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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
TATTOOING.
A Hfdeous Custom Which Prevails In
Certain Parts of Polynesia.
NeWS.

a Hideous Custom Which Prevails In
Certain Parts of Polynesia.
The custom of tattooing the body for
merly existed in all parts of Polynesia,
but is now generally abandoned, ex-
cept among the ruder islanders. The
process was substantially as follows :;
The artist first drew the desired pattern
upon the body of the subject; then taking
a fine-toOthed comb, made of shell or
bone, he dipped it into liquid COM
posed of the pulverized coal of the can
dle-nut and OIL and placing it on the
spot caused it to puncture the skin by a
-h9w with a malletl Soon. blush
color appeared under the skin, which
did not fade for many years. The first
marks were made about the time of
puberty, but so painful, and even dan
gerous, was the process that it was not
finished at once, but the pattern was
elaborated year by year up to an adj
vanced age. The designs were mostly
arrangements of curved lines, showing
great artistic skill and appearing to the
eye like drapery of fine .lace-work
Often figures of men, birds, dogs, fishes
or other objects were pictured. The ex-
tent of the person covered by the tattoo
varied on different groups, but the
thighs were invariably marked. High
chiefs were exempt from the custom,
as were the lowest class of free
men, slaves, and to great ex-
tent women. Various theories have
been proposed to account for the prac-
tee, but the only Satisfactory one finds
its ground in religion. The figures OF
living objects, so common, are the to-
tens of the individual or tribe in which
guardian spirits are believed to reside.
The operator is always a priest, and the
patient is tabu, holy" during the pro-
cess. The primitive idea seems to have
been that by drawing the visible en-
blem of deity upon the person his ia
vor was thereby secured. Later, this
conception faded out, and the custom
came to be simply mode of ornamen-
tation or mark of social distinction.
The chiefs were not tattooed because,
themselves partaking of the divine ma
ture, they did not require it, and the
rest were exempt because they did not
deserve it.-Amer1cdn antiquarian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
'TWERE VAIN.

Think not to please all men, strive as you
will,
Twere vain, impossible; for there remaineth
still
The man whom nought can please or satisfy
By noble effort or by full en5eavor,
BY warmest impulse, in no way whatever.
OF such rs he, set heart and mind at ease;
Go on thy way, and take no heed of these
For so twill be forever.
Let not thy soul be troubled that they say:
He might have done this thing, or that, q
better way.
Mayhap thy way is best, how can they know,
or see
With thine own eyes, what seemeth best to
thee2
Check the quick tear that steals into thine
eye
Because one rudely speaks; keep back the
sigh
Nor pale thee so;
For they will call it weakness who stand by;
Though well know
1t tells no weakness on thy earnest part
Nor loss of manhood TITS only that thou art
Too eager for approval; and that what
thou do
Should please all others as 1t pleaseth you.
No more than this thou askest of just praise,
So willing thou to do thy best always.
But thou must quaf all dregs Of bitterness
Before thy soul can know supreme Success.
-DOrd EredReU, in Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
The Way Meals are Served in New
Orleans.

Few set tables. You are served in
tie morning before you get out of bed
VIOLA cup of coffee as good as can be
found anywhere in the world, and some
bread or little Creole pie crust cakes.
There is no trouble about your meals.
There is a restaurant on every corner
or so, or you can have your meals served
hot, and at the most reasonable rates.
As d general thing, however, they do
not "go in heavy" for breakfast here.
Your coffee is supposed to satisfy you
until midday, when you take slight
lunch at some saloon. About six in the
evening you sit down to the big meal of
the day. Supper there is none, unless
YOU drop in at the theater, after which
you eat something light Thus, at least,
YOU will find the natives doing, and
those who have been visiting New Or
leans each winter for years will tell you
that it is the most comfortable way to
live here and best suited to climate.
Cor Rochester Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
and inside an astonishing sight met NV

