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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
a Lover Brought to Terms.

Quito n sensational Photographic story
comesf fir N Madrid. Spanish photo
gr'nher having made all the necessary
arrangements for taking Il comely young
damsel, had placed the dark side in rosi-
ton, and was in the act Of rawing it
out, when, on finally glancin. at h g
Isl cr," he wa: Mortified to see that she
was holdingthe muzzle Of a small re.
volver to her forehead. "Stop, for heav.
on's sake" cried the artist, adding,
rather selishly: "If you shoot yourself
you will ruin my busineos.' In rep y the
young lady only laughed, and, handing
the revolvert the photographer, sal
Don't be alarmed. Itisn't loaded,
you see. But I want you to take me hold.
ng 1t to my forhead, SO that I can send
the carte to my lover, who has deserted
me, with a letter saying that if he does
not come back to me I will really fire OF
the revolver" Assuring himself Of tho
fact that the revolver was not loaded,
the artist consented to 80 far assist his
sitter" in her proposed stratagcm rs tc
take the desired photograph. The scTu.
is rfectly satisfactory. Some time NJ
forward the photographic artist ad t..
pleasure of again taking the same young
lady, but this time she was with n gen
tleman, her companion being her oncc
tickle lover, who had returned to his al.
legi.ncc a short timo after the ira cal
photograph had been despatched ia him.
London Figaro.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

Tho Electrician has this to say about
the use Of electricity on criminals
There is now exhibited at Leipzig an
apparatus for putting criminals to death
by electricity. SO long rs it is found
necessary to retain capital punishment
Upon our statute books it may be that
the e'ectric method is the most merciful
and least repnlsive process that could be
devised for carrying the sentence into
effect. But If such means arc ever
adopted in this country, the details will
certainly not be carried out in tho theat-
rical manner which commcuds itself to
the Leipzig amateur. In this apparatus,
behind the chair in which the con-
demned man is to take his seat-and by
means of which, as we need not explain
In detail, his body is placed in circuit
with n powerful coil-tho stands a con.
vontional figure Of Justice with ban
daged eyes, ho!ding the balance in her
left hand and the sword in her right.
The criminal having taken his seat, the
proper functionary is supposed 10 read
over the record of his crimes and the
sentence Of tho law. This ceremony com.
pleted he folds up tho document and
places it in the scale pan, the arm of the
balance desccnds, closes the circuit, and
al Is over"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

A carpet merchant in Vienna has a GU
rious collection Of ancient wooden and
linen cloths, including more than three
hundred specimens. Many of them have
been taken from tombs and are stretched
on foIios Of cardboard to preserve them.
Some OF the fragments are only n foot
square, but the larger ones make up an
sntirc Roman toga, which is said to be-
the only one in the world. There are a
great many embroidered dresses and a
deal of knitting aad crewcl work.
Iouble. chain stitch Gems to have been
as familiar to the Egyptian seamstr sses,
sewing with bono needles, as it is to
modern ono There arc some very
quaint and unusual designs in the old
collection Of cloths, bu, there are also
some very common things. 1t is curious
to find that the common blue check pat
tern of our busters and work house aprons
was in gene al u.e a noHg the Egyptians
more than a thousand years ago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
= U P ID l. f MI II NJ IT
TO THE
LauFens Advertiser.

The New York Times asserts that tho
Pike County (Pa.) bears are as ohnnaane
this season as they were forty years 400
aud grow bigger and fatter, A e.
bears showed themselves in Tcnnessoa
last winter, on the line of the Cinc;rnat;
Southern Railway. ""ae'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
NlnetY.slX Sailors Lost at Sea.

Advices has been received at Plymouth
that the Chinese Steamship Takaman
birst her boilers while running under
high pressure In a gale off Nugata, and
that ninety-six persons who were on
board persisted, including the officers,
who were Englishmen.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

A man who has studied the various
phases of the matrimonial market has
come to the conclusion that every woman
has some chance to marry; 1t may be
one to fifty or it may ten to n she will.
Representing a woman's cntiIe chance at
100, he has made out tho following table
to show the chance at certain points OF
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

tn1ucnchablc fire is eating its was
through hundreds Of acres OF coal in
Wcstmorland county Pa. the flames
having started some time ago in the
shaft Of II c Flick Coke Company. BY
reason Of the fire some 800 men are out
of work, and tie Coke company is los.
ing $4,000 n day.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

Capt Macmillan Schroeder, a German
barber, and formerly and officer in the
National Guard in this city, killed him
self in New Orleans the other day
because his attentions was rejected by a
lady of that city.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
Married women's property.

