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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-17

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cheerfully give free advice to ailing women
who write him.
Scores of women who have been perma.
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-17
:. 4 ,littlenchild of j. Z. Hays, Ii

ing near Colquit, Ga, overturned a
pot of boiling water, scalding itself SO
severely that the skin came off its
breast and limbs. The distressed par
epts sent to Mr.. Bush, merchant OF
Colouitt, for remedy, and he prompt
ly forwarded Chamberlain, s Pain
Balm. The child was suffering in
tepsely, but was relieved by single
application of the Pain Balm. An,
other application or two made 1t sound
and we'll. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug
Co
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Trains and 10 carry elegant Pullman
s,eepinv cars between Columbia and Ashevillc
enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin
Trains leave Spartanburg, A. g. C: division.
northbound. 0:B7 o. m, 347 p NJ, 6:lS p m.
IVestibulc Limitcd); southbound 12:2 a. m.,
sl5 M 81 m SH'sstibulU Gnd d%ited q S]y;son
northbound. S As a. NJ, 81 p. m and 80 p m.
lVestibuled Limitcd) southbound. :25 q. m,.
10 u. 1n., IL 40 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited).
Pullman Service.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains 81 and
&c, 81 and 88, on A. and Z. division.
w n GREEN, I'M. CULP
Gen. Superintendent Trafhc ID ST
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-17
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by seeing them before
Some beauties with Shaos or ontJ 0'
be through
business to sg
CES with it, Remember we nave
Tinware Cook Stoves, Crockery &C.
Yours E]-@E1aaaD
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
DANGER IN NEWSPAPERS.
one Causes Loss of Eighty Quart"
of Milk.


of Milk.
For several weeks the streets in the
extreme southern section OF the city
have been Uttered with papers, hand
bills and other rubbish OF all sorts and
sizes, say the Philadelphia Record. The
evil was due IN measure 10 the habit
OF certain merchants OF the neighbor-
hood who, to advertise their wares,
have flooded the district with printed
dodgers" both large and small. This
condition OF affairs led TO an accident
recently which might have proved seri-
Gus. \ milk wagon drawn by meek
looking brown horse was jogging peace
fully along the street, when sud
denly a double sheet of newspaper
borne along 10y the wind swooped down
upon the horses head The paper
stuck there, and twisting itself about
the frightened brute's head trans
formed the formerly peaceful animal
into a perfect demon. With a wild
flourish of its hind legs which shattered
the dashboard of the wagon the horse,
blindfolded as it was with the paper,
tore furiously down the street. The
wagon struck pile of stones, and, al
though il was not overturned, the milk
cans were, and their contents poured
into a mortar bed which lay along the
south side of the street, where a row of
new houses was being erected. AT the
same time the trees broke and the horse,
foundering into bed of sand, fell in
heap. Then another gust of wind
game along, whisked the newspaper off
the horses head and carried it over an
adjoining housetop. The horse was
captured and. found to be uninjured,
but the milkman bemoaned the loss of
50 quarts of milk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
AnoId TELEGRAPH Message.

At the annual meeting of the Tele-
graphic Historical Society of the
United States in Washington the other
day William b. Wilson, of Philadel-
phia, was elected president for the en-
suing year. During the course of the
meeting Secretary Maynard laid before
the society a copy of the first telegram
sent over the wire west of the Allegheny
mountains. The message was from
Adjt. Gen. G. w. Bowman to President
Polk. Gen. Bowman was at that time
December 20, 1s46) at Pittsburgh, or
ganizing the Second regiment of Penn
sylvania volunteers gathered there for
service in the Mexican war
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
a eo-YEAR-OLO LIFE-SAvER.
Strange Old Samaritan OF the Sea
Who Lives on a Lonely Island.


Peter w. Green, the governor of
group of three tiny islands of volcanic
origin off the African coast in the South
Atlantic, and geographically known as
Tristan d'Acunha, is one of the most re-
markable life-savers in the world, says
the New York World. For 60 years and
more he has made life-saving from ship
wreck his business, having little else
TO do, as he expressed himself to a re-
cent visitor, the captain of the English
mail boat which touches at the islands
once year.
Mr.. Green is native of England and
now in his Goth year. At the age of 30,
when sailing before the mast on Brit
ish vessel, he was wrecked near Tristan,
and he and several companions were
saved by the exertions of the natives.
His friends, some time later, were taken
on board passing ship, but Green re-
manned there and in the following year
was nominated governor of the islands
because of his wisdom and the esteem
in which he was held. The office he has
held ever since combining with it the
duties of a clergyman and doctor.
Green has always been on the lookout
for persons and ships in distress and
he has saved many hundred lives from
certain death on the rocky coast, the
rescued ones being of all nationalities.
The governor has received decorations
and medals from almost every monarch
in the world in recognition of his hui
name efforts. The United States gov
eminent presented him with a hand
some gold chronometer and chain. His
own sovereign, Queen Victoria, sent him
recently a most appropriate present.
namely, a life-saving boat, with APP
paratus of the newest models. The
islands which he governs contain only
from SIS to 60 inhabitants, poor natives,
whom Gov. Green has educated to be,
like himself, Samaritans of the sea.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
QUARRELSOME BIRDS.
The MISSED Thrush Is Cruel and Pitt
less.

