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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

MI. J. M. stepp died at his home in Hon.
ca Path on Wednesday morning, after a
weeks illness with pneumonia. The
announcement was great shock to his
friends in Anderson. He was formerly a
citizen OF this city, and only ten days ago
spent several days here visiting relatives.
He was 90 yeara old, and fine specimen
Of young manhood. He was son Of Rev.
A. @. Stepp. wife and several children
survive him.
The c. &c. Railroad authorities have
decided to build passenger depot at the
Blue Ridge Yard, near the oil mill. It
will be modern structure and coat about
$1,000. The old depot will be enlarged
and used altogether as freight depot. It
is hoped and believed that the P. r. & w.
G. authorities will join the c. G. q. author
tiles and build union depot. The offi-
GERS of both companies will meet here in a
few days to consult about the matter.
The track of the Savannah Valley Railroad
has been extended to the oil mill.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03
NOVELTIES IN DRESS GOODS,
WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES

takes the lead MISS SLOUGH has visited
everything Hats and Rbon
perfectly grand until
selection, trim
n the
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

Our young friend, w. w. Robinson.
who has been salesman in the store of
Messrs. E. w. Brown & Sons for several
months past, has left the city to assist his
brother, Mr. J: N Robinson. OF the Cray
tonville section, conduct big farm MIR.
Robinson is most excellent young man,
and has host of friends In the city who
regret to see him go AWAY.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

An exchange says: HForty-seveu girls
of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, have formed
Young Ladies' Protective Union.
When young men pays attention to one
of the members, committee Of three is
appointed to find out what Is bis standing,
morally aud financially. IF the lover is
ali right, his good qualities are reported
to the young lady in the presence of the
club. If not, she is informed Of it in pri.
vate. 1.-The is found to be black sheep,
tions, is dropped from the club" Sup
pose the young ladies of Anderson form q
society like it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

Mr.. Henry L. Smith, student of Da-
wilson College, N. c., spent last Sunday
in the city. This College, as is well
known, is controlled by the Presbyteri.
ans of North Carolina and South Carolina.
and the object of Mr.. Smiths visit to An
derson was to solicit contributions from
the Presbyterian Church hero to assist the
students in erecting Y. NJ. 9 a. building
on the College grounds 4 liberal contri.
button was given him.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

Preaching in the Methodist Church last
Sunday morning by DR.. Lander. Prof.
j. II. Rayhill gave reading in the alter
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03

Last Tuesday was "All-Fool's Day."
.and:as usual many sjokes were played on
the unsuspecting.
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nad put Drane in nomination for the
convention. ''As for the chance to go
to work, don't want it. I'll give it.
away
Altogether, Drane did not find this
assemblage of the unfortunate so inter
esting as he had thought it might be.
He withdrew from the circle soon and
climbed high up on the hay till the raft
ers were just over his head. Then he
lay down to sleep, and dreams carried
him to other and far different scenes.
At first there were pictures of home,
and then the familiar faces faded away
and in their place came one which had
imprinted itself on his heart more
clearly than he knew-the face of the
woman whom he had befriended and
who in turn had remembered him.
Through strange and difficult pathn he
was pursuing her. There was danger
around them both. Suddenly he over
took her and tried 70 speak to her, but
his voice would not come. He was chok-
ing. She seemed to read the agony in
his eyes, for her face grew pitiful. He
was dying at her feet. The hot sun cast
a terrible red glare upon him. 1t was
descending from the heavens to burn
him to a cinder.
With a struggle he threw the hideous
vision from him and awoke. The red
glare was still in his eyes, the choking
j in his throat. The barn was on fire.
Already the hay below him was blazing,
cutting off his escape. The smoke was
like visible demon clutching him. He
CROPPED to the wall and put his lips to a
little space between the boards, seeking
for air, but the hot vapor from within
rushed out, and he could not breathe.
The thought of death in that strange
place crowded upon him-a fate of
which those who loved him would never
i hear-his ashes scattered to the winds.
Frantically he struck the board before
him with his clenched hand. 1t yield
ed. Hope sprang mp in his heart. He
rained blows upon the rotten wood, till
he beat it from its fastenings, and then
with a last effort he forced his body
through the opening and swung himself
to the ground.
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experience should have taught him to
pity the poor fellow, but it didn't.
There can be no real sympathy between
costly apparel and the habiliments of
poverty. The brotherhood of man can
never be accomplished except by put
ting all the world in one unvarying uni
form.
So Drane stood there waiting for his
revenge. Suddenly there was a hubbub
at the door. An attendant rushed out
hurriedly and looked about. Behind
him Drane could see the thief expostu-
lating with tho man &C tlzBzdesk. Then
the attendants eyes fell upon Drane.
ARREST that man." said he to the po-
liceman; she has stolen mans clothes
in our bath!"
"Come with me, sir" said the officer,
laying his hand upon Drane's shoulder.
The blunderbuss of vengeance had
shot both ways again, as is the habit Of
that antiquated weapon.
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oners. During the examination of Law
renee and the impostor she had been
busy with Mrs. Bowers in another part
of the room, and 80 had not heard q
word of the case. It takes an acute ear
to detect any thing that goes on in q
New York court, even when one stands
beside the Judge himself. The young
lady had chanced to see Mr.. Drane's
face, and in spite ofthe great improve
ment effected on it by the barber and
the radical change in his garb, she rec
ognized him. 1t was not immediate,
and she was not altogether sure. She
whispered excitedly to Mrs. Bowers:
ssSecl Is not that the gentleman who
assisted me the other morningg'
Mrs. Bowers had recourse to her
glasses.
81 should think so," she replied,
from his clothes. shouldn't be likely
to forget them"
'Nc, no; 1 mean the other one.
must go up and see."
Mrs. Bowers disapproved of this heart
lily, but the young widow took her own
way, and presently Mr.. Drane felt
lig hit hand laid on his arm. 1t was at
the point where tho imposter had asked
to be allowed to go to his hotel. Law
renee turned, and with a ioyfully leap
ing heart saw the companion of his ad-
venture in the park. He was never so
glad to see anybody before, and forget
ting his situation he DRIED:
81 am perfectly delighted to see you
again.
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WISE MODERATION.

