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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
A COSTLY PROCEEDING.
Tho Penalty Of Asking for Kiss In Brit
sh Burmab.

Tho Penalty Of Asking for Kiss In Brit.
sh Burmab.
The police court reports in the Lon
don papers sometimes quote the price
of kiss, which usually ranges from
half crown to half a sovereign, ac-
cordlng to the temperament of the
magistrate. How ridiculously cheap
this is, says writer In London Truth,
will be seen from the following ac-
count Of the cost OF merely asking for
kiss, which has been sent to me from
India:
! Probably you will hardly credit the
story, but it Is quite true, and, though;
the names are withheld by the Allaha-
bad paper which gives the facts, the
parties are well known. An officer Of
the Madras medical service was hold
In one Of. the most desirable civil
surgeoncies in the province, and there
he received visit from civilian and
his wife. While driving with the lady:
in dog-cart the doctor asked her for
q kiss 1t was very wrong, Especially
as there was q native servant sitting
behind the couple), and he met with the
stern repulse which his impudence and
imprudence invited This exemplary
woman afterward wrote to the doctor
that she had told her husband of his
conduct. The doctor then wrote an
abject apology, which the husband
submitted to the Madras government.
Without being allowed to say word
on his own behalf, the doctor was
forthwith officially advised to re-
sign the service to avoid dismissal.
Since then the Madras government has
been induced to modify its decision.
The offender is graciously permitted
to serve the further nine months neces-
sary to qualify him for the lowest scale
of pension, but he has been transferred
from his civil surgeoncy back to mill
tary service and packed off to remote
station in upper Burmah."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
DOWN THE ANDES.
A Rough and Exciting Ride on tho Transs
andine Railway.

Rough and Exciting Ride on tho Transs
nndine Railway.
A correspondent sends an Interest,".
Ing description of crossing Of the
Cordillera do los Andes, In the present.
state Of the Transandine railway. The
letter says:
"By seven a. m. we were at the first
inn on the Chilli side. We there char.
tered o four-horse carriage to drive US
to the end station ION this side) OF the
railway, which feat was accomplished
In two hours time. call 1t 8 feat lie.
cause the road is oil along the river
cut into the mountain side, and often
there is hardly room for four horses
abreast to pass, and when looked out
Of the window into the roaring river
below often wished had been on my
mule. We didsthe distance between
the two end stations in about half tho
time usually employed, only being on
horseback for seven hours and two
hours In the carriage. At the station
we were told that there would be no
train to Los Andes till three p. m.
next day, but we might telegraph for
the contractors engine to take us
down, which we did. We had only to
pay thirty dollars for 1t and saved q,
whole day by doing so. /
"At about ten q. m. the engine ar-I
rived, and very aimsy thing 1t looked.
We were put on a small bench at theE
back of the boiler, the driverH
and stoker standing In front. We wereH
soon spinning along, through tunnels,
over bridges and round curves. On al
track Of about twofeetsix inches gaugea
ut rate Of thirty miles an hour, ana
it was all that we could do to hold ON to
the jolting and rattling little machine.
don't believe I ever passed worse
half hour, expecting every moment to
see the engine leave the track7and to
be dashed into the river below. Stones
on the lihe, which made us all jump
off our seats, animals running across
the rails, sudden desperate curves
round the corners Of the rocky cliff
nothing seemed to dnunt our driver,
and the noise was SO great that 1t was
impossible to ask him to sladken down.
After we had gone half way, however,
he lost kettle overheard and stopped
to pick 1t up, and then demonstrated
with him and told him to slacken speed,
as I did not care to risk my life for the
sake of getting to Los Andes q few
minutes sooner. He said there was no
danger, but drove more slowly, and we
got into Los Andes an hour and two
minutes after mounting this internal
machine, and right glad was when
we drew up alongside the platform
with our bodies and luggage safe and
sound"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
HEALTH IN CORN BREAD.
This Accounts for the Good Condition o
the Southern Laboser.

