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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16

The Cernesu Grand Conslstory OF Virginia
met Friday night and elected the following
officers Grand COMMANDMENTS Chief, w. ii.
II. Lynn; Grand Secretary, Alexander W.
Archer; Grand Treasurer, William I. Al
len; First Lieutenant Commander, Captain
G.. A. Ainslie; Grand HospitalIer, DIR. Jacob
Hicnaux
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16

At the last meeting OF this lodge the lob
loving officers we're elected for the ensuing
twelve months: II. d. Priddy. past diets
tor; J. II. Wilson, dictator; Richard Bel,
vice dictator; W. G. MALLORY, assistant die
fator; George II. Reith, reporter; +. r..
Tholi. nDsncial reDorter; William j. Rose,
treasurer; George FIedous, chaplain; VIII
liam A Pencil. guide; - Pollard, guar
dim; Joseph V. Beazley. sentinel. Irus'
tee, George Fielious, William A. Powell,
and W. e. Mallory.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16

April I, 1868. occurred in Richmond what 10
commonly called the "bre&d rot" though
a. matter OF fact many OF the people en-.
Rsgsd m II were willing TO take anything
they eoald lay their hands on and though
some OF them were no doubt hoqest though
much Misguided people, crszed almost BY
The woes lsld on then by the war, The ma
iority were cosrse women, aud two Of them
paid the pesslty az their mssdeeds by being
convicted Of robbery aud were sent 10 the
penitentisry.
The incidents OF this remarkable AFFAIR
have neser ye, beea written up In truly his
tsriesi styie, though they deserve 10 be.
The best secount At band IL below given.
IL is the relation Of the Hen. John ".
DssIel, an witness, but be never
wrote II for publication. Ia 1878 he
was travelling on q Chesapeake and Ohio
csr, snd 10 while the hours OF the
night swsy be described sbe mob TO DIR.
MogA and Hon. Joba Paul. Without know.
Ing it he had snsther listener--a reporter Of
she New Yefk sun-~ which esterprisins indt
yidnal sat With open ears. and 50 soon a. pcssi-
bic thereafter wrote ont what be had heard.
While uoss Of the pusIestios il 10 The report
rI,s owa iaDgaa<e, Mslor Daniel SAID when
BE- saw II that II was substantially correct
I'he reporteg DfobsblY misguotes the msicr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16
MUsTClL UNION.

The Richmond Musical Union Friday
night elected the following officers for the
ensuing wear: President II. f. Lauoe;
Vice President, John Biseler; Secretary,
J. Thomas Pulling; Treasurer John IL.
Remit; Serreant-st-Arm', August !. Leiss.
Executive Committee: Richard WAGNER,
George Voclker, Jr., William Wagener,
Felix Ia'deIla, and lsadore Hlrshberg.
Board OF Trustees: G. y. Baseer, q. a.
Thllow, and John c. Reinhardt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16
AT TUE EVACUATION.

The moi at the evacuation was one OF
those results OF war which. however lamenta-
bic. seem 10 be unavoidable. The city
Council fearing that the eoemy's victorious
soldiery would, upon. getting into the city,
OIL themselves With liQuor and indulge In
excuses upon the helpless population. or
dered that 81 OF the intoxicating liquors be
seized and DESTROYED. Accordingly the sp-
pointed officers went from store 10 store
knocking IL the heads OF the barrels, break
ing the jugs and bottles, and pouring the
vile stuff then IN vogue into the cutters.
and as they went their rounds they were
followed by a crowd OF lswless individuals
ffpost OF whom had been cast upon the city
by tue fortunes OF warl who succeeded in
msking themselves drunk, and who then be-
gan to plilase.
This example thus set was followed BY
hundreds OF better felix's, who thought ths.
30 the city was soon TO psss into The hands
OF the public enemy they had Just as well
help themselves to what goods they could
lay hands eD. The result was that the rioters
had complete possession for several hours
before the Federsls came In. In thai time
they emptied NEST OF the stores. There
was grad sstursalis going on when the
Federal troops reached here. IL being then
broad day they set to wsrk 10 restsre order,
apd also detailed eompznies to stay the
flames, for thea the city was afre. not, how.
ever, IRON The doings Of toe mob, but from
The spread Of flames from the tobacco snd
Government warehouses aud bridges tred
BY the refreshing Cesiedtrstes. Mr.. Caleb
Jacob, an officer OF The pcuitsntiarv, went
down town 60 beg the Federal Officers TO
send froops 10 the peaitentiary 10 stop the
mob In rs mischief aud lthe Public Guard
having been withdrssn with tho srmr, 10
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16
mss OF THEIR CHOICE.
Officers Elected by knights or Honor
nud other orders.

