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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
Romance and Reality.

Oh, love! Oh, rapture!
Two years ago he came out Of the West
to Washington, as SO many do, with bis
bonnie, bonnie bride, and there was moth
ing on earth too good for her.
He watched her as an eagle watches its
young, and he stood between her and ev-
cry blast that blew.
lie got up early in the morning to an
sack the dictionary for new adiectives de-
scriptive of his Joy, and be was unsparing
in his condemnation of photographers
who were so poor in language.
He came to Washington in the glorious
time of spring, and he revealed in all the
luxuries of the most beautiful capital
city in the world.
He paid as much as $50 a day at the no.
tel where be stopped with the dearest OBJ
iect on earth.
And he stayed there a whole week at
those rates, not to mention the incident
ais.
Last week at the same hotel a man ar
rived and registered III. j. Blank Il W.
It was not even "& W.
When the clerk took a second look al
the arrival he recognized him as the gen.
tleman of two years ago.
"Ab," he said, with the hospitable of.
fuSlVeneSS OF all Well-reRulateQ nOtel
| clerks, chow do you do? Haven't seen
you for some time. You had a great
time when you were here last. I presume
you will want the same quarters you had
before? Find of souvenir, don't you
know
He didn't seem to be particularly
! pleased by the manner of the clerk.
"What is the price ofroom and board?'
he said crisply.
"Three dollars a day up" and the clerk
spoke in disappointed tone.
"Nothirg lower than that?"
"That's the lowest"
"Give ug that" said the guest, reaching
for his satchel. It's no sign" he added
as he moved away with the bell boy
THAT because a mans a fool once he's 6
fool all the time.'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
The Little Boy Dreamed.

SAVANNAH, April 1G.-The members
of the Duffy Street Baptist church are
much interested in the case of Boyd Wells,
s years of age, and the son of Mr.. and
MIS-. Jessie Wells, a we'll known Savannah
family.
The boy can scarcely read and cannot
write. One morning recently he arose
and told his mother be had dreamed dur
ing the night that he must ask her to
read him the G3rd Psalm. The little boy
had never had read to him this psalm
and was not familiar with the prayer that
this particular psalm would disclose.
Mrs. Wells, the mother, turned and read
as follows: 80 God, Thou art my God
early will 1 seek Thee"
After the mother had finished reading
the little fellow said he desired to en-
brace Christianity and to become at once
q member Of the church. After a long
conference with the minister, Rev. J.P,
Chapman, it was decided to receive him
into Duffy Street Baptist church SIS an
active member. he will be publicly i'm
mersed Saturday night.
The lads sudden conversion and his
peculiar dream has awakened much inter
est in Savannah, especially among mem
bers Of this church.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
Clocks in Africa.

In talking over the minute factors
that have meant profit or loss to man
ufacturers, some curious details were
given me by experts. For instance,
one clock manufacturer, of Waterbury,
Conn, found that a certain rival was
doing a large trade in cheap clocks
sent out to the wilds of Africa. He
got hold of a sample clock, and, find
ing that there was a heavy profit in
the enterprise, invested a large sum
of money in making a still better
clock, thousands of which were ship
ped to the same market. Strange to
say, sales were very slow, while his
rival, turning out a cheaper and tar
less accurate timepiece, was selling
all he could make. Finally the ex-
PLANTATION came. Savages like noise.
The clocks made by the original ex-
porter had a particularly loud and ag-
grcssivc tick; his imitator made a
better clock, but it was almost noise
less, and the savagcs would have nonc
of it. The remedy was implc: The
next shipment of clocks to the Guinea
coast licked louder than anything pre-
yiously heard there, and all went well.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
Burned Herself to Death.

ORAScERuRd, April IA strange
death by burning is reported in this
county as follows: cone day last week
Lucy Logan, a colored woman living on
Mr.. II. d. A.. Burke's place, was burned
into a crisp and died in great agony a few
hours afterwards. 1t was a strange death
in that it was the result of the woman's
W deliberate act, and not of accident
This woman, it is said, was subject tc
periodical fits, and on this occasion che
seemed possessed ofa strange fancy thai
she was driven by some power to jump
into a well or to burn herself to death
Her husbaLl for a time prevented hel
from doing either, but as soon as ne left
her she proceeded to a new ground, where
some hands were burning brush. Hel
screams we're son heard and when assist
ance arrived she was already horribly
burned, having presumably set hersel
on fire."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS,
Ar chitectS Invited to Submit Plans
for Court House and Jail.

