The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03
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again" is good motto for lawyers
Derrick. Tzrua@f 4z iHie
No one is ever SO colorlblind as to
mistake q copper for a two-shilling
piece. Detroit Frexs.s .sj4
The new code of ocean signals agreed
upon by fourteen nations will 60 into
use on September ], 1880.
Carelessness in changing the under
clothing at night accounts for the coarse
complexion Of many girls.
Time is money we suppose, but 1t
never reduces the principal on bad
debt.--Fon du Lac Reporter.
Thoroughly wetting the hair once or
twice week with 3 weak solution Of
salt water will prevent it falling out.
Things are coming to q pretty pass
when even an Insignificant poster is
getting " stuck upT-Sdlem San6ean,s.
Since Napoleon the Great became
Emperor of France, 1919 titles of hered-
itary nobility have been conferred on
Frenchmen. ~. ~
If Kaiser William isn't careful, his
son, the crown prince, will soon be as
old as he is, the boy having reached his
forty-ninth year.
"Where is the West?" asks the Hes-
byterian. Oh, it's In the clothes closet,
Now, will you tell Us where are the
trousers?- HaDkeye. ~ iled
An association for the suppression OF
adulteration in food, clothing, wall pa
pers, and other articles Of daily use has
been formed in Chicago.
When man so far forgets himself as
to 60 q fishing on Sunday, we lose all
respect tor him-unless he divides
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Men may do pretty well in twenty
mile dash, but q river has been known
to run four thousand miles without
stopping to take breath. h.-Neso York MaH.
Scarce do we bid adieu TO Ills
That mark the reign OF summer,
Then premonitions bid rs grieve
The stove man and the plumber.
~ i&ps.s, --Lopelt sEa.
Young man, diamond pin looks real
nice and glistens brightly, but when
four dollars week supports man ana
pin both, one or the other are not gen
linc.-O,Oego Record. 'us
A philosopher remarks that it is
wonderful how confidence men can OBJ
tain so much money under false pre-
tence, while an honest man cannot OBJ
tain it under any pretence.
A rather eccentric man always says,
when he secs farmer going to town
with q load of produce with a woman
sitting on top Of it: That loads gotta
mortgage on it." Meaning the woman
will trade it out.-MsG Grydr Neus.
The Boston Journal says that Walter
Hastings, recently deceased, left. the
bulk of his fortune, after the death Of
his wife, to Hayard college 1t is esti-
mated at $500, 900, the largest donation
ever made to the college.
An article is going the rounds treating
on the best methods of putting away
potatoes. A family of about eight, in
cluding three boys and three girls, can
put away potatoes about as successfully
as is necessary. - Rome Sentinel.
It is curious to note how flaming
new silk handkerchief will struggle up
from the deepest breast pocket into the
light of day and linger there, while the
soiled cotton one skulks at the bottom,
making only now and then a hasty sally
into the open air.-Rochester Erpress.
The novel engineering feat of building
bridge on shore, and then showing 1t
across the river, has been accomplished
at Dinard, France. The structure is
three hundred and fourteen feet long,
weighs over two hundred tons, and was
projected into its place with twelve
strong windlasses.
The boy who doesn't leap over seven
hitching- posts, kick lame dog. snatch
handful of navy beans in front Of
every grocery store, knock over q box
or two and work the handle of every
pump on the sidewalk on his way home
from school, is either lazy or doesn't
feel well.-Gdte City.
Simon Burlingame has taken fifth
wife to his home at Ripon. Wis. Three
of her predecessors died at yearly inter-
walls and were buried side by side, With
tombstones to match. The fourth fled.
and would not return. thus giving her
husband legal ground for divorce. The
fifth is as yet undismayed.
ON THE TRAIN.
From the car window he looked to see
The landscape rushing by;
1t came along, he picked it up,
He caught it with his eve.
Wrathiully jerking in his head,
To dig for the stinging cipder-
We dare not print the words he said,
When his hat few out the winder!
-Hawkeyc.
At recent wedding the bridegroom,
being an officer, wore his side arms at
the nuptials. A little wide awake
brother of the bride was attracted
by the display of weapons, and as
he had another sister. whose true
love was carpenter, he boldly in
ouired: "May, when jenkins comes to
marry Milly, will he wear his saw by
his side?"
Wayne township, in Ohio, contains
tract known rs Big Woods, the i,habi-
tants of which lead somewhat un-
civilized life. A party of masked men
from this loce ,ity lately whipped two
thieves severely and then posted the
following: Resolved, that courts be
useless expense. and hereafter the coun-
Gil of safety is going to punish all
scoundrels like they deserve"
Some OF our exchanges are boastine
about pumpkins. We think they will
"chcese their racket" when we tell
them of q pumpkin, raised in this
county, which measured seven feet III
circumference, and weighs l57 pounds.
On the same vine grew sixty-cight
pumpkins nearly rs large rs the one de-
scribed. The vine measured l65 feet in
legth, and its branches covered nearly
an acre of ground.-FuHon (Ky.J Times.