The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST,"

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| Ore hundred thousand Ilondoners live
on canal beats and barges.
| Potatoes weighing four and q quarter
4 pounds are common in Georgia.
+ A false charge-Putting in the wac
before the powder. .-Neso York Nescs.
t PIT. Barnum says that the reason he
| is young and hearty in mis- seventy-frst
| year is because he uses neither rum nor
tobacco. s.T,.f .i,..t. - Z.
| The New York elevated railroad con-.
panies claim that they have added $780,.
0O0, 900 to the taxable value Of the prop.
erty Of New York city.
The Gate City Guards, Of Atlanta,
Co., while at Hartford. Conn.,, were
presented with six wooden nutmegs
made from the charter oak. ssdYf
The Louisville Journal claims that
.Kentucky has one Of the most active ard
aggressive Temperance: organizations in
the Union within her borders.
People who do things too mean for the
1 public to know entertain very lofty
ideas on the subject Of correct and
pure" journalism. q Quincy Modern Argo.
Fifteen miles of the Utah and North
ern railway will have to be buih
through lava beds, and it will be neces-
sary to blast the rocks nearly all the
distance. ~
Martha" said q new-made granger
to his wife, "we'll have lots Of pump
kins next year. I planted about forty;
had to dig awful big holes to oput 'em
in, though" sa
A curious accident happened to
steamer on the Missouri near Bismarck.
Dakota, recently. An avalanche Of
about q quarter acre Of land fell upon
her as she was going under bluff.
An archer young woman we never did know
Than the one in CULVER awaiting her beau,
He has an arrow escape as general thing
II she tries target him once on her string.
p. Toronto Graphfc,
Shavings from planning mill in Chi
cago are, by an air blast, blown 100 feet
through fifteen-inch sheet iron pipe to
distillery, where they are burned for
fuel. .-;4a b
The Rev. Mr.. Gaul, of Phiiadelphia
went to a menngerie and did not find u.
the animals that he had seen pictured
on the street posters. He denounced
the show from his pulpit as humbug.
Solon was one of the seven wise men
of Greece. he never stopped to argue
when his wife told him to get out of his
warm bed and build fire IN the kitchen
stove. Wheeting Leader. ".@a"
A young man in the Answers to
correspondentsn column in New York
paper, asks, " Tow can I gain copious
command of languageen We would
suggest that he try sitting down on
tack.-Co1lrier-J Jol77,dl.
Warm the feet by the sunshine, or by
holding them in the hands, or by scufting
them in slippers over q woolen carpet,
but do not put them in hot water or
over a register or stove.--Dr. Foote's
Health Monthly.
We smile at the ignorance of the
savage who cuts down the tree IN order
to obtain the fruit; but the fact is that
blunder of this description is made by
any person who is over eager and impa-
tient in the pursuit of pleasure. nfFe
Society is a feast where every man
must contribute his quota, and when
our seat at the table is noted as the
home ofsilence and gloom, we are soon
lett to enjoy our meditations alone.
When you pick up paper and perusc
sublimely sentimental or deeply
philosophical essay, the last line of
which reads, "Sold by all Druggists"
you are forcibly struck with the truth
of that conclusive remark.-4oror1to
Graphic.
The unemployed of Glasgow, Scot
land, to the number of nearly 1000,
marched through the principal street,
led by a master blacksmith named God
frey, and carrying q placard on which
were the words: Wanted. work, not
charity. nor stone breaking" ..,.--
The Iagpacht, of Berlin, describes the
different kind of work performed by
women in various parts Of Germany.
They saw and split wood; they carry on
their heads water, wood, coal, sand and
stones; on the farms they plow, harrow,
NOW and thrash the crops; they help to
build houses, carrying bricks up the
ladders; in the large cities they sweep
the streets, and besides all that they
perform their ordinary housework.
THE NEW TENOR.
He drew in his breath with gaspinS sob,
With quavering voice he sang;
But his voice leaked out, and coul OF drown
The accompanies clamorous bang;
He lost his pitch on the middle A;
He ialtered on lower D;
And he toundered at lengt like battered
wreck
Adrift on the wild, high c. .-y
-Burlinqion Hawkeye.
Very few children would like to 20
two thousand miles to school, would
they? Two miles is thought to be a
long way, in fact. But Captain Pratt
has Just brought sixty-three Indian boys
and tw o1ty.three Indian girls from the
Rocky n. 'ntains 10 the town of Carlisle.
Pa, whert hey will be taught the A B
G and other things. When the Indian
children arrivet in Carlisle the moon
was almost ov, rhead. Many, white
children were in the streets to look at
them. The little 1dians were wrapped
in shawls, some n 4. some yellow and
some white, and the beads on their red
leggings glittered like dew-drops as
they marched along chatting and laugh
ing in the Sioux and Cheyenne Ian
guages.
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The Bicycle.
The use of the bicycle has become as
,,o,ob of n 20 no in Tn n0lond as npdeS.