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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-22
Getting Away From Home.

judging by good deal of the con-
versation Of the present day. there
are large number of people who have
positive horror Of home. This curl
Gus revulsion of feeling is taken by
many persons as sign of deterior-
alton. For our own part we find it
difficult to take it quite seriously or to
see in it anything more than a pass
ing whim.
Nobody nowadays likes monotony.
Change is what people desire-not
perhaps any great change; but lots of
small change; not necessarily for the
better, but for it's own sake. Now,
there .s great sameness about one q
four walls, be they ever so handsome.
We I'll fea: at times an overpowering
desire to look at something else. We
cannot change the patterns or the pic
lures on them every day, and neither
they nor the home furniture ever
seems to alter in expression.
Again, there is terrible ssmeness
about ones own cook. Experience
enables Us 10 foreteii the taste for
everything at home, from the soup to
the savory, if we are rich, and from
the mutton to the cheese, i: we are
poor: whereas, if we dine at restau.
rant everything, down to the salt, is
different. and the retaurant is refur-
nished daily with new faces.
Then, again, the music and stir
going on around one avoid the neces.
sity for much conversation, and con-
versation in the home circle is some
times difficult and sometimes dull.
1t does not do always just to say what
one thinks, it is such bad practice for
dining out, and this being the case.
it is notseasy sometimes to think what
to say.
Nowadays We get, socially speaking,
tired of our friends and even of our
acquaintances. We want them 10
pass continually before us like street
procession. Instead of that they
rather resemble stage crowd and
keep coming up again. There
is limitsto those we know, limi,
even to those we should like or should
be likely to know even by sight, and
at restaurant this latter limit is dis.
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me permission to take my own way in
this matter aud l have done 80. As
each one Of you brought yo1r grist to
mill, l took out as much grain as I
thought your proportion, and laid it
away for the salary. When the har-
vest time was over, I sold it, and
have paid the minister regularly from
the proceeds. You confess that you
are no poorer; SO you never missed
it, and therefore made no personal sac.
riice.
"Now, l propose that we stop talk
ing about poverty, and about letting
our minister 60. and add enough to
his salary to make us feel that we are
doing something"
Oh, for miller in every church!
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Naggcrs and the Nagged.

An Iowa minister has left his home
and now his church, because, he says,
Of nagging wife. OK course. he has
read in the book of faith that "a con-
:inual dropping in very rainy days
and continuous woman are alike"
If, understanding this, he has not
held so long as he ought the umbrella
of patience and resignation TO shield
his clerical head from the downpour,
he will b. duly reminded of the fact
from numerous pulpits. The Iowa
case is really not enc for ex-parte and
long-distance judgment. 1t is fact
of general significance, however, that
the insane or ncurasthcnic husband of
a nagging wife is very familiar sub
ject of medical attention. The nag
ger is not always wife-not always
even woman. There is reason to
believe that the discomfort Of nag.
ging is not less than that of being
nagged. To what extent the vexa-
tion can be avoided in both ways by
the exercise of determined self-re.
straint it is worth any victims while
to find by personal effort.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-10-22
THE Shabby Church.

The Church Economist says: A
Church that in the Gilbertian phrase
is sufficiently decayed," one that is
real ruin, ivy-grown and ghost
haunted-has an attractive qualitye
Such ruin is carefully cherished,
and cry Of horror would 90 up if
some vandal set out to put it into
good working order.
But the Church thatis simply shah
by has no friends and deserves none.
It's dingy -7alls and ceiling, it's peeling
paint, its broken and leaky shingles,
its filthy carpet or flooring, ite ragge d
and dog-eared hymn books-all speak
reproaohfully of Indifference and neg
lect.
Alas that the shabby Church is SO
frequent. Often it stands, in mute
but eloquent ehame, on city corner or
country roa'! witnessing to man con
tempt Of Gods house. How can His
glory be manifested in such despised
tabernacle :?
In our peregrinations we sometimes
come upon sacrilegious contrasts; the
shabby Church on the one side, and
adjacent to it the beautiful mansion
and neat lawns Of the Church officer,
who would blush to see his barn Of
stable look as shabby as his Church.
God does not require house. But
it His people undertake to offer Hin
one, they take serious risks to them
selves if they fall into the sin o.
| Cain.
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SE YL00(C \ ! I

