The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-06-07
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
- In one sulnmer the descendants of q
fly will number 2,0S0,320.
- In Middle smithfeld, Pa, there ID
chestnut tree the trunk of which meas.
ures 19 feet in circumference. breast
high.
Mrs. Northern, Of Kentucky, waited
until she was ITO years old to take the
measles, and then she took enough of
them to kill her.
- The longest lease recorded, except
that given to Abraham, was that Of the
Lynchburg and Danville railroad, which
was recently executed for 999 years.
= The number of prisoners locked up
in IA of the Western and Middle States
is 110,53S and of this vast number of
offenders but one.sixth know how to read.
"A "real Confederate dinner" served
recently at fair in Richmond, Va,
consisted Of slapjacks, rye coffee, sor-
ghum, Nassau pork, rice soup and potato
pie.
= The old question is up again,
whether We shall speak of our female
friends as ladies, or az women. Well,
all ladies are women, but all women are
not ladies.
"A Tennessee man tried to frighten
his wife by coming home late and rat
tling the window blinds. She Was equal
to the occasion and put bullet through
his hand.
Wife-"see, my dear, this style Of
dress is the very latest fashion," Hus-
band with deep sigh)-"How glad I
would be if il would continue to be the
latest fashion"
1t is estimated that there are AGO..
100000 Christians in the world. But
larger portion of them so contrive It that
the casual observer might think the mum.
ber great deal smaller.
"A gold mine in the far West is re-
ported to yield two pounds of pure gold
to seven pounds of ore, or value Of
$175, 900 to the ton. A few acres ofsuch
dirt should satisfy an ordinary man.
= The royal train in which Victoria
travels never exceeds twenty-five miles;
an hour during the night, the object
being to prevent her majesty from being
disturbed while she is asleep.
- James Basley, white.haired octo.
genarian of Zanesville, Ohio, accidently
hit himself on the forehead with ham-s
mer and his hair Immediately began
turning black, until now it is like the
ravens wing.
= "Dat's jess de wayl" said Rastus.
"Here rs stole and stole chickings for
years an never got caught. But de
minnit I goes an buys hen for supper
rs rested on s'picion. Honesty's de wust
policy ebber seed"
- There are but two men living who
served as members of Mr.. Dayis's cabi--
net. They are John b. Reagan, of
Texas, who was postmaster general, and
George Davis, of North Carolina, Who
succeeded Watts, as attorney general.
- Boils, abscesses, tumors, and even
cancers, are the result of natural effort
of the system to expel the poisons which
the liver and kidneys have failed to
remove. Ayers Sarsaparilla stimulates.
all the organs to proper performances OF
their functions.
"Women must consider 1t dread.
full fate to be an old maid," mused Mr..
Ohugwater. "They do, JOSIAH" said.
Mrs. Chugwater. "What terrible sticks
they sometimes marry to escape it,"
And Josiah rubbed his chin and said
nothing.
- The most extensive and celebrated
salt mine in the world is at Wieliczks,
nine miles from Cracow, in Galicia, "a
province of Austria Hungary. It has
been worked continually for GOO years.
The mass of salt is calculated to be 500
miles long, 20 miles broad and 1,2O0 feet
thick.
- Bill Nye's income is probably the
largest of any humorist alive, for besides
the immense amount he realized from his.
annual tours, he has yearly income.
from his books of over 500, O,000-hia full
income being estimated at $4,000. This
years business in the West has been
enormous.
Few negroes but believe that the
left hind foot Of graveyard rabbit is
token of good luck, and the superstition
is spreading among the white race. a
firm in North Carolina which makes q
specially of rabbit skins has received an
order for one hundred thousand of such
feet.
"A novelty has been introduced by o.
Boston woman that bids fair to become
a mania in the cultured society of thas!
city. She has complete breakfast ser7
vice of cups, saucers and plates for hen
large family on which are given, from
photographs, the likeness of the membersd
10 that the servant can properly placel
the china to be used.
Newton County, Kansas, has pro-
duced case of genuine love. A youDgl
lady from that County desired to wed "a
promising American from Lawrence
County, who was not yet the required q
summers by about nine months. Not td
be defeated in her fond aspirations she;
approached the father of the dearest,
and asked him what was the worth Of his
sons labor. The father valued 1t at $40;
per month, whereupon she handed him
500, took. her beloved and went her ways
rejoicing.
Nervous mortals who imagine that
they could stand dying all right enough
were it not for the fear of being buried
alive may be interested 10 recent an
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