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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-18
RUSSIAN THEATERS.
Where People Can See Plays For a
Sma.i Price.

Whero People Can See Plays For q
Small Price.
1t was between acts at the thea
ter. The man just row ahead did
not think much of the show, and he
was determined that every one with
in easshot should know his ideas On
the subject.
"That fellow ought to 60 to one
of the peoples theaters in Russia"
remarked man to the friend with
him. "There is where one gets real
dramatic art in the rough, and it is
pretty rough at that. l visited sew
eral of them when I was over there
few years ago. The country towns
in Russia abound with them, and
several of the big cities have them.
But one has to get out into one of
the little towns to get the real worth
of his money. In such place the
theater is generally q large wooden
building with a thatched roof and
little squares Of tin nailed around
the door by way of ornamentation.
Inside the men sit on the right and
the women on the left, and the way
the babies yell is u caution. The
plays are mostly Of the blood and
thunder sort, beginning like day
in June and ending like a political
caucus. The actresses quarrel over
turns and the honors are carried
OF by some young man with long
hair and an overfed ambition. Aft
er the agony is over fat man with
a flushed face tells the audience how
low down a man must be who will
drink whisky. Then they 60 home.
ooh, no, they are not all like that.
Some of the buildings are of stone
and are very nice, and the perform
ances are of much higher stand
ard. The admission charges are al
most incredibly low-about one
fourth of a penny in our money.
Think of it!
'Probably the finest of these peo-
ple's theaters is in st. Petersburg.
It is called the Peoples Palace of
Nicholas II. and is fine building.
Englishmen visiting St. Petersburg
generally visit the theater.
81 have no doubt that these thea
ters are the means of accomplishing
much good in Russia by keeping the
poor people interested and away
from worse resorts. The example
might perhaps be followed with ben
eficial results in other countries.
"But there goes the curtain."-
New York Tribune.
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MOCHA COFFEE.
Most of IL Taken by the Sheiks and
Governors of Arabia.

Most of It Taken by the sheika and
Governors of Arabia.
'I don't believe there is a pound
of genuine Mocha coffee on this con-
tinent," coffee merchant informs
me, cor that 200 people in this
country haze ever tasted il unless
they have at some time visited Ara
bia and drunk it at the table Of some
sheik or governor.
"The true Mocha is the finest cof-
fee grown. It has delicious flavor
that makes it as superior to the very
best of other brands as silk is supe-
rior to cotton, but the crop is ex-
tremely limited and hardly ever
more than satisfies purely local de-
mands. Some Arabian coffee may
find it's way to this country. It may
even be called Mocha, but it is not
the real article, I am sure, and none
of us have ever had it here, though
we do get the best of other brands
that are grown in Ceylon and Java,
and that means some mighty fine
coffee. 1t is not Mocha, however,
for the whole of the true Mocha
crop each year wouldn't supply the
coffee demands of one ward in ST.
Louis alone for a period of six
months. The best and plumpest
berries of the Mocha growth, those
with the most exquisite flavor, are
eagerly taken by the governors and
sheiks in the vicinity, and they have
to get their orders in in advance. so
that they may be sure Of their an
nual supply. The second grade ber-
ries go to the wealthier citizens, not
of the governing class, and the
third, or poorest, grade berries,
which are not much superior to the
best Java coffee, are sold to the peo-
pie, and the demand invariably ex-
ceeds the supply tenfold.
Sometimes few pounds of this
cheapest grade Of Mocha find their
way to Constantinople, but it is
very, very seldom, and I don't be-
ieve an ounce of it has ever got any
farther west than that. We get the
best coffee grown, apart from the
Mocha, but the local conditions
which prevail where that coffee is
raised prevent us from obtaining
any, and I hardly think the real
thing will ever be found in our mar
ets."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
.crat.
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CHINESE EMBROIDERY.
RespIendent With Pearls, Cora, Beads
and Gold Thread.