At regular meeting Of Mutual Lodge,
No. 2lgl. knights Of Honor. held 10 their
hall on Friday evening the folio wing officers
we're elected for the next twelve months:
Dictator, z. G.. Lamkin: Vice-Dictaior, j..
II Goode; Financial, Reporter. Z. NJ.
Branch: Reporter, o. f. Wise; Treasurer,
q. A. West; Chtplain, J. I'll. Redwood;
Guide, J. d. Redwood; Guardian, 81. Har-
r,son; and Sentinel. J.. g. Ffgg. Irns-
tee.: j. II. Redwood, l.. G. Figg. and W.
G. Camp. Past Dictator: Samuel huire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-16

sertion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
Capt. Lipscomb Fined.

This morning in the Police Court a
boy named Frank Sprague, who lives in
East Washington, was charged by Mr..
George T. Dudley with cruelty to ami
mails, it being alleged that he tied tin
can to the leg Of a rooster belonging to
the complainant. Mr.. Dudley testified
that on the 24th of last month his rooster
disappeared, and has not since been aeen.
He swore out warrant for the boy, but
did not see the act committed. When
questioned by Mr.. Newman the witness
said ne went to see Mr.. James Lipscomb,
chief clerk of the Patent Office, whose
son, he had been informed, was the one
who had tied the can to the rooster, and
he received from Mr.. Lipscomb three
dollars for the missing rooster. Other
witnesses were called, but as they knew
nothing of the case the defendant was
acquitted.
Mr.. LipscomD was then charged with
an assault on Agent Key while the latter
was investigating the case. The testimo-
ny showed that MI. Key called on MIR.
Lipscomb's son and stopped him as he was
leading his fathers horse to the stable.
The animal was heated from driving, and
Mr.. Lipscomb wanted it taken into the
stable as soon as possible, but the boy
being stopped by Mr.. Key the horse was
kept standing in the alley. Mr.. Lips
comb went out and during his conversa-
tion with Mr.. Key the lie was passed
and he struck Key with his fist. The
latter drew his blackjack, and attempted
to strike MIR. Lipscomb. Mr.. Key says
that he struck Mr.. Lipscomb, but the
latter says that he did not strike him.
The Court imposed the usual fine of IS.
cWashington Evening Star, 9Th.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26

- The use of paper fabric for building
purposes-by the term paper being meant
broadly flexible, sheet made of fvegeta-
BILE or other fibre, which has been reduc-
ed toa pulp, and then pressed out and
spread and dried-is now advocated by
some builders on the following grounds 4:
First, continuity of surface-that is it
can be made in rolls of almost any width
and length, is flexible or by gluing sever.
al layers together may be made stiff, and
will stop the passage of air because there
are no joints; second, it has no grain like
wood and will not split; third, it is not
affected by change Of temperature, and
thus has an advantage over sheet metal
as roofing material; fourth, whereas in
its natural condition it is affected by
moisture, it may be rendered waterproof
by saturating with asphalt, or by varie.
ty OF other methods; fifth, it is non-re,
sonant and we'll fitted to prevent the pas
sage of sound: sixth, it is non. .conduc-
tor of heat, and can also be made of in
combustible material, like asbestos, or
rendered resisting by chemical treat.
ment. The combination of paper with
other substances and solidifying the mass,
by pressure, renders practicable the pro-
duction of material capable ofreplacing
wood for many purposes; and not least
among its characteristics of adaptibility
is the ease with which it may be made
into sheets of any width and thickness,
that will not warp or shrink from heat,
cold or dampness.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
Pleasure is Cheap,

Did--you ever study the cheapness Of
some pleasures? Do you know how little
it takes to make a multitude happy
Such trifes as penny, a word, or smile.
do the work. You employ mau-pay
him cheerfully, and speak'a pleasant word
to him and he leaves your house with
contented heart to light up his own with
smiles of gladness. As you pass along
the streets you meet a familiar face, and
say: "Good morning." as though you
felt happy, and it will work admirably in
the heart of your neighbor. Pleasure is
cheap--who will not bestow it literally
Ifthere are smiles, sunshine and flowers
all about us, let us not grasp them with a
miser's fist and lock them in our hearts.
No. Rather let us to take them and
scatter them about US, in the cottage OF
the widow, among the groups Of children,
in the crowded mart where the business
men congregate, in our families and
everywhere. We can make the wretched
happy, the discontented cheerful, the af.
ficted resigned, at an exceedingly cheap
rate. Who will refuse to do it?
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
In the Limekliln Club.

