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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
Bars in Havana.

Speaking of hot times in Havana"
said another resident who lately re-
turned from the island Capital, 81 was
very much impressed by statement
which was made to me by the propri-
etor of a bar and cafe near the Hotel
Gran Pasaje. In Havana, YOU know.
or perhaps you don't know, all the bars
arc supplied with small tables and
chairs, where their patrons can sit down
and drink and talk at leisure. The
vertical drinking generally indulged
in here is almost unknown Well, |
fell in with rather ajolly crowd one
evening, and we made the rounds OF Il
number of bars, all georgeously fur
nished and all apparently doing a land
office business. 1t was hard thing to
find table unoccupied, and the place
near the Gran Pasaie was particularly
crowded. We were introduced to the
proprietor, who proved to be a pleasant
fellow, andincidcntally | congratulated
him upon his good fortune. He shrng-
ged his shoulders.
"It is fair, senor, he admitted, but
nothing to what it was when the Span
iarlls were here. was surprised, and
he volunteered some particulars. Since
the Americans came, he said, we have
been forbidden to sell liquors to private
soldiers, and when the Spaniards were
here the private soldiers had no money
to buy. Consequently the most Of my
trade has always been among the Off
GERS, and l have had good chance to
compare the two nationalities. During
the time of Weyler and Blanco this
place was mint. You could not be-
lieve the business did. 1t was mar
vellous. Every table was crowded day
and night, and nothing was too fine or
expensive for my customers. You
could sail warship in the champagne
they drank, and, as say, the thing
never stopped q minute, but went right
Oh from night till morning and from
morning till night.
"'Folks claim that the Spanish SOL
diers were paid beggars wages. That
1nay be so, but the Spanish officers GER
tainly had money, and plenty of it.
How did they get it, Qnien sabe? Now
that my customers are Americans, bus
mess has fallen off 10 per cent. The
crowds seem large, but they spend lit
tie 4 party Of officers come in; they
buy a few glasses of beer, and talk for
an hour. Those were good times when.
the Spaniards were fighting the Cubans.
Everybody knows that Weylers s.army
could have ended the war in week,
but nobody wanted it done. 1t was
too profitable. They did just enough
lighting to keep up the farce-that is
to say, about one skirmish every ten
days, which the correspondents kindly
made into aG least twelve battles.
Meanwhile the officers and their friends
drank wine. They were good times. =
.Nr7r OrIcdM Times Democrat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
All Checks Must be Stamped.

WAsIINGTON, July 14.-COmmission-
er Wilson, Of the internal revenue, has
issued a circular absolutely prohibiting
banks from affixing lstamps to checks
unstamped when presented, and re-
quiring them to return the same to the
drawers. In his circular to collectors
the commissioner says:
"you are directed to notify the banks
that are guilty OF stamping unstamped
checks that if the practice is not imme-
diately discontinued they will be re-
ported to the United States district at
.torney for prosecution.
"The instructions contained in treas
ury decision No. 1906, under date OF
June 90, 1893, to thu effect that there
was no objection to the affixing by the
bank of the requisite stamps to an un-
stamped check presented for payment,
is hereby revoked.
"Then instruction was given to meet
an emergency Immediately preceding
the taking effect Of the Stampt Act OF
July 1, 1898, in order to obviate the ne
cessity Of returning by the banks OF
thousands of unstamped checks issued
by drawers in ignorance Of the law.
The law being now generally under
stood, there is no further need of such
permission. ~:
This action was taken upon infor-
nation that certain banks had adopted
the practice of not requiring stamps, as
an advertisement to secure patronage.
as against rival banks.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
White Men in the Tropics.

