The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-10
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l;olore yon can do much good, you
must hc good.
= There is a village called a BC in New
York State
= There arc more republics in tho
world than monarchies.
Wear an ill-ftting collar yourself,
and then imagine how horses must like
| it.
Thirty years ago Chicago had pop
ulation of only 23s.O0O. Now it has
l,G50,000.
Elle': TORY has a very simple receipt
for tho retention Of youth and beauty.
You must work till tired, sleep till rest
ed, nave plenty Of fresh air, live In cool
rooms, take daily sponge bath, and eat
tho simplest food
! = Governor Taylor, OF Tennessee, made
IA speech i'll 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. ntil now the demand for
frogs has !een only for the table. and frog
farmers will be only too glad to supply
their produce glove manufacturers.
| = AT the closing OF concert in Norris.
town, while young man was struggling
with bis hat, cane, overcoat, opera glasses,
and his yodng lady's fan, all of which he
ssas trying to retain ON HE lap, suspi-
| cious-looking black bottle from the over
coat pocket fell on the floor with loud
thud. There he exclaimed to his
companion. II shall lose my cough
medicine" That was presence OF mind.
- Ths Lexington lCe.} Echo says:
Surely the world is growing better. We
had gentleman call upon us Monday to
ascertain IL 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.
1.-The motorEen and conductors,,n he
says, "are keeping sober. and the intro
duction of electricity is to he thanked for
It," and man cannot ride a bicycle when
he is drunk, and man who is breathing
the pure air of the country receives In
spiration without the use of artificial
stimulants'
A woman named Mrs. Louisa Busher
was accorded a novel funeral at Decatur.
ILL.,, few days ago. Her grief stricken
husband hired y BRASS band 10 loot ths
tveliest airs it knew, and all along to the
silent City Of the Dead" everything
went merry as marriage BELL" It is
said tho eccentric deceased requested this
as dying wish, and her faithful spouse
true to her in death as lie was loyal TO
her in liie-made ap excellent lob Of the
obsequies.
A restaurant keeper in the Jellico
and Coal Creek country of Kentucky has
the following business card: "25 cents an
es!-25 cents a sleep. The Edwards
House. P. NJ. Edwards, proprietor, Coal
Creek, Tenn. Directly opposite II. 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
Wake on all the principal thorough
fares.'
Wherever experiments have been
carefully made the results have been to
show that the value Of manure to q plant
is IN reverse proportion to the depth at
which 1t has been placed in the earth.
The nearer the surface, the more effective
tho manure Is. This arises from the fact
that the feeding roots Of a plant are nearly
alweys at the surface. Mapure has to be
acted upon by the gases Of the atmosphere
before the plant can develop any benefit
from 1t, and the roots seem TO understand
this, and como near the surface where
the atmospheric air can operate on the
food they have to collect. While this Is
an abstract principle, the best systom Of
applying manure is by top-dressing.
There is the counter trouble Of evapora-
tion, and some Of the most desirable gascs |
are Lost by the top-dressing system. On
the whole, therefore, st has been found !
thAt the most judicions rnahod efappiy-
Ing manure 10 to spread ii on tES surgsae |
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