The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-01-22
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

| War in the United States and Cuba"
He has also agreed to lecture about if |
teen lines at various Cbautauqua as
semblies next summer.
About two years ago an immense
whale was driven ashore ON the coast
OF Norway. 1t yielded bone and oil
worth S12 500, and in honor of the
find a banquet was gwen inside the
body, which, after the remove of the
blubber, afforded ample sitting room
for thirty guests.
Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb, Who died at
New London, Ind, a few days ago. IN
her ninety-ninth year, was an origi.
nal Daughter of the Revolution, and a
" widow of the war of 1S12.n Her
drst husband, Louis III. Bryan, a vet
eran oil the war of 1912, was the great
grandfather of Col. William Jen rings
Bryao.
A curious feature to travellers in the
highroads OF Norway is the great num-
ber of gates-upwards of / $1,000 in the
whole country-which have to be
opened. These gates, which either
mark the boundaries of the farms or
separate the home fields from the waste
lands, constitute a considerable incOn-
v%eni,nce and delay 10 the traveller
who has to stop his vehicle and get
down 10 open them.
1t Is proposed IN Indianapolis to
erect a monument TO Levi Coffin,
4" who,' says the indianapolis Journal,
'during the stirring times immediately
Irppp1lnU Tho nnfhrnnly - Az o.1
war, was at the head of the
t,on in Indiana that conducted the fa-
NOUS underground railroad, shrough
the medium of which hundreds of
black refugees made their way from
the slavery of the South to the liberty
OF the North"
The inhabitants of Jerusalem are
now provided with a sufficient supply
OF spring water for drinking purposes
Ihe new works, commenced in july
were opened at he end of last month
The supply Is derived from three trlb.
utarv sprlngs in the nelghborhood OF
, the Poo,s of solomon, 10 the southwes,
of bethlehem, and distant about three
hours ir"m Jerusalem. Daring III,
dry season these springs furnish abou,
9o,OOO gallons OF water per twenty.
= four hours.
The portrait of a suicide is On tn,
new t~en-dollar bill, which is known al
so as the +" buffalo BILL" because of
rampant bison pictured in the ccn,el
t of it. The suicide was Meriwethe,
u Lewis, The famous explorer. Lewis
was also private secretary to Presidcn
o Jefferson, who afterwards made hin
Governor of Missouri Territory. In
y lit of mc!ancholy-he was a man O
| moo ls-he killed himself, when onl,
d 30 years of ge. His picture is OH th,
"buffalo hill" and he is perhaps tn,
u only suicide who was ever honored 81
!, by the government.
k Monrovia, the capital of the repub
e llc of Liberia, on The west coast of AT
d RIGA, has enjoyed for the last iv;
months n public service telephone
f The line ana apparatus, which a,e vei,
primitive, were put up by an enter
a prising colored gentleman from thu
country. Besides lining the differ
5 ont government Offices there are 81,
su~bscribers,. n greater number beiE.
debarred from availiug themselves O
the telephone, 1T is said, by the hiel
price of subscription, which ia eouiya
lent to $50 per annum. The line zoe.
inland for about twenty miles.
San Francisco Chronicle: Durine
i The voyage OF the steamer NV Eng
a land, which arrived the other mornIno
. at Vancouver from the northern flshins
grounds, a most peculiar phenomenon
I was observed by the crew. On Tues
day, just after midnight, Captain Free
man, the pilot, was astonished to SET
: O. clearly defined rainbow from horizon
to horizon lying TO the northwest ot
the New England's position. A stiff
) gale OF wind was blowing at the time
Il the moon was up, and though its
. lace was frequently obscurcd for min.
= utes ut a time by black clouds, the
I rainbow colors showed no evidence OF
fading, even when the moon was en-.
) tirely obscured. For half an hour The
r rainbow was in plain view, and then il
j began gradually to fade away from the
, eastern end.
The famous whispering effect in
, Statuary Hall at the Capitol kas proba.
Dly disappeared, the result of the new
ceiling in panel with plaster relief
work. Whether the the phenomenon
has really disappeared cannot be told
definitely until everything is replaced
IN the hall. The acoustic peculiaritles
have been of great interest to visitors.
There were many positions III the hall
whence a whisper could be heard so or
I'D feet distant. There were numel.
GUS mystifying echoes also. Statuary
HALL vas the old chamber of the House
and 1t has beef the aim to preserve ii
as 1t was years ago. The books stored
In the gallery have been removed, and
the public hereafter will be able to
watch the passing crowds below lust
as 90 years ago the proceedings of the
House were watched
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