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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
A Pretty, Happy Girl

There are many plain young girls
whose facessare lined with, discomfort
and, unhappinesss There is q drawn,
:perplexede1pr pression between the eyes,
and thescorners Of the mouth have a
decided sdroop:, These are& the girls
who: have settled idea thatsthey are
plain beyond remedy, and the distres.
sing belief has .deepened the lines OF
Dissatisfaction; butt in reality there is
only cloud over the face, cast by the
habit of unhappiness.
One morning a certain girl, whose
face was under this cloud, walked out
across the sunshine of the common.
For a moment the gloom had lifted by
the lightness Of the morning, and her
thoughts were unusually pleasant.
"What pretty, happy girl that is
we have just passed, she heard one
of two ladies passing say to the
other.
She looked quickly around, with
envy in her heart, to sec the pretty
girl, but she was the only girl in
sight.
"Why, they mean me! Nooue ever
called me prettyl 1t must be because
I am smiling"
Again, as she was getting on a
horse-car she heard (the fates were
out in her favor): ''Do see that pretty
girl!'
"Welf, I declare, I am always going
to look happy if this is what comes OF
it! I have been called homely all my
life, and here twice in one day I've
beenscalled pretty +.
q From that memorable day a new
beauty has graced her social circle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
9saersaa gatslIigta:ss.
Held Her With q Knife.

PIEDMONT, S. c., April 23.-A
marriage took place here last Sunday
which had some sensational features
in connection with it. The sensa-
tional part occurred about two miles in
the country and the ceremony was
performed in town. The part that
took place in the country and as rela-
ted to us by an eye witness, was about
as follows: The contracting parties, a
Mr.. Bryant and Miss Sherman, had
on several previous occasions tried to
''run away and get married." but
were prevented from doing so by the
father and family Of the girl. Not
being discouraged by their fruitless
attempts in the past, they decided to
try their luck again. They agreed
where they would meet at certain
hours Sunday afternoon, and he had
arranged with a3friend to meet them
at the same place and hour with a
buggy. They being in greater hurry
or their time faster than their friend s,
met at the selected spot some time
before he did. The parents Of the
girl soon missed her and raised the
alarm. The father, the mother, the
brothers, the sisters, and others :adorn-
ed themselves with war paint and
started in pursuit and soon found her
and her intended pleasantly chattering
while waiting for their friend, who
was to furnish transportation for them
to the residence Of the minister. They
began to.spersuade her,to fersake her
lover andsreturnrto-h -her.fatherss house,
but their many earnest solicitations
were all in vain. They then decided
to take her back by force, and at this
point a general scuHle ensued, in
which all participated, and the father
had q good portion Of his clothing torn
till it would hardly hang on his body;
The young couple at last became dis
entangled from them and stepped off a
few PAGES, He placed one arm around
his betrothed and taking large knife
lin his other hand, bade them keep
their distance, for she was his and
that he would hold on to her at the
cost of his own life. While the crowd
were hesitating the man who was to
furnish the buggy appeared on the
scene Of action and held the family at
bay until the young couple was safely
seated in the buggy, in which they
departed at lively rate of speed, and
before they could be overtaken were
at thesreside ofithe Rev. Mr. May
field who soon pronounced themiman
and wife Cor. Greenuille. .Ne,os. I
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
z Mrs. Grundy SAYS.

That fashionable sensations do not
last as. long as granite.
/ That highest social position cannot
aessensthe pain of toothache,
That our most agreeable companion
is the person who admires US.
That the reputation for wealth helps
some as much as the actual cash.
That money generates the rust that
ruins family love and affection.
That bill is the only thing that
can run for years without exhaustion.
That "Trilby" has become tiresome
even to the greatest admirers Of the
novel.
That those who affect the role Of
saints are always doubtful charac-
ters.'
That. impecunious American girls
are not chased about by titled foreign
ers.
That if it were not for credit, fash
ionable extravaganza would not be so
great.
That half the reputed millionaires
Of the period haven't fraction Of that
sum.
That valuable people in every COM
munity are those who mind their own
affairs.
That there is something wrong with
women who concentrate their affection
on dogs.-Neao York Commercial Ad-
uertiser..
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
New Mexico's Climate.

