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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Past FaiIuroa RedoomabIe.

I There is no failure for a man
whose spirit is unconquered. No
matter how late the hour or how
many and repeated his failures, sue
cess is still possible. The evolution
of Scrooge, the miser, in the closing
years Of his life,. from a hard, mar
row, heartless money grubber, whose
soul was imprisoned in his shining
heap of boarded gold, to a generous,
genial lover Of his kind is no mere
myth of Dickens brain. Time and
again in the history Of our daily
lives, chronicled in our newspapers,
recorded in biographies or exhibited
before our eyes, we see men and wo-
men redeeming past failures, rising
up out Of the stupor Of discourage
ment and boldly turning face for
ward once more.-O. s. Marden in
Success.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Child Burned 10 1eath.

While Mrs. William R. johnson
was drawing o bucket Of water near
her home at Norris sidetrack on the
Southern Railway in Piokens county,
yesterday morning, her little daughter,
Laura, scarcely three years Of age, was
burned to death.
The child, in moving about the
'.,an, came too near the FIRE. Her
hing burst into famea, and 10 o
,aoment che vas Ia the agonies OF
death. The mother heard the cries
aud rushed to her baby's rescue, but
it was too late to save the little one
from horrible death. Her delicate
body was oharred, aad though che
lived an hour after the terrible acoi-
dent, she never spoke. The child had
inhaled the flames, and medical aid
.essai. .sess=si. Do authiug 60 prolong her life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Sin Easino.

The curious and repulsive prac-
tice of sin eating is now obsolete.
Aubrey in Remains Of Gentiiisme
and Judaisme" thus refers to it:
SIN the county Of Hereford was
an old custome at funerals to have
poog ,,eople who were to take upon
them the sinnes of the party de-
ceased. The ,nanne-'i~Saas tiiut when
the corps was brought out Of the
house and layd on the biere a loafe
OF bread was brought out and deliy-
cred to the SHINE eater over the
corps, SO also a mazer bowie of ma
pie full of beer, wch he was to
drinke up and sixpense in money, in
consideration whereof he took upon
him all the shines of the defunct
and freed him or her from walking
after they were dead"
The origin Of this STRANGE Gus
tom was most likely connected in
some way with the ceremony Of the
scapegoat under the old law (Leviti-
Gus xvi, 21).-Westminster Gazette.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Dogs VOICES.
Persons Familiar Will, Them Notice
Pecuiiatities In Tones.

FeTsohS Fafniiiar WIN hem Notice !,
Pecuiiafties In Tones.
'It may sound curious to persons
not familiar with the pleasures Of
hunting and who know little or
nothing of what I may call the Ian
guage of dogs-the language they
use not among themselves, but when
they want to address their masters
in the woods say it may sound
curious to state that the experienced
hunter can tell the kind of game
traced by the way the dog barks,
but he can do precisely this very
thing" an old hunter said as he gos-
siped with q crowd of friends in one
of the hotels. |Of course have
reference to the all round dog and
not the dog that may be trained for
a particular kind Of sport. There
are deer dogs, bear dogs, fox dogs,
coon dogs, squirrel dogs and other
dogs that have what we could call
among human beings specialties,
and, no matter how tempting the
game, they will not depart from
their training to chase only GER
tain kind of animal. But | was Just
thinking of the all round dog-the
dog that will chase any old kind of
game. | recall dog Of this sort
owned by friend of mino in Ar
kansas, and he was about the most
useful member | ever saw. He was
good at any old kind of game in
the woods and was intelligent enough
always to know just what his mas
ter wanted him to hunt. He would
tackle anything, from a rabbit to a
bear, and had enough hound in him
to always bark when he struck a
trail. This barking constituted the
Language he used when he wanted to
notify his master what kind of trail
he had struck, and his master would
know quite as well as if he had call
ed out the name Of the thing. He
knew by tho way the dog burked. If
he merely struck rabbit track he
made but little noise, and he was
not very noisy on a squirrels trail,
though the bark was somewhat diff
ferent from that used when he trail
ed rabbit.
$50 the coon yelp and the possum
yelp were different as to each other
and different as to other yelps and q
trifie louder than the barking on q
rabbit or squirrel trail. But let
him strike deer trail or bear
trail-well, you would think the
world was coming to an end. He
would make more noise than a whole
pack would make. The bigger the
game, it seems, the louder he would
bark. And yet his master could tell
from the way the dog intoned his
yelp whether he was chasing q bear
or q deer, and he wouldn't have to
wait either to learn the character
and direction of the dogs mcve-
ments in order to determine what
kind of trail he had struck" Pitts
burg Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
court.in q Rai.4sax Car.

