The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-20
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Riches that have wings-Gold eagles
The better the times, the more the
dentist looks down in the mouth.
Miners have superstition that whist
ling in mines is provocative OF A-lnck
Great Britain has expended $59, 600,
900 in twelve years in building ships o.
war. .'~'"." .. h'r"2 '"orJr! -
"Hewers of wood and drawers Of
water" Wood engravers and marine
printers. r.. a'.... .,d.oir'
Three hundred and thirty-six bees
weigh an ounce and 2,160 fill pint
measure. ~ :.rf" E1d.g ~. ~ 4
The rabbit is timid, but no cook car
make him quail. This is fact in natu-
raj history. ...a. ,-a.. -.,..i>g,,,-.,
ID The United States furnishes seventy
per cent. of all the tobacco imported by
Great: Britain. ."a~nrr.f. = s..i,,s,,L =
When mother goes on whaling ex.
pedition she rarely fails to get all the
blnbber she wants. ir.5.,.ra.l. -, ...5.
Great Britain imported last year 54,;
162, 1888 hundred weight Of wheat for
home consumption. sar,,n AZ, s,,,
Tue imports of France dnriDg 1877?
amounted to $751, 273, 900, and the ex-
ports to 1886, 1854, 900. ..'.;,, ...'.
A clergyman who lives on the seashore
says he prefers calm Sundays, because
he is opposed to Sabbath breakers. 'hh =,
A charitable lady in London estab-
lished home in that city for women
who had fallen victims to intemperance;
in nine. months the applications were
500, and Of these forty-two were from
ladies Of rank. t'''..i s:s"u,YangA az.
The United States has 651 head Of cat.
tie to every 1,OO0 population, Denmark
587 head, Norway 564, Sweden 1872, Hol-
land 895, Switzerland 358, Germany 3S4,
Austro- Hungary 354, France 325, Russia
1926 and Great Britain 800. d" 81. I!
The old, old story: A man went into
a store on West Hill last night, and
picked up gun. OF course he didn't
know it was loaded. It went of. 30
did the man. And the man who owns,
or, rather, who owned the gun, would
give twenty dollars to know where they
went. '' J.. ,.r.... -! .. .,.ng,ts.,
The Congressional Directory shows
that out of 369 members of Congress
only 1893 are natives of the States which
they represent. Only one State North
Carolina) is represented, entirely by
native born citizens, while the delega-
tions of ten States do not contain single
native. ''''.i ". 81" .' ''ls,2
Some one remarks =" It is not what
people eat, but what they digest, that
makes them strong. It is not what. they
gain, but what they save, that makes
them rich. It is not what thsy read,
but what they remember, that makes
them learned. It is not what they pro-
fess. but what they practice, that makes
them righteous. .,,.' 49, 80, = w, :. %
Three taxi dogs, the greyhounds, OF
central Asia, have been brought to the
Geological Garden at Paris. They are
the first ever seen in Europe and are dis
tinguished by the extraordinary length
of their heads, their ears, long, pendant
and silky, like those of the spaniel and
their hairy legs and feet, which look like
those of shaggy poodles. .,.......:.
A boy in q Biddeford, Me-, primary
school recently went to the teacher with
tears in his eyes, and raid his mother
was dead and that he couldn't stay in
school. Of course the teacher told him
to 20 at once, but just as he WAS leaving
the room she asked him when his mother
died. "She died four years ago, ma'am,'
was the young urchin's reply. The
teacher let him go, however, as reward
for his ingenuity. I .u...-..-.,,
The following "death notice !" is trans
lated literally from q Zurich newspaper
"I communicate to all my, friends and
acuuaintances the sad news that at three
P. N. tomorrow T shall incinerate, ac-
cording to all rules Of art, my late
mother-in-law, who has fallen asleep
with faith in her Lord. The funeral
urn will be placed near the furnace. The
profoundly afflicted, son-in-law, Bran
doll. .Lichtier. ~.5aa .s g..
Mark Twain, in his January atlantic
article, pronounces an india rubber tree
which he saw in Bermuda, fraudulent
arrangement, because its branches bore
neither shoes, suspenders, nor any other
india rubber fruit Of that description.
He also saw mahogany tree which he
doesn't call fraud, therefore, we infer,
that it's branches were loaded down with
pianos, bureaus, cabinets, centre tables,
and other mahogany fruit OF useful
kind.-Norristoao,s Herald. .-r''
Miss Alice Mckee of Chicago was un-
able to pay the rent of her humble
apartments, and constable entered
them in order to levy upon her furnl'
ture. She protested ; he insisted, re-
fusing to show his writ of authority. He
had obtained entrance by representing
that he wished to obtain board. Miss
Mckee took pistol from bureau and
shot the intruder dead. On the trial 1t
was proved that the pieces OF furniture
on which he was levying were exempt
and that throughout he had exhibited
science and stupidity. The jury i'm
mediately acquitted her.
DIR. Hildebrandt, the African explorer,
has been describing his travels to the
Berlin Geographical Society: He Was
obliged to be very adrolt and ingenious
in dealing with the natives. Among the
Hataitas he was regarded as magician,
and was forced to pronounce incantations
on the unfruitful fields. For this pur.
pose. at his request, specimens OF all
the plants and animals in the vicinity
were gathered by the tribe, and after
having served as fetish, were care
fully packed away in the collections.
On another occasion he was attacked by
several hundred natives, who beat a
hasty retreat when the explorer advanced
toward them armed with Photographic
camera.
DR.. Cones, the naturalist of the Hay
den Survey, does not seem to care for
company. On the door of his Office, in
Washington, is the inscription: "Notice
to Visitors-Blessings brighten as they
take their fight" and the walls are
hung with such notices as these: "ES-
cunt Omnes." |" He who robs me of my
time conters the charm of his personal
presence at the expense of Science y
"Freedom from interruption confers
peace of mind that religion cannot
give" "Brevity is the soul OF wit IN
visiting" 1.-The simple fact OF door
has certain suggestiveness." 1t is SAID
that the collection is so antique that
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