The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-03-10
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New York city's area is less than
one-third Of that of Chicago.
- The largest telegraph Office in the
world is in London, In the postofice.
In it there are over 5000 operators con-
stantly employed, about one-third Of
whom are women.
Statisticians say that an average man
of 154 pounds weight has enough iron In
his constitution to make a plowshare,
and enough phosphorous to make half q
million matches.
"A famous English beauty, Lady
Londonderry, has peculiar and success
full system for keeping her youthful
freshness. Although she is perfectly
well she lies in bed one day in ten.
- The great United States Treasury
vault at Washington covers more than q
quarter of an acre and is twelve feet deep.
Recently there was S90,Q0O,000 in silver
stored there-au amount that weighed
1000 tons and would lond Its freight
cars.
DIR. A. Coke Smith has been elected
by the literary societies of Wofford Col
lege to deliver the literary address at
commencement. It iH said that Doctor
Smith will resign his position at Wander
bilt University In June, and in December
will re-enter the South Carolina Confer
ence.
1t is said that there are twenty well
built towns in Kansas without single
inhabitant to waken the echoes of their
deserted streets. Saratoga has $50, 900
opera house, large brick hotel, $40 600
school house and anumber Of fine busi
ness houses, yet there iB nobody to claim a
place to sleep.
y a bill has passed one house Of the
Mississippi Legislature making June 8,
the birthday of the late Hon. Jefferson
Davis, alegal holiday in that State. While
as loyal to the Union as any State, Missis-
sippi proposes to maintain grateful re-
mem brance of her most distinguished
statesman and soldier.
Mr.. Springer says that his wool
bill would reduce the revenue from 810,-
coz, 600 to Sis, ,000, 900, and if necessary the
loss should be made good by increasing
the tax on whiskey. This suggestion is
regarded as good one by the Republi-
can Chicago Tribune, which thinks that
an increase Of the tax from 60 to 81 gal
Ion would be borne by the liquor men
without any difficulty.
= The most unhappy period of mar
rage according to Ersnch aat.dd divorce 91a sta
the fifth to the tenth year. After that th Q
figures drop rapidly. Only Is per cent.
of couples seek divorce between their
tenth and twentieth years of union.
Only one pair in one hundred seek to
cut the knot after the period of over 80
and under go years.
"A Montana man has invented a
ranch snow plough, to be used in
scraping the snow off the ranges so that
the cattle can get at the grass. 1t is re-
satisfactorily. Thousands of cattle per-
ish every year, and the number this
year has been more than usually large
from starvation, on account Of the deep
SHOWS cutting off the food supply.
Russia is starving, Mexico is famine
stricken in certain sections, Germany is
agitated by bread riots, India's grain
supply is short, and other foreign coun-
tries are uneasy about food supplies.
America has been blessed with bounti-
full harvests and there is bread for all in
this country, for which the nation and
the individual should be profoundly
grateful.
- The executive committee of the
Texas Bankers' Association has issued
an address to farmers and business men
urging the reduction Of cotton acreage II
per cent, giving as their opinion that the
effect will be to raise prices so per cent.
They cite the increase in price Of 10 per
cent. in 1881 by the decreased acreage OF
per cent, and refer to the example of the
Brazilian coffee planters raising the
price of coffee from to "a in 1880 and up
to 1887 by reduced acreage.
- The construction of the worlds
longest railroad is progressing radidly
along the river valleys and across the
steppes of Siberia. Tie western extrem-
ity of the road is the mining town OF
MASK, on the eastern side of the Ural
range, and its eastern turminus is at Via
livestock, on the Sea of Japan, making
total length Of S, 7S4 miles, which is near
ly twice the length of the Canadian Pa
ciflc. It will cost SlS2,0OO,OO0.
Probably the largest congregation in
America Is that of the Church of St.
Stanislaus Kostka, Chicago, which has
so 900 communicates. The number Of
attendants at the several Masses evsry
Sunday frequently exceeds $1,000. The
cure of souls committed to its charge re-
auires the services of 12 priests. 1t has
parochial school attended by 5000 chill
dren, and these are taught by 16 sisters
and lay teachers. The church main
tains an orphan asylum in which about
700 inmates are cared for.
HI. E. Miller, of this city, thinks he
and though the treatment is heroic, advi-
ses all people to try il. Every morning
at 5 O'clock he goes out into the back
ward, naked, aud for ten minutes rolls
around in the snow. This practice he has
kept up for two weeks, although the
temperature has been rs low as sixteen
degrees below zero. When SNOW is not
or the ground he takes q tub Of ice water.
He has not had q cold this winter, and at
tributes his excellent physical condition
to his snow and ice water baths.-Chicago
Herald.
- Charles w. Ayres, prominent busi-
ness man of Detroit, Mich, formerly a
partner in the Richmond Backus COM
pany, was shot and fatally injured on
Wednesday by his wife, Anna ID. Ayres,
at their residence in Detroit. The su
prerne court recently dismissed Mrs
Ayres' suit for divorce and dissolved the
Injunction restraining Mr.. Ayres from
entering the family residence. MIR.
Ayres, in consequence thereof, went to
his house to pack up his personal effects.
His daughter demonstrated and he grew
excited. Mrs. Ayres soon came in from
the street and scene followed. AS Mr..
Ayres was about leaving tho house, his
wife fired at him with revolver, but
she did not hit him. AS he was Oh the
veranda she fired again, the ball enter
ing the left breast and lodging In the