The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-20
ALL SCOTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
The Bible was translated into 6!nes

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- The Bible was translated into 6:newS,
Languages last year. lS77s1
The value of the fruit yield of Cali
fornia this year is placed ct thirteen.
million dollars.
-Chauncey Depew says that Cleyelands
will be nominated for President in ] S929
with great parade.
= Marry your sweetheart on her birth
day, it you can, young man. It WillsayeS:
you money every year il anniversary
presents. ssssssss'
= Nine girls in the family Of john
Meister, of Evans Mills, Gloucester,
County, N. j., aggregate 1900 pounds inssii inlsi
weight The oldest is but fifteen years.
old. ;ss!ss;
"A man who was told that he vas,
about to die asked the doctor fol. his Ibif,,15
saying that he did not wish to depa Na
from his life long rule, PAY sss yy1l,,us
CO." 81 81
When Coreen man marries 1t is the
custom for him to present his wife5Rith
wild goose. In this country man,
when he marries, often receives g Stalaez]
goose. tss
- It is estimated that it will take as 49, ~
600 enumeratora, 1000 clerks, between,
800 and 900 special agents, 175 ssuperyi:s!
sors and 25 experts to complete the. .etev-
enth census.
- It has been estimated that India
raises one buahel of wheat Per head Of
her population, the United States seven.
bushels per head, aud South Australia
nineteen. bushels. 49, s
"A Southern editor, evidently hem
pecked, says that "if il our school dayss
the rule of three is proverbially rying,s;
how much harder, in after life, do ne feel!
the rule of one /"
- Examining physicians say that all
cohol and tobacco are largely responsible
for the color blindness with which Slargs1s
numbers Of applicants for position on
railways ere effected.
= During 1889 slightly over 8 hundredssa
million dollars worth Of gold has BEEN
dug from the earth on the four contihsats:
The largest quantity came from ustralia,
California and South Africa.
"Yes," said The oldest: inhab abitants3:
"this is a pretty mild winter, buts Ire.I
member season that was much warmer
than this" GLOW long ago was that9og
queried his listeners "Only last ssuDa: S.
mer." S5ss.;f;
- The Germans have very simple
name for the grippe" They call sit;;
'shatfkrankheit.n No wonder there have
been 100000 cases Of the influenza, and
$50 deaths from it, in Berlin alone The
Germans shouldn't call it hard names:
-aWhewl I can hardly dYaW my
BREATH" said an exhausted inaiyidual
Who had climbed long fight OF stairs to-
friends Office. "By Joyeln said thes
other, who had got Whit Of f:the breath
"why don't you. draw it with acork-
screw?"
= The County of Custer. in Montana,
is the largest county in the United States
1t contains 19,569,92b acres, and is 100
miles long and 1926 miles wide. It isg ga:
place of historic interest, containing, as
it does, the site of the great battle Of the
Little Big Horn, where Custer and his
forces we're massacred.
1.-the Finger Bible, (which the Oxford
University Press has just brought out, .
will doubtless soon be brought over, This
Bible is SO mounted that it can beaWorng
on the chatelaine. It is 33x1 inch, ins
dimensions and weighs only three; ;fourthss
Of an ounce; yet it contains the whole
Bible, and is the smallest book ever;
printed.
- A remarkable spot in Vermont iss
the farming town of Waltham, which
contains 976O acres Of land and has 24Ss.
inhabitants. 1t has no postofice, church,
town house, poor house, store, lawyer.
doctor, blacksmith's shop, nor even sayy
bridge, and yet it is one of the thriving
towns of Addison County. It's taxes arse@s arseI@s
merely nominal.
- The Oldest horse in the world is5s
claimed by a farmer in Chill, II. His
father purchased it Sorty.nine years ago
from the Indians, when it was supposed
to be two years old. It served all throughlI
the war, but escaped all injury. It hsssS
not tooth in its head, but is fed ,onss
cornbread and soft brand mash, and iss
tenderly cared for. IS
= Deacon "Young man, think e
will give you an order, but I much fear;
that you have not told me the exact truth
regarding your goods" Drummer.:
"Well, sir, the fact is I have not. Why
| sir, (sinking his voice to a whisper, were
to tell the truth about those goods; I'd
be murdered for my samples before =
reached the next town."
- The natural cunning of the fox was
shown at New Ipswich, N. a., the other:
day. A fox that was started by 9 hunter
ran directly to pond and passed ayounldS
the edge on the ice as near the open wa
ter as possible. The dogs followed close:s
ly, and, coming upon weak ice, broke
through and but for help given them;
would have drowned. Meantime Reynard.
escaped to place of safety. 3sSs5
- Here is short sermon by q woman
though not preached from q pulpit. It!
! is good one, and is pretty sure; to hit
your own case somewhere, whatever may
be your age and circumstances: THE,
best thing to give your enemy is forgive.
ness; to an opponent, tolerance to e