The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

All Sorts OF paragraphs.
= Smiles are smiles only when the
heart pulls the wires.
y If money is tight, avoid tit
ought to know better.
= A newspaper is like a family-its
is mighty easy to start.
= Want of care does more damage
than want Of knowledge.
= Every man believes he carries
the heavy end Of the log. /
"A man is little the better fala
liking himself, if nobody likes him Il,
= Malice sucks up the greater pat
of her own venom, and poisons herssM.
- In India there is a species Of
crow chat laughs just like a human
being.
The average depth of the sand
in the African desert is thought to be
80 to 40 feet.
= Cruelty and religion dent fit
together. How car a man love God
who mistreats a helpless dumb orute2
= When you 60 home fill the house
with joy, so that the light Of it will
stream out Of tie windows and doors,
and illuminate v the darkness.
- To keep hack the sharp word
which you are tempted to speak may
require more grace than to face a great
danger or to resist a terrific temptation.
= Perhaps your n,ighbor is too
polite to tell you so, but still he does
not like to loan you his paper. Sub
scribe for it yourself, and you will
never regret it.
= Those who have tried it say that
if two or three dandelion leaves be
chewed before going to bed they will
induce sleep, no matter how nervous
or worried one may be.
= It does not seem to be generally
known that the turkey was domesti-
Gated by the Indians long before the
discovery of this continent by white
men, but such is the case.
= If a poison has been accidentally
swallowed, instantly drink a pint Of
hot water in which has been stirred a
t%easpoonful of salt and one or two Of
mustard. A half glass Of sweet oil
will render many poisons harmless.
There were Is postmasters in this
country, and the expenses of the de-
partment were but $32, 600 a year in
| Washington's administration; and
there are now over 70, 1000 postmasters,
and the service costs 1872, 600, 900 a
year.
= The time to do a good thing is
when you. can. Unimproved opportu-
mites never return. If you find it ia
your power to-day and here to help a
struggling soul, you are guilty before
God if you fail to stretch out your
hand. Tomorrow will be too late.
= The supposed grave of Eve is
visited by over 40, 600 pilgrims in each
year. 1t is to be seen at Jeddah, in a
cemetery outside the city walls. The
tomb is so cubits long and IL wide.
The Arabs entertain a belief that Eve
was the tallest ON that ever lived,
= He-"I suppose your thoughts
were all on your new bonnet during
the sermon this morning?" She
"No, indeed, they were not p 81
don't believe you can repeat anything
that was said during the service"
eyes, [ can, too. I heard a lady be-
hind me say, Isn't it stunning
= I'm afraid your wife never tides
up things about she house, John"
said the husbands mother. "And
like her all the better for it." said the
son, enthusiastically. 81 like her all
the better for it. 1 can always find
my slippers and ny hat just where
leave 'em, which I never could do
when I was at home"
= It will be an agreeable surprise
to persons subject to attacks Of bilious
collie to learn that prompt relief may
be had by taking Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In
many instances the attack may be pre-
vented by taking this remedy as soon
as the first symptoms Of the disease
appear. Is and so cent bottle for sale
by Hill-Orr Drug Co.
The Newark, N. j., Advertiser
says: "The official salary Of Vice
President Hobart is $40, 600. MI. Ho-
bart upon taking Office resigned posi-
tions and connections paying him
probably FIVE times the amount Of this
salary, and he assumed social functions
that will increase his expenses about
ten times. In a ~pecuniary way, the
election Of Mr.. Hobart has been a dead
loss to him."
- A new way to extinguish oil fires
has been discovered by the chief of
the Charlotte fire department. BE
says that water is powerless to subdue
a fame that is feeding on kerosene.
The thing>to do when a lamp explodes
is to run to the -four barrel, gather up
a handful of -four and throw it on the
fire. The blaze will be instantly ex-
tinguished.
= There are several species Of fish,
reptiles and insects which rever sleep.
Among fish it is nov positively known
that pike, salmon and goldfish never
sleep at all also that there are several
others of the fish family that never
sleep more than a few minutes during
a month. There are dozens Of species
of flies which never indulge in slumber
and from three to FIVE species of SER
penis which the ~naturalists have never
yet been able to catch mapping.
An Affidavit,
This is to certify that on May 18th,
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