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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
Locating Responsibility.

"The milk has a very bitter taste this
morning. said the suburban resident.
well" was the answer. "if you want
good milk, you ought to be wlllin to help
ONE. I've wondered time an again why
S-Ju didn't chase the COW out of your
front yard All them geranums an
chrysanthemums an things is enough to
Spite any cows milk. '-Washington
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
Must Have a Good Head.

"And is your son going to be a. good
business MANI"
Il guess so. They seem to think pretty
well of him down at the Office anyway.
They haven't said word about dis
charging him in spite of the fact that
his handwriting is the same as it was
when he came out of school. "-Chicago
Times IIerald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

thus introduced among light colors. This
most fairylike of pctticoats is. however, TO
be found among the models for warm
weather 1t is of mousseline de sole with
broche pompadour designs aud is lined
with the thinnest and lightest of silk.
The picture shows costume Of mauve
bengalinc The skirt has n slight train,
and a pointed tahlier is outlined by cir
cular flounce, headed by a band of applica-
lions of violet velvet and gold The close
bodice is also decorated with applications
and is cut in corselet form in front, show
ing lace plastron which opens at the top
over point of plated mauvc bengaline.
The sleeves have plated at the top
and circular rufties of violet velvet at the
wrists and are trimmed with applications.
JUDO CHoLLET.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
EcOnOuIiCnI.

Mrs. Niftie-What beautiful chinal
wonder how Bentleigh can afford such OK
trayagancc?
Mrs. Passay-That is no mystery. It's
cheaper in the end you know The dishes
are so handsome that in their admiration
his guests forget to eat as much as they
otherwise would. - Boston Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
Rule Doesn't Always Work.

They say" ne said. that success
comes from keeping everlastingly at
whatever one undertakes"
"Well?"
"Well, I'm in Jail for marrying too
often."-Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

All weak places in your system effect
ually closed against disease by DeN!tts
Little Early Rlsers They cleanse the
bowels. promptly cure chronic constlpa-
ton. regulate the liver, and NIL you with
new life and visor. Small, pleasant, surei
never grippe.
j. W O'Sullivan. W. Y. Hall T. II
Parker. T.. Gosselin, L. II. CrandaN and
Bellrose's Pharmacy - --r----------
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
A Home Cure.

"Bxby seems to find perpetual de-
light in tnkering around home with a
hammer and nails"
Yes since he became a mailing man
he's quit being an ailing man."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
Very COnhding.

~ never saw man of more confding
disposition than Barber"
That's Barber, all right. Why. he
even believes his own lies, '-lndianapo-
lis Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
An Appropriate Emblem.

81 wonder why peace is represented by
a dove"
II don't know. unless it's because a
dove'n get scared and hide quicker than
almost any other animal. "-Washington
Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
THEY DON'T WASTE MUCH.

Il say, this steak is as bad as the one I
had yesterday"
1T Is, sir? Oh, how stupid of them; I'm
afraid they've given you the same one
assam. '-Ally SloResS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
Ready For Inspection.

"There comes Maud. l wonder il she'll
stop and speak to us?'
YES. indeed. She's got on brand
new dress. "-Chicago Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas and otn-
err distressing eruptive diseases yield
quickly and permanently to the cleansing
purifying power of Burdock Blood Bitters
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

Irritating stngs, bites scratches
wounds and cuts soothed and healed by
DeWitrs witch Hazel Salve.--a sure and
safe application for tortured flesh, Beware
of counterfei's,
J. w. OSullvan, w =. Hall +. II.
Parker, f. Gosselin. l.. Il. Crandau and
RellEQsSs RharmaGyx%
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

ed. and have no appetite, take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t enriches and Vitalizes the
blood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

