The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-16
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

The average illness il human life is
nine days out Of the year.
The Ohio man VIII placed his tonguc
on n frosty rail and narrowly esca6cn
dccapltation by an approaching trad
furnishes n new and thrilling situation
Tor the writer's of mclodrama.
Both Arkansas and Mississippi
when are to have new Sta'c Houses, to
cost about 81 100000 each, have, by n
singular coincidence, selected rs the
sites tor the buildings those formerly
occupied by pcnitcntiarics.
The st. Gotthard railway has. On n
length OF about li2 miles exclusive of
tunnels, no less than 1884 artificial
structures, 32l Of them being bridges
and %viaducts Of ovcr thirty feet i'm
icngth. The entire cost of the railway
amounted to SjS,OO0, 600, or about 1921.
COO per mile.
The modern Sunday school dates
from 1850, when the first school of the
kind was started ty Robert Raikcs, at
Gloucester, England. At present there
are 10000 Sunday schools in the United
Statas, with 800, 900 teachers and 9,OOO,.
900 pupils. The new proposal to employ
paid teachers for Sunday schools is
simply a revival Of what Raikcs did in
his first school.
between the towns Of Los Angeles
and Pasadena, in Southern California.
there has been constructed an overhead
path for the exclusive use of cyclists.
The path is built of wood, varies from
three feet to fifty feet in height, and has
an average gradient Of one in eighty.
The path accommodates four machines
abreast, and is lit thoroughly by electric
lights.
-Hollaudcrs smoke more than any
other Europeans. Tobacco is chcaD in
In their country, and nearly all the
grown males find solacc in their pipes.
The habit is so common that the boat.
men Of Holland measure distances by
smoking, estimating the length of any
given Journey by the number Of pipcfuis
which may be smoked by q person
while covering the distance.
President Hardy, OF the Agricultural
and Mech ,nical College at Starkyillc
where four hundred OF the young men
OF the State Of Mississippi are hcinp
taught, that there is not a
boy in his school who smokes. Six
ago more than half the student
body were smokers, but during tn at only
one has been reported as smoking, and
Inc has since quit. No harsh mes surcs
were used in bringing about this great
reformation. The president simply OK.
pressed his wish explained the evil
elects OF smoking the cigarette, and ap.
pcalcd to the boys to be men.
The New York Evening Journal
says warrants have been issued for the
arrest of our persons accused OF swind
ling the Colonial Insurance Company of
Jersey City by securing insurance on
tho lives OF persons about to die and by
other methods. The four for whom the
were issued include a news.
paper editor, the beneficiary under one
policy, the medical examiner, an under.
and q prize fighter, who acted as
agent for the company. Thomas ]
OF New York, said to be an agent ,
Of the Colonial Insurance Company, has
been arrested and licked up in the
Jersey City Jail.
The prospects for a big Appalachian
park in the mountain region of North
seems very bright. Secretary
Wilson has just submitted to the Pres
dent a recommendation to urge Con-
to pass the necessary appropria.
ion, and it is thought the President will
the same to Congress. There is
bill pending for the appropriation of
100000 for the project. Senator
'ritchard has offered u bill in the Senate
or this purpose. The Senator's measure
for a reservation of 1000, 900
in the Southern Appalachian
mountain region of the Old North State.
bill has been referred to the appro-
'riate committee for consideration.