A T a meeting of the Building Commit
IN tee of the Court House and Jail on
Saturday, the 18th, it was decided that
plans for the Court House and Jail will
be received up to May 5th. 1897, at 10
o'clock a. M, said buildings to cost not
exceeding Thirty-five Thousand Dollars.
Each Architect submitting plans will be
required 10 deposit with his plans q Certi-
fled Check for One Thousand Dollars on
one of the Banks of Andersen, S. c., made
payable to W, P. S%nelgrove, County Su-
pervisor of Anderson County, as a guar
antee that the buildings can be built for
his estimate.
The Committee reserve the right to re-
ject any or all plans.
w. 2. SNELGROVE,
Chm'p, Building Com,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
Bucklcns ArnIcG SaIVe,

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chappcd Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions and positively cures Piles, or nc
pay required It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Prise 25 cents perbox. For sale
by Hill-Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
: The function of a negro's blac

- The function of a negro's black
skin is supposed to be the conversion
of the suns light into heat. The
heat thus generated remains in the
skin and does not penetrate to the
deeper tissues. Being thus provided
with a sun-proof armor the negro can
stand an amoant Of heat that would
be fatal to a white man, and Il little
or no risk of sunstroke.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.,
WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb. "a, 1857
Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper South Carolina, North
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDI1IE
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
The distinction of being the

The distinction of being the
greatest dandy in the world has been
accorded to prince Albert of Thurn.
His annual bill for clothing amounts
to no less than s15 900. He wears
1000 nccktics during the year, an av-
cragc Of three a day, and, though he
never wears his linen more than twice,
a laundry employing y people is kept
specially for washing it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28

Two large colonies of citizens from
Western and Northwestern States are
about to settle in Sumter aid Lee coun-
ties, Georgia, within twenty miles of
Americas. A colony of Armenians has
Just purchased the property of the Amos
keag Lumber Company, in the same
State.
An invention provides for pneumatic
seats in railway carriages. These may be
readily inflated by means of a hose con-
nected with the pipes of the air brake. In
this manner may travelling be made a
luxury at small permanent cost to the
railway companies.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
B. F. WHITNER.

p III. A,"a.m.
Trains Q and ~ carry elegant Pullman
sleeping ears between En.nmb aud .i~.:.";i:",
enroutc daily between JackS,srvii:r ar:d C:r'.fi-
natl.
Trains leave Srartanhurg, y. & G. tiy.::ou.
nOrthbOund, G:+2 n. M, 3Hi p. M" t:lo =. m,
tVestibule Limited); southlourl l::4: .. IN,
8:l5 p. H., II 81 q. H., NcS;ibnic Lirli'"l.i
Trains leave Grccnvil!r, y. and G.. diviSi, ~,
northbound, 5:45 n. M, 2:3i p. H.. ana 80 y. N,
(Eestibulcd Limitcdl SouthbOuna, 10 4. III,
40 p, M, l2:@S p. IN. (Fcstibuled Liini.ei).
Pullman Service.
Pullman palace sleeping cars o.: Trai;:s IS and
81, 81 and 81, on A. and G. division.
W. H. GREEN, J. NJ. CULF
Gen. Superintendent, Traffic II'g'r,
Washington, d. I. Wa.:ington, d. G.
W. A. TURK, s. II. HAEDWICK,
Gen. Eass. Ag't. Asst Gen. Pass. Ag't.
Washington, D. 9. Atlanta. Gs
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-07-02
LA VENGANZA DE UN NOBLE

