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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29
About Loaferss.

The following from the Charlotte
Observer fits so we'll for Columbia, or
any other city for that matter, that
we reproduce it in the hope that the
good suggestions made will be needed:
About ten years ago Charlotte was
emancipated from the habit Of loafng.
From that time it prospered. For
merly, in front Of each store, the pro-
fessionals sat upon dry goods boxes,
whitfield sticks aud talked over the
affairs Of men, women and children
in the town. One man made rule
that there could be no loa6ng in front
of his place Of business. He was con-
sidered reckless. A little later cloth
ing house made the same rule. The
movement grew until to-day there is
not business houseSin Charlotte hav-
ing loafers in chairs and on dry goods
boxes in front Of any store. They
have been driven from one store to
another until now the native local
loafer has no place Of refuge except
amongst the transient guests at the
hotels. He still gets out at night and
squats on chairs that he never pays
for at the hotels and loafs in disguise,
as transient guest Of the house.
Charlotte has prospered in proportion
as the loafng habit has been broken
up. The loafer not only produces
nothing, but he saps the energies Of
the working man.
Some years ago the Observer wrote
of the emancipation Of Fort Mill from
the loa6ng habit. The local paper at
Fort Mill copied the article and ex-
pressed pleasure in being written about
in that strain. Since then Fort Mill
has been prosperous by the efforts Of
those people who are never seen whit
tling sticks and loafng on the streets.
In the course of time in all our south
ern towns and cities the loafing habit
will be disgraceful, as 1t ought to be.
From that time forward every south
ern town and city will prosper.
In Rockinham the loafng habit has
been largely broken up. AS conse-
quence it is a prosperous town. Rock
Hill, in South Carolina, was never
victim of the loa6ng habit, and it
always prospered. Founded, practi-
cally since the war, it has prospered
far beyond the adjacent towns that
are more than 100 years old
To all towns we would say eff
you would prosper then drive out the
loafers.'
Nothing is more of nuisance than
to 90 into store to make 10 cent
purchase and have IA loafers hear all
the talk about it, and then talk it over
afterwards.
To each and every town in the South
we say
eff you would prosper then break
up the loa6ng habit. ''-ColumLia Reg
tSfcr.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29
A Preference.

Once in great while Mr.. Blynkins
develops an impression that he is
wiser than his wife. This state Of
mind is only occasional, owing to the
completeness of demonstration to the
contrary which almost invariably fol-
low it. The baby had been crying.
All'her efforts to sooth it had been in
vain, and finally Mr.. Blynkins laid
down the book whose reading he had
interrupted two or three times page
to cast blameful glances and said:
"Julia, are you aware we pay rent
for only portion Of this building? ?
Does it occurr to you that Will, we
have right to fill this fat full Of
noise as we choose, we are not moral
ly justified in causing noise to over
flow and prevade the entire structure?"
"It'sa baby tha's s crying she sug-
gested.
"You are not adopting the method
likeliest to quiet the child. You have
been humming tc it, but what the child
needs is music. Give him to me and
I'll show you what 1 mean
He took the child and pro ,eeded to
chant lullaby. The little one stop
ped crying and stared at him.
"There," said Mr.. Blynkins as he
reached the end Of a verse. what he
wanted was music, real music. He
want to be fooled with any make-be-
lieve humming. OF course, the fact
that used to sing in glee club and
had my voice cultivated may make a
difference, too.
He had not gotten very far into the
next stanza when there came ring at
the bell.
He gave the baby to his wife while
he opened the door. A girl Of four
teen or fifteen said:
"We're the people who have just
moved into the fat above. There's a
sick lady with US, and says if it's all
the same to you, would you mind let
ting the baby cry instead Of singing
to it %
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29

(s) r.. nlar station (f) Flag station.
W also stop at the following stations
to taxi" on or let off passengers. Phln-
news. j mes and Sandy Springs.
M II connects with Southern Railway
No II at Anderson.
No 6 connects with Southern Railway
Nos. II, 81 and IS at Seneca.
J. r. ANDERSON, ,<Supt.
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the result. The large red sp' otchess on my
chest began to grow paler and smaller. and
before long disappeared entirely. regained
my lost weight, became stronger, and my ap-
petite greatly improved. Twas soon entirely
well, and my skin as clear as piece OF glass.
Don't destroy all possible chance of q
cure by taking the DOCTORS treatment
of mercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair to fall out, and will
wreck the entire system.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29
Copper. Colored
Splotches.

