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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-28

AT Troy, O., few days ago an old
man, aged ninety,two years, was picked
up sick and helpless Ia coal yard on
the outskirts Of the city. He was recog.
nized as miBer and beggar who was in
the habit of begging eggs at farm houses
until he had collected sufficient mum.
Der to dispose Of at neighboring, towns.
When his clothing was removed at the
hospital It vas found that he had saswed
6p 'in his pockets packages containing
"a 900 in money, $4,000 In United States
bonds and $1,000 in promis:ory. notes:
Tho niser proved to be John SWims, OF
Champaign, County, O., and the owner OF
real estate in several counties.
A good wife ID Heavens last, best
rift ID man Lad angel of mercy y-minis..
ter of graces innumerable--his gem OF
many vfrtues--his caslrct Of jewels-her
voice his sweetest music--her smiles his
brightest day--her kiss the guardian Of
.nnoceuce-her arms the place OF his
safety. the balmof his health, the balsam
;6f his life-her industry bis surest weain
her ecouomy his safest stsward-hei
,lins his faithful counselor bosomtte
softsst pillow of his csres-and her
prayers the ablest advocate Of Heavens
blessing On his head.
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value of their work, and they should be
neither expected nor allowed 20 do ques.
tionable party service. The interests
Of the people will be better protected,
the estimate of public labor and duty
will be immensely improved, the public
employment will be open to all who can
demonstrate their fitness TO enter it, un.
seemly scramble for place under the
Government with the consequent impor.
tunity which embitters official life will
cease, and the public departments will
not be filled with those who conceive Il
to be their first duty to aid the party TO
which they owe their places instead of
rendering patient and honest return to
the people.
THE sTATEsMANsI' ip THE PEOPLE RE.
QUIRE.
l believe that the public temper ia
such that the voters Of the laud are pre-.
pared to support the party which gives
the best promise Of administering tho
Government in the honest, simple and
plain manner which 10 consistent with its
character and purposes. They have
learned that mystery and concealment in
the management Of their affairs cover
tricks and betrayal. TIE statesmanship
they require consists in honesty and
frugality, prompt response to the needs
of the people as thoy arise, aud the vigil
liant protection of all their varied inter.
ests.
If should be called to the Chief
Magistracy of the nation by the suffrages
of my fellow-citizens l will assume the
duties of that high office with the solemn
determination to dedicate every effort to
my country's ,od, and with an humble
reliance upon Tho favor ard Euppor. of
tho Supreme Being who I believe will
always bless honest human endeavor in
the conscientious discharge of public
duty. GROVER CLEvELANp.
To Col. VIM. +. Villas, chairman, and
D. +. Bestor and Others members of tho
Notification Committee Of the Democrat
ic National Convention.
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What Death Does.

II does not affect the moral character,
it expends It's force upon the body, but
works no radical or real change in the
soul. 1t has no power whatever to revos
luti0nize the moral nature-to make it
better or worse. In itself it can neither
make o good man better nor bad man
worse. It can transfer. but cannot trans.
form. HE that is righteous, let him be
righteous still. He that 10 petty, let
him be-" at death and after, "petty STILL"
Each person now living carries in him
self at this and every moment the essen.
lial elements OF either heaven or bell,
BY the essential elements We mean, in
both cases, those moral qualities, those
dispositions and affections Of the soul,
which fit it for the one or for the other.
Were all ct this moment snatched from
time to eternity, such are their moral
characters that they would instantly drop
into their appropriate places. What O
thin partition separates the saint on earth
from the saint in heaven---tho sinner in
time from the sinner In eternity.
Death is but the doorkeeper. He lifts
the latch aud lets the Christian through
into the bliss of the blissful. Death lops
off the body and manumits the impris.
oued spirit.
It dissolVes the Christian from this
sinful state and his sinful surroundings,
takes him away from all tho hindrances
Of earth, and supplies him with all the
helps of heaven. It delivers him from
"this body Of DEATH" tia not the Judge
to acquit or condemn; only the iailor to
release. It puts the justified beyond the
confines of ain and sense; gives them
absence from the body and presence uith
the Lord, but has nothing more than it
can do. It is Gods porter to lift up the
"gates" at his bidding, and let tho ason
Of glory" "come in." Why, then, should
the Christian fear the wing that trans.
lates him from the state Of the justified
to that Of the glorifed7 death is
yOurs." 49,. -. /
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The Hen with the Fig. ,


