The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-03

1t has taken two years to partly re-
build bridge at Rome which, 1t Is stated,
dates from the time of the Emperor
Anrian. The structure as 1t now stands
has five elegant and symmetrical arches
of equal span.. In fact, II it were not for
the difference in tint of the old and new
masonary, it would be almost impossible
to distinguish the handiwork of to-day
from that of nearly eighteen hundred
years ago.
The Mount Vernon Mills, Of Balti-
more, which manufacture cotton duck,
Wednesday received another contract to
make canvas duck for tents to be used by
the Japanese army. The contract calls
for $4,000 yards and is to be finished
within two weeks. It was obtained
through the New York agent of the mills.
This 10 the second large order placed in
Baltimore for tent material by the Japan
ese Government since the war between
China and Japan began. The first order
was placed about two months ago and
was for 100000 yards.
Joseph Chamberlain, member of
parliament, was quoted recently as say
ing "You may try az hard as you like
to take the taxes of the poor, and put
them on the rich; you may try all these
schemes Of betterment taxes and taxes
on ground rents; you may try till you
are black in the face, but In the long run
all these taxes will be shifted by the rich
on to the poor" In response to query
from tho New York tax reform associat-
ion as to the accuracy of tho utterance,
Mr.. Chamberlain's secretary writes that
he said substantially as much.
An interesting and instructive ex-
hibit in the Cotton States Exposition at
Atlanta, Ga, will be set of three models,
the one to represent one hundred and
sixty acre farm in tho hill lands of the
South, which, by bad management, and
improper cutting Of the forest, has be-
come quilted, furrowed and silted over,
such as one can see almost in every State.
The next model will show how, with
bush dams, with ditching, proper drain
ing, with terrscing, with sodding and re-
planting, the lost ground may be recov-
cred, while the third model, representing
the same ono hundred and sixty acres, is
to show how finally the farm should look
ideally; with the fields and meadows and
forest growth properly disposed, In good
condition, the roads running at proper
levels instead of up and down, the fen
ces reduced to the smallest extent practi-
cable.
while storming the first line efforts at
Port Arthur, says the Japan Mail, a SOL
dier belonging to the Oath regiment raised
his rifle to fire at an unusually conspicu-
GUS Chinaman. Just as he was about to
fire bullet from the enemy's side came
whizzing on, and, marvellous to relate,
entered the barrel of his own gun as
smoothly and neatly al if the muzzles
had been placed mouth to mouth. or
course there was an explosion, and the
soldiers piece was shattered to the stock,
but without his receiving any injuries
whatever. A fractional variation to the
right or left would have caused the hos
tile bullet to enter his head or fcce, 30
that his escape was nothing short OF
miraculous. He preserved the stock Of
Of his now useless weapon, and afterward
exhibited it to his colonel, who permitted
him to keep it as a memento Of his mar
row escape. It is probably the first in
stance of theSkind on record since Baron
Munchausen's day.
= Most people even in this advanced
age would probably smile at the suggest
ion of buying lightning by the jug full,
but we are very near to that experiment
in fact. A company has been formed in
into general use, and Mr.. Isaac L. Rich,
one Of the officers Of the company, says
in published interview: "There seems
to be general idea that in order to have
a current on tap one must have dynamo
and a steam engine to run it, and thus
incur q large expenditure at the start.
Nothing could be more erroneous. There
are Thousands Of persons who would like
to run sewing machines or coffee grinders
by electricity, or burn one or two electric
lights, but who have no use for the cur
rent in large quantities. They can now
be accommodated. Storage cells are now
made in all sizes. The smallest woigh
but four ounces, and furnish current
enough for one lamp. We intend to soil
electricity as the milkman sells milk.
We frat supply the cells. When the
current is used up the maid will put tho
empty or exhausted cells in the hallway
or beside the basement door, and our
man, % he makes his morning rounds,
will collect them and loaye freshly
charged ones in their place. The same
cells, Of course, are used over and over
again great many times"