There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison-the disease which has
completely baf1ed the doctors. They
are totally unable to cure it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
up in the blood and concealing it from
view. S. s. s. cures the disease posi-
lively and permanently by forcing out
every trace of the taint.
Twas afflicted with q terrible blood disease.
which was in spots at first, but afterwards
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29

spread Gil over my DOQy.
These soon broke out into
sores. and 1t is easy to
imagine the suffering l
endured. Before / be-
came convinced that the
doctors could do no good.
l had spent q hundred
dollars, which was really
thrown away. l TIL c II
tried various patent
medicines, but they did
| not reach the disease.
When I had finished my
first bottle of s. S. S. |
was greatly improved
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29

= You can keep out yellow fever by
putting your system in perfect order.
Prickly Ash Bitters puri6es the blood,
cleanses the liver and bowels, strength
ems digestion, and enables the body to
resist the germs that develop the dis
ease. Sold at Evans Pharmacy.
= He put an enemy in his mouth
to steal away his brains, but the en-
emy, after thorough search, return
ed without anything.
"Your sweetheart is rather pref
ty, Jones, but I think her nose rather
detracts from her beauty. It is char
acterless and has perhaps too large a
bridge to be attractive. "H'm!
You may be right. There is one ex-
cellent feature about her nose that
yours doesn't possess. Indeed!
What is that?' "It never pokes it
self into other peoples business.
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ATLANTIC. COAST LINE.

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,
WILMINGTON. n. c., Dec. 20, 1897.
Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper South Carolina, Moth
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
GOING WEST, GOING EAST
MO 40 No AZ
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the stables a lurid glare; and she heard
her mothers distracted voice Shrek
ing that the negro quarters were afire.
Nell's fingers trembled violently, but
she managed to don her frock and
shoes before old Aunt Drusilla came
numbering up the stairs and drove the
child, shoes in hand. from the room.
"Doan min yo' shoes, till yo' gifts out
o. fiahI" exclaimed Aunt Drusilla, reso-
lutely: and so. barefooted and half-clad
Nell hurried through the confusion or
the hall and into the lawn before the
house.
There she found her mother hyster-
ical and helpless; and there, too, was
the baby, snugly wrapped up. and car
ried by his nurse, the mulatto Phoebe.
Some valuables hastily put together lay
in bundles on the srass-plainiy reveal
ed in the rudy light from the blazing
huts Nobody seemed TO know what TO
do till Aunt Drusilla swept upon the
scene. Then movements took the place
of inaction.
''Heah. yo' fool niggahs." cried the
old colored woman: what for yO' start
in on dom muffin? Want de Yankees
to cotch yo', huh? Grab dem bundles
an run for de woods! An yo', too,
Mis- -, an yo', honey; run l tell 20.
Phoebe min dat ar chile, or L warm yo'.
Ever body's got to run,'
And everybody ran-even fat Aunt
Drusilla herself Down the dewy lawn,
with the federal bullets whistling
among the treetops hard by, and the
flames spreading to the barns and sta
bles, they fed. For in the night attack
no one was safe. Neither north nor
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not Offering you a reward for that SER
vice, but for the information that you
have given me. which may be OF value
if l have trouble with the rajah here.
The man bowed and took the pistols
offered. Il will use them against your
enemies he said. warmly; but all OF
US know the creek. for il is that which
renders It so difficult for US TO tight
against Sehi. He is master Of the water,
and we cannot attack him without
first crossing that creek. We should
have TO carry canoes with us to do IT.,
for the creek is too full of alligators for
anyone TO swim across. and our SMALL
canoes would have no chance of pass
ing the creek when his warboats were
there
The captain nodded when this was
translated to him. "Sehrs place, in
fact, stands upon an island formed by
the two branches OF the river and this
creek. As soon as he became master OF
the river he could hardly be assaiied,
while at any time he could sally out
and fall upon his enemies. Ask the man
if ne will take any refreshment before
he goes"
The man declined. He had, he said,
sufficient fruit and dried fish for his
journey back. a few minutes later he
took his place in the little canoe, and
drifted away into the darkness, and
was soon out of sight.
(To Be Continued Next Sunday)
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AN EASTER RABBIT.

