davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

BY virtue OF a certain deed M t,-..
executed by George y. Grassmann ana r,S
w. BOltz. dated February y 1904 rot,.g
cd I'm Clerks office OF Hanover Co.r...
Court, default having been made lr LIZ
payment Of certain notes therein s1e,,.,7
| Will sell by public auction. on the pr.o,
igoS on i.'t-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
For SALE

DO YOU REALIZE THAT THEk5
are more bargains 10 be- had DO htAt
ESTATE than YOU have been abe To N"
before? Call and examine our list
n. NJ. WORKMAN g. CO.,
Real Estate Agents.
NH l7-lt 1913 east Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE

90 IA ACRES OF LAND. WITH FTP .,,r..
DWELLING THEREON '''l
LYING IN HANOVER COIrNr-v ADo,-
FIVE MILES FROM THE CJry W
OF RICHMOND.
ON THE CREIGHTON ROAD
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
WANTED,

WANTED,
TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.
Good Long. Dry Oak Wood for new
stove, SO per half cord, delivered.
Anthracite, SO for big furnace size;
SIS % for small.
Splint Coal, S4.25 and $3.50.
Kanawha Coke, S2.75. Double load,
so bushels. $4.75.
Tricks Coke, % bushels. SO.
Gavton Egg, 1925; Nut. $3.50;
Stove, SO 75-C. D. ID.
OLD STANDS:
1900 West Broad Phone 407.
1905 East Cary Phone los.
G. Id and ew phones same No.
CHAS. II. PAGE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
EMPLOYMENT WANTS.

EMPLOYMENT WANTS
A FIRST-CI.ASS BUTLER. NAMES VI
references required. Address \, fosI-
Office Box 900, city. nm =. -
WANTED,
WHITE SERVANT TO DO GENE
raj Homework for two in famlly. a
noiddIe-aged women preferred. Apply at
80 north Seventeenth street. NH ll-lt.
WANTED,
PERFECTION SELF-HEATlNG HAIR
Curling Iron. Neat. elegant attractive
durable. Sells on sight Liberal commits
sions Send for circulars. STANDARD
SPECIALIIES COMPANY. 2O6 Broadway
New York NH l4-Su, w Su5t
WANTED.
SIX MILLION PEOPLE VOTED FOR
Hon. ". ]. Bryan. His only book. Tine
First Battle" is now ready. Agents
making SIS 10 $50 per week: the greatest
seller OF the age. Send for outfit quick.
Beware of fraudulent books. w. Is.
CONKEY COMPANY. Sole Publishers
Chicago. lie issue" ot
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
pr.I rsTATE wANTED

WANT IMMEDIATELY, 10000 TO
% 900 Acres, or even more In Tidewater
Virginia or North Carolina. OF fair
tillable land at bedrock cash price Send
full description, with map or diagram,
stating price. Title must be good
THOMAS y. WORRALL,
525 DreXel Building
NH 12-6t Philadelphia Pa
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
sPLENDID INVESTMENT.

THE HAMPTON FEMALE COLLh..'.--..
situated near Hampton. Va, un.ees
viously sold privately, will be SOFA al y,
lie auction, in the town OF Hampton w.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
Selected.

