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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
SAM JONES ON GENIUS.
Diversity Is the Rule of Humanity.
atlanta JOu7nGl.

Humanity is many-sided, is of many
kiuds-all casts, colors, clique and
kinds. In all phases of life we have
diversity. America in its social
life ranges from the dudes of the four
hundred to the old red-nosed buns in
the back alley saloons; from the So
ciety woman to the old darky hunting
q ossums because his home is out of
meat. In the business world from
millionaires down to mendicants. In
the political world, they range from
Gladstone to State legislator. There
may be something below that, but he
is nearly out of sight. In the farmer
life from the big planter down to the
old darky with the stiff-eared mule,
in the manufacturing circles, from
Carnegie, of Pittsburg, to the red
neck of Mississippi, sitting up with
his tar kiln. In the railroad Worla,
from George B. Roberts, president Of
the Pennsylvania, to the brakeman on
some ierk-water road out west. Oh,
the millions of teeming, struggling
humanity between these two extremi-
ties in all the classes I have mention
ed. Energy and thrift and brains
head the procession in the commercial
and professional world, with now
and then genius like Edison in cleo
tricity; a Wannamaker in merchan-
disc; a Milton Smith in railroading; a
Philip Armour in manipulating.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
THE Garden Of Eden. .
The site Of the Garden of Eden 10 not Jet.

The site Of the Garden of Eden 10 not yet
determined with such authority as to cotn-s
maud universal acceptance, and the claims
of new localities are put forth from time to !;
time, pertspa with more confidence than
the proofs justify. A Colorado lawyer
thinks he has found it Ia that Siate-in
fact, at no great distance from his resi-.
dence and Law Office He has, at any rate,
found evidences Of early human occupancy
there, and has personally no doubt that be
has lighted on the primsval cradle Of the
race. He is convinced that mankipd
originated Ia the chain of mountains pnes.
ing through Colorado" and perhaps Lila {
reasons fol bis faith are as sound as those
put forth iil proving its genesis elsewhere
The tokenu left by these early dweliers doe
not differ materially from, those fourd in
other partl of the world they knew the
use OF fire and how to pile stores one on
another, making walls, and also houto
fashion OF them some rude weapons and
instruments. These are the common
Traces Ol pr! m6Sdl ndus auus uaSaPfoA SSa5
by other evidence, may not assure eyery-s
body that Paradise was in the Sen Luis:
Valley, or that Adam and Eve took mp
housekeeping fn :one:ofi It's caves, leaving:
the cloud. Of their domestic hearth fres
!: upon its saiIsf fas stestimony. still, The.
theory 81 Ii sfesident attorney Ii an inter-.
'esting one, ind quite as plallaible as tbatof
King John, OF Abyssinii, who alwsys
maintained when sober. that the Garden Of
Eden was Ii, his donlinions, and that Adamf
and Eve and the first born Of tho genera.
tions of men were Abyssinians, like him 9
aelf., Precise testimony on the sui ject is
hardly 70 b., looked for, and amoug many
learned and unlearned conjectures that Of
the Colorado advocate Is perhaps. .ss weH
entitled. TO al hearing as those of Moses bar
Cephas or Origen -Ne,c York Tribune.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
HoW's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case # Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned have known F. Cheney
for the last 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.
WALD1EG. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gIsts, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the uystem. Testimonials lant free. Price ice.
ns: bottle sSM BY q! drGgg!-.s.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
The Mosaic Age in Literature.

