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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-31
Like q Dime Novel Story.

HOUSTON, TEXAs, March 1S-The most
daring attempt at crime ever known here
was frustrated this morning at o'clock
when detectives killed Walter Hughes as
he was in the act of entering the house Of
Frank Dunn, wealthy resident of this
city. The police received information
some time ago that scheme was on foot
to kidnap Dunns little daughter. The
purpose Of the kidnappers was to keep
the girl in captivity and demand $40, 900
ransom for restoring her to her parents.
Detectives have been on guard at Mr..
Dunn's house for several nights, but no
developments occurred until this morn
ing, when it Was discovered that man
was attempting to force one of the win
dows of the Dunn residence. One of the
officers inadvertently attracted the atten-
ton of the marauder, who, finding he was
discovered, drew a revolver and fired
twice at the detective. The detective then
opened fire and the intruder fell dead.
Hughes was railroad man, but has late
ly been working as carpenter. He had
rented 2 house near Dunn's, and under
the floor Of one of the rooms had dug a
cave in which the kidnapped child was
to be secreted until the ransom was paid.
At q point some distance from the city
Hughes had arranged number Of tin
boxes, where he intended to direct that
the ransom money be deposited. Hughes
also intended to give notice that ifany
watch was kept over these repositories it
would result in the death of The child.
When Hughes's body was searched a
revolver, n keen -edged butcher knife and
a bottle of chloroform were found. An
immense crowd had gathered in and
around the morgue where tho body lies.
Mrs. Hughes has been arrested, but will
not talk
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-31
Are Women as Honest as Men ?

Women of certain kind have al
ways been addicted to shoplifting, and
their inclination has always attracted
attention, partly from it's extreme in
convenience to shopkeepers, whose
very business compels them to expose
their goods to this risk, and partly, we
imagine, because men are so accustom-
ed to trusting the honesty of women
that this particular abberration from
their usual habits excites a sense Of
surprise. Women have much less op-
portunity of stealing than men, as
they could hardly take to burglary,
highway robbery or the work of the
footpad, women, we notice, being
rarely accused of snatching jewels or
purses from other women, though they
can approach them so closely. They
are, besides, we feel sure, more hon
est. They feel the temptation Of
money less, and the sense Of its i'm
portance, and of their own trusteeship
in regard to it much more. That is
the universal opinion of the Continent,
where women are implicitly trusted
with the till, and we notice that the
practice is spreading here, SO that
charge of the cash receipts of shops is
becoming one of the most frequent of
female employments.
There are bold female swindle.s
but theo generally SPINDLE by using
their capacity for histrionics. The
charges of embezzlement alleged
against women are extraordinarily few,
while their honesty as servants, when
they must often be grievously tempt
ed, is really marvellous. The ordi-
nary well-to-do house mistress takes
no more precautions against her maids
thieving propensities than against her
daughters, and, if she is shrew,
dilates upon every fault possible ex-
ccpt this one. Nine times out of ten
when a maid steals it is under the in
fucnce Of some man outside, remark
which experienced policemen say is
true even Of the street girls who are
frequently charged with the offence.
Women, in fact, steal much less fire.
qucntly than men do.-London Spec
fNfOy
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: One Of the euides at the Capitol

- One of the guides at the Capitol
had an amusing experience, says the
Washington Star. A coutryman was
shown tie wonders of the whispering
gallery and the stone which deadens
all sound. After the usual experiments
were completed, he astonished the
guide by saying, Mister, kin body
get stone ike that thar hyar in
Washington Yo, see, my wife gifts
cantankerous at times, an she kin
talk pow'ful hard when she gifts
started. If I could git one O them
things ter stan on out in our kitchen,
I'd be wi.lin ter pay well fer it. y
- The Revivalist Hammand once
preached at Vallejo, CAL, from the
words, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me p In the audience there
was an engineer named Saul, who was
accompanied by his wife and little girl.
The reverend gentleman repeated his
text several times, saul, Saul, why
persecutcst thou me ?" At last the
little one, who thought that the text
had personal application, looked up
into the face of her parent and said,
Father, don tmind him; he's drunk. y
- Two Berlin scientists have been
engaged for no less than II years upon
Investigations having for an object the
discovery of the carth's weight, and
now announce that "the density Of
the earth is such that the whole globe
weighs "a sol trillion tons.
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Suicide OF n Horse.