This Accounts for the Good Condition OF
the Southern Laborer.
Behold the average colored laborer
on southern plantation, said Hon. F.
B. Winston, of Minnesota and Vil'-
ginia, recently. How fat and sleek he
looks; how his shining eyes and
smooth, ebony skin reveal the robust
physical man. He is a type of perfect
health, and to what does he owe his
superb condition? III tell you in two
words-corn bread. There is the
grandest food product in the world,
and all honor to the noble American
who is trying to teach the old world
people the various delicious uses Of
corn bread and the many palatable
ways it can be prepared for the table.
If it were not for corn I don't know
how many Of the poor people Of Vir-
ginia, white and black, would exist.
It is in reality the mainstay of life in.
many localities Of the old state. But
to really love corn bread I think one
must be used to it from childhood.
Southern-born men Of the old regime.
commenced gnawing on corn "pones".
when they were babies; as they grew
older the pone accompanied them on
every hunting and fishing expedition,
and so, when maturity was reached,
corn in some form or other was wanted
at the table three times day. This
fact will, think, initiate against any.
extensive use of the cereal as food
among the people Of Europe-they.
haven't been used to it. 1t has always
puzzled me that our own people, OUT
side of the south, fail to appreciate the!
glories Of maize. In the great corn
growing states Of the west its use Is
very limited, and the eastern mind, SO
far as corn Is concerned, IS bowling
wilderness.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
A TRAGIC ROMANCE.
A Texas Desperate Whose Victims Were
Scattered Far and Wide.

A Texas Desperate Whose Victims Were
Scattered Far and Wide.
The man who told the story between
the puffs of his cigar was from Texas,
says the Kansas City Times. "Clay.
Allison's life was tragic romance" he
began. "Clay Allison was desperado.:
He lived in the Red river country in.
the panhandle. rs trigger finger was
busiest in the early 'sOs. His record
was twenty-onc. He boasted OF It,:
,Twenty-one dead men, whose graves
were scattered from Dodge City to
Santa lie. myself saw him kill Bill
Chunk, bad man, who shot people
just for the fun Of seeing them fall.
The two men had no cause for quarrel.
They were the prize killers Of the
same section of the country. 1t was q
spirit Of rivalry which made them.
swear to shoot each other on sight.
Their friends bet On the result Of their
first chance rencontre. The met one
night at cross-road inn in New Mexico
and sat down at tables opposite each
other, with their drawn six-shooters
resting on their laps beneath their
napkins. A plate Of oysters on the
ahell had just been set before Chunk,
when he dropped his hand, In careless
fashion, and sent ball at Allison be-
meath the table. Quick as q leap Of
lightning Allisons gun replied. A tiny
red spot between Chunks eyes marked
where the bullet entered. The dead
man rolled over on the table and was
still, with his face downward in the
dish Of oysters.
"Allison was a large cattle owner.
He went on drive to Kansas City once,
and while here fell in love, married,
and took the woman to his home In the
west to live. .Achild was born to them
"a child whose face was as beautiful
as the face Of cherub, but whose poor
little body was horribly deformed.
Allison loved the child with the great
love Of his passionate nature. In the
babes misshapen and twisted form his
superstitious mind read meaning as
significant as that Of the message
which the Divine hand wrote on the
palace walls Of the king OF old in
Babylon. God, he thought, had visited
a curse upon him for his sins. he quit
his wild ways He drank no more. No
man ever after the birth Of his child
fell before his deadly pistol. he was
completely changed. In the new life
which followed he devoted himself
with absorbing energy to his business
interests. he became rich in time.
Ten thousand cattle on the Texas
ranges bore his brand. A few years
ago he was driving from his ranch on o
heavy road wagon to town. The heavy
wheels jolted down into deep rut.
Allison was pitched headforemost to,
the ground His neck was broken.
The team logged on into the distance
and left hin, lying there, dead and
alone upon the prairie"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
WILD CAMELS IN ASIA.
Tho "Ship or the Desert" Now Known to
Thrive In Cold Countries.

