The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
CURIOUS FACTS.
Edith signifies "blessed."

Edith signifies 'blessed." ;
The weight of the circulating blood ID
twenty.eight pounds. j
Du Cange mentioned locks and pad
locks as early as 1881.
Marriage licenses are required in In.
diana but not in Wisconsin.
A monkey on an estate in Cuba has
been taught to play the piano.
Locks were early used by the Egypt
ians, Greeks, Romans and the Chinese.
The average weight of skeleton Is
about fourteen pounds; number of bones,
240.
Henry VI, King of England, died in
prison, by means known only to his
jailer.
A shingle nail was found in perfect
y fresh egg recently by a farmer near
Niles, Mich.
The Congressional library at Washing
ton contains 396, 00O volumes and 130,-
600 pamphlets.
A man breathes about eighteen pints
of air in minute, or upward of seven
hogsheads day.
The word "Chauyinism, meaning
blatant thirst for military glory, is Of
comparatively recent origin In France.
1t seems that Eelle Starr, the "bandit
queen" who was shot the other day out
on the plains, was about to publish
book. -
A man in Dakota was strangled to
death by chew of tobacco. which
worked down his throat during his
sleep.
The pelican mentioned in the Bible ID
a native of Africa, and its name is de-
rived from Hebrew word meaning
vomiter.
About 1900 B. G. when Emperor Yam
gave the order for the observation of tho
meridian stars is thought to be the be.
ginning of Chinese astronomy.
A wat b lost by an Ohio farmer two
years ago wa. found in the throat of one
of his COWS which had choked to death z
the other morning. She had found it in
straw stack. ..
ersons sending postal cards who
write upon the address side of them Gin
haste, " or other words unconnected with
their delivery, subject them to letter
postage, and they arc held as uDmailable.
The Forty second street depot in New
York is the finest railroad depot in the
United States. The Union Depot at In,
dianapolis and the Union Depot on Canal
street. in Chicago, probably come next. I
The recipe for making the original
eau du cologne was discovered 200
years ago, and since that time it has
been intrusted to only ten persons. The
written copy of the recipe is kept in
crystal goblet, under triple locks, in q
room in which the essential oils are
mixed. "r, .a
The microscope is usually supposed to
have been invented in 1921 by Cort
neIius Drebbel, Dutchman, but M
Cow has found an old book, published
in 1910, which proves that Calico must
! have originated this instrument as well
as the telescopes. Calico himself seems
to have referred to the microscope in
1914.
A nine -year.oId son OF Jerry MarrIeri
of Sevastopol, Wis, encountered bea1
in his fathers orchard, and, supposina
it to be dog attempted to scare II
away. Bruin refused to 60, however;
and, raising itself on its hind legs,
started toward the child. The little fell
low thereupon realized his mistake and
ran for the born, which he reached in
safety. ..-.. Id. s.
At weddings among Germans in the
southern colonies $50 years ago, th&
groomsmen attended in beautifully ema
broidered white aprons. Their duty
was to protect the bride from having
her slipper stolen from her foot. y
any ono succeeded in capturing it, thu
groomsman paid bottle of wine for tn!
loss, as the brides dancing depended
upon it.
A few days since there was sold on
the boulevard of Paris small cake fol
one sou, which bore this inscription{
"Souvenir of the Election of 1882
Boulanger: What he will promise-Eat
and you will find what he will give
The cakes sold rapidly, for they ap,
peared appetizing, but the first mouth.
full told the story. They were filled
with hay. ... IS