mo 10 volvcrcis hacer verdad?-e pregunt6.
lie 10 prometo. por mi nombre!
No, por el carlno que profesals jPor 10 Pronlo
cuento que noche vG la baronesa de Gambia?
-Cualquiera dra que estas enamorado de ella ina
glno....
Raimundo puso colorado.
No magneis tonterias. tia senora de Gambia es
mujer quen respeto, mas de la madre de la
Joven con quen Hugues quiere casarse ..y NADIA mas
imagination de abueit querfa que repuac6n de Genove
va uese espeada por todo mundo 81 mo la repeaba de
tai modo colocaba alto ams e ocurrd pedra
prueba de
En- aque momento entr6 Proasio la habacidn de la
marquesa, y acercandose Ramundo lie dijo:
-senor!.... isenor, que esta ahf!....
-E}ai -i8ss"'
Ylevandose haca rinc6n, lie dijo
yo.. estoy que...
Proasio pudo expicase mas caramente lie ahogaba la
emoc6n, despues rio de lagrimas broto oos
-iPero la sehora de Candfa?~le pregunt6 Raimundo.
Pero 81 hace solo que he separado
de ella.
Pues yo mismo la he aconpanado vuestra habitac6n.
Me dijo que avara, porque guerra Immediate
mente..
Ramundo dirig6 Embellishments despacho, per-
manecio agunos intante nm6v vendo Genoveva los
codos apoyados oculta las manos
lorando norando amargamente.
No le habfa dido entrar; Ramundo cerro la
puerta depost6 los cabeos aquea muje
quen haba amado la cual hubiera querdo ez
pero que sufra aque momento cruelmente.
iPobre amiga mia!
= iRaimundo!
Sc levant6 en- cuanto lie miro hgrimas
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-07-02
B1BL1orEcA 'IA CORRESPONDENCE PUERTo Rico"

A su lado Sc crefa segura; despu6s lie do:
al n o dgais que haga, hare;
diga Dire pero salvadme ibrame gentes! banos
mi hija q mil
-iQue es pues 10 cue ha ocurdo7
l4o que esa ocurriendo desde hace mucho tiempo!.
Hac agunas horas han comea
No podfa desenmascararles, y ademas ST superais que
carino profeso cuAno compadezco mi pobre pobe
aldeana quien debo la vida de mi hja....
iPor ella nncamente deengo, pero puedo mas! les
va demasado!
Hababa muy de inineg giblemente querendo decr
mil la Raimundo Ia aconse6 camara, la
dio un carihoso apreton de
No temas Genoveva; pueden hacer NADIA contra
pertenecen, soy No pueden mas que
ST; pero atrozmente, mi buen amigo.
iAh! me averguenZo
-Pero qui6n Svuestro marido? iGast6n?
Los dos iPrimeramente CASTOR que ha atrevido
decir aver Blanca que la amaba!
-Ab! iel miserabe!-do Raimun1o sorda
Pero S sonro inmedatamente.
Para que hemos de incomodar? No tengo mas que
azar ell brazo aplastao Pero contAdmeo todo. No ov
deis nngun detalle.
la incua tentativa Gaston Raimundo sigu6
sonrendose desprecatvamente.
-Asf asi 6l conduce Hace mas de que
vengo estudandole, deseaba Esta noche
tareis libre de @l " vuestro marido que ha hecho?
Genoveva bajo los ojos, ....-.
-iEl!-dijo baja-me ha propuesto venta.
Ab, cuando pienso padre entreg6 ese hombre
Dios mfo iDios mo!.... .:
Sc pas6 la po la para las
ricias de aquel miserable
-lMe pide que sacrfque Blanca, que mi hja Sc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
The Sultan and Electricity,

The sultan seems to have curious
mingled liking for and dread of cleo
tricity. Mr.. Burgin tells in Cassell' 5
Magazine that some years ago he caused
to be erected in the grounds of Yildiz
kiosk small theater lighted by incan-
descent lamps One day he saw the
wOrkmen trenching the walls in order
to bury the wires leading from the en-
CINE room to the theater and stopped
the work, insisting that the wires
should all be placed in sight on poles,
as he feared that otherwise they might
be used to produce an explosion. HI
had also All electrical boat on a small
lake, an English dogcart driven by cleo,
tricity, and tiny electrical tramcar,
upholstered in blue satin and gold,
which runs i'll a circle. It is said tina,
he has never yet ventured inside any q
these vehicles and also that he has for
hidden the use of telephones III Con
stantinoplo lest murderous conspiracie'
should be devised over the wires
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Boorns In Florida.

A lady travelling on the South Flori-
da railroad one night soon after the vel
low fever scare was heard to exclaim
Just look there! Tell me about not
having yellow fever in the piny woods !!
Why, we've been running through a
graveyard for an hourr" She had been
looking out at the white painted corner
stakes of an embryo city cleaning in
the moonlight. There were hundreds of
such towns i'll south Florida, in which
thousands of lots We're sold in good faith
and in the honest belief that they would
soon be the centers of wealth and popu-
lation. Others were mapped out for the
express purpose of catching suckers. "
Some hunters found lefty" in cy-
press swamp 60 miles from railroad
and u days journey from any human
abode. There it was, laid out and staked
off in streets and lots and squares and
public parks. They killed bear in the
Primitive Baptist church lot-Lippin-
colts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
A Valiant Invalid.

