The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-05-10

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Items Of Interest.
Thirty-four governments will be rep
resented at Philadelphia. So
The Texas cattle drive will this year be
in excess of 800, 900 head. $50
When man is so busy that he cannot
mind his own business he should haye
assistance. y
Thirty-fve Thousand seven hundred
and fourteen dollars in silver are said 70
weigh q ton.
The man who popped the question by
starlight got his sweetheart's consent
In twinktng. Ss.,
There are &C, 900 Sunday schools in the
United States, with 600, GOO teachers,
and 5,o00, 900 pupils
Happy thought of the Spring gaeld Re
a,,l5lScan: a bicentennial State VIII be
wanted in 1875. Saye New Mexico Tor
that!
An Edinburgh ieweler will exhibit ct
| the Centennial showcase whlcn, WIN
it's contents, will be werth upward OF
$1O0,GO0. 2
:1"I'n scratch your eye out, !" Missed an
;ncensed female passenger IN o horse
car. who imagined that the gentleman
by her side was going one eye on her.
Ooh. scratch away, madam r. he quietly
responded, /" it's glass" asE
Publican" Your dogs very ats siy:
Pray what do you feed him on y
Trsyeler-ts Well, he has no regular
meals: but whenever I take o glass OF
ale I give him q biscuit, you know T.
The man who painted Patience as .
healthy looking female perched on .,
chunk OF sandstone, never saw an edltor
chewing the end Of o pencil, while three
compositors stood in the background
yelling for copy. 2 e z s. 3,
AS an evidence of hard times It may
be mentioned that q young man In New
York State wrote to every bank IN De-
| troit Offering to "be your kasheer Tor
900 per month and board = and no bank
could give him place.
When man detects missing button
after getting on clean shirt, no one IN
the house is aware of the fact. He takes
off the shirt and puts on another, quiet
" smiling all Che while. he never,
never speaks Of it to a soul. "a
Tn Volcano, Gal, the other day, Ia
borer found piece of quartz rock
among the rubbish he was wheeling ina
barrow. i On the rock being broken up
r. was found to contain pieces OF gold,
tha-arooreaate value of which was about
$1,000. .,.,,.
The new fans are very airy. They
have an edge of feather and lace and 2
foundation of pearl or coral They are
moderately large, and there is brass
tip where ladies' will please nibble when
they want to appear difident or IN 9
Brown or any other mans study. They
are absurdIy cheap only Afty-hve dol-
lars 8 fan. ..<;,.
o., An old farmer says Of his boys:
g From sixteen to twenty, they knew
more than I did; at twenty-five they
knew as much; at thirty they were will
inc to hear what I had to say; ct thirty
Ave thew ask, my advice, and l think
when thew get to be forty they Will ac-
knowledce that the old man knows
something" +.
A man popped into the post Office ana
wanted to know how much noerchandise
he could send in one parcel -Four
nonnds. !" was the reply. Then he bland
r. said he thought he would send 70
Arizona four pounds of those red 10Y
balloons. inflated; but he had difficulty
in oetting out of the door in time to
dodge mail bag. -
They were talking about emrgenciese,
and somebody askeda mild looking stran'
GER whathe would do if suddenly placed
IN Great peril. He said he hardly knew,
thonoht he should follow his usual
practice and crawl under the bed. Inc
ladies in the party thought he must be
afraid of thunder storms, but the men
knew he was married.
An exchange says: Because we hap.
nan to take our shotgun and start OUT
for Sunday afternoons cunning, 1t ls
no reason WHY q half dozen impudent
persons should inquire if we were on O
tour for collecting subscription money.
The times are hard, and ammun1Sion
costs too much money to be wasted on
delinquent subscribers just now.
This is how sufferer tries to define
chronic rheumatism Swallow two quarts
NJ carpet tacks, take running Jump
bare.leeced into barrel OF broken beer
hottles. let q swarm of enraged hornets
roost on your head, and then roll into
he'd I of fishhooks, and you'll get q faint
idea of the nature and sensation oI
f,rst- -class, rheumatism when it gets hold
of you ard means business.
The other day a Lee CMass.) man,
while arranging his combination safe
lock. missed one or two small pieces
that he had taken out and laid on the
f3oor. and for a while he soughtsvalnly
for therl everywhere. He finally con-
cluded to administer dose OF ipecac to
his dog who was standing innocently by,
and, sure enough, the missing property
came to light.
Devices for cheating in games OF
chance are extensively advertised. The
circulars sent out describe the goods.
Marked cards are made in great variety,
the backs showing to the initiated what
is ON the faces also cards cut IN slight
" varying lengths, SO that advantage
may be taken in cutting. Faro boxes
for unfair dealing, loaded dice, and ap-
plicances for holding extra cards, are
offered. .s. -.,..-.-
The president of paper company o
Connecticut, arrested for a $5O,0oo Tor
gerry, hasn't had very good time slnce
he cleared out, last June. He says ne
had Just two dollars when he leis' ana
has since been very destitute and mas
] spent much of the time In trampahs is
) BE travelled about New York and Deia- q
ware, part of the time picking peaeness es
, at seventy-five cents a day, and pa.s p. %
i the time doing odd jobs as carpenter.
An engineers presence OF mind saSea 'sis
|. a train on the Southern California rail'
= road the other day from fearful ars ais
aster, The train Was crossing the Dtiaso IS
over the San Gabriel river, When s sns
Z engineer felt that it was giving way, auu =,
. at once crowded on full head OF steam on
! and slipped across just before the %aSsl Start
: came on the tails. The shock OF s''ns ~,
1 inc the train shook the passengers up
: considerably, and a brakeman was
thrown the Whole length of the car
2 In the town Of Hartland, some tWelve ,, I'VE
or f;fteen wears ago, lived an old fellow
,oto1 for hia fOEdfleSS IOE