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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Cooked to Death on tho Rail.

ASPEN, COL, July IA horrible
railroad accident occurred at Aspen
Junction, eighteen miles west of AS.
pen, on the Midland Road, at II o'clock
on Saturday night.
n special train, consisting of a bag.
gage car and II passenger coach. was
returning to Aspen from Glen wood
Springs. The passenger coach con-
tanned about thirty passengers. mostly
Aspen people. The train was backing
from a wafer tank to switch to the AS
pen track, when the road engine, was
run out OF the railroad round house,
and the rear en- d of the passenger train
hit the cheek valve on the side of the
boiler, which exhausted the hot steam
into the broken end CT the passenger
car, scalding thirteen passengers-five
men, seven women and n child. The
car was thrown from the track.
The passengers arrived at Aspen In
a baggage car at 1.30 q. m. All that
was possible was done to relieve the
sufferings OF the unfortunate passen.
gers. Those who have died at present
writing are: Mr.. and Mrs. A.. B. Rogers,
of Woodrie, Annie Phelan, of Cardiff,
COL aged II years, Mrs. w; j. WILDLY,
of GlenWood, Col, Mrs. John u. Bald.
win, of Glenwood, Col, Mrs. Frank III.
lis and baby, of Aspen.
The wounded, who still live with
hopes of recovery are: Frank Ellis
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Leonard ana sis.
ter, Mary Ann O'Donnell and Frank
Leach.
The %coroner's inquest will be held
this evening. Mrs. WILDLY was the
wife of tho assessor of Garfield County.
Mrs. Baldwin's husband is in Chicago.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
A SiCkENING SIGHT.
The kottlnE Remain OF IN Unknown
White Man Found.

white Man Found.
AUGUSTA, Ga, July lathe de-
composed remains of an unknown white
man was the CHASTITY discovery which
was made by Rufus Harris, colored,
late Thursday evening over in Carolina,
near the two-mile post of the South Car
olina railroad.
Rufus and q companion went out coon
hunting Thursday afternoon. When at
the edge of the swamp, and while. he
was going towards his dog, which had
freed a coon, he walked suddenly upou
an object the sight Of which made his
blood run cold aud q SILVER to pass over
him.
There. right in front of him, lying on
the ground on his back, with his arms
stretched out. was q dead man, or rather
what was "nce q human being. 1t had
been there so long that the color Of the
man could hardly be recognized.
Tho body of the unknown man was
fast decomposing. Nothing remained OF
his head but the skull. His legs were
disjointed from the trunk, and only the
bones remained. The flesh was gone
from the hands, and only the bones re-
manned. The vest and coat Of the mar
was still on. but were last falling TO
pieces. These garments were of a
brownish hue, and apparently made OF
goods of fine texture. m
About three yards from what remain
ed of the body was foupda pair OF pants,
that, when touched, began to fall 10
pieces. These goods also seemed to
have the appearance of having been Of
excellent material. when first purchased.
The body was lying partly in the water,
about $50 yards from the railroad track,
and in the edge of the low, marshy
| swamp which extends all along the rail.
road in the vicinity Of Horse creek.
The news of the CHASTITY find did not
get out to any extent until yesterday
morning, when it was the subject OF
much talk especially in Hamburg. A
| good many people, among whom was a
Chronicle reporter, visited the place
yesterday morning and went down in
the swamp to look At the mysterious un.
known. The sight was 80 repulslve that
| a glance at the object was as much as
an ordinary person could stomach. Tho
picture is too nauseating for details.
Although a great many said hat he
was q negro. there can be no doubt, from
exposed portions of the body, that the
remains are those OF a white man.
Mr.. Getzln yesterday morning tele-
graphed to Aiken for a coroner to hold
an inquest, but a, there is nc evidence
to give @ clue as to who the man was,
the investigation will hardly reveal any
thing.
Some OF those that saw the body think
that the man was killed, as the locality
looks az If it would be just the place to
hide a crime. Others, however, think
that he was drunk and wandered down
there from the railroad track while in
that condition and died. The remains
have evidently been there for several
weeks, possibly several months. During
high water n the river all that section
Is inundated, and it is possible that the
body is that of some man drowned in the
river many miles from here and washed
ashore there.-Chronicle
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
A Remarkable Occurrence.

