The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-07-05
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The best hand in the gameof life
The hand of good and loving wife.
More than one hundred women are
members of School Boards in Massachn.
sets.
-Mrs. Garrett Anderson, England's
leading woman doctor, realizes sso,oOe
from her practice. g
1t is generally understood that John
Sherman will never have his washing
done at the White House.
The reason that birds clean ont 9
fruit tree SO quickly is that they take the
fruit away peck at time.
= More is accomplished by doing each
days work faithfully than by crowaing
two days work into one. ~
= King Humbertfs palsce at Bone
contains 1000 rooms, but the king and
his family occupy I25 of them. s
= It is said that nearly all the United
States Senators are large men, their aye-;
rage weight running close to 1s0 pounds.
Ansedition of the Bible in two vol
umes, the first book ever printed, was
sold in London short time ago for
$4,000.
= The fire losses of the United States
last year we're about $l2O, 600, 900, an in.
crease of thirteen per cent. over those OF
the previous year.
"A human skull was disinterred by
well.diggers in Haskell County, Kanaas,
recently, at a depth Of 1913 feet beneath
the earth's surface. y
The failure of New York firm was
caused by the negligence Of the Office
boy to post letter. he stopped to play
game of marbles.
= Estimates of the cotton crop are ]
spreading this year almost in advance of
the plant. A 100000 bale estimate is
current in Wall street. ~
Florida promises 90 become q large
producer of opium. Sixteen plants will
produce an ounce, and an acre ofpoppies
will yield 81 900 worth ofopium.
"A woman may not be able to sharp
an pencil or throw stone at heD,
but she can pack more articles in 9 trunk
than man into an express wagon.
The father of a Hungarian family
lived to be 172 years old, the mother 164
and the youngest cbild115. The welded
life of the parents lasted 142 years.
= Broadway, in New York City, is the
longest street in the United States at the
present time. The highest number in {
the directory is 409s, which is near the
city line. s; &;
AT Hamilton, Ont, a man who bor.s
rowed an umbrella and did not return il i
has just been sentenced to jail for one
year. A timely warning to the wise IS
sufficient.
- Miss Tossa Jones, of Argonia, KanY
aged Is years, has this spring broken 4bs
acres of land and planted it in corn, and
is cultivating it herself. She can husk
and crib sixty bushels per day.
"A Kansas school ma'am has intro.
duced new feature in her school.
When one of the girls misses q word the !
boy who spells-it gets permission 10 kiss9
her. As result the boys are improving
rapidly.
"A New York man has recently dis
tinguished himself by eating atonesingleS
meal ten feet six inches of corn cake,
three inches wide and one inch thick. it
was at church fair, and he wished to-
get his moneys worth.
Three years ago Charles selhe, Of
Morris Cove, Tenn, saved from drowning
the young daughter OF 3 rich New York
er. Now, by will of that gentleman; Who
has lately died, selhe gets some S10, 900
in reward for his bravery. s.
"A native Persian who lectured I'M
New York the other day said the Persian;
youth was allowed to take just one kiss; !;
from his future wife on the eve before
their marriage, provided he could
find her in dark room full OF other
ladies. Although he was engaged for
three years, he never got one kiss mall
that time. -
= Ex. Queen Isabella, of Spain, who.
will visit England for the first time thi
season, has an income Of 81 .000, 900
year, but is always in debt. She mai
tains no house at Paris, but alwaysreaidl
at hotel. She spends vast sums on /
horses. Her executive ability is clearly
shown by the ease with which she cone
stantly spends more than her enormous
income amounts to.
= John Wannamsker used to makelas]
dollar and half week as . clerk in q
clothing store. His dinner, when he had
any, consisted of piece pie and 9
glass of milk-the two costing two cents.
Each year his salary was increased, and
at the age Of twenty he had saved two |
hundred dollars. Now he is lone Of theI
great merchants Of Amgrica, very
wealthy and very benevolent
Boys cannot be made useful
soon; at an early age they recogni
responsibility, and appreciate being sh
trusted with the performance of duties
which are proportioned to their abilities
The workrequired should not bsdrndgery
as it will soon create distaste for q
kinds of labor; but any copgenial occu
patton develops a boy very rapidly. Ths
contact with those with whom he deal
/ br;ohtens and sharnens his wiz. 80H.X