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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28
WALKING BEAN MYSTERY.
Explained by the Presence of Cater
pillar in the Interior Of the Bean.

Explained by the Presence Of Cater
pillar in the Interior Of the Bean.
Many persons who have purchased
the walking beans have wondered
why such a hard, impenetrable OBJ
iect should exhibit SO much life. To
crafty my philosophical turn of
mind and being convinced thati was
not electrified, I carefully removed q
segment of the lat side, when dis
covered species of caterpillar. as
nature had not provided it with any
natural warm covering, the cold ex-
posurc made it torpid until l placed
it under the glass cylinder of mi
croscopc, when it soon felt tho
warmth and began to thatch over
the opening in Its roof. This it did
by spinning o silken web and at
taching it to each side and coating
it with some mastic until 1t was
completely incased. Its modus op-
erandi as seen through microscope
was extremely interesting. lwould
advisc great care in opening 1t, as
the least wound would destroy it,
also keep tho beans in box for fear
that when they emerge from their
cocoon they may be species OF the
Egyptian moth which will cost the
commonwealth another hundred
thousand dollars to ey. terminate.
1t would be N ,or esting to the pub
lie to hear from some naturalist
about their origin, and if the So
called bean is the cocoon Of the in
sect or o vegetable product in
which it immolates itself for the
winter and emcrges in the spring as
o beautiful butterfly or o destruc-
tive caterpillar.-Boston Transcript.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28
4 Cooking Episode.

A young woman was making her
first essay at housekeeping. A friend
had sent her by mail recipe for
some new kind OF bread, giving her
directions to take O portion OF the
dough at time and make it into the
rcGuisita form for baking. This
seemed explicit enough, but what
w2a:s the surprise Of the lend to re-
,civc n telegram from tho young
honsckcapar to This effect:
"What Shall do with the rest Of
the dough? Please answer. DE
troit Free Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28
LONG BOWS.
People Have Been Drawing Them
from Time lmnemorial.

from Time lmmemoriaI.
The expression drawing q long
bow" does not of necessity mean tho
telling OF G falsehoood. 1t some
times refers to q wonderful story
which may be true enough, but which
IS so marvellous as to require firm
trust in the veracity of the narrator
to enable the hearer to believe it.
Some of the longest bows of this sort
havc been drawn about bows and or
rows, says the Youths Companion.
These stories began long ago. Vir-
gill; the "Encid," tells OF four arch
ers who were shooting for prize,
the mark being q pigeon tied by q
cord to the mast Of ship. The first
man hit the mast, the second cut the
cord and the third shot the pigeon
as 1t flew away. The fourth archer,
having nothing left to shoot, drew
his bow and sent his arrow flying
toward the sky with such speed that
the friction of the air set the fcath-
ers on fire and it swept on like
meteor, to disappear in the clouds.
That is q bow-and-arrow story
which it would be difficult for even
the most crcdulous to believe.
The stories told of Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by his wonder
full performance at Lockslcy in
Scott's "Ivanhoo," arc also de-
cided strain upon sensible persons
credullty. The famous story of Will
liam Tell, doubted by many persons,
is believed by others to have foun-
dation of fact. There was q Dane
named Fokc of whom the same story
is told, and William Of Cloudeslay,
an Englishman, is said to have shot
an apple from his sons head merely
to show his expertness.
Most stories of bows and arrows
relate to the accurate aim OF tho
archers, but q Frenchman, Blaise de
Vigenerc, tells one which shows the
tremendous force with which an ar
row may be propelled if the bow is
strong and long enough. Accord
ing to his own account OF the mat.
ter, he saw Barbarossa, o Turk, ad-
miral of o ship called the Grand
Solyman, send on arrow from his
bow right through o cannon BALL
Whether the cannon ball had q
hole through it or not he neglects to
inform US, probably not considering
such q trifing matter worth men
tion.
Perhaps the most astounding OF
oil stories about arrow shooting is
that of tho Indians who used to In
habit Florida 1t is said that
group Of them would form a circle.
TLen one would throw On car Of In
dian corn into the cir; the rest
would shoot at 1t and shell 1t Of
every grain before 1t fell to the
ground. Sometimes the arrows
would strike so hard and fast that it
would remain suspended In the air
for several minutes and the cob
never fell until the last grain had
been shot away.
It Is such stories as this which
fully Justify the use to which the
expression drawing the long bow
Is sometimes put.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28
Popping 1t Gravely.

