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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-26

Bereavel widow to TO undertaken -"Have
you no, made slight mistake in your bill
Mr.. Mouldl"
Mr.. MouldD-"No. think not madam"
Bereaved widow--"I see you have charged
for fifteen earriages.-I am quite sure there
were but fourteen. counted them on
leaving the church, and also the grave"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-26

JouRNAL 2Sc. per month.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-26

Itused to be a very common custom for
girls to work in the coal mines Of Great
Britain. and it is only Of comparatively recent
years that they have discontinued to do so.
The last that was heard OF this particular
custom was the employment of girls on the
'Pit Brow" known SO well as the "pit
Brow Lassies." In some places. however,
young girls OF tender years are sill hard
at work in the depth Of coal mines, and
with very disastrous results. In this con-
nectiOn il has been learned that four athletic
girls find daily employment at a small coal
mine in the Mahanoy Valley. several miles
from ShamOkin. Pennsylvania. The colliery
Is owned and operated by John Mans. hard
working German. who says he has simply in.
trodneed the custom ofthe fatheland in nhaying
his four daughters assist him in preparing
the fuel for market. The girls arc six.footers
gOOd-loOking and well.iomed, each tipping
the scale in the nelghbOrhOOd Of 400 pounds.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-26

Lady Someset recently said; Instead Of
some halfeducated, well.meaning but ig.
norant nurse, I believe the day will come
when no woman will be considered too highly
educated or too refined to mold the early
impressions Of the youngest child. and that
mothers will see that in order to secure the
services Of snch refined and cultured ladies
they must make revolution in the accepted
ideas Of the position Of nurse in the houses Of
the rich. There ought to be no situation so
honorable, no freind so trusted, as the one
who from earliest moment Of the child's
awakening intelligence undertakes to guide
the thought and form the character at time
when such formative influence is vital to
futute well.being."
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-26

Queen Christina, oI Spain. has lost the
legacy left to her, by Don Alexandra Solo. by
a strange technicality. The Spanish law
requires that all holograph wills shall be
written on stamped paper OF the current year.
Senor Soler wrote his in 1895 on papc'
stamped in 1894. The State officials h,v
thrown the will out IN this ground, and a
was fOundling and had no legal heiIs, his
fortune goes to the Treasury.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
The Central Park Monkeys.

"There are twelve varieties Of mon
keys in Central park-thirty-two
monkeys altogether said Keeper
Cook.
'My favorite is Nubian baboon.
He always tries to help me sweep his
cage in the mornings, and fights to
get the broom away from me. | give
him a rap over the head and then he
pretends that he's angry. But it's
only bluff. He wouldn't hurt any
body. He knows I keep apples in my
pocket and he knows which pocket
they are in, too, and gets them when
he can. There is Java monkey who
used to ring doorbells and had to be
sent here because his owners neigh
bors complained of him so much:
Nobody could stop him. He lived
somewhere downtown, and no matter
how they tied him up he would break
away and ring bells. He can't ring
any bells now, but he is never quiet.
Monkeys don't live long in captiv-
ity. They all die of lung trouble
sooner or later. We have one that
has been here nine years, but that is
extraordinarily long time. We have
only had one monkey born here that
lived. That was about four years ago,
and he lived two years. ."-Me,o York
Evening Sun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

- The Daughters CT the Confederacy at
Houston, Texas, have named their chap
ter Mildred Lee, after the daughter of
Gen. Robert Z. Lee.
The habit of smoking opium has
never gained foothold in Japan. Pow
dered tobacco, however, is used extern
sively. The smoker sits on his heels
before a braZier of glowing Goals. His
pipe has long bamboo stem and tiny
porcelain bowl which holds but pinch
of tobacco, and is smoked out in Whit
or two.
Shoemakers recommend to some
persons stockings With white feet. Dyes,
when subjected to the moisture of per-
spiration, are extracted from the stock
ings and tend to poison sensitive feet.
Stockings are made with undyed feet
especially for the convenience of those
that suffer from such poisoning.
A Chinese farmland can be
hired by the year for from 81 to SIT,
with food, clothing, headshaying and
tobacco. Those who work by the day
receive from 6 to s cents with a noon
day meal. At the planting and har-
vesting of rice, wages are from 8 to IL
cents day, with 5 meals, or % cents
without food. This is in free silver
country.
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Shot by COnstables.

