The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-04-12
Items Of Interest.

When birds soar, they warble but
when throat's sore, it doesn't.
OF the 1876 missionaries in China, 80
are women. Of the 100 in Japan, fifty
two are women.
Mile. g, Of the Palais Royal theater,
said to Hyacinth: Gracious, but I
have a coldG CT" said Hyacinth, "I
cough"
"Do they ever bark 2'' asked old Mrs.
Dorkins, gazing at pair of stuffed sea
| dogs in the museum. "No, num-"
said Elnathan, "not now. Their bark
is on the sea-
The recent census gives these figures:
New York, ], ZOO, 600; Philadelphia, 8OO,-
600; Chicago, 410, 900; Boston, $40, 600;
San Francisco, 25O, 200.
A piece of scroll ivory veneering, sixty
feet long and ten inches wide, contain
ing nearly fifty square feet of surface,
other day at Deep River, Conn.
Louis Bois, of Quebec, must have a
boisterous home. He has had thirty
children, OF whom twenty. four are living.
Singular to relate some of them are
Shio, phouSh eucy hi DOlS.
A feature Of the Dallas (Tex.) Mardi-
Gras procession was team of one hun
dred Texas oxen. The car drawn by
the team was forest of pine trees, typi
cal Of the eastern belt of Texas.
We don't suppose there is any truth
in the report that the pickpockets have
applied for permission to erect O build
ing on the Centennial grounds. Moya-
mensing is good enough for them.
A jury at Harrisonburg, Va, has
given Mr.. Farley "a, 500 damages in his
suit against the Valley railroad company
for injury to his leg. His horse was
scared by passing train, ran away and
threw him.
A clever but imtemperate sculptor
having died at Montreal, leaving three
months board unpaid, the proprietor of
the boarding house recovered part O. the
debt by selling the body to dissecting
room for $25.
Il your geraniums don't flourish, Just
graft them upon tomato vines and see
how that works. A Los Angeles man
tried it, and his geranium, or tomato
it's hard to tell which-is growing thrift
ly, and blossoming beautifully.
In speaking of friend who possesses
very rubicund countenance, some one
said the other day " I don't think he
drinks in fact, I know he does not, for
he told me 80 ; but he probably sleeps
in bed with very red curtains
A clothier in Danbury excited public
curiosity by having a large apple paint
ed on his sign. When asked for an OK
planation, he quietly inquired: elf it
hadn't been for en- apple, where would
the ready made clothing stores be to-
day2"
A story is told of venerable colored
man in Iowa. who was on trial for an
offense against the State. When the
case was announced in court: "The
State of Iowa vs.. Sampson Cesar" he
exclaimed "What the whole State
OF Iowa against me? Then I surren-
ders."
One of the streets in Virginia City,
New, has been steadily sinking for
several days, though there are no mines
in that part of the town. In some places
the street sunk ten or twelve feet, but
the residents felt no anxiety, as similar
phenomenon occurred several years ago,
doing no damage.
The Chicago Tribune, alluding to the
praise which Eastern newspapers have
awarded to Governor Rice, of Massachu-
setts,. for picking up poor woman's
bundle, rather spitefully says: "The
intimation is that most governors of
Massachusetts would have knocked the
old woman down and run away with the
package"
Thirty years ego there were but 551
newspapers issued in Great Britain. OF
these fourteen were dai' les. Now there
are 1,642. OF these England publishes
1875, Scotland 1852, Ireland 1873, Wales
fifty seven, and the Isles nineteen.
There are ninety eight daily newspapers
in England, sixteen ip Scotland, nine
teen in Ireland, and two in Wales
The explosiveness of air in coal mines,
which is simply laden with fine coal dust,
and contains no gas at all, has been de-
monstrated by some experiments recently
made in France, which show that in col
leries, where such air is present, an ex-
plosion may be occasioned not only by
the use OF gunpowder blasts, but by the
mere exposure Of an uncovered light.
One friend to another. who has Just
returned from trip abroad: "Did you
enjoy your European tour2" every
much. indeed" :Did you call on any
of the big ones!" eyes; called on
two queens one evening" "Called on
two queens2 Was it pleasant affair 2"
"No, not very for after I called I
found the other chap had three kings"
The Mendoza Qll.) NeOs recently
charged the county coroner with having
been drunk at an inquest. The official
denied the charge, and called for proof.
As the editor produced the affidayits of
three saloon keepers to show that on the
day in question they had sold the coro-
ner, for home consumption, about forty
] five drinka il ia NOT likely that the Ehel