In putting "the question of qncs-
tions, q Scotchman took his IMAM
orata to his family burial ground,
and said: "Would ye lie there,
Jcanie, by-and-by?" She said she
would, and thus the thing was
settled. Harlem Life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28

NEsssSTSss-uhe characters dld not nave TO
drive sfSwly any longer, lest they jolt
the invalid; but as the horses dashed
through the streets of Damascus I
think the people rushed out to hail
back their chicftain. Naalnan's wife
hardly recognized her husband;
he was so wonderfully changed
she had to look ut him two or
three times before she made out
that it was her restored husband. And
the little captive maid, she rushed out,
clapping her hands and shouting: Ibid
nc cure you? Did he cure you?" Then
music woke up the palace, and 'the
tapestry of the windows was drawn
away, that the multitude outside might
mingle with tho princcly mirth in
side, and the feet went up and down
in the dance. and all the streets Of
Damascus that night echoed ana re-
echoed with the news: 'Naamans
cured! Naaman's cured" But glad
der time tha:l that it would be if your
soul should get cured of its lcprosy.
The swiItcst white horses hitchcd to
the Kings chariot would rush the news
into the eternal city. 0ur'loved ones be-
fore the throne would welcome the glad
tidings. Your children on earth, with
more emotion than the little Hebrew
captive, would ne !ice the chan &c Il
jour Look ans the change in yonr mai
ncr, and would put their arms around
your neck and say: Mother, 1 guess
YOU must have become = Christian. Fa-
tllcr, l think you have got rid of the
leprosy." 0, Lord, God Of Elisha, have
mercy On "s!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28
In Voluntary Exile.

The number of Russian peasants
who voluntarily cmigratcd to Siberia
was 5000 in 1885, $4,000 IN 1850,
GO. 900 in 1891, and 100. 900 in 1892.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
STOCK AND FARM.

Independence Tribune: Montgomery
county has harvested and is stacking
without injury by rain or rust, the finest
crop of wheat its farmers ever garnered.
It is estimated all the way from 600. 900
to 100000 bushels, and it will nearly all
grade No. 2, and is the right quality to
bear shipment across the gulf to Europe.
The prospect is for better prices and the
talk is of opening at 40 cents, while a
few weeks ago the talk was 30 cents.
EIDorado Republican: d. w Heath,
of Fairmont township, put in 1O8 acres
of alfalfa on his farm in that township
last spring. He sowed forty-fve bush
els in all, and put it in with fax, mixing
it thoroughly and sowing it with an or
dinarv broadcast seeder Both crops
came slowly at the beginning, but the
late showers have brought it out won
derfully. He says it is the best stand
he ever saw, that the alfalfa and fax
are thick on the ground, that the fax
will yield ten or twelve bushels to the
acre, and that he will have world of
aafalfa hay from the first. He expects
to harvest in about two weeks. The
ground was top dressed with 900 loads
OF manure, last winter, and that is what
puts the crop in snch fine shape. The
main point with Mr.. Heath is to get
good stand Of alfalfa and he thinks he
has got it. The land is not bottom, nor
is it the highest upland, sort of be-
twixt and between. The whole under
taking, while expensive at the start,
may prove to be splendid investment.
The ground was in corn last wear He
cultivated it twice this spring, then
sowed the seed, narrowed it twice with a
common smoothing harrow, then rolled
it. Mr.. Heath SAYS it takes work to
put in alfalfa, but that his crop shows
it now. We believe he will have fine
stand. The alfalfa is now about foot
high, or as high as the fax in places,
and he is confident the fax crop will pay
all expenses, counting the fax seed at
$1.O0 per bushel.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
Sacramento Excited.