A few days ago two men, who were
afterwards found to be Detroiters, arrived
In town about fifty miles 10 the west Of
this, leading pig. 1t was perhaps big
enough and heavy enough to be called q
hog, but they termed IL pig and as they
turned it over to the care Of the landlord
at whose Inn they proposed TO rest for
the night, one of the men explained:
"Be awful careful with that pig, he's a
daisy-a new breed just from Scotland.
We've sold lim to a farmer out here for
500, and we don't want anything to hap.
pen to him."
The landlord took the pig up, and then
began TO think and cogitate and suspect.
When the strangers had gone to bed he
called in some of tho boys, and said:
I've twigged the racket; them two
fellows are sharpers and that's guessing
pig. Tomorrow they will give you o
chance to guess at his weight at ten cents
guess, and you'll be cleaned out-only
you won't. As the fellows sleep we will
weigh their pig and beat their game"
Nobody slept until the pig was taken
over to the scales and weighed. Ho
pulled down ITO pounds TO hair, and
the villagers went home and hunted up
their nickels and dreamed of pigs and
scales and sharpers through the remain.
der Of the night.
Next morning the pig was led around
in front, and, before starting off on his
journey, one of the owners remarked. to
the ASSEMBLED crowd:
"Gentiemen, I'm going TO weigh this
pig directly. Maybe some of you would
like 10 guess on bis weight I'll take
al! Eissses E! ten cents each, and WhcSz-
er hits II gets fifty cents"
This provoked large and selected
stock of winks and smiles, but no one
walked up until tho pig man said that
any one person could guess as many
times as he. cared to, provided dino
accompanied each guess. Then rush
set in. Three or four merchants put up
hfty guesses each. A justice of the
peace took thirty. A lawyer said about
twenty would do for him. Before there
was any let up in the guessing about GOO
soul of 'em guessed at ITO pounds. Il
was curious what unanimity there was in
the guessing, but the pig men didn't
seem to notice it. When all had been
given chance tho pig was led to the
scales, and 10 his weight was exactly
l74 poundsl
"You see, gentlemen" explained the
spokesman, while this animal only
weighs ITO pounds along about II O'Clock
at night, We feed him about five pounds
of corn meal in the morning before
weighing! You forgot 70 take this mat.
ter into consideration r'
Then somebody kicked the landlord,
and he kicked the Justice, and the JUS.
tice kicked q merchant and when the
pig men looked back from O. distant hill
the whole town was out kicking itself
and throwing empty wallets into the
river.-Detroit Free Press.
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Distance to the Stars.

