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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
THE EMPIRE,
Silence OF Desolation Brooding Over Re
gions Once Thickly Peopled.

NJ NASo lawn
In the beginning Of the thirteenth
century the annual revenue Of the By
zantine empire amounted to e130, 000,-
900. Yet at that time not only was the
eastern empire greatly impoverished by
the ravages Of the crusades, but the
chief part Of Asia Minor, with its -four
ishing cities, had been w.:ested from her
by the arms of Islam. To-Day the revenue
of the Ottoman empire is less than e1S,-
900, 900. The silence of desolation now
broods over vast regions which were
once thickly peopled, well cultivated,
Astounding in furnishing cities and re-
joicing in an advanced civilization. Ter
r~itories which formerly supported the
capitals of ancient kingdoms-Perga-
mos, Sardis, Cyzicus, Prusium, Troy,
Nicomedia and many more-have been
reduced under Islam to cherries soil
tudes, broken at intervals by Kurds or
wandering Turcomans.
According to Ubicini, who spent 90
years in the civil administration Of the
porte, and wrote in defense Of Turkey
40 years ago, the annual produce Of corn
in Asia Minor was then estimated at
25, 900, 900 Turkish kiles, which, he
thinks, might be easily increased tenfold
"if the great productiveness Of the soil
were turned to account. The same re.
mark" he adds, "applies to all other
productions which serve for local con-
sumption or for expectation" But in
stead Of increasing during the last 40
years there has been an accelerated de-
crease. The decay Of every kind Of man.
ufacture has kept pace with the decline
Of agriculture. Diarbekir and Broussa,
once so famous for their v~elvets, satins
and silk stuffs, have been ruined. So
have Aleppo and Bagdad. Turkey
abounds also in mineral wealth. 1T pos
sesses copper mines which yield 80 per
cent of ore, while the best British mines
yield only about 10 per cent. And there
is coal in abundance within easy access.
Quarterly Reviow.
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Hailstorms In tho Orange Free State.

The Orange Free State is very nearly
as large as England, and just as
large as the state Of New York. 1t
lies from 4, 900 to 5, 900 feet above the
sea and is mostly level, with some low
ranges Of hills. The surface is bare of
wood, except in o few sheltered spots
along the streams, but is well covered
with heritage. The air ispure and brac.
ing, much like that of Colorado or Wyo-
ming. There are, happily, no billiards.,
but violent thunderstorms are not un-
common, and the hailstones-I have
seen them bigger than pigeons eggs
which fall during such storms some
times kill the smaller animals and even
men.-Professor James Bryce, NJ. p,
in Century.
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= The man who can drink or let it
alone is again with us, says an ex-
change. lie is a genial sort Of a fell
low, and it might be harsh to roll him
together as a scroll or to boil him in
oil, or bake him over a slow fire as he
deserves. He feels sorry for the slave
to rum. "Why," says he, "all you
need is the will power. When | want
to quit, I will surely quit" The day
will come when he will quit, sure
enough. The coroner will be notified
when the time comes, and there'l II be
a nice inquest with home comforts
and all modern improvements, and if
our friend is rich the verdict will be
that he died of heart failure. If he
is poor, it will be that he died of
alcoholism. The men who can drink
or let it alone is worth studying.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
HOW TREATIES ARE MADE.
Tho Initiative, In Negotiations With For.
eipn Powers, Is With tho President.

4uC 4ukLlAClscS AL 1tSBoOAseAohh Eo9s
eign Powers, Is With tho President.
"The treaty making power is given
to the president, in connection with the
senate, by the constitution" writes
General Harrison in his "This Country
of Ours article in Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. "The initiative-the negotiations
with foreign governments leading up to
an agreement, and the framing Of the
articles Of the treaty-is with the exec
utive. The senate has no part in the
matter until the president communi-
Gates the treaty to it and asks its con-
currence. 1t may then, however, either
concur or reject, or concur with amend
mcnts. When the executive has agreed
with any foreign power upon a treaty,
and it has been duly signed by the plen-
ipotentiaries for their respective govern
ments, it is sent to the senate for its
concurrence, and is considered there in
secret session. Whatever may be said
as to the wisdom or necessity Of secret
sessions for other purposes, it is mani
testify necessary that the terms Of treat
les and the discussion Of them should
in many cases be kept in the confidence
of those charged with concluding them
until they are concluded.
"Though all the attempts in the con
stitutional convention to give the house
of representatives a part in the making
of treaties failed, it is still true that
many important treaty stipulations de-
pend for their execution upon the action
of the house. If a treaty stipulates for
the payment Of money by the United
States, the money cannot be taken from
the treasury without an appropriation.
1t may be said that as q treaty is q part
of the supreme law Of the land, it is
the duty of congress to appropriate the
money necessary to carry it into effect,
and that in the making Of the appropri-
alton the house has no right to consider
the question of the value or %propriety
Of the treaty. But, all the same, if the
appropriation is not made the treaty
fails. Usually appropriations to carry
out a treaty have been given freely by
the house, but there is power to with
hold them, and so to defeat the treaty.
AS to treaties involving our revenue
laws, the house-having by the consti-
tuition the sole power to originate rev.
enue bills-has claimed the right to act
upon a consideration Of the wisdom or
unWisdon of the treaty.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
A Mystery of tho Mails,

