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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15

\ Horse Thief steals the shcriM's Nng mn,
Clothes.

James j. Russell, the most dcspcra tc
and successful horse thief in New j crscy,
who was captured in Philadelphia about
six weeks ago and brought to Salem, n.
j., on charge OF stealing valuable
team OF race horses from Harold Smith,
of Elmer, little village about mile
north of here, escaped from the county
jail on the night Of September l. \
confederate, supposed to be William
Bcden, another noted horse thief, broke
into the sherilf's house and stole the
shcriii's clothes. These he put on,
hitchcd up the shcriF's horse and wagon
and drove around to the jail door. He
then aroused the jailcr and said he
wanted to take Russell to the Cumbcr-
land county Jail ut Brdgcton, about tif-
teen miles distant, as he had discovered
that m attempt was to be made to lynch
the prisoner, and he must be gotten out
OF the way.
The night was dark, and when Bcdcn
handed through the bars the shcrin's
keys, which he had found i'll one of the
pockets of the trousers he had stolen,
the iailcr supposed everything was all
right, especially as Bedcn called after
him to be sure and double handcuff the
prisoner. A few moments afterward
Russell was led out and delivered to the
supposed sheriff, who handed piece of
paper to the jailcr with the remark that
it was receipt for Russell. Bedcn then
put Russell i'll the bottom Of the wagon
and drove rapidly away. Jailer Harri-
son visited all the other cells to see that
everything was in good shape if crowd
intent on lynching should appear, and
returned to his room on the second floor
of the jail Before he went to bed
again, he looked at the paper that he
had received. On it was written:
The early bird catches the worm. It's
% cold day, though, when you catch Jim
bcr, bad time of the year for cold days.
Yours aifectionately,
Bill BEpEN
Harrison jumped into his clothes in q
manner that would make New York
fireman turn green with envy and ran
around to tho shcriff's house. In his
cagerness to SEQ that worthy he broke
open tho front door before it was I'M
locked. The sheriff was in bed sound
asleep. He was awakened and heal d
the story. The first thing he did was
to reach for his clothes, which he had
left on the chair at the head of his bed.
They were gone Fifteen minutes time
was lost looking for them. Then the
sheriff sworc and put on his Sunday
clothes. Next he went to his stahla 70
get his horse, That was gone. He then
appointed the iailor committee of one
to go and borrow horse. BY the time
all this was done the thieves had two
hours start. Not very lQpg, maybe, but
just long enough u make good their
escape. To-day tho farmers for ten
miles around are out looking for tho
fugitiyes with shotguns,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15
A PEANUT yENDER's TALK.
The Philosophy OF Eating Peanuts-Iiow to
Properly Prepare Them.

"Thcrc is big difference in peanuts, {"
said corner vonder recently. "Somo
nuts arc large and look very fine, but
they are tastelcss. No matter how care
fully they are prepared and how nicely
they are roasted they are still lacking in
oil the essentials Of a good nut. They
arc grown on soil that is deficient in
some important respect.
ga good roaster, like good cook or
good poet, must be born with a certain
qualification that cannot be acquired by
education.
"Somc dealers roast their nuts too
much, others roast them too little If
they are roasted too much the oil is de-
stroyed, and a nut has q good deal of oil
in it. If they are not roasted enough,
or If they are roasted over slow fire tho
oil is not properly brought out and they
are not good; i'll fact, they have dis
agreeable taste.
"Some dealers steam them, but that
process spoils the good flavor of q nut.
Virginia. The Eastern Shore nuts are
the best. Patrons of the peanut often
complain that they find tho kernels of
the nut soft and flexible instead of being
brittle; that is because they have been
too long roasted
eff you want to get nut at it's best
you should eat it half an hour after it
has been roasted. They are good for
one day and then they become stale.
Some people like them hot, but they arc
bad for the teeth, besides, they have not
yet acquired their proper taste. People
who arc inclined to be dyspeptic should
not cat many; it would be better if they
didn't cat them ut all. Properly roasted
peanuts arc healthy for healthy people.
An ordinary peanut eater cats one q
minute, which is too fast.
eyes, sell good many to ladies; they
don't cat them on the street like mon do.
In fact, really refined person don't eat
them as he walks along the street.
Ncwsboys and bootblacks and roughs do
that. If man has been drinking liquor
and don't wish to have the odor Of it on
his breath he cannot do better than eat
peanuts aftcrward. 1t is better than
eating mint candy or cloves. Those
things give him away. When you smell
cloves or mint on a mans breath you ut
once suspect him."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15
wha, George w. child. ;. sald to spend.

