The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-12-23

- a curious form Of lifo insurance is
springing up in France. The peculiarly
Is that the longer man lives the less his
heirs become entitled to. The payment
of four shillings month assures the pay
ment of 81 900 to the heirs Of man dying
before the age of 3S, the payment dimin
ishing proportionately to about $500 at
81, the idea being that, if man dies
young, his children will require help,
but that when he is so, they will be able
to earn their own living.
y When a Cotfeyville, Kan, woman
went out on the edge of the piazza to
shake mat she felt something about her
ankle, and thinking it was her dress
blown by the wind paid no attention to
it, until she realized that the ankle was
being squeezed, when she looked and
saw snake coiled around it.
- An untamed swallow, which had its
nest on farm near Chetwind, in Shrop-
shire, was caught and taken in a cage to
London, where it was released. 1t re.
turned to its nest in so minutes, having
accomplished distance of 145 miles ct
the rate of nearly two miles minute.
- The women do not possess full
suffrage in Kansas, but they secured
more public Offices in the last election
than did the women of Utah or Colorado
20 county superintendencies of public
instruction. and all the Offices from mayor
to chief of police in two cities.
- According to President Thwing, of
the Western Reserve University, who
writes about the drawbacks of college
education in the December Forum, the
only thing about it is that it tends to make
men lazy.
= Bigamists in Hungary are compelled
to submit to an odd punishment. The
man who has been silly enough to marry
two wives is legally forced to live with
both Of them, in the same house.
In York county, Me, is said to be a
tree that grew up through the hole in the
centre Of grindstone, and now bears the
stone aloft, hanging, as it were, about
the neck of the tree.
The war with Mexico commenced
April "a, 1916 and ended July 4, 1S4S,
having continued two years, two months
and ten days. The number of United
States troops engaged was 1920.
1t is calculated from Rev xi:1G that
there is ample room in Heaven for 297,-
0,00y, 100000 people, or as many as the
world would produce in 100000 centuries.
"A lady in Bath, Maine, carried $50
in her stocking, deeming that safe place.
While running for street car, her garter
broke, and she lost the money.
- thou woulds't find mich favor and
peace with God and man, be very low in
thine own eyes. Forgive thyself little
and others much.
= When woman gets angry you can
generally depend on her saying frankly
what she thinks-or at least, what she
thinks just then.
E. Women comprise two-thirds of the
church members Of the United States,
but only one-thirteenth of the criminals.
- Anthracite coal, from China, IS sold
in California, and is crowding out the
Pennsylvania product.
Suppose every body should stay away
from church as much as you do, what
would be the result.
- Wisconsin has 1000 creameries, and
produces one-sixth of the cheese made in
the United States.
Marrying into a family does not
carry with it the right to criticise it's
members.
Over 1,25O,OO0 acres of the earth's
surface is devoted to the cultivation of
tobacco.
"A dollar is respectable because it
represents aomebody's hard work.