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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
A Good and Sufficient Reason.

In the time when political warfare
wsxed hot and relentless, there was q
town in the West country in which the
two parties we're so equal that the vary.
ing of single vote one way or the other
might be matter of most serious conse.
quences. It was in America, where ev.
ery male has vote when he attains the
age of twenty.one. Of course on both
sides sharp eyes were open and watchful.
A young man came up to the polling
place on election day and offered to vote.
1t was his first appearance in the charac.
of az elector, and he had the indepen'
dence or audacity to differ politically
from his father. His father challenged
his vote.
"On what grounds?" demanded the
presiding officer.
"He isn't 21."
"Ia 21," asserted the youth.
mo you are not, !" said the father; you
won't be 81 till tomorrow.
II say will" cried the youth. II was
born on the 18th day of November. It's
down. on the old Bible"
"Then it's mistake" said the old
man, "You weren't born till the morn
ing of the 18th day of November, ] can
VOW"
"How can you?"
"How ?" repeated the old man indig.
nantly. Goodness gracious, wasn't
there ?"
"Well," returned the son, with proud
defiance, wasn't 1 there, too ?"
The young man voted.-London lid
Bits.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1898.

cause, while the demand for land will
have beeh doubled as our population has
doubled every twenty-five years since
the Government vas established, and
the area of arabic land will remain the
same, or be diminished by poor tillage,
the owners of land must more than dou.
BILE the present value thereof if they hang
on to them and till them intelligently.
Therefore take rather an optimistic
view of the land owners and land tillers
of the United States. They own all the
food producing fields of to-day, and the
Government is no longer Offering millions
of acres of equally good land as a dona'
tion to sll comers from all over the world.
The supply Of land is about absorbed,
and the demand for it is growing from
day to day and year to year, and he who
holds land and takes care of it intelli-
gently as farmer will twenty FIVE years
from now leave an estate twice or three
times its present value. Demand will
have doubled or treble and the supply
will have remained stationary"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31

1t is a peculiarly of President
Cleveland that he never wears gloves,
either on ceremonious occasions or as q
protection from the cold, or when he
handles office seekers or other things he
doesn't like.-Boston Globe.
A remarkable story of woman's
devotion comes from St. Petersburg,
where young woman was married to q
convict in prison, and will accompany
him to Siberia, and undergo banish-
ment of ten years.
At the beginning of the century the
Bible was accessible to but one fifth of
the population OF the world. Now 1t
may be read by nine tenths of the people
of the globe, 80 rapidly has its translation
been carried on.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
H0w's This {!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust.
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
Weot & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of the system. Testi.
monials sent free.> Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by Druggists.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
BHcklens Arnfca SalTe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
YER Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per boz. For sale by
Hill Pres,
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A Boa Wound About Her.