Take our good friond George W..
Childs ef the Philadelphia Ledger, for
instance. He not only lives in gorgeous
style in Philadelphia and has megniii-
cent estate at Woottan, but maintains q
charming residence at Long Branch, and
now contemplates, see, tho erection of
o monumentally superb mansion in
Newport. There are very few noble
men who spend the money annually that
Mr.. Childs spends. They can't afford it.
Already q very, very rich man, with an
income from his PAPER of over 81, 900 a
day, Mr.. Cbilds finds il very easy mat
ter to spend IN the course of the summer
$3.50, 900, and yet he keeps no yacht
Howard in Boston Globe,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15
4 Popular Palisey.

can oyster is alive up to the moment
that the knife Is thrust through his heart.
is he not?" asked the reporter Of the opera.
tor as the latter opened shell and loosencd
a succulent NoFfork.
"rhe oyster is alive until the shell is
broken" was the answer, "but the spot
you refer to as the heart Is the eve. Tho
heart is in the opposite end of the oyster nj
the pointed part The mouth Is near thC
eye, and it is at that cnd--thc broad end
tlat the oyster takes his food"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15
"HiG ~ THE KNEE"

Editor flames Watson Webb nnd Colonel Thos
f. M"rsI'UI', and Their Bitter Quarrel and
ti;hi EOrty-iour Years Ago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15
A Phenomenon In Cuba.

Several springs have recently appeared
near the village of Cerbadelagua, near Ha.
yana, the water from which had formed n
lake, threatening the village with inunda-
ton. Several plantations and factories are
already submerged, and the water is slowly
invading the village A large number OF
The inhabitants have left the town. The
civil Governor of IIaYnna and the muni.
cipal architect have gone to the scene
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15

'liow shall a cabbage worm De trea,cd2''
asks an exchange That Is difficult TO
answer We should like TO know what
the worm would like to have before we
answer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
Brutality in sunny Italy

ECor. New Orleans Picayune.l
No sight Is more common along that
billy road leading from the famous
Santa Lucia to the height of Posilipo
than to see miserable little horses, all
bleeding and lame, tottering under he
shafts of q cart weighted down with
eight or ten corpulent Neapolitans, who
hogi and kick it till swerves and falls.
At the corner of one well-knOwn street
tbere is bird shop whereyou may buy
nightingales, goldtinches and robins
Sometimes a crowd OF g4mins ID col
lected to witness little surgical oper-
alton. Some charcoal burns IN a
brasiero, and the operator thrusts IN
to it needle with wooden handle.
He then takes from e cage a recently
caught blackbird, and with the red
hot needle puts out his eyes, 1t needs
much skili-skill that only comes from
practice to do this successfully. An
unsteady hand would prematurely
kill the bird. In most instances,
where the operation Is successful, the
birds do die, but that is only after a
couple of days ofagony. Youwli see
the patients in cages hanging around
the Shop, with the sightless eyes swol-
len to the size of a pea, but IN the rare
case of recovery the bird sings briskly
through the twenty-four hours, day
and night being the same to it. II q
STRANGER approaches the children
leave the bird torturer to begtor soldi.
The fat, round, cherub faces are thrust
up into your own, the little hands
point to the mouth, and you hear the
familiar cry, that is translated; 81
am dying; am dying OF hunger; give
me half-penny.' The truth Is, the
children live on the strangers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20

