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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-06
Raining Rocks.

The rumbling sounds in the earth and
the rising of hot steam from crevices in
the earth over in Chester and Fairfield
Counties about year ago will not COM
pare to the rain of rocks which is now
creating such sensation in this County.
In tenant houses on the plantation of
Mr.. R. T. Dunlap, about six miles from
town, lives Quarter Reese and Reese
Posey. They are quiet, good negroes,
and have never, so far as known, done
anything to provoke the Almighty's
wrath or the wrath of their neighbors; p;
but, nevertheless, the very rocks of the
earth seem to rise up to fall on them and
their houses. This wonderful phenome-
non of rocks falling has been going on
in that locality at intervals for more
than ten days, and people from five, ten
and fifteen miles around gather there to
witness it. The rocks are flint and vary
from the size of an egg to the size of
ones head. A peculiarly about them
is that they have fallen on several persons
without giving any hurt or pain to them:
Numbers of white men who have hooted
at the idea have visited the place and
come away convinced that the rocks do
fall. At first the negroes though ht it was
somebody rocking their houses and would
run to thicket near by, but they could
see no one. At last they concluded to
put out sentinels, but finding the rocks
dropped all the same, they reported it to
people in the neighborhood, and now
most any time you go to the place you
can find large crowd Of negroes and q
few whites gathered to see the rocks fall.
A number Of gentlemen of our town rode
out on Monday to witness the phenome-
non. They found about thirty or forty
negroes assembled near the house,
wonder.stricken at what they had seen.
They were not there long before sound
on the shingles notified them that q rock
had fallen. 1t was picked up and found
to be quite hot. 1t resembled flint and
had something on it which resembled
SCOT. The people marveled much. a
very honest looking old darkey told the
party that he saw rock rise up from
near peach tree and 60 straight up in
the air, so they must 60 up and fall
down. They are taken away by visitors
about as fast as they fall. The negroes
get them and will not part with them.
The matter should be investigated
Lancaster Ledger.
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The Story Of q False Eye.

BRIDGEPORT, July 27.-A young En-.
glish lady has been visiting at the resi-
dence of prominent widow in Bridge.
port. The widow has handsome son.
He and the English belle have become
great friends. She is the possessor of a
glass eye, and so perfect is it in fac simile
of real one that none but the young
gentleman of the house had discovered
bis young lady friends misfortune.
Knowing what modification such a
blemish must naturally be to its owner,
he kept his own counsel, with manly
determination never to let her or any one
else suspect his knowledge.
A few days ago it became necessary for
the young lady to submit to an operation
on her foot, she having injured it while
playing lawn tennis. For fear the ope.
ration would give pain it was decided
that she should be placed under the in
auence of ether. The doctor arrived,
proceeded upstairs to the young lady's
apartments, accompanied by the widow
and several assistants. The young gen.
tleman remained swinging lazily in
hammock stretched across the broad
veranda, and as he swung aud dreamed
remembered having read somewhere Chat
when a patient was under the influence
of an anasthetic the eye was often touch.
ed to ascertain nnconsciousness." He
rushed frantically up the stairs and burst
into the room. TO his dismay he observ-
ed the doctor already trying the expert
ment of touching the glass eye and about
to commence the operation on the foot.
By wild gesticulations he called the at
tention of the doctor away and in whis-
pers begged him to touch the other eye.
This was done and the patient jumped
with such force that the false eye fell out.
This catastrophe so alarmed the widow
and the assistants that they all ran away.
The doctor at once took in the situation,
and after administering more ether, his
patient became unconscious. Theyoung
man groped around on the Persian rug
for the lost eye while the doctor complet.
ed the operation on the foot. Before the
patient became conscious the false eye
was restored to its former position and
the young English belle has returned to
Great Britain ignorant of the fact that
her misfortune ever became known.
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Mullen Leaves in Consumption.

