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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
USE LETTUCE DAILY.
Then. Says Medical journal, You Arc
Proof Against Smallpox.

Then. Says Medical journal, You Arc
Preet Against Smallpox.
Don't forget that lettuce is pre-
ventive of smallpox.
So far as it is possible for a hu-
man being to be protected from
catching smallpox lettuce is a pro-
lection.
No need for vaccination whatever.
Any person who eats small quanti-
ty Of lettuce twice day, morning
and evening, is as well protected
against smallpox as it is possible for
any one to be.
To be sure, one ought to be clean,
ought to live in ventilated rooms
and avoid dirt of all sorts; also avoid
contact with people who have small
pox. Foolish exposure to the con-
tagion of smallpox is not to be
thought Of But there is o need
for vaccination.
Go calmly on about your business.
Provide a small quantity of lettuce
morning and evening, and you can
feel sure that you have protected
yourself and your family in the best
possible way against smallpox.
Lettuce is one of the oldest vege-
table remedies known to the med
ical profession. Long before it was
used as food it was used as medi-
cine. Many times it has been claim
ed that it has magical or miracu-
lous powers to prevent contagious
disease. We believe this is carrying
matters altogether too far. But let
tuce does furnish to the system ex-
actly what is needed to protect it
against the poison of smallpox.
We defy any one to produce a
case of smallpox that has been con-
tracted by any person who made
daily use of lettuce as food. If
there is any such case on record we
would be glad to hear of it.-Medi-
cal Talk.
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Sheep.Shearers OF the West.

Some Of the wandering sheep shear
ers Of the Western sheep raising
States have acquired wonderful speed
There is o record Of one man who
sheared $50 sheep in single day.
The average of each man is about 100.
The men never tie the sheep. They
seize it By the legs with the left hand,
throw it SO that they squeeze it firmly
between their legs, and almost before
the sheep has begun to bleat the
fleece is falling in great, fluffy masses.
AS soon as the last clip of the shears
has been made the shearer kicks the
fleece out of his way, the struggling
sheep is released and races off, and
another one is bundled in.
1t is great sight to see the wool
wagons 60 over the plains to the near
est shipping point. The distances are
so great in many cases that it is ne
cessary to haul as big load as posi-
BILE. Consequently the wagons are
laden With bags on bags until they are
piled high up like towers.
It is common thing to have load
SO immense that ten horses have to be
harnessed to it, and as many as twen-
ty-four horses are needed often.
While many of the sheep growers
own immense ranges and occupy fixed
territory, there also are many tramp.
herds that wander from sea.
son to season, browsing on the way.
In the winter they move toward Tex.
as. In the dry summer they may 60
as far as northern Wyoming or Idaho.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
Got His Desserta.

Mr.. Jones had just taken high
degree in a secret society to
which he belongs and which carries
on its meetings in the still hours
of the late night and early morn
ings. 1t was 8 o. m. when he reach
ed home and found Mrs. Jones, con-
tfary to custom, sound asleep.
"Wake up, Maria!" he shouted,
brandishing new sword which had
been added to his regalia. "Wake
ZIP and congratulate me. am now
a prince of Jerusalem!"
Mrs. Jones sat up and looked at
her husband by the waning light of
Q 8 o'clock moon and the night
lamp: tUs'ssssHsa@s' -sss.~.-,-----
"Jepthe," she said in voice that
chilled him like Manitoba cold
wave III January, "when q man
comes home at this hour of the
morning and says he is a prince of
Jerusalem, there is something the
matter with him, and he should be
treated accordingly"
And he was.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
THE BATTLE ROYAL.
"Reminiscences Of Cockfiahtins Days
In the South.

