The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-06-30
Items of Interest.


onion there is strength"
When the police want to invest in
loafers they can always find choice cor
ner lot.
A Hendricks county Qnd.) man has
died of n nail swallowed twenty years
ago.
Belgium proposes to punish intended
crime the same as that actually COM
mitted.
In Paris the name Duval appears to
be equivalent to Smith in this country.
There are 4,900 of them.
Between an enemy with the worst in
tentions, and friend with the best,
there is but little to choose.
It is said that active natures are rarely
melancholy. The fellows who have but
little life are those who do not want to
live.
There is some talk of Summer hotel
up in the Black Hills, with Red Cloud as
the chief of the hair dressing depart
ment.
It is estimated that at least 1000
sheep and lambs have been killed in
! northwestern Wisconsin this season by
| wolves.
The more stoutly man protests he'll
die bachelor, the more certain you may
be of an invitation to his wedding within
twelvemonth.
Little boys are reminded that it is sim
full to steal a ride. When they take
such thing, they take that which they
cannot give back.
The post-offices are complaining of the
great number of boxes of grasshoppers
that Western sufferers are sending east
through the mails.
The production Of poultry in the
United States is about $50, ,000, 900
pounds annually, worth So, 600, 900, the
product of eggs yielding like amount
of money.
The number Of persons killed on the
| railways of Great Britain last year was
| LABS, and the number injured, $3.50.
There were one hundred and thirty col
lisions of trains. 'a@
The Legislature of California has
passed law forbidding any discrinlina-
tion against the female teacher In the
matter of pay. In future it must be
equal salary for equal grade.
By the aid of petroleum oil, the Cana
dian lighthouses and ightships are
maintained at cheaper rate than any
country in the world. Ninety thousand
gallons Of oil were required for the SER
vice last year.
Jay Cookies country seat, "Ogontz,
near Philadelphia, was offered at auction
recently by the trustees. It cost more
than 81, ,000,000 but the upset price,
$3.50, 900, was not bid, and it was with /,
drawn for private sale.
Old cellars are fruitful source of dis
ease. The drains should be looked to
and put in order, old barrels removed or
cleansed, every sprouting tnber taken
away, and coat of whitewash, to which
q quantity of copperas in solution has
been added, be literally spread upon
the whole.
There is hardy fellow at Caen, in
Normandy, who has twice saved the lives
of men in the water at the peril of his
own. No notice was taken of these
events. But recently he saved the life
of half drowned cat and the F" Society
for the Protection" etc., has given him
n silver medal.
A boy recently discharged catapult
mt train, in one saloon of which the
Princess of Wales and her children were
seated. The bullet went through one of
the large plate-glass windows without
hurting any one, though it startled the
princess and her children, and fell into
the saloon, causing considerable damage.
How would you like to have your
sugar whitened with the bones of men
who died for their. country? They are
apparently having it that way in France.
They have formed factory for the
manufacture of animal charcoal at Metz,
which is supplied with bones from the
battle fields over there. This product
is used in refining sugar.
eyes, you may come again next Sun
day evening, Horace, dear, but'-anda
she hesitated, "What is it, darling
Have given you any paina Z" he asked
rs she still remained silent "You did
not mean to, I'm sure" she responded,
"but next time please don't wear one of
those collars with points turning out
ward; they scratch &c"
The bride-elect of General Sheridan is
described as very pretty, rather jolly
looking girl of nineteen or thereabouts.
She is the second daughter of General
d, H, Rucker,rha been acquainted for
wears as O schoolgirl, and later as 80
ciety Young lady, with General Sheridan
and the match is considered by mutua
friends as eminently suitable.
sThe earthquakes in Asia Minor, which
are reported to have caused the loss of
1000 lives, do not appear to have de-
stroyed any towns of note, and probably
occurred at some distance from the cities
of the seacoast. Large as the loss of
life is, it does not compare with that
caused by the great Calabrian earthquake,
by which 10000 people were killed, or
even with the slaughter caused by the
earthquake of Lisbon.