The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-04-10
All Sorts of Paragraphs.


There are $4,000, 900 men Of mil
itary age in the United States.
Be the kind of man that you
would have your boys become.
| -Broadcloth, so-called from its
| width, was first made in England.
"A full moon reflects one three
thousandth part Of the suns light.
- The expectations Of American
manufactured goods are increasing.
| - The number Of hairs on an adults
head usually ranges from $4,000 to
| $50, 900.
Which travels at greater speed,
heat or cold ?-Heat, because you can
catch cold.
= Mail bags can now be taken on
and delivered from trains running 60
miles an hour.
= The string Of Heaven hangs
so low that child can reach it and {
proud man can't.
III 1914 the cold was SO severe in
Holland that wine was cut in blocks
and sold by weight.
- Authorities declare that the
growth of children takes place entire
when they are asleep.
= The wars of the last seventy years :
have cost Russia s1,775,0 100000, and
the lives Of 664, 900 men.
Some people can gee but one
thing in the universe and they see
that in the looking-glass.
= Strange bed-warmers are used by
Chilean women. In cold weather,
when in bed, they keep theirfeet warm
by placing them on dog.
- The sea otter produces the most 4
valuable Of all furs. A single skin
has brought as high as 500.
= Nebraska has passed a bill abol-s
ishing the death penalty by an almost
unanimous vote Of the Legislature.
Why are potatoes and corn like
certain sinners Of old Because haY-
ing eyes they see not, and ears they
hear not.
= There are some people whose re-
ligion wouldn't fool the most credu-s
lous person on earth, but they expect
the Lord to swallow it.
! - The deepest gold mine in the
world is at Eureka, CAL; depth, 1890
feet; deepest silver mine at Carson
City, New; depth. $500 feet.
- How many feet are there in one
yard !? Tommy-Well, about 900
| if you count all the chicken tracks in
the new flower beds in our yard.
When calves are watered but
once day, and then with cold water,
the whole system receives such;
shock that growth is out Of theques-
tion.
Mr.. Newcomer-Have the neigh
bors called upon you yet? Mrs. New
comer-I should say they had. They Ye
called upon me for almost everything
in the house.
= A recent advertisement in coun-
try paper reads thus: "For sale-Af
bull-terrier dog, 2 years old, will eat
anything, very fond of children. Ap-
ply at this Office.
| Belgian cotton made of wood
pulp is said to be cheaper, stronger
and prettier than the genuine article,
and seems likely to drive the deposed
king entirely out Of the world.
= Sometimes said Uncle Eben,
"when er man tells yoh he's discour-
aged he doan' mean muffin by it 'cep.
pin dat he's bout made up is min
ter be good an lazy deres' OBJ his life.'
Joshua q. Slower, of Staunton,
Va, has been sentenced to the peni-
| tentiary for life for stealing three and
one-half cents. Stover is a white
man, carpenter and aconfrmed thief.
= The largest department store in
the world is to be built in New York
with Chicago capital. The site alone
for this store cost about 81 7,000,00O,
and it will occupy parts of three
blocks.
Virgins "Does your baby take
after you or it's mother ?" Biggins
"It don take after either one Of us.
We both take after it-take what
sleep we can get after it gets done
squalling."
= Fifty million more postage stamps
were supplied by the Government
during the first three months of this
year than during the corresponding
months in 1894. The total was
$50, 100000.
"Well, Tommy, you got whipped
not hurt" "But you certainly have
been crying" "Oh, I wanted to let
the teacher have little pleasure out
Of it, so made Quit hurt like blazes.
= Housekeeper-Pretty specimen
you are to ask for help The dirt on
YOU is an inch thick. Tramp-Yes,
mum times are very hard mum, and
funeral expenses comes high. I'm
leavin' it on so when my time comes l
won t need buryin'."
= Clara-Did you have pleasant
weather at the Springs last summer
Dora-No, it was hot, dreadfully 50; 50;
"Really uncomfortable, was it r.
lawfully. Why, the weather was SO
warm that when man with cool
million proposed to me I accepted him
at once"
Scene: ASunday School. John
nie-I say, Miss Jones, 1 know now
why you didn't want me to rob birds
nests last spring. Miss Jones with
an oriole in her hat)-Why was it,
Johnnie ? Johnnie gazing with ad-
miring eyes at the hat cause you
wanted the birds to grow big enough
to wear 'em.
"We frequently see it stated,
said Mr.. Goldfish, 'that such and
such men started from extreme pov-
erty, coming into town, in the first
place, without farthing, and rising
by their own e1ertions. When first
came I had to borrow money to get
here, and I've been borrowing money
ever since. It is great thing at 60
to have established such a wonderful
credit. "
- The physician was surprised tc