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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
All Checks Must be Stamped.

WAsIIiNGTON, July l4.-Commission-
er Wilson, OF the internal revenue, has
issued circular absolutely prohibiting
banks from aiiixing gstamps to checks
unstampcd when presented, and re-
During 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 immc-
diately discontinued they will be re-
ported to the United States district at
.torney for prosecution.
"The instructions contained in treas
ury decision No. 10,600, under date Of
June 20, 1893, to the 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 I. 1893, in order to Obviatc 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
Bars In Havana.

Speaking of hot times in Havana"
soit another resident who lately re-
tnrncd from the island Capital, II was
very much impressed by Il statement
which was made to me by the propri-
otOr of bar and cafe near the Hotel
Gran Pasajc. In Havana, you know.
OF 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 ut leisure. The
vertical drinking generally indulgcd
i'll here is almost unknown Well, /
fell in with rather jolly crowd one
evening, and we made the rounds of !,
number of bars, all georgcously fur
nished and all apparently doing land
Office business. 1t was hard thing to
find Il table unOccupied, and the place
near the Gran Pasaie was particularly
crowded. We were introduced to the
proprietor, who proved to be IL pleasant
fellow, and incidentally congratulated
him upon his good fortune. He shrug-
ged his shoulders.
"It is fair, senOr, he admitted, but
nothing to what it was when the Span
lards were here was surprised, and
he volunteered some particulars. Since
the Americans came he saii, sxo hare
been forbidden to sell liquors to private
soldiers, and when the Spaniar1s were
here the private soldiers had no money
to buy. Consequently the most of my
trade has always been among the Off
GERS, and have had good chance to
compare the two natiOnalitics. During
the time of Weyler and Blanco this
place was n mint. You could not be-
lieve the business did. 1t was mar
vellOus. Every table was crowded day
and night, and nothing Yves too .inc or
expensive for my customers. You
could sail n warship in the champagne
they drank, and, us I.say, the thing
never stopped minute, but went right
on from night till morning and from
morning till night.
"'FOfks claim that the Spanish SOL
dfers were paid beggars' wages. That
may be SO. but the Spanish officers GER
tafnly had money, and plenty of it.
How did they get it,: Quicn sabe9 Now
that my customers are Americans, bus
mess has fallen off Is per cent. The
crowds seem large, but they spend lit-
tie. \ party Of officers come in; they
buy n few glasses Of beer, and talk for
an hour. Those were good'ti,nes when
the Spanihrds were fighting the Cubans.
Il L.,
could have ended the war in n week,
but nobody wanted it done. 1t was
too profitable. They did just enough
fighting to keep up the fntce-that is
to say, about one skirmish cvery ten
days, which the correspondents kindly
Meanwhile the officers and their friends
drank wine. They were good times."-
NP'r Orleans Times Democrat
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
Steam Still King.

Several years ago when the first sue
cessfnl experiments were made with
electricity rs motive power quite II
number Or scientific men predicted that
it would supercedc steam as the king
Of motors before the end of the cen
tury. 1t was asserted with much con-
fidenct that electricity would he em-
p!oyed to move cars over ali 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 transpol pas
sengers from one city to another. 1t
was said at the time that an electric
train would run 100 miles an hour with
perfect ease, and could be made to ex-
ceed that speed. Experimental tracks
were laid ut various localities where
electricians endcavorcd to explain the
correctness of their theories, but the
tracks have disappeared and the power
houses have been dismantled.
---o-s-e.---
- For disobedience the small boy
q 4
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

The evil effects of hot climates upon
the white race aTs being rapidly con-
quered by science. Indeed, even with
our present imperfect knowledge, q
colony of our own planted upon the
Isthmus of Darien to-day would not be
annihilated hy the climate rs was the
Scotch colony placed t,sere in 1893, and,
with the rapid advance of sanitary sci
ence, it is probable that twenty-tiv
years hence an American farmer will
be able to cultivate land in the topics
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 a quarter
of a century ago.
An expert points out that the tenn
perate zones are being filed up by the
white race, and that the richest and
most productive part of this planet is
IN the tropics. Our conclusion FROM
these statements is that the necessary
trend Of the white race. in its geogrn-
phical extension and distribution will
be toward the tropics, and with the
necessity will como 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 tomnkc it so
for any other class. The Chinese,
driven forth by the pressure of their
dense population, have succeeded in
living and prospering in gfeat'nnmbers
in all climates, from those of Arctic
severity on the borders'ofi Siberia to
the torritl rice swamps, of Java and
Sumntrn: Is it not probable that, with
scieIice Mt our command, we shall be
able to solve the same problem Of life
cven'litOre succcssfullyp
The human species took its rise in
the tropics. The spell OF longing for
southern climes; SO common to most
of us, the pleasures-wc all derive from
tropical landscapes, and the survival
in us of many other such ancestral
tr0its; show that we have not yet be-
come entirely unadapted to them. In
our wanderings in the temperate zone
we have found the mine of modern
science, and with the vast acclimula-
tiOns we have made from il we can
now return to and .rehabilitate the old
hOme.-IHc Forum.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19