a short time ago when a train on
the Russian railway from Tashkond
stopped at TchernaieyoSa well dress-
ed man got into ascarriage marked
No Smoking Allowed" and, taking
ont this case, began TO smoke q Gig
fasetts. The other passer gers polite
~ called his attention to the fact
that ne was not ip "a smoking car
sse, :s::s but but d NJ paia no heed TO them
Sand went on smoking. It 90 ! hap
spensd that one OF the travellers was
sa juatioe Of the peace, who there
upon got up, took his chain Of Of
! Zee ont Of hisy bag and declared the
carriage o. court of law. The sIa0k-
eE was found guilty and fned 30
snnblei and, as; he would not give. his
name and declared that he had no
money, he was imprisoned III the
guard's pan until he paid the fine. 3.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
AMUSING BLUNDERs.
Somo Queer Slips That Have Been
Made by Famous Writers.

l
Made by Famous Writers.
The writer of an article in the
Yorkshire Post recalls some amusing
literary blunders. Translators con-
tribute largely to the list of mis-
takes, and the inspired lack Of ac-
curacy of our Gallo neighbqrs when
dealing with things English is pro-
verbal. Victor Hugo in sLes ira
vailleure dc la Mer" translates "the
Firth Of Forth" by the words 'Pre-
mier des quatre." Then there is tho
priceless translation that geve Glib
ber's play, "Love's Last Shift" the
title ola Derniere Chemise de
PAmour."
Chaucer in his tale of Troylus
makes Pandarus refer to Robin
Hood. One writer records the fact
that Virgil placed 1Eneas in har-
Dor which had no existence at that
time, "the blunder being about the
same as if modern poet were to
make Columbus pass through the
Suez canal"
SoiooNdi ioiliuilCC tecInS Wltn
anachronisms, "Orlando Furioso,"
Ariosto's great poem, taking the
prize for reckless disregard of chro-
nology. In this work Charlelnagne
and Edward, king Of England; Hen
ry, duke of Clarence, and other mis-
mated celebrities enjoy each others
company. The Moors are settled in
Spain at least 800 years before the
Saracens invited them, while Pres
ter John, who died in 1902, and
Constantine the Great, dead in 337,
figure gayly in these daring pages.
Schiller in his "Piccolomini" re-
fers to lightning conductors $50
years before they were invented, and
Shakespeare, whose genius included
a happy gift of inaccuracy, is gener-
Gus in blunder. In "Julius Caesar"
the clock, luxury unknown to the
Romans, is the subject of conversa-
ton between Brutus and Cassius.
"Peace," says Brutus, "count the
| clock" Cassius: "The clock has
stricken g." 1t must have been
several hundred years after the
death of Caesar that striking clocks
were invented. Cervantes is respon-
sible for making the company at the
Crescent tavern sit down twice to
supper on the same evening, a joyial
mistake that savors Of hospitality
and good cheer.
To Charles Dickens we owe graft
tude for many q delicious blunder-
to Mr.. Squeers for setting his boys
to work to hoe turnips in midwinter
and to the girl, Tattycoram, in Gilt
tie Dorrit," whq enters with an
iron box two feet square under her
arm"
It was a Glasgow paper that de-
scribed this unique shipping disas-
ter: '"The captain swan ashore, as
did also the stewardess. She was
insured for $4,000 and carried 200
tons of pig iron" ~
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Very Dear ": as sha Prise.

