The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-06-26
INDUSTRIAL
AND GEN ERAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The building in which Edgar Allan
Poe edited the Southern Literary Mes
scnger in Richmond, Va, is still stand
ing and it Is proposed to place suit
able commemorative tablet on its walls.
John j. Anderson, the celebrated
historian, entertained the other day a
party Of school children with stories of
people of old times and of his own
memory of Lafayette and Aaron Burr
and John Quincy Adams.
Albert w. Payne, of Bangor, Me-,
has practiced law continuously for
siXty-seven years, having been a.lmiL.
ted to the Penobscot County bar on
May rs, 1885. He is the oldest lawy cr
in point Of continuous service in New
England.
Germany has the largest sailing yes
sci in the world, the Prcusscn, of
eight thousand tons, just launched at
Gecstemundc. The Preusscn is 437
feet long and 53 feet wide. She draws
81 feet and has Il spread of sail of 49,
600 square feet.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, commander
of the British Second army corps, has
just entered upon his iilty.irst year
of service, having received his first APP
phintmcnr in the royal navy on the
18th of April. 1862, whea little more
than II years OF age.
Gov. B. Il. Hawkes., who made a
speech at the decorating of the statue
of Gen. u. S. Grant, in the rotunda of
the capitol last week, is one of the
three living comrades of the General
III his cadet days at West Point. Gems.
Dana and LongstreeL are the other
two.
Miss Lillian Thomas has arrived in
Washington with her oil portrait of
President Mckinley. The late prcsi-
dent sat for this portrait just before
leaving for his Western trip, and it was
the last timo he sat for a portrait. 1t
will be exhibited al the Corcoran Art
Gallery.
George Robinson, of Cleveland,
OHIO, who is believed to be cfre, oldest
man in that city and the oldest Odd
Fellow in the world, celebrated the one
hundred and second anniversary of his
birth last Sunday. His wife, whom he
lost about a year ago, lived to the age
of ninety eight.
John Quincy Adams Butts has just
completed half a century of service as
town clerk of Canaan, Maine, and his
friends thcre claim that in thirty years
he has uot missed attending the annual
and special town meetings, and that no
hand but his has recorded the proceed
ings in the Official records.
Congressman Lacey, of Iowa, has
contributed to the Congressional Rec
ord an essay in which he says: "Tho
buffalo was the noblest of all the wild
animals that inhabited this country
when America was discovered. He
was a gentleman among beasts, just as
the game hog is beast among gentle
men,"
L" Nearly a billion more postage
stamps ha o been issued to the post
offices of the United States since July
1, last, than we're issued during the
whole of the previous fiscal year. This
postal business. Cheap rates for pub
lie service appears to be good and
paying policy.
Porto Rico is not so far behind us
ls might be supposed. An automo-
bile line is making regular trips across
,he island, from San Juan to Ponce,
md plan is under consideration to
place powerful automobiles, drawing
'reight wagons, on the same route.
Many fine roads are under construc.
ion IN the isla nd.
DR.. Woodrow Wilson, tho new pres
dent of Princeton, who was formerly
Professor at Wesleyan University, at
Conn.,, las accepted an
invitation to speak on "The Historical
md Social Significance of the Wesley
N Movement," at the celebration of
he bicentennial of the birth of John
Wesley at Wesleyan University next
ear.
Pension Commissioner Ware has !
made it practice all his life to pre-
erve his letters. In his Office at
Topeka he has q great letter file con-
aiming more than $4,000 letters of n
,rivate character and another file con-
aiming about as many of business
haracler. He has these letters in
exed in such q manner that he can