The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-10-11
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

A chestnut tree 212 feet through
and 1000 years old stands at the foot
of Mount Etna.
Tobacco was discovered in Cuba
in 1892, but was not introduced into !
England until 1866. g g
The farmer in Japan who has
more than ten acres of land is looked
upon as monopolist.
Taking all the year round the
coolest hour Of the twenty-four is 5S
o'clock in the morning.
Over 100000 ..ilard skins we're
imported into the Uniteu States last
year from the State Of Tabasco,
Mexico.
= Australia s summer is said to- be
so hot that matches accidentally drop
ped on the ground often become isnits5
ed.
In a square inch Of the human
scalp the hairs number about ,000
and the whole number on an adult
scalp is about 10000.
1t is estimated that the coal
mines already developed contain
enough coal to supply the world q
thousand years to come.
"A rule in effect in Leipzig, Sax
ony, assesses the expense Of calling
out the FIRE department. to the owner
of the house where the fire originated.
= Enamcred Youth May I hope
to find place in your heart? Lady
Love (6n de siccle): If you hustle.
There are only few choice locations i
left. s.
= The Husband during the spat): !:
You're always making bargains Was
there ever time when you didn't q
The Wife: Yes, sir On my wedding
day.
"A woman. named Mary Smeaton,
residing in the suburbs OF Cincinnati,
although past the age Of 81 has
within the last year cut four new
teeth.
Hello, Bingley, how did the
doctor succeed in breaking up your
fever ,?n aOh, easy enough; he pre-
sented his bill, and / had a chill in15 (
minutes. 81;
- It issslid thas when mn Indian
dies his surviving relatives pay all his:
debts. We are acquainted with 81
man who we heartily wish would turn
Indian and die. x 81
Visitor-So your brother is takzs
ing lessons on the violin. lis he max
ing progress !? Little Girl Yes IN 81 );
he s got SO now we can tell Whether he
is tuning or playing.
= Mamma: When that boy threw:
stones at you why didn't you come
and tell me instead Of throwing them
back {? Little Son: Tell you Why
you couldn't hit barn door. 81
"A human skeleton (?) found at
Nazara, Sicily, in 1409, is said to be-
30 feet in length. ''The skull was. as.
large as barrel, and each of the
siutyjour teeth weighed FIVE ounces.
Mrs. 0. P. Payne, of Evansville,
Ca, killed thirteen rattlesnakes in the
'lot around her home, witb-als OF
fencerail, a few days ago. They a~ess
aged about two feet in length each. .
The annual report Of the Attors
ney General of Michigan states that
one of every 100 of the State s inhabl-
| tants was arrested on criminal charge
I while one out Of every $50 was cdn-5
victed.
Conundrum-"What the differ
ence between cat and legal docu-i
ment 2" Answer-"The one has claw
ses at the end Of it's pawses; the
other has pauses at the end Of Its
clauses"
O. Jenny Lind was one Of the first
persons to travel in private car in
this country. She hireda car and had
the seats removed, and fitted it up
with her own luxurious household
furniture.
= Miss Kecdick-'M -'Mr. Gilley actu-
ally offered himself to Miss Darley on
a postal card" Miss Gasket-HWhat
did she do?" Miss Keedick-"R Refus-
ed him. She said she preferred sealed
proposals. F"
O. The longest swim ever made in
the rough sea was by Samuel Brock, s
Yarmouth fisherman, on October III
1895. The vessel in which he saild
was wrecked, and he swan seventeen
miles in seven and half hours
through strong gale.
Samuel LETTERS, an aged resident
of Moraine, N. D., who has been e
great sufferer from rheumatism for
over 20 years, has been entirely, and,
it is thought, permanently cured by a
slight stroke of lightning. s
Said wise little woman to me
not long ago. ''For the first six years
of my child's life I taught him but
very little, except what and how to
eat and to tell the truth. And | con-
slider the time well spent.
The first printing Office in the
United States was established in 1859
the first political newspaper was print
ed in 1888; the first daily paper in
1884; the first penny paper in 1888,
and the first illustrated paper in 1853.
= Though it is fourteen years of,
it has already been suggested that q
celebration be made in 1907 of the
three hundredth anniversary Of the
first English settlement in America,
which was at jamestown, Va, in l6O7.
= The great wealth Of many Ameri-
cans was acquired by the closest econ
omy. Most people seem to prefer the
rapid method, such as speculating,
some with other people money. But
, the slower process of enconomy, indus,
, try and steady application is the
surest.
One curious result Of the hurri-
cane that struck the Southern Coast
recently was the killing of quantities
of fish. For many days after the
, storm the coast around Savannah and
throughout the stretch where its force
was most vented was strewn with dead
fish of all kinds.
, In Ashantee parricides are tied
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