The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Toronto Grip says reporters are men
of note,
They have a very singular magnetic
well at Fond du Lac, Wis.
A Philadelphia car-horse travels Is,
800 miles year in his regular trips.
There are 5000 miles oftelegraph and
telephone wires in New York city.
Hawks can fly at the rate OF $50 miles
an hour, ducks ninety miles and the
crow twenty-five miles.
Governor General Lorne's ink bottle
was made from the hoof OF the charger
that carried Lord Give through the
Crimean war. ..-...,r
A West street lady tried 10 pat live
bee on the head last Tuesday. We will
not tell how she ran when the whole
hive got after her, because everybody
knows how woman Btung runs
Middletotoa transcript.
The surah silk, now SO popular. Is 2
soft twilled silk, heavier than foulaId
yet 80 pliable that It Lay be crushed
without creasing. It comes in SOLID
colors of stylish dark shades for day
dresses, and in light tints for evening,
A report to the annual Conference of
the Mormons says that the Mormon
population of Utah is Ill 500, that the
church in that Territory has lost 900
members and gained 1900 in q year,
and that the church receipts In that
period were over 81 ,000,0O
As lazy tramp came down the street
With free and easy gait,
This welcome sign his eyes did greet:
Free chops to those who wait"
"Now here" he snid. "l'l get some food
Without the slightest taxi"
But they led him q pile OF wood,
And handed him an axe.
A school teacher, who had just been
telling the story of David, ended with
and asand al ysas sns little 3sec chsa snss
its blue eyes opening wide with wonder,
said, after q moments thought: "Ohe
dear: marm, what a memory you hav:
got!" ...s-. -
ONLY one-tenthof the human body is
solid matter. A dead body weighing
1920 tounds was dried in an oven until
all moisture was expelled, and its
weight was reduced to Twelve pounds.
Eeyptian mummies' bodies are
thoroughly dried. They usually weigh
about seven pounds.
Paris has 365 miles of paved streets.
Stone blocks are used on 284 miles;
Macadam on cig!ity.two miles, ana
asphalt On nineteen miles. The Mao.
adam has been abandoned on account OF
the expense of maintaining it in good
order and the impossibility of keeping
it free from mud or dust.
There are several Hourishing schools
in China conducted by American teach
ers, and through the translation depart
ment of the empire more than $4,000
volumes of translated works in science,
art, etc., have been sold. In the
schools of this country l20 Chimes
Youths are receiving instruction.
Arizona sends a wailing cry to the
East for $1,000 women, but we can't
snare them. Ifall our women are to be-
dragged West, we'd like to know what
provision is going to be made Tor the
support of the men who SIT on Inc
grocery counters aud tell what tramen-
dous men their grandfathers were.
According to Mr.. Potter, United States
consul at Stuttgart, Germany, the num-
ber of beet sugar mills in Germany 1s
329: in 1850, 1871. Pounds of sugar made
in 1878, $50, ,0O0, ,0C0; in 1850, lls, ,00c, GOO.
About twelve pounds of beets make one
pound OF sugar. The total product OF
beet sugar in all Europe, is 1900. 100000
pounds.
There is a law firm in Boston COM
posed of two members. eminent in their
profession, and respected by the COM
munity. They were born in the same
county in Maine on the same day, were
classmates in college and in the law
school, became partners and will soon
eacn complete their sixtieth year. They
have each sons who are studying law in
their Office.