daughter of Eve to discover what her
primary ancestors learned 80 many cen.
turies ago, that serpents are dangerous
things and not to be trusted. She is
Mile. De. Granville Knox, the wife of
DR.. A. b. Knox, of Danbury, and she
has won renown as snake-charmer.
For many years Mrs. Knox has been
the proud possessor of large and valu-
able collection of reptiles. She gave ex.
hibitions with them. They we're to her
what collection of tea-kettles is to a
woman whose taste runs in that direc-
ton, or store of laces to one whose
collection mania takes that form. Be.
sides, Mrs. Knox's snakes we're source
of revenue to her, and she valued them
even more on that account.
She was in North Attleboro, Mass, the
other day exhibiting her pets to an
admiriDg throug. She had probably told
the audience about the delightful intelli.
gence and the companionable qualities
of the s: :.xe; how the goddess of wisdom
used it as an emblem; how Cleopatra
found it the best means Of ending her
sorrows how "wise as serpent ~ was
the highest commepdation as to ssgacity /;
how Medusa was so fond of the society Of
snakes that she wore them in her hair,
and how the acme of grace was the Loie
Fuller serpentine dance. Then Mrs.
Knox, having exhaused her eloquence,
began to lock up her pets.
She was tucking away her boa con-
strictor in his large box bed when the
snake turned upon her and began to coil
his body about hers Mrs. Knox, star
tied out of her confidence in snakes,
screamed aloud. The boa stuck his teeth
into Mrs. Kuox's arm, biting q large
piece out of it below tue elbow, mean-
while Tightening his coils.
The employees of the exhibition rushed
to her assistance. Mrs. Knox had mean.
while clutched the boa firmly by the
neck with her left hand while it dug its
teeth into her arm. This prevented the
animal from coiling itself as tightly
about her as its clipgipg disposition
probably tempted it to.
According, it switched its tail, hitting
Mrs. Knox on the head and bring her to
her knees. The men who had come to
her assistance had tough struggle with
the snake, but finally succeeded in re-
leaaiug the suffering woman and forcing
it back into it's box.
Then the huge reptile in its rage be-
gan an attack on itself. It tied itself up in
big knot and bit two large pieces out
of its own body.
Mrs. Knox. was taken to the Wamsutta
House, where her wound was dressed by
DR.. Foster. The bite of the boa is not
poisonous. She had handled this snake
for long time and thiu was the frst
time it ever showed signs of unfriendli.
ness. She bears on her left hand scar
made by lions bite twenty years ago
in Texas, where she was performing with
circus. But as that trifle didn't dis
courage her, this one will probably have
as little effect. She will doubtless go on
charming snakes with the same indifar.
ence to their unpleasantly uncertain ways
that she maintained when she had only
the experience of Eve to deter her. And
as Connecticut is full of them, she'll have
enough to keep her busy for some time
-&k
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Georgia first in the production
of Watermelon, second in that of rice,
end third in that of cotton,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
SARGE PLUNKETT.
atlanta Constitution.

why we Eissipate and its Many Different
Forms.
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remedied by legislation.
THE FARMERS ARE MIsLED.
"There is no farmer of good sense and
good health who cannot any where in
the Northwest by sobriety, industry and
good management make good living
for himself and an ordinary family, and
hundreds of thousands of them in Ne
braska have not only made good living
during the last ten years, but have dou-
bled and trebled their number of acres
in their farms by purchasing adjacent
ground. The farmer, aside from being
led astrsy on money and the tariff, is now
being worked to sign petitions to Con.
gress asking large appropriations Of the
public money with which to irrigate the
arid lands of the plains. That is to say,
ne asks that be may be taxed to create his
own competitors. If it is a proper use Of
the taxing power to raise money with
which to fertilize with water the arid
lands of the plains, it seems to me it
would be equally legitimate to make ap-
propriationn for the purchase of guaDo
and other fertilizers to restore abandoned
farms in New England. The New Eng
land farms are worn out just as those in
the West may be by non. rotation ofcrops
and non-manuriDg. Under the operation
of the inexorable law that the relation Of
supply to demand is the sole regulator of
value, the owner of farms in the United
States have corner on the greatest pro
fits ofthe coming twenty-five years, he
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such a deplorable condition as represent
ed by some of the calamity howlars, who
seem desirous Of arraying all of those
who, by industry, economy and thrift,
have saved something, as the enemies
of those who have, by shiftlessness and
intemperance. secured nothing.
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We suspected that these were the chill.
dren of some man whose weakness was
drink and who fingered too long at the
bar, 30 we stopped again found out their
names, let them have such of our "track"
as they chose and went away feeling
happier ourselves, while the sound of
merry voices tiugled in our ears as Shey
ran With their load into the house With
their mamma.
When We had put away our team at
the wagon yard we sauntered up town
and into popular barroom, just to see if
we could not get sight of the father of
these children. He WAS there, there in
all his glory, and he was not one of the
sad, woe-be gone ones, either. He was
what they call generous fellow in these
resorts. Reckless of money, be seemed
to be, as he would kuock upon the table
and call for the drinks for his crowd. /
pitied him as I thought upon the three
little fellows at the gate who watched up
the street 80 aaxiously for his coming and
uttered so pitifully:
"Don't you wish our papa would come
home, too?"
Generous fellows can always be found
in these resorts. So to give their listle
children one paor nickle would be like
pulling their tooth. Thus they feel in
their sober moments, and it is strange
that in this feeling they are perfectly
honest, while they will linger in these
barrooms and throw money away with
reckless abandon. I know that the
weakness of these generous fellowa is
strong drink, but in them I can trace no
reason for so doing but that they are rat
ursl born fools without excuse or one
redeeming trait.
Because I have mentioned barrooms
ia connection with these weaknesses. it
is no reason that I mean to reflect on
bars or that there are not weaknesses
otherwise. The baseball weakness End
the theater ir :he amusement world have
their devotees. Religion has its fanatics.
Some men eat, some smoke, some one
thing and some another, all of which
might be encouraged into weaknesses. 1t
is my notion that we have all got to have
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31

