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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-12-16

for Anderson County. 1t requires the
Commissioners to appoint overseers for
highway districts, and divide out the
hands requires them to work not less
than ten nor more than twelve days, and
makes nine hours of actual work consti-
tute a days work; it requires the over
seer to return to the Commissioners the
! name of each hand under him, with the
number of hours he has worked, and re.
quires him TO swear to this return; it
,fes.siisteessethe roads to be worked thorough
#ly as they go, with side drains for water,
and proper cross-drains when necessary,
and it levies one-fourth Of one mill tax
each year to be spent in macadamizing
the worst places, and building rock cul-
yerts. It is :he purpose of this bill to
give Anderson County a road law which
will greatly improve them every year
until they are brought up to the needs Of
the travelling public. We trust the bill
will pass tne house.
Under concurrent resolution a COM
mittee has been appointed to investigate
the phosphate question, with power to
take testimony and 60 to the bottom Of
this perplexing question. This committee
consists of Messrs. Murray, Moore, Tai
bert, Of the Senate, and Messrs. Black
man, Brawley, Haskell, Maher and Flick
en-, of the House. 1t is, however, i'm
probable that the committee can present
Tits report at this session. The subject is
too important, and the interests too great
!, and conflicting for hastily prepared re.
sport to be of any value.
fhe Charleston Reassessment Bill,
which had passed the Senate, was the
subject ofsa prolonged debate in the
House. The fourth section, which grant
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Nt~hiHgt "a Cor BIitImore American
Among the ultra. fashionable people in
" asilngtUn. the great rage of the horse
"a, riding season is the crop stick II
.uOk~ ike cane with about a foot of tn,
over enI saved OFT. All the swell peUp.,
use il when they 20 10 ride. W hat is l.
,..ud Tor and what does il mean" askrr
our CORES spondent of one of the livery
men of the city who makes tins sort Ul
hing study
- he laughed, 1t is simply an al
>uId jm.tai on OF the nglish custom. il
HOST rIuiCuluus. but we have to cater to
I. Of course In tn-land. YOU know
hose who ride in fo> hunts and thai SorI
Of thing. carry long whips with which 10
whip in the hounds Well. thvs,
" hips are fastened on to sticks will
.cut handlcs looking like canes Il
curse. It is al right where they have an
occasion iuT this sort of whip. but theN
have none here ct they want 10 ap,
ne lng!i>h fashion and so take til,
lick. dI>CArding the iash. for whicl
hey cannot have even an excuse The>,
crop sticks. Won ste. have each of then
! sick ta-tenc'i over the end. as p.ac.
Tor ash, but the lash Is never put OF
There i no need for H.
And They carry these absurd clubs ful
use ~ WHIPS for their hor.es:" limo
rcnlIy asked the correspondent
g. li.dccd but its silly. isn't il
"u might as well take your heavy can,
for riding. but that is what they
ant and 50 We let them have them
They cost all the way from 81. 81 to 81.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
sast'i ttssa} M iss ~o4rs Hs's tssR
ssAssa, ~ q SksssiHs ssseft5Hes rs!ss

~
hsppsnsd LLs sans night. II appeared
that Mrs Calhoun had determined TO leave
her husband Late in the night she
took the Keys OF the building from
her husbands pocket, and came 10
the theatre, probably TO procure
some expensive dresses which were
IN her room behind the scenes Whilst
cropping about Tor light she must
have trodden upon the snake, which prob
ably dropped through a Chlnk IN the stage
INTO her apartment; and when the janlt"r
anne in the morning. he found her stItt III
,Ieath Some letters i'll a man hand.
which were discovered Ia her poo ket, rA
claimed her plans.
This painful event broke up the com
pauy Learning that WAS about To un
lerIake tedious journey back 10 New
lurk the good deacon persuaded me I"
enaIn with him Till | might be able to
Iear Of another engagement. remained.
md it WAS not long before one was offered
lie. The most perspicscious Of my reader
will have already tOrrseen that It came
rom saul Clay, aud that part which
vas 10 ill was that OF his wife, | accepted
he role, and he says that NIL II " salts
action, III fact, leave nothing to he de
Ired" A blue marx Uu my neck, which
.othing can erase, is the only memento
which ! possess of the painful accident
which led to our marriage. se.-London So
lttN
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04


