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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17

Sour stomach, fullness after eating,
fatulence are oil caused by imperfect
digestion. Prickly Ash Bitters cor
rects the disorder ut once, drives out
badly digested food and tones the
stomach, liver and bowels. For sale
by Evans Pharmacy.
"My son follows the medical pro-
fession." "Where did he study med
icine ?" s'Oh, he isn't doctor he 8
an undertaken"
whats in a name?' Tho word
"'bitters" does not always indicate
something harsh and disagreeable.
Priokly Ash Bitters is proof Of this.
It cleanses, strengthens and regulates
the system thoroughly, yet it is so
pleasant the most delicate stomach
will not object to it. Sold by Evans
Pharmacy.
- The Preacher:-"And so you are
always glad to have me call. are you /?
We'll, T am glad Of shat. It pleases
me, to know that ] am liked by the
dear little boys" johnny Tain't
cause I like you, but ma always has
jelly on the table when. you're here,
and she dassent do any more than
wink when I ast for three kelpin's.
Purify the sewers Of the body and
stimulate tie digestive organs to main
tain health, strength and energy.
Priokly Ash Bitters is tonic for the
Kidneys, liver. stomach and bowels.
vf<,,s H. n .
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17
Blood Cure Sent Free.

By addressing Blood Balm Co., $50
Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Ca, any of
our readers may obtain q sample bot
tie of their famous B. B. B.-Botanic
Blood Balm, the eatest, grandest,
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made. Cures when all else fails, pim-
pies, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, boils,
blood poison, eating sores, distressing
skin eruptions, cancer, catarrh, rheu-
matism. Free medical advice included.
when description Of your trouble is
given. This generous offer is worth
while accepting. Sample bottle sent
oil charges prepaid. Large bottles.
Containing nearly a quart of medi.
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per bottle. B. B. B. is away ahead
Of ell o:aer Blood Remedies for curing
Blood Rumors. Try b. B. B.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17
Truly a Serious Case.

Once was assistant to an elderly
doctor in Ontario, who also ran drug
store. He was as peppery as cay
enne pod, and from time to time
customers and patients had sprung
jokes on him. just for the fun of hear
ing him blow off.
On one occasion we1i-dressed
young fellow called at the shop and
asked the doctor to prescribe for a
breaking out and rash on his left
arm. The DOCTOR examined the limb,
and pronounced it to be bad case of
psoriasis or eczema.
Il suppose, doctor, you can cure
it?"
Why, certainly" replied the doctor.
Glow long will it take to get well?'
ooh, l guess about two months, I"
said the doctor.
Quite SIRE, sir-it is a bad case?"
"It is ositiyely the worst / have
ever seer"
"Then | will leave it with you, and
call for it again when cured" solemn
ly said the patient, slowly unfastening
his arm, which was an artificial one,
and painted for the occasion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17

Many woman throws away the flower
of her youth-her beauty, her amiability
and her capacity for wifehood and mother
hood = without realizing it. There is no
sadder sight than that of young woman
who has for years been bearing up bravely
and silently under physical tortures that
would drive a man to the mad house.
Thousands of women suffer in this way
and ask neither aid nor sympathy. They
realize that they are the victims of weak
ness and disease of the distinctly womanly
organism. They do not consult physician
because of the well-founded fear that he
will insist upon disgusting 'examinations''
and local treatment" DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription does away with all
necessity for these ordeals. It cures in the
privacy of the home. 1t restores health
and strength and vigor to the delicate or
gans concerned in wifehood and mother
hood. 1t tones, invigorates and builds up
the nerves and transforms nervous, over
wrought sick1y invalids into healthy,
happy wives and mothers. DR.. Pierce is an
eminent and skillfu1 specialist who has
been for thirty years chief consulting ply
sician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. He will answer,
without charge, all letters from ailing wom-
en-. The "Favorite Prescription :" is for
sole by all good dealers.
II suffered from womb trouble for about twelve
years. writes Mrs. Harry Porerny, of Box 2s8,
Monona, Clayton Co., Iowa. ~ doctorcd with
six different physicians. but found only tempor-
Favorite Prescription aud three of Pleasant
Pellets am new woman. hope and pray
that this will induce other poor sufferers to use
DR.. Pierce's medicines and be cured"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17
The Making OF Glass Eyes.

