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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
His Style.

II understand that you ara trying
to get divorce from your wife,, !" said
a Chicago man, addressing his friend.
eyes, the affair is now in court.
II was little surprised to here of
it, for I thought that you were much
attached to your wife.
ooh, we'll, I was; but she got to be
so curious. She complained of every
thing, and actually attempted to re-
trict my eDjoyments. | suppose,
though, that her irritability comes
largely from physical causes. She
has been little deaf for some time,
and this last spring she lost her sense
Of smell. y
"What!"
eyes, can't smell a thing. Can t
tell the difference between fresh rose
and decaying cabbage.
"Why, my dear man, you are throw
ing away treasure. 4 woman that
can't smell-a woman that can not
criticise your breath-a woman who
doesn't know the scent of whisky
Say, old boy, am considcrate bust
ness man, man who in connection
with business is on the lookout for
contentment, and l want to put in a
good word right here. If you have
any influence with that woman use it
in my favor. I am widower, you
know, and T want her. She's my
style.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
How's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known F. j. Cheney
for the asst Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and fnan
cially able to carry out any obligations made BY
their firm.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDINo. KINNAN MARr1H, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfsces af
tho system. Testimonials sent fee.
ecM hF rruggtsts, TOO.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15

- For pain in the chest apiece OF
flannel dampcned with Chamberlain S
Pain Balm and bound on over the
seat of the pain, and another on the
back between the shoulders, will afford
prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in cases where the pain is
caused by cold and there is ten
dency toward pneumonia. For sale by
Hill Bros
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15

The area of the United States,
3,O25, 900 square miles, differs not
greatly from that Of Canada, or that Of
Australia, and is not much less than
that of all Europe The hot springs
in the Yellowstone Park, cover an
area, all together, of nearly 1000
square miles.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22
WiDE-TlRED WAGONS.

4-S I
There are Many Reasons why Farmers
Should Use Them.
The broad tires used on the wagons
by some farmers are To be preferred
for obvious reasons. On wet, soft
ground they do not cut down as the
narrow tires do, neither do they on.
dry, sandy or gravel roads, There are
advantages aaso in having these broad
tired wheels much lower than the or
dinary wheels for convenience III
loading bulky or heavy products.
These wide tires are much lighter
draft and kept. in repair at less eS-
pense than the high wheels with their
narrow tires. After much rain the
ground is soft and the fields are cut
with the narrow tires and the teams
are made to suffer from heavy draft.
The public roads are also injured from
being cut into ruts and dished out by
having the earth carried from the low
wet spots upon the higher ground. BY
the tires having SO little bearing sur.
face to prevent them from sinking into
the soil. A
Two sets of wheels are convenient to
have, the low ones with the broad
tires and the ordinary ones for use on
the firm roads. There are inanufac-
turers offering these extras at reason-
able prices.-Farmers' Union.
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MH. HANNA'S PHUFTIS.
McKinIey's Manager Has Pull ON the
Trusts.

The Philadelphia Press recently com-
planned because the new iron ore pool
had increased the price Of ore by SO per
cent. without increasing the wages of
the mine Workmen. This enthusiastic
supporter of AIF. Me Kinley and MI. Hanna
was pointing out that the tariff duties
on iron and steel products were in dam
ger because of the number and the exac-
tions Of the combinations recently
formed in the iron and steel industry.
aThe various iron and steel trades"
said our Mckinley contemporary,
(which are raising prices by combina-
tion may find themselves stripped ofall
protection" We quote also the follow
ing:
THE iron ore combination has advanced
prices and not wages. It Is unjustifable.
The steel billet combination, like that In
ore, by raising prices, has affected all
branches Of steel manufacture. It has add
ed to the cost Of the farmers steel wire.
The prices of long list of articles to the
consumer. will be advanced by its action"
But the Press must know that Mr..
Hanna, who organized their ore pool,
needed money for the expenses Of Mr..
Mekinley's canvass. Mr.. Hanna is the
president of the Chaplin Iron company,
which owns the great Chaplin mine.
This mine stands second on the list of
ore producers, and its output last year
was 625,0oo tons. The pool advanced
prices ON the basis of an increase from
$500 to 81 per ton for Bassemer ore.
The Chaplin mine had its allotted share
of this increase, and Mr.. Hanna is in-5
terested in other iron mines.
It Is plain that the increase Of about
one dollar per ton has very preceptibly
enlarged Mr.. Hanna,s income. AS we.
have said, he wanted money for McKin-
ley's canvass. He said a few days ago
that the canvass had cost him 100000
and that only $4,000 had been con-
tributed by other friends of his candi-
date. Well, the additional profits of
his Investment in the Chaplin mine and
other iron mines and associated in
terests, procured by means of the pools
increase of price, have at least been
equal, we presume, to his expenditures
on McKin1ey's account
If it is true, as the Philadelphia Press
asserts, land the Press is his friend and
McKinley's friend that he and his pool
associates did not increase wages, why
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22

