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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her
Little Daughter Life.

I am the mother of eight children,
and have had great deal of expert
once with medicines. Last summer
my little daughter had the dysentery
in its worst form. We thought she
would die. | tried everything I could
think Of, but nothing seemed to do
her any good. I saw by an advertise
mcnt in our paper that Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was highly recommended and sent and
got bottle at once. It proved to be
one Of the very best medicines we ever
had in the house. 1t saved my little
daughters life. / am anxious for ev-
e:y mother sc know what an excellent
medicine it is. Had I known it at
first it would have saved me great
deal Of anxiety and my little daughter
much suffering.-Yours truly, Mrs.
Geo. F. Burdick. Liberty, r. I. For
sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15
Disadvantages of Beauty.

The plain girls dissertation of the
disadvantages of good looks is inter
esting from any point of view.
Unfortunately I cannot speak from
experience. say unfortunately, be-
cause there is no woman in the world
who would not welcome score of dis
advantages for the sake Of being
pretty, and l am only one Of many.
Still, one must be grateful for small
mercies.
A plain woman has many hardships
to contend with. She has sc little
encouragement for trying to make her.
self look attractive, she has so many
pangs of regret when she looks at her
self in the glass, and 80 few triunphs
over her prettier sister; yet the latter
is not without her penalties for her
good looks.
Perhaps the greatest is the danger
OF being treated as doll, of being
singled out from others merely be-
cause she is pretty, and that is the
poorest compliment that can ever be
paid woman. To be petted and
courted because nature happens to en-
dow one with features of the right
shape and colors in the right place
may be considered triumph by some,
but to earn love and admiration and
know they are not excited by personal
beauty is indeed greater one. Very
few pretty girls can rest assured
of this.
II am glad I am not pretty" said
q pleasant-faced girl the other day.
"You may think it is sour grapes
but it is not. I am glad, because
when any one does me little kind
ness or gives me little present, I
think to myself: They do this because
they are fond of me, and 1 value it a
thousand times more than the pretty
girl values her jewels and her mpli-
ments.
Another penalty of good looks is
unsolicited attention and admiration.
The pretty girl is condemned to be
stared at whenever she is abroad, and
to be the object Of sly nudges and au-
dible remarks. A blooming complex
ion is often libeled by the expressive
remark, "madc up" and a, pretty set
of teeth denounced as false. But
even this is not so embarrassing as
the persistent stare of ill-breeding. AS
to the plain girl-why, she can walk
or ride where she will with the great
est freedom; she mey dress as she
pleases and, better still, enjoy the ad-
vantages Of self possession 80 often
denied her pretty friend.
Again, the latter has reputation
to keep as beauty. She must dress
to show her good points of TO the
best advantage, for she has other
pretty girls to rival her. All her
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15

ing for their homes and institutions,
and know that the Christian nations
arc seeking to rob them, and that their
missionaries are backed by guns and
swords and Goddess soldiers ready to
kill and slay. This infuriates them,
and they look upon any white man as
devil who should be slain. lie says
that while this impending and destruc-
tive war is ordained Of God and fore
told by His prophets, yet the sin of it
lies at the doors Of Christian nations.
Offenses must needs come, but woe
unto those by whom they come. The
love Of money is still the root of all
evil. "Trade will follew the Gag is
the shiboleth of commerce, and if the
flag has to be stained with blood it
does not matter.
These are my convictions, and hence
| cant work up any enthusiasm nor
any revenge. In 1871 England took
Hong Kong. In 1848 England made
China pay $20,0O0,0 900 because she
destroyed 10000 chests of opium that
had been stored there by English
merchants. In 1853 Russia grabbed
all the Amoor country, containing
600, 600 square miles, and when the
United States grabbed the Philippines
the suspicious Chinaman said, "The
Christians arc coming; they want
more" No, it is none of my war.
The blood Of it is on somebody's
hands
| see that General Gordon is going
up yonder on another mission of
peace-trying to mix up the blue and
the gray and make compromise color
that will satisfy both sides. He can't
do it, but maybe he enjoys the fun of
trying. Here and there you will find
a good hearted, clever federal pension
er, but most Of the clever ones come
down here and stay. The malignant
ones don't come; they arc afraid to
come. That is all right; let them
stay there; we had rather live with
the negroes than mean yankees. Here
is an Ohio paper (Thc Monroe Chroni-
cle) that was sent me last week-a
marked copy-that is mad because our
people talk about building Confed-
crate memorial at Richmond, and says
it ought not to be allowed, and that
our loyalty to the union ie all pre-
tense, and that Bill arp, a noted rebel
aud writer, shows no love for re-
stored union. He says that such a
memorial is an insult to the nation
and makes treason honorable and
loyalty odious; every Confederate
monument is bloody shirt, and the
Republican party ought to die, and die
eternally, if it ever allows the return
OF those rebel flags which are an insult
to the union dead and to our disabled
veterans. He denounced our rebel
songs and rebel tributes to treason; !
and there is lot more of such stuff.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15

