The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-05-03

"A blind physician of Pensacola, Fla,
has q large practice and is able to find
his way, unaided, about the principal
streets of the town in way that would
not discredit that popular institution,
the oldest inhabitant.
"A farmer near Chebanse, ILL.,, having
an OK that did not obey orders concluded
that the animal " IS deaf, bought az oar
trumpet, which worked with great sue.
cess. The animal hid lost its appetite,
but with its return OF hearing ate hearti.
ly. The ear trumpet is fastened in place
by wires around one Of the horns. This
story is from western paper and no
chrome goes with it.
According to M. Blavier's theory,
the great earthquake disturbances of II.
55, 1884, and 1887 are to be associated
with the abnormal accumulations of ice
about the north pole. He supposes such
accumulations to have caused DETECTION
of the Gulf Stream away from Europe,
producing great climatic changes and
slight disturbance of equilibrium in the
sea bottom, followed by possible local
fracture along the line of least resistance.
The Japanese read more American
than English books. Last year $1,000
English and 10000 American books
were imported. Till recently, Sho Mem.
oto, Japanese student at the University
of Vermont, writes. us, the editors of
women's papers in Japan were all men,
but last month temperance paper was
established at Toxic by Miss ASST and
Mrs. Sasaki, the secretary Of the Toxic
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
"A Connecticut man tells this story
of a remarkable exhibition of nerve by
professional sneak thief: "One day be
walked quietly into a bank, took off his
hat and coat, hung them on nail, put
on. an Office coat that hung there and
walked into the rear room which con-
tanned the vaults. The directors were
holding a meeting, and one sat in front
of door blocking the passage. The
thief politely asked him to move, and
when the obliging director did 80 the
man went through the door, picked up
two of the largest bags of gold in sight,
coolly walked out with them, and thief
and gold were seen no more there"
"A fatal accident occurred at Smiths
Mills, about thirty-fve miles from
Georgetown, a few days ago, by which a
colored man named Ben Davis lost his
life. 1t seems that Davis, accompanied
by two young white men named Perry,
went into the woods in pursuit ofturkeys
early in the morning, and that one of the
Perrys initiated the yelping of turkey
80 closely that Ben mistook him for the
genuine bird and undertook to creep up
on him. Perry mistook the negro for a
turkey and fred away at him and killed
him. Davis is said to have been very
deserving man. He leaves large fam.
lily.
= The old saying that "beefsteak is
better medicine than quinine" is receiv-
ing able support from many white men
on the Congo. Stanley regarded Bona
as particularly unhealthful place, but
it has lost part of its bad reputation
since cattle were introduced and Euro.
pean vegetables began to thrive in the
gardens. The thirty white men at this
settlement have not been called upon to
attend the funeral of European for 9
year. Their herd has multiplied until
they are able to have fresh meat on their
table every day, which they think great
improvement on the timed meats and
canned vegetables upon which Stanley
and his followers relied for strength to
lay the foundations of the Congo enter.