The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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i Punch. a&i < ~ 73f3l T@tlti9 !.
A, l..gh agricultural authority esti-
mates the loss on English crops At Sl2o,-
100000. ..,s ,.ti ,,,sao,,,..:ss, I,
The State Of Ohio, stands fourth in
I manufactures, the annual product being
valued at S270, ,0O0, 600. '@s'}'yS ~"
The Pittsburgh stone and hollow ware
manufacturers are busy, and many OF
! them have large orders ahead. .'ser fiig
! It takes twenty able-bodied men ito
stand and look at one poor little sign
painter while he is at work. i,,I
The Corliss engine Of Centennial fame
! is now used to rpq the machinery Of the
branch mint at San Francisco.
aff mems morals were haf as stiff as
their shirt collars, what would the worlL
do for sensationsp MeTtden Recorder. 8
b. Be maenanimous. If the butter at
your clearinghouse is. stronger than
YOU, are. don't tackle it, Hu11ssysr.-s lem.
| II never felt 80 fat in my life. Why,
I'm completely beat out!'"1 remarked the
gilder's gold to the haImer,,-Nea0 fta ltl York
NeaDs. - ~ ~ y,
r. Greatness %. transient, but good
moral character endures just as long as
aman Keeps itinIrepair. Quincy Modern
Aryo. os1d >2tfiNs TST ~ @..z7i
The old court house bell at Spring
field, Mass, cast in London. l37 years
ago, has been smashed by q tall from the
belhy. .i, ~ -, !, o.,i,
Lieutenant Governor Tabor, Of Col
! y rodo h.e aold his one-tllird interest In
T. the Little Pittsburgh silver mine at
Leadville for 81, ,000. .Oo0.p :" ~ -"
The United States census enumerators
next year are to dostheir work in June,
and the pay is not to exceed SlO0 Tor tne
month or 81 per day. sIysoi s,by ; .jr.e
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
A bird on the wing is up higher;
4 Blu. when in an oven it's cooking away,
I,p' You can say it's within range OF nre:i ,tti
| 'l'"''",.1 c.,,,t .-yNtw Xo,k Era.
IL In the Griffin (Ga.) cemetery q, gentle
man has q lot in which are buried hyo
I wives and five children. The gentleman
has taken a sixth wife. ..sy..t
1 4 Young men and girls, as you by night
81 Inspect the silent stars--r' 3'kl IN
49,, Orion, Saturn, Venus bright ;: ~
! Beware Of watchful Mars. ~
! -Euoene Field.
Tie Rev. J. K. Falconer, of London,
eoes to his Sunday service high In air
sstride a bycicle, followed by o crowd OF
friends similarly mounted sGa,2 %
The harbor of Melbourne, Australia,
is to be improved at . cost OF ~, goO,gV,
so as to admit OF snips OF any burden
| coming right up to the city.
And oh, Edwar1," }" said the girl ne
was going to leave behind him, "at
every stopping place be sure you write,
then 20 ahead. ."-Yot,ke's GdzettesaeTa
The correspondent WHO wants to dis;
nose of business on account OF III
| health should say whether his business
| is unhealthy or only himself. we
II thou canst not obtain . kindness
Which thou desireth, put q good face on
& show no discomfort or surliness; an
hour may come when thy request may
readily be granted. 7". it'd .oqtuy5
A. carpet dealer in Burlington adyer-
tises "new Brussels carpet that cant pc
beat" That's the kind we want at our
horse. Send US half dozen. You
Emay keep the change. HdWkeye.
Here is a chance Tor inventors: a
Buffalo grape sugar company offers $iO,-
), 600 "tor any appliance to our boiiers
tRat will consume smoke and not o.
minish the quantity of steam now OBJ
tained." .UNs. ..,aa;t
There is a tied in the affairs Of some
unfortunate individuals, when taken at
high water leads on to fortune. us
when they get tied to nice little creature
with 100000 to her crcdit.-HoA'6ers
Statesman. -.. D.. .-.' "'t f-''.
A citizen of Trinidad, COL, pockets
, the ropes with which two ravishen
were hanged, and now carries q six-lncn
piece about with him. when ne oeclares US
IS worth twenty-five dollars as q cure LOT
rheumatism.
Archibald Forbes, the brilliant Zulu
war correspondent, takes the field again
the lecture tield-and will come, to
Amerira in February, to talk about
"Royal people I have known" That
includes Cetywayo. ..,....... ,
The number Of species and varieties of
. birds inhabiting various parts OF the
globe is about 10000. The NUMBER OF
snecies and varieties of North American
birds alone, according to the latest bird
census, is something more than 700.
Boston shipped out l,795, 1893 cases OF
boots and shoes for the year ending July
10. 1879. Of these Chicago took l73,S6
cases; St. Louis, ll7,668: New York,
1851; Philadelphia, "a. 492, and Gin.
cinnati, 90. .459 cases making a total OF
SOS, ,S3l cases. .'-. r,'
It seems to make no difference how
great a man is; he may, even be Sena-
tor or a Governor, but it his wife don't
like the way he is doing, she will tell
him of it Just about ssure rs she would
if he was only a coachman or a fisher
man. And this is what they call human
nature. Modern Argo. ,, e.. .-o, T..
4 prominent attorney, while fishing q
day or two since, pointed out to his
companion sign board, remarking.
"The fellow who put that up is liar"
"Why?" asked his companion. Be
cause that sign reads. No fishing in this
brook and caught the best troutii!ng
my basket directly under that board"
When Mt the lest tho weary path
Which leads through earthly life,
Strewn ill along with wrecks OF wl,sth
And restigcs OF strife,
Lads down the tired wandecer
Unto the guilt of death,
He finds with joy the bridge OF hope
| 'rlrown oar that pnlt by faith.