The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-08-20
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No one can land in South Africa |
without a permit, and none but refu. |
gees, government employees and per-
sons engaged in a service of q public
nature will be permitted to move up
into the T%ransvaal.
Forty per cent. of the entire crop of
cotton, or Also 900 bales is retained
tor american consumption this year,
ana OF This total Northern mills will
take 2,290,O00 bales, while 1866, 600
bales will be taken by Southern mills.
Alex Larsen, q member of the jean
cite polar expedition of 1879, IS quoted
as saying IN a recent lecture in Cleye-
land that all who have taken part in
expeditions into The polar regions feel
certain that the pole itself will GER
tainly be reached within a few years.
The Supreme Court of Maine has
just issued an order perpetually re-
straining about fifty saw mill owners and
umper companies from throwing mill
reiuse, sawdust or screenings into the
Kennebec River OF any of its tribu-
taries.
DIR. Hermann, said to be the inventor
OF the post card, has Just died at
vienna, aged 63. He first suggested
the use OF the post card in 1869, and
his suggestion was adopted by Austria
and hungary, and thence spread to
other countries.
Prince Henry of Prussia, is insured
against assassination. The policy ia
} Tor SOU, GOO, which sum 10 not payable
, In case OF death, from any other cause
than that stipulated. The prince en-
tered into this peculiar insurance ar
| rangement when he sailed for the East
: to take command of the German fleet
In Chinese waters q few years ago.
The Hygeia hotel at Old Point Com.
tort is on the government reservation.
The of the hotel have been
notified that tho building must be re.
moved within q specified time. 1t is
not regarded as anything out of the
ordinary to move a big building severa'
. squares, but in this case the hotel will
4 be transported eight miles across The
water.
James w. MCGEE, a farmer living
near Orrick, Mo-, took a chance on 20
: tatoes this year and used 200 acres ir
raising them. His venture has proved
l a great winner. From seven acre
I alone he has taken about $500 bushels
and he expects to sell his entire oror
at 30 cents a bushel. He estimate,
! his expenses per acre at $43 80 and hi
. net profits at $12 ,472.
E An index of the military policy O
the administration is afforded by al
order recently Issued by Gen. Chaffee
y commanding the division of the Philip
!, pines, " by authority of the Secretary
of War;" directing the shipment tt
the medical supply depot at San Fran
!, cisco of all hospital and medical sun
plies in the Philippines IN excess o
the requirements of 10000 men TO
two years.
n In this season of thunderstorm
| there is recalled the old idea that tn
nelghborhood of trees is charged witt
G electricity. An old Swiss proverl
n advises people to avoid the oak tree
to fly from the fir and seek the bcecl
tree, which is safe. a little time ag,
@ q special inquiry was made in Cantor
Lucerne to find if there were any trutl
b in the proverb. Statistics showed tina
out OF eighty trees struck by lightnin,
l In a forest district ffty-six were oaks
twenty-four frs and larches, but though
Q there were seventeen beeches, not
d single N suffered. 1t would be in
teresting to know what peculiar qualit
@ gives the beech this immunity.
The successful reduction of milk t
y the form of a powder is a recen
y achievement of much importance t,
. the bakers, particularly those engage,
E in the business in a large way. The,
= are enabled to secure their milk sun
ply without any possibility of interrup
ton and at a much lower cost. Thi
% latter is due to the fact that the drlet
. milk can be shipped 80 much NOR
economically than the nilk in it's origi
nal form. A five-pound box can b
. shipped at a small fraction of that O
L Its equivalent of whole milk, and ca,
be mixed as desired. The losses il
the handling of fresh milk around
bakery are very great. Much Is con
" sumed by the men landings it, a grea
i. deal is wasted, and not o little is spoll
ed by beinv carad for