The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-01
Items Of Interest.

Items of Interest. s<3
A Nevada miner staked the savings OF
years on faro, lost, and then killed him
self. ..... ,-...,..-..ret
Inquiring mind (reading)e"It says
here, ma, His remains were taken to
their last resting place. Why do they
say 'his remains WASN'T he all there y
The Corpus Christi (Te1as) Times
has been studying human nature. 1t
says: .,zr..1 r.
To owe, Is human,
To pay up, divine. -f
Another instance of the beauty OF 60
ing to law has just transpired at Perth
Amboy, N. j., where it cost man $500
to get q 80 verdict against railroad
company. ...s. ~ .y-l,3
A Western chap, in describing o gale
OF wind, says: A white dog, while at
tempting to weatherthe gale, was caught
with his mouth open, and turned COM
pletely inside out. -
The old mania for Persian cats with
long tails has again broken out among
the Daimios of Japan. An enterprising
captain of merchant vessel sold three
short time ago for $3, 200.
A granite block weighing thirty tons
was recently taken from the quarries
near Hallowell, Ne. Another block
weighing forty tons issoon tobe brought
out. twill require forty oxen to moveits
The French minister of finance lately
caused to be opened two boxes which
were supposed to'contain documents Of
no value. They were full OF jewels,
which had been packed sway since the
Commune. '1 <.'.''. '--
A close fisted msninvited a friend to
dinner; and provided only two mutton
chops. Upon removing the Cover he
said: "My friend, we have q Lenten
entertainment; you see your dinner be-
fore you." Taking the two chops upon
his own plate, his friend replied: ;" Yes.
but where is your dinner 3"F,3hh& i2a =
Father Beck1; the general of the So
ciety Of Jesus, whom some have re-
garded as the possible successor 10 Pope
Plus, was born at Sichem, Belgium,
February 8, 1795. His father, q poor
grocer, died when bis son. was very,
young, and his mother had to sew and
wash to bring up her five sons, OF whom
the general was the Oldest. t!,s t,-,. 90.
The late Major Hunter, who, when,
young, had charge Of the island OF st.,
Helena, stated that the most marked pc J,
culiarity in Napoleon's appearance was b.
tiehtness of skin over the face, and es-9
pecially the forehead, producing the ef-e
feet OF statuary. This he had only OBJ
served in one other person in the course
Of his Life. u" '..:.st -; z5at a|t.1.@ -
A person who was looking at q il5ass'
the other day said he couldn't afford to
pay so much rent. 9. Well, look at the
neighborhood," replied the, woman, !
"You can borrow Aatirons next door. j
coffee and tea across the street, four and !,
sugar on the corner, and there's O, big,
pile of wood belonging to the school !,
house right across thealley W4a. .ia 20 !
The Rev. Mr.. Spooner Etendetly.to
eligible widow)-" How beautifully era-'s
blematic is this Of the relations OF man
and wife. See how the graceful Ivy,
womanlike, clings for support to the.
stalwsrt oak. All, dear madam, nus.
bands fond protection Widow
ss.And supposin' the hoax is too little
and the hwy too big-7what then, Mr.
Spoonerf" - %tIT'sii,i; n n.
Mrs. Wombwell died recently in Lon
don, sged eighty-nine. She was mar
ried when very young to the originator
of travelling manageries. MIR. Womb
well died in 1851, and from that date
until 1855 his widow carried on the
undertaking successfully. In the latter
wear the extensive collection was divided
into two menageries, and presented to
two of her nieces. .s. f., .a,.s
"It is impossible! I" said 1 to French
peasant lad who was telling me tough
story about miracle working chair In
neighborirg church. "There's nothing
impossible" he answered, "but stick
with but one end; and if you go to
Chartres you'll see it." .See whatf
the stick, or that there's nothing else I'M
possibleG" he replied. " Neither; but
you will see Ohartres." a'
A curious calculation has been made
in the printing Office OF Paris news
parer. Assuming that q good compost
tor handles "a, 900 letters day, and that
his hand moves one foot with each letter
in taking and setting the type, it Will be,
seen that his hand travels 48, 600 feet, OF
nearly ten miles day, and in the course
of a year, excluding Sundays, travels full
ly the distance from Paris to New York
At Fossville, CaI., lives old Mr.. Foss,
a noted stage driver of the Pacific coast.
He has retired from business, having
grown rich, and now keeps refresh
ment saloon on the stage road. he has
q collection of whips given him BY dit
ferent associations and friends, which
hang on racks in his hall as trophies.
One of them, given him by the late Mr..
Ralston, is valued at $40, 600, and is
mounted with gold and richly set with
jewels. IN.
Old Deacon Sharp never told lie,
but he used to relate this: He was
standing one day besides frog pond
and saw large garter snake make an at
tack upon an enormous big bnllfrog.
The snake seized one Of the frogs hind
legs, and the frog, to be on q par with
his snakeship, caught him by the tail,
and both commenced swallowing one
another, and continued this carniyorous
operation until nothing was leitof either
of them. - u.... .... '...s4,,,,f,ty.. ..
In the London divorce court, lately, q
woman prayed for dissolution Fof her
marriage on the ground that she was IN
sane at the time ittook place. She was
then so prostrated with grief at the loss
of her husband as to lose her reason.
and man in much humber station OF
life than herself persuaded her to marry
him. She has since been in an asylum,
but was now sane. The evidence being
perfectly satisfactory, the marriage was
dissolved. .E.,pon
Two.thirds of the willow for the manu-
facture of uillowware in the United
States is imported from Europe alta cost
Of $4,000. The cultivation Of the vii.
low is contemplated by some Americans,
they thinking that by cultivatlng su-
perior grades Of basket willow they can
make profit of $3.50 per acre: A manu-
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