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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
"A Justly incensed farmer who

A justly lncensed farmer who
doesn't live a thousand miles from
this place, recently posted the follow
ing upon fence which enclosed GER
tain field: eff any man or woman,
COW or oxen gets into these oats, his
or her tail will be cut off, as the case
may be. I am a Christian man and
pay my tacks and darn any man that
lets his critters run loose and get into
these oats!' Among many ominous
"signs of the times" this is pecu-
liarly characteristic one.
= An exchange speaks Of four of
the most stingy men on the record.
The first will not drink as much water
as he wants unless it comes from his
neighbor's we'll. The second forbids
his family to write anything but
small hand as it is a waste of ink to
make large letters. The third stops
the clock to save the wear and tear OF
machinery. The fourth jumps over
his gate to save the wear of the hinges.
They all refuse to take newspaper
on the ground that it is terrible
strain on their spectaclcs to read.
"A lake Of "fuid asphalt" under
$4,000 acres of Chickasaw county is
the lateat discovery in Oklahoma. 1t
is better than a gold mine if tits true.
- Men are becoming scarcer year
after year. So says German statis-
tician and he predicts that three
thousand years hence there will be
only one man to 220 women.
"Aro you doing anything for
that cold p asked Raynor. And
Shayne handed him a card inscribed
as follows: "I'm taking the advice
Of every blamed fool that comes along
with remedy. What's yours p
Suppose Burmese husband and
wife quarrel and determine to seper.
ate. The wife-who always does all
the marketing-goes out and buys two
little candles of equal length, which
are made especially for this use. She
and her husband sit down on the floor
and light them simultaneously. One
candle stands for him, the other for
her. The one whose candle burns out
first rises and goes out Of the house
forever, with nothing but what he or
she may have on. The one whose
candle has survived the longest, even
by a second, takes everything. So
the divorce and the division OF the
property-if you can call that divis-
ion-are settled.
- 1t takes eighty men and women
to make postage stamp. First, the
white paper is cut into sheets, each
large enough for hundred stamps;
The stamps on each sheet are counted
twenty-six times, to make sure the
number is correct. The printer counts
and passes the sheets to the GUNNER,
the GUNNER gums the back, and, hav-
ing counted, gives to the perforator,
who divides the stamps by rows OF
little holes, not forgetting to count.
1t is surprising how quickly and accur-
ately the hands can work. Seven
hundred million postage stamps are
made every year in the United States.
New York City uses eight million a
month.-American Messenger.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
Valued His Farm More Highly.

They tell a story of a man who
came into Omaha one day and
wanted to trade his farm for city
lots. "All right, replied the real
estate agent; ''get into my buggy,
and I'll drive you out to see some Of
the finest residence sites in the world
water, sewers, paved streets, ce-
ment sidewalks, electric light, shade
trees, and all that sort of thing"
and away they drove four or five
miles into the country. The real
estate agent expatiated upon the
beauty of the surroundings, the
value of the improvements made
and projected, the convenience Of
the location, the ease and speed
with which people who lived there
could reach town, Ind the certainty
of an active demand for such lots in
the immediate future. Then, when
he was breathless, he turned to his
companion and asked:
"Where's your farm?"
''We passed it coming out here, "
was the reply. tits about two miles
nearer town. Chicago Record.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
make 1873 bushels to the acre. The yield

make 1873 bushels to the acre. The yield
doubtless would greatly exceed this if
say 200 pounds of some good commercial
fertilizer were put on tho ground, either
in the bed or broadcast. Let some one
who Is going to plant Spanish pindars
this year 80 to work and see low many
can bo made on an acre Of land, and
report the result next winter. II will do
good. and the result will he surprising.
4. To plant thom lay of tho ground in
three-feet rows, bed up and open tho bed
with bull-tongue plough drop the PIN
dars, shellcd or unshelled, fifteen inches
in tho flrrow ard cover with block.
1t will pay to cultivate them well just rs
1t does any other crop.
5. The kind of sell hest adapted to
them ia, I thinl; Il light, rather sandy
soil. Bat they may do wnll i'll stiff,
clay soil ii we'll broken UP at the start
and kept we'll pulverized by frequent
ploughlng. am quito certain that any
of our low country upland will mako
them we'll. Don't forget that you can
make two crops Of them in the same year.
6. When your pindar crop is made
turn your hogs in and when fat and cold
weather comes, kill them and cure your
bacon and bless the man who told you
about Spanish pindars.
join G. WILLIAMS.
-dUculalc, JErch 26. 1895.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
uck. Nv s1OO.watch had stopped