There is more Cat.rfh in this section of the
country than ali other diseases put together, and
able: For great many years doctors pronounced
It local disease. and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to with local treat.
ment, pronounced It ineurable. Science has prov.
en- catarrh to be o constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls
Tcledo, Ohio, 10 the only constitutional euro on
the market It is taken internally in doscs from
blood and mucous surfaces Of the eystem. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case 1t falls to
cure. Send for circulars and te7tInzonial Ad.
dreas. F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
VA-Sold by Druggiats. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
Cheap Printing.

Law Briefs Mt 60 cents q Page-Good
Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery.
Minutes cheaper than at any other
hOnse. Catalogues in the best style
If yon have printing to do, it will be- to
your interest to write to the Press and
Banner, Abbeville, S. G. If.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
= An all-s-ound writer ought to be
able to yet up a good circular.

able to yet up good circular.
- Hunger is a terrible thing, but
some men consider thirst more so.
= The silent watches of the night
hang in front of jewelry stores.
= Only strong-minded woman can
keep her calendar torn of up to date.
= The good may die young, but the
bad nearly always outlive their USE
fuluess.
= 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

= The crooked horse race ia the re-
suit Of lack Of straightness 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, 1899-01-07

ator Proctor was in the house at the
iime, as were also several other friends.
The senator never recovered from the
unconscious state into which he lapsed
early in the day, and his death was
calm and peaceful. The immediate
cause of death was pneumonia, which
developed from an attack of grip con-
tracted about week ago.
In the death of Hon. Justin Smith Nor
rill the senate lost Its senior member in
point of service and its Oldest in age He
had served continuously In the senate for
more than 81 years. and he was IS years old
on the 18th of April last. With the single
exception of Hon. Galusha Grow, Of tho
house OF representatives, he was the only
man in congress whose congressional
career began prior to tho beginning OF the
civil war, and he had the honor over Mr..
Grow in that his congressional service had
been continuous. covering in the senate and
house combined almost A years.
Senator Morrill, was a native Of Vermont
He was first elected a member of tire house
from that state as a member Of the Thirty
fourth congress. taking his seat at the first
assembling Of that body after the 4th Of
March. 1855. He was reelected to the
Thrty-fifth, Thirty-sixtn, Thirty-seventh,
Thirty-eighth and Thirty ninth congresses
and was in 1867 elected to the senate to sue
coed Hon. Luke p. Poland. He held his
seat In the senate since that date without
interruption. having been elected six terms
successfully. His present term. to which
he was chosen In 1896, would not have ex-
pired until 1908.
During his long career Senator Morrill,
gave his attention to many Quest,C ms and
no man In public life was more given than
he to taking up subject and holding on
to It through years and years until con-
summated. He was the real father Of the
scheme for the construction of building
for the Congressional library and to him
and Senator Voorhees,, who early Joined
him in pressing this question upon con-
gress. is the splendid library building 4
monument.
To Senator Morrill, probably more than
anyone else was the present splendid en-
dowment of most Of the state agricultural
colleges due. He was the author of tho
original bill giving aid to these colleges
fBcm the proceeds OF the sales OF the pub
lie lands, and he had never refused them
the encouragement Of his assistance He
opposed the annexation Of the Hawaiian
islands to the last and he was understood
to be aversa to the exercise OF any sort Of
American Sovereignty over the Philippines
Senator Morrill, was an interchangeable
worker and while not an orator lie spoke
gracefully and forcibly and was always
listened to attentively. His great ege and
high position caused him to he universally
esteemed by the other members Of the
senate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
Miss Garcia IL Dead.

Townsville, Ga., Dec. 2s.-Miss Mer
cedes Garcia, daughter OF the late Cal
ixto Garcia. the Cuban leader, died al
the Piney Woods hotel in this city
Tuesday evening of consumption. Mrs.
Garcia and her two daughters arrived
here the day Gen. Garcia died in Wash
ington, and while at dinner received
intelligence of the death of the head
of the family. The contents Of the te,-
egram were never revealed TO Mercedes,
who was at that time failing rapidly.
The body will be embalmed and taken
to Cuba on the wsrship which tho
United States has designated TO convey
the remains of Gen. Garcia back to his
native country.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
strange Method of suicide.