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barrel at G. At the lower end
OF the elbow is attached a short
arm, d, which is joined to long
arm that carries the dashers or agita-
tors, e. This joint is necessary in order
that the dashers may lie on the bottom
OF the barrel and not be lifted up ut
every stroke of the pump. With the
movement OF the pump handle, tile
dashers move backward and forward
over the entire bottom of the barrel,
thus keeping the liquid in constant mo.
ton.
IN order that the liquid that may have
settled on the bottom may be stirred
thoroughly before starting the pump,
the arm, a, is fitted to the pump handle
by a slot, f, SO that it may be quickly
slipped off and worked upward and
downward few times before begiI-
ming to pump. Allathe parts are made
of fiat iron one-eighth inch thick by
three-fourths inch wide, and can be
made b. one having facilities for cut
ting such iron and drilling holes to
fasten it together. The parts are held
toBeeHcI ny SHoEt STOVE Stp0ilS. 4 he 8
dashers are fastened to the rod by a
screw passing through it. In the ad-
justment of this apparatus to the bai,-
rel, the pump must be brought near
enough to the end of the barrel to allow
of the full sweep Of the pump handle,
and the rod, a, fixed to the handle so as
to give q full sweep to the elbow, b, that
the dashers may be. carried forwardand
backward to their fullestextent.Pr
s. 7. Maynard, Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural College, in Farm and Home.
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~-~~~S~~@~-SN@
the figures given by Mr.. Alvord might
reasonably be subject to doubt, but
Mr.. Alyord is not one who would know
ingly send forth false information nor
base an official statement on mere guess
work, and being in a position to know
whereof he speaks his figures may be
relied upon as correctly representing
the situation. But it will be genuine
surprise to nearly all who have given
the matter thought to learn that IS
per cent. of all butter produced in this
country was, as late as 1890, made on
the farm. Here is what he has to say
on the subject:
"The most noteworthy fact in connec-
tion with the production of butter on
farms is that, Notwithstanding the
great extension of the creamery system
and the decline in the amount OF butter
annually exported, such production
has increased even more rapidly than
population. To go back to the census
of 1856, it is found that the total pro-
duction Of butter on farms In 1s4o was
313,345,306 pounds, or 1881 pounds per
capita of population. In 1860 the
amountreportedw was 456, ,6s1 1872 pounds,
or 14.e2 pounds per capita. In 1870
the amount reported was 514,G92, ,6S3
pounds, which gave an average Of only
1898 pounds for each inhabitant. Up
to this time there had been no cream
cry butter reported, but in 1880 the pro-
duction of farm butter averaged 1880
pounds for each inhabitant, and that of
creamery butter 0.5S pounds for each
inhabitant, thet total average being thus
1903 pounds. At the eleventh census,
however, the production of butter on
farms alone averaged 1888 pounds per
capita of the population, and such had
been the increase in the production of
butter In creameries that the total pro-
duction of butter averaged no less than
1924 pounds per unit of the population
As no creamery butter was reported
until 1880, when only a little more than
one-third of one per cent. (.036, to he
exact was thus produced, 1t follows
that Of the Is per cent. shown by the
eleventh census, nearly all was gained
during tenyears. There is no doubt thar
the ratio of gain has been much greater
Of late, and it is probable that so per
cent. of the buttermaking at the present
time is done at the factory.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22
{ HoBART's TARIFF TALK.

