The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-01-13
I FACTS AND DFANcIEs.

sJnst about this time many an
lgobbler is wondering about the libeM
Iheartedness Gifts owner about feesi
.ing. j.'~
A Milwaukee mother had to hurry
homcsfrom eJparty for fear that th'
EEbaby. !wouN swallow Il flat-iron OF
Something ~ ... .."..r..
q At Cape May, the other day, nine
Ehundred Swapping mackercl, weighing
over .fouf tons, were captured at
single haul. 4s.
l. ,Instaaces of men who go on
piece Of orange-peel ard get up ane
think rs much of themselves .as they
aid before are rare. q ~.
Ifyou want to know whether youl
grandmother was cross eyed, Of
where you great uncle stood in hi'
arithmetic class, just run for office ant
you'll know it all.
There are eight thousand men or
strike in the Pennsylvania coal re
( Eglon, and they kill one another at tt.'
average rate of. FIVE a day. If thu
continues; the afflicted community vii
have peace in a little! over four years
The tailor does notalways preserv'
1.-THE majestic appearrslh,ce l, of his pat
ron. Man, proud mlh; dressed in
(King-William overcoat and carrying
shome maekerel, isisomethinS .neve'
Icontemplated hy:the tailor.
& "a home without children is -.lik'
Eheaven without angels says o Ken
Etncky paper. We just want him t.
Eget out Of bed tour times night fol
m onth to keep tho baby's legs GOV
Eered up. s .
An Indiana ntbropista went tt
tArizona to argue with the Indians
and to try to touch their better feel
tipgs, and he came home barcfooted OF
TOP of his head and offered the gov
ernment s1,Oo0Sto help carry on tht
war. w NJ. st. IL. q tS
Tho Watcbman aaas Reflector dc
cIares that Mr. Beec6efsis 800 impul
siss-too sentimental -too loose
This criticism can hardly be caIlec
lust to Mr.. Beeeher. He may be i'm
puIsiye, and we have sometime.
thought him sentimental; ;Sbut it il
certainly unfair to say thatsl he is; too
loose, except in his morals, 81
An exchange says sIp .wrappia9
his paper in old bills the editor Of tht
Oshkosh Norshwestern gave himself
away painfully. The Berlin journal
received his druggists bill-total
ls111 go; total for whisky, S106 80
total for drugs, SIS co." What, IS sc
ftor drugs and but slO6, 80 for hisky
That man is surely 3aason of. temper
ance, or,he must have bad q mighty
sick family. y...;,ar:, ,,.lqs Il .4,,,.
paragraphstaling, that,in France
straw Lightning rods had been nsee
with great success for the,protectior
of buildings, Professor Henry Morton
tmade some experiments, inwhich hs
found that q straw offered resistance
to the passage. of electricity amiJIlliAo'r lliAo'r
or two times greater than that offered
[by a copper wire of tho same dimen
sions. He says that he can only re
gard the French straw theory Us {
Icanard, bnteaddsthat ifit!bad orig
tlnated in Now Jersey helsbould have
considered it only as ssthe conse
[quence of q verbal ambiguity, as W.
know that New Jersey lightning,
moderately diluted passes With greal
facility along the straw. i u
Mary Mapes Dodge wrisesfihes
pretty nursery rhymes d 81 &
Two little girls are better than onsf
Two little boys can double the fun, q
Two little birds can build q fine nest,
Two little arms can love mother best
iTwod little ponies must go TO 8 span,
Two little spocke It's has my little man
Two little eyes tcs open and close,
4 Two little ears and one little nose,
Two little elbows sdimpled and sweet,
Two little shoes OH two Little feet, IS
Two little lips and one little chin, :. AZ {
Two little cheeks with q rose set in, -
lTwo little lders, chubby and strong
tPwo little legs running all day long, :
Two little prayers does my darling say
Twice does she kneef by my side eacl
! I. day {,.izS SZS 3. iltSi. .ai
Two little folded hands soft and brown
Two little, ,eyelids cast .meekly down.
4 And two little angels guard BIN In bed
One at the foot and one at the head, ~