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GATHER Autumn leaves.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-25
Fast Trains,

Three OF the oldest and most CONNIE.
tent engineers to whom was. Committed
the running of the fast trains, not long
since asked relief at the hands Of the
superintendent of the road. They had
found that the mental and nervous strain
which came upon them while urpinp
their, locomotives at this high rate Of
speed was 30 great that they found them
selves unable to bear 1t. One of these
men, an acquaintance of our informant.
was few months before stalwart man.
with nervous organization which seeni.
cd capable of bearing anything that
could be put upon It. He now had
grown thin. and hsggard, while his
brawny hand was trembling as if an in
cipient palsy had stricken him. he had
been compelled to say to the manage.
.ment: "You must give me & slov freisht
train upon which I can have an opportu.
nifty to recover myself or shall bo com.
pelled to resign my position in order to
save my health, and even my life.n To
these men, the excitement, coupled with
responsibility, great enough at ordinary
times, becomes simply unbearable When
their engine was rushing over the rails at
O speed OF fifty or sixty miles an hour.
Ihese men were trained men, schooled to
calmness and alertness combined. and
had years Of experience, but this excess.
i've demand was too much for them,
There is something pathetic in this
statement. It Is we'll known that The
relative cost of running a railroad train
at high speed is vastly more than run.
ming the same train at q lower rate. and
the wear and tear Of locomotive, rail and
road'bed are 80 much greater, but We do
not remember to have seon any facts en-
hibited as to the enhanced loss of nerve
and vital power taken from the men who
control these material forces. That does
not, as far as We know, ever appear in
any annual report of tho directors Of a
railroad. Possibly it has never been
taken into the account or had thourht.
The passenger sits calmly enjoying Che
gentle sway or the glide as the Telegraph
poles Tilt by him, and steps from the car
with IN exultant remark about the less
than two hours between tho, cities nearly
hundred miles apart, but gives never q
thought to the man in front who. with
strained eye, and hand on the lever, was
all the time giving literally, moment by
moment, part of his life for those
whose safety depended upon the touch of
his hand upon Tie polished bar Chris.
Tim Union. 8 z, 49,
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well In the old army, and I told him, as
q matter OF course, / remembered him
perfectly, but owing to the difference in
years-.-there being about sixteen years'
difference in our ages and our rank I
thought it very likely had not attracted
his attention sufficiently to be remember
ed after such long period. Our conVe-.
aation grew so pleasant that ] almost
forgot the object Of our meeting. Gen
eral Lee at that time was accompanied
by one of his staff officers. o Colonel
Marshall. had all my staff with me, q
good portion Of whom were in the room
during the whole of the interview.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-25
Two Sorts OF Courage.

