The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-08-18
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Iron affected by a fog is inist-rustcd \
A two-foot rule-Don't wear tight.
shoes. ~-s. s-- - Z
Only question of time Asking the !:
hour. ...-..
A man is supposed to be in his prime
at forty, unless he knocks his prime out
before that time. .
One hundred and thirty seven different
birds in the South are said to be enemies.
of the cotton worm.
The French government has ordered
an agricultural course in every primary
school in the country.
A woman cannot become successful
lawyer. She is too fond of giving her
opinion without pay.-On CITY Derrick.
What pity the census was not taken
during melon season when half our
population is doubled up.-Chveland :
Herald. s.. .-r
Manufacturers of plaster know enough
to advertise. That is the only way to
make anything draw well. Boston
Transcript. 2s;:5
There's many q man whose highest
ambition is to successfully contest q
seat on q nail keg in a corner grocery
Meriden Recorder. ,s,s,ss,
A new coral bank OF great richness
has recently been discovered in the Medi-
terranean, ten miles south of Sciarn,
on the Neapolitan coast. -
The Paris Figaro recently gave an, ,ac.s
count of frog hunt which lasted for :
two hours, in which many of the fash-sss
Ia Do kor1y g--.Ig'
It shakes q mans confidence in his.
thermometer to find it marking but
ninety-ive when he could swear the =
temperature must be about 100.
The crown prince of Germany gets
more putting over giving a SO fiddle to-
blind boy than an American does ever
leaving $40, 900 to an orphan asylum.
II there is anything young man
Considers disgrace, - :
It's to have his beard referred to -,
As the down upon his iace-by his girl. 4
TORONTO Grdphie.
Memphis is the only city in the United
States which sho ws positive decrease J,
of population during the last ten years.
In 1870 its population was 40,296; now
it is $4,000. 80
You can never convince man whose z
lawn has been tranplej down by q s
crowd but that there ara sometimes
more than three feet in yard.-Mard-s
ulo1s Independent. - =.
There is q "fortr' ne IL store for the 2
milliner who sha'. devise a bonnet that
can be worn ir any part OF o church !.
and always present its trimmed side to
the congregation.
Yah Phow Lee, of China, gained the
highest rank in this year'5 graduating
class from the Hopkins grammar school
at New Haven, and won the first prize
in English composition.
At London ball which cost $50, GOO,
a weeping ash in the garden was, trans. =
formed into fountain, and. bowers OF
real grape vines were arranged along
one OF the corridors in the house.
ConstancY is 3 reasonable frmness iu
our sentiments; stubbornness an un-
reasonable tirmness; modesty q con-
sciousness of the deformity OF vice, and =
of the contempt which follows it.
The net of our life is of mingled
warn, good and i'll together; our virtues
would be proud if our faults whipped
them not, and our crimes would de-
spair if they were not cherished by our
virtues. -
New neckties are of lace-o!d gold,
yellow, brown and cream; swathed
round and round the neck, like coach
mans wrap, the end fastened on the lett
side with scarf pin, or else with long
brooch, and below it the inevitable bou-
quet, which is universally worn. ."
When man wants to make his enemy
unhappy be poisons his enemy's dog,
but woman chooses very different
way to make her enemy unhappy. She.
buys some new clothes that her enemy
can't afford and sits in front OF her
enemy at church.-Middletoaon 1fds-
script. >.
Guimpes of lace and null, and OF em
broidered insertions with Swiss muslin
arc sold in the shops for wearing inside
s0uare necks of dress. They are made .
to fasten behind and are oily deep
enough to cover the shoulders, where
they are held in place by tape strings. p,
The neck has usually u full ruche or a
high plated ruff. e..
To CURE A FELoN.-Take out por-
ton of the inside of lemon, and thrust
the finger into it. Or take the skin Of
the inside Of fresh egg, bind it on with
the moisture of the white OF the egg
next to the finger, and it will draw the
small globule that causes the sore to the
surface. As it dries make new applica-
tions. This recipe has been often recon-
mended, and we believe that it has been
very successful. .
Browns landlady passed him 4 dish
OF vegetables at the d;nner-table and
he helped himself to about two spoon
luls, almost bankrupting the dish, when
she said to him, with smile on her
face and ire in her eye: "Tnose are
new potatoes, Mr.. Brown, and some OF
the other boarders may want some"
beg your pardon" choked Brown, in
surprise, rs two or three effected an uIi.
pleasant lodgment in his windpiPe; IL
thought they were peas" and then ne
finished his dinner hurriedly. Brown
is now hunting around for another
boarding -place.-Boston> Globe.