The evil effects Of hot climates upon
the white race are being rapidly con-
quercd by science. Indeed, even with
our present imperfect knowledge, a
colony of our own planted upon the
Isthmus of Darien to-day would not be
annihilated by the climate as was the
Scotch colony placed there in 1903, and,
with the rapid advance of sanitary sci
ence, it is probable that, twenty-five
years hence an American farmer will
be able to cultivate land in the tropics
with less danger to his health than was
encountered by his father in ploughing
the valley of the Wabash or the semi
tropical valleys of California quarter
of a century ago.
An expert points out that the tenn
perate zones are being filled up by the
white race, and that the richest ard
most productive part OF this planet is
in the tropics. Our conclusion from
these statements is that the necessary
trend of the white race, i'll its geogra-
phical extension and distribution will
be toward the tropics, and with the
necessity will come the means.
The answer to Mr.. kidd's claim that
India has been made liabitable only for
an official class. is, that as yet there has
never been any necessity tomakc it so
for any other class. The Chinese,
driven forth by the pressure OF their
dense population, have succeeded in
living and prospering in gieatnumbers
in all climates, from those OF Arctic
severity on the borders Of Siberia to
the tUr1iu rice swamps OF Java and
Sumatra. Is it not probable that, with
science ut our command, we shall be
able to solve the same problem OF life
even lilorc successfully.
The human species took its rise i'll
the tropics. The spell of longing for
southern climeS. so common to most
of lis, the pleasures we all derive from
tropical landscapes, and the survival
in us OF many other sucll ancestral
traits, show that we have not yet be-
come entirely unadapted to them. In
our wandcrings i'll the temperate zone
we have found the mine of modern
science, and with the vast accumula-
tions We have made frOmit we can
now return to and rcIiabilitate the old
home.-Ihc Forum.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
Steam Still King.

Several years ago when the first Sic
cGsSfnl experiments were made with
electricity us Il motive power quite Il
number or scientific men predicted that
it would supcrcede steam as the king
of motors before the end OF the cen-
tury. 1t was asserted with much con-
fidcnce that electricity would he en-
ployed to move cars over all lines OF
railway and the steam locomotives
would become as obsolete as the old
fashioned stage coaches. 1t will be
remembered that lines of electric rail
way were projected to connect New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and Baltimore, and there was much
talk about the lightning-like rapidity
with which trains would transport pas
scngers from one city to another. 1t
was said at the time that an electric
train would run 100 miles IN hour with
perfect ease, and could be made to eX-
cced that speed. Experimental tracks
were laid at various localities where
electricians cndcayorcd to explain the
correctness of their theories, out the
tracks have disappeared and the power
houses have been dismantled.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

= An all-around writer ought to be
able to get up good circular.
: Hunger isa terrible thing, but
some men consider thirst more so.
= The silent watches of the night
hang in front Of iewelry stores.
= Only a strong. minded woman can
keep her calendar torn of up to date.
The good may die young. but the
bad nearly always outliye their use
fulness.
The man who goes through life
alone generally has poor company.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
Chaan Printing.

Law Briefs at 60 cents Page-GOod
Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery.
Minutes cheaper than at any other
house. Catalogues III the best style
If you have printing to do. it will be to
your interest to write TO the Press and
Banner, Abbeyille, $. {. tt.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

There is more Cat,rrli in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years supposed to be incur
able Fora great many years doctors pronoal?ea
and AZ osa Sy Siasas i failing to with local
ment, pronounced it incurablc. Science has prov,
en- catarrh to be constitutional disease. and
therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. Cheney < Co.
Toledo Ohio, i. the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops TO teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case ii fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonial. Ad-
dress. +. j. CHENEY T. CO., Toledo, o.
ea. Sold by Druggiats, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

The crooked horse race is the re-
suit Of lack of ssraightucss in the
human race.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

