The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-19
The kangaroo readily leaps from six :

oVSteIS per hunifD.
= In England one woman in every six
earns her own living.
Maine factories sold $3.50, 900 worth Of
wooden shoe pegs in 1897.
The relative size of tho earth "a com
pared with the sun is, Approximately,
that of Il grain Of sand to AN orange.
Men arc becoming so scarce that
wien boy Of twelve goes calling these
days he is allowed to sit in the parlor.
While friends were preparing tho
supposed corpse Of Mrs. Alice Parker for
burial in st. Louir, she revived and is
now we'll
Tho old fashioned boy asked his
father questions for information; tho
modern boy asks his father questions to
"catch" him
the Good Habit Society now has -
o0D members. 1t Was started by Harvey
Prentice. Chicago schoolbOy. Its chief
pledge is To treat everybody with kind
ness.
Tho old log cabin in Front i,oval,
Na, III which George Washington lived
while Surveying between I7lS and l752,
used AZ IL spring house.
In All address tho other eveninyBishop
Hall. (EpiscopaD of Vermont, referred to
Santa Claus hs an imaginary parsonage,
wlercupon small boy in the congrega-
ton audihly corrected him.
1t is stated that the Mornons have
LOO missionaries. and that they arc
pushing their work among tho ignorant
with great enerny, aud they arc bound to
gain political control Of tab.
schoolboy was asked 10 OK plain
tho formation of dew. Ills answer wns.
" The earth revolves on its axis every =,
hours, and i'm consequence of tho tro-
mendous pace at which it travels it per.
spires frnely.'
:'-ycar-old city miss was Wishing
in tho country for the first time, and She
happened To notice cattle enjoying their
cuh. "Say, grandra! she exclaimed,
does you have to buy gum for all them
cows to chew?'
Fuddy No, jim Parlcy isn't much
to brhg "f; but there's ono thing will
say for hin hos IL truo philo,opher.''
dy "Whon ha lost his hand in hay
cutter ho merely Remarked; We'll, there's
ono hand the less To keep clean, any
how
= This ~ how native of Bulawayo
Describes railway engine: It's "a huge
animal belonging to tho white man. IL
has only ono eye (tho head lamp. 1t
m ftro ~
white tnan pumps it to make it work il
screams 1t comes from somewhere, but
no ono Knows from whence
The English have adopted "a new fad
in tho shape of perfumed butter. The
butter is of extra fine quality and wrap.
ped in muslin. It is then placed upon :.
bod OF rose leaves and the whole put In a
refrigerator, where it is allowed to romain
Tor ten or twelve hours, during which
time 1t becomes perfumed.
Surgeons propose to uso kangaroo
tendnns tn tie up the fractured bones Of y
mans leg, in order that be may use his
knees while the bones are knitting to-
gether. Kangaroo tondon is as strong as
silver wire. 1t Is taken from the tall Of
the kangaroo, and, being animal in it's
nature, it Is absorbed, and the leg d oe
not have to be cut open, as is necessary
when silver wire ia used
y statistician figures that New York
town has nearly 1000 hotels of different
grades, of which about 100 are of the first
class. about 23U second class, while the
remaining 600 are minor establishments.
Tho money invested in these hotels is
moro than SlG0, ,000, 900, and tho sudden
arrival OF l0no00 visitors in the city would
not overtaN tho accom- I'm oda,ions. He al
40 names the Imperial and the Metro
poliian as the best paying properties on
the list.
- 1t is unusual for vessel to leave
port with her cargo OH fire, hut that is
what tho steamship Lambert's Point did
last week. She had been lying at St.
Johns, n. H., for several days with her
deck load of cotton afire, and 1t was de.
cided finally to put to sea anyhow, and
she steamed away for Liverpool. The
police had to be used to compel the crew
to sail. II tho fire cannot ba put out the
burning cotton will he lettlsoned.