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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-14

1t seems that because TIE LAU-
RENs ADVERTISER has dared to
give expression to its views on the
ACCESSIBILITY of a handful of men
debating to the 5000 voters Of Lau-
rcns County, who arc competent
and suitable representatives for
them, our paper is becoming odious
20 II certain faction. One who fire.
quently exercises the right to criti-
ciZc, surely cannot expect to escape
censurc himself. If we are wrong
in our position, people will see our
error and recognize it us such. If
during the campaign any candidate
can make capital Of misrcprcscnta-
tons or abuse ofTHE ADVERTISER,
he has that right. Whatever meas
urcS, conventions, caucuscs, clubs
or individuals, may seek to have
enacted, we only ask that freedom
of speech and liberty ofthc press be
not abrogatcd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-14

IL ~ u tttlN
ranks, but suitable men, who arc
indeed representatives of their con
stituency, will be elected. The
issue is directly between the Pri-
mary. and Convention systems. If
the convention is SO powerful as to
insure the election of any candi-
date, why should the candidates
afterwards be nominated in Il Pri-
mary election? On the other hand
if they are not able to elect, why
make the nomination? We are in
favor of the Primary and hence
oppose the Convention system.
If the Democrats of Laurens
County, be they farmers, lawyers
doctors, merchants or blacksmiths
will pledge themselves to vote fol
no man who is not known to be
honest, faithful and just, and who
will seek to remedy evils and pro
duce good; who is in every respect
qualified to lcgislate, we will give
them a hearty support and so will
every man who has no axe to grint
but the good of the people at heart
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-14
BEFOULING THEIR OWN
NESTS.

1T appears strange to us that
men will swear eternal allcgi-
ancc to the democratic party, and
with the same breath declare that
the administration of that party
since rs has not been satisfactory.
They openly charge the democratic
party with pledges made and brok-
en-. They say that those who re-
deemed the State are not recognize
ed; that the reforms promised have
not been given, and in tones of thun-
der, thsy proclaim the impurity of
the grand old democratic party.
If these charges against the adj
ministratson of the State Govern
ment are well taken, a stigma rests
upon those in whom the sturdy
democrats of the last decade have
confided, and the rising generation
must look upon the democratic
party as a mass of corruption which
their pure hands cannot touch
without contamination.
Before we can joins q now poll
teal movement we must be salts
acd that Hampton, Hagood and
Thompson, have failed to give us
good government. Whether this
wholesale abuse ONE from the
"inns" or the "outs" is immaterial,
we look with suspicion upon any
man who says that the democratic
party, since 1876, has degenerated.
All lovers Of literature, and es-
pecially the Southern, people will
deeply deplore the untimely death
of PAUL H.. HAYNE. His lyrics have
deservedly placed him high among
mon of letters, and although true
to the manners and customs of his
early life, his merit was recognized
by Northern critics. His poems
we're inspired by Southern life and
ssenes, and his affections we're with
~ G~ufI.rtt, rahs.Io fn fhA.Iogf $3.50
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-14

Mr.. ID. NJ. Patton Informed THE
ADVERTISER that he would hand
in an Advertisement, If he Hped.
He has not handed in said Adver-
tisement, so we are uneasy about
Mr.. Patton.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

An evening dress Of eoral-pink silk
covered with Aounces of Alencon Lao
caught up with ribbon of the same tin
The pointed bodice is also yelled vii
lace, ladder Of ribbon bordering IL
full jabot on either side. The elbo'
sleeves are pulled, each puff being cor
fined by bands and bows of ribbon.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

The appalling yellow straw hat 4
med with white muslin, appeared y
day afternoon, when the ladies 81
kitchen took their walks abroad
looked as if the muslin had been
moved and washed and it was '
clean, but just as ugly as ever.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

A mantle of black canvas gauze ha
long points on either side trimmed wit
a jet ornament and finished with lonI
loops and ends Of satin ribbon. It
bordered with wide lace, and the higl
collar and cape are also of lace. Grad
uated bows Of ribbon are placed dow
the center Of the back.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