IN cne south.
What bullfghting was to the
sports of Spain cockfghting was to
Tie amusements of the old south.
Great care was taken by the old
AMI young planters in the rearing of
birds for the cockpit. They were
most careful in selecting well proved
strains and in training them for the
pit. Many of the plantations had
their game poultry yards, and the
gentlemen were as proud of their
zane birds as they were of their
horses. They were always ready to
pit their birds against all comers
and frequently "backed" their Prov
ess with large wagers. Nearly all
the villages in the south had their
cockpits, but New Orleans and Mo-
bile were the special sporting CEN
ters for the whole south.
The real gamecock is all that the
name implies. He will fight to the
death; he never surreHders and new
er gives quarter. A whipped game
cock is pretty certain to be q dead
one. From the time q brood of
chickens have attained sufficient
age for the little cocks to begin to
try to crow the game spirit begins
to make itself seen. The little birds
begin to fight for the leadership Of
the brood, and these struggles con-
tinue from time to time until the
chicks are full grown. When they
have attained their full growth
there is always a decisive contest,
which is always a bitter one, often
lasting for hours, and only saved
from fatal results by the absence of
epurs, which have not yet had time
to grow. This is always a battle
royal, and the victorious cock, with
scarcely enough strength left him
to stand, manages to utter weak
crow of victory and is given his
place at the head of the brood and
is honored by being declared ''cock
of the walk" Should one of the
negroes be so fortunate as to wit
ness this s'big fight" he is envied by
all the negroes upon the plantation
and delights in showing off the
"fne p'ints" of the cock Of the walk.
After this fight the cocks are put in
training, which hardens them for
] endurance and lets them get age,
both of which are very essential in
the pit.-R. F. Smith, ST., in Ma
4 tional Magazine.
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A Long Way From Home.

A minister one day got into con-
,yersation with a British soldier, of
fwhom the minister asked a lot of
questions as to what regiment he
was in, where he was lying, etc. Ul-
timately Tommy thought it was his
t:azn 70 ask few questions. ''Noo,"
said he, "Aa would like to know
what ye are" 81 am soldier,
too, said the minister. "Aye? AM
what regiment are ye in, an where
5is't. lying 2? The minister, pointing
to the sky, said, ssMy regiment is in
heaven = s Man." replied the SOL
dier, ssbnt thoo's lang way frae
the barracks !" ss aS
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Old. World Customs.

Ludlow, England, is among the
Jew spots that keep up old world
ways. Every Sunday morning the
mayor repairs to the Butter Cross,
attired in his robes of Office, and is
met by two mace bearers, who lead
the way to the corporation pew in
the parish church. The chief mag
istrate is accompanied also by such
of his colleagues as choose to do
their worship in state. The custom
mas continued, with o break of q
few years only, for three centuries.
There is another old custom which
Ludlow maintains -the workmen's
bell rings at 6 o. m. daily and cur
few at s p. m.-London Star.
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Crack Shots.

An English officer was Dragging
bout the crack shots in his corps.
"Oh, that's nothing to the way
b shoot" said an American. "I
flong to o comp ", of 100 men,
Rd every week we ID to 60 out to
aactice. The cap. would draw us
J in single file and set cider
aarrel rolling down hill. Each man
pk q shot at the bunghole as it
%ned up"
51Well?" asked the Englishman.
a"Oh," said the American, "then
as barrel was examined, and if
#re was a shot found that didn't
"A into the bunghole the man that
d it was expelled. I've belonged
1.-THE company ten years, and there
~ been nobody expelled yet"
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WHERE THE DIAMOND WENT.
A Hunting Yarn About Which the
Hired Man Was lncreduious.

