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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-21
THE WHIsTLING SNAKE.
It Is Said to Rival the Whistling
Spider.
Two Very Remarkable Specimens Of Nat
uraI History-One Is Found In Aus
tralia, tho Other In British
New Guinea,

The discovery by the Horn expe-
dition to the Mcdonnell Ranges, in
Australia, of a remarkable specimen
of natural history called a "whis~
Ting spider" whose popularity con-
sists in producing whistling noise
by the simple operation Of drawing
its foreleg across its jaw, seems at
the moment to be outdone. Sir Will
liam Macgregor, the administrator
of British New Guinea, is now in the
field with another extraordinary dis
covery-a whistling snake. In his
latest report Sir William says that o
large number Of deaths occurred
early this year in the Rigo district
of New Guinea from snake bite. The
administrator points out that the
island is infested by small species
of black snake, which is very fierce.
The natives declare that whenever a
man goes near one it rushes at him,
uttering sounds which they describe
as resembling whistle. Shortly
before I was at the government sta
tion," writes Sir William Macgregor,
zone of these reptiles attacked the
government agent, but was killed
before it did any harm. A little
while before a boy of fourteen years
was in the bush near the station
when one of these snakes made 8
rush at him with the usual peculiar
whistling sound. The boy. thought
the noise emanated from some COCK
atoos in a tree, and began to look
for them. .He'd not discover his
mistake until he received q bite from
the reptile, from which he died. y
Scientific American.
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IF WE ONLY COULD SEE.
Possible Changes In Present Ideas
Were Our Eyes Stronger.

Our best acquaintance with the
wonders Of the visible universe must
always be held provisional. The
organ wherewith we are aware OF 1t
Is an imperfect one, iuseusible to
the co1ors beyond the red and the
violet which certain insects appear
to perceive. Light itself Is nothing
but q vibration Of what we call,
without understanding it, the ether;
and sight is a sense easily deceived
and of very feeble range. 1t is
probable that only slight exalta-
tion of the power Of the optic nerve
would present the picture Of the
starry sky to us in q very different
aspect.
TO our vision the waste of space
appears astounding, much as the Pa
cifc ocean seems far too large for it's
archipelag5es: The boundless vault
looks as though wasted In contain
ing at such enormous intervals the
tiny specks that are its worlds and
suns. Would it wear anything like
SO open an aspect if we had better or
different eyes? TO see the stars at
oil 1t is necessary to wait for the
darkness Of night; to be aware Of
those crimson fountains Of glory
streaming into space from the shn,
we have to borrow the help of the
moons interposed disk.
Since all heavenly bodies exercise
an influence, gravitatory and other
wise, upon all other bodies, it is con-
ceivable that kind of vision may
hereafter exist to which their mu.
tual contact and interaction would
be perceptible. We, see nothing
now which is not of the nature to re,
fleet upon our retinas or to project
upon them those light waves OF
which alone our light-sense can take
any cognizance. The fish which
dimly perceives star through the
water composed of oxygen and hy'
drogen is not in much worse posi-
tion for reliable astronomical obser-
vations than man, with his limited
visual spectrum, at the bottom OF his
ocean of oxygen, nitrogen, and the
new gas.-Sir Edwin Arnold, in
North American Review.
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FOLLOWED THE ENEMY.
An Incident of MacMahon's Cam.
paign Against the Austrlsns.

An Incident of MacMahon's Cam.
paign Against the Austrlsns.
A good deal has already been writ
ten around and about the memoirs
which Marshal de MaeMahon penned.
for the perusal Of bis family. A few
unsatisfactory extracts from them.
were published, here and there.
after the marshal's death, and now o
military paper, called the Sabretache,.
gives o few more. They relate to
the battle of Magenta on the 4th of
June, 1859, and to the engagement
at solferlno, which took place the
24th Of the same months. The
marshal evidently handled the sword
better than the pen, for the news ex-
tracts read like the baldest and most
unpicturesque of reports. Refer
ring to Magenta, the marshal con-
scientiously enumerates the orders
which he gave to the generals Of bis
command, and enlivens the narrat-
i've a little by alluding to the mar
row escape he had from falling, with
his staff, into the hands OF the
Austrians. He was looking for Gen.
Espinasse's division, and, while rid.
ing along, q plain, deserted on his
left a liue of Austrian light infantry.
Owing to the mist, the French leader
was taken by the Austrians for one
of their own generals, and they pre-
sented arms to him. MacMahon
and bis officers, seeing their danger,
galloped away as fast as they could,
but on the road from Magenta to
Marcals met some of the enemy's
lancers, who were after o piece OF
cannon left by the Austrians in a
ditch. The French general at once
ordered his escort to charge the
lancers, who retreated, thinking that
the attack was serious. The escort
was commanded by Lieut.. Dubouch-
er, who was rewarded for his bravery
in following the enemy by the deco
ration of the Legion of Honor. This
officer was subsequently killed at
Solferino. The extracts published
with reference to the aforementioned
battle only deal with few cavalry
charpes,-PariSGor: London Tele-
t,rs7,th;
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HE PAID HIGH.
The Price Of an Ungiven Kiss to a
Madras Civil Surgeon.

