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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
A Vanishing Lake.

vanishing lake" otherwise Haw
pond, a sheet of water seventeen
miles east of Cordele, Ca, is small,
but wonderful, being regarded as
one Of the greatest natural curl
osities in the south. 1t takes it's
name of vanishing lake" from the
fact that every year, some time be-
tween the 10th and Goth of May,
it's waters become terribly agi-
tated and within q few minutes to-
tally disappear, sinking through
the bottom with great roar. Sew
eral lakes and ponds in that vicinity
have disappeared, but this is the
only one which annually fills up and
goes through such curious per-
formances.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
RAILROADS IN THE q. S.
The Development Of Safety 1s
Remarkable.
Statistic Say Person Is Safer on tho
Train Than Of Figures That VIII
AstonIsh Reader-Capi-
tai Invested.

In keeping with these constant
improvements the safety of travel
is now almost absolute. The ele-
ment Of personal safety is even
greater for the passenger than for
the average person who is not trav-
cling, as may easily be demon
strated. During 1893 the railroads
Of the United States carried $685.
56O,612 passengers an average jour-
ney of about "a miles each, or IA, 229,-
1O1, ,084 passenger miles. A passen-
ger travelling constantly would &C.
complish about 100000 miles per
year, and $4,000 travelling constant
ly would be equivalent to the pas
scnger mileage for 1893, during
which year 299 passengers were
killed. This is equivalent to an
average annual death rate of be-
tween 5 and per thousand among
passengers. The annual death rate
for the population at large is three
or four times as great. In other
words the probability of death is
several times greater off than on q
train.
1t is curious to note that while
freight rates have fallen tremend-
ously, dropping from 6 and 8 cents
per ton per mile in earlier years, to
less than cent per ton per mile at
present, passenger fares show little
depreciation. The average fare on
35 roads in 1848 was 2.85 cents per
mile; on ell roads now the average
is about 2.2 cents per mile. But in
creasing luxury of equipment has
perhaps atoned for this maintenance
OF old time rates.
The railways in 1893 earned ST.
22O, 1854, and of this amount
1927, ,921, 299 was expended for oper-
alton. From the net proceeds an
average interest of 4.25 per cent.
was paid on the mortgage indebted
ness of s5,225, 689, 1921 and an aver
age dividend of 1.68 per cent. was
paid on the capital stock Of s4,668,-
935, ,418, revenue to stockholders
by no means extravagant. 1t can
be said for American railroads that
their average capitalization, includ-
ing bonds and stock, Of $62, 421 per
mile is less than one-third the capt.
talization of English railways per
mile, and considerably less than the
average for the world. The total
capital invested in the railways Of
the world at the beginning Of 1893
was $33,215,OOO, 900, about $4,000
per mile.-Brandt Mansfield, in The
Chautauuuan,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
A Bust of Herod the Great.

The Imperial Hermitage at st.
Petersburg has just been enriched
by a valuable historical and archeo-
logical relic, viz: The bust Of Herod
the Great, the ruler Of Judea in the
days of our Saviour. This bust, says
the Peters burg correspondent Of
the Dublin Irish Catholic, was dis
covered some years ago In Palestine
by the Russian archimandrite An
thony, the late head of the Russian
mission in Jerusalem, and has been
pronounced by experts to be genu-
inc and the only one of Herod exist
ing in our times. This valuable
treasure has been bequeathed to the
Hermitage by the deceased arch
imandrite.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
A Family Carriage.

There are thousands Of bicycle
riders in Buffalo, fast racers and
fancy men, women who do their
century" in day and many other
varieties of the genus bicyclist. But
so far as we are aware there is only
one man in Buffalo or anywhere else
who has successfully converted his
bicycle into a family carriage with
comfortable seats for five. That is
Mr.. HenryJ. Won Scheidt, with his
four boys. On setting out the
wheel is steadied by the father and
Johnny, the youngest, is lifted into
his place; then Arthur is established
in front of him, and Willie climbs to
his place in front of all. The father
then takes the saddle and when
under slow headway Henry runs
after and mounts to his seat behind.
In this way the father and four
boys have ridden over FIVE hundred
miles this season, visiting Lancas-
ter, Tonawanda, Bellevue and other
neighboring towns, where, as in
Buffalo's parks and streets, they are
always much gazed at and admired.
They have never had an accident.
The frame which provides the extra
seats for the children was built by
Mr.. Won Scheidt himself; it can be
taken off in minute and a half and
replaced in three minutes. Buffalo
Express.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
Her Good Day for Snakes.