Biblical scholars will need to be
alert to keep up with the substantial
and unquestioned results Of areheo-
logical discoveries. No field is more
fascinating or conGrmatory Of the
Scriptures, particularly those Of the
Old Testament. at achurch congress
recently held in Norwich, England,
the proceedings Of which were report
ed in the New York Sun, Prof. Sayce,
dealing with a great mass Of newly
discovered material in recent excava-
tions, said
''From Egypt, Babylon, Assyria,
from Palestine itself, old literatures
and inscribed monuments are pouring
in coeval with the age Of the patrii
archs and Of Moses, and offering num-;
berless opportunities for testing the
truth and antiquity Of the biblical re:
cord. We now know that the Mosaic
age in the East was a highly literary
one, as literary, in fact, as the age of
the Renaissance in Europe, and that
it would have been miracle if the
Israelites, whether in Egypt or Ca
naan, had not shared in the general
literary culture Of the time. In the
century before the Exodus ac-
tive correspondence was constant
ly going on from the banks OF the
Nile to those Of the Euphrates..
That correspondence was in the
| foreign language and, foreign script
of Babylonia, necessitating the exist
| ence all over the civilized East Of
schools, Libraries, teachers and pupils.
The antiquity Of Chaldan literature
was equally great. The chief cities
of the countries boasted of their IL
braries, some Of which had been found
| ed six thousand years ago. At the
very time when Abraham was born in
Ur Of Chaldea, one Of its poets was
composing a great epic in twelve
books, which formed the close Of the
long preceding perion Of epic verse.
So far as the ancient East is concern
ed, We cannot too soon rid ourselves
of the notion that literature is mod
ern invention.
"Moses then could have written the
Pentateuch, and those to whom it is
addressed could have read and under
stood it. The books of the Old Tes-
| lament are but fragment of the He
brew literature which once existed,
and even apart from the possible cor
ruptions of the text, the meaning OF
numerous Hebrew words and gram
matical constructions is merely a mat
ter of conjecture. .
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
Easing his Conscience.

"Well,' said the deacon. II sold
old Bill to-day"
"Who to?" asked his wife.
"Jim Allenbaugh. Got $50 for
i'm.
'Fifty dollars l don't see how
your conscience ever let you let any
body pay that much for balky horse
that ain worth more S15."
"Well," said the deacon, thought
fully, II don't believe I could have
done it only know that Jim will take
him out one of his Sunday fshin.
trips an old Bill will balk, and Jim
will hev chance to set fer three or
four hours meditatin' on the sin of
Sabbath breaking.
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- lie was IN earnest minister, and
one Sunday in the course of sermon
on the significance of little things, he
said "The hand which made the
mighty heavens made grain of sand; !;
which made the lofty mountains made
a drop of water; which made you
made the grass of the field; which
made me made daisy
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06

= GA horse is no good any more, y
declared the bicycle dealer, ride him
an hour and he's tired. )" eyes, but
one of yer burned machines is allus
tired before you start to ride it, said
the farmer, who was just looking
around.
Not few who read what Mr..
Robert Rowls, of Hollands, Va, has
to say below, will remember their own
experience under like circumstances
"Last winter l had la grippe which
left me in low state of health. |
tried numerous remedies, none of
which did me any good, until [ was
induced to try bottle Of Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it
so far relieved me that [ was enabled
to attend to my work, and the second
bottle effected cure" For sale at
% and so cents pc- bottle by Fill
Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06
HerTmann's Great Trick.

