The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-08-21
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- Bicycles arc said to have seriously
affected the sale of pianos in England.
The reason given is that when girl is
asked to choose between tho two for a
present she invariably selects the wheel.
1t is estimated that so per cent Of the
iron manufactured by Tennessee is sold
outside of the Southern States. 1t is said
to be the favorite iron with pipe. plow
and stove makers in the East and North.
Jacob Gigaz, retired banker, aged
IS years committed suicide at GAINESVILLE,
O., last Friday, by deliberately laying
his head on the track before moving
train. He is said to have been suffering
from bad health.
Several Georgia watormelons weigh
ing more than fifty pounds have been
brought to market this season, but it is
likely the record will be carried by one
weighing q trifle over seventy-fVe
pounds, cut last week on Thomaston
farm.
- According to recent lecture of
Professor Shuster, of London, the safest
course for human being in thunder
storm is to get thoroughly wet. Franklin
remarked that he could kill rat when
dry by means of an electric discharge,
but never when it was wet.
= Anatomists to separate tho bones of
a skull frequently fill it with small beans
and place the whole in basin of water.
The beans swell and slowly split the skull.
The force which beans are capable OF ex-
ercising under these conditions is equal
to the average pressure in tho boiler OF
steam engine.
- The blue Jay is proving decided
pest in California by eating the eggs OF
other birds, particularly quail and game
birds. So the Olympic Club. of San
Francisco, has appointed st. Bartholo-
news day on which everyone who can
buy or beg or borrow shotgun is to
join in the slaughter.
- Conyicts in the Michigan State prison
are allowed to keep birds, and as result
of this there are fully GOO feathered song
sters in the prison, all owned end cared
for by the prisoners. Their carollings in
the morning are one Of the odd features
of life at this institution. It is believed
this and other favors is responsible for
the good behavior of the prisoners, as
there are fewer outbreaks at Jackson
than anywhere else.
Negroes in Marshall, County Miss,
are being wrought up to state of religious
frenzy by the preaching Of man and two
women. One of the converts set fire to
his house at o'clock on Monday morn
inc, and he and his wife threw their
effects into the flames. When found they
were trying to drive yoke of oxen into
the fire, and the man and women, when
interfered with, begged to be allowed to
die in the flames themselves.
= There Is military swim ming school
at Nogent, where recently on the visit OF
the inspector general curious exhibition
took place, which may have its valuable
side. Alta given signal thirty young men,
armed cap.a-pie in full uniform, with
helmets, their rifles and haversacks slung
on their backs, plunged into the Marne
and proceeded to swim across the river.
None of them tagged, though the pre-.
liminary line soon. became broken, and
the strong ones showed the way to the
others and were first to land to meet the
supposed enemy.
- Electricity is relieving city horses Of
drudgery and the agricultural journals
are looking forward to the time when
electric feed wires will reach out to the
farms to do the pumping, threshing,
churning, choppimg, lighting and even
tually the ploughing and hoeing. Already
an electric plough has been tested in
Germany, and is found to perform its
work. we'll, though not quite so cheaply
in the first experiment as man and
horse. The farmer in the course of time
will probably have the choice of getting
his electric power from central stations,
neighboring streams or wind mills.
When this happens it Ia likely there will
be a return drift of population from the
cities to the country.
The California jury system. where
by fourteen jurors are drawn in order
that there may be "spares" in case Of
sickness or other incapacity on the part
of anybody in the regular panel, is an
improvement on our system, which ne
cessitates the loss of all the time spent in
a trial if at any stage oft juror becomes
disabled. The Detroit Free Press says:
It would seem, however, as if an equally
good result might be reached with less
circumlocution. Why should we cling
to the number twelve as ifit had some
especial sanctity in the jury box? Why
is twelve any better than ten or nine?
Why would it not improve tue system
to provide, for instance, that while twelve
men shall be sworn, verdict by nine OF
them snail Do conclusive WueLutT tue
shortage is occasioned by disagreement
on the part of three or the disability Of
any one or more of themf
In her new school history Mrs. Susan
Pendleton Lee, speaking of the death Of
General Polk, says: ION the first night
after joining Johnston at Dalton the bish-
op-geuoral had baptized General Hood in
his tent at midnight and few evenings
later be had administered the same rite
to General Johnston. Johnston received
his baptism kneeling in his tent with
Hond and Hardee. Hool was on crntches,
aul conld not kn"cl and ha was allowed
t, rpatiyn 'ha ordinance standing ON his
arutches." The Sunday prrrinns to BIZ
death Bishop Polk, after gnin, through
his private devntions. assembled llI staff
and all who could get within sound of bis
voice and read tho morning service Of tie
Episcopal church in hi- usual devont and
impressive manner, In his pocket, soaked
with his hearts blood. we're found four
religious tracts, IN three Of which he had
written the names Of his companions IN
responsibility and danger-Generals
Johnston, Hardee and Hood"