A young Baltimore girl, noted for
her beauty and gertleness, has come
prominently to the front as a snake
killer. While on visit to Balti-
more county she was attacked by
large snake in the vicinity of pond
of water. She and her youthful
companions were greatly excited,
but she succeeded in killing the
snake. The disturbance aroused
other snakes, and o serpent war OF
unusual magnitude was the result.
After the conflict the reptiles were
counted and piled. 1t was found
that in all, little and big, twenty
snakes had been killed.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
HORRID SHlPMATES.
A Vessel That Has Been Invaded by
Tarantulas and Scorpions.

~ SeSSei Hat t1dS 0eei iiV10SO ~
Tarantulas and Scorpions.
Life on board the British steam
ship Kennel, which arrived at this
port in command of Capt. Davis,
laden with logwood, is rendered mis-
erable by the invasion Of myriads Of
tarantulas, scorpions and other pes
tiferous strangers, and it is difficult
to keep the sailors from deserting
the ship on this account.
These unwelcome visitors found
their way on board with q cargo of
logwood, which was taken in at Port
de Paix, small settlement in Hayti,
and many nights of discomfort have
been spent on board the Kennel by
both her officers and crew. Taran-
tulas by the hundreds and number
less scorpions have been killed in
the after cabin, and so thickly was
this portion Of the ship populated
by these and other bugs that the
officers have been unable to sic p
below.
The officers of the Kennel, like all
sailors, are afraid of the tarantulas
and scorpions, and now that her
cargo is being discharged every ef-
fort will be made to rid the ship of
the plague before she sails from
here. Banana-laden ships frequent
ly bring with their cargoes q few
tarantulas, but this ship is fairly
alive with them. The only relief
the crew of the Kennel had on their
voyage north was on the day before
sighting the capes, when the cold
weather caused their disappearance
from the decks.
AS the cargo was being discharged
1t was found to be actually alive
with both scorpions and tarantulas.
The old sailors on board the Kennet
say they will never ship In log
wood-laden vessel again, and remain
now only in the fear that desertion
would cause forfeiture Of their
wages. Philadelphia Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
Women ind Knives.

About one woman in twenty owns
o pocketknife, and her selection is
somewhat different from that of her
brother. She, as a rule, fancies q
small knife, sometimes tiny, and she
pays much attention to the handle.
Some OF her fancies are in the tur-
quoise, while many are in pearl. She
rarely CARRIES this knife in her pock-
ct, and it can also be said that she
never receives as present one of
these articles from male acquaint-
ce.-HarlYare.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-10-24
AS to the Flood Doctors differ.

Suess, in Das Antlitz der Erde,
and Neumayer, in Erdesgeschichte,
have attempted to show that the
Mosaic account of the deluge was
copied with little change from an
original Assyrian version and thati it
was local food which took place in
the plains of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates, not in the valley of the
Jordan. In a recent number Of
Natur Wochenschrift, however,
Richard Hennig tries to prove that
o general flood took place in the ice
age during the quaternary period,
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y
still waters. On account of the
peculiar phase of the subject, I
have drawn my present illus
trations, you see, chiefly from the
water. remember that a. vessel went
to pieces on the Bermudas u great many
years ago. 1t had vast treasure on
board. But the vessel being sunk, no
effort was made to raise it. After many
years had passed company of adven-
turers went out from England, and,
after a. long voyage, they reached the
place where the vessel was said to have
sunk. They got into small boat
and hovercd over the place. Then
the divers went down, and they broke
through what looked like a limestone
covering, and the treasures rolled out
what was found afterwards to be, in
American money, worth one million
five hundred thousand dollars, and the
foundation of Il great business house.
At that time the whole world rejoiced
over what was called the luck Of these
adventurers. Oh, yc who have been
rowing toward the shore, and have
not been able to reach it, I want to
tell you tonight that your boat hovers
over infinite treasure! All the riches of
God are at your feet. Treasures that
never fail, and crowns that never grow
dim. Who will go down now and seek
them? Who will dive for the pearl of
great price? Who will be prepared for
life, for death, Tor judgment, for the
long eternity? See two hands of blood
stretched out toward thy soul, asJesus
says: "Colne unto me, ally that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
TIIEGAZETTE.
FRIDAY - ING. JUNE 10, 1884.