DeWitt's Little Early RiSers.
~ LhAismaAA utklA AallAy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

but there are times when you want some
thing more than this world will give YOU.
You want God. For lack Of him some
that you have known have consent
ed to forge, and to maltreat their friends,
and to curse their enemies, and their
names have been bulletned among scouu-
drels, and they have been ground to pow
der, while other men you have known
have gone through the very same stress
OF circumstances triumphant. There are
men here today who fought the battle
and gained the victory. People come out
of that mans store, and they say: "Weli,
II there ever was a Christian trader, that
Is one" Integrity kept the books and
waited on the customers. Light from the
eternal world flashed through the show
windows. Love to God and love to man
presided in that storehouse. Some day
| people going through the street notice
that the shutters Of the window are not
down The bar of that store door has not
been removed. People say, "What is the
natter" You go up a little closer, and
you see written on the card of that win
dow, CLOSED on account of the death OF
one OF the firm" That day all through
the circles of business there is talk about
how a good man has gone. Boards OF
trade pass resolutions Of sympathy, and
churches of Christ pray, Help, Lord, fol
the godly man ceaseth." He has made
his last bargain. he has suffered his last
loss, he has ached with the last fatigue
His children will get the result of his in
dnstry, or, il through misfortune there be
no dollars left, they will have an estate
of prayer and Christian example which
will be everlasting. Heavenly rewards
for earthly discipline. There 1.-THE wick
ed cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Information Wanted.

Governor Ellerbe has received the
following letter from Mr.. Thomas S.
Hastings, eth west Forty-sixth street,
New York city:
Dear Sir: At the battle of Meade's
station, March 25, 1865, G.. w. Strait,
Co. A, Twelfth (or Seventeenth) South
Carolina volunteers, Wallace's Brigade.
Johnson's division, was mortally woun-
ded and died while I was there preach
ing temporarily in the army of the
north. / did not see him, but some
one gave me New Testament, {the
gift OF his sister, S. B. Strait. which
was found in his pocket. Of course at
that time / could not send the book to
his family. All these years it has been
hidden and forgotten, but the other
day I found it among some relics. I
feel that I ought not to keep it, but [
am utterly at a loss as to how | can
reach any survivor OF his family. 1t
you, sir, can give the matter in charge
of some veteran of Straits company or
regiment, will gladly send the vol
ume by mail, for it might be to some
one a valued memorial. Pardon me
for troubling you with SO small mat
ter. My address for the summer is
Oceanic, New Jersey.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Freezing Flesh.

It is a curious fact that, although
dwellers in northern climes must have
known for ages that low temperature
preserves flesh from putrefaction, it
never seems to have struck any one that
this natural fact could be turned to
artificial advantage until Lord Bacon
stuffed the historic chicken with snow
and thereby caught a chill which killed
him. 1t is perhaps even more curious
that an experiment resulting in the
death Of one Of the most eminent men
in the world should not have called any
attention 60 an already well known
principle which might have been readily
turned to great advantage.
As matter of fact. it was not until
the year 1875, 249 years after Lord ba-
Gems fatal experiment, that freezing
was practically employed as method
of preserving flesh. This was the COM
mencement Of the frozen meat trade be-
tween America and England. Four
years later a dry air refrigerator was
perfected, and the system on which this
was constructed has since become prac-
tically universal
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Sonth Carolina Tea.

The following clipping from the New
York Sun should prove interesting to
the people Of this State. This news
comes as a result of the recent trip Of
the Secretary of Agriculture to this
city and State:
WASHINGTON, May 2G.-Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson's recent trip
through the South convinced him that
there is no reason why as fine an article
Of tea cannot be raised in some por-
tions Of the South as is grown in any
country, and believing this, he will as
early as possible begin the work OF
formulating plans for carrying out his
experiment. station ideas. At points
near Augusta, Ca, and Charleston, S.
c.. a tea of a very fine quality has been
grown, and it is Secretary Wilson's
opinion that with thoroughly expert
enced tea raisers to look after every
thing there will be but little trouble in
demonstrating that China cannot al
ways have q monopoly in the produc-
tion of tea. 1t is likely that the largest
station will be established at Charles
ton, but there are a number OF points
where q thorough test will be made.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
ALI Sorts Of Paragraphs.

