The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-01
GLEANlNes AND GOSSIP.

England do damage to the extent OF
SIS, 100000 annually.
French theaters receiving govern.
ment subsidy are obliged to give free
performance every year.
Germany, Great Britain and the
United States produce four-ffths OF
the worlds supply Of pig.iron.
The figures Of the London police
courts show a very decided increase
during recent years in serious crime.
Cigar boxes of glass are coming
more and more into use. They are
cheaper than the wooden boxes and
keep the cigars fresh longer time.
One OF the Boston papers is taking
solid satisfaction over a story OF a
bunch Of ambergris found In sword
fish. Popular opinion has ambergrts
linked with whales.
According to official figures, the
number Of merchant marine steamers
Of Japan at the end Of last year was
1913. OF these, 101 were steamers OF
more than 5000 tons.
An old Scotchwomnn was advised
by har minister to take snuff to keep
awake during his sermon. She an
swered briskly: why dlnna ye put
the snuff In the sermon, mon?"
Mrs. Lillian o. Hoag, Of Los Angeles.
CAL, is believed to hold tie record
for fasting. She was Ill, and thought
that fasting would do her good. She
la said to have gore without food for
~ days. She says that the cure was
a complete succesn
That the. war on tuberculosis pays
immediate dividends in human life ID
proved by report of DR.. Bosley
health commissioner of Baltimore. 1r
the monthly health bulletin for July II
is shown that the number Of deaths
from tuberculosis occurring In the city
was 90, as compared with 1913 for the
same month last year.
It is curious that the British naval
authorities should have abandoned oil
fuel at time when in foreign fleets II
has been decided to substitute oil fol
coal. The British empire has very lin
tied resources Of oil fuel, and at pres
ent the navy's supplies havo 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
chat for the last three months she and
her five children had lived rent free
By .'squatting in the rooms of empty
ho.les." In Lambeth there are many
such houses which have reverted to
the duchy of Cornwall, and the people
are permitted to occupy the places un
til the premises are demolished.
There will shortly be opened IN
Switzerland the. Wieser viaduct, on the
route from Davos to Filsur. 1t is en-,
tirely constructed Of stone, at height
Of 80 metres, or 1924 feet, and has
central arch of So metres and si1
others each of 20 metres, the entire
length OF the bridge being ITS metres.
It is, according to a Paris contempo
rary, the most beautiful bridge in the
world.
The institute Of marine engineers IN
London recently discussed the subject
and H. A. Mayor, Of Glasgow, said that
the prospects for electric propulsion
for ships is very hopeful. Leading
shipbuilders have been considering II
for some time. W. P. Durtnall said
that in the all-electric Paragon method
OF driving vessels, the electric motors
are coupled direct to- the propellers
and run at equally high fbciency In
either direction: Since the setam tur'
hine can only run in one direction, the
new method saves the expense OF re,
versible turbine.
A young man Is bringing an action
against a graphologist in Paris fol
substantial damages. A pretty helress.
to whom he was engaged to be mar
ried, showed a specimen Of his hand
writing to the grapho.ogist and asked
for information. This is the reply she
got: "if you should meet the man
who wrote these lines upon your way
through life avoid him. Is an ego
list and fool, he has a bad temper
ind a despicable nature. The exist
,nce Of the woman who has the mis-
'ortune to marry him will 30 a Cal
.ary. The marriage has been broken
#. Hence the action.-London Ex'
ress.
\ minor drawback connected with
ne use OF the electric fatiron has
zen found to be in the fact that the
ampera ure varied considerably as il
yas passed from one piece Of work to
mother containing more or less mois,
ture. This has now been overcome by
an automatic means OF control by
which the temperature is maintained
at one point within fraction Of de
gree. When the fati,on is in use
large amount of current is permitted
10 pass through the heating coils, but
whenever the heat rises unduly
switch automatically introduces the
resistance necessary to cut down the
current.
The battlefield of Waterloo, writes
an American tourist from Brussels, Is
rapidly being diyested Of all its inter
esting features. The houses which
sheltered men who helped to make