MaoraS NNU ourScoH'
Kissing, as many people have
found, is a comparatively costly
amusement; but few people have had
to pay so highly for au attempted
kiss as an unlucky doctor Of the
Madras civil service. This gentle.
man was driving in a dogcart with
another gentleman's wife, and so
far forgot himself, under the in.
auence Of the lady's charms, as to
ask her for a kiss. In some repre-
hensible cases Of this sort the inddl'
gence has been taken first and per-
mission asked afterwards; but We
are glad to know that the Madras
civil surgeon did not soar to such
heights of wickedness as that. At
any rate, when he asked leave to
kiss her, the lady very properly re.
fused. Smitten by remorse, the
erring doctor wrote q letter Of apol-
ogy to the wife; the wife laid the
letter before her husband; the hus-
band laid it before the Madras gov
ernment, and the Madras govern
ment called on the doctor to resign.
All the elemency they could show
him was to allow him to remain in
the service few mouths longer so
as to duality for the lowest grade of
pension. Who shall say that the
Indian government is not q paternal
ruler? Or that the licentious east
is not governed on the principles OF
the highest British morality? St.h,
It does seem hard on man 20 lose
his profession, prospects and career:
for the sake Of a kiss, especially when.
he has not even got the kisss-St';
James's Gazette.
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cHlLDRsN.s, Chill ,.E,t,s, roYs.
A:cautlon That Apple. In American
Towns as In London,

a Caution That applies IN american
Towns as In London,
There are few persons who walk
along the streets Of London whose
attention has not been directed to
the exceedingly ingenious toys which
are sold BY the itinerant vendors for
the delectation Of children. One Of
the latest Of these Is q hollow tube
of paper, furnished with o short
piece OF bamboo at one end, up to
which 1t Is coiled by the action Of d
very slight steel spring. On blow
ing into the bamboo the coil is un.
rolled and reaches forward nearly q
yard. The sudden extension Of this
coil produced by blowing in 1t is q
source Of great amusement Toy
bagpipes are also popular contriv:
ances. These are not blown in the
usual way, but the breath Of the per-
former is made to initiate a small
india-rubber ball, which, once blown
into, supplies sufficient air to play
few bars Of any popular tune.
Our contemporary, the Lancet,
has called attention to the possible
consequence Of buying these toys,
which, it says, are presented to
child after having been inflated by
questionable breath, aud perhaps
wetted with the moisture Of the still
more questionable lips Of the vendor.
An infected mouthpiece, 1t says, has
not unfrequently been known to be
the origin OF grave constitutional
troubles. This Is perfectly true.
Persons who would hesitate to drink
out Of a glass that has been used will
buy and present toys Of, this kind to
their children, not knowing by whom
they have been used, Or by what dis
ease they may be contaminated.
Among the impoverished makers
and vendors, sore throats, diphthe-
ria and contagious fevers in very
early stages may be raging, and
children may contract fatal diseases
even Of worse character than any
we have mentioned by blowing and
using these questionable toys. Sure
ly it is only necessary to call the at
tention Of persons to the evil, for
careful supervision would prevent
the dissemination Of loathsome dis
orders by these means;-In1d0n
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Forgotten Quotations.