For variety of climate New Mex
leo leads the other territories Of the
union. This is due In part to her ex-
tent from north to south, covering
as it does seven degrees of latitude.
More still is perhaps due to differ
ences in altitude, which, within her
borders, ranges from four thousand
to fourteen thousand feet. Condi-
tions of aridity and rarefaction and
highly electrical conditions of the
atmosphere dependent upon altitude,
increase the diversity beyond the
mere question Of cold and heat. In
establishing on arbor day for the
territory, the legislature at first
selected two days, one for the north
ern and the other for the southern
half of New Mexico, but these proved
insufficient to meet the conditions OF
the climate to all localities. So the
designation OF the day in each county
is now left with the county school
superintendent, who is supposed to
fix it at the best season for tree
planting in his locality.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
TEN DAYS IN A TREE.
With Nothing But Chinese Medicines
and Pair of Boots to Eat.

and Pair Of Boots to Eat.
A Chinese miner, who, with a
companion, was left in the snow
amid the rugged mountains of Plu-
mas county, has been found, nearer
dead than alive, says the Oroville
Mercury. For ten days he lived in
a hollow tree, with nothing to eat
but some Chinese medicine and
scraps of leather cut from his boots.
When rescued by party of white
miners his feet, from which he had
cut the boots for food, were terribly
frozen, and he was so weak he could
hardly move. The searchers could
find no trace of his companion, who
is certain to have perished.
There are large number of Chi
nese mining at Browns Hill, and
February rs two of the number left
the camp to go to La Porte, a dis
tance Of sixteen miles, to procure
some Chinese medicine for the use of
the members of the camp. The wealth
er was good, and the two Chinese
proceeded safely over the snow to La
Porte, procured the medicine,
stayed over night and started back
the next morning. During their
trip back on the 26th a snow
storm came up and the Chinese
became bewildered and hopelessly
lost in the rough, mountainous coun-
try. They each had different ideas
as to which direction to take, and
finally quarreled and separated. One
of them had not gone far before he
found hollow tree, wherein he was
somewhat sheltered from the storm.
He had matches with him and built
a small fire, and, crouching over
that, he lived for ten days. When
their companions did not return to
Browns Hill the Chinese became
alarmed and went to La Porte,
where they ascertaiued that they
had been there and started back.
Then the white men about Cascade
and Lumpkin were notified and
search parties went out.
The other day John Kitrick, while
searching with companion for the
lost man, noticed smoke down in a
canyon. He went down there, and in
tree found the poor Chinese near
ly dead. Leaving him there, Mr..
Kitrick went for help, and the un-
fortunate man was taken to the set
Element on a sled.
His experience during those ten
days had been fearful. AS the
pangs of hunger came upon him he
took off his boots, parched them
over the fire, and ate them and
drank the medicine. When he
found his boots were all gone and
feet frozen and he was so weak be
could not otstand; be had given up all
hope. So grateful was he that
when camp was reached he gave his
rescuers fifty dollars in gold dust.
oil that he had. He willrecover.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
The board of supervisors of Kane

