The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

AS a horse and cart, apparently with
a load of hay, were about to pass the
Custom house of Vroenhoven, on the
Belgian frontier, the animal suddenly
stopped, and either could not or would
not bulge an inch. Two custom Off
GERS came up to lend Il hand, where
upon the driver took to his heels. It
turned out that the hay concealed
about $50 kilos of Dutch tobacco.
Conscientiousness must now be added
to the other good qualities of the
horse.
The last formulated idea in crazes is
an international cooking-match. This
is to take place in the aquarium in
Westminster, London. It means the
production of the favorite dishes of
each nation. The Briton will present
his plum pudding and roast beef, the
Spaniard ola-pod-rida, the Italian mac
aroni q Ia garlic, the German his brat
wurst and sauerkraut, the Russian his
kapoosta soup, the Frenchman his fri
cassee, and the Norwegian will teach
how to cook eggs in that variety Of
ways which astonishes the traveller in
his cline.
An ingenious Frenchman has con-
ceived the thoroughly Partisan idea of
preserving bodies by covering them
with a metal skin. Burying, he says,
has been condemned by experiences;
cremation is bad, as it destroys all evil
donce Of crime in case murder has
been committed, and embalming is X
pensive. But galvanizing is safe and
cheap. The poor can be z~inc-plated,
well-to do individuals may acquire a
copper coat and the millionaire can en-
joy the luxury of silver or gold plate,
NJ. Kergovaty, che inventor of this
method, says he has already used it
successfully eleven times in the case
of human beings, and over 100 times
for animals.
To deter boys from Ginning the tel
ephone poles at Fond du Lac, Wis,
the plan Of attaching wire to the
spikes and connecting them with a
battery was conceived, and it worked
to perfection. The first day 10 less than
200 boys attempted to climb the poles,
but Immediately received such a shock
that they retreated in dismay. Later,
however, farmer drove UP to the
hole and hitched his aorses. One Of
the animals unsuspectingly caught
hold Of the spike, and Immediately
there was a start and a jump, and the
hitching strap snapped and away went
the team. The farmer suffered the
fracture Of three ribs in attempting to
stop the runaways, one or more
women were run over and the wagon
smashed to atoms.
An American expedition sent out
last year by a wealthy New York lady
to find the site of the Garden Of Eden
reports important Geographical discov-
cries in the region of Chaldea, south.
Of Babylon. The best encouragement,
however, was in locating definitely the
original city of Sippora, on the bank
of the Euphratss. 1t was here that,
according 10 ancient Chaldean history,
Noah was commanded to bury all the
records of the anteduluvian world be-
fore he embarked In the ark, in order
that they might be preserved. We
mean to dig up this ground thorough
ly," says the leader Of the expedition,
land maybe shall find something as
tonishing,"
Whale fishing in small steamers off
the coast of New England is getting
to be a business Of some Importance,
four steamers formerly catchingmen-
hadenO having been steadily engaged
during the past season. They cruise
Off the Main and Massachusetts, shores
as far south as Cape Cod A bomb
lance, fired from u gun held at the
shoulderis the weapon employed in
killing the whales, about fifty Of
which have been taken this year.
They will average sixty feet in length
and twenty-five tons in weight. Each
one yields about twenty barrels Of oil,
two barrels of meat, FIVE tons Of dry
chum md twotons OF bone, the value