The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-26
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churches in England and Ireland, r5
Charges and counter-charges are made
in every retail store.-Neo York Net0s.
The gold yield of Victoria, Australia,
| in 1879. was less than half what it was
in 1883. g.. n" 1"..".n a5''t>ri -
" A little girl said she liked sea- bathing,
"only her mouth leaked and let in the
salt water. -: .Ia It,DE = 5.E7'
Kioyte Bakin, the popular Chinese
novelist, has just finished new novel,
in l06 volumes. ......, "a ariE9t -
There is a Bible in the library of the
University Of Gottengen written on
5,476 palm leaves. 70, ..'......., : ...,.,S
To stop the squeaking Of boots and
shoes, boil linseed oil and saturate the
soles with it thoroughly. 'S'r.'''n..'
Only s29 of the Q, 1925 commissioned
officers in the United States army are
graduates of West Point: z ::yfi >gA
No matter how fine book you wish
to purchase, you'll,frst want to find the
books tore.-Maratbon Independent.
The egg has been regarded from time
mmemorial in Egypt, Persia, Greece,
Rome and Gaul as an emblem OF the
universe. -"'.' .'@"~ '''- A''' -
The valuation of the real estate of
Maine is S222, 1888, 1924, not including the
wild lands, estimated to be worth some
S., Isl. 900 more. ,4 saaHn-2s VI.
The 1lan who tried softsoap to smooth
the harshness of his wife's tongue says
it took off little of the roughness, but
it made it run much faster.
M. Geordig;ana, Of Florence, recently
painted, in little less than two hours,
q fine portrait of Philadelphia public
man, for which he received $500.
How many are there in the world =.
Devised by Gods great plan, ,,..,
Who can look into alooking- glass
And see an honest man.
-Steu5enrtlle Herald.
1 Cards are said to have been invented
in France in 1891, to amuse Charles ~.
during the intervals Of a melancholy
disorder. Piquet and all the early games
are French. ''''''H
The railway system is rapidly extend
ing in Japan, two lines having been re-
7 Gently completed in the island of Niphon
and third in the island Of Yesso, the
most northerly of the Japanese group.
The two musk-deer lately added to
the collection in the Philadelphia ZOO
logical garden are diminutive animals
less than eight inches in height--al-
though fully matured. They come
from Java. , t'.fs cE
Physician to government clerk:
"Well, what do you complain OF !"
c.: Sleeplessness, doctor" ,Phy-
sician: cat what time do you 90 to
bedp" G. c.: "Oh. I don't mean at
pisht, but during Office hours" ~
The $4,000 Cinnamon on the Pacific
coast in 1875 have been reduced TO about
$4,000. Of the $4,000 who are gone
about 5000 went to the Sandwich Is.
lands, 10000 returned to the Celestial
kingdom and 10000. have gone East and
to other lands.
A Mrs. Mattox, of Centerville,
Georgia has rare collection of o.d
newspapers, some Of them dating BE-
fore the revolutionary war. In ope OF
them is an advertisement OF General
Washington, who Offers reward tor q
runaway slave "r -.7-''' d. ~
A very complicated astronomical
clock, for which the owner, Felix Meier,
has been offered S45, 900, is exhibited in
Rochester. Meier passed ten years ot
constant labor making it, and 1t is de-
scribed as wonderful piece of mechan-
ism. A skeleton strikes the hour. ri,
There are only eighty-one female
clerks employed in the imperial tele-
praph service of Germany, and it has
been determined that when any vacan-
cies occur the7 shall be filled by male,
not female clerks. But few female clerks
are employed by the private telegraph
companies.
There is man at Luray, Va.,Who De
came convinced, when young, that
kissing was wicked, because Christ was
betrayed by kiss. He resolved never to
kiss anybody. He has been marrled
twenty years. and is the father OF eleven
e children, but has never kissed his vile
or one of his offspring.
A young lady who read that lit ls
luckyto pick up a horseshoe" happened
in blacksmith shop the other day and
picked up one. The surprising sudden
ness and piercing shrek with which she
dropped it showed that it was unlucky.
The blacksmith had just made the shoe,
and it was as hot as blast furnace.
Pins are of very ancient invention, as
they were manufactured by the Egyp'
tians in the time of the Pharaohs. Many
of these useful articles were found in
the tombs of kings Ia the pyramids.
Some of them were OF quite elaborate
manufacture, and must have been costly,
as they had gold heads and were six to
eight inches in length.
The Yosemite valley, first made
known to the public in 1855. mad l.O22
visitors in the following ten years.
Thenceforward the number annually in
creased slightly until 1874. reaching
2,7ll in that year: In 1875 it began to
retrograde a little, and was s.4a3; in
1876 It was further reduced to l,9l7. in
1877 to 1892. in 1878 to l, 1872 in 1879,
owing to the Sunday convention
being held there, it rallied a little, and
was 1885. The San Francisco Call says
that very careful inquiry shows that
the average expenditure of each tourist
is 5000.