The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-10
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

A swarm Of bees has taken re-
fuge in a box surmounting Bangor,
Me-, telephone pole. They make lots
of trouble but nobody disturbs them,
and their owner can have them by ap-
plying at the pole.
= He-Tell the truth and shame
the devil, you know. She-I don't
know whether it would shame him
for you to tell the truth, but it would
surprise him much.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve has the
largest sale Of any Salve in the world.
This fact and its merit has led dishonest
people to attempt to counterfeit it. Look
you when you call for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. Evans
Pharmacy.
= -The most wonderful astropomi-
cal photograph in the world is that
which has recently been prepared by
London, Berlin and Partisan astrono-
mers. 1t shows at least $4,000, 900
stars.
: Hazen-I like to see man stick
by his friends. Now, for instance, if
man told you was an ass, you would
not join right in with him, would you?
Dilby-No, sir; I'd rebuke him. I'd tell
him that the truth should not be
spoken on all occasions.
: The recovery of many Of the
wounded at Santiago is attributed to
the bits Of antiseptic cause, known as
surgeons sponges, which we're distrib-
uted among the soldiers for immediate
application in case Of being wounded.
These are sterilized and saturated with
bichloride Of mercury, which is
strong antiseptic and prevented the
formation of pus or gangrene later.
: When an ostrich is preparing to
hatch she scratches a hole in the
ground about the size of bushel bas-
ket. Eggs are then laid day after day
and arranged around the hole. When
twenty-one are laid the bird kicks
them into the hole, and at night sits
on them. The male bird performs this
duty in the daytime, thus permitting
his partner to obtain exercise.
One Minute Cough Cure surprises peo-
pie by its quick cures, and children may
take it in large quantities without the
| least danger. It has won for itself the
best reputation of any preparation used
to-day for colds, Group, tickling in the
throat or obstinate coughs. Evans Phar-
macy.
-"What nonsense!' exclaimed the
proud young father as he flung his
book aside. ''To what do you refer?"
asked the friend who welcomed any
topic that did not lead to descrip-
tion of phenominal children. ''This
statement that all men were born equal.
It's an utter fallacy. Why, my baby
weighed ten pounds when it was born,
and Tackley's weighed only seven and
half -
A few days ago while saving into
pine log at Lambert's saw mill in
Florence, curious relic was found, in
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the shape of an old flint and steelrife
The log had hollow in the butt of it
and in the hollow was found the rifle.
When it was placed there is not known.
The tree was large one and it must
have been very many years ago. The
tree was felled in the forest land Of
MIR. j Robert Muldrow, about three
miles below Florence.
= Guy G. Lee, student in one of
Wisconsin universities, has started
in canoe from Madison, Wis, to
Brazil. He crossed Lake Monona, and
followed the Yahara south to the Rock
river, through which he will pass to
the Mississippi, thence to New Orleans
and across the Gulf Of Mexico and
Caribbean sea. The rest of the trip
lies along the south Atlantic coast to
Rio Janicro.
- A case was recently tried in one
of our courts about the soundness of a
horse, in which a clergyman, not con-
versant with such matters, appeared
as witness. He was little confused
in giving his evidence, and buster
ing lawyer, who examined him. at last
exclaimed, 'Pray, sir. do you know
the difference between horse and a
cow" 81 acknowledge my ignorance, :"
replied the witness. II hardly know
the difference between horse and a
COW, or bully and bull-only that
a bull, I am told, has horns, and a
bully (bowing with mock respect to
the pcttifogger,) luckily for me, has
none" !" "You may retire, sir, said
the lawyer; "I've no more questions
to ask you.