The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-29

= The fashionable =
| national show in Lond s.
blue and long haired
= To be perfeetll1 Portioned 8
| man should weigh % pounds for every ]
| foot.6f his height. &
= Japan has no fewer than 700
| earthquake observing station scatter
ed over the Empire.
= The public free schools of the
United States are at present educating
13, ,25O, 900 children.
- In the United States there are:
said to be $4,000 Freemasons and
CSC, 900 Odd Fellows.
1t has been calculated that 300
shots were fred Cor every man wound
| ed during our late Civil War.
With a load Of 400 pounds q /
| camel can travel l2 or "a days without
water, going 40 miles day. 3
1t has been discovered that the 4
cholera germ is seldom fatal to a sys-
tenn impregnated with tobacco.
An inch Of rain means gallon
of water spread over every two square
| feet, or about 100 tons to every .lcre.
Every church and chapelin every
village and town in Wales hasits
choir, often numbering 90; 40 Or 1907
voices. ~
Massachusetts has more incors
porated cities Of more than 10, ,090
J Inhabitants thar any other State ins
The Union.
1t is said that blue-eyed cats are
always perfectly deaf and that pure
white ones are afflicted with the same
| iniirmity.
After woman has been married
three weeks she doesn't like to have
her husband around the house in the
daytime.
The amount Of gold coin in actual
circulation in the world is estimated
by the Bank Of England officials to be-
about 865 tons. s.
-Ifa wart be rubbed with the
pared surface of afreshly cut potato
three times day it will disappear
within a month.
-IssDo I make a fool Of myself very
often, Miss Lovely r. he asked. sOh.
nc" replied shey ysweetly, ssnot often
only it seems to last
"A baby whose eldest brother is aS
grandfather was born in Richmond {,
KY, recently. It's mother is % and
her husband 72 years old.
IA swarm OF flies will make their
appearance at car window and easily
keep pace with the train, even though y
tit be rushing across the country 4O
miles an hour.
The latest statistics prove that's
more than two-thirds Of the grown
male population Of the globe use
tobacco in some one of the many forms
| in which it is taken. s
Father-ssIs that young girl
you're going to marry economical z
Son Enthusiastically 80 l should say
SOL Why, last year she spent 9, ,5O0
in bargains +
- She: No. I don't prefer men
who are known to be rich. He: How
can that be ? She: They don't spend
their money as freely as men who want
to be known as rich.
Markham is wretchedly absent
minded" ssWhat's he been doing
now p event out to dine yesterday
and apologized profusely at the end OF
the dinner for poorness of the spread.
Chow is Johnny getting along
with his writing? ?" asked the fond
parent. Rapidly" replied the
teacher. IT think he is already COM
petent to write his own-ezcuses.
- stranger-"What cheerless,
dreary, depressing-looking building
that is!'' Native-"Oh, that's only q
school. Do you like fine architec-
ture p IT do" Wait till you see
our new Jail. ;"
Teacher-"Spell and define mat
rimony.'" Pupil (after spelling) -
don know as l can tell exactly VI
it means, but it is something that
father and mother say they have
enough Of.
! = The late Major Decker, the
get. weighed but a pound at birth,
physicians predicted that he could
live two days. Yet he survived =
years, and, it is said, was drunk half
Of his life.
- There is hole in Yellowstone
Park supposed to be dry geyse1as
which is believed to be "bottomless1
Three Thousand feet of line wit
weight attached has been let down.
into it without meeting with obstruc-s
tions. .S
- Lightning played curious freak
at Washington, Ga. 1t struck large
hush. under which a hen and three
chickens had sought shelter. The
former was Instantly killed, but the
chickens were found alive under their
mother.
Husband-"You'll have to wait
half an hour for your change IN that
big store, and We are in hurry.
Why not go to little store q Wife
--0The idea Do you suppose / can
get enough stuff for sleeves in a little
store p
= Mr.. Weighbigg-'.Doctor, your
anti-fat remedies are doing me agreat
deal of good. I'm losing flesh right
along. But, seems to me, your char
ees are ruinously high. Doctor
{calmly)-"That's part of the treat
ment. 7"
- Maude-"What do you suppose
Gus De Noodle said when | told him
I wanted to speak to him moment
last night?'' Beatrice-'I don't
know. What p Maude-"Replied
that he was all ears" Beatrice-
"The donkey"
1t has been said that the world
paws most to those who kill-eenerals
and great lords; next most to those
who amuse-singers and actors, while
those who preach, teach and write for
the papers come along somewhere near
the bottom of the list.