Queen Caroline, the wife I Of
George H., seriously thinking Of
closing st. James park, III London,
and turning it into a garden for the
palace, asked Sir Robert Walpole
what it would cost to do; SO. ga tri-
fig, madam; only q tEiae. !" replied
the minister. 4. a triHe ?"' rejoined
her majesty. = know! it must be
pretty expensive, but can't You hell
me ,as nearly gas you can gur 5 ?" To
which Sir Robert answered why,
madam, I believe the whole thing
will cost but three crowns" The
queen had sense enough to. ace Wal
pole allusion to the crowns Of Eng
5leil lzzii;, 81 s55uMand ana ireland and said
.at once chat she would aband Ion The
motion IS ~ IN "a
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
skss Visited 20 s.aahs surs.

sWhy, Maria," /" exclaimed Mr.. CAL
kins, hurt and indignant as he saw
the tish wagon turning, at the lane,
whatever have you gone and order
ed fish for today, and you putting up
my lunch for o days fishingf"
II know, Bias" returned his wife
.cheerfnlly, sand that's just why.
When I get my mind set on fish, it
just breaks me all up to have to un-
set it. Now, il you hadn't mention
ed anything about it and had just
come home to supper as if you'd
been digging potatoes all day, why,
i never should have missed 'em, but
Eas tis, it didn't seem as if 7 could
let the fish man pass. = - London
Tit Bits. ,. 81 .,5.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
HARD INSURANCE WORK.
flow an Agents Blunt Franlsnsss
Opened ,:io Way 10 Big Order.

flow an agents Blunt Franl.nsss
Opened ':hs Way TO Big order.
A clever insurance agent was
closing a long campaign upon q
wealthy merc6ant whom he wished
to insure for 100000. The mer-
chant had been "tough PROPOSE
tion," ana the solicitors arguments
and eloquence dropped from him SO
heffectively as to arouse ell the pro-
fessional pride Of dozen years sue
cess. He rednnbled his efforts and
was at last juet about to give up in
disgust when the merchant swung
around in his revolving chair and
fixed him with a cold gray eye.
"Young man." said he, elf you
can satisfy me on one point I'll take
out this policy"
The agent braced himself, for the
tone contradictcd the encourage
ment of the words. 81 guess / can" !"
he remarked.
"Well, then," demanded the 9TH
ser in high VOICE, pointing big
finger sternly at his visitor, chow
much do you get out of this first
$4,000 which I am to invest as
you call it 2"
sI've no objection personally to
telling you,' replied tie insurance
man uneasily, ''but I've agreed rot
to give the exact figures
rs it half ?"
"Yes. More than that
"More than halfl And will you
kindly inform me why I should pay
you more than $4,000? Do I get
anything from it? What reason is
ehere for such an absurdity?" He
was angry, insulting, triumphant.
The agent rose. He felt his chance
was gone and decided that he had
earned tho luxury of little plain
speech.
"Well, I'll tell you. I've been
here twelve times, haven't I?'
81 can we'll believe it," replied the
other, rather brutally.
"And I've spent hours and days
you know nothing about finding out
all about you and your affairs and
laying out my facts SO that they'd
appeal to- YOU"
! "WellY
SWELL, If the world wasn't full Of
obstinate idiots like you, who have
to have good thing hammered
clear through their skulls before
they recognize it, my company
wouldn't need to employ and pay
men of intelligence like me-"
It is said that this venturesome
person left that Office with the sig
nature for which he had striven so
hard. In any case, he expressed a
truth which impresses one as soon
as he begins to investigate insurance
conditions. If people who ought to
be insured would all go to the insur-
ance companies instead Of having to
be fairly dubbed in, one of the lar
gest expenses would be, eliminated,
with the obvic-,s result Of lower
rates or larger dividends to policy
holders. s.--W World's Work.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
A Clever spanfeI.

