The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-10
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

= Before you can do much good, you
must be good.
There is village called ABC in New
York State.
There are more republics in the
world than monarchies.
Wear an ill-fitting collar yourself,
and then imagine how horses must like
it.
= Thirty years ago Chicago had pop
ulation of only 23S,OOO. Now it has
1,G5O,OOO.
= Eilec Terry has very simple receipt
for the retention of youth and beauty.
You must work till tired, sleep till rest
ed, have plenty of fresh air, live In cool
rooms, take daily sponge bath, and eat
the simplest food.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, made
a speech in Texas few days ago in which
he said: "Texas is the biggest waffle on
the griddle of North America. 1t is
sweetened with the honey of happiness
pouring from the bunghole of prosperity
and buttered with pure Democracy"
= Frogskin gloves are the latest novel
ty. Frogskin makes, the finest and
strongest leather known, and should
gloves of it strike the popular fancy it
would make frog farming more profitable
than ever. Until now the demand for
frogs has been only for the table, and frog
farmers will be only too glad to supply
their produce to glove manufacturers.
At the closing of a concert in Norris
town, while young man was struggling
with his hat, cane, overcoat, opera glasses,
and his yodng lady's fan, all Of which he
was trying to retain on his lap, a suspi-
cious-looking black bottle from the over
coat pocket fell on the floor with loud
thud "There,' he exclaimed to his
companion. 81 shall lose my cough
medicine" That was presence of mind.
The Lexington (Ga) Echo says ::
Surely the world is growing better. We
had gentleman call upon us Monday to
ascertain if he was due any subscription
upon his paper, which was stopped twen-
ty-three years ago. This gives US hope
If delinquent of that long standing
comes to settle up his dues we have rea-
son to be more hopeful of some of those
of more recent date. He sets an example
for others to follow.
= Francis Murphy, the temperance ad-
vocate, says that electricity and the BIZ
cycle are doing great things for the cause.
"The motormen and conductors" he
says, "are keeping sober, and the intro
duction of electricity is to be thanked for
it," and a man cannot ride bicycle when
he is drunk, and man who is breathing
the pure al. of the country receives in
spiration without the use Of artificial
stimulants.'
A woman named Mrs. Louisa Busher
was accorded novel funeral at Decatur,
ILL.,, few days ago. Her grief stricken
husband hired brass band to toot the
livelest airs it knew, and all along to the
"Silent City of the Dead" everything
went merry as marriage bell" It is
said the eccentric deceased requested this
as dying wisb and her faithful spouse
true to her in death as lie was loyal to
her in life-made ap excellent job of the
obsequies.
A restaurant keeper in the Jellico
and Coal Creek country Of Kentucky has
the following business card: "225 cents an
eat-25 cents sleep. The Edwards
House P. NJ. Edwards, proprietor, Coal
Creek, Tenn. Directly opposite r. r.
depot. Not the largest hotel in the berg.
Not newly furnished throughout. No
free bus to trains. Not the best grub the
market affords. But simply clean beds
and something good to eat. Toothpicks
and ice water thrown in. Try us! Pay
up! And if not satisfied keep mum. Our
city is composed mostly of hogs, diggers,
merchants and lawyers, named in the
order of their importance. Good crosstie
walks on all the principal thorough
fares.'
- Wherever experiments have been
carefully made the results have been to
show that the value of manure to plant
is in reverse proportion to the depth at
which it has been placed in the earth.
The nearer the surface, the moro effective
the manure is. This arises from the fact
that the feeding roots of a plant are nearly
always at the surface. Manure has to be
acted upon by the gases Of the atmosphere
before the plant can develop any benefit
from it, and the roots seem to understand
this, and come near the surface where
the atmospheric air can operate on the
food they have to collect. While this is
an abstract principle, the best system Of
applying manure is by top-dressing.
There is the counter trouble of evepora-
ton, and some Of the most desirable gases
are lost by the top-dressng system. On
the whole, therefore, it has been found
that the most iudicious method ofapply-
ing manure is to spread iton the surface
and then rake it in.-Mfehan's Monthly.