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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-14
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never
Suspect It.
10 Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy Swamp.Root Will
DO tor YOU. Every Reader of The State May Have
Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mal

I! used to be considered that only urinary
ana and bladder troubles were to be traced to the
nearly all diseases have their beginning in the
dis9rder T,,s OF these most important organs.
q, me ne, Kicneys inter and purify the blood-thnt
1T Therefore as fore. when your kidneys weak or
your entire body Is aft ected. and how every
organ g n,ns. seems ms TO- . fail to do its duty
ing tSe Sf kidney Sady begin % ss
Swamp Root because as soon as your kid
neys are ar well well they win help all the other
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds of diseases and IL permitted
are sure to follow. Kidney trouble irritates
the nerves. makes you dizzy, restless, Sleep
less and irritable Max es you pass water Of
ten during the day and obliges you to get up
many times during the night Unhealthy kid
hSder eruSe na,n nr @ gravel catarrh Of the
and muscles: makes our head ache and back
acne acne causes indigestioo II. stomach and liver
makes you feel as gh you had heart trou-
BILE; you may have plenty OF ambition, but no
The cure for these tr oubles is DR.. Ililmer's
Swamp-Root. the worl d famous kidney reme-
help to Nature. for Swamp-Root is the most
perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys
that Is known to medi cal science
If there is any doubt in your mind as to your
condition, take from your urine on rising
let II It IN sass
amination 1t is milky cloudy, IL there Is
brick-dust settling. or If small particles flont
date attention.
swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals. recommended by ply
sicians In their private practice, and Is taken
by doctors themselves who have kidney all
ments. because they recognize in 1t the great
est and most successful remedy for kidney. Iiy
er and bladder troubles
If you are already convinced that Swamp.
Root Is what you need. you purchase The
regular ffty-cent and dollar size bottles
at the drug stores ever ywhere. Don't make
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-14


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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20

U! Stuart Robson II is aid ihst 10 Lis
youth be vss iocorrisibie % . practical
iehef. He wss travelling 10 Easlsad With
friend. . small man c.lied Bin, one
simmer. and on The Liverpool irsin II III
ieii ssleep. While be slept Rob.on stole
bis ticket from his pochsL la . little
While she conductor Vas TO be seen sp
proscbias.
Tickets. BIN Go, ont your ,iele,i
Bobson said.
Bill, after = frantic search, said With an
oath, tbst bis ticket vas lost.
Robson then advised him TO escsps
paying bis fare by hiding under the seat.
This B!li decided 10 do. snd when the
condnc.o: sppesred be lay on bic back ou
the fl,or q1iie invisible
Robson surrendered both tickets, where
upon the conductor said;
Here srs two tickets. Where Is your
friend, sii2
Uador the seat there, the sctor snswer
cd. l don't know why he wanted TO
avoid yoa.
The conductor, surprised. looked un
der the seat, and Bill smiled n him
sheepishly. and then crswled swk wstdly
io,tb.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20
STATE NE W 8.

The Missisquoi pulp mill at Sheldon
Springs 10 tied up by the strike Of ito
employees for higher wages.
The Vermont Christiaa Temperance
Uoion institute will be held st the Spring
Grove camp grounds. New Haven, Aug.
1920. Mics Belle Ksstney Of Mississippi
nstionsl lecturer Tor the W q 7 U. viii
DO one Of the speakers.
The management Of the Bethel Electric
Light and Poser eompsby hes been pat
into the hsDds Of . receiver The imme
diste necessity Tor this step Is the recent
destruction oi vsIusbie msobinefy which
most bs st once replaced snd the 10 X OF
iunds 10 meet the expense, The oom psny
is doing large busiaess.
Their were two drunks gol into the Bat
land jail 10 90 uousosl msnnef Sitordsy.
The i'll vss cleaned snd the doors Iell
open several hours TO give the place "a
string. Late Saturday evening the ofi cefs
wepl TO clsse the pisoe and found thst
Frank Bellsny while drunk hsd walked
into oue OF the cells end taken possession.
He hsd addressed sbd gone 10 bed. A
little latter Ds1iel j. Adams, slso drunk.
vs found 10 the ps!roInsn's locker room.
Adams ssid be uss tired OF high license
md vsnted 70 bs locked up.
Henry q. lie. OF The Philippine com
mission, left b. Jobnsbnry Monday night
Ior Washington. enrolle 10 bis pos. 10
Msbiis. H. vill ssii from Ban Ffsneisco
Angus, ls Donng biz slsY 10 bs, Jotns
bury Judge Iis hss bseu engaged 9th sn
,ssistsut 10 preparing . ievsSne lev for
ibs Philippines. He hes the msssurs veil
arm ulsted snd doubtless will oorsalt
nth The suthorisiss Washington Goa
'sssiss u.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20
Public scoldlng.

