The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-07-09
ITEMS OF j INTEREST. !.

Why is it that. man never st gets & j tired red
TIA turtle recently brought to New York
was eight feet long and six feet 'broad!!1
North and South Carolina and Louis
lana produce annually sO,0eo, 600 pounds
of lice. s.,,.,t,,i l.! my go III 81
Itis a peculiar feature Of the butter
market that bad article ,outranks 9
good one. Ei.@ ~ f.,'' 49,. {. iSN,5 !, Z
In Upper Arragon, Spain, the masons
wet their mortar with wine, because1tis
not so scarce Us water gr js,i- gHsa.E3
It was after Luna had passed her first
"silver moon. " Weekly Item. Z -
Mr.. Vanderbilt's income is over 81 i,Gfa
an hour--which:says q Western editor,
is more than some of us make in whole
day. p. -, ..,sl. u 4 4,;# j. ~
Baltimore has population Of 32l, ,72c
persons, living In 81, ,943 houses, and di-
1vided as to color into 90, ,905 whites and
5O,s2l colored. yt1E.a, 81 JGi bt0a
Ifyou are over-anxious To- know why
the elephant wears a, trunk, !rr1tate nm
sufficiently, and you will discover that
| lie carries his choler in 'it.-New Hare's
Register. a'"2f u, 'S{iA'ts as.S+.. .tt
s. Why is it that the smallboy wedding
the garden always pulls up by mistake
the only plant on the premises that MS
mother wouldn't have taken q thou
sand dollars fore"H . e ~ si,..l.
And now doth the festive hen revei in
the dust, and rake the begonias and by
acinths out of the ground. Somehow q
other q hen viii always 20 for the most
valuable plants. Bncte Sam. @foi
.l"There are too many women in the
world sixty thousand more women than
men in Massachusetts," growled the.
husband. "That is the survival OF the
tittest, my dear" replied the wife.
Over $4,000 tea plants have lately been
distributed in the Middle and Southern
States by the United States Bureau Of
Agriculture. In about four years these
plants will be large enough to allow
4 full picking Of leaves. ~. .
"A pickpocket taken with his hand in
some one else's pocket endeayored to In:
vent all manner of impossible explanar
:, tions of the phenomenon, Whats the
4 use of your trying to lie about it so elum-
! silyp" said the magistrate. bene olently =.
"haven't you a lawyere"g. ~ ~ .es&s
According to the official statistics, the
number of emigants from Germany n
1878 was M,2l7, 1858 more than the, pre-
vious year." OF these 90, ,373 sailed to the
United States, 1,049' to Brazil, Lib to
| Australia and the remainder to the
small South American States. .rl ~
Two naval officers have invented
very simple 1life-savirg apparatus that
is most favorably regarded in official
circles, It is q floating reel, with life
line attached, which, when, launched,
will be driven to the shore, and there.
from its peculiar formation, will anchor
itself, and thus direct communication
with the shore is obtained. SEQ a,.s,- ssgf
A case involving originally ten cents
for railroad fare has just got into the
Iowa Supreme Court. A passenger was
unable to buy a. ticket before entering
the cars, and the conductor demanded
ten cents extra. The passenger refused
and was put off the train. The. lower.
courts gave him 81 900. but the corpora
ton has appealed. The costs and law
yers' fees have already amounted to sew,
eral thousand dollars ~, ',.s;Yj. = ,.I
AysIcE SCREAM. p, - ... 20,
Gaily the maiden, ..........-,. 49,,
| ."' In 'colors bright,
Walks with her lover - .fii
In the twilight, .... v,.... ~
Chattering so merrily , -
Ger hill and dale, 7..''"''
.Y. Till they encounter ;..-. rJt '.''-
"Ice cream Tor sale"-. ....-..,. .,..
Then the young man wishes
! -, T. that Socrates had never dis
| :.. covered ice-cream, or that he.
had borrowed a quarter be-
| ''''' fore he left home. 'F
.,...., .'' --.Nep York Erpress.