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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-12
The Question of Luck.

In replying to the query, "Does
not luck sometimes play a goodly
part in a mans success9" Edward
W. Box, in The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, writes:
"Never. Henry Ward Beecher an
swered this question once for all
when he said, No man prospers in
this world by luck, unless it be the
luck of getting up early, working
hard and maintaining honor and in
tegrity.' What so often seems to
many young men on the surface
as being luck in a mans career is
nothing more than hard work done
at some special time. The idea that
luck is factor in a mans success
has ruined thousands. 1t has never
helped a single person. A fortunate
chance comes to a young man some
times just at the right moment. And
that some people call luck. But that
chance was given him because he
had at some time demonstrated the
fact that he was the right man for
the chance. That is the only luck
there is. Work hard, demonstrate
your ability and show to others that
if an opportunity comes within your
grasp you are able to use it. )"
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rhoreau at Cape Cod.

In Cape Cod, Thoreau gave his
natural drollery full play-an al
most antinomian liberty, to take a
word out of those ecclesiastical his
tories with the reading Of which
under his umbrella he so patiently
enlivened his sandy march from Or
leans to Provincetown. "As Isat on
hill one sultry Sunday afternoon, I"
he says, "the meeting house win
dows being open, my meditations
were interrupted by the noise of a
preacher who shouted like a boat
swain profaning the quiet atmos-
phere, and who, 1 fancied, must
have taken off his coat. Few things
could have been more disgusting or
disheartening. wished the tithing
man would stop him. Charles
Lamb himself could not have bet
tered the delicious, biting absurdity
of that final touch. 1t was not this
Boanergian minister, but man of
an earlier generation, Of whom we
are told that he wrote a Body Of
Divinity" a book frequently sneer-
ed at, particularly by those who
have read it." The whole Cape, past
and present, was looked at half quiz
zically by its inland visitor. The
very houses seemed, like mariners
ashore, to have sat right down to
enjoy the frmness of the land, with
out studying their postures or ha-
biliments'' ga description not to be
fully appreciated except oy those
who have seen Cape Cod village,
with it's buildings dropped here and
there at haphazard upon the sand.
Atlantic Monthly.
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Hammers,

Hammers are represented on the
monuments of Egypt, 20 centuries
before our era. They greatly resem-
bled the hammer now in use, save
that, there were no claws on the
back for the extraction Of nails. The
first hammer was undoubtedly
stone held in the hand. Claw ham,
mers were invented some time dur
ing the middle ages. Illuminated
manuscripts Of the eleventh century
represent carpenters with claw ham,
mers. Hammers are of all sizes,
from the dainty instruments used
by the jeweler, which weigh less
than half an ounce, to the gigantic
so ton hammer Of shipbuilding es-
tablishments, some of which weigh
as much as so tons and have fall
ing force of from 90 to 100. Every
trade has it's own hammer and its
own way of using it.
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"A few days ago, says the New
York World, an elderly gentleman
and his wife came down Broadway
together. A lady crossing the street
fell down. The old gentleman rushed
to her assistance and helped her in
every possible way. When he return
ed to his wife she shook her fist at him.
cts all right, it's all right" he
whispered. eyes, I know it's all
right, she replied, hotly. Here's
an unknown woman falls down and you
plow across the street to help her,
and the other day fell down stairs
and you wanted to know if I was prac-
ticing for circus.
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Zanzibar, in southeast Africa, is
1872 miles from Washington.
How to Prevent Group.

We have two children who are sub
ject to attacks of Group. Whenever
an attack is coming on my wife gives
them Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and it always prevents the attack. 1t
is household necessity in this coun
ty and no matter what else we run out
of, it would. not do to be without
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. More
of il is sold here than of all other
cough medicines combined.-J. NJ.
NlckLE Of Nickle Bros, merchants,
Nicklcville, Pa. For sale by Hill
Orr Drug Co.
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resting an Atlantic Cable For Leaks.