Tho "Ship OF the Desert" Now Known to
Thrire In Cold Countries.
According to recent dispatch from
st. Petersburg the wild camel has been
discovered in large numbers in that
portion Of Asia which lies between
Lobnor and Sajuy. This will dispose
Of the doubts that have hitherto pre-
vailed on the question as to whether
the "ship of the desert" really exists
in an untamed condition. From time
immemorial, says the New York Trib-
une, two species Of tame camel have
been in use, namely, that known as the
dromedary, with only one hump, and
found in India, Arabia and Africa,
while the one with two humps is met
with in Central Asia, Persia and the
south of Russia. Both species figure
in the sculptures of Assyria, and are
mentioned in the oldest books of the
Bible, but always as domestic animals,
and no trace exists Of their being
drafted from their savage state into
civilized life. Indeed, it has generally
been supposed that the camel never
existed otherwise than us a beast Of
burden, and the few specimens Of wild
dromedaries which have hitherto been
secured by travellers and hunters have
been regarded as merely some of the
domestic species that had reverted to
the freedom of barbarism. Zoologic-
ally speaking, the newly discovered
wild camel of Lobnor does not differ
widely from the domesticated animal,
except there Is almost an entire lack
Of hump, and that its sagacity and
sense are developed to most remarka-
BILE degree of keenness. And, whereas
we have hitherto been accustomed to
associate this animal with IDEAS of the
torrid heat of the African and Arabian
deserts, it would appear that it thrives
nowhere so well as in the coolest por-
tions of Siberia, suffering no ineanven-
ience even from the most severe win
ters, when the thermometer IS many
degrees below zero.
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ANTS AGAINST SNAKE.
Numbers Won In n Long and Exciting
Battle.

Numbers Won In Long and Exciting
Battle.
"While camping in Alabama during
the late war;" said Col. II. c. Crossman
of Dayton, O., according to the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat, 'I witnessed an
attack of band of black ants upon
striped snake.
"One evening, while l was trying to
60 to sleep, after a long days march,
felt something move under my head. I
lifted one corner Of the blanket and
found {. snake between three and four
feet in length. I quickly hit it with
small stick, but the reptile seemed
hardly stunned by the blow, so picked
1t up on the end Of the stick and threw
it about fifteen feet away. The snake
landed on large ant hill. Almost in
stantly the ants poured forth from
their nest, which was underneath, and
began vigorous attack upon the in
truder, who was soon covered by scores
Of his assailants, biting him fearfully.
The battle ragged with fury, the snake
writhing about in torture.
1.-THE contest at first seemed an un-
equal one, for the snake was rapidly
thinning out his prosecutors, but on
the other hand the ants were numer-
ous and quick in their aggressive
movements. The snake with one blow
of his tail would kill or wound a long
line of ants, but the active little crea-
lures were soon reinforced by fresh
troops and fought with desperation
wonderful to behold. was astonished
beyond measure to see the tactics Of
the ants. When they saw their num-
bers were being lessened they dis.
patched couriers for fresh relays Of
soldiers, who appeared on the scene in
due time to replace the killed or wound
ed.
"The moon after time Lit up the
scene, but as there appeared no near
termination of the struggle I gave up
watching 1t and, stretching myself
again on my blanket, went to sleep.
Before striking tents the next morning
I went to look at the battle ground.
The slain insects were scattered in
every direction, but there were six or
seven watchful ants upon the back Of
the snake, which lay stretched out
dead near the ant hill"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
Equality Of Sex.

: It Is natural for q woman toresent the
imputation that the feminine mind is
not so strong as the masculine, and this
spirit Of independence was early mani
tested In schoolgirl living in Massa-
chusetts town. She had, too often,
perhaps, been made to acknowledge
the superiority Of her brothers. One
day her mother remarked upon the ap-
parently utter lack Of intelligence in a
hen. "You can't teach hen any
thing" Bhe said. "They have ruined
more Of the garden than a drove Of
cattle would. You can teach o cat,
dog, or pig something, but hen
never!" ''Hmp exclaimed the child,
Indignantly. II think they know just
as much Us the roosters!"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
MEN AND WOMEN.
Some Cardinal Points OF Difference Be-
tween tho Sexes.