spARrANBURa, S. c., May 16.-The
State constables are getting in some
work now. After a little raid or two
in town yesterday, they concluded to
make a sally out into the country:
In some way they heard that a load Of
whiskey was heading for the city.
Constables Murphy, Carroll and one
other, hired team at Cudd's stable.
A careful driver was sent with them.
About 10 o clock Mr.. Cudd received a
message from the coal chute, two miles
from town, that his team was there,
minus the driver and constables. The
only things in the carriage were an
empty dispensary bottle and pack,
age Of cartridges. Mr.. Cudd went up
after the team, but could not hear any
thing Of the driver and constables.
This morning it was ascertained that
they went out to Pisgah Church, five
miles from town. There they came
across dray from town. Firing be.
gan rather suddenly. The driver OF
the dray, Jim Emerson, and Pat Bur,
nett, both negroes, were shot. Bur.
nett wounds are not considered dan:
gerous. Emerson may die, as one ball
passed through his side. His condi-
tion is critical. Up to noon the con-
stables could not be seen. It is sup:
posed that they are out taking care OF
the spoils. tits said that about TWEEN
ty gallons of whiskey were captured.
The deputy marshals have claimed the
whiskey for the Federal government.
The constables were not hurt. One
report says that the first shot was fired
by some one with the whiskey wagon.
It is not known whether there were
otner persons with the wagon or not.
Our Conservatives have no sympathy
with the men conducting blind tigers.
They will let them and the constables
fight it out. Since they have permis-
sion to order whiskey, such as they
want, from abroad, they would be will
ing to see the unlawful sale repressed.
It is said to be worse in the country
than it is in the towns. There is no
one to molest the blockade wagons as
they ply their business far from the
towns and constables.-Cor. Green
9uUe Ne7cS.
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Too Curious.


A certain down-east storekeeper was
so Extensively inquisitive that it was
determined to teach him lesson.
Among his failings was desire to
examine the contents Of every package
which his friends deposited in his
store for safe keeping he must see
the inside if he had to break the pack
age open. One day man left stout
leather bag, asking that no one disturb
it. The proprietor walked around
restlessly for while, and then stop
ped near the bag. Apparently no one
was looking, in reality all the store
loungers were in the secret and were
anxiously awaiting his next move. He
nervously fingered the cord that tied
the top of the bag for minute and
then quickly united it. He had no
time to look in before the contents
came forth. They consisted of a score
of large and spirited hornets, and the
way they lit on all the exposed por-
tions of that inquisitive man was a
caution. He shot out Of the store at
a pace that would have done credit to
sprinter. They say that for year
afterwards he hardly looked into his
own sugar barrel without asking per-
mission,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Clerical Wilt.

There dwelt among the hills of
Cooke county, Tenn, some years since,
a man named Watts, "hardshelI'
preacher, who was also doctor. He
was thus enabled to minister to bodily
ailments while offering the consola-
tions Of religion to the sin sick soul:
In order to renew his own spiritual
strength he sometimes found it ne
cessary to imbibe little spirituous
liquor, and on one accession, having
drawn much consolation and vigor from
a bottle which he carried in his pocket,
he ascended the pulpit and held forth
in his customary hardshell style. He
grew very vehement, and in making a
sweeping gesture unfortunately broke
his bottle, scattering the fluid all
around. Stopping short in the midst
of an eloquent passage, he exclaimed,
'There, brithren, goes some poor
woman s medicine y and then resumed
the thread, etc.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Murder and MarrInge.