luck. Ny s1OO.watch had stopped
going few days before, SO he agreed
to clean and regulate it for 81. Will
you guarantee it to go?' I asked. Of
course he said he would. When I
came back half an hour afterward, 1
found a card, on which was written:
Your watch is going. 1t has gone
with me. "
eyes, yes, mused the gray-bearded
man from Oklahoma, "a sucker is born
every minute. But these little tricks
serve to make US more cautious, and
I'll wager not one of you will ever be
caught again!"
''Feverr' "Of course notl' and
other vigorous denials came from the
assembled drummers. Half an hour
aftcrward the gray-beardcd man from
Oklahoma brought out three cards and
began an innocent little game, and
every drummer in the crowd dropped
from 81 to S. in an endeavor to guess
the ace from the other cards.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
True 10 Kentucky,

Kentuckiaus are always proud Of
their State in whatever department of
human labor they may hold place.
Not long ago widow went to see a
marble-cutter to get tombstone for
her late husband. She selected a
plain one from his stock, and gave him
an inscription to put on it.
"Can't do that, ma am" he said,
politely, when he had read it.
"Why not ?" shd asked, in surprise.
"I'm paying for it. y
eyes m but I can t put that on. l
stretch my conscience good many
times in what put on tombstone /;
but I amt going to tell plain lie
when ] know it. )"
The widow was greatly shocked, and
insisted on his explaining what he
meant.
"Well, ma am" he said, you've
got here Gone to a better land, and
that ain so, ma'am. There amt any
better land than Kentucky"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10

= Miss Cora Hull, of Steubcnville,
Ohio, is in sorry p odicamcnt. The
other morning when she awOke she
threw back her head and yawned, and
at the same time something snapped
and sharp pain shot through her
head. Her mouth was stretched wide
open, and she could not shut it. A
physician discovered that she had dis
located her jaw, and pressed it back
to the proper place. She will have to
be careful, the physicians say, how
she laughs or yawns in the future, as
the tendons being weakened, the acci-
dent is likely to occur again.
1t is the boast of Eastern Shore Vir-
pinians that man i'll those parts can
with a string, piece OF raw meat for
bait and broken clam shell for sin ker,
catch in a few minutes enough crabs to
buy complete fishing outfit; that with
hook and line be can soon catch enough
fish to buy boat, and that with buat
he can in few seasons catch enough
oystsrs to buy farm. With farm any
Eastern Shore man is contented anu III
dependent of the world.
Ono of the arguments advanced by a
representative of woman's committee
who recently presented a plea for woman
suffrage before the Legislature Of West
ern State, was that while The great men
OF the present are dying off, the college
man of the present has degenerated to
such an extent that he is untitled to take
the place left vacant by the collegeman
OF the past. "The university man of to-
day," she said, "parts his hair in the
middle and bangs it on the side" And
this, she argued, shows his effeminacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
Try Hot Water.

During dangerous weather Of this
sort" said the old doctor, "the most
careful persons are likely to catch a
cold in their chests that will extend
swiftly to the lungs if not attended to.
It usually makes its presence known
by CONSTRUCTED sensation just under
the breast bone, where the flesh is
thinnest. When a person experiences
this feeling, he can rest assured he
can procure almost instant relief by
drinking a cup of water as hot as
he can bear to take in the mouth and
swallow. There is no better medicine
in the world to arrest the progress of
cold than hot water; and, besides,
it's effect upon the stomach and the
system generally is beneficial in the
highest degree. And in sore throat
the same remedy will be found almost
specific"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
BuCklens Arnfca SalVe.

The best salye in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
rions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed togive
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Prise rs cents per box, For sale
by Hill Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
: Probably the largest snake that

= Probably the largest snake That
was ever killed on the American con-
tinent was that mentioned by DR..
Gardner in his book, ''Travels in
Mexico" The snake was dead when
DR.. Gardner found it, and was lying
in the forks of tree with its body
full of arrows, just as it had been left
by the Indians who had dispatched it.
1t was dragged into an opening by the
aid of four horses, and was found to
measure 81 feet in length.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
audersaa yutelltaenfss
COMMERCIAL TOURISTS.
They are Fond Of Telling Jokes on
Others.