RespIendent With Pearls, Cora, Beads
and Gold Thread.
"P'utz" is the name given to a
richly embroidered square Of silk
worn as a badge on the breast and
back of dark colored pelisse by civ
il and military officials of China, as
well as by their wives. Every square
embroidered "p'utz," being indica-
tive of rank, belongs to either the
civil or military order, the two great
social categories of the Chinese en-
pire. In the former, naming them
in proper order, stork, gold pheas-
ant, wild goose, crane, silver phcas-
ant, egret, partridge, quail and blue
jay are exclusively depicted, mostly
standing upon a rock in the midst
of waves and looking toward the
sun. Each Of these symbols is con-
fined to one of the nine grades Of
the upper ten. In the second divi-
sion quadrupeds alone are allowed.
They include in proper rotation the
ch'ilin, or unicorn lion, leopard, IT,
ger, bear, and tiger cat. The color
ing is also specified by the strict
sumptuary laws of the country.
4 beautiful specimen of this en-
broidery recently on view in Lon
don was about the size of large
meat plate and was resplendent with
pearls, coral beads and gold thread.
1t displayed stork, wrought with
seed pearls of a good size and flying
toward fiery wafer in coral, stand
ing for the sun. Rocks, clouds or
waves, deftly simulated by few
streaks of gold thread and cunning
stitches in floss silk, occupied the
background, while on the brimlike
border, between double line of
gold passing, couched with red silk,
were arranged in circle pearl bats,
torto;ses and other symbols Of lon
gevity, frightened up with coral
eyes, riveted on the sun. No fewer
than 10000 bored pearls were used
in this rare sample, intended for
mandarin's robe.
Clouds and running water con-
stantly appear on the embroidered
robes of the grandees of the far
cast. The way these mysterious
waves are made to run straight OF
across helps to tell approximately
the date OF the work. Apparent
trifes are of the highest Importance.
The director general of the Yellow
river, for instance, could not don
at random robe bearing an out
burst of water escaping from
breach above the level of the sur
rounding country. Itwould be con-
sidered by the superstitious bad
omen or a warming against want
of power in the officer to control the
most ungovernable river of the en-
pire. He is, therefore, bound to dis
play on his garments calm, limpid
water, made to glide horizontally.
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The Maid and the Bell.

The maid had just come over
from Ireland, and Brooklyn wom-
an engaged her. A bell hung in the
girls room, and the morning after
her arrival her mistress rang this
bell to get her up.
But the maid did not get up,
though the bell rang and rang. F.
nally, therefore, the mistress arose
herself, and, slipping on a dressing
gown, she fastened to the new serv-
ants room.
There, wide awake, the maid lay,
laughing at the top of her lungs.
"What on earth are you laughing
at, Nora ?" said the mistress.
"Faith, num-" Nora answered,
'I'm laughin' at that bell. AS shure
as I live I haven't touched it, an.
just see-it's wagglin' yet."-New
York Tribune.
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STILL AS A MOUSE.
An Amin al Adase Not Founded on tho
Facts In the Case.


Facts In the Case.
Of all restless creatures on the
face of the earth, the mouse can,
when it will, be the iveliest. But
do we not persist, we grown people,
in gravely asking of child that it
snail be cas- still as a mouse"
Don't be as active or as noisy as
mouse" is what we should say to
those young folk who willfully dis
turb our peace.
In all honor to the time worn
adage, q sleeping mouse only may be
as still as other sleeping animals.
We dc not dispute it. But the
mouse awake! The mouse in the
wall at work, tooth and nail, to
make passageway into a human
beings bedroom at dead of night!
The mouse trying in vain to escape
from the waste paper basket into
which it is invariably attracted by
curiosity, from which it can never
find the way i'll silent haste! Are
even the tanned mice still-unless
sleeping? Was the mouse ever
known to move slowly in crossing a
floor? Did it ever gnaw in silence
or tread softly over the papers and
other rustling materials on which it
delights to disport itself?
Stiffness means more than vocal
quiet. Yet the mouse, poor crea-
ture, can squeak when frightened
OF when hurt, and mice have been
known to sing, as it is called. The
adage, as we very well know, does
not refer to the still, small voice of
the mouse at all. It refers to the
"still" ways which, we have conclu-
sively proved, are not still. The
quickness of the mouse helps it to
escape its natural enemy, the cat.
Nature is good to every creature.
She has, of course, given the mouse
fair chance for life. The cat sue
ceeds in catching it's prey only by
the exercise of the greatest watch
fulness and by wonderful quickness,
SO cat and mouse are fairly matched.
When does the mouse trot along at
slow rate Of speed? Never. Is it
willing, if awake, to stay still for
any length of time in q given place !?
Never. Let us suppose that in a
thoughtless moment the poet, Mr..
Clement c. Moore, had happened to
write:
Twas the night before Christmas. when
ell through the house
Every creature In stirring was still as a
mouse.
The funny part of it is that we
might even then have believed that
he intended to show us q quiet
house. How is it that an adage con-
tinues to mean to ones ear what the
thinking brain has years ago shown
to be untrue in fact?-Our Animal
Friend.
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Timing an Eaa.