It Was Displayed by the Prussian Govern.
't ment After Sadowa.
In dealing with Austria the Prussisn
Government showed wise moderation.
1t annexed no territory, and the De.
cuniary indemnity claimed was not nm.
reasonable, being limited to 90, 600. 600
thalers from Austria and about 6, 600. oO0
thalers from Saxony for the coast of the
war. The end was attained when Prus-
sia became the supreme arbiter of Ger
many, and the Emperor and King of
Austria Hungary ceased to form part of
the Germanic body. From that mo.
ment and even before the peace was
signed, M. de Bismarck employed all
his address to turn the empire he at
tackled, and almost overthrown, into an
ally. He foresaw that his real antago.
nists were not on the Danube, but on
the Rhine and the Vistula. No man
ever acted more completely on the old
Greek maxim: Treat your enemies as
1t there were one day to be your friends,
and your friends as if they were to be-
come your enemies"
But the problem was more difficult I'm
dealing with the minor German states.
which had all, with the exception of
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin, adhered to Aus
tria and to the Bund. Hanover, Hesse.
Nassau and Frankfort were marked out
for immediate annexation; they had
been for century objects of Prussian
ambition, and the conduct of the King
OF Hanover, who repaired straight to
Vienna and refused to. enter into any
negotiations derogatory to his crown,
was absolutely fatal to his position as a
sovereign Prince. These provinces in
reality were the price and prizes of the
war. The southern Kingdoms of Bavaria
and W9rtemberg and the Grand Duchy
Of Baden escaped the territorial grasp
of Prussia and retained their sovereignty
under the fiimsy fiction of the North
German League, which drew a line at
the River Main across the country. But
the secret military conventions with
Prussia, which they were compelled to
accept, placed their armies and, con-
sequently, themselves entirely under
the control of the court of Berlin
Edinburgh Review
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[To BE coNTINUED.l
UP GO BILLIARD BALLS.
Zanzibar Troubles and EmiR,s LosS MA
TI,a,,, Tycss =

