The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-04-28
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Ex-King Thccbau's nominal prison at
Madras is next door to Il large distillcry.
Congressman Springer invariably APP
pears with Il yellow rose in the lapel OF
his coat.
The thawing breeze that follows the
DliZHard IS known in the northwest as n
"chinook.''
The death rate from chloroform is,
! according to recent estimate one in
| one thousand
he average age of those who enter
college in this country is seventeen; q
century ago ii was fourteen.
Miss Sweet says she is happier out of
the Chicago pension Office than she
was in ii, and is 'making more money.
too. "
Ouida says if the Venus dc Mcdici
could be animated into life, women
would only remark that her waist was
large.
The late Joshua Is. Lippncott wuJ
probably the richest of American pub.
fishers. He was Il shrcwd investor in
railroad securities.
There are still public lands open to
settlement in nineteen states and eight
territories at prices ranging from 81. 25
to 500 per acre.
Mrs. Mary Grant Cramcr, sister of
Gen. Grant, is lccturing in Massachu-
sctts under the auspices of the Wom.
ems Christian Temperance Union.
llallcr, the scientist, has kept papers
pcrtumcd with single grain of am
bcrgis for forty years, and there was no
apprccablc diminution in the strength
of the odor.
The ear of Weber, the composer, is
said TO have been SO sensitive that he
could tell the difference of Il thousandth
part, or one vibration more or less in
the thousand
Billy Cook, who is ninety years old
and lives ut SpottSylvania, Va, has
taken for his third wife Nellie jackson,
colorcd woman, twenty-five years old.
Mr. Cook is also cDlorcd.
Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfcet. has
accepted with thanks perpetual pass
over the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and
Chief kahkcwaquonaby threatens the
Toronto Gtodc with Il libel suit
As an evidence of the wane of roller
skating an exchange cites that boxwood.
OF which the rollers are made, is much
cheaper now than ut this time year
ago, and it is likely to go lower.
Some of the money made in the
Northern c. by electric Lulu Hurst
went to b., Jersey cattle for Father
llurst'S farm, and now he is selling
Gcorgians an excellent quality of butter.
DIR. Saliva, an Italian surgeon, saws it
is always possible to transplant a por-
ton Of muscular tissue from one animal
to another, differences of species having
no effect upon the definite result of the
operation.
Edison's patents have now become SO
numerous that they have 4 special series
OF index or reference numbers in tho
patent oilice-thc only case in which
such separation from the general index
has been thought necessary.
An order for n farm in WASHINGTON
County, Ind, was received by Il local
real estate agent there from an Ohio
man, who wanted, also, if possible, 90
wife between the ages of twenty and
forty-iivc years to go with the farm.
When a fair maid was we'd by Colonel
Cough, of the Hussars, IN London, tho
other day, his decp-voiccd, hearty Il
will, made the bride jump SO notice
ably that everybody smiled. He was a
man Of Mars who talked in tones of
thunder.
The people of the Congo have no con
ception of God of any kind, and wor-
ship nothing. They believe in charms
to keep of all evils. They do not be-
licvc in sickness or death as natural,
and seek out tho cause when any ono
dies or is taken i'll. Many persons arc
thus killed in punishment, and were it
not for this the populacc would increase
very rapidly.
Nine. Adam is rich and generous, but
diSlikes to be disturbed when mt work.
1t is told that one day visitor entered
her sanctum soliciting aid for girls
school. Put me down for 20 francs"
($4) she said, without looking up.
"But, Madame" said the other. think!
1t is for the higher education of girls!'
Twenty francs" repeated she, land
now excuse me; must 90 on with my
work" The canvasscr left IN despair;
but the next day received from Mime.
Adam q check for 81, 900.
The question is often asked as to the
the significance of the displayed flags of
tho Government Signal Service. A
rhyming officer of the service has form
ulated its entire flag code as follows:
4 sun of rod is weather warm,
a sun or blue is general storm,
crescent red Ia weather cold,
A crescent blue Is fair foretod
A star Of red no change implies
blue star local stormy skies,
square of black on flag Of white,
a cold wavo coming In all its might.
Lord Justice Clerk Braxfield," SAYS
Chambers Journal, "was q man of few
words and of strong business habits,
and, consequently, when he courted his
second wife he said to her: Lizzie, I'm
looking out for q wife, and thought
you Just the person to suit me. Let me
have your answer, on or off, tomorrow,
and nae mair aboot it, The lady next
day replied in the affirmative. Shortly
after the marriage Lord Braxfeld's but
Ter came to him to give up his situation
because he could not bear her Lady
ships continual scolding. Mon Brax-
field exclaimed, 'ye've little to complain
Of; ye may be thankful ye're mo- mar
ried to her."