Now that Hermann the Great is
gone there can be no harm in explain
ing how his wonderful trick Of catch
ing the bullets shot at him by six
National Guardsmen was DONE It
will be remembered that Hermann
performed this feat twice for the
benefit of the Herald free ice fund
once on August /, 1894, and again
last May.
On both occasions the famous pres
tidigitateur stood alone upon the
stage, while six picked marksmen from
the State National Guard fired point
blank upon him from platform built
in the audience. On both occasions
Hermann, pale Of face and painfully
alert, caught the bullets, previously
marked by a committee of noted army
men, and handed them back hot from
the barrels for Identification.
Of course it was a trick, but it was
dangerous trick, and one that Herr
man disliked to do. But even he was
less nervous than the marksmen, who,
acting in perfect good faith, feared
that they might kill the plucky magi-
clan.
Many have beeh the alleged explain
ations of this trick published in vari-
Gus newspapers. They have all been
wrong. Herman himself told the
Herald how it was done, and here it
is:
Of course there was an accomplice,
and this accomplice was not one Of
the marksmen, but the sergeant in
charge of them. This sergeant took
the six regulation army bullet car
tridges on silver platter to the COM
mittee.
The committee examined them,
made sure they were genuine, marked
them plainly and replaced them on
the platter. The sergeant instantly
raised the platter in plain sight at
arms length above his head, walked
over to the marksmen, and they them
selves each took a cartridge, examined
it and placed it in the rifle. Then
came the shooting.
The trick lay in the platter, which
had false bottom. Under this bot
tom lay six other cartridges, identical
in size, weight and appearance, but
holding bullets made of a composition
of plumbago and mercury. When the
sergeant held the platter aloft, he
touched a spring and by clever me-
chanism these six fake" cartridges
jumped into the platter, while the
genuine cartridges disappeared be-
meath the false bottom.
So it was the composition cartridges
that the marksmen unknowingly put
into their rifles, and on firing this
composition was instantly melted by
,, friction through the barrels and dissi-
pated in the air.
Meantime, however, the supposedly
empty platter was taken behind the
wings, where the genuine cartridges
were drawn out, quickly heated and
carefully placed by an attendant on a
table, where Hermann, just before
the firing, carelessly picked them up
and palmed them. Holding them in
his hands during the firing, he i'm
mediately produced them as the smoke
cleared.
A simple trick, but a very danger
| Gus one, for if the platter mechan-
ism failed to work completely, one or
more of the genuine cartridges might
have got into the rifles Of the marks
men and thence into Hermann s
body.-NeW York Herald.
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him, must clothe him. The success
full man is prominently a busy man.
If something is not ready for him to
do, he hunts a job. The old adage
says: Gail things come to him who
waits. Whether all things come to
him or not, death and the coffin come
to him sooner or later.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06

Teacher-"Now, if l take your
slate pencil what can [ do with it?'
Little Boy-"You tan turl your
hair.
- Recent insurance statistics show
that if the wife dies first the husband
on an average survives nine years;
while if the husband dies first the
wife survives eleven years.
- Many merchants are we'll aware
that their customers are their best
friends and take pleasure in supplying
them with the best goods obtainable.
As an instance We mention Perry &
Cameron, prominent druggists OF
Flushing, Michigan. They say: eve
have no hesitation in recommending
Chamberlain Cough Remedy to our
customers, as it is the best cough
medicine We have ever ,sold,, and
always gives satisfaction. For. sale
at 25 and 81 cents per bottle by Hill
Orr Drug Cc.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06

- A Warren County 0ndiana) man
thinks he has fortune in calf that
las two heads and 70 tail.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-06

There is diversity in wives. Some
wives arc but wings to their husbands
by which they can fly from hilltop to
mountain-top until they soar in the
attitudes of success. Other wives are
but millstones about their husbands
neck. SO in every phase Of life they
come and go. They go up and come
down. Ambition, effort, economy,
honcsty-these qualities carry to
highest success. Indoleuce, cxtrava-
gancc and shiftlessness cut Il man S
legs or arms off and make him crawl
like worm. | don't know man to-
day who has succeeded in life but who
deserved to succeed. There may be
some who have failed who didn't de-
serve to fail. A man who is aimless,
purposeless, amb!tionless is 4 cipher.
TIE world muSt carry him, must feed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
A Terrible Death.

At Lynchburg, Va, Walter Steele,
an aeronaut, met with a terrible death
while making a balloon ascension.
The ascension took place from amidst
the trees in Rivermont park and a
large crowd Was present. There vas
much comment before the balloon
was let loose on the danger OF making
the ascent from such a place, ard there
vera plenty of clear fields nearby.
When the balloon SHOT up, Steel vas
swinging % the ~parachALe. As soon
as the balloon proper got shove tn
tall trees a gust of wind struck 1t,
moving it swiftly in a horizontal direc
iinr. Steel, dangling by the para
chute, 90 ieet b lJg the balloon, was
dragged into the uppar b.aGcbes Of q
tree, tearing the parachute from its
fasttniugs. The uutortGr ate man fell
Il di:tsnc- % 100 feet, sur;kirg a~3ain,s
limbs ia tie descent. Death was in
Simultaneous
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Murdered by q Burglar,