Astronomers have ascertained the dis
tance from the earth to many of the
stars. If we measure these spaces by
miles, they amount to millions and mil.
lions, still multiplied by millions, and
hence convey no adequate idea to the
mind therefore some other mode of
measurement must be used. and the
velocity of light is considered the most
light travels at the rate Of $4,000 miles
a secondhand is, between the ticks Of
watch ray of light would move eight
times round the globe 1t comes from
the sun to Us, a distance of 90,O00,00O
miles in eight minutes; thus the space
covered over by ray of light in that
time could not be travelled over by our
express trains in less than $50 years.
With this immense velocity it requires
three and half years for the light Of
the nearest star to reach our earth. 1t
requires 46 years for light to reach US
from the North Star, and tonight as we
look at.the northern luminary, these very
rays of light which make it visible to US,
started out on their journey forty-six
years ago. The light from stars of the
twelfth magnitude requires $500 years
to reach the earth. And if that beauti-
full constellation of the Pleiades were
this moment blotted out of existence, it
would continue to be visible for 700
years, for such is the time required for
light to travel from that group to us. IF
star of the twelfth magnitude we're
now destroyed, it would continue to be
visible for $500 years. Or if such star
were now created, $500 years would
clapse before it would be .perceptible to
the inhabitants of the earth. And some
of the more distant stars are 80 far away
that their light, moving with velocity
of 1872, 900 miles per second, requires 50,-
900 years to reach our eyes. These great
distances are not imaginary, but astrono-
mers have ascertained the distance,
motions and sizes, and even the weights
of the celestial orbs, with as much GER
taiuty as they have foretold eclipses.
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ated upon her own unfortunate alliance
with preacher who imposed upon her
and had her put into tho lunitic asylum.
Finally the gallant colonel hinted that
his time was precious and said he would
take her pamphlet and refer il to his
lawyer, and if his lawyer said sign il he
would sign it, Then she turned her at.
tention to me and asked me to sign it
and 1 said was away from home and
didn't live in the country and never
signed such papers until got Mrs. Arp's
consent aud so took pamphlet to look
at when she opened her eripsack and
pulled out two books on womap's rights
aud wanted to sell them at 81. so apiece.
but we respectfully declined. I dident
want to be buying Chicago books from
Chicago woman without consulting Mrs.
Arp about 1t, for Chicsgo is bad place
for such literature to come from. and 7
was afraid that the book might work up
divorce in my family. Lastly, sho
asked us for dime for the pamphlets.
and We gave her dime and blessing,
and the colonel intimated that if she
would depart those coasts she might find
moro copgenial victims.
What comfort it is that we have not
got such women down South, nor such
preachers to marry 'em. When told
her that we did not need such laws in
Georgia, that our wives were all happy
and contented, and when they did not
have laws enough they made them at
home, aud when my wife wanted any.
thing che simply said, "Be it enacted"
and it was enacted straightway and forth
with. The woman looked astonshed
and said: ut is not that way where !
came FROM" Maybe it aint.
as che seemed reluctant to 90 tie
beneficent co!oHe! :rvk an idea that she
was tired and sick, and needed refresh
ment, aud so he rung a little bell and
ordered q punch for tho philauthropic
lady; but she respectfully declined by
saying that she was by no means old
enough to need stimulapt She was
smart, that woman was-and as reasonably
good looking as a Chicago woman can
be. She would make q good wife for
John jenkins, who said, II want wife
old enough to have sense, and ugly
enough TO stay at home" But Chicago
woman won't stay at home. She is going
to take the war path anyhow.
BILL ARP.
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Keen disappointment.

The rural roosters" of Arkansaw
have an exalted conception of O Gov
eTnor's magnitude. Some time ago q,
barbecue was held OF Grand Point, and
among other distinguished citizens the
Governor agreed to. attend. A large
crowd assembled, and when it became
known that the Governor had arrived,
the people were much excited In their
anxiety to behold tbs august ruler. Old
Sam Fellers, who had walked fifteen
miles to be present, on the occaaion,,
turned toa friend, after an unsatisfactory,
search, and said: =, 4
"Has tho Governor got here yit, Bill 3''i
Eyes, thar he stan's, talkin' to the
County Jedge.n = 5. .;ft s
"Whatl that Teller with q red neo {.
like Q turkey gobbler7n; s 81. - ,s5 d: 4
Thats The mar" ,sts E s!si.se.tS
saW'y dog gone his ugly pictut'. he
amt as tig as I am. Been rHaitin' to aeei
q Guy,lqE all my. life, an now this Is the
way I'm sarved. pother day I was
tuck down with q congestira chill, an, I
was powerful afeerd that T would die,
afore Ihad q chance, tc aee the ruler os'
the State, Ebnt now I'llr be blamed ef 8Ii
don't wish / had died. Look ut him,
will yei, ehawfn' terbacker like q goat AM
slobberin' like e granshopp 'I'm sa'
great mind to jolt him all over this town
fur glyin, me such d diserp. p.intmeHt.e
Wall, 7 bleve I'll 60 home, ~ I; !, I5;.,5
Sano, better stay an gle some ., the
barbecued 'shoa - ~ 7 4
mo, that sfelier has thsk my appsstites
1,ye come to tho onclusinns thas shal
country 10 q fraud aovernor ig ha said,
ously, q, and rpllipg ug his 4 1,lsa
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-28
Man and His lIIserIes,