Huron county, O., 25 years ago boast
ed a resident named Jedediah Cronce,
one of those hale invalids who sit all
day at south windows, reading while
their wives do the work.
One day Jedediah grew querulous.
He had 'such q distress" in his stom-
ach. Nothing solid or liquid relieved
him, but when the hollow eyed wife
suggested apple dumplings he folded
his hands resignedly and sighed. On
the strength Of that sigh Mrs. Cronce
prepared 10 large and luscious dump
lings.
With much complaint the suffering
farmer drew his chair to the board, tuck
ed napkin under his chin, and after
fault finding grace attacked the
dumplings, brown and steaming. One
by one they disappeared, with hungry
eyed little Sammy looking on, too wise
to ask for portion. As he saw the
eleventh sent below to mitigate his
sire's distress he slipped from his
chair and sided around the table to
where the invalid sat.
Papa he pleaded, cant we have
jus one apple dumplin?"
The old man waved his hand.
Run away, child. Papa's sick. -
Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Occupation and Health.

"There are occupations which men
do not shun as they do work in gas
house," said life insurance examiner,
(which we consider far more hazardous.
You will be more likely to find old men
in a gashOuse-men who have worked
in the business for many years-than i'll
a brewery. In the brewery men look
robust and strong. They have every ex-
ternal appearance of health and would
be looked upon by the average man as
good risks. But the fact that one rare
ly sees an old man in the business shows
that the calling coupled with the hab-
its which it creates, has tendency to
shorten life. The iron worker is anoth-
er who is less good risk than the gas
man if all other things are equal. The
fine particles of metal which find their
way into his breathing apparatus have
an effect on his lungs, and strong men
in that calling frequently develop pull
monary consumption. In fact, all trades
and occupations which require working
in dust are detrimental TO longevity and
will kill much more quickly than work
ing in well regulated gashouse. -
New York Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Department Stores.

Department stores have advanced for
tunately i'll both the quality Of the goods
sold and the amount of the sales. The
business Of several amounts annually to
from 81, 800, 900 to $15,OO0,0 900, and
this, roughly speaking, is as much mon
ey as many a prosperous railway 1000
miles long handles in a twelvemonth.
One great store in the west carries a
rent account of almost if not quite $500, :
900 year. The mail order business of
another amounts to 5000, 900 year. A
number of houses send to the homes of
their customers more than 90, 900 pack
ages in a single day, while perhaps as
many more are carried away in the
hands of the shoppers. In the busiest
days quite 100, 900 persons have visited
each OF the very largest stores of New
York Philadelphia, Chicago and Brook
Ign. One firm spends more than $500, :
900 year for advertising, and single
departments in several stores sell more
than So, 900, 900 worth of goods annual
ly.-Samuel Hopkins Adams in Serb
ner'S.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Pictures of Rousseau and Hume.

"The portraits of Rousseau and Hume
are historic. Both were executed in
1866, the year of that absurd misunder-
standing between the self tormentor and
his guide, philosopher and friend, over
which so much eighteenth century ink
was spilled. They must have been paint
ed shortly after the arrival of the pair
in England in January, and that of
Rousseau was apparently interrupted
by the quarrel, since it is asserted that
he refused to continue the sittings, and
the portrait, in which he wears the
American dress he had recently adopt
ed, is supposed to have been finished
from such furtive glimpses of him as
could be obtained in public. That of
Hume exhibits the historian in his
charge d'affaires period, when, as the
apostle of deism, he divided with whist
the admiration of the Parisians. Aus
tin Dobson's Eighteenth Century vi
gnetteS -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
St. Nicholas Day In Holland.

In some houses the little children who
go to bed early put out their shoes and
stockings and find them crammed will,
presents in the morning. Others have
to play game of hide and seek for
their presents, which the father and
mother have hidden i'll the most lnyst@-
rious manner aud in out of the way
places. In a great many families, how
ever, Dec. 5 is celebrated by sending
and receiving parcels in the evening of
that day. Parcels must be taken hero
in a very broad sense. The servant who
has to answer the bell is obliged tC
bring III whatever is put into he, hands
or before her and consequently is often
heard to giggle behind the door Of tho
room i'll which the whole family is as,
sembled. Then in walks-nay, is put
a most extraordinary looking gentleman
or an old lady or queer animal con.
sisting chiefly of wood or of linen filled
with sawdust, in which the present,
sometimes one of very small dimen
sions, lies concealed. Funny little
rhymes often accompany the parcels,
and generally much good naturcd teas
ing is contained in the poetical lines.
The patience of some people is Otter
sorely tried by a parcel consisting of d
big ball of very fine cotton, which has
to be unwound to get at the present.
Annie G. Kuiper in st. Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
A Famous Palace.

