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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19
A Noble zoe.

~ was at the battle Of Gcttys-
burg" says an cN-Soldirr in The
Chicago Upru1d, Sand an incident
occurred which largely changed my
views Of the Sothcrn people. |
had been Il most bitter anti-South
man, and fought and cursed ti!.cm
desperately. | could see Lothinu
good in any of them, The last day
of the fight | was badly wounded.
A ball shattered my left leg. ] lay
on the ground not far from The
Cemetery Ridge, and as General
Ice ordered his last retreat, cand
his "%ticcrs rode near me. AS thcy
came along | recognized him, and,
though faint from exposure and
loss of blood, | raised UP on my
hands, looked Gen. Lee in the face,
and shouted as loud as ! could,
',IIurra for the Unionw The Con
cral heard me, looked, stopped hiss
horse, disnountcd and came to-
ward me. | confess that | at first
thought he meant to Kill me. But
as he came Up he looked down at
me with such sa'! expression upon
his face that all fears left me, and
| wondered what he was about.
He extended his hand to me,
grasped mine firmly, and looking
right into my eyes, said:
"AIy son, | hope you will soon
be wcll.'
"If live II thousand years,
shall never forget the expression
in General Lees face. There he
was, defeated, retiring from Il field
that had cost him his cause, al.
most their last hope, and yet he
stopped to say words like those tc
n wounded soldier of the opposi'
ton, who had tainted him as he
passed by. AS soon as the Genera.
had left me, | cried myself to slcel
there upon the bloody ground"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19
The Columbia, Eewbcrry and
Laurcns Railroad.
Special to News and Courier.

CoLvMBIA, s. c., May THE
c0rnoratorS of the Columbia, New
berry and Laurcns Railroad, hav-
ing secured subscriptions TO the
amount, of $20,OG0 to the capital
stock Of the company, which
achievement Will enable them to
organize and go 10 work, advertise
for meeting on the 7th of June 10
perfect the organization and elect
permanent officers. Columbia has
already subscribed $6,575, New
berry over $1,000 and the Fork of
Lexington over $4,000. no effort
has vet boon made in Laurcns.
Ii is certain that township sub
scriptiUns sufficient to grade the
road to Prosperity will be easily
obtained along the route. The new
road will develop the rich LcXing-
ington Fork country, Civ" the bcnc-
fits of competition to Prosperity
and Ill points above il, and greatly
advance the business interests of
Charleston as well us OF Columbia,
and the country through which it
will run. II will be an indcpcnd-
cnt line working in the interest
OF South Carolina territory and
South Carolina citiCy, and it is Surc
to succeed. subscriptions to the
stock will continue 10 be apprCcia-
lively received until the orgaiza-
ton. n. G. 6.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

The Romans used movable
type to make their potty and
endorse their books.
There was a tunnel under the
river Euphratcs when ancient
Babylon vas in all its glory, ana
the ancient Egyptians had Il Sucz
Canal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

~ st. loIis physician cured a
case Of alcoholism by means of
opium; he then cured the opium
habit through the agency ofcocainc,
and now he is searching for some
thing with wi1icl, to cure the CO.
rainc habit.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19
HOLMES SURE CURE.

MOUTH WASH AND DENTIFRTCE.
Curcs Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Sore
Mouth, Sore Throat, Cloanscs the Teeth
and Puritics the Breath. Used and rec
commended Ivy leading dentist. Pre-
pared by Drs. j. II, Il w. II. HOLMES,
Dentist, Macon, Ga. For salo by all
druggit and dentist, and in Larrens by
DIR. II, u. C0NNOR. 25--ly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19
WILL THEY

"hi'e nearly every other section
''"o "'a''i Il" enjoying Il season OF
unprecedented tranquility on the
e'oi Il poiltlcal campaign, Inu-
No"ii'E Is boiling over with the
"'''NrH movement" Now, just
- "te ~l''hi"rS, ana what is this
"i''''N mo- cmrnt," are inter
.N'l''& questions, From present
''"icH'l"hS W" arc led to believe
'''' '''S movement, ut least in tllis
No""'F, mas assumed an entirely
~nlifci"nt shade from that which
WI. llLLMAN originated.
II mas peer currently reported
'n"' IN" recent caucus, composed
VI seventeen representative farm
YRS VINO met here last week, had
'">''"oiS ronSidcr@d the PROPOSE
u'' |" rec"Aimcnd a set Of candi-
u"'eS TO th"ir frllow-farmcrs.
ms report The ADVERTISERS No.
iitN'' 10 re without foundation.
20 ho' p"!icvc that such men
- 'hoSe fc'rrred to, could so far
VS. H'S''' Oh tho plan and purposes
N''ei' Nir. lILIMAN says prompted
H''' III SEEKING the organization of
~.'''''fS' is [" turn the whole thing
"'' pol!Hcal ring to facilitate
"S-'"''ilS' me time has passed
w IlNfl INC NDll-f Il ln-,SI, | tf,l-l>
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