Counterfeiters Of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve couldn't sell their worth
less salves on their own merits, 50
they put them in boxes and wrappers
like DeWitt's. Look out for chem.
Take only DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Sslve for piles and skin diseases.
Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15
RULES FOR HEALTH.

When you are BILIOUS,
When you are CosrIvE, :
When you are BRAIN WEARY, :
When you feel DRowsY, :
When you feel TIRED, :
When you feel Dizzy, :
When you have Headache, :
When your BREATH Is BAD, :
When your APPETITE IS Pooh, :
When you have HEARTBURN, :
When your ENERGY IS FAILING, :
When your DIGESTION IS WEAK, :
When your BACK ACHES, :
When FooD GIVES You DIsTREss,
When HoT WEATHER EFFECTS YoJ
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
Losing the Wheat Belt.

One Of the unreported speeches at
Kansas City was delivered in a hotel
lobby by Kansas delegate with queer
laugh that can hardly be expressed in
print, but that was irresistably infec-
tioue. He said:
"Folks in our parts amt as hot for
Bryan as they ulster be. He made bad
break on wheat-Heugh! Ho! Heu!
He tol' US there couldn't be dollar wheat
till We got sixteen to one silver. Well,
we've had dollar wheat onct or twisct,
and we're goin' to have it agin-Heugh!
Ho! Heu!-but there hain't been no
change in silver 'cept it's goin' lower,
and we're chasin' sixteen to one just
the same. This kinder shakes our con.
fidence in Bryan, and we're bout ready
to vote for somebody that don't set up
as prophet or don't get found out.
Heugh! Ho! Heu! You can't count
on the Bryan vote in the Wheat Belt
that we gave four years agone; we've
learned somethin' since then"
A bystander interrupted by saying
that Bryan would explain, in his speech
accepting the nomination. the phenom-
email conditions through which wheat
had risen while silver dropped.
"Big words don't scare me" continued
the Kansas delegate. "I've been to
school and know what phenomenal con.
ditions' means. The biggest phenome-
non I've seen yet is the man who has
the cheek to ask for a second nomina-
ton after maxim the biggest blunder
of the nineteenth century bout wheat
and money. Heugh! Ho! Heuw-Town
Topics.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
chos\NG
OV7
|SkhE
of the Lincoln Hard
ware CO.'S entire stock Of
BICYCLES IND BICYCLE SUNDR|FS
HALF THE
REGULAR
PRICES.

The wise and prudent buyer will
take advantage Of this wonderful
opportunity. as it will be by far the
most startling bargain sale OF BIZ
cycles and Sundries ever announced
in America. 1t is q we'll know fact
that the Lincoln Hardware Com
pany we're among the largest west.
ern wholesalers in the bicycle bust
ness, and carried a complete supply,
which was second only to our man.
moth stock. and owing to the rapidly
increasing business in other lines,
they decided to close out their en-.
tire bicycle bushes to US at a great
sacrifice. We will positively not
mix one item of this stock with our
own, but will distribute the entire
Lincoln Hardware Company's stock
among the Lincoln people, guar.
anteeing to cut their regular prices
on every item at least
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
TENSION.