DIR. Ouinlan, of Dublin, read before
the International Medical Congress at
Co penhageu last year an interesting pa
per on the medicinal qualities of the
MULLEN. It has attracted widespread
attention, and among the more recent
articles con6rmatory of DR.. Quinlan's
statements is one by DR.. Wiltert, of Gin
cinnati, which appears in the last num-
ber of the Lancet and Clinic of that city.
From the results obtained in 127 cases OF
pulmonary consumption treated by DIR.
Quinlan with MULLEN alone, he draws
the following conclusions, which are
condensed from his original article, viz:
/. In the earlier and pretubercular
stage of pulmonary consumption, mullen
has notwithstanding and curative
power greater than that of cod liver oil,
and equal to that of Russian koumiss.
s. In cases where tubercles are well
established or cavities exists, the mullen
has great power in relieving cough-a
great boon to consumptives, whose weak
stolnachs too frequently cannot tolerate
the usual cough remedies.
8. Phthistical diarrhea is completely
obyiated by the MULLEN.
d. Mullen has no power or effect on
the night sweats of consumption, which
should be combated by atropia sulphate.
The method of using the MULLEN,
which originated among the Irish peas
antry, and was adopted by DR.. Quinlan
iusii as he found it, is as follows: Three
ounces of the fresh green leaves, or
about ten times that much of the dried,
are boiled ia pint of fresh cows milk.
After boiling moment the infusion is
allowed to stand and "sipe" for ten min,
utey. when it is strained, sweetened, and
drunk while warm. This quantity is
taken twice or three times day. 1t is
generally much relished by the patients,
Who regard it as pleasant article of diet
rather than as medicine. The smoke
of the MULLEN leaves inhaled into the
respiratory passages relieves irritation
and spasmodic cough.
IDr. Wilfert states that he has followed
DR.. Quinlau's method in twenty cases Of
undoubted pulmonary phthisls, a; all o Of
then more or less advanced, and all i'm.
proved during the administration o.
mullen, no other drugs being used
These results are certainly very encour'
aging, and should be followed up.
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AN INCIDENT AT CEDAR HILL.
How General N1anIgault Might Have Made
History.

Among the incidents of his recent trip
through the South, General Brinkerof
relates the story of the battles about
Chattanooga, which just now, while the
attention of the nation is concentrated
on the man who at that time directed the
al.mie- of the Union side, may be inter
eBtin;,:
"On my way from Charleston to Co.
lumbia," said General Brinkerof, II fell
into conversation with General A. M
M.anigault, the present Adjutant General
Of South Carolina. Finding that 1 had
recently been at Chattanooga, he told
me that he was in those battles and com
manded brigade near the centre of the
Rebel line at Missionary Ridge.
Gle said the finest thing he ever saw
was the advance of the Union army, with
$4,000 men in line.
s'The day before the fight at Missionary
Ridge, General Manigault had his head
quarters on an elevated point known as
Cedar Hill, but on the advance of the
Union army the Confederates fell back
about three.quarters of mile and took
up a position on Missionary Ridge. As
the Union army advanced General Mani
gault observed that Cedar Hill, the posi-
ton vacated By him the day before, was
now occupied by some one, evidently oi
high rank. He could see through his
glass that orderlies on horseback were
coming and going in such numbers as to
make It very certain that some person Of
Importance was then on Cedar Hill, and
one who must at least rank as high as O
division or corps commander.
"As he watched the hill the maxim Of
Napoleon in regard to destroying or dis
ahling the guiding mind of an opposing
army occurred to him. Napoleon under
such circumstances advised the concen'
tration of number Of batteries and q
whole broadside in order to make sure
work, and as General Manigault had
several batteries of rifed guns he felt
sure that he could kill or cripple the
officer on Cedar Hill, but as he had or:
ders not to waste any ammunition until
ordered from headquarters, he sent fol
his division commander and suggested
Guo prOpIloIy VI eWo0Pin6 OSeoI
He was told that the orders Of General
Bragg were imperative. on account Of
th, scarcity of ammunition, to reserve
fra for close quarters. However, he said
be would see General Bragg and ask his
consent. General Bragg declined, and
so,' said General Manigault, I lost an
opportunity of changing the currents oi
history, for week or two afterwards my
piekets brought me Cincinnati news
paper with General Grants report of the
battles of Missionary Ridge, from which
I learned that the man on Cedar Hill
was General Grant himself, and I am
very sure that with the batteries at my
command I could have killed or crippled
him.
"'I have had it in my mind for many
years. said General Manigault, "to tel!
General Grant this story, if by chance
should meet him, but it is not likely now
Twill ever have an opportunity. .'"-1ians
field (O.) Herald.
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How Prohibition Works In Georgia