Shylock was the man who
wanted a pound of human
flesh. There are many
Shylocks now, the GONZALES
cent, the consumptivc, the
sickly child, the pale young
woman, all want human flesh
and they can get it-take
SCOTS Emulsion.
SCOTS Emulsion is flesh
and blood, bone and muscle.
Itfeeds the nerves, strengthens
the digestive organs and they
feed the whole body.
For nearly thirty years
SCOTS Emulsion has been the
great giver of human flesh.
,''e will send you couple of
= ounces free.
SCOTT q BOVINE. chemie.o.
4o9-4I5 Pearl Street, New York;
soc. and es.oo; all druggista.
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NO '1C ,

Mr.. A. T. SKELETON has hs.,,
engaged by the Anderson Mutual a E,a
insurance Co to inspect the build;nous
insured in this Company, and SI w!11
commence work on the first Of .1MIal mLli
Poiioy.holders are requested to bay.
their Policies at hand, 80 there viii w;lI
De no unnecessary delay in the in II.
epection. -o III
ANDERSON MUTUAL FIRE M
SURANCE co.
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The MiIier's Story.

The following story is very old, but
very profitable. Would that every
Christian would do for himself what
the miller did for his constituency.
A worthy miller was once panied
by hearing that the minister was
going away for want Of support, the
church having decided they could no
longer raise his salary. He called a
meeting and addressed his brethren
very modestly, for he was one of the
poorest among these comfortable far
ners. He asked if the want of mon
ey were the only reason for this
change, and if all were united in de.
string the services of the pastor, could
they still keep him. There was but
one voice in the reply. The pastor
was useful and beloved; but the fock
was poor!
Well replied the miller, II
have plan by which 1 can raise the
salary without asking one Of you for d
dollar, if you will allow me to take
my way to DO it. I will assume tie
responsibility for one year. Have
your consen,?'
Of course, they could not refuse,
although they expressed surprise,
knowing the miller to be but poor
man.
The year drew to close, the min
lister had been blessed in HIS labors,
and no one had been called on for
money. When they came together,
the miller asked the pastor if his
wants had been supplied and his sal
AIRY promptly metz He replied in
the Affirmative. When the brethren
we're asked if they were my poorer
than at the beginning Of the year,
each one replied, NO" and asked
how they could be when their church
privileges had been so mysteriously
paid for. He asked again: SIS any
man here any poorer for keeping the
minister?" and the reply was the
same as before.
"Then," he said, brethren, / have
only to tell you that you have paid
the salary the same 90 you always
did, only moro Of it, aud with greater
Ipromptness. You remember you gave
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Peoples Friend!
Who?...The Dollar