= For disobedience the small boy
frequently takes the palm.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The funeral of Miss Margaret Bailey.
aged nearly 10i years, took place at
Monument City, Ind.
nlamin Franklin Clark. United
States consul at Pernambuco, died on
board the steamer Ilavalius while re-
turning to his home in Manchester, y.
Hand was buried at sea.
The Iowa prohibtionists met in Des
Moines and nominated state ticket
headed by Rev. +. J.. Eaton, of Des
Moines, for governor.
Col Thomas H. Bringhurst died in
Logansport, Ind, aged so years. lie
founded the Logansport journal 80
years ago and was civil war veteran.
Mrs. Mary a. Livermore, the noted
lecturer and literary woman, is failing
in health. and at her home in Melrosc,
Mass. she ordered that all her manu-
scripts be burned.
ExSecretary and Mrs. John Sherman
arrived at Mansfield, o., where they will
spend the summer
Squire Burt died at his home near
Owenton, KY, aged 1903 years. lie
fought in the war of 1912, the Mexican
and the civil war.
Rev. +. l.. Eaton declined the prohibit
ton nomination for governor of Iowa
and NJ. w. Atwood, of Estherville, was
chosen.
Mrs. Lucinda Pratt, 1903 years old,
died ut the home of her daughter in
Chicago.
Harrison Reed, governor Of Florida
from 1865 to 1872, died in Jacksonville,
aged Sc years.
At conference in st. Louis of mem
bers of the democratic national com
mittcc plans of work for next year
were discussed, but no action was
taken regarding n platform.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
ROSA BONHEUR NO MORE.
Famous woman Painter of Animals
Died mt Paris-IInd Been
seriously Ill.

Fontainebleau, France, May 81
Rosa Bonheur died at / o'clock Thurs
day night.
Rosa Bonheur was born II years ago.
the daughter of painter, Raymond Bon
heur and during her time refuted the COM
plant that a woman's genius has not the
degree of recognition accorded the genius
of men. Her first public exhibition was in
1Al. and long years ago her fame as the
worlds master painter of animals was as
sured. Her masterpiece was THE Horse
Fair" now in the Metropolitan museum
OF art, New York. In laying the foundation
of her knowledge OF animals she visited the
abattoirs of Paris. disguised as a boy, and
there, with the bodies OF lifeless creatures
lying all about her. she made her studies
of the living and on the canvas wrought
such wonders that the whole world stood
and looked in admiring awe.
In 1S49 she founded in Paris a Free
School of Design for Young Girls" Her
life was full of work: her home on the edge
OF the forest of Fontainebeau, hidden
away at little place called BY. To the
day her fatal illness began she wore the
velvet blouse which had it's beginning in
the abattoirs of Paris and which gave her
the reputation of going about In mans at
tire.
One of her pictures represents Buffalo
Bill on horseback. 1t was painted because
the great scout had sent her two mustang
chargers for models. She saw poetry in Il
cart horse, and went into ecstasies over
two North American Indians who visited
France. She had these redskins lunch
with her, and. filled with admiration. ex-
| claimed: These are real men! They are
not the simpering gossiping, bowling ami
NAL of to-day! How men have degenerated
as compared with thsse noble specimens!"
She was tireless worker and in the last
five years of her life executed some OF her
best paintings. Animals she loved and at
BY she maintained a vast menagerie, where
she reveled among lions, tigers and every
other kind of wild beast. The beasts loved
her. The sound of her voice would, 1t is
said allay the furious rawlings of the most
savage specimen
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
THE PRESBYTERIANS.
Resolutions Antngonistic TO the
Norman Congressman Rob-
erts Are Adopted.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 27.-It took
the general assembly of the Presbyte-
rian church longer to decide Friday
when the nineteenth century ends than
1t took to pass the resolutions against
the Mormon congressman Roberts and
in favor of the anti-polygamy amend
ment to the national constitution.
These resolutions, which represent the
matured thought of the Presbytcrians
of the United States after many months
of consideration, so exactly expressed
the sentiment of every commissioner
that they were adopted without even
a single supporting speech. The com
missioners generally feel that in call
ing for the expulsion of Roberts and for
the adoption of an amendment to the
national constitution defining legal
marriage to be monogamic they have
started a movement which will be taken
up all over the country and will reach
eventual success. The adopted resolu-
tions were originally written by Rev.
William Paden, of Salt Lake City, but
were modified and expanded by the
committee on bills and overtures,
though not essentially.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
Gems. Macarthur and Funston dis

