The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-15
Items of Interest.


A California Indian went away from
home with the avowed intention of get
tinp a new wife. His old wife thereupon
killed herself and four children.
T A Wisconsin editor having written of
o deceased gentleman that stsickness
had impaired his health" rival re-
| Joined: " Yes; it often has that effect"
"Ho, all ye dyspeptics IL says
patent medicine advertisement. Ii all
the dyspepties would only hoe regularly
their number would be reduced amaz-
ingly. &1'' = is4&24,s 'sszsa
On the English channel, where the
voyage produces the usual effect. An
economical lady cries y" What q pityl
4 breakfast that they charged 50 much
for, too" =, ~, .a.t,s. ~
Il is humiIating to young man who
has been singing his sweetest songs In
front Of house to be told by q police
man that the family have been absent
for q week. .!,,ae9 All h s..ag
"Iwish you wonld pay little atten.
ton to what I am saying, sir, roared q
lawyer at an exaspetating witness. 81
am paying as little as I can, was the
calm reply. ~" 9',e ~ ipi
The following notice is.posted con-
spicuously in a:.Seotch Office 80 Shut
the door, and when you have done talk
ing on business, serve. your mouth the
same way" ., =. =. .is,.a e..
Every year a Georgia farmer cultivates
distinct piece Of cotton, which he calls
his preacher patch, because the
avails Of the crop 60 TO- the support OF
his minister. Z: ~ f1,fsDfss ssB;fl,
A trained horse IN an English circus.
attacked the man who WAS conducting
it's performance, shaking him as cat
would mouse and then throwing him
out of the ring. ~ .,s.,i3 's!'
According to well known physician,
cit is dangerous to go into the water
after hearty meal" And it would be
a very fishy one man would get If hes
did go in after one. s=@,s.
Three boys in London were sentenced
TO three days imprisonment and to re-
ceive seven stripes each with birch rod
for having thrown stones at trains On
the Midland railway. - - '5.2A
On September 10, the xty:ninth
anniversary of Mexican independence,
the corner stone for the, bronze statue
of Juarez was laid. Signor Gagliardo,
San Francisco sculptor, won the prlze
for the best model.
M. Sebrin, French architect, OBJ
yiates the danger arising from damp
ness in brick buildings by injecting
bricks. tiles and other earthen material
with the tarry residue from the manu-
facture of Illuminating sass.,;,a,1
The Louisville Courisr-.j Journal says.
Mrs. Sally Beers, Of Clinton county,
Mich. works farm of one hundrei
acres and has nine children.ff1t there
were few thousand such persons in the
world as Sally, more Of, ITS might escape
work. ."a:,' "a .l:Ai-t 81.
A Binghampton On. Y, Insn is SUNG
for divorce from his wife on the plea.
that she has glass eye that is always
open nights, and the "aspect makes
him nervous" He coaxed her to close
it with red sealing wax, but that only
increased his terror. .., ii. =,
The latest, simplest and most etfeceual
mouse trap vet thought Of is an earthen
washbowl nearly half filed with water,
covered over With meal and placed on
the pantry shelf. A Pulaski On. -
woman recently caught several OF the
mischief makers in one night by this
method. 81 .uE =. .5sg,$
A traveller in Egypt in 1866 visited a
number of Arabian schools, IN almost
all of which he noticed they kept silk
CAP. Upon asking why this was done
he was told that it wasthe severest pun
ishment that could be inflicted upon
any of the children to be compelled to
wear it. ....... ..,....
It was Pope who used to swear "God
mend me-" and, swearing his faVof1te
oath one day in the presence OF uttle
boy, the boy looked at the diminished
and misshapen form of the great poef:
and said: "Good mend you, indeed
I think It would be good deal easier to
make new one."
The miners of South Yorkshire were
dissatisfied with their wages, and at
tempted to become colliery owners them
selves, An association bought colhery,
the profits of which were to be shared
among them. The capital raised was
about 100000. The enterprise has
proved unsuccessful, and the money Is
lost. ..+ ,,.,
It has been proposed to establish
penny banks in connection with the
public schools of New York. The candy
shops and chewing gum venders mlgnt
suffer, but good results would be Oh.
tanned. The experiment has been tired
il London, where, in few months,
5,266 children had deposited no less
than $500.
Visitors to the Centennial art gallery
will be sorry to learn that the little sta
tue of "Playing Cats Cradle" was
broken by the point of parasol one
day recently, and the tiny bars OF mar
BILE replaced by threads. But the LADY
who unwisely nleddled with it feels
probably more sorry, as report says she
had to pay $500! ...
The ire of st. LOUIS paper toward
the editor of q Chicago journal Is lou
loose in this way: he stands up snd
lies, sits down and lies, eats lies, arlnKs
lies and dreams lies. There is no other
name but lies for his preposterous ana
unprincipled assertions. If there Is
really a place prepared for Liars, the
smell of sulphur already arises to his
nostrils.
General Fadeef, q Russian, IS OF
opinion that Germany will not Willingly
expose her flank to Russia when sne
could protect it by raising up a fonsn
state between herself and her sfea1s
enemy on the north and east. It would
suit Germany marvelously. moreover
to have an independent Poland, when,
in it's movement toward the east ~
might colonize with its supernuouS
population.
No tool is more essential on the farm
than good grindstone: Ihey yeS were
formerly all imported from Englana;
Then the Nova Scotia ones were louIu aiu
superior. Ohio grindstones are iasge,y
used by Western ID ers. bnS ,5;nr Sun
Lake Huron grindstones are supersea.his
all others; they have fine sharp g griI;
and leave fine edge. The stone shoo,~ s.on,
be kept clean and dry, and free from
grease and rust.
A mercantile agency in Toronto pro-
fessed to make, through b its system .,,a oa
espionage, a correct statement Oh 'oS snS
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