Commodore Garrison was once CAPTAIN
of a steamboat on the Mississippi. and
while selling tickets one day Happened
to rouse the Ire of passionnte ola man.
who drew his pistol, and presenting It al
the narrow window, full in the captains
face, fired.
The cap snapped. He tried o second
time, end again failed. Garrison's own
pistol lay within reach, but instead of
taking 1t up, he quietly. opened drawer,
took out Q box of percussion caps, and
said:
WE'LL" w."
The furious man stared st him q mo.
ment, then burst into laugh and held
out his hand.
Another kind of courage is exemplified
in o story told of young New York
inventor, who, about twenty years ago.
spent every dollar he was worth In an
experiment which, If successful, would
Introduce his invention to public notice
and insure his fortune and-yhat he
valued more-his usefulness.
1t failed. The next morning the daily
papers heaped unsparing ridicale on him.
Hope for the future seemed vain. He
looked around the shabby room, where
his wife, delicate little woman, was
preparing breakfast. He was without a
penny. He seemed like foo! In his
own eyes; all these years of hard work
were wasted. If he were out of the way,
she could return 70 her friends. He
went into his chamber, sat down aud
buried his face In his hands, with des.
perate resolve to eEd IL all. Then, with
Q fiery heat passing through his body, he
stood erect. ~
at shall succeed. he said. shuttinp
bis teeth. His wife was crying over the
papers when he went back. RThey are
very cruel" she said. =
Z "They don't understand. I'll make
them understand" he replied cheesfulIy.
ut was fght for six years, he said
afterwards. .'Poyerty and sickness and
contempt followed me. II had nothing
left but the dogged determination that It
should succeed" It did succeed The
inventor Is now prosperous and happy
man. "Be sure you're sightn,. he says to
younger men, 'shen never give up."-
Yoaths Companion. .
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contracted, and every contraction had
dragged with It the thousands Of micro.
eccptc hairs with which the body is GOV.
cred. In places it had broken the akin.
and the men who carried him into shed
found blood on their hands. A physi.
clan. then located there and now living
at Greely, Col, was called in and ..at.
tempted to remove the stuff with benzine,
II was an utter failure, as was everything
else he tried, from grease 70 arnmonis. :,
Law him in the, course Of the morn.
Ing. The lower portion of his BODY was
covered With q blanket, but his face wan
spectacle not easily, forgotten. The
hard pitch was cracked all over it, like
alligator skin, and caked 60 solidly
around one eye twas impossible 10 re.
move IL. The other eye was opened. but
dreadfnlly -inilamed and suppuratinr' AL
places over the surface were sodden
sp'otches Of fe.s.hers. z
Business called me away from Carbon.
vile for about two weeks, and q few days
after I returned Cory died. Meantime
most of the tar had been removed by
successive washes, bnt bis siekin was COW.
cred, by minute blsck specks like the
ehayen chin of o man who has q heavy
beard. They were the choked up porss
Of the akiD1 and this was probably thn
real cause %0f the death. "A short time
after the punishmelt he had been taken
With Q raging feyer, and then symptons
Of o angular blood disorder set In. n Tho
skin oyer the chest, neck, cheeks and ont.
side OF the arms F01e In hatd ridRes.,
totally devoid of eling. These sapidlS
elolghed oH, leaving Omen nlcefs., shah
noe enlarge upon these details, which
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-25

S8' Will slcpIOSV. Ibis cole difference
was the frightful rapidity of their deyeI-
opment. The distorted remains wefe
hurried into coffin and hurried into the
ground. is@ 5
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
A wise physician of Denver told mo
aiterWard that this closing up of the
pores prevented the system from throwing
OIL It's impurities, and when tho poison
that every instant escapes in perspira!ion
Is held back or driven inward the blood
10 vitiated with inconceivable swiftness.
de took down q book aud showed me o
case quoted from French government
report of 1862, where the college of
surgeons, as an experiment, covered q
boy With gold leaf In six hours he was
seized with fever, then torpor, and
then died. The principle, no said, was
identical. a man could no more live
with his pores closed than he could with
his mouth and nostrils herreticaliy seal.
ed, and If any considerable number were
stopped up blood disorders of the meat
dreadful character were absolutely certain
to ensue. -
l had seen enough, however, without
the aid OF science or history. TO tell ne
that covering o man with tar was one of
the most horrible punishments that cru.
city has ever devised. Ihave no impulse
to laugh when I hear of a case of it, but
rather to walk away with picture float.
ing before my eyes of o hideously Rrotesaue
figure shiyering in the cold night air and
q bloated corpse in rough pine coffin.
JOHN REX.
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WOman's Strength.