Every man has his weakness in some
form or other, is the notion have come
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

"Yes," remarked a stranger to the
editor, as the two sat on the veranda
slipping lemonade and looking out
upon the rolling sea; ''yes, head work
is very trying, and the man who
earns living by it needs a vacation
now and then"
Yes" said the editor, head work
is very trying. l find itso, especially
when the hours are long"
How many hours a day do you
work. asked the stranger.
-Four" said the editor.
Heavens! Iwork ten"
Head work2"
Yes, every bit of it."
Newspaper or general literaturef
Neither. I'm barber"
Then the editor-for editors are not
all wise-shut himself up as close as
the sun umbrella which he carried
New York Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

NJ. Zola, in The Figaro, in reply to
some critics, insists that the emperor
rouged his cheeks at Sedan. The
emperor's friends, he says, have
talked as if to have done so would
have been humiliating-"the role Of
a buffoon.' "On the contrary, this
seems TO me a great mistake. ! find
the act superb-worthy of a hero of
a Shalespearean play, heightening
the figure of Napoleon III to a tragic
melancholy of an infinite grandeur. "
That is a characteristically French
exaggeration. We presume M. Zola
means that it was noble of the EN-.
peror to take the trouble to conceal
from his troops his desperate phys
ical Weakness. But even granted
that it vas a prudent thing not to
show acheek Of ghastly pallor, we
fail to see that it was heroic. Lon.
don Spectator.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
PREVENTING FUTURE MISERY.

II there Is, in this vale Of tears, a more prolific
source of misery than the rheumatic twinSe we
have yet TO hear OF it. People are born wi h a
tendency to rheumatism, Just as tn Y -re with
one TO consumption or To &C, ofula. slight causes
may velop this. As soon as the Agouizing
complaint Il anitestS itself, recourse should be
had 10 hostetter's StOma Bitters, which ch cks
It's further iurOGds an bauishes IN eumattc
poison fIom tire system. This statement talnes
exactly with the testimony of physicians who
have employed this fine blood dt pdrrnt In their
private practice. There is also the amplest pro-
fessionsl and generalt stimony as to the efficacy
OF the BItters for mslariN, liver complaint, con-
sup 'tion, indig' stiou, kidney trouble, nervous
ness and loss of appetite an flesh After wet
ting, whether follow, d by cold or not, the Bit
ters is useful as preventive OF theiniIial tack
o rheumatism,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
GOOD ENOUGH FOR A STORY.
a Tragedy In Rural Hotel, but the
Boarders Never Stopped Eating,