The Tall OF the Republican Ticket Has
Been Taught How to Wag.
People who took the trouble to read
Mr.. Hobart's speech Of acceptance were
doubtless struck with the remarkable
logic of his utterances on the tariff
question.
The tail of the republican ticket has
been taught how to wag. and, therefore,
his eulogy of afeKinleyism might have
been spoken by the syndicate candidate
himself. Regardless of the fact that
McKinleyism tlissipated a surplus OF
100000, 900, brought the gold reserve
down to the danger line and reduced the
revenues to deficiency OF over $1,000
900 month. while filling the pockets
of the favored few, Mr.. Hobart exalted
the Mckinley tariff as greatrevenue-
raising and burden-fedueing act.
But the excessive singularity of Mr..
Hobart's argument lies in his attack ON
the efforttto reduce the tariff to a rev
enue basis-which all economists admit
is the basis to secure the greatest rev.
enue at least cost to the people and with
least injury to trade--as o burdcn-in-
creasing and misunderstanding project.
In the extraordinary clarity of his mind
Mr.. Hobart can even see that a lower
tariff closes foreign markets against
our products" unmindful of the fact
that the reciprocity scheme which
his platform indorses proposes to open
foreign markets by agreement with
other countries to take off all tariffs and
engage in free. trade. Mr.. Hobart has
forgotten how Mr.. Blaine smashed his
hat and denounced the Mckinley
bill for not opening market for BUSH
el of American grain or a barrel OF
American pork, and that reciprocity
was device to cover this weakness.
The logic of the Mckinley campaign
is zone of those things, = as Dundreary
used to remark, that nobody can't
know anything about. st. Louis Re-
public. s 4.
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IGNORANCE Of sM,klNLEY.
The Republican Nominee Has No Know
edge of Financierfnp

The Republican Nominee Has No Knowl-
edge of Finaneiering.
Mckinley s. admirers made haste to
give him an opportunity to make some
remarks regarding the Coliseum per-
formance, and he improved the opportu-
nifty without hesitation in the style 10
which he is addicted.
The Coliseum crowd had just COM
pleted its unique job by nominating the
Maine protectionist, all-around monop-
olist and bosom friend of Senator Frye
and the late Mr.. Blaine, when Forailer
club drew. up before the Canton Joss
house and ELECTED a timely, speech
from the occupantEof that shrine.
After uttering sundry words In very
solemn and impressive style about a
struggle greater than that of. the civil
war-a struggle to preserve the honor
of the government, a contest in which
patriotism is above party and national
honor is dearer than any party name
the great oracle went on to say:
'tThe currency and credit Of the govern
ment are good now and must be kept
good forever. Our trouble is not with the
character of the money that we have, but
with the threat to debase 1t. We have
the same currency that we had In 1892,
good the world over and unquestioned by
any people.
Here We have the same ignorance of
economic principles, the same ignoring
of notorious facts, that have character
lied all of MeKinley's utteranees on the
currency question.
The republican candidate is unable to
see anything amiss in the system which
eliminated In the act Of 1890 providing
for the purchase of silver with new
emission of legal tender notes and pro-
ducing the disastrous panic of 1893.
Our currency was not good the world
over and unquestioned by any people
in 1892. The silver act Of 1890, in the
passage of which Mckinley took an act
i've part, had shaken confidence and
caused a reduction of more than $780,
100000 In the net treasury gold long be-
fore the presidential election of 1892.
BY the admission of far ADLER re-
publican leaders than Mckinley that
act produced distrust and was the i'm
mediate cause of the panic of 1898.
All competent judges know that. our
currency has been unsound ever since
the war issues of legal tender notes.
They know that its unsoundness was
confirmed and perpetuated by the half
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22