The strength of women lies in their
hearts. It shows itself in their strong
love and Instructive perception Of right
anu wrong. Intellectual courage Is raro-
ly one Of their virtues. AS q rule thay
are inclined to be restless and excitnbls.
allowing their judgment to be sRsyed by
quick emotions Of all kinds but above
all, It i5 In their hopef1lnesg and endu-
rance that they. find their chief powers.
Who is the last person to give iip hone
In, the case Of @ member OF the family.
who has apparently gone altogether to
the bad Z What mother or eister with
deep aud ardent love for such, will ever
cease TO cherish hope or endure suffering
on their accountf The patience Of
women is proYerbial,, aud their whole
lives are bound up In their affections.
Few people will deny, that love, In one
form or another, makes up the beauty Of
Life of o woman. It entese, into oil abe.
does. Any work outside OF her immeJ',,
ate circle Is undertaken, most often, from
q pure desire TO help some one else 10
know something of the mysterious hap
pineas of love. Unlike men, women
chiefly look for personal intercoufas with
those for whom they ara working. IF
their interest lies among the poor, they:
are desirous Of sympatlletic personal &C.
quaintance with them, and very little
work Of lasting kind has been done by.
women without their own influences of
love being brought to bear on the sinii-i
vidual case. # s. 8ss{os}s
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- The: Abbeville Press and Banner
says: "The work Of harvesting The
crops has been commenced, and the ont
crop, though exceedingly small, is much
better than our farmers at one time
thought 1t would be. s Wheat; is good
enough. Corn ia as good as possible, Sud
the area is much larger than nsrai.
There never was o year when more labor.
or energy was expended on the farrns
than this year, and there never was q
aging.n ,[. s.ss'is .'23.
- A couple Of Mormon elders recent.
" appeared in Polk County, M c., and
began to hold meetings. They we're
waited upon by about twenty. Eve citizens
who invited them; TO leave tho country,
and gave them some notvery gentle hints
as to the treatment they might expect I'M
caao they should choose to remain. The /
elders chose the safer alternative ssnd:
departed. SO: 81: !: /
Among the Baddhisia the, po,pulsr
explanation Of earthquakes Ii as follows
Once great man dared 90 say II publics
that. he was not afraid OF the power of
che gods. The gods hold q scoftyention
ard decided 70 mako tho man hold tie Che
qnivcrse. Naturally he getss tired, aud
ahihiHg bis harden from QUO shGnld DER sttSt
ths other crack tho earth " &
Tho little town ;osi j IAfaYetts.s CEssIa.
hera County, Ala:, Ii kssna on aiss, saya
the Columbus fGa.i n S As 'k0sis,
p blown at q O'clock IA thss aftaFRoon assS
& signal TOR The closing o atoross snd ii;
faw MilIttda ihuTaaaiSer ascely ri fsoll Ell.
seen on thu atrenta y. The 6;Svs fslaxt hrun s
ball .t fy' from q O'clock until daf 8;
,;i,s,.s,,a, AMI I. apt len es assy ss5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
nurprAL ARrEArS WARD.

ErOm The TORONTO bOrLd
On Saturday afternoon a batcn OF rGPortors rosS
Gathered I'm Ihe NOrd loft. seine Que having hsnoa
Artomus Ward. the Old Gentleman said; or,,
ar,n,us Ward was the father OF Billings Twain and
all tho reed of American hunOrists FUNNY men and
an,ic nar,grAphers that We nov know 50 well Knew
Arta1,ns or rather Charles F. Browne, is Ms MANS
rsaliy was More twenty years ago be calo Iouh9
70 hamilton on a irctarlug tour. After MS drou ana
IcIiytrn platform address he Invited Tue oeal re-
nortsrs OF which one, down TO the hoya hotci'
where we nut the night ia stories hud OtheI
rnents and left with understanding tat any Oh INC
Marty ever came the humOrlt AGAIN tney were "
tnnk hu up Two years or more thefed Yer WAC sons
o m ~nrlugs 70 write up the oxcteMeht theh per'sdns
ali Canada West over discovery OF OIL I'D Lanoon
Comfy Al one OF the lite temporary hetes' lneo
crowdel with capitalists from AL over, sa" on tpo
register Artemus Ward inquired OF Tue lahaloro
what scrt OF a man owned the mace Ihc description
lid nor AZ all tally with that OF the hullOrlst bus
wait and see him YOURSELF he always tdrns up az dnher
ttne said the hotel man. Al noon tall ssd COOKING
chan came ill., and pontei out 10 MI. WARD. Il sos
tans 10 him aud said: On are not tue Ar eus aIu
Iknow aud began to speak OF the numorise' inere'
upon lie eXclalned; -, Al. ...,,,.r,r ,ooi, q.
Vritin things aud putin my name 10 IT, kno" mio'
. Well Nere YOU ever in the show 1usinessf
Yes, / vas
81 And WAS yoUr wifes name Betsyf
Yes, but she's dead now. , IL IN, 49, ,.,.
NhtI@ I STAYED there had other talks with the man
whom Br,wne had i'm nortaized. He had been Dfoke
IN the show biLuess' aud had come 70 OH springs 70
retrieve his fortunes. Whether h" dd or not never
learned hut in M experience as reporter hao run
nrrnss both the real Aremus ward ana tue srea
huulorist who claimed ~ be his double
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
EDITH.