Coy1NaroN, Ga, May 13.-A trag-
edy occurred near Newbun in this
county, yesterday forenoon that has
woven into it's startling plot, love,
romance, vengeance, murder and mar
riage.
In Morgan county, just over the line
from Newton, there lives the family
of the rich and we'll known planter,
T. D. Estes. He had daughter and
she had a lover named Green. The
family Of the young lady objected to
the marriage of the young people, and
they determined to take matters into
their own hands. Yesterday afternoon
Will Green met Miss Estes by ap-
pointment and the two proceeded in a
buggy to the residence of Rev. MIR.
Hartwell, who was to perform the
ceremony. Just as the couple were
getting from the buggy, they saw Mr.
Estes and his son coming rapidly TO-
wards them. Green quickly pulled a
revolver and fired at MIR. Estes, the
ball entering near the heart, killing
the father instantly. Green then fired
two shots at young Estes, but with nc
effect.
Leaving her father dead in the road
shot to death by her lover, and hel
brother bending over the inanimate
form, Miss Estes went on with hel
lover to Broughtonville, where they
were married.
The sheriff of Newton county has
received a telegram stating that re-
ward of.$250 has been offered for the
capture of Green.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
IT is said q negro at Waycross,

1t is said a negro at Waycross,
Ca, had narrow escape the other
day. He was convicted Of larceny
and the Judge inadvertently sentenced
him to one year in the Georgia Legis-
lature. The convict begged that the
sentence be changed to hanging, but
the sheriff discovered the mistake and
took the man to the penitentiary.
- The Southern Florist and Gar
dener says: The last census shows
that the earth yields to the Southern
farmer 25 per cent. on his capital an
nually, against yield of only IA per
cent. to his Northern brother. If the
value of machinery and live stock is
included as capital, the difference in
favor Of the Southern farmer is even
greater.
"A wealthy man was once exhib-
iting proudly to some acquaintances a
table which he had bought, and which,
he said, was FIVE hundred years old.
"That is nothing said one Of the
company. II have in my possession
table which is more than three thou
sand years Old ''Three thousand
years old p said his host "that is
impossible +; where was it made p
"Probably in India" "In India
What kind Of table is it ?" 'The
multiplication table p
"When the snow and ice have
gone," said the Sunday School teach
er, beaming upon the boys, "and ma
ture awakens from her long sleep, the
tiny buds begin to appear, and then
what do we have =? You may answer,
Robert" ''Sulphur and molasscs, "
replied Robert, earnestly.
-"I see a new game for women
has been invented" "What is it
called ?" "New Comb" 1T will
never be success. Why not call ii
the ballot the wheel, the bloom.
ers,' or the reform game ? Then
they'd stand some show Of making il
popular" F"
- Herbert father was tanning him
one night, and when he thought the
child was asleep he quietly stopped.
| In minute or two the boy opened his
| eyes and looked at his father. "Papa, =
he said, ''fannin' is somephin' that
makes you feel warmer when you don
get any of it amt it?" The father
started the fan again.
"What a quiet little body she
is p said the visitor. eyes," an
swered the proud father, gazing fondly
at his little girl busy with her mimic
housekeeping. ''I don't think sht
| will ever be the man her mother is.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Bucklens Arnica SalVe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay, required. 1t is guaranteed togiye
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Prise rs cents perbox. For sale
By Hill Bros
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"A housekecper in the throes of
spring housecleaning comes across two
ancient pillows. Hastily ripping open
the cases she was on the point of
emptying out the feathers when her
mother interfered. "Mercy on me,
child" exclaimed the old lady in hor-
rifed accents, ''you mustn't throw
those away they belonged to your
grandfather. The young woman
o geazed at the feathers obviously for a
moment and then remarked: swell,
grandpa must have been bird.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

IL Landowners in Anderson County
n ara required by Section 1878 of the
Revised Statutes of the State to remove
from all running streams of water upon
their lands all trash. trees. RATS and tim.
ber during the month of May. All such
persons falling to comply with this Stat
ute during the present month will be in:
dicted under Section 1875 of the Revised
Statutes of this State.
W. P. sNELGROVE.
County Supervisor.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Expensive Postage Stamps.

It is stated that the highest price
ever paid for postage stamp was
recently paid by an English dealer
in purchasing the one and two pence
of the first issue of Mauritius, the
price $3,400 each. This breaks the
record by a large sum.-Harper's
Young People.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
There is NO Mistake i!

