The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-05-09
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

- 1t is quite as hard to act lie as
to tell the truth.
Think high thoughts and you
won't do low deeds.
- Christopher Grove, a 93-year-old
| resident Of Bethany, Ind, is cutting.
new set of teeth.
The Mohawk Indians will not
allow so much as blade Of grass to.
grow upon the graves of their compan-s
ions.
The gems in the diadem Of thu
Russian Empress are worth ESQ, ,O00.
They comprise 1855 diamonds and =
massive ruby.
- To refuse to speak to your next
door neighbor, and emit prayers for
the heather, is a sort Of consistency
that don't jingle.
1t has been figured out that a man
who shaves regularly until he is 80
years old, has cut Of about 35 feet OF
hair from his face.
- In the old days pigs were con-
sidered a great delicacy in Rome, and
those for the magnates we're fatteneds
on honey, figs and whey.
Jillson says he has noticed that
some men are great deal like rivers.
When their heads are swelled you
realize it from their mouths.
= A firm in Palestine is engaged in
supplying water from the River Jor-s
dan to churches. It is put up IN
sealed bottles and sold by the case. y
"A horse 36 years Of age, withas
remarkable fondness for whiskey, died;
recently at Reading, Pa. The animal
frequently drank pint of liquor insss
pail Of water.
Office boy-"Here's note from
a purity young lady," Editor tabsent
mindedly)-"Can't help it'll Three in
the bank now, and not q darned cent
to meet 'eml" q
The 20, 600, 600 men Of the United
States are wearing an average OF ~
buttons each, making 400, ,G00, ,000: butt
tons for all, estimated to weigh 22,-
600, 600 pounds. s
Bingo-ssHow did my wife look,
at the reception yesterday 2" Withers
elegantly. Why weren't yous
there 2" Bingo-"Didn't have decent
clothes to wear" ~ 81
= The longest train ever hauled by
a single engine in America was on the
Reading Line. It contained go
empty cars, and was mile and ;a
quarter in length.
- It is possible, by recent inven-s
ton, to take FIVE different Photographic
views Of person at one sitting. Tbs
apparently different attitudes are pro-
duced by the aid of mirrors. 4
The only half-cent, probably
which was ever coined was q piece now;
in possession Of Jesse Rogers OF New
berry, Mass. It is an old Massachu-
setts coin, presumably cast as an s:. ex=s
pertinent. ss
The most common error OF men
and women is to look for happiness
outside of useful work. 1t has never
been found when thus sought, and
never will be while the earth reyolyes
and the sun shines. .sss'
The estimated number Of horses
in this country on January !, 1885,,
was more thon 5000, 600, and valued
1t $500, 100000. January !, 1884,
there were more horses, the value had
decreased to the amount of $223,0 ,0OO,
600. The horse business got hit hard.
- Jesse Seligmau, Of New York,
who died the other day, came to the
United States in sailing vessel in
184O from Bgordorf, Bavaria. His
first effort upon landing was to find "a
good boarding house for 81 per week.
His fortune when he died was esti-s
mated at $50, 100000.
Senator McLaurin was trying e.
case before the Circuit Court in Ran
kin Co., Miss, just before his election
TO- the Senate, about month ago..
There was negro and dog involved: S
"What is the dog good for, uncle 81
asked Mr.. McLaurin. "Willhe catch
coons p "Never hearn 'er his catchin
nuthin," replied the darkey. aAin'tt
no count at all. He jes lays arouns
de house, he does, an eats an sleeps
Amt wuf shucks. OATS what makes
us call i'm what we do "What do
you call him 2" Lawyer"
The golden text for a certain
Sunday School was, "And the child
grew up and waxed strong in spirit:
Luxe ii: 4O." Little Ted's hand
went up like fash when the superin-5
dent asked: "Can any Of these bright,
smiling little boys or girls repeat the
golden text for to-day All how glad
It makes my heart to see SO many
hands go up Teddy, my boy, You may
repeat it, and speak good and loud
that all may hear" And they all
heard this: "And the child grew and
waxed strong like 2.40." .ss
= Careful weighing shows that an
ordinary bee, not loaded, weighs the
one fve-thousandth part of a pound,
so that it takes 5000 bees, not loaded
to make a pound. But the loaded
bee, when he comes in fresh from the
fields and flowers, loaded with honey
or bee bread, weighs nearly three
times more-that is to say, he carries
nearly twice his own weight. W
loaded bees there are only about.
800 in the pound. An ordinary
hive Of bees contains from four to Eve.
pounds of bees, or between 20, 600 and
Is, 600 individuals, but some swarms
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