Hired Man Was IncreduIous.
eff you will examine this ring"
said the man explanatory, 'you
will find that there is no diamond in
it. 1t is merely setting for a dia-
mond. / will tell you the story of
the way in which L lost it. 1t is
rather strange one. You would
hardly think it, but it is hunting
story. was visiting at country
place, shooting quail, when it hap
pened. I aln left handed. l had
therefore put my shot in the left
hand pocket of my coat. You will
observe that / wear this ring on my
left hand.
81 was out hunting when l saw
quail just ahead of me. Thrusting
my hand quickly into my pocket,
brought out enough shot to load
my gun.
81 fired. The quail dropped.
"Before I could reach it to pick it
up my attention was attracted to
hawk circling slowly about. AS I
looked, of sudden it swooped down.
snatched up the quail 1 had shot
and flew away with it.
thinking little of the circum-
stance, except, of course, that I re-
gretted not securing the quail, 1
went back to the house.
"There was great excitement
there. l was told that John, the
hired man, had just killed a hawk.
The excitement was not over the
killing of the hawk particularly.
but over what he had found in it
when he cut it open. It seemed that
the hawk had swallowed quail
whole. At least that was what had
been found in it, whole quail.
"But here was where the strange
part came in. Upon cutting the
quail open they had discovered moth
ing more nor less than a little dia-
mond, which had evidently by some
means or other been wrenched from
its setting.
GAS soon as I heard this story T
bethought me of my ring. I looked
at it, and there was the setting as
you see it now, without the dia-
mond.
II at once, and naturally, con-
nected the diamond found in the
quail with that lost from my ring.
l went to John and showed him my
diamondless ring. He handed me
the little diamond that had been
found inside the quail which had
been found inside the hawk. 7
placed it within the setting. It fit
ted perfectly.
'1t was my diamond evidently,
but do you know I could never get
that hired man to believe it. Re-
Peated!y explained it to him. T
showed him how easy it was, in slip
ping my hand into my pocket for
the shot, to scrape the diamond out
of the ring and so load up the gun
with diamonds mean with the
diamond along with the shot. I
showed him my left hand with the
ring on it, the shot in my left hand
pocket because of the fact that I
am left handed, but to no avail. He
laughed at the idea as preposterous,
and as for giving me back my dia-
mond-such an idea never entered
his head. If that ring went without
diamond till the crack of doom,
he said, he would never give me that
one, and as he still has it in his pos
session to all intents and purposes
he evidently meant what he said"
New York Times.
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Tie Weight Of the Rope.

Agassiz as young man was once
lowered by some other young men
down steep place in the Alps. They
first made sure that he was not too
heavy for them to lift again. When
the time came for him to be drawn
up, however, they found that they
could not acoomplishit. They had for
gotten to count the weight Of the rope.
Men let evil into their lives. They
can lift it out again, they say and efter
it mas been down just a little. they
draw it up again to show that they
can pull i. es: when they wish,
or to change the figure about, they let
themselves down into evil and then
climb up to show that they can. But
little by little they let evil down into
their souls OF, they themselves are low
cred deeper into evil. AT Last 20 their
anazement there is no escape. The
rope weighs too mnehs Evil is in
them 80 deep; they are in evil 30 deep
that there is no extriostiop, a
Happily, we let good down into our
lives so deep that we esnnot draw it
out. The weight Of the long rope
Of habit by which It has been lowered
is beyond our power TO lift, and We
have good imkadded in us immovably.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
Revenge Il. swaes.

@ Fiss. Al It's hat do you Think
My last picture has beeH bought by
my personal enemy, Dobson,s the art
critic. l;.3i & .l5fis
Second Artist 7 es, j hea, d him
lecture OF it last night. IS,
First Artist But you didn't
know that he doesn't even suspect i
painted it.
Second Artist Y Yes; he explained
TINT he could use It 20 illustrate er-
rors ii art, as il was anonymous. u. u.
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s - - AS the Wise man knows dc! ID 8
TOOL he is miserable; the foot imsg.
ines he is wise and 10 happy. 5sS; 5aSSs
81 Any man can make A fool of him
sell; allhe has 20 do is 20 act kittenish.
More fesh can be whipped OF q
horse in one day than dan be fed on
An week. :3s i &
Never forget that ssone Wits God
So majority. b
Many . woman loves her husband
sless than Her husband ,,s III
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Avoiding a Dispute.

'iece Showing the wedding pres
J to Uncle George) Il wanted
to see, them all, dear Uncle
'rge, so that you won't send g
|icate. Duplicate wedding pres
are 50 very annoying, you.
(ncle George H'ml What's.
lece- That's papa's check for
D. Isn't it lovely Il
3ncle Gorge Very. I intended;
End the same thing, but rather
I annoy yon with a duplicate
knt I'll send you s100. London
Sits. .l.l
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06
stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock hold.
eTs of the Fidelity Building and Loan
Association will be held at Farmers and
Msrchants Bank on Thursday, April 7th,
1904, at 5 O'clock D. m.
j. Z. WAKEFIELD. Jr.. Sec.
March 30, 100, al
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-06

B TIL is estimated shat ont Of 1000
people in ordinary life four per cent
Of the men are left.handed and eight
per cont Of the women. This2robably
results from : TOO liberal Interpretation
;ofs the Biblical admonition NOT to let
tho right hand know what the left
hand is doing.
ss 81 Too many men spend their money
before they gat III. Ss
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one 81 FOX. Resors..