tiold.s s3Hs sgUtts arc rs Wise FL the sllttteg
as Iana Here comes the good. fertiflie
that is our portion
But even with that lucky chanceeto
help you, you Will still have to work
hard. If you do not, am sure 20 beat
you.'"
s'You forget hat you can't play any,"
said Roy, lightly; and the boys laughed
before drawing out the sehessboard, to
forget fheir musical incapacities in ex-
ercising their brains over the intricate
maneuvers of knights and queens and
bishops. ff
That night Anthony could not escape
the remembrance that he had another
violin which he was not using, stored
away in the little closet adjoining his
ssleeping-room. There was no reason at
all why he should not let LeonShave T.
until after the concert, save that BY so
doing he would be increasing his~ival's
chance for the prize. Leon could not
afford to get a new violin, he knew that
well enough; and of w hat use would the
old one be with hole punched in it's
back? Of course Leon deserved the
prize, just as Roy of r,ght had the honor
Of being captain of the bah club. Still
it was none of his affair if he broke his
violin. It was not thing for which
he should make reraration; and why
should he trouble hiIpsel. about one who
had always repulsed his kindnesses, or
at least had never invited them? He
would be quite sure Of the prize himself
if--but Anthony could never bring him.
self to think of his being party to
Icons failure. The old violin in his
closet seemed to send out lament be-
cause the musiesin its5heart had been so
long unvoieed He could fancy thatths
spirits of those who in long-gone DAYS,
had played upon it were waiting to whis-.
per in its moving tones the Joys and
sorrows of a vanished time. And then
but Anthony would not think aboutit
any more. He turned his thoughts res
olutely to the next days Virgil reading.
topic Stimulating his fancy so lightly
that he soon forgot it all in sleep
1t was three days later when Anthony
went into Prof. Mandcl's room be-
fore. the latter had finished the lesson he
was giving Leon. Both teacher and
pupil Awere4aggrayated by the dull tones
of the cracked violin; and At last Mandcl
handed Leon his own instrument, upon
which no pupil had ever before beer
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22

permitted to play. Anthony sat down
and listened for the remainder of the
lesson hour. At first his heart sank
within him; he could not 20 much as
dream of being able to play like that.
Then gradually the music came over
him. with all its power.l He wondered
how! so slight a form, so thin and etle-3
realized a face, should have for its soul
50 much strength and mastery. Di-
rectly he forgot to think about this, and
by the time Leon had finished he knew
what he should do. The shy boy hardly
understood him when he told l1infthtt,
he had an old violin of good quality, to
the use of which he was welcome for
the rest of the term; but Anthony HIM
|selfplayed better that aftern con than he
had for weeks. - p ~ " W ~ - 2 >
Anthony did not enter the contest for
the prize. His father would be disap-
pointed, he knew; but he had not the
heart to bring his fun mbling with the
bow into comparison with Icons mas
stery ofshis. Instrument Roy laughed AT
him, and even upbraided him little for
lending his violin; but Roy's laughter
and upbraiding were alike harmless.
Nj But after the concert, when the prize
had been awarded, Leon's mother came
TO him without an introduction
II do not know how to thank you..'
she said, and her voice was not So steady
assitsmight have been, Leon has writ
ten me about yon. Your giving him
the violin was more to him than the
prize. ss s.
Afterward, when they had gone to his
room together. Anthony told his father
why he had not played and with whose.
instrument itswas that Leon had won.
Ills father seemed to be thinking OF
ether things, only nedding his head
-slowlyat to show. that he was lastenings
Then at the conclusion he spoke as
from distance, his eyes looking into d
time OF which anthony knew not.
Your uncle used to play that saits
fantasia Oh the old violin years ago,
when we were boys together. can see
him dropping his head over the strings
now. He used to linger over that
Adagio until il seemed the melting tones
were angel voices calling; and even the
,Andante'ss pain OF human longing bare
~ seemed to bring him back, to earth.
IT is no wonder that your friend played
well tonight" sssfs
Anthony was not thinking now of the
possibility of having to meet his fathers
dispfeasure-Ns f. TflicDenficn s-r-e-7ss.4
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22
HAY BARN AND STACKS.

