The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-12-11
Items OF Interest. I

On the rail-A scolding woman.
England proposes to import dried
oysters from China.
Throw physic to the dogs !; lie none Of
: it. And it was castor away.
Ode to fve.hundred.dolla sealakin
cloak "Thou art SO dear and yet CO.
fur"
Overskirts are worn long. Fashion.
Item. Yes, all winter long. AZ ~
Neaos. II !.
There is no better anti-fat remedy then
whisky; it will make man lean in short
order. sss;s 81;
Gloves with buttons and opening at
the sides seem to grow in favor with the
ladies. - I
The Waco Examiner estimates the
wheat crop of Texas this year at Il, 600. g
600 bushels.
The first steam engine on the cont,
nent of America was brought from Eng
land in 1853. &;
Seven hundred million postage etampa
are annually defaeed in the American
post offices. s. /;
A. lisping young lady said che hoped
to get married. before she was old as
"Mith Thuthelah." "
Lawyers are never more earnest than
when they work with wil-that Is, 4 I
the estate is valuable. sS.Si,
A boy who went after chestnuts on ~
Sunday, broke the Sabbath, his right
leg and his saspenders.
Sam" John, do you think my poetry
makes music2" john" Don't know
Sam, but it makes me sick. "
To young man struggling with 2
still younger mustache, the - Darkest
hour is just before the down. " q q
Twill listen to any ones conyicticns
but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
I have plenty of my OWL Goethe. "a
It is when woman tries to whistle
that the great glory Of her month iss
seen without being very much heard
Fiesole is one Of the few Italian towns
which have right to create MOBILES. AZ
title of count can be bought there tor
800. .ss:s:
In the Irish language, the electric
telegraph is called sgeol abadG 6ottar
the literal translation Of which is newa
upon stills"
In discussion on cremation at
London club member is credited with
the argument: "We earn our living,
why should we not urn our dead 8"
Uneasy lies the head that wears q
crown" or course it does. And this is !
the reason kings and queens don't sleep
with their crowns on. -. NOyr3stotott
Herald. sis5. ,.sy
A sewing machine agent, who was very
i'll, being told that he must prepare 70
pay the debt Of nature, wanted TO know
If it couldn't be paid on the monthly I'M
stalment plan. 5,-s-:...
els your master up" asked an early
visitor of noblemar's valet. Yes,
SIR" answered the valet, with great me-
nocence "the butler and I carried him
up about three o'clock" s
The New York Herald tells Of an !
American young lady Of eighteen
springs" Probably her name is Sofa-
6OSLOTt k-O6Cs ullbtdho-OotH 4OSos--
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Twelve thousand different works have
been published in regard to the Ameri-s
can war. A good deal of this war litera-
ture first saw the light in Europe, but Z
the bulk appeared in the United States.
Not over one person in three has legs
of equal length, and every man should
be posted on the relative length OF his
limbs that he may know which one toy
use for short and which one for long
kicking. .ss.sss ssssss
When cofins in Russia are covered
with cloth, the color indicates the char
acter of the deceased. If the body is
young person, crimson is used il .
widow, brown if a father, yellow; but
black is never used. s.ss ssf
"What," asks correspondent
"causes the hair to fall out ?" Before
we answer we must know whether yoH
are married or single. This is importants
to true understanding OF the CASE =
Keokuk Consultation. -
A Young husband who was advised by
his wife to put on his overcoat to wear
down town one cold morning, complied
with her request by pinning pawn
ticket on the lapel OF his undercoat:.
She could not see through it. v
Every blade of grass in the field Is
measured; the green cups and the coior-
ed crowns of every flower are curiousiy
counted; the stars of the firmament
wheel in cunningly calculated orbass;
even the storms have their Laws.
French papers state that Gambetta ls
about to marry widow with fortune OF
sS 600, 900. II the right:angled and
everlasting truth were told 1t woulo
nrobably be that he was about to marry
fortune of s., 900, 900 with widow. g
There we're 1Os murders last year IN
Switzerland, in a population OF less
than 100000. Capital punishment
has been abolished in the country.
There were 597 suicides, greater pro-
portion than obtains in any other Euro Z
pean country. .
The largest Sunday-school in the,
world is probably at Stockport, Chester
county, England, with population OF
only 53,014. The school building COST
slOO, 900, and has between eighty and
ninety teaching-rooms. Since the lnsu-
tuition was opened 50S5 teachers nave
been employed and so,SO4 scholars reg.
istered.
Some one has suggested that ii Inc Z.
inventor of the phonograph wouia
bring out little mashineto be attacneo
to The front door, which would say,
when the landlord called for the rent;
"Come again next month" 1t Wouiu
have o good sale. So it would ana u
he wanted name for it he might cali 10 .
the postponograph.
The ameer of Afghanistap, in the war
with British India, will be assisted py
most of the frontier tribes. The most
important of these are the Momnnds, s
whose adhesion to the cause OF shere
Ali has already been announced, VIII
16 600 fighting men the Afreedees Win
%, 500 fighting men, the Oruksyes %1tn %nn !.
29,5 500, and the Waziris with A Ooo. 9
Along the whole line from the boian
pass to Khyber, the total number OF
lighting men, Belooch and Pathan 70
eether, is placed at 178, 900, and prop
ably 10000 of them will adhere 70
Shere Ali, and half that number actually
take the field.