NOT SLEPT IN ELEVEN YEARs.-Thc
victim of a most singular affection, Mrs
William Van Horn, was on Wednesday,
June Is, taken out of her house for the
first time in eleven years. In all this
long time she has never once closed
her eyes in sleep. Mrs. Van Horn is
ne daughter of Colonel Joseph Jordan,
of DeKalb street, Bridgeport, Pa, ana
she was carried half a block TO her
fathers new residence. Nineteen years
ago Mrs. Van Horn was married and
eight years later she was in Chicago.
One day she was standing close to a
railroad water tower when q crank
leaped from a second-story window
and landed on the pavement near her.
At that time Mrs. Van Horn was about
to become a mother. The mans head
struck the stone and his brains wee
scattered about in all directions. Tbs
horrible sight froze Mrs. Van Horn s
blood and She Immediately became Ill.
Her legs become completely paralyzed
and have so remained ever since. She
has not in these II years once taken a
single step.
Another peculiar feature of her Attic
ton is that she never sleeps as other
persons do. To the best OF her W
knowledge and so far as her family ever
noticed, Mrs. Van Horn has not once
in these II years closet her eyes IN
sleep. At all hours Of the day and
night her eyes are wide open and she
is apparently awake. The best physi-
clans have vainly endeavored to tathom
the cause of her peculiar malady. the
sight OF that man with his head broken
open seems always wildly before her,
although her mind is as bright and
clear as it ever was. The slightest
movement renders her UNCONSCIOUS,
and to-day the little exertion of being
carried for half a block on a stretcher
put her into a comatose state, from
which she rallied as 500 as she again
became quiet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
Mt. VERNON ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

IllIt iLltllU1i hLOlitl AZ
Time Table in effect November 13, 1893.
CARS LEAVE
ALEXANDRIA FOR MOUNT VERNON FOR
MOUNT VERNON. ALEXANDRIA.
700 A. NJ. 7:45 A. NJ.
1910 A. NJ. 1850 A. NJ.
lilo A. NJ. 11:50 A. NJ.
1910 P. NJ. 1850 P. NJ.
Ito p. NJ. 1:50 P. N.
2:10 P. NJ. $50 P. NJ.
300 p. NJ. 400 P. NJ.
500 P. NJ. 5:45 p. NJ.
Fare to Mount Vernon, 20c each way.
Round rip tickets Boo.
KING STREET LINE.
Cars connect with Pennsylvania r. R.
trains and boats via Washington and Alexan-
dria ferry.
There are now on sale at the Office. also by
conductors on cars, single and round trip
tickets VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD and
VIA WASHINGTON FERRY y BALTIMORE
OHIO RAILROAD to points North and West.
D. w. HOLDEN, GEO. Z. PHILLIPS,
Supt. Gen. Passgr. Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
Opening and Closing of the Mails.

opeiiiHS anu CLOSING OF the Mails.
Northern mails close at 7 80 and 8 so a. m.
aud - SO, As and s 40 p. IN. Open at
90 a. m, - 90 M. and 6 80 p. M.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville.
close at Z so and II 90 a. M. and s As D..
M. Open at s 90 a. m. and 3 90 p. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 1 so
2. m. and s 40 p. m. Open at s 90 a. m. and
Southern mails, via Richmond. close at
10 40 4. N. and 3 80 and S As y. IN. Open
at 5 90 a. NJ. and IL 80 p. M.
Manassas Division mails close at 7 so q m
aud d 81 P. M. Open at 8 90 a. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close at
8 40 a; m. and 4. 90 p. M. Open at 8 90 am.
and 5 90 p. m.
Western mails .close at 8 as n m and
- 80 p. III. Open at s 0Oa. m. and 12O0m
Washington mails close at Z so and 9 so a
M. and - so, 4 40, 8 80 and S 45 n, m
Open at S 90 and 10 90 a. M, u 90 m. and
so and 6 so p. M.
Office Hours-Open at 8 90 a. N. Close at
80 p. m. Open at 6 80 p. M. Close at 7 90
p. m.
Sunday Hours-open at 9 90 a. IN. Close
nt 8 80 a. M.
Carriers Standardization made at
so and 10 90 a. m. and - 20, 5 90 and
b 40 p. m.
Deliveries made at s 90 q. NJ, ID 90 m. and
500 p. II.
sunday-Carriors' window open at 8 90 and
close at 9 80 a. m,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