ROUND LAKE, n. Y, July l5.-An
extraordinary scene occurred at the
Christian alliance meeting here this
morning. Miss +. Louise Shepard. OF
$50 West For~ty-fourth street, New
York, IL wealthy young lady, who
Joined the alliance six months ago
spoke from the platform and AN.
nounced that she had given all her
jewels to the Lord and now proposed
to give $3.50 to pay the expense of a
missionary to the heathens. She asked
If any n would help her along. A
number of the congregation, men and
women, arose and donated their jewels
rings, watches, watch chains, earrings
ETC., and money to the same purpose,
until the little altar looked like a jew.
ell case. Miss Shepard was overcome
by the scene and could not restrain her
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Condition of Cotton.

WASHINGTON, July 1O.--July returns
to the Department of Agriculture show
sonie Improvement In cotton condition
during the month o fJune. The general
average for the whole breadth has adj
vanced three points, standing at 1876.
This is three points below the July re-
turn last year and one above that of
1889. In but four seasons since 1874
slight improvement noted has been quite
general throughout the whole belt, the
result Of favorable weather during the
month. The crop Is universally late
ranging locally from a few days to two
weeks or more. Inthe Atlantic and
Eastern Gulf States especially the plant
is small and backward and lack of suit
able weather for chcpping out has made
fields very grassy. termination was
slow and imperfect and r%eplanting failed
to secure perfect stands. Locally, con
siderable areas have been plowed up and
given TO other crops or abandoned en-.
tirelY. From the Mississippi Westward
the plant, while somewhat backward, is
of good color making generally vigorous
growth, while plantations running a
sufficient number of plows are reasonably
clean. There is some complaint Of lack
OF labor. The outlook in Texas is es-
pecially good, plant vigorous, fields well
worked and fruiting begun. Worms are
reported from but two Counties, both in
Texas, not even the invasion Of the first
brood being noted anYwere else. The
returns of condition by States are as
follows: Virginia. 80; North Carolina,
II; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, IS;
Florida, o.; Alabama, 81 Mississippi,
81; Louisiana, 90; TeXrs, 95; Arkansas
90: Tennessee. SO.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

deal, thes begin to sheer at you and
say you mlst leave this TO the old party.
We are hire to inquire what the old
parties hive done for US In the past
and see IL there Is an excuse for this
great upr sing of the people,"
Mr.. Sim oson then showed how, with
division OF labor, a new system OF So
ciety spra ~ up in which the factory
made the shoes man used to make and
great corporations controlled business.
The laws OF the country must be adjust
ed TO the new conditions Of society.
The same is true OF u banking insti
tutions. You surrender to them q ter.
rible power, the chance OF gathering to
themselves a large part of the countrys
wealth. Under the necessity of adjust
lrg ourselves to the new system the
farmers mOven ent sprang up. The
Kansas farmer thought these things
could be gotten from the Republican
party but when we got outside of that
o have control. We have about one
hundred and fifty thousand miles of
railroad. built at a cost of $3,OO0,O00,O00
and the railroad have added six hun
dred million of dollars of watered stock
on bonds. They charge dividends on
that and it comes out of the people. ]
say 1t Is II tribute on the whole people,
simply because we have passed W to
them the privilege or regulating their
oan affairs. Postmaster General Wan
amaker told me he had found nearly
every Congressman in control Of rail-
road corporations and there had been
no change in the mail contracts since
1873, when he wanted to establish q
postal telegraph system
An unexpected feature OF the day
was the presence of Rev. Sam w. Small
who followed Simpson and attacked
both parties in the same general way as
the other speakers. He announced that
he was going to get on the third party
train at the next stop. Alright Thomas
Watson, Congressman for this State
spoke in the hall of the House of Rep.
resentatives to a large audience. His
speech was in in the same line as those
delivered during the day. Athens is
the point of rally tomorrow.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Tho Brakes rallied to work.

