The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-17

No duelist could ever be made to
smile yer the famous story OF the Eng
lish man and Frenchman who we're TO
fight a duel in q pitch clark room. Not
wishing to kill his man, the Englishman
fred up the chimney when the word was
given and, to his surprise, brought down
the Frenohman, who had hidden there.
When this story is told in France 1t Is al
ways the Englishman who Ia up the
chimney.
Two young men. George Herpo and
Frank Samuelson, will start to row across
the Atlantic from New FORK to E[avre in
o boat eighteen feet four inches long and
five feet wide this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
will use no sail. They will carry provis-
ions for sixty days. Herpo and Samuel
Bon are fishermen from BranchpOrt. N.
J. They say they are confident OF accom-
plishing the trip. and thus earring the
fame of being the frat to- CROSS the Allan
tic with oars.
- The frightful disaster wrought by the
Texas Cyclone Is even worse than 1t first
appeared The numbernf those reported
an dead at Sherman, Tex, be, reached
100, while the number Of those severely
injured Is placed at $50. The number OF
dead In Denisop and adjoining counties
ia ESQ. The entire loss of property, estt-
mated, in Texas and Indian Territory Is
$1,000 900. It Is now known that there
was q numher of %tornadoes In distinct
operation Bodies are still being found
in out of the way places. The dead body
of an infant was found in the top Of
hickory tree, impaled on a limb. The
relief fund for Sherman has already reach
ed 1926, 900. Visitors ara pouring into
CJLa.ono. fsorn oil canfiNro IF tho Cfofo
An employee o. the sergeant alarms
office in the Senate, is responsible for this
story. He claims that it was told by a
Senator who has a world wide reputation,
but further refused IT, give hie name. The
aforesaid Senator said be had q friend who
got on an extended spree n time and
| closed up with a good old case ofdelirium
tremens. "Some ofthe boys volunteered"
he continued, "to watch him while he
was sick, and resolved tn frightel him a
little when he recovered his reason. In
time he came to himself, and as he
awakened to consciousness he paw a
strange face bending over him. "Where
am I?' he feebly queried. "'Ynu are in
PARADISE was the response. "Who are
your was the next question. "'St.
Paul. "'You're st. Paul, are your"
said the convalescent rnan. We'll, st.
Paul, I want to ask you a question: lid
you ever get en- answer to that long letter
you wrote to the Ephesians?
Last week a miser died nNthe State
OF Indiana. After his death his clothes
were carefully searched for the purpose
of preserving any relics which he might
have carried about with him. His clothes
were as filthy and ragged as those Of a
tramp. Sewed on the inside of his vest
the sum Of 81 ,245 was discovered in green
backs. AS soon as this discovery was
made some n remem bored that during
his illness he had refused to permit any
one to touch his clothes, and that he had
frequently slept In his vest Searching
further they found q number of small
sacks which contained $1,000 in gold.
Some Of the sacks wers 80 decaye6 that
when discovered they were just about to
fall to pieces. Among the gold coins
as if they had just come from the mint,
but which were fund on close examine
tion to be twenty years old. It Is sup
money on his person for years and years.
pieces of money were found, and after
summing up the total Of all these dis
onveries it was found that he had 1920
10 on his person at the time OF his death.
A subsequent investigation disclosed the
fact that he wa worth somewhere in the
neighborhood of$10J,0 DOC. Henevsr spoke
Of himself or any Of his relatives. Even
those who lived near him were ignorant
Of his wealth and supposed him to be
simply q queer old a