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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-08-03

wards-rocking like q cradle, and there
was no salvation for me except the
weight of my corporosity and to keep my
feet we'll braced against the sloping foot
board. He seemed to know to handle
the lines, but the of horse vas terror
and for half q mile he cut up scsnalouS.
There was contraption to the concern
that vas called hood, but 1t was down
and that gave me chance to grab the
ribs, which I did with my left hand in
spasmodic manner. The off horse dan
ced and pranced furiously and my friend
walloped him like he meant business
and talked all the time as unconcerned.
ly as if ne we're in funeral procession.
+ felt like We were and that the funeral
Was mine. Back and forth the concern
oscillated but dident oscillate with it
in graceful undulations and ever and
anon had to duck my head to dodge the
dropping limbs of the shade trees. Peo-
pie stopped to gaze and thought of John
Gilpin and his famous ride. saw some
ladies smile but I don't know whether
they were plying me or admiring my
friend. We passed the street cars and
crossed and recrossed the iron rails
time and again, and ground the fire out
of the Belgian blocks "Major," said he,
"a lady on that car threw kiss at you"
Kisses we're of no consequence just then,
but would have given $40 to have
been in the car beside her. was ru-
minating about being precipissted among
the horses heels or down upon the cruel
stones that lined the pavement.
thought of dislocated hips and broken
bones and hemorrhages snd a coallnl. t9E
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-08-03

[NorE.-The following article was
written for the Psople,' Advocate, and was
rendered to the Editor of that paper for
publication, but he declined to publish
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Various Items of Interest.

Tammany stands with dirk at the
throat of the Democratic party COM
handing it to ''stand and deliver."-
Nashville american DEM.
How eminently successful Mr.. Blaine's
reciprocity with France is the proposed
appropriation of $40, ZOO. 900 francs for
an exhibit at the Worlds Fair shows.
Here is another tribute to "a Repub-
lican business administration.-Bd
more american.
The New York post-office yielded q
net revenue of So, $50, All last year. This
is attributable in large measure to the
fact that tho post-office is one of the
things in New York that Tammany does
not control.-S. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Observation-Disclosures fty-major
Congress, by passing a bill in favor of
frugality and economy one day, and
then day or two later by mercilessly
butchsring measure designed 10 effect
q yearly saving Of S300,00O TO 5000,
furnishes very impressive illustration
of its ability to play the role of Mr..
Facing Both Ways.-NeD York Tribune.
The Mckinley bill not only increased
the duty on each of the five crops
wheat, corn, oats, hay and beans
which the Mississippi Valley cotton
planters decided to grow in place of
cotton to the extent Of 20 per cent of
last years cotton acreage, but it in
creased our cotton goods exports from
S9,673, 1902
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Breaks His Neck Often.

Albert Patterson, the man whose
neck literally hangs by thread and
who has been an inmate of Jefferson
College since September last, intends
leaving the hospital in day or so
comparatively curcd--that is to say
us near cured as he ever will be.
When the man entered the hospital
he had already broken his neck on
three different occasions. He showed
up at the hospital all Of a sudden one
day, and startled DR.. Egan by saying
he had his neck broken some time
before and he had felt little pain
back Of it yet. DR.. Egan admitted
him to the hospital, and found the
case to be one Of the most remarkable
in the annals Of surgery.
Dr. III. A. Wilson, the lecturer on
orthopedies, afterward examined the
man, and lectured on his case before
clinic. At this time Patterson was
wearing stiff bandage round his
neck, and, owing to it being an insult
flc.ent support, he jerked his neck out
Of place three times while in the hos
pital. On each occasion he fell down
paralyzed, and but for the prompt at
tention Of DR.. Egan in replacing his
neck in position he would have died.
DR.. III. A. Wilson, in order to obvi-
ate the recurrence Of these accidents,
devised a particular and special APP
paratus to hold the mans head in
place and also pair of tongs, which
fold up small enough TO go into his
pocket, but extending out far enough
to permit of him picking up things
from the floor without bending his
neck.-Philadelphia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Hats of the Beaver.