Knights Tomplar, Old Dominion Command
ery meets every third Friday of each month
at Masonic Temple.
ROYAL Arch Chapter: Mount Vernon Royal
Arch CHAPTER meets every first Friday Of each
month at Masonic Temple.
Observation-Disclosures Lodge of Ma
sons meets on the second and fourth Thurs
DAYS Of each month.
Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masons meets or
the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 80,
meets in their hall, on north Columbus street
every Friday night.
their hall, on King street, every Tucsaly
night.
Marley E~ncampmcnt, No. 6, meets every
second and fourth Monday at Odd Fellows
Hall, north Columbus street.
Mechanics Lodge Knights of Pythiss, No.
8, meets every Thursday night in Pythian
Hall. north Pitt street.
Oriental Lodge Knights of Pythias meets
every Friday night on north Pitt street.
Alexandria Lodge X. of P, No. 73, meets
Wednesday nights at Sarepta Hall, King
street.
Potomac Tent Rccbabites meets in sarepta
Hall every Friday night.
Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars
meets in their hall, on south Fairfax street,
every Tuesday evening.
Talisman Lodge Good Templars meets every
Monday night ia Pythian Hall, north Pitt
street.
Junior Order Rechabites meets every Mon
day night at Good Templar's hall, south Fair
fax street.
Refuge Council, Sons of Jonadab, No. II,
meets every Monday night at Sarepta Hall.
Juvenile Templars meets every Saturday
afternoon at Good Templars' Hall south Fair.
fax street.
Champion Castle, No. 5, knights of Golden
Eagle meets every Wednesday night at Good
Templar's hall, south Fairfax street.
Alexandria Council Royal Arcanum meets
n Potomac Hall room, north Columbus street,
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Haven Lodge Knights of Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday in Potomac
Lodge room, north Columbus street.
Robert Andrews Division Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers meets first and third
Sunday in Potomac Lodge room.
Osccola Tribe of Red Men, No. /, meets
every Thursday night in Sarepta Hall.
Alexandria Catholic Beneficial Society meets
every Sunday night in st. Mary's Hall, corner
Royal and Wolfe streets.
Young MeL's Sodality Lyceum meets every
Sunday night in their hall on Duke street.
Lafayette Lodge, No. II, Independent Or
der Mechanics meets Wednesday night at
Pythian Hall, north Pitt street.
Alexandria Council, No. 80, Jr. o. U. A. M.
meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall. on
nerth Columbus street.
Rathbonc Division, Uniform Rank K. of P.
meets every other Wednesday at Pythian
Castle, Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meet every Mon.
day night at their Armory, south Royal street.
Confederate Veterans meet first Monday
night in each month at Columbia Engine
House.
Sons of Confederate Veterans meet first
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court, No. 7713, A. o. F.
of A. meet every Tuesday night at Pythisn
Hall, north Pitt street.
L. 0. B. B. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meets first Sunday Of
every quarter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15