Gems. Macarthur and Funston dis
persed 500 insurgent Filipinos who were
intrenched on the railroad beyond San
Fernando, near Santa Arita. The in
surgent loss was large, many prisoners
were captured and it is reported that
20 Americans were wounded. Gen.
Lawton, with most of his troops, ar
rived at Malolos. His expedition
marched 1870 miles in 20 days, had %
fights, captured eight towns and only
lost six men killed and 81 wounded.
Gen. Lawton estimates that his troops
killed 400 insurgents and wounded
double that number.
Aguinaldo's peace commissioners left
Manila for the insurgent lines, they
having made no pledges of surrender.
Members of the American commission
express the opinion that the Filipino
ENJOYS will soon return, ready to prom
Use the surrender of the insurgent
army.
Fire destroyed rs houses and stores
in st. John, y. b., the loss being $780,
600.
Emilio CASTELAR,, leader OF the repub-
lican party in Spain, and president in
1873, died in barcelona.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
The Michigan legislature has passed

The Michigan legislature has passed
beet sugar bounty bill, providing a
bounty of one cent per pound.
A boiler exploded in Henry Myers
sawmill near Hinsdale, Ind, killing his
two sons and Perry Morrison.
Rain and hail did great damage TO
crops and property in central Kansas.
The Illinois Steel company at South
Chicago broke the worlds record OF
steel rail making in 12-hour run. The
new record is l,3l0tons.
Three white men, James HUMPHREYS
and his two sons, were lynched by n
mob near Alley, Tex. They were charged
with harboring murderer.
Three men were killed and three ia
tally burned in an explosion at the
Cambria blast furnace in Johnstown,
Pa.
At Montgomery, Mimi, Mrs. Frank
Glass and her four-year-old son were
drowned in a deep well. The mother
lost her life trying to save her boy
The special session Of the New York
Legislature adjourned sine die after
passing the amended franchise tax bill
and a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
expense collaborating Admiral Dewey's
return.
Henry Fouriner, n Frenchman, went
mile on bicycle in Washington in
1891 3-5, breaking all records.
!. T.. Moss killed his wife and two
children in Joplin, Mo-, and then took
his own life. Cause unknown.
Gen. Leonard Wood in command Of
the province Of Santiago, reports that
in the interior towns the people are at
work and in no need of assistance, are
quiet, and that there are no Cuban
troops under arms anywhere in the
province and no brigandage.
Prof. Arthur y. lIadley has been
elected president of Yale university at
| New Haven, Conn.
Twenty thousand persons attended n
reception in honor of Admiral Schley in
Denver.
| Twenty houses were blown down and
other damage was done by tornado at
Hastings, Neb.
| The business portion OF Staples,
Mimi. was destroyed by fire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
LATER.

