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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23
ASCENDING AND DESCENDING.

An Aeronaut Describes the Senso-
ton OF Falling from u Balloon.
Asked to explain is Clearly as pos
sible the feelings peculiar to the
ascent and descent OF Il person to and
from the extraordinary attitudes to
which she travels, Mrs. Romig said:
The sensations ure Numerically op-
posite to the general idea that prevails
among people who never made such
attempts; instead OF feeling yourself
lifted bodily and swiftly up into space.
you have a realistic sense of staying
just exactly where you were, and of
the earth falling away and downward
from you. This feeling continues lust
so long as your balloon continues to
rise !: when it comes to a standstill YOU
realize for the first time that you have
moved upward, and, Of course. tile
wonderful panorama spread out below
you gives instant advice Of tho immense
attitudes you have attained.
1.-The descent from such O tremcn-
dous height by the parachute is
another thing, though it, too, Involves
something of the same sensation re-
versed. You seem to see the earth
ascending to meet you, but your pre-
gress downward is so gentle and SO
much more deliberate that you can
not but know you are going down.
This fact is forcibly impressed on your
mind when you cut loose from the bal
loon.
The descent then, and until the
parachute fills, is as sheer and sudden
and direct as any unprecedented fall
you ever experienced, ranging in
depth, according to the volume OF
wind, from twenty-five to II hundred
feet, and this is the most unpleasant
part of my business. The same pre-.
caution OF holding the breath is as i'm.
peratlvely necessary in this first fall
as 1T Is when you are submerged in the
water"
In response to q question as to the
longest jump she had made in her
career as an aeronaut. Mrs. Romig
said that in 1890, at Bakers Beach,
just inside the Golden Gate at San
Francisco, she made q perfectly sue
cessful jump from an altitude deter
mined by mathematical instruments to
be Just a fraction ove two and one
a miles. She alighted in the bay,
but being fully protected with a life
preserver (Which she always dons
when exhibiting near rivers, lakes or
other large bodies Of water), she was
all right when picked up by the boat
men, who instantly went to her relief.
Mrs. Romig says 1.-The easiest
place in which to land is q body of
water or Il plouged field, but of the
two | prefer the field"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

The ART OF CONVERSATION.-An-
other thing which has gone out of
fashion IL the art of conversation. 1t
mas OF late years been SO neglected that
III Is the rarest chance to meet with n
young man who can %ver at all ia
the real sense of the word. Among
his own set he can babble about mutual
aquaintances, tho new singer, the next
race or the last scandal. But throw
MN among strangers and he is silent
and dull, perhaps making short re-
marks in u jerky and confused manner,
put certainly ~betraying no intelligent
interest IL u new discovery be mention
cd, a piece of important political news
told or some information given about u
subject OF real value. AS Il consc-
quence, he Is not only bored, but he
shows it, because he has never Guilt
waited that polite interest in his fellow
creatures which would enable him to
respond sympathetically. Ono of the
old Frencll noblessc was lately heard
to remark that when he first went into
society his father used to impress upon
ms mind n a at u party he was bound
10 insure Its success SO far as he was in
dividually concerned. TO mako him
sell agreeable was Il duty not to be
neglected without q grave breach
of courtesy both to the guests and
the friends who invited him.
In q modern gathering no such anti
quated sentiment would find u dis
clple. Young people, if they do not
meet some IL to Hlrt with, will osten-
'%atlously proclaim their boredom, and
would stare in astonishment if it were
suggested that at friends house it was
the duty towards the hostess to pay
attention to those who found them
selves among strangers. TO hint that
ola ladies and ugly girls should have a
little share of consideration would be to
subject oneself to the charge of old
fashioned Pail Mall Gazette.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

The Volumes of the Magazine begin
with the Numbers for June and De-
cember OF each year. When no time
is mentioned, subscriptions will begin
with the Number current at the time
OF receipt Of order.
Bound Volumes of Harper's Magazine
for three years back, in neat cloth
binding, will be sent by mail, postpaid.
or by express. free of expense lpro-
vided the freight does not exceed one
dollar per volumc,) for $500 per vol
umc.
Cloth cases for each volume, suitable
for binding, 30 cts. cach-by mail, post
paid.
Remittances should be made BY post
ofiice money order or draft, to avoid
chance Of loss,
Newspapers arc not to copy this adj
vcrtiscmcnt without the express order
of Harper & Brothers.
Address:
HARPER ~ BROTHERS.
New York.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

Senator Waltholl, of Mississippi,
whose present term expires on March
8, 1850 and who was also elected in
January 1892 for the term commence
ing March !, 1898, has resigned. The
condition of his health forces the alter
native OF protractcd absence from his
post OF duty or OF resigning his seat,
and ne chooses the latter alternative
Tor ms present term of service. The
conditions existing III March 1898,
whcn ms new term begins. vii! decide
his action with reference to TINT form
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

PROMPT RELIEF
comes to the woman suffering from
any of the painful disorders and de.
engagements peculiar. to her sex, if
she accepts the help that's offered.
DR.. Piercc's Favorite Prescription is
the only medicine 30 certain in it's
effects that it can be guaranteed.
In every case, if it doesn't benefit or
cure, your money is returned.
Beautiful women know how much
they owe to good health. If YOU
wish to be beautiful, keep the nat
ural functions of the body in proper
state and you'll be healthy.
A train of disorders follows the de.
rangemcnt of the womanly functions.
For nervous prostration, excitability,
falnting spells, dizziness, spasms, con-
v%ulsions, or Gifts" this remedy re-
licves and cures.
Take it when you suffer from
sleeplessncss, backache and bearing.
down sensations, for the pro,npt
relief it imparts.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