q Tragedy In q Rural Hotel, but the
Boarders Never stopped Eating.
A party of engineers sat out in the
light of the campfire on the leeward
side Of a hill i'll Dakota exchanging
"reminiscences.
Let me tell you of an enjoyable
supper l once had" spoke up the
youngest member of the group,
whose English had not yet been cor
rupted by the vernacular of the
west.
Il was on my way to join an engi-
neer1ng party at Boise City. had
taken the stage and travelled about
forty miles, when we drew up at
one of those mushroom towns, where
we waited an hour and half for
supper.
Smoky Creek settlement, like
many towns" he went on by way of
explanation, lis famous for some
single characteristic. This particu-
lar town is notorious for its lynching
parties. 1t is about forty miles from
railroad, but occasionally an east
ern bound traveller stops over for an
hour or two on his way to a neigh
boring mining town. 1t is in close
proximity to some of the largest
ranches in the country, and is of
course great rendezvous for COW
punchers, miners and the attendant
retinue of fakirs, road agents, faro
tricksters and representatives of
nearly every calling who proceed to
collect the living which the world
owes them in the easiest way. There
are several hotels. l stopped over
at the Crossroads House. l went in
and took seat at the long table.
Several glanced m. %iving me p
quick scrutinizing glance as if to size
me up, then paid no more attention
to me. While apparently engaged
in consuming the bacon, corn bread,
sorghum and dried apples, | had an
opportunity to take in my surround
ings. AT one end of the table sat a
gruff, sullen looking fellow who
glared now and then at an inoffen-
sive man seated across the table from
him. From the fragments of con-
versation of those nearest me
learned that the two had had some
disagreement over game a few
hours before, and there were posi-
bly, old scores to settle. Some one at
my left remarked, That air night
hawk for once got the best NV the
day wrangler'
THE sullen looking fellow, evil
IDENTIFY the day wrangler, looking
across at the nighthawk, said gruffiy,
Pass me the m m'lassesr
The other looked up at him coolly,
muttered something about a Teller
bein little more perlite, and showed
the pitcher across the table. The
pitcher upset, and the brown liquid
oozed over the table. The day wran-
gler evidently took this as an inten-
tional insult, Without saying a word
and with scarcely moments hesita-
ton he took out his revolver and
shot the man dead"
1T must ha' broken up that air
supper, v remarked one of the group,
shifting his cud of tobacco to the
starboard side of his mouth.
Indeed it didn't, was the answer.
THE other boarders looked up, but
not word was said, and the meal
went on as if nothing had happened. {"
New York Herald.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.

When you feel kind of goneness about
the stomach it is sign that your food
does not sit well and that you are about to
have a fit of indigestion.
When you begin to feel nervous and are
unable to sit still comfortably; when your
clothes suddenly seem t, lose their tit and
become too tight in places the tit of indi-
gestion is surely upon u,
Ahen this fit of indigestion is repeated
from day to DAY it finally resolves itself
INTO dys epsia.
Remember that three to ten of FRAN
pRETH's PILLS will cure the worst case of
indigestion or dyspepsia. or both, and that
regular course of them, say two every
night for week or ten days, will act as Il
preventive of either complaint.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
BEWARE OF OINTMENTs FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY,

As mercury will surely destroy The sense Of
smell and completely derauge the whole system
when entering II through the mucous surfaces.
such articles should never be used ext ept on
prescriptions from reputab e physicians as the
damage they will co l. tenflld 20 the gooi YOU
can possibly derive from them Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by + j. Cheney & Co, To.
ledo, o., contains no mercury, aud is tskcn in
ternal " ting directly upon he blood and mu-
cous surface of tue system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you g,t the genuine. II is
taken interna ly aud made in Toledo, o., by +.
J. Cheney Il Co. Testimonials free
kEs- Sold by druggists; price, 70 cents per
hntiln
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
Every Cow Her Own Milkmaid.

