The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-17
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| - Palm leaves on the Amazon are
from 80 to so feet long.
- -AFrenchman has produced leath-
er which looks and feels like velvet. :
= tits estimated that the land in
| the United States is worth $12, ,500,-
900, 900.
One of the oldest markets in the
United States is at Alexandria, Va. Z
1t was built in 1850.
= The population of Italy is very Z
dense, there being 270 people to every
square smile of territory.
A loaf made from two pounds of
-four will weigh pounds 8 IL ounces
when taken from the oven.
An ants brain is larger in pro-
portion to the animals size, than that
of any other creature known.
BY the invention Of woman,
threads are now cut on watch screws
that are finer than human hair.
In the year 760 A. D.. there was
only one clock in the world and Pope
Paul I. sent it to the French King as
present.
- The 1st Of April and the 1st Of
July in any year, and in leap year the
1st of January, fall on the same day
of the week.
The first printers used only one
side Of page, then pasted together
the two blank pages to give the i'm,
preston of one leaf.
= 1t is said that the number of
people who die inside the city limits
of London every year would fill a
cemetery, Of % acres.
= Envelopes were first made in
1899, and sold for 10 cents and 255.
cents apiece. They are now sold at
from two to five for cent.
els the man Grace is going to
marry rich ?" Jennie: am sure he
must be from the way he. acts.
"Gives her expensive presents, eh ?'
'sNo horribly stingy.'
A baker estimates that every
American will consume two pies a
week, and if the statement is correct
~. I'll 81 q L z
the American stomach is weekly tor
tured with 10000, 900 pies.
= Executions ceased to be public
in England in 1865. Before thattime
they were in the squares in front of
the jails and attracted thousands Of
people from the country round.
| "Well, what did your wife give
you for Christmas ?" ''Why, it was
-er-let me see, very fine -ah
~ me 1 can't remember just what
but know it is very becoming
Jess-''Did you know there was
an antenuptial agreement between Mr..
and Mrs. Slivers ?" 3ess-'tNo, but
I'm not surprised. If they ever
agreed about anything it must have
been before they were married. T"
"Well, Uncle Silas, your boy is /.
home from college p eyes, wuss
luck" ''Worse luck Why ?" "He'S
larned SO much he can't plow up moth
in but my feelin's, nor harrer nothin
but my SOUL"
- The Sultan of Turkey is mono
maniac on the subject Of carriages.
He has been steadily engaged in max
ing collection of such vehicles for
the past twenty years, and now has
nearly 500 of all makes and kinds.
He is genuinely carried away with his
fad.
The cancellation of stamps by
electricity is being adopted by the
Post Office Department Of the United
States, recently patented stamping
machines being used for that purpose
and also for the postmarking of let
ters.
- Aunt Jane: Rob, DEAR, won't
you try to be- "a real good boy to-day -?
Rob: I will, aunty, for quarter.
Aunt Jane: Why, Rob! you wish pay
for being good? Rob: Well, aunty,
dear, you wouldn't have me good for
nothing, would you?
- Andrew j. Davis, a lately deceas-
ed Montana man of great wealth, was
not noted for his liberality, as rule,
but to friend who Was in financial
straits he once sent check for $780,
900 with the message: Pay me if you
can if you cannot never mention it.
-" "Mamma, DEAR" said Janet, "at
what time in the day was born ?"
"At2 o'clock in the morning.. "Ant
what time was I born ?" asked Jack.
"Not until s oclock." "Ah," cried
Janet, "my birthdays longer than
yours p "Well," said Jack. whats
the use of being born before it's time
to get up ?"
Jeremiah Wit says: Not long