A recent writer objects to the laws
undue partially to married women, be.
cause thoy can hold property which tho
husband cannot touch, they may engage
in business without being required to
give a penny to the support Of family OF
themselves, and the husband 10 all the
time responsible for any contracts or pur.
chases made by the wife. At first view
it would seem that married women are
an extraordin arily privileged class. But
the simple fact is that tho female needs
extraordinary privileges to place her on
q just equality with the stronger and
moro a, .;ressi We male. And the fact is,
also, that ono do not abuse these
privileges.
We often hear Of husbands who will
not support their families, and who even
take their wives' scanty earnings for the
qualification Of their appetitcs. But we
do not hear of wives who neglect their
household duties to go into business, de.
cline to contri butte to the support of their
families, and make their husbands re-
sponsible for business debts. The facts
Of every day life show that married
women need all h cprotection which the
law can give them and in the light Of
these fac Is, the critic of women's priv
leges poses as the discoverer ola particu
larly unsubstantial NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ltslie's.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

Lord Churchill makes sixty gesture,
n minute while speaking. or half a,
many as n woman who is describing he,
new hat TO her dearest friend.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

An association of Alabama, Georgia.
Virginia, New York a,d PHILADELPHIA
capitalists, called the North Birmingham
Land Company, has been formed at Biz.
mingham, Ala, with q capital of S7oo,.
BOO. The Coalburg coal mining pro or.
ty, with a daily output OF 500 tons. is
included in the purchase made BY the
oomr' y from the Richmond & Danyillo
exte IN. Its mining capacity will be
inc eased and a large iron furnac, with
numerous coke ovens will be erected a.
once. The site of the plant is on VILLAGE
Creek, not quite two miles north of Biz
mingham. The company owns 10, 800
acres of coal and farm lands, and pro-
poses building a suburban town and en-.
Ssg!ng in extensive manufacturing.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

The women connected with ths press
In the Southern s:ateS arc organizing a
southern Woman's PHess Association.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01

There is a woman in Camden, Ohio
from whose body, at different points
there have been taken gold bars. or
rather, needles. These pieces have varied
IN length, from a half inch to four or
Eve inches, and arc in thickness nr,tlc
larger than q darning needle. The on,y
solution offered is that in early years She
swallowed a gold coin, or piece Of cold
which, by somc action of the gastric
juices Of the stomach, was dissolved and
circulated through the system, then. by
some action Of the blood, prccipitn,ed
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
No Efforts were Spared
Flags at Half Mast.

At the Capitol Immediately upon
the receipt Of the news Of X-Prcsidcnt
Arthur's death the flags were ordered
to half mast and arrangements made
for the display Of mourning cmblcms.
senator Sherman left the city ycstcr,
day and Speaker Carlisle and the
~scrgcantat arms also being absent,
no action could be taken at oncc in
reference to the funeral, although it
was assumed that both houses would
desire to be r%eprcscntcd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
Gland and Several Members 10 AZ.
tend the Funeral.
WASHINGTON, NoN

WASHINGTON, Nov. IS.
President Cleveland and several
members Of tho Cabinet will leave
here tomorrow night for New York
to attend ex-President Arthur's fu.
neral.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
His Sisters and Children Gathered mt
His bedside.

Or. VIM. a. Valentine, DR.. Peters
Portncr and Scrrogcte Rollins STAYED
with them during the night. Mr..
knlvals went home at midnight.
Mr.. Arthur's strength cbbcd out
slowly, and with it his life. 1t was
> o'clock when the end came. He
had been entirely senscless for hours
and died without a STRUGGLE.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
A sketch or His Life