Senator Hampton has been
called away again by family mis-
fortune. These repeated caIami-
ties have almost broken the old
hero's heart. | am informed too
that he says he is physically break
ing down, and that the wound on
his head, received in battle, is
troubling him so that he notices a
failure Of memory.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

The Abbeville Medium objects to
II statement Of Mr.. JEFFERSON
DAVIS, to the effect that the Citadel
cadets of Charleston have always
turned out the best men in the
Palmetto State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

"A minister may occasionally be
carried away with the inspiration
of his theme, but he generally gets
back in time to take up the collec-
tiOn.--Er.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

While but few men would oppose
the return of Congressman PERRY
from the Fourth District, we would
be glad If the people at large could
make the nomination by means of
Il Primary Election.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

1t seems that the only harm that
the recent discussion Of the theory
of evolution has brought about has
been disaster to tha Thuological
Seminary. While the Board Of Di-
rectorShavc decided not to close the
institution on account Of DR.. WOOD
ROWS refusal to resign the Perkins
Pr0fcs5orship, Il large majority OF
the students from other States have
been withdrawn by their Prcsby-
terics, which reduces the number
in attendance to ten.
Tho Summcrvillc Ucruld thinks
that The Farmers Convention
should make nominations of State
officers for the Democratic party.
This is Democracy with vcngcncc!
Woe to the Democratic Party and
the State, when One class, trade or
profession, has the exclusive right
to Il voice in choosing public ser
wants. We prefer the Primary plan,
suggested by the Farmers COnvcn-
ton.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-05-19

The Anderson JOur1Ini learns
that there is Il movement on foot,
at Abbcvillc G.. H., to secure Judge
Cothran's consent for his name to
go before the convention for nomi-
nation a the Democratic candi-
date for Congress in this district in
case Col. Aikcn's state Of health
will not permit him to be in the
field.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
Physical Exercise.

A large number of professors of ath-
letics or athletic professors met recent
ly in the gymnasium of the Adelphia
Academy, Brooklyn, to teach the hu-
man race how to keep well and live
forever
On the subject of physical exercise
most people are fools. A man without
a muscle is as badly off in this rough
and-tumble world as a man without a
brain. Parents take pride in their
children when their heads are packed
like pawnbroker' shop with all sorts
of odds and ends of information, but
they do little to encourage the SYM
metrical development of their bodies.
they forget that robust health cOnsti-
tutes about three-quarters of the prob
lem of human happiness, and that it is
a criminal neglect of the highest well
fare OF the boy or girl TO keep them at
their books until they lose all appetite
for out-of-dOOr sports.
Half the men in the world are broken
down with dyspepsia. and the other
half are broken up with rheumatism.
The women, who are not supposed to
have any muscles indulge in the luxu-
ries of sick-head ache and neuralgia.
A half-hour's vigorous exercise in the
morning before the business of the day
begins, brisk walk Of dozen miles,
would sweelen the temper of and make
life worth living. Such is our physi-
cal condition however, that if you
should turn the gentleman of Wall
street into a gymnasium for an hour 5
torture with the parallel bars and the
/ fifty-pound dumb-bells and the in
/ spring trapeze, you would have to
/ pick them up from the floor like chest
nuts under tree after a gale of wind.
Our clerks, and their employers, also,
after thee-hours' trot on q hard
road, with leap here and there over a
fence or ditch, would have to be
brought home in furniture wagons, and
a large proportion Of them deposited at
the undertaken 5.
We have not yet learned the secret of
right living. No man lives well who
does not spend hours every day out Of
doors. We are asthamatic, rheumatic,
spleeny and hard to get along with at
home because we believe IN brains and
not I'm bodies N !. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
Those stolen spoons.

