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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-22

The total value of the exhibi ts
at the Worlds Fair in bond was S14, 50O,-
600.
- The railroad chapel car evangelist,
the Rev. Boston Smith, is meeting with
great success in the Northwest. MIR.
Smith was the first missionary to utilize
railway car as chapel. The car be now
uses was built for him by John D. Rock
feller and other capitalists, and will seat
100 persons. -.
Gen. James Longstreet is spen ding
some time with Col. John w. Fairfax,
his former chief-of-staff, at the latter's
hom IN the Potomac. They are going
over the manuscript of Gen. Longstreet's
history of the war pl preparatory to its pub
lication.
Texas is big and still roomy
State. OF its nearly $50 counties 26 have
less than 100 inhabitants; 81 others have
less than 1000, and only 81 have over
10000. The number having rs few as
5000 is large, and having as many as TO-
900 is extremely small.
- -Toole, the great comedian is an in
veterate practical joker. Several years
ago he gave supper to eighty OF his
friends, but beforehand he sent note
privately to each one asking him If he
would be 80 good as to say grace, as no
clergyman would be present. When
Toole raped on the table as signal for
grace, and the eighty men arose
to their feet, the faces of the company
were study never to be forgotten.
- st. Louis thieves recently stole from
the nephew of Gen. N. B. Forrest the
silver spurs that the ladies of Mississippi
made the celebrated Confederate cavalry
leader O present at the outbreak of the
war. They were fashioned out Of the
thimbles that had been used by the fair
donors, and Forrest was touched by the
sentiment implied in the gift. He wore
the spurs throughout the war for South
ern independence.
- The projectors of the Worlds Fair
at Antwerp next year, in their efforts to
have greater attraction than the Eiffel
tower or the Ferris wheel, have decided
upon restaurant in the air. A great
stationary balloon is to be built, and be-
low this, on iron girders, an immense
restaurant building, capable of accom-
modating good number of people. An
elevator will carry patrons to the restau-
rant, which is to be a palatial pile in the
French style of architecture of the sew
enteenth century.
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Burning Out Stumps.

In answer to an inquiry Farm, and
Firestde says; Common black ma
chine oil is soinetimes~used in this
way With an inch and quarter au.
ger bore four holes in the largest
stump, letting the auger stand at an
angle Of forty-fve degrees; bore eight
inches deep; FIJI the holes three
fourths full of oil and plug up tig ht.
Also pour from a third to half pint
on top of stump in foot circle, let
ting it spread we'll. After FIVE or six
days kindle fires on top Of the stumps
and see them disappear. Saltpeter is
used in this way : In the fall bore an
inch or an inch and quarter hole,
according to the size of the stump,
vertically into the middle Of the
stump eighteen inches deep, and put
in an ounce or so of saltpeter ; fill the
hole with water and plug up. In the
Spring take out the plug, put in gill
or more Of kerosene and set fire to it,
and the whole stump, roots and all,
will be consumed. This process ap-
plies to moist or green stumps !; old
dry stumps will not be penetrated by
the saltpetcr. Another method that
proves very successful is to bore a
two-inch hole into the heart of the
stump, fill the hole with sulphuric
acid or crude petroleum. If with acid
it will destroy the stump in few
months. If the oil is used the stump
is fired after it becomes saturated
with the oil, when it will burn out
clean. So those say who have tried it.
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The Devil and the Witch,

The mountains of North Carolina
are the great whiskey store house OF
the country. The "stuf' is sent out
by wagon, by frail canoe, and by the
we'll stocked railway train. An
abundance of whiskey is made and is
necessary to suppy the demand.
But Governor Tillman's arrange
ment prevents the shipment of whis-
key to private parties in South Caro-
lima. TO evade this law, the whiskey
is put into kegs, then put into a box
or barrel, and labelled POTATOES" OF
"candy" and sent to parties in the
Palmetto State.
One day last week there were sew
eral of these boxes on the express car
Of train which went cut of Char
lotte. The shipment was made to a
certain town across the line. When
the train arrived at the destination OF
the good, there were three Of Cover
nor Tillman's spies at the depot. TO
save the goods, the whiskey was left
in the car and carried by. They were
turned over to the up train when they
met and brought back to the same
town.
When the depot was reached there
was a little army of the citizens out to
meet it. The messenger asked, in a
whisper: "Any Of the spies here r
The crowd, through their spokesman,
said mo; and if they were it would
make no difference, because there are
enough of US to take it anyway. Hand
her out u
It is thought that the spies "smelt
rat, and voluntarily kept them
selves at home while the whiskey was
pcaceable delivered.-Char2otte Ncaos.
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Anaerspt1 gntelligenfsr.
The Seventh Day Adventlsts.