kind were to be avoided as sinful
True religion was to be deprived OF
something needful or desired. Happi-
ness in the next world was to begained
by Indebtedness IN this. Hyglenic
laws corresponded to the theological
doctrines. A man to be healthy
should rise from the table hungry, go
to bed before he was sleepy, and get
up while he was still sleepy. Heshould
lodge in cold room and seldom eat
what his appetite craved. Such hab-
its, pursued year after year, impover-
ished the blood and broke down the
constitution, necessarily. The region
was sterile, the climate severe, the
daily labor exhausting, and these
facts, added to the privations, were
little less than deadly. No wonder
consumption slew it's thousands and
tens OF thousands annually. All that
has been changed. People believe
nowadays in living comfortably; they
have found out that it is the way OF
nature, and therefore OF reason. Con-
sequently, health is better and con-
sumption has greatly diminished.
They take deal more outdoor exer-
else than they used to. and they fol-
low enlightened hygienic laws. Science
has come to their aid. They are bet
ter because they are wiser, and they
are wiser because they are better.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
He Took the Picture.
TFrom the New York World. /

From the New York World.
| heard good story the other day
about a cabinet officers experience
with foreign born artist who came to
Washington last year for the pur-
pose OF painting portraits OF distin-
guished people. This artist adopted
the usual tactics of the visiting mem
bersof his profession. Hesecured first
h distinguished subject and from the
influence of the first sitter he obtained
other orders His first sitter was a
very prominent naval officer. During
the course of the summer he obtained
an order from the wife of a rich but
not over generous member ofthe cabi
net. The portrait was a water color.
1t was deemed satisfactory by thesi
ter and by all the members of the
family except the distinguished cabi-
net officer. Hecame into the artists
studio one day and rudely asked
which one of tue portraits on the wall
was that OF his wife, pretending that
he could not discover 1T. When 1t was
pointed out he said 1t did not bear
the least resemblance to her and that
no one in the world would know with
out previous information for whom it
was painted. Hethen declined to take
or pay for the picture and left the stu
dio. The wife of the cabinet member
called on the artist the next day and
apologized for her husbands action,
saying that he would come around all
right in time.
The artist waited patiently all sum-
mer while the cabinet officer was away
on his vacation. He even waited sew
eral weeks after his return to this
city. Not hearing anything from him
on the subject OF the picture he wrote
him letter the other day in which be
said that the portrait was still on
his hands, and that as the cabinet
officer was of the opinion that no one
could recognize it he was going to dis
pose CT 1t as an ideal head unless the
family wished to purchase it. Hesaid
that he was about to send it to a
Richmond firm, who would use it in the
Autograph advertisements of new
brand OF cigarettes. He felt it hi
duty before selling this ideal head to
give he cabinet officer an opportunity
OF buying 1t. This letter brought the
cabinet officer again to the artists
studio. The former was furious and
threar ened the artist with rerrl Bile
puri-oment for his BLACKBOARD ler ter.
The artist suggested to hlm that he
knew OF no law that he had violated,
and he was welcome to do his worst.
The cabinet official then tried to tear
down the picture and destroy it, but
was checked by the artist. A violent
scene followed. But the cabinet min.
lister yielded in the end. He ordered
the picture sent to his house. 1t was
sent there, but not turned over until
the cash, $3.50, was paid. 1t now
adorns the cabinet officials house
and Is, doubtless, pointed 20 with
pride by the head OF this well known
official family.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20

