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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
HoRsEFLEsH FOR FOOD.
Tho Taste for It Spreading In Europe
Sentiment and Science Against It.

Tho Taste for It Spreading In Europe
Sentiment and Science Against It.
Hippophagy, or to speak less euphe.
mistically, the habit Of eating horse
flesh, is spreading in Europe. While
savage man is known to have sated his
ravenous hunger on horseaesh or any
other variety of flesh he could find,
the modern origin of this peculiar
taste dates from the siege OF Paris,
during the Franco-Prussian war, when
the populace were compelled from dire
necessity to sacrifice this noble quad
ruped to sustain life. Many acquired
taste for the meat and the demand
for it did not cease with the capitula-
tion Of the city.
It was to be seen on sale at many
OF the butchers stalls, and has been
ever since q staple article OF diet for
thousands of the poor of the French
capital. For horsefesh is much cheaper
than beef. Beef in Paris is worth
twenty cents pound, while horsehesh
can be had for eight cents pound,
which affords reason why the bar
barous custom should take a frm hold
upon these people when once necessity
gave it root.
Once planted In Paris the practice
spread to other continental cities, espe-
cially Berlin, where horsehesh is con-
sumed in considerable quantities by
the poorer classes, and the medical au-
thorities and humanitarians are raising
their voices against what they justly
consider a barbarous and dangerous
custom.
The medical men warn the eaters Of
horsefesh that the horse is peculiarly
liable to the disease known al trichino-
sis, also found in hogs, and while cook
ing generally destroys the germs of
this disease, it cannot always be de-
pended on to do so. The disease is
frightfully fatal In it's effects and baf-
fes medical skill.
The humanitarians take tie ground
Of sentiment, urging the almost human
affection of the horse and &he close
companionsllip he has shared with man
since the dawn Of the human race. A
base return, they deem it, to slaughter
and eat this noble creature. In spite
of these warnings and protests hip
pophagy is on the increase in Europe.
1t has not yet reached England, nor is
it likely to as long as the roast beef
and mutton of Australia and New Zea.
land last. Still, if the sentimental
Britishers are too squesImish to eat
their horses, they are not too aqueam-
ish to sell them to She continent to be
eaten. Quite a number CT superannu-
ated equines are exported for that pur-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
RIDE FOR LIFE IN ARIZONA.
A PIuclsy Woman Who Saved . Snake
Bitten Miner from DEATH

Bttteh miner IfOm UooGIb
At Smiths mill, fifty miles northwest
of Phenix, arising from his. cot the
other night for drink OF water, says
the Tucson Miner, Harry Carroll
stepped squarely upon q rattlesnake
and was bitten upon the bsre foot.
There were two pints OF frontier
whisky at tho camp, and one Of these
Carroll Immediately dumped into his
system. Slowing the other in his
pocket, he then mounted horse and
started for the stage station at the
canyon Of the Hassayampa, dozen
miles away. On the road he drank the
remaining faslR and from thattime on
knew nothing, save that he fell from
his horse. Mrs. Conger, the custodian
of the station, was alarmed to see the
horse coming back, and mounted the
animal, and, accompanied by her dog,
she started on the search. Eight miles
away, in the stony hills, fully exposed
to the glare Of Arizona's July sun,
solely through the intelligence Of the
dog, Carroll was found lying uncon-
scious.. He had been there eleven
hours. The plucky woman loaded the
suffering man on the horse and, bring
ing him to the mill, nursed him out OF
danger. The day was hot In the ex-
treme, and the dog, searching for the
man, became overheated and on re-
turning to the camp died within few
hours. It may be believed that he was
given burial as good as the camp
no,11d afford
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
Capture of a Swarm of Bees.

The hunters of Maine often make
rood hauls of honey stored by wild
bees in hollow trees, but starG.;-
woodsman of Grilford recently wen;
his fellow hunters one better in thi'.
branch of forest craft. Having located
a swarm and their hoard, he captured
bees and honey at one swoop. BY oh.
serving the bees as they came and
went in his clover field he traced their
line of fight, and. following it across
his farm and into the woods about n
mile, he found it led to hollow tree
the entrance to which was 1fteen feet
above the ground. Having first taken
q bee hive to the place. he cut down
the tree, and placed its hoard OF some
thirty pounds of honey in the hive.
whittier the bees at once followed it,
and made themselves perfectly at
home. At night he carried home honey
and bees together, and the insects have
since kept on at work laying up wa2
and honey IN their new quarters.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
A CORNER IN ELK TEETH.
Montana Man Who Has More Than
EIehty-Six Thousand Of Thorn.