s'Dar' am sartin things which a good
man should allus bar in mind" said
Brother Gardner, as he motioned to the
janitor to raise three more windows on the
alley side. There WAS a sound of mighty
shuf1ing as Elder Toots, Deacon Tillsbury
and Esquire Jackson drew their hoofs un-
der THAR respective stools, and then the
president continued:
"Abusi in a man fur bein' rich doan
lower de price of Eaters to de poo man.
"De man who am down on his luck, as
de sayin' is, am ginerally pretty high up
on de saloons.
"No man expects to buy 800 hoss for
$40, but lots Of folks want to live at the
rate of $50 a week on an income f$10.
"De man who kin find time to argy re
ligun durin' workin' hours, is de kind of
Christian to look out fur when he wants
to borry money.
"Dar' am no doubt that Providence
sometimes helps people out of box, but
1 reckon it am great deal safer to airn
yer bread an meat in de reg'lar wag.
"Dar' am occashuns when all Of us
boast of our honesty, or feel like it. sich
occashuns am whsn We forgit dat We hev
nebber bin tempted wild anythin' beyand
a bogus looking half dollar.
eff you kin keep all de Ten Command.
ments, glory fur you; but bekase you
diskiver you can't keep but six or seben,
doan' go an frow 'em all oberboard.
"When you find g man who won't list
en- to argument you has sit so close to a
1unatic or fule dat you had better be
gittin' home to supper.
"We am selfish lot. We find fault
wid de law which gives verdict agin us
| in de one case an hev no praise fur de
score which purtects us in others.
"I- kin sot a torpedo in front of my hen
house to purtect myself from theft, but
liar may walk ober me wid impunity in
my sleep.
II pebber met but cite man who tried
to lib up to de Golden Rule. He got to
| de poor. houae jist as I left it. He had
bin trying to pay outlawed debts."- DE.
| troit Free Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
Millions Owe Him Gratitude.

Argand, poor Swiss, invented a lamp
with wick fitted into hollow cylinder,
up which current of air was permitted
to pass, thus giving supply. of oxygen to
the interior as we'll as the exterior Of the
circular fame. At first Argand used the
lamp without glass chimney. One day
he was busy in his work room, and sitting
before the burning lamp. His little
brother was amusing himself by placing a
bottomless oil flask over different articles.
Suddenly he placed it upon the flame of
the lamp, which instantly shot up the
long neck of the flask with increased
brilliancy. 1t did more, for it flashed in
to Argand's mind the idea of lamp
chimney, by which his invention was
perfect.-Sah Lake Tribune.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
The Yellow River in China.

The Hoang-Ho or Yellow river in
China, has become study and is attract
ing universal attention.
The Hoapg-Ho has for several months
past been laying waste vast and popu.
lous area of the Chinese Empire. The
Chinese covet the possession of the rich
lowlands whichitinundates, and for many
ages, in spite Of periodical overaows,
they have swarmed and multiplied on the
alluvial plain through which the muddy
Hoang.Ho winds its tortuous course, so
that when at intervals that treacherous
river bursts It's laboriously constructed
dikes. it numbers its victims not by
thousands but by millions.
The impracticability of diking q big
river carrying immense deposits is here
illustrated, for if anything could have
been effected by dikes the celestials
would have been happy long before now,
says the Philadelphia Press. With
patient pertinacity, untiring labor, and
no mean engineering skill, they have
been trying for 1000 years to confne the
Yellow river within reasonable bounds.
They have built for the stream trough
from 300 to 500 miles long, mile wids
on the average, and allowing for swift
stream of water seventy feet deep; but
for the ninth time a stream thirty miles
wide and ten feet deep, travelling at the
rate of twenty miles an hour, has broken
over the plain. Many large towns,
thousands OF villages and leagues of farm
land we're submerged. Neither man nor
beast could escape food like this pour.
ing oyer vast unbroken plain. For rtwo
months and over, the food has continued,
and it is estimated that fully 100000
Chinese have perished by it.
Citing the case of the Hoang.Ho, the
Press is reading lectures to those men in
and out of Congress who would like to
dixie the Mississippi after the Chinese
pattern.
"For small foods these dikes are an
adequate protection, but at intervals,
shorter or longer removed, there comes
much greater flood of water than usual,
and at some point or other the artificial
support yields to the tremendous pres
sure, and vast stretches of country are
lain in ruin"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
A Woman in the Field.
From Union Times.