Comparatively few people here know
that we have among us mis- sionary
of the Seventh Day Adventists living
in this city and diligently carrying on
his work. His name is Johnston and
he occupies the old Poole house in
upper Buncombe street, next to W. II.
Irvine. A reporter of the Ne,os called
on him yesterday and found him to be
an intelligent and decidedly earnest
young man. He has his family here
with him. He was sent here, he says,
as missionary, another being sent to
Spartanburg. They are the only two
and the first two in South Carolina,
which was the last Of all the States of
the Union in which work was begun.
The fundamental special doctrine of
the church is that Saturday is the real
Sabbath, according to the Bible. 1t
is especially active in opposing every
thing rendering to union of church
and State and all laws on the subject
of religion, particularly laws fixing
certain day to be observed as Sab
bath. All these matters, they claim,
should be left to individual conscience
and belief. The law has the right to
protect public morality but has not the
right to interfere, even in the most
remote manner, with religious opin-
ions or observances.
Mr.. Johnston denies that the adven-
lists have ever fixed day for the end
of all things and the second coming of
Christ. They base on the Oath Chap
ter of Matthew the belief that the
final judgment will be some time within
the next thirty or forty years. They
count from the great falling of the
stars November 18th, 1888, as the
last signed mentioned in the Scripture.
''This generation shall not pass away"
they take to mean that the last judg-
ment will come while some who saw
the falling of the stars are yet alive.
How many they do not try to say.
Anybody who was alive then is sixty
years old now, and as the extreme
limit of human life is hundred years
it is figured out that the end will be
within the next forty years.
Mr.. Johnston says the Seventh Day
Adventists number from. 10000 to
so, 900 in the world, the greater num-
Der being in this country. Their gen.
eral headquarters is at Battle Creek,
Mich. They have conferences in every
State except few of the Southern
States and great publishing houses in
Battle Creek, Oakland, Cal, Norway
and Sweden. There will be minis
terial institute held at Atlanta before
long.
He has confined his work here al
most entirely to the distribution of
printed matter, most of it devoted to
religious legislation, involving strong
denunciation of the Catholic church.
BE thinks he has aroused much inter
est in the subject and has started peo-
pie to discussing it. AS soon as the
church makes some headway here he
expects to encounter vigorous opposi-
tion from the pulpits.-Greenr1tle
NeaoS.
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A Wealthy Indian Chief.

Residing at place on the Snaky
river, known as Fishhook Bend, lives
the wealthiest Indian of his tribe,
Wolf chief of the Palouse Indians.
He owns 16O acres of land, all under
cultivation, with good house and barn,
and we'll stocked. He raises horses
principally, being the possessor Of
1000 head at the present time. He
has shipped several thousand head, at
one time shipping 5000 head and at
another 1,500.
He is forty-nine years of age, but
looks much younger, and has a phys
ique that many a weakly pale-face
might envy. Withal, he is a
widower, having already lost two
''klootchmen."
{ Wolf dresses in Indian costume,
with red blanket thrown artistically
over one shoulder and a calico or
white blouse shirt quite decollete
to display a necklace composed Of
mauy-colored beads, bears teeth, shells
etc.
Rings adorn his fingers upon the
third finger of the left hand being a
handsome seal ring. Moccasins elab-
orately beaded enclose his feet, and
his hair is cut with Modoc bang and
combed pompadour, while his
long black hair is divided into many
strands, each bound with colored silk
thread.
He wears hat, but adorns his
head with turkey feathers, the ends
of which are bound with red silk. An
other favorite headgear with him
is simply the rim of a hat decorated
all around with cayote tails upon
state occasions. Upon his wrists
he wears ten or twelve brass wire
bracelets.
He is said to possess most amia-
BILE disposition, being always pleasant
and agreeable to his tillicums. He
keeps double covered carriage and
fine span of horses, and drives into
Pasco in state, putting up his horses
at the livery stable with instructions
that he wants his horses taken care of
"same as white man.
he buries his money and is fond of
unearthing and counting it over be-
fore his close tillicums. At one time
he was known to count out Sc, 600 in
$40 gold pieces.
Shortly afterward he sent his son to
bring him $500, and upon invest ga
tion, 10 and behold, the gold was miss
ing They say the chief is much
worried over his loss and has detec-
tive employed to try and trace up the
thief, and believes he has some hopes
of recovering it.
When he comes to Walla Walla he
ferries across Snane river and drives
over in his carriage or rides one Of his
horses, the latter being his favorite
way of travelling, true Indian style.
With all his wealth and good, COM
Portable houses, he has his tepee and
prefers living in it.
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uUbv N1;ss Winston T would

