The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-01
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

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The word penknifeiis one Of the
words found only one time in the Bible.
Business worries are said to be
the cause Of 12 per cent Of the cases
Of insanity.
- 1t is said that people eat 20 per
cent. more bread when the weather is
cold than when it is mild.
- She-"Did you ever see a full
moon 2" He-.sI don't. think / ever
saw an empty one.
According to measurements given
in the Bible, Noah's Ark was larger
vessel than the Great Eastern.
In Chinese the letter / has 145s
ways of being pronounced, and each
pronunciation has q different meaning.
= The steamers between Europe;
and North America carry on an aver
age about 70 900 passengers per month.
- The Swiss postohce conveys any
thing from postal card to barrels Of
wine, scythes and bundles Of old
iron.
! = Uncle Sam makes more paper:
than any other country in the world.
The biggest paper mill is at Vest
brook, Me. &
-'I'm going to get q divorce. 3
"Onwhat grounds r. 'eBigamy After
I married him Learned he Was welded;
to his money. /" sZs
= One Of the wagons abandoned by:
Gen. Sherman's army on its march to
the sea is now owned by Jordan Bai-
ley, who is using it on his farm In
Georgia.
= Children in India have tolearn
the multiplication table up to go
times 40, and this is further eompli.
Gated by the introduction Of fractione
parts. .
- There are 2, 1000 or 5000 trained
women nurses in New York whose
services are constantly in demand at
from s25 to $35 week, with board
and lodging.
- Hunker-I asked old Mr.. Mum
if I might pay my addresses to his
daughter. Spatts-Wh hat did he say Z
Hunker-He suggested that I pay my
debts first.
"How is it your little baby sister
goes to. sleep as soon as your father
takes her ?" Little-four-year-old
'spec it's cause she'd rather do that;
than stay awake and hear him sing.
~ The editors wife -ssI'd just like
| to know what you wanted to buy me
that measley old calico dress for I?
The editor (humblyl Because, my
dear, I-er thought you'd look well IN
print
| ssWimmen' suffrage 2" said Mrs.
Hollersnag. ''Not any fur me, ef you
please" s'Why not ?" tBecause, y
hev ter wait on Josiar enough ez il iss
without, goin' ter town an doins his
votin' fir i'm"
"Does that mule kick? p asked,
a man who was standing on the curb.
"Nope," repliedthe proprietor Of the
animal. ''Wid some-usdies es-hit might
be called kickin, but when he IetsIgo.
hits er explosion
| AT Egg Harbor, N. j., Q week
ago a bride, surrounded by her friends,
stood waiting for the man she was to
marry. A telegram came saying that
he had been called to Philadelphia on.
| business, but would return in time for
the ceremony, which had been set Tor
high noon. At noon the bride turned
{ to the best man, an old lover, and it
was quickly arranged that they should
wed. Just as the ceremony was con.
| cluded the disappointed man rushed
| in; his train had been late. The,
bride tainted in her husband 8 arms.
Cotton has not made Southern
| farmers rich, but under proper sys-,
| temof farming it will do it. When
farmers learn to raise their own neat,
bread, fruit, vegetables and farm am
mails, and supply their own country
with them, and then raise all the
high-priced cotton they can, there will
be good reign Of unexampled pros
perity throughout the South, that is,
if the politiiccinps gill learn to let COM
mon sense rule the fealms "
- The black Kings Of the African
coast press your middle finger throe
times as a sign of salutation, the
Jaeanese takes off his slipper, while
the Laplander pushes his nose vigor-
ously against you. In Hindostan they
salute man by taking him by the
beard, while the people Of the Philip
pine islands take your hand and rub
their face with it. The King OF Ter
nate rises to receive his subjects, and
they sit down to salute him. -
"A Pennsylvania miner found a
frog in a cavity in a lump of coai
broken by him. He placed the frog in
an air-tight pan. Attrstit showed no
signs Of life, but after being in the
pan about six hours it began to move
about. After 10 hours exposfre to
the light it was as lively as any mod
ern specimen. In size the frog is
much larger than the ordinary poad
frog and the color Of the skin is bril-
liant. It weighs about szree quarters
of pound.
A flower lately discovered in the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec is white In
the morning. red at noon and blue at
night. and is called the chameleon
flower in default of any botanical
name. It is probably q species OF the
hibiscus mutabilis. The colors do
not pass abruptly from one shade to
the other, but change gradually from
| the white of the morning to the pink
and red and thence to the blue at
night. The Tehuantepec tree grows
to the size of a guava tree and gives
out slight perfume when the flower
| is Of red color.
Someone came past Deacon Pod.
berry's the other night about III
o'clock, and was surprised to find that
good man carefully examining his
Woodpile. What are you looking
| for ?'' asked the passer-by. Just
.,,,;,;nr +b;s load of wood to see if