The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Items of Interest.

Is
cles, for they gain IN strength as they
grow old. g.. ~,
A lake in Lower California which
covered $50 square miles in 1873 has
now almost disappeared. In drying up
it has left large deposit Of salt. r.. u
Inauguration day (March y falls on
1917, i945, 1878, 2O0l, POPE, 2059, 20S5,
2125, 2153, 21S1, 2221, and so on. r.-
The last native Of Tasmania has died,
at the age of seventy.three. This island,
which became an English colony In
1903, had 5000 natives in 1925; in l847,
forty five, and now the race Is extinct
Here is a model verdict Of q coroner's
jury: "We do believe, after due
inquiries, and according to our best
knowledge, that we do not know how,
when, and where the said infant came to
it's DEATH" -. .'--'s.''? - ''.-. -.
Ike has had an irritating skin disease.
Mrs. Partington says "the charlotte
russo broke out all over him, and II ne
hadn't wore the Injun beads as an ONE
let, it would doubtless have culminated
fatally" go ~ - '..'.',% -. "
A brave and good little Ohio boy sat
on the fence two hours in the freezing
cold of dead winter, watching a broken
rail on the railroad truck, 80 as to carry
the latest news Of the impending &C.
cident to his father, who was local editor.
In 1870, not one hundred years ago,
at the sack of Ismail, the Russians were
IS atrocious toward the Turks as the lat.
ter are toward the Servians and Suwar-
row put 8, 900 persons to death, as les
son to his soldiers in the art OF mas
sacre. 81 .... r..r''& +. -..: ~
"Why didn't you put on clean col:
lar before you left home z" called out an
impertinent young fop to an omnibus
driver. =" Cause your mother hadn't
sent home my washing was the ex-'
tinguishing reply. ~, ',' ~ .' = ,..t.l. t
An old woman who is crossing the
street has narrow escape from being
run over by q hearse. am not at all
superstitious," she says to her rescuer,
"but it has always seemed to me that it
would be unlucky to be killed BY a
hearse." s2:Gar r@!l !le5~oT'
"To have ideas is to gather flowers,
TO think is to weave them into gar
lands" says one newspaper. ..l"It's
rather late in the season, but stll not
too late to advise our neighbor to
gather some flowers" sarcastically adds. adds
another. L........ .s...,-''s ....5 ;,
A Scotchman being asked by his
minister "What kind OF q man was
Adam :" replied "Oh, just like ither
folk" The minister inisted on having
more special description. ;"Weel,
naebody got anything by him, and
many lost" - 'f@'iI
The name He'll Gate, it now appears.
il older than the Dutch settlement OF
1913, In very ancient map OF this 10
cality. found in the library at Munich,
Manhattan island is represented as GOV.
cred by Mohicans, but " Helle Gate
is indicated in the East river. .-.., -.
Prof. Loomis concludes, after compar-
ing five hundred case, that storms move
at the rate of twenty-six miles an hour
on land in this country, and little over
nineteen over the ocean. An express
train or O frst-class steamship could
easily keep ahead of common storm. y "
In London 1853 children die annually
ont of /. 900 before they attain their hrst
wear in Denmark, 156 Scotland, l66 :;
England, ITO Belgium, 1856 Holland,
Oil: France, ZIG Prussia, 22O; pam.
226: Switzerland, '252; Italy. 254;
Austria, s13; Russia, all; BAVARIA
372. 80, -'''.'. ':--' ..%' ,"..'.
Oalmlstions have been published
showing that over twenty-three millions
Of animals and birds were wounded,
without being captured, by the Licensed
sportsmen and poachars OF the BRUSH
islands during the year ending Marcn
81. 1875. The vivisectionists are COM
pletety eclipsed by this cruelty. . :.
Hyou put hot coal in your pocket It
will burn it's way out. Aye, 60 will Q
bad deed, that is hidden, make ltseM
known. a fault concealed is fauis
doubled and so you Will IND II out,
all through ife. Never hide You!
faults, but confess them, and seek
through Gods help to overcome tnem'
CHOW do you do dear aunt do you
love poor Yicky dearest aunt this q pre-
sent for you Victoria" This autograph
letter, written by Queen Victoria wnen
she was an infant, has just been sold at
auction. Probably Julius Cesar wrote
inst such epistles when he was small.
II shows that any of us are liable to oe
born great. =; ..... PEI. '.'. .. So
A strange story is told of horseman
on a white charger, who, in the thick OF
a battle between the Turks and the ser
VANS. rode in front of Servian reg1-
ment. and shouted to them to retire, as
the Turks were in the rear. The appar1-
ton was not seen again, and proved 70
have been Turk who had rlsked hls
life in the ruse. -.
II seems probable that the elephant
will soon become extinct. According 70
a statement made at a recent meeting OF
the Parish Geographical Soc1ety' Eng
/ land imports annually l, ,2OO,0Oo pounos
of iyory, to obtain which it is necessary
to kill so, 900 elephants. The total an
nual destruction of these animals Is esu-
mated at 100000.
Two Cossack women have attracted q
good deal of attention by starting IRON
st.. M Petersburg to join the servian army, N.Y.
in in which they desire to do yoeman ser.
vice. They are sisters, their Il iamIy a,,1!
name Lukianow, and the elder Is only
twenty three but they possess unusual
physical strength, and theyounger issala
to have taken part in many bear hunt,
| in which she displayed extreme Doldness
and endurance.
The Bushmen account for the origin
of the milky way by relating how glrl
of the ancient race wished Tor Little
LIGHT. 80 that the people might see to
return home at night. She therefore
threw wood ashes into the sky, which
became the milky way. This same grl'
being vexed with her mother tor giving
her too little of certain red edible root,
threw up portions Of it into the sky
where they became stars.