The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
|. prickly pair-Needles and pins.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A prickly pair-Needles and pins.
Lawn order-Kecp off the grass.
A. pigeon in the pie is worth tWo
SQUADS in the nest.-Ney York NeDs.
Ancient hieroglyphics are found In
which farming implements are proms-
nent.
II ia estimated that there are $500
miles of street railways in the United
States. X
The Chinese Six companies In San
Francisco own property valued at $22,.
$780, 1000.
A German chemist has discovered 2
| practicable method OF manufacturing
artificial indigo.
T. is a contradiction OF natural philo,;
| ophy, but cold, cold ice cream WtLi
warm up her heart.-New Haven Heg-
iste7-
An Ohio sheriff who lately assisted at
q weddingtsnapped his fingers and called
out: 1.-THE condemned will now step
this way"
Just bear this maxim in your rlina
and before you get very mad: It's easy
enough to sparks girl. but hard to spark
her dad.-ODego Record. rs
The French government has allotted
| NJ. Parteur $4,000 francs to enable hlms
to carry out his researches on 3,
tagious diseases Of animals.
An exchange regrets the declineo Oh tn
sninning-wheel. It forgets that all the
women of the present day are clothes
pinners.-RIadelphia lem.
A Terre Haute mule has been pro
yided with overalls to keep from demon;
ishinq the surrounding nelghbornood
in attempting 10 keep off the lies.
M~icroscopists have found that mos
quitoes frequently carry hlarla In tnelI
proboscis, and infect n human suo9scs
with that much dreaded worm parasite.
Sangamon county, ILL.,, boasts ot,a
veteran, now eighty.two years old, VINO
a short time ago went hunting ana IN
nineteen shots killed twenty sources
eco out, young man, sfre's not'hsrftss
said a preacher in the midst OF his SER
mon. to a youth whom he saw stardfL2
hesitatingly at the portal.-RochesGT
Nrpreis.
"This world is all a fleeing show"
but it takes mighty lively work for soGe
of US TO keep a grip on our tickets OF aa-
mission, however poor the show IS
Boston Globe.
The average time consumed by sailing
vessels in making the voyage from New
York to San Francisco. via Cape Horn,
is 1875 days. Returning, the average
time is l4O days.
eff O feel like sneezing," SAYS q
English physician, "throw yourself nat
IN your back" And yet there are peo-
pIe who say that they can sneeze just as
well standing up.
James C. Green, of Saltwater. Mimi ,
shot Albert G. Savage, at st. raul pc,
cause he would not drink with hin anc-
then walking to the station-house sat
on the steps until a policeman came
along to arrest him.
Ludwig Shredder, of Chicago, had a
queer experience during o tnunasr-
storm. The lightning struck bis frame
cottage, and passed through the BED IN
which he was sleeping, but Simply
burned his limbs and feet. 2
t. ia estimated that there are now in
the limited States about 900 miles or
bridges upon our railroads, OF which,
perhaps, one-third are permanent struc-
lures of stone and iron, and two'tnlros
ut least are temporary structures OF
wood.
A handsome girl of Indianapolis,
Ind. who habitually used arsenic to i'm
nrove her complexion, has not only
nearly lost her eyesight, but net con-,
templated marriage with a Weal5ny anu
reputable physician is indefinitely post
A fashionable New York corset maker
savs hat women by no means have q
monopoly of that article OF wearing ap-
narel. She makes a great many corsets
for men, but she prefers not to mentlon
the names of her male customers ,as some
prominent gentlemen might not like the
notoriety.
A Young man OF Woodford county,
ILL.,, has died of the effects of taking TOO
severe a shock OF electricity While az,
tending q circus. He was strong ana
wanted to show the other boys present
how much he could stand; thereforet he
full force of the battery was turned on
and in q few days the quiet village Gem
etery received an occupant.
There are five thoroughbred studs in
England, belonging respectively. to the
Dnke of Westminster, Lords Falmouth
and Rosebery, Mr.. F. Grefton, and
Sterling Crawford, each Of which may
be safely put down as being worth, IN.
Guiding stations, brood mares, young
stocx, and horses in training, from a
quarter to q half million dollars.
The chiet cities of Iowa now rank as
follow: DesMoines 1855; Dubuque,
22,276; Davenport, 2l,sl2; Burlington,
$4,000; Council Bluffs, $4,000; Keokuk,
1915; Cedar Rapids. 10, l76; Clinton,
eo6s: Ottumwa, 9,Ole; Muscantine,
1854; Iowa city, 1900; Sioux City,
!. 7,246; Marshalltown, 6,345; water.
loo, $500. Eleven Others have nom
5000 to 5000 each.
Recent observations upon the habl's
of the woodpecker have shown tne
, curious fact that the sounds made by
| striking its bill against trees constitute
a performance taking the place OF song
Q in other birds, and have no connectlon
: with its quest for food. 1t carefully Sc;
! lects the spots on partially decayeo
trunks from which the most sonorous
E sounds may be produced, and tre9uents
/ ,he same places day after day, rms IS
2 probably the only case among the ieatn,
cred tribes in which vocalis replaced
: by instrumental music. "
e The ceremony had been performed a.
: a Sacramento wedding and the
. guests were about to sit down to dinner.
= The bride had discarded an old lover 10
accept her present husband, and to tne
former she allotted the place OF honoI
at the head of the table; me ausoa nt
!, was made jealous by this preIelmtt;y;
If that cuss goes to the table
he said. This remark gave rise to a
e lively quarrel. The officiating cle;gy.
: man e%ndeavored to effect a reconcliia'
ton, but in vain. a. d the party Sis,
k persed without eating the dinner. liner
the bride tainted and her family drove
[ The husband out Of the house: ne l.,
turned in the night, drew u pistol anu
,r;o5 RI forro bia wav tn her preSQCe.