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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21
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let's. All druggists refund the money
fif it fails to cure. 4. w Groves sig
nature is on each box, 25c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21
AVOID
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BY letting US tighten your
TIRES before they get too
loose. We understand how to
do this work to get the best
results.
Any Repairs ON Carriages,
Buggies and Wagons will be
done promptly.
PAUL i. STEPHENS.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21

to- uIsl station I'd Flag station.
to take on or let off passengers Phinl
neys, James and Sandy Springs.
No. IL connects with sCnthern Railway
No. G at Anderson.
No. II connects with Southern Railwsy
Ms. il and 38 at Seneca.
No. 6 connects with Southern Railwsy
N 5s at Anderson, also with Nos. 12 and
81 at seneca.
J r. ANDERSON an,t
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-21
THE PORTER
MILITARY ACADEMY,

A Preparatory School For
Boarders and Day Scholars,
WILL BEGIN IT'S THIRIY-FIFTH
YEAR OCTOBER l, 1901.
The Rev. A. Toomer Porter. d. D., LII
D., Rector Emeritus
Charles Jones Colcock. c. E.. Principal.
David Gaillard Dwight, u S. Com
m dant.
F,r catalogue apply t." 'ta Pri"cipal.
P"etoff1ce address, Charlie sto'., $ G.
June S. % .-nS6t
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-12-14

With a little pains buildings that
are to be erected on Main street
could be built so that the sidewalk
will be on the same grade as the
street. The sidewalks now are on
the going up stairs plan There
should be some regularity to the
building system of Tonopah.
Complaint is made tiat the side
walks are obstructed with goods. etc.
There is law prohibiting this OBJ
struction.
Subscribe with this issue.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-12-14
Comstock Liverymen.

The Virginia City firms quoted be
low are known to many people.
Broth & Morgan are the success
ors of Peterson 4 Samuels, now lead
ing stable men of Oakland, California.
VIM. j. Mooney is manager of the
Pioneer Stables, which he has con
Quoted for more than thirty years.
"A, NJ. Cole, Druggist, Virginia
City The Trib which we bought a
month ago has been used in our
stables under the direct supervision
of our surgeon on a large number of
cases. In all cases where liniment
is required it does the work well. If
it be as its label claims, "a Gift to
humanity, it is surely boon to the
horse, We will be pleased to have
our names used in recommending Trib
to our customers.
BlROTH & MORGAN"
The above was dated in June. 1896.
Messrs. Biroth & Morgan say that
four years experience fully confirms
the good opinion first formed of Trb,
Here is Mr. Moneys testimony ::
"To Trib Company During life
time spent in the livery business |
have used many liniments. | first
used Trib on the sprained ankle of a
horse 1t helped the horse right
away, and in ten days he was at work
sound in limb. | have used it on
many other animals, have been using
it ever since, and keep it ON hand all
the time. 1t is a fine liniment.
like it better than any | ever used
before. w. J. NJ OONEY
Pioneer Stables. - b St, Virginia
City, Nevada.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

with smoke or dust. A narrow and
dark stairway led from the first floor
to the second, whereon were situated
the registry and money order offices
and the offices of the postmaster and
some of his assistants.
The passages were narrow and al
most as dark as those of a cavern. The
plank floors were wor and uneven,
and an investigator who went through
them one day stepped on a loose board
which fell back to its place with a
rafting noise as the foot was raised
from it. None of the rooms were large
enough, and the whole interior of the
structure recalled that of a backwoOds
county courthouse where the hogs
sleep regularly when court is not in
session.
But that is all now historic. 1t will
soon become reminiscent. In a few
years it will be entirely forgotten. The
| people who p~atronize the local post of,
flee now pass in and out of an arChi-
tectural credit to this national city; a
building erected especially for the use
of the post office dePartment-the main
floor being arranged for the city post
office.
A movement is now on foot to erect
another home for the city post office,
because it takes up so much space that
the post office department is crowded
for room. 1t seems strange that our
alleged statesmen cannot see farther
into the future than they do in matters
of such Importance. The new building
would have been q good permanent
home for the city post office for prob
ably a quarter Of a century, maybe
longer. But 80 sooner was it erected
than the congress enacted that the
post office department should occupy
the upper eight stories. That was a
mistake.
As this great republic grows with
marvellous and irresistible momentum
! the business offices Of the government
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