Edith the silent stars are coldly cleaning, IAN
The night-winJ means, the leaiess trees arc '''
Edith there is n life beyond this seeming; ,u
so sleeps the ice-c.ad lake beneath thy NIL.
So silent beats the pulse of thy pure heart, ~
So shines the thought OF thy unquestloneu e'o''
O life! why weitthUu helpless In thy arti
o loneliness why seem'st thou but SURPRISE
Edith the streamlcts laugh to leap again;
There il a spr;ng to which life's pulses ny;
And hopes that are not all the sport OF PAIN
Like lust.cs Ia the veil of that gray eye
They saw The thankless stars have answering vison,
That courage SIMS from out me irOsl-bouho "a'''
Edith I grant that oldpH tines decision
Thy beauty paints with gold the icy rays'
Az in the summers heat her promise lies,
IA As in the autImn's seed his vintage Noes,
Thus might shape my moral from those eyes.
Glass Of thy soul, where innocence adde's
Edith tbv nature breathcs OF answered praying,
If thou ,st live, then not my grief Il VAIN;
Beyond the nerves OF woe. beyond delaylhB,,
Any S"'o'' ~ ". L. CHANNING.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
TIE STEPMOTHER.
From The BGzdr

From The BGzdr.
The day died out I'm drrdriness and dread,
Grim shadows crept through hall ana coIrluor'
While fading hrc.liyht lurid Pickering sned
Athwart the paaelled walls and oaken moor.
Around the cherries hearth tho children pressed,
Pale patient bToodng DER the dreaded MORO"
Udke half-ncdged brCs fOrsaken in me nesp, ,-..
A. cocd weep, too dulled with gloom anu sorro"
Upon the wall the treasured portrait hung.
That aforementioned smile forever gone -.
That purc white neck which their arms nau CHUNG
Those lips once warm with kiss and benson.
At every fancied football white with fear
The children started, trcmDled. glanced arOuhd'
CaZcd IN each others eyes. and sconed 10 near
The strangers voice IN every passing sound
How will she come ! with frOwn or baletul smile
Yet fearfulcr. to greet the shrinking throhg
How look. how speak Why tarries sue, MEANWHILE
Thus wantOuly their torture prOlong
Al last she comes Hush. hush, unwelcome guest,
USurper Of dead rites and dearest ties!
All, no false fears 1t ia a vision hest-
An angel stands before their glistening eyes
With such a smile as mild Madonnas wear,
on! such look-sO gracious and so meek
Tho twilight glimmeriug round her golden mar,
And tears OF tender pity Oh her cheek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
SHREWD SALESMAN'S TRICK.