- The board of supervisors Of Kane
county, Illinois, has drawn the line with
a firm hand. Hereafter no INDECENT
family within its jurisdiction shall re-
ceive aid from the public funds If such
family maintains dog. This is setting
up new standard, and in the future In
the region about Elgin charity will shy
at the sight of dog as though she were
park policeman in August. The decision,
it is understood, Is based an purely
economic and scientific lines. From q
sentimental standpoint it is wrong. for
there is nothing else that can look 80 poor
as lean yellow dog-a dog with hollow,
haunting eyes, Sinking motion and a
tendency to droop in the tail. The keep
of such dog costs nothing. 1t was not
on account Of the expense involved that
the commissioners took the action noted,
but rather from the scientific principle of
forcing mutual self-help. They consid-
cred it a negation of this principle on the
part of such indigents as maintained dogs
in live state when dozens of persons in
Kane county were going without sausage.
Governor Turney, of Tennessee, has
pardoned all those Seventh-day Adven-
lists who were imprisoned by the Courts
of his State some months ago for working
on Sunday. There were nine of these
convicts for conscence's sake in jail at
one time, hut the sentences of some OF
them had expired before Governor Turn
ey acted. They oil belong to colony Of
about three hundred looted in Rhea
County. One of them is minister, and
all are men ofgood character, whose only
violation of the law was this one Of OBJ
serving Saturday and working on Sun
daV
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20 Artificial teeth were made Of
ivory, placed in plates Of the same
material, and held together and in
place by gold wires and rivets, 500 to
1900 years B. G.
She-''I think there is consider
able room for improvement in ladies
dresses nowadays" +" He-"Well, in
the sleeves, especially, [ should say
there was room enough for almost any
thing"
- While at Champery, in Switzer-
land, this last summer, I saw curl
Gus incident. A shepherd was with
his flock of sheep some way up the
mountain-side. Instead of a sheep
dog he had horse which acted in that
capacity. The shepherd spoke to the
horse, who at once galloped off and
brought in the stray sheep. He then
returned to his master for further or
ders, which he carried out in most ex-
emplary fashion.-London Spectator.
George T. She'll, son of the congress-
man, has been in trouble in Atlanta.
Young Shell, who is about 10 years ofage,
went to st. Luke's Methodist church with
a number of friends last Monday night.
In church were number of young
ladies who were rather inclined to flirt.
One of them cast bewitching glances at
She'll. She was several pews from him,
and he wrote note asking the pleasure
of being allowed to accompany her home.
He passed the note to lady friend with
the request that she pass it on. The note
was passed, and attracted great deal of
attention. When the young lady receiv-
ed it, she nodded assent. After the SER
vice, Shell took position outside the
door to await the coming of his charmer.
A policeman, however, who had in the
meantime conferred with the pastor, took
She'll in charge and carried him to the
lookup. Shell put up the necessary bond
and refused to appear next day for trial.
"A shaft into the bowels of the earth
is proposed by M. Paschal Grousset as
the sensation for the exposition Of 1900.
Eifel tower. Elevators will carry the
public down the shaft; at intervals
there will be restaurants and concert
rooms, decorated 80 as to harmonic with
the tenn perature, which will increase
with the depth as far as 2, 100 feet below
the surface. Beyond that point, as the
heat will be too great for comfort, mar
mower shaft is to be driven for scientific
purposes only to depth greater than has
ever yet been obtained, possibly 5000
feet.
- The only States in which capital
punishment is forbidden by law are
Michigan, Wisconsin and Rhode Island.
In Mime ota a culprit accused of a
capital crime may by pleading guilty
commute his sentence to life imprison-
ment.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
What Salt Can Do.

Salt in whitewash makes it stick.
Salt puts out a fire in the chimney.
Salt in solution inhaled cures cold
in the head.
Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps
out moths.
Salt as gargle will cure soreness
of the throat.
Salt thrown on a coal fire which is
low will revive it.
Salt and soda are excellent for bee
stings and spider bites.
Salt and vinegar will remove stains
from discolored teacups.
Salt in water is the best thing to
clean willow-ware and mating.
Salt thrown on SCOT which has fall
en- on the carpet will prevent stain.
Salt on the fingers when cleaning
fowls, meat, or fish will prevent slip
ping
Salt put on ink when freshly spilled
on carpet will help in removing the
spot.
Salt in the oven under baking tins
will prevent their scorching on the
bottom.
Salt thrown on coal fire when
broiling steak will prevent blazing
from the dripping fat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
Prof. Blackie's Last Words,

1--WE can vouch for the truth Of
the following very typical and touch
ing story Of the last words of the late
Prof. Blackie. His wife was talking
with him OF charity: 'Ah, yes, Hans,
she said, you have always been SO
fond of speaking of the three-faith,
hope and charity-he agape, as you
called her.
"The dying man. following the
more accurate pronunciation OF
Greek which prevails in Scotland,
gently corrected the misplaced ac-
cent-'agape, my dear. And those
were the last words Prof. Blackie
uttered-a strikingly characteristic
combination of his lifelong ideas OF
kindliness and scholarship. ."-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
How to Hear a Play.