Mr.. Arthur was Sc years old.
He had been n widowcr seven
years. His wife died in 1879.
She was Miss Ellen Hcrndon
before he married her, daughter
of a naval officer, n Nirginian, who
was lost at sea. Of their two chill.
dren, the son, Chester Allen, is TWEEN.
tytwo years old. He was graduated
from Princeton College n year ago
and is n student in the Columbia
law school. His practical trimming he
received III the law otficcOf Ecnals &
Ransom, the firm Of which the Ex.
President was a member UP to the
time Of his election TO the Vice. Prcsi.
dcncy on the Garfield tickets. The
daughter, Miss Nellie, of whom Mr..
Arthur was very fond, is fourteen
years old.
His Brother and Friends Informed.
kilograms conveying the intclli
gcnce Of the death of tho Ex.Prcsi.
dent have been sent to his brother,
Maj. VIM. Arthur, of the l.. S. rcgu,
lar army, stationed at San Antonio,
Texas, to General Brewster NJ phiia.
dolphia, tx. Secretary w. f. Chand-
Ter, who called upon Mr.. Arthur
Monday, and other members Of the
Cabinet of the late administration,
and also to some personal friends of
tho deceased. 1t is expected that tho
members of Ex.President Arthur's
cabinet will be asked to act as pail
bearers Mt the funeral.
The remains now lie in q parlor on
49,
residence, whose honored owner has
passed away.
The fact of tho rapidly wavering
life of Mr.. Arthur was not mado pub
lie. IL was not until some hours af-
ter his death that knowledge of it
was on the strect--hence but few of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-01
DEATH.
THE PROMINENT
DIES OF APOPLEXY.

Tho Eminent Statesmen pa,.s. r...
Death-A Great Political Leader C,,I.
cd From This Life Hts DentT -
pectpd. "V
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30

no holiday life and the money, be 1
large or small, that 10 made by success
ful cattle men 10 as fairly earned -
the profits Of any business.
Custer county now maintains about
200. 900 head Of cattle, 15,0 600 horses and
100000 sheep. In each Of these thres
branches Of live stock industry there
has been Q constant endeavor on the
part Of range owners TO grade up young
stock and eliminate from the herds all
interior stock. Bulls from blooded
and pedigreed sires out of high grade
cows traverse every range and leave
indelible marks Of their high ancestry
on the growing herds. In horses
even higher grades are introduced,
and full blooded, imported Shire,
Percheron and Clyde stations can be
found at every horse ranch in the
county. The large framed and mag
nificently muscled sires will produce
from the small but active mares OF this
region, q race Of animals that will in q
year or two give Montana q name sec
ond to none as the the breeding ground
Of fine horses. In sheep the fiocks
are being graded up as fast a. is con-
sistent with dual regard for quality
in wool and mutton. Last year WAS
an exceptionally good one for the wool
growers, the yield being more than
average, and the price the highest that
has been bad for years.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
General Logan's Funeral.

The members of the Illinois delega-
tion In Congress who arr now in
Washington, held . meeting at the
Logan. mansion Monday afternoon in
compliance with . suggestion Of Mrs.
Logan for consultation. There were
present Senator Cullom and Repre-
sentatives Hill, Henderson, Payson,
Springer. Thomas, Townshend and
Nesce. Mrs. Logan's wishes with re-
gard 10 the funeral arrangements were
made known by Representative Hen
derson, with whom she had been con.
ferring. Her inclinations favored the
funeral in the senate chamber after
the se-assembling Of Congress and IN
intermsnt in the meantime in the
congressional cemetery. The matter
was discussed but no conclusion
reached. the rubjecs being postponed
until Tuesday. The probabilities.
bnwevsr. ss the time Of sdjournm meps
pointed 10 . post ponemeni of she fune-
rsl until Wednesday, Of next week,
and . Temporary intsrment in . re-
ceivins vault, pending decision ~ TO
. place OF permanent burial. Since
then further conference has inform
ally taken place and she members are
now Of the opinion that the funeral
services will taks place next Friday In
the senate chamber, and the remains
will then Immediately be conveyed to
Chicago.
A guard Of honor consisting of . Ser
geant and four privAtes Of artillery.
fully uniformed and equipped. have
been detailed for duty nj the Logan
mansion.
Gen. Albert Ordway. bead Of
the Washington commandery Of the
Loyal lLegion, has appointed the
following committee to represent the
oommandery st the funeral: Gen.
Green b. Rsum, who served under
Gen. Logan; Commander Kellogg, Of
the navy. . warm personal friend;
Major G. b. Bratt, q member Of
Logan's staff, and Capt. George Z.
Lamon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Now You Can Ride Cheap.