Mr.. John D. Losekamp, of Billings,
Mont, practically holds the elk-tooth
stock of the entire country, and to his
already enormous supply he is con-
stantly adding, the Indiansand hunters
bringing teeth to him from all over
the country. Not every one knows,
says Forest and Stream, that the elk
teeth, or rather the tusks, OF which
two only are found in the mouth OF the
adult elk, have a practical commercial
value. The teeth are used as jewelry,
mostly Is pendants en- watch guards or
Insignia of the secret society known
as the Elks. The value of tooth
ranges from fifty cents to two dollars
and fifty cents, according to its size,
color and marking. Mr.. Losekamp has
now over eighty-six thousand elk teeth
deposited in safety vaults. Many OF
the old Indian dresses were highly
ornamcntcd with elk teeth, some Of
them being fairly covered with the
teeth. Mr.. Losekamp has lived on the
frontier all his mature life, and under
stands Indian trading perfectly, yet he
has sometimes paid over one hundred
dollars for single garment thus orna-
mentcd, caring, Of course, for nothing
but the teeth. The Indians drill the
teeth.to fastcn them on their dresses,
and this does not injure the value Of
the tooth, but they have much worse
habit of sometimes staining the teett, a
bright red. This dye cannot be eX-
tractcd, and dcpreciates the ralue of
the elk tooth for white customer.
The Indians do not dye the teeth so
much now since they have learned they
cun sell them for more Ia their natural
Etutt,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
MAMMA EATERS.
The People OF Arabia and Persia Make It
From TamarIsk Branches.

The People OF Arabia and Persia Make It
From Tamarisl Branches.
In some of the eastern countries,
notably Arabia and Persia, a mama
answering closely to that mentioned
in the Scriptures is still naturally pro-
duced in considerable quantity. 1t
comes from the tender branches of the
tamarisk, and is known to the Per-
slams by the name OF "tamarisk
honey" It consists of tear-like drops,
which exude in consequence of the
puneture of an insect, during the
months of June and July. In the cool
of the morning it is found solidified,
and the CONCEALED tears may be shaken
from the limbs. That, in fact, is one
of the methods of gathering mamma.
Herodotus alludes to the same nutri-
tious product so that there is no doubt
it has been known in those regions
from the earliest ages. 1t is easy to
see how it might be produced in Won
derful quantities without any special
manifestation of the supernatural. 1t
is a sweetish substance, pleasant to
the taste, and highly nutritive.
Some students of the Bible have sup
posed the mama there mentioned to
have been q fungous growth; but while
the explanation would be. a natural
one, the modification which it would
require is an unnecessary one. There
are numerous interesting things, nev-
erthcless, about the various kinds Of
fungi, which modern experimentation
has decided to be edible; and not only
that, but highly pala5able and nutri-
tive. What country boy of an imagi-
native nature but has frolicked in
mimic warfare with imaginary foes,
getting the smoke for his artillery and
infantry from the numerous puff
balls" which convenient pasture af-
forded, while his own lung power fui>
nished the ''crash and roar and cheer
for the inspiring contest! Yet science
has demonstrated that those very puff
balls were once good to cat-in fact,
capable of furnishing the most dainty
refreshment.-Good Housekeeping.
Lieut. Guyot, of the French army,
who recently rode on a bicycle to Con-
stantinople and back, had a hard ex-
perience in Turkey, where he was only
able to make thirty miles in three
days. In that time he had nothing to
eat but four hard-boiled eggs with vim
egar, and muddy water with little
raki to drink, The natives insisted on
getting upon his machine, and he had
great trouble with the dogs. In Bull
garia there were no roads at tall, though
some were peggcd out, and the mud
was very sticky. He rode one cthousand
eight hundred and sixty miles without
stopping, except to eat, sleep and have
his machine mended, yet he was sew
enty.ehree deys on the wry. ,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
SWEDEN's GROWN.
The Nobility Look Down Upon Its Present
Wearer.

