The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-11-24
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

ooC ONE oyster may lay as many as 2,OOO,-
600 eggs year.
A BLOW from the leg of mn ostrich
Will break mans Leg
"A WOLF. like tiger, having once
eaten man, prefers him to all clso for a
dinner, and if he attacks n man it is
proof that he has already dincd off ono
or had hydrophobia.
THE sea cucumber, one of the curious
jelly bodies that inhabit the ocean. can
practically otlnco himself when il dnnper
by squeezing the water out of his bodv
and forcing himself into narrow crack
so narrow as not to be visible to the
naked eye. He can throw out nearly
whole OF his inside, and yetlive and grow
it again.
ACCORDING to n writer in Nature. the
| small migratory birds that are unable to
perform tho flight of $50 miles across the
Mediterranean sea are carried across on
the backs OF cranes. In tho autumn
many flocks of cranes may be seen COM
ing from the north, with the FIRST cold
blast from that quarter, flying low, anG
utterlng peculiar cry, as if of alarm,
rs they circle over the cultivated plains.
Little birds of every species may be
terlng songs of those already comfortably
settled upon their backs NAV be dis
tnctly heard. But for this kind pro-
vision OF nature, numerous varieties Of
small birds would become extinct in
northern countries, as tho cold winters
wouldlill them.
BANK OF ENGLAND notes aro modo
from pure white linen cuttings-never
from rags that have Deen worn. So
carefully Is the paper prepared that even
the number of dips into the pulp made
by each individual workman is repis-
tered on dial by machinery, and tho
sheets are carefully counted and bOoke4
to each person through whose hands
they pass. The printing is done by II
most curious process within the bank
building. There is an elaborate ar
rangement for securing that no note
shall be exactly like any other in exist
ence; consequently there never has beer
duplicate bank note except by forgery.
The stock of paid notes for seven years
is said to amount to $4,000, 900, and to
Till III, 600 boxes, which, if placed side
| by side, would cover over three miles in
| extent.
In England the north side of q church,
| yard IL objected to as place of burial.
The old ecclesiastical reason is this
"The east is Gods sido, where His
throne is set; the west is mun' 8 side, the
Galilce Of the Gcntilcs; the south is the
side OF the angels and of the 'spirit"
made just, where the sun shines in it's
strength. The north is the dovil's side.
: where Satan and his legion lurk to catch
the unwary." Some churches have still
q L" devils door" III the north wall, which
was opened at baptisms and commun-
ions to let the devil out. Miles Ever
dale, in his " Praying for the Dead"
A. d. 1896, says: " AS they die, so shall
they arise; if in faith in the Lord, to-
ward the south, X and shall arise
in glory; if in unbelief, X to-
ward the north, then are they past all
hope"
The disproportion Of the costs of n
lawsuit to the damages obtained was
probably never greater than III case
argued by William II. Seward in 1848.
A newspaper addressed to n Miss FELTON,
was received at the Syracuse postoffice.
The Postmaster refused to deliver the
paper without letter postage, because the
initials of the sender wore on the wrap
per. The lady sued in Justices court
for the value of the paper, and was
awarded 6 cents dnmHges. The Post
master appealed, and tt, case was car
ried successivcly to the Court of Com
mon Pleas, the Supreme Court of tho
State, the Court of Appeals and the
United States Supreme Court, each af-
tirming the original decision. When the
case entered the last tribunal $136. 90 in
costs had been added to the cents dam
ages.