The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-21

The French are playing "Peek-a.Boo"
with the Germans. Sixty thousand repeat
ing rifles will be distributed to that portion
of her army on the Alsace.L Lorraine front by
| August. German forces confronting them
have recently been armed with similar
weapons.
A number of Berlin journalists have
| been indicted for Il breach of the press laws,
in publishing documents relating to the
| case of Captain Sarauw, recently convicted
of selling Information to France regarding
| German Notifications, while the case was
under consideration by the courts.
Many large towns in Russia have lie pc
| riodicals at all only because there were no
parties who could suit the. local governor
in the capacity of editors. AS regards local
official matters the governor performs the
role of a censor. Thus, for Instance, the
session of the local representatives, though
open, cannot be dcsribcd in the newspapers
without the governors permission.
After n weeks investigation of The vari-
Gus rumors which have been floating about,
there is good authority for stating that an
cXtraditiOn treaty between the United States
and Great Britain has been signed, says the
New York Stdr, and that the convention
provides, in addition to the customary
clauses, for the surrender Of dynamite mis-
crcantS.
Statements prepared Mt the Treasury De
partmcnt show that the receipts of the
government so far this month arc decidedly
less than the expenditures, ard unless an
improvement occurs before the end of the
month the public debt statement to be is
sued on August l will show little, if any,
decrease. Payments havc been unusually
heavy, over $4,000 coo having been paid
out this week on pensions alone.
A largely attended mass meeting was
held Monday evening at st. Georges Hall,
in pursuance Of Il call upon call English,
Scotch and Welsh residents of Philadelphia
to show Mr.. Gladstone and their country.
men across the sea- hat in America, as in
Great Britain, there is a responsive throbt 10
the appeal for justice to Ireland" The
following Cablcgram was ordered to be for.
wardcd to MIR. Gladstone: The English,
Scotch and Welsh residents Of Philadc,
phia, in mass meeting assembled, extend to
you their sympathics in the struggle for
justice to Ireland, and ask you TO pcrscvcrc
in the fight to the end"
san Francisco dispatches, OF July -,
give further details of the earthquake in
New Zealand. The severity Of the shocks
caused the inhabitants TO rush in all dircc,
tons. The second shock produced a vol
cano, magnificcntly and awful!y grand,
which illuminated the country for sixty
miles. The escaped natives, gathered in
groups on the hill sides, the smoke, and
huge masses Of fire resembling mclCOrS,
presented n panoramic view in all its real
istic horrors which human nature desires
not TO witness, ut least again, and the ScCrS
Of the forest moi ut all.
Once and Il while some man has COURAGE
enough to marry Il NasSar graduate, but as
II rule the girls don't step oil very well.
Out of nearly 100 graduates, only about 200
have been drawn in the nuptail moose. The
full blown buds left have taken up various
callings. There arc II physicians, 10 book
keepers, 2 organistS, 5 chemists, u school
principals, , farmers, 1 census clerk, 9 in.
surancc agents, 230 teachers, 6 artists. |
law clerk, 8 librarians, ! copyist, 10 music
teachers, 3 astronomical assistants, . Jour.
~nnlists, 3 gymnastic teachers, . missiona,
RIGS, 3 public readers and 4 authors. Yet
they say women have no chance.
A special dispatch from Grape Creek,
Illinois, says: "Thcrc is prospect of n riot
over the importation of negroes by the
Grape Creek Coal Company, to take the
places of the striking miners. The strikers
declare the new men cant work under any
circumstances, and that they will resist
force with force. Tho Sheriff OF Eermil
lion County has forty special deputies ON
the ground, and will do all in his power 10
hiaiiiNuii 'IuCI IL 'hC hNSIOcS CtIly,luC 10
go to work. There wcr0 over Il thousand
strikers when the present strike began, but
the number is now reduced to seven or
eight hundred.
1t is rumorcd that Tho commercial rela.
tons of the United States with South
America are to he still urthcrStrcng;hcncd
by the LAYING of a direct cable from This
country to BnlAil and the Argentine Con.
federation. 1t is probable that the cable
will lie in operation by January /, with
the immediate result Of reducing the rate
per word from 1891, The present tariff ,o
81, Under the present system eleven re.
pcats' are requisite between here and Rio.
while with a direct cable the message could
Dc sGnt win only three repeats BY using
a cable code, and paying only ST Il word
for transmission, merchant can send y
long dispatch to South America for an in,
tinitcsimal amount.