The number Of immigrants to
the United States averages 1000 day.
- Better borrow from a pawnbroker
than friend.
A cornetis just as big a nuisance
as full aedged corn.
The man who lives only for to-
day has another in view for tomorrow.
Don't think because the mule
takes to his heels that he is coward.
When the wife wants pin money
her husband is compelled to come to
the scratch.
Every married woman travels
under an assumed name.
No man can work we'll with torpid
liver or constipated bowels. A few
doses Of Prickly Ash Bitters will
quickly remove this condition and
make work pleasure. Sold by Evans
Pharmacy.
= In the United States alone there
are close upon 80 law firms composed
Of husbands and wives.
Women seldom take back their
unkind words unless they want to use
them over again.
There is time for all things. The
time to take DeWitt's Little Early
Risers is when you are suffering from
constipation, biliousness, sick-head-
ache, indigestion or other stomach or
liver troubles. Evans Pharmacy.
A man knows but very little Of
the happenings in the neighborhood
when his wife is away on visit.
- More newspapers are printed in
the United States than in England,
France and Germany combined.
j. A. Schear, Of Sedalla, Mo-, saved
his child from death by Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures
coughs: colds, pneumonia, la grippe
and all throat and lung troubles.
Evans Pharmacy.
=" "What kind Of an alarm clock
have you q was asked Of Third ave-
nue. baker whose work demands his
presence in the wee hours. 1.-TWO
years old, fat, chubby, full Of ginger
and with lungs like "a fire gong.
W. NJ. Gallagher, of Bryan, Pa. !,
says: ''For forty years | have tried
various cough medicines. One Minute
Cough Cure is best Of ALL" It re-
lieves instantly and cures all throat
and lung troubles. Evans Pharmacy.
= The women of Alabama are to
present to Miss Annie Wheeler,
daughter of General Wheeler, silver
set as testimony of her work among
the soldiers at Santiago during the
war with Spain. Miss Wheeler has
asked the War Department to send
her to the Philippines as a nurse.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers act as
faultless pill should, cleansing and
revivipg the system instead of weak
ening it. They are mild and sure,
small and pleasant to take, and en-
tirely free from Objectionable drugs.
They assist rather than compel Evans
Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
India Rubber.

Few articles are more indispensable
to modern life than those into which
india rubber enters as whole or part.
It touches US from the cradle to the
grave, furnishing the nipple for the
baby's nursing bottle and the water
bed for the sick man to die on. Inter-
mediately scarcely day goes by with
out it's use in promoting our comfort
or pleasure or in alleviating our neces-
sities. Yet there are people not very
old who remember when the substance
was more Of curiosity than useful
commodity. Tn 1914 Charles Gcodyear's
French patent and in the next year his
United States patent for the vulcaniza-
tion of the gum were issued, and it is
since then that the innumerable indus
trial applications Of india rubber be-
came practicaL-Self Culture.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
SHE NEVER WAS A BOY.

When come home the olher night
With an ugly lookir eye
That had got into fight,
! Poor ma commenced to cry,
But when told pa how it was
He clapped, his hands for joy
And told me I'd done bully. cause
Once he lad been boy.
"Boys will be boys" heard him say.
s<They won't be otherwise,
And the one that learns to fight his way
Is the ono that wins the prize.
When I was his age, .fghtin was
My greatest earthly joy
But ma. she kept on cryin. cause
She never was boy.
Ny golly, but I'd hate to be
A girl with fluffy hair,
And always prim as A B G,
With clothes too clean to wear!
When ma .Sas small, s'pose she was
Red checked and sweet and coy,
But, oh, the fun that missed her cause
She never was boyl
Cleveland Leader.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
M,rht Haye Been Worse.

Alr. Gibbs went to an entertainment
and by mistake sat>on his neighbor's
silk hat, reducing it to a shapeless
mass. The owner Of the hat was natur-
ally indignant and breathed threats of
vengeance. "Sir,' said Mr.. Gibbs
calmly, ..I am very sorry and must ad-
NIT that was awkward. But" he
added complacently. est might have
been worse. y
s.Idon't see how it could have been,
reared the victim.
"Oh, yes, it could, I" said Gibbs. 81
might have sat down on my own hat. -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07

