The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-27
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= If there we're no little sins there
would never be any big ones. The big
snakes have all been little ones sometime
or other.
The true and aafe course lies in this
direction Let evey farmer see to it that
he has plenty Of corn, oats, peas, hay and
other farm products, keep stock, and when
this is done make every pound of cotton
he possibly can. This ne think is the
true solution of the difficulty, and atten.
ton cannot be too often called to it,
Darlington Herald.
= When man thinks nobody cares
for him, and he is alone in o cold, sell
fish world, he would do we'll to ask him
self the question "What have I done
to make anybody care for and love me,
and to warm the world with faith and
generosity :" It is generally the case
that those who complain the most have
done the lesst.
An exchange remarks that it is not
much wonder that the human race finds
it uphill work to be decent and Keep
straight. The first man vas liar and
sneak, the first woman kept bad COM
pany and pried into things that did not
concern her; the first child born killed
his brother. Our first parents were
tougn lot and it is hard to get it out of
the blood.
= Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, is one
Of the many men whose success in life is
due to the encouragement and stimulus
of clever wife. Ever since her mar
riage Mrs. Eagle has pushed her hus-
band forward. She even educated him.
Naturally, Arkansas is proud Of Mrs.
Eagle, and her position in the State is
not unlike that of Mrs. Logan in Mis-
souri,.
The Egyptians had very remark.
able ordinance to prevent persons from
borrowing imprudently. An Egyptian
was not permitted to borrow without
giving to his creditor in pledge the body
ofhis father. It was deemed both an i'm.
piety and an infamy not to redeem so
sacred a pledge. A person who died
without discharging that duty was de.
prived of the customary honors paid to
the dead.
1t has been claimed that the seeds
taken from ancient Egyptian tombs are
capable ofgrowth, but proof of the claim.
is lacking. 1t has been demonstrated,
however, that seeds Of 8 very great age are
capable of development. Raspberries
have been raised from seed taken from
the stomach Of man who died during
the time of the Emperor Hadrian who
reigned in the second century of our
era. Think of it. a seed springing into
new life after lying dormant sixteen cen.
turies.
Thoughtfulness of others is the chief
mark of good breeding, and nowhere
does it show palmer than in the hostess.
Some of the schools in this country have
adopted course which teaches girls to
enact the part of the hostess. One of
the exercises requires the students to
enter the room with ease aud to be re-
ceiyed by the hostess, who in turn pre-
sents them to the guest at her side.
They are taught to walk, sit, stand, stoop,
bow, to move with ease, precision, fexi.
bility and the grace that is the natural
result ofphysical training.
- The heaviest modern ordnance is
the English 11O-ton gun. It's charge is
96O pounds of best prismatic gunpowder,
and the cylindrical steel shot weighs
1900 pounds. At the last test this enor-
nous shot penetrated entirely through
compressed armor (steel faced iron) 20
inches thick; then through iron backing
5 inches thick then it pierced wholly
through 20 feet of oak, s feet Of granite
and II feet of hard concrete and 8 feet
into brick wall. No existing fortress,
much less armored vessel, could with
stand such shot.
of the late Bishop Ames the follow
ing anecdote is told: While presiding
over certain conference in the West a
member began TRADE against univer-
sites and education, thanking God that
he had never been corrupted by contact
with college. After proceeding thus
for few minutes, the bishop interrupted
with the question: "Do I understand
nat the brother thanks God for his ig-
norance? 2" swell, yes," was the answer,
"you can put it that way if you want to-"
"Well, all l have to aay," said the bishop
in his sweetest musical tone, els that the
brother has a good deal to thank God
for"
Very frequently champagne bath
has been referred to in illustrating some
freak of prohigscy. Less than q half
dozen years ago a Louisville man took
genuine champagne bath in Rulers hotel.
His name was-and is, for he is living
Crow, and he was a sporty man. A rela-
tive died near Lexington and left him a
big lump of property. He bought
enough champagne to fill bath tup at
Rulers and plunged into it. On the
side he had champagne to drink and
dozen companions to drink it. Two
years later he was on his uppers and
hadn't a nickel.
The Wilmington, N. G., Star notes
the success of Mr.. William 81. Dunn,
owner of re riverside farm, near New
berue. n. c., who believes in the inten-
sive system of farming, and to which he
attributes his success. His farm of sixty
acres he bought in 1881, paying for it