The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02


Whose fragrance smells to heaven.
The mercury stood five degrees below
zero outside when Jones feellngly re-
marked: "l wouldn't turn dog away
tonight, Brown. Would you2" "W-.
we'll, no." replied Brown, hesitatingly.
cat least not if he was worth any
thing"
A man has solved Mrs. Livermo'H's
query: "What shall We do with our
dauehters2" He has purchased two
washing machines and will take in wash
ing. His wife and seveL daughters are
are to do the work. aud he will superln-
tend the business.
Yes .STossish arc unreasonable anu
YOU may have remarked that when one
of them sits down in a new silk dress on
q chair where little boy has carelessly
deposited two cents worth OF taffy, she
will 90 on about it just as bad Us If it
were two dollars worth.
A Nova Scotia farmer who sent sam
pie barrel of apples to the recent fruit
exhibition at birmingham, England, has
been informed officially that, " though
there was IN exceptionally good show
of English apples, the American fruit
beat them i'll sizo and very far indeed in
COLOR
J. Clancy Dcmpster, Of San Francisco,
has chivalrous regard for the other sex.
He saw a woman in the street surround
ed by drunken loafers, who had fright
enei her into fits. he drew revolver
and knife, went to her rescue, shot
one fellow, stabbed two, and bore her
triumphantly away in his arms.
A plucky woman is Mrs. NIcKcen OF
Belfast, Ne. Her husband, who COM
manded Philadelphia vessel, dying on
the voyage to Genoa, she assumed COM
mand, put in at Fayal and procured d
metallic coffin, in which she placed tho
remains, continued in command to
Genoa, and attended to disposing OF tho
cargo.
cc-Prosidert Wilson's brain weighed
forty-ninc and one-half ounces. mat is
rather above the average weight-whieh
is. in this country, probably about forty
four or forty-tive ounces. Daniel Web :
stcrs brain has been mentioned III
newspaper paragraph, published some
years ago, as having been found 10 We1Sh
sixty-thrce ounces.
Do not think OF one falsity as harm
less, and another as slight, and another
as unintended. Cast them all aside.
They may be light and accidental, but
thew are an ugly SCOT from the smoke OF
thc nit for ali that; and it is better that
our hearts should be swept clean OF
them, without over care rs to which Is
the largest and blackest.
That tie French are determined TO
have every available man under arms IS
shown by Gen. Cissey's last order, re-
curing the registration. for military
purposes, of all males born between
January /, 1885, and December 81, 1871,
Defaulters will incur fine varying III
amount from sixteen to two hlndred
francs, besides Imprisonment from
fifteen days to three months.
The Arizona Citizen says that there IS
in that Territory q monster named Sherl-
dan who makes it business to ent1ce
men to 20 with him to the mountains
upon the pretcnse of showing them rich
mines. and it is seldom that persons SO
enticed are ever heard from afterward.
II is believed that he has lurcd away and
murdered eight victims within 'he past
year. Gov. Stafford offers S5UO reward
for his capture and conviction.
Extracts from q report of proceedings
of county commissioners, Chicago: "Ine
chairman of this board knows he TOOK
mo 70 n desk in that committee room
and solicited my signature to report ny
which he could take 81, !Oo from Tue
county treasury" "1ou know you arc
a liar when you say IT," 81 nope the
gentleman will not be personal. ~
can't help being personal when a man
stands ND and tells straight-out lie"
There is Il rector in England who,
after his establishment IN !! PARISH
preached the same sermon TO MS coll8ie,,
cation Sunday after Sunday-avery gooi
Sermon. but always the same. AT last
the farmers sent deputation to request
a change, Every well, said the rector,
"but now let any one of you tell me all
about that sermon Not "a person
coulI give an account. "iheh, re-
snmel the clergyman, "lH cohtihu'
90 oI rrcach il till I'm sure you all know
what it contains"
A. the annual Christmas sale of fat
stoct M belonging to Queen Victoria there
wns ~ large attendance of buyers. The
soIe T consisted of forty-two very tno
sborthoru s and polled Scotch oxen and
beifers, which realized from e3O to e:'a
fonr hundred fine wether sheep, tAe
south Downs fetching from G3 lis. to
G5 4s., the heviots e. l9s. to - Is',,
ana lambs /! los. to G5 2s. 3d.; ana
fifty bacon y ,gs nr1 porkers, the WIZ
Prince Cons .st's !.":so'; bri"EI1
tMaan.Lhe haeon hogs