oh the river aud sent their heaviest
streams into the caldrun Of flames, but
The wind veerrd and carried the
flames out at them and they were
to steam away. Then the
fire had complete control of tho river
side and was slowly eating its way TO-
wards Fnst street. Explosion followed
xploson aud the burning masses
thousands Vt spectators gathered
standing in tho slush of snow and under
4 heavy rain, Watching the cOntlagra-
lion. a long train o. Manhattan Beach
cars, on the track near Bnshwili creek,
was crowded with excited on lockers.
A dividing wall had been erected in the
yard to prevent the fire from going be-
yond it. The great heat of the flames
tracked the safety wall, and 1t
zane down with a crash. A ter
hat the fire razed the en-
ire premises. The wind shift ed,
lowing landward, and the. fire-boats
will now go to work again.
At the same time the firemen
ashore were driven Sway on land 81
that they had to abandon an
,ngine, which, in lull of the wind and
subsistence of the flames, they
,oon recovered. The fire boats and
iremen then obtained The mastery, and |
he flames were brought under control.
Pratt u Co., it is understood, are in
ur4d.