= A Chicago man named Taylor
has asked Congress for several ses-
sions to give him 100000 for having
suggested to President Lincoln the
idea of issuing greenbacks. One Col.
de Arnaud made repeated demands for
$50, 1000 for having shown Gen. Grant
how to capture the town # Paducah,
KY. An Iowa man wanted $3.50 for
cutting corns Of sailors and soldiers
during the civil war. Another from
New York wanted s25 for pair Of
trousers which were eaten off a
clothes line by government goat. \
fellow in Minnesota requested the
sum Of $3.50 for sky-hlue horse taken
by the soldiers. The sum Of $50 would
satisfy an Illinois man for calf
which he says the cattle inspector
killed by putting a brass tag through
his nose, causing blood poison.
I was seriously afflicted with cough
for several years, and last fall had a
more severe cough than ever before.
/ have used many remedies without
receiving much relief, and being re-
commended to try a bottle Of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, by friend,
who, knowing me to be poor widow,
gave il to me, I tried it, and with the
most gratifying results. The first bot
tie relieved me very much and the
second bottle has absolutely cured me.
I have not had as good health for
twenty years. Respectfully, Mrs.
Mary A. Beard, Claremore. Ark. Sold
by Hill Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07

of the accumulated
impurities of Il year
must HOW be elm
mated, and this
causes q struggle
which usually re-
suits in Il b re q X
down. a few bottles
of S. S. S. just now
will Thoroughly pu-
rify the blood . i'm
prove the appetite
and give tone end
3 t r e n G til to the
whole system. Most
important Of all.
S. S. S. will SO per-
fectly remove all
impurities as to for
tify the system for
successfully resist
ing the many dan
perous forms of sic
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
"A Pinte Indian Myth.

The Piute Indian myth Of the sun,
moon and stars is as crudely anthropo-
smorphic. as can be found in any savage
belief. The moon is the suns wife. The
stars are his children. When he ap-
pears, the children skedaddle. They live
in terror Of him. He eats them-when
lie can catch them. His stomach-the
only part of him one can see lis stuffed
with stars. When he gees to bed, the
children emerge again from their hid
ing places in the blue. The moon is
fond of her children, who smile as she
moves among them. Every month she
goes into mourning, because her canni-
bal husband has eaten one Of them.
The Piute Indians account for the ap-
pearance of comet by stating that the
sun often snaps at one Of the stars, his
children, and does not get hold Of it
he only tears a piece out-and the star,
getting wild with paini goes flying
across the sky with great spout Of
blood flowing from it. It is then very
muca afraid, and as it aies it always
keeps its head turned to watct The sun,
it's father, and never turns its face
away from hi1a until it is far out Of
his reach
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
The Governors Unqualified Endorsement
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Executive Office.
Atlanta, May s, 1899.

Atlanta, May s, 1893.
Ihave for fifteen years used S.S.S.
as q remedy for rheumatism and as
a tonic. 1t is unquestionably good
blood purifier, and / am sure the
best tonic I ever used. For maEy
years my digestion was bad. but
the occasional use of a bottle Of
S.S.S. has entirely cured me of this
malady, and I now eat with perfect
impunity anything set before me.
A. D. GAMBLER.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Long or Short sweeteniDg.

One day while a gentleman and his
friend were travelling through the
mountains Of Virginia, they stopped
at a farm house for supper and night s
lodging. The house was not altogeth-
er a prepossessing one, yet hunger
weakens man S aristocratic scruples,
and they soon sat down to the meal.
The teeth Of the hostess were not in
the best of condition from the too fire.
.quent use of tobacco, which she chew
ed incessantly, and, on the whole, one
glance at her would have driven all
thoughts of hunger from an ordinary
persons mind. People travelling
through rural and mountainous dis
tricts, however, soon lose any over
delicacy which they may have pos
sessed, so the meal was quickly begun.
Being helped to coffee, she asked Mr..
eff he would take long sweet
min or short sweetnin'.'' -
Mr.. C., who is rather large
man, and fond of eating, and being
little selfish and lawyer besides, de-
sires to get all he can out Of anything,
replied that he would take long sweet
ming, whereupon the hostess dipped
her finger into can Of molasscs, and
drawing it out, stirred it into the cup
Of coffee. Mr.. c. felt as ii he
would like to jump out of the window,
but was restrained from doing so by
his curiosity TO see what Mr.. F-'s
fate would be, for the hostess had just
asked him ''if he would take long
sweetnin or short sweetnin'.'
"Mr. r, seeing Mr.. G-'s fate,
thought that be would take as little Of
it as possible, so he replied that he
would take short sweetening, where
upon she seized piece Of maple su-
gar in her finger, and biting off a piece
with her teeth, dropped it into the
coffee. II is needless to say they did
not stay for breakfast the next morn
ing, but made a hasty departure.
They each made promise to the
other not to divulge the fact Of their
excellent supper; but the joke was
too good, and now when Mr.. =
calls on Mr.. C., and stays to tea,
he is invariably asked if he prefers
.'long sweetnin' to short sweetnin' .
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Not Manufacturing.