Here is an interesting subject for
discussion by the village debating So
ciety. The Medical Record says that
in a small town in Warren county,
Ohio, twin brothers were born, one a
few minutes before midnight on De-
cember 81, 1900, the other a few min
utcs past - o'clock on the morning
of january l, 1901. The n~eighbors are
~quarreIirg as to what day shall be
celebrated by the two boys as their
common birthday, or whether the chill
dreu, being born ON different days in
different months, years, and even CEN
turtles, may be regarded as twins or
merely as brothers.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

in the national capital grows with e.
Every year the congress makes provi-
sion for the employment Of additional
clerks il all of the executive depart
ments, but provision is not made for
additional room in which these addi-
tional employees shall perform their
duties.
AS a practical example, it, may be
said that the new post Office depart
ment building was not planned with
proper consideration for the growth
of the rural free delivery service. Con-
sequently because Of the marvellous
growth of that new departure in mail
delivery the congress was recently
obliged to appropriate $4,000 for the
rental of quarters for that branch Of.
the public business; and an entire
floor Of a new building has been rent
ed on the north side Of Pennsylvania
avenue, just opposite the recently
completed structure in which the de-
partment is housed.
The postmaster general says that iR-
side of another year either the post
office department must be provided
with a new and adequate building, or
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

pie gazed with wonder upon this
strange and wonderful countries
through which they Travelled. Some
times they thought they would like to
stay in this place or in that but thu
wisdom of Those Above said No! and the
ship sailed on. Oh! it was a glorious
sail. Never before or since has any
people been so blessed and favored by
the People of the Shadows Above.
FINALLY the ship crossed the great
deep canyon of the Colorado river. and
my people were afraid of its vast
depths. Then the ship gently settled
down to the earth, where it is now
found, and our home was reached.
It did not seem to be a very beaUti'
full land, but it was given 20 us by Those
Above, and my people soon became con-
tent. We were shown the springs and
the ~watercourses, and we found tina
mountains covered with trees, and the
| rivers and creeks. So that when any
one speaks of our leaving u country
we are afraid and we cry: No, why
should we leave this land given to us
and which we love? Yonder is the shiI
in which we came, and lever until thai
ship sails away with us shall we leave
the land that we love SO weIl!'
"As soon as we were settled here
Those Above gave us some great sha'
mans, and one of them told US that VIZ
must always DO right, for the sun,
when it rises, would watch our every
action all throughout the day, and when
he went away at night it was to tell
Those Above all our evil actions, fol
which we should be punished"
Thus was the story of the great ship
finished. It seems strange that the
Navahos should love their country 50
much, for it is not a fertile and beau,
tifuI land, yet it must be confessed
that no people on earth are SO devoted
to their native soil as is this wild and
nomad tribe. A large portion Of The
land that they once roamed over has
been set apart as a reservation by
treaty and executive order. On june
l, 1868, a treaty was made and on DC
tober 90, 1878, and June 6, 1880, anC
again May II. 1892 executive orderr
were issued. The complete reservation
now comprises 1898 $50 acres. or 1903
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
Defendants Case Proved.

In an application for divorce Thorn
as r. Jones, of W~iIkesbarre, Pa, says
his wife's feet are cold. In her reply
Mrs. Jones says that Thomas is a
crank. In view Of the circumstances
it does not seem as if it would be
necessary to give the case to a jury.
Her contention seems to be proved,
while there are serious difficulties in
the way of producing satisfactory
proof of his assertion. It would hard
ly do to introduce the feet as "Ex-
hibit A." and, unless Mrs. Jones has
been married before, there would
seem to be insurmouutable difficulties
in the way of securing corroborative
evidence. Really, it would have been
far better if Mr.. Jones had given his
wife a pair of felt boots for noe
turnaI wear, and thus made the best
Of existing conditions.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
THE NATIONS MAIL.
It Arrives Every Day by the Ton
and Is Done Up in Bales.
Receipt and Dispatch of Government
Correspondence Keeps a Huge
Army of Clerks Busy All
the Time.
Especial washington letter.
EHHERE are very many unusual and