COLORADO CITY, Col, July 15.-A
disastrous freight wreck occurred at an
early hour this morning on the Colora-
do Midland at Ute Pass. Fireman
Wilson and Engineer Moore were killed
and eleven cars loaded with ore and
bullion were totally destroyed. The &C.
cident was caused by the failure of the
brakes to work while descending q
steep d~eclivity, the train rushing down
at a frightfnl rate and jumping the
track at the frat curve.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

The world breaks the hearts of lite
best benefactors, and then, after many
days. builds them s%epulchres. If you
would raise the age In which you live,
above 1t is to be misunderstood, perhaps
prosecuted.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Poisoned bv Bad AIilk,

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 15.--Near
Russellville yesterday the family of j.
ii. Cornelius, u well.to.do farmer, was
poisoned in the food at supper. Der.
nard Cornelius a nephew, uled before
the doctor could be reached. Five 9th.
ers are dangerously i'll. The SYMPTOMS
are Of arsenic. The poison is supposed
to have been in the milk. There is no
cause kno IN for anyone to have giveI.
the poison.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Padlet Pans thp FFeight.

4 -
a GREAT OKFKR tn At VI NOT AsAms
Bs REPEATnD. &C DO NOT DELAY, 4
'SrRIKE WHILEE BE IRON Is Hot" IS
4 Write for Catalog, Q now, and say whssS
spaper you saw this advertisement In. 3
Remember that J sell everything that
kipg some things and buying others In theS
largest possible lots, which enables me toY
wipe out all competition.
HERE ARE A FEW OF MY STARr-S
LING BARGAINS +
A No. z Flat top Cooking Stove. FULL
8size, l6S17 inch oven, fitted with 81 piecesj
kof ware, delivered at your own depot, {
heu freight charges paid by me forS
EOnly Twelve Dollars. [
Again, 1 will sell you q 8 hole Cookin J
Range 13x1S inch oven, 1Sx26 inch top, ut /
tied with 81 pieces of ware, for THlR-I
BPEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to
Hyour depot.
NDO NOT FAY TWO PRICES FOR
4 YOUR GOODS.
1 will send ySd a nice plush Parlor suit,
Hwalnut frame, either in combination or;
Ebanded, the most stylish colors for 33. 80,
Ito your railroad station. freight paid.
l will also sell YOU a nice BedrOmoS uitt
Sonsisting Of Bureau with glass, i high
hhead Bedstead, 1 Washstand, l Centrei
btable, 4 cane seat chairs. 1 cane seat and
Hback rocker allfor $50, and pay freighl
Ito your depot.
Or will send YOU an elegant Bedroom,
hsuit with largo glass, full marble top, for
1880, and pay freight.
RNice window shade on spring roller = 40
fElegant large walnut8 day clock, 400,
SWalnut Lounge, TOO
sLace' curtains per window, LOO
Icannot describe everything In q small
advertisement, but have an immense store
containing "a, 800 feet of floor room, with
aware houses and factory buildings In other.
Rparts of Augusta, making in all the lar
Egest business of this kind undo one man,
Eegement in the Southern States. These
Estoresand warehouses ere crowded with
Ethe choicest productions of the best facto-
FRIES. My catalogue containing illustrations
Eof goods will be mailed IL you will kindly,
Esay where you saw this advertisement. 4
kpay freight. Address,
L. F. PADGETT,
proprietor radgett's Furniture, stove
and Carpet Store,
HlllO-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA. GA
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

Rheumatism.-zJames Paxton, of Sa-
vannah. Ca, says he had Rheumatism
80 bad that he could not move from
the bed or dress without help, and that
he tried many remedies, but received
no relief until he began the use Of r. p,
SUM- ni;nl' ss3 t won bio a9es E Testose y h ho'a IS
health. ="
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

Rheumatism Is cured by u. T.. r.
Pains and aches In the back, shoulders,
knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all
attacked and conquered by Z. z. p.
This great medicine, by its blood
cleansing properties, builds up and
strengthens the whole body.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
The Weather aud tho Crops.

Inc weekly weather and crop Duile-
tin of the South Carolina weather SER
vice, in cooperation with the United
States Signal Service, for the week end
ing Saturday, is as follows, and is en-.
c%ouraging to farmers:
The reports for the week frem the
Weather-crop correspondents show that
the rainfall has been about normal, and
fairly distributed; temperature about
the average, with an average amount Of
sunshine--all of which has greatly ben.
fitted crops.
The cotton crop has undergone a
great improvement over that Of the
previous week, and while it is growing
very rapidly and much of it is relieved
OF the grass, still the fact remains that
the plant is smaller and later than the
average for years, and must affect the
yield materially.
Rain has fallen in most sections of
the State, but in some localities it Is
much needed at this time. The bene.
fetal effects OF the rains were some.
what neutraliZed by the succeeding cool
weather. But If the present seasons
continue there is yet time for a favora-
bic change in crop conditions.
The corn crop is a fair average and on
upland is reported in good condition,
the recent rains having been very bene-
fetal to this crop as it is now maturing,
but corn on bottom lands is very young
and small.
The rice crop is a fair average and In
fine condition, aud up to this time has
sustained no Injury from either drought
or freshet.
The melon crop is now ready for mar
keting and is being shipped to North.
ern cities, but the melons are not as
large as when compared to other wears.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