Under most peculiar circumstances
horse that had been for many years
in the family of Mr.. Frederick Goetz,
of 1922 Wenze street, strangled itself
last night by pulling on the halter,
and was found lying dead in his stall
this morning, says the Louisville
Post.
Mr.. Goetz, who reported the occur
renee, says that it is the most remark
able instance Of brute intelligence Of
which he ever heard. Mr.. Goetz
tought the horse 20 years ago, when
but colt, and has used him for
family horse ever since. Three gencr-
ations of the family have driven him,
and the children and grandchildren
have ridden him and petted him, until
he knew them all, and exhibited an
extraordinary fondness for them.
Of late years the horse has become
so devoted to the family that he grew
very inpatient if anyone else approach
ed him. For the last few weeks Mr..
Goctz has been considering an offer
for the animal, but was very loath to
sell him. As he has another horse,
he decided eventually that he could
not afford to keep both, and accepted
the offer. Last evening, shortly after
supper, Mr.. Goetz and the would-be
purchaser walked out to the stable
and examined the horse. After talk
they closed the bargain. Before leav-
ing the stable he told the purchaser
how long the horse had been in the
family and how much he regretted
selling him.
The horse was to change hands this
morning, but when the stables was
opened it was found that he had drawn
the halter, which was always left in a
loose knot around his neck, taut, and
had died of strangulation. Mr.. Goetz
thinks there is no doubt but that the
intelligent animal comprehended the
sale, and voluntarily drew the rope on
his neck. He says that such faith
full animal shall not pass into the
hands of the dead animal contractor,
but he will give him a solemn funeral
tomorrow. The whole family is much
grieved over the occurrence.
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Some Late New Things.

A machine has just been invented
for the production of duplicate statu
ary, the mechanism consisting of a
system of revolving cutters attached
to frames operated by tracer running
over the pattern.
The combination of cane and stool
is accomplished by means of hollow
handle in which are placed a number
of steel rods fastened to a center post
to spread out fat like the ribs of an
umbrella.
A wick tube for lamp burners that
can be opened for cleaning is hinged
at one side and has a spring clasp on
the other, the wick-raiser being fas
tened on one side, and the tube can
be opened to insert new wick.
TO do away with the necessity of
taking out railroad tickets to show
the conductor a glass ticket-holder is
fastened to the back of the car seat,
which holds the ticket always in sight
For checking or unchecking horse
a recently patented device has strap
attached to the r. n, running through
ring in the checkhook to pull the check
back and fasten it or release it when
fastened.
The latest novelty in the bicycle
line consists in gearing the steering
bar to the seat post, which is turned
from side to side by the motion of the
body, both the hands and feet being
used to propel the wheel.
The latest device for the extraction
of dust from cushions, car seats, etc.,
consists of metal bell to slide over
the cushions, pipe being attached to
the upper end and connected with an
air pump to draw the dust out.
A recently patented lamp that will
not tip over and always remains in an
upright position is composed of hol-
low glass bail weighted at the bottom
and having light globe on top, the
weight always righting the lamp when
it is tipped,
For use in cleaning comb new
device is formed of rubber and has
slots into which the teeth Of the comb
fit, the cleaner having clasps to fit
over the ends of the comb SO that it
can be carried when travelling to pre-
vent the teeth from breaking.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-31
Schenling for Wives.