DON'T fail to see the grand Axel Ma. F.
chine that w. nj. Wallace has purchased
to save people money on their Buggies,
Carriages, DC. This Is the greatest Ma
chine that has ever been invented in this
country. It caves you putting Oh now
Axel Points. This only costs you $500
to make your old Buggies ride like new
ones. Don't fail to come to ace ue. Also,
will shrink your Tires for 37ac. each, and
guarantee satisfaction. Horse Shoeing a
specially: You will find Us below
Jail, on the corner.
W. Nj. WALLACE.
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repeating his insulting language, Nor
dicai again knocked him down, his
eyes being blackencd and other injur-
les inflicted. Friends again separated
them, but the affair had now gone too
far to be settled in anyway except on
the field Of honor.
"Upon his arrival at Aome young
Mccarthy was questioned as to the
cause Of his injuries by his mother, a
very brave woman, and upon his re-
lating the story of his second encoun-
ter with Mordical, Mrs. Mccarthy
said to her son
Page, this will never do for
this McCarthys. You must fight this
man.
"Said he, Mother, l have retreatcd
in this affair SO long that | ain afraid
no one will carry my challcugc to my
opponent-no one will act as my sec
ond.'
If 20 one else WILL, said the
mother, I will carry it myself. III
be your second"
She sent for two friends Of the
family, and the challenge to mortal
combat was delivered to Mordcai that
very night. The old fair ground in
the western outskirts Of Richmond
was selected as the place of meeting,
and the time was set for daybreak the
noxt morning.
promptly at the appointed time
both parties, with their seconds aud
the doctors were On the field. Aquarter
of mile back from the scene of the
action, behind n chump Of trees, in
her coach and unattended except by
her two negro servants, sat the intre-
pid mother of Mccarthy. She had
come to see her son honor vindicat-
ed, to see the stain upon the McCar-
thy name wiped out. Her son was
apt to fall, to be killed, even. To
her an unayenged insult to the family
name was worse than death itself.
Being away some distance she could
not see we'll, and she had instructed
her servants to 20 forward and hasten
to her with the news OF the result as
soon as shots had been exchanged.
"Mordicai, being the challenged
party, had selected pistols. AS the
word to fire was given both men dis
charged their weapons, but without
result. At the second Ere, however,
Mordicai fell to the ground mortally
wounded. Mccarthy was also slight
!y wounded III the hip ut the second
shot. AS soon as the men had fired
the colored servant hastened to the
side of his mistress, cxclaimiug:
Mister Mordicai am dead and Marsc
Page is shot in the leg. Hurrying
home the fearless mother hastily sum-
moned two surgeons, and when her
wounded son arrived she had every
thing prepared for his safety and com
fort. Mccarthy was guarded at his
home by the authorities until ho was
we'll enough to appear in court. He
was fined $500, with the alternative
OF six months imprisonme The
fine was paid, Of course, and Page
Mccarthy was once again free man,
and the Mccarthy name and honor
were avenged. 1t is true, however.
that Mccarthy ever after seemed
weighted down by melancholy that
was as pronounced as it was immova-
BILE, and people said that he was never
again a happy man. ."-Washington
Post.
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Whipping for Crime.

William A. Pinkerton, head of the
great detective bureau, declares that:
''The most dangerous criminal in the
world is the one who invades the
house where you and your family are
asleep. In SO cases out Of 100, he
will kill you if you wake up or make
an outcry. He will take no chance
of capture. l have always contended
that that class of crime, as we'll as the
"hold-up' that comes up with pis-
tol and either kills or robs you, there
can not be too severe punishment. I
think we should have o public whip
ping post in Illinois, just as they
have it in Delaware. Some years ago
a party Of swell criminals, with silk
hats and kid gloves, went down to
Wilmington and attempted to rob a
bank. They broke into the cashier 8
house to get the keys and tied all the
members of the family except negro
servant. She crawlcd under bed,
but left her feet sticking out. They
grabbed her by the feet, but she man.
aged to jerk away and ran out of the
house and down the street screaming
murder! 'watch!' and as a eonse :.
quence those fellows were surrounded
and gathered in.
"They were tried and sentenced to
ten years at hard labor, several hours
in the pillory and 40 lashes on the back.
The whole criminal world was tIemen-
dously excited and exclaimed, why,
you amt a-go;ug to whip Big Frank
and Joe Kilrain and the other fellow
(whoever he was)! It can't be pos
sible they are going to do thatl But
they did it, all the same, and they
put it on good and plenty. Every
time they laid the whip on their backs
they cut the skin and the blood ran
down in streams. Then they nut
them in the stocks, where everybody
could look at them. Since then there
has been but one bank robbed in Della
ware, and you don't hear Of any safe
burglaries or house robberies down
there. Why? Because the crooks
are afraid Of the punishment. They
keep clear Of Delaware. They would
rather go to prison for ten years than
to be whipped once. and take no chan
ces. 1t would reduce crime 35 per
cent. in Chicago if we could have the
whipping post. The police force
might be reduced one-third.
II do not know what the outcome
of this tramp question is going to be.
1t is very serious question, and one
that has got to be taken up with a
very heavy hand, because year after
year they get bolder, and, as I said
before, let anybody attempt to inter
fere with them IN their work and they
will shoot him down. Ny remedy
would be the whipping post. I have
been criticised for that statement,
but strong abuses require strong rene
dies. Delaware is the only place
know of where the whipping post is
used and there is less crime there
than anywhere else"
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regarded. The barrier Of good man
ners which forbids that those who are
acquainted with one another should
speak is sufficient 10 protect our sta
tion or our dignity, but it is not a
very high fence, and it is one which
it is amusing to look over.-London
Spectator.
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C5ose connection at Calhoun Falls for all poinh
9n a e. a. L. Hallway, and at spsrtanburg for Bon.
For any information relative TO tickets. sa 4
Ernest Williams Gen. Pnss. Agent. "A uaustA AGs
T. "a. Emerson .Trafno Manager.
y. heese Fant, Agent, Anderson. sc. i
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OUR NEW THE SETTER