Spaniels are full of resource, and
their exploits in retrieving wounded
birds are wonderful. A small brown
and white spaniel broke its fore leg,
which was set in stiff bandages hard
ened with some preparation. 1t
could only go on three legs, but hop
ped out after its master with the
other dogs when these were taker,
for walk. There had been pleas
ant shoot; and the little spaniel
could not resist slipping off to smell
down the side of a small belt. It
discovered a winged cock pheasant,
dashed after it on three legs and
caught and retrieved it, hopping
into the road with the big bird in
its mouth.-Country Gentleman.
- No soul was ever yet caught BY
atnol !t~su cm;lo .-GF:s.t
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
J, !, How . I, stories srey,.

S Mrs. A. to- Mrs. 3. That Mrs.
Newcomer is so fond Of / her chill
drenl The other day when / called
ashe was blowing soap bubbles with
them through. q common clay pipe. B
.,s Mrs. B.s 60 Mrs. c. That Mrs.
Newconie is SO funny. Mrs, a. saw
sllsr amusing the children with o
seoYnInon clay pipe. Ssst5
Ars. Css to Mrs. d. That i....fs.
iNewcorner smokes Ia common clay
pipe.
l Mrs. d. 60 Mrs. Z. hat Mrs.
sNewcom smokes d horrid pipe. ]
don see how aEy woman in her so-
sber senses could do that ss43. s,5S l,
s Mrs. III to III hat Mrs
SNewconler smok kes q pipe and drinks
awful 2Y..S Ts s5 !
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ssI4isten to this he said.

11iSlen 10 THIS, he said.
!, Dear Jacl-1 have just returned from
the south and learE Of your approaching
marriage I know you ara very happy. /
am sure you Will be In your new life
and wish you and your wife to be every
blessing heaven can give. Your loyal old
chum. DiXIE
Nov, Edith, that looks like love,
doesn't It z"
Edith shook her head wisely. She
took up her brush and began dress
ing her long blond hair.
1t takes q woman to read wo-
mans heart" she said. Poor
Dixie!" ri;
She smiled at her own beautiful
face in the glass as she heayed q
sigh for the girl who had lost Jack.
Jack returned to his mirror,
spending more time than usual in
adjusting his collar and tie. Edith's
words seemed to have torn a veil
from his eyes. He wished she had
not, It seemed to him like invad-
ing sanctuary. What's Blind fool
he had been! How many times by
his careless words must he have
wounded Dixie's heart!
Yet how careful he had been never
to disturb the serene course Of their
camaraderie. Many time had he
been tempted to steal kisses from
Dixie's tenderiy curved lips, but he
had always refrained, because he
felt that it would not please her.
81 like my friends to be friends
and not play at being lovers" she
had said once to Tom Darling when
he had made feeble feint at 1irta-
tion. Jack remembered how once,
when the red wine at sta1io dinner
a daux with Dixie had warmed him
to sentimentalism, he had said:
"We might get married, Dixie"
He had not been sufficiently seri-
ous in his mood at the time to pay
much attention to her jesting reply,
but he now recalled that she had not
answered directly. She had looked
at him curiously, he remembered
now, but her merry answer had come
quickly enough after that: ..s
ooh, three days would put an end
to the romance" she had said. .
Was Edith right?, Did Dixie love
him? How crisscross everything
{ went in this world! He wished
Edith had not read those letters.
He wished he had not been SO care
less in leaving them about.
~ It was too late now-too late for
: more than regret.
81 " = our loyal chum, Dixie" the
words repeated themselves in his
brain. He had not been SO loyal to
her. Would she have left his, letters
about where he who finds may read ?
Edith's voice interrupted the
trend Of his thoughts.
You're ages fixing your tie" she
said. Breakfast has been ready a
half hour. = Town Talk. I,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
il was Che Privilege !, Of a Friend.

