The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-08-07

Attorney General Earle passed
Marion last Monday night on his way to
Conway to attend the campaign meeting
Yesterday. In conversation with Mr..
F. F. Covington be stated that MIR. Till
man had told him positively that he
would advocate primary election for
State officers and that he would speak in
its favor before the August Convention.
Pee Dee Mder, 24M.
The merchants of Atlanta, Ga, who
are noted for their push and energy, have
determined to have what is termed
"midsummer trades festival" on the 18th
of August. 1t is intended as celebra-
tion of their prosperity and the progress
of the city, and the Constitution says it
will take the shape of the most imposing
demonstration that has been seen in
Atlanta in many day. There will be
come appropriate exercises in Piedmont
Park, and on the programme will be
number of features that will amuse and
entertain. The numerous railroads Gen.
treing at Atlanta will give low rates of
fare, and great crowd of visitors is
anticipated.
There is going to be a big 6ght in
the next legislature for the suppression
of bar rooms in Georgia. a general law
making it illegal to sell whisky in guam
titles of less than one quart, will be aked
for. Five thousand petitions are now
being circulated over the State, and fif.
teen hundred ministers are at work for
the law. Judge John D. Cunningham,
of Atlanta, is one of the leaders in the
movement, and he and his co laborers
are very much in earnest. The gentle.
men who are at the head of this move.
ment think that now is the time to press
their bill, the original package decision
having made the liquor question new
issue. They also base hopes on the
fact that the Farmers alliance is against
bar.keepers.
= The Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon advances
somewhat radical view in Sword and
Trowel: "In the matter of faith healing,
health is set before us as if it were the
great thing to be desired above all things.
Is it so2 I venture to say that the
greatest earthly blessings that God can
give to any of us is health, with the ex.
ception of sickness Sickness has fre-
quently been of more use to the saints of
God than health. If some men that I
know of could only be favored with a
month of rheumatism it would mellow
them maryellopsly, by Gods grace.
Aasuredly they need something better to
preach than what they now give their
people, and possibly they would learn it
in the chamber of suffering. I would
not wish any man long time of sickness
and pain, buta twist now and then one
might almost ask for him. A sick wife,
a new made grave, poverty, slander,
sinking of spirits, might teach lessons
nowhere else to be learned SO well.
Trials drive US to the realities of reli.
gion."
Probably the most extraordinary
surgical operation on record is reported
from Paris. DR.. Lannelongue, an emf
nent specialist in the Children's Hospi.
tai, has just succeeded in the effort to
give intelligence to a poor little idiot
The child, a little girl, 4 years old, had q
deformed head, only about one third the
size of an ordinary little one of her age.
She never smiled, never took notice of
anything, and she could neither walk nor
stand. The Doctor became convinced
that the condition of the little creature
was due to the abnormal narrowness of
the head, which hindered the natural
growth of the brain. About the middle
of May last he made long aud narrow
incision in the centre of the skull and
cut a portion out of the left side Of it,
without ipjuring the dura mater The
result of this operation WAS something
astounding. In less than a month the
child began to walk. Now she smiles,
interests herself in everything around
her, and plays with a doll. A tolerably
bright little child has taken the place Of