1t will be bad for the beaver if the
praise which is being so freely be-
slowed upon its fur should lead to
beaver hats becoming fashionable
again. 1t is hygienic according to
ore authority, economical by another,
in spite OF its high price at first, and
it is generally agreed that for light
ness, warm and comfort the beaver
hats, which were at one time the only
wear, are still ahead Of any others.
"Of all the felts that may be felt,
give me your English beaver" boldly
dcc!Srcs an old song of 1868, and three
years after Pepys bought him "beav-
err" which cost him ca 5s., which is
assurance doubly sure that they were
then in the front of fashion, says the
WarehOuseman and Draper.
The colonies first and the Hudson
Bay Company later almost depended
on the beaver for their prosperity,
and the number Of skins which at
times have been imported is surpris-
ing. 1t is popularity supposed that
the invention Of the silk hat led to
the freedom OF the beaver from the
prosecutions Of the trappers, but the
fact is that it has been hunted all the
same and il any considerable demand
were made upon his felt or fur by
fashion there would be serious danger
Of his extinction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Does IL PAY?

John Hapleigh was graduate or
an Eastern college, and had studied
with special reference to the teaching
OF rhetoric and elocution. He had
brilliant powers, and. armed with eX-
cellent credentials, he applied for a
position in Western university.
Pending the action Of the univer-
sity board OF trustees upon his appli-
cation, the young teacher spent So
cial evening with one of the profess
sors. Several invited guests were
present, among them the president
Of the university,
During the evening, as the guests
were talking together, the president
overheard the following little dialogue
between the young applicant for the
chair Of elocution and the son Of the
hostess:
"Do you play tennis?" asked the
young fellow.
you bet | do" replied the candi-
date for professorship.
ats fine game, don't you think
SOP"
Bang up?"
did you play base ball in college?"
well, l should smile! | was way
out of sight in it,"
That was all the president heard;
and it was all said by the professor in
tone Of fun, with an evident desire
to be free and easy with the lad, and
not to appear formal. But the presi-
dent reflected that man who would
use such phrases was not the man the
university wanted, and he took ac-
ton accordingly.
When the young mans application
was refused be was much surprised,
as he had fully expected to secure the
position. He is to-day filing an in
ferior place in spite of his ability be-
cause Of that little conversation. -
Youths Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

ish at New Orleans. At these celebra-
tons they do we'll in ascribing much
honor to "Old Hickory" but when
such speakers as Springer or Mills or
Cleveland get through talking about
Jackson's Democracy, which doesn't
take long, they branch off on free trade
and tariff. and then they forget all about
"Old Hickory" and his Democracy.
When it came Springer's turn to speak
at the Jackson celebration in New York
on the Sth of January, 1892, ne took
occasion TO say: 1.-The country does not
need to be informed, by bill for the
general revision of the tariff, what the
Democratic party desires to do If the
aw-making power were in the hands Of
our party.
"One-half OF the tariff burden will be
lifted from the shoulders of the people
by placing wool on the free list and
making the corresponding reductions
in the duties on wooden goods. A
measure thus affecting so largely the
necessary expenses of the people, 30
essential TO their health and comfort,
will not fail to attract universal atten.
ton and receive, when thoroughly un-
derstood. universal support"
Now, if Mr.. Springer had been honest
with Jackson, whose memory he pre-
tended to honor, he would have told
the banqueters what President Jackson,
the Democrat of the old school, the old
sturdy type, thought of free trade. But,
of course, the modern Democrat never
mentions President Jackson's opinions
Of free trade, and therefore they mis-
represent the Democracy of the hero of
New Orleans. When DR.. L. III. Cole
man, of North Carolina, wrote to An
drew Jackson in 1924 for mis- views on
the tariff question, he answered under
the date of April 26, in this language
Heaven smiled upon and gave us lib
erty and independence. The same
Providence has blessed us with means
Of national independence and national
defense. He has filled our mountains
and our plains with minerals-with lead,
and iron and copper-and has given us
a climate and soil for the growing or
hemp and wool. These being the great
materials of our national defense, they
ought to have extended to them ade-
quate and fair protection, that our man
ufacturers and laborers may be placed
in fair competition with those of Europe,
and that We may have within our coun-
try supply of these leading articles SO
essential to war. In short, sir, we have
been too long subject to the policy of
British merchants"
Mr.. Parton, in his life of Jackson,
says that Henry Clay never delivered a
speech, and Horace Greeley never
wrote an editorial, more commencing
the American system of protection,
than does the Coleman letter. And
Jackson not only paid this tribute to
protection in 1924, but he pronounced
another one equally as strong in the
campaign OF 1928.
So it seems that while Springer, Mills
and Cleveland are praising Andrew
Jackson they haven't got Andrew Jack
sons Democracy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
English Houses.