IAN eminent army officer has a
manseryant who has been with him
number Of years and who occasion
ally speaks his mind with q candor
that, as he irnagines, is warranted
by his, long service. a friend Of the
officer who overheard the seryitor's
jfrankness asked why such familiari-
ty was permitted.
Well, {, said the officer, 81 hard
Sly look upon james as q valet, but
rather as q friend, ,and, as you know,
siit Is q friend 8 privilege to tell you
things ;abont yourself that you hard
fly like to think about yourself. -.
! Success Magazine. '. q, .S5s i.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
gIho va,so o9 ssshs ciassleo.

svang ngelicisnl as reflected in the
Eletters OF our ancestors was specu-
sliarlY icy and of b. kind :to freeze up
the high spirits OF young people. 1 3.
sf$ ia j 8s0 d devoted mother wrote
ito her Boz, otter he had gone TO a
spreparat tory school Sc &c for col
s1ege, and said
s3ssI E am glad yon are reading Plato
and Herodo otus. ommuning with
tho dead you Wii learn how to- de- :,
That was the world dliest sentiment
sin this letter to q boy sof of g fteen, ex-
*cept an Zion not 10 .squander
his mont thly al loWance of SO & ffssiin
foolish pure chases Of 3 sweets and
trivial kllick knacka.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Az Old B i Italian G ust TOM.

I'm the Val d1 ose an italy q pop
I sular orn wliiiicli sis known ass .the
offering has been epeated for CEN
turtles OH Chris tnnas day Crowds
s,s: III csnyeySto shrine
gifts Of oranges and pomeg egranates,
gathered from; ;each slippers own
farm and pl noe them lot The foot lif of
the altar .of o deeme 81, ho is
REPRESENT 81 by d boy lding d globe
md ssirro onIsde q t d sides by olive
bran eliea AJAX les and tive
lamps Every sott Ulcer wears the typ
{ zeal cost ana off kies yal ley. and the
mon assume the trad itiional heads
sslls &. This q is said to. .be CON
= allseLessSW HI ne yISllsS OF tfle mag TO
Iehes
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
pur.ability a wood. ~

Some interesting experiments have
been made to ascertain which wood
lasts the longest. sIt was found that
birch and aspen I'd decayed in three
years, willow and chestnut in four
syears; maple md red beech in FIVE
years and elm and ash in seven
ssyears. h Oak, Scot ttish fir and Wey4
month pine decayed TO the depth Of
half an inch in seven years. Iarch
and inn; Pei. Per were uninjured at the
end oftBeven years. In situations so
free from moisture that they may
...be practic oily ed dry thaS dura-
go Tim Der is unlimited
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of kirk off Scot land
sseogares Ills vile asleep Ia
3stte MI Fla the Sab
s1i,sit u d ,lsiii tllb stead and
pssibl hat lloli oftonous flow
sssf his ofa he lbro lsss fort III with
Sthias serson mai q and
scIear, bnt Il libeIa ssss' 81
ss;i bid her o. lid all the
feaniafs ID ;tice sers;
IS v!
id ]iaE
II ID s,1s yezr;
'sAlt 4 y q ! haf ss nd
sSs5suI & nafs
s0 saii ss Aid.
I; made fs
Il Il saiEa n
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Blue Ridge Eailroa
EHectIve Nov. ~, 19W
.WESTBOUND.