4 was sell dom if ever at q loss
|retort, and q story is told how,
canvassing Westrninste he.
I'd to q shop keeper forhis vote
interest The man produced a.
:, with which he said he was;
4 to oblige him. s. Thank you, IS
IA Fox, for your Kind offer.
should be sorry to deprive you.
q valuable 9 family piece. ~;
pa Stand dard ss 81. & ss3s SE.33 q
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Stops Cough and Works off the Cello.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No
Pay. Price 25 cents.
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Meeting of Stockholders

The annua' meeting of the Stockhold.
ers OF the Riverside Manufacturing Com
pany will be held a. tho office OF the Com
pany, In Anderson. 8. c., on Thursday,
April 2ls., 1904, at II O'Clock. Stockhold,
ers who cannot attend IN person are re-
quested to sign proxy and send to some
stockholder 80 that they may be repre-
sented. Respectfully,
ID. =. McBRAYEK,
Pres and Treas
March %, 1904 40
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Cheapest Laundryin the City

I do hrst-olass hand work, and guarau.
90 satisfaction to every patron. My
prices are reasonable, and I want you to
give me trial order. Will call for and
deliver all clothing free Of cost In the
CITY.
l07 West Earle Street. Telephone 1876.
. Dec 10, 1908 20 sm B.
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A Bright Boy.

Judge E. Fl Gary, the chairman of
the executive committee Of the steel
combine, used to live in the Illinois
town Of Wheaton.
"One day in Wheaton," Judge
Gary said recently, II took dinner
with clergyman and his family.
'rhe clergyman had eight-year-old
son called Joe, and Joe was very
bright boy.
Look here, Joe,' I said during
the course Of the dinner, I have q
question to ask you about your father.
"Joe looked gravely at me.
"'All right. I'll answer your ques-
tion, he said.
Well, said 1, I want to know
if your father doesn't t preach the same
sermon twice sometimes
Yes, think he does. esid Joe,
but the second time he always hollers
in different places from what he did
the first time. F"
= Fish make excellent brain food
and those that get away make monu-
mental liars.
= Almost any wife is willing to
compromise by letting her husband
do as he pleases.
- Some women don't care what
their husbands say as long as the
neighbors don't hear it.
= Many q fool man expresses his
willingness to die for woman who
wouldn't even take in washing for
him.
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Page Woven Wire Fence Co.,
Adrion, Mich.
General Repair Shop.

ALL kinds OF Blaoksmithine. Wool
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Tires and Rubber Horse Shooting. All
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men. We don't claim to be the only
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for itself: Work and Prices guaranteed.
Call and see our work and get pYices.
Bring. your Buggies aud have them re-
paired and made as nice and good as paw
for Spring and Summer drives.
Yours for business,
J. P. TODD.
r. S.-Horse Shoeing Speciality.
March il, 1908 38
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OPIUaa, WHISKEY, AND ALL
DRUG HABITS
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Mr.. r. n. Brown, OF DeQneen, Ark. says:
"Over seven years ago was cured Of the opium
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very beat OF health since"
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Mrs. Virginia Townsend. of Shreveport, La,
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J.W. Quattlebaum. Ernest F. Coch ran.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-19

Ii IS believed no service pension Law
will he enacted This session
COL Wi'Gam r. Cody Hrnaio Bn1
has entered sui- FOR divorce. atleEin
that his Olfe tried to poison nim
\ coroners jury foun ltta, Abraham
Newman. rich diamond aealer. who
WAS found dead in his oif -'n SsH-
cry. hai been poisoned
rilut Carl BeseAo of che German
army his fortune son.. save Circus
party then poisoned ais wife. iatsn-
to. TWO sons ana himself
APOSTLE Francis 81 Lyman rules-
went "A severe crosse Namirs 'lcn Ny
Senator Hrar al che Smco- inquiry.
Tits stated within hvc weeks aN le-a.
details wiu he arranged for tle beg d.
Ming OF work on the Panama Canal
Secretary Tart declares sixto Lopez
cannot return TO the Philippines under
any prctext until no takes the oath OF
allegiance.
Justice Clabaugh. OF the District OF
Columbia Supreme Court i hearing
proceedings in the suit OF Pension At
torney Henry D. Phillips. against cx
Commissioner Evans. for 800 900 dam
ages.
Further details OF the Hous" c'm
mittee'a investigation into pos,Otfics
affairs were made public.
John Kennedy. the train wicker
| who was TO have been hanged Friday
| escaped from stanton jail.
I The Methodist Episcopal Confer
] ence meets II Alexandria next Thurs
DAY
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-19
NgwSV cLgtNiNcS