Crate fires are still preferred TO
furnace heat in most city residences,
the soft coal making a most alluring
fire. AS the dust and SCOT thus made
are removed by the servants and
charwomen engaged for the purpose,
the lady of the manor has no dread
of housekeeping before her eyes, and
enjoys her fire in comfort. The num-
Der Of servants necessary for perform
ing the ordinary duties of homework
is surprising-flrst, the cook, whose
wages average about one hundred dol
lars year; an upper and under
housemaid, the first paid one hundred
dollars year, the other paid ten or
fifteen dollars less, and in the larger
families footman, and sometimes a
butler, as well as lady's maid, and, if
there are 4 number of children, one
or two nursery maids, whose wages
range from sixty TO ninety dollars q
year. These servants have no wash
Ing or ironing to do, even their own
clothes are sent with the family linen
outside the city weekly TO be washed.
a well-to-do professional man who
makes no special claims 10 wealth or
social distinction will need, in London,
If he has good-sized family, eight
servants. besides their food and wash
ing. The English servants are for
the most part respectful and well
trained, and thoroughly understand
their duties, but like all servants In
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
1920
1891.
Months.
Making Our Own Cotton Ties.

There is something really funny in
the way the predictions of the free
traders are being wrecked; and,one of
the worst predictions they ever made
was in regard to cotton ties. These ties
are made of hoop-iron, and are used in
the South to bale cotton with. These
ties were largely made in Europe, the
importation for the year ending June
80, 1890, reaching 44,62l ,533 pounds.
Mills and others, especially all the
Southern members of Congress, wanted
them free, but Mckinley increased the
would be ruined by such tariff as that.
Well what is the result? There are
practically no cotton ties imported from
Europe, all being made in this country !;
and, more than that, the price has de-
clined fully 20 per cent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

forced down by the in GRIP AND LEVER.
ner frame it rests on the moving ca
bic and pushes or presses it tight on
the rollers before pressing it on the
lower die. Gradual motion is thus
impaired to the car without jerk or
jar. A still further downward mo-
ton of the upper die forces the rope
or cable on the lower die, the cable
thus being held tightly between the
dies. A reverse motion of the lever
raises the frame and upper die and
releases the cable and allows it to run
through freely without imparting any
motion to the car, which is then
brought to a standstill by the action
Of the brakes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
America I'm England.

American visitors in England arc
often surprised to find unfamiliar
names of Englishmen current there
as the inventors of what they had al
ways been accustomed TO regard as
the creation OF American brains. 1t
Is not Cyrus Fields name that is spo-
ken there in connection with Allan
tic cables, nor Howe's with the sew
ing machine. In fact, few things are
ever seen labeled American" in Lon
don shops, no matter what their
origin may have been, that are not Of
the cheapest and often the most in
ferior Observation-Disclosures Led
ger
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03