What is il that constitutes deCrnCy in
IresSy learlv nothing but habit The
u>iUm of the particular society or Sub
ect matter concerned IN ordinary ian
.uagc convention This seems strange to
some people but il is most certainly true
nat there is no absolute rule Is TO what
trapcry is or is not decent Even in the
ame society the c,nditiOns vary enor
nously. se and custom alone deter
nine the becoming. \ Turkish lady i
hooked if a strange man sees her without
yashmak and munStruu> bundle of
Srars 80 conventional is this covering
# the face that MusSulman peasant
Woman surprised in the field will often
:eil II with her only pcttIcoat
1ravc cTs tell us that a well bred Afri-
an woman bushes 10 I've seen for the lrst
time i'll clothes The unusual use
+ clothing appears to her scarce
decent Custom. habit. aud
aonvenlioE dec de the matter among
ourselves \ pulc cottage girl in "nnc
mara who sleeps in IA room with men ard
ever owned stockings. would feel uneasy
n II ball dress of a princess The prin, c~s
would almost suffer death than share her
ottagc for week. If the daughters of
ennidaS went TO drawing room at
buckingham palace in their Spartan tn
nlC>. they would probably cause aS -rcal
tlutlcr As they would feel themselves.
No one would expect Il hospital nurse to
10 what hundreds of innocent girls d. in
panlomIme but The danscuse. aSail
would hardly submit t. the unsparing
cvclation> If a surgi al ward Hon >Oit
the soul and paramount rule but then
his hpfspnIs Al certain lnnni
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04


The genuine ragamufin will never com
'ialn. lie never cNpcCls oT en- no, cS
bat his condition will improve he is as
nuCh fata isl as the Turk ! once asked
,r interesting little boy with pse care
worm face AMI an intelligent expression. if
,c had ever wondered why ii was that
c had nothing but rags WHY il Was hc
al no boots and sometimes no bread Il
ii, while | had plenty of everything
.c looked up al me with a calm, patieIi
\presSiOn. a. much as 10 say. " la
ever wondered at such things Tell
Ie. persisted have you ever thought
bout this d.lerrnce,7 1t is the fcrd
Ill. he replied lricly, but he seemed
cluctsnt. whtn pressed HIM 10 explain
what he understood by the ord ) will
At last in a tinid. hurried voice he
lid Ii is all the | ord doing. this
ay you are grand like and dress nice.
nd lives in biz house. and you have 4
ranncr. and and. he looked round ihc
'om that he might cnumcratc all our
ties to C1nslicrSlion-~a and SUfv. 50
Ne Lord sees a. how YOU are gcnllcful -.
nd h, thinks lots of such like as YOU
Ut We are very oor. W. are Mother
pawns the blankets and father bea
LoIher. and swcar> awful We amt got
10 Sunday things. we re ell raggety. 81
.he Lord don't take much notice on US
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

During the prc>ent week there has beer
large uand "T Indians along Lutt,
creek gathering grasshopper harvest
The meu and children have succeeded il
capturing arge quantities of the pests
nd yrst, rlay they brought TO town twely,
argc bags Of them, They drove them
into pits with branches fIOm trees and
h,. catch was easily made The Indian,
navc Il way of taking the legs and wings
rom the hopper. by pressing upon bag
conta;nIng them. leaving only the bodies
Ihe harvest Is turned over TO the sIuaws
Nh" COM crt it into our and then into
bread The hop. t are ground into II
line TOwdcr in SlGne mnrtars, after the
laSIlot OF grinding their maize
Id timers who have eaten grasshop;
read say that il has pleasant tas,e. not
mike that made from wheat -Four, and
that il is Just as uouri>hing The In
ians prize II mere highly than whca
'rca l. lhe process of drying The hoppe
5 all interesting sight The insects ar,
:. read upon ca WAS stretched upon tn,
ground ia Il -un y spot and are turncrI
and returned with the same care that -
IcrfcCt 20 IL would hot cakes to kcrI
Jlem from sCorchiEg The insects up
.irrgo this sort of Treatment for ucarly /,
Ncrh. AT the end Of viii, h time they AT,
~ dry a. leaves and easily powdered
To the ndgaus this is now land OF
p cm'y, i &C grasShoppers can he cap
lurcd by thousands with hut little effOrL
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
The Mobile Six Hundred. "