The night was round and dark and still
And hollow as a sphere,
Belted with iron memories,
Bolted with bars of fear.
The loud hush beat upon my face,
The blackness reeled and sang,
When from an outer undreamed place
A sudden bird note sprang.
All in the middle of the night,
Hollow and grim bot bark!
That blissful note unbound my throat,
Unwound the tightening dark.
A ehaffineh, dreaming in her sleep
OF purple thistle balm,
Released the spell Of silence fell;
The night grew wide and calm.
Florence Wilkinson,
in July "New Lippineott."
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21

Do you get your Courier regularly !?
Please compare address. II incorrect.
please send right address to Courier
Office. Do this this week.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
THE SONG OF THE SINGER.

THE SONG OF THE SINGER.
Day long upon the dreaming hills
One watched the idle hours fade BY
And had no thought Of other thing
Than waving grass and summer sky.
And all the wilding scents and sounds
The lavish hearted season brought
He made his own and prisoned them
Within the little songs he wrought.
While he was singing, in the town
His busy brethren bought and sold,
And got them place and Circumstance,
And all the pride and pomp Of gold.
Bot when the night came with the stars,
And on the hills her silence laid,
He, homeward turning, bore with him
Naught save the careless songs he made,
20 Prodigal!" his brothers cried,
"And have you done no better thingf
And is 1t thus you spend your day
To dream of sunshine and to sing 7"
But he. remembering those still hours
The dream had made 50 eloquent
The waving grass the summer sky,
The purple hillside smiled, content.
Arthur Ketchum,
in the August "New Lippineott"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21

Do you get your Courier regularly +?
Please compare address. II incorrect,
please send right address to Courier
Office. Do this this week.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
N THE CITY ON SALT CREEK.
BY FLORA BULLOCK.

BY FLORA BULLOCK.
The wisdom of the weatherwise runs
thusly: As long as We can be pretty
sure OF q soaker like that OF Sunday
night, after three days Of eouth wind,
We can make out to stand the south
wind, and shout for Nebraska all the
time. Mr.. Lovelsnd, it is said, knew
there was q low barometer "loafing
around" within convenient distance,
and during all the preceding week he
had been offering it every inducement
known to hie profession, had been prac-
ticing eli the wiles of his art to get the
manager to bring the big performance
hither, and the low barometer played to
40 sppreciative audience. There have
been times when the menfolks sat on
the dried lawns every evening for weeks
and discussed the probabilities; when
the south wind never ceased and life
was awful. Then We prayed for q
'.roller" in the west, but it did not come
till the corn stood yellow in the field in
August. Some one said the other even
ing. "You remember the 18th Of July.
'94!' Days fix themselves in the mem
ory % with hot brand.
Nowadays We talk glibly Of "low
barometer" whatever that is-the
weather makers admit that they DO not
know how the slow is made. 1t looks
very unlesrned not to bring in the
barometer situation when you discuss
weather. But after all, the old-fashion-
ed signs are satisfactory. 1t seems
easier now than formerly to read the
weather in the wind. A southeast
wind for three dsys-then look for a
long black ''roller" coming msjestically
up from the west, or at any rate ces-
sation of hostilities and a cool north
breeze. \ During the last three years We
have enjoyed the friendship of the east
wind 30 much that We ought to begin
to know it. As for the southwest
wind-let us hope it will seldom visit
US for it lie. the messenger Of drouth and
burning.
1 always envy those who can light
their lamps, close the blinds to shut
out the evening storm and 60 on with
their books as il nothing were happen
ing. 1t is impossible for me to do any
thing but sit at the window to look and
listen. The swaying OF the trees, the
swirl of wind-blown spray, the uncanny
twilight all attract me. Then Il l can
find high window l will post myself
there to glory in the rush Of the clouds
snd note the whiteness Of the rain
against the hills. Lightning flash and
the roll of thunder fascinate me
though l will candidly confess that the
thunder which says, You're safe this
time," suits me best. But then there
is such solemnity about the rain and
storm that the hours at the window are
perhaps not wasted. In a grown-up
way one feels like the children Of the
house. l found them prancing up and
down making an amount Of noise.
whats this?" asked. Were prais-
ing" they declared. The rain is so
pretty"
During the last few weeks 1 have
been watching the modus operandi Of
several gangs of artisans and Masking
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
DON'T Be D|SSUADED :: ..