NdEhE are very many UNUSUAL anu
peculiar things about the post
IL office of the national capital.
One of them is that it's receipts are
vastly smaller in proportion to the
amount of business handled than those
of any other post Office in the country.
This is due to the fact that so ~
free matter is handled here. About
20 per cent. of the total mail matter
that passes. through the Office here is
free. All official communications with
the $4,000 post offices throughout the
union are, of course, free, There are
clerks in all of the departments con-
stantly addressing letters, papers,
packages and books to various por-
lions of the union for which no postage
is paid.
Then there is the matter sent out
under the franks of the 457 senators
and representatives. Much of the mat
ter sent out is very heavy, being in the
form of books and other public dOcu-
ments. As a result it is necessary to
employ the strongest men to sort the
mail at the Office here.
The postmaster in Washington is one
of the two postmasters in the cities OF
the United States who are not paid &C
cording to the receipts of their offices.
He is paid more than the receipts Of
the office would give him under the
general law, for the reason that so
much free matter is handled by the Of
fee that the receipts are no index to
the amount of business done. He re-
ceives $4,000 a year. The receipts are
about $75O,OOO a year, but if all the
matter handled by the Office were paid
matter the annual receipts would be
something like $2,250,O0O.
The other postmaster who is not
paid according to the receipts of his
office is the one in New York city. He
is taken out from the general law for
a reason directly opposite to that
which leads to the exception Of the
Washington office, viz: That the re-
! Ceipts of the post Office in New York
are so large hat he would be paid too
much.
And yet the post Office here does not
get justice. The postmaster, it is true,
is expected from the general law and is
paid a very good salary, but in the
matter of allowances generally the Of
fee does not get enough. 1t seems i'm
possible for congress to realize just
what work the Office does. 1t is sc
much the habit of men to measure
things by the money receipts.
For very many years the post ofic'
was located in perhaps the dingiest
Questioning and altogether leas
pretentious building occupied by an.
Office in a city of this size in the Unit
ed States. A walk through the room
which it occupied would show SINAI
and dimIy-lighted rooms, low ceilings
with the pIastering off in man,
places, and walls begrimed apparent,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

exceedingly angry at them, and when
ever they could they fell upon theIa
and slew them. My people did not
want to go to war, but this inhospita-
BILE reception made them angry, SO
they put themselves in war array and
fell upon their foes. But there were
few only of my people, and their enc
mics were so many that i: was not long
before they were in sad straits. In
deed, they would soon have been en-
tirely destroyed had not help come.
In their distress they called on Those
Above, and soon a messenger from
the sky anne to my people and said:
See you yOnder stone mountain?
Flee to it. 1t will be your salvation.
Climb up its steep, strong, rugged
sides and it will carry you toward the
and of the South sea, nearer to the
rising sun, and there your home
shall be-
My people were only too glad to
obey the message. They fastened to-
wards the mountain. Some who were
weak were enabled to fly towards it
ike birds, and they clung to its steep
sides and cIambered to it's top.
Then when they were all safe on its
huge bulk, the monster ship was taken
by Those Above, and it arose and sailed
Ucross the rivers and plains and noun
tains and lakes and canyons. Several
lays and nights it sailed, and my PEG
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
THE SHAMAN'S TALE.
Remarkable Legend of the Ship
Rock of the Navahos.
AnthropOIOEIsts and Historian Claim
That the Quaint Tradition Has
a Substantial Scientific
RRal2.
Especial Arizona letter.

