The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-04-26
Items Of Interest.

WuoA yoo Sen-Soh ao'~, W.
sell it.
An exchange says to sober drunken
man pour water down the spine OF his
back
| Some one has estimated that each per-
son on the globe would receive 81 II all
the gold was parceled out.
A Frenchman said of Shakespeare
Ven you find angling you no understan
it is always somezing fine.
"Button parties" are popular in the
NWest. We don't know whence they de-
rive their name, unless it is because they
are always sure to come off.
Recent Investigations warrant the as
sertion that one baby with cracker bis
cult will make the couch of wearied In
dustry more uncomfortable than fifteen
prize mosquitoes.
Orders have been given by the Russian
government to the manager of the i'm
perial iron foundry at Tula to construct
without delay 10000 iron huts for the
accommodation of troops.
Great pecuniary distress prevails in
Belgium. Manufactures have stopped,
workmen are out of employment, trade
is dull, and the theaters are empty.
Germany is an equal sufferer.
A new plan for protecting safes is to
inclose them in wire netting, 30 connect
ed with battery and bell that the divi-
sion of any portion of the wire ruptures
circuit, and the bell gives the alarm.
The Missouri Senate has passed a bill
offering $40, 900 reward for the discovery
of sure cure for hog cholera. Such q
handsome prize should certainly stimu
late the faculties of scientific men, espe-
cially those who are practical farmers.
Zachariah W. Haynes, deaf mute,
who was married in August, 1874, TO a
daughter of Chang Bunker, one Of the
Siamese twins, is teacher in the insi-
tute for the deaf, dumb and blind id
Raleigh, N. G. He has two children,
both of whom can hear.
A Frenchman has discovered that hu-
man hair can be transplanted, and bald
headed men can become reasonably
hirsute by the process. 1t, however,
requires more skill than landscape gar
dening, and only very rich men can
stand the expense.
Victor Hugo gave on his birthday
February 26tb-a dinner party to several
intimate friends. At the dessert his little
granddaughter, Jeanne, begged per-
mission to give toast. Lifting her
glass, the little one cried: "To the great
Hugo, from the little one."
A sensible author says: "Haye you
enemies I? go and mind them not. = That
is a capital plan (adds the Bridgeport
Standard), especially If the enemy Is
the biggest and is patiently awaiting be-
hind the fence with club to discuss the
matter with you. Better yet, go around.
People generally will be glad to know
that charcoal has been discovered to be
sure cure for burns. BY laying small
r iece of cold charcoal on the burn the
pain subsidies Immediately. BY leaving
the charcoal on for an hour the wound is
healed. as has been demonstrated on sew
eral occasions.
Women are going into the insurance
business. And when comely woman
enters mans office, bitches up her chair,
places fair hand on his arm, and begins
to talk about policies, he feels as If his
life ought to be insured pretty soon.
And this feeling is greatly augmented
should his wife drop in Unexpectedly dur
ing the interview.
NJ. Paul du Chaillu in a recent lecture
gave singular evidence OF the teach
ableness of parrots in the wild state In
Africa. One which he had taught to
| talk also taught SOME twenty others
therein by itself, and some Of these es-
Gaping taught others in the forest, and
he heard a flock of them chattering on
top of tree, one day, TO his astonish-
ment.
In the miIt of Goldfish, or in water in
which certain vegetables have been in
fused, the microscope discovers animal
cules of which many thousands together
do not equal in bulk grain of sand, and
vet many of these are supplied with Or
gans as complex as those of whale or
an elephant. In single pound OF such
matter there are more living creatures
than of human beings on the face OF the
entire globe.
The sly young lady who, short while
ago, returned home from sleigh ride,
! and explained to her mother that her
hat got awfully bent while going
through deep snow drift, has invented
new excuse for the mussed condition
of her head gear upon returning home
from a carriage ride with her young
man. She attributes it to the oyerhang-
ing branches along the road. Her
mother smiles knowingly and keeps
silent.
A benevolent society has.been formed
in Paris for the purpose of transplanting
to Algeria all children of either sex with
out homes, or of poor parents who are
willing to part with them. A tract OF
land, with the necessary residences,
schools and workshops, will be obtained
for the young people, and in addition TO
receiving good education, they will be
taught trades and reared to habits OF In.
dustry. Count Foucher de Carell,
member of the French Senate, Is presl-
dent OF the society, which numbers
among its directors Ferdinand de Les