Speaking of the young man who
talks in public places I heard q re-
tort made to him last Thursday
night which was so good I was sur
prised never to have heard it before.
1t was at the theater, and the young
man had seen the play before. He
let everybody for four seats around
know that, and he kept telling just
what was coming and just how funny
it would be when it did come. He
had q pretty girl with him, and he
was trying to amuse her. At length
be said:
"Did you ever try listening to a
play with your eyes shut? You've
no idea how queer it seems.
A middle-aged man with a red
face sat just in front. He twisted
himself about in his seat and glared
at the young man.
young man." said he, "did you
ever try listening to a play with
your mouth shut?"
And the silence was almost pain
ful.-Wasl1ington Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
A Cats Wonderful Leap.

An incident Of the Columbus avenue
apartment house fire on Thursday
night which was unobserved by many
of the thousands of spectators was the
escape from cremation of cat from
window on the fourth floor facing
Ninety-fourth street. While the
multitude was gazing with bated breath
upon Detective-Sergeant Armstrong;
rescue of the sick man, Caesar Pinto,
it was apparent that the flames had
eaten back into the rear Of Prof. kerns
fiat on the top floor.
A dull red glow was soon followed
by the breaking Of the window. at
this instant a large black cat with
shining yellow eyes appeared upon
the sill. 1t was apparent that the
rooms behind were seething mass OF
flames. Tom arched his back and his
uplifted tail further bespoke his terror:
He hesitated but a moment, and
then he launched himself into space.
! His fight through the air was like
sthat of squirrel. His poise was per-
feet and his legs we're spread out as
wide as possible. He descended in a
long, graceful, plane, seeming to move
slowly, as if buoyed up. There was
curve to the descent, as if the animal
were an aeroplane. A reporter stood
within FIVE feet Of the spot where Tom
landed.
There was no dull thud, although
those who had followed the black
streak through the air naturally ex-
pected to see a cat with all of its pro-
verbal nine lives crushed out in an
instant by the impact. The perpen-
dicular distance was all of fifty feet,
andethe cat landed at point about
thirty feet east Of the line of the win
dow from which he had leaped.
The spreading feet of the flying an
imal seemed to group together just
before the asphalt pavement was
reached. For q single instant did the
animal pause, as if to recover from
the shock it had experienced, and
then, with long-drawn meouw that
spoke only of terror, and with
every hair on end, it dashed down the
the brilliantly lighted street and dis
appeared in the shadows near Central
Park. The cat was pet in the fam
lily of Prof. Kern. So far as known
it has not as yet come back to the
scene of its great scare and still great
,erexploit. .-Ne,o York World.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
A Study In Grammar.

A teacher in one of the lower grades
of city school was endeayoring to
impress upon her pupils the fact that
plural subject takes verb in the
plural. Remember this" she said /;
"girls are; boys are a girl is, q boy
is. Now do you understand it p
Every hand in the room was raised in
assent. "Well, then," continued the
teacher, "who can give me a sentence
with girls-plural, remember p This
time only one hand was raised, and
that belonged to pretty little miss.
"Please, ma am" she said, with all the
assurance of primitive reasoning. L
can give you sentence, Girls, are
my hat on straight ?''
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
: An officer Of the police detail said

An OUcer VI Gue pollce ueIall salu
recently: "When I was a mounted
policeman I learned Of most humane
and kind method Of curing a balky
horse. It not only never fails, but it
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to
60, take the front foot at the fetlock,
and bend the leg at the knee joint.
Hold it thus for three minutes, and
let it down, and the horse will 60.
The only way in which can account for
this effective mastery of the horse is
that he can think of only one thing
at time, and having made up his
mind not to go my theory is that the
bending of the leg takes his mind from
the original thought Farm and Field.
The Chinese send three invita-
tions to the guest that they desire to
see at their great repasts. The first is
dispatched two days before the feast !;
the second on the day itself, in order
to remind those they expect of their
engagement and the third just before
the hour has struck, so as to show
how impatient they are to see their
friends arrive.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
The Lid Still On.

