The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-06-25
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-FaSQlOn uOIeS-LdTSe Utiis.
The modern watchword of life-Tick
An elephant is always a big attraction
Motto for the married Never dis
pair. ...a..j a':aa.&.Gh D. 4r3
Even the most veracious men lie a
night. a., i.s,.., .,.,. s., ..,.,.,
Did the man who took q half day of
ever return it ? '''', y , - nm
"This can't be beat" as the man said
when he bought the porcelain,e egg.
The Washington dead letter office re-
ceives more than three million letters a
year. rrr ~. ..,,,,r.s, 4,5r Egr
According to the Yonkers Statesman
the mules ears are immense side-whis-
kers. .., ''.'.- r' '&$'Jf %:"'E'7
The elephant is the first traveller of the
season 10 have his trunk covered with
canvas. g,r.,g,r,,...
There is loss of equine-imity among
English turfnen when Parole appears on
the track. r'7 1l.''' y '2' siSi'
The United States Consul at Tangiers
reports that the deaths from typhus fever
in Morocco number 300 a day.
Old Blaser keeps private .tumbler
a saloon he patronizes, marked . Busi
ness Hours, so that he can say he only
drinks out of business hours. 80!
The man who" launched on the sea of
matrimonyn took passage on a court
ship. We hope he won't have q hard
hip before the voyage is over.
The Chicago Tribune gives directions
to enable a person to "see the wind:
But what most persons want to know is
how to "raise the wind. ."-Nor71stoao
Herald.. ,........-,...........,.,.,r,.
There now ply between Europe and
America 100 ocean steamships, and new
ones are added frequently to- meet the
demand for the quick transportation OF
passengers and freight. les ~
Speak of a mans marble brow, and b
will glow with conscious pride; but
allude to his marble head, and he's mad
in q minute. Language is q slippery
thing to foo, with much. s.y Lag
One person in $50 in Prussia is affecteu
with insanity. A Berlin professor attri-
butes the result largely to intemperance
among the lower class, and too much
forcing of early education among Others.
The old Marquis of G., while looking.
out over Paris the other day from the
spire of Notre Dame, said, sadly and re-
fiectively: How many people and how
few men! How many houses and how
few homes!" .,.,..,,.,...si ...
At the dedication of the cathedral in
New York five dollars was charged tor
front seats, back seats were sold for three
dollars, and admission to standing-room
cost one dollar. Some choice reserved
seats were sold at premium.
All men might be better reconciled to
their fate if they would recollect that
there are two kinds of misfortune at
which we ought to repine-that
which we can, and thazEhich wecannot
1emedy-regret being il the former case
unnecessary, in the latterAlnavaiEng.
Lacoste, a Frenchman, who was natu-
ralized in the United States some, years
ago, has been expelled from France for
rcnouncing his nationality without re-
forming his military duty. g Mr.. Noyes,
the United States Minister, fruitlessly
endeavored to secure revocation OF the
order.
There is tale told OF certain lndl-
vidual in country town who is proven.
bial for absence of mind. 1t is reported
of him that one day lately he went no
less than four times into BARRIERS shop
and underwent. the operation of being
shaved, forgetting the last three times
that he had been there previously. On
the last occasion the barber performed
the operation with the back of the razor,
and then informed his customer how
often he had visited him during the day.
A shopkeeper in a small place not far
from Berlin bought a doll dressed in a
green muslin frock from peddler for
his child, aged one year and a half. The
latter repeatedly put the doll into his
mouth, as babies often do, and few
days later showed very grave symptoms
of some illness, which the doctor could
not define till he happened to cast his
eye on the doll. The frock was imme-
diately sent to a chemical laboratory,
where it was found to contain quantity
of arsenic sufficient to injure even an
adult.