The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-19

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The great day Of the nation" 49,.
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. Items Of Interest. 'f'''.i .''..'
Americas patron saint in lS76-St.
Ennial., -.... !"..r-......; .''a''.''
London drinks 250,OO0 gallons OF
beer every day. 20. '.,., ..,,...,sI
London pays nearly one-third OF the
whole income tax of England. .3.s.. .ys'
A report of an Illinois hanging says !:
The sheriff did not wish to conduct the
execution, as he was GRAMS cousin, but
Grain insisted. that no one else should
hang him. .r.,. 49,. -, ,l.,i~.t
There are two styles of composition in
common use. One has much sense lnfeW
words, the other has the greatest auanh-
ty of words with the smallest amount OF
GOOD sense. - .rNF- 'Is7H 3'HS.1's AAtt
The heirs Of all who fell at the Alamo
or under Fannin at GoGad, and all sol
diers who took part in the battle Of San San
Jacinto, are entitled to 640 acres OF
Land in Texas. g.!N ru r. ,-ifGs = na
"A resident of Salem, Mass. name not
given, has cancelled $50, 900 worth 'of
notes and mortgages against several per-
sons whose means are small, because the
times are SO hard. 4, = =. - ,s..l, ~.
tFoulsrd costumes are shown either, 4 ~,
with plain grounds or with bouquets ;or,
iardiniere stripes on plain grounds for
the polonaise or overdress, and plain
foulaxd for the skirti a.!1ih .!nIIilG
AnHle boy, whose conduct made his
mother say that she feared he did: not
pray, replied: g Yes, 7 do + pray
every night that God will make you and q.
pa ike my.wsys better -ae il a.1'fs,
Seeds OF the mahogany tree so'Rn
three Or four years ago on The island Of
Maurritius have already produced trees
twenty feet high, and from three to SIX
inches through the trunk. ,sG,cpf ..inss:
Papa Concluding the \ fascinating
tale): HAnd he was, turned into .
beautiful prince and married Beauty =
Minnie (after pause): Z" Pa, were you
beast before you married mamma IN :" 'ed,
The Kansas potato bugs, which have
made their appearance this year, instead
of wearing the black and yellow stripes
usual to them, are arrayed In alternate
stripes of red, white and blue. sn ~"
DR.. s. Williams, who has just returned
home from q long residence IN china,
SAYS that out of the 150, 600, 900 women ZEN
4 in that country mot more than, q few
thousands can read or write. "a rs
! "A Norwegian, when drunk, bozs his
hands and feet so badly near Decorah, /,
! Iowa, that they, had to be an1putated.
His wife got Judgment for$2, 500 against
the druggist that sold him the liquor.
7 A young man much enamored OF. O
- witty young lady attempted to put his
arm about her waist, hen she remarked,
-, quietly ,"Don't you do it,, there's %
pinback there" Of course there was. Of
"Young man," said the judge, "did
YOU steal that piece Of hardware ~
"No sir" replied the prisoner, 81 dom
4 steal hardware. That isn't in my ine OF
business; chickens and coal is my line, :,
A new kind of door hinge has been
invented. Its peculiarity is that the
! door not only shuts quickly and :neise'
lessly, but il hits the person who leaves
the door open fierce blowton his back!
Mrs. Livermore says there are 5, 5oo,5i
900 superAuous women in the country,
But they want sealskin sacks, pull back
silks. four-button kids and striped,
stockings just the sameas it they weren't
superfuous. Va. ir7.h 1 ."'''I.tt !
Two Philadelphia families, the Buck
nells and Crozers, have made up the de-
fciency on the cost OF the, Baptist Publ:
cation Scciety's new building in that
city, amounting to $107, 900. Each farnl-
ly pays half. '..-2r. ..r. ...n..: ~ '..>J
An idea of what it costs to lead q fash,
ionable life in Washington may be form
ed from the fact stated by cabinet lady
that for the short season Of 1875, two
weeks shorter than that Just concluded,
her visiting cards cost her $40. ,,i,..,,.,,:.. - =
"Some Internal idiot has put that,
pen where I can't find it I'Igrowledy old
Asperity the other day, as he rooted;
about the desk. "Ah, Har; yes; l
thought so," he continued, in a lower
key, as he pulled the article from behind,
bis ear. Oh" .'" 20 = -.
A Lynchburgh man about to die, con
fessed that three years ago he robbed
and killed man. He declared that al
most nightly since the murder he
dreamed It over, and the horrors OF re-.
morse are supposed tc! have brought on
the fatal illness. He died praying. Tor
forgiveness. '..'., ,:. ,.,G... 49, -. i -
Frank Beard, the artist, while at din
ner. recently, was told of O. man with
three hands. "How is that I" asked
Beard. "He'sgot little behind.hand,"
was the reply. "You are more extra
ordinary man," was the reply, "for you
have two heads; you have head OF your
own, and you've got ahead Of me- :. = ! . j.. =
An ascent Of Mont, Blanc was success a':
fully effected on the twentieth OF Jan
uary by NJ. Gabriel Lappe, French
painter, and Mr.. James Eales. an Eng.
i iish geologist. The curious feature oi
| the exploit was that at an elevation OF
$4,000 feet they found temperature
higher than that which prevailed in the
lower region. ..,I' ~
The color of soldiers uniform Is ;
shown 10 be not 80 much q matter OF
taste as of vital Importance. Experience
proves that men are hit in battle, &C,
cording to the color Of their dress. ked
is the most fatal =; the least, fstal,
Austrian gray. The proportions are !:
Red, twelve; rife green, seven; prown'
six Austrian blush gray, five. go. ,%A
There are four hundred reigiousJ CUR
nails in the United States. The Metno'
dists have forty-seven, the largest nun
Der: then come the Catholics, who mum.
Der forty.one; the Baptists, thlrty'nS,e, .,,s
the Presbyterians, twenty.mn9; n .ne
Episcopalians, twenty-one; the Lasne ts
ans, fourteen; German Reformed, iour' .r
teen; Jews, nine; CongregatlonahS'S'
eight.
The Poughkeepsie Eagle says Una; .sa
divorced husband recently met 4s tae m
Hudson River railroad depot IN maj Guy s
his wife and child, from whom ne na.
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