Zanzibar Troubles and Emlp,s Loss Make
Them Cost More.
The news hat HInin Pasha has left
behind him his load of ivory has had a
surprising effect upon billiard interests
in this country, and its effect may be
soon felt in further bpliing of the
market for soft Ivory used in the man
ufaature OF billiard-balls. The price of
billiard balls was recently advanced to
$a2 a set of four balls of standard 2sk-
inch measurement. 1t was the last
boom of a slow rise in price that had
been going on for nearly a yesE Last
year, before the advance set in, a stand
ard set of balls of the best ivory could
oe bought for S26. Footballs were q
trifie cheaper, because such tsue spheres
OF ivory are not needed in pool.
The billiard-ball manufacturers at
tribute the increase to the war that has
been going on in Zanzibar for q year or
more between the Arab traders and the
natives on the one hand and the German
leaders of the protectorate at Zanzibar
on the other. These costly dissensions
the manufacturers say, had the sHeet OF
greatly retardihg the exportation of
sofs ivory from Africa, and created a
scarcity of good ivory that made the in
crease In prices of billiard-balls neces-
sary. Only a certain part of the tusk
can be made into billiard-halla. and that
select part has to be in perfect condi.
ton or it Is useless for the billiard trade.
Yhe select part is cut into square blocks,
and these hloeks are turned into
spheres. Any imperfection in the tusk
viii produce ball that will be cracked
when turned, or that viii not season,
which is just as bad. The trimmings ei
the corners of the square blocks are util-
lied for the manufacture of ivory rings
! used in harness.=N. Y. San.
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VOL. 10

When he reached tho bow of the boat
she was just making a landing, and in
another minute the gates were opened
and he walked ashore. lie fingered
moment in the ferry-house with the
idea OF apologizing to Billy and plead
ing temporary insanity, but that indi-
vidual did not appear. The crowd
surged off the ferry-boat. and hurried
by Dranc. One lady evidently recOg-
nized him, for he heard her say to her
escort: Poor fellow, his voice must
have been wonderful before he ruined
it by drink"
Riddled by this double-barreled in
suit, Drane hung his head and made off
up street, which runs parallel with the
Pennsylvania tracks for few blocks.
At the first crossing he turned to the
right and passed over the confusion OF
rails at tho imminent risk of his life.
There is no moro dangerous place on the
face of the earth, but Drane was in a
condition of mind where collision with a
shifting engine would have been a re-
lief TO his feelings.
A freight train was being made up on
side track, and Drane crawled along
which looked as if it might be entered.
He was on the point of trying it, when
a figure appeared from the shadows.
Drane was about to run, but perceiving
that the other man had similar inten-
tion, he understood the case at once.
"Hold on" said he, Il won't hurt
you. I'm looking for free ride on this
train, and SO are you. Isn't that SOP"
you've called it, boss" said the fell
low, that's my game"
well, I'm in with YOU" returned
Dnne. You know more about this
business than do. What shall we do?'
The tramp answered by deeds, not
words. lie pried open the door of the
car and crawled in. Drane followed.
The car appeared TO be freighted with
pig-iron or some other heavy substance
! of which very little made load, for
there was plenty of room. Drano and
his companion found the most comfort
able place thoy could in the darkness.
| To the formers great relief the train
soon started and ran with no stop for
nearly an hour, Then there came halt.
| Presently Drane heard man stop just
outside the door by which they had en-
tered.
Jimmy" said voice, somebody s
been getting into this car"
Thunder and turf" whispered the
tramp, "we're in for it now. They'll
send us up. There's just one chance for
us. You stand on one side of the door
and I'll stand on the other. When they
climb in we'll make break"
That was exactly what they did; and
as Drane happened to jump out directly
upon the head of tho brakeman or
guard, they escaped.
In the lea of fence. few minutes
later, Drane was joined by his late ac
quaintance, whom he had outrun with
ease. Two or three others struggled W
Immediately after.
THEY'VE cleaned all the bows off the
train" the tramp explained. Were
hung up here for sure"
There was hasty consultation, and
from it Drane learned that they were
near an old barn which was we'll
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NO. SO.