Is hardly probable that ensilaee will
entirely supplant the use of roots
there, since root crops are the great
fallow crops OF Great Britain in tht
rotation. Again root crops, especial
ly tnrnlps, may be fed in the fields.
thus oOvlating the great cost of gath,
erlng, topping, pltting and feeding out !.
In the United States this forms the
great obstacle to their use Ensilage.
however, gives succulent food, SO much
needed IN winter, and it will updonht-
eddy be found quite as valuable here as
there. Upon this question an English
contemporary says:
Where the climate and other con.
dltlons are unfavorable for growing
early green crops, the next best means
lor providing against q late spring is
to nave plentiful supply of winter
fodder. There is no part OF the Unit ed
Kingdom where heavy forage crops
cannot be grown during summer, and
preserved IN the silo until such time
as wanted. On stiff clay farms, where
It Is Impossible to grow winter crops.
sllage must eventually become the
principal reliance in sheep farming.
the cultivation of roots involves a
great deal OF labor which a forage crop
does not call for, and the value of the
latter IN the shape of silage is fully
equal, both IN quantity and quality,
to the best crop OF turnips or man.
Colds that can be grown. How glad
many iiockmaster would have been
during the past spring had he been
prepared with plenty of cheap ensilage,
instead OF being compelled to main
tain his sheep on cake and grain at an
expense they are not likely to repay"
-Wool Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
AN OLD MANs' sOLTLOOUY.

Yes were getting old; tbs almost fifty years
Since Jane aud | set our together, TO travel
through smile aud tears
The Journey Of Life; and now it's wen-nigh
ended;
We've reached tie downward slope,
And al last in our ives content Is blended
With charity, faith, and hope.
That FORM bending over her knitting, in the
armchair by my side,
Grows dearer TO me "a lies golden sands IN the
hourglass downward glide.
mourn not for youth departed, twas Only
day dream fair,
love best the wrinkled faces, shaded by siIvery
hair;
We've enjoyed the ski g Of morning, now comes
the sunset west,
And, Of the two, think, ! love LIES calmer
evening best.
Youth has its pleasures, I've tasted them, and
know
That however sweet they may be, they're fleet
ing the snow
That falls in sprinz-time fearful, and melts as 1t
touches cd tn
Or, az the gay bubbles which children blow IN
their Innocent mirrb;
But, when peaceful age cree ps on, never olgntlng
hearts that are true,
Then the purest Joy aud peace are felt, with
Heaven just IN view.
Albany Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
The Spanking Instinct.

Zone OF the strongest OF feminine in
stincts Is to spank, "says the Washing
ton Post. "Fhe littke girl of 8 years
spanks her doll, even while the sym
pathetic tears roll down her cheeks
One day last week young man ssun-
tering about the National Museum
saw two very pretty girls examining
large terra Gotta vase, which stood
II one corner of the room devoted to
exhibits of that ware. In the bowl OF
the vase several unclothed urchins
were represented as playing, while one
little cherub, with q chubby and
dlmpled form, was leaning over the
edge, evidently attempting to reach
his companions and innocently offer
ing an awful temptation to spanking
femininity. The young ladies stood
before the ornament for some time IN
apparent admiration of the excellent
workmanship, when suddenly a
thought seemed to strike one of them.
She looked cautiously around to see
If she was observed, and seeing no one
for the writer was hid behind a pill
lar and no one else was in sight-she
smiled happily, took the glove from
off her right hand, raised That. MEM
Der and administered to the lit tie clay
image most thorough spanking. Ii
1t was a fair sample OF her skill IN that
direction, her future children are en-
titled to heartfelt pity"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
Feeding Skinned Milk to Calves.

In many localities the wasteful habit
prevails OF allowing the calves to suck
from one-half to three-fourths of the
milk Of their dams until weaned, in
stead OF feeding the SKINNED milk.
The fats in milk, which are taken out
with the cream, can be supplied much
more cheaply than allowing the calves
to have the whole milk. If the calves
do not make a satisfactory growth on
skim milk, it may be supplemented by
q little mill stuff or meal; but usually
it will be found that they will make g.
better growth on all the skim milk of
the COW, than half the whole milk. In
some places the people do not under
stand that calves can be taught to
drink when four or five days old, with
scarcely any trouble, while in other
places the practice OF feeding calves
the SKINNED milk is quite general. In
dairy districts of Northeastern Ohio,
Northern Illinois and Eastern Iowa,
very few calves are allowed to feed
from the cows, while in Southern Ohio
and Central Indiana the practice OF
feeding the calves SKINNED milk ap-
pears to be almost unknown. Yet the
calves raised in the latter named local
tiles are no better than in the famous
dairy districts.-Prairie Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
Premiums ON CATTLE,