Cooks are often accused of want
of method, but the Aunt Dinah in
Howard Pauls egg story is not open
to any such reproach. Invariably
when she put the eggs in the sauce
pan she began singing Crock Of
Ages" and sang through two verses.
"Aunt Dinah," asked Mr.. Paul, ''are
there not three verses in that
hymn" .'Dar is, massa, but I sings
only two when I wants 'em soft and
three when I wants 'em hard" His
other egg story is good too. He was
travelling on Pennsylvania railway,
and when his breakfast was brought
the eggs were underdone. "What
time are we making on this train ?"
he asked the waiter. GA mile min
ute, sir" '"Then boil the eggs an
other mile, and they'll be quite
ight."-London Truth. e5
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Fish and Water.

Fish are nearly the same weight
as the water in which they live, so
that they can move in it with great
ease. The majority of them also
have an air bladder inside of the
body, which enables them to go up
or down in the water at will. When
a fish desires to go down deep it can
press the air out Of this bladder by
means of certain muscles and thus
increase the weight of it's body, and
when it wishes to rise again it takes
off the pressure, the bladder fills
with air again, and its body becomes
light enough to rise. a.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-18

Cures Eczema, Itching Eumors, PIN
pies, aud oarbuncles. Costs Moth
ing to Try.
B. B. B. (8otanic Blood Balm) is o
certain and sure cure for eczema, itch-
ing skin humors, scabs, scales, watery
blisters, pimples, aching bones or
joints, boils, oarbuncles, pricking pain
in the skin, old eating sores, ulcers,
etc. Botanic Blood Balm cures the
worst and most deep.seated cases by
enriching, purifying and vitalizing
the blood, thereby giving healthy
blood supply to the skin. Heals
every sore AMI gives the rich glow of
health to the skin. Builds up the
broken down body and makes the
blood red and nourishing Especially
advised for chronic, old cases that
doctors. patent medicines and hot
springs fail to cure. Druggists, 81,
with complete directions eor home
cure. To prove B. B. B. cures, sam
pie sent free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. De.
scribe trouble, and free medical ad-
vice sent in sealed letter. For sale
by Evans Pharmacy.
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aha Know kiia Skill.

He had been out for days fish.
ing, and as he proudly displayed the
contents of his basket to his wife
she exclaimed: ..
ooh, John, aren't they beauties
But I've been so anxious for the last
hour, dear!"
'Foolish little one" said John ca
ressingly. s'Why, what could have
happened to me ?"
1Oh, / didn't worry about you
love, but it grew 80 late I was afraid
before you got back to town the fish
markets would all be closed"
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Too lndussrloua.

Employer have noticed, mr..
Timson, that you, of all the clerks,
seem to put your whole life and soul
into your work; that no detail is
too small to escape. your critical at
tention, no hours too long to cause
you to repine.
Clerk Goyfully Yes, sir.
Employer-And SO, Mr.. Timson,
I am forced to discharge you at
once. 1t is such chaps as you that
go out and start rival establish
ments after they have got the whole
thing down pat.
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Saw the Moon Go Round.

"There is a little boy at my
place." said the thin young man,
shaking the pepper over his eggs, ga
five-year- old that we call Johnny.
Johnny mad been told that the moon
goes around the earth, and the 9th
er night he was out making astro-
nomical observations. Pretty soon
the little fellow came running in
and said:
"sOh, mamma, I saw the moon
going round the worldF
Did you, dear p
{. Yes. I saw it run up past two
clouds
"tAnd which way was it going?'
"It was going toward the rail
road station"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-18
- If adversely does not crush man
prosperity will not spoil him.

