The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-05-16
A million matches arc usct

- Ii mas Deen eSGlmateQ CnlG lU,UUV
tons of candy are consumed in the
United States annually.
The original Adam had this, to-
his credit: He did not attack the pre-
vious character of Eve.
= To be perfectly proportioned g.
man should weigh twenty-eight pounds.
for every foot Of his height.
= The one point upon which hem
pecked husband and his wife agree is
when she wishes she were man. 81
= There are fifteen ex-governors
now occupying seats in the United
States Senate, and three in the house,
: The last letter written by George
Washington has recently been sold
at public auction in Philadelphia for
$3.50.
= The most costly medicine in
the world is metallic gallium, which
sells at price equal to 100000, per
pound.
= -Suitor: I adore your daughter, 1
will do anything attihel Clestnuts I
I said the same thing to her mothers
father.
Bosouit' s late pamphlet, "Man Of
the Nineteenth Century," says that
only one man out of each 203 attains a.
height of over six feet.
London has more houses than
Paris, New York, Berlin and Vienna,
put together, owing to y,hc prevalence
Of fats in the latter cities. s.
= The oldest epitaph in England is
found in country churchyard in Ok
forshire, dated 1870. It's obsolete
language is almost unintclligible.
= Teacher of Decorum-"Now,
Jimmy, why is it that man speaks of
his wife as his better half?'" Jimmy
-"Mebbe t's cos she costs tn most. =
= Caller-"One Of your sons is a
minister and the other a physician,
are'n they?' Mother lproudly y
eyes; one breaches and the other.
practices.
= The clerk of Queen Victoria's
kitchen, who always carves, receives q
salary Of So, 500 year. The chief re-
ceives the same and two confectioners
receive 81 800 each.
= The barber art in Europe dates
from the time of Alexander the Great,
B. G. $50. He ordered every soldier
to shave lest the beard should give a
handle to their enemies.
Nudge: If there is anything |
pride myself on, it is my horse sense.
Yabsley: You'd do betterif you had
some mule sense. The mule will
not take on a bigger load than he can.
carry.
1t is officially calculated in New
York that the tall buildings erected in
lower Broadway up to date have ad-
ded seventy-fve acres to the business
area of New York city above the sixth
story.
= Keep strict watch for mites in
the hen house these warm days.
Keep the roost soaked with kerosene
oil once a week and there need be no
fear of mites taking possession OF the
house.
There are 1863 Confederate battle
flags in the collection Of war relics at
Washington. Of these. twenty-eight
separate regimental colors were cap
tured after Pickctt's charge at Gettys-
burg, Penn.
- The Mikado of Japan has recent
ly issued decree allowing a japanese
woman to lead, if shs chooses, single
life. Hitherto, found unmarried after
certain age, husband was selected
for her by law.
Small Boy-"My sister likes
you." Young Man (calling)-"That's
very nice. / like her, too, very much:
Small Boy-'Yes, she said she liked
you because you never came often and
did mt stay long"
A foot of newly-fallen snow
makes but one inch Of water when
melted. The average annual fall ct
snow in Maine is seven feet (; New
York, four feet, and Iowa two and a
half feet.
"A lifc-saver Of New York after
series Of observations extending over
period of twenty years, says that the
superstition that a drowning person
rises to the surface three times is en-
tirely unfounded.
RUpY's PILE SUpposIToRY is guar
anteed to cure Piles and Constipation,
or money refunded. so cents per box.
Send stamp for circular and Free Sam
nile to MARTIN RUDY, Lancaster, Pa.
For Sale by White & White, drug
gists Anderson, S. q.
Bob Mawsley. of Jacksonville,
Fla, has pair of young eagles which
he has trained to carry through the
air basket containing his 7-year-old
boy. His only regret is that he cant
enjoy a trip himself till he has caught
a few more Of the birds.
Names for children are thus
chosen in Egypt: The parents of the
child select three candles, and to each
candle the name of some dignifed
parsonage is given. The three are
lighted, and the candle that burns the
longest denotes the favored name.
Mrs. Grumpps-"What objec-
tion could there possibly be to letting
ting women vote p Mr.. Grumpps-
"W ou int do at all. Women never
know when they are beaten. Both
sides would claim victory and never
give up."