The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-02-06
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In several European countries,
including France and Belgium, cleo
tions are always held on Sunday.
Siberian women are raised as
abject slaves-untidy in dress, and
are bought with money or cattle.
= The share of land falling to each
inhabitant of the globe, in the event
of partition, might be set down at
23a acres.
- Instead Of an engagement ring,
the Japanese lover gives his sweet
heart piece Of beautiful silk for her
sash or obi.
A trolley road is now being built
to connect Baltimore with Washing
ton. Trains will run over it at the
rate of go miles an hour.
A yard is 36 inches in length be-
cause King Henry I Of England, who
adopted this measurement, had an
arm Sc inches long.
George Parrott, Of Lynn, Mass,
said to be the oldest shoemaker in the
country, is 80 years old. He has al
ways stuck to his last.
= '"Thank the Lord" said the far
mer. "cotton's gone up at last!'
"You don't say!' eyes; yonder goes
ten bales in cyclone"
= The action of coffee on the body
is mainly due to certain acid and oily {
properties contained in the berries,
and greatly developed in the roasting
process.
The Landlady-I'll have to apol-
ogize for the presence Of grounds in
the coffee this morning. The New
Boarder-Er-too weak to stand the
strain, I suppose.
-Four oranges eaten every day are
effective in removing the desire for
intoxicants. One should be eaten be-
fore breakfast, one each at II a. M,
3 p. M, and p. m.
1t is the little things that make
up life, and the little mistakes have
as much effect as the little good deeds.
There is no thought or act, but has
it's effect for good or i'll.
= Smithers-'Brown, you are
well read man, what do you think is
the greatest thing about this world 2"
Brown-"Well, to be accurate, Smith
ers I think it's the circumference"
= The day after a snow-storm is
usually very clear, because the snow
in falling brings down with it most Of
the impurities Of the air, and leaves
the atmosphere exceedingly pure,
"A little girl somewhat noted for
her quaint and original saying said
the other day at the breakfast-table
that "she had got piece Of bread
head-frst down her cough-pipe.'
Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides
at Toledo, Washington, says she has .
never been able to procure any medi-
cine for rheumatism that relieves the
pain so quickly and effectually as
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and that
she has also used it for lame back with
great success. For sale by Hill Bros.
- The greatest, most guilty sinner
is the man who has heard the Gospel
plainly, afectionately and faithfully
preached, and yet has trifed with it,
despised it and rejected it. No such
sinner can be found in all the heather
world, and yet such are often the ones
who puzzle themselves about what
will become of the heather.
1t has been noted that the reluc-
tance Of women to tell their age is no
| peace Of modern sensitiveness. It's
| as old as the hills. In the Old Testa-
ment, although great numbers Of wo-
men are mentioned, there is but one
Sarah, Abraham's wife-whose age
| is recorded.
20. W. O. Hardman, Sheriff of
Tyler Co., W. Va, appreciates a good
thing and does not hesitate to say so.
He was almost prostrated with cold
when he procured a bottle Of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. He says:
cit gave me prompt relief. I find it
to be an invaluable remedy or coughs
and colds For sale by Hill Bros.
| "A travelling salesman for local
shoe house, who has recently returned
from trip through Virginia, stated
that in accepting the hospitality Of the
residents of the rural districts in that
locality he was frequently asked at
breakfast WHICH he preferred, "wet
sweetenin'" or "dry sweetenin' in
his coffee. If he elected the former,
sorghum molasses was handed him,
while if he chose the latter, he got
little Jumps Of maple sugar.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
= An old lady down east can't eee
anything very new-styled about these
tremendous sleeves which they are
wearing nowadays. On the contrary,
she thinks they are pretty old. "They
are exactly the same as We wore in
1885," she says; "but then, to keep
them full, instead Of using stiff lin
ing we stuffed them with feathers.
Afterwards I took the feathers from
pair of sleeves and stuffed pillow for
cradle, and there was plenty, too"
But it's different now, when there are
no feathers up a girls sleeve, and
when she has no use for cradle pillows.
"A Des Moines woman who has