The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST
1v of taste-The cook.

Sweet are the uses OF advertisements
Mrs. Parti'gton.
The streets of Philadelphia are to be
swept by convicts.
Handkerchiefs with fancy borders are
still the boarders' fancy.
Ifa ship arrives in port second late
they dock it.-Nonkers Statesman.
"This can't be beat" as the man said
when he bought the porcelain egg.
The quantity of cotton consumed in
1878 was ffty-four times greater than
l77s. .-... .
The locomotives on the Pennsy ylvaniA
railroad use 10000 tons of sand an
nually. ..
Whisky is bad juice, and you can't
make good use of it neither.-Maratsoa
Independent.
A place for everything and everything
in its plsce-The baby's mouth
Toronto Grip. t..
tits estimated the St. Gothard tunnel
will augment trade between Germany
and Italy tenfold.
A St. Louis police. officer killed a
Young man who refused to tell where
he was going late at night.
Croquet, says the Boston Commercial.
Bulletin, is popular this see son, notwith-
standing that it is played out. .
Philadelphia alone produces annually
1000, 900 more yards of carpeting than
the whole of Great Britain. .... ...
Circumstances alter cases." said the
Unsuccessful lawyer. "but my cases
don't alter my circumstances"
There are I,4S7 licensed places where
LIQUOR is sold in Buffalo, and 723 saloons
where nothing but liquor is sold.
Time is money, and some people are
fearfully extrAvagant when they Vlsl
editorial sanctums.-New YORK. GTdphsc
At this season, when the young girl
looks pale and grows listless, it is hard
to say whether it is early love or early
potatoes. 49,. ..--r
The Detroit Free Press gives this as
the new style OF tield-sign in the West:
"This farm for sale, subject to mortgages
and cyclones"
"Will the action lie?" inquiries the
anxious client. Yes" replies theafa.
CSLlOuS dllOlu luCJs ehC "SeASn " AAA >A~ -
the witnesses will"
A Michigan wido1 who jumped of
load of hay and knocked down tramp
who made fun of her sun bonnet, had
three offers of marriage within week.
A man who undertakes anythinga%d
gets left at his own game catches a
tartar. The boy who climbs to the top
shelf in the pantry does so with the eX-
pect & tion of catching tart or two
Keokuk Gate City.
Astronomy was first studied by the
Moors, and was introduced by them
into Europe in ll0l. The rapid pro-
gress of modern astronomy dates from
the time of Copernicus. It was
known to the Chinese about HOO B. G.
The pay of private soldier in the
British army is one shilling day in the
infantry, and one and threepence in
the cavalry, exclusive in each case OF
one penny day for beer money. The
government supplies the uniforms,
weapons and rations.
Watches were first invented in Nu-
remburg by Peter Halle. They used
to be called Nuremburg eggs, because
they were oval in shape. 1t took many
wears to bring them to their present
State of perfection, and to render them
the common convenience OF the present
day.
A coauette came out of fancy-goods
shop loaded with purchases. You
have renewed your provision" said a
rival. Don't speak of it; have
quite ruined myself! l have bought a
thousand things do not need, among
others six tooth brushes" "Ah! one
for each TOOTH" said the ether, sweetly.
The record of best running time made
in the United States for the distances
named is as follows: One mile-Ten
Brock, 1909; Hartford, Conn.,, Sept: 2,
1875. Two miles-Ten Brock, 3Nt;
Louisville, KY, May 90, 1877. Three
mlles-Ten Brock, 5.264; Louisville,
Ky, SEPT. %, 1876. Four miles--Ten
Brock, 7.l53; Louisville, KY, Sept. q,
1876.
The old saying, "Nine tailors make
q man." originated from the following
circumstance: A number Of years since,
in London, a little boy was accustomed
to sell apples, cakes, etc., among the
various shops. At one place he visited
were nine journeymen tailors, who, On
account of the unusual brightness OF the
boy, determined to educate him. Each
one contributed portion toward the
necessary expenses, and the boy cventu-
ally became noted individual. In
this way nine taiiors were said to have
made man.