The reduction made by the North
ern Pacific in local fares which was
noticed some days ago, will save many
o dollar to those who have occasion to
do much travelling over the road. For
the information Of the public we give
below table of new rates eastward as
far as Bismarck and westward to
Helena:
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30

Perhaps the most satisfActogy,
though the smallest cut on the llst,
b the Keogh rate. Hereafter the b.
lated soldier. returning TO the post
after IN evening In the metropolis.
need only ssqusster . dime for he
hone transportation. leaving the hand
some margin Of i've cents for incidsn-
tals. This reduction In fArss h another
move made Voluntarily BY the North.
ern Pacific for the bsnsGt Of the pab'
lie, for which due credit should b
given by those who think oorporaEiss1
have no souls.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-10
Modern Methods of Eating sheIlhshi

Speaking of shell-fsh, does any one
happen to have noticed the changes that
have taken place IN our method of eat
ing them OF late years? Up to ten years
ago the bill of fare of an oyster house
was covered by the stew, fry, broil and
roast. Now it includes oysters, fricas-
SEES, croquettes, omeletteS, fritters, and
a dozen other dishes of the same basis |
can not recall by name. In clans almost
the same variety may be noted. The
most popular novelty seems to be the
deviled clam. Lobster salad was once a
crowning luxury of popular gastronomy,
and plain lobster a tid-bit. Now we
have the cardinal of the seas deviled and
curried, broiled and mashed into a pun
gent paste and made into a savory cro-
quotes.
Deviled crabs are a metropolitan inn
portation of recent years. They were
first brought wei from Philadelphia by
a Fulton market man, who soon found
that he could sell carloads of them at a
dime a piece. Now we make them for
ourselves. Ten years back there were
scarcely a dozen restaurants in the city
where you could buy q decent dish of
| turtle soup. and then it cost you from
so cents to 81; according to the style you
were surrounded by. Now turtle soup
is a % cent dainty on every bill of fare.
l must confess, however, l do not find
it as savory as in its more primitive
days. Is it the fault of my stomach or
the reduction of price?n
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-10
WHAT WAS HIS BUSINESS.
The Traveller Who Puzzled and En-
tertained His Journalistic
Companion.

Returning from New York IN a linz
tied express train a few days ago, l was
attracted by a gentleman who occupied
the section adjoining mine in the sleep
ing car. An earnest and cheerful man.
in the vigor of sound mental and bodily
health, clearin thought, readyin conver-
sation, and attentive yet hearty in man
ner, he was oon on pleasant terms with
nearly every n of his travelling COM
panions and was not long in becoming
evidently well liked by all. Having,
almost without knowing how, confessed
myself a newspaper man to him, it oc-
Cured to me that it would only be a fair
restoration of the equilibrium of infor-
nation to learn his calling. SO at the
first convenient chance l said squarely:
"You haven't told me yet what bust
ness you are in"
He smiled good-naturedly and replied:
II am not usually slow in making my
occupation known, but this time I'll let
you try your skill at guessing"
"All right / said; ''giye me a clue"
"Certainly," he answered, II am en-
gagged in helping people save money"
'Try me with something hard" /
dllSNeItd "COIllutllLJ you are IOll1lSct-
ed with a savings bank
'Not at all" said he, ''savings banks
are excellent institutions, but 1 have
nothing to do with them. l am in a
business in which a poor man, if he in
vests with me, cannot pull out his earn
ings if the within seizes him to do so
after a time, and dissipate the same to
his family's detriment. 1 undertake
particularly to aid his family"
''Then you are an officer Of some Or
ganized charity" l said.
sob, no" was his half-amused reply"
men who do business with me are lifted
wholly above the degradation of becom-
ing objects Of charity. The humblest
of my customers can, even in dying mo-
ments know that those whom he has
supported in life are by his own efforts
left independent of benevolent assist
ance.n
"You seem to deal mainly with the
poor?" l questioned, while cudgeling
my brains for some further hint as to
his association.
"By no means, he promptly replied.
81 hold myself and my business to be of
the most positive value to people OF
moderate means-salaTied men, and
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-10
MuItum In Parvo.

Twas but q baby's curl,
Yet all life's gold
Seem'd twisted in the tiny ring
In n bright fold.
Now meath the myrtle quiet
just where the dew of evening falls
From starry sky.
One lily bends its waxen cup
Above the stone,
Meath which we our darling laid
With many a moan.
Day after day as speed the years
Our paths along.
Where will he spend his boylsh life?
Where sing his song9
Shall we no echo Of it hear?
No sweet refrain;
To tell us that he sometimes comes
To us again?
Yelled in the heart that plucked ava.
This hope OF ours
Methinks the cross car never turn
To one of flowers.
Only a little bird to stay
Upon our breast,
And then so soon again to hnd
An empty nest,
All WE'LL life has its mysteries
And this Is one;
But coming years will make it plain
When life Is done.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-10
An Absent-SIinded Statesman.

