The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-10-23

are thus - senSltlzed before the ma
chine is shown.
Foreign journals state that the total
number of "recompenses" Of all sorts
to be accorded to the exhibitors in the
Paris exhibition is definitely fixed at
$500. They will comprise $500 gold
medals, 6,40O silver, 10000 bronze, 10,-
500 honorable mentions. The number
of exhibitors is 53, ,005. =
A Persian populaoe is not like Euro
pean one. In Europe monarch return
ing to his people after lengthy voyage
would be received by loud acclamations
of Joy and welcome, but when the shah
recently landed in his own dominions,
on his return from his European tour,
the people OF the towns through which
he passed merely bowed down their
heads il silence.
Frank Harrington, of Springfield,
Ohio, eloped with the pretty daughter
of Colonel Doltz. One of the first per.
sons they met on the train was Elder
Knight, the young mans former pastor
in Maysville. Frank told the elder that
he was looking for clergyman to marry
him, and the clergyman volunteered to
do the Job then and there. So, when
the conductor came along, he was pulled
into the seat as witness, and while tue
train was speeding thirty-tive miles an
hour, the two were made one.
In q case of robbery tried at Aberdeen,
Scotland, recently, the prosecutor identi.
fed .el note by the following couple'
which had been written by a previous
owner on the back of it:
This came to me in time Of need
And went away with railway speed.
An exchange states that Hachette &
Co., Paris. is the largest publishing
house in the world. 1t employs five
thousand persons, turns out book
day, aud does a business of So, 600. 900
year.
A cable dispatch recently sent from
Auburn, N. Y, to Australia, consisted
of thirty.three WORDS, and cost S64. SO.
The course of the message was as fol-
lows: From Auburn to New York; to
81 carts Content, N. F.; to Valencia ;
to London; through Germany, Russia,
Siberia, to .Vladiwoodstock, point on
the coast of Mantchooria; thence
through the Japan Sea to Nagaski, on
one of the Japan islands =: through the
Yellow Sea to Shanghae, China thence
down the coast of China through the
China Sea to Saigon, Siam to Singa-
pore, Malay; thence to Batavia, on the
coast of Java thence to st. Darwin, on
the northern coast OF Australia, and to
Sydney.
A monument has recently been erect
ed in one of the Edinburgh cemeteries
by Miss Burdette-C Coutts, of London, to
the memory of faithful dog. It ap-
pears that this dog followed his master 8
body to the grave, and after seeing it
inferred, took his position by the side OF
the grave, and could not be persuaded
to leave it. For fourteen years he re-
mained in the churchyard, his fa7orite
resting-place being the foot of his mas
ter's grave. Food was furnished him by
the members of the family, and one
morning he was found there lying dead,
and his history being well known he was
buried by his masters side. Miss
Coutt's, on hearing of his singular his
tory, ordered the erection of monument
over his remains closely resembling the
faithful animal.
Or the eight hundred persons suddenly
submerged in the river Thames by the
Princess Alice disaster, scarcely a dozen
saved their lives by swimming. The
reason is that at that place the river is
little better than O mass Of sewage. 1t
regularly carries away the liquid refuse
of the city of London, and at the instant
of the collision there was being poured
into it near the fatal spot the contents of
two great cesspools. The immediate
effect of immersing person in sewage,
say the chemists, is asphy1ia, and the
eight hundred excursionists must have
become numb, and incapable of any
effort. The bodies, when recovered, had
undergone strange changes. 1denti6ca.
ton was difficult. Clothing had changed
color, and the decomposition had been
swift. Everything pointed to the action
of some powerful chemical substance.
The present German parliament is
composed OF one ield-marshal, one lieu
tenant-general, one colonel, one ambas-
sador, seven ministers, eleven presidents
of governments, seven councillors of gov
ernmen5, forty-one judges, five crown
prosecutors, twenty four barrlsters,
three directors of provinces, fifteen
landrathe directors of circles), thirteen
professors, eight burgomasters, four
directors of gymnasiums (schools pre-
paratory for the uuiversities), five ply
sicians, thirty.four officers OF various
ranks, twenty-four clergymen, twenty
six persons living on their incomes or
their fortunes, 100 landed proprietors,
thirteen authors and journalists, thirty
four manufacturers and merchants, one
bookseller, one turner, ono brewer, and
one photographer. Among the members
are one duke, eight princes, twenty
seven counts, and 126 petty mobiles.
The "telegastrograph" is hypothet t.
ical invention of startling novelty. By
it's aid people can eat and drink at several
miles distance from food and beverages
at least they can enjoy whatever deli.
cacies are served, and even become ex'
hilarated with stimulants. The naodus
operandi is supposed to be something as
follows: A dainty dish is placed in re-
ceptacle connected with a powerful bat
terry. Wires are attached, corresponding
to the number of guests invited, and oi
sufficient length to reach their respec'
tive abodes. At the appointed dinner
hour each guest places the wire in hif
mouth. and Immediately the full flavor