and inside an astonishing sight met INV
gaze.
There stood my stowaway.
He was evidently admiring himself IN
the glass, and with brush was touchino
up his face with dark paint here and
there. When he put ON the woe-begone
look he was the stowaway; when he
painted up and chuckled to himself he
was Rodger Cupples, Esq.
The moment the thing dawned upon
me | quietly withdrew and went up the
forward companion way. Soon CUP
pies came cautiously up and seeing the
way clear scudded along ia the darkness
and hid in the aft wheelhouse. | saw
the whole thing now. 1t was scheme
to get me to make a fool of myself some
fine day before the rest of the passen-
gers and have standing joke ON me. I
walked forward. The first officer was
on duty.
Il have reason to believe" l said.
chat there is a stowaway in the aft
wheelhouse." Quicker than it takes me
to tell it detachment of sailors were sent
aft under the guidance of the third
mate. l went through the cabin and
said to the gentlemen who were playing
cards and reading:
There's a row up stairs of some
kind"
We were all on deck before the crew
had surrounded the wheelhouse. There
was rattle of steamer folded chairs, a
pounce by the third mate, and out came
the unfortunate Cupples, dragged by In
collar.
firiofd-orr; let o-=rff1s y 4 fiiifstssse :
'1t's mistake to both hold on ard
let go, said Stalker, of Indiana
Come out O. this" cried tb mate,
jerking him forward.
With wrench the stowayay tore
himself free and made a Dish for the
companion way. A couple'of sailors
instantly tripped him up.
Let 90 of me. I'm a cain passen-
ger" cried Cupples,
"Bless me, [ cried in adjustment
This isn't you, Cupples? Why, acted
on your own advice and tat of revised
statutes No. whatever-the'were."
"Well, act on my dvice again"
cried the Infatuated Gup'les, land go
to the-hold.h
However, he was in batter humor the
next day and stood trea all round. We
found subsequently thai Cupples was a
New York actor, and Ut the entertain
ment given for the bentit of the sailors
orphans few nights alter he reciteda'
piece in costume that .ust melted the
ladies. 1t was voted wonderfully
touching performance, md he called it
''The Stowaway." -"Ltbe Sharpe" IN
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
The Washington monument w

The Washington monument will
not long enjoy its pre-eminence as the
highest structure in the world. An iron
tower of the astonishing height of / 900
feet is to be erected in the grounds of
the French Exhibition in 1889. An
elevator, the safety of which is guaran-
teed, will communicate with the sum-
init, and visitors to the exhibition will
be taken to the top for small fee.-N
Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17
The Danger in the ParIor.

Joseph Cook reached the heart of
things in this appeal, in his lecture on
"Lawlessness": "Let the parlor be
aroused" And not only in the sense
of drawing line between the good and
the bad as to the visitors we admit to
our hospitality; but let the homes be
aroused to the danger within cur
gates" To the heart breaking posi-
bilities conta ned in the cut-glass de-
canter on the elegant side-board. To
the wild beast lurking in tire private
cupl GARD of the cultured gentleman's
''snuggery," where his friends drop in
for a smoke and chat, and a drink.
To the growing sullenness and indie
Unable change That are creeping over
the spirits of the once liohthearted and
LOVING husband together with the blood
shot eye and trembling hand. To the
devastation that overhangs many a
lofty home, crowded with all that art
and beauty can bring, and threatens to
make it ass away like 1.-The unsubstan-
tial fabric of dream" Yes, "let the
parlor be aroused ~ Union Signal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17

The term "demarried" is becomino,
very popular as n much pleasanter word
than divorced. - Chjcdlo Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17

"A GENTLEMAN said at n recent
meeting "a friend of mine who is a
large shipowner, lost one of his ships at
sea. Invent to sympathze with him, as
the loss amounted to 100000 When +
spoke about it he replied: Never mind
the loss; can bear that and another
$4,000 to that, without feeling much5
but Opening the dtawing-room door
and pointing to his wife lying on a sofa
helplessly intoxicated), if / could rem
edy this l would give all have in the
world"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17

An exchange says "bundle paraly-
sis is a new disease, We guess not.
Let man go shopping with his wife,
and if the bundles don't paralyze him,
then he is proof against u clip with a
sharp rock.-LoWeM Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17

Local news is as scarce as hens
teeth. Getting up paper is mighty
tough work. Besides, we are getting
our boots half-soled and we can't hustle
around for items barefooted. TaSca-
cora (Aeu.) Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-17

THE Catholic Total Abstinence Union
of America is the largest temperance
association in the United States.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
The Earliest Use Of Gunpowder.