At Sacramento on July throughout the
day the most intense excitement prevailed.
The celebration of the nations national day
was completely overshadowed by the stir
ring events arising from the desperate strug-
gle between the Southern Pacific and the A.
R. Z. At 10 o'clock a. m. two regiments of
militia from San Francisco and two compa-
MES from Stockton marched into the city.
They had abandoned their train two miles
out of the city. The troops marched direct
to the armory, around which the local mill
tia companies had established a strong guard.
The militia upon being refused their re-
quest to fire on the mob returned to the
armory. The marshal ha6 given orders that
the strikers be removed by main strength,
but General Sheehan asked for orders to fire.
Marshal Baldw win refused, leaving the strik-
ers in complete possession.
Meantime armed bodies of strikers arrived
and were known to be coming from other
stations. These numbered from fifty to 100
each, we'll armed men.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
chicago on Fire.

From morning until morning, the latest
now in being the morning of July :, ires
ragged in all railroad yards IN Chicago and
its suburbs, also in the shops of most of the
lines having shops there.
The mob of strikers seemed to have trans
formed into fiends. Acres of cars tied up
in the yards. a large proportion filed with
merchandise, are destroyed; in a great part,
however. the mob rifed the cars and carried
away goods before applying the torch.
The aggregate of the losses to the railroads
will be enormous. Miles of their tracks
have been ruined by the fierce heat, hun
dreds of switch and signal towers with their
expensive mechanism utterly ruined. Thou
sands of cars and untold quantities of mer-
chandise of every imaginable description
have fed the flames and gorged the larders of
thieves; valuable locomotives have been
wrecked and disabled; miles of tangled wires
and PROSTATE poles litter the ground. Tele-
phone, telegraph, electric light and fire
alarm wires are now the especial object of
attack, the plugging of fire alarm boxes con-
stituting a new and doubly dangerous ele-
ment in the tremendous wave of incendi-
arism.
At midnight all the cars in the yards had
been destroyed. The mob showed much
method in its incendiarism ana hundreds
of cars were rifed and their contents carried
away before the torch was applied. The
loss in the Panhandle yards alone is esti-
mated at 81 1,200.000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
NUMBER %.

w. E. Alexander, living close to Leav-
enworth, was arrested on the charge OF
stealing a car load of cattle while em-
ploved on the stock farm of w. L. Hewett.
He cut about twenty head of fat steers
from herd and drove them to the San
ia Fe station for shipment He could
not secure transportation for them on
account of the strike, and had to hold
them until Saturday, when he got them
to Kansas City and sold them to Digel,
Welch & Clawson, who are said to have
since resold them. The owner of the
cattle missed them Sunday and securing
track of them sent to Kansas City and
identified them. He will get them all
back or be paid their value.
From Clay Center: Bennie Brett, son
of Mrs John Brett, proprietress of the
Cottage house, is dead. About dozen
young men, both white and colored, pro
cured keg of beer, and went to the
Kansas Central railroad bridge, west of
the city. Their ages ranged from four
teen to twenty years. A race war re-
suited and several fights were indulged
in. One white boy, Swede, was bad
ly injured. Young Brett wrs hit on the
back of the head with piece of iron or
brick and died in twenty minutes. All
the parties were arrested and released
on bail with the exception of a young
colored man who, it is claimed, did the
killing. He was lodged in jail.
Wichita Eagle: D. L. Hite brought
to this office a sample of the quartz of
Kansas gold mine. The mine is the up
land farm of j. H. Munns, four miles
east of the packing houses. The quartz
is in shape of a magnificent sheaf of
Mediterranean wheat, strong of stalk
and with bursting heads full of the
finest grain to be seen anywhere. The
wheat was put in last September. There
are forty acres of it, and judging from
that reaped yesterday it will average
twenty-fv bushels to the acre. Mr..
Munns has been on this farm twenty
one years and would not trade it for
any mine in Colorado, despite the al
legged vicissitudes of Kansas drouths and
hot winds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEOPLE.