The other afternoon there was large
gathering in the church of St. Eustache.
opposite the Halles or Central Market.
Paris, on the occasion of the funeral oil
venerable widow named Lemonnier.
who played a very gallant part during
the Commune. The Able Simon, rector
of St. Eustache, had been taken as a
hostage by the Communists, and was in
imminent danger of being shot, when
Nine. Lemonnier boldly placed herself
at the head of deputation of the Dunes
des Ha(les and proceeded to the Hotel
de Vile. Pluckily facing the executive
committee, she declared that unless the
rector were in his church on the follow
ing day, which happened to be Easter
Sunday, the committee would hear more
on the subject from the market women
The DANES DIES H0Hcs were successful
in their appeal, and at four o'clock the
next morning the Able Simon was set
free. All the clergy Of St. Eustache at
tended the funeral of the worthy Nine
.Lemonnier.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

Polonaises with the opening curved
from right to LETT are fastended across
tbs bust by three agratfes, thence, they
are buttoned as far as the left hip, where
another agrafe completes the fastening.
holding the folds of the front drapery
with those Of the straight side draperyl
The underskirt is shown below The fast
ening.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

Some very pretty enamelled watc
look as if encased in gold netting, Ii
surface being uaversed BY fine g
wires set with little jewels. When
enamel is brilliant in color the effect
wonderfully good.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26
Young Peoples Page.
"sUMMER GIRL. !"

very dellShlul Wlltel upon the So
cietv columns of tie z2mes-Democrut,
New Orleans, thus refers to a young cit
izeness of the South whose case might
he commiserated were she not SO beloved
and admired everywhere in the refined
southland:
InNew Orleans the "Summer Girl" is
a recognized institution. A July with
out her calm sweetness, her gentle
brightness, would be gloomy as an Eng
lish November. August, uncheered by
vision of her airy white raiment and
her graceful fan, would be a Sahara
without an oasis. AS for September,
the dlear September, the parched Sep
ttmber, the malarial September, the
hardest month in the year for New
Orleans stay-at-homes, the mind refuses
even to imagine what that season would
be without the solace CT the summer girl.
As the fierce sun goes down, it IS she
who seats herself on the gallery with an
array of wicker chairs and palm leaf
fans to await the coming of the unfor-
tunate young man who has been melting
slowly but surely under the gas lights
burning even at midday in the ovens
that are politely termed ''ofices" in
many of our business houses. She wears
muslin so filmy and snow-white that
the very thought of her refreshes the
youth, who, too weary to eat his dinner,
SubSlSts chiefly on vichy and soda water.
She gives him cool soft hand and
sympathy so soothing that before the
evening is over he declares he wouldn't
leave town if he could, and half believes
MS own statement. Lemonade sweet
ana strong and cold, he sips in her COM
Pany, or she regaleS him with frozen
PN"0'eS VI lCed h9S and dainty little
cakes OF her own making. If there is a
moon they are joined by ether young
people, and they give rendezvous to
Nnd-hearted chaperon who has not for
5olen her own youth. Then the party
proceeds to the lake-shore. They take
"S2lIOoat and glide over the still waters
Oh Pontchartrain, while the sound of
n'uSlc' mingled with the odor of white
JgSSamne, comes to them from the shore.
U"oer the dropping moon they sail, the
D'e7ze treShens, Shawls are pinned over
VIC "nlte shoulders, and Gerald swears
,D"aroIy as they sit on the poop, she
""'clllnS the waves, he indifferent to
~. waves except those OF her shining
'"'l-that he will renounce his allegi-
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

terror to the winter belle who monopo-
lies Gerald during the season. She is
probably better born and bred, and quite
as we'll educated as any girl in society.
All that she lacks is money. She belongs
to class ridiculed by the newly-rich ;:
to the noble army of martyrs who we're
rich before the war She still wears
her mothers laces, and the gold buckle
at her waist belonged to her great-grand.
mother. But her father was already too
old, after his four years Of soldering, to
adapt himself to the changed conditions
of Southern life, and she knows the
family traditions only through the stories
her gentle, oVerWorked mother tells her
children from time to time-not often ::
not often enough to make them discon-
tented with the present, but to let them
see that nobility obligeS them to be gen
tie and patient and self-respecting, no
matter who puts on foolish airs; no mat
ter what daughter of Crnsus inquiries,
with her nose in the air, "who is that
shabby little person. when she meets
the summer girl at a winter ball.
Let no maiden feel it a slight to be
called Summer girl" Many people
consider the hot months the pleasantest
time in the New Orleans year. There
is $50 much more sociability," they say.
Is it not rather that entertaining during
the summer is a simple and inexpensive
thing that the best element in our So
ciety makes itself apparent as it cannot
do in the whirl of winter gayety and
ostentation?
But let the summer girl respect herself
by refusing to receive a man who de-
votes himself during the summer and
vanishes utterly the winter following. To
be for two years the Summer girl of
man who bows when he meets you with
Miss Cresus on his arm, as if you were
a distant acquaintance, is indeed to
lower your dignity, to kill by degrees
the selfrespect which is your best in
heritanCe.
The wedding presents of the future
crown princess OF Portugal are unusual
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-26

