The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-29
Items of Interest.

" Items Of Interest. -. a..
! Trust rsposed in noble natures obGges
them the more. :t".@: .-...'.s.' -
Capital punishment Hanging on the
neck Of q pretty girl ',.' ~, ,..'.,. ~ ' ... ....
When is baby Like q canister I When
it is q tea thing. e.gE ,aa!.., f.5sH
All things are in fate, yet all things
are not decreed by fate. D.. '...,.. H. I...
When are eyes not eyes2 When the
wind makes them water. ..... .'.
If crying babies had any sense they
never would take their mothers to
matinees. s. .ts. -.;.
T A Western writer has evolved new
name for the Legislature-"act grind
ers." ,, ,,..-...
Never hurry. More men have died
from getting out Of breath than for any
other reason. r r:.,t y...-a,... ,,,.,sy,s
Chilian women have received the
right to vote, the; only qualification
being they must be OF .nge and able to
read and write. ia -Ts.-s-, r.ij ~ ~"."..'
A tramp lately asked q lady for money
She offered him food. :" Gracious J.
was his observation, edo you think !
can eat all the time p ..''' '',' '''.'l -
A family in town has dog twenty
five years old. He was originally o
hound, but he's stayed with them 80
long that they call him q tarrier. l,2!pss
During the past twelve years Dart
mouth College has received about $780,
600 in gifts, and about $700,000 more
will become available in few years: of :
Iamartine says: "War, very far
from being the progress Of humanity, is
only murder in mass which retards it,
aflicts It, decimates It, dishonors it. /,
Experiments with young grasshoppesr
at Jackson, Maine, have shown that they
may be frozen and thawed several times
without impairing their power to return
to life. ~" 7..>...'. = n a- ;'.tl ,.72t,.
The Erie car shops at Elmira, N. Y,
are crowded to their utmost capacity, in
turning out passenger cars to meet the
extra demand during the centennial
year. The men are working nine hours
day. ..1. ~, .g....f,. ,..,s
| Remember, said 6. trading Quaker
to his son, "in making thy way in the
world, q spoonful of oil will go further
than quart of vinegar" And Broad
brim was right; but the trouble is,
people will persist in trying the vinegar
first. n ,.~....l.-.,3.s .s.s s..
Some men are always lucky. A.
hunter of Brainer6, Mimi, while out In
the woods recently discharged his gun
lust to clear out the barrel, and unknown
to him q fine buck happened to be with
in range and was shot through the
heart. d '.-' - '..'. ''... .
The family of Lewis Neides, of Read
ine, is unlucky. The daughter fell off
q chair and broke her arm in two places.
Soon after, Eeides himself fell and
factured his ribs. and before he had re-
covered his son, aged ten years, fell and
broke his arm at the elbow. ia-l.
Thought .engenders thought. Place
one idea on paper and another vii! fol-
low it, and still another until you have
written page; you cannot fathom your
mind. There is q we'll Of thought there
which has no bottom; themore you draw
from it the more clear and fruitful it
will be. ." .. ..', .''''.':.' ~. t..'.,
David. r.. Sleeper, of Sandown, N.
| H., who is totally blind, is able to reap,
NOW, thresh, chop down trees, cut up
cord wood, make az handles, OK goads,
and can goround the neighborhood with
assistance or direction from any one,
and never finds time to spend in regret
ing the loss of his eyesight. "".-. .
He was in confidential mood when
he went home the other night on the
ferryboat, and said to the gentleman
sitting by him "I'm happish man IN
New York. I donowe man shent. I'm
gonehome, an if tholoman's sittin' up
III Ticker, an if she's gone to bed I'll
Ticker any way. I'm bount' have shome
fun."
The warden of the Oregon peniten-
tiary has discharged the prison doctor
and detailed one Of the convicts, who Is
an educated physician, to perform the
duties. The warden claims that he
saved the State S1,500 year by this
arrangement, and is always sure to have
medical attendance "within reach"
when needed. ...-..... ...
"see here, conductor. why don't you
have a fire in this car ?" Well, you
see, one of the directors is q clothing
man, another is doctor, and another is
q drug store keeper, erd another runs q
tombstone factory, and you know in this
world people must live and let i've,
So you see"-j"All right, sir !; go ahead
with your coffin. ="
"This is my last call" remarked a
fippant young gentleman to q young
lady who was soon tobe married, on a
recent occasion. "I never call on
married women or unmarried ladies after
thew have reached twenty-five" "You
do well, sir" gravely remarked an elder
lady present. "At that age, and after
marriage, they begin to know the value
of time, and do not like to waste it.
Accounts from Villefranche, France,
state that the valley is still covered with
snow and the cold very severe. The
wolves, being almost famished, have be-
come most audacious; few days back
four of those animals entered the village
of RieuJkyroux in the open day, and
carried of two young pigs and goat.
A number of dogs have also been killed
by them, and the inhabitants dare not
venture out at night unless armed with
o gun.
The boys of Winnemucca, Nevada,
had some fun with a Snowman. They
formed a line from the ticket Office ex-
tending around q near conner. Each
asked the price Of admission, and, on
being told that it was fifty cents, shook
his head, said it was too dear, retired
and fell in at the rear of the line. This
was kept up until the Snowman, astound-
ed at the unanimity and seemingly great
number, reduced the charge, and then
every boy cleared out.
A French artisan living in London
committed suicide the other day by
guillotining himself. One evening he
was observed to take home two large,
planks of wood and a large double
handled knife. With these, as it was
subsequently discovered, he constructed
guillotine. Grooves were formed in
the wood for the knife, and down These.
after having been drawn up with
pulley, it was forced by heavy stones.
The unfortunate mans head was COM
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