The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-13

.:-iromlnent mon engaged in the
shipping business at Nov York have
prepared unique gift for presentation
to Admiral George Dewey en- his arri-
val. 1t Is to be mammoth album.
containing assorted clippings from the
prlnclpal newspapers and publications
tn"t nave mentioned Admiral Dewey
since last May, so arranged that they
give complete history OF the part that
Dewey took in the war. Frederick B.
Ddizell, treasurer OF the committed
when has tho memorial in charge,
sald that the money to pay for it has
been subscribed, and that he thought
Lac Volume would give the admiral s.
better idea Of how he is regarded 5y
the public than anything else He
hopes to Include In the collection auto.
graph le tiers from President Mckinley
apd other promincE. men. Tho volume
Will be Illustrated BY leading artists
Tho story is told Of Gen. William
Ludlow, nov Military Governor OF
Havana, that whom he WAS stationed at
:troit, some years ago, in charge of
river and harbor work, he wns visited
oy a.contractor who wanted to do some
Government work. With his visiting
card by way Of further Introduction,
the contractor put down on tho table
crisp $50 bill. LudiO@ made no sign
as to whether ho had noticed this or
I not; but say ing they had better smoke
while talking drew forth two cigars
| and gave the contractor One Of them.
| Then, turning to the table and not
seeing match, he took the 500 note,
| visited IL into u lighter, set it t.lane
at the open CRATE fire, and lit his cigar
with it slowly and carefully. Then he
handed the burning stump Of tho bill 10
the contractor.
"A recent discussion at dinner
| table whether "g0tten or "gotn were
the preferable participlc, received q
practical solution, at least for the tele-
graphic service, from an experience
related OF college professor who pre-
ferred gotten" He had telcgrahed
to his wife: 'Have gotten tickets for
the theater tonight. Meet me thero."
Tna telegraph operator rendered this
into "Have got ten tickets" etc. Mrs.
Professor was delighted with the op-
pOrtuuity Of entertaining her friends
aud accordingly made up party of
eight besides herself, whose greetings
to the professor at the rendezvous
were probably more cordial than his
feelings until matters were explained.
lie now makes an exception to his
customary use OF "gotten."
Queen Victoria has number of
queer perquisites. OAe is her right to
every whsle or sturgeon captured on
the cost OF the United Kingdom. This
dates back to the days Of the Norman
Kings. The whale was divided be-
tween the sovereign and his consOrt, the
queen taking the head, in order to re-
peniSh her wardrobe with tho whale
bone needed for stitfcning Of her royal
garment. Another Of the queens per.
quisitcs is a certain number OF mag
Dliccnt cashmere shawls, which are
despatched to hcl every year from the
Kingdom OF Cashmere. Tney vary in
value from $500 to 81 POO apiece, ana
the queen IS accustomed to give one us
q wedding present to each young girl
Of the arstocracy in whose future she
is Interested.
In 1857 the coinage Of the big cop.
per pennies, which everybody has seen,
was suspended. Up to that time they
had been coined regula ary for sixty i've
years. In all, l56,00O 900 Of the big,
.wkward coins had been put into
circulation. Not more than one fourth
OF that number have been paid bIck
to the Government or exchanged f)r
other coins.
Broad street, phi!adc! rh!a, is
unique in being exactly ll3 feet vide
and II miles long. II Is now paved
with asphalt for seven miles, but will
soon be asphalted its entire length, nnd
it will then have tho distinction of being
the longest and widest smoothly paved
traight street in the world. 1t passes
through the heart Of the city.
III is estimated that 100000 gallons
Of awbCrrics have been shipped
from New Albany, Ind, this season,
principally to Chicago.
-Physicians are never asked to pre-"
scribe for frosted paues.
| Lands mortgaged may return, but
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