The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-07-30

A hater of tobacco asked an old negro
woman, the fumes of whose pipe were annoy
ING to him, if she thought she was Christian.
eyes brudder, spect is" ''Do you believe
i'm the Bible?' 'Yes, brudder." "Do you
know that there is passage in the Scriptures
that declares that nothing unclean shall in
|.herit the kingdom of heaven?" eyes, I've
heard of t.";"Well Chloe, you smoke and
you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, be-
cause there is nothing so unclean as the breath
of a smoker. What do you say to that p
r"Why, spects I leave my bref behind when
I 90 dar."
= The Pope was formally expelled from the
Order of Freemasons by the Grand Lodge
which met in Italy on March 81. lie was con-
nected with lodge at Palemo in his early
youth, and charges were first preferred against
him in 1865, but he refused to meet them. Sub
seouentlv, when he had cursed the order, and
excommunicated all members of it, the charges
were renewed regular trial was held, and a
decree of expulsion was entered and published,
signed by King Victor Emanuel, grand master
of the Orient of Italy.
/ The United States Senate is at present
composed of forty, ,nine Republicans, nineteen
Democrats and FIVE Liberals, with one vacancy.
If the opposition shall gain all the Senators to
be chosen next year, the Republicans will still
have majority of the body. The House of
Representatives composed of 1876 Republicans,
lightweight Democrats, and four Liberals.
There are several vacancies. The opposition
have very large majority to overcome, but by
careful management it is evident that they can
very nearly if not quite overcome it.
. Schuyler Colfax would seem to be in q
beatific state of mind. In a recent Fourth of
July Grafton he declared that in politics now
adavs men are elevated to a position only to
have mud thrown at them; but he believed
that there is still left the assurance that right
will prevail and be done them at the open grave.
This is beautiful sentiment.
= The Singalese language stands in the front
rank of all spoken tongues-so far as names OF
places are concerned. In the Veraloowa dis
trict there is village termed "Galliappocon-
duracirrhacoomhenn. Another hamlet close
bv is styled neutrality-suspicious." A few
more are, "Ouekllapoodamakand Boodoogey-
kondamowa."
The following is simple mode of render
ing water almost as cold as ice; Let the jar,
pitcher or vessel used for water be surrounded
with one or more folds of coarse cotton kept
constantly wet. The evaporation OF the water
viii carry off the heat from the inside and re-
duce it to freezing point.
"A married lady, who was in the habit OF
spending most of her time in the society of her
neighbors, happened to be taken i'll, and sent
her husband in great haste for physician.
The husband ran short distance, and then re-
turned, exc1aiming, "My dear, where shall [
find you when | come back"
"A young fellow in Western town was
fined $40 for kissing girl against her will and
the following day the damsel sent him the
amount of the fine, with note saying that the
next time he kissed her he must be less rough
about it, and be careful to do it when her father
was not about.
- Many women are martyr-, and yet they
do not know it. They shut the sunshine out
of their houses and their hearts; they wear
veils they carry parasols and everything pos
sible to keep off the most potent influence
which is intended to give them strength and
beauty and cheerfulness.
The Chicago Tribune says: "Where there
is no credit, there will be little enterprise or
capital; and where there is no capital, there is
little of anything that makes life desirable or
enjoyable. Where there is no credit, foreign
capital will not come, and home capital will
ot OF