The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-07-31
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mend their ways.
= When bees do not go out as,s
usual, but keep in or about their
hives, rain may be expected.
= The largest ocean creature now
known to exist is the rorqual, which
often reaches a length of 140 feet. d.
:" Cannot we become one!
pleaded earnestly. "That depen$
replied the new girl. Which ore
= "Who was Joshua -
Sunday School teacher
the man who commande
stand still and he did it,"
= 1t is stated as an interesting -
Geological fact that inoLondon out of
one hundred widowers who marry
again twelve marry their housekeep.
| ers. Is
= There is tree in Jamaica known
as the life tree on account Of its leaves
growing even after being severed from
the plant. Only by fire can it be en-
tirely destroyed.
= Three good washes are received
by an Abyssinian during his career
at his birth, on his marriage morn,
and at his death. At all other times
he shuns soap and water.
We exported less wheat 70 for-:
eign countries by IL per cent. this
year than last year. The chespness,
was not even an inducement. Rus
sia supplied our deficiency.
Experience is the best teacher in
regard to what We eat. If an article
| of consumption gives US no trouble
afterward, continue to eat it ;eif it
makes us sick, let it alone. n
Editor D. B. Cook, Of The Niles,
(Mich.) Mirror, has been printer
sixty-six years. He is now 80 years
old, but can stick type as rapidly as
any compositor in his Office. 4
Some philosophers have observed
| that ''To be good conversationalist,
one must need be good listener.
This is especially true if the CONVEX
sation is to be by telephone.
= Proud Mother-Yes, my love, it
was on this very spot, 81 years ago,
your father proposed to me. Fair
Daughter Carried away with interest)
And did you accept him, mamma
A woman-hater, an old bachelor
of Vienna, who recently died there,
directed his heirs to buy vacant
| grave on each side Of his, SO that even
in death no woman could be placed
near him.
1t is stated that wasps nests
often take fire, supposed to be cslsed
by the chemical action Of the wax
upon the paper material Of the nest
itself. This fact may account for
many mysterious fires.
= The largest sycamore tree in
Ohio grows on the farm Of Henry
Peters, near Upper Sandusky. tits
100 feet in height and 48 feet in cir
| cumference at the base. That ought
| to be called the syoamost tree. -.
= One Of the most noted architects
of Boston, Dennis Reardon, has been
totally blind since his ninth year. He
designed the plans for the Boston II,
brary, the natural history building :
and many other prominent ediGces.
Little Boy: Glow soon are ycu
| and sis goin' to be married $40
| cepted Suitor: "She has not named
| the day yet. I hope she does not be-
lieve in long engagements. Little
boy: "She doesn't. know, cause
| all her engagements have been short"
"A French physician saysN Nthat
biting the nail is mark of incipient
| nervous degeneration. He believes
it to be hereditary. From statistics
gathered by him among school chil-
dren it is shown that almost one-third
arc nail-biters, and that the habit is
more noticeable among girls than
boys.
| A law goes into effect on July l.,
1896, in the State of Connecticut,
| which provides that all vehicles hay-
ing an axle two inches square, or Of
equivalent capacity, shall be equipped
with tires not less than four inches in
width those with an axle aninch and
three-quarters square must have three
| inch tires, and an axle an inch and
half square calls for tires two and
half inches wide. The penalty at
tached is s100.
-" "I tell you how tits with me, Mrs.
Blodgett, said the dressy neighbor.
"When I go to Church and get all
stirred up over what q desperate wick
| ed set we are, I feel vexed and put out
to think what shame it was that Eve
didn't mind her own business and not
bring such heaps Of trouble upon us
but when l put on a new dress that
fits me no nice 1 cant find particle
of fault with it, and hat that makes
every woman I meet feel as though
she hadn' a friend in the world, then
I own up that I feel downright glad
she was fond of fruit, and 1 can t help
it,"
- The old theory that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place,
or the same object, is stoutly refuted
by William Tussick. Last night he
had been in bed half an hour when
lightning struck his house, ran down
the wall on the inside, picked him up
and threw him out of bed to the foor.
1t was no gentle hand which used him
thus, and it was some time before he
recovered from the shock. Lightning
seems determined to secure Mr.. Tus-
sick for a victim. About 20 years ago
he was struck and knocked insensible
by bolt, but was all right again in a :
few days.-PAiladelphia Record.
Last summer one Of our grand
children was sick with severe bowel
trouble. Our doctor s remedies had
failed, then We tried Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy,
which gave very speedy relief. We
regard it as the best medicine ever
put on the market for bowel COM
plaints.-Mrs. Z. G. Gregory, Fred
erickstown, Mo. This certainlyis the
best medicine ever put on the m, rket
for dysentery, summer complaint,
collie and cholera infantum. It never
fails to give prompt relief when used
in reasonable time and the plain