A Wise Purpose Reveals the Con-
trolling Mind.-Some men look at the
world as one who should go into fac
tory and trace the process of cloth.
making by the machinery alone, as if
there were no mastcr-mind that made
the machinery, and continually con-
trolled it. Here is the finished cloth !;
what made it The loom wove it.
But the owner moved the loom =? No;
it was moved by this band. Then he
drew the band ? No; it was moved
by wheel. But he turned the wheel?
No; it was turned by the water-wheel.
Certainly he makes that go? No; it
is driven by the river. And the river?
Comes from the clouds. Thus he
traces the whole process, and does not
see any human Intervention. And
yet it is all controlled by the mind of
the man who stands beside him.
PelouJet.
God the Proprietor of AU.-The
manufacturer in his Office knows that
through building after building filled
with machinery, running out to the
very first and rudest processes, every
single act of every single operative,
down to the last and lowest boy, has
it's direct commercial connection with
him and his interest. There is not
one Of the wheels that revolve Of the
ten thousand there is not thread
spun or woven; there is not color
mixed or employed; there is not a
thing done by any Of the hands work.
ing in his vast establishment, OF
whom there may be hundreds or even
thousands, that is not relatod directly
to his interest. The whole economy
Of the globe is, as it were, but small
mandatory under the direction OF
God.
Take hold, my son, Of the toughest
knots in life and try to unite them !;
try to be worthy Of mans highest
estate; have high, noble, manly
honor. There is but one test OF every
thing, and that is, is it right? Ii it
is not, turn right away from it.
Henry 4. Wise.
1t is great deal better to live a
holy life than to talk about it. We
are told to let our light shine, and if
it does, we won need to tell anybody
it does. The light will be its own
witness. Lighthouses don't ring bells
and fire cannon to call attention to
their shining-they just shine.-D. L.
Moody.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
Scrugg's Joke on his Dog.

There is clerk: in the war depart
ment at Washington with keen sense
of humor, who, for the purpose of
Identification, I will call Daniel Web
ster Scruggs. He is what people call
"a funny man. He spends about
half the time he should devote to his
official duties thinking up conundrums,
puns, practical Jokes and other disa-
greeable things. When his fellow
clerks find mucilage in their ink bot
ties and crooked pins in their chairs
they always bless Scruggs, but he has
been warned by the chief Of his di-
vision so many times that he is less
humorous in the Office nowadays than
he used to be. But at home, with his
wife and six children, there is no one
to restrain him, and the neighbors are
good-natured. Mrs. Scruggs is a
patient, long-sufering woman, and
says she is so FUSED to it" that "she
doesn't mind him any more" She is
nursing Scraggs just now with a devo-
tion that shows her genuine affection
for the man who has been a perpetual
torment during seventeen years Of
married life, for Scruggs is victim Of
his own humor.
About week ago Scruggs conceived
the idea of shaving off his abundant
whiskers, and one evening after Office
hours, without saying word about
his intention, left them on the floor of
barber shop. When he got home he
thought he would have some fun with
the children. So he turned his coat
and hat inside out, let himself into
the hallway of his residence with
latch key, and, hunching up his
shoulders like tough, made SOME
queer noises. The children rushed
out of the sitting room, followed by
their dog, which is about as big as
-four barrel, and stopped with alarm as
they saw what they supposed to be
tramp. But the dog was not at all
frightened. He sprung at the stran-
ger with an eloquent growl, and in an
instant he and Scruggs were rolling
over and over on the hall floor. The
children screamed, and their mother
came hurryiDg from the kitchen.
Scruggs shouted and coaxed and
swore, but the dog didn't see the joke,
and didn't recognize his voice. and
Mrs. Scruggs and the oldest boy were
long time separating the combatants.
They sent for the doctor, who eau
terized the wounds and bound them up
carefully. He says that Scruggs had
a narrow escape, and will not be able
to return to his duties for a fortnight.
The clerks in the office say that it was
good enough for him-CAicago Record.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
A National Failing.

II think" said West End physi:
clan, "Americans should be described
as nation Of medicine-takcrs. The
returns from the sales Of patent medi-
cines are astonishing but no general
practitioner is at all surprised at this,
because he has long since learned
that hypochondria exists almost uni
versally, and that medicine-taking is
the great deli ight of an enormous per-
centage of mankind. One great objec
a doctor should have in view is to C.
with as few doses as possible and l
believe ninety-nine out Of one hun
dred medical students begin practice
with this idea before them. If their
experience is like mine, they have
somewhat let down in their efforts in
this direction and if they have not
done so, they have certainly offended
quite large number of patients.
There seems little to choose between
the sexes in the matter of desire to
take medicine regularly, and It's often
impossible to persuade an apparently
rational minded patient that cure
has been effected, that no more medi'
cine is needed, and that nothing but
good diet and careful habits are re,
Quired to build up the constitution.
A number of doctors save themselves
from falling from grace by prescribing
harmless tonic after etfccting a cure
but those who pride themselves in dis
posing Of cases by aid of dozen doses
or less seldom attain to any great
popularity.
'The often quoted and much yaunt
cd practice in China Of paying a ply:
sician while his patient is well, and
stopping his pay during sickness
could never be introduced successfully
into this country, because so many
people who are perfectly well are pre-
pared to file allidavits that they are
dangerously sick that no doctor under
the China regime would be able tt
earn his board"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