tween tho Sexes.
Women always show by their actions
that they enjoy going to church; men.
are less demonstrative. When o wom-.
an becomes furried she feels for fan;
when man becomes furried he feels,
for cigar. Women jump at conclu-;
sions and generally hit, says the New;
York Advertiser; men reason things
out logically and generally miss the
truth. Some women can't pass nil
linery shop without looking in; some
men can't pass public house without
going in. A woman never sees a baby
without wanting to run to it; man
never sees baby without wanting to
run away from it. Women love admir-
alton, appreciation, self-immolation on
the part of others; are often weak,
vain and frivolous. Ditto men. A
woman always carries her purse in her
hand, so that other women will see it;
q man carries his IN his inside pocket,
so that his wife won't see it. A wom-,
IN can sit in u theater for three hours
without getting all cramped up, catch
ing the toothache or becoming faint
for want of fresh air; man can't. A
woman, from her sex and character,
has claim to many things besides her
shelter, food and clothing. She is not
less q woman for being welded; and
the man who is fit to be trusted with
good wife recollects all which this i'm
plies, and shows himself at all times
chivalrous, sweet-spoken, considerate
and dcferential.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
LiIlputian Cattle,

The Samoan Islands are the natural
habitat Of the most diminutive species
of variety of the genus bos now known
to the naturalist. The average weight
Of the males Of these lilinutian cattle
seldom exceed two hundred pounds,
tbe average being not greater than one
hundred and fifty pounds. The females
usually average about one hundred
pounds larger, are very ''stocky built,
seldom being taller than q merino
sheep" These dwarf cattle are nearly
all Of the same color-reddish mouse
color marked with white. They have
very large heads as compared with
their bodies and their horns are Of ex-
eeptional length.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
A Little Bit Thick.

James Payn recalls in certain mess
room the conversation after dinner
turning upon a Capt. Mosely in the
regiment, who had the gift of prophecy;
though it must be confessed it was
mainly limited to sporting events, A
guest who had drunk quite as much
champagne as was good for him ex-
pressed incrcduliiy to his next neigh
Dor, who, with most courteous bow,
observed: We'll, that is an opinion I
can hardly discuss with impartiality,
because lam Mosely." 81 do not doubt
that''at all, was the rejoinder; "but
are you mosely right?"
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A GOOD LESSON.
Respect for tho Court Taught an Applf.
cant for Citizenafip.

cant for Citizenship.
Judge Ferris is man who believes
in maintaining the dignity of the
courts. While he does not use his po-
sition TO be captious about it, yet he
never fails to impress on IN person who
displays lack of respect for the court
and through it the law, that the court
must be respected and its dignity main
tained.
An instance how man can be taught
that respect for the courts means re-
spect for the law was given by Judge
Ferris. The person referred to was an
applicant for citizenship. He went to
court dressed as il he had left cow
stable, where he haS been cleaning the
stalls. His clothes were dirty and his
boots were covered with filth. When
the judge had looked him over he
asked If he realized he was In court
of justice and was On applicant for one
Of the greatest privileges that could be
granted him. The man hardly an
.swered. The judge called his atten-
tion to the condition of his clothes and
boots, and told him to go homo and get
on the best clothes he had, just as If he
was to be married, and, if he passed
the examination when he returned he
would be given papers Of citizenship.
The man returned in few days, well
dressed. and showed by his manner
that the lesson had not been lost on
him. He had a wholesome respect for
the court, and was, no doubt, impressed
with the majesty Of the law.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
EASILY SATISFIED.
Tho Solo Object Of Minnesota Coupls ut
tho Worlds Fair.

tho Worlds Fair.
At the worlds fair it was amusing to
note the diversity Of objects which Wis
itors found the most interesting. One
young woman, who was busy writing
in her notebook in the agricultural
building, hurriedly ran over to table
and pushed to the front with so much
zeal that the bystanders supposed she
had forgotten her purse or something
else equally important; but having
scanned the table eagerly, she merely
said: 30, yes, sugar beets," and ran
away again to a sheltered place to
write 1t down.
Another instance was that of an old
couple, weary-lool;ing and bundle
laden, who asked guard where the
Minnesota building could be found.
He indicated the direction.
SIS it fur?" asked the man.
Eyes, about half mile from here"
20 dearl Well, come, Mary, we'll
put her through now we're here" said
the old man, shouldcring his heavy
bundle.
But the woman was more garrulous.
She detained the guard long enough to
explain that they lived in Minnesota
twelve years and then moved to Ohio.
Now they were going back to Mime
sofa.
"We was goin' through Chicago, so
we jest stopped off two hours to see
the fair. We don't kecr much for fairs
anyway; all we want to see is the Min
pesota buildin', and we are bound to
Sec that s It takes ha1fa dav!h
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
THE CLOUD WAS ALIVE.
A Vast Swarm of Winged Ants Moving
Ewlftly In tho Sky.