than hers. A little girl in a fiimsy
frock, with her shoes clutched in her
hands, sped past the old negress- 1t
was Nell Tarleton, trembling no longer.
but wild with eagerness to save her
baby brother.
Come back, honey, Fo' de Lawd's
sake, come back" gasped Aunt Dru
silla. as she snatched unavailingly at
the small figure which rushed so swiftly
by. But Nell only shook her head and
ran the faster. Further and further be-
hind dropped poor Drusilla, until at last
she lost sight of Nell altogether. Then
size threw up her hands and sank de-
sIairingly upon a log.
Dat ends it ALL" she sobbed; boy
an gal bofe gone now. What'll Marse
Tah'leton say when he comes back?
An poor Mis-, Boun TO kill
her daid when she hear dat Nelfs gone,
tCo."
On through the woods ran Neither
mothers agonized face ever before her,
and the determination to save little Hal
strong within her. a jagged stone cut
her bare foot, but could not stay her
even FOR an instant. Now she saw the
roofs of her fathers house. Illuminated
by the spreading fire, and now again
the shells went whistling over her head
Rabbits and squirrels Scurried madly
past her, escaping from the advancing
troops. She heard the sound of many
footsteps. and the sharp banging of the
federal rifles. On the rising ground be-
fore the house black figures hurried to
and frO-the van of Buffers army. But
she did not stop. What were the enemy
to her when Hal was missing-wounded
by a chance bullet, perhaps, and dying
ir the fields.
With q roar the house caught fire,
and shower of sparks scared into the
air and fell among the trees. A bullet
pinged not foot away from Nell, but
she heard it not.
Hal. Brother Hail. was the song her
heart sang. and she needed no other
sound.
A branch. shorn off from it's parent
tree. crushed down upon the heroic
child and crushed her to earth. She
crawled from beneath it, her shoulder
bruised and torn, and with sharp pains
in her ankle that told of a serious
strain. She could run no longer, but
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limping was still possible, so onward
she limped.
At last the lawn was reached. and
Nell felt a heavy hand descend upon
her aching shoulder.
Hold hard there" cried a voice.
What in heavens name are you doing
here?"
The child looked up into a rough,
bearded face. begrimed with powder,
yet not unNindly.
"The baby" she whispered hoarsely.
i've come back for baby Hal"
The bearded man let the sword which
he carried fall back into its sheath.
20. you've come back for the baby.
Come back through the shells and bull
lets. eh?" My girl, you're regular
Joan of Arc,"
mo. sir. I'm a confederate. And
please. won't you help me to find the
baby?"
The big soldier caught Nell up in his
a-=-a
why. you're poor little foot's cut"
he cried. and your shoulders bleed
ing. too. This is awful"
Don't mind my shoulder. Mr.. Yan-
kec. Let me find the baby"
The federal officer put his spare hand
to his mouth, BY way of a speaking
trumpet. ard shouted in stentorian
bahr2"
From the right came an answering
hail. and a soldier came running out of
the darkness"
I'VE found a colored girl and baby
over there. sir" he said. THE girl had
been Knocked down by some burning
timbers from the barn"
Two minutes later Baby Hal was COO
ing, just as if nothing had happened,
upon Nelrs lacerated shoulder. Poor
Phoebe. badly, though not dangerously
hurt. told how in flying biindly from
the federals. she had been struck and
disabled h. falling beam.
And as the story spread among the
federal soldiers. they gathered around
Nell. cheering her so loudly that Aunt
Drusilla, sitting disconsolately upon her
stump in the woods. heard the uproar
and wondered what II meant.
Not long had the honest old negress
to wonder; for presently there marched
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sent the young delicate growth near the
center or heart. About eight f the
larger leaves "a Fig. p are necessary
Fold each leaf across lenSthwise. Tie pO-
sition of the decrease is indicated by the
dotted line. Now with the aid OF q Lair
pin, gather them as shown IN figure 3.
and paste TO the cardboard disc. allowing
the edges of each leaf 70 overlap slightly
Large. dark leaves will make The first
layer. and allow them to STOW gradually
lighter in color and SIN all.r n size.
The rabbit is ma ie from Il har1-J0.e1
egg Figure . shO% hin III the nrSt stage
Of construction Eyes. nose. outh and
legs are drawn with black ink. = lie out
line is simple, and one wl-o is entirely
unskilled in drawing s::culI SuCC eed in
making a very reSpec-lJle rabbit.