In the mail delivered at his West
Philadelphia residence the other day
William May, the well known ship
chandler, discovered a most remarkable
document. 1t was an invitation to his
OWL wedding, which occurred in 1867,
and where the missive has been during
the intervening 20 years is a matter Of
no little mystery. It was addressed to a
friend of former years, who then resided
at 333 Wharton street. Considering its
age, the envelope is in a very good state
Of preservation, although completely
covered with hieroglyphics added by
postal officials. The invitation card,
while yellow with age, gives little evil
dence of it's 80 years of strange exist
ence. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only ono
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constiut-
tionaI remedies. Deafness Is caused by an infam.
cd condition of the mucous lining of the Eustach-
ian Tube When this tube gets inflamed you have
a rumnling sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed Deafness Is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars
free.
F J. CHENEY & co Toledo, O..
sa-Snld by Druggists. 15c
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

i If it required an annual outlay
of 500. 90 to insure a family against
any serious consequences from an
attack of bowel complaint during the
year there are many who would feel it
their duty to pay it that they could
not afford to risk thier lives, and those
of their family for such an amount.
Any one can get this insurance for %
cents, that being the price of a bottle
of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Ia almost every
neighborhood some one has died from
an attack of bowel complaint before
medicine could be procured or a
physician summoned. One or two
doses of this remedy will euro any
ordinary case. 1t never fails. Can
you afford to take the risk for so small
au amount p For sale by Hill Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
surrender and take hand from the.
field or not No, Of course not. The

surrender and take hand from the.
field or not No, Of course not. The
way to do is to dc all these little
household jobs yourself. You can
take up a carpet and hang it on the
paling and beat the dust out Of it as
we'll as anybody, and whitewashing is.
nothing but good fun. You can hang
a window curtain or put in a pane of
glass or mend a baby carriage orrepaint
the mantle piece. My girls papered
every roomi in our house. Theirmother
trained US all to do these things, and
it saves a lot Of money. Ny friend,
that whitewashing must be done if
the world comes to an end. Let the
cotton suffer for a day. [ expect you;
have too much planted, anyhow.
Everybody aroundhere has. Thegood,
wife and daughters have to stayint the
house or about it nearly all their time,
and it should be made as pleasant and
inviting as possible. Yours in SYM
pathetic bonds, BILLARp.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Me and Others,

An artist should consider facts about
the masters Of his profession calmly and
thoughtfully. He may reach valuable
conclusions about himself. A certain
musical composer of much talent and
popularity-we will call him Smithkins
has a happy appreciation Of his own
work, as his friends all know.
So highly does he estimate Smithkin'a
compositions that some Of his friends
were much startled the other day when
he said gravely, "Did you ever notice
that the names Of all the great composers
begin with MI"
emp circulated his astonished au-
dience.
eyes, NJ" said the composer. EMO
Fart, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Moszkow-
ski-and Me!'-Pearson's Weekly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Mr.. James Perdue. an old soldie,

residing at Monroe, Mich, was severely
afflicted with rheumatism but received
prompt relief from pain by using
Chamberlain Pain Balm. He says !:
CAT times my back would ache so
badly that l could hardly raise up.
If I had not gotten relief 1 would not
be here to write these few lines.
Chamberlain Pain Balm has done
me a great deal of good and I feel very
thankful for it." For sale by Hill
Bros,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
"What's In @ Name?"

A sculptor Of more humor than talent
recently induced a prominent New York
woman to allow him to make q bust Of
her. When it was nearing completion,
he remarked during IN of her sittings:
81 am afraid this is not going to look
very much like you, but never mind, we
will call it Ruth or st. Cecilia and
send it somewhere to take D prize" -
New York Journal,
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- A tramp asking for food at the
door of a certain good deacon residing
near one of the country thorough
fares was given a loaf of bread by the
master of the house, with the rather
inhospitable remark that ''the Bible
says that if any man will not work,
neither should he cat" Looking
down at the gift with a shade of dis
gust, the tramp quickly responded,
Eyes and does it not say that a man
cannot live upon bread alone ?" 1t is
but truth to add that he received a
generous slice of country ham as a re-
ward for his quickwittedness.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Infallible Sign.