J. &. Thompson has received a patent for
his automatic mixer An eccentric, three
inches in diameter, is attached to the cows
jaw. From this leads wire connecting
wfh elastic nipples on the udder. each OF
which is fitted with valve, making 1t au
air pump when in motion When the COW
chews her cud the eccentric revolves and
the wire is worked back and forth like a
piston, creating suction in the nipples
The milk as it is drawn runs into bucket
suspended below The invention will re,
lieve the dairyman OF much labor - Homer
Index
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
| A Story of Hard Luck.

THE latest hard luck story that
] have heard" said a racing man in
an up town cafe the other evening, is
that of ayoung man who went to the
track and lost $3.50 He had ten dol
lars left. He liked a 90 to chance
In the las race He went into the
betting ring, got into a crowd at ii
bookmaker's stand and was holding
his ten ddlar note high in the air
when the Wind caught it and blew it
away. His horse won in a canter.
New York Timea
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
THE MOST .STVRBOPl

THE MOST STUBB ORN
Skin and Scalp Diseases, the worst
forms of Scrofula, all blood taints
and poisons of every name and nat
ure, are utterly rooted out by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
For every disease caused by torpid
liver or impure blood, it is the only
remedy so certain and effective that
it can be guaranteed. If it fails to
benefit or cure, you have your
money back.
Eczema, letter, Salt-rheum, Fry
sipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged
Glands, Tumors, and Swellings, and
every kindred ailment, are COM
pletely and permanently cured by il.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

The Worlds Mammoth Hotel is the 100
ROOM tireproof, summer Hotel, the GREAT
EASTERN" at st Lawrence avenue and Goth
street, Chicaso, two blocks from Midway
PlaisanCe Worlds Fair entrance and over
looking famous Washington Park. World s
Fair visitors can avoid annoyance and ex-
tnrt,on Of sharks Ivy engaging rooms now
at $l.50 a ay, each person, (European) by
addressing Cop, land Townsend, Manager,
Qormerly manager Palmer House), ~ The
Rookery, Chicago, l |.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

A girl in Kentucky has recovered $500
damages from steamboat company for
naming a boat after her without asking
her permission, and they must rename the
boat. She took otfense at marine item
stating that "Kittie Marshal took the low
er chute and run her nose into plauta.
ton. "-Detroit Free Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

Our readers will serve themselves by
noticing the remarkable offerings advertised
in another column by the Sherwood Hall
Nursery Co. of Menlo Park and San Fran.
cisco, who are leaders on the coast in fur
nishing everything for the farm and garden.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
A Terrible Cause.

what was the cause of the revolution
ary war;" was one of the questions asked
at the final examination for the term.
Every pupil, with one exception, an
swered it as was expected. One glri wIutr,
1.-The cause of the revolutionary war Was
the breaking out of the constitution" "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13
Good For His Ruhiness.

Twenty dollars is rather high for mite
of room like this" said the doctor,
Yes, it seems So" said the landlady;
but then you must remember that the
house is very unhealthy, and that there
are most always two or three sick people
in it. t."-Epoch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

For bronchial and asthmatic complaints
and coughs and colds, "BrOicn's Bronchial
frocheS" have remarkable curative prop.
critics. 25 cts. box.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

Esthetic but Unmarried Youth-Now.
what in your opinion is most striking cou
cerning lovely woman's garbS
Married but not aesthetic Growler-The
price, young man.-kate Fields Washing
ton
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

We positively cure rupture, piles and all rec.
tai diseases without patl or detention frc m bust
ness, No cure, no pay, Also all Pritass dis
eases, Address for pamphlet Drs. Porterheld 4
Losey, SSs Market street, San Francisco
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

Mr.. Goschen, the English statesman, is
a man OF slender physique, stoop shoul'
dered and pale. He is painfully near
sighted, and can read letter only when it
is brought to the end Of his large nose.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

Jagson says that our boon companions can be
relied upon because they are our fast friends.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

Shells your wife entertaining this winter
He-Not very-eXcept TO other men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-13

It appears to us that these meetings between
debtors and creditors are largely over dun.