Figure shows an ear cut from .r'u.ed
writing paper FiSI-e l. The position
the ears should occupy VIXEN attat Ted;
this is also indicated ii hsIre .. The
tail. small. but necessary. is inG'cated by
figure 8 With some red ink S.hlcn has
been slightly diluted win water ouch Up
your rabbit about Ike eyes. n Use and
mouth. The ears should be cOt.Ted sight
ly where the black line passes through
them: see figure .. Lastly IS ms ri bon:
this you will n-tice. passes behind the
ears. If ii is found difficult to Keep IL in
place a, little paste may be used. The
rabbit. Struggled conf ably ia the he; i
of lettuce, will look happy in TIE extreme
Another quaIlt design represented d
small red ghome, who ..a1 evident dis
covered one of oUr e-eS a.d intfI ded
apprOpriating il. Wn9n surpri ed l'y us
he was seated. with = doletlI eNI :e;:sicn,
eagerly clutching the urize-
Trace. on a piece Of paper S5rdt one
foot long and ton in les wide. the crt me
shown in figure 10. After cutting this cut.
color in the following manner: T.nt the
face and hands with flesh color led ink
diluted with water. leave he beard
white. and paint all remaining parts
bright red. Beginning at a, cut around
the head to b. and bend out slightly.
Bend the gnOme where the dotted Lines
cross in such manner that the feet and
upper part of the body will be parallel
and at right angles 10 ;he legs. Place an
egg. hard boiled in his lap. and fasten
his arms about it with a little paste. The
beard may also be attached. (See figure
~.
Figure II shows a support made of stiff
cardboard: il is attached to the groom s
back and aids him in keeping the position
desired. After all left by the Easter hare
has been discovered games are INDUCED
in.
AN EASTER RACE.
Two boxes. each about one foot square.
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of the river asked in that tongue. The
mans face frightened.
Yes, my lord" he said.
rs he well?"
The chief is quite we'll"
L wish l knew enough to question
him without Sob Hays interference.
but / shall only make mess of II. and.
perhaps, get a wrong Idea altogether of
his message. Now, Sob Hay he broke
off as the interpreter entered. you VIII
ask this man the questions exactly as
/ put them. and tell me his answer
word for word. It may be OF import
ance. Now. ask him first what mes
sage he brings from his chief TO the OF
ficers."
The question was put and the native,
speaking SLOWLY and quietly, and evi-
IDENTIFY repeating n lesson that he had
learned by heart said The chief sends
his greeting TO his three friends, Harry,
Dick and doctor. also to captain he
is we'll in body: he Is cured, and can
throw a spear and lead his men to bat
tie. He has sent four messengers. one
after another, but none has returned
with an answer: they have no doubt
been krised. Now he sends me.
Tell him that no messenger has ar
rived until now" the captain said, when
this was interpreted to him.
The man nodded. ''All krised.
travel at night, hide in trees all day,
float down at night in shadow of bushes
and have got through safe. Chief Has
san says not been able to come down
Other chiefs very angry because Eng
lish warship come. Send message TO
Hassan to join them. When he say no.
they threaten to kill him and destroy
tribe when warship go away. Two of
Rajah Sehi's prahus go up and down
river; stop all boats. Sehi send mes
sage to all chiefs; say that English
warboat here. English come, take his
country, and after they done that they
take the countries of the others; make
themselves kings of the river. He ask
them to join him in killing English,
every man, then he would have no
quarrel with them. no trouble any
more; be good friends with all neigh
bors. Some chiefs say one thing, some
another. Some more afraid of rajah
than of English; some think better have
English here than rajah.
"HaSsan says must take great care.
Sehi very treacherous; attack when
they do not expect it. He thinks his
prahus can easily take English ship;
but Hassan says Sehi wants the other
chiefs to aid, so that if the English
send up more ships, they can all join
him in fighting them. Hassan says he
will do what he can. He has eight war
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lady's brain reeled at this last terrible
calamity. and she fell fainting upon
the path
Kneeiing by her side and chafing her
hands. Aunt Drusilla cried frantically
TO the negro boys, who stood around, to
search the woods.
Go back de way we come" she
shouted; Phoebe mus be captured or
shot. Go back an fetch young marse.
fore de Yankees git him.
But the negroes hung their heads
sheepishly.
