Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-04-06
Items Of Interest.

Items Of Interest. fGI,aE
Out of 52,465 primary school teachers
in Prussia only 3, 1881 are women.
It is said that more ice will be housed
this winter on the Kennebec than ever
before. -- .- ~
The skin of the common house cat is
rapidly rising in favor for pur-pusses OF
dress fur. .,i-r
It cost Pennsylvania round $l0O. 600
to suppress the riots in the coal regions
last year. g-aaf I
It is said figures won't lie /; but the
figures of some women are very decep-
tive, to say the least.
The London Times calls the Constitu.
ton of United States the most sacred
document in the whole world" ~ EgE
A jury in suicide case lately found
the following verdict: "We. the jury,
find that the deceased was fool" "a
They have new way of putting it in
Philadelphia John Jones picked poo
kets on the cars and "win not 60 TO the
Centennial. ."
When You see a strange Italian boy
breaking windows, you may know tnat
his father, who mends glass, VIII De
along directly. - = 90"
A hungry man desires a situation inan
eating house has had some experience,
and is willing to work and make things
r.onarolIy uaaful In himself w.
Mother" Charlotte, how do you like
your new teacher ?" Charlotte-He'h,
She's a splendid teacher. She don't care
whether we know our lessons or not.o
Salutatory of the editor OF the Madl-
sonville (Ky.) Southwest: "Good MON, pm
ing. We intend publishing paper. II
| you don't like it, you needn't read IL
Language was given to men and
women that they might communicate
their wishes and say pleasant Things TO
each other with it, but it has been great
ly abused by lying. .a,sy9 e,ssOi
Mrs. Swisshelm hits the, mark 10 let
ter to the Chicago Tribune, IN which She
says: eve need religion which means
sixteen ounces of sugar for ~ pound,
and no sand in it. y 60 lasmpSoia
The day has gone by when you oan
chain grssshopper to an astronomers
telescope. and make the star gazer be-
lieye that he has discovered new breed
of horses in the moon.. 'ts~tsiasa L. .ss'i1
Miss Fannie Palmer, Of San Juan
island, was lost on the q Pacific "a Her
BODY has been found. eIwayes car
ried it $50 miles and cast il up on the
beach almost within sight OF her parents
house. 20 >''' -
An exchange prints specimens OF walt
Whitman's forthcoming book on poetry.
It is like all his other poetry
don't rhyme worth q cent-unless you,
would call purple " and 'fsmokestack
a good rhyme. -,
An English newspaper writer describes
New Orleans as city OF many tongues,
and pays itspeople fine compliment py
declaring that Lady may walk alone ioy
day or night from one end OF the CITY 70
the other and not be insulted. &" ZIG
A bright little three year old In Hart
ford having become little 'mlxediise-
tween her religious instruction and Der
nursery rhymes, gravely, recites, .Ine
Lord is my shepherd, and ne lost ns
sheep, and he don't know where TO nnd
them" we 1-s2asT" 'shH
In the days of our fathers, when aman
suddenly dropped outof the community,
they used to drag the. neighboring
nonds and examine all available hang
ing places in the vicinity. Nowadays
the first steps are to examine his panK
account. .-.as igTlr 81; g',ds
He was o Parisian. They asked hlm
what would be the most horrible thing
to him. He said, after a long rehec,
tion "It would be TO be guiliotined
without knowing it, and to come TO my
self all of sudden and see myseir In
glass, headless. r'i.'.Ii
Hardwick, Mass, still retains the an
cient custom of levyipg direct 9 Nuns
ters' tax" The members OF the Con.
pregational society are regularly assessed
on the basis of the town valuation, anu
their tax bills are presented and collect
ed in due form. - .pro y1Bga
John o. Adams was once asked what
he most lamented in his life. he an.
swered: "My inpetuous temper and
yituperous manner Of speech, which pre-
vents me from returning good for evh,
and induces me, in the madness OF my
blood, to say things that afterwards am
ashamed Of" -.
To clean and restore the elasticity OF
cane chair bottoms, turn the chair bottom
upward, and with hotwater and a Ponge
wash the cane work well, 80 that II is
we'll soaked; should it be dirty, use soap;
let it dry in the air, and it viii be o.
tight and firm as new, provided none OF
the canes are broken. asE"'"i
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