The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-07-22
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| 1Ac OIo ecIpcuU LIDO uut SIUHu u =
quarter Of an inch since he tempted I
Adam. ~
= How soon the soul starves, when !:
it begins to look at everything through
money.
= The Bible is the ca.y book ever
written that points out sure way to-
become rich.
= There are $4,000 Hebrews in the
city of Amsterdam, and over, 10000 ].
of them are dealers in diamonds.
= 1t was left for New York young
ster to describe the foolish virgins as 9
the ones that didn't get married. s.
The first English hymn book used
in public worship was that. compiled
by Isaac Wesley in the year l715.
Mckinley and Hobart were each
born in 1874. This was the year when
Henry Clay made his last run for the1
presidency.
- The largest room in the world
said to be the hall Of the imperial pal
ace in St. Petersburg. It is 100 feet
long by $50 feet wide.
= Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cures colds, Group and whooping cough.
1t is pleasant, safe and reliable. For
sale by Hill Bros.
I = The greatest potato eaters are
the people Of Germany and Belgium.
Their consumption Of this vegetable
averages 100 pounds per annum for :
each person. Is s5s
= The telephone line stretched re-
Gently from New York to Chicago is 1
as long as twice the longest line known.
Nearly 100000 tons Of copper wire
were used in layingit.
= Fifty bicycles were impounded on
one day III Paris recently because they
had no plates bearing the owners
name and residence soldered to them,
as the new law requires. IS.
The art of dentistry was intro
duced into New York by John Green
wood in 1888. he is said to have
made the first artificial teeth ever
manufactured in this country.
| A celebrated naturalist once said
that he found out something new
every time he studied plant, even
though he had apparently discovered +
all there was to Learn about it.
| = A cambria shirt worn by Louis
| XVI on the day before his death re-
allied $570, and the napkin used at
mass on the morning of his execution
$500 at q recent London sale.
"Oh, yes, my husband has been
collector of curios and such things
for number of years. tsWas he ia I
that business when he married you Z.
eyes, indeed" IT thought So.
= There are forests of leafess trees
| in some parts of Australia. They res
pire, so they say, through little stem,
apparently answering the purpose Of q
leaf. The tree is known as ssthe leaf
less acacia"
Mamma: 'tI don't like the idea
Of that young Harris hanging around
Jenny so much. He hasn't cent ];
except his little salary" Papa:
"You needn't worry. They are both
too busy talking about bicycles to I
have any time for love making.
"See here" said the policeman
to the drunken man, who had been
holding up lamp post for some time,
"why don'tyou go home 2" 'Ihanksh;
Thanksh p murmured the jag, eff
fusively. "Swat Illdo. Been thinkin'
fer hour where I wanted to go.
The most curious-use to which
paper is to be put is that suggested bys
the recent patenting Of blotting pa
per towel It is new style Of bath
towel, consisting Of a full suit Of heavy.
blotting paper. A person, upon step
ping out of his mornipg,tub, has only
to array himself in one&:: these SUITS
and in second he vii as dry as q
bone. @Sss
The giant of the giant redwoods
I (sequoia gigantic) for which California
is so justly celebrated, was discovered.
by Frank Loomis. It is in Fresno
County, and was discovered while
Loomis and others were out bear hunt
ing, in 1890. The tree is 143 feet and
5 inches in circumference at the base.
The largest one previously known was,
only 107 feet in circumference.
-"Well," he said to the minister,
at the conclusion of the ceremony,
chow much do I owe you?" "'Qh!s
I'll leave that to you, was the reply,
''you can better estimate the value OF
the service rendered. "Suppose We
postpone settlement, theu, say for a
year. By that time I will know.
whether I ought to give you 500 or.
nothing" "No, no, said the clergy.
man, who is married man himself,
"make it So now"
- They tell a good story on law.
! yer of Wooster, O. A client charged
with stealing hog admitted his guilt
! to his counsel. The latter was noted
for his honesty in private life. After
thinking the matter over, he said !:
"Johu, cut that hog in half and bring
oue-half to me. John obeyed. The.
evidence for the prosecution was weak,
and when he arose he won the case
easily by saying to the jury: "Gen-3
tlemen, I can hold up my hand to
heaven and say that the defendant has
no more of that hog than I have.
The very heaviest nugget Of gold
ever discovered was found near the
village Of Moliagel, Victoria, Australia
in February, 1869. The prospectors
found it on the margin of a patch of
auriferous aluminium, within two feet
of the bedrock of sandstone. The
nugget was 21 inches long and a fraction.
over 10 inches thick. When melted
the pure gold it was found to contain
weighed exactly 2,26S ounces, 10 pen
nyweights and ID grains. Beforebeipg
melted down the finders had given
away number of pieces of the speci-.
men. Including these, the nugget is
estimated to have yielded $3.50 ounces
of pure gold, worth SAC, 1886.
A good story is told Of a certain
prominent railway director, who is
eouollv renouned for. his ohilitv -