The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-06-04
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
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All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
= Charles King, of Danyess> aLasss@ d
claims to be 10 years old. = Y
= Above all things speak the truth
your word mast be your bond through
life.
= Irste Parent, Catching his clerk
kissing his daughter)-Now, now, young
man. don't pay you for that kind of
work. Clerk-N-no sir, and I don't pro.
pose to charge any extra for it.
= Resident Southerners are now con.
tributing toward the erection ct Luray,
Va, of monument to the unnamed Con-
federate dead. 1t is to be bronze statgss
of heroic size and the cost OF the work.
will be $4,000.
The great se)tzer spring at Saratoga,
N. Y, has been sounded to depth of
$500 feet without touching bottom OF en-.
countering any obstacle. This strength
ems the belief that this great Northern
summer resort is built over subterrane-
an eea.
"A well.known Providence clergy.
man, believing that other things than
charity should begin at home, made his
wife's low.necked dresses the subject of
recent exhortations. She became so in:
dignsnt that she has sued for divorce.
= Austria still adds to her revenue by
the lottery business. According-to a
circular report from Vienna, the Govern.
ment realized sS,50o,0O0 from lottery
transactions last year, of which s5,00O,-
600 was returned for prizes, leaving
s3,5O0,00o net profit to the State.
Over seventy thousand acres Of cotton
have been partially and much Of it total
ly destroyed in Texas, due to three severe
storms that have recently passed through
that State. A special says: Twelve
thousand acres of cotton, wheat, corn and
oats in cultivationsin Montague, Clark,
Denton and Grcyson counties were levels
ed to the ground.
: On.the 18th of last December, Mrs.
Horace Smith, of Evansville, said to her
family: ri shall die on the l1th of April
and you can prepare for it," On the 11th
she Topped down on her bed to die as per
programme, but her husband mas right
there with syringe of cold water to make
her jump, and the dying performance WAS
therefore declared off until next winter.
= Although statistics as to the number
of divorces that have been granted in the
United States since its history began are
not easily obtainable, data gathered for
period of twenty years is at hand and
is alarmiugly interesting. During that
length of time the record shows the grant
ing of 32S,716 divorces, Of which 129, 1882
were Of couples with children. It is also
fact of general knowledge that untyiDg
of the marriage knot is each year becom.
ing more common.
"A most destructive wind, rain and
hail storm passed over Morley, Mo-,
few days ago. Hsilstones as large as
eggs fell, completely demolishing crops
of every description. TIE wind blew a
perfect tornado. The rain fell in such
quantitiesa as to completely inundate fields,
drowning small stock. During the storm,
which lasted about an hour, the darkness
was appalling. Itis believed the damage
will reach 100000. Fortunately no lives
were lost.
"A railway train, at a continuous
speed of forty miles an hour, would pass
from the earth to the moon in little
more than eight months; to the planet
Venus, in twenty-one and half years;
and would reach the sun in two hundred
and sixty odd years. a ray of light will
pass from the moon to the earth in tri-
file over single second; from Venus to
the earth in little more than two min
utes, and from the sun to this little
sphere of ours in about eight minutes. If
this same comparison were applied to the
fixed stars it would be still more start
ling.
= Mr.. D. Pagin, a wealthy retired
physician of South Bend, Ind, takes is.
sue with Prof. Totten, Of Yale College,
as to the last day of grace and repentance
for this generation. Dr.. Pagin has made
Bible chronology careful study for many
years, and has prepared an exhaustive
work on the subject, which he hopes to
give to the world at no distant day. He
has written letter in reply to Prof. Tot.
ten. DR.. Pagin, by figures which be is
satisfied in his own mind are beyond dis
pute, calculates that the end of time is
III years in the future.
The tower of q public building now
in course of erection at Philadelphia is
to be provided with clock, which, for
size alone, will be one of the marvels of
the world. The centre of the dial Us
feet in diameter) will be 35l feet above
the street. The bell is to weigh between
10000 and $4,000 pounds and will be
second in weight to the great Montreal
Cathedral bell, which weighs $4,000
pounds, and it is calculated that its peal
will be heard even to the most distant
part of the city. Chimes similar to those
of Westminster will be used, ringing at
the quarter, half, three quarters and hour.
The minute hand is to be - feet and the
hour hand feet in length, .,hile the
Roman figures on the dial will measure
9 feet inches in length.
eve Jews like republics" said an
intelligent Russian Jew. eve are we'll
treated in all the republics of the world.
In the Republic of France we enjoy all
our rights, and likewise in the Republic