The world of manufacture contains
many departments that the public
knows little about; take, for example,
the glimpse into glass eye factory,
given by the Pottery Gazette:
One of the quaintest and most in
teresting of industries is the manu-
facture Of glass eyes. The demand
for these countcrfeits of nature is so
great and constant that large factory
employing scores of hands, is kept
busily engaged in their supply. They
are produced at the rate Of over eighty
day, or twenty-six thousand year,
and range in price from five dollars to
fifty dollars each, according to the
care demanded in their production.
For PRACTICAL purposes and scanty
purposes glass eye valued at five
dollars meets every reasonable require
ment, and, considering that the aver
age life Of these eyes is only year,
the replacement is al appreciable item
in the year 8 estimate. For this pur-
pose tears are luxury to be avoided,
as they destroy the enamel more
quickly than any other form Of wear
and tear.
Thousands Of these cheap, ready
made eyes in every tint of gray, blue,
brown and even green are kept in
stock, and form rather CHASTITY array
in the large partitioned trays in which
they are exposed for selection. The
regular customer is spared this ordeal
for sample eye is invariably kept, so
that the worn out optic may be re-
placed by the next post.
The modern glass eye is distinctly
a work of art, requiring great skill in
its production, and is very different
from the crude and expensive substi-
tutes used in remote ages. The
Egyptians, in the days of the Pha-
raohs, wore eyes Of gold aud silver,
and, at later period, Of copper and
ivory. The Middle Ages introduced
porcelain into their manufacture, and
century ago it was thought 6nality
had been reached by making them of
glass. Now, however, enamel is used
exclusively, and from this material
eyes are made which, even to close
scrutiny, battle detection.
In the first stage Of manufacture
che eye is in the form of long, thin
stick of enamel. This is subjected to
intense heat under blow pipe, and
gradually moulded into an elliptical
shape-an elongated sphere. A little
colored enamel is then placed in the
centre Of the oval and by gentle heat
and skilful rotation, the iris is formed;
a point Of darker enamel being added
to represent the pupil. A layer of
crystal forms the cornea, and when
the eye is cool it is skilfully followed
out to form concave oval. After
careful polishing it is ready for the
wearer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17

"Well, dad" said the returned
soldier boy, "I'm mustered out -
Good fer you T. exclaimed the old
man. "The oil mule is stan in in the
furrow, an the plow's in the groun' :.
Git yer breakfas', an then muster in 3,
Bill muster in -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17

An old woman asked sailor
where her cow had gone. The sailor
replied, "Gone to the devil, for what
I know" "Well, as you are going
that way" said the old woman, "I
just wish you would let down the
bars"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-16
ClrHoLIO CHARITIES UPHELD.
Father Kinkead says They Deserve All the
Public Funds They Receive.