Among stories told by country
doctors this one certainly deserves a
place. The doctor had prescribed
for an Irishman, and visited his
cabin the next day to see how he was
getting on.
"Well, Patrick, are you better to-
day?" he asked, pleasantly.
'Oh, murther, no-1'm worse,
with turribhle pain in me innardsl''
"Why, didn't you take the pills
ordered?'
II did that, an I'm WORSE; but
maybe the cover hasn't come off the
box yetl"-Youth's Companion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
Queer Bible Expounder.

Matthew Henry's commentary on
the Bible was written for the COM
mon people and in the slang of the
day. In commenting on Judges tx,
he says:
1--WE are here told by what acts
Abimeleck got into the saddle. He
hired for his service all the scum
and scoundrels of the country.
lothian was really fine gentleman.
The Sachemites were the first to
kick him off. They said all the i'll
they could Of him in their table talk.
They drank health to his confusion. !"
IN v Journal
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
Soda Propelled Engines.

A freless locomotive engine was
recently used on the Aix-la-C -Chapelle
Julich railway. The motor power is
derived from soda. The invention
is based on the principle that So
lutions OF caustic soda, which have
high boiling points, liberate heat
while absorbing steam. These en-
gines eject neither smoke nor steam
and work noiselessly. Compared
with coal-burning locomotives, soda
engines show q capacity equal to the
former, while they are worked with
greater ease and simplicity.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
The Literary Lottery.

How great o lottery literature Is
is evidenced in a astriking way by the
experience of George Du Maurier,
who sold ''Trilby" for s5, 600, when
the publishers offer would have
Welded him nearer $25, and by
the previous experience of Gen. Lew
Wallace, who once unsuccessfully
offered the manuscript of Fair
God" for s75, while the royalties on
"Ben Hur" have returned him $751;
600. He is said to have sold his
"Prince Of India" for $5O,OOO out
right.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
Ruck,ens Arnfca SaIve

Yhe 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 toglye
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For sale
hv Hill Bros.
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LLOYDS
FIRE INSURANCE! !!

IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY,
call OH us aud let us toll you about the
AIOydR Insurance. We can give
you lower rates than you haye been pay
ing, and absolutely safe protection.
The L!oyds have been thoroughly in
vestigated, and not found wanting. They
have just obtained license from the
State of South Carolina, and will now
write insurance on approved risks in all
portions of the State.
We have control of the business in this
section, and will be pleased to give full
information.
Call on US or write us and we will save
you money. nn~.
WEBB & MATT1S0N.
Anril 2 1395 40 3m
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TrHE copartnership heretofore existing
4 between DR.. Anderson and myself IS
now dissolved, therefore l wish to inform
the reuple that from and after this date
will continue the practice OF Dentistry
alone. Thanking the people for past pa.
tronage, and toliciting a continuance OF
the same,
l am most respectfully,
A. G. STRICKLAND, Dentist.
@ s.-Oflce in Masonic Temple.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01

The average weight of the egg of
an ostrichis three pounds. Its contents
equal those Of about twenty-four hen
eggs.
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MINERAL WATER.
GLOWING SPRINGS,
CALHOUN FALLS, S. G.
ANDERSON. s. c., May Is. 1885,

ANDERSON, s. c., May Is. 1894.
For the past year I have been prescrib,e :
ing Glowing Springs Water i'll cases OF
Chronic Dyspepsia. Also, Chronic Rhea
matism Jaundice with the best results !;
for Diarrhoea, caused from indigestion,
with success for Catarrh of Bladder, Cys'
tits, Uric Acid Disthesis, with best results:
recommend it for these conditions, and
am convinced that when the water is thor
oughly tried it will rival the most celebra'
ted Springs in the South. Respectfully,
s. NJ. ORR, NJ. D.
s- Vessels will be filled and shipped
promptly every day:
RATES:
Five Gallons and under.................. 5Oc.
over five and under twenty .........".... 75c.
Rates on larger quantities furnished on
application. Address all orders to me,
care of K. E. FriersOn.
J. s. NORWOOD, Proprietor,
Calhoun Falls, S. c.
April 10, 1895 Al 6m