The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
CURIOUS FACTS.
London has Nd car tracks.

blOnQeS Set se8SlCh mucu uofo oooAsJ
than brunettes.
A fish with two tails is the leading
curiosity at Madison, Ga. -. s
The frigate Philadelphia was de-
stroyed by Decatur on February u
1904. sa
The Columbian River is so clear at low
water that salmon fishing can only be,
successfully conducted at night.
It is noticed that some of the 'sdocked
a2rsa5 at Newport, R. l., now wear ar-s
tiGcial tails to "avert prejudice"
It is said to be a popularity Of the;
Chinese that they prefer stale to freah
eggs. They Can never poach them, how
ever. S$
Turbot is supposed to be the mosks
prolific fish. One of twenty eight
pounds weight contained II, ,00o, ,000;
eggs. 5sS
In Africa elephants tongue aud liver,
are deemed great luxuries, aud small
wars often arise for possession of ds-s
parted Jumbo.
Trains on the Brooklyn bridge maks
faster time (by two miles an hour) than
did the first railway train that ran be-
tween New York and Albany.
The greater number of successive vic-s
tories in war in one day were those int
Mexico of General Scott, who had fves
and General Taylor, who had three.
The Quadruple Delivery Machine Com
pany, just being aoated in England,
offers for two cents your weight, box
Of sweets and an insurance policy. Tbs
latter, which is for 1926, lasts twenty
one days. 80
The bugs that can elude the activu
turkey must be very animated creatures.
A farmer near Garden City, Kan, at-
tackled a column of grasshoppers with
seventy turkeys, and was soon master o.
the situation.
A tree near Manistee, Mich, thirty
six feet in circumference, twelve fest IN
diameter and It's feet high, win b.
blasted with dynamite, as there Is no
saw that will cut it, and no mill th1t
can cut it in boards.
School gardens, of which there are
more than 5000 in Austria, are being
laid in different parts of Germany. Their
object is to give methodical instructions
in the cultivation of fruit trees to Do.
used in the teaching of botany.
There is an immense garden in Chins
that embraces an area of $4,000 square
miles. It is all meadow land, and =
filed with lakes, ponds and canals
Altogether it is as large as the States @
New York and Pennsylvania combined.
A woman is responsible for the idea q
giving cakes of soap as souvenirs. ~
one of the cheap baths in New York.
each one who is willing to invest fve
cents gets the use of tub and q towel.
On going away, the renovated one is pfs-
sented with cake ofsoap.
A pony mare, believed to be aboul
thirty years of age, dropped foal e.
Gently on the farm of Mr.. Nicol, q
I Blackbog, in the Fyoie district of Aber.
deenshirc, Scotland. So far as knows
thig.is tie first tcsl eyer borne BY thi1
/ sged dam. Both parent and ohsprtns
are doing we'll. >ssxs~--v....zx
A valuable bird dog owned by Grai
Valley (Cal.) man was recently shown {
! parrot. He Immediately ''pointeds s
when polly marched up In front of him
and said, tsYou're rascal" The terr1-
fed dog turned tail and ran away, snd
is ruined for hunting, as he now CANNED
be induced to "point at any kind q
bird.
An ingenious portrait has just beei
completed of President Osrnot. I'd.
head Is composed of his biography, wit
ten in minute letters and so shaded q
to form an excellent Likeness; fragmeuh
of his various orations make the ceat anf
shirt front, while the presidential mae
sage may be read on the corden Of thl
Legion of Honor. ....--.. .5
The Louvre possesses q nagnidcsn
mosaic, discovered in the plains of m
by NJ. Ernst Rensn, the famous soholaE
during his tour in Pheuicia. The mo
sale was originally the pavement OF ],
church dedicated to St. Christopher. !
is beautiful specimen of its kind and .
valuable addition to the Louvre. 4
great size hindered it for some time frou
finding place in the museum. But q
length it was placed in the Molten gsl
lery, where it now occupies public a
tention.
The silk waist of Mollie Stark's we'd
ding dress, now owned by Mary =.
Blanchard OF Peacham, was taken b
Bennington. Vt, for exhibition during
the celebration. The dress is remark
ably we'll preserved, but has, perhaps,
changed In color from white to tan o.
straw hue. An ear jewel, once worn By
the venerable Motley, accompanied ths
waist. The dress, except that the
sleeves were too long, was a good TT fot
Mollie Stark Childs, the eight year old
daughter OF A. P. Childs.
Whpre tho Fan Spryes Gsa a Newsssnr,aH.