respectfully announce myself can
didate for the Office of school commits.
sioner.
propose to give $500 worth of school
books to the children of the public
schools if 1 am elected. have the leis-
ure, and shall consider tia conscientious
duty to give most of my time and the
means which the Office affords for the
cause of education.
have been teaching in the district
public schools for ten years. Ihave Wis.
tied number of State and county nor
mails, and I understand the new and
superior systems of graded teaching.
I have read the school law Of this
State many times, and I believe that I
am competent in every respect to manage
the business of the Office.
In behalf of the many children that
have no other means for education I
trust the voters will give me the Office.
In behalf of the many children grow.
ing up in neglect and ignorance, I ask
the voters of Union to give me their
votes that I may take the school money
and educate the children.
ask their prayers that I may be
strengthened to do the work. Most sir.
cerely, ELIZA A. GARNER.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
A Drummer's Mistake.

A Philadelphia drummer saw man in
railroad car whom he thought he knew,
and, slapping him on the back, asked
him how he was. The man looked up
and the drummer saw that he was stran.
ger. He apologized, saying he thought
he was friend of his. What followedis
told by Jersey newspaper: ~ hope I
am q friend of yours" the man said, and
they got to talking, and the commercial
man, seeing the gentleman's grip sack,
thought he must be commercial man
also, and asked him what house he repre-.
sented. II represent" said the gentle
man, "the largest house in the world"
"Well," said the travelling man, "if you
represent the largest house in the world
you certainly have snap. What house
is it?" "The Lords house," said the
gentleman, "my name is Bishop John
Scarborough, ofthe Protestant Episcopal
Church."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
A Good Plan for Imitation.

The Spartanburg plan of factory build
ing ought to be carefully studied here
and elsewhere, that the people may be-
come familiarized with it. 1t has many
good features and may be found very
useful in the future.
The best thing about it is that it throws
the responsibility for new enterprises on
the people generally, gives them the op-
conveniently and enlists them directly in
the support of any enterprise in which
their money may be invested. Further
more, it tends to unite communities and
give them common interests and pur.
poses.
In every community there are a few
rich, well-to-do and prominent men to
whom the people generally learn to look
for the doing OF everything that is to be
done. They are thelfrst approached with
subscription lists for all purposes, and
every man who sees those lists afterward,
whether his name goes On it or not, feels
free to criticise the amounts they give
and to virtuously proclaim what he would
uU Ill InolI pldCo. AuI Wucu tue uOu0y
of those leaders is invested the enter.
prise created by it for the general good is
too often left to shift for itself, if it is
fortunate enough to escape actual hos
tility.
Spsrtanburg's plan is good one to
follow in all subscriptions aud movements
for the public good. Augusta in very
much the same way, obtained 100000
for her national exposition. The clerks,
the messenger boys, the working peo pie
were all called on, and all were urged to
subscribe according to their meaps, from
twenty-five cents up. By similar plan
we can do great many things that ought
to be done here.
No dozen men or score of men can
make live town or secure that active
earnest general effort on which municipal
success depends. a small number eau
lead, but there must be general follow.
ing. The Spartauburg plan promises to
secure this end and is of immense value
for that reason alone. It is the many
dollars and five dollars and twenties
payable by degrees that make the big
sums of money more than the larger
amounts paid down by the few who car
give them Greenville Ne,us.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
A Florida Yarn.

Here is one of Lee Ayers Florida
yarns: An old man and his wife from q
Northern city who knew nothing of farm.
ing settled in Florida and pitched a crop.
Around his dwelling he planted corn,
which came up nicely and grew off rap.
idly. The old man had been RECALLED
with tales to the effect that person could
hear corn popping at night it grew 80
fast in that section. One night be was
awakened by terrible popping and
cracking in his corn patch. He awoke
his wife, and told her '.just to, listen at
that corn growing-I'll bet it will grow
q foot before morning" The old couple
lay awake for two or three hours listen.
ing to the corn grow, and then went to
sleep, exultant in the thought Of an abun-
dant harvest of corn. Bright and early
in the sun. kissed morn the old man arose
and gathering up his tape:line went out
to measure the growth of his corn. I'M
agine his dismay when he found that
about forty old COWS had broken into his
patch and literally demolished his corn.-
HartyeU Sun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
gHaerspt1 gHtelligeHtea.
How to Abolish Beggary.