AS general custom, Judging cattle
at state and county fairs is one OF the
most disagreeable things to the com.
mlttee and unsatisfactory to the
owners. There is no uniform system
established for the selection of Judges,
nor any rules for them TO pursue when
appointed. All is left to fancy, whim
and prejudice. Men owninggood stock
nave little or no confidence in an 10
norant awarding committee, who
know nothing of the Importance of
character OF progenitors in Dedigrees,
and who know nothing of points or
merits. Whether the committee be
one or three, the owner always cringes
when he sees q committee proceeding
TO act on the character OF his stock.
Their decision, OF course, cannot
change the real merits OF his stock,
but they can easily seriously injure it's
commercial character. And this ia
fatal, as the mass of mankind, being
incapable OF Judging themselves, rely
on what awarding committees decide
without real experts it would be
farce to attempt to have scale OF
points established. And without ex-
perts and scale, awards aregames OF
chance, dangerous and deceptive.
With the immense capital invested
IN thoroughbred stock, with our adj
vanced position in stock breeding, and
with the large number OF men well
posted in points and pedigrees, it is
time something better than injustice
and lack OF all common sense was eX-
erclsed at our annual shows. The di-
rectors and managers Of agricultural
societies represent all trades, PROBES
slons and industries, and it is not ex-
pected of them that they could DELHI
erately mature strict rules and lay
down points by the aid OF expert
knowledge which should satisfactorily
solve the problem of Judging Justly
thoroughbred stock. But we have
thoroughbred stock associations and
conventions, filled with men learned
in pedigrees and points, and their in
terests should prompt them to take
this matter in hand and prepare such
plain rules and regulations, and for
directing the selection of awarding
committees, so that Justice may be
done to this large interest and the
stock of the country more thoroughly
improved. Stock associations cannot
be engaged in q more important work.
AS things are conducted at fairs with
fine stock it is q shame and q disgrace,
an injustice, and sometimes, we think,
villainy Iowa Register.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20

We examined a horse last week that
came as near our ideal of the perfect
farm horse as we have seen. Broad
and strong, gentle and kind, OF good
color, a willing worker, fair roadster
and with far more than the usual
equine intelligence The first reason
her owner gave for her excellence was:
cit cost $50 to sire her." There is
a good deal in that remark. If you
will think it over you will find that
every first-class horse that you know
of cost more money than the common
horse. A $50 colt is q $50 colt, and
a IS colt is a SIS colt, every time.
Back in the pedigree of every frst-class
animal will be found good sized
service fee. We do not wish to be un-
derstood as saying that by simply
paying a large service fee farmer
may consider himself sure to secure q
good colt. We do mean that the
service of a first-class, shapely, we'll
bred animal is worth ten times as
much as that of scrub. There is no
law of nature that can enable scrubs
to produce anything but scrubs
Rural New Yorker.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-20
Decline of Consumptiop

iFIom the New York Commercial Advertised
Medical statistics from various parts
or the country, notably from New En-
gland, show that consumption has
greatly declined within twenty, espe.
clally within ten years, aud that it is
still steadily declining. This is largely
due, no doubt, to the better under
standing OF health laws and obedience
thereto: Forty or fifty years ago New
England was fairly ravaged bv con.
sumption. Whole families died with
1t, and hardly a family could be found
IN which some member or members
mad not been lost from that cause.
Early puritanism had contributed in
10 this. It's tenets were of a
most gloomy and unnatural character.
Pleasure and physical comfort of every