The thermometer had fallen with
dull thud, and registered 10 below
zero. Around the steam radiator of
the R. hotel sat a score Of commercial
tourists, shivering in spite Of the cal
oric thrown off by the throbbiDg pipes.
They were trying to keep up their
spirits as we'll as their temperature,
for trade was poor, and orders, like
angels visits, few and far between.
The door opened, and clothing
drummer from Chicago entered, con-
tinues Milton Goldsmith in the De-
troit Free Press. He wore an ulster
upon his back and look Of grim de-"
termination upon his face, as he
pushed through the crowd and warm
ed his fingers at the radiator. When
he was sufficiently thawed out to
speak, he began as follows:
"Of all the idiots nature ever Gre
ated, man is the most completely
idioticl"
'SSpeak for yourself, please" inter-
rupted one Of the group.
s'What's s happened to make you feel
so pessimistic?" said another.
'iListen, and I'll tell you. I was
just passing down Main street when l
saw e crowd in a store. / went in,
too, merely to get out Of the wind.
A eellow was standing in the rear,
With his head and shoulders project
ing through a hole in the partition,
selling some kind of patent cough
candy. In order to increase the sales,
he wrapped dollar bills around every
fourth or fifth stick, then put yellow
tissue paper around the whole, and
mixed them with the rest of the sticks
in a big box. Then he sold choice
of three sticks for 80 cents.
ssOf course you inyested?' shouted
one of the drummsrs.
.sNo, sir; I did not; I'm not 50
green. Several men did, however, and
every one Of them gotta dollar. Why,
you could see the money through the
Tissue paper. Well, after while, he
took out three $40 bills, and, handing
them to me, asked me to wrap them
around three sticks of candy. | did
50, and after putting the tissue paper
around them, I put those three sticks
in the boz where I could see them all
the time. Now says he, who'll
give me SO for a choice Of six sticks?
[ didn't want to do it; but the uproar
became deafening around me. 'GoitP
cried one man; why, / can see the
money from herel' You're good for
$50, anyway.
ttWell, they got me SO confused that
I completely lost my head. l handed
up $40, picked out six sticks, includ-
ing the three I had prepared, and,
amid the hush of an expectant multi
tude, opened my purchase. ~
Chow much did you get?'
81 got leftl There was nothing in
the paper but candy, and poor stuff at
that. Now, will one of you gentlemen
kindly come out into the yard and
kick me-:
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10

- Germany's proposal for the estab-
lishment of international postage stamps
is being examined by the British post
Office authorities. Such n stamp would
enable correspondents to enclose return
postsge tor their answers which they
now cannot dc. The principle has al
ready been adopted in the international
return postal card.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
DIR. Phillips brooks

Uho sali; "show me what books boy
reals, and will read you his destiny.
How iaportant II Is. then. that your homo
should tc provided with books OF the hichsN
character.
Fairy tales. ana even. perhaps. "Eufaso
ELL" stories. have their place as developers
OF q ta.:e for re.t;ng. sort Of literary milk.
as It were. but Unless the boy soon shows
preference for the stronger meat OF practical
knowledge. history, travel. ETC.. you Eay b
tura tA.; . Is mentally unsound. o. that
there has reen something radically wrong ID
Ills education.
The Encyclopedia Britannica has rightly
eeen termed "thc concentrated essence OF
the W, 'e worlds wisdom" Let your boy
read MerestIng pages, and he vii! soon
loos with dlsdaln upon "fashy" literature.
Ne are continually Understanding boys
ss,aeity for large IDEAS. There Is nothing
30 attractive a. truth. Give him The material
out OF which to construct large IDEAS. Put
Britannica In the home. where he can eonssa
II continually. and as he attalna manhood %
will find no place II literary or professional
life to which he may not aspire.
Seizs tho present opportunity 70 provide
proper library for your home. hreeuires a
investment of but Ten Cents DAY. II you
Order from THE COLUMBIA STATE
while II may be had at Introductory prices.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16