F Adams. n Entwisle,
J Broders, n Lindsey & Co,
Charles King & Son, Pullman q 20,
G VIM Ramsay, Fisher Brothers..
Grocers and Liquor Dealers.
F Burroughs, Harlow Brothers,
II C Wallace. w A johnson & Co,
Robertson s. Bro.
Druggists.
w F;Creighton g. Co, Lunt & Allen,
Lennon, ES Leadbeater & Sons.
L Stabler & Co.
Physicians.
DR. NJ w O'Brien, DR. w NJ Smith,
DR. G w Ashby, DrTM Jones,
DR. w B Purvis.
Hardware.
Jas F Carlin & Sons.
Agricultural Supplies.
Herbert Bryant, VIII May & Son.
Stores and Tjaw0re.
Henry Bladder.
Feed Dealers.
IT F Burroughs, FL Pollard,
w Roberts, J 3 Watkins.
Ice Dealers.
] w Hammond, f Reed & Co.
Wood and Coal Dealers.
Dew. Aitchcson, w A Smoot & Co,
J K Zimmerman,
The Marine Railway, Shipbuilding and Cosl
Company.
u. S. Offices.
Postotfice.
Dry Goods.
Isaac Eichberg.
Real Estate.
Alexandria Real Estate Investment, Trust and
Title Company.
Brick Manufactures.
Alexandria Press Brick Company
Breweries.
Robert Portner Brewing Company.
Butchers.
Hellmuth Brothers, NJ. Schiller.
Wholesale Cake aud Cracker Manufacturers and
ContectiOners.
George r. Hill & Co.
Commission Merchants.
P B Hooe, JT&JG Beckham,
Fisher Brothers, Harlow Brothers,
w A Johnson g. Co, 81 Monroe & Co.
Matthew, Kell & Go.
Courts.
County Court, Corporation Court.
Lawyers.
James R Cation, George A Mushbach,
J K M Norton, &C Carlin,
s G Brent.
Merchandise Brokers.
VIM Fowle Brookes g. Co, AID Brockett.
Private Residences.
Charles King, Herbert Bryant,
E Il Janney, George A Mushbach,
Mrs NJ A Wood, Mrs Francis L Smith
John D Hooe, f L Daingcrfeld,
P II Sullivan, w B Daingerield,
] r Zimmerman.
Manufacturers Of Soda and Mineral Waters.
James McCuen.
Stationers and Printers.
R Bells Sons, R w French.
j NJ Hill & Co.
Schools.
Episcopal High School, L NJ Blackford, Prin.
cipal.
Summaries.
Theological Seminary.
Telegraph Companies.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Tanners.
&C Smoot & Sons.
Express Companies.
United States Express Company,
Adams Express Company.
Insurance Agents.
P B Hooe, / Stabler.
Junk Dealers.
Henry Baader, ] Dreifus.
Livery Stables.
Patterson & Brother, r Myers & Co.
Lumber Dealers
Smoot & Co, ] Fl D Smoot,
Perry & Son, Aitcheson & Bro.
Municipal Offices.
City Treasurer, Police Headquarters,
MiHers.
Walter Roberts, TT Burroughs.
Newspapers.
Alexandria Gazette, Evening Sun.
Oil Companies.
Standard Oil Company, Nicolai Brothers.
running Illus.
Aitcheson & Bro, J H D Smoot,
Smoot & Co.
Glass and Gina,0are.
Ell Miller & Son.
Grain Merchants.
w A Moore.
UnGertakers.
B Wheatley,
Restaurant.
Opera House Restaurant.
Gas Companies.
Alexandria Gas Works.
Bakeries.
Alexandria Steam Bakery.
Machine FORKS,
Old Dominion Machine Works (W ) Mo0rej.
mh23
TINE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR received
Il the first award and medal at the Column
bian Exposition ct Chicago. Therefore 1t is
to YOUR interest to get the best. They are rs
low as any articles of the kind on the market,
and the sole agents in Alexandria are
Ell. MILLER & son.
TNRESH EGGS and Choice Butter for sale
u by ]. c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15

WARRENTON-Trains Nos. 9, IS, 35,
connect daily for Warrenton. No. 45 daily
except Sunday. Nos. Al, 10 and SO daily,
and 16 daily, except Sunday, from Warrenton,
FRANKLIN DIvISION-Leave Rocky
Mount daily except Sunday 4 90 a. m, ar
rive Franklin Junction 6 80 a. m.
Leave Franklin junction daily except Sun
day 5:20 p. M; arrive Rocky Mount $40
N m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15

TIME ALASKA REFRIGERATOR received
Il the first award and medal at the Column
bian Exposition ct Chicago. Therefore 1t is
to your interest to get the best. They are As
low as any articles of the kind on the market,
and the sole agents in Alexandra are
Ell MILLER IS son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-15
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.

WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 8 10 q. M,
and A 43 p. M. daily, arrive at Round Hill
II 40 a. III. and 7 10 p. m.
Leave w. & o. Junction daily 81 p. m.
for Herndon, arriving at Herndon 7 43 p. m.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 6 90 a.
IN. and 30 p. N. daily, arriving at Alexan.
dria at s % a. M. and 5 53 p. m.
Leave Leesburg daily at 10 a. m. and
4 90 p. m.
The 8 10 a. m. train from Alexandria con-
meets at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge,
Bcrryville and Winchester, and at Leesburg
with stages for Aldic and Middleburg.
The 8 10 a. IN. train and 4 43 p. N. train
from Alexandria connect ct Vienna with
stages for Fairfax Courthouse.
Through tickets on sale at the principal
stations to all points. For rates or informa-
ton apply to any agent of the company or to
W. A. TURK, G. 2. A, Washington, D. c..
S.. II. HARDWICK, A.G.P.A., Atlanta, Ga.
Us. B. THOMPSON, Supt., Rich'd., Va.
w. b. GREEN, Gen. Mgr, Washington.
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr. Washington.