The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-16
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
Borrowed trouble is always the
most burdensome.
= Learn to laugh. A good laugh
is better than medicine.
For man to exert his power I'M
doing good so far as he can is a glorious
task.
- It's lucky to put on your left
shoe first and to have stray dog fol-
low you. 3
= The Arabs say I've was 200 feet 8
high. That's the reason Adam looked
up to her. 81
- A wars or moleon the left side
Of your neck is a good omen. tt
means riches.
= To zee stork is always a sign
Of good luck. To caress one means
great happiness. ,s:.s.s
Authority is like dried apples.
A few cents worth will puff q small
man up astonishingly. -
Some real criminals are to be J.
found in our churches, but not many
real Christians in our jails. SSss
The little prayer beginning eNoVts
lay me down to sleep, was written
by John Rogers, the martyr.
= An Irish lover remarks that it sist
great comfort 10 be alone, especially
when yer swateheart is wid ye.
"A Cincinnati young lady recently q
received letter from her best fellow, q
which was II feet, 8 inches long. S
We never graduate in religion,
because the nearer we are to God, the
more we see there is to be learned. Es
"A wealthy man, living in- -Dne
buque, Ia, adopted nine little girls as #
his daughters. They are his nieces. e
he already has II sons. ss. 90
- He that waits for an opportunity s
to do much at once may breathe out 8
his life in idle wishes, and regret. in 3
the last, his useless intentions and
barren zeal.
For the relief Of intense itching: ,:Bs
the Lancet recommends sponging the
parts once or twice a day with pure
rectifed spirits, containings / per cent. &
Of carbolic acid.
Fifty years ago John Keen, <
Chester county (Pa.) farmer, cut his s
initials on the back Of turtle. He5
found it the other day, very much
grown and with no signs of old age, ;s
"I suppose you know all about
the financial question ?" said the init.
mate friend. "I don't say that I8s
know all about it," replied the candi-
date, "but know enough not to talk
about it..
-T The grain crop in Iowa Is SO large
this year that the farmers ars puzzled TO Z
know what to do. The graineries and 81
cribs of the State are filed With last years
crop. Those farmers who do not have to 81 ~
sell and who want to wait until prices go
up don't know what to do to provide
storage for The crop they are now about
to harvest. ~
= One of the shortest Wills On record In 81
the registers Office at Washington, d. ca q;
is that Of tho late Martin Hendricks. It tSsi
is written with indsiible pencil on q ply 8
slcian's prescription blank, and reads sas
follows: Sunday, July S, 1s76.-I, Martin
Hendricks, will and bequessth to my IS
wife, Mary, all my earthly I,ossessions.
Martin Hendricks" j
A young woman Of Rockford, ILL.,, 4
who is suing a6ckle neighbor for breach
of promise, says that while he never
asked her the direct question aWili you e
marry mel" be sang Mr.. lie Koven'a
song, "oh, promise me-" in manner
which no girl could mistake. OF course,
the young man says such an idea never
occurred to him. But the girls probably e
telling the truth. $50.
The United States Army is now about
600 men short of It's maximum OF d, ,000s IS
but the enlistment returns for June show )
slight increase in numbers over preced-
ing months; 779 men were enlisted IN e
June, as against 749 in May, 6g' in April,
59S in March, 43l In February, 500 In JAM e
uary and 673 in December. AS an inter
esting fact IT, connection with these fg-
ures, it has been pointed out that In most
Of the months the greatest number Of en-
listments were at the recruiting stations
in the various cities, The new system OF
recruiting is working satisfactorily, and
the character ofthe men is improving, 1t is
said. =
More diversity, of style and origi-
nality Of design are shown by the naRYe
bill tribes of India In the manufacture OF
their weapons than by any other section
of the human race, and in all their fight.
ing tools the desire to inflict the greatest
possible amount of torture on their victims
seems to predominant, in combination
with that cunning Isubtleness character
istic of the hinuoo. The gruesome Nah -
rata Wadkah, the weapon Of the Hindoo
assassin, is shaped like tigers claws,
and fastened to the fingers of the right y
hand by rings. With q treacherous en- B
brace the murderer clasps his victim and
tears him open, leaving him mutilated IN
a condition that leads the discoverers Of g
the body-to believe tiger or some other q
wild beast has clawtsd the man to death.
- In 1879 Lady Lii the wife Of Ii Hung
Chang, was dangerously III. The trea.-
ment required was such as could not
with Chinese ideas Of propriety be per-
formed by one of the opposite Sex: So
DR.. Leonora Howard, q missionary of the
Woman's Society of the Methodist Epis.
| copal Church, was called to take charge
of the case, and she was carried with all
possible haste to Tiel Tsin by the prime
minister's own boat. For month she
| resided in the palace as physician and
guest, no restriction being placed upon
her Christian work. When she returned
to Pekin the cure was complete, and DR..
Howard was Lady LIS acknowledged
friend. The gratitude of herself and hus-
band was evinced in generous contribu-
tions to fres dispensaries and hospital
wards for women. Later DR.. Howard
attended Li's aged mother, who died and #
| left 81, 900 to DR.. Howard's work. This was
the first bequest OF g. Chinese woman 70