I fell in with two veteran Fulton county
glove men on a Central Hudson train. One OF the
ntemen was manufactures. The Other was a drum
er They iOled and related anecdotes about the glove
trade You remember Dwight Thomas" said the man
nfarturer Yes, well; first met Dwisht when was
clerng in country grocery store forty lye years ago.
Dwight had the reputation at one time OF selling more
goods than any other man who went ont OF fultou
County MANY years ago he used to go around tne
country with a wagon. When he found that some style
OF glove or mitt gCug slow, he would put thirteen
pair I'm a regular dozen box, and plump IN country
store with the under his lie would put up the
ia nrce Of the goods from So TO 50. Its the last
dlen I have, he would Tue ever cautious store
kee per would carefully count over :he thirteen pair 10
Tho dozen box, and. thinking he had bargain, would
tumble into Dwights trap and buy them. 10 the nrxt
customer Dwight woull say In 1sposng OF me eleVeh
eor OF such and such hotel bought pair OF those
poves last season. He was 30 pleased with tue good
quality OF the glove he made break this dozen
when I stopped over last night Dwight must havs
been seventy years old when he died at OoVers'iiio
three or four years ago"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
BlLLADE or 4 cHoIcE or GHOSTS.

Andrstc rom. IN me Magazine Of art.
Now which IRE you anxious 10 sce,
A Boyle. "A ~pritc or "A Gnome 7
II spectre should drop IN 10 tea,
Would YOU IKE him o. find us ut home
Or a Mermaid with mirror and cOmD,
In her have you plenary faith
Ora Iemur OF classical Rome.
or a common respectable Wraithf
There's the Vampire. or Brookoak,
From his grave In old Greece hath nc clOmD,
But perhaps he might bite MS, and we
Should lee forced I'm his fashion 10 roam;
Ora CHM from q Mu>Sulman dome
He might work such unlimited seattle
That we'd all turn IA yellow as chrome
Or a common respectable Wrath.
From the Ghost of our youthwould you fee,
In his shrnuld that Is dappled with loan
or "a faithful ancestral Bauchec
ora Martyr from some catacombi
ora Wizard with magical tome,
Whom his ccrcmcnts hrcomingly swathof
Ora VIII as fair ~ the tOami
Or a common respectable Wrath!
EHroH
Oh. tho Cloaming's beginning to gloam,
Aud ~ scotch Is allOwcO am "laith"
To encounter BOgic or GnOmc,
ora common respectable Wrath,
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the WORRING UOMAM.
Prom III, Won,an's Journal.

From TIE WOUidFs Journal.
with whip OF many singing strands,
Need drove her To the mart,
Where Tolls rude chains cnSlaved her hands,
But could not bind her heart.
When the winds outside her easement called,
AS they went roaming by.
The prison walls her life enthralled,
She looked on with "a sigh;
Yet flowers of word and deed : % wreathed
About the bonds she wore,
FOraot at times what air she breathed,,
What heavy weights she bore.
When thickening dust filled all the street
And chokod tho blinded day,
Her fancy ncd whore wide seas beat;
She felt the cool, salt spray
Flung 10y the pillows iluttering hands
Across tho weary space
That held heg from the shining sands,
Drop kisses on her face.
Dark nower-lit woods she wandered through,
She heard the wild bird sing,
In sunny haunts where viOlets blue
Look up TO greet the spring
The city's harsh and dcafenlng sounds
UnheeGcd round her fell
When thought Ocr-stcppel tho narrow bounds
OF LaDJr's citadel.
With womans tender, loving guile,
She hid her captive mark.
Covered her bruises with y smile,
And sang songs In the dark.
world, st slumbcring while Wrong rcigns
Thou art the King. arise
Release her from her slavlsh chains,
The Princess In disguise.
Her wauderings long from realm and crown
Leave desOlate thy throne:
Receive thy Queen. To her bow down.
And bring hcr TO her ownl
ANNIE NJ. LIBBY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
THE SONG or me SEA WIND.

