The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-11
,rsus OF INTEREST.

SlXLy.QFe f0llrooQ0 WeIe ool0 u00ef
mortgage foreclosures In 1879.
Mrs. Ann Collins. Of Boyd county,
Ky., claims to be 1l6 years Of age. j
Mr.. Ramsey, the secretary Of waf, II
tall and very heavy, and has voice 4,
match bis figure. ..-t."'',- =
The Tay bridge was regarded a. the
greatest engineering feat svef attempted
IN Great Britain. a.: .r..' ~. ~.
For driving purposes the jbeaeh n
Galveston, Texas, and at FernauGina
Fla, are unsurpassed. :.I.,,
The farmers of the United States In.
creased their businsss in 1873 over 'tour
hundred million dollars.
When q cat gives an entertainment
from the top OF wall, It isn't the cat
we object to; its the wsul. 5.- ,,,,s..
The cotton crop OF the United, States
shows an increase over the, ptScedinG
year of nearly 300, 200 bales. -.
When sun spots appear. "old sol'Iis
only putting on Ills specs to get 8. a..better
view Of this earth.-7oronto Grip.
The gen, ,0Oo gathered at tue golden
wedding Of the Emperor William. iis
gives to the famine stricken Silesians.
The King of Siam has made Queer
Victoria and the Prince Of Wales mem Z
bers of the order OF the w White Elephant
In Erie, Pa, . spring Of clear, :fresh
water hxs worked it, way througii tbs
Joints in the paving stones In Y side.
walk. -, i,
Perhaps the most favorite visiting
toilettes Of the winter ere still black,
but they are no longer Of one frbrie
only. ..
There are ten truss bridges across tile
Mississippi above ST. Louis, xnd seven
of them have spans as long as the Tsy
bridge. ...1@ ..
A Wisconsin man has taught . cat to
turn a somersault. This will ll3pfovs .
great advantage to the nation in case OF
famine. ..-,.
When 1.-THE glorious bird of our coun-
try" loses his health he loses his rights,
for he Is then an ill-eagle bird.-KeokAk
Constitution. ~.
Insomnia is getting to be . prevalent
malady. An English naturalist advises
the use of raw onions as the surestaud
ssfest remedy. ..,
The old man with nine marriageablf
daughters would trade of one or two 4
he could get . son-in law to boot
Cincinnati &os. .....-a-5Z. )
Twenty men who believe what they
profess and live a. they believe. are
worth more than I've hundred hypo.,
critics to any good cause. ~;
Alphonso's wife has y dress with .
train thirty feet long. and when she
goes up stairs Alph. dare not follow her
under half an hour, for fear Of stepping
on it. Waterloo Observer.
An exchange says that Queen Victoria
receives 5000 day. She's got nearly
as great a sinecure as q paragrapher.
If we are ever induced 10 change our
business we'll be queen, Certain
Yo,,kers Statesman.
A man who quit keeping diary be-
cause be never could find anything to
write in 1t. was the next day run over
by cart, beaten out Of 50 on . dog
trade, blackguarded by = fishwife and
drawn ON Jury. He will resume his
diary.
The mutations Of fortune are illus.
tratcd Mt Lcadvilie. Amongst the wRit'
ers ut the hotels there are an cx.men.
bcr of the New Jersey legislature. anex.
Confederate general, doctor, lawyer.
andan ex-judge from Freeborn county.
Minnesota.
DR.. William A. Hammond, late sur.
qeon general of tie United States army,
saws that men do not die from unre.
Quilted love. ~ am free TO saw he
continued in his lecture, "that the emo
anything else"
Aman whose lace showed the effects
Of fight lie had with his wife, ex-
planned to the police judge that, his dis
tigurement was caused by the rise in
iron. How so7" asked the Judge.
"Anyhow," said the prisoner, " it was
owing to the advance in nails. Sat-
uriay Night. '' -
Some of the English lsve-holders il
Brazil find themselves in 3 bad fx.
They have been holding slaves who
oug 1T, according to law, to have been
long since msnumitted, and the Brazil
ian government DEGREES that they mrst
give 70 eaCu uau WoEco AOI suC UhoAo
period of such detention. ;
Signor Parnetti has been analyzing
the debris and dust of the streets, with
the result of finding q large per centage
of iron and glue contained therein: He
proposes making practical use OF this
discovery by establishing blast furnaces
and glue works in London to secdre the
] valnable PRODUCTS from the waste ma-
terial Of metropolitan streets.
At Mount Desert, Me-, sea-guils are
caught alive in an unique way. A STICK
is put through the tail Of . small fish,
and then it is left upon the seashore
where it can be seen by the birds, Ihey
then seize and attempt to swallow y
head first, and succeed remarkably Wen
until they come to the stick. when =
stop is made. They cannot swallow Is
further, and it is equally impossible TO
raise it, and 80 they choke, strangle ana
fall over. when they are captured.