The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-10

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ITEMS OF INTEREST. T.q,q,s 10
Firm friends-partners..s iFHnf" AT
A big revolyer-Tte world. sos s..osS' -
Tennyson is just three,scorc and ten.
Does a standing joke ever require =
seat? ....-.... -, 49,,
J.B. Cough has delivered 5000 lee
lures,
Pliladelphia's police force S'asrI year
cost 81 ,235, ,13l." In. % be'seupgE sra
Florida ships 5000 head OF c:sttle to
Cuba monthly. 80 =
HSw strange tis that thaa bot q xsFai' 'os w
The lawyer's motto-"W study to
pleas. ."-Sale,n Sunbeam. ,c6siyn;W sfTs,
A chicken hawk is the bird 10 raise,
chickens.-He'ns'g MGa a.,94qri!oB gilgaa
The rule of the average modern pcdarI
gogue-the ferule. - -Riags. 41 sE .ae,,
Gross earnings-Thosey made in dis
reputable business.-Hssch, ,,t,,, ,,,,It,,,.,s
The dentist makes almost as much q b,
money per acher as the farmer. -, IT.
i Hasten the day, oh, Father Time,
when peace prevails in every cline. ~
Did you ever know civil engineer to
| be guilty Of rudeness? - Albany Jottspdt.'
Mexico allows q million bushels Of
huckleberries to go to grass for vans 'ot
picking, Yc' sa3 9mag 81 hssb.sed bidoGs
The net profits Of the Western Union
Telegraph Leg companys5 VI last st. year fass were eres
S4,23o,@c, p,aq sE ii te1{j- -b,a .siooras
A New York restaurant keeper sndry
vertises to sell n schooner Of milk"fo
! four cents. s.lsIiH!!E u s,iiI Esd gIosht III
A rattlesnake eight feet long and With
twenty-five rattles has been killed near ear
Bristol. Tenn. LII III, y, 80 fJ:.e,, S9%'a - M ~
A drop of lukewarm water poured N
each nostril will always relieve an M
FAINT of snufning. waYyGg7 ,2i9ssw ssi5
Over 10000 pounds Of glycerine ares
used annually in the United States for,
mixing with beer, i5' M = s' ~. = ass 80, s5
Arecent African explorer. writes ofr
ants one inch long Tney must be gl-a
ants. s.-Boston Gaseste.o ~: q:asa~o: ass
Nobody should complain Of sea-sick-
ness when he considers that. even the
ocean Is confined to its bed. s"-.st
We like a man with lots Of temper.
Il Is the man who gets out of temper that
we don't like.-Bo&on Pb&. iEfi sIsr'sxo
Great Britain produces three times ssi
much iron and nearly three timesnass
much coal as the United States, . efIlysd
Norfolk ranks firstliin; the, peanuts
trade. Fully 600, 600 bushels were hanrrl
died there the present season. 81 ygd.no,r
People who struggle to the tops OF tbs,
Swiss mountains are those who may De
said to most enjoy foreign climb. =. y. y.
The "Aeronomicai Institute b the nae
tional agricultural university Of Frances
its annual maintenance costss$ $4S, ,O0O.aa'a
There Is in Fleming county, Ky.ia
child named Doyle Two years 7oids
weighing two and three-a uarter poundss
4 recent authority on swimming says
that a good swimmer can 80 Two miles
| an hour without the aid Of the current:
The nineteen win 1ow-glass factories
in Pittsburgh have managed 10 keok
ahead of the boys ard pebble stones g.
America 90 'f' - 's"t "a" - &
"A fellow feeling makes US 'wondrous
kind" but fellow feeling for our pockst-
book makes US wondrous mad.-Aessdsn
Recorder. . % hiE yrg.,sa7g 70 hrsoa
The bishop of London has two houses usesI
and S50,0O6 a year. he will soon pc
relieved If one-hslf of his labors withort
decrease of salary" .,'' '''''.~y = '"H
The young man, says the Boston
Transcript, who prides himseI upon
looking spruce, should bearin mind thai
spruce is ever green. rod sss6 k,nua .ast
Itisa a wonder more life insurance
solicitors are not killed than we know
of-they,re always taking 50 many rlsks.
Baltimore Every Saturday. ,.,@....,o. ,,.,,,
Sitting Bull, who says he is loo kng
for q place to rest where he canfileep
soundiy, should pitch his tent In o store
that is never! advertised sed.--syrocsIse
Times. g. .& uGT @adI Tar0! deum
Governor-elect Blackburn of Ken.
lucky, is portly old gentleman OF
nearly seventy years OF age. his protneI, Sl,
Congressman Blackburn. IS mucn
younger. - -,
Advice to the young-Eat oysters only
in the months that have an "r" in their
names and drink, whisky only ino.the
months that have q *" in their names,
Albany Journal. :. .rar ia. ...i.ni.ry5
The Scientific american says the inyen-
ton of a understanding appliance
would not only be fortune to the In.
ventor, but blessing to those who dwell
in large towns and cities 70 Eshri'i2
In the Arctic regions, when the there
mometer is below zero, persons can CON
verse more than a mile distant. aur::
Jamison asserts that he heard every, word
of sermon at the distance Of two miles.
What glorious country this is, when
you come to think it all over! Seventy
five cents pays for 3 card In q ncwspa-
per nominating your brother-in-law for
the Presidency! What nation can match
us?-Detroit Free Press. -..sN d. .ai
Ether was thrown into the cell ofa
refractory prisoner at Vervay, Switzer.
land. until he became harmless. He had
dctied the gendarmes to take him before
the ridges, and the court could not wait
until he was starved into submission.
Jakutsk, East SiberiaHis supposed to
be the coolest of towns. From Novenl-
Der to February the thermometer ranges
from forty-two to sixty-eight degrees
below zero, and the peighboring river is
solid ice for nine months Of the year.
Yet it is place of considerable busi-
ness. b." .s"& H'"t@ '.~'
A hungry printer is not apt to criti-
else the Typographical appearance of =
bill of fare.-Neao Yorkr NemS. ESpc-
cially if he is satisfied with the quality
of the inside matter.-Sany yord Adcocak.
But he frequently forms m opinion
of the pi; an assertion which needs no
proof. f.-Gennert. And he gohbles all the
fat he can get.-Monthly Union. ,.t.....
Richard Grant White says the expires
sion. "He is going for, to go" is incor-
rect. Richard is too particular. We
suppose he wonld also object to the re-
mark, "You git right up and git right
out and gift" And yet the fellow to
whom it was addressed would under.
stand it rs quickly rs if you were TO sling
two pages Of grammar at him.-Aorr1s-
to1Dn Herald.
The city of Paris employs one or tive