sWESIbOUNU. .tsTa -
No. IL (daily)-Leave BG.ton $50 IN.
No.; Anderson 4l5 p. NJ. Pendleton Ar
p. N. Cherry 81 p. M; Seneca 5.3I D.
M arrive Walhslla sos p. NJ. .-. 80
No. 8 (daily except Sundayl-Leaya
Belton lO.45 a. M; Anderson Ii .07 .. m, !.
Pendleton 11.e3 q n.; Cherry II. .39 a. M. !:
arrive at Seneca 11.57 q m. :.
No. 8 (Sunday only)-Leave Beltoss
II .45 q. m.; Anderson 1i.07 a. M: Pen-
dleton 1872 q. M; Cherry 1I.39 q. m.
Seneca LOS p. M; arrive Walhalla q.
p. m. 81
No. (daily except sunday)-Leays
N Cherry IL .09 q. M; Seneca i. .05 D. M:
arrive Walha1la lao p m. 80 -.
no. 3(daily)-Lsave Bolton 9.15 p. m.
arrive Anderson 9.42 p. NJ. .,'sse -.
No. % (daily except Bunday)-Leave
beiton 900 o. m.; arrive Anderson $50
q. m. rs 5ssf sg.lisg ~
Il EAsBOuND.
No: IL (dailyl-Leave Walhalla 8 35 q.
m.; Seneca S.58 q. m Cherry OH a. m
Pendlston 9.25 q. ms; Anderson 600 a.
m.; arrive Bolton 1925 a. n. S< -
No. Is fdetly except eHDiay)-Leeya
Seneca 90 p. no Cherry 2i0 p. M; Pen,
arrive Belton 335 p. m. ,..
NO. q (Snnday only}-L=ave AnderXn
$40 p. M; arrive Bolton 8 35 p. 10.
No 3 (datly)-Leave Walhalle .,j o.
M; Seneca OBI p. M; Che-.y sos d. ~:
Fendleton 6.l2 p M; .;lAndarson T.30 %.
M; arrive rBelton z 5S p. m. !l
No. "a daily except Snnday3-Le
a. NJ. III. G. BEArTIE, Pres,
,.. Greenviile. Sc
J. r. ANDERSON, Supt..
'(St So Anderson g. o.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-06-23
which Came Ffrste

The old problem of which came first,
the hen or the egg, found a rival in q
discussion at the Players club one day
as to which came first, writers OF
readers.
IF there We're no readers, there Ger.
tainly would be no writer's" said Mr..
John Malone. Therefore the exist.
ence Of writers depends upon the exist.
ence of readers, and, of course as the
cause must be antecedent to the effect
readers existed before writers. Yet, on
the other hand, if there were no writers
there could be no readers, so it should
appear that writers must be antecedent
to readers"
Another member of the club asserted
that this reasoning was much on par
with the discovery of Lucretius that
eyes were not made to see with, but by
a fortuitous concurrence of atoms sight
followed as an unforeseen circum.
stance.
He argued that, if eyes were made
to see with, then seeing must have ex-
listed before eyes, and, if seeing existed
before eyes, what could be the use Of
eyes? If seeing did not exist before
eyes, how could eyes be made for that
which is not--that is, for nothing?
Therefore eyes were not made to see
with.-New York Herald.
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Andrew Lang on Dogs.

There Is not one of the seven deadly
sins of which the dog is not habitually
guilty, and l am unaware of a single
redeeming feature in his repulsive char
acter.
The self consciousness and vanity of
dogs might disgust even a minor poet.
have known Il collie-certainly very
handsome collie-to pass his days in
contemplating his own image in the
glass. know dog dandy which ac.
tually makes eyes, being conscious that
he possesses these organs very large,
brown and decorative.
The dog is not brave. The dog is
not faithful. 1t needs a great deal of
tidelity in man to cling as he does to
the dog, licking, as it, We're, the paw
the muddy paw-which tramples him.
Who has not seen a dog morally cor
rupt a family, reducing them to the
slaves Of his impulses? Tip wants to
take walk! Tip wants to go out of
the door, then he wants to- come in
again, then he appears at the window
and scratches, then he fancies the most
comfortable armchair and GUSTS jaded
and middle aged man Of letters.-illus.
tated Kennel News.Fssss-+'.,