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

Probably all the vetoed pension bills
which originated in the Senate, with one
exception, will be reported from the Com
mittce on Pensions with recommendations
that they do pass, the Presidents veto not.
withstsnding, The House Committee
stands by the Senate.
The proprietor of IL mcnagcric wrote to
the liverpool Post that he succeeded in saw
ing n lion cub that had been deserted by its
mother by putting ii with II female dog to
suckle. Now the young lion takes freely
of any cooked food, especially vegetables,
but refuses raw meat. 1t follows the keep
er's wife like II dog.
About Z o'clock Sunday night II man was
discovered in the East front of the White
House, who, by his strange movements, at
tractcd the attention of people passing and
of the police, who arrested him. When
searched a large and formidable Bowie
knife was found concealed in his clothing.
The man is insane.
1t is very probable that not n single sailor
lives who does not believe that Friday is an
unlucky day. Captain Barnstable, Of Cape
Cod, cndeavorcd to disprovc this by laying
the keel Of his ship on Friday, he launched
her on Friday, named her Friday, and al
ways went to sea on Friday. The vessel
was finally lost on Friday, and the captain,
two mates and 10 seaman were drowned.
One sky gazcr has already scored three
comets this season. But what do they
amount to! They arc no practical good.
A hundred score of such do not amount to
u single one Of the kind that comes within
eye distance of tho earth. In such u comet
there is use. You can take your best girl
seven nights Il week to gaze at it, and if
you have rounded the blissful period into
the home stretch of matrim0ny, there is
tntllnr hnItnt. tlon a nt,n for IN go
nation why you arc out SO late.
sensible remarks with regard to ovcrgrown
newspapers. The majority of readers want
winnowed new They do not like to search
through a page of padding to find a para
graph of fact. Condensed news and curt
comments thcrcupon can be taken in along
with the evening rcpast, and the reader
rises from Ills table in possession of all the
news of the day. Hand him II sheet full of
long articles and he will not take time to
read more than ono of them, if he does
that. This is what makes a photographic
paper like TIE COLUMBIA RECORD SO pop
ular.
a squad of female base ball players per
fcctcd arrangements for n game of ball in
Atlanta several days ago, and n large mum
Der of men and boys, about 1000. paid
their entrance fee and waited anXiously for
the game to commence. After time three
"sluggcsScS' made their appearance, gaily
alfred in short frocks and black blowscs,
and one of them stepped to tho first base
and stated to the audience that owing to Il
delayed train the balance of the club had
failed to arrive, but as the crowd was pres.
cnt the three girls on hand would attempt
the game. There was n general rush for
the ticket shed, all demanding their money
to be returned.
Judge Y. j. Mackcy, Of South Carolina,
and Attorney Classic, of Washington, arc
preparing the papers i'm two important libel
suits against the CINCINNATI Enquirer and
the Pittsburg Despatch by Joseph III. Rcall,
President of the American Agricultural
and Dairy Association, for defamation of
character. These suits will be of special
interest to dairynlcn and farmers through.
out the country, as President Real has in
CURED the hostility of these papers by rca.
son of his persistent and successful prOsccu,
ton of The dairymcn's war on bogus butter
this session. General b. f.. Butler and
Major Foster of Lccsburg, Va, havc been
retained rs associate counsel.
Among the passengers on the narrow
gauge who had to abandon the train on the
other side of the river last Saturday evening
and walk across the booming and foaming
waters of the Catawba on the railroad
bridge, in order to connect with private
convcyanccS IN this side, was Il blind girl
who had never seen the light of day, q
daughter Of Mr.. Thurlow CASTOR, of Taxa.
haw, who was returning from the Deaf and
Dumb Institute of Spartanburg. With
remarkable GOODNESS and accuracy She made
the pcrilous passage across the bridge with
safety, stepping with confidence and firm.
ness from cross.lic to cross-tic the entire
length of the bridge without faltcring.
Her father and Mr.. Hull, of the Rock Hill
Heratd, walked beside her, prepared to rem,
assistance, if possible, IN case she made Il
mis-stcp.