The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.

= The number of people said to
have lived on the earth since Adam is
36, ,627, ,844, 600, 900, 900.
= There are more theatres in pro-
portion to it's population in Italy than
elsewhere in the world.
= 1t is believed that diet of corn
bread makes bigger men, physically,
than bread made of wheat -four.
: An old business sign in Phila-
delphia, many years ago, read: evil
| liam Shot and Jonathan Fell. -
"They say Dobbin's wife has a
mania for giving away everything
eyes. I heard she couldn' t even keep
her temper
: Eighty years hence it will matter
little whether we were peasant or
peer, but it will matter much whether
we did our duty as one or the other.
A bottle Of Prickly Ash Bitters kept
in the house and used occasionally,
means good health to the whole house
hold. Sold by Eyans Pharmacy.
'My brain is on fire." tragically
exclaimed Mrs. Bobkins, as she threw
herself down upon the sofa. "Why
don t.you blow it out?" absent-mind-
edly replied Bobkins, deeply absorbed
in the evening newspaper. And then
he lodged flying hair brush.
= Papa-"Now, Johnny, I have
whipped you only for your own good.
I believe l have only done my duty.
Tell me truly, what do you think your
self 2" Johnny-"If I should tell
what I think, you'd give me another
whipping
Where did you get that cake,
Annie p "Mother gave it to me. y
"She always gives you more'n she does
me- "Never mind, Harry; she's 60
ing to put mustard plasters on us
tonight, and I'll ask her to let you
have the biggest.
A German biologist says that the
| two sides of face are never alike in
| two cases out of five the eyes are out
Of line; one eye is stronger than the
other in seven persons out of ten, and
the right ear is generally higher than
| the left.
= A prize hog, weighing 1924
pounds, has been raised by Mr.. T. w.
Williams, Of Meigs County, Tenn.
Here are his dimensions Height, 4
feet6 inches diameter, Z feet; length,
! 10 feet inches. 1t is considered the
largest hog in TIE world.
= Be careful with your promises,
especially to child. His whole con-
ception of the sacredness and import
ance of veracity may be distorted for
life, his character ruined, and his soul
eventually lost, by the breaking OF a
pledge made him in his early years.
| A friend of ours who was married
a few weeks ago, was seen the other
morning very early looking for kind
ling wood. There is nothing that
takes the romance out of marriage
like getting up at day-break and hunt
! ing for an old barrel stave or something
or other to build fire.
| = The question was once raised as
to which was the more cotent OF the
two, the owner of half a million or
the man with seven daughters. s"The
latter, Of course" was the reply "for
the man with half million is always
wanting more, while the man with
seven daughters has plenty
| "A soldiers widow, resident of
Philadelphia, died there in 1877. For
| 13 years she had been pensioner. 1t
has just been discovered that her
daughter had been personating her for
the past 81 years, and drawing her
pension.
= Sammie had just returned from
Sunday school, and his mother asked
him if he had been good boy. "No;
not very was the truthful reply.
"Then ycu did not get a good behavior
card p :queried his uother. "Oh,
yes, 1 did replied the precocious
youngster; II saved the money you
gave me for the heather and bought
two from the other boys. y
= The Danville, (Ky) Advocate
thus quotes Capt. Sam NJ. Boone, an
old soldier: These soldiers now
grumbling about hard times don't know
what hard times are. Wait until some
of them do like we did in the last war
go for three solid days without a
mouthful to eat. l think the finest
meal l ever had in my life I ate with
General Whitaker. l met him one
day and he said: Hello, Boone! Are