What do we owe to Beaumont and
Fletcher Homely proverbs in
plenty, from '.'Beggars should be no
choosers" to discretion is the
better part Of valor, though wheth-
er they or Shakespeare has prior
right to the latter is uncertain.
From them also we inherit many
prettily-dressed bits Of philosophy,
in sour acts our angels are, for good
or ilp style, and many stirring tags
like Deeds not words" and Lets
meet, and either do or die" Burns
uses this phrase in his great war
song, and Campbell, who gave US $
"Distapce lends enchantment, "
Angel visits" ''Nfeteor flag of Eng
land" and Coming events" etc.,
places it in Gertrude of Wyoming "
-Cornhill Magazine.
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MILITARY BRUTALITY.
The German Emperor's- Attempts All
SURPRISING It. no.,

The German Emperor's Attempts All
Suppressing It. TO-.
The German army has leng seen'.
notorious for the brutal maGDcrina
which the private soldiers .wEe=.
treated by the non-commissiontN Ni;
and other officers. The system was :
inaugurated by the Great Frederick, ;
and the military officers since his
day seemed unwilling to allow it to
die out. Happily the present en-
peror seems determined to have none
Of it. His imperial rescript on the
subject forbiddipg any officer TO-
strike his men made some sensation
when it was issued, though it was.
commonly said in army circles thats
it would soon be a.dead letter. Az
few recentca proves the contrary
A well-known officer was recently
dismissed the service with igDeminy'
for the offense of striking man' i'm
the ranks, the emperor personally
indorsing the order for his dismissaN
with a severe and cutting remark. !,
At Breslau o sergeant who was
charged with ill-treating a soldier
was tried for the oifense by council
of war;. was sentenced to two years
Imprisonment in a fortress, and
when his sentence has expired to re-
ioin his regiment as soldier OF the
second class.-Scientific American.
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WANTED TO GET MARRIED.
The Story Of an Old Negroes Mar
rage License.

rage License
An old negro walked into the Of
fee of Ordinary Ferrill, of Chatham
county, and announced that he had
come to get a marriage license.
Judge Ferrill directed him to the
clerks desk, but it seemed there
was some trouble about the financial
part of the transaction, and the
clerk sent him back to the judge.
The old darky was fully seven feet
tall, and, according to his own state
ment, was eighty-four years old. He
carried an old musket almost as long
as he was tall, was barefooted, and
had his breeches rolled up to his
knees.
IT got no money, boss" he said to
Judge Ferrill, as he returned; "but
de rice-bud season done over now,
an ef you'll gi' me de license I'll le'
my gun here wsd you til next sea-
SON."
1t was apparent that the old fel-
low wanted to get married badly,
but the ordinary had not gone into
the junk business, and the gun prop
.osition did not take SO readily as the
old man thoughtit would.
He said his name was Bristoe
Evans, and he lived on Mars Elliott's
place across the river. When asked
what the woman's name was, he
said:
"She's ma'ed woman, an her
names Car'line.
''But what is her other name?"
asked the ordinary. 'We can'tgive'
you a license unless you give us the
full name"
IT done clean fergot," Bristoe re-
piled, but when he found he would
have to give her name he said: It'll
walk aroun' de block, Judge, an may
be I kno' it by dat time"
With that be started out with
his gun, but was back again in
about FIVE minutes. It was Caroline
Black. He knew he could remember
1t IT he'would just think.
The license was made out and
handed him.
"How much I owe you, boss?" be
asked. .a @ -.
Judge Ferrill told him he would
make him a present of it, and that
he could take his gun home with
him, as the ordinary had no use for
It,. The old negro was profuse in his
thanks and scarcely knew what to
say. He bowed as he started for the
door, and, turning to Judge Ferrill,
he said,
"Please God, boss, I bring you de
fust dozen rice buds T kill next sea-
son."
Caroline, as Bristoe put it, is mo
angel herself, as she is seventy
eight years old.-Atlanta constita-
tion.
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Keep Right on That Way,

Our aim-Tell the truth, though
the heavens tumble. Our paper
OF the people, by the people, to be
paid for by the people. Our relig-
ion-Orthodox, with firm belief in
Heaven. Our motto-Takc all in
SIGHT and hustle for more. Our pol
icv-To love our friends and injure
our enemies. Our obiect-To make
ap honest living and Ply our just
Tebtsr-'Gresram Neb;J U6mleE
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a Tremendous Conclusion.

