The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-31

can dentist OF Paris, has at last been
settled, the relatives who contested the
will receiving $500, 900 among them. In
the will but $s60.000 was loft to rsla.
tives, the remainder going to tke Thoma
ss Evans Museurn and Institute society
of Philadelphia.
Tho successful experiments OF
United States Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture Le Dac, followed by tho planting
and manufacture OF tea at the Pinehurst
farms, Summeryille, near Charleston,
has attracted Northern capitalists, who
will go into the business on q largo scale
and who expect to raise 100000 pounds
annually for the American market.
The tallest man living is said to be
Lewis Wilkins who Is now arousing
great interest in tho scientific circles Of
Europe. Wilkins was born on farm
near st. Paul, Mimi, in 1874. When he
was but 10 years old he measured six
feet In height, and now has grown TO
the tremendous height Of 107t inches
just three quarters of an inch less than
nine feet-and weighs 364 pounds.
"A 81 bill, bearing only stamp and
no wrapper, was recently sent through
the mails from Chicago. The bill served
as q wrapper for written communica-
card. On the outside of the bill was
pasted bit of whito paper bearing a
2-cent stamp and the address. Question
l,was raised as to the right of sending
money In this manner, but the bill in tho
end was allowed to 60 on its way.
For moro than 80 years Hiram Bax-
ter has been postmaster at lie Suens,
Mimi, and has given entire satisfaction
to the community, although during
nearly all that time he has been blind.
! When mail has been distributed into the
120 boxes Mrs. Baxter calls off tho
names and her husbands wonderful
memory can be depended upon to recol
lect every letter or newspaper. Baxter
also conducts small store and an inn.
Dentists have long recognized that
the use of flesh food is prolific cause Of
decay Of tho teeth. Carries Of the teeth
Is duo to destruction Of their texture by
the growth Of microbes. These micro
bes feed on tho protcid substances which
arc found in meat or other animal sub
stances. When flesh Is used for food
the small fibres which become fixed
between the teeth makes a splendid cul-
ture ground for teeth destroying micro
bes.
Representative Cushman, Of Washing
ooh, WAO Woo D6C8uS0 lie
could not get an appropriation he dc
sired for his own district, showed by
means Of hugo map that the river ant
harbor bill reported TO the house allotted
$3S, ,956, ,65G to the seventeen states hay
ing members on the committee report
ing it, 8,349, ,557 to eighteen other States
and nothing at all to the remainder. II
, addition, $12. 100000 is appropriated fo
tho Mississippi and Missouri rivers ant
for surveys that cannot be charged tt
any State in particular.
The Pan American Exposition a
Buffalo is not the only great exhibition
to be opened this year. The city o
Glasgow, in Scotland, will a so have
grand exposition, for which it has beer
preparing, but Buffalo and Glasgow ar,
SO far apart that neither is likely to hur
the other. The last exposition at Glas
cow was thirteen years ago, and it thel
proved so profitable that the surplus re
ceipts formed fund which will paw 70
the permanent art buildings to b.
erected t. is year. 1t is to be hoped tina
Buffalo's Exposition will b. equally sue
cessful.
On account of tho general flatncs
Of tho country mining by means O
hydraulic power will never have a grea
future in Siberia, but in many district
sufficient grade can be obtained for tn
l use Of hydraulic elevators. For dredg
r Ing river beds the method of place
mining now pursued with such success
in California, Montana and New Zea
= land could te we'll employed in tn
. Siberian gold folds. 1t may be said tha
. the miles OF auriferous river beds capabl
Of being so worked number tens O
thousands. This statement. will seen
l the less improbable when it Is consider
ed that Siberia is a country inside o
which the whole Of the United State
. could DC placed, with plenty of room t,
spare, and that vast portions remain un
explored as yet even by the Russians
Russia Is stronger than the South Afri
, can Republics and there is little DANCE
Of Great Britain a tempting to seize tn,
Siberian gold fields.