When the insulated strand, or the
"core' of the cable, as it is hence
forth called, passes from this opera
ton, it must go to the testing room
to determine if the insulation is
really perfect, or if little electrici-
ty still can escape from the copper.
Itwould be useless to make this test
in the air, since even without an in
sulator the current does not pass
readily into air. It must be tested
under water, in the medium in
which it is to be employed. Shallow
tanks filled with water receive each
section, and after section has lain
"a hours in the water in order to
come to the same temperature as
the water the test is applied. Ifthe
effect which ought to be produced
on his galvanometer by passing in
to the core a certain quantity of
electricity does not result, the cleo
trician knows that there is flaw
and that the insulation is imperfect
that is, that the electricity is es-
Gaping.
There is nothing that can be
measured with more accuracy than
electricity. The laws which govern
its flow in body are perfectly un-
derstood. The electrician knows
how much he pours in. He can draw
it out, measure it, treat it, in, short,
as if it were water in a pipe. "A leak
in an electric wire is dealt with al
most as leak in water pipe and
can be located quite as exactly.
When once located, it is easily re-
paired.-McCl Clure's Magazine.
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Different.

Little Pierre, a French boy, went
out to walk with his father in the
road and was badly frightened by
drove of cattle.
"Why should you be afraid,
Pierre9" his father asked. 'Why,
you eat such creatures as that att
dinner, you know.
eyes, papa" said Pierre, "butI
these aren't well enough done. ~
London Fun.
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BradfieId's
Female Regulator

brings out a woman's true beauty.
It makes her strong and well in those
organs upon which her whole general
health depends. It corrects all men-
strual disorders. It stops the drains
of Leucorrhea. It restores the womb
to its proper place. It removes the
causes of headache, backache and
nervousness. It takes the poor, de-
bi1itated, weak, haggard. fading
woman and puts her on her feet
again, making her face beautiful by
making her body well.
Druggists sell It for 81 bottle.
Send for our free illustrated book for women.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
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CASTOR|A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s'es.;.,: s::s; ;s: ., Mmz2zz7w@
A certain minister, not a thou.

= A certain minister, not thou
sand miles from Detroit, says The Free
Press, loves dollar with close atfec-
ton. Not long ago young man asked
him how much he would charge to
marry couple. "Well,' - said the
preacher, the bridegroom pays what
he pleases, but | never charge less than
ten dollars "WhewI' exclaimed
the prospective bridegroom, chat $ a
good lot Of money. 1 thought that
kind of work went in with your regu-
lay salary Oh! no, ~ explained the
minister salvation is free, but it
costs money to get married.
When you call for DeW-itt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve, the great pile cure, don't accept
anything else. Don't be talked into ac-
ccptiug * substitute. for piles, for sores,
for burns, Evans Pharmacy.
= 1t sometimes curos Il fast bache-
lor to bridal him.
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DANCING TURTLES
The Curious Training to Which They Are
Subjected In the Far East.

The Curious Training to Which They Are
Subjected In the Far East.
The spectacle of an old, bearded
man, with long, tangled locks, dress
ed in fantastic costume, attracted
the attention of passersby one day
in one of the Large seaports of ia
pan. Some said he was an Aino,
pointing to his long hair and beard,
and that he was a bear worshiper
from Nagasaki.
The old man stood on the deck of
a houseboat quite as disreputable as
he himself appeared and gave an
exhibition thsaa was in every respect
remarkable. lie held an old brass
drum, upon which he beat with sew
eral sticks, keeping time with his
foot, and il obedience to this strange
summons number of common high
back river tortoises of various sizes
crawled out Of a box, and, forming
themselves in line, began to march,
one after the other, to the slow, dis
cordant music. Around they went
in a circle, the big ones ahead, the
smaller ones following on behind,
and at the word of command the
larger ones took their places be-
tween two boxes and formed iv-
ing tortoise bridge, over which the
small ones passed from box to box,
the others then following suit,
whereupon all the tortoises arranged
themselves in groups, like plates
about table.
The japanese have another tor
toise, which they train to perform
simple tricks in the water. It is a
little creature, about three or four
inches long, that from a life Of in
activity has become covered with a
long growth of green pond weed,
which streams behind like hair as it
swims along.
These people are also famous for
their strange fishes of the carp FAM
lily. Some are short and chubby,
with eyes that protrude SO far from
the head that they look like tele-
scopes or the stalked eyes Of some
crabs, with which the little crea-
lures can see in every direction.
Others have broad lacelike tail,
that hangs gracefully like mass
of lace and appears to be divided in
to three parts. Others have per-
feet black cross marked upon the
back, which, against the deep red,
which is the prevailing color, pre-
sents q magnificent appearance.
Others are called the fish of the
white cross, the latter being white
against red.
These beautiful creatures are
trained to perform a variety of
tricks. They rise at the sound of
bell, ring a bell themselves, follow
one another in row at the signal,
and then in many ways show their
remarkable intelligence.
The japanese also import the
famous fighting fishes from India,
which they keep in an aquarium
and match in contests, which are, it
must be said, decided without blood
shed, though the little creatures
show no little ferocity.
The tortoise and crane are both
sacred animals in Japan, and the
former is often seen with the stork
walking about the villages, paying
no attention to the people, and as
safe as is the sacred OK in India
New York Sun.
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NOTICE.

