The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-03-22
Items Of Interest.

We are told of grass in Colorado that
is 80 short you must hther it before you
can NOW.
Fifty illinois cities have increased one
hundred and twenty per cent IN yalua-
ton in ten years.
Mrs. Partngton says that Ike has
bought horse so spirituous that ne al
ways goes of in decanter.
Caroline Lambert, of Omaha, lived to
be a hundred years old, and was then
burned to death in kerosene accident
Blue glass windows are recommended
to cure all kinds of panes, and the lights
are said to be particularly fine for the
ivers.
The State tax in Maine is only third
of cent on q dollar of assessed valua-
tion, or about sixth of one per cent. on
real value. .-t. @
A domestic scene-"I 7 haven't another
word to say, wife; I never dispute with
fools" "No, husband you are very
sure to agree with them"
Two young women cowhided q man IN
the street in Lexington, Ind, and ne,
lapsing from poIteness, nearly killed one
of his assailants with club.
An Aurora man sent his boy down town
with pair of boots, giving him instruc-
tions to have them half-soled. Shortly
the boy returned with the one boot and
dime. The pair Of boots were half
sold. ..I.a.
A Baltimore inventor is ruined. He
invented q kind of air cushion for
women's bustles, put all his money into
their manufacture, and now change n
fashion has left the stock valueless on
his hands. rr.s
Another warning-A Cincinnati man
recently received from o plumber
an exorbitant bill Of $500. He
sued the plumber and recovered s., 900
on account of the bad way in which the
work was done. .n.;
Ayoung man in Ansonia who gistook
bottle of varnish for hair oil, conclud-
ed that DANCING was frivolous entertain
ment, and keep away from masquerade
ball. But when inqnisitive friends asked
why he stayed away, he told an unvar-
nished tale. -.
When man without cash or credit at
tempts to leave hotel, and lowers his
valise out of back window by means OF.
a rope, it makes charity seem cold to
hear the voice of the landlord below,
yelling up: "All right. I've got the
valise; let go the rope.
In Worcester, England, farm laborer
was fined $12 and costs by petty ses-
sions court for having refused TO obey
the lawful commands Of his employer.
He had been working fourteen hours,
and the "lawful request was that he
should continue and load three wagons
more.
A country editor received the follow
ing: "Dear Sir: I have looked care
fully and patiently over your paper tor
months for the death of some individual
1 was acquainted with, but as yet not
single soul care any thing about has
dropped off; you will please to have my
name erased"
I'.,Ee had been in the habit OF making
very frequent calls on a very agreeable
lady of his acquaintance, and, on enter
ing her parlor one evening he said
"Well, Miss Sims, here am again, you,
see, as regular as the fever and auge."
ooh. no." said she, very denurely,
"t that comes only every other day"
A gentleman in San Francisco; whose
Chinese cook left him, was unable to re-
tain any of the numerous Johns Tor
over q day, until he induced one OF them
to explain that some apparently mean
ingless strips of red paper on the kitchen
wall contained the Chinese inscription:
"Boss woman long time tongue. Muchee
jaw, jaw"
Gen. Pleasonton's blue glass theory is
assailed by the Scientific american.
| His idea that electricity is generated by
the passage of light through the glass Is
declared to be absurd. Nor have colored
rays any beneficial effect on life, the re-
verse rather being the truth, as a pure,
white light is best. The only good that
can possibly come of blue glass is in It's
use as a shade for decreasing the 'nten-
sity of solar light.