Senator Beck. of kentucky, is per-
sonal friend of Ben Butler, and to him
the Massachusetts, Ex-Governor related
the true story of the stolen spoons. He
said; When / was in New Orleans,
complaints were frequently made to
me of houses being entered and plum
dered. | had these complaints inveSti-
gated by an officer Of my staff. who re-
ported that they were immensely ex-
aggerated. One day while | was in
bad humOr. prominent citizen came
and renewed the old complaint. If
the United States, said he, has sent an
ermy of robbers down here. | can put
up with il. bat if the robbery is not
| want my property re-
turned. He expressed his opinion of
the government. its troops and myself
in language that vas quite earnest. So
j concluded Ia investigate the matter
personally. He told me who the hack
man was that had brought the robbers
To his house. whom ! found andcom-
PEELED TO tell the truth lie said that
he hal driven some soldiers to a num-
Der of houses 10 plumber, and took me
TO a place where the booty was stored.
To my surprise. the officer who had led
the gang was my staff officer TO whom
| had entrusted the investigation. |
had the plumber removed 10 my ware
house until ii could be claimed and re-
stored. and had the officer arrested.
tried. sentenced and shot. and his fam
i'y thought he died in the service.
Said Senator Beck, why have YOU
never told this story before. and cleared
yourself Of the offensive charges?"
oh, said Butler. they would get
up some other id lie on me il
did"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

Bessie CHANDLER.

Long ago in old Granada, when the Moors
were forced TO flee,
Each man locked his home behind him, TAX
ing in his flight his key.
Hopefully they watched and waited for the
time 10 come when they
Should return from their long exile to those
homes SO far away.
Blu. the mansions in Granada they had left
in all their prime,
Vanished, as the years rolled onward,
meath the crumbling touch of time.
Like the MOors, we all have dwellings where
we vainly long 20 be,
And through all life's changing phases ever
fast we hold the key.
Our fair country lies behind US; we are ex-
lies, too. In truth,
For no more shall we behold her. Our Ora
nada's name is Youth.
We have our delusive day-dreams, and re-
joice when, now aud then,
Some old hearstrlng stirs within US, and we
feel orr youth again.
I'VE are young we cry triumphant, thrill
ed with Oid-time joy aud glee
Then the dream fades slowly, swiftly, leav-
ing but the key.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

One of the sons of old Ipswich. himself
gray-haired, was thus relating the
characteristics of the parental disci-
pline which he obtained in his youth.
Zone evening"" said he, II had
come under my fathers wrath, and he
sternly ordered me to 90 to bed. Bed
was in the loft of a log house, and l
complained had no light"
Go to bed in the dark, was my
father's answer, and | climbed the lad
der and made my way along the tim
bers, no flooring being laid. A bright
idea struck me, and | thought | could
make che more appeal against fate. /
cried down:
Its so dark | can't find the bed. >
Quick as a flash came the answer.
''Get as near to it as you can and lie
down"
1t is unnecessary to say that the bed
was found and not lost again till morn
ing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
The Eiraf Rallnnn.

The discovery of the balloon was due
to Stephen and Joseph Montgoltier,
sons of Peter MOntgoltier a paper MAX
er at Annonay, France. The brothers
had observed the suspension of clouds
in the atmosphere, and it occurred 10
them that if they could enclose any
vapor of the nature of cloud in a
large and very light bag, it might rise
and carry the bag with it into the air.
They accordingly made experiments,
initiating bags with smoke from fire
placed underneath, and found either
that the smoke or some vapor from the
fire did ascend and carry the bag with
it. Being thus assured of tae correct
ness of their views, they determined
to have public ascent of a balloon
on a large scale. They accordingly
invited the States of Vivarais, then
assembled at Annonay, to witness their
aerostatic experiment, and on June D,
1888, in the presence of considera Die
concourse of spectators, a linen globe
of los #. in circumference was inflated
over fire fed with small bundles of
chopped straw, and when released rap
idly rose to a great height, and | have
been using Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton for the past four years, and l
find it the best remedy 1 ever used for
coughs. HIRAM LEWIS.
Big Prairie. Mich, July Is, 1885.
descended at the expiration of ten
minutes at the distance of about II
mile. The brothers Montgolfier i'm
agined that the bag rose because of
the levity of the smoke or other vapor
given forth by the burning straw. and
it was not till some time later that it
was recognized that the ascending pow
er was due merely to the lightness Of
the heated air compared TO an equal
volume of air at lower temperature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

