The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
cold spell-I-c-e.

Thitewashers-Good laundresses.
There will be five Sundays in nek
February.
No tenor singer should live in glass
house. He throws tones.
| Chinese history says that wheat was
introduced into China 200 B. G.
Harvard and Yale have each a pro-
fessor of ChiIese in their corps Of
instructors.
Lemon juice used as a gargle is said BY
a French physician to be specific
against diphtheri and similar throat
diseases.
Immense beds of the finest bitumlnous
coal have been discovered near the Rio
Grande, in Texas, l45 miles west Of San
Antonio.
The indianapolis street-car drivers
have struck. for stools. They say their
work is so hard that they can't stand It.
- Ecayune.
The report is without foundation that
the Limberger cheese factories in this
country are notmahng a (s)cent. .-SSea-
6enviue Chronicle.
English farmers have introduced the
practice of unhorning cattle by clipping
the small projections in calves, when
half an inch long, using simply strong
pair of shears.
| Dark and brilliant colored clothed
attract the sun and retain its hest much
more powerfully than light colors;
use in summer.
We know of great many men who
are so anxiously advocating the payment
of the national debt that they forget all
about those contracted by themselves
Eln1ira Gazette.
A man on horseback overlook an ac.
quaintance trudging along on foot.
MAY ride behind you?" asked the
pedestrian. Certainly" replied the
horseman, " but not on the same horse"
Thousands are hated, whilst none are
ever loved without real cause. Tbs
amiable alone can be loved. In most
situations of life the consciousness OF
innocence is our best shield and firmest
buckler.
,"For the lie of us we cannot see why
SO many people court DEATH" wildly re. :
marks Erratic Enrique. Let us tell you,
the man who courts death never gets .
hreech of promise suit on his hands
Gowaada Enterprise.
The losses by fire in the United States
during the first six months of this year
amounted to $47, 062, 800, which Is $l5,-
500, 600 more than in the same period last
year. 1t is also from 81, SOC, 600 to $l5,.
OOO. 900 over the losses in 1875: 1875 and
1877.
What" asks a writer, "is fiercer
than the eye of fighting animal at
bay?" Well, we don't know what, un.
less may be it is the other eye. Or, hold
up, we won't give it up yet-it's the
animal itself. Ask US another ONE
Haukeye.
The San Francisco Hotel Gazette says
YOU never can calculate on women. A
Berlin prima donna refused to sing re-
Gently because there was too much dust
in the house, and California prima
donna refused to sing because there was
not enough "dust" in the house.
Iowa has AL agricultural &C ilege that
gives a course of domestic science and
art, with an experimental kitchen for the
use of the Sophomore and Junior girls.
A creamery tor teaching the art of butter
making is in full operation, and ~eteri-
nary department, with full course OF
Instruction. has been established.
Tho apples now begin to iau ..-..
Upon the dewy grass,
And start upon pilgrimage
With boys who chance to pass
In that direction.
-Nev York &aS.
Il apples lie not on the ground
To meet the boys desire,
They will not tail to get enough
Oh those that are up higher.
Not If they know it.
Rome s. aLiaG,