The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-30
CURIOUS FACTS.
The thimble is Dutch invention.

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The thimble is a Dutch invention.
The Chinese say a large nose indicates
shrewdness.
Three words can be cabled across the
Atlantic in one minute.
Connecticut was settled by emigrantd
from Massachusetts, in 1888. ,,s
Two cypress trees cut near the WekiyaI
Fla.) shingle mills produced 100000
shingles.
"Cusar' was title or name given tUI
the twelve Emperors of Rome who,suG-|
ceeded julius Caesar.
Lysistratus, the statuary, was the iY-II
ventor of moulds from which he cast
wax figures in 32S B. c.
The surrender of Yorktown, the
crowning glory of the American arm3,1
occurred Friday, October 10, 1871. w
The ruins of Pompeii, at the foot ost
Mount Eesuvius, Italy. were not disco1]
cred until the middle of the eighteentp
century.
A sportsman, while out cunning, nea3t
Barnesville, Nd, shot partridge OUT
of hawks mouth and did not injur1e
the hawk.
A curious sight near Ellijay, Ga,
the grave of a mountaineer's wife which
is protected from the fury of the elements
by number of lightning rods.
In the stomach of bear recently killed
in northern Michigan was found boz
of sardines over which the membrane o1
the stomach had partially grown.
A curious local name for plant Z
"John.go.to.bed-at-noon," applied ~
England to the yellow goats beard
which opens at four and closes just be-
fore twelve o'clock.
The employees of the Providence (R
L) Bleaching and Calendering Company
are called to work by q bell which wal
taken from convent in Spain, and wa
cast in 1915 in houor of Ferdinand VIZ.
One of the natural curiosities
| Antelope Creek, in the Butte CreeH
Valley. Montana, about mile from thy
residence of w. J. Bray, is cave whic
contains superior ice all the year round
A bunch of dates that weighed thirty
five pounds was picked on a ranch
Winters, Cal, recently. The owner
out q few trees as an experiment tWent
five years ago, and they have been beai
ing for ten years.
A St. Louis sportsman recently pr
cured in Oregon a trophy that is one
the greatest curiosities of its kind in q
world. 1t consists of large and perfed
pair of caribou antlers which are entirei
covered with fine, close growth
hair. -.
Some time ago, Matte Tennell,
young woman of Santa Barbara, Cak|
had some lemon juice accidentally Spite
over her hair on one side OF the heas
Since then the hair on that side has ID
come perfectly white, and the ends
the hair curl as though treated with
curling iron.
A curious piece of gold was paid to
Lewiston, Me-, man the other day.
is q S5U slug coined in 1851 in Sa
Francisco. 1t is an eight.cornered pee
of yellow gold about as big as q siivl
dollar. 1t bears the stamp OF the coin
and his address in Frisco. 1t is SO,
to be worth about $53. A Lewista
lady had kept it for years.
In one of the cellars of the Rathskeller,
Bremen, Germany, there are twelve larA
cases of wine, each case containing tn
celebrated .Rosenwein,' which was
posted there in 1924. One case OF tn
wine, containing 204 bottles, cost aoe
rix dollars at that time. Taking all
eenses into account and compoundir
the interest, single glass, one:eighg
of bottle, would cost about $500, ,00
or about $500 drop"
The point farthest North reached bya!
exploring party is ESQ miles from =
North Pole. Beyond this are ice gorg
insurmountable, and frost so severe th5
no human ingenuity has yet construct
any appliance to withstand its cold.
blisters the skin like extreme heat
greatest progress ever made across
desolate wilderness was st the rate OF
miles day, the explorers often rest
as many days as they had journeyed M
in single day. ~