The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
AIl Sorts of Paragraphs.

One factory in Richmond pro-
duces 6OO,OOO,OOO cigarettes every
year.
The only quadruped that lays
eggs is the ornithorhychus of Aus
tralia.
The greatest bell in the world,
that of Moscow, has never been used
as a bell =
- The United States uses nearly
one-half of the quinine produced in
the world. ~
Over 4,3OO,00O cases of canned
tomatoes were prepared for the market
last season.
A shower which fell at Alden in
1888 was the first that fell there in
twenty-six years.
- The earth's lowest body of water
is the Caspian sea, which has been
sinking for centuries.
Taking it year in and year out
the coldest hour of each "a is 5 o'clock
in the morning.
In case of dispute between par
ents the father has the legal right of
naming the children.
/ The monthly income of the Gar
of Russia is about s1,0O0,0OO. He
he has no salary.
Some one has figured that finger
nail grows 7 feet inches in a scrip
tural term lifetime.
Bullets poisoned with infectious
disease germs is the latest fendish
improvement in the art of war.
- A mother never quite forgives
her son for marrying until he becomes
the father of a baby that is named for
her.
"A prehistoric skull found at An
niston, Ala, in 1890, measured "a
inches in circumference just above
the ears.
- The famous agricultural ant"
of the Southwestern United States
often build their houses or nests from
12 to 20 feet high.
A spider with legs Al inches in
length, back 3 inches one way Al
the other, and weighing nine ounces,
has been reported from Alabama.
- The largest oak in Georgia is on
the plantation of one Jonathan Far
mer in Oglethorpe County. It meas
ures 27 feet in circumference.
BY the use of an electric door
mat, just invented, storekeeper or
housekeeper can leave the door open
with safety. When a visitor steps
upon the mat an electric bell rings.
-"Lend me s1O." "I told you
yesterday that : was broke.'' eyes !
I know; but I'd just as soon borrow
from liar as anybody else.
Children who are dressed in
white clothes, medical men declare,
are more susceptible to colds and in
fictitious diseases than those clad in
dark, warm colors.
"What is reason ?" asked the
teacher from Boston of the smallest
boy in the class. cts what my
daddy never has for lickin' me" was
the confident reply.
-"I shall be glad when get big
enough to wash my own face" NUT
tered little Johnny after his mamma
had got through with him; "then
won't wash it"
= Prisoner: It's hard to charge me
with forgery, for you see I can't even
sign my own name. Judge: That
point is immaterial; it's another mans
name you're accused of signing.
-"No; I haven't the slightest
idea of her age" ''I thought you
had been friends since childhood ?"
''That's just why am so uncertain.
You see 10 years ago she was 49,
Gen. P. G.. T. Beauregard was
noted for his secretiveness. At Man
asses Junction in 1861 one of the men
who did not clearly understand his
position asked Gen. Beauregard about
certain big guns that had just arrived
from Richmond. Beauregard replied:
"Young man, if the coat on my back
knew the secrets of my heart l would
cut it in pieces"
-"I don't believe in those secret
societies." said one lady to another.
'That's very Singular replied the
other. "Your husband is Mason, a
Knight of Pythias and Knight of
Honor, and you will have at least
$4,000 when he dies" But what
good does all that do me ?" was the
fearful response, "when he never dies?
and the poor creature burst into tears;
Eliza and Jane were two old
maid friends, and Jane broke the bond
by marrying. Her husband was con-
spicuously homely, and the first time
Eliza met Jane she said, scornfully:
"Good gracious, Jane, why didn't you
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