John REYNOLDS. now of Buffalo, wa
one OF the Nob.c SIX Hundred" that
rode into the alley of / cath at the
battle of Eaakava When asked how
many came cut of the .harge alive Mr.
.cvnOlds laid it was hard to say. as So
many who were wounded recovered
aftvrward robably there were lju on
horseback who returned to the English
lines The men did not drop ia ter than
IN general engagement and lr
e,nOlds thinks the three and a half
hours al the Alma were far more bloody
than that famous ride 10 glOr,
Al the Alma Uue could not lake step
in any direction without treadiug upon
The remains Of Il mar or horse. In the
Charge at aakla,a it was purely mat
ter O capturing The battery and then re
turniDg-if that were possible aud the
soldiers did not faIIer once Mr.
reynolds knows that Tenny sons poem
has immOrraliLed that days work. but he
does not believe it was harder or more
worthy Of cummemoratiOn than a hun
dred other nights in which he served
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
ssea . tusAL -sia+ o. VIEW
Criticism: The knSrAN-r, worh At tho
New orleans fNpo>it"n-In Antwerp.

-
There ~ h'rrd in room at the Shrr
man ho'> "' r'rulng after meeting OF
hr stale b"ard + agriculture several
"rinl''N and Their irrlds. who we're look
my at the ihird or fourth attempt OF the
aI'lNl {" g'l Il head I" ihr fair hI.I'
"m,h h'-h' I"' "p l." he Standard "i ru
a. ILLINOIS. ne ".ih h"r~", AMI 'ow- n'
'h"wian'' ad been Ir 'rIr'I hrrau~r TIN
animal, were ii. /" stocks hut r"mm"A
every day hor~' and COWS Which ihr "a
-iA\"r h"i kn"wn Ia early childhood ""
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
Political Parties in China

Party government would evidently not
suit ckIn. for this Is how the empress
talks OF the palladium of English liber-
ties The creation OF parties and fac.
lions. and the support Of their own party
and the vIlihcation If opposing oues. was
vicious habit that prevailed among Of
tiCcrs OF gO,ernment in the days OF the
Ming dy nasty. but this evil propensity is
not tolerated now. AID it is our duty to
punish oiIcnSeS OF such nature as Il warn
ing against indulgence therein. ar,y
20, ernment, then like the mariners com
lass. gunpowicr. aud printing. was
known in China before We ever thought
Of il h uc>e party men are now
promptly handed over to the board of
punlshmrut>
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Driving nails into growing trees is
rightly called a tarharOus prac; ice. unl,
10 b. surpa, sed by the still worse habit
If twisting wire round the stems and
branches u keep them back in sha,.c. or
when newly planted to hold them slcady
10 stumpS in The ground If anything
must be USED. tar cord surely is better.
but even that sometimes will cut into the
ark Of rapidly swe ling tree ii is not
'uy in forming ia cy plantations round
4 newly built house thai the young trees.
tc are established by means of wire aud
eft 10 throttle themselves but il is often
reeiy Used to tie ba bOughS or bushes
ovcrhanging walks. or which have stray
led away from wall No ole thinks OF
.OOsening the wire altrrward proia w
10 one knows il is there ill the mischief
Is almost past repair.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04


Cashmere. which has Just been ,'e-
va taled 10y an Garth, ,uuke. = kIugd III
il the northwest arr Of India. iuCiud ny
the vac of ,ashmrrc. made famous
The poet Moore er.ngur the ca al.
has population of about Ia. 900. tex.
tends shout -four mi e. along lo,h side, +
deep and aCid stream. about .uu feet
wide + rom lis delightful situation and
InnumcraO!e canals. cringur has bt Il
called the , cnI of Asia uut the city :
for the most l,art extremely nlJhy. The
houses, which are =, ne ally diAliaalcd.
are built Of thin u cks with tim rr
frames many Of them three stores Ii gh
Sixty thousand pcrSO can worship IN
the mosque, The capital J. the cruJcr Of
the shaw manufacture of a>hmerc
The men are tall. robust wrll-fOrmcd.
and industrious the women famous for
their beauty aud fine c"mpIr> lions They
are gay pcOp.e fond OF pleasure. lie II
ture and poetry. but are rep;esc ted V
many travellers as peerless in cunning and
avur!Ce. and not"IiOu>ly add CtCd 10 ly-
ing Notwithstanding the beauty of
their va G. the population. since the he
ginning of the present century, has been
reduced from ~Ou. 900 10 90 900 by p.>ti-
icncr. famine and earth ,uaheS 1 ndcr
the treaty of ahurC, in 1916 the British
government came into control. but imme
dIately sold the country tor s. 80 900
The present ruler. by a COMPACT made A.
the time Of the purchase. i, to be a>sistcu
by the British in defending him,e.f
against his enemies
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