Chow came you to suspect the pris-
oner to be a man in woman's c~lothing?'
inquired the magistrate.
IT didn't suspect" answered the de-
~tective. "As soon as I saw her try to
lift her bonnet after she had met and
passed another woman on the street
simply knew she was q man. "-Chicago
Trihune
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

= In the office of a New York
wholesale dealer in horns and tips
there is a pair of South American cat
tie horns hat measure, following the
horns, nine feet from tip to tip. 1t is
believed to be the biggest pair of horns
in the country.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
why He Was Moving.

"You like music, I underestimate"
every much"
"Then you are happy in the location
of your fat?"
81 am miserable"
"But that young lady next door plays
all the time. If you enjoy music"-
ut is because I enjoy music that ]
intend to move out. Chicago Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Ancient Anguish.

"It is believed" said the classical
boarder, "that there was q game extaht
in the days Of Rome that much resem-
bled our baseball"
"The language shows that" assent
ed the cheerful idiot. "The word 'fnis, ,
you know, means a tale ender. LII
dianapolis Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

- In Bavaria the police will ALLOW
no woman to appear in public on a
bicycle unless she holds a certificate
of efficiency. To obtain one she must
ride before the public officials in a
crowd of other candidates without
falling off or running into any me-.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
No Danger.

Jorkins-I mgoing to have my bank
bills disinfected before I handle them.
Mrs. Jorkins-For what reason?
Jorkins-To remove the danger Of
contagion to my family.
Mrs. Jorkins-I never "eard of your
family being exposed.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

A woman in Western Ontario
purchased a newfangled kettle from a
peddler. In the evening she showed
it to her husband, a hardware dealer,
who told her he had the same thing in
his store for half the price she paid.
"Well," she said, "why don't you ad-
vertise I? Nobody knows what you
have for SALE"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

The secretary vulture will often take
up an oyster or terrapin in the claws Of
one foot and dash it violently against o
stone to crush the shell aud enable the
bird to get at the contents.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Spiteful.

IT cannot understand why my hus-
band should give me a finer present ev-
cry year we are married"
IT suppose he does it to compensate
you for growing old. detroit Free
Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

Georgians are "BuZzards," from a
state law protecting these birds.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
A PEAN TO THE PUMPKIN.

How dear to my heart
Is the old yellow pumpkin
When orchards are barren
OF stufin for pies,
When peaches and apples
Have both been o failure
And berries of no kind
Have greeted u eyes
How fondly we turn
To the fruit Of the cornheldl
Only fools these despise-
The old yellow pumpkin,
The mud covered pumpkin,
The big bellied pumpkin,
That make such good pics.
Louisville Democrat
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

A Vermont Bridal Couple Puzzles = Cab
man by Asking to Be Taken to tho New
York Hotel-Marnma Had Told Them
Also to Go to A. T. Stewards.
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BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Fragrant Flowers ls the Subject Taken
by Arp for Els Letter.
Atlanta Constitution.

I am not a liDguist, but have been
told there is no language but ours that
has a word or expression signifying
"home' in the sweet, sentimental
meaning that we attach to it. There
are words enough thatmean adwelling
house, an abiding place, but home has
a broader compass and includes all the
emotional surroundings-the garden,
the we'll, with its old oaken bucket,
or the crystal spring at the foot of the
hill--the vines we the door and on
the lattice.-tbe shade trees, the land
scape view from the window, the cradle
and the old arm chair the clock on
the mantle, the pictures on the walls,
the faithful watch dog, the playful
kitten, and ever the crickets' chirrup
on the hearth. But more than all
these are the loved ones who meet us
and greet us al the threshold.
The wise man tells us Of the time
when man goeth to his long home and
the mourners 60 about the streets.
Our home here is very brief, we know,
but it is the dearest spot on earth,
and should be loved and cherished by
every one who goes out from its sacred
portals or returns within them to rest
from the cares of a busy world. It is
one of my constant regrets that there
are so many good people in this great
big world who have no home-not an
acre on Gods green, earth they can
call their own. If every family had a
home the children would grow up bet
ter citizens, better patriots; the parents
would hold up their heads and be
thankful to God for his blessings. The
good wife and daughters would treasure
the vines they planted, and the flowers
they grew in the front yard-aowers
that are the smiles of God upon q sin
cursed world. The poet says:
1.-THE world has nothing to testow;
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-12-08

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
VERMONT POLITICS.
What the Press of tho Green Mountain
State 10 Saying on tho Snbjcct.