! cherish story onoe heard In Scot
land, said . we'll known snthor . story
that is. think. typical OF q certain
portion Of the people.
This story concerns . minister who
caught = member OF bis congregation
sleeping aud rebuked him from the
pulpit. Awske Saunders, he said. Man,
rs disgrace 10 sleep IN the kirk.
Saunders Was much hurt. He spoke
up and said;
Look TO yer ain view sn msyhap YEN
dnd i.hets sleeping here besides myser
The minister looked. and there WAS
his wife slumbering souodly. He awsk
ened her, and be told Saunders that II
she fell asleep sssin he might call stten
ion TO ber BY holding up his hand.
Then he proceeded WI b his sermon.
Some weeks went by, and one Sunday
Saunders. sure enough. put his hand
up. The wife was asleep again. The
minister thundered ont her name. bsde
her rise TO bel feet and said 10 her before
the whole congregation.
Mrs. MacGregor. anybody kens thst
when got ye for Q wife l got no beauty.
yer friends ken got no siller. nov. II l
dinns get Gods grace l shall have . pair
bargain indeed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20

t.sli % opening. nor the, sih rvsrd The u
frsshins stream shosld b sllosed TO pa
sus lie osn bcoeAeens vsy.
Mrs. Clsvson coniibued 10 isush u
shs slass the lantern over bsr srm and
picked hsr Wy 10 tho tool shed, vber,
she bed fonad the hoe bali % boar b.
fore.
4, hsd grovn very DARK. When she
started dosn the hill che could hardly
see three lee, shesd OF bsr.
come siisr yer. Sue, her husbands q
voice on. Of the shsdos OF % apple
tree, /, there sDyihiog the matter with
yshf
Nottin thn I'm aware Of. she replied
In . noI.commiisl tone.
Yeh sin'i sick, are ysb, 6nei Well
people don't wander around after DARK.
People should mind their own sd,irs.
fsther, che replied.
Would you mind my taking the lantern
Suei
She thought she heard 3 pots oi
covert triumph 10 bic voice.
Tske IL iiysh wsui. she spoke indifIsr
emily. I'm cold, l vent to get back 10
the house.
Il, took The lantern from her srm.
She watched him outiously - bis dark
figure stumbled up the bill snd stopped
over the broken wsll.
When be returned 70 her nie be said:
Why didn't yeh tell me2 IL done |. fer
yeh.
Done wbsti she asked. He burst in
TO lsush. u wss the nrst lsush Of nn
slloyed satisfaction be had eri,yed for
yesrs.
Bhe elutched lie arm.
l expect yeb'll hold that over my besd
like the s~ord Of D,nocles oil the rest
OF my liie. Tbst wall broke itself,
Dunctl
They hutri,d down the bill. He was
in the lead torisht holding the lantern
down close 10 her feet.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20

l,hs oait
No. hs's 10.
Then III ssii na,il c,u zee him.
VI course, yoar sslcOme, bu, yeuTi
hsvs 10 vsi, some ,ime
Bat yen say hes ins
10 be ia.
Well, Shall call sssin-
Yes. vben he's oal
Bat want 10 tina him 10.
fon can, he's 10 jail.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20
Too Small to Obey.

When certsin couple were married
the wife was sixteen years old and big snd
buxom. The husband was two years her
senior. bot elm 10 tbinness and not up TO
the average 10 height. Ten years passed,
and the couple got slong IS we'll ss many
couples do. bat the wife was hard 10 msn
sss. With the flight OF time she became
isrser, while her theoretical lord sad mas
ter added not sn inch 10 bis s.stue nor IN
ounce to bis weight. One dsy be wanted
her to do something. and che refused. ~
first quietly. then vehemently snd finally
sIplosively. Ill no. do 1t. she declared.
snd ia like TO see you make me.
Bat. Msris, expostulsisd her husbsnd.
when you married ms didn't you prom
Ice TO obey mef
l did, she replied, Then. sizing mp
bis diminutive proportions, she added.
But l expected you'd grow.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20
A Tvine perplesing.

