The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-05-26

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When Bismarck was Prussian
ambassador in Paris, Julius Fa7re
was his lawyer.
Miss Julia Ward Howe has been
appointed a justice of theopeace in
Boston.
The Queen of Belgium is the
most accomplished equestrienne
among the crowned ladies of the
Old World.
Even the derided grinder
has his good points-he supplies
to the pent up poor one of the
greatest Iuxuries OF life-a change
Of air.
All of Marshal Canrobert's val
uables, including his orders, watch;1
ETC., were stolen from him the 9th
er day at Brussels.
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Special dispatches. received at
London, report a famine in Persia
for lack of rain, and thousands Of
the inhabitants were dying.
Bismarck's new title as Prince is.
"Seine Durchlaucht, Prinz Won.
Bismarck Schoenhausen."
Nearly million Of American
breech- leaders are now in the hands
of European soldiers, and orders
for more arms are constantly re-.
ceived in the United States.
"Shot through the heart" is o
common expression, yet out of ST.
622 cases of gunshot wounds re-,
ported during the late war, it is.
said that in only four cases the:
bullet wounded the heart.
THE remains of Bishop General
Polk are to be removed from the
churcilyard OF st. paul's, in Au-
gusta, Ga., where they now lie un--
markell, to- Louisiana, where a mon--
ument will be erected over them.
In China no virtue: is' universally
recognized except duty to- PARENTS.
The motive to- avoid Disgrace audi
seek honor is that credit may be-
reflected back ON mans father,
ana this reverence is the basis off
all respect paid to the political pow.
ers that be.
The students at Oxford during:
the last term are said to have beeu
over 7,0W-the largest number at
the university for ten or twelve
years The usual attendance is
something less than 5000, with am
average Of about 300 students at:
each Of the nineteen colleges.
A French chemist asserts that if
tea he ground like cnffee before hot
water is poured upon it, it will
yield nearly double the amount Of
its exhiirating qualities. Another
writer says: If you put a piece Of
lump sugar, the size Of a walnut,
into "a teapot, you will make the
tea infuse in half the time:
The noted "King of Pain," a
man named McBryde. who travel
ell through the country selling
large quantities of his quack cure.
all, is dead. He led diss;pated
life, lost several fortunes by gam
bling and made several by faro and
quackery. Lie was man of gen.
erous impulses, but lacked judg-
ment.
A horrible outrage by the Ku-
Klux is reported i'll North Carolina.
1t was an attempt to intimidate a
minister of the Gospel. A negro
preacher in Lincoln County has
received the following anonymous
letter: "keverend and dear Sir
You must either quit preaching or
quit stealing hogs. K. K. K.
An Eastern newspaper nomi-
mates Mr.. Greeley for next Presi-
dent, on the ground that he could
write all his messages and dispatch
es. So he could; but if nobody
else could read them, how much
better off should we be.
Suicide statistics state that more:
men kill themselves than women.
Women prefer drowning; men
blow their brains out. More SIM
gle persons commit suicide than
married ones, and more divorced
persons than widowed. -..
The census exhibits make it ap-
pear that the losses of the South
ern States by the war amount to-
S1,2Oo,O5O.O00. This Loss is great
ly under the mark. The loss of
slave property alone was much in
excess Of that sum. There were
of slaves, and they were
placed at all average OF $3.50 each,
which would make the loss in slave
property alone $3,00O,O0Q,00O.