built the Clay Street Hill Railroad Of
San Francisco in August, 1873. The
system, says Harper's Weekly, con-
sists simply OF IN endless wire rope
placed in tube (haying narrow
slot from one-half TO thrce-Quarters
inch wide) beneath the surface and
between the rails, maintained in its
position by means of sheaves, rollers
or wheels. The rope is kept contin-
uously in motion by stationary
steam engine at either end of the line
or at any convenient point between
the two ext,emes A gripping at
tachment at the end Of a vertical
steel rod connected with the car and
passing through the narrow slot in
the tube transmits the motion Of the
cable to the car.
The speed at which the car moves
is determined by the rapidity of the
cable and this is regulated by the rev.
olutions Of the driving-wheel at the
stationary engine. The rope is made
of steel wire about three inches in
circumference, is supported every
thirty-nine feet on eleYen-inch
sheaves, but does not run directly I'M
der the slot, but to one side Of it, to
prevent sand and drift from falling
on the rope and to enable the
foot OF the gripping attachment to
pass by and under the upper sheaves
and over the lower sheaves in the
tube. The connection between the
cars on the street and the travelling
rope is by means Of this gripping at
tachment, as shown in the illustra-
ton. The grip is worked by lever
and is the one now generally en-
ployed by all the companies. 1t is
formed Of two frames, one sliding in
side the other. The outer one is Sc
cured to the grip bar on the forward
truck by bolts, aud carries the lower
jaw; while the inner frame, which
slides up and down upon the outer
one, carries the upper jaw, the quad
rant, the operating lever and the adj
justing mechanism, and is held in
place byguide plates extending across
the inside frame, and between which
it slides. The frame carrying the
jaws passes through the slot directly
down alongside the cable without Off
set. The grip bar, on which these
parts are mounted, is secured and
supported by frame on the running
gear or truck, and not on the car
itself.
When the car is at. standstill the
cable passes along over the chilled
iron grooved rollers ut each end of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

DR.. Koch's son-in-law has discovered
the bacillus of the grip. Let him hit 1t
with club at once.-Louisville Post.
It is said that grip germs have been
caught and photographed. This Is let
ting light in subject regarding which
we have been somewhat in the dark
Duluth Tribune.
DR.. Pfeiffer, a son-in-law of DR..
Koch, of Germany, announces that at
last he has discovered the grip microbe.
Having discovered IL, what is to be done
with it?-Indiaiapolis News.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Nails and the Tariff.

We have another pretty good illustra-
ton of the "iniquity" of the "robber"
tariff. 1t is as regards nails. The Iron
Age has recently printed price list
comparing the prices of cut steel wire
nails in factory lots in Chicago, during
1890 and 1891. The comparisons are
quite interesting, and more so because
under the new tariff law the price has
gradually declined:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

other countries, they share alike In
possessing only limited amount of
mental capacity, which never by any
chance permits them to think or
Judge for themselves, in having no
fixed devotion to the families they
hire in, or in any desire to improve
their abilities sufficiently to make
themselves invaluable to their en-
ployers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
in eleven months of 1890 to
$l2,646,394
in eleven months of 1891.

in eleven months OF 1891.
The calamity party is still wailing over
the poor farmer, but this does not sound
80 calamitous: During the month of Oc-
tober, 1891, the farm mortgages filed in
Nebraska amounted to $50, 225; mort
$l63,934 During the month of Novem-
Der, 1891, mortgages filed. $4l ,760; mort
cages cancelled, SlO5,855; difference,
s64,095. During the month OF Decem-
Der, 1891, mortgages filed, $50, 7l9; mort
cages cancelled, Sl3S,237; difference,
$107, 51S. Total paid out during three
months to liquidate mortgage indebted
ness, $685., 547. The farmers are not
quite bankrupt yet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Primitive People.

There is no machinery In the Sierra
Leone Islands except the sewing-ma-
chine. The colony is 1903 years old,
and contains $4,000 people without
sawmill or any other kind Of mill to
do any kind of woodwork.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

lower die. The lever
operating the grip is
then inclined forward.
When the gripman de-
sires to start the car
he draws the hand
lever back. This ac-
tiOn moves the inner
frame downward, car
rying with it the up
per jaw or die. This
die consists of a piece
of brass secured in the
lower end of the slid
ing part. The lower
die is a shorter piece
of brass fitted length
wise between the two |
rollers. This is ar
ranged with sct-screws
TO be raised to take up
wear. The upper die
is longer than the
lower, a nd as it is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.