There is q singular calm reigning in
the streets of Rotterdam: The faces Of
the passers-by are stolid; there is nc
chattering, no gesticulating. Thepop-
ulation Is imperturbably good. l was
constantly struck BY this feature of the
Dutch wherever | went; they are pre-
teruaturally tranquil. At Rotterdam,
it may be argued, the people are pre-.
occupied with business, and have nc
time to be gay and noisy. But at theiI
holiday resorts they are equally quiet.
One Sunday afternoon | went down
to Scheveningen. the famous seaside
resort, near The Hague, and l was ut
terly astOunded at the bearing of the
crowd of holiday seekers. [ could
hardly help thinking that the whole
thing mnst be a toy, and that the PEG
pie We're playing at being good. The
hotels on the top of the sand dunes
the neat brick-payed, winding fOOtpath
thai runs the whole length of the upper
part of the beach; the villas, the casino
tn village, the church, with its clock
dial painted red and blue, with the
hours picked out in white; the little
canvas bathing machines, brilliant with
new paint; the little tents on the beach.
the fishing boats. all seemed to accord
with this idea, they We're so neat and
proper. When we arrived all the PEG
pie were out on the beach; the Sunday
holiday makers, too, had arrived, and
vet the tranquility, the stiffness, the
absence of the sounds of gayety, or,
indeed, of any human sounds, were 80
marked that it made one feel quite IN
easy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

Gold rings are made from bars nine or
fifteen inches long. a bar fifteen
inches long, about two inches wide and
three-sixteenths of an inch thick, is
worth about 81, 900. II would make
800 four penny weight rings. A dozen
processes and twenty minutes time are
required TO change the bar into merch-
antable rings. A pair of shears cut
the bar into strips. BY the turn of a
wheel, one. two or three times, the
guillotine blade of the shears cuts the
bar into slices, one, two or three-six-
tecnths of an inch wide. 4 rolling
machine presses out the strips and
makes them fiat or grooved. Each
strip is then put under blow-pipe and
annealed. The oxide of copper comics
to the surface. and is put into pickle
of sulphuTic acid, and the bit of gold is
stamped with its quality and the name
of the maker, and is put through 4 ma
chine that bends it into the shape of a
ring OF any size. The ends are solder
ed with an alloy of inferior fineness to
the quality of the rIng. Many people
imagine that rings ara run in q mold,
because they can t see where they are
soldcred. The ring spins through the
turning lathes, is rounded. pared and
polished, first with tripoi and then
with steel filings and rouge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
A Vision Explained.

A young man retired one night to
bed without blowing out the lamp,
when his eye caught sight of a man 5
profile on the wall, hideous and menac-
ing. Greatly alarmed, he at once
sprang from the bed and rushed into
the sitting-room, telling the family
that a man was concealed in his room.
The family armed with clubs, proceed
ed to the room. The image was still
there. A careful search under the bed
and throughout the house, however,
availed nothing. The mystery was
unsolved, though it was noticed the
terrible apparatiOn was seen only when
tho lamp was on the table. No one in
the house slept much that night At
intervals for months the face would
appear on the wall; nobody would oc-
cupy the room, and il was given up as
haunted. A short time ago a lady eX-
pressed a desire to sleep in the room
and unravel the mystery if she could.
She retired to bed. leaving the light
ablaze and the human head clearly de-
fined upon the wall She decided that
the reflection was cast by some object
in the room, and scrutinized every OBJ
iect that came 10 view. She was about
giving up in despair, when her vision
rested on the fire place; where cheer
full wood fire was burning. The fuel
was upheld by pair of old-fashioned
andirons, their tops ornamented with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14