''Wese 'feard. Aunt Drusilla. Deed
we'se drefful 'fraid," they moaned.
Wrathfully the old woman rose to
her feet.
An yo' call yo'selves meni" she ex-
claimed. ''Yo'se muffin but a peck O.
cowardly 'pOssume. I'll 90
back mahself Yassuri or Aunt Dru-
silla amt scared o. Yankee guns when
young Marse Halls lef' benin"
True TO her word the stout hearted
Drusilla turned in the direction of the
burning outbuildings and shuffied down
the pathway as fast as she could so.
But another pair Of feet were lighter
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are placed some 90 feet apart. into each
are put four eggs. and the course IS
prepared. The two competitors in the
race are each furnished with a spoon
and assigned a box. At the word ready
the contestants take position to the
right of their box. At the word 60
each takes from the box an egg, using
for the purpose his spoon, and hurrying to
his opponents box there deposits it; after
which he returns for another. The eggs
must on no account be touched with
the hands. and TO drop one is TO forfeit
the race. 1t will be easily seen that. while
both are constantly endeavoriES TO empty
this respective box. the opponent in each
case is as constantly refilling it. but as
their deftness cannot be exactly equal
one will soon begin to gain on the other
and the excitement will rise TO fever heat
The race is won by him who first emptieS
his box.
The game of THE Hare. the Egg and
the Wolf" affords excellent amusement.
Figure Is shows diagram OF the
board with the men correctly placed for
the commencement of a game d the lair
to the hare, the position of the egg. and
the wolf is securely housed in his den.
The play is commenced by the wolf.
who steals forth in search of prey. This
he can only secure by moving between
the hare and his egg. But he rlust care
fully guard against allowing the hare
to place him in that position by a move
of his own or by changing the position
of his egg. The vital point of the game
seems TO be whether this position (the
wolf directly between the hare and his
egg is attained by move or the WOLF.
or by z move by one of his quarry In
case of the former the wolf is defeated.
and he who is experimenting his at
tack loses the game. In case of the
latter. vice versa.
Following the lines in the diagram. the
wolf. in beginning play. may move to
any OF three lairS nearest him. a. E. or
Z, in response the hare may change his
own position or that OF his egg. There is
70 rule about the order Of their moves.
The hare or the egg may be played
only that for each play the wolf shall
have a turn.
y man may move to any EnoccuDied
space providing that 4 line. which does
not first pass through another Iair con-
meets il with one he occupies. Vie hares
or egg may not venture within the den
But the wolf has free access to all the
board. The game is not complicated. but
perhaps II will be we'll to play a few
moves in order to explain il more fully.
We will refer to the pieces as II. Z and F,
respectfully.
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south warred against women and chill
dren, but under cover of darkness the
gravest danger threatened all within
the area Of attack.
At last they reached the dense woods
and the sound of firing came but faint
" to their ears through the glow of the
distant fire still showed its grim reiiec-
ton upon the sky line.
Dis far 'nough,' gru1ted Aunt Dru-
silla, who, despite her age and corpu-
lence, had kept well in front of the
race: I'VE can rest now, Put dem bun
dies down yo' boys, an o! my Lawd!
Whar's Phoebe?'
Poor Mrs. Tarleton turned at the old
woman's frightened cry-turned to see
that the young mulatto was indeed
missing, together with her precious
charge, the baby. The unfortunate
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NELL TARLETON.
How Baby Was Saved In the Midst
of Shot and Shell.
BY R. FRANKLIN DUNN.

Run. honey, rum Heah comes de
Yankees,"
Such was the cry which reused Nell
Tarleton from her bed that summer
evening when General Butler, ar the
head of the federal troops, swooped
down upon City Point, Va, and blocked
the road to Petersburg.
Nell Tarleton dwelt with her mother
and baby brother in their old-fashioned
hcme on the James river. The father
of the family was away on the Poto-
mac, fighting the battles of the con-
federacy, and only a few faithful ne
groes remained to guard Mrs. Tarleton
and her children.
AS Nell sprang from her bed she
heard the rattle of musketry up the
river. A shell tore. screaming, over the
house, followed by another and an
other. Then there burst forth from