isthmus of Gehuantepec, at the san jose
hacienda, some twenty-five leagues from
the city of Tehuantepec This floral
chameleon has the faculty Of changing its
cOlurs during the day. In the morning ii
is " hite; when the sun is at its zenith it l.
red, and at night it is blue This red
white anG-blue flower grows on q trev-
about the size Of the guayave tree, and
another peculiarly of this flower is thai
only at noon does il give out any perfume
-Ceutra America Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

New York has su erred grave loss il
the death Of mperOr Il horse trained /,
conduct .mSclf properly when ridden BY
grand marshal in procession Til,
average graJd marshal is not perfectly a
home III his curNctIng Sterd. yet the aver
lyr grand marshal wants his sliced l.,
rurvcI Tor rorcI> sake. Emperor woul
TO the thing imp0sIngIy. yet with safrt,
O h rider would enable a shudder
NJ .r.ccr when on his back to look nk
q hc d nlHr-hnl and knew enough TO TAX,
always H. proper place n the procession
It Will br pence we'd what a loss the deaf:
OF su horse must ne NtcedS trainr,
0 carry -ramd marshals lmpo>ingly with
out throwing item are among the cryin.
needs of The axe.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Health. like success in life. is to b,
gained 10y pa ing attention 10 details.
IS better TO II, to keep from catchin
cold than 10 be alwa,s trying to avoid in
lection Mere can DE done to chec
cholera hy keeping houses clean than b
using tons of disinfrctants Nature give
Lea tn 1t is man erversity in deparI
in from nature : teaching that leads /,
disease Nature intended all 10 hav,
fresh air, sill cient plain food. uncoutam
inaicd waIc:, and exercise Let US aCcep
nature bequeSl, if We prefer health /,
lin. -.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04


" hat strikes one iITst in the FIorcntinC
rOwd is that il is 80 well dressed do
IOt mean that the average OF fashion is ST.
creal n W th us. but that the average of
lggedneSS is less. CuiCe when | saw il
n. seemed in tattcrs but SO far rs
an remember Florence is not even patched
md this in spite of the talk one constant,
roars ol the poverty which has befaien
lie city since the removal Of the capital
Rome All classes are said to feel this
diversity more or less but none of them
show il Oh the street hcggary Itself is si
ruced 10 the invisible sp ech which one
,rcs moving the lips of the old women
who steal an open palm toward you al III
church doors Florence is not ONLY better
dressed on the average than Boston. but
with little over half the population there
ire. ! should think. nearly Twice aS many
rivaIe carriages in The former city. am
not going beyond the most non -cummitlul
dice in any study OF the Florenline civ
iLatiOn. and know no more than hat il is
aid as it has hrcn said ever sine, the first
ortherD tourist discovered them that
hey will slarvc themselves al home 10
make show abroad
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

The language Of the very tough man
fills one unacrustomed to his expressions
with great wonder. The other day a local
slugger was describing free-for-all fight
In which he had been engaged. In the ac-
count he says, Il ups and let's drive at de
mug, and catches him in de neck. Yer
orter seen him cut de air and nibble de
carpet. Pioneer Press Listener"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Glucose is used principally in the fol
IDwing ways or the manufacture Of
able syrup As a substitute Tor barley
malt in the brewing OF beer aud ale. A.
substitute for cane sugar in cOnfectiun-
rry and in canning fruit To adulteratr
zane sugar. To manufacture artificial
honey in making iuegar.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

80 far ;his yeaSonly +5l miles of new
railIoad have been constructed of which
} per cent lie in two southern states,
Texas and lorida The constitution OF
1850 is about one sixth OF that OF lSs2 in
the corresponding period
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
One of the Kentucky Yankees.

was i'll u hotel ip Washington few
lays past, when man went by of no
especial appearance. Said one, mention
ing his name: There goes probably the
ablest business man in California Said |.
Where did he come from" Why, he
came from Kentucky He was one Of tie
Kentucky Yankees, and a Kentucky Yam
kee can skin any Yankee GU the globe. y
"Gath's" Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
\ ts.eIt scheme.