Equipments Necessary for Handling n
Crop of Timothy.
Choice timothy hay is quoted in the
Chicago market at $11.5o to S12 per ton.
At shipping points the price should be
from seven 10 nine dollars per ton. At
these prices it will not require many
tons to pay for a hrst-rate hay barn,
with all the necessary equipment for
the crop easily and expe-
ditiously. IF we grow timothy for hay
it is certainly worth while to carefully
harvest the crop, and then house it in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22
GARDEN. AND ORCHARD.

Better thin the fruit than prop the
tree.
Peach grating is SO difficult that II
is usually better to bud.
All cutting should be done with
smooth, clean cuts, leaving no stubs.
To plant trees and not take careaof
them is q waste of time and money.
When Strawberries are through fruit.
ing remove the mulch and cultivate.
One of the essential items in growing
good crop of cabbage is early. free
anent and thorough cultivation.
Too early seeding to grass ruins
more orchards than it benefits, all
though on certain soils 1t does we'll
enough.
Dwarf pear trees are much inclined to
overbear. Much of the poor quality Of
fruit from these trees comes from
permisting too large 9 crop. Louis
Republic. "A
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-08-22
rood for Apple Treea.

A Rhode Island experiment station
bulletin says that apple trees are kept
thrifty and fruitful By feeding them
literally In one OF four WAYS; namely:
First, by topTdressing the soil during
winter with barn manure at the rate OF
q cord TO four to ten trees, according
tusize, omitfing manure and substitut-
ing ashes once every three or four years.
Second, by applying some good COM
plete commercial fertilizer Third, BY
The application of seaweed, which gives
good results onapple orchards. Fourth,
by growing clover, peas, or some other
nitrogen gathering crop. This crol'
should be fertilized with potash and
phosphoric acid, and when moved
should be left to decay on the ground.
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get the prize; there were three other
competitors besides Anthony himself;
but the chances were all in Icons favor.
Anthony jumped up and strobe about
his room angrily, as he thought of the
foolish persistence with which Leon
kept to himself and to his vielin, fore
going the pleasures of the other boys
and living only in his music. Why
could he not be interested in the other
things that appeal to the right-minded
boy in general? How could one have
any chance at all with boy who didn t
care for football or baseball or any
other outdoor sport? 1t was SO un-
natural in a lad in his 18th year that
his fellow students at the academy had
given up trying to understand him,
and had for him only that feeling of
irritation that all of us have when we
come into close contact with a thing
altogether anomalous and beyond our
fathoming. When he first saw him at
prayers Anthony had conceived liking
for him; but as all his attempts at
friendliness with him were one by one
met coldly or repulsed, that early feel
ing had grown into something that
was not dislike, but had yet all its
bitterness.
Anthony began again the oft-repeated
process of looking over his music. not
yet decided as to which among his solos
he should play at the great concert
While again balancing in his mind the
merits of two compositions between
which his decision wavered, there was
knock at the door; and, in answer to
his shouted invitation to come in. Roy
Wiflett opened the door and pol.ed his
head in before entering.
Perhaps can stand it if you're only
looking at the music and not playing"
he said, as he pushed the door wider
and came in. Anthony tossed the music
over on the table with just show of
yeSation in his manner. "I an tired
enough of it to be- glad you've come.
What's the use inetrying for that lniser-
able prize when all know that Leon
will get it? don't call it fair show
for the. rest. of US. We have something
else toB DO, and cant he praeticing all
the time. as he IS" E1FE fffFEf5
You haven't heard about his violin,
have you?" 3. S
mo; unless you mean that old story
about his singing it to sleep"
Roy laughed, not at the story, but at
the startled questioning on Anthony's
face. ,tK TsgsfEog "a
= am afraid that. he will crysit to
sleep tonight and himself. too, rhis,
afternoon he broke ashole in the back
of it, and You can hardly call it a violin
any longer. He wants to give up enter
Ing the contest, but Mandel won't hear
Of it. The rest OF us have good 'vfolins,
and it viii be our fault if some one of
us does not get the prize 4
fterS all, that's hardly fair said
Anthony, a sudden sympathy for his
rival sprin ging to life in his heart.
"It simply. gives us an even, chance
with him" said Roy; "the 1isadvan-
tages have all heen.ours so far, but now
he's getting hissshare. That's all there
is to it.'' 4 So