I thanked DR.. Talmagc for his beau
tiful ideas, and asked:
"Now what is your idea Of hell ?"
The smile of the wonderful optimist
grew absolutely radiant-but he waved
me back
He would only say:
"God pushes no man off God
pleads with and pulls all men to Him.
If men suffer in this world-if they
are tormented in another world-it is
their fault.
Good pushes no man off-but with
ten thousand sweet influences pulls
men to him.
IF men rcsist-if men will pull
back-their' is the fault-not Gods y
And that was all he would say
And, as he looked at his watch,
near the midnight hour. he grasped
my hand and looked like man who
was going strai ght to home of har-
mony and happiness
SMITH CLAYTON.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
The Pig was Stolen.

Whether "a lie we'll told and stuck
to afterwards is as good as the truth
was debated at the dinner table where
a man was sitting one day, and it
brought out the following story from
a rather dyspeptic looking man, who
had eaten very sparingly: :,
'I used to live in the country, =
said he. Gone Of my neighbors, an
unlucky, unthrifty sort Of a man,
killed pig one day with the aid Of a
local butcher. BY jinks, Sam, | hate
to cut up that pig. 'Why?' cause,
you see, I'm owing most everybody
here piece of pork, and if l cut up
the pig I'll have to give most of him
away. Il tell you what to d. said
the butcher. What's that?' II d
have the pig hung up outdoors till II
O. clock at night, then take him in and
give out the next morning that ne S
been stolen by jinks, I'll do it..
1T was wonderfully fine plan, the
farmer thought, and he left the pig
hanging out, as the butcher suggested
{" 1t II o'clock the butcher himself
came along and packed the pork into
his cart. 1t was not there when the
farmer went out after it.
"Ihc next day, with long face, he
addressed the butcher in hoarse
whisper 4 say, Sam, somebody die
really steal that pig. That's $ right,
said the butcher, nudging him anc
winking wickedly at the same time
But, by jinks, the pig was really
stolen. That's right. You stick te
that and you'll be all right, said the
butcher encouragingly, and he hurrled
off, leaving his friend in most Devil
dered state of mind, from which
don't think he ever fully emerged. =
Dcuyeon's 1TepE7u
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
- The trusts seem to be affected
with something like hog cholera.
Dangers OF the Grip.

The greatest danger from La Grippe
is of it's resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however, ard
Chamberlain Cough Remedy taken,
all danger will be avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy for la grippe, we have yet
to learn of single case having result
ed in pneumonia, which shows conclu-
sivcly that this remedy is a certain
preventive of that dread disease. 1t
will effect q permanent cure in less
time than any other treatment. The
% and 80 cent sizes for sale by Hill
Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
From Cripple Creek.

After the big fire in Cripple Creek,
I took a very severe cold and tried
many remedies without help, the cold
only becoming more settled. After
using three small bottles Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, both the cold
and cough left me, and in this high
altitude it takes mcritorious cough
remedy to do any good.-G. B. Hen
DERsoN, editor Daily -Adrertiser, For
sale by Hill-Orr Drug Go.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
The Famous Rope Walker.

