The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-03
Items or Interest,

Thlrty-four governments will be rep
resented at Philadelphia.
Happy thought of the Springfield Re-
publican: A bicentennial State will be
wanted in 1916. Save New Mexico for
that
Don't swap with your relations lad
vlses Josh Billings) unless you can af-
ford to give them the big end of the
trade.
The Scotch herring fisheries earn
$1,000, 900 yearly, and the English
fisheries do not fall much below that
figure.
1t severely tries the gallantry of a
Frenchman to have Chicago woman
borrow his pocket handkerchief to wipe
her poodle's nose with.
Two young men were digging grave
near Chattanooga, Tenn, and while
they were at work in the opening tree
blew down and killed them.
San Francisco has adjourned her
schools for want of money. Tho chill
DIR IN now go around throwing stones at
heathen Chinese to their hearts con-
tent.
There are 81, 1000, 900 worth of shoe
pegs made yearly in the United States,
most of them in Massachusetts,, re-.
quiring 100000 cubic feet of white
birch.
Tom Thumb is going to Texas to
live, and the Chicago Times thinks that
some day we shall hear of Tom being
waylaid and abducted by Texas grass.
hopper.
What is the principal difference be-
tween the swallow and the cat2 It is an
admitted. fact that "one swallow does
not make a SUMNER" but one cat can
make spring.
Schoolmistress- Johnny, I'm really
ashamed of you When was your age
I could lead as we'll as 1 can now."
cav, but you'd different teacher to
what we've got"
"My, son." said an old man, "be-
ware of prejudices. They are like rats,
and mems minds are like traps; preiu-
dioes get in easily. but it is doubtful if
they ever get out"
A deadhead has been sentenced in
London to six months imprisonment at
hard labor. He got free railroad ticket
by falsely telling the agent that he had
lost his pocketbook.
Lucy Hooper is of the opinion that
l.
Yankee opulation-people who get out
OF bed and begin business before ten
o'clock in the morning.
An English agent representing capt.
tai OF $15, 600, 900 is in Charlotte, N. O.,
considering the expediency of establish
ing smelling furnace for the treatment
OF sulphurets and refractory ores.
The Queen of EngIand's paintings
which will be exhibited at the Centen-
NAL will be guarded constantly by a
squad Of policemen. The pictures have
been heavily insured in eight different
English companies.
Isn't your hat sleepy ?" inquired a
little urc' in of gentleman with a
shocking bad" one. "No; why2"
inquired the gentleman. because I
think it's a long time since it had
nap" was the answer.
A man worth $50, 900 has started from
Charleston for Sweden, working his pas
sage as a sailor on a steamer. The rea-
son of it is that he has just fallen heir to
to that sum, and has no money with
which to go and claim it.
A girl employed in a paper mill at
Westfeld, Mass, suffered severe at
tack of lockjaw, in which the jaws were
set for nearly two hours. The doctor
said the trouble was the result of an in
veterate habit of chewing gum.
A gentleman has pair of pantaloons
which were worn by one of his ancestors
a hundred years ago. They are made
OF homespun cloth, except the seat,
which is of thick leather. 1t is inferred
from this that the original owner was a
book agent.
Justice Hendee, of Hyde Park, ILL.,,
set a case down for O hearing at five
o'clock in the morning, so that one side
might win through the other failing to
appear; and that proved to be his last
case, for he was arrested on the same day
for mafeasance.
The great Corliss engine. which
furnishes the motive power for the ma
chinery on the Centennial grounds,
weighs 1, 1850, ,588 pounds, and sixty cars
were required for its transportation to
its destination, the freight charges
amounting to $5, 1895.
Editors have discovered by long and
careful observation that the best way to
save mans life, when he is sick, is to
expend 3 good deal of labor in the
preparation Of an elaborate biographical
sketch, to be used in case Of death.
The victim always gets well.
A young man, in picking up his hair
brush the other morning, observed
among the bristles soft, fine thread of
amber colored hair, about q foot and a
half long. He thought for few mo-
ments, and then muttered "Ah in
these times no man is safe"
A cat belonging to Nathan Wilson, of
Langdon, recently got upon his bed and
walked him by scratching. Thrown off,
it Immediately returned and renewed its