During the English naval mancu-
vers two ten-inch guns were fired
simultaneously on ore OF the vessels
with startling effect. The glass
that protects the helmsman and the
windows of the charthouse, of which
the glass is onc-third of an inch
thick. were smashed to atoms. An
inkstand, bottles and tumblers
iumped six inches into the air and
spilled their contents, but came
down whole, and men near the tur-
ret were lifted off their feet by the
concussion.- San Francisco Argo-
naut
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BRAIN GYMNASTICS.
Wonders Revealed by the ADJ
vance Of Psyoholo illogical Study;
Tho Acquirement OF Skilled Mevemeaa-
Means Change In tho Cortical Portien
Of the Brain-The Practical Ro-
suit and Application OF This.

Modern studies Of the brain, says
Modern Medicine, have placed in q
very clear light the fact that in
gymnastics, piano playing and
Skilled movements OF all sorts, the
training consists not simply in o
discipline of the muscles involved,
but is especially training Of the
cells at the surface Of the brain-the
so-called cortical portion OF the
brain.
In many cases Of paralysis, the
failure Of the patient to recover the
use of the affected muscles is the re-
suit of neglect properly to train or
educate the muscles. The patient is;
not always able to do this hirnseH,'
for the reason that after the injury
involving the cerebral region has :
been repaired the muscles are often \
left in a state Of such complete dis
ability that the patient is not able to
command them by his will; that Is,
although the connection between the
will and the muscles is restored, the;
muscle is too weak to respond-not
that the muscle is unable to- con-
tract. but it is unable to contract
and at the same time do the werk
required Of it in moving the parts to
which it is attached. In these cases
massive movements are Of the great
est assistance. The masseur should
saw to the patient Gin a case involv-
inc the lower extremities, for ex;-
ampA(:: "Draw up your foot" and
at the instant when the patient
makes The. effort to draw up bis foot
tho macssu7 should raise the foot
tor ~ him. or give such assistaneelas:
is necessary to raise the foot, per-
hans leayi,;e. the patient toisuppose
1hat nhpt he 5e"hl has ex, ,ecutea the movement
himself, tirs elf thus gi, ing him encourage
ment aud restor,.. ..ug his confidence.
After this procedure has -. been t.s exc
cuted for q few days, w VIII 90 NO
ticed in many cases THAI There y : a q
decided increase in the evo1Is ary
control of the patient over Me, :.
fected part; and after a proEoSgas
course OF treatment, reachihg,s ID
necessary, over weeks or: eVern
months, the patient. may beable to-
control the paralyzed parts irayesy1
satisfactory manner. In like man
ner, the patient may even recover
the power Of speech after having
once lost it. II the patient is ,ahs'
to understand the words spoken TO
him, although unable to utter them
himself, in some cases it is possible
to restore the ability to, speak by
calling his attention to the form as:
sumed by the muscles OF the lips
and other muscles involved in artc-,
ulatiop, and directing him each day
in executing these movements, just
as o deaf person is; taught. In Q
case recently reported by K'chler.
patient by this means acquired the
use OF more than q hundasd words
by only six weeks practices. aster
having been speechless, ornea9lT sA1
for nine years, as the result Oh g
stroke of apoplexy. $
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A Study Of Oats Eyes.

Mr.. Lindsay Johnson. after exam
lining the eyes OF one hundred and
eighty domestic cats, as well as
those Of all the accessible wild menu
bers Of the family, concludes that
the natural shape Of the cats pupil
is circular, though under various de-
grees Of light itassumes every snaps
from tho rre .s9a stIaghh wErttesl
alaes
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HOW TO KEEP WARM.
Breathe Deep and Full and Hold the
Breath.