Lawrence Drane and that this Yellow Is
telling my story. Those papers and
letters which yon have will probably
make the matter clear. Doubtless he
glanced at them at the bath and so got
his points"
The Judge looked at the papers, but
they failed to satisfy him. He asked
for witnesses, and the attendants at the
bath were sworn.
(Which of these men?" asked the
judge, ''came to the bath in good clothes.
and which one in rags?'
81 remember" said the witness, hes
itating, 'sthat took fellow in those
rags to a room, and think it was that
one," pointing to Lawrence. when he
was in the sweating ROOM" he con-
tinued, "he looked just about like any
body else"
There is an individuality in legs, but
few men recognize it, not even at
tendants at baths who have unrestricted
opportunities for observation. The tes-
timony of these witnesses made it pref
ty clear that Lawrence had left the bath
with better clothes than he wore when
he entered, but they could do nothing
to clear up the question of identity.
Then Lawrence requested the privi-
lege of examining tho plaintiff. This
granted, he confused the fellow in short
order by putting a series OF questions
designed to bring out his kno Wedge Of
Kansas City and his familiarity with
the business mission in which he pre-
tended to be engaged. The scale ap-
peared to be turning in Mr.. Drane's
favor. Justice was still in doubt, how
ever, and the court declared that 1t
would be necessary to get some direct
evidence as to the identity of each
claimant to the name of Drane.
81 think, your honor" said the inn
poster, that the people 1T my hotel
can satisfy you. 1 should Hike to go
there to get my grip and . decent suit Of
clothes. If was better dressed my
story would sound more likely" -
Lawrence smiled grimly at this. for
he knew too we'll how true it was.
Things had changed. The clothes were
on another mans back and he in turn
was victimized by them.
''Tll send an officer with you to the
hotel" said the Judge.
Just then the angel appeared. It was
the young widow whom Lawrence had
met in the park uptown. She was in
court with Mrs. Bowers, assisting that
charitable lady in her work and at the
same time keeping an eye open for her
thieving maid, who might be expected
to turn up at any time among the pris-
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III.
known to the profession" as harbor-
ing place. 1t was decided that the best
thing to do was to put up in this place
for tbs night. Drane fell into the line,
and after q march across some fields, he
enteSed the trsmp's hotel With the mot
ley crew.
Counting those already in it, who
vere aroused by the entrance OF his
party, there were nearly dozen IN oil.
Through Srcat hole high up in the
wall the moonlight streamcd, and in
the circle thus msSked out tho strange
conpany sat down and prepared to ex-
change some friendly gossip bofore go
ing to sleep.
~ take it you're new to tho profess
sion?" said tho man whose acquaint-
ance Drano had made in the freight
ward. What's your namc?"
Drane told him.
"Do you spoil it just itita any other
drain?" called out one of the men.
There was some good-naturod laugh
ter at this, and then one of them asked
Drane whore he catne from. He en-
dcavored TO sketch briefly and ac-
curately the events which had led him
to his present situation. He thought it
might interest them. 1t did. They re-
garded him as lirst-class humorist,
and liar of great natural endowments.
"Oh, yes, we've all been there" said
one. Il was gentleman and scholar
day before yesterday. 1t seems to me
that met you in Mr.. Gould's Office. l
dropped in TO sell him couple of rail-
roads; don't you rcmembcr?"
1t was utterly impossible for prane to
convince them that no was telling ths
truth. The moro closely he stuck to
facts the louder they laughed at the ex-
tent and variety of his genius for false
hood.
He'd make good delegate for the
convention said Johnny. What's the
matter with sending him to Pittsburgh
wheR the profession assemblies
He'd represent al the liars in it, F"
responded another, sin way that
wound more than do 'em iqstice,F
II can't promise 70 60" said Drane,
"but tho first man OF you who finds
me in Kansas City and learns the truth
OF what have told you shall have hun
dred dollars and a chance togo 10 work >
t'I'll sell my chance in that hundred
Tor pipeful Of plug said the man who
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pocket of the garment inside out and
read the owners name written there.
1t was Lawrence Dranel He had stolen
his own clothes back again.
Yes, there was no doubt about it.
The occupant of No. 40 had been the
original tramp who had accomplished
the exchange in the hotel 80 nicely,
and had afterward collected the tele-
graph money-order at New Haven. The
pockets of the coat were full of Drane's
papers. He ran them over hastily, and
could not discover that any were miss
ing.
His watch and a considerable sum of
money were there too. He wondered at
this because prudent persons leave such
things at the desk, but then he reflected
that thief distrusts everybody, and
hates 10 hand oyer his plunder when he
doesn't know who may be watching.
Drane was never SO eminently salts
fed in his life, Tho clothes restored
his brain to its proper balance almost at
once. He wondered how he could have
been brought to the point of entering
another's room, and he was shocked at
the thought, though delighted at the re-
suit.
He stroileG through the hall and
noticed that Fhe thief was still sleeping.
Beside him lay the remnants of the
InpSh. Drane would have been glad to
stay and watch tho fellow wHen he
walked up, but be had decided to go out
and find policeman TO take the thief
into custody.
.rA-aA- was Eone in sight when ne
stepped to the door. he sBoou 80
moment, holding bis chin in his hand,
while reficcting npon the pest course to
pursue. The action reminded him that
he needed shaYe very much, and as
the barber shops of the bath were SO
situated that he could keep an eye on
the slumbering thief, he went in and
had the last evidence of misfortune re-
moved, and the unsuspecting wretch on
the divan still slumbered.
As Drane emerged from the building
the first thing he saw was the blue coat
Of which he was in search. A burly
member of the force stood on the edge
of the sidewalk, as if placed there by
the hand of justice.
.'Hew wonderful are the workings of
chance" thought Drane, as he took in
at glance the advantages of the situa-
tion- s'My luck changed from the in
stant my eyes rested on that ticket.
He decided not to call the officer into
the bath so long as he showed no signs
of going away, but to wait till the thief
came ont, clothed in his rags, to meet a
late still VI tse- He chuckled with 9
mean satisfaction - f6s th0a8ht His
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Eight s6hoIastio HInts.