New YORK, Feb. 23.-Blondin, wht
died Monday night, was the son Of one
of Napoleon's soldiers. His real namt
was Jean Francois Gravele. He wa.
born in one Of the French province!
about 1928, and became an acrobat al
an early age.
He was performing in 1851 in {
French provincial town, and his
agility, grace and bravery were noticed
by one Of the famous gymnasts Of the
day, named Ravcl. The latter believ
ed it would be good idea to take the
Frenchman to this country, and finally
he induced him to come to New York
Ravel suggested to Gravele that he
change his name to Blondin because
of the color of his hair, and the sug.
gestion was taken. Blondin Travelled
throughout the Eastern part Of the
country and made a great sensation
because of his eccentric and daring
performances on the tight rope. At
that time such performers were rare.
He became Of national Importance
in the summer of 1859, when he dar-
ingly crossed the Niagara River. He
repeated the performance over 300
times. and even carried a man across
the waters.
After this performance Blondin
travelled extensively in this country,
scoring triumph after triumph. He
was decorated with medals in Phila-
dclphia and other places. His fame
spread throughout the civilized world,
and he was induced to take a trip
around the globe. He went to China,
Japan, Java, Australia, India, over
the Continent of Europe and returned
to America. He made another trip
later, and then returned to Europe.
He performed on the Continent for
number of years and was decorated
by many royal personages and received
valuable gifts Of money and jewels.
One of the pictures he had in his col
lection showed the Prince of Wales
and other members Of the British
royal family, among those who we're
watching his performance.
Blondin's last trip to this country
was in 1888, when he came under the
management of Imre Kiralfy. 1t is
estimated that he walked over 10000
miles on the rope during his life.
Talking of his career, Blondin once
said:
IT was a rope-walker at 4. My
father was gymnast. l have never
felt fear-no, not even when crossing
Niagara. A tight-rope walker is
born nothing can make him. None
of my family will ever appear in the
arena, because not one of them has
been born rope-walker. lam always
we'll when I am working. When am
lazy I feel a twinge of lumbago, and
that is all. -
"Did nervous tcrrors ever Cypress
you? Blondin was asked.
"Never, sir; nerer. Not even when
I first crossed Niagara. The people
laughed and said, There fool Of a
Frenchman going to commit suicide !;
or, I don't believe he'll ever try" !"
and so on; but have crossed Niagara
300 times since then. I carry three
sets Of ropes, which are two inches in
diameter, with body of steel bound
round with hemp. The balancing
poles vary in weight, according to the
business, from 81, 40, 45 and Al
pounds"
"And the height at which you per
form ?"
From 40 to 100 feet, according to
circumstances. | am Indifferent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

After having been confined to the
house for eleven days and paying out
so5 in doctor bills without benefit,
Mr.. Frank Dolson of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, was cured by one bottle Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costing 25
cents and has not since been troubled
with that complaint. For sale by
Hill-Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
: The Missouri vagrancy law, which

- The Missouri vagrancy law, which
permitted persons convicted of va
grancy to be sold by the sheriff from
a block, has been repealed.
! Nuts have often been considered
to be very indigcstible, but doubtless
much of this prejudice against them
comes from the fact that they are very
rarely properly masticated. They are
rich in nutritive clements, and we
know of No reason why they should
not be a healthful article of food if
properly prepared. They should be
masticated very thoroughly, and often
times if they were baked and ground
into a meal they would be used to
much greater advantage. People who
have poor teeth should not undertake
to eat them without some such prepa-
ration.-Pop"Iv Science Ncws.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

- On his way home a Texas farmer
stopped to water his horses, and was
standing in front of them, adjusting
the harness after they had drunk,
when one Of them bit off his under
lin
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :.

STATE OF OHIO, ClTf OF TOLEDO, SIS.
Lucas COUNTY, '''
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
seniar partner of the firm of +. ]. CHENEY & Co
doing business in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the
,utu of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in my pres
cncc, this 9th day Of December, A. D 1886.
IsEALl Il. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catnrrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system Send for testimonials. free.
Address. FL. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o.
Sold by DIuggtss, 75c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

