The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The empty gun never kicks.
An upper fat-An aristocratic noodle.
M naught that counts one-An aero
ut. .a..
Japan contains 10000 Roman Cathos
lies. .s,.ya 80
Within six miles of the Boston state
house are twelve suburban cities whose
population Is Ia, S46. ~
No matter how warmly o man may
love his couutry's flag, he Is never
happy to see the hen-sigu in his garden
patch.-Boston 1rdnscript.
An exchange says: When n,ilksourss
scalding will render 1t sweet again,
| The whey separates from the curd, and
the former Is better than shortening IN
bread,
Deaf lady: whats his namers
Augustus Tyler" The deaf lady:
"BIess me, what q name! 'Bustbis
Bilerr Eliza, you must be making tnn
| of me-"
The size of an animals yell is in
nowise proportionate to the size OF it's
| BODY. One little cat can make more
| noise while one 10 on the point of1E0ln9
to sleep than o canvass full Of elsphent.
Leadyille Is . tolerably healthy placer
to live in now. WithtWo lock-ups and
fonr noIicemen. 8 stranger al now 60
from'the depot to the hotel without be-
ing shot at-that 10, II ne runs IKE o.
race horse.
Greece has had it's census taken.
Athens has 6e,6T population, an in-
crease Of 90. 600 since 1870. COrinth has
1883 now, instead of 6,047; Sparta. IL.
oo7, instead Of l0,6S6; and Thebes, 5,S1S
to 6,022.
A celebrated lawyer said that the
| three most troublesome clients ne ever
had were a young lady who wanted 20
be married, q married womanSWho
wanted a divorce, and an old maid who
didn't know what she wanted.-Yoatsrs
GdzsHe.
Speaking of painting ttAnss so true
to nature, a Keokukman painted apacket
fence 40 naturally that q small boy
knocked q picket off from it, craWled
through the aperture thus made q
carried off q premium watermeloR-
Keoknk Constitution.
A useful table or housewives; Flour,
I-One pound is one quart. Meat--,,One
pound and two ounces are one q1art.
ButterLOne pound is one quart, Pow
dered white sugar-One pound and one
ounce Is a quart. Ten 9 are pound.
IA common tumbler holds, hall 2 pint. !
A teacup is q gill.
The Scieptife Ame,tcdn says tlat
adulterated sugar may BE- dettcted pyA
very simple test. A little pure. sugar y
taken in The mouth, and when dissolved
ia replaced bya little Of the suspected
article. II, the latter contains starch,
ylucose. Of chloride OF Tin, y distinctly
Bitter taste will be present.
When John Payne, in his madrigai.
sings "The turtles couple on everji tree,
he be.rays 4 painful lack Of Ignorance
on the turtle question. Iurues VIII
couple to q fellows toe or MS
but a man who ever saw them SWAMI
ing about the limbs Of trees STAND ID
immediate need OF bromide.-BossoH
Globe.
The depth to which lightning may
nenetrate before It il so dissipated as TO-
lose lts dangerous character, is;shown
by the fulgurites or "Egsttii1g-tanes,
Sometimes found in sandy soils: Their
formation has been conclusively traced
to disruptive electrical discharges NON
The clouds, which have melted the san
by the intense heat generated in passing
through to a moist earth. inese suoes
generally divide into pronge' ! = par
snip, as they descend. The inner sur.
face Is smooth and very bright. IL
scratches glass and strikes hre as = nint.
They are sometimes found three !nciles
in external diameter, and extending to
a depth of thirty feet. In instance.
1--WE ofthese tubs were found i'll i single
| h;ll.-Lipptnc0N,s MGq1zize. =.