The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-30
u is estirnated that each seal consames lrle

1t tis estimated that each seal consumes
an average Of 10 pounds Of fish daily.
- The most rapid woman stenographer,
Miss Orr, writes 9s7 words in 10 minutes
on her typewriter. &
1t takes $50, 100000 worth ofleathe-
to make the boots and shoes annually
worn out in Great Britain.
-Bohn "Queer Statistics saysthat the
steam engineH of the world represent the
work of l 900, 100000 men. f5
= This month and January are the Z
only two in which the full moon has the
effect of lowering the barometer. u.
= In Ireland there is still a total of 2,-s.
$4,000 acres of nnreclaimed bog lands,
third of which is under water.
"A snake of an unknown species
measuring 19 feet and inches in length
was recently killed at Gerwin, Ontario.
The great Crcton aqueduct is 40 milea
long, has 16 tunnels and collection ressr-s
voir having q capacity tof 5000, ,0O0, COO :
gallons.
"A German capitalist offers a reward
of S25. 900 to any astrononer who will i
prove that the stars are composed OF solid
matter. " ~
In Prussia, Italy and Austria-Hungary
the price Of medicine is regulated by a =
Government schedule, which is issued
annually.
Late investigation proves that more
than one.third of the landed area of Great
Britain is ownet by members OF the
House OF Lords.
: Notwithstanding fish get beyond
a certain depth in the sea they will die
from the great pressure Of water, which
they are unable to support. s
One of the natural curiosites OF New
York State is the Rocking Stone. of Snl-s
livan County. 1t weighs 40 tons and Is SO z
evenly balanced, that it can be moved
with q finger. 4.ls,
We see it stated in the Spartanbnrg
Herald that two years ago when Gov. s
Evans was Senator from Aiken County
he voted for Earle for Judge, and against
Breazeale, a dyed-in-the-wool ReformeT.
read every Reformer out of the faction
who voted for Earle in the late primary. y
IF it was right for Gov. Evans to vote for
Earle in preference to a Reformer two
years ago why is 1t wrong for q Reaormer
to vote for Earle now? Orangeb1tTJ Times (
and Democrat Reform.
Mr.. w. M. Cobb, Of Walhalla, has q
most remarkable Jersey COW. She DROP
ped her first calf July 1890, and has
been giving milk every day since and
now has her fifth calf. She is atpresent
giving Ct gallons of milk per day, from
which is made "a ounces Of butter. Her
udder being so large and coming 80 near
the ground it is necessary to milk from
both sides and use as a vessel a very shall
low pan. Mr.. Cobb has in family six
mem bers, and besides what butter they
consume, he sells more than $10G worth
every year from this COW.
There is CONSERVATION in the camp
of the salaried men of Sumter, S. c.. At.
a recent meeting of the city council an
ordinance was passed requiring all clerks
and other employees whose salaries arc
over s25 month to pay an annual license.
Those earning between S25 and $40 per-
month must pay into the city treasury
S. each year and those making more than.
$40 monthly are to pay $40. This legiti-8
mate outcome of the policy that makes
business men pay for the privilege Of
making q living does not impress the
clerks of the town very favorably, and ~
vigorous protest has been made
A gentleman from an adjacent
was in the city saturday, who is bitter /
opposer Of the use of tobacco. In re-
counting the direful effects of the obpox-
ious weed, he gave an illustration Of an
old woman near his home who died th5G.
other day at the age Of la years, and who
had been an inveterate cheWer and
habitual smoker for over SO years. he
went on to say that she was afflicted with
no disease or illness at the time of her
death, and the physicians who. attended
her came to the conclusion that tobacco
was undon btedly the cause Of her DEATH
-Spartanburg Herald.
The largest two-piece pulley indhisa
country is in one Of the greet t-on-tTorks
establishments at Pittsburg. Twas made
in the wheel-castipg line. None Of tho
great casting works Of the country would
undertake the cor tract for making the gt.
eantic wheel and the necessary apparatus
to accom- pany it, SO the firm desiring it
(altboueh it was out Of their line of bnsi-
ness) finally did the job itself. AS tits
now the wheel is "a feet in diameter, Ids
a face As inches wide and weighs 81, ,000s
rounds. The whole pulley, clamps, side
pieces, bolts, hooks, etc, weigh Gl ,ooa
pounds.
One of the largest advertisers In
London says: "We once hit upon novel {:
expedient for ascertaining over what area
our advertisements were read. We pub
lished couple of half-column sads, in .
which we purposely m.sstated half az
dozen historical facts. In less than q
week we received between 800 and 400
letters from all parts of the country, from
people wishing to know why on earth Wes
kept such consummate idiot, who 10 knew
so little about English history. The let-l
ters kept pouring in for three or four
weeks. It was one of the best paying :
ads we ever printed, but we did not re- Z
peat our experiment, because the one T.
refer to served its purpose. Our letters
came from school-boys, girls, professors, =
clergymen, School teachers, and, in two
instances, from eminent men who have
Worldwide reputation. was more inss3
pressed with the value of advertising
from these TWO advertisements than Is.