The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

The curfew ordinance is enforced in
about 800 Western cities, with such
good results that the women of Aug
usta, Ga. havep petitioned for it's enact.
ment there.
While the museums and galleries Of
Berlin, Paris, London, etc., are usually
open to the public free, the Italian
galleries and museums usually charge
a franc or more for admission.
A Georgia Coroner's jury brought
in the following verdict: ':sThe de.
ceased came to his death from q rail.
road in [the hands of a receiver, and
the same is manslaughter in the first
degree" .
Spanish trains 80 seldom leave sta
tions on time that the time tables in
many cases merely indicate the hour
of departure-say and 'minutos"-
that is, an indefinite number Of min.
utes after 8. .. -"
Among the various demands for con-
cessions at the Paris Exposition is one
for q tremendous glass barrel, fifty
two feet in length and twenty-seven
feet high. Inside this two-story glass
house it is proposed to erect an Ameri-
can bar restaurant.
A company of Portland, Oregon, has
received an order from Paris for horse
meat, and it is not improbable that the
half-wild horses of Oregon and Wash
ington, which are worth only about
81. 80 each, may become considera-
BILE item of export. 49,.
A remarkable instance of physical
endurance has been brought to notice
in Arizona, where a miner was en-
tombed for thirteen days in the Nam
moth mine by cavern, and his res
ruers dug through 1877 feet Of hard
porphyritic rock to save his life.
OF pins it is said that some of the
large department stores often order
100 cases at time. Each case con.
tains 100 dozen papers and each paper
holds $50 pins, 80 little use of the
multiplication table will show what an
immense thing even the one order
means. .'' ~.
A number of rich Greek merchants
In Thessaly fed to the mountains in
order to escape the rapacity Of the
Turks. It did not do them any good,
however, for they were seized and pill
laged by the Greek brigands. except a
few of them, who managed to escape
to the Turkish army. -
During spiritualistic seance in st
Paul young woman who was presen
iabbed hat pin into the materialized
spirit to the depth Of about four
inches. Thereupon the ghost swore
In English, Swedish, Polish and Ger
man, and demanded the immediate
ejectment of the offender.
In Maine town there is custard
pie association. It originated in a pie
eating match between two farmers
nearly q generation ago. Since that
the association has held an annual
festival with custard pie as the piece
de resistance. The "unrivsled deli
cacy," as the natives call it, is washed
down with cider. ...s..r -"
One of the most interesting of the
old books lately unearthed is a little
volume about six inches square, en-
titled the "Royal Standard Diction-
.ry," published in Boston in 1777 by
William Terry, who announced that
he exhibited the pronunciation OF
words, according to the polite pro-
nunciation of England. .....
No trustee may legally invest money
in bonds of the city of London, as the
act of 1893, by a blunder of the
draughtsman, while permitting trus-
tees to invest in the debt of any bor-
ough having $4,000 inhabitants, does
not specifically mention London, and
IS the census takes into account only
The night population, the city has less
than the $4,000 inhabitants required.