TIE following conversation 10 ssid 10
hsve taken rl,os bstseeo . school board
oiicsr 10 . tosn per Pbiisdslptis end
woman u whose hoase be called.
Gan see yonr busbsndf
No, yea cart.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20

Ssells-So she married him 10 reform
him2 How did she begin2
Bells-By spending = lot Of money.
You know how hsrd II - for q rish man to
enter the kingdom Of heuven
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
A CORNMAkER.


The Kind of Ear That Is Most Pro-
ductive-A Large Cob Liked.
perfect, well developed, standard
ear, a variety that is capable of max
ing the greatest possible amount of
shelled corn per acre, must not be
shorter than eight inches in length;
the grain must not be less than half
inch in depth of grain-three-quarter
inch would be better. We are partial
to a large cob-in fact, we do not care
how large or how long as the depth of
grain is maintained. 1t is farther
around a large cob than a small one,
hence there is more room for corn,
writes G. II. Turner of Mississippi to
Southern Cultivator.
Short ears invariably have deep
grains and long ears just as invariably
have shallow grains. The ears chosen
for seed should be even their entire
length and well filed out at both ends
and should yield 90 per cent of grain.
1t is possible to get 100 ears that will
shell three bushels; it is possible to
get grain so firm and solid that a
measured bushel will weigh upward
of sixty pounds
Weight of Ear and Depth of Grain.
The weight of our ears of corn ranges
from one and one-half to two pounds
per ear, the depth of grain from half
inch to seveE-eighths of an inch in
depth, and the grain is always solid
enough to weigh upward of fifty-six
nouudS IN thp bushpl
While the grain should be solid
enough to weigh well it should at the
same time be soft enough to be easy Of
both mastication and digestion, yet not
soft enough to rot in the field badly.
We have this much to say about
seed corn for the reason that maximum
yields can never be obtained per acre
Unless the seed is of the very best.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
womax,s Sense of Humor.

1t certainly seems that in much OF
the hunor of women there is a trait
closely allied to the retort courteous, as
shown, for instance, in the following
citations. 1t was Il woman who, en- re-
vanche and with gentle satire, said, 81
am sorry for Aan; just at that awk-
ward age between the ape and the an
gel" Another woman it was who re-
marked after reading the Carlyle let
ters, Yes, it is true; Mrs. Carlyle was
a martyr, but she wasn't good mar
tyr or we'd never have heard of it."
Better known is the anecdote of the
learned and fastidious New England
woman who, being in need Of pin,
was asked by friend, who was some
what in awe of her, what kind of pin
she wanted and hit off the situation
wittily with her indignant reply, ''The
common white pin of North America"
In all these instances one may discern
something of "the look downward" 1t
would be interesting to know if this
is characteristic of the humor of the
sex.-Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
Care of Puppies.

Puppies after weaving will keep
strong and healthy and will grow fast
If fed only on fresh buttermiIk and
corn Tread. with soup instead Of the
buttermilk twice week, till they are
five or six months old. Do not feed
them sweet milk. Keep the puppies
where they can get plenty of exercise.
Do not crowd them. Arrange their ken
nels so that they can go in and out Of
their sleeping quarters. If fed in the
same vessels, some dogs get more than
their fair share of food and lose their
manners also. Fasten a number of
chains where they eat at such dis
tances that no one can reach the other;
then feed in Individual pans. Give lit
tie medicine and plenty of exercise,
and you will then have strong. healthy
dogs. An hours run every day in the
year in the fields and woods, weather
permitting. is essential to good health.
-Outing
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
LACEMAKING.
On Old Legend That Tells OF the
Origin of the Art.

Lacemaking is by no means so old an
Industry as most persons suppose.
There is no proof that it existed preyi-
Gus to the fifteenth century, and the
oldest known painting in which it ap-
pears is a portrait of a lady in the
academy at Venice painted bS Cas-
paccio, who died about 1923. The leg
end concerning the origin of the art is
as follows:
young fisherman of the Adriatic
was betrothed to a young and beauti-
full girl of one of the isles of the Ia
COON. Industrious as she was beauti-
full, the girl made n new net for her
lover, who took it with him on board
his boat The first time he cast it into
the sea he dragged therefrom an exqui-
site petrified wrack grass, which he
hastened to present to his fiancee. But,
war breaking out, the fisherman was
pressed into the service of the Venetian
navy. The poor girl wept at the depar-
ture of her lover and contemplated his
last gift to her. But while absorbed In
following the intricate tracery of the
wrack grass she began to twist and
plait the threads weighted with small
beads which hung around her net Lit
tie by little she wrought an imitation
of the petrification, and thus was Gre
ated the bobbin lace.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05