A complete Bedroom Suit for SIC 80
freight paid t. your depot. Send for
Catalogue. Address l.. +. Padgett,
Augusta, Ga.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

The Importance Of purifying the
blood cannot be over-estimated, for
good heath. +. p. y p. P i Ash
Poke Root and Pottassium) 10 o mirac.
ulous blood purifier, performing more
cures in six months than all the sarsa-
parillas and so-called blood purifiers
put together.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21
Pianos and Organs.

N. w. TRUMP. 1874 Main Street Co
Lirect from factory. No agents COM
missions. The celebrated C~hickering
Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its c~learness of tone, lightness Of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason q
Hamlin Upright Plano. Sterling Up
right Pianos, from 1925 up. Mason &
Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.S ter-
ling Organs, $50 mp. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days
trial, expenses both ways, IL not salts.
factory. Sold on Instalments.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-21

ilooieIeiy, IL VIII uc uuc W Che uoIil-
mating, p%roscrlptive and intolerant
spirit of so.called Democratic leaders.
L have been a consistent Democrat
since the war and now l do not want to
interfere with party lines, but l have
just this to say, we want justice and we
are going to have justice. II we can
not get it, as true Alliancemen we
won't hesitate to wipe old parties out
| of existence no more than we will hest
tate to wave our hands. 1t a third
party Is established, 1t will be nothing
but the blind work of the old parties"
He bitterly attacked Cleveland for
s~urrendering or trying to surrender the
people TO Wall street and the money
carry the standard of the peoples rights
to the front and meet and Overwhelm
| Cleveland and Sherman and all other
| forces that monopoly could muster.
Jerry Simpson was introduced next
| and was cordially received.
He referred to his warm reception
here during the war, and said that
| Kansas was always sure OF being we'll
| received in Georgia. A year ago, Cd
| the 9Th of August, he made his first
speech In Kansas. "Fame and notoriety
have" said he, "been given me by other
fellows, born of ridicule, the same spirit
that has actuated the enemies of reform
in every age" He said that in France,
when the French revolution broke out,
| 1900 people owned nearly all the lands,
and 26, 100000 people in France were
slaves, sold with the land. "There
came a time when there was a desire
for a better system of government, and
there came up a party Of the people.
They met with some opposition. Aris-
| tocrats sneered at them and they were
called the party without breeches. so
when the movement spranR up IN
Kansas, there was the same sentiment
from this same class, sneering at the
farmers movement, and they said:
Why there Is Jerry Simpson, come up
from the farmers; an Ignorant farmer,
he don't even wear socks Some OF our
people came to me and said, h Will
never do, you have got to contradict
that That Is all right said /, 1T &C.
| ours to me that while / have got socks
! there are many of my constituents who,
under this system of society, can't get
socks. 1 don't believe l want to put on
style over them, and though / might be
| sockless and even shirtless, the other
| fellow had them, and I vas after him.
/ not only got his socks, but L got his
shoes.
Humanity is the same in every age.
| This movement has met with nothing
but ridicule. You are very good people
as long as you stay In the old parties
and vote politicians into power, but as
soon as you see wealth begin to steal
| away from you. and you demand a new
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-06

Stringent regulations have re-
Gently been issued at Bahia, Brazil,
and vessels are recommended when
approaching the harbor to display.
signal flags indicating their last
port of call. Should this not be
done Immediately gun is fired TO
enforce attention, and repeated with
very little delay if necessary. AS a
fine of SO is imposed for each gun
fired, captains are warned that they
must be on the lookout Or else pay
the fine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-06
prcKINGs