Public FUNDS They Receive.
The Rev. Thomas L. Kinkead. supervisor OF
Catholic Charities. has written long letter to
Com ptroller Coler. presenting his views In the
matter OF public aid to private charities. He
regards the matter as q city contract and en-.
dorses the equal pay for equal work" prnc.
pie. He takes exception however. to the idea
OF paying for expenses only" as likely to en-
courage extravaganza.
He says that the institutions under hi,
supervision are able to give their inmates bet
ter care than they could receive in public insti
tutions. and can do IL more cheaply. As an
instance OF how figures. unexplained. may give
false ideas. he calls attention to the fact that Of
the SIT 900 paid out for "salaries" by tbe
New York Founding Asylum. $3.50. 900 goes to
poor, respectable women who nurse over 300
OF the foundline In their own homes. He also
takes exception to tho idea that private bene-
creased. and maintains that they are only de-
fected into other equally charitable channels
He presents tabulated statements showing
that the various Catholic oharitable instltu.
from private sources and .Sl.s22, $50 from
public sources. To the rst amount he
adds the interest on the Si+,06O.st}i in
vested in % By! e1nil din an and sites. making a
schools accom- modatine ,6s.0OO children.
arc also maintained. and that the vaiue
Of their buildings and sites is $4,000. 900.
Including interest. S3.36OOO0 from private
and on education and char rites 81 500 l!o from
private sources OF Catholic benevolence ia
spent annually in this CITY; This sum, he says
10 mors BY about SS9o.oOO than the amount
State to all the private charitable institutions
OF oil denominations.
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From TIE Catholic Newt
topic Of special interest now 10. what shall wa
do for the ItaliansT' The Catholic hierarchy il
deeply concerned. and in every diocese where ItaI.
ians are to be found tho Bishops are hard at work
striving to provide for tho religious instruction OF
this section of their hocks The Protestant enomi
nations. with their vast missionary funds have
entered upon an extensive campaign to draw the
Italians away from the Catholic Church. They have
not been eminenty successful but the fact that
they are In the neld makes II important that 10 Cd
portunity should be lost to care for the Ita!iaus
An Italian priest the Rev. p. Oapitani. writing
from Rome on this Italian problem to tho Catholic
fn,usrse OF Cleveland. says that the most serious
question 10. How to procure priests for the
Italians in Amertca?" "A permanent priesthood
he declares lis necessary more ne sssary than
permanent church Tho Italian priests in America
must necessarily on account Of their meagrs funds
lead life Of poverty aud self. denial, moro than
would be expected OF then were they pastors for
other nationaiides. italian priests come and 90.
very few make America their permanent home The
reasons are clear. They have been BON educated
and ordained in another country and under different
circumstances. and their sympAthies must ncces-
sarily turn to the land which holds for them all
that is most sacred"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-16
I'M M ORT/LITY.
A Demand That 1t he Proved as Fact of |
Nature.

Demand That 1t he Proved as Fact of
Nature.
To TIE EpIroR OF THE suN-Sir: There
seems to be strange suddenness In the popu-
lar awakening to the question Of Immortality
1t looks as II this acutely inQuring age had
exhausted every other subject and now. as
a lnality. hos come to the last OF human
inquiries-"I II man die shall he live again."
What puzzles me 10 that from the whole ocean
OF theology. from ecclesiasts and from funeral
ceremony there comes not a smidRen OF proof.
In all our colleges and schools no note is taken
about the only certain fact in human life-which
Is death. We all want to live again. but tho
human mind, science and literature are as void
OF satisfaction about 1t as the blue heaven is
OF battle ships. II We are to live again. It
is a fact In nature. and thus We ought
to nnd It out as a matter OF fact: there must be
some clue to It somewhere In science. Can the
whole army OF evangelists give us some ration
ale. instead Of ipse drifts and meta physicist
have seen a catalogue Of 1000 books on
Immortality and have read at them until mr.
head was like q boiling pot-but no satisfaction
other than moral influence. Who will give US
the least start in concrete science on this SUBJ
ject. however hazy? ANDREW FoRsYrKE.
BROOKLYN, Sept r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-16

We find in the Springfield Republican
these remarks upon our national game:
Down goes baseball. President JOHNSON Of the
Western League reviewing the past season wri.si
Our has fallen far short OF the standard
estAblshtd in previous years. To the thoughtful
mind II is painfully evident tho great national game
has to certain degree lost its hold uponhe public
The cause Of tho decline may be stated rum,
dyiam and abelon."
America ia one Of the two great sporting
countries OF the world Its youth trains
vigorously in all athletic exercises, and its
age looks on with sympathetic interest.
There is widely and deeply established.
therefore, the habit OF abiding by the decis-
ion OF the referee the Indispensable arbiter
OF all healthy athletic competition. In all
contests the loser Is taught to lose in loyal
submission to the referees verdict. The man
who refuses so to submit when called upon
is marked unworthy as an antagonist and
unfit for competition, for the reason that
competition not controlled by referee, is, in
its essence, a mere unrestricted rough and
tumble, and hence it is shut out from the
domain of true sport, and often frowned on
by the police.
Yet in such country as the United States
the managers OF professional baseball, the
national game itself, have kicked aside this
foundation Of order in sport, this funda-
mental principle OF fair play, and have
cultivated a semi-riotous sort OF game
in which the referee Is liable at any
time. not only to abuse, but to actual
assault from the players over whom
he is supposed to preside. The dis
orderly element among the spectators,
from which the example Of the players takes
the sense OF restraint, may join the dis
turbance at any time. Games in which the
umpire is not more or less brazenly defied
with contradictions Of his judgment have
been scarcely ever played. and disputes
between umpires and players or spectators
have been liable at any time to grow into
rowdyism offensive and even dangerous.
Judging from the sort OF entertainment
they have provided. the rulers OF the
National League have conceived the
American public to be more ruffianly
than sportsmanlike in its tastes and
spirit and 80 the game Of baseball has
sunk in character until at last the public
revolts. Revolt must come before regen-
Grafton
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After weeks of Prayer Mrs. Farrer IL Re-
moved to q HOSPITAL.