Mrs. A, A. Springs was murdered
by j burglar in the March House, of
which her husband is proprietor, al
Lexington, N. O., at 1920 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Mrs. Springs
walked up, and, seeing some one Stand
ing in the room, screamed and began
to shake Mr.. springs in order to
awake him. The burglar fred. The
ball struck Mrs, Springs just above the
eye, killing her. Mr.. Springs, hear
ing the report, jumped up and fol-
loved the burglar, who raj into
the hotel office aud jumped out the
open window. He made good his es-
cape. going t ogard the south. Blood.
hounds were sent for, and every ef-
fort is being made to capture the bur
glar. Suspicious characters have late
ly been observed about Lexington.
Three attempts at burglary were frus-
trated during the night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Run by Wom

The state of Basjukovschtschina, in
Russia, is probably the only place in the
world that is entirely run by women,
says the London FREELY. This state
is made up Of seven villages, each
presided over by a maycress, the
whole under the superintendent of a
lady named Saschka, who acts as
president There are women magis
trates, women preachers, women po'
licemen-in fact, every capacity in the
state is filled by women. The roads
are made by women, aud women sell
milk and deliver letters. II you want
to bring an action against your neigh
Dor, in this state you 60 10 a woman
lawyer, aud if there is anything In
your house to be stolen, then a burg
lar of the weaker sex steals it. No
place of any importance is filled by a
man. The state of affairs has been
brought about by an epidemic which
occurred in 1851, and during which
the men of the state behaved so badly
as to reduce the population to starva.
ton. Since then the women have
taken the state in hand and made it
PROSPEROUS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
The Immortal jackson.

The dedication of the ''Sionewall
Jackson Memorial Hail." the most in
,eresting feature OF the commence.
ment of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute, took place Wednesday in the
main hall OF the building at Liking
tou, Va. The hall Was packed to
overlooking.
The exercises were opened with q
prayer by the Raw. @. R Hemphill,
d. D., of Louisville. Mr.. Houston s.
Lstcaer, president of the board of Wis
itors, then gave a brief history OF the
efforts to get funds for the construc-
zion of the hall, saying that the first
contribution vas made by President
Jefferson Davis, and that q large pro-
portion of the contributions came
from Pennsylvania. Mr.. Le:cher then
introduced the fist orator of ths day,
Dr.. Hunter Mcguire of Richmond,
medical director of Jackson's corps,
who opened his address by relating
that he had been recently told by en-
inent British generals that the great
est Eaglish-speaking generals OF the
last hundred years we're Marlborough,
Wellington, Washington and Jackson.
They declared that the campaign of
Jackson in the valley Of Virginia was
the first in which the world had
known no blunders. Rev. DR.. j. P.
Smith of Richmond was next intro
duced by Mr.. Letcher. BE delivered
a glowing eulogy on Jackson. The
concluding address was delivered by
United States Senator John w. Dan
iel, and his introduction by Mr.. Let
cher was the occasion of d warm and
hearty greeting from the large assem-
blage. Senator Daniels remarks we're
discoursivs in their character and not
of the SET speech order. He held aloft
the character of Jackson, the soldier,
with his virtues and his endeavors in
seeking training, mis- concentration of
purpose, and MS genius, in a manner
that was striking and captivating.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
A Train Reid In.

A train was held up on the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad near
Nashville on Tuesday, and M man
with two pistols sacked the express
a and chained. according toreports.
10 GAINESVILLE, from 50 600 to $4,00n
1t is supposed the robbAr boarded The
train at Clarksville. When a few
minutes out he entered the express
car and ordered the messengerto open
the safe, which was done. After Sc
curing some moGey the robber pulled
tbs bell cord. When the train slack
ened its speed he jumped off aud made
his escape. At miduight bioodhounds
we're placed on the bandits trail, and
it is thought he will bo captured be-
lore morning. The passengers were
not disturbed and knew nothing OF
the robbery until it VAS reported by
the messenger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30

written constitutions guaranteeing the
same monuments of liberty that every
drop o. Hood shed was the rrics freq.
ly paio bv the soldier fDr his inherited
beliefs and CT erished convictions; that
every inform worn by TIE brave
whether it's color was blue or gray
every sheet Of flame from The ranks
md riff If hott; every capnon shot
that shook Chickamauga's hills aud
thundered around the heights of Get
tysburg; every patriotic prayero or sigh
waited heavenward from the north or
south; every throb OF anguish in pa.
womsn's Heart; every burning
tear on woman's cheek; every tender
ministration by her loving hands at
the dying soldiers side-all, all were
contributions for the up. building of
American manhood, for the future
defense Of American freedom"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Wants to Return a Watch,

