The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-31
items OF Interest.
CLAIMS are always in q middle,

items Of Interest.
CLAIMS are always in q middle,
A tower of shength-The towboat. =
A very charitable gentleman Is Benny
Factor.
A thorn in the bush is worth a doz0I
inIthe hand.
The man who goes down in the world
is the coal miner.
Four attempts have been made this
year to take the lives OF monarchs.
The most eminent ,physicians in New
York make from $40, 900 to $40, eco 9
year. 4:
The bloodhound is now employed by
the Spanish fishermen to catch sharks on
the Cuban coast.
The new Mormon temple in Salt Lake
City, Utah, now being built of granite,
will cost S., 100000. IS
A nuptial tie-When husband and
wife have both married for money, and
neither has got any. s.5 y
A neglected wife is Like q wagon
wheel, because her hub is always going
around with lot Of felloes.
Russia contains Hebrew population
of 5000, 900 souls, which is larger
number than is to be found in the rest
of Europe.
Denmark has for many years supplied
canned butter to South America Tho
same industry is to be commenced IN
this country. ss.5
The best way to expand the chest ii
to have good large heart inside q
beats all sorts of gymnastics for Il
purpose named. -
DR.. L. 8. 1ngham, Of Madison, Wis&
has succeeded in training several kind
of fish, which answer to the call OF an}
feed from the hands Of his children.
A halfpenny, fifteen months imprison<
nent at hard labor and twenty. lashe&
with the "cat, was what two Liverpool
roughs got by garroting a foot passenf
ger.
There are twenty qnires to q ream a
paper, and but one choir to q chu1ch3
still it is often enough to set the entise|
congregation by. the earaNeU YorA
Nes0s. ]
The swatch dogs honest bark = is aIl|
right. It's sure sign he is getting
ready to dig for safe corner and neada
encouragement. It is the silent des,
which gets in his work.
January welded May without doubt
in town Of Galloway county, KY, the
other day. January Was Mr.. Ronus'
Kemp, ninety-six years old, and May
was Miss Mary Bridges, sixteen years'
old. Es,.3- ).
"Do you see this stick 2" said q very
stupid acquaintance to Sydney Smith !;
"this stick has been all round the,
world, SIR" Indeed said the ne.
morseless Sydney, "and yet it Is only 4
stick" 81
A remedy for the sewage pollution Of
rivers has been put in operation in Eng
land, which. combines profit with sanitary
gain. At Burnley the raw sewage isl
run into tanks, where it is purified by
lime the liquid is then allowed To drain
into the river, but the remaining sewages
is manufactured, at small coet, into
the best hydraulic cement. q;
"Well, I Will take It, though It IS
rather dear pay you half the cash and
owe you the rest. That do sss IT
will" In the course of time the cre1i-s
tor, thinking the bill had nm about long,
enough, calls upon the purchaser. g Ny
dear boy" said the purchaser, 'tyou
amt living up to your contract. IL -
were to pay you the rest ] wouldn't owe
it to you, and the understanding was
that I should owe it to YOU"
The first pair of India rubber shoes
ever seen in the United States we're
brought in 1880. They were gilt, and !.
were pointed like the slippers OF the
Chinese mandarins. The pair, which
were handed about as q curiosity, were
followed in 1888 by an importation 0f
500 pairs, which, rough and nisshAped
as they were, we're eagerly bought at {
high prices. Now, the United States
manufactures them for all parts Of the
world. s.. .54;.sx. 3
p A recipe to produce giddiness is
kindly furnished by Nature. Stand IN
the middle of soft field, and putting
both hands on the top of an umbrella or
walking stick, bend down until your
forehead rests on the back Of your
hands, Now move with a sidelong gait
three times around the umbrella as. am.
axle. Finally. raise your head quickly
and try to walk straight ahead. What
will occur is frightful giddiness and
sickness, sense Of the ground rising
up tumultuously on all sides, . w!lds
rush to save yourself, and Q headlong
tumble. Apprecistive spectators are
requisite to the entire success OF the e1-s
pertinent.
THE CARPENTERS woorsd.
"Oh, beam my life, my awl TO me"
He cried, bis fame addressing
"nI 'adze such love as yours,
I'd ask no other blessing
"Iam reioist to hear you speak"
The maiden said with laughter-
"For. tho hammer guileless girl,
It's plane what you are rsfter. ~! e
Now, il file love you just bit,o
What further will you az meY
Can-will Won be content with that,
Or will you further tscks me
Helooked handsaw her words were square.
"No rival can dsplsce me-
Yes. one more favor emplore, -,
And that is, dear En-. brace mo