II A WHAT a treasure house of
\\kV strange traditions the brain
Wv of an old Indian is. If one
can only get possession of the key
and claim entrance at any time, there
is never a day but hat he will be able
to put hands upon some quaint, queer
or fascinating legend. And these In
dian stories are more than mere stO-
ries. They are revelations of Indian
methods Of thought. They show how
history becomes legend, and, while we
may not be able definitely to separate
in these stories all that is legend from
all that is history, we can, at least, do
our Own thinking upon the matter
and arrive at our own conclusions.
On my last visit to the great r~eserva-
ton of the Navahos 1 became very
friendly with one of the leading men
of the tribe. He was a medicine man
"a shaman-of great power, and
known to the 10000 of his comPatri-
OTIS as Hah-tath-li, or the Singing and
Laughing Doctor.
He was full of stories, legends, my
tholOgy, history, and when we had
fully established our friendly relation
ship he talked to me by the hour of
these hidden and romantic treasures
of his mind.
Among other stories he told me this
of the great ship Rock of the Nava-
hos"
This rock is situated in the Nava-
no reservation, about 100 miles north,
west of Tohatchi-where we then
were-and some IS or 20 miles from
Carlo mountain. 1t is most difficult
| of accnss- and NV Informant assured
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
A Plausible story.

Lhdy-Why are you wandering
around the country, 1 should like to
know, instead of staying at home and
taking care of your family?
Tramp-You see, mum, my wife
had a very good servant girl-a reg
ular jewel, mum.
THAT doesn't seem possible"
There never was but one perfect
girl, and my wife had her, num-"
mercy! What a lucky woman!"
ayes, mum, so my wife often said.
But, you see, mum, the girl didn't
like me-"
"She didn't"
"No, mum. She said my wife would
have to discharge her or me, so she
discharged me-"
ooh, I see. Here's some money
n. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

a fire alarm sounded in the house
of hook and ladder truck No. 4, in
Newark, n. J., just as the driver,
Herman Hanke, was taking a bath.
He bounded out of the bath tub,
threw on a single garment-a long
India rubber coat-sHd down the
brass pole leading to the truckroom,
mounted the truck and drove to the
FIRE. The moisture on his limbs frogs
in the chilly air, but Herman didn't
mind a little thing like that. An hour
later he returned and finished bis
bath.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
Thu rnnIent Way Ont.

Mrs. Mangle Ito the hotel manageF)
If a package ONE to me from the
dressmaker's with $50 to pay, just pay
it, and charge it to sundries in my hus'
bands bill.
Manager-Certainly, madam; but
er-don't you think he might be suspi'
Cious?
Mrs. Mangle Cthoughtfully)-WelL
there is something in that. Perhaps,
after all, you had better charge it 70
his wine account.-Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

Beacon-That Miss Bangs in the
next fat has got a new piano.
Egbert-I suppose you a compare
her to a kitten now.
"How sop
why, I suppose she's playing all
The time. ''-YOnkers Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

VaseIine is the best rust preventive.
When a machine is laid away it should
have a thick coating, and when a
wheel is thus treated it can be
brought out in any weather and left
untouched for days. Nor is this all;
when the mud is at last wiped off the
enamel will be found beneath vR-
scratched and glossy.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

Good heavens!" scornfully ex-
claimed the young woman. Are you
asking me to marry you? You'll"
Eyes" returned young Spoonamore,
with spirit. "Why not? I've asked
Everybody else I can think oE."-Chi
sagO Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

"Your doom is sealed" said the
sheriff, solemnly.
doesn't matteFi" responded the
prisoner, absently. MY wife will open
E"-ChiCago Daily News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

An odd word she let fall
Makes me fear there's no hopa
When l popped, l recall.
An odd word she let fall.
You'll not find it at all
In old Webster's; tits Nope"
This odd word she let fall
Makes me feel there's no hope.
Catholic Standard ana Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

He Con his knees)-DarIing, I love
you with all my heart, with all my
soul, and with all the strength of my
being.
She-Are you in earnest, C~larencei
He (reproachfully}-In ~earnestl
Say, do you think I am bagging my
trousers this way for fun?-Puck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

