The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-10-12
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Quaint and Curious Paragraphs
Gathered from Various Sources.

Quaint and Curious Paragraphs
Gathered from Various Sources.
| Tho Cleveland street railroad
strike cost Ohio $25, 900 for transporta-
tion and maintenance Of the militia.
! Rats recently operated tho strik-
Ing mechanism Of tho disused Flush
Ing, l.. l., town clock for several
hours.
Santa Cruz, Cal., Is perhaps the
| only municipality in which water Is
| furnished free to inhabitants for do.
mestic purposes.
-Pekin is now to have an electric
railroad running from the south gate
OF tho city to the steam railroad station,
and 1t is even hoped that permission
to enter the city may soon be OBJ
tained. The road is built by German
firm.
Judge Jackson, of tho United
was appointed by President Lincoln,
and at rs years Of age is rendering ac-
tive ana acceptable service.
"A couple in Parkersburg, w. Va,
are just now enjoying their third
honeymoon, their previous marriage
experience have been diversified by
two divorces, all within eight years.
The wearing Of q brand new pair
of rubber shoes while preparing sup
per saved the life of a woman in Penn
sylvania from bolt of lightning
that played about her feet during u
storm at her home.
In the returning Colorado volun-
teers is.the t"llcst man in tho Ameri-
can army--Color Sergt. Richard G.
Holmes, who stands feet inches
in his stockings and weighs PIG pounds.
1t is one Of the peculiar ltics Of the
laws OF Denmark that tho crown must
be worn by @Christian and Freder-
ick alternately. Tho system origina-
ted with Christian IL, who reigned
from 1913 to 1923, and was succeeded
by Frederick |.
-Scicntists have discovered that the
memory is stronger In summer than in
winter. Among the worst foes of the
memory arc too much food, too much
physical exercise, and, STRANGELY
enough, too much education.
"A favorito dish of the Eskimo ia
an ice cream made OF seal oil into
which snow is stirred until the desired
constituency has been obtained then
frozen berries OF different kinds are
added with q little Of tho fish egg for
ilavOring.
Rear Admiral FarQuhar, who will
succeed Sampson as tho commander of
the North Atlantic squadron on Octo-
Der 10, got his first experience OF the
sea in 1889, along tho coast OF Africa,
when portion OF our navy was on
gagged in suppressing tho slave trade.
bombay has q railroad which is
used In connection with the sanitation
OF tho town. According to The Engi-
ncer, 1t is over three miles long and
is intended for transporting tho road
sweepings to q piece Of land noarly
800 acres in extent.
-Ten-y -year-old Carrie S. Shubrick,
who will christen the torpedo boat
Shubrick, lives at Rocky Mount, N. c.,
and is the granddaughter Of Lieut.
Edmund T. Shubrick, whose father
was the famous commander. She is
also the grcat.g granddaughter OF Rear
Admira! William b. Shubrick.
| -Gilbert II. Purdy, the seaman in
charge OF the Olympia'o hold, is the
veteran Of three wars. 'In the battle
OF Manila" he says, "I Was told to car.
ry water TO the wounded but and
| The surgeons and the chaplain diun't
nave anything to do, "a there were nc
| woundcd.n
An electric hose carriage Is In use
by the Paris fire department. The
machine weighs over q ton, or, with
equipment, nearly three tons. Tho
equipment consists Of six men, appa,
ratus to operate throo lines of hose, {
scaling ladder, apparatus for fro IL
cellars, and ono for life-saving purpo
ees. 1t can travel fifteen miles an h0u;
on good roads.