The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-02-16

room when the same voice again ex-
claimed: 30, come of the perch."
This time the burglar couldn't get off
his perch fast enough, for in his fright he
left his jimmy on the window sill snds
leaped into snowbank. He had been
scared by the parrot.
"A London firm hiss received an or
der for number of war balloons from
the Russian Government. Each balloon
will be provided with car to accomno.E
date six men, and will cost S2,500. They
will be made of fire proof material.
- There are but three silver dollars of
the coinage of 1904 in existence. Two Of
these are accounted for; the third is Z
somewhere in circulation about the coun.s
try. The value of this missing dollar of
1904, as quoted in the last numismatics
circulars, is $500. 1t is natural, then,
that this coin should be much sought.
The following singular treatment
was formerly applied in Dutch work.
houses to indolent and apathetic
individuals. The patient was placedi 9
sort of large tub, into which water was
kept constantly running in pipe, so that
in order to keep from drowning he had to
turn a crank which pumped the water
out again. The water and the hours of
working were nicely adjusted to his
strength and endurance, and the amount
gradually increased every day. In one
report it says: "The inactive limbs are
soon brought to the required degree of
suppleness, and the men very soon begin
to ask for some less irksome labor, which
they afterwards perform in less irksome
manner"
- In some remarkable mathematical; !;
observations by NJ. Hermite concerning
the number of stars, he shows that the
total number visible to the naked eye of
an observer of average visual power does
not exceed 5000, and of these the south-S Z
ern hemisphere contains somewhat the
larger number, In order to see this nnm-a
Der of stars the night must be noonless,-
the sky cloudless and the atmosphere
pure, and here the power of the unaided
eve stops; an opera glass will bring out
%, 900, while small telescope will bring
out at least $50, 900, and the most power
full telescopes yet constructed will show
more than 100,000.0O0. NJ. Hermite>
concludes from his various observations s
that the ligh. emitted by all the stars
upon the whole surface of the globe is
equal to one.t tenth of the light Of the
full moon.
"A programme for the celebration of
the discovery of America by Columbus
has been outlined in Spain. 1t is to the
effect that all nations interested in our
present international fellowship send
delegates to Genoa, where Columbus was.
born; that each of these nations also send
a ship to Palos, in Spain, where they
shall celebrate the embarkation OF the
iiscoverer and his comrades on his :
doubtful quest. This being done, the
combined international feet shall set sail
for the West Indies. Then on San Saliva.
dor, which Columbus first sighted, they
will celebrate the finding of anew world.
Meanwhile, Congress is arranging an
International Industrial Exhibition.
The Spaniards are busy on magnifca
monument to Columbus at BaIcH 80
The five years ahead of us will teemH.ha
historic interest. twill do our Yankee
spirit of forward looking good to look
back for awhile and consider causes.
In the senate, writes the Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, Gen.
Butler, of South Carolina, is gaining the;
reputation of being one of the most de-
vout members of that distinguished body:o
During the present session he has been
regular in his attendance at opening
prayer, and or one occasion he was the
only senator in his seat when Chaplain /
Butler invoked divine blessing upon the
almost empty senate chamber. Senator
Butler, Notwithstanding the additions TO
the senatorial ranks on the 4th of March
last still retains the credit of being the
neatest dresser in the senate. His
linen is always of the freshest, his neck
wear is of the latest pattern, and his
clothes are we'll made and fit his we'll pro-
portioued figure like a kid glove or the
paper on the wall. His foot-he has but
one one of his own, the other being artificial;
is not quite as small as that of Sanator
Blackburn, of Kentucky, but it is oftbe
better shape and is more universally
admired.
AS the model man of the State, Mr..
Jas. M. Brabham, of this county, has
received that notice and commendatlon
from the press which so good q citizen'sl
useful and honored life has deserved, L
give YOU some information as to q model
Woman of the State. She is resident OF
Hampton County, forty years OF age,
modest and retiring in her conduct and
character. For thirteen years she hes:
been consistent member of the Baptist
Church. Circumstances have required her
| TO follow a course of laborious life gener-:
ally regarded as unsuited to her sex, but
she has met its duties bravely, deserving
and receiving the respect of all who know
her. For thirty years she has followed
the plough and engaged in the usual:
round of farm labor. Last year she made
nine bales of cotton, besides provisions,
with one plough. She has dug one vel, !,
built five chimneys and frequently split.
hundred rails day. She has good.
home of her own, enjoys excellent health,
and is sending her children TO scnool
regular. Her life is an eloquent rebuke 70
many strong men who have not equalled;
her honorable record.-Barn,ceN People.
There is something positively cruel
about the way in which the Southern
Republicans are "going for" the Northern
Republicans of the bloody.shirt school
nowadays. Mr. Halstead's article in the
last Forum, on the suppression" of the
Republican vote in the South, has :, hardly.
appeared when Ex-Governor Bullock, ,of
Georgia, one of the best known Repnbll.:
cans in the South, writes letter in which
he declares that the Suppression" does
not exist, and by reference to his own
State, which always figures in the list,
demonstrates by review of recent polil.
cal contests, that "all these election were
held under the control Of a political cuT.
gauization calling itself Democratic, and
Without the vote Of any qualified colored
man being, suppressed" The negroes
are even more heartless than the whites
in their treatment of the bloody-shirt
politicians. The Southern Leader, 9
Republican paper, published by colored
men at Jacksonville, Fla, ridicules "Bill'
Chandler's policy of Federal interference
in Southern elections for the ostensible