The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-08
some Of the "Grlies with the MANHATTAN OPERA CO.
eLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

e75.000. 600 annually.
french theaters receiving govern
ment subsidy are obliged to give free
performance every year.
Germany. Great Britain and the
united States produce four-hfths OF
!. the worlds supply Of pig-iron.
The figures of the London police
courts show very decided increase
during recent years in serious crime.
z Cigar boxes Of glass are coming
more and more into use They are
cheaper than the wooden boxes and
Laeep the cigars fresh longer time.
One of the Boston papers is taking
solid satisfaction over story of
bunch Of ambergris. found in sword
fish. Popular opinion has ambergris
linked with whales.
According to official figures, the
aumber of merchant marine steamers
of Japan at the end OF last year was
1913. Of these, 1o1 were steamers o.
more than 1000 tons.
Z An old Scotchwomnn was advise,
by her minister to tale snuff to kee,,
awake during his sermon. She an
severed briskly: why DINA ye put
the snuff In the sermon, mon?"
4. Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag, of Los Angeles
Gal, is believed to hold tie record
for fasting. She was i'll. and though,
,ahas fasting would do her good. sht
ss said to have gone without food foi
-4s days. She says that the cure Wa:
n complete SUCCESS,
That the war on tuberculosis pays
Smr.ediate dividends in human life
proved by report of DR.. Bosley
health commissioner Of Baltimore. II
the monthly health bulletin for July il
q shown that the number OF deaths
from tuberculosis occurring in the city
was 80, as compared with 1913 for the
game month last year.
It is curious that the British nava
authorities should have abandoned OF
guel at q time when in foreign fleets II
has been decided to substitute oil fol
coal. The British empire has very lin
:ated resources of oil fuel, and at pres
ssnt the navy's supplies ha~c to be I'M
ported. These supplies might be cut
:, OF in time OF war, and 1t IS probably
for this reason that oil fuel is being
given up
!, A woman who recently applied to
the Lambeth guardians for relief said
!, 4hat for the last three months she and
her five children had lived rent free
by "squatting in the rooms of empty
hpGses.'' In Lambeth there are many
such houses which have reverted tc
the duchy of Cornwall, and the people
are permitted to occupy the places un
til the premises are demolished.
There will shortly be opened 10
Switzerland the Wieser viaduct, on the
route from Davos to Filsur. 1t Is en-.
eirely constructed Of stone, at height
OF 80 metres, or 2s2H feet, and has
central arch of IS metres and six
Others each of 20 metres, the entire
length OF the bridge being ITS metres.
1t is, according to Paris contempo
rary, the most beautiful bridge in the
world.
The institute Of marine engineers 10
london recently discussed the subject
and H. A. Mayor, of Glasgow, said that
the prospects for electric propulsion
Cor ships ia very hopeful. Leading
shipbuilders have been considering il
for some time. W. P. Durtnall Sald
chat In the all-electric Paragon method
of driving ressels. the electric motors
are coupled direct to the rropellers
and run at equally high efficiency IN
either direction. Since the setam tur
bine can only run in one direction. the
new metaod saves the expense Of re-
versible turbine.
A young rnan Is bringing an action
against i. Erapeolcgist in Paris foi
substantial damages. pretty helTess.
20 whom he was engaged to be mar
7ied, showed specimen OF his hand
writing tn the Sra3ho.OEist and asked
for intCrmat;nr T'Eis is the reply she
got: ~ ynn should nee: the man
who wra.a taese Ines upon your way
thrnueu die avoid him. e IS an ego
tist ard :, iuui. w has bid temper
and ,:c;iict t.:s. nnU:re. The exist
euce OF tic woman who has The mis-
sor;uue t. :uaTrr hi.n w >e 4 Cal
vary. H>.!t, m,.r':a;rs has hc..n hrokeD
uf. Hence tae action. London Ex
yrrss
A m;n,r drawback connected with
Hhe use OF tie electric ii,;iron has
BEEN fcrod 10 be in the fac: that the
se,n npera .urc varied considerably as il
was passed from une piece ot work tc
another containing more ol less muis
lure. TsiS has now been overcome by
IAN automatic means OF control by
which the temperature is maintained
at one point within Il fraction of de
xree. When the aati, on is III use
Sarge amount Of current Is permittec
to pass through the heating coils. bu,
whenever tue heat rises unduly
switch automatically introduces the
resistance necessary to cut down the
current.
The battlefield Of Waterloo. writes
An American tourist from Brussels. If
rapidly being divested of all It's inter
esting features. The houses which
history there are being torn down. the
roads ard paths are being chliterated.
and soon there will be nothing left tn