So, down to the city came Mrs. Far
90 and Mrs. Perkins, an amiable drag
oness flying peaceably away with her
victim by steam train.
Mrs. Trims house stood in n quiet
uptown street, across which the tall
trees met in friendly conference. Mrs.
Trim met them in the hall, an elderly
woman whose once blonde hair had
faded to a yellowish white, and whose
cOrpulency bordered upon the miracu-
lous. She kissed Amelia affection
ately, though she had never seen her
before, and leading her into the parlor
left her there while she withdrew to
the sitting-room with her sister
You have been very prompt, y she
said, seating herself in her own espe-
cially wide-armed chair. II was sur
prised to find you had one already on
hand, as it were.
II had never thought about her until
YOUR letter came, returned Mrs. Far
20, "and | don't know now whether it
will amount to anything. They are
both so duh, it seems like trying to
strike fire with two wet sticks.
Meantime in the parlor, Amelia had
taken off Gracie's hat, and was holding
the half sleeping child upon her lap,
and looking abstractedly out through
the blinds into the quiet street. 1t was
characteristic of Mrs. Fargo that she
had not mentioned her sisters name,
and Amelia was wondering how she
should address her hostess upon their
next meeting, when a gentleman en-
TERED by a door at the end of the room,
and came directly toward the sofa near
which she sat. He was a tall, fair
man. with 4 little professional stoop
in the shoulders. DR.. Albert Trim,
in fact. coming, according to his usual
habit, to rest a few moments before
dinner in the shaded parlor.
He was close upon Amelia before he
saw her, and she slowly rising. and let
ting Oracle slip to The floor, confronted
HIM with a suppressed scream.
What. you!' exclaimed the doctor,
coming to a sudden stand.
YOU repeated Amelia, echo-like.
"In my house!' continued the doc
tor.
II never knew it was your house,
you may be sure, and I'll go out of it
at once.
She snatched up Gracie's hat and
( turned toward the door, dragging the
child after her.
"You shall not stir. / am delighted
to see you here; you shall never
I leave.
/ II shall leave, and this moments too. "
She caught Oracle up and made a
movement to dart past him, but he
stepped before her. with one arm out
stretched, barring the way. Oracle,
alarmed of this gesture, uttered pierre
/ ing shrek. There was sound of
QUICK steps approaching, and Mrs. Far
20 appeared upon the threshold. DIR.
Trim dropped his arm. and Amelia,
with flushed fase and indignant mein,
approached Mrs. Fargo.
What in the world is the matter?'
exclaime,, this lady. ALBERT, / thought
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-14
HARDWARE


strong-Baekett Hardware Co.
FarweII, Ozmun 8 jackson.
Adam Decker.
IRON, STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE,
NIcOIs A. Dean.
Rhodes s. Morton.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
AuerDach, Finch & Van Slyck.
Indexes, Warner & Schumacher
Powers, Durkse & Co.
NOTIONS AND FURNISHING GOODS.
Blabon, Warren g. Cbipley.
Arthur, Warren s Abbott.
GROCERS
p IT. Kelly Mercantile &c.
Alien, Moon Co.
MaxfieId a. seabuTys
BeaUpre, Keogh & Co.
YAM, orig - q Howes
TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES.
Berkey, TaImsdge & Co.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
c. Gotzian Q Co.
Kellogg, johnson & Co.
FOOte, Schulze & Co.
ForepAuSh Tarbox.
HATS, CAPS AND FURS
Gordon & Ferguson.
Lsnpher, Finch & skinner.
btreIssguth & Drake.
DRUGS
Noyes Bros. & Cutler.
Ryan Drug Co.
CHINA, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Craig. I.arEIn & smith.
Pollock, Donaldson g. ogden.
LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AMI SADDLERY
HARDWARE.
r. L HardsnburQh n IN
SchefTer d RossuIn.
Chss. -. Schmidt.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
AverIIl. Carpenter & Co.
Ward, HiIl g Mcclellan
Pioneer Press Co.
BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY.
Sc. Paul Book & Stationery Co.
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS
Campbell & Burbank.
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
Gu,terman Bros.
fAILORS TRIMMINGS AND WOOLEES.
YalIop, DeGraot q Co.
RUBBER GOODS AND Betting
81. PAU Rubber Co.
Goodyear Rubber Co.
CIGARS AND f0BACcOS
Whitemxn Bros.
q. N McL7tn.
MOTIONS AND COUNTER SUPPLIES
D. semmersa ca.
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Etiquette of Cards.

II the etiquette of cards were known
anywhere IN this country il ought TO DO
in Washington, where official distinc-
lions abound. II is etiquette among
Senators to leave of the usual prefix
MIR on theic cards. Mr.. Edmund 5
card IS simply George F. Edmunds.
Vermont" Senator Vance's II. b.
Vance. y. c. and so on. Senator In
gals, though, has on his cards. with
grand simplicity, MIR. Ingalls, There
is but one Mr.. Ingalls,, and he makes
the world acquainted with the fact that
he dwelIs on this planet in solitary
masniiiccnce. All foreign Ministers,
even the English, have there titles en-
graved in French on their cards. The
custom arises from the fact that the
French language is the diplomatic
language Of Europe.