The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
Items OF Interest.

| The man VINO WOulQ Ike 70 so0 yOu-
the blind man. - - = =
A soldier can not be even half soldier
if he is in quarters. .., ,a..s. Ms .,s,c..
The air in room twelve feet. square
and eight feet high, weighs nine pounds.
There are in Prussia 81 1893 teachers,
but out of this number only 5,538 are
women. 90
Wisconsin has %, 600, 600 acres Of land
which have never been broken or felt
the plow. ~, g q, p.
The Paris exhibition will be open
evenings, and will be lighted by an elec-
trio light. ..', '.''.~i '>..rt5 y
Chicago had 365 failures during 1877.
One for every day in the year, including
the Sundays. '" '-sers ! t.tn' jffsnh 64J
Why is the chin the most unlucky part
of the body? Because it is constantly
getting into scrapes. af- a,..s> cHa :. /.
Official salaries aggregating $8,149,-
1853 are paid yearly to 1904 persons in
the city of New York. x -.,as:ag .,.,,.,
Let's have spelling bees this winter by
all means. Those Eastern war names
would come in so handy. n,,fft, IA,
When 8, man breaks; his skull he
Giles in critical condition, but when
he breaks his wore. he simply lies. ~.
,., Sr;pas SG1a stlri3g thrivIgnps s',t t:3eH erm
Better a dog which works. ia,I
Than q lion that shirks. ~ :, ..... .
A horse-thief, in Honesdale, Penn, is
ascertained to have killed one Of the
stolen animals and salted it down toy o,:
meat, f.. ..a. p.t. 4.
Indiana has dug up musket supposed
to have been lost. sixty-6ye years ago:
The. owner can havei it by paying for this
notice. .''''' ''%*'.s'.S .S' =
Professor Gorini, Of the University of
Padua, treated the body Of Victor En-
manuel with a preparation which made
it as hard rs meFble.i .o'l'aE"L LN>rRf .t}Ei
"Tell your mistress that I've torn the
curtain, I" said lodger to q female
domestic. every WELL. sir mistress
will put it down on the bill as extra
rent" .'T -,+~,u. q, s;ru4w LIZ ri
,"The bright lexicon of youth, lin
which "there is. noi;such word as tail ," "
does not seem to be o very popular die
tionary in the mercantile community n mi Just
now. .t... ....,t I.t.,... I..,.5.. i.,.z Es
Wonder if it would be considered q
remarkable original observation it we.
should intimate that the stuhdng has
been knocked out Of Turkey. x Csscfn-
natl Breakfast 7able. .''':''@@I
A new. design of postage stamps is
soon to be announced. They are pre-
pared with inclosed borders Of white TO
prevent the fraudulent practice cot
"washing Cancelled stamps. asH =
South Carolina supplies nearly half
the rice produced in the country.
Georgia is next, or 1000, ,0G0 pounds
ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all the
rice comes from these three States. :
"You're getting great deal Of silver,
aren't you~ he said, as he paid bis III
teen cents at the lunch counter, and took
half the toothpicks in the tumbler..
eyes, but we're getting short OF tim J,
ber," replied the clerk .sa. ,',,.4.,. -.
A new piece of music, composed by q
New York newspaper man, is entitled
tue {" Editors Waltz" The title; page
should be embellished with a picture OF
the editor waltzing after q subscriber
who is seven years in arrears. '2'' d2@r&,
"What is veranda ?" is now dis
cussed by foreign architects. "a yeran-
da, gentlemen, is a place where, with
the right hind of companion you will
find the shines brighter and the,
hours fly swifter than in any other spot
OF the earth's surface. ..i..,n. ..j,o..,. e. ,
The human body expands immensely
with age. When eleven young men lean q are
seated on one side OF car, they can an
easily sit up little closer to make room
for pretty girl, but six OF them can
manage to monopolize and entire side
of the car when an old woman comes
in '..-. '''E "'-'- 70! III ,>' p, 90.
|: SiSty-hve of the eighty -one lives lost
at the Ashtabula disaster have been paid
for by the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad company at rate
averaging 81, 900 apiece. The most e.
pensiYe life cost the company 50, GOO,
and newly married couple were ap-
praised at only $4,000. 49, ,@@ ''
The net imports of merchandise into
the United States from 1920 to 1878
were $12, 257, ,753, 1877, and the domestic
exports $10,777, 1882. Since 1870
the imports have exceeded the exports
| in value by the sum Of 9l49, l4, ,3S9,
although the excess of exports ~ the
last four years was 1896, 4S1, ,3l6. ,-s7e,ol
A cooperative society of working wo-.
men in Paris, in the hope Of obtaining
steady work and remunerative prices.
have opened shop at 2 Boulevard d'i
Temple for the manufacture and sale OF
underclothing for both sexes:and OF How
ers. hats and dresses for women. There
is also an association of 'journeymen
tailors established on q firm basis, ct "
Boulevard Sebastopol and 33 ,Rue Tur-,
bigo, which advertises that it obtained q
prize at the Philadelphia exposition.
A popular Newport (R Ll clergyman
was sitting in his room few evenings
AGO. when q man knocked at his door,
and said his services were required az
boarding house q short distance away.
The clergyman went with the messenger,
but the expected wedding did not come
off. It was found that sick man, IN an
outburst of gratitude, had informed his
female attendant that he would marry
her if she would send for a minister,
but he had changed his mind and refused
to keep his promise. :,
One of the foreign medical Journals
calls attention to the evils Of breathing
by the mouth, and reminds us that the
nose was made for a two-fold purpose:
First, to sense impure air and lead us to
avoid it; secondly, the inequalities OF
the mares retain solid particles OF the
atmosphere, and prevent the inhalation
of Irritating dust in the delicate tissue
of the lungs. Therefore "shut your
mouth" instead of being an impudent
demand is good hygienic advice.-Dr.
e. B. Foote's Health Monthly.
A lady contributes to the Ne,O Jerus-
alena Messenger, for the information OF
the children, little result of her obser-
walton in natural history. 1t is the way
Puss has of showing when she is thirsty
and when she has drank enough. elf
she wants milk, writes this observant
lady, "you will notice that her long tail
stands straight out like banner. Give
her a saucer and watch her tail as she
eagerly laps the milk, the tail gradually
droops from its position, falling lower