The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-04-23
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tute for "What are you giving us?'
An imposing ceremony-The marriage
of misunderstanding Night. rilsol
The Mammoth cave Of Kentucky is
soon to be Illuminated with the electric
Light. .. ...u. ,.sa.f
tools is the only man who can 40 tooth
things o. once. .
A man, who still carries in his body a
bullet which entered it at .Antietam,
calls it lead astTay. o., 17'.a.' ,
Dealers in secondhand clothing stand
ever ready to relieve poor efrlhg human
ity of it's abandoned habits.ssspa, -
. Connecticut, with school RopglxtiQn
of l3s, ,4O7, had, during the past yes'arss
l3O.937 children in her schools. ~ I.
A wonderful petrifed skeleton OF soin6
wonderful animal is said to have, beer 2
found in Mclean county, Illinois. '5a''
Flowering grasses mingled with small
pendants oifine crystal beads strung 81
the shape of small cat-tails are used for
wreaths on some bonnets. ;s-'a. a".i
In 1859 the cattle plague In the vas
herds of Australia was ettectually cneck'
ed by simple method of inoculatlSn
which was extensively practiced.
In the olden time a lady's hair rarely
changed till she was over fifty; IN these
days a lady's hair will often show several
shades of color before she Is thirty
AndreWs' Bazar. Dor .4ts. "n.
A dandy, smoking a cigar. having
entered a menagerie, the proprietor re-
ouested him to take the weed from his
mouth, 'lest he should teach the non-
keys bad habits" ~ '.,''-' D..
Il is estimated that the, Printer Boy
mine, near Orc City, in California guiclf,
has produced more gold than any other
mine Of its development in the State.
One pan of dirt once yielded 100 ounces
of gold. n ~.z.l.a.. a,,,' .aul :
Ouintilian ailudes to the well-known
fact that we can repeat task more per-
fectly on the following morning than on
the night we learn it, and observes that
things digest and settle in the mind dur
ing sleep. =. "..#.....
The Bureau Veritas, of Paris, in giving
the number of steamers registered IN
1878, makes Great Britain head the ilst;
with 3,2l6; the United States is placed
next, with SIG and France ranks thlro'
with 275 steamers. "' 49,
East Earl, Pa. has ayoung lady who
for sixteen years has never spoken W
ANYBODY but her mother and two slsters.
When child she was whipped by her
father for some misconduct, and she tnen
made VOW of silence. :
A facetious boy asked one of his play
mates why hardware dealer was Ike !"
bootmaker. The latter, somewhat puz-
zled, gave it up. Why" said the iormi
er. "because the one sold the nal's' ana
the other nailed the soles." ........
A few years ago the Gar sent the
Ameer of Afghanistan quantity OK
I;ohtnine rods, and the Afghans put up
the riIded points on their houses without
Connecting them with the ground. 'Ihe
effect was not favorable to Russian pop
ularity. ... =.
"Wbat occupation did the duke or
Wellington follow before he Joinea uie
army ?" writes Lee county coIrespon;o-
ent. He was teacher OF mathematles
in a grammar school. DonI you te.
member his famous order to ms class
Up boys, and add 'em.'-Burdeae.
The number of men actually engaged
in fishing in the four provinces OF Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec thn, ana
Ontario, is $4,000. 1t is estimated Una. ha.
about zoe, 900 persons are supported DS
the various branches of this industry On
the shores Of those provinces. O1e tnGGs ';s
sand decked vessels are employed IN lhls
British North American fishery anu
1900 open boats. &c.,.
PERFUME.
. lam the spirit of the wooded steep
roam at will through quiet aelr'
And find pale palaces OF sleep
In lily-bells.
steal DER beds OF balmy moss:
Where erst the silvery brooklct rin;
Pm charmed while hiding in the moss
Or Laura's fan.
shrink from gusts Of rain ana aorln
In some blush-rose's bosom gay;
Full oft stray through gardens wan"'
in far Cathay.
Some tond sultana's curls ol goiu .s.
kiss and steal through cloualano 'e"'''
In bottles am often sold
For fifty cents. a