CAN tighten your Tires while they
are cold without taking them of
wheels or taking out bolts, Leave
the wheels in perfect shape and dish
just right. Can do the work in one
third time it requires the old way.
Don't wait till your wheels are ruin
ed. Bring them on and see how nice
ly we can do the work.
PAUL E. STEPHENS.
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- A woman's grace is what the
Lord makes it; her shape what she
herself makes it.
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: Last year the two chief Bible

= Last year the two chief Bible
societies working in China sold no
less than 3,106, ,295 Bibles, New Testa-
ments and single portions. OF these
over 100000 were in Mandarin,
over 100000 in the classical style, and
and the remainder in the various Chi
nese dialects, Thibetan and Mongo-
lian.
- When a ayoung girl begins to con.
fide to her mother how silly it is for
other young girls to pay any attention
to boys, that is the time for her moth.
er to look out for her own little girl.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-25

the board of public works; Fred
Drackett, chief of police, and William
Burnett, chief of the fire department.
Mayor Brenton of Des Moines. al
though present in Boston, did not al.
tend the ceremony.
In addition there were present on
the platform the officers of the Fore
River company, many government Of
ticials, national, state and city digni-
taries, and foreign naval attaches.
The launching party and other
guests left Boston on a special train.
Shortly after noon the launching
party mounted the launching stage
right under the massive bow of the
ship.
For an hour or two before the party
reached the launching stage the work.
men of the yard were engaged in
knocking away many of the shores
and braces, until at last one single
block alone held the great ship. Al
given signal Miss Carelton cut the
rope which held this piece of timber
with a Ratchet made from the iron
ard mahogany used in the construc.
ton OF the ship. Scarcely had the
rope been cut when Miss Macomber
uhShcu lllo DOlllc vi
AGAINST the steel bow with the words:
I christen thee Des Moines."
The big vessel hesitated but a few
moments and then proudly started
down the ways. The plunge into the
river was made gracefully and was
hailed by deafening roar of cheers
from those in boats and on the shore.
A number OF tugs were ready to tow
the vessel back to the pier. At the
conclusion of the launching lunch
was served to the invited guests. Mrs.
P. B. Durley, in honor of the launch.
ing, read poem written by Major s.
H. NJ. Byers of Des Moines.
Good humor and generosity carry
the day with the popular heart all
over the world.-Alexander Smith
When a woman becomes interested
in man she believes she ought &c
own him.
Married life is a plain dish that
requires a tip-top dressing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-25
HENDERSON NOT
A CANDIDATE
Announces His Withdrawal
From the Third Dis
triCt Contest.
FEELS is UNJUSTLY TREATED
Finding That His Views In Respect TO
Treatment of Trusts Are Not In Accord
with Many of Party In lows, He Feels
II His Duty to Decline.