In a paper recently read before the
Shanghai branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, DR.. Macgowan afirms the claims
of the Uhihsse to he the originators of
gunpowder and firearms. This claim was
examined in an elaborate paper some
years ago by the late Mr.. Mayors, and
decided by him in the negative. DR..
Macgowan admits that gunpowder, as
now used, is European discovery.
Anterior to its granulation by Schwartz
it was crude compound, of little use in
propelling missiles. This. bays the writer,
Is The article first used In China. The
incendiary materials stated by q Greek
historian to have been employed by the
Hindus against Alexander's army ara
stated to have been merely the napthas
or petroleum mixture of the ancient
Boreans, and in early times used by the
Chinese. The 'stinkpot," so much used
by Chinese pirates, is, it appears, Cam.
bodian invention. DR.. Macgowan states
also that as early as the twelfth or thir.
teenth century the Chinese attempted
sobmarine warfare, contriving rude tor
'pedoes for that purpose. In the year
1000 an inventor exhibited to the then
Emperor of China, "a fire gun and fire
bomb" He says that while the Chinese
discovered the explosive nature of inter,
sulphur and charcoal in combination,
they were leggards in its application,
from inability to perfect its manufacture
so, in the use of firearms, failing to pros.
ecute experiment, they are found behind
in scientific gunnery.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
Experiments Made by a Local Druggist,

"As rule people have very poor
idea of the adulterations that are lmade
in the articles of food" remarked local
chemist to reporter of the Post this
morning.
"What's your hobby now?" asked the
reporter.
II have just been analyzing number
Of tests for pure baking powder" replied
the chemist, "and," be continued, 81 am
sorry to have to say / have found very
little that approaches anything like being
pure, and / think I have tested every
variety on the market. Some of the
cheaper grades are horribly adulterated." )"
In what manner?" put in the repor.
ter.
"The majority of the samples I have
been examining I find have been adulte-
rated with alum. Pure quick yeast is
two.thirds cream tartar and one-third
soda. The former ingredient is very
dear, selling at fifty cents per pound, so
that you readily see man could not
afford to make pure article that--would
retail at fifteen and twenty cents pound.
The soda is cheap, aud the adulterations
are put in to supply the place of the
cream of tartar. Another favorite adul.
teration is carbonate of. amonia, and the
majority of powders, if put on tin pan
and heated, will give off strong odor of
amonia."
"What is the effect Of these adultera-
tons :"
"The adulterated powder answers tho
same purpose; as the pure article. 1t
makes a nice article of bread that rises
nicely, .and'looks very white, especially
the alum adulteration, the alum acting
as a bleeching agent. The alum is Who'll.
ly indigestible, and powders thus adulte.
rated are an active cause of dyspepsia.
: Another article that is greatly adulte'
rated," continued the Posts informant,
lis tobacco. formerly sold the article
with which these adulterations are made,
and know how prevalent they are made,
and know how prevalent they are. Many
grades of chewing tobacco contain opium,
but the greatest adulterations are made
in cigars. With the present facilities for
Cheating fairly tasting cigar can be
made without yestige Of tobacco about
it. a dry leaf, such as can be obtained
from the cabbage, is often used. 1t is
dipped in q solution that gives it the
color of tobacco and then favored.
Many of the cheaper cigars contain
valerian, sopoliGc drug that is slightly
stimulant. 1t is cheap and deadens the
sensibilities against the cabbage of old
feathers with which it may have been
used as a filler. The valerian is an active
cause Of sleepiness and headaches after
smoking. Louisville Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
Cost Her Weight in Gold.

Mrs. Jesus Castro, an aged Mexcan
lady, now residing at American Flag, in
the Santa Catalina mountains, is perhaps
the only woman who, literally speaking,
ever cost her husband her weightin gold.
1t is said that in the early gold digging
days of California she was resident of
Sonora, in which State she was born and
grew to womanhood. When about the
age of II paternal uncle but a few
years her senior, returned with his com.
panions, gold.laden, from the Ell Dorado
of the West, and became desperately
enamored of her. He sought her hand
in marriage and was accepted, but the
church refused because of the near rela.
tionship existing between them, to SOL
emnize the marriage.
Persuasion being IN vain, he tried the
power of gold to win the church his way,
and succeeded only by the payment of
her weight in gold. She at the time
weighed III pounds, and against her in
the scales the glittering dust was shovel
ed. Her affianced husband still had suf-
fcient of this worlds good to provide q
comfortable home, and they were mar.
ried. They lived happily together, and
she bore to her husband eleven children.
In the coursc of years he died, and she
married agin. Mr.. g; s'ro being Ter SCI .
ond husband. The above is a fact, and
not fiction, as living witnesses can prove.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
4 KISS BY MOONLIGHT.

