The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-07-05
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- Pigeons were employed in the mall
service in Bible times.
Beware of little sins. Mosquitoes
drink more blood than lions.
= Figgs-"Do you think peanuts
healthful?" Fogg-"Yes, indeed /; very
fattening. Look at the policemen"
- The earliest known bank was one at
Babylon, B. G. 700, managed by Egibs.
It received deposits and issued drafts.
The new Postmaster at Dundee,
Mich, among his other qualifications bss
mustache S25 inches from tip to tip.
DE sappie-"Haye cigarette :"
Caustic -"No; I don't sn oke fool. kill
en.'" De sappie-"Neither would I If
I we're you"
Edwin Booths will divided an
estate worth s6o5, 900 among friends and
relatives, with liberal bequeat to char.
table institutions.
The wettest region on earth is
Assam, British India. From May to
September the monthly rainfall ranges
from 100 to 200 inches.
- Boss-"Aren't you afraid to work In
q powder mill ?" Man-"'Why :" Boss I
"You might be blown up." Man
:'Don't worry about that. I'm married ="
-Attorney-"Now, sir, can't you.
remember all that was said on that even.s
ipg~ Witness-"No, indeedl" aBut
you heard 1t Z" eyes, bat there we're six
women talking"
- Eddie johnson, a Kentucky boy,
who is 29 years old. weighs S5ponnds
and is regarded as the largest child Of his
age In the State. BE wears mans hat
and 81 shoe.
"A rattlesnake will not cross q hair
rope. Experienced campers, when they
fear the rattlesnakes are around, encircls
their camps with 9 hair lariat OF two,
and feel secure.
"Papa, what is king !" "a king,
my child, is q person whose authority Is
practically unlimited, whose word is lawS
and whom everybody must obey"
"Psps, is mamma king?"
In 1l56 the university of Paris i
established system of foot messengers I.
who bore letters for its thousands Of
students from every country in Europe
and brought them money from home.
- Female lecturers can't draw large
crowds. The average man doesn't want I
to pay to hear woman lecture when he
can hear one at home for nothing BY
simply staying out an hour late at night.
sit amt no wonder that city peo-
pie don't live long," said old Mrs: Jason. Z
claw, me If I had as many neighbors
to look after as folks chat lives in cities
must have I'd be dead in iess'n s year"
- Sufferers from chills and fever, who
have used quiuiue as remedy, will
appreciate Ayers Ague Cure. This pre-.
paration, if taken according to directions,
is warranted q sure cure. Residents in
malarial districts should no: be without
it.
= Indignant Mother: Clara, I have
told you repeatedly that I didn't want
You to have anything to do with that
! young Haukinsonl Miss Clara: Matnma,
all I've had to do with him has been
three soda- waters and one chocolate ice
cream.
! - The "horn fly" a Texas pest, has
made its appearance in the southern part
of Missouri and stockmen are much
alarmed. The "horn Hy" takes its name
from the fact that the flies collect near
the base of steers horns and burroW thetrs
way to the quick. The cattle become
frantic with pain and cease feeding.
- Signing with the cross was fist
practiced by Christians to distinguish
themselves from the psgans. In ancient
times kings and mobiles used the sign OF
the cross, whether they could write or
not, as symbol that the person making
it pledged himself, by hia Christian faith,
to the truth Of the matter toWhich he
affixed it.
/ - In old times it seemed to be thought
that medicine must be nauseaing to be
affective. Now, all this is changed.
Ayers sarsaparilla, one of the most pow
erful alternatives, is agreeable to most
palates, the flavor being by no means
medicinal.
- Charles Burson, an employe at the
mills of the Andrews Bros. Company, at
Youngstown, O., has developed into Q
veritable curiosity. His hair is naturally
white, but after working in the mills
few hours and becoming heated 1t turns
Z; q brilliant red. When Bursor leaves the
| mill and cools of his hair resumes Its
natural color.
\ -"How is the water in this locality 2"
inquired the traveller, stopping moment
to rest under the shade of scrub oak.
"That's what I'm tryin' to find out,
cap'n," answered the sallow and despon.
dent agricnlturist sitting on the top rail
of the fence. "I've dug down hundred
feet, run out O rope, and haiu't seen no
signs O. water yit. Got any tobacker y
Horses, when asleep, always have
one ear pointed to the front. Exactly
why no human being can tell, but the
probability is that the practice is 9 relic
of the time when they were wild aud
obliged to be on their guard, even when
asleep. Whether or not this is the case,
the fact is certsin that while csttle are
apparently Indifferent as to the position
of their ears when sleeping, and no mat.
ter how these appendages may be placed
both are pointed alike, horses always
point one ear forward.