Man that is born of woman ia small
potatoes and few in the hill. ,r.--.
He riseth up to-day and fourisheth
like q ragweed, and tomorrow or the
day after the undertaken has him in the
ice box.
He goeth forth in the morning warb.
ling like o lark, and is knocked out in
one round and two seconds.
In the midst of life he is IN debt, and
the tax collector pursueth him wherever
he goee.
and he slideth down With considerable
rapidity.
He walketh forth in the bright sun.
light to absorb ozone, and meeteth the
bank teller with sight draft for 1857. /,
He cometh home at eventide and
meeteth the wheelbarrow in his path, and
the wheelbarrow riseth up. and smiteth
him to the earth, and .falleth upon him,
and runneth one of its legs into his ear.
In the gentle spring. time he putteth
on his summer clothes, and blizzard
etriketh him fae away from home, and
fillsth him with woe and rheumatism,
( He layeth up riches in the bank, and
the cashier speculateth in margins and
then gceth to Canada for his health.
In the autumn he putteth on his winter
trousers, and q wasp that abideth in them
fiileth himself full Of intense excitement.
He sitteth up all night to get the re.
turns from Ohio, and In the end learneth
that the other fellows have carried 1t. q
He buyeth a watch dog, aud when he
cometh homo the watch dog tree!h him
and sitteth beneath him until rosy morn.
Hc goeth to the trot and betteth his
money on the brown mare. and the ,bay
gelding with blaze face winneth. ;,
He marrieth q red. headed heiress with
a wart on her nose, and the next day iiel
paternal ancestor goeth under with few
assets and great liabilities, and cometl
home 20 live with his beloved son.in law
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A Loving Couple.

"Mos' married folks quarreis moro or
less remarked, Uncle, Nose; "but /
knows q man, an bis wife what hasn't
had, q fass fur de las FIVE yeahs." q
,s"Am dey libin togedder 7"a ,.aaia q.a
,"'Sartainlyi Dey Ibis 10 de. same
house. She goes of every nawnin' and
washes by do day" isas@est 81 s4o.
s"But ,p'raps 1dey quarrels at night7
How does you know dey don't2p
"Dey don't hab q bit o. ,trubble, I tells
ser. She ema out, washin' all day. and
her, husband he am night watchman in q
big sto' on Austin, avenue. He goes of
before abe comes home, and he don't git
back I'M de mawnin' ontil she has gono
cnt washin,, Dats been goin,, on fur do
las fiVe yeahs, and dS, ;fust cross word
hasn't passed, 1, between ! !et 'et yit. sfras
SVfin9s. - 80, ~, M. !. =. = :. s..
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An Editor Insalted..

Editors have TO put up With all man
ner OF taunts and insults. Not 90 long
ago, at social gathering, an Austin lady
said TO young man who 10 connected
with q local, paper: l,fie: ,sjsi ,.i i, .
{ "You ought to belong to q church
"But I can't sing. What put ske idea
OF my belonging to a church 9 choirsinto
N"Oh;, nothingS except that I WassreadS
Ing the other day that q San Ffancisco
church proposes tointrodace harp lausin
Into the choir and there is nos much
and q Tyre, so I,ehought I'd just makoths
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M Thsre. d Tommy, I this ii sshe 81 secos,a
time youSs have sffotl ottnn The ~ lard ti'ss
andssds ,naother ~ ssss 90 gfeasy hat litt
AZ Sou ON, slo any ing ifi van sllasss
pat!cncs, ,is asid AN i'd nnele who lsaaS
made fortune, TO his neph phews Who hgd
nearly gpent tIse. s M M tes may fha carr
RED iii Is sieve At yoi only wait. n l8mat
lapg aasksd he patient speniih
It'll y iresxss, = was The cold iepl
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- Try and not borrow your neighbor's
paper; subscribe for It yourself. sYplyi
neighbor doesn't like to !; be bothered
with you, no matter how pleasant he,
may seem.
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- Among some of tho African tribes
bridaS on their Wedding day hare, theit
ff6ntfeeh extracted. The bridegrp6 p6ms
know thing or two IL they are sRvages.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-10
BAD

The Boston Globe Is publishing
a vast amount of testimony to prove
that Mr.. Blaine only read a part Of
the letters which lie obtained from
Mulligan on a solemn promise which
he has never kept, to return them
all. Well, we are not sorry that Mr..
Blaine took advantage of his oppor.
tunity to suppress damaging evil
dence against his own official integ.
rity. If there was anything in the
suppressed letters worse than what
was contained in those with which
the public is now so familiar, we do
not blame MI. Blaine very severely
for his cunning in Withholding them.
1t is sad and shameful enough that a
man who was three times elected
speaker of the House of Representa-
tlves should have made traffic of his
rulings in that exalted position, AZ
shown by that of his letters made
public, without having further proofs
of his own venality In other direc-
lions. If Mr.. Blaine actually sup.
pressed any of the Mulligsn letters,
and there is a great deal of evidence
to show that he did, the suppressed
portion of that shameful correspon-
dence must have been worse than
any that he read in the House, and
We r glad that the nation was not
Inundated by the production of any,
thing more degrading than is found
in the fifteen degrading letters.
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F0lger's Obsequies.