We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in
that country that the art Of felting
wool was first known, and from the
most remote periods the art was car
ried on by the orientals. In India,
China, Burma and Siam hats are
made of straw, of rattan, of bamboo,
Of pith, of the leaf Of the Tallport
palm and of large variety Of grasses.
The Japanese made their hats Of pa
per. The modern hat can be traced
back to the petasurs worn by the an
cient Romans when on Il journey, and
hats with brims were also used by the
earlier Greeks
1t was not until after the Roman
conquest that the use of hats began in
England. \ "hatte of biever," about
the middle Of the twelfth century, was
worn by one of the mobiles of the land.
Fraissort describes hats and plumes
which were worn at Edwards court
in 1910. when the Garter order was in
stituted. The merchant in Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales" had "on his head
a Flaunderish beaver hat" and from
that period onward there is frequent
mention of felt hattes'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05

Ruskin has said somewhere in the
'Fors Clavigera" that extreme nicely
in pronunciation and the use of words
is vulgarity. There can be no doubt
of it. At any rate, to prefer a fine
word to a plain one or common one and
TO say what you have to say in a SO
called fine style rather than in a nat
ural style is a sure sign of small cul-
ture and of no taste at all. If speak
er or writer is up to his work, he will
trust for his effects to his clearness of
thought, strength OF argument, force of
imagination and power TO use the Eng
lish language easily, directly and with
common sense correctness. Grammar,
diction and style are the three things
which make the difference between
good writing and bad The grammar
of the language must of course be ad-
hered to, but adhered to not in the way
In which a servant obeys orders by do
ing simply as he is told. but as a man
who knows in himself what he has to
do.-London News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
Origin of aHoosier.n

An Indiana man who was being
taunted about the name of his state,
"Hoosier," gave this explanation Of it:
"When the young men or the In
diana side of the Ohio river went to
Louisville, the Kentucky men boasted
over them, calling them new purchase
greenies,' and claiming themselves to
be a superior race, half horse, half alli-
gator and tipped off with swapping
turtle. These taunts produced fights
in the market house and streets of
Louisville. On one occasion a stout
bully from Indiana was victor in a
fisP fight, and, having heard Colonel
Lehmanowsky lecture on The Wars of
Europe who always gave martial
prowess to the German hussars in
fight with the Russian Cossacks, pro-
nouncing hussars 'hoosiers,' the In
dianian, when the Kentuckian cried
'Enough. jumped up and said: 81 am
a hoosier And hence the Indianians
were called by that name. This was
its true origin. l was in the state
when it occurred. d."-Chicago Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
Saved by Eirefiiea.

The gigantic tropical fireflies which
swarm in the forests and canebrakes
of most of the low lying West Indian
islands once proved the salvation Of the
city of Santo Domingo. A body OF buc-
cancers, headed by the notorious Thom-
as Cavendish, had laid all their plans
for a descent upon the place, intending
to massacre the inhabitants and carry
away all the treasure they convenient
ly could, and had actually put off their
boats for that purpose.
AS they approached the land, how
ever, rowing with muffled oars, they
were greatly surprised to see an inf
mite number of moving lights In the
woods which fringed the bayou up
which they had to proceed, and, con-
Guiding that the Spaniards knew OF
their approach, they put about and re-
gained their ship without attempting
to land.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
ArricnItnrnI Notes.

Eastern states, and notably Pennsyl-
vania, are going more extensively into
beef growing.
The short peppermint crop has
brought the price to the highest point
ever recorded, according to trade au-
thority.
Late fall plowing is what hard, stiff
soils need.
Abolish dropping boards" advise
some of the poultry experts.
Massachusetts packing houses are
said to be ready buyers of home grown
pigs.
Very dry road dust is the only form
of earth that will kill lice and that
hens will bathe in.
A good onion crop is reported for.
Ohio.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
LONDON'S GREAT CLOCKS.
The ImmenSity of Mig Den and the
LAW Courts Timepiccc.