Coming down from the house on the
hill in a Herdic, recently, were a cabinet
officer, a school girl, and two cores
pondents. The cabinet officer got in last,
| and fumbling dreamily in his vest pocket
fished up a couple of tickets and put
them in the box. Seeing the mirth in
the journalistic countenance, the secre-
tary remarked.
ooh, l put two in, didn't II thought
my wife wa alongl"
The schoolgirl dropped her books and
! giggled as she scrambled them together
| again. The two newspaper menlaughed.
| 1t was so funny to see such a slippery
set of books. The driver looked in and
laughed too. He had probably had his
hours reduced to sixteen. The driver
told the secretary through the window
that it ''was all right" ''Take the
next fare" he added. The next person
who got in was a maiden lady of an I'M
certain number of summers and a dou-
BILE number of squaw winters. Her Wis
age looked as if it would sour milk.
The secretary sat nearest the box and
when her five cents was handed up the
secretary calmly took it and put 1t III his
! pocket according to the previous agree
ment, looking dreamily out on the love-
ly park and oblivious to everything.
The driver registered the fare on his
gong and all was right as right could be.
All except the newcomer. a study OF
her c%ountenance by the two newspaper
men and the schoolgirl would have re-
suited in q shocking improperly, but for
the remarkable presence of mind OF the
latter. The books slipped again and
went sprawling at her feet, while three
persons bumped their heads to recover
them and absurdly. The secretary
looked coldly on this perform
ance. The maiden lady whose nickel
was snugly ensconced in his right-hand
vest pocket, eyed him Indignantly. She
bit her thin lips to keep her mouth shut
another remarkable instance of feml-
| nine presence of mind. She looked at
| the driver, at the schoolgirl giggling in
! the corner of the coach, at the W mer-
ry eyed newspaper men, then settled
back in her seat with an information on
"Welll" that startled the secretaryfrom
his lethargy.
"I've got your fare ma'am," said he,
smiling pleasantly and just getting at
the meaning of the thing.
II see you have" retorted the now
irate female "You put 1T In your
| pocketln
'That's all right" shouted the dri-
yer, laughing. And then the schoolgirl
laughed without dropping her books,
and the two newspaper men laughed,
and the secretary laughed. Everybody
laughed except the maiden lady, who
jumped up and rang the bell and hoped
out of the coach as mad as a wet hen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-10
NUMBER 40.

Excessive heat and drought have
been complained Of throughout the
Northwest and Northeast for several
days past. In Dakota temperature of
100 degrees in the shade was reached
at various points on the 9TH and at
Pierre "a violent hot wind blew down
several houses and drove the people to
the cellars to avoid suffocation." At
Des Moines, on the 9th the thermome-
ter in the Signal Station registered 104
degrees. Similar complaints come from
New Hampshire, where the streams in
some places are drying up. At Han
over the temperature has ranged from
80 to 90 in the shade.
There was a terrible storm at Apai-
achicola, Florida on the Both which de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property. Six
persons we're drowned in the bay.
In Frederick, Maryland, on tue 9Th,
DIR. Joseph y. Webb, a dentist of B9lti-
more, shot and wounded II. r.. Besant
in the arm. AS the ball could not be
extracted on the 9th, blood poisoning
was feared. 1t is said that Besant, who
is respectfully connected, betrayed a
young lady, the cousin of Webb, and
that she f5 now in an insane asylum in
consequence.
"A freight train on the New York
City and Northern Railroad was thrown
from the track neal Amawak Station
on the 9th, by a horse, and the engineer
was killed.
"A blast was fired on the 9th on the
new Pottsvllle and Mahanoy Railroad
at a deep cut at Coal and Nicholas
streets, in Pottsville, with serious re-
suits. The Black Diamond Hotel and
a saloon opposite wore riddled by flying
stones, and Joseph Miller, of Cressona.
who was standing at the bar of the
hotel, had his thigh broken. Several
others were less seriously injured.
Moses Levi, aged % years, and Michael
Collins, aged %, were drowned by the
capsizing of a boat on the lake in
Douglas Park, Chicago, on the 9Th.
While four boys were playing on a
lumber in Shenandoa, Penna., OH the
9th, the lumber pile fell, lnjuring one of
them. John w. Kreiger, sc badly that
he died in a few hours. Two others
were dangerously injured.