The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-02-01
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- In the Alaska mines potatoes sell
for so cents each and tobacco for SIG
plug.
= Keep out of the stock market. If
you have any money to throw away, give
it to your wife.
- Many a broadcloth husband owes
bis position to the fact that be married
gingham girl. .
- Everybody should know what good
medicine DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is; it
has cured many thousands and will cure
you.
-"She answered me rather shortly
when I asked her to beimine." fIndeed I
How? 2" "She said yes"
= Hostess: Will you have piece of
pie, George? George: Yes'm; but
please make it double size, because ma
told me not to ask for two pieces.
There is nothing 10 good for burns
and frost bites as Salvation Oil. It
effects speedy and permanent cure. 25
cents.
"A horse will never stand facing the
wind in pasture, but will always turn
his back. A horse heated by driving can
be foundered in few minutes by stand-
ing facing the wind, or in draught.
= Lowry City, Mo-, claims to have the
biggest steer in the country. 1t weighs
3,74O pounds. stands over feet high, is
10 feet inches long and measures aysrd
through the hips.
= The biggest idol in the world is
Dia-Buten, the Japanese god, which is
60 feet high. The image is made of cop
per, tin, mercury and gold, and has been
worshipped for more than ~ centuries.
Jones: What was the matter with
that man who tainted, Doctor? DR..
Briggs: He is the holy ;iierophaut of the.
Modern Woodmen and his wife asked
him to saw stick of wood. The shock
did it.
- If the ivory trade increases at the
present rate much longer, the elephant
will soon become extinct. One firm
alone in Sheffield last year received the
tusks of no fewer than 1880 elephants.
A few years ago 800 pairs Of tusks were
sufficient for them.
You can never tell what q slight
cold may lead to; it is best, therefore, to
give yourself the benefit of the doubt,
and cure it as soon as possible with
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. A days delay,
sometimes an hours delay, may result 10
serious consequences.
When suffering from throat or lung
troubles, take only such medicine as has
been proved worthy of confidence. Such
a remedy is Ayers Cherry Pectoral; a
specific for sudden colds, and invaluable
in all forms of pulmonary complaints.
Sold by druggists. Price 81.
James Hand and his son George
parted twenty eight years ago, and did
not again see or hear of each other until
two weeks ago, when they discovered one
another in Seattle, and learned at the
same time that they had been living
within few miles of each other, on
Puget Sound, for many years past.
Prof. Huxley declares that the
proper weight Of man is l54 pounds,
made up as follows: Muscles and appur-
tenauces, 6Spounds; skeleton IA pounds;
skin 101 pounds; fat, % pounds; brain,
8 pounds; abdominal viscera, II pounds;
blood THAT which would drain from the
body,) pounds.
The death is announced at Port
land, Oregon, of William S. Ladd, q BAN
ker of that city and one of the largest
capitalists of the Pacific coast. 1t is said
to have been an unfailing custom of Mr..
Ladd's from the beginning of his career
to set aside one-tenth of his net income
each year for charitable purposes. He
does not seem to have missed the amount
thus appropriated very seriously, as his
estate is estimated at twenty million dol
lars.
- The monkey wrench is not so called
on account of its fancied or actual resem-
blance to Dr.. Garner's simian friends, or
because it is handy tool to monkey"
with, but simply because it is the inven-
tion of cue Charles Moncky, DOW (?l of
Kings County, New York. Although
the world has pretty nearly lost track of
Mr.. Moncky mot Monkey,) 1t seems to
be settled fact that he sold his patent
for 50 900 and invested the proceeds in q
homestead in the above named County
and State.
"A queer story, which beats "Uncle
Remus" at his best, comes from Davidson,
NC. Mr.. John Hedrick killed very
large rabbit during the snow. 1t had
large raised place on the inside of the
left hind leg which be cut into and found
between the flesh and hide two leather.
winged bats, which were full grown.
The bats were fastened to the flesh of the
rabbit by leader or something similar.
There was not broken place in the hide
until Mr.. Hedrick cut it.
A Chattanooga..barber has an Irish
water spaniel who, from point of iutelli.
gence, is hard to excel. When the deg
was four months old be became jealous
of an owl that was in the house, and
while the family were out of sight, be
first dug hole in the ground and then
proceeded to put the owl in it and cover
it up alive. The dog is on to rushing
the growler," goes to the milk depot, car
ries slop pals up and down stairs, dis