The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
CURIOUS FACTS.

A whale is not q fish. It is,a mammal
and suckles its young.
Although the Kentucky river is 2oo
miles long, there is not an island IN lts
whole length. .@..,-ss - -
Girls are trained to agriculture in Dem
mark, the owners of farms receiving
them as pupils. i ...2.2ssEss. =
Le Nature claims that a machine OF
one.horse power would keep 1000, 0o0
watches going.
A police officer at Los Angeles, Cal,
carries a'lasso and it ably assists him to
perform his duty. ~
The French will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased liver of geese, but draw the
line at Alligators. =.
To-day the Fred A. Billings IS con-
sidered the largest wooden. American
ship, her tonnage being 5000. e
It is estimated that to collect one
pound of honey from clover 62, 600 heads
of clover must be deprived of nectar and
3,750, 900 visits from bees must be made.
An eminent firm of soap makers offered
to print the British Census gratis, if they
were. allowed to print their advertise
ments on the cover. The proposition
was declined. - f
Near Tallahassee, Fla, the other day
half an acre of high land sank suddenly
below the level of the marsh, and 8
cabin close by narrowly escaped going
down with it., - ~. go
Aparrot died last year in Paris at the
reputed age of 103 years, and, since it
was handed down by will to successive
owners, its longevity may be accepted as
a fact fully established. &,
- A St. Louis chiropodist has queer
sign hanging in front of his Office. The
letters are made from corns which he has
extracted from his patrons, and every
period is indicated by an enormous
bunion. ........,s,,5> ~ /.
At Tuscaloosa, Ala, the family of DR..
Reed were awakened by the barking of
o fine setter dog, to find their kitchen so
much on fire that in very few minutes
more the whole house must have been
lost, ifnot their lives as well. <
It is q curious fact that while Queen
Victoria speaks German in her home
circle, the present German Empress dis-
regards it in hers and uses English as
much as possible. English, is the fire.
side tongue of the Greek, Danish and
Russian royal families.
There is, at Bradford, Penn, blind
jeweler who can repair jewelry, and
watches entirely through his sense Of
touch. The blindness came upon, him
after he had become proficient work
man, and then, by cultiyating the SEM
sibility in his finger ends, he overcome in
great measure his lack of seyesight. e
George Herrick, OF Logansport, Ird.,
while watching the demolishing Of an old
building in that city recently, saw 9 clay
pipe embedded in the brick. Curiosity
| led him to break the brick and secure
the pipe, of common white clay. It
must have been lying in its contentet
bed for nearly fifty years, and was put
there by some worker in a brick yard.
The building was erected in 1s47e :
A tramp known as the dsleathef
Man" passes through West Somers, M
Y, about once in five weeks. His dress
is entirely of leather, made of small
pieces which he picks up in his travels. /,
He never talks to any one, and refuses
money or anything but food. He never
enters building, sleeps in the timber,
and tramps day by day through heat
and cold and storm. Where he came
from, or who he is, no one knows.
Alexander Nohl, of Corey, Ohio, owns
rare curiosity. It9is 81 bilt, Con.
tinental currency. On it is what is
known as the wild hog seal-a crude cut
of wild hog, while to its left IS the );
following: 'ssThis bill entities the bearer
to receive four Spanish milled dollars, or
the value thereof in gold or silver, ac-
cording to a resolution of Congress
passed at Philadelphia, February II,
ire. Signed John Howard" Another
signature appears, but it is too much
defaced to be made out.