81 wouldn't be guilty of doing a
favor for a man and then in q day
or two asking him to do me QUE"
mo, nor I; I'd ask him right
straight off, before his gratitude gets
q chance to cooL"-IndianaPOlis Jour
ual.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

He-Going shopping, Miss Wander
Welt?
She-Yes. I'm going to buy some
pretty pictures for my room.
He-Why don't you buy a half
dozen mirrors? Then you would see
a pretty picture whichever way you
Understandable Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

The burglar looked around with pride.
And silently admired
His latest job. He had in truth
Left naught to be desired,
N. Y. Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

What is 'SuCcess'in this strange life7
Pray tell US what II means.
With some tbs wine and t]eTTapln;
with others, pork and beans.
Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

'What do you think of a man who
~overdraws his bank account"
ut isn't much to his credit
Town ToR IS.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

she-It's queer that Mr.. Smith sank
when he broke through the ice, when
he was such an excellent swimmer.
He-Well, you see, he had just eaten
one of his wife's biscuits.-ChicagO
Inter Ocean.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-07-31

Hon. D. Frank Efrd of this county
has been elected President Of tie
South Carolina State Alliance. The
other officers a,e: w. N. Fielder Of
York, Vice President and Lecturer;
J. W. Reid, Reidsville, Secretary and
Treasurer; j. F. Nesbitt, Lancaster,
Delegate to the National Alliance;
A. c. Lyles, Carlisle, Member OF the
Executive Committee to serve three
years.
During last May an infant child of
our neighbor was suffering from chol-
ear infautum. The doctors had given
up all hopes Of recovery. I took a
bottle of Chamberlain's 5 Collie, Cholera
and Diarrt &c, Remedy to the house,
telling them I felt sure it would do
good if used according to directions.
In two days lime the child had fully
recovered. The child is now vigor,
GUS and healthy. I have recommed-
ed this remedy frequently and have
never known it to fail.-Mrs. Curtis
Baker, Bookwalter, Ohio. Sold by j.
E. Kaufmanu.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-07-31
THE MULE HAS CHANGED.
But 1t Took the Barbcd Wire Fence
so Reform Him.


so Reform, Him.
':Speakin OF nevis AID barbed wire
fences" said the colonel as he slipped
at his julep, I'm jest a-tellin you that
the mewl has changed about in pow
erful way durin these last 90 vars. He
amt no mo- like he used to be than day
is like night Yo' don't find him head
down, ears fappin and half asleep like
yo' used to. Jest undergone a complete
change. Change begun jest as soon as
we introduced barbed wire fences on
our plantations and been goin on till
yo' find him as he is today. That's
what he was waitin fur, and that s
what's made him over. If we'd had
barbed wire Il hundred years ago, the
southern mewl would have made US
all rich long ago. Twenty Vars hence
the thoroughbred horse can't hold a
candle to him. Befo' the days Of barb
ed wire the mewl had his own way
about everything. Yo' might stick
bradawls into him, stir him up with Il
pitchfork, lash him with any sort Of
whip, and he'd hunch his back, flap his
ears and beat yor game. He'd never
found anything he couldn't buck up
against, and he never expected to.
when we got the barbed wire fences
it was the beginnin Of the end. He
walked up to 'em and smelt Of 'em and
figured that they wouldn't last week,
but he got left. He was used to rub
bin against slivers, but those nails
took hold in different way. A prod
with q pitchfork jest tickled him, but
when he leaned up against a hundred
sharp pointed nails he was astonished.
"He was mean and obstinate and
sulky and onery, and he fit that wire
fur five or six vars befo' he'd give in.
He left hair and blood On every rod Of
fencin in the south, and in his mean
ness he'd jest tanGle hisself up and be
found dead, but lie had to come to it
at last. Yes, sab, he'd found. some
thin he couldn't chaw up nor rub off
nor break down, and when he realized
it a change sot in, and he was a diff
ferent critter. Can't say nothin ag'in
the mewl no mo-. All the meanness
has gone out Of him. and the day amt
far off when angels and nevis will
appear together as emblems Of happi-
ness and innocence" NJ. QUAD.