The Chateau de Rambouillet, which
is now the favorite residence of the
president of the French republic, has Il
history remote from the literary fad of
the eighteenth century which has made
the word Rambouillet significant of an
epoch of French culture. 1t was in this
chateau that Francis breathed his last
and Charles X was deserted in his
death. 1t is not generally known, how
ever, how Louis XVI became it's propri-
etor. Until 1885 Rambouillet belonged
to the Due de Penthievre, grandson of
Louis XIV and Nine. de Montespan
Louis XVI wished very much to possess
it. This desire became fixed passion,
which was augmented by his dislike Of
its owner. But one day he declared,
1.-THE possession of Rambouillet would
be the happiness of my lie" To which
the duke graciously replied: God for
bid that | should be the cause of your
unhappiness. Sire, Rambouillet is yours
on your own terms" The price fixed
was II, 900, coo francs, of which 6, 900,
900 were paid the next day in gold from
the royal treasury.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Emersen,s wit and Humor.

There never could be born a man es-
1entially great who did not like to laugh
or to make at least others smile. Even
Schopenhauer and Nietzche could crack
their grim jokes. There is nothing in
compatible in that drollery which En-
erson at times INDUCED in. In The Fo-
rum Mr.. Henry d. Lloyd thus descants
on Emerson:
A pleasantly recorded of him is a
story he told of friend who carried a
horsechestnut to protect him from rheu-
matism '.Ee has never had it since
he began to carry it, and indeed it ap-
pears to have had retrospective opera
ton, for he never had it before" An
English friend tells me that while with
Mr.. Emerson in his garden discussing
some problemof life Mrs. Emerson call
ed to him for some wood. Emerson went
to the wood pile. When he came back,
he said, with his wonderful smile,
Now, we will return to the real
things.
When Oliver Wendell Holmes asked
him if he had any manual dexterity, he
illustrated his want of it by replying
that he could split single four ways
with one nail, which" says DR..
Holmes, ''as the intention is not to
split it at all i'll fastening it to the roof,
I took to be confession of iraptitude
for mechanical work In later years
he lost his memory Of the names of
things. Once he wanted his umbrella,
but could not recall the word But he
got around the difficulty. II can't tell
its name, but can tell it's history.
Strangers take it away" His daughter
ran in one day to ask who should be i'll
vited to join their berry picking party
"All the children" he said, "from 6
years to co.,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
DISTRIBUTING the Mail.

Any one who has known what it is to
wait day after day in some out of the
world nook for letters which were all
the time safely reposing in some neg
lected corner of sleepy postoffice can
appreciate the story that is told of Lord
Wolseley by Mr.. Nourse, who was with
her majesty's forces through the Sudan
campaign.
At Korti, Nourse went into the post
office to look for some letters. The post
master was a native and not much used
to handwriting. He made superficial
examination of a big pile of letters and
papers and said there was nothing for
the applicant. Nourse asked to see the
pile Of letters, and while he was look
ing them over man with nothing to
designate his rank came into the Office.
He took in the situation at glance.
"Let's clear this thing out, he said.
They jumped on the counter and pro-
ceeded to clear it OUT by first bum
ding out the postmaster. Then they be-
gan careful examination of the post
Office and found it congested with mail
for the army. They searched every nook
and Granny, throwing tho letters for
each regiment into different pile and
heaping up all the newspapers in the
center Of the room. Then they went
through each pile and separated it into
companies. Before night every letter
was in camp and distributed, and the
next day the papers were out.
Nourse did not know the name Of his
companion in the benevolent deed, and
when he asked the answer was, "They
call me Charlie"
Some time after Nourse found it
necessary to see the commandment, and
sitting near the tent to which he had
been directed, he saw his companion of
the postoffice.
Hello, Charliev' he said. ''I'm
looking for the commandment. Where
shall find him."
"Well," said Charlie, "you won t
have to look far. I'm the commandment.
Come inside and have bit to eat and
drink"
TWAS Lord Wolseley. Youths Com
panion.