BRIDGEPoRT. Conn.,. Sept. 15.-Mrs George
Farrer. the young colored woman OF Long Hill.
who has been treated By faith euro healers for
several weeks. has been removed to the gen
eral hospital In this city. Tho woman Is very
weak. The husband was opposed to the pres
ence OF the two women healers. but the appeal
OF his wife prevailed until to-day. when he de-
termined to put n stop to 1t and thu sick woman
was removed to the hospital. The chances for
her recovery are very doubtful. George Far
rer. the husband. said to-day that Mrs. sher-
man and Mrs. Eben Lyon OF Long Hill. who
had previously been active in the work OF the
Methodist Church In tho village were the
christian preachers" as he called them. He
added:
They came to the house and exhorted my
wife to prayer. and she prayed day and night.
1t seemed to me that II prayer would save o
being as was going to die. then Mrs. Fnrrer
would s1s surely get WELL But 1T didn't do her
Mrs. Sherman. one OF the. two alleged heal
ers. told reporter to-day that she was not q
Christian Scientist II she understood correctly
WIS rs 'f" nndeprtsnd IT," said Mrs. Sherman.
christian Science denies the divinity OF Christ.
They believe nc was a good. holy man but not
/ believe Christ I was divine. believe in the
power and efficacy OF prayer. and am unahasen
In my belief that prayer can often succeed In
nafSray e To se snees or assisted, one must
IN treating Mrs. Farrer. Mrs. Lyon and my;
praising the Lord for His goodness. You must
Farrer sent Tor us, and that ip giving UP the
primarily influenced by either Of us. | am not
prepared to say that II she continues her sup
pications to Christ she may not yet be re-
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Not Ready for selcGovernment.