Topeka churches have undertaken the
work of securing a more stringent en-
forcement of the prohibitory liquor law.
and committees of each denomination
will hold meeting to arrange for begin
ming the crusade.
There will be great colored camp
meeting at Kerr's park in Kansas City.
Kansas, during July. Negro preachers
from all over Kansas and Missouri will
be present, and it is believed that large
crowds can be attracted.
Negotiations are in progress looking
to the location in Kansas City, Kan,
of a large Methodist Protestant Theo-
logical institute. In connection with
the institute there will be a large book
concern devoted to the publication of
Methodist Protestant literature The
church has on hand about $4,000 with
which to begin work, and it is is ex-
pected that about $4,000 more will be
borrowed for the purpose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
Show Your Hands.

General Manager Frey, of the Santa Fe,
has sent out over the Santa Fe system a tele-
gram which takes the form of bulletin.
In the communication Mr.. Frey says that
the men now in the service of the Santa Fe
company must at once announce their in
tention and inform the officials where they
are stationed as to whether they propose to
work or not.
This letter does not refer to the men who
have already struck and have been dis
charged from the service of the company.
1t applies to those men who are yet practi-
cally in the service and asks them to say as
to their mention.
The company Is now desirous of knowing
what the men intend to do. Those who
will now refuse to work will find their places
filled as rapidly as possible and there will
be no difficulty as to that point, the officials
say, as there are men enough on hands to
fill the places.
The officials say they propose to ascertain
the nun Der of men who will work and those
who now refuse to work will be immed lately
dimissed from the service of the company.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
VIII Not Arhitrate

The committee of seven representatives of
the labor unions met the committee of four
from the Chicago city council at 1 o'clock
and after full discussion the council COM
mittee was informed by the labor committee
that unless Pullman agreed to arbitration,
all organized labor of Cook county would
quit work on Wednesday morning as voted
by the convention of unions.
A committee of five was then selected to
confer with Vice President Wickes, of the
Pullman company.
That official positively refused to meet the
committee of five.
What Mr.. Wickes said was: The Pullman
company has nothing to arbitrate, and we
which you refer. Our company has not re-
ceded from the position taken at the incep-
ton of the strike. This is final"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
Proclaims Mart al Law.

President Cleveland has issued his procla-
nation, practically declaring martial law in
the state of Illinois, more particularly in the
city of Chicago.
Washington dispatch says of it:
The proclamation practically declaring
martial law in Chicago was decided upon
after full discussion in the cabinet meet
ing. This is the action which General Miles
has desired from the beginning, as it will
give him more ample authority in the city.
None of the ca binet officials were willing
to discuss the proclamation at the conclu-
sion of the conference, but the following
dispatch, which sent from the war de-
partment to General Miles at Chicago, serves
in measure to interpret the intention of
the presidents action:
In view of provisions of statute and for
the purpose of giving ample warning to all
innocent and well disposed persons, the
president has deemed it best to issue the
following proclamation. This does not
change the scope of your authority or duties.
nor relations to local authorities You will
please make this known to Mayor Hopkins"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
One Way to Redress Wrong.

Los ANGELES, CAL, July 6.-Judge Jack
son in a supplementary charge to the grand
jury closed with this:
AT this time it is not necessary to say
which side is in the right, nor which side is
in the wrong, nor whether in fact, either
eide is in the wrong, upon the question. It
may be again said that there is but one way
to redress a wrong done in this country and
that is through the regular constituted tri-
bunals of the country.
mo man nor set of men, no communistic
com bination of men can lawfully undertake
to redress wrong except in the way pointed
out by law. Whenever men attempt to un-
lawfully com bine themselves together for
the purpose of redressing wrong, Nhey strike
at the very foundation of those laws which
give them the rights of a citizen, the pro-
lection OF life, of liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
at is the solemn duty of good citizens to
ponder and think of these things and be
sure that their acts whatever they are. be
within and not contrary to the laws of the
country, and it is the sworn and the impera-
tive duty of those charged with the admins
tration of the laws to take prompt and Wig
orous measures to bring to the bar of jus
tice any and every infraction of them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14

A Scene of Deso;atIon.