"Why, Miss Winston, l would
have known you at once by the re-
markable resemblance you bear to
your father. The same features, the
same eyes, the same poise Of the
head. It certainly is remarkable.
"But Mr.. Winston is not my father /;
only my stepfather. "That only
makes it the more remarkable. F."
"Have you any photographs of
your children, Mr.. Pck?" asked a
friend of the Hon. Alpheus Peck. 81
should say I had, answered MIR Peck;
GIVE about busel Of them. F." "Why,
Alpheus,' exclaimed his wife. "Well,
haven't we? Haven t we photographs
of all four of them and don't four
pecks make bushel?''
A Confederate guard in South
Carolina during tie war was ques-
toned as to his knowledge Of his du-
ties. "You know your duty here do
YOU sentinel 2" eyes, sir. :" "Well,
now, suppose they should open on you
with shells and musketry, what would
you do ?" 'Form a line, sir" ;, "
''What? One man form line p
eyes, sir. Form bee line for camp,
sir p
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Tho .vomen were ROASTING

The young women were roasting
a young man who had been talking
out of his mouth too much. "Yes,
exclaimed one, "he's been running
around for week telling everything
he knows" eff he confined himself
to that, said the other, she wouldn't t
have to run around more than a
minute. It's telling what he doesn' t
know that occupies most Of his time.
In one Of the earliest trials before
colored jury in Texas, the twelve
gentlemen were told by the Judge to
Hretire and find verdict" They
went into the jury rom, whence the
opening and shutting Of doors and
other sounds Of unusual commotion
we're presently heard. At last the
Jury came back into court, when the
foreman announced: "We hab looked
everywhar, Judge, for dat verdict-ln
de drawers and behind de doahs, but
it ain It nowhar in dat blessed room.
= It is queer story that Assistant
Postmaster General Maxwell tells in
his annual report about the way some
people try to use the United States
mails to escape paying their bills.
Speaking of the complaints made
about the loss Of money in the mails,
he says that about nine-tenths Of these
are dishonesty made. A great many
persons, sad to say, take this means to
avoid the payment Of honest debts.
One case is recorded Of woman who
undertook to pay debt in this way to
a neighbor-another woman living In
the same town and in the same street
with herself, and directly across the
street. She walked several blocks to
the postofice and personally registered
a letter to her creditor, made no
inclosure, and then calmly declared
that as far as she was concerned, the
debt was paid, and the creditor must
look to the postofice department. for
reimbursement.
= There is a spring in Brooks
County, Georgia, which in very
short time converts wood and several
other substances into hard rock. The
peculiar qualities of this Georgia
fountain have been know since early
in the century, when an old "ba r
hunter" accidentally lost his knife in
the basin, which had been followed
out of the granite strata by the cease
less bubbling of the water. A month
later the old trapper again repaired to
the spring and was agreeably surprised
to find his favorite knife. The water
had had no effect on the bright steel,
not even to the extent OF leaving a
speck of rust, but with the wood OF
the knife's handle it was far different.
The petrifying particles, with which
the water is so highly impregnated,
had entered every pore and sap-tube
in the wood, and what was but few
weeks before hickory handle Of home
make was now two thin slabs of solid
stone, wood-like in appearance, brt as
hard and unyielding as a chip fr- a
granite bowlder. To this day the
place is known as "Old Moore's Petri-
flying Spring"
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First and Second.