Scholarly Exposition OF the Lesson
Thoughts Worthy Of Calm Reflection
Half an Hours Study Of tho Scriptures
Time Well Spent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
OUR NATIONAL PROGRESS.
HOW FOREIGN TRRDE HAS BEEN
EXPANDED.

FREQ Materials for American ship-buiid-
ing-Congressman Springer and Presi-
dent Jackson-Masing Our Own Cotton
Ties-Naiis and the Tarifr-Various Items
of Interest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Free MATERIAL. for Our Ship buiider..


The tariff reformer and the free
trader tell us that if the American ship
builder had free raw materials to build
with, how wonderfully helpful that
would would be to the ship industry of
this country. So to show the people
that these tariff refOrmers are in earn
est, Representative John +. Andrew, or
Boston, will introduce a bill which will
seek to give all American ship-builders
materials free of duty. If Mr.. Andrew
will examine Section s, of the Republic
an tariff law Of 1890, he will see that his
proposed bill will be useless, for 1t pro-
vides as follows: "AH lumber, timber,
hemp, MANILA, wire rope, and iron and
steel rods, bars, spikes, nails, plates,
tees, angles, beams and bolts and cop
per and composition metal, which may
be necessary for the construction and
equipment of vessels built in the United
States for foreign account and owner
ship, or for the purpose of being en-
ployed in the foreign trade, including
the trade between the Atlantic and Pa
cific ports of the United States, after the
passage of this act, may be imported in
bond, under such regulations as the
secretary of the treasury may pre-
scribe; and upon proof that such ma
terials have been used for such purpose,
no duties shall be paid thereon"
Then, again, Section 8, of the same act
October /, 1890, provides that ''all
articles of foreign production needed
for the repair OF American vessels en-
gagged in foreign trade, including the
trade between the Atlantic and Pacific
ports of the United States, may be with
drawn from bonded warehouses free of
duty, under such regulations as the sec
rotary Of the treasury may prescribe. "
No Democratic measure can give the
ahip-builders of America freer raw ma
krials than the present law, and then
why are not the free traders happy
If Representative Andrew clearly un-
derstOod the situation, or was honest
with himself and his constituents, he
would never introduce his free raw ma.
terials bill, but would intrduce one
which would in q large measure cure
the disease which has driven the
American flag from the high seas.
British, French, and German steam
ships prosper in business because theil
respective governments substitute then
to the amount of millions of dollars an
nually. This is the reason why there
are more foreign than American vessels
carrying the commerce Of the seas.
Consressmsn Springer to President JscI
son.
The Democrats in the East have
adopted the custom of celebrating the
9Th day of January in honor of Andrew
T..L.nr that haiuO the dav of thu
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03

really the inven-
ton, in its prim-
tive form, Of one
j. @. Stewart, Of
Phi liza delphia, as
early as 1854, but
was never put into
practical use until
Mr.. a ndrew :.
Hallidie, Of San
Francisco, perfect
'ed the system, and
with his associates
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
Coneressmsn Springer to President Jack
son.

The Democrats in the East have
adopted the custom of celebrating. the
9Th day of January in honor of Andrew
Jackson, that being the day OF the
month in 1916 when he licked the Brit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
HOW THE CABLE CAR MOVES.

Facts that Are Not Known TO the Average
Reader.
The endless cable laid in conduits
under the highway for street cars is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
The Grip Bacillus.

Next lesson--aThe New Covenant" Jer
81: 27-37.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-04
Mosquitoes.

A correspondent suggests that one
of the best methods of getting rid OF
mosquitoes is to stock the ponds and
lakes with fish-carp is especially
named as being one of the fish to
feed on the larva of the mosquito.
So far as this goes, it is undoubtedly
a valuable hint; but, as the egg of
the mosquito comes to maturity in a
very short time, any small hole, even
a COW track, in which water may lie
for week, is sufficient to bring forth
the insect to perfection, so that after
we get them from the lakes and
ponds, there is generally enough left
from swampy places in marshes to
stock the country nevertheless.
Dragon flies feed on mosquitoes
and do no harm in any way.-Nee,
hans MonMly for July.