-l've hit u on great scheme said u
western editor: - ncary doubled our
circulation yesterday
How did you work it,"
sec that steel amp Well. | Iust cut
out a paragraph. in tue local column of the
whO.e edition
How did that help the circulation"
Every woman in town bought an ex-
ira COpy
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

A New York banker suggests that as a
precauliOn against embcIllement every
bank should have an album containing
the photographs of every employe from
president TO anitor
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Doctors say that people who left of
drinking beer and took TO tea have. in
many instances. abused the latter. and are
troubled with what is known as lea dys
pepsiA
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

The timber work of the domes of the
church of st Mark, at Venice. is more
than $40 years old, and is still in good
stale
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Habit is strong, and you will always
hnd that the easiest way to make sure f
doing right on all occasions is 10 get into
the habit of doing right Good manners
cannot he put on at IL moment warning.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

The government of Mexico has ap-
pointed IA commission for the scientific in
Vcstigation Of the natural products Of the
county,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Medical World: Half an hours boil
ing, disease germs spelling"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

Shakespeare tomb was visited during
last year by no fewer than l4,OOO persons
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04

When | came 10 myself | was suffering
IN int"ierably burning pain III my neck.
saul Clay was standing near the sofa in
he dressing room, to which | had been
=lrried after had tainted. In few
words of deep feeling he told me that he
.tad witnessed the accident, and, though
not able to prevent the snake biting me,
uad applied the rough, but generally ef
tectlve, frontier remedy Of placing some
;unpowder upon the bleeding wound and
gnIting it. 1t was to this readiness Of
action on his part that | probably owed
my life. The snake had escaped in the
confusion.
Ess brouR Rht tn the helist that but Tor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-30

DEFENCEs AT HAMPTON ROADS The
board of Notifications in their report to the
President recommend turret fortihcatons,
srmored casemates, barbette batteries, NOR
tar batteries and submarine batteries and
torpedo boats for Hampton Roads. The
armament proposed for the Notifications
comprises four lGiuch breeeh loading riled
llO-ton guns, ten II inch breech loading
rael so ton guns, 90 1O-inch breech loading
rled 27-ton guns, and sixteen 12-nch riiled
morlars. 1t is proposed to erect two gun
cascmates at a cost of 81 $50 600; to provide
for 400 submarine mines to cost, with their
atiiuncts, S2,SOO,0OO The eighteen torpedo
boats will cost 81 ESQ., 900. The entire cost of
the proposed defenses at Hampton Roads,
including armament, is 81 ,492 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-01-30
Special Notice to the Ladies.

During the month Of January, 1886 We pro.
sentcd TO customers Of Alexandria 50 pains Of
handsome Damask Towels. These elegant Icw-
| Q one yard aud quarter long and nearly
three quarters Of yard wide Gmmcnsc sizc).
They arc all pure fine linen and are heavy double
damssk They are decorated with Il beautiful
wide coorcd border. They are worth 81 pair,
and they are not for safe
Second grand SMASH UP IN THE PRICE OF
DRY GOODS-Double White Blankets, immense
size, very fine quality, special bargain at s.. re-
duccd to So 81; Black Silks. immense width, cx-
cellcut quality, real value $1.25, reduced to Csc
Black and Colorei Silk Velvots Csc, cheap at
$1.25; Home-spun Dress Goods, pure wool, i'm
mense double width, in brown, blue and green,
81 %; Tricot Ladies' Cloth Suting, all pure fine
wool, double width, Soc Royal Serge beautiful
drcss goods, excellent quality; all colors 12yars
for 81 Black Cashmere Shawls, pnre wool, 81 so.
Two of our handsome DAmask Towels pre- sent
cd 10 zach customer wfo buys So worth of Dry
(iootI