WILL let to the lowest responsible
w bidder on October 10, at II M,
the Building of new Bridge over West
Barker's Greek, near c. M. Kay.
Also same day at 81 o'clock, the Re-
pairing or the Building Of new Bridge
over Broadmouth Creek, near Joe B. Cox.
Plans and specifications made known
on day Of letting.
County Supervisor.
Sept %. 1893 Il 2
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Geometry.

The invention Of geometry is at
tributed by some to the Assyrians
or Chaldean philosophers by others
to the Egyptians. Geometry was
brought into Greece by Thales in
600 B. C. The study was greatly
improved by Pythagoras and was
brought to perfection by Euclid, 300
B. C. The researches of Archimedes
were made in the third century be-
fore Christ.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-12
A Poor Worker.

No man or woman can work we'll,
mentally or physically. nor perform
effective service of any kind who is
burdened with torpid liver. Con
stipation and deficient secretion of
bile have clogged up the organs of the
body so that they cannot keep up the
energy to the proper standard, hence,
WEAKNESS, headaches, depression,
tickle appetite result. All this can be
changed with few doses of Prickly
Ash Bitters. 1t cleanses the system
thoroughly, fushes the excretory
canals, drives out impurities, imparts
new life to the vital organs and re-
Establishes healthy functional activi-
ty, which brings with it energy.
strength, vigor of body and brain and
cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans Phar-
macy.
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",cAusE HE DOESN'T CARE To.D.


Yes, they all are coming home.
And they say it's "jolly."
Every one is married now.
Even little Polly.
And keep on saying call"
For just can't bear to
Think Of one who doesn't come
Cause he doesn't care to.
He has never told me 80.
ReasonsY Yes, plentyi
But one reason has more weight,
To my mind. than twenty,
And somehow feel as If
should like it better
II his reasons did not fill
Quite so long letter.
All the others come and bring
Things for me and father;
Little things-because they know
We would SO much rather.
But he sends q hamper up
Flowers and fruit and. under,
Things that must have cost 80 much
That they make US wonder.
There's the turkey in the COOP
he can hardly gobble.
He's so fat-and those two ducks
They can't walk, they hobble.
And the mince meat turned out well.
Pies viii need be plenty
And the pudding good and big,
For wen sit down twenty.
How he used to prance about
When he saw me bakingl
Seems to me see him now.
Everything I'm making
Brings him right before my eyes.
Yeti wouldn't dare to
Say to father, "He don't come
Cause he doesn't care to-"
Father doesn't seem TO think
AS feel about him
Johnny always told the truth.
Why should we misdoubt him9"
But he's saying In his heart
Yes. I'm sure it's there too
"Jchnny isn't coming homo
Cause he doesn't care to-"
Sonny boy, your world Is full.
But there's not another
Holtls you IN her heart Of hearts
Like your poor old motheri
Como before that day comes when
Twill be you can't bear to
Think Of how you didn't come
Cause you didn't care to!
rgaret vandegrift In Youths Companion.
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: To work and live only for ones
self will by no means promote happi-
ness. On the contrary, it is source
of intense misery. The secret of many
a joylcss life, which has gone out into
bitterness, suicide or insanity, may be
found in the sclGshness which domina-
ted it from its beginning to its close.
TO live in love is to live in everlasting
youth.
If you ever feel yourself getting
conceited, just remember that the best
people arc all dead.
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weakness and
sickness pecu.
liar to the sex.
If the Egypt
ian custompre-
vailed in this
country, many
sufferers would
be glad to
cover their
pr m atu r g
wrinkles, their
sunkencheeks,.
their unhealthy
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an inscrutaBle smile. IT have rea-
son, but that, as Kipling says, is an
other story, and one I refuse to
tell. Agnes Brown in Philadel-
Dhia Times.
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Hidden Beauty