a Vast Swarm of Winged Ants Moving
swiftly In tho Sky.
"While driving home from Oneida
the other day." said farmer who lives
in the extreme western part of the
county to a Utica Observer man, 81 saw
big cloud moving due north over the
fields and woods. There wasn't any
wind blowing; the air was still and
was unable to account for the presence
of O. big dark cloud speeding away
across the heavens on such a still,
bright day.
cat first thought it was cloud Of
smoke from the railroads, but then
when I first saw 1t the cloud was in
such position that it could not pos
sibly have come from the West Shore
railroad, and even If 1t had there
never was cloud of smoke that hung
so closely together and SO long as that
did. AS I sat in my wagon ii appeared
to me to be a mile long and perhaps
half q mile wide, but of course that
part Of it was all speculation, for no
one can make very accurate guess Of
the size Of cloud. The body in the
sky was as dark as the smoke from
locomotive and looked to be quite
dense. It travelled quicker than any
cloud ever scudded before a thunder
shower in this section. When it first
attracted attention 1t was high up in
the heavens, but it rose and fell sew
eral times, like the soaring Of bird.
Once it was but few feet above the
top Of some woods. Again it took an
upward course and continued onward
In On answering north course. It
was about FIVE o'clock that the cloud
passed.
''That evening noticed a number Of
reddish-winged wood ants about on the
grass end in the roads. It occurred to
me that the strange cloud in motion
might have been cloud Of these flying
ants. The more pondered over the
phenomenon the more became con-
vinced that it was cloud of ants that
passed over the country. Such story
was too big for me to tell, although
there was proof enough of the fact for
my mind, so 1 held my peace and simply
spoke to my family of the strange cloud.
Others had seen it, too, yet none sus-
pected what it was and we finally dis
missed it.
"a day or two afterward 1 was in
Constableville and there the farmers
told me they had seen the same thing.
There was no doubt about it, either,
for O number Of them watched the
cloud and at that place it passed so
low that they caught the insects in
their hands. They were the same fly
Ing ants. We compared notes and
found that it required just an hour for
the swarm to move from the place
where they were first seen to Con-
stableville. The distance in straight
line is thirty-one miles. They were in
Oneida county at five o'clock and at
just six o'clock they were seen in the
north. The ants continued northward
and nobody has told me where they
stopped."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-07
DEFIES HEAT AND COLD.
A New Kind OF Glass Unhurt by Violent
Atmospheric Changes.

A New Kind OF Glass Unhurt by Violent
Atmospheric Changes.
The new German glass is new and
singular departure In that line, disre-
Rarding as 1t does the ordinary princi-
pie that good glass must contain, to-
gether with silica and a divalent or
trivalent metallic oxide, the oxide OF
monovalent metal-an alkali metal
or thellium-but while thus free from
alkali can be worked before the blow
pipe, and has small coefacient Of ex-
pansfon. The inventor, says the New
York Sun, was led to the production OF
this compound glass by studying the
state Of strain in ordinary glass vessels
and tubes cooled in contact with air. AS
hollow glass vessel, cooled in contact
with the air, has its outer slkin in q
state Of compression, while the inside
IL In q state of tension, 1t is easily dam
aged on the inside, but is resistent on
the outside; a hollow glass vessel, It
introduced when cold into warm air,
has its outer skin thrown into state.
Of compression, but If, when it is hot,
&c Is exposed to cold air, its outer skin
isthrown into a state Of tension-this
being the reason why cold air causes
glass to crack more readily than hot
AIR does. The inventor succeeded in
throwing the outer layer into perma-
:nent state Of compressor, by covering
the glass vessel with thin outer layer
OF glass which has a small coefacient
Of expansion. The TASKS made of such
glass can be filed with boiling aniline
and Immediately sprinkled on the out
side with cold water-glass dishes, too,
can be heated over the naked Bunsen
fame without cracking. Pressure
tubes Of this compound glass are also
made to meet all the requirements OF
practice and have been kept in con-
-tinuous use on locomotives for f7e
Ynnn&hS