"There are plenty of women in Oregon
now," observed prominent Oregon pol
itician, who is here TO see that that State
is not forgotten in the matter Of patronage,
'but it is within the memory of many OF
us when women were very scarce there.
We gave it out that we wanted them for
school teachers and the like, and encour-
aged them to come out there, but the truth
was the mon wanted them for wives. l
remember once we sent a young man to
Massachusetts, where he was we'll &C.
quainted, with orders to collect 100 young
women and to escort them back to Oregon.
We guaranteed every one of them one
years employment. The active man in
tho matter was tine-lonking young man,
who afterward served two terms in con-
gress from our State. lie spent two
months in selecting the party and started
west with them. On the trip out he courted
one Of the school teachers on his own
hook and actually got her consent to
marriage on the arrival of the train at
Portland. The boys howled considerably
about it, claiming that he had treated
them unfairly, III having first choice, but
there was lot Of fine, marriageable ma
terial left. Some of those women are to-
day the leading ladies of the society Of the
State. More than three-fourths Of the
hundred were married inside Of three
years, and many in less than one year. A
few of the lot, however, are teaching
school there to-day, not that they did not
have any offors, but because they would
not accept any of the fellows who offered
themselves. Now that Senator Mitchell
has about given up his contest to return
as senator, he will likely be succeeded by
gentleman who married one of the
party of school teachers to which refer
He will bring his wife here with him, and
your Washington folks can SEQ for them
selves the kind of ladies we had out there
for school teachers. They can't be sur
passed even if equalled anywhere. I may
be an interested person, though, for it
happens that my wife was one Of the
party."- Washington star.
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The erroneous idea is held by some
that lead shot are made spherical by fall
ing from q height. The only purpose Of
lofty shot towers is to give the shot a
chance to cool and harden as they tumble.
They are just as perfect spheres when
they start from the top as when they
reach the we'll of water 200 feet or so below.
The usefulness of the water is merely as
q soft cushion to receive them. Shot can
not be formed from pure lead, but an ad
mixture of arsenic causes the lead to form
globules, like mercury. The molten mix
ture is placed in an iron saucepan with
perforated bottom, and the drops falling
through are the shot. They must fall
some distance in order to get time to cool
and harden. When batch is thus made
they are scooped out of the water, tum-
bled about in revolving barrel with
plumbago, and finally put through Sc
ries of sieves to sort them into sizes for
the market.
"A London Judge has recently decided
that where a worshipper by mistake puts
a larger amount than intended into the
church collection box the money cannot
be refunded on plea of error. The de-
cision grew out of suit brought by
woman who attends service in fashion,
and church wardens, her contention being
that, during a fit of mental alteration
she had placed in the plate sovereign
instead ofa shilling. She therefore sought
to recover some S4.75. The court held
that the moment the money fell into the
plate it became an accepted offering to the
Lord and that neither the church officials
nor the courts are at liberty to authorize
the return to the donor.
The mayor of the town of Bowling
Green, o., is stickler for the law. Hence,
when he got drunk aud disorderly the
other night he had himself arrested and
locked up in cell along with crowd of
other drunks and disorderlies. The next
morning when he was called upon to
plead before himself to the charge made
by himself, ho entered plea of guilty,
with eXtenuating circumstances, and then
fined himself S.. Notwithstanding this
show of determination to do the right
thing, the people Of the town are talking
about forcing tho mayor to give up his
Office.
- Congressman Charles L. Spraguc of
Boston is probably the richest man who
will sit in the LN1th congress. He is
but 40 years old, while his wife, who was
q Miss Pratt, of Brookline, Mass, is some
wears his Junior The joint wealth of this
fortunate couple is estimated at $50 900, 900.
Mr.. Sprague comes from an old historic
Plymouth family. He was graduated
from Harvard college. He is lawyer,
but is seldom soc1 in the courts, his time
being taken up in looking after his own
and his wife's extensive financial inter-
ests.
- Horseflesh appears to be popular
food in the larger towns of Germany,
According to an official statement, 7,690
horses were slaughtered in Berlin and
2,2S4 in Breslau, while more than 1000
we're sold at Munich, Dresden, Madge-
burg and Cologne respectively. The total
number of horses slaughtered and con-
sumed in Germany during 1896 reached
the astonishing figure of1s, l6i.
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9uaessos gatefIfgsaeer.
Two OF Grants Anecdotes.