A correspondent of one of our contem.
poraries recently asked United States
Senator Stanford, of California, what
could be done in this country to abolish
beggary. The answer of the philan-
thropic millionaire was as follows:
There is only one way. Dry up the
source abolish the conditions that make
beggars. To try to cure poverty by street
charity is like trying to stop hole in
your roof by mopping up the puddles
that gather on your floor. Nobody is
worse off because the Vanderbilts are
worth s2OO,0oo,ooo. IF they had not the
wealth it would not exist at all. It is
only in those communities where Million
aires are possible that the average citizen
has enough to eat. Now, what causes
poverty? 1. Ignorance of how to save
money. I found beggars in California in
1850, when any man could go out with
tin pan and earn $500 before breakfast.
When by working three hours a day a
man could make his board and clothes,
there were always shiftless creatures
around whom the rest hsd to support.
It is the same way now. The soil is
wonderfully fruitful there. Merely 2O,.
900 men produce all the wheat of the
State and export 100000 tons of it
every year, and yet there are beggars.
We can cut, thresh, and sack wheat at an
expense of one and half cents per 100
pounds, potatoes cost only half cent a
pound, and flour is only $500 barrel,
and yet there is want. An important
cause is unthrift. People do not under
stand economy or practice it as almost
every rich man has had to some time in
his life. 1 really believe that there
would be beggars in the world before
night if $40 gold pieces were to be sown
broadcast every morning, and 80 distrib.
uted that every man, woman and child
were certain to get some.
2. The sale and use ofliquor. As long
as there are ten times as many saloons in
this country as there are Of both churches
and schools, and they are mainly sup
ported by the very poor, the sources Of
misery are pretty. obvious.
3. A lack of manual training. This
last need is most serious. If 80, many
l.people could be taught trades that the
entire product of this country were dou-
bled. next year, the wages would be dou.
bled, either in increase of money received
i or in the smaller cost Of the necessities of
life to be bought. More capable, skilled
hands-that is one of our greatest needs.
My great hope is in my university, which
I wish to build so tall and deep and
broad that the rudiments of every trade
occupation may be taught. When every
body knows how to dosome difficult and
useful thing, poverty will rapidly dimin-
L 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
o. TX. POULTRY YARDS,
WALHALLA, S. C..

IMPROVE your poultry, secure more
i eggs, more meat and handsomer fowls
by purchasing eggs from the 0. X. Poultry
Yards at prices that defy all comp,t;hon.
LEG HORNS, non-setters, everlasting
No. /, 81. so per setting of i3 eggs. White
Leghorns, average birds, yard Nos. 2, 3, 4,
S. 6, Goo laying hens,) GOc. per setting OF
Is eggs. Brown Leghorns, prize birds, yard
No. i, $3.50 setting 13 eggs. Brown Leg
horns, average birds, yards Nos 2, 8 and A.,
6Oc. per setting of IL eggs.
WYANDOTTES, a combination fowl,
beautiful plumage, meat producers, excel
lent layers best of mothers, clean legs,
ST. 90 setting of 13 eggs.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS, farmers friend,
81. 90 per setting of 13 eggs.
ASIAT1CS.-Dark and Light Brahmas
and Partridge Cochins-stoCk from the
world-renowned yards of Philander VIII
liams-only $l.0O per setting Of 13 eggs.
Buff and White Cochins, mammoth birds,
81 90 per setting of 13 eggs.
DUCKS.-Royal Pekin and black crested
White Musk Ducks, $1.00 setting of IL eggs.
TURKEYS AND GEESE.-Mammoth
Bronze, White Holland, Black African
and Buff Turkey eggs, $1.00 setting, of 8
eggs. Hong Kong ana Wnlte SWISS Geese,
$1.OO setting of 8 eggs.
PIT GAMES.-Blue Darters, Blue He
rons, Arkansaw Travellers, Black Hawks,
Dark Wing, War Horse and black breasted
Red Games at $1.00 setting of 13 eggs.
Black Sumatras, (not pit game,) $l.00 set
ting of 13 eggs.
Eggs carefully packed in baskets and de.
livered at Express Office. All remittances
must be by Express, Money Order or Reg.
istered Letter, or Check on National Bank.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Address
JOHN R. COCHRAN, Agent,
Walhalla, 8. c.,
Or call upon Mr.. Rufus FAINT at Book Store.
March 5, 1883 So 9m