The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-01
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Quaint and Curious Parapraphs
from Various Sources.
Lieut.. Brumby, of the Olympia, ia
said to be the greatest smoker in the
navy. Except when eating, sleeping
or on duty, he always has u cigar In
his mouth.
The construction of q cigar box
may seem a very simple matter to the
novice, but the box passes through 10
different processes before it is ready
to receive the cigars.
The movement for tho erection of
q monument in San Francisco to com.
memorate Admiral Dewey's victory at
Manila Is already assured of q success
$36, 600.
Instead Of Issuing return checks to
persons leaving a theatre during tie
performance, the Japanese mark the
departing spectator on the hand with
an lndla rubber stamp, the mark vary-
ing each evening in form and color.
of the 140 cities in the United
States having q population of 30, OOO or
over, all save Al own and operate the
municipal water supply. Only four
have municipal gas works-Duluth
Richmond, Wheeling and Toledo :
while IL own and operate electric light
plants.
-Cooperage woods have advanced
~ per cent largely caused by the en-
ormous demand from the whisky COM
Dine. Experimenters are irving to
make cloth and soap out OF wood pulp.
SaWdust and wood waste have almost
as great q value as the plank ten Years
ago.
The Illinois Supreme Court has
ruled that the shade trees In the street
IN front OF a mans property belong tn
MIN n cannot be cut down or,rnutil.
sIen without his consent. The suit
was one in which a property owner
sued q telephone company for cutting
OF h limbs Of his trees In order to
make room for its wires.
"A few years ago a Western rail
road planted 600 acres of land with
trees with the idea Of growing timber
Tor railway tiss and telegraph poles.
trees have made good growth, but
are not quite ready for use as poles,
n some OF the trees are now being
cut out and made into fence posts in
order tothin the forest.
"A paper published in Lima, Peru,
tells of an artillery soldier who was
w . hOBBou anu dS INC re-
cat-o'-nine-tails was not at
hand was put In prison to await it's ar.
officer In charge being a
stickler for discipline. 1t was about a
year before the requisite scourge was
supplied by the authorities, and by |
time the solder had been dead |
months.
The Lincoln League of California.
which is to erect a statute of Abraham
L~lncoln!in San Francisco, has about de-
to accept the design submitted by
ohm. Gelert, OF New York. The design
'epresents the martyred President
Gated In a large arm chair. The figure
vii be OF bronze and the pedestal of
with decorative panels of
The next great celebration In New
sork is likely to be held In September.
9O9, and 1T will be the 3OOth anntvor-
airy OF the discovery OF the Island OF
1snhatten by Henry Hudson. The
Ooth anniversary, In Septenb Der, 1909,
as modestly celebrated by q dinner,
eld under the auspices of the New
ork Historical Society. There Ia al
eaGy talk that the anniversary may
celebrated by a Worlds Fair.
To designate q minister as "Rev-
Brown" Is q vulgarism that vio- ]
tes correct form and good taste, and !
mo only Is the phrase used by news |
reporters, but 1t is heard even in !
'e~soyter1es, In reports and minutes, y
III, worst OF all, sometimes ministers
,emselves are guilty OF this i~liiterate T
leclsm. n correct form Is REV. y
r. Brown" or "Rev. John Brown \
the most digniied form Ia "The !
~. John Brown" y