Two can play at the game of love,
but three make it hard work.
- One woman dislikes calling on an
other almost as much as the other
dislikes for her to do it,
A man usually takes his pen in
hand, but the umbrella he takes in
hand usually belongs to another.
If you see lot of women coming
out Of church crying it indicates that
a wedding has just been pulled off.
O. Any man who can hold baby
for an hour without saying naughty
words is in the same class with Job
Usually after marrying an un-
earthly angel man kicks himself be-
cause he didn't marry cook.
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- It's absolute proof to , woman
that she 10 : good nosher TO her chill.
dren when their nacle and sunts tell
her she is spelling them.
Il makes I woman quiver with
Joy 70 think that II she we're q duoh-
ess she could be naughty evento the
cook.
g, -: ::s!s .rs nov parting their hair
on ono side so;as not to be mistaken
for those miafi : men who part theirs
sin che middle. }isj IS ~ ~;
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Nothing UnuslaL

Nothing Unusual. II IS
Jolkley That's nothing. I knew
q young fellow who went to sleep
one night and the next morning
awoke q white haired paralytic.
Polkley Oh, come nov, I say!
Jolkley Fact. The young fell,
low was D bell hoy in q hptal, and
] the whits haired paralstic was Q
gusas. rhilAde elphia Prass.
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Opinions Change.
TSsl Dl\

Fond Young Mother Ito proud
young father) = Albert, dear, did
you heor the sweet, precious darling
cry his little eyes out last night?
Proud Young Father thought
/ heard our angel twitter.
Second Baby.)
She Albert, you unfeeling
wretchl To hear that child screech-
ing all night and never offer to take
himl
He-Let the little demon how'll
London Chronicle.
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He couIdn's Undo orstand.

, An eccentric minister in Virginia
was noted for quaint sayings. He
was the owner Of a fine yoke Of oxen
and, losing one Of them loss he
could i'll afford was well nigh In
sconsolable. His good wife, endeav-
soring to cmfost him, quoted, The
Lord giveth. and the Lord taketh
away. 't..s s's es,s E1lixab eth, !, / knew.
but ], can't sea what the Lord want
ed with an odd eteerss e Ss9i
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Just What He Wanted.

Sarcastic Father Julia, that
young man Smily has been here
three nights in succession, and il
has been nearly midnight when he
left. Hadn't you better invite him
to bring his trunk and make his
home with us ? ..s %
Innocent Daughter - Oh, papa,
may.I? It is just what he wanted,
but heswas too sbashful to AJAX yon
He'll be delighted when I tell him
this evening. 4 ~ sgs a
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IA lrredueibIe Era..ure.

CDR. Splintsm, the surgeon" de-
clared the man with the red shingles
bn his house, els the most expert
man in his profession in the city,"
aIndeed p politely asked the man
with the iron dog on his lawn.
Yes, sir. Why, there isn't any
kind Of a fracture that he can't set,
and set perfectly"
Is that so 2" murmured the man
with the iron dog on his lawn.
sfNow, I wonder if he would be any
good at setting broker, egg
Judge. !. ..gi.. ,f5$ n s.
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Not.ce OF Final Settlement.

The undersigned, Administrator OF the
Estate Of p. +. Farmer, deceased, here
by gives notice that he will on Friday.
jane, 10th, 1904. apply to the Judge
or Probate of Anderson County, 8. O.,
for Final Settlement of said Estate,
and discharge from his Office as Admin
istrator. E. b. FARMER, Admir-,
Msy II, 1904 Al
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the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County Of Anderson.
COURT OBf COMMON PLEAS.

John ". shearer, Plaiutlh. against Job: =. Nc
Lure, Grace NcLute, Bessie Mcclure, Wsllnce
Mcclure. Johnnie Mcclure and George Mcclure,
the last se being Infants uLdsr the Sge of four
teen yearo. aud 70 II CunninSham, Defend
ants.-Summons for Relef-Complaint not Sery.
ed.
To tho Defendants John +. McLu-e, Grace Nc
EcLure. George Mcclure and Mrs. s. H. Cum
ninghain
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
Il ewer tho Complaint In this action, q copy of
which Is this day lsd With the Clerk OF the Court
above nam cd. md to servo g copy Of your answer
TO the aaid Complaint on the subscriber at his
once Anderson e: y. c., Within twenty dayl
service and II you fail to answer the Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in thi,
action VIII apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the Complaint.
April 10th, 1904.
B F. MARTIN,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
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= It's natural for a girl TO want tn
have beaux as for boy to want TO
read dime novels.
= What a woman likes about fre.
qnent fashions is that she has to ge t
new clothes every time,
- Give woman 6ne feathers to
wear in this aorld and she'll trust to
luck for wings to wear in the next.
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Notice of Final Settlement.