We hope our brethren of the State press
Will not get so excited over the nomina-
ton of governor as to say disgraceful
things. Both Grout and Stickney are good
men and If either one is nominated he
should receive rousing vote Probably
the great majority of voters do not care
which one secures the prize, though both
have strong friends in almost every town
In the State. Both having been popular
as speakers in our Legislature 1t follows
that they have warm friends everywhere
but as both cannot get 1t, go for the ono
you like best and II he Is beaten support
the other one just as heartily. With eth
er candidate there is no reason why YER
mont should not give an old time republic
can majority next fall, and that is what
we all want.-Manchester Journal.
The Bellows Falls Times will support
Hon. w. W. Stckney for the Vermont
governorship. The fact that Brother
Thayer of the Times is owner and pub
Usher OF the st. Johnsbury Republican, a
staunch Grout journal, reminds us of me
individual who bet on both sides in u
political contest-bound to win.-Lyndon-
vile Journal.
Everybody who knows the Waterman
we'll understands that its opinions and its
courses are very liable to be warped by
some prejudice or pique. which never
ought to control journal of respectable
standing Our contemporary closes up It's
third article, which was inspired by some
IDEAS obtained from the Monitor as fol-
lows 1T is the business of the freeman
OF Vermont to rip up these arrangements
scatter them to the winds, and assert and
maintain their sovereignty" All right,
neiehbor, they will "trip up" the arrange
ments which a few people about the
Waterman office have been making, as
soon as they have opportunity ito assert
and maintain their sovereignty" See?--
Barton Monitor.
Formal instructions TO delegates do not
infrequently prove embarrassing, and 1t
Is question whether a complete repre-
sentation of the States sentiment as to
presidential candidates could not as well
be assured by an informal expression of
opinion by the convention, without the
lacking on of any definite binding in
structions. Such course, 1t seems to us,
would be a safe one indicating plainly
what would please the people of the State
and at the same time applying no awkard
brake to the exercise of discretion on the
part of the delegaton,-St. Johnsbury Re
publican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
Italy'S Distress,

nation is seldom plunged into moro
distressing conditions than those in which
fair Italy now finds herself. Her forces
in Africa have suffered ignominious defeat
at tho hands of the Abyssinians; her fin
ances are in a deplorable condition; her
credit is gone; her people are Inundated,
indignant and revolutionary, and she has
plainly reached a grave crisis In her his
tory.
Ita,y's disastrous experience Is undoubt-
eddy to be attributed almost entirely to
her vaulting ambition, given free rein in
the eighties. Her people beheld the brill
liant colonial successes of England, Ger
many and other powers in the Dark Con-
tnent, and they became inspired with the
belief that they too might become power
full through the founding of a great empire
In Africa. In spite OF the fact that the
italian people were already in dire pow
erty as the price of stern militarism, and
that the nations financial credit was
in precarious condition, 1t was decided to
institute vigorous foreign policy and
carry war into Africa.
Abyssinia seemed to offer the best in
ducements for Italian invasion, and ac-
cordingly an expedition was sent against
that country, which Is said to be one OF the
Oldest Christian governments in existence.
The Italians evidently expected to make
rapid as well as easy progress, but they
seem to have entirely under estimated the
strength as well as the fighting qualities
OF the Abyssinians. These were fully de-
monstrated in the recent battle in which
the italian loss is now placed at over 5000.
Gen. Bantleri. who had charge Of the
italian expedition, explains that the bril-
gade of Albertone had advanced so far as
to become detached from the main body
of the army, and the latter was according
ly pushed forward, whereupon the 1000
Italians were Immediately set upon and
practically surrounded by $4,000 Abyssn-
ians. The Italians were completely routed
and suffered the loss of all their stores and
guns, beside the immense loss of life
stated.
Now after dozen years or so of desul-
tory warfare, ending in a great battle, the
Italians find themselves utterly discom-
fitted in Abyssina. It will be worse than
useless for the italian government to seek
to repair its fortunes in that quarter OF
the globe. and the retirement of the Ital-
Ian forces from Africa seems inevitable
1t is this prospect that has precpitated
crisis in the affairs of the Italian gov
eminent at home. Popular uprisings al
ready begun promise to become general
so great is the Indignation of the people
Premier Crispi and his government have
been utterly discredited, and only the
greatest discretion can prevent a revolu-
ton. and an attempt on the part Of the
Italians to inaugurate sclf-government.