and in this instance We will positive
ly guarantee the lowest prices. sell
ing for less than any other dealer
can buy the same goods for in
wholesale lots.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21

way tnat you euccumb with gasp oil
admiration. A secondhand man who
will come when you ask him, tell you in
two minutes what he can give for your
cast of furniture. 60, and have the
goods carried away in half an hour is
worth his weight in gold. He would
thrive as q millionaire and be wor-
shipped as diner out. e.
Then it is almost fascinating to see
a gang of plasterers who drive right
through piece Of work as il getting
done was q matter of life and death,
doing clean job while about it. There
are many common folks carrying their
messages to Garcia, after all. but some
Of them-oh, it would take them a
thousand years to get there.
The message to Garcia" by the way
is useful in the school room; it arousee
q sense Of opposition at first in pupils
because they-if they are just at the
mean age-sre not accustomed 20
blame themselves or search their ways
for faults. But soon they begin to no.
tice that, like the idiotic clerk in the
essay, they are asking useless questions,
and they take pride in their task, q
message to Garcia. / found it 30 with
q class of blind pupils. who need all the
stimulating and prodding possible.
The lawns Of the city gave a vote of
thanks TO the powers for not shutting
up the rain supply under a meter
system. Then it would be a dry time
for them. The city officials say the
meter system is proving fine one for
the finances of the water Office and
beneficial in the way OF increase of
pressure by its constant incentive to the
suppression OF leaks. But somehow it
doesn't seem to be good for the lawns.
Children don't play with the hose 30
much and graceful. movable whirligigs
are not nearly 30 numerous. People
who used to observe religious punctual-
ity in turning the water on at six and
turning it before the last echo Of the
whistle don't water their lawns at all
now. Five dollars was cheerfully given
for chance to get all you could in a
given time, but when it comes to pay
ing for every drop, economy seizes the
soul. You will see some thirsty lawns
by September.
Another new wrinkle in the affairs of
folks who live is the ice coupon. Oh.
but it is dreadful! You have to pay
for every bit Of ice you get. II you are
TO have company to tea and want an
extra chunk the man calls for another
coupon. Thus are the people oppressed.
1t must be the fault of trusts. Always
before the icemen were 30 obliging.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21

The Rock Island playing cards are
the slickest you ever handled. One
pack will be sent by mail on receipt Of
Is cents in stamps. A money order or
draft for so cents or Same in stamps will
secure packs. They will be sent by
express. charges prepaid. Address.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A..
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y,
Chicago.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21
SO PER cEN1

and in many cases a great deal more.
All good things are bound to be
initiated, but
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-07-21

During the last few weeks I have
been watching the modus operandi OF
several gangs Of artisans and masking
comparisons. Plasterers, carpenters.
masons, painters. plumbers, carpet
heaters, and Of mercantile class,
secondhand men have come under my
observation. And l believe l know
more of what mortal slowness looks
like than I did before, having learned
by direct demonstration ss well as by
contrast. l am ready to paraphrase
the ''Give us, oh give us, the man who
sings at his work" to give US, oh give
us, the man who works at his work.
You may not believe it but it is true.
that there are merchants OF second
hand goods who can fleece you in such
an energetic. masterfully business-like
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17
BRITISH HAVE JACOBsDAL.
Beers Around Kimberley Deserted
Their Positions.

Outside Jacobsdal. Orange Free State,
Thursday, Feb. 15-The road between
Modder river and Jacobsdal is now open.
The distance is only nine miles. The
road is available for sending reinforce
ments and supplies.
When the Beers evacuated Jacobsdal
they were obliged to pass over ridge
where they afforded a splendid mark for
the British guns, which showered shrap-
mel upon the retreating enemy
The convoy which was attacked at Riet
river had been eountermanded, but the Or
der did not arrive in time and the expert
ence was a very warm one although the
Beers did little material damage.
As Cen French, with the strengthened
division. pushed forward toward Kimber-
ley he found the beleaguering Beers de-
serting their position at Alexandersfontein,
thus allowing a portion of the Kimberley
garrison to occupy and entrench the
place.
Jacobsdal is now in possession of the
British Yesterday a small cavalry patrol
entered the place and found 1t full OF
wounded including several British from
Rensburg. The place was only occupied
by small force, which fell back before
the patrol after a series of small skir-
mishes A battery of artillery shelled the
environs and drove out the last of the
Beers.
Early this morning a large force of
Beers from Coesberg with ten guns at
tackled a convoy of 200 wagons at the Riet
river, shelliug vigorously and doing dam
age But strong reinforeements have been
sent hence, and 1t is hoped they will bring
in the whole convoy in safety.
Gen. French's division seized three drifts
on the Modder river. At the third drift
the Beers were fairly strongly entrenched.
Gen French bombarded them and drove
them off To-day he moved rapidly in the
direction of Kimberley.
The Beers have left Acknowledgement,
which the British now occupy.
Gen Roberts is in excellent health and
spirits The hardships and rapid march
ing appear to agree with the whole army,
who are in splendid spirits under the
leadership of "Bobs."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17