GENEVA, N. Y, sept. 9.-The
town Is rapidly filling with visitors.
The President and suite have arrived
in town. The President was con-
veyed to the mansion of ex-senator
Hammond whose guest he becomes
while in Geneva. Governor Cleve-
land and his party arrived in the
same cal and were driven direct to
the residence of VIM. J. King, IN the
immediate vicinity. Secretary Tel
Ter, Postmaster General Gresham,
judges Rapallo, Miller and Andrews
and Clerk Perrin arrived this morn
ing. Secretary Chandler is with the
Presidents party. It is thought
every member of the cabinet will be
here. Trains from the east, west and
north are to arrive before the tuner
al. The weather is oppressively
warm and the crowd of visitors is
suffering much discomfort.
At o'clock the last train arrived
and the crowd surged toward the
Folger residence. The villages and
farming country seem to have turned
out their population en- masse to pay
the tribute of respect to the ~illustri-
Gus deceased. At least 40, OcO people
r in the city. The body of Judge
Folger lies in the northeast room
of his late residence on Main street.
in a massive casket covered with
plain black velvet with silver mount
ings. 1t brre the simple inscription:
Charles James Folger: born April
is, 1918; died September 4, 1884.n
The President entered the room &C.
companied by Secretaries Freling-
huysen, Teller and Chandler and
Postmaster General Gresham, when
the religious services took place. The
Obsequies we've very impressive.
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Nj. Parnell congratulates President
Egsn upon his determination to hold
the Irish National Leagueof America
neutral In the politics of the country.
This shows that the story that Mn.
Parnell, daughter of Commodore
Stewart "Old Ironsides"-of our
navy and mother of the noted irish
agitator, came to this country to dis
pose Of the Irish vote In the coming
election. and would influence many
Irishmen to approve the Republican
ticket, is as untruthful as many 9TH
ers of the Blaine party's yarns. Mrs.
Parnell is q Democrat. In reply to q
New York herald reporter who. said
to her: "Then you think the Irish
men would best serve their own in
terests by voting the Democratic
ticket" Mrs. Parne]l said. "Most
assuredly I do. There is no question
that the Democratic party is the
party for the workingmen to sup
and the party which will best
care for the citizens of foreign BIRTH"
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the Chinese Heard From,

LONDON, Sept. 8.-The Poll Nall
Gazette has the following: The Chi
nese report the damage done to the
forts and arsenals on the Min river
by Admiral COurbet as trifing. The
masonry Of some OF the places was
thrown down, but is now fully re-
stored. The French landed and de.
stroyed only three guns at the Min
gan forts, and did not land at all at
kinpOr. The arsenal is not damaged
and no war material or stores are de-
stroyed. There was no fire and no
explosion. Work at the arsenal is
proceeding as usual. The naval loss
is serious, but after all only two
fighting vessels are sunk. The others.
such as dispatches, patrol boats, and
the defenses Of the river are now in
as good condition as before the bonn
bardment. The Pail Mall Gazette
says the Chinese government has
made a declaration OF war in the
form OF a manifesto from the en-
peror to the people. The emperor
declares that he regards the French
action as constituting a state OF war
and he calls upon his subjects to aid
in repelling the foe.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-10

The suicide of the cashier and
president OF the wrecked National
bank of New Brunswick, New Jer-
sey, introduces a new feature in bank
management. 1t is something efter
the custom of defaulting or DISC
bedient Oriental officials who COM
init hari kari when their crooked
ness is discovered. 1t is not generally
observed, however, in this country.
A visit of indefinite length to Cana
da or Europe seems to he the favorite
method of ESCAPING deceived deposi-
cors and outraged justice. But seri-
ously speaking, the double suicide is
full of meaning. It is an evidence
that the average bank official is
keenly alive to the fact that public
sentiment is thoroughly aroused
against the mismanagement or mis-
appropriation of trust funds or de-
p0sits.