The wedding presents of the future
crown princess of Portugal are unusual
ly beautiful. One of the most elegant
gifts is a silver center-piece for the table,
presented by the ladies of Paris, and
representing the emblem of the city of
Partisan old-fashioned ship in full sail.
The vessel is exquisitely made, and APP
pears to emerge from the water escorted
by two sirens, the Seine and the Marine.
The arms of the city are reproduced in
diamonds on one side, while the other
bears the escutcheonS of the French and
Portuguese royal houses. The Princess
Amelies devout tastes are shown by the
mass Of religious statuettes, reliquarics
and pious books presented to her, while
among more worldly objects she has
diamonds and jewelry galore, innumer-
able fans and paintings, and mass Of
beautiful embroidery from personal
friends.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


Larger horses are getting morepo
ular every day. They outlast the light
or ones.
-Riceis excellent to feed to young
growing chicks and is not very expen'
Western R'Otrmdn.
When fowls are kept in a yard II
is best to dig up small corner occa'
slonally to let them hunt for worms
". y. telegram.
1T is estimated that an acre Of
cabbagcs. ON rich, moist land. planted
in rows. so the plants will cover the
ground. in twelve hours will cvapora,e
ten tons of moisture ChicdqO Stand.
ard.
The soil has much TO do in Affect
inc the color and shading OF poultry
aud is point that is seldom taken into
careful consideration, though it, inn
portance is conceded by n low careful
brccdcrs.-M Y. Herald.
If you would give your horses a
good nights rest give them good
cleaning up every evening. They will
feel and rest better 10y having the sweat
all rubbed oil. and every thing clearly
about them. -IndidRdpoIiS Sentinel
Sheep will eflectually clean up q
field filed with weeds, briers, bushes
ana other rlObish. thereby saving the
farmer much labor with the bush
scythc. and by their droppings prepare
the field for the plow.-BOstoH Post.
The horse that can pillow an acre
while another is blowing half an acre
or which can carry load OF passcn'
gers ten miles while another is Going
live. independent of all considerations
of amusement. taste or what is scner'
ally called fancy, i absolutely worth
twice rs much TO the owner rs the other
N u Times.
Any pasture used for cattle ant
horses may proiitably have rs many
sheep as there are acres in the past
ure. aud the pasture will be benefited
thereby. Sheep eat SO many diilcrcn
kinds of plants which cattle refuse
that the addition Of a few sheep, b!
Keeping down other plants, really in
crease the product OF grass for othc
stock. header.
The following table, says In
Prairie Farmer, will enable any per
son to accurately estimate the proper
tions in length and breadth for an acr
OF land:
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
A NEGLECTED FIELD.
Why Diseases of Animals should Receive
the Alteration of Scientific Men.