A survey of the scene ut the Chicago stock
yards Saturday morning showed that the
devastation by fire along the line of the
Panhandle railroad ey>ends over at least
three miles. Everything perishable was de-
stroyed, including cars. switch houses, signal
towers and exposed freight
Tracks were being slowly cleared of OBJ
structions with the intention that soon as
this was accomplished switching would be-
gin. In many instances the obstructiCns
were SO ingeniousy and firmly fixed that it
was almost impossible TO remove them.
Saturdays incendiarism began in a new
quarter, the Chicago Burlington IL Quincy
switching yards at Crawford, Just west of
the Hawthorne race track Fully a dozen of
the cars in the yards were burned at daylight
The destruction of the cars was complete.
moment after IL 30 a. IN. a mob num-
bering 500 tore up the main tracks of the
Pan Handle road at Fiftieth street. The po-
lice charged them, but were met with vol
ley of pistol shots. The police refrained
from returning the fire, but succeeded by
renewed charges in dispensing the crowd.
The Second regiment went to Forty-seventh
street to act as guard for the Pan Handle
tracks.
The number of cars on the Pan Handle
road, between Fifty fifth and Sixty-third
streets, destroyed by fire Friday night is es-
timated to have been from 1,200 to 1.500.
The total loss is said to be not less than ST.
100000. 1t is estimated that the loss of roll
ing stock ten or twelve miles of track is
ruined. At Fifty-fftf: Boulevard there are
five tracks. The yard branches out there in
a fan shape and at the south end it is about
twenty tracks wide. All the rails on which
burned 4rs stood are ruined. and on many
Of the tracks the ties are entirely burned.
1t is impossible to place any value on the
freight destroyed by the fire. Whole coal
trains had been side tracked in the yard and
were entirely DESTROYED,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14

The Chief officers of all the labor organi-
cations represented on the Union Pacific
system assem- bled at Omaha as representa-
tives of the federated board to hold by the
appointment a conference with General
Manager Dickinson. They state that the
object will be to discuss means of assisting
the manager and the receivers in restoring
complete harmony and regular traffic on
the Union Pacific system.
They say that in no event will the organi-
cations comprising the federated board
walk out now. Having agreed with the
court they will now, if a grievance arises,
submit it to the court. They condemn the
method pursued by Debs in involving par
ties not directly in interest in the fight with
Pullman and declare that if Sovereign
should call out the knights of Labor the
call would be of effect on the Union Pa
cific system.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
At the White House.

The president and his cabinet are watch.
ing the developments of the strike with un-
abated vigilance and soon after breakfast
Sunday morning when in ordinary times
the president probably would be taking a
pleasant drive in the country, he was sur
rounded by his constitutional advisers, read
ing bulletins from the west and discussing
probabilities of the future.
During the morning Senators Dubois
and Shoup, of Idaho, called at the White
house to urge federal protection for Wal
lace, Idaho, where riotIng is reported The
governor of Idaho having made strong ap-
peal for troops to quell the rioting.
Much qualification is felt here at the issue
by Arch bishop Pheean of his circular to all
Catholic priests enjoiuing them to impress
on their congregations the patriotic duty of
yielding respect and obedience to the law
full authorities. A large proportion of the
strikers are church going people and the Chi
cago ministers of all denominations counsel
their focks in the line indicated by the
archbishop.
1t is reported in military circles that rein
forcements from New York and Omaha
were sent at the suggestion of General Miles
not because he doubted the sufficiency of his
force, but a measure of protection to
cover emergencies at other points in the de-
partment of the Missouri.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
No Relief Yet.

There is no notable relief at the points
heretofore placed under embargo and the
situation at Kansas City was complicated
oy the tying up of the Fort Scott road,
thereby involving another sou thwestern
line. The Pacific coast remains in parEly-
sis from which there are no indications of
relief, and a significant note comes from
Seattle, Wash, where the steved ores were
called out by the Knights of Labor to pre-
vent the loading of steamer from San
Francisco, indicating that Grand Master
Workman Sovereign's promise to Debs to
hid him in every possible way was not merely
FOR effect. The day closed with no rifle in
the pail which overhangs the nation. The
significance of the Seattle incident is in
the fact that mails and express freight have
been shipped IN great quantities up the Pa
line of railroad.