The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-21
Items OF Interest.

In Japan wheat is sown in November
in drills sixteen inches apart, and one
and quarter bushel of seed to the acre.
Arsene Houssaye asks Which is
worth most in the world, the approval
of your own conscience or of public
opinion
1t is said that nothing will cure O
poets affection for his idol sooner than
to catch her at the dinner table excava-
ting the kernel of q hickory nut with o
hairpin. g+5 Hs
Dean Swift said: "It is with narrow.
necked bottles; the less they have in
ing it out. {"
A Southern citizen who bore the rank
of general in the Confederate service re-
Gently Joined the United States army in
New Orleans, and to-day carries mus
ket as private soldier.
"A new plan for steamship locomotion
is suggested in providing screw propel-
lers at each end of the vessel. One of
them is thus constantly in the water, no
matter how rough it may be.
Forty-eight savings banks in the State
of New York report total of unclaimed
deposits amounting to $845, ,844.72, of
which 1916, ,656. 60 hns remained un-
claimed for over twenty years. "a -&r
It is said that the well bred ladies of
Paris never by any chance are seen wear-
ing diamonds in the daytime. A great
many American ladies never offend good
taste by wearing them. They cannot
afford to. .i-I ..sas d! rE,s -..H
Numbers is whnt does the business,
shouted man who lives on Mechanic
street. "When my wife is alone can
reason with her and run things to suit
myself, but when her mother is around,
am not even o stockholdeI in the con-
Germ" .s. -.r..r,,,..., ....,t
The Changers of California have formed
q chartered business association, with
capital of 81, 600, 900, to deal in all kinds
of agricultural produce, live stock and
general merchandise, to charter and load
vessels, and to ship grain to foreign
countries.
A Providence woman who had se-
cured good place to see the st. Pat
rick procession, reported to apolicemen
that she had lost her child, and be-
sought him to find it, as she did not dare
to go in search of it lest she should
lose her place" 3H'
A Montreal man sues grocer for OBJ
tanning three dollars and fifty cents Of
him on false pretenses, the grocer having
sold him seven dollars and ten cents
worth of butter, which the buyer alleges
shrunk fifty per cent. when warm, on ac-
count of snow or ice in it. r2n5
A horrible piece of cruelty was perpe-
trated at Girard, Pa Some miscreants
entered the barnyard of farmer, where
young calf was tied to a stake, and de-
iberately cut the animal in two, running
away with the hindquarters. When
found the forequarters were still alive.
Mrs. Oliver Perry Rice, of Indian
apolis, has received from George H.
Pendleton legal opinion that she is
heir to an estate worth $6S, 600, 900.
The estate lies in Allegheny county, Pa,
and its heirship has been traced in direct
line to the late Gideon Ritohie, father Of
Mrs. Rice. s.rs.
A young wife in Pottawatemie county,
Iowa, awoke about midnight and asked
her husband question. Receiving no
answer, she placed her hand on his head
to awake him and found him cold. He
was dead. When he retired that even
ing he was in excellent spirits and APP
parent health.