hiibustering expedition Is 20 leave
france soon Intending 10 seize a strip
OF Brazilian territory.
The Marbichead Mass National
Bank went into liquidation after an
existence OF i0O years
Two large Dunkard colonies are %
ne established ia Northern Texas by
thc Santa 70 Railroad.
Eight hundred cement fnishors went
ora strike AZ Chicago. Ili. Tor q wage
Increase ~ ten cents ara hour
Water In the Platte River. in West.
orn Nebraska. recently rose to to. Ugh
c~t point in twenty three years.
Ta- food no PittSburg has reccdei.
tie cold wave having checked rise OF
rivers. Total damage about $50 o'-1.
Leading iron ore interests % ths Su.
prrior district. failed an New York 20
a-rrf on prices for the coming secs son.
About $3.50 Chicago painter. ro on
strike nf~au~@ they cannot agree With
th-I- employer. on the wage question.
Massachusetts, was paid SlGll.1fo hg
The Government for expense incurred
ln raisin- troops during tue civil War.
More than eso iaborer- n Nev lors
Went nu strike because of "a ,,1-. dis
put- Ult1 tlc Mason Builders A.-,e.a
Non
Four moro victims - th. Iofri Oar
au-ton collapse in Nes NorN ,ffr ucr,
found uriu-ias the total of death, ur
, 90 twruty.onr
Two employees % the War Depart
mrnt wore Recently shot hH paroi.1
luuat.. who was il~Arme1 ht Lieu
Tenant General Chaner
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-19
OLD DOMINION NEWS.
600 Miie EIeetric Line.

Richmond. Specialize Corpora
ton Comm sslon issued charter 10
the Scaboard Traction Company. com
posel principally % Norfolk capital
lists 20 operate an electric passenger
and freight line 500 miles long De-
tween Richmond and Portsmouth
and through the principal truck and
peanut sections % the state. The
capital stock is Gxed a, $50 90 min
iuum acd $500. 900 maximum. In
shares Of 800 each Work "a 10 D.
started Immediately. say the pro
motcrs
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-19
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters OF General Interest IN
Short Paragraphs.
Down i'm Dixie

Norih Carolina has decided 60 estab-
iish another Saii-fcst farm
Marx Dunn. murderer 90 Alfred Fe1-
con. of Rusltille. Mo- vas hanged al
So Joseph NO.
u stated senator n. x. Tliuan b.
uof -e 1fer.ng a. rapidly As F-s eV-
p'. t'I from aa operation On his throat
Mas. Eva Alternately. formerly no Pet
rrsDurz. VI. 81 insane in New York. os
result. b. D. stated. ~ the blft1 0f
li children before she was rs years old.
Governor Montague appointed MAJ
Robert " Hunter as Secrefafr 90
che virginia Military Records
Baltimore. Special The Dhs s.ciaus
81 aftentanre upon FORMER Governor
Russell. OF North Carolina who "a a
patient af John Hopkins. report Mon
usy rtsht that Afr Russell s IN sn im-
proved condition.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-19
TelcgraDhic Briefs

Wesley NJ. Oler. OF Baltimore was
elected president of the American Ice
Company.
Or. Won KOerber. the Austrian Pre-
mler. made pessimlstic speech AT the
opening OF the Reichsrath.
Fire az Bocas del Toro. Columbia. de-
strOyed 100 buildings. including the
American consulate.
Governor Odell's Shipbuilding Trust
securities were sold at an apparent loss
OF sl29.790.