The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-08-27
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A proved thing-A ship.
Apopka, Fla, grows three-And-a-hait-
pound onions.
The Rome Sentinel says a postman is
a man of letters.
A chicken hawk is the bird to raise
chickens.-New York Mail.
The best wire-pullers-Telegraph re-
pairers. York Express.
Stanley the indesatigable is again in
Africa. busy in exploring schemes.
The probate duty on the will of the
late Baron Rothschild amounts S442, 500.
Animated people-those who have
taken an electric shock Modern Arqo.
Our grief may be guessed from the
solace self-deception we resort to-
Richter. ..... -.
Some the New York gambling houses
| have been found to be connected by
telephone.
According to IN official return, seventy
seven persons died of starvation In Lon
don last year.
Disraeli has written his own biogra-
ply, tn which he is in the habit OF add
ing almost daily.
Selling introductions to beauties is the
last method of money-making introduced
at the English fairs.
One Boston firm sold l6, 900 panes OF
glass at retail the day after the great tor
nado and hailstorm.
A woman at la Sale, ILL.,, has been de-
tected stealing prayer-books from the
churches as business.
The puzzle which careful M 'srs try
to solve is how to train the girls and
how to restrain the boys.
People who struggle to the tops of the
Swiss mountains are those who may be
said to most enjoy foreign climb.
The amount Of pin-money required by
the married woman depends on whether
she uses diamond pins or rolling-pins.
Many young lady who has rich pa
is pressed for money. Ask her young
gentlemen friends. Yoakers Statesman
Donald Mcleod, a veteran of Waterloo,
died at Cleveland, Ohio, recently, one
hundred years, six months and twenty
two days old.
All should adopt this stirring motto
during the heated term: Our temper:
it must and shall be preserved.-Kansas
Cay Times.
There have been constructed in the
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1873, and within period OF five years,
1853 miles of railroad.
A child remarked, after gazing ear
nestly at q man who was bald, but had
heavy whiskers, "His head was put on
upside down, wasn't it?" ..-.
Canada has 1905 miles of railroad in
operation and under construction. Her
railways represent nominal capital
outlay of upward of 1880. 100000.
Green apples have arriven, g,
And mothers will be given
Enough to do:
For the youngster. they will eat 'em,
And the mothers they will beat 'em,
Then won't they rue?
| -Meriden Recorder.
There are 1927 churches or places Of
worship in the republic of Mexico, OF
which twenty-seven are Protestant and
the balance Roman Catholic.
A young man has been courting dde
girl i've years, and every time he has
called during the past six months she
had fed him on popcorn. But he doesn't
take the hint-and pop !-Morrtstoaon
Herald. >"
A newly-married lady wa telling
another how nicely her husband could
write. ooh, you should Just see some
Of his loye-letters!" '"Yes, know,
was the freezing reply; 1--we got q
bushel of them at home in my trunk"
[Tableau.]
The cactus grows to a wonderful size
in Arizona. One variety grows to the
heieht of sixty feet, and measures
six feet in diameter. There are
are fifteen or twenty varieties, three OF
which bear fruit that is highly priced by
the Indians, who depend largely upon
them for sustenance.
When evening pale DER dewy vale
A somber shade is throwing,
And twinkling eyes in azure skies
With gold nre overfowing
When ali is still, and wood and hill
Proclaim the days abduction,
Then do the sinful gnats begin
70 double on their suction.
-Wu4e Whipple.
Nothing usually creates more conster-
nation among the females of a family
than to have the door-bell ring at nine
in the morning while the hired girl is
down at the grocery alter potatoes.
They can't make up their minds
whether to show up at the door with no
crimps and no belt on their wrappers.
wait on the girl, or ask who's there?"
between the shutters of q second-story
window Wheeling Leader.
After the recent death of a Piute chiel
in Nevada. al admiring Indian concluded
to kill his own squaw, so that she could
accompany the chief to the happy hunt
ing grounds; but the woman did not
wish to be sacrificed, and so made her es-
cape. The Indian then seized a baby,
buried it to the neck in the ground, and
stood guard over it, intending to let it
starve to death. After three days. the
child was rescued by white men.
There is large family of Bonapartes.
living in Rome-tle grandchildren OF
Lucien Bonaparte-all Of whom are ex-
cluded from the line of succession to the
French empire by the law disinheriting
the children OF Lucien who incurred the
severe displeasure of his brother. the
! first emperor. The eldest Of the family is
Cardinal Lucien Louis Bonaparte. who
ives very quiet life in Rome
and is universally respected for his piety
and charity. His brother, Prince Ma;
pocon Charles. and his four sisters. all
married to distinguish Italian noble
men. belong mostly to the Catholic Con-
servativc party.
The Transatlantic circus had a lively
dav at Leesville. Ind. Some sharpers
WHO accompany the show. failing in their
,ttempt to Swindle resident with cards.
Snatrlied his money and hid in one OF the
tents. Soon afterward one Of the women
roucs,rians stole watch from a mans
pocket ls she passed through the crowd.
The robbed men fired into the tents with
their rrvolvcrs. The showmen retallated
by Sci2irc three villagers, dragging them
into a tent. and whipping them soundr
with rawhidns. This inc2:.:sed the crowa
and . ncral fight rnsued, in which four
shnwul. |. and one rillager were wounded
with bullets.