From time immcmorial, no one will pretend to
deny the fact that kisses have been held in high
repute by both se1es-whother active or passive.
It has been decided that a LEGAL KISS implies
ACTION OIL both parties but when lady simply
consents to be kissed without action of her lips, 1t
constitutes only PASSIVE kiss-a sweet deprived
of its nectar.
snugly enconsed within moss-embowered and
vine-clad yerandah, and almost hid from view
amid smeet-scented honeysuckles, was seated fair
Atlanta nymph, whose beautiful dark eyes, alabas-
ter complexion and voluptous contour, seemed to
DAZE the young gent by her side, who ever and
anon while circumnayigating her slender waist,
gave her BUsS and then RE-BUSS to the
-amazement of q pedestrian who happened to be
passing that beautiful moonlight night. AT that
moment the lover was heard to ask: my dear
darling Sarah Jane, you are becoming more beau-
tiful every day your eyes sparkle with more brill
liancy, your once pale checks have been painted
by the rescatc hues of nature and you seem to
have entirely regained your health. Will you tell
me the cause of the changc??"
81 have simply used that wonderfully effective
blood remedy known as B. B. B."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
AHdsrspH g4telligeaser.
TEA6HERs'Go COLUMN,
j. G. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.


The regular examination Of teachers
will take place in the Military Academy
on the first Friday and Saturday in July
the whites on Friday and the colored
on Saturday, Let this be remembered
and let candidates for certificates meet
the Examining Board at 9 o'clock a. m.
Several colored teachers, holding certif-
Gates given by the Examining Boards Of
other counties and endorsed by our own,
have not given satisfaction: all colored
teachers holding such certificates must
meet, the Board at the regular examina-
tion if they propose to teach any more
in Anderson County. One or two white
teachers, holding such certificates, and
failing to give satisfaction, will be ad-
vised through the mail to meet the Board
at the same time.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
Tile. Lime.K Club.

"Doan' look fur infallibility in de hu.
man,race," said Brother Gardner, as he
arose and looked down upon the circle
of bald.heads in fatherly way. eve
has all got our off:days an our weak
spots. We size up man as possessin'
honesty, industry, patience, morality, an
religun, an we admire him accordinIy.
Fust we know he slips cog. He am
tempted outer de true path, an''we whoop
an howl ober his downfall as 1T war
suthin' unprecedented. It amt bekase.
he was not fairly good man, bat mo-
bekase We had gin him too many vartues.
He couldn't hold up under all of 'em.
When I!ginaT Trustee Pulback de job of
re-shinglin' my cabin fully believed dat
he war an honest man. But I didn't
hand him de money to buy de nails, nor
did Isot. around wid my eyes shetsan' let
him mix third. class an fust-class shin.
giles together. 1t war my duty not to
frow temptashun in his way. When
Whalebone Howker come to me an axes
fur de loan of,a dollar I believe him
honest an truthful am. upright, but I
take his note fur thirty days jist de same.
If didn't he might be tempted to lie
me outer it,! Itam5my dooty to see dat
he doan' dlap any of his virtues by de
,wayside. I doan' 'speck to fud de truth
in eberybody. I doan' 'spect to find all
men honest. Some men kin shoulder
about two of de cardinal .vartues an
walk frew life all right, but when you
add another you am gwine to break 'em
down. We grade our hosses into draft,
roadsters, family an speeders. we doan'
'speck a family boss to go out an 'trot a
mile in 2:20, an we doan' 'sPect our
speeder to pull coal carts. When it
comes to men we grade 'em all alike, no
matter what deir blood, whar bon, or
how brung up. We 'speck to find 'em
all possessed of 'nuff vartues to carry
'em half way 10 heben when dey die. 1t
am 'spectin' entirely too much. While
we may consider all men fairly honest,
we mustn't advertise 81 reward for $50
lost yesterday an 'speck de finder to hire
street kyar in his hurry to restore de
lost cash. While we may reasonably
expeck all men to speak de truth, we
amt gwine to get rich outer cashin'
checks for strangers nor believin' what
we read on de circus posters. Ize been
turnin' de matter ober an ober in my
mind fur desc many vars past, an [ has
cometo deefxed conclusbun dat de right
way am fur to regard all men as straight,
but to keep yer eye peeled fur de defects.
Let US now open on de thirty. fifth degree
an purceed wild de purceedin's. DE
fr0it Free Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18