Nevada is second in gold.
Colorado is first in silver.
Missouri is first in mules.
Louisiana is first in sugar.
Connecticut leads in clocks.
Kentucky is first in tobacco.
South Carolina leads in rice.
Mississippi is second in cotton.
Alaska ranks first in sealskins.
Tennessee is second in peanuts.
Maryland is second in fisheries.
New Jersey is first in silk manufac-
lures.
Georgia is second in rice and sweet
potatoes.
The two Dakotas lead all the States
in wheat.
North Carolina is first in tar, second
in copper.
Iowa is first in hogs, second in corn,
hay and oats.
Virginia is the first in peanuts and
second in tobacco.
Rhode Island is second in cotton
and linen goods.
Massachusetts, is first IN fisheries,
second in commerce.
Michigan is first in copper, salt and
lumber, second in iron.
Ohio is first in sheep and wool, sec
ond in petroleum and steel.
California stands first in gold and
grapes, second in sheep and wool.
Georgia exports every year over 81, :
900, 1000 worth of waternelons:
Texas is first in cattle and cotton,
second in sugar, sheep and mules.
Illinois is first in corn, oats, pork.
distilled liquors and railways, second
in coal, wheat and hogs.
New York is first in manufactures,
printing, hops, hay, potatoes, buck
wheat and COWS, second in salt, liquor
and railways.-Compi7ed by the st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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At Fort Kent, Maine, list Wednes-
day week the ground was frozen TO
depth Of four inches.
The Birmingham Age Herald makes
mention of very thriving community
of Germans who have settled in Lauder
dale county, Alabama, and EDITORIAL y
commends the result of their labors to
the farmers in other other sections of
the State. It was little more than de-
cade ago that the st. Florian colony OF
Germans who had settled out west decl-
ded to leave the rigors Of that section for
the more genial climate of the South.
They purchased what is known as the
old Wilson plantation, a tract OF 1000
acres in Lauderdale county, which had
been sterilized by successive crops OF
cotton and at that time was wilderness OF
weeds and briars. After purchasing the
land at $40 per acre, they began its de-,
velopment along practical and Intelligent
lines. They cleared away the broom. .
sedge and planted clover and grasses aud
began raising cattle. They sold hay and
small grain. They planted orcha rds and
VINEYARDS and utilized the prod ucts In
every available way. The result is that
St. Florian colony is among the most
thrifty and prosperous communities IN
the State of Alabama. Their land is now
worth $50 per acre and they are happy
and independent.
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NOT ICE

ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DE-
" CEMBER, 1893, in front of the
Court House door in Anderson, s. c., I
will sell the following Tracts of Land
One Tract of Land, known as the Multi
gan or Prior place, three miles from Honea
Path, containing 125 acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Messrs. Ed. Robinson,
Thomas Townes and others. TERMS
One. half cash, balance on q credit OF
twelve months, with interest at Sper cent.
Purchasers to pay for all necessary papers.
Also, one Tract, situated near Crayton-
vile, known as the McClinton place,
containing SO acres, more or less, and
Joins land with Mr.. F. Clinkscales, Mrs.
Wilson and others. TERMs-One-half
cash, and balance en- credit, at 8 per cent.
interest. Purchaser to pay for all necessa'
ry papers.
For fuller particulars call on
MRS. ANNA L. BROWN,
Executrix, Bolton, s. G.
Nov Is, 1893 20
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A Business Romance.

Erastus Wiman, in his new book
"Jhances of Success" tells a story OF
New York merchant which is full of en-
couragement for the faint-hearted.
At the close of the war the merchant
had extended his business in the South
ern States until he had more branch es-
tablishments than he could handle. TAX
ing advantage of the complicated condi-
tlon of his affairs his creditors smashed
his business and locked him up In Lud-
low street Jail for making false represen-
tations.
The prisoner was utterly hopeless until
Christmas came, and with it present
and few words of cheer from an old
friend. With newborn hope, he wrote
on the walls of his cell this remarkable
prediction:
"This is Christmas Day-a friend has
sent me enough to buy a Christmas
dinner. I VOW to him, and write it here,
that as am to-day forty. years old, before
am fifty will be rated in the reference
book which he helps to compile as being
worth $500, 900, and before am sixty l
shall be rated at over 81, 900, ,00o."
How the jailers laug he'd at this appar.
emily silly boast!
It seemed the idle dream of man
crazed by misfortune. But in three
months the man was released. Within q
year he had established business in job
lots of dry goods, buying and selling for
cash.
He now occupies one of the finest
wholesale stores on Broadway and his
trade amounts to Sc, OOO, 900 year.
This Napoleon of business pays all his
employees every night, so that at the end
of each dav he can saw that he owes no
man anything. His clerks are all men
who have felt the touch of misfortune.
BE hunts up wrecks who have gone to
the dogs, takes them into his store, sup
plies them with liquor until they are
strong enough to do without it, and in
many cases be has turned these castaways
into good business men and reputable
citizens.
AS Mr.. Wiman says, this singular mer-
chants Christian and humane methods
have beae so blessed and so successful
that it is pity that he has not more
imitators.
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His Picture.

