The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-01-05
WAYsIDE GATHERINGS.
Bits OF Humor and Nuggets'of Truth
for the Multitude.

world.
"A million dollars in silver weighs
56, 931 pounds.
Russia exports more wheat than
any other country.
-Tobolsk, Russia, is the coolest in.
haolted place in the world.
-Baldness is caused by a germ de.
stroylng the roots Of the hair.
There are 1882, lS6, ,O44, SIS differ
ent sounds in the human voice.
--Presidcnt.elect Mckinley bas a
porcelain bath tub inlaid with gold
There are fourteen hundred and
twenty-five characters in the twenty
lcur books written by Dickens.
The region about the Dead Sea
Is one OF the hottest places on the
Sl0he, and the sea is said to lose a
ration.
"A New York religious journal
intlmates that some persons cOntri-
oute to missions according to their
lheanness rather than according totheir
means.
-Yaleta, on the Rio Grande river,
In Texas, is said to be the Oldest town
in America. ST. Augustine, in Flori-
da, has long laid claims to that dis.
tinction.
California has always clai med to
be a smart State, and as her present
years mustard crop amounts to about
i6,OOO,O 600 pounds, we are inclined to
believe it.
The Welsh have saying that II
woman were as quick with her feet
as with their tongue, she would catch
lightning enough to kindle the fire in
the morning.
There is time when thou nav
est say nothing, and time when tho
mayest say something but there will
never be a time when thou shouldst
say all things. =
Learning is not education. Half
OF all the fools in the world are "edu-
cateu. Learning gives the means of
acquiring that which correctly used
enlightens the mind.
If you would enjoy your meals, sit
down to the table good. natured. An
angry, lussy man or woman caunot tell
whether they are ealing boiled cab.
bage or stewed umbrellas.
-Ihe model husband lives in Phil
adclphla. He never allows his wife
TO 40 more than half the work. She puts
up all the canned fruit in the summer.
ana he puts it down in the winter.
In certain parts of China the
young women wear their hair in a long
single plat, with which /, intertwined
Il strand of bright scarlet thread.
"hlch denotes that she is marragable.
An abused wife in Maystick, XIV,
lately secured a divorce from her hus-
band on the ground, as stated in the
decree, that he di. not provide her
with enough provendcr TO keep her
organic system from faltcring."
A curious note OF explanation ac-
companled some poetry received by a
Michigan editor. The note ran thus:
These lines were written 80 years
ago by man who has, for a long time,
slept in his grave merely for a pas
time"
Tommy twho had just received a
severe scolding)-" Am | really so bad,
mamma :" Mamma" Yes, Tommy,
you are a very bad boy" Tommy
lreflectively)-" Well, anyway mamma,
think you ought to be real darn glad
| Amt twins !"
An addition to the telephone is q
device which shows the photographs OF
the persons who are talking. You
can see the picture Of the person with
whom you are convcrsing. This won
dcrful invention is the word of man
in Alamenda, Cal.
The bicycle craze, according to
The United States Tobacco Journal
has decreased the consumption OF
cigars in this country by about one
million day. The decrease since tho
craze set in has actually been seven
hundred million year.
"A chemical expert saws that 90
per cent. of the beer brewed in Amer
lea will not come up to the test pre-
scribed by the German government,
which is not severe one, only insist
ing that pure beer be brewcd, and
hXlng severe penalties for the pro-
duction of any other kind.
The EX-Slavc Pension Association
which recently met at BIRMINGHAM,
Ala, has put lot Of agents on the
ROAD TO collect money to further their
scheme in Congress. The Baptist
Safeguard warns its readers to be on
their guard against this new "fortv
acres and mule" scheme.
"A Portland sea captain tells of his
sailing in southern seas where Avinp
fish abound. They would sometimes
in their Hight in the night come aboard
the ship and drop to the deck. He had
three cats that, though they were
lying asleep below, would hear the
sound whenever fish struck the deck
and would rush up to get it. They
distinguished this from all other
sounds. The crew tried to initiate il
in various ways, but could not deceive
the cats.
The best briar from which pipes
arc made comes from the borders of
France and Italy. in the mountainous
district OF those countries roots are dug
out which have grown for ages and
are sometimes larger than mans
body, weighing hundreds OF pounds.
The wood thus obtained is remarkably
beautiful. These large deposits of the
root have just been discovered in
France, and the price may be brought
down in time. At present u good briar
root pipe is not cheap.
"A Michigan young lady named o.
Ter was so confident that Bryan would
be elected that she stakcd one thou
sand kisses on him. Tho young man
with whom the bet was made had pOt
well along towards the half way mark
in the collection when q dispute arose
over the enumeration, so there was
nothing to do but wipe out the slate
and take recount, which is now pro-
crossing. The couple are engaged,
but the girl declines to get married.
until the debt has been paid in full,
Wise girl; she wants to get out of
debt.