Who Is rich? He that Is content. /
Big words sometimes express !
very small ideas.
Who is powerful? He who gov
ems his passions
Better refuse TO quarrel than
make it up afterwards
Severity breedeth fear, but rough
ness breedeth hate
To keep good actions II memory,
refresh them with new.
Jealousy is an awkward homage
which interiors render 10 merit.
Nature is often hidden, some
times overcome, seldom extin-
guished-
1t is easier to persecute the IN
fortunate than prosecute the for
tunate.
Pride goeth before the fall in the
skating rink.
Society buds are petted plants,
but it costs pot Of money 10 cul-
tIvate them.
For some the past never lives,
and 10 such the future holds out no
hope.
The head partner in the concern
always speaks with firm voice.
The man who is a clever Judge
OF woman's dress is bound to fav.
orsbly impress the fair sex.
There are no sharp thorns in
artificial flowers, nor are they
made 10 press.
A great many people seem Il
think that the world is run like s
slot machine. They waste for
tune before they find out their mis-
take, too.
WISDOM, POWER AND RICHES.
Who is wise? He who learn
from everyone.
Every man feels instinctivel.
that all the beautiful sentiments il
the world weigh less than a singl
lovely action.
He who tries to solve the prot
lem of his own existence will i'm
that it takes just little lcrge
than lifetime.
In addition TO palmistry come
the new science, that OF judgln
people by their manner of shakin
hands, and also by the size an
shape of hands independent OF tn
lines in the palm.
Tact, though partly a naturs
gift, Is good deal indebted to edt
cation and early habits. The sups
:, rlority of one sex to the other
this respect will often be found
depend On art quite as much {
upon nature.
y A weak galvanic current, whic
will sometimes cure d toothach
may be generated by placing a 81
70 yer coin on one side of the gu
O. and piece of zinc on the othe
RInsing the mouth with aciduiatt
water will increase the effect.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-04
ENGLISH Conservatism.

The careful and conservative spirit which
characteriZcs so much of the work done in
England is shown in connection with the
recent splendid piece of work, the City and
South London railway. While many of
the details of the line are carried out with
the perfection of modern electrical skill,
there are some points in connection with it
which are so much behind modern prog
ress as to appear in II measure inconsistent
with the enterprise which characteriZes
the rest of the work. 1t appears that the
elevators leading to the underground sta
tons are operated by hydraulic power.
There is IL good deal of dissatisfaction that
electricity has not been used for this pur-
pose. Nothing could be better adapted for
working lifts than motors, and the saving
in expense would have been considerable.
Unless the elevators are balanced there
is Il plunger volume OF high pressure water
wasted every time each hoist is used,
whereas il the motors were employed the
generator would need supply little more
thar the power wasted in general friction.
Another fact which has been freely criti-
cised is the use of an air brake where cleo
trio power is available. 1t has been urged
that the block system arrangements, and
the cut off of the supply from a moving
train in case of necessity, are objections to
it's use.
If these are obstacles they can be easily
overcome, and the special leads which sup
ply the carriage lamps could supply the
motive power for the brakes. Ii is argued
that this combination in the same plant of
hydraulic distribution. compressed air and
electric traction is a somewhat anomalous
one.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-04
Rattle Between Ironclads.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Private adj
vices from Valparaiso state that the iron
clad Blanco, belonging to insurgents, re-
Gently attempted to blow up the armed
government tug Florence with a fish
torpedo. The torpedo missed the tug,
but struck a big floating dry dock in the
harbor blowing it to pieces. Blanco was
thereupon treated to a hot fire of shot
and she'll from every gun in tue forts and
steamed out of the harbor. The same
night a torpedo boat and tug Florence
stole out to attack Blanco. The iron
clad was not alone, being in company
with the sIoop of wal Ohiggins. Both
ships compelled the government vessels
to return to harbor and followed in hot
pursuit. A heavy shell from Blanco
struck Florence blowing her entirely
out Of the water, and everyone Of her
crew of II men was either killed
or wounded. A broadsid, from
Ohiggins knocked the torpedo boat all to
pieces. The two insurgent vessels then
turned their attention to the forts and a
lively battle ensued. A shell from the
fort struck the Ohiggins and went clear
through her. Another shell caused the
gun on her quarter deck to explode.
When the smoke cleared away the deck
was found to have been literally torn out
of the vessel and nine men out of the
gun crew of twelve we're blown to atoms.
The sloop was at once taken ont of range
of the guns in the fort.