A former Federal soldier who de.
sires to return a silver watch to the
family of the dead Johnnie Reb'
from whom he took it, writes to Adj
%jutant and Inspector General Watts
for information as follows:
Philadelphia, Pa, Juue II. 1897.
Dear Sir: l have in my possession
a silver watch that I took from the
body OF Lieutenant Vandiver-I think
that is the name, or something liks it.
Lieutenant Vandiver was a member
of the Second South Carolina regi-
mept.
Can you inform me from what town
in South Carolina he enlisted7 II l
could learn that, l might be able to
learn of his family through the local
postmaster.
Yours very truly,
John l. Graham,
Go. T., 29th Pa. Vols, Philadelphia,
Pa
Room 517, Odd Fellows Temple.
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CROPS OF THE COUNTRY.
Conditions Reported by the National
Weather Bureau.

The NATIONAL Weather Bureau in IFS
report ~ crop conditions ~ the week
ended June 81 says:
EXCEPT over the central Rex Noun
taio region and in California, where
it was un~seasonably cool, the week
ending June 81 has been generally
very favorable for the growth and
cultivation Of crops. Portions of
Missouri, Arkansas. Southern Texas
and Florida, however, need rain.
Corn has made vigorous growth in
the principal corn States during the
week, all reports from the central
valleys indicating a marked improve.
nent. In the Dakotas, however, the
crop continues backward, with uueven
stands, and in portions of the South
ern States, where the early planted is
nearing maturity, rain is needed.
Corn is being laid by as far north as
the southern portions of Kansas and
Missouri.
Cotton has made good growth dur,
ing the week generally throughout
the cotton bslt, the interior of Florida
and Southern Texas being the only
sections in which the crop has not
made satisfactory progress. Reports
indicate a marked Improvement
over the central portion of the cotton
belt and in Northern Texas.
Southwark Of the northern houn.
Diary of Tennessee the bulk of the
winter wheat crop has been harvested,
and some thrashing has been done in
North Carolina and Texas Harvest
ing in Kansas is nearly completed and
will begin this week in Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia and Maryland. 10
Tennessee the finest crop for many
years is now in shock. The weather
conditions of the past week has been
very favorable to thiscrop. In Wash
ington and Oregon recent rains have
practically assured good crops OF
winter wheat in those States. In Cal
fornia harvesting continues, with
light yield and grain of Indifferent
quality.
Spring wheat is doing we'll gener,
ally and has mads rapid growth in
North Dakota. In South Dakota,
however, while the outlook for the
early sown is good, the late sown is
less promising.
While the reports concerning 10
bacco are generally favorable, the
condition of the crop in Virginia is
considered belo~ the average, and in
Florida it is suff ring for the rain.
Considerable has been set in NJ"
York and conditions have bean favor
able for transplanting in New Eng
land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Big Reward offered.

A srecisl to the Columbia State
from Union. s. c., says: "a petition
was started in Union Wednt sday at
lernoun fer subscription to the re ward
fund for the apprehension of the par
ty or parties VINO attempted to burn
the NOEL a few days ago. In a short
while ii, 500 had been raised. An
other petition is now circulating, re-
questing the Governor to add S5oo
more, thus making S2,5oo reWar1:
The citizers are very much IN earnest
about this matter and are determined
to ferret this thing to the bottom.
Every one is signing the petition to
he Governor. The business men OF
the town came down with 5000 to
$3.50 each when approached On the
81 500 subscription. here is an OPP
portunity for some wide-awake detec-
tlye.