artlllCry anu tHC ucdu duu NOullueu
horses. The place looks much the
same as it did then. | do not think
the trees have grown bit even the
bushes seem to be the same.
We march by the left flank alcng
the road short distance, halt, and
front. Here is the place. Our left
is near the brow of low hill or rise.
It is so dark that we cannot sec man
across the road. Lanes skirmishers
are in front, and open fire just abreast
of our left flank.
In a short while a wounded man is
borne along toward the rear just be,
hind our regiment. Several men were
holding him up, and he was trying to
walk, when brave Serg. Tom Fogg re-
coguizcd him and said: Great God
it is Gen. Jackson. Then the order
is given to deploy the regiment as
skirmshcrs, and almost Immediately
the road was swept by such destruc-
tive artillery fire as can only be lmag-
incd. | don't believe the like was
ever known before or since.
The darkness and the fire combined
render it impossible to execute the
movement. The men drop on the
ground. Col. Mallory calls upon the
officers to do their duty (the last words
he ever spoke). My company, which
was the right company of the regl:
ment. was wheeled to the left and
marched through the storm down tc
the color line. How beautifully the
company responded to their captain
orders They were heroes among
heroes. The captain intended t(
deploy by the ri, ht flank as soon as
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

IlpG. ". j. DaVIs, WlIH seFtTIl OF
his men, having gotten lost from his
regiment in the darkness after the
wounding of Gen. Jackson, called out
for the Fifty-ffth, and was answered,
''IIerc We arc" and, not knowing
any better, walked right into the enc
my lines and inquired for his COM
pany, when a boy, apparently about
sixteen years old, stepped up close to
him, and, looking on his collar, dis
covered his rank, and, patting him on
the shoulder, said: "Captain, this is
the Fifty-ffth Ohio, and you are my
prisoner.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

Heaven is not rcady-it is always
improving. It is ever progressive!
During the last century there lived
in England an evangelist named
Tenant.
"Hc died, or at least they thought
nc died. He lay for 10 days, not
moving a muscle. But there was no
sign Of decay. Suddenly one day he
awoke and arose He told those about
him that, during the 10 days, his soul
had been to heaven. 1t was not a
vision. His soul had gone to heaven
and seen the blossoming glorics.
"IIe was no drcamer-no visionist.
He was pre-cmincntly practical man.
lie wrote out the experience of his
soul in heaven. He wrote detailed
account, making an elaborate manu-
script. lie had shown it to no one.
'Now, comes most wonderful
thing. Before any human eye had
lighted on the manuscript, it disap-
pcarcd very mystcriously, and has
never been seen from that day to this.
"Tcnant lived many years after this
marvellous experience and preached
wonderful sermons-did great good.
''Itwas not intended that men while
in this world should either see or know
heaven. And it was wise provision.
GAS to pearly gates and golden
streets and jasper walls, | do not
know. | can't tell how much is 6gu-
rative, how much real, in the language
of the Bible concerning heaven.
Owe only know Of it that eye hath
not scen-car hath not heard-it has
not entered into the heart Of man to
conceive of the place which is being
prepared for the choicest and brightest
and best spirits of this world after
death and the resurrection
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10

- There is popular idea that June
is the favorite month for weddings,
and the young woman who loves ro-
nance and wishes fortune to smile
upon her nuptials in every way must
choose this of all months. Cold and
unromantic fact, however, shows that
the three most popular marriage.
months are October, November and
December. Fifty years records show
this to be true, and also demonstrate
the fact that the most unpopular
months for marriage are January, Feb
ruary and March.
- The largest pin factory in the
world belongs to Birmingham, England.
Itturns out 81 ,OOO,0 pins daily. All
the other pin factories in England to-
gether turn out about $4,000, 900 pins.
The daily output Of pins in France
exceeds 2O,OOO,OOO, and Germany and
the other countries of Europe manu-
facture about 10,000,000 more daily,
so that the total production of pins
amounts to the triAe of $4,000, 900
every day in Europe alone. Now the
question arises, "What becomes Of all
these pins ?" A statistician has
taken pains to ascertain that only a
minimal part is broken, worn out or
spoiled by bending, but almost 80 per
cent. are lost. Pins are considered
too trifing to pick up by many. Taking.
the population of Europe at 25O, O,00O,-.
900, every third person must lose pin
every day to use up the production Of
pins Of a day. The value of this loss
would be $500. Still it is a wonder.
what becomes of all the lost pins, and:
how it is that We do not walk on pins.
by this time, losing as many as We do.