The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-30
Items Of Interest.

in the arka Preserved pairs.
Leisure is sweet to those who have
earned it, but burdensome to those who
get it for nothing.
The chimney sweeps Of London have
formed an association for the purpose
of elevating the business financially
and socially"
A man never really understands the
doctrine of total depravity till he has
worn pair of white pantalo to pic
mic, and sat down on plate OF custard
pie.
A treatment for lung and blood dis
eases, practiced in Milan, Italy, con
sists in putting the patient into an
apartment containing compressed, medl'
Gated air. -.
If a ladle of molten (pig) metal be
poured in 8 stream on to chilled cast
iron body it will cut hole In it more
rapidly than if poured on cast iron
body that has not been chilled. 80. :.
Lieut.. Craycroft, the only surviving
member of one of the companies e1ter-
minated With Custer, happened to be IN
Kentucky at the time of the massacre
purchasing horses for the regiment
A debtor, severely questioned as to
the reason Of not paying a just debt, re-
piled: "Solomon was q very wise man,
and Samson q very strong one, but
neither of them could pay his debts
without money"
The number of Indian warriors IN me
hostile country is put down at 27,0oO,
including women, 6s, 900. Indian popu-
lation out of Alaska, 295, 600. 1t Is de-
clared that the Sioux and Cheyennes
alone have $4,000 warriors. .
A Concord On. 81. man found in a
white oak tree, hear the heart, wisp
of hair twenty-seven inches long, which
had evidently come from q woman's
head. The growth of the wood over
the hair indicated thirty-fve years.
"Did she not return your love?" in
CURED sympathizing friend OF young
man who intimated that he had had
some difficulty with his sweetheart.
"Y Yes, she returned it, and that Is ex-
actly what the trouble is. She said she
d1dn't t WanG IL.
Hermann, the magician, was natural
lied in Boston the other day. While
taking out his papers he pleaded pow
erty. and then drew out $5 note from
the city clerks vest and presented 1t IN
payment of his fee, much to that OIL
GERS amazement.
A subterranean forest bed has been
discovered in London, consisting OF
peat, with trunks of trees, most OF them
standing. All are of species still found
in Britain, the oak, alder and willow be-
inQ abundant. In the peat are found
bones of the great fossil OK. @,.-
Only q woman's hair Who has not
some time in his life picked such q
golden thread from his best coat collar
and salt his heart beat quicker for lt2
Or gazed upon tress laid away IN some
nook and not felt the influence OF tender
memories Only o woman's halrl
And vet we do not like it in the butter.
A mother of four children in New Or
leans has been convicted of regularly
sending them ont to steal. BY practice
thew became very expert, and the profit
of their thieving enabled the woman. to
buy house and live comfortably. She
devoted herself to the sale Of the stolen
articles and the general direction OF the
children.
A good story is told Of Spurgeon. His
habit is to shut himself up on Satur,
days. One Saturday man called and
insisted on seeing him. "Teu hlm,
said the visitor to the servant, "that q
servant OF the Lord wishes to see him..
The message was delivered, and the sol-
lowing returned: "Teu him that 1 am
engaged with his Master"
A young clergyman, modest almost 10
bashfulness, was once asked by coun-
try apothecary, of a contrary character,
in public and crowded assembly, ana
in tone of voice sufficient to eaten tne
attention of the whole company NOW
happened it that the patriarchs lived to
such extreme old age2" To which ques-
ton the clergyman replied: "Perhaps
they took no physic." .,
A Michigan paper says that al Detroit
man has q piece OF bark from 1ree
that grew on the farm of an uncle whose
orandfather's brother-in-iaw started WIN
Gen, Jackson to the battle OF New VI,
leans, but was detained by an attack OF
cholera morbus, and he would send 1nas
to the Centennial Exposition II ne NAG
any adequate assurance that ne Wo'ao
ever get it back again.
Behm & Wagner, in their annual re-
view of the population OF the uggo g1oUoeo; ooo
state that Europe has an area OF 2,IoO,yeo oos
square miles, and population OF ogo,.
O0O,0 900. Asia, 1900, COO square ml1es' noa
population, 799, ,OOO,0O Africs, S'ooO'- 'ooo'
600 square miles; population, Zoo, w.,
600. America, $4,000, 900 square niles;
population, 81, 100000. Australia anu
Polynesia, $500, coo square miles; Popu'
lation, 100000.
He complained that Life was failure, I!,
that there was nothing new under IEe
sun that he had found out tue coiu1 5
ness and hollowness of friendship, ana
that no sensation could arouse him lf'i.- l.!
the apathy that was stepping llI sou. a 81 81
torpor, when q man tossing r"ckases oi
brown paper from q warehouse wagon 90
smote him on the pit OF the stomach;
and gave him sepsaticn which knockca
the wind and the nonsense ons OF a'ho ~