Breath.
I should like to call attention to
an easy method OF warming ones self
when other and more common means
are not available: It is method
that suppose is well enough known
TO the profession, but probably not
often used. / allude to warming the
body by merely taking deep inspira-
tions.
On one very cold afternoon OF last
winter, though walking briskly along,
I was uncomfortably cold; feet and
hands were very cold, and my ears
so chilled as frequently to require
the application Of my heavily ily-gloved
hands. In addition, the whole sur
face Of the skin was unpleasantly
chilled, "creeps' ever and anon run
ming up and down my spinal column
and radiating thence over the body
and extremities; In short, a condi'
ton that every reader of this little
article has doubtless many q time
experienced. I then began taking
an exercise often employed before
with benefit; deep forced inspira'
tions, holding the air as long as pos
sible before expulsion.
After a few inhalations> the sur
face OF my body grew warmer, and q
general sense Of comfort pervaded
me. Continuing, the next to feel
the effects of the effort were my
previously frigid ears. They grew
agreeably warm, and within the time
required to walk three blocks, at the;
previous pace, hands and feet par
took of the general warmth, and /
felt as comfortable as if the same.
length of time had been passed by o
glowing fire.
The happy results obtained from
this simple method are probably ow-
ing to several causes:
The cold, of course, chills the sur
face Of the body and contracts the
superficial blood vessels, usually af-
feeting first hands, feet and ears,
and afterward the geueral-bo sur.
face. Contraction of the blood ves-
sells results both in less blood to the
part and In stagnation Of the cur
rent, thus rendering the tissues still
less able to resist the cold. Deep
forced inspirations not only stimu-
late the blood current by direct
muscular exertion, but also by COM
pressing and expanding the lungs
the flow Of blood is greatly FASTENED
through this organ, and on account
Of the increased amount of oxygen in
haled, this abundant supply Of blood
is thoroughly oxygenated, tissue
metabolism ,is increased and more
heat necessarily produced.
Many times unavoidable exposure,
as IN riding, driving, standing and
the like, for a longer or shorter time
in the cold, has been the. cause Of
severe and even fatal congestive
troubles, such as pleurisies and
pneumonias, and q means Of quickly
stimulating the Tagging peripheral
circulation which a person has al.
ways with him, and which can be
employed without moving a step, Is
one that ought not to be neglected
or forgotten. e. B. :Ssngree, M. D.,
American Therapist.
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THAT LATCH KEY.
The Ex-Boarder Used It and Got
Himself Into Trouble.
Going to Look Up Friend BE Was Con.
fronted by D BtrangOc-The Onpleas-
ant Experience OF Being Taken
for Burglar.

The bestowal of latch key is
sacred trust not always appreciated
by tenants. It is the commonest
thing in the world for boarder to
walk off with bis door key, thus re-
tanning to himself the power to enter
a former dwelling at any hour of the
day or night he pleases. OF course
very few tenants hold on to their
keys with any such possibility in
view, but for the safety Of herself
and future tenants the landlady
should be more particular than she
averages at present In redeeming
the means of entry to her household.
A couple Of nights ago q young
man arrived from the west about
eleven p. M, and promptly betook
himself to look up an old friend,
whose room his own had adjoined in
a house on Forty.eighth street.
+. The house was closed up for the
night, SO. the young man took out
his erstwhile latch key, and, letting
himself in, mounted to his chum's
room. He was out, the gas was
lowered, and without waiting to turn
1t up the traveller stretched himself
on the sofa to wait, and In doing so
fell asleep.
When he awoke it was to find him
self face to face with the basilisk
stare Of strange man, and with a
revolver.
The room had changed tenants,
that was pretty plain, but it
wasn't equally plain how he was
to make clear that he was neither a
burglar nor an assassin.
If you lay down that thing" he
said, after a hurried explanation to
the man with the revolver, ''1'l call
up the landlady and prove my case.
With man and revolver in pursuit
he did find the landlady's door, only
to be confronted by strange
woman, who Immediately went into
Mysteries.
Then every other woman in the
house raised her voice in Mysteries,
and more men with revolvers gath.
cred in the passageways, until
things began to look pretty blue for
the young man.
At last the final man armed to the
teeth joined the boarders, and as he
did so the poor excited traveller gave
a cry Of relief.
"Put down your firearms" called
the last conner, sand stop your
shrieks. You were looking for
Dick, weren't your He's gone to
Europe. The whole house here has
changed hands. I'm the only one Of
the old crowd left. Good Lord, It's
we'll I'm herel You'd have spent one
night in Jail, at least, if'1'd not
been."
"There," shouted the besieged
man, finging the key at the scantily
robed landlady, there's the key Of
this blank, blank, blankety blanked
shanty, and may I never again see
the key of this or any other board:
ing place shanty as long as I live. ~
NJ V Horald
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The Editors Plea.

The wind bloweth, the farmer
sowctb apd the subscriber owcth,
and the Lord knoweth that we arc:
In need of our dues. So come a run,
MIN; this thing Of duunin' gives
US the blues. MllledgevilIe {GsJ
Union.