In his Campaigning with Grant"
in the Century, General Horace Por-
ter gives the following anecdotes that
were related by Grant at the head
quarters mess
81 was with General Taylor's COM
mand in Mexico when he not only
failed to receive re-enforcements, but
found that nearly all his regulars were
to be sent away from him to join Gen
eral Scott. Taylor was apt to be a
little absentminded when absorbed in
any perplexing problem, and the morn
ing he received the discouraging news
he sat down to breakfast in brown
study. poured outa cup of coffee, and,
instead vf putting in the sugar, he
reached out and got hold of the mus
tard pot and stirred half a dozen
spoonfuls of it's contents into the
coffee. He didn't realize what he had
done till he took a mouthful and then
he broke out in towering rage.
"We learned something at Shiloh
about the way in which the reports of
losses are sometimes exaggerated in
battle. At the close of the first days
fight Sherman met colonel of one of
his regiments with only about 100 of
his soldiers in ranks and said to him,
why, where are your men?' The
colonel cast his eyes sadly along the
line, wiped tear from his cheek and
replied in whispering voice, we
went in 800 strong, and that's all
that's left of US. You don tell mel
exclaimed Sherman, beginning to be
deeply affected by the fearful result
Of the carnage. Yes said the col
onel, the rebs appeared to have spe-
cial spite against us. Sherman passed
along some hours afterward, when the
commissary was issuing rations, and
found that the colonel's men were re-
turning on the run from under the
bank Of the river where they had taken
shelter from the firing, and in a few
minutes nearly all of the lost 700 had
returned and were boiling coffee and
eating a hearty meal, with an appetite
that showed they were still very much
alive"
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X-Rays Prevent Fraud.

BALTIMORE, March TO- Officials Of the
City and Suburban Railway Company, of
this city, have found the cathode X-rays
an efficient detective to prevent scheme
to defraud the company. A man whose
name the officers decline to disclose.
brought claim against the company and
threatened suit. lie repro s,nted that he
had had one of his arms broken by a car
of the company and, through an attorney,
he demanded $500 damages.
His arm was tied up from the wrist to
the elbow, and he pretended to be in great
pain. Rather than 60 to the expense of a
lawsuit the railway company offered to
compromise the claim by the payment OF
then thought ofthe x rays, and, believing
the claimant to be fraud, they arranged
to have picture taken of the bones of the
mans arm. The photograph showed that
the bones were intact, and that they had
never been fractured. - PHILADELPHIA
Times
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Grandma Criticises.

"When I was young lady, says
grandmamma, "we were not allowed to
help ourselves in our walk with our
arms, in the jerky, ungraceful way
that girls do nowadays, and which
gives such a particularly ugly gait.
Only apes and monkeys use their arms
to assist locomotion, l used to be told.
With man arms and hands should be
only the servants of the brain, and
when they are not in use they should
be taught repose. Girls especially
were trained to cultivate quiet de-
meanor. What were then called '6d-
gets were never allowed, and acting
on the principle inculcated by DR..
Watts that Satan finds some mischief
still for idle hands to do the latter
were always provided with some sort
Of occupation.
''When a young lady went out in
the evening she invariably carried a
fan and lace handkerchief. In the
street she had her muf or her parasol,
and at home she had always some
dainty bit of work in the drawing
room that she could take up at odd
times.
GAS for crossing our legs or stick
ing out our feet in the way they do
nowadays, we would have as soon
thought of flying
''No one will ever make me believe"
said another venerable grande dame of
the olden school, "that Miss Par
venne, whom they all think so charm
ing, is a lady. She called on my
granddaughter the other day and had
on only one glove, the other hand she
kept in her muff, but I could see that
it was actually bare"
That gloves should be put on and
neatly buttoned at home is another
time-honored precept that is taken
little heed of at present, but which in
the good old days, when everything
was as it should be-aecordipg to our
grandparents-Was an unWritten law
equal to those Of the Medes and Per-
SLAMS in strictness. A well-bred wo-
man would have no more thought of
leaving her house ungloved than un-
bonneted.
'".Thank heaven that we are rid Of
such primes and primsy nonsense y
cxclaims Miss Fin de Steele ; but it is
question whether the girls Of the
period would not be more attractive if
they had little Of the sweet primness
of yore. e.-New York. Tribune.
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= Licorice root comes principally
from Asia Minor, and is the root of a
bush not more than 3 or t feet high.
The dried roots are sent to Bagdad
and thence to London and America.
The black licorice stick in the drug
stores comes mostly from Spain, and is
made of pure juice mixed with little
starch which prevents it from melting
in warm weather. The word "licor-
ice" means "swcct root, and is of
Greek origin.
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Georgia Horror.

