The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
CURIOUS FACTS.

of the United Statcs.
A child born CT Chinese parents in this
country may become citizen.
A turpentine we'll is reported to have
been discovered in Laurens County, Ga.
In Baltimore they call ball throwing in
the public streets "barking and catch
ing"
Tanning crows is new fad in Georgia.
The birds are intelligent and easily
taught.
The word "vinesar" is derived from
two French words, win aigre, meaning
sour wine.
Nine petrifed frogs were found in q
solid rock at High Springs, Fla, during
a recent day.
A hairless calf is owned by Mr.. Free
land, of Howe Township, Dauphin
County, Penn.
IA. Schuyler, OF Pottstown, Penn,
has piece of amber from the Baltic Sea
inclosing petrifed beetle.
A West Virginia electrician has in
vented wire fishing rod with an elec-
trio bell which will ring for every nib
BILE.
If all the telephone wires in this coun-
try were stretched in a continuous line
they would reach seven times around the
earth.
W. Shelly, of Milford Square, ILL.,, has
a Newfoundland dog ponderous enough
to do all the family washing by tread
power.
A recent count of money in the United
States Treasury revealed q shortage OF
$35. The amount counted was SlS4,-
$1,000.
Pete Mutt, of Dade County, Ca, has
a chicken eating mule. He eats them raw,
and will chase fat hen for a mile, If
necessary.
The law of Wisconsin requires that all
logs put into water shall be marked.
Just as cattle are marked on the plains,
so that every one will know his own.
Among the Chinese, should the lily
blossom on New Years Day, it is re-
parded as most happy omen, presaging
the best of luck to the fortunate owner Of
the plant.
Up to 1854 the English Postofice had
issued 81, 1902, 900, 900 postage stamps.
That would cover 1852 square miles, and
would reach to the moon and back II
placed end to end.
Warden Toner, of the New Castle
Del.) jail, has received a bushel Of plug
tobacco for distribution among the prison
ers. The donor signs himself: "One
who has been there"
A milk white horse that was ridden by
General Grant during the war is now
owned by D. B. Flint, of Boston. The
animal is twenty-nine years old and is
frequently driven by Mr.. Flint.
One mode of selling turquoises at
Niini-Novgorod, Russia, is peculiar. A
person, on payment of certain sum, is is
allowed to plunge his hand into a bag full
ofhcm and to retain all he can seize.
According to NJ. Mace, the ex-Chief OF
the Surete, four hundred or five hundred
pockets are picked daily in Paris, even
when there is no universal exhibition to
attract both the wolf and the lamb.
The Chinese have q practical way of
giving testimonial. When few vii
lages appreciate the kind offices OF a
magistrate, the natives subscribe together
and present him with an official um-
brella.
A French fisherman who was reported
lost, and whose property was divided up,
returned all right after an absence OF two
years, but the French courts hold that he
is dead, and he has got to take a new
name and be somebody else.
The. "Colombophile Congress and
Monster Toss" will take place at Paris
This is not species of bull fight, with
pigeon fanciers as picadores, matadors,
etc., but great flight of 100, 900 pigeons,
to be started from the Trocadero August
4.
The word "teetotal' had its origin
through suffering temperance orator,
who urged on his hearers that nothing
less than 'te-te-te-total" abstinence
would satisfy temperance reformers.
Some one at once adopted ''teetotal,
and it sprang into general use.