The Tioga track was visited by a large
crowd on Monday night. Zen thousand
persons passed through It's gates. brought
out to see A. A.Zimmerman,t the champion
blcyolist.
Night racing is a new feature OF amuse-
Dent, but 1t seems to have the call II the
big crowd that pRtronized can be Judged.
Zimmerman. the only attempted to beat
the mile record established by Johnson on
the track OF minutes 25 seconds but the
heavy wind blowing on the track made
this impossible and poor pacing was also
partly to blame. although he made 1t In
2OS and o. He was given a royal greet.
ing at the finish.
Tbs Zone mile 30 class, ciass A. first
prize. large picture; eeoond, after dinner
set; third. musical album; fourth, Z,nith
saddle.
The first heat was won by Frank Turner
Of the Wilmington Wheel Club. His time
vas above 2 81, which he madej in
Bot Il was run over again. Turner being
third time al.
Turner was also fourth In an so yards
Amat u anditap rto'. Handy 10 ned the
professional rnnRs anu won his nrst prizs
coming In fourth in one mile handicap.
b. Frank Mcdaniel and WIN. Cooley
made the run from Pennsgrove N. j.. to
Asbury Park on the Tandem on Wednes-
day last to attend the meeting held ut AS.
bury Park.
Their route lay by way OF Salem,
through Brldgeton, which was so miles,
through Milville. Mays Landing, Abse
som, % miles; Barhegat. Toms River. LAT
miles; Lakewood. Polt Pleasant and
Asbury Park.
They left Pennsgrove at o'clock In the
morning and arrived at their destination
81 10 O'Clock at night. making the dis.
lance, $50 miles In eighteen hours.
The tme would have been four hours
faster II they had not Loaf their way and
punotured their tines. This is considered
good Time for road trip
Next Monday night another meet Will
be held at Tioga.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16

Attorney General Nicholson of Doyer,
was In this city to-day.
The Street and Sewer Department has
placed man with shovel, broom and
barrel on Market street to keep the dropp-
ings of of the street. This Will give Mar
Its a new Innovation.
Arthur A. Zimmerman will sail on the
St. Louis OH Wednesday morning for
Southampton. He expects to give the
best foreign wheeimen chance to beat
him while abroad.
The house. III French street Is offered
for rent at low rate.
Up gous the price of paper flour saehs.
The paper manufacturers and paper bag
manufacturers met In convention at
Niagara Falls on Monday and decided to
advance the price of paper flour sacks
from SIS to $40 pei thousand.
Phew, did you get Whit OF the odor
from the Liebig Chemical Works this
morningP
The mall between Brldgeton. Goulds.
town and Cornell will hereafter be carried
by the South Jersey Traction Company.
Big Undertaking. Tho city council CT
New Orleans mas promptly adopted the
plans for the drainage Of that city which
were rec emily prepared by an advisory
board composed OF distinguished engi.
neers. The main features OF this plan have
ulE6duy U6bh u6bCtlD6u III 4u6 GUN. IL IL
estimated the work will cost S. 100000
and that 1t Will Take al least four or i've
years to carry out the plans OF the adyis.
DRY board.
II New Orleans can secure o complete
system Of drainage Tor the cum named 10
will be money we'll expended, for 1t would
add i'm measurably TO the attraeiivsness
tho sewerage eystem of the city Is already
well advanced, and difficulties which
wore regarded as insurmountable have
been overcome by engineering skill, and
within three or four years from to-day
the city VIII be severed from Carrolton
to tho Barr racks, and the old open vaults.
go otlensiye to visitors, will be thing OF
the past.
Prof. McClelland and wife of aeadng,
Pa. paid MIR, and Alrs. Harry Thomas at
No. l1l6 West Eighth street q visit on
Sunday. They left for home on Sunday
evening.
The Registrar of Wills reports business
very dull in his Office at the Court House.
He Gays there has been no register orders
granted since the 18th Inst. This speaks
we'll for the health OF New Castle county.
Misses katharine and Bessie Rice who
have been visiting friends In Chester, Pa,
have returned home to our city.
s. +. Belts. chairman of committee.
will receive proposals for placing NV
boiler In school No. 8 tor heating puppos.
es as may be seen BY advertisement in
another column.
Miss Katie Garrett has been spending a
very pleasant visit with her aunt. Mrs.
Cochran, at Chester.
The electric light company came out
first beet In their dispute with the Ken.
nett Square City Council. They shut OFF
thsir light, thus leaving the town In
darkness.
Mrs. Armstrong OF Delaware City
visiting Mr5. Devore OF Broome Btr&
Chester.
Niles Jennie Magee, Miss Bessie Vernd4x.
and Willard Vernon. who have been visit
ing relatives and friends In Brldgeton, N.
j.. returned home to-day.
MIR, Powell. the fish dealer. will take a
load OF fish TO Brandywlne Summit Camp
on Thursday,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16