austin D0bSCa IN Tbe independent
How II sings, sings, sings,
Blowing Sharply from the sea-llne'
With an edge of salt that stlngs;
How It laughs aloud, aud passes,
As Ii cuts the close cliii-grasses;
How it sings again and whistles.
How it snakes the stout sea-thlstIes-
How 1t sings!
How It shrcks, shrlcks, shrieks,
In the cranuIes of the headIand,
In the gashcs Of the creeks;
How Il shricks once more, ana catcneS
Up the yellow foam It patches;
How It whirls II out and over
To the cOru-hcld and the clover
How IL shrieks!
How II rOars, rOars, rOars,
In The irOa under-caverns,
In the hollOws Of the shores;
Hcw 10 roarS anew, aud thundors
As the strong hun splits ana sunuers'
And the spent ship, tempest driven,
On the reef lies rent and riven-
How 1t rOars!
How II walls, walls. walls,
In the tanrle of the wreckage,
In the Tapping OF the sails,
How u sObs away. suhsldlng,
Like a tired child after ending;
Aud across the ground swell rolling,
You can hear the bcll-buOy tolllnS-
How IL walls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
THE GRUMBLING FERRYnAN.

Driving up the banks of the Androscoggin,
or OF almost any large Maine river you occasionally
come across small stake driven into the grOuna aIo
wearing like night cap, tin horn thrust over its Top
most end. - -. .,, - ,or,,,
i5ow this at time Of day or nigt and Terry.
are secured with rigging to caee stretched over lho
liver ana are propelled by the current There ae nleen
or twenty OF these ferries between Lewiston aud the
lakes Lewiston lawyer on recent hurried Drive 70
the lakes reached ferry the upper AndfOscogSn az
II o'clock al night He CROPPED around In the darkness
fouud the horn sounded blast OF It, in nve or Ten
minutes a man cane out OF a house near by swearing
and grumbling and buttOning. Afier the boat naI
reached mid stream and the lawyer hal become Urea OF
tHs fciryman's grI milling, he asked him, How much
toll do you geti' $500 1T,
Fonr cent?" said the bOatman, crisply.
Well | don't blame you FOR swearing sau tne
LAWYER and to prove sympathy be gave the ferryman
all fLe loose change he had In his pockets. -,
Ten cents, however u the usu 81 rate Oh tOl on tneso
hoats and some of the ferrylnen have made snug
FORTUNE out their franchise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
A EORGETFTL PERSON.

FT0Ul TIC TU60n EffntNJ IF'OId.
Another remarkable of absent mndedncss has
to tho hearing OF the historian. and the victim ia
a venerable scholar who sand to be absorbed IN his
studies 10 he clouded absolutely the consciousness
OF outside matters On the day succeeding ms marriage
he called his atnernaws house and asked after his
wife by her maiden name.
On occasion he went To the post Office get LETT
and forgot his name. that lie unable 10 ask
for II. While he sraning his memory To recall tho
friend came along and addressed hn 10y 1t, thus
eXtTicatlug him from dShCartcnng 'siiton Hs
wife often has to recall him To himself In his fits OF
Observation-Disclosures He once put theatre ticket into
his church cOntTbutionboX aud another occasion
dressed himself In suit of solemn black, including
funeral that was to take place the ncXt day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION.

Another lively child has been heard from.
Ibis is dangerous however She has urset the peace
Of household Sha has estIalSed her father ant
mother. sac ruined reputation OF most esti.
mlDlc yOdng school teacher aud she viii probably
know anything about t. II ws IN school. The school.
telcher suing to test the into, gsnce OF her Ltls
pupils asked them: - How many OF yol know my uams
IA Dasyf'
Thcy silent. Perhaps their intuition toll them
chat 10 &c knowledge tho fact wuu.d b. ibt undue
familiarity. At last Il tie Ihing Bcd up her hand
4 know Your names Daisy."
Having made this bold statement she felt she must
ave herself b, eXplspation. know your nauos
DAISY. COS every lay whom I ~ home papa asks me
uow's that daisy school teacher oi yoirsr"