The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-11-11

"Johnny,n asked his teacher, "wllat
must we do before our sins can be f3r-S
given2" "sin," replied Johnny.
Every wind that blows is caused by
the heated and expanding air Of some
locality rising, while the cooler air ruslles
in to I'LL its place.
"A Colorado genius G ms that he has
found way to telegraph without wires
from one mountain top to another IN an
east and west direction, using atmospheric
conductor. The apparatus employed has
not been publicly described, but tho In
yentor is said to he experimenting In
Colorado and Utah, and he says he has
transmitted messages by his method over
distance Of eighty miles.
There is famous German proverb
to the effect that 8 man is whatever ne
eats. There Is no doubt a man'H tempera.
ment can be judged from thu food he
affects. Plato, the great philosopher, ate
only honeybread, vegetables and fruit.
Hannibal was often satisfied with olives,
while the Roman soldier, Sulla, was one
ofthe greatest gourmands of the day. Ills
favorite dishes were the flesh Of the Wild
ass. chickens drowrsd in q certain brand
of wine, brains of ostriches and cranes
and snails.
"A good story Is told on one OF our
gold bug farmers in the Southern part OF
the country. He had son who had been
at work, and IS result brought home 10
silver dollars with him. He showed them
triumphantly to his fhther, who determined
then and there to give him an object les
son on finance. He;asked him how much
he had got. "Fifteen dollars" said the
boy. "Not at ALL" said his father; "what
you call dollar is really only worth 30
cents, so you have but $3.50" Heexplain-
ed and reasoned with the boy until he
finally saw it as his iather did-they were
worth but 81. .50-anG felt ccrrespondingly
miserable over it. Shortly after that the
boy saw an acquaintance and showed
him his 5O-cent dollars and told his story;
and the conversation ended by the ac-
uuaintauce buying the dollars of the boy
at sixty cents each. Highly elated at his
good stroke of business, when he reached
home he rushed inso the house and ex-
claimed: "Pa, what do you think I
found fellow just big fool enough to
give me sixty cents apiece for those 81.
cent dollars, and let him have t.aen."
It is said the air has had blue tinf,e and
sulphurous smell around that farm
house ever since, and the man don't know
which is the bigger fool-himself or Che
boy.-Rice County Eagle
= The cemeteries of the city Of
London cover over 1000 acres OF
ground.
- Harber, the great authority on
fish, says that every square mile OF
the sea is inhabited by l20,00O,00O
fnny creatures.
= The crown worn on State occa-5
sions by William, Emperor Of Germany,
weighs exactly three pounds.
While DR.. Kane was on his second
expedition he and his men lived nine
days in a temperature ranging from
64 to SO degrees below zero.
= The body Of Il dead ChinamarI is
often kept by his relatives or friends
for three or four years before it is
buried.
The wife of Mr.. Leonard Wells,
of East Brimfelc, Mass, had been
suffering from neuralgia for two days
not being able to sleep or hardly keep
still, when Mr.. Holden, the merchant
there, sent her bottle Of Chamber:
lain's Pain Balm, and asked that l,he
give it thorough trial. On meeting
Mr.. Wells the next day he was told
that she was all right, the pain had
left her within two hours, and thatithe
bottle of Pain Balm was worth $500
| if it could not be had for less. 10,
sale at 80 cents per bottle by Hill
| Orr Drug Co. SIS