King Oscars appeal to the Swedish
people to worthily celebrate In Decem-
Der next the tri-centennial anniversary
OF the birth of King Gustavus Adolphus,
the great hero king Of Sweden and one
OF the first and strongest champions OF
Professionalism, has, according to the
Chicago Record, had the effect Of call
ing to mind the fact that there is rot q
drop Of the blood OF that monarch in
the veins Of the present reigning fam
ily, excepting in those of the crown
princess, and, through her, in those OF
her children, duke Of Scani, duke OF
Sundermanie and the duke of Westman-
land. For the mother of the present
grand duke of Baden-father OF the
crown princess of Sweden-was a
daughter of that prince of Vasa who
died toward the end of the 6fties and
who was the last male descendant Of
the Vasa dynasty.
This Prince Vasa was the only son uf
King Gustavus w., who was dcposed
by his subjects and driven into exile,
the general impression being that he
was insane, his mental faculties wrecked
by the terrible assassination OF his
father by Count Ankerstrom ut ball
given in the royal palace. After his
deposition the Swedes called his uncle
to reign over them, and as the latter
was childless and there was no other
vasa prince save the deposed king and
his son, they proceeded to elect French
Field Marshal Bernadottc, OF peasant
birth and married to the daughter OF
q French stockbroker, as crown prince.
1t is he who was the grandfather OF
the present king.
it may be added that the Swedish
nobility, which is very proud and has
an immense idea of its own Importance
and lineage, looks down upon King
Oscar as a parvenu, and attends his
court with more or less evident re-
luctance. They still revere the mem
ory of the Vasa kings, and there is
scarcely one of them who, when tray
cling through Germany, does not make
a point of calling at Dresden to pay his
or her respects to Queen Garcia OF
Saxony. now the only surviving daugh'
of the last Prince Vasa.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
Poor Thing,

The New York Recorder has this to
tell of q little girl who had learned
very early one Of the inconveniences
of wearing eyeglasses: She was at Man
haitian beach, and seemed to be no
more than three years old, but she was
near-sighted and wore spectacles. She
wanted to paddle in the waser and
spoil her russet shoes. Her nurse had
been forbidden to let her go barefoot,
and baby began to sob. Then she cried:
"Take 'em off, Mary! Take 'em oH!'
The reporter thought she referred to
her shoes; but she went on: "Talse Oh
nv spettatles, Mary, so can cry"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
Only EIx Tons of 1t.

There are only SIX tons Of platinum
commercially in existence; 1t is tndis'
nensable for glow electric lamps, for
no other metal as good an electrical
conductor can be fused into the glass.
Therefore, it's price has increased With
in recent years many hundred siraes
and threatens to 60 yet higher. Either
q substitute conductor will have to be
discovered or new variety OF glass
made with coeflcient OF expansion
nearer that Of ordinary metal. There
Is q big bonunza here for soWe tn
fr1tUrf
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14
MADE THE BURGLAR WORK.
A Night Watchman Terrorized tho Mnrau.
der with an Unloaded Revolver.

A Night Watchnan Terrorized tho Mrrau.
der with an Unloaded Revolver.
A very largo and hopeful burglar,
with a gunny sack in which 10 carry
AWAY his plunder, pried off the scuttle
cap Of cellar belonging to the Menlo
Park Manufacturing company The other
night and dropped lightly down into
the vault beneath, says the New York
Herald. When his eyes became accus-
toned to the gloom he found man
who had heard him coming standing in
heroic attitude with a revolver pushed
in his face.
The one was the night watchman
and engineer of the building. "Up
with your hands," said he, and up the
burglars hands went as If they had
been trained to the business and had
done nothing else all their lives.
The position was a pleasant one for
the night watchman. All he had to do
was to keep his pistol in position and
wait till morning, when fifty worlzmen
would rush in, bind the prisoner and es-
cort him in triumph to the nearest jail.
But who was to look after the Ares?
This thought occurred to him after
about an hour had passed, and the bur-
glars hands had grown white through
holding them up too long and letting
the blood get emptied out.
"See here" said the engineer, ''if /
turn nv back on you to attend to the
furnaces you'll pick up-a bit Of coal or
something and hit me biff on the
head, steal everything in the house and
then go home to your family"
The burglar said nothing, but looked
lot.
'Then," went on the engineer, 'if /
don't attend to the furnaces the place'll
blow up, or the steam'll 60 down, and
then there'll be all sorts Of things to
pay"
''Better let me 60 home to me poor
mudder," the burglar suggested, look
ing hopefully up to the scuttle cap.
That seemed the only way out Of it.
The engineer thought and thought,
keeping the revolver cooked the while.
Suddenly he burst out with:
"sayl Did you ever fire a furnaceP"
"Naw," quoth the burglar. "Lem-
me go home to me mudder."
swell, get move on you, you son Of
pirate. Take that shovel and put the
coal in. Now turn the fires. Don't you
know how to turn fires? Well, you've
got five hours to learn. Hurry up, darn
you, or there's a bullet waiting for you
here If you don't"
At the point of the revolver the en-
gineer kept the burglar working all
night When he wasn't busy at the
coal he kept him polishing up the brass
work, and after he had finished the
brasswork he made him swab the floor
and empty out ashes. The burglar ad-
mitted that he hadn't done any work
for FIVE years. When the workmen
came in the morning and took him of
to the police station he almost tainted
from exhaustion.
The engineer said to his wife when
he went home: Lucky thing all
round, isn't it, that that blamed bur-
glar didn't notice my pistol wasn't
1nodadn
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-14

