The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-06
eLEANlNes AND GOSSIP.

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Is Il has been estimated that rats In
England do damage to the extent OF
1911, ,0oo. 900 annually.
French theaters receiving govern,
snent subsidy are obliged to give free
performance every year. .s.. .l5=.
Germany. Crest Britain and the
United States produce four-ffths OF
che worlds supply Of pig-iron. 3
The figures 3;of the London police
courts show 8 very decided increase
during recent years in serious crime. e
s 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 q story OF q
ourch Of ambergris found In a sword
ash. Popular opinion has ambersr1s
ginked with whales.
According to official figures, the
number Of merchant marine steamers
OF japan at the end Of last year was
1913. .Ofs these, 101 were steamers o.
more than 5000 tons. (. ::;,.5l-a4#
An old Scotchweman was advised
hy her minister to take snuff to KEEP
awake during his sermon. She an
gwered .briskly: why tdinna ye put
che snuff IN the sermon, mon 2" S.
Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag, Of Los Angeles
Cal, is believed to hold tie record
Cor fasting. She was Ill, and thought
chat fasting would do her good. She
is said to have gone without. food foI
AZ days. She says that the cure wa'
q complete success ;..y.;s a,
That the war on tuberculosis pays
Immediate dividends In human life IL
proved by report Of Dr.. Bosley
health commissioner OF Baltimore. II
the monthly health bulletin for July II
as shown that the number of deaths
Srom tuberculosis occurring in the city
!. was 90, as compared with 1913 for the
same month last year. s.
Il lis curious that the British nava
authorities should have abandoned oi;
-suea at time: when in foreign fleets II
has been decided to substitute oil fol
coal. The British empire has very linn
ated resources of oil fuel, and at pres
! ent the navy's supplies have to be I'm,
worted. 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 a woman who recently applied to
the Lambeth guardians for relief said
that for the last three months she and
!, Aer five children had lived rent free
by "squatting in the rooms Of empty
hosses.' In Lambeth there are many
such houses which have reverted to
che duchy OF Cornwall, and the people
are permitted to occupy the places un.
ell the premises are demolished.
i: There will shortly be opened in
Switzesland:the ;Wieser yiaduct, on the
route from Davos; to Filsur. 1t is en-
Hirsly constructed OF stone. at height
OF 90 metres, or 1924 feet, and has a
central arch Of 55 metres and SIX
Others each Of 20 metres. the entire
length oe the bridge being ITS metres.
ats is, according to5a Paris contempt
Tary, the most beautiful bridge In the
! world: q se7 rs: ~ 2:s:s,;::..s 3
The institute OF marine engineers To
london recently discussed the subject:
and r.. A. Mayor, Of Glasgow, said that
the prospects for electric propulsion
/ For ships is very hopeful. Leading
akipbuilders have been considering Is
9or some time. w. p. Durtnall said
Chat In the ali-esoctric Paragon method
OF driving vessels. the electric motors
are coupled direct to the rrcpellers
and run at equally high efficiency in
either direction. Since the setam stur
Sine can only run in'one direction. the
new method saves the expense Of 10
.wersible turbine.
A young man Is bringing an action
against a graphologist in Paris foi
substantial damages. A pretty helress
60 whom he was engaged to be mar
ried. showed a specimen Of his hand
writing to the grapho.ogist and asked
Tor information. This Is tho reply she
got: "If you should meet the, man
who wrote these lines upon your way
through life avoid him. e is an ego
&ist and fool. he has a bad temper
and a despicable nature. The exist
ence OF the woman who has the mis-
fortune to marry him VII % Cal
vary" The marriage has been broken
of. Hence the action.-London Ex
press.
A minor drawback connected with
+ tne use of the electric f!ariron has
been found to be in the fact that the
Temperature varied considerably as II
was passed from one piece of work to
another 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 fatir on is in use q
large amount of current is permitted
60 pass through the heating coils, but
whenever the heat rises unduly q
switch automatically introduces the
resistance necessary to cut down the
current.
The battlefield of Waterloo, writes
=an American tourist from Brussels, Is
rapidly being Invested Of all its inter
.,esting features. The houses which
sheltered men who helped to make