The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-16
Items OF Interest.

"Yes, want my daughter TO study
rhetoric" replied Vermont mother,
for she can't fry pancakes now without
smoking the house all np."
There are in Illinois, according to a
late report of the board of education,
ffty-f colleges for males, six for fe-
males, and thirty-five academies and
seminaries.
A lazy fellow falling distance of fifty
feet and escaping with only a few
scratches, bystander remarked that he
was too slow to fall fast enough to
hurt himself"
The keeper of lunatic asylum in
Bristol, England, went on q spree with
one of the maniacs, fought with him
when both had become drunk, and broke
three of his ribs with kicks.
A pond of water in northern Alabama,
embracing some ten acres, suddenly dis
appeared with a loud rumbling sound,
and large hole, down which the water
poured, is all that remains to mark the
spot.
A rnptured writer inquiries: "What
Is there under heaven more humanizing,
or, If we may use the term, more angel
izing, than fine black eye in lovely
IWO pldCk eyes 6n6 OIllY
answer thought of at present.
By the latest census Ireland has 8, 5,412,-
397 inhabitants, divided, as to religion,
as follows: Roman Catholics, 4. 15O,-
857; Professionals, 1851 $40. OF the
Protestantsf 667, ,998 are reported as
Episcopalians and 497, ,64S as Presby-
terians.
il young married man who talked
about Tom and Jerry" in. his sleep,
the other night, told his wife next morn
ing, upon being called upon for an ex-
PLANTATION, that "Tom and Jerry" were
very warm friends OF his, and she
seemed satisfied.
A young woman in Chicago put her
false teeth in a glass of water at night,
and In the morning found them imbed-
ded in chunk of solid ice. She was
late Mt breakfast, the process Of thawing
out the teeth with a bonfire of matches
having been slow.
"It is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" A Tennessee farmer had his
crops, stock, etc., damaged by the late
floods to the extent of 81, 600, but gained
by the deposit of rich sediment on $50
acres of land, which he values at 81, 500,
or clear gain over the loss Of 81, 800.
Some Western newspapers are sug-
gesting that provision be made at the
Centennial to receive contributions to
aid Mr.. Ross in searching for his miss
ing child. The sentiment of sympathy
for the heart broken father is 80 wide
spread that it is believed large sum
would be received.
The Chicago distillers, whose distiller-
les were seized, petitioned to be allowed
to continue their works, because other
wise the cattle fed their would ssarve.
The court asked if they could not be fed
elsewhere, to wbioh one distiller, who
feeds 1924 of them on the slops, said
that "their food could not be changed,
as their teeth had become soft"
"What am made Off" asked little
girl fresh from her first Sunday school
lesson, as she essayed to show off her
knowledge to younger sister. CT
don't know" was the honest answer.
"What does mamma sweep up from the
foori" was the first speakers next trial
in the Socratic method. "Pins, needles,
and hairpins," was the prompt but un-
expected response.
The London LANCET very opportunely
warns the medical profession, and others
not familiar with the symptoms of brain
disease, of the urgent necessity of treat
ing "sleeplesmess as warming symp-
tom of brain disease. A "curious" pa
tient, curious because he cannot sleep,
should at once, for his own sake and for
that of others, be carefully watched.
Delirium tremens, traumatic delirium,
and the most dangerous forms of mania
are all prone to give this warning token
of their presence, and scarcely any
other =.