nov, where one hundred thousand fell;
Of Chalons, where three hundred thou
sand fell; of Marius' fight, in which
two hundred and ninety thousand fell;
of the tragedy ut Herat, where Genghis
Khan massacred one million six hun
dred thousand men, and Nishar, where
he slew one million seven hundred and
forty-seven thousand people; of the
eighteen million people this monster
sacrificed in fourteen years, as he
went forth to do as he declared,
to exterminate the entire Chinese
nation and to make the en-
pire a. pasture for cattle.
Think of the death throes of the five
million men sacrificed in one campaign
of Xerxes. Thinl, of the one hundred
and twenty thousand that perished in
the seige of Ostend, of three hundred
thousand dead at Acre, of one million
one hundred thousand dead in the
siege of Jerusalem, of the one million
eight hundred and sixteen thousand Of
the dead at Troy, and then complete
the review by considering the stupen-
dous estimate of Edmund Burke-that
the loss by war had been thirty-ive
times the entire then present popula-
ton of the globe.
Go through and examine the lacera-
tions, the gunsllot fractures, the saber
wounds, the gashes of the battle-ax,
the slain of bombshell and exploded
mine and falling wall, and those de-
stroyed under the gun carriage and
the hoof of the cavalry horse, the burn
ing thirsts, the camp fevers, the frosts
that shivered, the tropical suns that
smote. Add it up, gather it into one
line, compress it into one word, spell it
in one syllable, clanls it in one chain,
pour it out into one groan, distil it into
one tear.
Ay, the world has writhed in six
thousand years Of suffering, Why
doubt the possibility of a future world
of suffering when we see the tortures
that have been inflicted in this? A
descrter from sebasbopol coming over
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-12
PlastOnenite.

It is stated that the German inven. tion-plastomenite, or improved smoke less powder-has been satisfactorily tested by the government authorities. As produced by Herr Gutter. the orig inator, the solution is poured into forms, where it becomes O fairly hard material, capable of being pressed, roll ed, etc, can be oolored at will and is, like celluloid, serviceable for numerous purposes. As powder, it is adapted for blasting, for cannons and rifles, signal rockets. etc. The special advantage, however, claimed for it is complete du- rability, while all other such powders manufactured by the means of ether and nitroglycerin invariably deteriorate. The combustion of plastomenite, it is also asserted, Is so we'll balanced that it leaves no residue in barrel or cartridge, although the striking velocity of the projectile is unusually great; the initial velocity from 6 1amm. caliber is given 715m. with gas pressure of consider ably below 5000 atmospheres. Neither cold nor hot weather has any effect pp- on cartridges of this kind, whereas all powders containing nitroglycerin suffer from changes in the atmosphere. New Yerk San.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-12

Athletics being the feature of the age, it is proposed to add special athletic department to the Paris exhibition of 1900. There would be retrospective exhibition of athletics in all ages, be. ginning with the Olympian gaines and the combats of the gladiators in the Ro man circuses. ..-- -...
 Some one, evidently wag, recently started the story in Kansas that Senator Peffer has become superstitious and al ways gets out of bed on one side of it. Some of his Populist admirers began to deny the story until it dawned upon them that everybody gets out of bed on one s1de of 1t.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-07