Our despatch from Manila yesterday said
that nothing was known at Gen. OTIs's
headquarters OF the alleged reply OF the
so-called Filipino Congress rejecting an
American offer of autonomy. The original
despatch OF Wednesday reporting such a
reply came through the Associated Press,
which is habitually used by the agents and
employees OF AGuINALDo to promote the
interests Of the insurgents and to stimulate
the exertions OF their allies in this country.
This circumstance makes it seem possible,
although not certain that the document
not yet officially known to the American
authorities in Manila, may actually be in
existence somewhere. The despatch Of
Wednesday quoted only single passage:
Notwithstanding the foregoing. We could have
accepted your sovereignty and autonomy II We had
not seen by the behavior OF the Americans in the
beginning that they were strongly opposed to us.
through race prejudice. and the hizh-handsd
methods Of dealing with made fear for the
future in your hands. Finally. thank You for
your offers OF autonomy under sovereignty"
There is nothing here to indicate either
the date OF this alleged pronouncement by
the Tagal Congress" or the date and exact
character OF the American offer to which
II refers.
II the reply" itself is genuine and re-
cent. it probably relates to the negotiations
occurring before AGUNALDo's attack on
the United States forces early in February
last. Since the beginning OF the insur-
rection and the bloodshed for which
AaUINALDo and the Tagals following
him to war are exclusively responsible it
has been the policy Of our Government,
and very properly so, to require that sub
mission on the part Of the insurgents to the
authority OF the flag they are attacking
shall precede any settlement concerning
the future government OF Luzon. This
period OF negotiation as to a form OF gov
eminent for the Fiipinos was from nine to
eleven months ago.
1t will be observed that the Tagal
"reply" ia put in a tense and n mood ind!-
eating retrospective rather than present
consideration Of an American offer"
AGUNALDo's literary adviser, the English
man BRAY, understands the nicetes Of the
pluperfect and the subjunctive. The
"reply" does not say. We could accept the
autonomy under your sovereignty II we
did not distrust and dislike you. II SAYS.
We could hare accepted II.
Herein, II the language OF the document is
correctly reported, wa have an important
confirmation OF the statement Of ex-Mins-
ter JOHN BARRETT concerning the negotia-
tions preceding the outbreak in Luzon
Mr., BARRETT has recently declared that
in December and January last the COM
missioners appointed by Gen. OTIS to con-
fer with AGuINALDo's representatives did
everything possible and reasonable to come
to a peaceful settlement; that the warlike
spirit ran high among the Filplnos. and
they were bound to have fight; and that
propositionBrom our commissioners. which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-16
D.wey's Captains Not Invited.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: I observe that
the Committee on Arrangement for the Dewey naval
parade have made a very bad slip; they have not In
vitsd to this celebration Dowey's captains all Of
whom are now in the United States. None Of these
men received tho recognition which they 50 clearly
deserve. and which they would cherish, I am sure
very much.
Capt. Frank wildes and Capt Asa Walker. who
commanded the Boston and Concord respectively;
CApts Dyer and Coghlsn and Commander Wood
who commanded the Baltimore. Raleigh and Petrol
all in the United States and all should certainly
be invited. but am informed by naval oiicer that
not one OF them has been. Lieutenant Commander
Rees was the executive ofhcer OF the flagship olym
pia during the fight. and he has not been invited.
The proper thing for the committee to do 10 to ask
all these men to come to this celeb ration.
NEw YORK. Sept II. WEI
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led up to q liberal degree Of autonomy,
was rejected by the Aguinaldians. who
declared:
snce OF absolute independence. with the United
States simply protecting them from foreign inter
ference or INVASION and TO leave them entirely alone
whenever they should 80 order. Az the same time
American land forces 10 b. Withdrawn al once.
but the navy was to remain to protect them from
meddlesome foreigners until their own navy was
organized and buit.">
The foregoing is an abstract from memo
randum made by Mr.. BARRETT Immediately
after conversations with Gen. HUGHES, Col.
CRowDER, and Col. JAMES +. SMITH, who
were the American commissioners APP
pointed by Gen. 0TIs.
So 1t appears, both from Mr.. BARRETr's
statement and from the alleged reply"
Of the Tagal Congress, that autonomy
under sovereignty was actually offered to
Aau1NALDo's people. It was deliberately
rejected by them. The reasons for It's re-
lection alleged at the time differ from those
now put forward. Last winter they de-
clared that they wanted absolute indepen-
dence, and such sympathy rs they are
getting in this country is supposed to he
absolute independence.
Now however, the Congress OF the in
surgents is reported as declaring that they
cared nothing for absolute independence.
They would have accepted form Of local
self-government under American sover-
eighty and the American flag II they had
approved our behavior. They thought our
methods high-handed-perhap on the
strength OF their observation as spectators
OF DEwEY's performance in Manila Bay
and they did not care to trust their future
in our hands.
This marked Inconsistency is in itself
perfectly consistent with Mr.. BARRETT's
opinion that the Filiplnos generally had
no clear and settled conception OF what
they wanted; and that in these very negoti-
ations concerning autonomy they proved
their incompetency to govern themselves
without helping and protecting hands.
But AaUINALDo himself, the willy, ambi-
tious and selfish Oriental politician, knew
exactly what he wanted. And he was able
to draw some OF the Tagals after him
into the monstrous mistake OF attacking
the flag OF the nation which had liberated
them from SPANS misrue