STRANGER said the young man
with the white hair and dyed mus
tache to the photographer, 81 am here
to git my picture took, and III tell
you how it is. I've jist popped the
question to a widder down our way
with forty. acres of as good ground as
ever hog stuck his nose into, and l
am now going to read her answer.
When you see the pleasant smile
stealth over my face, I want you to
fire off your ole machine and let 'er
co.
Call right.
The young man took his position,
but he didn't get the photograph
taken. Instead, ne rose to go without
aword.
"What's the matter ?" asked the
photographer.
"There hain't nothin' the matter,
'ceptin' that she says she's stuck on a
preacher, and that I ain got the sense
1 was borned with, that's all. F."
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DY virtue of the power conferred upon
ID me in Deed of Trust to me execu'
Ted by the heirs of the late BENZ. Greer,
deceased, will sell on Salesday in Decem-
Der next, Immediately after the Masters
sales, in front of the Court House door at
Anderson, s. G 4, the following described
property, to wit:
All that Tract or parcel of Land, situate
near the Town of Honea Path, Anderson
County, 8. c., containing ll9 acres, more
or less, adjoining lands Of w. G: Branyon,
N. A. Shirley, g. M. Greer, W. NJ; Shir-
ley, Miss sallie Adams, and Others. 1t be.
ing the Tract of Land, lately held in trust
for Benz. Greer, deceased. Said Land will
be divided and sold In two or more Tracts,
and plats of same will be exhibited IN
day of sale, or may be seen sooner by
calling at the Office of Murray Il Watkins.
Terms of Sale-Oae hu.f cash, balance
on a credit of twelve months, secured by
bond aud mortgage, with interest at eight
per cent per annum, payable annually,
with leave TO anticipate payment. Fur
chaser to pay extra Tor all necessary pa
pers, For fuller information call on
E. B. NJ MURRAY,
Trustee. Anderson, s. @.
Nov 8, 1893 l9
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In the Court of Common Pleas.
B. D. Dean vs.. Bleckley & Fretwell, E1-
ecutors, &C., and John T. Msrtin.-
Complaint to Foreclnse Mortgage on
Real Estate.
TN obedience to the order of sale herein
will sell on Salesday In December
next, at Anderson G H., 8. c.. during the
usual hour of public sale. the Lands de-
scribed, as follows:
Ali that certain Tract Of Land, contain
ing I5O acres, more or less, situate in
Broadway and Martin Townships Coun'
ty of Anderson and State aforesaid, boun-
ded by the Estate Of T. W. Martin, dec O.,
Estate of Sallie Shirley, decd and Mrs.
8. A. Wilson it being the same Tract
conveyed to said John T Martin by J. N.
Vandive' to ]. N. Vandiver by said John
T. Martin, and devised to said John I.
Martin by the last Will of 7. w. Martin,
deceased.
Terms.-One third cash balance In
twelve months, with interest from day OF
sale, secured by bond and mortgage OF the
premises, with leave to anticipate pay
ment. Purchaser to pay for papers.
R. M. BURR1SS, Master.
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Physical Culture In Public Schools.

Time enough has now elapsed since
physical training became part of the
curriculum of the public schools of
Boston to warrant conclusion about
the results. In 1890 the Swedish
educational system of gymnastics was
introduced, and since then the pupils
have been compelled to 60 through
certain exercises every day. AT the
opening in September of the present
school year comparisons were made
between the bearing and physique OF
the scholars to-day and their appear
ance of three years ago. 1t was the
unauimous opinion of the teachers
that their charges had become much
more graceful in carriage, stronger and
more robust. In the high school
there has never before been a brighter
and healthierlot of boys. The system
in vogue is thorough. Each teacher
receives lessen in the exercises every
two weeks, and the SCHOLARS devote
fifteen minutes a day t9Ahysical cul-
ture. "-Mew York Epekng Post.