ATHENS, GA, July 21.-It is now ten
days since the liquor saloons in Athens
closed their doors, and, althoug b we have
gone through commencement, not one
arrest has been made by the police.
This is an unprecedented record. Our
people seem we'll satisfied with the
change, aud thus far the experiment
works like charm. The barrooms have
all turned their attention to the sale of
Misunderstanding drinks and cigars, but
their receipts are very small and will not
pay for keeping open doors. If there
have been any attempts at violating the
prohibition law, we have received no
intimation of the fact. The city officers
are very vigilant and will use every effort
to ferret out offenders. One house is
under the ban Of suspicion, but if they
sell at all it is to chosen few, as no
signs of the traffic are seen upon the
streets. There are plenty of jugs and
bottles keptin private rooms, but these
are fast running dry, and men who have
heretofore taken their drink regularly
are now doing without. But little liquor
is shipped to Athens by express. There
are two barrooms within five miles Of
Athens that expect to do fine trade,
but thus far they have not received much
patronage. Prohibition has no percepti-
BILE effect upon the trade of Athens,
either one way or the other. But the
best sign is disposition of that band of
negro loafers who blockaded jackson
street, being attracted by whiskey and
billiards. They have either gone to
work or sought other fields. Our liquor
dealers are all hunting up other business.
They will either move the remnants Of
their stocks to wet counties or engage in
another ayocation in Athens. They
accept the result like good citizens, and
express determination to obey the law.
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How m Old Man May PrOlOng His
Life,

An old man must clothe warmly.
After the age of sixty, any idea OF hard
ihood and of facing weather must be
laid aside; neither the skin nor the
lungs bear cold. Cold is, in fact, the
great enemy of our old people, and it is
q fact, if a man Of sixty or sixty five
goes to warmer climate than that to
which he has been accustomed, his life
is prolonged. Warm flannel clothes
should be worn next to the skin day and
night, and there should be plenty of
winter garments. If there is the least
tendency to asthma or attacks of bron-
chitis, two or three folds of silk or wool
en- handkerchief should he worn over the
mouth, and if the weather be very cold,
over the nose also. Rooms also must be
kept warm, for the animal heat in the
man past seventy is often deficient, and
in very old people even drinks should be
taken warm, as the sources of animal
heat are being dried up. Old people will
often like rooms kept at temperature of
seventy degrees or higher, when younger
people are half stiaed in them.-Herald
of Health.
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= An expedition Of Americans will
dig up the ground on the bank of the
Euphrates, in the hope of regaining the
records of the antediluyian world, which,
according to the Chaldean history, Noah
buried there previous to embarking in
the ark. The result of their researches
will doubtless be awaited with much in
terest by the Republican party, in the
hope that it may contribute campaign
issue for the next Presidential canvass.
- The man who will suffer private
grudge to lead him into breach Of faith
is a man not to be trusted by anybody.
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Small Farms.

There are many material advantages
in small farms. We are not as liable to
overlook or hurry over small details that
very often could be made to be of i'm
mense advantages to growing crop II
we had done the work properly. There
is always more to look after than one
man can possibly attend to. The small!
details of farm are what constitute and
make thrifty farmer. It is better to
cultivate ten acres and make FIVE bales OF
cotton, than to cultivate twenty-five and
make the same amount. We do not be-
lieye that one horse can tend more than
twenty acres of cotton effectually, and
make fair crop of corn in connection
Herewith. We believe in small farms.
How much prouder farmer would be
with neat little farm, fences and out
houses in good repair, the stock we'll
cared for, nice vegetable and flower
garden and good orchard, than with a
large farm, badly in wreck and cultiva-
led for benefit of some merchant or fac.
tor. Go into the thickly populated
countries of the North and West and see
how mitch easier and how much better
off are the farmers, who though they own
but a small tract are making more money
than most of our large cotton planters.
Small farms mean prosperity and a happy
life, free from the cares of having more
to do than we possibly can. To make
any business success we must study 1t,
and it is the same with farming. II we
wish to succeed We must study our lands
and take into consideration our ability,
energy and capability of managing
large farm. We had better make $500 .
wear and save $50 than to make 81 500
and have nothing after we have paid for
guano, supplies, &c. Do not try to cul.
tiyate too much, and especially if your
land has to be highly manured. 1t will
pay better to put five sacks of guano on
an al acre than on five, for the five sacks on
an acre would build it up, whereas scat
tered on the five the productive qualities
would not be enhanced for more than
one year. The Maryland ADVOCATE
wisely says:
"Large farms usually mean large tax
bills, poor crops, poor horses and stock,
broken down farmers, sparsely settled
districts, old and dilapidated farm build.
ings, poor fences, and things have kind
of rundown and worn.out aspect al!
around. Small farms mean well-tilled
land, good crops, neat farm buildings,
healthy and Intelligent farmers, good
roads, pleasant and thickly settled neigh.
borhoods, plenty Of good schools, good
fences and well-fed stock, and signs of
prosperity everywhere.-Cot Cotton Plant.
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Albenarle Female Institute,
sCFARI0TTEsYILLE, VA,