Dubuque, Sept. 17.-Speaker Hend.
erson. finding that his views in re-
spect to the treatment of trusts by
reducing the tariff in whole or in part.
are not In accord with the views OF
many Of his party In Iowa. yesterday
declined to accept the nomination for
consfess. and has withdrawn from the
race. The following letter was ad.
dressed to c. e. Albrook. chairman Of
the notification committee. Eldora.
Ia. by Mr.. Henderson:
MY Dear Sir: l have never an.
swersd the kind notice communicated
BY you and your associates advising
me OF my nomination for the eleventh
time by reclamation as the republican
candidate for congress for the Third
congressional district of Iowa. Re
ported conditions in the public mind
IN my district upon public policies, in.
duced me to make the delay. Since
my return to the district have made
careful study as to the sentiment In
the district and state, and I believe
there IL no little sentiment, and q
growing sentiment. among republicans,
that do not truly represent their
views on the tariff question. Believ-
Ing this condition to exist and knowing
that do not agree with many of my
people that trusts, to which am and
have been opposed, can be cured, or
the people benefited by free trade, in
whole or In part. l must decline to &C.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-25

this power has been conferred, by Q
system giving to the government q
full knowledge which is essential for
satisfactory action. Then when this
knowledge has been gained, what
further steps of any kind are neces-
sary can be taken with the confidence
born of the possession of power IL
deal with the subject, and of a
thorough knowledge of what ought
and what can be done In the matter.
The president added that the states
must combine to meet the problem,
and the easiest way is through the
government by constitutional amend
ment. Eut without constitutional
amendment much can be done by law,
which should provide publicity and
personal supervision.
He assured his hearers that the
president in dealing with the trusts
handed Justice.
Alaska was bought for s7,2o0,O00,
and IL has already supplied $3.50. 000,.
j0O in gold, furs and fish.
Germany IL preparing for trouble.
This year she is drilling $4,000 re-
,erve troops, double the number she
iIlileu Two years a6o.
The liquor license Is high in War
ensburs, Mo. That town has three
licensed saloons, each of which pays
$4,000 annually in the municipal
treasury.
A huge black spider CHANGED to be
concealed in the stocking of Mrs.
susie Dalton, of Pittsylyania County,
Va, as she drew on the hose. In
sery few moments she felt puncture
and then her leg began to swell. Two
hours later she was dead, from blood
poisoning.
physician of Philadelphia men
ions the case Of a man who could be
made to dream OF any subject by
whispering about it into his ear while
he slept. It is a well known fact that
persons who talk in their sleep will
frequently answer questions II spoken
TO softly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-25
LAUNCHING OF
THE DES MONIES
Largest War Vessel Ever
Launched in the Old
Bay State.
MISS MACOMBER CHRISTENS
National and Interstate Party Honors the
Glad Ocoasion-GOyernor Cummins and
Party and Mayor Brenton and Party In
Attendance.

Des Moines. Sept. 21.-The Reg.
lister and Leader prints the follow
ing special from Quincy, Mass:
The cruiser Des Moines was launch
ed from the yards of the Fore River
Ship & Engine company shortly after
noon today. Thousands of people
saw the ship plunge into the water
and for some time after their cheers
echoed along the river banks. Miss
Elsie Macomber of Des Moines, with
Governor Cummins of Iowa. standing
by her side, smashed the traditional
bottle of champagne against the steel
prov of the cruiser, while Miss Clara
N. Carleton of Haverhill. Mass, cut
the ropes which held the last keel
block and started the ship down the
ways.
The Des Moines is the largest war
vessel ever launched in the waters of
Massachusetts, and the first war ves-
selbuilt in for 100 years.
She is the first of the vessels under
construction by the Fore River Ship
& Engine company. In honor of the
joint Interests of the two states In
the vessel two young ladies' were