The robin, that "pious' bird, is very
quarrelsome, and ii eXasperates one to
watch him wasting the precious hours
in hunting another hungry robin down,
and round and round, till the sparrows
have cleared the board, says the Con-
temporary Review. The blacllbirds, too,
are very annoying in the way that they
snatch up lump of bread and fly oil
with it, only TO be chased about for the
rest of the morning by other black
birds, while a sparrow makes a square
meal off the morsel fallen meanwhile
under a shrub. But, relentless as they
are in pursuit, the curious fact is that
they seldom fight. If the pursued
turns, the pursuer stops, perks up his
tail, and, being promptly charged by
the other, becomes in turn the pur-
sued. But woe to both when the missed
thrush comes. He is pitiless in pur-
suit, and 1 have seen them pass my
window time after time in the course of
a morning, the storm cock hard on the
heels" of the blackbird. And when
they overtake them what happens? For
myself, / have often said before be-
lieve the missed thrush n cannibal. AT
any rate, attribute some of the dead
blacl1birds and thrushes that one finds
about the grounds TO his cruel beak He
watches for birds for hours at a time,
like bird Of prey, and attacks like one.
I have often stopped a chase which
/ knew could only end in one way.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
POOR MANUAL TRAINING.
No Systematic Instruction I'm Reforms
MtorN InstitntiOns.


During September ! visited several
of the reformatory institutions TO see
what was being done for the younger
boys in regard to manual training, says
writer in the Altruist Interchange.
/ found very little systematic instruc-
ton. The principal occupations were
gaming chairs, knitting stockings by ma
ehinery and other purely mechanical
work. In none of the schools was there
systematic instruction in manual train
ing as il is now carried on in education
al institutions. In fact, there were SO
many young boys who could notbe kept
busy at machine work that large
part of the time which might have been
usefully employed was spent In idle
ness. During these hours the boys
found occupations on their own ac-
count for their hands 10 do to a limited
extent.
In one institution the boys had taken
from their hat bands the broad steel
wire which kept them in shape, broken
il into pieces from three to six inches
in length, ground these upon the door
steps or walls of the building and used
them as knives TO white such bits Of
wood as they could pick up about the
yard or secure from the janitors when
they made the fires. They made han
die by winding on the rawlings of
-stackinns OF binding two bits of wood
on either side. LittS~ boats, paper
knives, household furniture, were rude
ly shaped by these crude instruments.
Some of the boys were put there for
wrecking trains, for burglary ETC., and
their tendencies were sometimes ex-
pressed in the things they tried to
make. For instance, pistols, small
knives and weapons such as boys might
use in Indian raids, etc.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
DECAY OF ANIMAL MATTER.
1t Is Something More Than "a simple
Chemical Change.

Chemical Change.
\ great many proofs, now more or
less familiar to most people, show quite
clearly that the decay of animal or veg
etable matter is moi a simple chemical
Change, inevitable in the nature of
things, but a violent interference with
the natural course on the part of hos
tile organisms, says Longman's Maya
zine. The bacteria, which produce de-
composition, are very minute plants,
which grow, like mushrooms or molds,
upon organic matter, and which repro
duce their like with incredible rapidly.
Tyndall showed long ago that the
spores Of these plants exist in myriads
In the air, floating everywhere around
us; that they occupy all crannies and
empty places on the surface of the
earth, and that they swarm in their
millions in all ponds and puddles. An
easy way Of proving that these spores
alone, and the plant colonies which
spring from them, are the cause of
putrefaction may be obtained by boil
ing beef tea in test tube, so as TO kill
the bacteria, and then, while the liquid
is still steaming, closing up the mouth
Of the tube with plug Of cotton wool,
which admits the air but strains out
the germs of the putrefactive organ
isms Under these conditions the beef
tea will keep good for years but if you
remove the plug it will begin at once to
putrefy
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
THEY HELPED JIM.
He Was Only n Little BOOtbIack and
Had Reen Ill.