1t is announced that President Nc
Kinley is convinced that further par
leying with the Filipinos will be useless,
and that they must he whipped into
submission. Orders are said to have
been given to the American commits
sioners in Manila to this effect, and
when the rebel ENJOYS departed they
were informed not to return unless pre-
pared to accept unconditional: surren-
der.
Rosa Bonheur, the famous woman
painter of animals, died in Fountain
bleaIi/ France, aged II years.
Meetings of the disarmament confer
ence at The Hague indicate unani-
nous acceptance of the principle of in
ternational arbitration and mediation.
The Iowa supreme court has con-
firmed the sentence of Frank A. Novak
to the penitentiary for life for the muir
der of Edward Murray February ,, 1897,
at Walford.
Ben jamin Harrison, eN-president OF
the United States. arrived i'm Paris and
was received by President Loubet.
The insurgents made daring attack
upon San Fernando, but were repulsed
by the Americans and driven To the
mountains.
Fire in New York city destroyed a
row of tenement houses, making 100
families homeless.
Admiral Dewey tclcgraphs the navy
department that he will stop at various
places on his way to the United States,
and will reach New York about Octc-
Der /.
An automobile carriage made the trip
from Cleveland. o.. to New York city,
1O7 miles, in days, / hours and IS
minutes.
There were 1i2 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 147 the week
previous and PAS in the corresponding
period of 1898. @
A. c. Kraenzlein, of Pennsylvania,
made running jump of - feet Az
inches in New York, establishing n new
record.
Over $4,000 Sunday school children
paraded in brooklyn. y. Y. the occa-
sion being the SEVENTEEN anniversary
of the Brooklyn Sunday School union.
Peter Byers, wife and one child and
Mrs. jerome Pfamm were drowned
while attempting TO cross Il swollen
creek near Bancroft, Neb.
Fire destroyed 200 buildings at Coney
Island, y. V, the loss being 100000.
The distribution of the $3,O00,000
which the United States offered as a
gratuity to the Cuban troops on dis
banding and surrendering their arms
began i'm Havana.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The street cars at Wichita, Kan, have
been declared public nuisance and
have stopped running.
Charles Acton Ives, n well-known law
yer of Newport, II. l., died of heart dis
ease while riding bicycle.
The discovery has been made that
100000 silver dollars stored in the
Philadelphia mint vaults have rusted
from leak.
The first annual reunion of the rough
riders will be held in Las Vegas, n. NJ,
be present.
Henry G. Frick, head of the new Car
negie syndicate, made his fortune by an
early appreciation of the possibilities
of the coke industry.
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia is writing
an photographed novel, in which her
family troubles are to be given to the
world in the guise of fiction.
New Rochelle, y. Y, has the largest
mayor in the country. His name is Mi
chael j. Dillon, he is nearly six feet in
height and weighs over 300 pounds.
a Dickens of the third generation has
taken to novel writing. She is IA daugh-
ter of Charles the Second" as the eld-
est son was playfnlly called by his
friends.
Matthias Steinberger, who lives with
relatives on farm in~Jackson town
ship few miles out of Fostoria, o., has
recovered his memory and intellect aft
err lapse of SO years.
The Massachusetts supreme court
has rendered an opinion holding that
passengers can recover damages for in
juries to baggage from the last road
over which their baggage came.
Sleeping Bear, full-blood .Gros
Ventre Indian, successfully conducts
general store at Great Falls, Mont. He
will not give his own people credit, but
extends 1t to limited number of
whites.
BY the purchase of the Bell telephone
interests in the state of Wisconsin the
Cleveland (O) Telephone company be-
comes the largest concern of the kind
in the world. 1t now operates rs, 734
miles of wire and serves $4,000 sub
scribers.
Marion Chester Stone, inventor and
capitalist, died in Washington, aged 81.
He was the inventor of the cigarette
holder. paper straws for cold drinks
and many other things, which brought
him fortune. Mr.. Stone was also well
known for his philanthropy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-03

Alabastine is permanent coating
for walls and ceilings, designed to take
the place of kalsomines and wall pa
per. Alabastine sets with the wall. It
is practically stone cement, as hard
and smooth as paint, but much less ex-
pensive, and is applied just as easily by
anyone. 1t can be mixed with either
cold or hot water, and applied with n
kalsomine brush. II is clean, healthful,.
and economical. Every one of the
strong points Of Alabastine, proved to.
be such by the test of twenty years,
is picked up by every new manufac-
turer of ordinary kalsomine and claimed
for his goods. These claims are abb
surd on their face. Alabastine alone
can prove its durability by the test of
time. 1t is sold by paint dealers, in
5-lb. packages, properly labeled.