HARLEM, Ca, March 10 News reached
here this morning of an awful tragedy
eight miles south Of this place yesterday
afternoon. Wright Smith, one-legged
Confederate veteran, went to Thomson
yesterday, drew his pension and went
home.
He paid some debts in the neighborhood
and then asked his three children TO go
with him to feed some hogs. For some
reason his oldest girl, of about s years,
refused to 60. he carried the two young
est, both boys, aged and 1, to the cotton
house, where he crushed their brains out
with his wooden crutch and then sent a
pistol ball through his own brains. He
lived several hours but never spoke. An
empty laudanum bottle was found near
and the supposition is that he took the
contents before shooting himself
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Law and Gospel Given Even When it
was not Wanted.

The itincrant preacher was one Of
the features of our early American
life. Many anecdotes are told OF
the stern old gospelers who travelled
on foot or on horsebock many miles
yearly from one scattered flock to an.
other in the wilderness, giving personal
counsel and preaching 'godlincss Of
life
One Of the most noted Of these rough
but earnest men was Alexander
Bollcs, who preached in three States
among the Allegheny Mountains.
"Father Bolles," as he was called,
was much tormented by the influence
of one John Rodgers, Jerseyman,
who openly taught atheism and the
abolishment of marriage. On one oc-
casion while holding meeting in the
woods in Virginia: young man and
woman pushed their way up to the
stump which served as pulpit. The
man, interrupting the sermon, said de-
family, I'D like you to know thatwe
are Rogerines."
The old man looked at him over his
spectacles, and waited.
"We don't believe in no God. "
"No? And them
"Nor in marriage. This is my wife
because I choose her to be: but III
have no preacher nor squire meddlin'
with u.s.
"Do you mean to tell me" thun-
dered Father Bolles, "that you have
taken this girl home as your wife?'
eyes, I do," said the fellow dog
gedly.
"And have you gone willingly to
live with him as your husband?'
eyes," said the frightened girl.
''Then I pronounce you man and
wife, and whom God hath Joined to-
gether let not man put asundcr. Be
off with you. You are married now
according to the law and gospel
Youths Companion.
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Bucklens Arnlca SaIYe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions and positively cures Piles, OF no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfac ZION, or money refund
ed. Prise rs cents perboz. For sale
by HillOrr Drug CO.
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Tree Falls and Kills Girls.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, March 20-At
Mountain Creek, q Station few miles
north of Montgomery, on the louisville
and Nashville road, yesterday, two
daughters of James H. Norrell, aged thir-
teen and sixteen years, were instantly
killed by falling tree.
The older girl was at the spring when
the storm came upon her, and her sister
started to meet her with an um brella.
Just as they met the tree was blown
down, crushing them to death.
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To Whom it may Concern.

TNHIS is to assure the good people in the
Il vicinity of Crafts Ferry, that the
Dispensary Law will in no wise be violated
by those in charge of the Anderson Distill-
ing Co., or will it encourage others to do
so. Neither will any Sabbath breaking be
tolerated, and those who expect it will be
disappointed.
Very respectfully,
THE ANDERSON DISTILLING co.
Crafts Ferry, March 18th, 1872.
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NOTICE OF SALE.

TNBE Personal Property of the late
IL A. B. Towers, deceased, consisting
Of remnant of Stock of Goods, Iron Safe,
Desk, stock Of Wall Paper, &c, will be
sold at public outcry at Anderson c. b.,
S. c., on Salesday in April next, at usual
hours of sale, unless disposed of before
that time ut private sale. For further in
formation apply to III. c. Townsend.
T. G. LIGON, for the Estate
March II, 1897 38 8