The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-26
Items Of Interest.

Items Of Interest.
London thieves carry piece Of coal
in their pocket, believing that it gives
them good luck. Fl
OF the III young women in the Mchi-
gan University only four have taken 70
the legal profession.
A Cherokee husband and wife, aged
ninety-fve and ninety-two, died within
an hour Of each othar.
Mexico offers $50, 900 to any one who
will establish wooden factory there
with capital of 800, 600.
Man may learn wisdomfrom postage
stamp. It sticks to its Legitimate bud.
ness. Letters profit by it.
In Bath (England) abbey Is tobe sssa
the following:
"Here lies Ann Mann,
She lived an old maid and died an old Man,
Forty.seven million pins made daily
in the United States, and yet Il man
wants one he has to turn the mouse mp
side down to get it.
The first prize in English connpoMf0n
at the Hopkins grammar school in New
Haven, Conn, has been taken by Spen.
Ger Laisun, o Chinese Lad.
An English doctor says that q strong,
passionate love will bring on heart DIS
ease. and it therefore stands us al IN
hand to love mildly and with . good
deal of lethargy.
Shooting ARRAYS have become common
in Dallas, Texas, and the Commercial!
says chat I" the gentle buzz Of the bullet
rivals the bee that bumbleth ana tne
mosquito that hummeth." "
Richard Grant White says there Is no
such thing as " in our midst; bus We
would like to know where he would lo-
cate the pain that makes paregoric 2
popular beverage among the young.
In five States the law Of hanging has
now been abolished. These are, with
the dates of their abolition, as follows /:
Michigan, 1846; Rhode Island, 1862;
Wisconsin, 1858 Iowa, 1872 Maine.
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Aunt Ellwood, a motherly old co!ored
woman of Boston, responds to Q soldier
who asks the number Of her children:
81 have three, honey, that / has to
scufle for-and three as can scuffle for
themselves"
OF the fourteen tunnels between Los
Angeles and Caliente, Cal, the San Fer
nando is the largest, being more than .
mile and quarter in length. 1t VIII ne
completed by the end of July at coss
of s., 100000.
The Spaniard drinks little but water.
but the bulk of the succnlent vegetables
and fruit eaten by him ia surprising;
half pound of bread, an ordinary soup
plate filed with stew, and pound or
two OF grapes, would be no more tnAn an
average meal. s.S,
A neighboring city can boast Of one
of the best boys in the world. BE sits
on the back porch and watches the birds
and sings: "There Is rest fos the
weary," while his mothor breaks, her
back prodding around in the onion bed
with caseknife.
.My son." said an afectionate moth
er to her son, who lived little way
from her, and expected in 9 short tune
to get married, "you are getting very
thin" eyes, mother" he replied, j
am. and when come nsxt ! think you
will see my nib"
The desert OF, Sahara covers abcH
9. .COO. 600 SQUARE miles. MoaIt. OF il H
about 1, 500 above the sea level, but
portion covering log, 900 square miles u
below the sea level, and project for
inundating it from the Atlantic ocean II
seriously talked OF.
In Shetland, which is the part OF
Scotland whence Shetland ponies or1e1n-
ally came, some of the ministers live on
800 q year. They are expected to be -
hardy ss the ponies, and to live as cheap.
". One minister, who has wife and
four children, gets about 1926.
A Kansas City man got angry With
banker of that place for demanding
heavy discount, and when the banker
asserted it was "business," replied !:
3" Business2 Bunness3 You sit here all
day and rob a man barefaced before.his
back, and call that business ]" -
Itis well authenticated fact that clean
cuffs have an unaccountable tendency TO
secrete themselves somewhere In the I'M
mediate vicinity of the elbows, while
dirty ones exhibit willful and exas-
perating determination to remain OBJ
trusiveiy in the vicinity Of the KhucAles.
Circumstantial evidence: "CircuIn-
stances alter cases, you know" remark
ed q Scotch lawyer to an old farmer
client. "Verra true, sir" replied the
farmer, "and casesalter circumstances
as weel; for, msn, I mind when ye were
young and had but few cases, your CIR
cumstances werna over Draw"
George G. Whittier. an old man OF
seventy, rode into Biddeford, Me-, the
other day, attired in the regmentals
which he used to wear to general train
ings" fifty years ago: Some rude boys
threw stones at his horse, the old man
was thrown of, and received injuries
from which he shortly died.
Erwin Davis was San Francisco
stock operator in 1868; Ralston caused
his failure; he went in penuryto to London
and operated; is said to have finannerea
80 as to produce tho Herzegovinan war;
has returned rich to California; thinks
the Sutro tunnel will save the Comstook;
he will attack Flood and O'Brien tor su'
premacy. .......
However doctors may differ as to the
proper methods Of treating diseases, al
seem to agree as to the importance OF
the proper regulation of diet as sanl-
tary preventive. The extreme warm
weather admonishes to eat sparingiy Of
meat and other heating articles OF food.
and to substitute, asfar as possible, good
fresh vegetables and fruit, milk ana
bread.
T:.e banns of Daniel Sulliyan and
Miss Gribben were twice published IN .
Toledo church, and at each assembly ief
a wedding Daniel was absent. putung
Miss Gribben to shame and astonishing
the guests. His excuse was presenn-
ment that they would not live happily
together. After his last ofense she suso
him for breach of promise, and gos .
verdict of $4,000.
When a man, says an exchange, has
been paying devoted attentions to the
lady Of bis choice for about two years,
and she suddenly writes to thank MN
for all his kindness and to say thas sne
has given her hand to another, 1t Is tns
| o,.,;oontlx ,,-o,,ar thing for the relecteo