The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-30
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

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INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL.
The first public schools were open
cd in l645, in Massachusetts.
Umbrellas were introduced into
Amcrica from England in 1913.
Camden. s.. c., is vicing with Aiken
as a winter resort and the record for
this season is very encouraging.
-Horscshocs weighing an ounce each
and just a tritie larger than u silver dol
lar, were turned out in 4 California
shop recently. They were made for Il
Shetland pony & months old, and small
for its age.
1t is known that wasp nests often
take fire, supposed to be caused by the
chemical action of the wax upon the
material of the nest itself This may
account for many mysterious fires in
barns and outbuildings.
In Bornco and Labuan postage
stamps to the value Of 800, 600 were
sold last year, though the postage on
the mail from these W countries does
not exceed $4,000 a year. 1t is the col
lcctors who buy the stamps.
"A cable dispatch to the New Sun
announces the death at Liverpool, Eng.
land, of j ID. Bullock, who during the
civil war acted as a Confederate agent
in England, and who negotiated for the
building of the rebel cruiser Alabama.
E. S. Converse. Of Maiden, Mass,
has given to that city 1925, 900 as an en-.
dowment fund for the Maiden Public
Library, which he and his wife gave the
city as q memorial to their son, Frank
h. Converse.
Iowa almost from the date Of its adj
mission, has been called the "Uawkcyc
State Hawkcyc was the name of a
noted Indian chief, who in the carly
days caused no little trouble along the
western border of American c~iviliza.
ton.
In the year 1900 the territory of the
United States was Sl5,24i square miles
in 1900 it is 3,76S,52l square miles. This
is an expansion of nearly 5000, DOC
square miles in 100 years. 1t is the most
amazing record of territorial growth
ever made by a nation.
Cripple Greek is the greatest gold
camp in this country, and its production
is very great. The core of the gold
country there is a strip Of ground six
miles long by three miles broad. Out OF
this comparatively small area Of ground
S3O,OOO,OOO i'll gold will be taken this
year.
Hartford County, Md, is rejoicing
over a beGuest OF sos, 600 for road i'm.
provcmcnts from William Woolscy. who
specified in his will that the money
must be used in certain mount on Ger.
tain roads and within a stated time. Mr.
Woolscy will have a worth
the having.
DIR John Kost, a physician OF Ar.
dian, Mich, who has several times
made liberal donations to educational
institutions, has given to the College of
Medicine and Surgery of Chicago q
museum of geological specimens valued
at $3.50, 600. The articles filled five
freight cars when prepared for ship
ment.
The S. 5000 900 estate OF the late DR.,
Ihomas W.. Evans, the famous Ameri-
can dentist or Paris, has at last been
settled, the relatives who contested the
VIII RECEIVING $500, 900 among them. In
inc VIII but $25O,OO0 was left to rela-
yves, the remainder going to the Thorn
as Evans Museum and Institute societv
of Philadelphia.
The tallest man living is said To no
Lewis Wilkins, who is now arousinp
great interest in the scientific circles 81
Europe. wilkins was born on a farm
near 81. raul, Mimi, in 1874. When he
was but 10 years old he measured ak
rect IN height, and now has grown to
the tremendous height Of 1911 inches
Just three quarters of an inch less than
hlne fect-and weighs 1854 pounds.
"A 81 bill, bearing only a stamp and
no wrapper, was recently sent through
inc mails from Chicago. The bill served
as a wrapper for a written communica.
tion on a card, and was scwcd to tho
caro-. On the outside Of the biz was
pasted a bit of white paper bearing n
3'cent stamp and the address. Question
was raised as to the right of sending
money In inns manner, but the bill in the
cnd was allowed to 60 on it's way.
For more than 30 years Hiram Ba,.
yer mas been postmaster at lie Suens
MINI, and has given entire satisfaction
70 the community, although during
nGariY all That time he has been blind
Whcn mail has been distributed into tbn
40 boxes Mrs. Baxter calls Off tho
and her husbands wonderful
memory can be depended upon to rccoi
IGct every letter or newspaper. Baxter
also conducts a small store and an inn
Dentists have long recognized that
decay of the teeth. Carries of the teotTh
10 due to destruction Of their texture bu
inc growth OF microbes. These micro
pes iccd on the protcid substances which
are found in meat or other animal snh.
lance When flesh is used for food
the small tibrcs which become Gyed
between the teeth makes a splendid chi.
lure ground for teeth. destroying micro.
bcs. hiioio
Representative Cushman, of WASHING.
ton, who was d~isgTuntlcd because he
could not get an appropriation he dc.
slred for his W district, showed Inv
means or a huge map that the river and
haroor bill reported to the house allotted
800 9o6,6 GOT to the seventeen states nav.
ing members on the committee renort
1t, $s,349,557 to eighteen other States
ana nothing at all to the remainder. Tn
$l2 44O, 600 is appropriated for
me Mississippi and Missouri rivers and
lor surveys that cannot be charged to
any State In particular.
The Pan American Exposition o,
bu1ialo Is not the only great exhibition
TO be opened this year. The civ 81
glasgow, in Scotland, will a'so ave a
grand exposition, for which it has heen
preparing, but Buffalo and Glasgow arc
20 Tar apart that neither is likely to bnrt {
me other. The last exposition at Glas.
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