Every country physician should have
knowledge of veterinary science. aud
be willing to prescribe for sick horses
and cattle. rs well Us for their owners.
Attention To the diseases of the lower
animalsiS, no doubt, of less consequence
than curing the maladics OF human be-
ingS, hut | do not see why ii should bc
regarded as Il matter of inferior di.ni.
~ to lind remedies for the disease, Of
| the animal creation. No scientific man
considers it beneath him to inquire into
the causes of the potato rot, or the
b,ighting of the wheat crop. Tie
preservation of the health of domestic
animals is, even apart from conSidcrl.
ton OF humanity in the relief of sui.
fering to the beasts themselves. IN eN-
cccdinSly important thing in pccu.
MARY point of view. And besides this,
the study of the best means Tor pre-
serving the health Of the lower ami.
mails often develops facts and princi-
lANH W. io Nll-lll Nillt III Itltltutt W
the health of the human system. Some
OF the most serious diseases To which
man is subject are found amazingly
near the same form in horses, and
need essentially the same treatment.
think that the whole subject of the
diseases Of domestic animals has
received too little attention from >ci-
enliic men, and am convinced, also,
that individuals who wish 10 study
those diseases with view To making
themselves useful and earning living
should have better opportunities for
obtaining thorough information in re-
gard To them than they now possess.
| know of no field for the practical APP
plication OF science which has hitherto
been So much neglected. and am per-
suadcd that proper attention to tho
matter would repay the community
fully tcnfold for all the expense that
would need To be laid out upon it
Ben; Periey PoOre, ia American Caiti.
rdtOr.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
WEEDS ON THE FARM.
A simple and En,cisnt Way OF Destroy
Ing Cngainly Rushes and shrubs.

Ing Ungainiy bushes ana enr""s'
1t seems very strange thing thas
our farmers should allow so many
bushes. shrubs and weeds to be grove
ing along public highways and in
other conspicuous places on their
farms. What bad effect II has on
the appearance of mans farm! So
small an expense would be required in
removing them all! Can it DO that
some farmers want their farms to re-
vert TO wildse They all the time re-
ceiyc no profit from them, but they
have to pay taxes on them, cah not
see why 1t is tina, farmers sometimes
increase the acreage OF their .and.
They do not see the extent OF land
which might. with large profits, DO
brought under control. and produce
more on a small area with less labor.
and without extra taxes aud cost
Farmers are careless, ana try to do
great deal without doing it well.
II they had only considered it in time,
they would have been the first to cN-
claim against the folly of rcfraining
from doing thing which could bo
done so easily, and which was OF so
much Importance.
All will agree with mo when ! 50,
that II the highway is simply moved
every year clear up 10 the fence. no
weeds will grow there n Il general
thing. but good grass, Oh the other
hand, will take their place and cause
rs beneficial Il supply rs any part Of
the farm. Every one know TOO well
for me to express 1t, that weeds
and bushes can not live where they arc
regularly moved every year Every
one who has any sense of propriciy
will be struck with the folly Of 81 NOW
inc field that when the central part
il cut for harvest II streak will be- left
along the fence which is not moved.
Let me say tn any farmer who has not
mown up to his fences fully this year,
or who has bushes and coarse weeds
growing along them. which are the
consequence OF that space not having
been mowu in years back, 10 do 80
this year; NOW every one Of those
weed, and bushes, and dn not fail TO
do this every year. and in few years
he will have no bushes along his fences,
and every inch of his farm will pay and
look better.
At the time of having is the proper
season of thc year to cut these coarse
weeds aud bushes, and If cut every
year at that time they are surc
to be- killed. All the larger bushes
aud shrubs are generally destroyed
by being cut ut that time, though
very persistent in growth il cut ut
any other time OF the year; now
ing them then generally Kills or
reduces their vitality to the lowest
point. Cutting these bushes at that
time of the year. and then If they start
up at all. through some dry weeds or
bushes ON their stubs, setting fire TO
them when the new sprouts haze mado
their appearance, has generally ample
effect to destroy them. In this way.
with small labor the farm will be- freed
u it, Inconvenience, and the cleared
.tte7nhd in their propcrplaces. Com,-
ltg Gentleman
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07

Don't allow the water TO stand in
the fields or in any sink hole about the
building or yards. In fact. don't have
any sink holes about the premises to
hold water. A scrapcr is a good thing
TO ha' about every farm. Many fields
have little knobs and holes that might
easily and chcaply be lcycled by the
use of the scrapcr. If much soil is
T,kcn from any place the manure cart
slon OIany considerable extent must, OF
course. be drained. Even little sur
face drainage will often accomplish
wonders. Western Rural.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
USES FOR SHARKS.
Parts of Their Carcnssos Used 10y Nnri'
Gus manufacturing Industries.