Hal Heen Ill.
The rich men who build hospitals are
not the only benevolent ones. The shoe
black of whom DR.. Talmage tells this
story showed a spirit of sweet un-
selfshness:
"A reporter sat down on one of the
city hall benches and whistled TO one of
the sinners. The boy came up to his
work provollingly slow, and had just
begun, when a larger boy showed him
aside and began the work, and the re-
porter reproved him as being a bully,
and the boy replied: oh, that's all
right. am going to do it for i'm. You
see, he's been sick in the hospital more'n
a month; so US boys turn in and give i'm
a lift
DO all the boys help him?' asked the
reporter.
Yes, sir; when they amt got no
job themselves and Jim gets one, they
turn in and help i'm; for he amt strong
yet, YOU see
"'llow much percentage does he give
you? asked the reporter.
The boy replied: I don't keep none
of it. l amt no such sneak as that.
All the boys give up what they get on
his job. I'd like to catch any Teller
snealing on a sick boy, would
The reporter gave him a 25-cent
piece, and said: You keep ten cents for
yourself, and give the rest to Jim
"'Can't do it, sir; it's his customer.
Here, jim"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
His Little Mistake.

An exchange tells of clerk who was
showing a lady some parasols. He had
a good command of language, and knew
how TO commend his goods. AS he
picked up parasol from the lot on the
counter and opened it, he struck an at
titude Of admiration, and holding it up,
said: snow. there, isn't it lovely9 Loo;
at that silk. Particularly observe the
quality, the finish, the general effect.
Pass your hand over it," he said, as he
handed IL to the lady; isn't it a
beauty" yes" said the lady; that's
my old one. just laid il down there"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Innr sIeener.

The American in England affords
matter for much perpleXity and aston
ishment to his English hnsmen. One
of our countrymen was being shown an
old church, wherein hundreds of people
were buried. IA great many people
sleep between these walls" said the
guide, indicating the inscription-cov-
cred floor with sweep of his hand.
"So9" said the American; same way
over in our country. why don't you get
more interesting preacher?"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
THE GREATEST INVENTOR.
A Drummer Tells story About tho
Wizard of MenIo Park.

Wizard of MenIO Park.
A Blue line train was making blue
streak through the New Jersey air,with
the cowcatcher of the locomotive point
ell toward New York city, and drum
mer was talking right along ahead of
it as easy as the bird flies, says the New
York Sun.
Il want to say to you, gentlemen"
he was saying, that Thomas Edison
is the greatest inventor in the world,
nSt only in the quantity of his inven-
tions, but in the quality of them, and
every new thing he turns out he gets a
patent on il before il is dry. Sensible
man is Tom, and a great snap is pat
emit when the monopoly in it is yours,
gentlemen. l know what I'm talking
about, for had one once that was loo
loo, only ii wasn't big enough. But
I'm getting away from my tale, as the
dog remarked when he barely got his
hind legs from under the wheels. Twas
in Edisons town the other day and
heard a new story on him. New 20 me,
anyhow. Man over there that / sell
goods to, and won't lie except when the
fishing season is on. told me, as an illus
tration Of how absorbed Edison is In his
business, that one day Mrs. Edison came
to her husband in great glee and an
nounced that the baby had tooth.
every well, my dear" replied her
husband, never st0pptnga mfHute from
his work. 4 haven't got time to bother
with your affairs. You just run along
and get patent on it and have it
charged TO my account"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Lake and Rail to Chicago
and Milwaukee.
Graham & Morton Transportation Go.

Steamer Lines from Benton Harbor
and st. Joseph, Mich, to Chicago and
Milwaukee, connecting at st. Joseph
with the Chicago d West Michigan Ry.
This line operates the first class side
wheel steamers CITY of Chicago" and
"City of Milwaukee, and the propellers
CITY of Louisville" and woods, "
making trips twice daily to Chicago
during June, July, August and Septem-
Der, daily trips remainder of season,
and ri.MeeklY trims 10 and from Mil
waukee. Service first class, fare lower
than all rail routes. Docks, Chicago,
foot of Wabash Ave. Milwaukee, foot
of Broadway. For further information
address.
j. H. GRAHAM, President,
BENTON HARBOR, MICH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
WINNING a WIFE IN GREECE.
Sponge Gatherers Engage I'm Sub
aqueous Contests for Her Hand.