TNULL corps of superior teachers; course
of instruction thorough and extern
siye: location healthful and accessible
scenery beautiful; surroundings most at
tractiYe terms very moderate order cat,
alogue. w. 2. DlChlNSON. lysS.
Is InlY 16-1A Principal.
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In Texas and other States the liquor

= In Texas and other States the liquor
men, as soon rs they are defeated, begin
to annoy their opponents by moving to
enforce the Sunday laws. They attack
the running of trains on Sunday, the
sale of ice, cigars, soda water, newspa.
pers etc. As they are working against
their own comfort and pleasure they will
soon get tired of their crusade.
= The Rev. Charles A. Stakely, of
Charleston, has been called to the pasto.
rate Of the Marcy Avenue Baptist church,
of Brooklyn, and has accepted. The
salary is $4,000 year.
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Before prohibition-Grass in his Rum.

A Boston man was driving along a
forest road in Alabama, when he came
to cosy log cabin, in whose door sat a
plump and hearty darkey. Around the
cabin there was growing, in the loveliest
profusion, quantity of mint. The Bos-
ton man was in the habit of carrying
moist refreshments with him, and the
sight of the nodding paradise of mint
suggested beautiful thoughts.
"Would you like to take a drink with
me7" said the Boston man. :.
"Boss, I don't kyah ef dew" said
the darkey.
"What's your name, my man? Julius.
Well, Julius, why don't you make a
mint iulep?" said the white man.
"Wot mought dat be, boss?" asked
the negro.
"Pick me some nice, tender sprigs OF
that mint and bring me some cold water,
and I'll show you."
The negro brought about a half q
bushel of beautiful mint and bucket OF
cool water from his we'll. The white
man mixed two drinks in two big tin
cups and tenderly interspersed a little OF
the mint in them. Then the two dis
cussed the beverages, and the darkey's
eyes cleaned as he drank. After while
he came back by the same cabin. He
noticed with tender concern that the
mint seemed to have been stripped from
the darkey's yard as by tornado, and
the place looked forlorn and gloomy. In
the door sat a negro, but not his negro
It was detected and tattered old man
who answered the white mans call.
"Ab! where is my friend Julius, " who
lived in this cabin three months ago."
"Po' JULIUS am gone, sab," said the
old negro, rolling his eyes.
"Whati not dead ?"
eyes, sah."
"What was the matter with him? ?"
"Oh, dat's the sorrowful part of it sab
Dere was white man come along here
bout free months ago. Seems like he
was from the norf; and he larn't Julius
how to drink grass in his rum-an', an,
an',-now he's gone, po' Julius ~
Boston Record.
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stitution and is very faded and yellow
with age and somewhat motheaten. l
think it would be we'll to send it to d
Museum for preservation.
All the links connecting us with the
past ale rapidly being broken, and have
iotted down from the lips Of Col. Pickens,
the items herein contained that they may
be preserved in more enduring form,
for when he passes away I know of no
one who will be left who can repeat the
tale.
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"A mink's nest was discovered last
week among some brush in MIR. h. L.
Goss' garden in Union, and around it
were sixteen chickens with their throats
cut. Mr.. Goss and his neighbors have
been losing fowls for some time, and had
charged it to two.legged robbers.
- The Oxford Miss Eagle is slowly
reforming, but as yet is not reform
glutton. It declares that there must be
"no more ballot box stuffing except in
cases of absolute necessity" ."-Bosfon
Post.
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be so situated that it is best for him to make a
meal of the uncooked tubers.
Once more, and in conclusion:
A. 1t is important that we make wise use
of the laws we have for the suppression of in
temperance until we can replace them by better
ones.
just at this point as it seems to me- some of
our friends act with singular unwisdom. In
the zeal to secure the abstract and ideal, they
lose sight Of the practical. They will have pro
hibition or nothing. Local option laws and laws
forbidding the sale of liquor to minors and
the Sabbath do not interest them. They render
little or no assistance to those who enforcing
our present laws to save the children and youth
from becoming drunkards. Some Of them go so
far as to demand the repeal of all
license laws and the removal of the tax
on the manufacture of whisky If these
wild schemes could be carried into operation, it
requires no prophetic vision to anticipate some
of the results. Whisky would be so cheap that
a topper could drink himself into a state of more
than beastly drunkenness for two or three
cents. Grog shops would be ten times as mum
erous as they are. Towns and counties
would lose the protection now secured them by
local option. The land would be deuged by
drunkenness and debauchery to an extent of
which we could hardly form conception. De-
cent men would be driven to combine for a sys-
TEN of license and regulation and we should
probably hear little more Of prohibition for a
generation to come. He that is wise will con-
slider these things.
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Day Dreams.

