The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-05
Items Of Interest.
Short of change-the man with but

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The man who makes himself ridicu-
lous prevents many others from becom.
ing So. 'ti;s - ::}szs!;;l
You can't cat enough in one week to
Last whole year, and you can 'tadyer;
tise on that plan either. ~ 81
The Boston Globe nominates Honesty
for Vice President. We respectfully
decline, says the Norristown Herald.
The girls of Fulton coun by, ILL.,, had
sheep shealing match the other day,
, and the winner sheared thirteen sheep
in two hours. - ~. :, s,ss-sii Sc s.
An English settler in Cape Colony,
: South Africa, has in four years cleared
$125, 900 by raising ostriches and selling
their feathers. 4a9f5 s,i.I a;a.J 3. 3
Matilda Beandry, of Cohoes, N. z,
loaned $3.50 to her lover, became,i
upon learning that she could not get il
back, and died in an asylum. $7e
"A neighboring tanner notifies the pub.
Lie that parties leaving their hides will
have them thoroughly tanned and dress
ed in satisfactory manner. sa;e
! A Miss Stewart, of Hamilton, On
tario, has recovered 500 damages from
a lover, who forsook her SITTER an en-
gagement Of twenty-six years. -
A Baltimore jury gave a young Lady q
verdict iof Bill, 600 against Joseph A.
(, Farms, well known Baltimo orean, for
breach Of pr omise and seduction ~
News has been received that shree
French Catholic missionaries, sent out
by an Algerian society, we're beheaded
the last Of January, while on the road
to Timbuctoo. n,g-.. "a N j.. ;;i.i4ss..
An examination of large lake re-
Gently discovered some forty miles west
of Laramie, W. T., disclosed "a thick
layer OF sulphate of magnesia IN pure
state at the bottom. - . -
Only six persons have been hanged In
Connecticut during the last thirty years,
and only two of these for ofenses COM
mitted out of prison, the other four
having murdered prison officers.
| Reading: Pa, has sixty building asso,
Citations, whose joint receipts are about
$50. 900 month. The rapid and sub
| stantial progress of the city is ascrlbed
by local paper to their operations.
A machine has been invented, after q
study of ten years, for making seamless
paper boxes. It rolls them from the
pulp, and will make 900 an hour, no
matter whether they are large or small,
round or square. - en -tugt . 81
"A lady, who lately returned from
Europe, was waited upon by friend
who had also been abroad, and who pre-
ferred this request "Can You give me
marquis card can give you two yls-
counts in exchange" Il, 1a,q;',t.
A Cleveland councilman voted in favor
of putting new seats in the council
chamber, because, as he said, 4"when q
chair slipped from under member the
papers said he was drunk." He wanted
chairs that wouldn't slip. '9 ~
Custom house officers are stationed at
every door of the Exhibition buildings
| to see that no dutiable articles are car
ried away. This makes good deal OF
trouble for visitors with bundles-the
result of previous shopping. .l,;s:.
When air balloons were first discoy-
cred, some one fippantly asked DR..
Franklin what was the use of it. The
4 philosopher answered the question by
asking another. ."What is the use OF
a newborn infants It may become o
man. ",.., .. .... -a;ie aldo. ~ Z,
A man being tried for assault and bat
terry in Virginia City, Nevada, when
asked by the Judge if he had anything
to say by way of defense, replied:
"Well, your honor, saw but little OF
the fight, as was underneath most OF
the time" Re-.
A contem porary, apropos Of recent
events, gives the following sage hint !:
Advice to public men: 30 conduct
| YOUR private business correspondence
that you shall not be frightened half out
of your wits when there Is chance OF
its being made public. ... g.. '..
Visiting magistrate Ito pauper lunatic)
-" Well, William, you have been here
nearly ten years; I suppose you would
like to be dischargeds" P. L.-"'Deed
no. sir: you don't think I am so crazy as
all that, do you9 I'ln very comfortable
thank your honor /" ... .., .t.
A bankrupt astonished the judge and
every one else in the Cambridge county
court in England by suddenly drawing
forth q bag with 800 sovereigns and
handing it to the judge for safe deposit.
He said he had no faith in the trustee,
and had, therefore, secreted the gold.
"Weu," said the captain, &C before
you can be sailor you must be able 10
make three ends to that piece OF rope.
Try it." call right" said the young
ster, "here is one end, here is another,
and (chucking it overboard) there Is q
third" The captain thought he would
do. -
An Ohio editorsays of contemporary
who had assumed the part OF g. mummy
in q dramatic performance: He was
obliged to put little animation into
himself to come up with the. character,
and to wear more recent linen; but that
was about all. Nature had admirably
qualified him to act the part.
A stupid young man, supposed to pe
crack Drained, who was sllghteo py 1ae
girls, very modestly asked young LADY
1if she would let him spend the even
inc with her," "No," she angrily re.
nlied. "that's what won't" "Why,
replied he, fsyou needn't be so fussy !;
T didn't mean this evening, but some
stormy one when I can't go anywhere
else."
Flora Temples tune has frequently
been beaten. The following is list:
Goldsmith Maid, 2:14; American Girl,
2:161: Lula. 2:l6a; Occident, 2:l64;
Gloster (dead), 2:17; Dexter, 2:l7s; Net
tis 2:19: Rcd Cloud, 2:1S; Lady Thorn,
2:ls1; Lucy, 2:18s; Judge Fullerton,
2:19; George Palmer, 2:l91; Bodine,
2:194; Camors (dead), 2.l9t; Flora Tenn
pie, 2:194.
A writer in the London Gardener
has accidentally discovered that two
boxes of geranium and calceolaries,
which stood in his window, the window
being always open to full extent, top and
bottom, kept his sitting room free from
flies, while every other room in the neigh
borhood was swarming with them. be
thinks the discovery ought to encourage
winter gardening.
The word "derrick" is an American
ism, and yet it had its origin in Eng
land. Early in the seventeenth century,
when the Office of hangman in Engiana
| ~, no,r;ok held the