Z. .sHow are you getting on?" asked
Aguinaldo's friend. Making money!"
ssNo," was the answer. 81 haven't
attempted to do anything in the coun-
terfeiting line. The ready made kind is
good enough for me so hong as it's plen-
tiful Washington Star.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
Red Causes Insanity.

Red blinds or red lights Of any sort
are extremely out of place in bed.
room, brain specialists reporting a
great many cases Of weakening Of the
intellect, and even entire loss Of reason
has been traced to this cause.
Thick black blinds are the best of all
and green is the next best to induce
healthful rest. The darker the shade
the better.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-07
sToWAWAYs.
They Are Believed to Bring Good
5 80 Luck to the Ships.

They Are Believed TO Bring Good
Luck to the Ships.
sssI am noS given to losing my tenn
per, said ons captain to the writer.
..but ] confess that when on one voy-
age We found no fewer than IA men
had managed to stow themselves away
below 7 felt inclined to give them all a
dneking, and said so. This was the
captain Of an Atlantic liner, man to
whom the stoveway is a perpetual
nuisance. Though the ,trictest watch
SIS kept to prevent his gethag on board,
it is rare for a trip to be de without
one or two specimens Of the deadhead
fraternity being carried. willy nilly.
free.
OF course, this is not done entirely
without connivance on the part Of some
body on board the ship. The stokers are
not infrequently the guilty parties.
With their or others aid the stowaway
gets down into the hold and finds
dark corner in which to secrete himself
until the vessel is at sea. If then he is
discovered and SET to work he does not
mind. Is is not work he is afraid OF,
but the being without work and the
bread that accompanies it.
When tits considered what an enor-
nous thing an Atlantic liner is and
how. many diirk places there are in her
vast interidss it is not surprising to
hear that scores Of men during the
course Of q year get free passage across
the herring pond IN one ship or another
and this though steamer never
leaves port without q search being made
Is see that no unauthorized person is on
board Many are discovered in bunkers
and other such places, and, of course.
carefully conducted on shore, but not
few manage to elude detection, and, of
course, once away from land. little is
feared from discovery.
There is q curious notion prevalent
among some sailors. It is that a stow
away is lucky passenger to carry.
Asked once why it was, an old salt an
swered that he never heard Of a ship
being lost that had stowaway on
board. OF; course he had an instance in
relate. Itwas to the effect that
q stowaway was discovered in hiding on
an outgoing vessel at the last moment
and elected. Shaking his fist at the, cap
tain. the would be voyager cried: t.I'm
glad you've turned me out Of your rot
ten ship Neither she nor ycu will live
to gee Christmas day, while I shall. +"
Tie prophecy proved a true one. The
vessel went down within week of sail
ing. and only the second officer and
few men were saved.
One wonders how such superstition
arose, if superstition it can be called.
Does it arise from the notion--old as
the. .hills-that the unfortunate are eyer
;nnder the special protection Of heaven
and that it ii particularly displeasing
to the providence that watches over
such waits il anything be done to
thwart their wishes? The foolish, the
blind, children and drunkards are pro-
verbally said to be under such peculiar
guardianship and care. Perhaps hence
forth we must add the stewaway to the
list Cassell's d Magazine.