The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-03-02
THE MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
WHAT WE FIND IN THE PAPERS TIC
SURPRISE I'M STARTLE US.
sad Case Of Observation-Disclosures Frog
-President Clevclnnd's Arms-TheS Story
ofJudge Lynch-A Cigar Smokers Way
The Cause of Cold Waves, ETC., Etc.

In, some recent scientific experiments
on the effects of cold. two frogs were
frozen solid in q temperature OF about
20 degrees Fahrenheit, and kept in that
condition for half an hour. On thnwing
slowly they recovered perfectly, but it
was found that longer periods of expo
sure invariably killed the animals. The
experiment was tried of freezing her
metically sealed meat, SO as to kill its
bactoral organisms, and thus render it
incapable of putrcfying. 1t was found,
however, that S low a temperature as
80 degrees below zero would not destroy
the vitality of heterogeneous. 1t was
thus made clear that the attempts to
preserve meat for a long time by II mo-
mcntary freezing of it must he aban-
doned.
In receiving visitors the President has
peculiar habits in the management of
his arms and hands. When he is pleased
or contcntcd to listen he holds his hands
about six inches apart, with the back
part of his hand against his coat. The
fingers generally arc quiet, but if they
begin to work or contract he is growing
tired. Then he will shit from one foot
ITO the other. If the man borcs him the
arms gradually come forward. The
move is gradual, but if the infict:on
continues, the hands fall to the side,
thumbs in. If still the visitor persists
In staying, the arms go out and the
thumbs beat against his side. Then it
is time to go.
THE Prince of Wales has entered on
his 45th year. lie was BORN ut 3S min
utes past 10 on Tuesday morning, Nov.
8, 1S41, the event coming very oppor-
tunely for the Lord Mayors dinner.
From some crochet Of the Prince Con-
cert, intelligence cf the Queen being in
labor was not sent off till SO late that
some of the dignitarics whose duty it
was to assist ut the birth did not arrive
until after all was over, and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury was thus relieved
of part of his task. Instead of engaging
in prayer for the safe delivery of the
child, he had only to offer the usual
thanksgiving.
AMONG the 1884 couples who got
married in Berlin last year was 561
widows, 229 divorced women, and one
man who had the courage to marry a
woman who had been divorced three
times. There we're 95 marriages of cou-
sins, 4 OF uncle and niece, 9 of nephew
and aunt. One man of % married a
woman of nearly 60, and one man Of rs
a girl of 25. In 53 cases the man was
10 to 20 years younger than the bride,
IN 8 cases 20 to 25 years younger, in one
case about 30 years younger. March,
April and May, September, October and
November were the months in which
the greatest number Of marriages took
place.
THE cause OF cold waves, Lieut.. Wood
ruff of the Signal Service Bureau SAYS,
Is not yet understood. He explains
that In various Investigations and studies
it has been shown that "a fall of tenn
perature succeeds or follows al area of
low barometer and a rise precedcs such
an area" and asks the following ques-
ton: 'Is this cold the effect of an
area of high barometer, or is the
area of high barometer due to decrease
OF temperatures" The prediction of the
approach or progress of cold waves is as
yet apt to 60 wrong nine times out of
ten. The Most intense cold waves fol-
low severe storms.
H Lynchburg Va.) Mems says that
: although the lynching of Henry Mason,
colorcd, recently, for the murder of Mr..
Hammersley, IS the first occurrence of
the kind in Campbell county, the very
name of "Lynch law" was derived from
a native of that county-old Col. Lynch
who was in the habit of administering
summary punishment to marauders and
miscrcants of every description without
paying any attention to the ordinary
process of law. Hence he was called
"Judge LYNCH" and this, it is said,
is the true origin of the terms .slynch-
ing" and ''lynch law"
In Milwaukee, Wis, the nine-ycar- old
son of Robert Whedon is suffering ter
ribly from hydrophobia caused 6y the
bite of q rabid Newfoundland dog. The
child barks like a dog, and the sight of
water throws him into spasms. He will
die. The dog which attacked him is
the same which bit a boy named Nagel-
schmidt, who died of hyurophobia a few
weeks ago. Several other children and
dogs are known to have been bitten and
there is a great panic in the northwest
ern part of the city where the dogs at
tacks occurred. Several mad dog have
ireen killed.
A WRITER in a health journal tells of
a debilitated patient who did not do at
oil well on beef tea. but was easily re-
stored to health On a diet of bean SOUP.
The only remarkable thing about this is
that the patient ever expected to derive
strength and nourishment from beef tea
alone. Considering that we have up
ward of a hundred thousand doctors.
and hat a very large proportion of them
are fully agreed that beef tea is alone
valueless, except as a stimulant, it is
surprising that people continue to look
upon it as food.
WHILE playing at the schoolhouse