In Egypt the custom is for Princesses
to hide their beauty by covering
the lower part of the face with veil.
In America the beauty of many of
our women is hidden because of the
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HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNT1 OF ANUEhoUNs
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.


COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Rutha Guyton, Plaintiff, against Louisa Dickson,
Ed. Majors, William Majcrs Marshall Msjors,
Eva Majors, John Leverett Christine Leverett.
Pervis Leverett, E izabeth Leverett and F. B.
Maxwell, Northumberland for Belief
Complaint Served.
To the Defendants:
y7OU are hereby summoned and required TO an-
/ swer the Complaint in this action, Of which
copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve
copy Of your answer to the said Complaint on
the subscribers at their Office, Anderson Court
House, South Carolina within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive Of the day Of such
service; and If you fail to answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff In this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the Complaint.
Dated September IA, A. D. 1898.
TRIBBLE PRINCE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys. Anderson, S. c.
To Louisa Dickson, John Leverett and William
Majors:
You will take notice that the Complaint In this
action and Summons, of which the foregoing is a
copy was filed In the Office Of the Clerk of Court
of Common Pl IS for Anderson County Septem-
Der IA. 1896.
TREBLE PRINCE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Anderson, s..
Sept 2S, 1898 IA
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CAROLINA ACADEMY,
WILLIAMSON. a. G.

"OPENS Monday, Oct. Thorough in
" structicn in Ancient and Modern
Languages, Mathematics and the English
branches. Preparation for the best Uni
versities. The principal is DR.. J. N. An
derson, M. A, UNIV. Va Pb. D., (Johns
Hopkins once Fellow at Harvard. stu
dent at Berlin. Heidelberg and Paris.
Write to him.
S TIA, 1898 12 4a
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The Appreciation OF Experience.
"Why do you think SO much more
of your father than you did before
you were married9"
because I had never lived with
any other man up to that time -
Detroit Free Press.
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Notice Final Settlement.

THE undersigned, Administrator of
u the Estate OF Mamie Campbell, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice that he will
on the 1st day Of October, 1898, apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun-
ty for Final Settlement of eaid Estate,
and discharge from his Office as Admin
istrator.
T. A. CAMPBELL, Admir-.
Aug 81, 1898 10 S
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complexion, from the eyes of the
world with the veil of the Orient.
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rule wildly demonstrative, but upon
this occasion her manner was warm
enough to crafty the most ardent
lover.
She clung to Tom as if he had
just been rescued from some dread
ful calamity and she feared to lose
him again, and when he begged her
TO tell him what was the matter,
that he "didn't understand" she
exclaimed rather Historically: "Oh,
that is the beauty of it. I don't want
you to understand, Tom, dear, and
I'm SO glad you don't. I don't think
I ever care to be understood again.
1t was only dream, and he's gone,
thank goodness, but you can never
know how I suffered. ;"
Tom looked deeply puzzled at
these seemingly random and inco-
herent remarks, but at her express
desire forbore questioning her.
Whatever it was she had dreamed,
the effect produced was that he had
had a warmer welcome than ever
before during their engagement,
and he was satisfied.
At the next meeting OF the Ger
man club Miss Rossiter, who few
weeks before had read stirring
paper advancing the theory that
some time on this earth there would
be a golden age, when kindred souls
would live in the full delight OF
realized ideals, read an equally stir
ring paper combating and fatty con-
tradicting her own pet theories.
On the way home from the club
Mrs. Denny, who prided herself on
finding the hidden springs which
produced action i'll her friends
minds, suddenly remarked:
Nan Rossiter, you have some
reason for so suddenly changing
your mind about those theories OF
yours.
Eyes. replied Miss Rossiter- with
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DIED..

