The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-09-06
Items OF Interest.

Items OF Interest.
The rightman never gets in the wrong
place.
The Mormons have been in Utah
twenty-nine years. .
The best man can do for bis State is
, to be good citizen. .,tz.z,s.4.-z-
Bathing dresses are still made with
blouse and trousers, cut in one, Of blue
. flannel, with red or white trimmings.
An inmate of Michigan poorhouse
put his gold watch and $500 under his
pillow, and while he slept they were
stolen. .a. ''F
Samuel L. Evans, Of Salt Lake, has
within three months married the mother
and the aunt OF wife that he already
possessed. -..t .G.
Who ever saw piano that has net
been recommended by Rubinstein, or o
sewing machine that has not taken afirst
pre,niun7 ~
Colorado produces $4,000 in silver,
$40, 900 in gold, and 81 900 in other
metals every twenty-four hours, or &c.
490, 900 yearly.
The useless waste Of money on we'd
dings and funerals calls for reform,
Extravaganza makes young men dread
marriage and death.
The Dutch cure q lazy pauper by put
ting him into a deep cistern, let in the
water. and provide him with pump
that by hard work will just keep him
from drowning.
The number of vessels on the regis
ters of the British empire in 1875 was
81, 1876, of z, IA, ,237 tons and worked by
$40, 1876 seamen. The increase oyer 1874
was 201 vessels ~
A San Francisco theater manager has
ruled that "no Lady shall occupy seat
in the boxes, dress circle, or parquet
of his house If she insists upon wearing
a hat or bonnet"
James Converse, Of Iowa, gave his for
tune to poor and needy people, assist
ing over 400 different ones, and when
sick and dying no one would even sitbe-
side him. -... .,-.s- -
On hearing a clergyman remark that
"the world was full of change" Mrs.
Partington said she could hardly bring
her mind to believe it, SO little found its
way into her pocket. -.
A young Highlander, taking Lave OF
his sweetheart one Saturday evening, re-
marked: "I'l see you at the kirk the
morn If we're spared, an whether or
no, I'll see ye on Monday" .","en III
A Hartford chemist professesto have
discovered how to get the fertilz1ng
| properties out of stable manure so tnae
It can be transported in very small bulk,
while the residue makes frst-class paper
stock. ..,.
A Kentucky schoolmaster whose wife
was one Of bis pupils had occasion to
punish her one day. The next day the
sohoolhouse door bore this INSCRIPTION. :
"School closed for one week; school
master ILL" .......s.. .ar2.,
The Fullerites constitute q community
at Petersham, Conn, numbering twenty,
living on falinaceous food, dressing
plainly, and protesting to have direct
divine guidance. Their belief is similar
to that Of the Adventists. -
When the train is within two miles OF
the depot every American citizen rlses,
crowds to the door of the car, makes o
wild plunge for the ferryboat, and tnen
stands leisurely, with q toothplck Pc
tween his teeth, to watch the procession
of sensible people that follows after.
M. Gruner, in calling attention to the
probable exhaustion Of English coal
mines, estimated the maximum produo.
tion of the collieries for all time at
$50, ,OOO, 900 tons. AS ithas now reacneo
13O, 900, 900, he assumes that the mines
can he proftably worked for eight CEN
turies to come. ...-
Senator Sharon, il applying for the
reduction in the valuation OF bis falace
hotel, San Francisco, which was put at
81, ,0OO, 900, said that it was not paying,
nor soon likely to. 1t cost, ne said,
81, ,OOO, 900, but labor and material were
then high, and it could not be sold for
half that sum.
In the London Lancet DR.. Spencer
Thomson calls attention to the use OF
pelseminum sempervirens in neuralgia,
in doses OF twenty minims tor an adrIS
every hour and q half. He has rarely
had to order third dose In any OF hls
forty cases, and he has never found any
inconyenience result from the dose.
When corn arrives at full roasting ear
state, it can be most proftably fed by
being cut and fed stalk and ear together,
since at no period is there more sugar
which is necessary in fattenlng-to be
found in the plant, and then hogs eat
every part with an appetite that shows
their appreciation of the dainty tood
provided for them.
"Par" exclaimed Elmathan Dorkins,
Jr., to his respected sire, "pa, what's
the difference tween an elephant ana a
tree9" Mr.. Dorkins said something
about both having trunks, but was
scornfully interrupted by his offspring,
who shouted "'Cause the tree leaves
in spring and the elephant leaves when
the menagerie leaves"
There are a good many Illustrations
nowadays of the story about that man
who went through bankruptcy. He had
owned fine horse and buggy, and the
team disappeared for time, but by-and-
bye it was doing service for the same
owner again. On being asked what this
meant the mans reply was 81 went
through bankruptcy, the team went
round"
The man who brought the latest
tidings, as it were, Of Charley Ross, has
disappeared. Mr.. Ross lost his temper
during an interview with him, and 81 e1.
claimed, excitedly: "1f but made 1II Tne
effort / could have you hungT Inc
man was either frightened by this strong
language or weary Of repeating nus hes,
for he failed to keep his appointment
the next day, and has not been seen
since. It is said that Mr.: boss Is con
yinced that the man saw the child after
the abduction.
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