The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-06-02
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occupied by widows free Of rent.
= There is an old saying, and a
true one, there is no telling what a
man is worth until he is dead and his
funeral expenses paid.
A Lansing, Mich, s~choolboy
drew a revolver on his teacher, and an
investigation showed that 10 Of the
boys were similarly armed.
= Trarnp-Could you give a poor
man a bite or two without much trou-
BILE? HOUSEWIFE eau. Joe, un-
chain Nero and take his muzzlc off.
- The latest cure for neuralgia halls
from Russia, where a physician claims
to be able to cure the complaint by
casting a beam from an arc electric
light on the affected part.
-"Liquor," said the lecturer, els
responsible for much of the misery in
this world" "That's So" said an old
topper in the audience. ri am always
unhappy when I can't get it,"
The Missouri Supreme Court has
declared chat the law against opium
smoking and opium joints is ~unconsti-
t%utional, because it interferes with the
right of men to smoke whatever they
choose.
= All The Negro institutions in
North Carolina, such as the asylums
for the insane, the blind and the deaf
mutes and the normal schools, will
hereafter be managed exclusively by
Negroes.
II NJ. Andree, who means to try for
the North Pole again next summer,
has had the size of his balloon increas-
ed 300 cubic feet, which will enable
him to take along 400 pounds more Of
dead weight.
= There are 25 railway tunnels in
England between one and two miles
long, four over two miles, two just
three miles, and one, the Severn, on
the Great Western railway, is oyer
four and one-half miles long.
= Mamma" said little May, 'I'm
afraid I'm naughty, because I've got
an awful stomachache." ut was the
pie you ate, I think, May" "Oa, no,
mamma. TIE pie was too good to be-
have like that. It must be me-"
-"Did you take much pressing
before you accepted Jack ?" asked a
young lady of her friend, who had
just got engaged. "Ob, a lot. And
then Jack is so strong, you know. He
nearly squeezed the breath out Of my
body"
A prisoner of the Saltwater
penitentiary, who ran away while on
parole in 1896, has written the warden
. letter asking if he may return.
transportation has been sent him, and
he is returning alone to serve the re-
naming seven years Of his term.
- The new Canadian census shows
the surprising fact that seventeen in
every thousand of the Canadian popu-
lation were born in the United States.
This is even more in the thousand
than the number reported from all
European countries outside Of Great
Britain.
= When an E Egyptian dog wishes to
drink at the Nile he goes a short dis
lance up the river and bowls for some
time. The ~crocodiles, being attracted
by the sound, Immediately crowd to
the place, while the dog hastily runs
to the part which the crocodiles have
left and drinks in safety.
i wag on the outside of a coach
called to a man by the roadside who
was fencing in some very poor land:
II say, mister, what are you fencing
in that land for? 1t would take 40
acres of it to starve a cow" "Jesso,"
was the reply. "I'm fencing it in to
keep my caows out of it"
= Literature certainly runs in the
Greensmith family. The two daugh-
tiers write poetry that NOBODY will
print, the son writes plays that nobody
will act, and the mother writes novels
that nobody will read" "And what
does the father write p ooh, he
writes checks that nobody will cash"
= Mothers will find Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy especially valuable for
Group and whooping cough. It will
give prompt relief and is safe and
pleasant. W. have sold it for several
years and it has never failed to give
the most perfect satisfaction. G.. W.
Richards, Duquesne, Pa. Sold by
Hill-Orr Drug Co.
= As soon as you feel symptoms Of
a cold in the head, put a teaspoonful
Of sugar in a tumbler, add to it seven
drops of camphor, and mix thorough
~ fill the glass half full Of cold
water. and stir until the sugar is dis
solved. The dose is two teaspoonfuls
every twenty minutes. This is an
excellent remedy if used at the begin
ming of the cold.
- Nearly every one can do some
thing to add to the pleasure of the
social life around the table. II one
cannot talk, be can ask questions
not silly, nor %guying, nor impertinent
ones-but for information. 1t is as
well to be a good listener as a good
talker. Never quarrel or argue at the
table. Talk about pleasant things, or
listen.
= Mr.. James Perdue, an old soldier
residing at Monroe, Mich, was Sc
verely afflicted with rheumatism but
received prompt relief from pain by
using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He
says: CAT times my back would ache
so badly that I could hardly raise UP.
If I had not gotten relief I would not
be here to write these few lines.
Chamberlain Pain Balm has done nc
a great deal of good and I feel very
thankful for it," For sale by Hill
Orr Drug Co.
The custcm Of placing Grape on
the door of a house where there has
been a recent death had its origin in
the ancient English heraldic customs.
and dates as far back, at least, as the
year 1100A D. At that period hatch
ments or armorial ensigns were placed
in front of houses when the nobility
and gentry died. The Indictments
were Of diamond shape, aud contained
the family arms %quartered and colored
with sable.
- If it required an annual outlay