ALLEN.-Aprfl s, at Mount Holly, Samuel
Allen.
ATK1Nsox.-April g. at Mount Holly, Susan
Atkinson, aged weeks.
AsAY.-Aprl 7, at Mount Holly, James Assay,
aged So years.
BANKs.-April s, near Pemberton. Thomas
Banks, aged 70 years.
BLAKE-April 8, at smithville. Mary D.,
wife of Charles Blake, aged 81 years.
BURR-April 5. at Bordentown, Minerva
SwayZe Burr, daughter OF Ella E. and the late
A. Walter Burr, aged % years.
FAsIoK.-April 10, at Burlington, Amanda j.
wife of George W. Fasick, aged 81 years.
Fox.-April 10, at Philadelphia, Susie H.,
daughter of william H. and Mary T. Fox in
her 22d year. Inferred at Burlington.
HANcE.-April 6, at Philadelphia, Samuel M -.
Hance, of Burlington.
H1NoHMAN April IL, near Medford, Joseph
c. Hinchman, in the 7Sd year OF his age.
HoRNER.-April 7, near Merchantville, Mar
low +. Horner, aged 68 years.
IREToN-April6 at Cam den, Robert L. W.,
son of Charles o. and Elizabeth b. IretOn,
aged years, formerly of Mount Holly.
NEsToR.-April 9. near Granville, Bridget
Nestor, aged 80 years.
PHILLIPs.-Apri 8, at Camden, Mary s., wife
Of Anthony Phillips, of Mount Holly, aged
70 years.
PowELL.-April g. at Camden, Anna M wife
of Thomas Powell and daughter of Judge
John w. Fenimore, deceased, Of Burlington
county, in her 6lst year. Inferred at Beverly.
SMALL-April 3, near Indian Mills, Joseph
Small, ST.. in his SD year. Inferred ut Med
ford.
STEvENsoN.-April Z, at Trenton, Louis Stew
enson, formerly of Burlington.
SwoPE-OnApril 5, 1898, at the residence of
her grandson, A. Il. w Atwood, Mount Holly,
Martha Swope, widow OF Jacob Swope aged
Sc years.
swIFT.-April 8, at Beverly, Michael j. Swift,
aged SO years.
SLIM.-April 9. at Mount Laurel, Rachel S.,
widow of the late William Slim, in her 92d
year.
A., wife OF Rev James A. WooLton, aged 80
years.
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SmithviIle,

Several of our citizens spent Easter Out
of town.
The Mechanics Circle gave box social
in the Hall on Friday evening.
Mrs. Jacob Schweizler, who has been
quite Ill with pneumonia, is very much
better.
Mrs. Charles Blake died at her home
last Tuesday evening, and was buried on
Friday. Deceased leaves a husband and
five little children, the youngest of which
is but 10 months old.
Fred Albright, while at work in the
shops last, week had the forefnger of his
left hand crushed in the machinery. II
had to be amputated at the first joint.
Drs Darlington and Melcher performe
the operation.
The cold winter weather of the past
week looked as if the weather clerk had
gone to fight the Spaniards, or migrated
to the Klondike regions, and had left the
weather to take care of itself, but Easter
morning dawned beautiful, bright and
balmy. The church was tastefully dec
GRATED with various potted plants, Easter
lilies, Easter bonnets, and Easter girls,
and behold! Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. In the
evening the Easter exercises were con-
Quoted by the Sunday school. The new
superintendent, Mr.. Charles Pierce, and
his corps of teachers deserve much praise
for the admirable manner in which the
programme was carried out.