THE undersigned, Executors Of the Es-
tate of r. B. A. Robinson, decd, hereby
give notice that they will on Monday,
23rd day of May, 1904, apply to the
Judge Of Probate for Anderson County for
Final Settl .nlent of said Estate, and q
discharge from their Office as Executors.
G. B. ROBINSON,
J. o. ROBINSON.
J. w. ROBINSON,
Executors.
April 90, 1904 IL So
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Senatorial Thoro,uahlnloss. a

<sWhat are the duties of the Unit
ed States SENATE ?" inquired the Wis
itor from abroad.
esYou see" said the man who now
admits that. he can't tell you ali
about everything, 'fthere is ihvari-
ably great deal to be said on both
sides Of any question. "
$, eyes, q, 7 .sf
fsWell, it is the; business Of the
senate to see that it is all said. =
Washington Star. ,S$5 .5
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To Grace Mcclure. Bessie McLure Wallace Nc
Lure, Johnnie Mcclure and George Mcclure, the
infants allowed named:
Take notice, that you are required to appear and
apply for Guardian Ad Liteni In the above en-
tied case In the time required by law. and II you
fail to do 30 th, Piaipif Will apply for the Guar
dian Ad Liter for you In this case
B. +. MARTIN,
Nav :, ,oo. Plain'if's Attorney.
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May II, 1904
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY or ANDERSON.
COIJRT DE COMMON sDH.EAa

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
William C. Branyon. individually, and as Admin.
ietrator cum testamento Of Thos. NJ. Branyon,
dece .aed, Plaintiff. against Lucinda Smith, Mar
cite Saul; Henry Clifton SAUL Motfett Pruitt and
William sherH ood Btanyon. minors under the
sge Of 2 year' and md Reed PTaitt Jno r. Kay,
R.O. Branyon, ]. l.. Brauyon. Monroe Pruitt,
Mira Beulah Banister. Perry Pruitt. Mrs Lille
Elias Pruitt. Henry Saul, Mrs. J. D. McCleskey,
Mrs. Ella Terrell. Mrs RosalIne Robtnnon w RI
Mr aIasn Ads wessOfS0s .Ds Deaehoo
Defendants.-Sum mons for Relief. Complaint
hot Served.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an.
swer the Complaint In this action, which is
filed In the office Of the Clerk OF the Court of Com,
mon Pleas for Anderson Ccunty, b. c., Mt Ander-
son Court House. S. c., and 70 serve copy OF your
answer on the subscribers at their Office in Peo-
pies Bank building, at Anderson, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the service OF this Sum
mons on you, exclusive of the day of service. If
you fall to answer the Complaint within that
relief demanded In the Complaint.
Anderson. s. c., May 1914:
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
IsEAL] JNo. C. WATKINS. G c.c.P.
To the absent Defendants, w. G. Smith, Jno. r.
Ray, Letla X Smith, Tava X. Smith, Lucinda
smith. Henry Saul, Martha Olive saul, Thos
B. MsessSey SAN Ms hfEa1y ESy G
rell, Mrs. Rosallne Robinson, Rev. w. NJ Dono.
hoo, Mrs Ada Westbrook, j. w. Donehoo NJ s.
Carrie Warren and Mrs Maggie Young.
You will please take notice tnat the Sumu ons
and Compaint in the above taed action were
filed In the ofcs of the Clerk of the Court OF Com
mon Pleas for Anderson County, 8. c., ct Ander-
son Court House 3. G. on May eth. 1905, and that
the object Of this action Is to procure construo.
tion OF the Will OF the late Thoa. NJ Branyon de-
ceased, aud to remove the cloud from the title of
the Real Estate OF said deceased The fee simple
title, Of which satd Real E.tate the Plaintiff al
leges to be In himself.
Anderson, 6. c., May o. 1904.
BONHAM 4 WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
(SRAL.] JOHN G. WATKINS. c. @. C.P.
To the minor Defendants, Lucinda Smith, Martha
Olive Saul, Thos Oscar Saul, Samuel Lafayette
Saul, Hehry Clifton Saul, Rced Pruitt Moffatt
PIuitt and William Sherwood Brauyon:
You will please take nOtios that unless you ap.
ply to the Court within 20 days after the service
OF the foregoing Bun y ons upon you, exclusive of
the day Of ouch service, for tho appointu ent OF
Guardian ad litem, or Guardians I'd litem. to rep.
resent you in the above stated action, the Plain
tiff will at such time apply to the Court for the ap-
pointment OF such Guardian or Guardians for you
May sth, A. D. 1901
BONHAM & WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
[SKAL] JNo C. WATKIas, C c.cP.
May II, 1904 AZ