The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-07-09
: South Dakota now has the largest

South Dakota now has the largest
Artesian well in the world. It shoots
water 140 feet from the surface.
= The suppression of the slave trade
in East Africa is followed by deplorable
results. Fhe native chiefs have returned
to their old custom of Killing their pris.
oners. The slave traffic prevented this.
Prisoners that could be sold we're too val.
liable to be slaughtered. In saving
Africa from slavery, their friends have
doomed Thousands of them to certain
death.
There is horse on James McCloud's
farm in South Dakota which has eight
feet, otherwise it is perfectly formed in
every respect. Not until the fetlock joint
is reached in the descent from the
shoulder to the foot is there any differ
euce between this horse and any other.
At the pastern joint, however, the branch
begins, and two perfecly formed hoofs
are found on each Of the four legs.
"The frat drops of blood" says the
New York World, that were shed in the
war of the rebellion are in possession Of
Col. 3. F Hawkes. of the pension Office
at Washington. They came from the
veins of Col. B. F. Kelly, who COM
manded the Federal troops at the battle
of Phillippi, the first battle of the war,
and stained his vest. A bullet from the
opening fire of the Confederates passed
through Col. Kelley's lungs and the sur.
gsons pronounced the wound mortal, but
the officer recovered, became general
and is now living at the age of 81. Col
Hawkes was Kelley's adjutant al Phillip
pi and preserved the vest as a most inter-
esting relic ofthat great conflict.
= In my young days I vas laughed at
so much for pulling green melons (for I
could not decide when ripe by thumping)
that put my wits to work to decide in
some other way; and after experimenting
for years I at last learned 10 tell very
easily, and will give the results of my ex.
periments for the benefit of any who may
ever be in like dilemma. My plan is
this: / draw my thumbnail over the
melon, scraping off the thin green skin.
IT the edges of the Gkin on each side of
the scar are left ragged or granulsted and
the rind under the scar is smooth, firm
aud white and has something of a CLASSY
appearance, the melon is ripe. But if
the edges of the scar are smooth and even,
and the thumbnail has dug into the rind
in places, and the skin does not come off
clean, then the melon is green. You can
easily learn on two melons, one ripe and
the other green (after they have been cut
open,) and noting the difference.
During an electrical storm that pass.
ed over Galveston, Texas, last Saturday
terrible explosion occurred which
shook the city to its foundations.
Houses rocked and swayed as ifin the
throes of an earthquake. Glass was
broken, doors flung open, plaster fell
from the walls, goods fell from the
shelves, and the people stood aghast at
that they knew not what. Until the
cause of the fearful phenomenon became
known, the suspense of the people was
almost unbearable. At length tele.
phone message brought the news that
the Lightning had struck the magazine of
the American Powder company situated
four miles out. The shock was commu-
nicated to several other magazines, and
in all several thousand kegs of powder
were caused to explode. Upon inyesti-
CATION it was found that the spot where
one of the magazines stood was marked
by hole 120 feet in circumference and
from 200 to 800 feet deep, while brick
and other debris had been scattered over
an area of quarter of q mile. Several
persons were ipjured-one man fatally.