out his case. When an opportunity was
given he waived examination. Again
accused Molineux in the magistrates
court of the murder of Mrs. Adams, and
again the prisoner and his counsel remain
ed silent and waived examination.
AT last the day so ardently sought for
by the prisoner arrived. He had his OPP
portunity to take the stand. lie had his
opportunity 10 present his wife on the
stand to prove the falsity of the district
attorneys contention. He had his oppor-
tunlty to call witnesses and show that the
statements that could have been made by
his wife we're true. He had his
opportunity to prove false the accusations
made by ninety-six witnesses called by
the people He had nothing to say.
Where was his defense? Where are those
witnesses to prove that his wife is what
he claims her to be? They do not exist.
'Molineux's statement to-day is exactly
the kind of statement that might have
been expected from him. The proper place
to make II was on the witness stand,
where he would have been subjected to
a ss-examination Neither he nor his
wife dared to go on the stand. Neither
did Carvalho. The Imagination of no man
can conceive of a single witness who could
have been called who would have helped
the defendant or his COUNSEL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17
Gen. Roberts fill the gaps in the earlier

Gen. Roberts fill the gaps in the earlier
dispatches:
''Modder River, Feb. 1e-The Sixth
Division left Waterfall drift early yester-
day morning and marched here. going on
the same evening to Reondeval drift to
hold the crossing of the Modder river ana
leave Gen. French free to act.
Shortly after arriving here the mounted
infantry visited JacobSdal and found ii
full of women and children, with four
of our wounded men, doing we'll.
''On the way back the mounted infan-
try were attacked and nine men were
wounded. Col Henry and Maj Hatchett
and ten men were missing. Both off,
GERS were subsequently found at Jacobs
dal. slightly wounded.
1.-The cavalry division is moving in a
northerly direction and has apparently al
ready reduced the pressure on Kimberley,
as Kekewieh signals the enemy has abau-
doned AleXandersfonte,n and that he has
occupied it,
French has advanced as far as Abons-
dam with a slight loss and is pushing on
the posts, his rear being held by mounted
infantry.
Clements, having been pressed by the
Beers, has retired TO Arundel TO cover
Naauwpoort."
The war Office points out that the word
"here' in the above dispatch means some
point on the Modder river other than the
Modder river station.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17
MoLINEux SENTENCED TO DIE.
He Denounced Osborne's Attack on
His Wife as False.

New York Feb 16.-Roland b. Mo.lneux
was to-day sentenced to die in Sing Sing
prison during the week beginning March
26, for the murder of Mrs. Katherine j.
Adams, and was placed in the Sing Sing
penltentiary this afternoon.
He made a statement before sentence
that he had not been fairly convicted, and
that yellow journalism" had put a price
upon his head, inviting every blackmail-
er, purjurer and rogue"
He entered a specific denial of the
charges and closed:
"Above and beyond everything else ] de-
nounce and despse the action of the dis
trict attorney In attempting to villlfy and
attack the character OF the pure and love-
N woman who bears my name. 1t was
the act of a blackguard. II was a damna-
BILE lie. Now your honor, / am prepared
to hear you sentence me. I am not afraid,
because / am not guilty."
Before sentence his counsel served notice
of appeal. Gen. Molineux tonight issued
an appeal to the country for sympathy for
his household, and thanking the public for
expressions of confidence.