A B. TOWERS keeps the best Musco
n. vado Molasses, the Finest Tea and
Roasted Coffee on The market. Wall Pa
DER and Decorations have a number
of articles of my old Stock Of Goods as
good and cheaper than you can get any.
Where in the city. Let me price them to
you. q. 1OW Eno'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
H. H. WATKINS
NOTICE.

WILL let to the lowest responsible
w bidder Wednesday, goth inst, at
IL a. M, the building of new Bridge over
Millwee Creek, near J. 6. Douthit's gin.
Plans and specifications made known on
day of letting Contractor will be required
10 Give bond for the faithful performance
of work. W. P. SEELGROVE,
County Supervisor.
Mau16 1905 46
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

Teacher-Why did the Lord give
Adam a wife Tommy suppose he
wasn't willing to pay anything for one.
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DEN I'll lSTRY

THE copartnership heretofore existing
Il between DR.. Anderson and myself is
now dissolved, therefore I wish to inform
the people that from and after this date
will continue the practice of Dentistry
alone. Thanking the people for past pa
tronage, and soliciting continuance o.
the same,
am most respectfully,
A. O. STRICKLAND, Dentist.
@ P. S.-Of1ce in Masonic Temple.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

-AIOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned. Executri1
of the Estate of W. A. Geer, deceased,
hereby gives notice that she will, on the
Both day of May, 1895, apply to the
Judge of Probate for Anderson County for
q Final Settlement of said Estate, and q
discharge from her Office as Executri1.
ALICE GEER, Executri1.
May !, 1898 a.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Notice to Contractors.

OEALED Proposals will he received up
- to May 20, 1895, for the erection Of a
Graded School Building at Anderson,S G..
Separate bids will be received for the e1-
cavation and brick work, for the wood
work and for the roofing as we'll as on the
entire building. Contractors will be re-
auired to give bond with approved security
10 the amount of half the bid. Plans and
specifications can be seen by calling on
M. Sullivan, Anderson, s. O., or by apply
Lynchburg, Va. Right reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Chm'n. Bd'g. Com, Anderson, 8. O.
April g. 1895 43
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

Nos. II and u are solid ssains between Charles.
TON and Greo1ville.
Trains leave Spartanburg A. and O. divistoa,
rorthbound. b.asa. M. $40 p. n., S.lsp. M, (Vee.
tibuled Limited; southbound, LOO @. m, 2H p.
H., 11.s7 8. ~, (Vestibuled Limited).
Trains leave Greenville, A. and @. Division,
northbound ASA. M, q 81 pm, and b.f7pu., (Yes.
tdbuled Linited)i southbound, l.t2s. M, 80 ?.
In., 1928 p. M, (vestbulsd Linited).
Trains leave Seneca A. and O. Division, north.
bound, sol O. m. and 1859 p. m; southbound, s.o1
%. M and a01 p. M
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FRANK NJ. MURPHY,

AGVOTHCy a1U AI"W3
ANDERSON".... N"..................".s. G..
COLLECTIONS, Commercial Law and
" Conveyencing given special atten
ton. Will practice in all the State Courts.
Careful attention given to all business.
Office in Court House, formerly occu-
pied by Master.
Ian Q. 1895 27 6m
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cEABOARD AIRLINE SCHEDULE.
y IN EFFECT DEC. q, 1884.
THE Atlanta Special" Solid Vestibuled Train
No Extra Fare Charged.
NORTHBOUND. sOUTdBOUND
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22
Notice to Landowners.

May Is, 1895
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-22

Mrs. Jennings, on the death OF her
husband, shut herself in more and
more, sold eggs and butter and fruit
and chickens and turkeys from day
light to dark, busy, busy, hurry, rush
push, making money and being thrifty:
The children went out into the world
to hunt sunshine, and she knew not
where they were nor what they we're
doing. The girls married early and
went off to the city. The boys mar
ried the Patterson girls to get sun
shine, and Mrs. Jennings said the
poor, pesky things should never dark
en- her door. Nobody ever went to
the Jennings house except on business
or through politeness; her features
grew hard, her face wrinkled, her body
bent and rheumatic, her disposition
soured and her old days were spent in
making shadows to keep away the
sunbeams from the poor hireling who
alone stayed by her.
But the world said Tom Patterson
was a failure and Thad. Jennings a
success.
May the world never write an epitaph
for "SIIPsON. u
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M. l.. BoNHAM.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
CONCERNING .DUPPIES."
The Shadows Not the Souls of the
Departed.

