The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03

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+, But know q. little widow s,f sg,jrIy,sd
.",g Who coud win and fool you ,sl. 4 N On
~ --rHT Items Of Interest. n s,i ei4.ds
Hens are often set in their ways. htA
Breeches OF trust Those the tailor
isn't paid for. 22tssafGnrt
It seems to Turkey like the day after
| Thanksgiving. '"a' go - :! silsi2alGdp
New Albany, Ind, has Ave- female
BARRIERS. ~ sER @2rA4i 7!543iJ3eoF
The ''sgum "used on postage stamps
1 is q potato starch. 'ta,aE 5di a9jite .lii2e
| Meyer put off Joke till tomorrow Il
| you can do it to-day Zifces4@9 a4
When do two and two makemor than
four9 When they make 22'I42 4'!i siqs
The depositor now! says to the bank
director, "Give us Tie rest. "72ga92e 2ef)"
The average professional diner-out Is
one whose character is very easily guest.
A baby, according 10 the French, Is
an angel whose wings decrease asita legs
lengthen, a. ':,ii '."E<l4S y@t'T .SGl$,G
ntWhy is aman who kicks out right and
left like an ancient robber? Because
he's q freebooter. as4s I n q
Cattle are dying all over the State Of
Kansas-it is supposed from eating
smut in the corn fields. sst ~ .ls
In Benoit, Canada, a woman has given
birth to twins joined as Chang and Eng
were. They, are living. ~. gaR ss{s
Scotch, homespun, twilled, brown,
gray, mixed, or in stripes or plaids, is
just now in demand for ladies' ulsters,
Men are frequently like tea-the real
strength and goodness are not proper,
ly drawn out until they have been in
hot water. a,.,...t..5,,-.s, 4
.AtObsn, West Highland OF Scotland,
last yesr, it rained 291 days out OF 1856,
| and yet the people complain that the
crops were not good. - -,s|.' .sr -,
Tie New York Herald knows young
man who has offered to bet that he can
walk million hours without sleep, If
his girl will only walk with him. y t'''-f'':
The old superstition of the death.
watch seems to be reviving in England.
If it was in America nothing short OF q
stem-wipding death-watchI would 9igo
down. ,..3 ~ 7,.eL 1900 ag q Ls.G1 ia
A grave answer-Doctor |" Thomas,
did Mrs. Popioy get the medicine ! or,
dered yesterday ?" Thomes =" bGeve
SO, sir see all the blinds down this
morning" '.'..''o ~ 49,, =.
%Gentlemen, when taking drive, vail
find a newspaper plscedxona the chest
and held by Q closely huttoned pEercoat
an excellent protection. -D. e.. b
Foote's Health Monthly. .,,.,, ,..,., ..-.
Come, bilious business men, vhere'er ye lam
Come to the printer and bring on your ads.
Here cure your poverty, here end your anguish,
Ink will bring patronage Try it, my ass., lsss.
"What are you after, my dear?" said
a grandmother to q little boy, who was
sliding along room, and casting furtive
glances at gentleman who was paying
a visit. II ana trying, grandma. to steal
papa's hat out of the room without let
ting the gentlaman know it he wants
him to think he's out. ,..,
Mr.. Joseph Fl. Acklin, of Louisiana,
is the y,ungest member OF Congress,
being only twenty-eigh years OF age.
Some of the Washington correspondents
call him the "Apollo Belvidere OF the
House" and credit him with zone OF
the most beautiful black curling mus.
taches ever seen, and pair Of black
eyes which are simply indescribable.
What difference it makes in the ap-
pearance of things when you come to
Survey them from a scientific stand
point. Mr.. Tyndall says when q man
commits murder it is because he hasn't
PHOSPHORUS enough in his brain. If
chats the case, every man who has blood
thirsty feeling should carry matches IN
his ears.-Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
Horsehesh eating, far from declining,
has 80 increased in Parie that last year
10, 1863 horses, asses and mules were cut
up for food. In the capital there are
upward of sixty horsemeat shops, be-
sides many in provincial French cities.
A comparison Of the 10, 1859 equine ami.
imals eaten in 1877, with the 2,192 OF
1867, illustrates the steady progress OF
hippophagy.
The Dardanelles, or the Hellespont,
as anciently called, is narrow STRAIT
about forty miles long, and from one to
four miles in breadth, constituting link
in the geographical chain which lies IN
the following order. running to the
northeast, viz: the Mediterranean Sea,
the Dardanelles, the sea OF Marmora,
the Bosphorus, the Black Sea-Constan-
tinople being situated on the Bosphorus.
"a stranger who applied at house in
the vicinity of Quebec for some slight
favor the other day, was met by an Old
gentleman eighty-fve years OF age, who
hesitated moment and then said: "Tu
90 and ask father" Presently he re-
turned with his father, Paul Leonard.
who is asserted to be 107 years old.
The latter owns all the property, looks
after it, and gives his son orders as to
what he is to do, and the son obeys as
dutiful child should.
Joseph Collins started from Morris
town for Clayton, on the st. Lawrence
river, on an ice boat After he had
passed Wells island he lost control Of
the rudder and the boat, caught by the
gale that just then sprung up, shot
along ut the rate Of mile minute.
On it went for two miles as straight as
an arrow, and at that terrible rate Of
speed struck the wharf back of the Clay.
ton post-ofice. Collins body was ab-
solutely split open, and he died soon
afterward.
We find the following passage in the
speech Of an Elko, New, lawyer to
jury: Here we haveta physician, man
who from his high and noble calling
should be regarded as one who would
scorn to stain his soul with perjury.
But what did he testify, gentlemen? I
put the question to him plainly, "Where
was this man stabbed ?" And what was
his reply? Unblushingly he replied
that the man was stabbed about an inch
to the left of the medal line, and yet we
have proved by three unimpeachable
witnesses that hewas stabbed just below
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