Chicago. Dec. 2s.-Louis Slick, Of
1904 North Marshfeld avenue, chose
a unique and horrible method to end
his life. He lifted the lid from the
stove and held his head against the
glowing Goals until he was burned SO
severely that he was rendered uncon-
scious. He was found few minutes
later ny his wife, and eight hours later
died without regaining consciousness.
Slick was GO years old.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
CATTLE KING FAILS.
Walter NJ. Clark, of Sullivan Coanty,
Mo-. Forced to Quit-FniIure Ex-
pected for Many Years.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. ga special
to the Star from Milan, Mo-, says:
Much excitement prevails in this city
over the failure Of Walter NJ. Clark, a
Sullivan county cattle kiEg. Although
his failure had been expected for near
ly Line years, the crisis has served as
a shock to the whole county. The rec
ords of this county show unsatistied
over $4,000 OF mortgages on cattle
alone, while deeds of trust on his big
farms and individual irde btedness VIII
swell the total 10 over 100000.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
MANITOBA'S CAPACITY.
Can Raise Enough Wheat to supply
Britain All She Requires
from Abroad.

Toronto, Nov. 10th.-Tke World COM
ments on the report of the United En-
pire trade league on the capacity of
Canada as granary for Britain. The
report refers to Manitoba as follows:
Manitoba has an area OF AZ millions
acres. Deducting ten million for lakes,
rivers, townsites, and waste land, 81
100000 acres are left for farm cult
walton or homes for 116,0 600 families on
800 acres each and as up to now there
are only $4,000 farmers there altogeth-
er, that leaves room in one province for
S9,00S more wheat growers. Suppos-
ing, then, we got them there and each
one of them out of his 800 acres grows
on an average 100 acres at 20 bushels
to the acre, if you figure it up you will
find 1t is quite possible for Manitoba
alone to supply us with all the wheat
we require from abroad. 1t is only a
question of money, and, comparatively
speaking, not money either. The cost
of one first-class batileship (about
.e750,000) would put 5000 families on to
farms in the North West, allowing $50
TO each to find them in implements,
seeds, horses, &C. Would keep them
until their first crop was harvested.
Five thousand farmers, averaging 100
acres of wheat each at 20 bushels to the
acre, means an extra 100000 bushels,
for if that scheme is not liked Britain
would put duty on foreign wheat.
In addition to the wheat lands of
Manitoba there are the millions of
acres in Assiniboia, Alberta and Sas-
katchewan.
The bad language of the eyes is the same
the world over -Town Ton;os
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
LIFE in MOTION.

Diligence, above all, is the mother Of
good luck Smiles.
We may give advice, but we cannot
give conduct.-Franklin.
Many things difficult to design prove
easy of performance.-Johnson.
Few persons have courage TO appear
as good as they really are.-Hare.
Behavior is mirror in which every
one displays his image.--Goethe.
II the advice of fool for once hap
pens to be good, II requires wise man
to carry It out.-Lessing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
HIS CAREER ENDED.
Hon. Justin 8. morrill,, senator from
Vermont, succumbs 20 an
Attack OF Pneumonia.

Washington, Dec. 2s.-Hon. Justin
s. Morrill,, the senior United States SEN
ator from Vermont, died at 20 minutes
past one o'clock this "wednesday
morning, in the eighty-eighth year of
his age, after an illness of less than q
week. With him when the end came
were his sister-in-law, Miss Louise
Swan; his son James, Mr.. benjamin
Durfee, for long time associated with
the senator in the finance committee
work at the capitol, and Col. s. K.
Chamberlain, an intimate friend. Sem
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
Question of Values.

He knew that she was cleaver business
woman, and therefore he thought his scheme
a good one. But he did not realize that she
was such good Judge of values.
81 have made bet that will marry you,' y
he said.
Money up?" she asked.
yes" he answered, pleased at the bust
nesslike way she took hold of the propo-
,ition.
GLOW much"
"Five hundred dollars"
She looked him over critically.
"Too low" she said at last. you'll have
to get it raised to 5000 or you'll lose"
And at that, as she afterward explained,
she was giving him bargain-day price
Chicago Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
Very Low Rates Vim the Missouri,
Kansas 4 Texas Railway.

Semi-monthly excursions to the south
west. The greatest opportunity to visit
Texas, the Empire state of the Union, un-
Middle States. The statistical reports Of
products, as compiled by the commissioners
of Texas, indicate this section as having the
greatest possible advantages in it's mild and
equable climate and in the variety and pro-
ductiveness of it's soil. For further infor-
nation, descriptive pamphlets and dates of
excursions, apply to II. A. Cherrer, n. p.
A., Room 3l6, Marquette Bldg, Chicago,
Ill, or I. b. Cookery, Dist. p. A, Des
Moines, Ia
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07

soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprosy there,
and bring il to this country when they
return. While leprosy is much to be dreaded,
there are thousand times as many victims
to stomach disorders and blood diseases, but
there is cure for them in Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters. Other common ailments that
the Bitters are a specific for are malaria, fe-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
Don't want Dynamite.