The Shadows Not the Souls of the
Departed.
When first came TO Jamaica the sur
rOundings OF that lovely tropical island
seemed to my unsophisticated eyes to for
bid the conventional ghost, says writer in
the National Review. The tiny wooden
boxes, bright with creepers. and gay with
green and white paint, thatfor the most part
did duty for houses. offered surely neither
space nor attraction to properly consti-
tuted apparition.
1t was a surprise, therefore, to find that
in the daily life of the negro population
''duppies" occupied a very considerable and.
indeed, dignified position, and were noe only
recognized as serious fact but We're to be
spoken Off, indeed, it Were advisable TO
speak of them at all to strangers-with fit
ting reverence. Even the more educated
were not above lurking belief in their ex-
istence, while for Ehe ordinary negro that
there were duppies around him was as un-
doubted a truth as the clear sunlight in
which he lived.
Now it is the general idea of English peo-
pie, even of those that have lived all their
lives in the West Indies, that ''duppy' is
simply the negro equivalent fore our ghost,
but after many anG patient inquiries from
the negroes themseIa.S this l found to be
a mistake.
To be exact, true "duppy," although an
apparitiOn, is not the SpiriJOr soul, but only
the shadow of the departed, the soul be-
ing perfectly distinct from its dUppy, and
going to heaven or hell. as the case may
be, leaving it's shadow or duppy to linger be
hind on earth, where, unless exercised by
certain ceremonies it may work mischief,
or. at least. cause annoyance to the living.
For instance, the soul of a notorious evil
doer, a noted Obeah man. for example, is
supposed by them, naturally enough, To go
straight tn hell for his crimes, bJ { his duppy
viii remain behind him; only, being the
shadow of a bad man, it will paTtake Of his
vicious qualities and probably become trans
formed into a rolling calf, that bugbear
of all negroes A ''rolling Calf'' is very
terrible creature that haunts the hillsides
and lonely places, to the terror of travel
ers. 1t has fiery eyes and is accompanied
by the sound as of heavy, clanking chains.
Apart from this, it is shaped much like an
ordinary COW, and to be caught by one is
death, with the additional horror of being
,prced afterward TO become rolling calf
oneself One chance of escape, however
remains to the unfortunate victim. The
rolling calf cannot run up hill, and therefore
| If a slope can be reached, so that one Is
above instead of on a level with or below
the terrible purSuer, safety is insured POS
| sibly some dim remembrance of the African
| buffalo and it's habits lies at the root of this
strange tradition, for believe buffalo can
| not charge uphill.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
FOR AN UNSPokEN SPEECH.
The Irish Patriot Jailed for Words
He Didn't Say.

The Irish Patriot Jailed for Words
He Didn't Say.
A member of the Land League was sent
from Dublin to a certain district to get up
meeting and make a speech says the New
York Journal.
On reaching the town where the meeting
was to be held the speechmaker met friend
and, both being genial fellows, they re-
tired to public house and had something.
Then they began talking over old-ume Temi-
niscences. and the nrst thing the land
Lacquer knew was that the attendant had
come in to light the lamp.
Great goodness he said, Il was sent
down from Dublin to get up meeting here,
and now it is too late.
''Oh, well, it doesn't matter" said the
other.
'sYes but 1t does matter" said the organ
izer. Il have to report to my superior that
the meeting was held
"Oh, that's all right" said his friend.
Here, you write out speech and l will
send it TO the local papers, which will print
it, Just as if the meeting was held, then
the folks in Dublin won't know the diff
ference"
This was quickly done and the speechthat
was never delivered appeared next day in
the papers.
The fun of the thing comes in over the
fact that the Lacquer was arrested and was
sentenced to four months in Jail for speech
that he never delivered, at a meeting that
was never held.