Parts of Their Curcusscs Used Nv Nnr'
Gus Manufacturing Industries.
II "a fact which affords some graft
iication. that the shark. that cruel and
voracious prowlcr OF the deep. can he
put To good use after he has been capt
urcd. The skins OF certain sharks arc
used in jcwclry for sleeve buttons and
the like. aud when dried AMI cured
take Polish almost equal TO that Of
stone and greatly resemble the fossil
coral poricS. The vcrtcbr.r OF the
shark arr always in demand for canes.
The opening iillcdwith marrow during
life i, now fitted with steel or iron
rod. The side openings are filled with
mothcr-of-pcarl, and when polished
the cane i, decidedly ornamental In
India, in lS>O. $500, coo worth OF shark
fins were shipped To- China for food.
In the islands of the Pacific the fish il
i'm great demand for it, teeth, which
are manufactured into weapons dwarf
OTIS kinds. rangin" from spears io
swords and daggrrs. The teeth are
all ,crratcd or >aw-cdg'd. aud make
terrible wounds. The base of the tooth
j. bored with some small instrument,
gvhJa'i6 il h,tiasQl ,ihsw.r2E.",jjasl g,
the cdgc. The hiit j. protected by
crp-spicccs armed in The same way.
So effective are these weapon, that tho
natives of these islands wear IN armor
made Of rope especially TO protect
themselves from the sharks teeth
christian 40 ItOrk.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
GOTHAM sNoBssRy.
The Elmo Lines Drawn by tho Members
OF tho New York .Arlstocracy."


OF tho New York 'Arlstocracy."
IN. Y. Cor. San Francisco Argonout.1
Snobbcry Is rampant now, and no linz
IL drawn moro finely than that which
separates tho world of fashion from trade
and from "the city," as tho business part
OF the town and Its inhabitants are now
called. All this Is quite recent, too. am
native OF Now York and remember
very well when rich merchants, doctors,
brokers, Wall street operators and even
the heads OF great retail shops found their
vacations no bar to social recognition.
Not so now. AGAINST them all the pro.
testing hand is raised; Tho banker Is
recognized, hut no. tho broker. A few
years ago the jolly, free, lively, richly
dressed and spenithrift broker was con.
siicred no end of good fellow. Now hc Is
looked ON rs vulgar nnd noisy man who
con lucts gambling operations for clients
and drinks champagne over bar The
doctor receives iionry from society.
Hence he il MS much society's servant MS
the dry goods merchant, and neither can
be regarded as an equal. In word,
society in New York to-day Is power
that makes its own laws and draws them
more severely every season. There are
only two things about 1t Tint New
Yorker finds to nlmirc--i,s respect for old
residents Of thb town AMI It's contempt Tor
every other society. IL snubbcd an carl
and blackhailcd lord at one of its clubs
las, month without n moments hoS'tancy.
Its members form the only leisure class
&c have In America. They dctest trade.
I'm sure that have madc great mistake
I'm ndmittn- that my Boston friends had
father who was nm apn'hcriry, nnd
that they once took bo7rdar to obIige n
] ,lg.t,,,l f..u.,n
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07

60 hear OF the resignation OF DR.. Pierce as
y Cbngtsssnicn 20 dosot5 hiihseu so,s,y 70
his labors as n physician. IL was pccauSo
Hic,ed ,y,rywhcre, They will find DR..
Piorce's "Golden Medical Discovery" a
beneiicent use of his scientific knowledge
in their behalf. Consumption, bronchitls'
cough, heart disease, foyer aud ague, IN
terniittent fever. dropsy, neuralgia, Goltro
or thick neck, and all diseases OF the blooo'
hrt cured by this worlh.rcnowned medicine.
Its properties arc wonderful, tis action
magical. by druggists
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
"A tnrtle of tho spccios ponnlnrl

A turtle of the species popularity
known as rubber turtle" in southern
ATTITUDES. where its home is, was capt.
ured of the Massachusetts, coast re.
Gently. 1, was twelve feet long, and.
when il was landed, q tent was erected
over it and big business dono.-Bos.
.OR Herald,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07

OF all the callingS of man, there is
none better calculated TO encourage
love OF country than that of agricul.
turc. None leads II more peaceful and
happy life than he who tills the soil.
Agriculture is therefore calculated to
produce a natural love of freedom
Farm. Eicld and Stockman.