Washington, Dec. 30. = Consul Gen.
eral Goodnow has notified the state
department from Shanghai that the
Chinese government has forbidden dy-
Mantle and like explosives to be landed
in China.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
John w. ChnIfant Dead.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 2o.-John W.
Chalfant. the well-known steel manu-
facturer OF this city. died at his home
Wednesday night. aged 67. He was the
senior member Of the firm Of Spang,
Chalfant & Co., and has been identified
with the steel manufacturing business
Of this city for many years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
He Knew Not All.

He-You think you know it all, don't you
Him-No; have never been able to figure
out any reason for you being alive.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
A Dfsseuter.

The Speaker-Wealth is not to be attained
by short cuts.
The Butcher-Oh, 1 don't know!-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07

His call had lasted semething Ike two
hours when he. suggested that he believed
he could read her thoughts. Then why
don't you goY she asked.-Tevn and Coun-
try journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07

Labor organizations object to having con.
vict-made goods placed on the market. They
are opposed to prison sells.--L. A. w. Bull
letin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07

Moves the bowels each day. In order -
be healthy this 10 neeessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneyl Cures sick head
ache. Price Is and Soc
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07

5 s:s II. ; ::
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
Don't Rent
ESTABLISH a
HON e OF
YOUR OWN.

You can do il. The finest agricul-
tural land in the world lies West Of the
Mississippi River. Prices are low and
farmers are prosperous. You can get
valuable information by reading "s'HR
CORN BELT" which is the bandsomest
farm paper ever published. It is bean
tifully illustrated and contains exact
and strictly faithful information about
the West Issxsd monthly. Send 25o.
for a years subscription to THE Corn
BELT" zoo Adams ST.. Chicago. Ills.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-08-31
THE PLATFORM WOMAN.
This Noted Author Says She Has Ever
Been n Blot Upon American
womanhoOd.

The platform woman never has beer
n credit TO. but ever blot upon, Amer
lean womanhood. ! make this emphat
ic statement from a personal knowl
cage of the homes which these women
leave behind when they go 10 theiI
meetings, writes Edward Box. in La
dies Home journal. | have seen the
rooms of their homes left in wild dis
order; | have seen their servants sit
ting in idleness with work on every
hand to do; | have seen the children
neglected and left to their own devices;
| have heard husbands speak in derson
of the motives of their wives. No wom-
an in a happy American home can ever
afford to listen to these parasites of
her sex. Fortunately, the platform
woman's influence is steadily on the
wane. She was never power. She was
never even picturesque. Her worst in.
Jury was wrought upon certain weak
women who for the time she deluded
But even with them she was soon re
garded with wonder rather than with
interest; with suspicion rather thar
with confidence. Less and less has she
been able to get listeners, and it is-sig
niticant that in places where she has
spoken during the present season she
has not been seen again. The disap-
pearance of the platform woman is Q
case of blot being blotted out.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-08-31
Bernhardt May Testify for Dreyfu'

Rome, August 3l.-The Corriere
Del Salla says Signor Giacosi.
who has interviewed Sarah Bern
hardt, declares that she told him
that in 1898 she asked M. Roche
fort, editor of the Intransigeant,
who is a notorious anti-Dreyfusite,
if he thought Dreyfus guilty. He
replied: Il believe that he is in
nocent as you do, but | have rea-
sons for saying the contrary. If
you publish this, however, l will
give you the lie"
Signor Giacosi adds that he be-
lieves Bernhardt will tell this to
the court martial.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-08-31
A NOTE FRon FUNSTON.

"On general principles | am not
an expansionist, but [ believe that,
since we were, by an unfortunate
train of circumstances, thrown into
this thing, we should stay with it
to the bitter end, and fawhide
these ballet headed Asiatic rufhans
until they yell for mercy. And
after the war / want job as pro-
fessor of American history in Lu-
zon university, when they build it.,
And I'll warrant that the new gen.
Grafton of Filipinos will know bet
ter than to get in the way of the
bandwagon of Anglo-Saxon pro
gress and decency."
The above are the words of Gen
eral Fred Funston and they voice
the sentiment of large per cent
of true Americans. 1t shows, too,
that the general is doing some
thinking along lines relating to the
future of the islands and a senti-
ment is expressed of deeper signif-
icance than would at first appear
from his homely expression, When
once the American educational
system is esta blished in our east
ern possessions, there will be no
desire on the part of the natives
to block the wheels of Anglo
Saxon progress. The younger
generations will fall into line and
absorb the spirit of American de-
cency and civilization. Universi-
ties in the Philippines will make
the continued use of arms and
munitions unnecessary, and Gen
eral Funston wouldn't be bad
man for professorship.