The lmmeuSity of Big ben and the
LAW Courts Timepicce.
How many of those who look up at
the figure of Nelson will believe ust
the statue of "our greatest sailor is
three times as tall as a living man?
Nothing in the world is so deceptive as
distance, rs Il run round London with
Q footrule would show. Nobody, so
far as one knows. has ever yet been
found to believe that Big Ben is over
seven yards across the dial. that the
hands are together twenty-five feet
long, that the minute hand jumps
seven inches every time it moves, that
the five minute spaces measure nearly
two yards and that each of the dials
weighs four tons. You may spend
day staring hard at st. Paurs before
you will believe that the ball over the
domr will hold twelve men and that
the cross above it is ten yards high,
ten yards above the dome and weighs
a ton and a half. Yet footrule and
the deans permission are all that you
need to be convinced that these things
are not what they seem.
Every one knows how impossible it Is
to fix the distance of n ship at sea or
a fire on dark night, when the con-
trast of tire light with the surrounding
darkness brings the vision near
though the fire may be miles away.
Who OF all the thousands passing
along the Strand today will believe
that party of workmen breakfasted
in the law courts clock before 1t was
fixed in its place to tell London the
wrong time?-St. James Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
Fashions In Butter Color.

4 bright, reddish yellow color in but
ter has come to be popular of late, the
result OF using a dangerous aniline dye.
OF course natural butter is of very
light amber color, but for reasons not
easy to explain this tint is not popular.
People demand golden or else reddish
tint. the public taste in this regard hav-
ing become steadily more marked. The
butter in the market today is several
shades darker than the average of fif-
resents merely an additional percentage
of dye 1t is a curious fashion, and as
reaction against it one notices that
the butter served at the best class of
restaurants and hotels is almost white
Exchange.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05
Mourners In Rcd.

There can be no doubt that in the
dark and part OF the middle ages red,
and not black, was the favorite mourn
ing color throughout Europe. Even
down TO the end Of the fifteenth CEN
tury the change from blood red to
black was not complete. though black
cloaks were worn over red clothing. In
Abyssinia the mourning color is a red
dish brown. In Turkey it is violet, a
color closely allied to red. 1t is Curl
GUS fact that among the Maoris of New
Zealand red is the hue Of sorrow. In
earlier times mourners daubed their
bodies with red juices when they fol-
lowed chief to his grave, and even
the resting places of the bodies were
also colored red.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-02-05

marry yo' an meF
Miss Priscilla sprang TO her feet. Her
face was crimson with anger.
"Sam1 Clayton, amt yo' 'shamed ter
insult me i'm yO'r own house? Do yo'
think that's what come over here ferf
Shame on yo'.'
And, covering her face, she burst
into tears.
Fer the Lords sake, 'Cilly, now
don't do that l wouldn't "a made yo'
cry fer this farm. Course yo' didn't
come here fes that. I've ben wantin'
ter say this howsumever, ever sence
said it that time 50 long ago. But yo'
know yo' wouldn't ever let me talk
bout it, I'm lovin' yo' all this time,
an, Percilly, yo' jest can't know how
lonesome | am"
Miss Priscilla wiped her eyes and
looked at him.
"That broth made yo' n heap better
didn't it, Saml?"
a 4heap better" he answered smil-
ingly.
well, yo're well 'nough ter leave by
yo'rself. amt yo'?'
"The excitement of yer goin' away
would upset me, I'm shore"
anyhow I'm goin', Saml."
"Yo' amt give me no answer to that
question, 'Cilly' \ Yes said good an
strong, would cure me-"
I'm goin' home an do the milkin' an
feed the chickens an do the chores"
Il hate ter stay by myself mother
night, that l CO. ] he'd sech a oncom-
Portable night has night"
"Yo' pore manr' she said kindly.
well, as l was sayin', I'll go home an
do the chores, an while I'm there I'll
change my dress. think I'll hook up
old Belle-I amt ust ter Kit-an' I'll
send Bob Codron over ter stay with
yo' while I'm away. I'll hev his wife
come too They'll do fer witnesses. yo'
know"
DO yo' mean yo're goin' ter hev me,
Percilly?" he asked eagerly.
Il reckon do" she answered, finger
ing her sunbonnet.
"Cilly, they's one thing | wisht yo'd
give me fore yo start, somethin' ter
keep up my strength till yo' git back"
He looked at her wistfully.
More beef tea, Sam'l?" she asked,
but there was twinkle in her eyes.
''Yo' know better-somethin' l asked
yo' fer an tried ter steal long time
ago.
She hesitated for an instant, then
leaned over and kissed him.