Sponge Gatherers Engage In Sub
aqueous Contests for Her Hand.
In many of the Greek islands diving
for sponges forms a considerable part
of the occupation OF the inhabitants.
A visitor to this unfrequented region
describes the following rather startling
custom. He says "Himia, which is a
little island directly opposite Rhodes,
is worthy of notice on account of the
singular method by which the Greek
inhabitants of the island get their liv-
ing. On the bottom of the sea in this
locality the common sponge is found in
greater abundance than in any other
part of the Mediterranean. The natives
make il a trade to gather these, and
their income from this source is far
from contemplate; their goods are al
ways in demand among the Turks, who
use an incredible number of sponges in
the abluhons prescribed by the Moham-
medan ritual. A girl in this island is
not permitted to marry until she has
brought up a certain number of sponges
and given proof of her skill by taking
them from a certain depth. But in
certain of these islands this custom is
reversed. The father Of a marriage
able daughter bestows her on the best
diver among her suitors. He who can
stay longest in the water and bring up
the biggest cargo of sponges marries
the maidr
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Great Deal

of unnecessary expenditure of time and
money may be saved if you will only
keep bottle Of DIR. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin in the house. ne-tenths of all
ordinary sickness is from the stomach f;
keep that organ i'll proper condition and
all will be well. Syrup Pepsin is a spe-
cific. Trial size bottles l0c, large size
5Oc and 90, of b. S. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Try GraIn-O! Try Graln-O!

Ask your grocer today TO show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who try
1t, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. IA
the price of coffee. DC and 25cts. per
package. Sold by all grocers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
CONSEQUENCES PROMPTlNGs.
Those who Have Defrnuded the Cow
eminent Have Sent Back S3O0.OOO.

So strong is the influence welded by
cause the wrong-doer TO atone for his
sin. that for the past IS years the con-
science fund has been officially recog-
nizcd as one of the regular sources of
revenue for the United States govern
ment, writes Clifford Howard in
Ladies' Home Journal. During this
time the consciences of the American
people have added to Uncle Sans re-
sources at the rate of about $500 q
month, or total sum up TO the present
year of something over 0,000-the
amounts of the individual contribu
tons varying from few cents TO sever
al thousand dollars. The smallest con-
tribution ever made TO the conscience
fund was received in May. 1896, and
consisted OF two-cent stamp, which
was inclOsed in the following letter Of
explanation: II once sent "A letter III
with photograph (unsealed), which
have since learned was not lawful. l
inclose stamp TO make it right" By
curious coincidence the largest sum
ever contributed, reached the treasury
department about the same time that
the stamp was received. This was bill
of exchange for S14,22515, which had
been sent TO the secretary of state by
the consul general at London, to whom
the money had been given by clergy
man on behalf of a person unknown, no
name being given.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
For Sale.

Two farms near Alma 40 and go acres
100 rods apart. All improved choice
land. On account of indebtedness / will
sell one or both; exchange for good
mortgages, improved or wild land; part
town property, here or elsewhere. See
or write. w. s. BANGS,
953-1 If Alma, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Made a New Man of Him.

BRYAN, ONO, Jan. IL, 1897
GENTLEMEN For years had been
suffering from indigestion. Had "a poor
appetite and could not eat anything
containing grease and had constantly "A
worn out feeling. After using three
5Oc bottles of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin am now able to eat anything my
appetite Graves and can say it has made
a new man Of me. ELI Bowen.
For sale by b. s. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
Town Afmosnherc.

The amount of sulphurous acid in
town air in heavy weather is ten 10
twenty times that in bright, clear
weather; and in fog the proportion is
still greater. Freshly fallen rain col
lected in Manchester showed es much
as 20 parts per million of sulphurous
acid.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23

You may hunt the world over and
you will not find another medicine equal
to Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints.
1t is pleasant, safe and reliable. For
sale by Bivins q Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
LEssENlNG STATURE IN EUROPE
One OF the Chief Contributing Causes
IL the Military Service Exacted.

This relation between stature and
health is brought to concrete express
sion in the armies of Europe through a
rejection of all recruits for service who
fall below certain minimum standard
of height, generally about five feet, says
Popular Science Monthly. The re-
suit of this is to preclude the possibility
of marriage for all the fully developed
men during their three years in the
barracks, while the understood indi-
viduals, exempted from service on this
account, are left free 10 propagate the
species meanwhile. Is it not apparent
that the effect of this artificial selection
is to put a distinct premium upon in
feriority of stature il so far as future
generations are concerned? This en-
forced postponement of marriage for
the normal man implies not merely that
the children of normal families are
born later in life-that would not be of
great moment in itself-it means far
more than this The majority of chill
dren are more often born in the earlier
half of married life, before the age of
35. Hence "a postponement of matri-
mony means not only later children,
but fewer children. Herein lies the
great significance of the phenomenon
for us. Standing armies tend in this
respect to overload succeeding genera
lions with inferior types of men.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23
For Sale.

A three year old roadster, top car
riage, platform spring wagon, new light
double harness. For sale cheap for
cash or good paper. Inquire at this
office
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-23

Daniel Lambert the famous fat man
nnd the most noted example of obesity
recorded in medical annals, was born
In 1870, and died al the age of 40, Of ex.
cessive fat. His weight was 73e poundA