While the sighted grammar unopened lay
The little maid dreamed of fairy clew
magic thread that led far and away
The deep tangled maze of the forest through
"Oh wish there things to do to day,
Queer riddles to solve, great prizes to gain,
Entertainments to break, magcians to slay,
And that L, queen, throne might reign!
"I}ut the puzzles are lost. the queens are dead
And there's nothing to do" she sighed and said
A little lad leaned on his hoe that morn,
And longed tor a horse and FURNISHED shield,
To ride away from the pumpkins and corn,
To the Journeys lists on the tented field:
'Oh wish there things to do to-day
Great dragons to kill and battles to fight;
/ would break lance in the fercest fray;
would fling glove at the proudest knight,
But honor is lost. and glory has fed
And there's nothing to do, " he sighed and said.
And the poor little maiden never knew
That knowledge ready to crown her queen,
And the clew that led his labyrinth through
Lay hidden the leaves of her book between.
And the little lad never guessed
That the dragon Sloth conquered him that day,
While he lightly dream ed of some idle quest,
AND his unused hoe in the young corn lay.
But honor and fame passed the dreamers by,
And crowned brave Toll, who found time 70
sigh.
Anne NJ. Libby in sunday school Times
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He Counted the Children,

Arkansaw Traveller.
II amt gwine ter stay in dis heah country no
longer den l ken hep" said an old negro whose
general good humor aad satisfied condition rem
dered his observation significant.
Whats the matter, Elip some one asked.
"Never mine whuts de matter; l KANT stay
in dis country"
.Any body been abusing you!"
'Yas, sab, da is"
'Infringe on your rightsp
"SahF
''Trample upon your rights9"
''Yas, sab, da did. Tramped on me wifi bof
feet"
Tell me about it."
"Wall. yer knows, sab; dat Use er mighty ham
fur chillun. Use got some twelbe ur fifteen at
my house. yer know. Dis mawnn while da wuz
all out IN de yard it struck me dat dar wuz err
powerful chance O. them, so 'gunter count
Wall. sab. counted twenty three. Look heah.
Wife 81, how come all desc chllun in heahp
She sorter 'vaded de subjeck, but at las she
'knowledged dat de extra chiun longed to her
sister whut wuz dun run away. Now, boss how
long dose yer reckon l had been er totin' dat
extra loadW
Il have no idea"
NO. sab, doan' 'spose yer has. I'd been
feedin' dem chilun fur two munts, sab. I
thought dat it tuck powerful chance ter eat,
but ddn think, sab, dat my wife wus er stffin'
de ballock box dater way. No, sab, I amt
gwine ter stay heah."