The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10

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ern Confederacy granted permission to
One Of the towns granted the right to
issue stamps was UniontoWn, Ala. Now
that the collection Of rare stamps has
become mania, these Uniontown stamps
are very valuable. The stamp
collectors need them to complete their
series. Only few were issued, and still
fewer are in existence. Mr. Mark Myatt,
of Birmingham, very fortunately is the
poesessor of one of these Uniontown
-stamps. He was offered tho other day
$500 for 1t, but sent 1t to New York and
has the prospect Of getting $1,000 for it.
The stamp IL small, Of green color, and
bears the following inscription: &C. s. A.,
Uniontown, Ala, 1861" It is scent
stamp, and the figure S in the centre is
almost obscured by the postmark "paid"
In red ink. The edges are not, perfor-
ated, but are cut, showing that the print
ing Office that printed the stamps had no
perforating machine. The stamps must
have been printed in New Orleans or
some other city having largo printing
Office, as Uniontown contained only 8
small newspaper Office.
If by any lucky stroke of fortune
Tom Reed should happen to become
President Of the United States be will
probably be the first accomplished
linguist, to occupy that office, writes
Walter Wellman. Mr.. Reed is passion
ately fond Of the study of languages
Some years ago he took up French, and
during the 51st Congress, while acting an
Car over the House of Representatives,
and passing through parliamentary
storms of oyclonic severity, found time
three days in week to 60 to school Of
languages for his lesson in French. Later
he took up Italian, and is now able to
converse fusntly in that language. At
the present time he is studying Spanish,
and if the movement to annex Cuba to
the United States should succeed during
Mr.. Reeds hoped-for regime, he will
have in his command Of this tongue o
convenient accomplishment.
- This war between China and Japan
has not been such tremendous affair
compared with some Of the conflicts
with which we are familiar. Thus far
five divisions Of JapaneAe troops have
been dispatched to China, aggregating at
the time Of departure 81. 900 soldiers. At
the outside not more than $4,000 have
taken part In anything like serious fight
ing. Their losses in battle have been
slight and few have been disabled by
sickness, even when exposed to the severe
cold Of Manchuria. Compared with the
mighty armies that were arrayed against
each other in this country thirty years
ago, and remem bering the blood that was
shed and the treasure that MAS spent in
that struggle, this Japan-Chinese affair
assumes ANAL proportions.
- Jorazo Kikuchi, the Japanese law
student at the Michigan University Law
School, contributes TO the Michigan Law
Journal an interesting article on "The
Criminal Law Of Japan" He shows that
great advance has been made in many
respects within few years in the admin
istration of the criminal law. The pun
ishment for murder and some other
crimes are not greatly dissimilar to those
in other countries. One peculiar feature
is that an intention to commit crime
against the royal family is punishable by
death, although no act has been commit
ted tending to carry out the intention. -
j. Van Rusin, Of Chicago, is enthus-
iastic over spectacle which he proposes
to producs in Chicago next summer. He
expects to lease 100 acres Of land in one
of the suburbs and build railroad track
thereon. He will buy two engines at An
estimated cost of $40, 900 apiece. Then he
will erect an immense grand.s stand on
each side of the railroad which will ac-
commodate 100000 people. The engines
will be steamed up to their full capacity
aud started toward each other. The
spectacle when they collide, Mr. Van
Rusln calculates, will be 30 thrilling that
thousands will want to witness it.
Tho New York Herald has q column
and hair story from Chicago telling Of
the proposed organization of q mammoth
CORPORATION, with capital stock Of $780,,
100000 to furnish cheap telephone service.
The company will have a 'phone, the
principal psrts of which are two
pieces of cork and piece of platinum,
By means Of which it is alleged that
message can be sent from New York to
San Francisco az easily as one is now
sent from New York to Chicago. George
M. Pullman and the Standard Oil Com
pany are named as prominently interest
ed in the company.