MEDICAL science has been inclined
TO think that strong traits Jump Il
generation in descent. II this were
invariably true the heirs OF the late
Thomas Mackin would have gone into
court and squanGered good share OF
their patrImony on squabbles. In
stead OF doing this. although the
founder I the property died intcs-
tate they have distributed it among
themselves without even the help OF
"A lawyer; and how much money the
thrift and industry OF one OF Chicag6s
pioneers amasSed is now as unknown
as at any time during his life.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-07
Fighting Mans Most Deadly Foes

For two or three years past there
have been indications, increasing in
mum Der, that chemists in many lands
Zone or more even in far Off Japan are
at last giving their minds and their
labors to the study Of the chemistry
OF the bacteria.
Already we have a probably work
ing hypothesis, which furnishes a
valuable guide TO the chemist In this
field This is the view, which must
at least involve much truth,
that all bacterean diseases are
the results Of blood poisoning by GER
tain products or educts OF the growth
Of the bacteria, after these have ef-
fected lodgment In the tissues Of
the body.
On this hypothesis have been based
several methods of experiment, which
we have not space tor now. Our pres
ent object is TO sustain assertions
made above by citing, as an example,
results announced during the last
year on the authority of two German
chemists, Wernlcke and Behring.
They found that the pOsions Of both
the diphtheria and the tetanus dock
jaw microbes were neutralized, after
being introduced into the circulation
of animals by introducing also iodine
trichloride. 1t appeared also that
this compound acted as an actual an
tidote To the blood pos!On, inasmuch
as II did not kill the bacteria them
. selves. while preventing them from
killing the animal To say the least
this is a most encouraging result and
justifies the hope expressed in the
previous article referred to, that il
these enemies cannot yet be actually
destroyed their baneful and debilitat-
ing agencies may be neutraliZed, so
that the vital energies may have a
chance TO com Dat and overcome them.
Experiments on men in this direction
have been promised and will be
awaited with interest Scientific
American.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-07

ALTHOUGH women in America are
entering about all the vocations,
polite and otherwise, there is one
field where the hold of the male per-
suason is unbroken, and that is in
the retail shoe store. A woman may
keep the books OF the concern, but
she will not sell the shoes in any
first class store. Now there must he
a reason for the higher cost male
labor eing preferred at task for
which women are well fitted, so we
are surprised to read In "A London
contemporary that saleswomen still
hold their ground, because fastidi-
Gus customer doesn't want TO show
TOO much OF her foot TO man.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-07

So aggressive is the D akat, little
fish from siam, that the entertain
ment 1t affords has become national
pastime, but not very credita BILE
one, TO say the least The fishes are
trained TO go through regular battles.
and are reared artiticially for a pur-
pose, while the license to exhibit
them TO the general public is farmed
out and brings large amount or
money into the royal Golfers.
They are kept ia aquariums built
for the purpose, and fed upon the
laryn Of mosquitoes, and every posi-
BILE care taken OF them. Several
years ago lew OF them we're pre-
sented TO an English gentleman by
the king OF S am. When the fish is
in u ct state, with the fms at rest,
the dull cJlOrs are not at a remark
able. But If the two are brought to-
gether, or W thin sight Of each other,
even il one sees his own image ia a
look ing glass, the little creature be-
comes suddenly exc ted. The fms are
raised, and the whole body sh mes
with metallic lustre and colors Of
dazzling beauty, while the prot I'D
ing gill membrane waving like a
black frill round the throat, makes
repeated darts at its real or retle ted
antagonist Ii now two are placed
together in tank they rush at each
other with the utmost furry. The
battle is kept up until one is killed
or put TO fight, but not until they
are entirely separated does the victor
shut his gaudy fins, that like flags Of
war, are never lowered until peace
has been declared.
In South America there Is a small
fish that not only attacks its fellows
of the sea and river, but is greatly
dreaded by the natives, who, during
ing certain seasons. have TO ford the
streams in which the carbitOs is
fou d. Bathers are often attacked
by them. the sharp chsel-shaped
teeth taking bite from the flesh
wherever they attack. They are per.
feet scavengers, eating the animals
that foat down tie river, dead or
alive.