The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-09-29

DR.. Doremus, assisted by several
we'll known surgeons, made some re-
markable experiments with the X-ray in
the laboratory of the College of the City
of New York on Monday evening last.
The machine which he used is one con-
structed by Waite & Bartlett for DR..
Gardiner, of Washington, D. c., who ia a
specialist in lung diseases and who hopes
to treat consumptive patients with the
electricity generated by this machine.
On Monday evening it was demonstrated
that every part of the human frame can
be completely, examined by the rays.
DR.. Doremus placed a mau in fronto of the
machine with the microscope at his back,
and the rays penetrated completely
through the mans body, and not only
were his vital organs exposed to view,
but ven the buttons on his vest were
clearly distinguished. And when he
placed his two hands, folded one over the
other on his breast, the bones of the outer
hand were plainly visible through the
body and through the hand near the
body.
- vagrant white cat dropped eighteen
stories in Wall street the other day, says
the New York correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch, and gave up the ghost.
Many brokers who witnessed the tragedy
actually turned pole, for there is much
superstition in Wall street. A white cat
down there is considered unlucky. Some
Of the more superstitious said the cats
death was full of i'll omens. Several of
the Stock Exchange men went home and
wouldn't trade any more. Several others
sold the market. That started q general
selling movement. In a few minutes
stock went up several points. Sugar
dropped five points, and there are serious,
sober men in Wall street who believe that
the death of the white cat cost the stock
holders of the Sugar Refining Company
$780, OO.
During the last political campaign
an ardent Populist, with the proverbial
long, flowing beard, was delivering a
speech somewhere in the wilds of Kansas.
During the course of his remarks he said:
"Fellow citizens, it is necessary for the
welfare of our country that silver should
be kept at its face value. If the Govern
ment marks a dollar a dollar, it follows
coming from the rear of the crowd inter-
rupted him, saying: excuse me, Mr..
Speaker, may 1 ask a question? ' "Cer.
tainly, sir" replied the Populist, "a dozen
if you like" "Then, Mr.. Speaker, 1
should like to know if the Government
marked your whiskers hay, would a
mule eat them?"
TN Georgia." says the Griffin News,
''the citizens occasionally lynch a negro
for heinous crimes. In Pennsylvania the
officers of the law shoot down white men
in droves for marching in the public
highways. Some of the Philadelphia
papers should take this as a text to show
the difference between the lawlessness of
the South and the lawlessness of the
North"
- 1t was not until 1878 that the manu-
facture of hairpins began in the United
States. Previous to that time those used
in this country came from England or
France. Now the trade is such a large
n that it takes so, 900 packages, each
containing twenty-four pins, to supply
the wholesale demand daily in New York
alone.
An eating contest is to be held at
Paint Lick, KY, between two men, ono
of whom has q record of thirty-two hard
boiled eggs and a dozen onions. 1t Isl
pleasant to see this sort of friendly rival
~ succeeding the toll-gate war in the
Blue Grass State.