Just as was expected, it turns out
that the dispatches from Kansas, repre-
senting that vast number of grasshop-
pers were coming out in regions along
and below the Arkansas River rs late as
the last week in May, had no other foun.
dation than the desire Of speculators to
lift the price Of grain.
= a lady ip the st. Paul community
says she has one of the best husbands
imaginable during thunderstorm: She
says he will do anything she wants him 10
do as long as the storm lasts, but he changes
very quickly when it passes over.
Every Cadet at West Point has
from thirty to forty pair of white trou-
sers. 1t is said that one is the happy
possessor of one hundred and twenty
pair. Each cadet is allowed 10 put four
teen pair in the wash per week.
"A dentist is no chicken. He is al.
ways a pull.it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
Nothing tteah Abotit Hin.

"Robert" remarked the wife of a
penurious man, ri am on my death-bed
I have tried to be a good and faithful
wife, and have but one favor to ask ol
you before Idie."
"What is that, Margaret"
"You know I was born and reared in
Cleveland. 1t was there first met you
and the happiest hours of our welded
life. were passed. You remember this
Robert ?"
eyes," uneasily.
"My relatives are all buried there and
when I am gone wish to rest beside
them. Will you grant me this one
favor?"
"There will be considerable expense
attached to it," musingly.
."Oh, Robert I will never rest easy in
my grave anywhere else"
"Well, Maggie, I'll tell you what III
do. don't wantto be mean about the
thing. Til bury you here first, and ther
ifI notice any signs of restlessness or
your part I'll take you to Cleveland af
terwards."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
COUNTY TEACHERS CONVENTION.

Notwithstanding we look with consid-
cradle anxiety to the good results of the
proposed Normal School, let US not sup
pose that it can do every thing for US
that is needed. Without waiting to con-
suit the other members of the Examining
Board; we propose Teachers Conven-
tion. It need not last longer than two
days-three at most. A general and un-
restrained interchange of ideas, free
discussion of the plans, modes aud va,
rious tactics practiced by the teachers
could result in nothing but lasting good
to the teachers aud to the community in
which the Convention is held. Is there
a community in Anderson County that
would entertain the white teachers for
three days? We do not hesitate to
affirm that Convention Of the teachers
would be blessing to any community.
Such conventions in other counties have
thrown new life and new vigor into
sleeping souls, and aroused latent ener-
gies that have stirred not only their own
nsighborhoods, but others ss we'll, radiat'
ing and reaching out to the remotest
sections of the County. What commu-
nifty, then, will send US an invitation to
hold our first County Teachers Conven-
tion with, them? We hope to have sew
eral invitations 10 present to the Board
at the meeting in July. The Convention
will be held in July or August when the
crops are laid by, and when such meet
ing will be recreation and a pleasure to
all concerned. What community, then,
will entertain the Convention? We
promise you value received. 1t has been
our privilege to attend several conven-
tions, and we have invariably gone away
feeling improved as teacher and as a
Hiend to education, and the neighbor.
hood, whose hospitality we enjoyed
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18

The election of Gen. John A. Logan
as United States Senator from Illinois is
not only o great personal triumph for
him, but bears important results in a
party point of view. 1t gives the Re.
pubiicans fair chance to retain control
Of the Senate for the two last years OF
the Cleveland administration, whereas
had Democrat been elected the Repub'
lican prospects would have been quite
doubtful. The Illinois Democrats have
shown miserably inefficient management
all through the protracted session.
The tornado that passed through
Mecklenburg County, N. c., last week,
struck York County in this State. The
plantations of r. M. Whitesides, j. I
Summerford, J. A. Smith and many
others were visited, and timber destroyed
and buildings unroofed on each of them
- One.half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives; but, in fash
iopable society, that isn't because il
hasn't tried its prettiest to find out,