The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-22
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL.

1t is believed by tho engineers who
are rcD2irsng the Galveston Mexico
cable, which was broke up by tho Gal
weston hurricane, that the storm was
accompanied by u submarine eruption.
The evidence OF this eruption is found
IN tho twisted condition Of the cable.
The sheathing is found to havc been re.
verscd, and tho wires binding it to the
core turned tho wrong way.
On clear nights Il person with good
sight can see 1000 stars. As but half
OF the celestial sphere Is viewed, and
rs many stars near the horizon are OBJ
scurcd by the vapOrs OF our atmosphere,
the total number OF stars visible with
the naked eye Is put at D 600, certainly,
and very likely IS high rs 5 900. The
number the largest telescope brings in
TO view is estimated at over 30, ,O0O, 900.
"A peculiar incident was witnessed
IN the Bctbany Presbyterian Church.
OF Trenton, N. J. The sermon had a.
sOpOriiC effect upon Harry Tidd, a
young druggist and he fol asleep.
While still in slumber he arose, re-
moved his coat, vest and collar and
Was about to further disrobc when the
women in Ms vicinity screamed. An
usher aroused him and led him out OF
the church.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, widow OF the
Confederate general, "StOnewall" Jack
son, has been az the Church Home aud
inhrmary Ht Baltimore for moro than
Is month undergoing treatment for ncu-
ralglh, from which she had suffered
greatly. An OpCrntton WAS performed
LhrcG weeks ago, with complete success,
and the p&tiout has 50 far recovered as
TO be able /" return to her home ut
Charlotte, y. G.
-. \. Galloway, j ohm Robinson,
Allen BuTka and Shepard Harris,
young negroes from Booker II. Wash.
ington's school ut Tuskegee, Ala, have
sailed aboard the hamburg. Am srican
liner Graf W"idcrscc for Hamburg,
whence, rs employees Of the German
government, they Will 30 to the west
coast OF AtrtCH. They are to teach
cotton raising and general agriculture
to the natives Of the German COLONY
there.
There has recently been open on
one OF the lower slopes of Mount
Lebanon, Syria near the road from
}cjru; to Damascus, u newly built
hospitAl Tor the insane, It's founder Is
Mr.. Ih"uphiIus Waidmcicr, veteran
missionary IN AbySsinia and Syria. a
ConSluGr"ot" area Of land and gardens
lnr Lhc growth OF wheat, olives and
Otnor irult surrounds the buildings,
/ is the first organized lun3tic asvlum
n SyrIA, where the need for such in
situations Is said TO be great.
--ThG Executive Mansion really con.
7iStS oi Two separate establishments,
one pubic ard the otf er private. For
tncpnhilc section d carriage Is proyid-
ed, and when thc President is acting as
the administrative officer of the gov
ernmCnt and withes TO go from the
office OF the White House to some other
| OIlico or department on gjvernmcut
| business he is at liberty to use the
Cillclai White House cN-riagc But
| when ne goes driving for pleasure he
| uOCS so aL his own expense.
! --TraVGl!crS in the interior Of the
| Dark Continent expect few dolcacics
| IN the way OF food. From the natives,
however, they hayc learned the value
| oi the ostrich egg sS a welcome audi-
tion t. thoir hi'i OF fare. Although
| the skin OF the ostrich is worth from
10 to 800 on the spot, the hunter Of
the desert often prefers to search for
| the eggs when he has discovered the
| ostrich in Hight. Ostrich egg 0melet
| Is always found most welcome addi-
tion to a desert DILL Of fare, and con-
vcnlcnt ana portable provision, for
from the thickness Of the shell the
eggs keep perfectly sweet and fresh
for fortnight or three weeks.
i 'aticnt forbcarancc would seem to
be leading characteristic Of Mrs.
FRANCES Forest, Of Ripley township,
ncar liu5hvillc, Ind. In q suit she has
filed with the circuit court she AYERS
Chat IN the twenty, eight years Of her
! "rduGu HE she never received u single
dollar from her husband who never.
thcicsa owns 4 farm valued at s., 600
she has supported herself and six
; GhlIurcn ny sewing and washing for
ncighb0rs. Now she demands her
freedom, custody OF two minor children
aud ~ 200 alimony. In another suit
src demands the return OF 800, an in
hcritancc from her fathers estate,
which she loaned to her husband.
Two former candidates for the pre-
Hldency have Gicd during the present
yc"r-Gon. John Bidwcll, the prohibi-
tlon candidate in 1882, at his home at
| CHICO, Cal, and Gen. Palmer, in
| Sprlnticld, Ill. Gen. Bidwcll po!led
| 5000 votes 5000 OF which were cast
in California; Los Angeles County,
tbs home, gave him 100. He was q
general in the war and had boon a Re-
publican member OF Congress from
| California. Cen. Palmer. the national
Democratic candidate for president
four years ago, also had an honorable
record OF active service in the civil
war. lie was q native OF kentucky,
and com mandcd . division of Illinois
troops in the battle OF Chicamauga.
-i5csidcs the rat:lc2nakes the New
Mexico end of the Rocky Mountains is
blessed with the tarantula, the scor-
plon and the ccntipedc. Then there
Is the gila monster and many poisonous
| lizards. OF al those the centipcde is
perhaps the most to be feared, because
it Is the most plentiful and has ~ habit
or living among the ceiling rafters Of
Old adobe houses. AT night, when q
man Is sleeping, it drops, and If It
strikes his body 1t leaves wound that
takes months to heal, provided some
blood disorder docs not develop and
kill the man. The gila monster gcn-
orally docs not bite unless tcaseG. The
scorpion and tarantula innict wounds
more painful than dangerous.
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For 20 years DR.. J. Newton Uathawop