The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-04-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST,"

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of ice this season. 80, .., t,,,,s. -, - -,i,,v
Everybody laughs about a boil, ex-s,1
cepting the man who furnishes it a lodg-.a
ing place. y''.,,,'' -,,,1
The young man who wants to get urr HT
with the sun must not sit up too 9late"S
with the daughter. "-aI@1Q nto s1Gar 'eH
Willis Scott went to Chicago ,whenJE
it consisted Of five families, in 1896, and,ioa
lives there still, aged seventy. ,ao u,o~, iaGi
A Fireman" wants to. know how to h.
prevent hose from burstinge !; Don't
wear 'em. -Norristosos Herald. D'
It is strongly suspected that It was
Ananias who invented the circus pos-"5
Philadelphia Cbrohikle- Hsrald.2 u
'c The reason is plain why young ladiest9'
like horseback riding; it leads them toiSb
q bridal ypath.-PhiladelpAia bSandayI
Item. .....o} 2ysa Hrlrg br. ,4s,zof aIaH
Ohio has developed another singular,oa
thing in the shapeof q young man who.
has sued his mother for calling him q .,t
thief and drunkard. "''' - '''N1''
q. The president of q bank ran rnce for
forty dollars VIII tramp in st! louis %
The tramp had snatched the noneyaai
from the bank COUNTER f."'~yn:-eco boa
Ifthe Celestial empire gets into con.otb
fict with Russia and Japan, the EasteEntai
world will be literally ,,strewedl With
pieces of broken China within year: =, -
Buffalo Cohrier.H '''' ''' '.,' 80 :,
women seldom strike. says an eexI-' ex-' o.
change. Yes. that is so; but when they
do, you usually find q n'hua1ng anA
easy place to jump the yard fance. 7-1h'
'Middleto0D Transcript aol,G baAsu9sUs,l
Boston will celebrate itsgtwo hundred sd1
and tiftieth anniversary on the severfniy
teenth of September next, BY Q parade i,,v
of its militia and fire department and a.,
procession of the trades. - :" '''N'" -"
/ It Isl the custom in Lapland tor q lover NJ
to steal his bride and carry her forcfblyHih
TO his. own home, It must be heart-wh
rending to see q l20-ponnd young maTuoY
rifine the paternal domicile sof a 240. 4.
pound girl Middleto,o,s Transcript. -, ...,
The largest cities in. world have The
following populations: London 3,50o,A.
COO: Paris, 1851 ;Od0;' Vienna, l;f61; 600; 'oH
New York, without Brooklyn; 4, ,060,sar3
600; Berlin, l,044, 900; Canton, l,Q00. 600; LGl
shanhowfoo. 1000, 900; and ssiRafoonot,
1000, 600. a.,.s, t.tsl
. No man discovers the resources OF the
English language until he measures his a..
length on Slippery sidewalk. 7sAt such 'tHa
a time Webster and " ofcester are esln! "H
necessary, for he can coin words ON thecSw
instant with which to express his feelsran
ings.-New York Herad.,i grg1ss,.4,o -.,ia!
A tree grows, In Cyprus which biso1s
thought by monks in the vicinity to be, 50
identical with the chittim wood oftTe I"
Bible: Specimens examined are sad gu
to closely resemble the cedar of I,ebanosTo7o
HAY ing, however, -smnier leaves and
other slight differences s.sr,amsG ssl fisGs
A Naugatucki man was out in the
country buying old outter ior COOKING
purposes. He asked an olddarmer fheo
had any strong butter; and the Old mansioi
smiIingly led him around the house "a
ing that it was the strongest butter IN
State. The gentleman declined to Test "1
its rength.-Nangdt'sc E''terp7Sses" '"H
The softesttwilled silks, soft brocades, 20!
brocaded grenadine, India ifoulards,'E
sometimes satin, and oceasio sionally wide aJ
ribbons, are used for children's sashes, r.,
and are of the darkest rich colors, z
claret, prune, ETC.. they are very wlde;,' -
and are gathered softly together In an "ai
easy, careless-looking way The but-td
tons are usually pearl, either white or1sq
tinted, and are carved or painted ,,u .! rl
ALondon correspondent tells this hu7ss
morous story, remember once SEEING, g,7r
an exasperatingly cool person looking -
on at fight. Whats the row."
asked an excitable individual, rushing "
up from by-street. "Oh, I don't1cT
know" answered the cool person; II 10,
hnve no interest in the affair" '"Oh, III
blame soon give you an interest in it!'
exclaimed the excitable inquirer, and ne '''
hit the cool one in tile eye. '''.'t 1919
The embalmed head Of Oliver Crom' -
well is in possession of 3 daughter OF II
the Hon. Mr.. Wilkinson, IN Euglish h 10
gentleman. It is. carefully preserved, ,y,a
wrapped in costly envelopes, in q strong ,,,,
antique box. At the restoration the
embaalmed body of Cromwell was taken go
from Westminster Abbey and hung at ~
Tyburn. The head was cut off. pike 81
driven through the neck and skull and 100
exposed at Westminster, Hall: The ,,
head is said to be almost entire, the
flesh black and sunkcn, the hair re- q "
and even large wart over the 4
eye. The splintered. pieces of pike
and rusted iron arc attached ,tt9aotths ,t9a tths
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