Mr.. Harrison Worth, whose barn was
burned last Sunday morning. visited our
city to-day to serve his numer GUS Gus.
toners with butter. From him W 0 learned
that the alarm Of the fire was given by q
young man named Abner Holilngsworth,
who was on his way to visit a neghbor.
Mr.. Worth was awake and was soon up
and dressed. At that time the flames
were lust bursting through the roof, and
seemed to have originated among the
wheat In the NOW.
Two horses and a calf were In the sta
bles and they were speedily liberated.
They then turned their alton tisn 10 tue
house, the roof OF which was ON the
point OF taking fire. Mr.. II. hurried his
son out upon 1t with q bucket OF water.
He then hastened to the carriage house
and was just In time to extinguish the
sparks that were about bursting into q
fame
MIR. Hollingsworth got upon the roof
and applied the water WHOM Mr.. Worth
passed to him. Without his assistance the
building would have been burnad
as the heat was so "a eat he could scarcely
maintain his position
The barn contained the entire wheat
crop as well as the hay. and was packed
to the roof. Tho building was insured In
tho Chester County Mutual Insurance.
Company through Joseph Chambers fer
sl400, and $500 on the contents. As soon
as the insurance shall be adjusted we SUD-
pose Mr. Worth will ct about rebu ldlDg
as he cannot get along without shelter for
his stock.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16
The Hunger For knowledge.

The New York World says: A very re.
mnrkaoie thing has happened In Ne W
York In the poorest quarters of the
city children seeking I'm education have
given up their vacation and crowded into
the summer schools until the Society for
Improving tho Condition OF the Poor has
heen Obliged to turn away hundreds of
applicants for lack of room.
Yet there are those who have the assur.
ance to face tho American paopie with the
declaration that the threat OF the lock up
Is required to foreo education on the
masses. It is not true. 1t has never boon
true. IL never Will be true. The desire
for education is universal There Is not
county In tho United States In which it
d es not exist just as 1t hns been ex b.
tied In the slums of New York.
There Is something impressive to tie
highest degree In the spectacle Of LII Q
poor children struggling around tic
opening gates which for so many centuries
have been closed 10 all except the favored
few, IL means much, Tor II means civ.
iliZatiOn,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16

OCEAN GROVE. N J-Fully seven thous.
and persons assembled on Monday even
Ing, to hear the Rev. }. o. Wilson, OF
Bi ooklyr, deliver hts lecture on .'Yosomtte
Ehe Most Beautiful Thought OF God.n
The eermt II Ia eonsldaIeI one OF the Rev.
erend gentIe;nans, best eileets and abounds
In Historical beauty anu power which was
portrayed with glowing e,0qucnce.
Or. Wilson delivered the baecaianreate
sermon on SUNDAY, which waa mastery
effort
Monday was the seventh day OF tho
Ocean Grove sunday School Assembly
and the regular program ts being carried
on as formerly
The Young Peoples meeting was con.
Quoted by Rev. George Yatman, who is go
popular with tho Grove people
Mr. Paul Brown. who has been staying
with Mr, and Mrs. Thomas MeGary, re.
turned home TO Wilmington on Monday
Mr.. Casper Kendall and family ate sum /.
neIiaE here.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-16

Last Saturday game OF ball was play.
ed between PIekwieks and Young Amer.
ioans; both played well-but Plckwicks
when the game was over was Just lit 10
ahead and OF course we have to say they
peat. At the 7th Inning they were ties
but yet the P's had men to help them
while our young boys helped themselves
At this writing Myra Dennis, daughter
81 Frank Dennis Is lying seriously i'll.
Ehe is about years old and has had q
great deal OF slckEess.
The farmers have bean pleased to know
they had such elegi ut weather for harvest.
ing, every man boasts OF his big crop of
hay.
Mrs, Frank Morrison and son isaac N.
have returned home from visiting Mrs.
Martha Robinson.
Brother Henry GRAY preached last Sab.
oath evening at tho NJ L. Church to a Yefy
attentive audience.
wonder If thu young ledy who pouted
because she hal 10 fellow to tade her on
the excursion has fully reeoVered2