Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Items of Interest.

Items of Interest.
"Does our constant chatter disturb
you 2" asked one OF three talkative
ladies of a sober looking fellow passen,
ger. "No, ma'am; I've been married
nigh on to thirty years" was the reply
Some thieves who had concealed them
selves in the Duomo, at Milan, carried
off part of the jewels with which 1ne
statue of the Virgin is ornamented. but
the robbers were sold, as the stones are
false.
A bow of twelve, dining at his uncle's.
made such good dinner that his aunt
observed: Johnny, you appear to eat
we'll" "Yes, aunty," replied the uT,
chin; "I've been practicing eating all
my life."
The ranks of thu best paid branch OF
the British army, the royal artillery, are
so uninviting to skilled mechanics tnat
this body was 1900 below its compile
ment on January !, and on july l there
was deficiency Of 1,6o0 men.
An enterprising st. Louis paper gives
full and particular description OF the
various valuable diamonds owned In that
city. The labor Of gathering facts for
the article was not, however, exhaustlng.
The precious stones were all IN the pawn
shops. -..-...-
{" Are YOU there, my lover" he whis.
pered through hole in the fence OF
hio haIoved's haek ward. "Yes, darling"
was the reply. "Jump right over.
He did so, and alighted in the presence
of her mother, broomsttck ana
policeman.
A mother, trying to get her Little
daughter OF three years to sleep one
night, said: "Anna, why don't you try
to 90 to sleep?" "Pm trying, she
replied. "But you haven't shut your
eyes," "Well, I can't help it; ums
comes unbuttoned." II
Two circuses pitched tents at Marys-
vile, Ohio, on the same day, and tne
rivalry was exciting. Prices of admis-
sion were reduced to five and ten cents,
and, in the street parades, q man stood
on the top of each animal cage, shouting
the merits of the show to which he was
attached.
A Troy widower, we are told, sleeps
eyery night on his wife's grave in St.
Mary cemetery. Such lodgings are com,
Portable enough in warm weather, put
the chances are that after the f1rst snow
he will be found sitting in some neigh.
boris parlor until midnight alongside OF
a hot stove and an interesting girl.
Something decidedly original Is the
advertisement of restaurant keeper IN
Baltimore "Should you sour on the
homeopathic steak of your boarding
house, or its stereotyped mackerel, or Its
hercuiean butter, or the Spartanic sim
plicity of its puddings, then sweeten
your temper with business dinner"
etc.
A Young man who was engaged to be
married recently committed suicide Id
Cincinnati, and the mother O. the dam
seI whom he was to wed brought In a
hill aoainst his estate of $12S for board,
and $50 for wedding expenses incurred
hv the prospective bride. The court al
icved S1OO of the account, and the mat
ter was finally settled by the payment OF
$S5.
The North Carolina supreme court
decides. in State vs. johnson, that "a
son is allowed to fight only in the neces-
sary defense of his father, and to excuse
himself he must plead and show that
his father would have been beaten nad
he (the son) not interfered. u q fasaer
and his adversary are engaged In ngnt
on equal terms, the sons interference Is
not justifable."
A newspaper man has been visiting
the Centennial Exhibition, and during
his sojourn at that place he dmed at one
of the French restaurants. When tne
hill for the meal was presented to hlm
he meekIy intimated that his boiled egg
Contained chicken. The polite waiter
said that he would have the bill correct
ed. and soon returned with new Dill,
mon which the charge of thirty cents
for "eggs" had given place TO all Item
of sixty cents for chicken.
At the recent execution of two prison
ers within Kirkdale prison. Liverpool,
England, very long drop was used,
which had the advantage OF breaking
the mems necks with the fall The coro-
ner, however, ordered the sheriff to di-
rect the attention OF the government to
the fact that this method did not comply
with the letter of the law, which con-
templates hanging by the neck till the
culprit dies through strangulation,
whereas a very heavy fall causes death
nl, a;sIocotiop of the yertebr@,