The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-09-13
Items OF Interest.
Some men are good because goodness
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Some men are good because goodness
pays; some are good for nothing.
Cuban money is coming up little.
Thirty dollars now buys cheap pair Oh
boots.
"Where are the great men?" asks an
exchange. Perhaps they are at TAT me'ie
picnics.
Between 5000 and 10000 glass eyes
are sold annually in thu United States.
An eyemaker gives one in 125 as Tie
proportion of one-eyed people.
It is estimated that Louisiana this year
will make about 400, 900 bales Of cotton,
2OO, 900 hogsheads of sugar, 300, 600 bar.
rels of mo1asses and 10000 pounds OF
rice.
From many of the larger places in Con-
necticut there is reported large increase
in beer drinking within year or two,
and corresponding decrease In the use
of spirits.
Tweed's daughter, who married Ma.
ginnis in 1870, and whose wedding pre-
sents cost $50, 900, is now living in abb
solute poverty, the bridal presents and
tinery having all been sent to the pawn
shops.
Swearing on the Bible was first intro
duced into judicial proceedings by the
Saxons about A. D. 600. It was called
a corporeal oath because the witness with
his hand touched some part of the holy
scripture. ''lt'>-fse
Fifty thousand shirts, on w3i:h arg.
printed extracts from the Koran Ill blns
characters and as many woolen waist,
coats. whereon is emblazoned the pro-
phet's seal, are being manufactured III
Paris for the Turkish soldiers. ls N3'
Her majesty Queen Victoria has been
pleased to appoint Lady ElLaDetn
Phillippa Biddulph extra woman OF the
bedchamber. And they say it is beau
tifnl to see her take pillowcase between
her teeth and slip the pillow in.
"I want five cents worth of starch, =
said a little girl to grocers clerk. Inc
clerk wishing to tease the child, asked: Z
"What do you want i've cents worth OF
starch for?' "Why, for five cents, OF
course she answered, and the c!nrk
concluded to attend to his own business
In the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, in
Paris. there is O grave from which rises
a woman's arm, beautifully chiseled in
marble. The hand is clasped by another,
evidently a mans, that comes from an
adjoining grave. It was the fancy OF a
Young husband who did not long survive
his bride. ~
A New Hampshire register of deeds,
recently traced the name Of Rollins back
two hundred years. He discovered that
within that period the spelling had oeen
changed nine times, as follows: Rowingss
Rawlings, Ralins, Rsllins, Rollins, Raj.
ings, Rallings, Rollings, Rollins.
Did it occur to you" said he, timidiy
leaning around the doorpost, that q
steam engine and trained clam are not
wholly nnlike?" Mingled with. the
racket produced by an office chair NO
lently hurled after his vanishing form,
came certain confused sounds which re.
sembled: Because, you see, they are
both controlled biyalves." fa.ay
Why she wouldn't: A young lady was
at a party during which quarrels between
man and wife were discussed. "I Think
said an unmarried older son, "that the
proper thing is for the husband to nave
It out at once, and thus avoid quarreis
for the future. I would light cigar IN
the carriage after the wedding breakfast,
and settle the smoking question forever.
II would knock the cigar out OF your
mouth" interrupted the belle. 20
Won know, don't think you would be
there" he remarked.
oh, the flies the horrible flies!
Buzzing around like election hes -%
Dodging about Like maniac's dream, }rg5
Over the butter and into the cream
Holding conventions all over the bread,
Biting Your ears and tickling your head i
Crawling, ..ss
Buzzing, -'h
Too busy to die, ,s3
Begone, thou buzzng, pestiferous fy
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