Conciseness is a virtue
Don't get ratified In school govern.
ment
There is no good discipline where q
harsh voice is frequently heard.
Teach genuine respect for the best
thought and the best life Of the dav.
A small vocabulary skillfully used is
better than large one indifferently
used,
A question asked by pupil for the
Class to answer is frequently worth
much more than that of teacher.
The essential features of elocution
should be in the mind Of the teachers
through the entire school career of a
child.
Emphasize the. fact that the right
way is always easier than the wrong,
and that to answer a question correctly
Is easier than to answer it incorrectly.
" tee idea is clearly in mind.-JournaI
of Education
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CHURCHES.

7'rIsT-Prcacuing each sunday at ~ a.
H., I'd At T:30 y. m, NJ the courthouse. sun
,n IT. Y nj 10 O'ClDck. a IN. prayer lheetlnR
W. SSS,es",Ia, evening of each week ReV; w;
caiH PASTOR. Eesidcnce ON Cor L'hco'h AVE-
aud Cherry St @cte' .,,.. -.
I-IuHtsT'lAN .- PfeGChiug every S1nu4E S ~ ,a AZ
~ ii o'clock. H. m, Nnd ~ p 10, ory ~ We'd We'd.
J. Il. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every vu- ~
1esdnvnirht sunday lcho, AT id o cioSS d. IN
every sunday. Pastors residence Az lio P"''
sonase 4; study at the ohape''
TETHODIST EP' NOPAL.--SeiNce NceS eEery S
MI sunday at il:C J. w. aud 80 y. h: SUI Suii
dny school every Sunday ant 10 a. III. rG?9Sol G?9o
msctiu every Thursday evening ht .'''
strangers invited. ID. w. PHiLLlrs' fNstor'
T0RFSBYTERIAN.- every SUNDAY NJ
N A. m and 80 p. IN. sunday school, al
M a m J B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH - Services ON mi
sunday OF every month at sherlock nail AT
1O.OO a. IN. REN. BITIEN I"Slor'
NERNAN BAPTIST BREFHREN-iloldr reg
kT ular services at Mugona. Barber county
the second and fourth Sundays III each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sulda! :
Cedar Creek school house on the third SUNDAY =
BY Elders Shambergcr, Smith ANA Nehcr'
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The Hsrdneas Of Wood

The relative hardness of woods Is calcu-
lated by the hickory, whisn is the toughest.
Estimating that at 1cJ. we get for pignut
hickory, So. white oak. a.; white ash, n;
dogwood, 4, scrub oak, %; white hazel, ~;
apple tree, 20; red oak, go; white beech, 6s;
black walnut, IS; black birch, 81; yellow
and black oak, 60; hard maple, 50; white
elm, IS; red cedar, 56; cherry, So; yellow
pine, So; chestnut, So; yellow poplar, 81;
butternut and white birch, a. and white
pine, IS. According to this formula woods
possessing degree Of hardness equal to
about 40 per cent less than that of hickory
should not be classed as hard woods. Such
wocds are, however, limited In quantity
add are not Of sufficient importance to JUS
tify classification, and the trade win con-
tinue to construe hard wood 70 mean any
thing except white pine