The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-16
CURIOUS FACTS.

An Altoona Penn.) horse received
two 13O0-volt shocks from broken wire
and was unhurt. t
In Siam magistrates are said to be the.
biggest liars and the police the greatesS
thieves in the country. I:
One hundred and twenty walnut trees
standing in the forest near Delphi, lnd.,
we're sold lately for $40, 900.
A Boston sufferer from rheumatism
claims to have been cured by carrying an
old electric light carbon in his pocket.
At Cherokee, Ca, a Squire recently
united a very young couple. The groom
was eighteen and the bride twelve years
of age.
There are a dozen factories in Amster.
dam, Holland, kept night and day max
ing genuine old spoons, knives and forks
for foolish tourists.
Louis Johnson, of Galesburg, ILL.,. was
attacked in bed by rat and severely
bitten. johnson was exhausted from
fright the next morning. t
A shorthand reporter in Placer Coun,,
ty, CAL, charged for punctuation marks
as if they were words, and the county
wants $104.3O refunded. 4
There are two birds at the London Zoo
that have great regulations as ventrilo-
auists. One is crane-like bird called
the trumpeter and the other is the emu.
The late DR.. Dollinger, the eminent
scientist, in childhood was able to distin-
guish every species of flying insect on the
wing, and all his pocket-money went to
the booksellers. Z
The grave of Nathaniel Harrison, the
ancestor of President Harrison, has been
desecrated by relic hunters. 1t Is located
on the north side of the James River
Road, near Sunken Meadow, Va. !
The Chinese in San Jose, Cal. lease
property from q white man for twelve
months in the year and charge their
tenants for thirteen months, there being
this many months in the Chinese year.
Alta meeting of Freemasons' lodge
at Lahore, India, recently, there was
only about twenty members present, yet
speeches were made in no fewer than six
European and seven Oriental languages
The Zambesi Falls in Southern Africa
are thrice as high as those Of Niagara,
and situated in the midst of glowing
tropical verdure. The waterfall, there!
fore, is not open to view, as is its Ameri!
can rival.
Flowers are ssrented" instead of pur-
chased at Washington, D. c., and a
clever florist recently used the same
flowers at an early afternoon lunch, at a,
s o'clock tea and at card reception In
the evening.
A humpbacked man in Chicago makes
a living by selling the time of day. He
has chronometer which is warranted to.
keep the correct time. He covers GER
tain district each week, and receives ten
cents visit.
Rev. J. NJ. Deitzler, Of Annville, Penn,
pulled from his pocket $40 bill re-
Gently and threw it into the fire, under
the impression that it was slip of paper
containing the numbers of the hymns he
had that day announced from the pulpit.
A Panhandle engineer discovered
a little child seated on tie against the
rail as his train was going into Hartford
City, Ind. Climbing down onto the
pilot, he succeeded in pushing the little:
one out of the way Of the engine with
his foot. The child was unhurt:- /
"To display a diamond properly"
says prominent American jeweler, sit
must be worn alone. Few people seem
to understand this. If solitaire Is
pure it is obvious that if worn next to
a ruby it will reflect the hue of the
latter, and thus its value will be OBJ
scured." .'''.