-Advices have been received here
from the Sierra Mojada mining camps
situated in the Escalon district,
Mexico, Of terrible holocaust. In the
lower part of the town were q number
Of huts, located very close together.
These were set on fire by u band of UNI
known incendiaries, and before the oc-
cupants could escape, eleven men and
several won!Cn and children were
burned to death. Ten others were
burned so badly that they will die.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

The executive committee Of the
Third party leaders met on tho 10th,
at Atlanta, Ga. and decided to hold q
convention in May to nominate State
officers. The speeches indicated that
they expect to makea hot fight. The
meeting was secret.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

Gen. William Henry Forney, q
SCARED veteran of two wars, for many
years the Seventh districts able re-
preventative in Congress. and more
recently superintendent of the battle
field OF Gettysburg, lies dangerously i'll
at his home at jackson, Ala. No hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

Iullman Car services: Nos 35 and %38.
Richuon and Eanrillc Fa tMail, Pullman
Slice. cr between tlantu and New York;
Through Pullman leepers bete cen New
York nd Ne Orleans, and Washinut Non
ana Memphis,vi Atanta and Birmingham.
for utL 'il-u int"i niaiiuu az 10 local and,
ihron"h time tables, rates and Pullman
sleeping tur reservations, confer VILE,
local agents. nr address ~
w. A. TURK, ;. II. HARDWlCKsTS
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superintendent, Traffic MIR w
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23
The North Pole.

To reach the North Pole has
long been the browning ambition
Of the scientific navigator: un-
told wealth has been expended,
cold, hunger, and suffering in q
thousand forms have been patti
emily endured-hundreds of lives
have been sacrificed. and still the
North Pole is as far away in
wonderland as at first. The
ambition of Job A.. Davis was
more practical in its aim and far
happier in its results. No lives
have been lost-no homes desol-
ated. but comfort and happiness
have been carried to thousands
by the production of Tho New
High Arm Davis Sewing Ma
chine" first created in the brain
OF this wonderful inventor. and
its mission has but just begun !
A discriminating public is Just
awakening to its merits. and ere
long we may confidently expect
to find it in every home.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

Japanese Liver Pellets are small,
but great in their effects no gripping !;
so doses 25 cts. Sold at Carpente r
Bros, G~reenvillc, S. G.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

( COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE r. RI
~ co. SAMUEL SPENCER, +. WI
AND REUBEN FOSTERl
u Cows. Condensed sceuulr III etcui Dec.
"a, 1913. Trains run BY T5ih Meriulup,
time :. 4 -
Between Columbia. Snurcn aud Walhal lai
No. IL. %HSu ITIONS. N1I
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23
The s~tepping.stone to

@ The stepping-stone to
n Consumption = is Ca
tarrh. 1t don't pay to
M let it go, when the
III makers of DR.. Sage's
Remedy will give $500
~ IT they can't effect a per.
manent e1re of your Cataryh.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23
llARPER'S PERIODICALS.
PIER YEAR :

u" Postage free to all subscribers i'm
the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-23

DICHMOND 4 DANvILLE II.
III SAMUEL SPENCER, r. w HUIDE-
ROPER and REUBEN FoSTER, Re
ceivers. Aus,ta g. SbsiiOtt-SS Air Line
Dtvtsi"o. Condensed schedule offfsReen-
&sr I rains In effect Dec. ~, 1893. A9rrains
ran Nv Esatarn time. M
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
Quarter Deck and Gangway.

Quarter deck originated from the ar
rangement that the portion of the deck
SO called was about one-fourth of the
whole space. Fore or forward castle
received its name as being the principal
part of the ship in which the fighting
took place, being raised much above the
level of the other part of the deck and
holding commanding position. Poop,
the raised afterpart of the ship, set apart
for officers, both in meaning and deri-
walton, comes from the Latin.
Gangway has been handed down from
the days of the ancient galleys of the
Ph9nicians, Carthagenians and Ro-
mans, it having been a board which
ran along the whole length, serving as
a passage for the rowers to and from
their seats 1t was also utilized as a
resting place for the mast and sail
when not i'll use. The term now denotes
place of exit or entrance from or to a
vessel, generally from the shore, by
means of long plank or platform. -
Chambers .Inurual
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
The English Drummer compared with His
Fellow Salesman In America.

Fellow Salesman In America.
The commercial traveller in England
is little differeat from his American
brother, pursuing the same line Of pol
icy in getting there 50 far as securing
trade is concerned His iEVariahle rule,
however, is that his first price given TO
a local merchant is his last and only
one. There is no going in the morning
with an offer and then in the afternoon
with an extra inducement to make the
trade This being the invariable rule, it
saves much labor and apprehension in
the mind Of the buyer that he has not
done so well rs he could have done with
more diplomacy.
Everything is done for the comfort of
the traveller, and at the hotels special
apartment called the commercial room
is set apart for his exclusive use. In this
room smoking is prohibited until 8 p.
M, place being devoted to that pur-
pose at other times. The traveller takes
his meals in the commercial room, the
dinner being a set affair in which all
travellers in the house generally partici
pate The oldest man is at the head of
the table and is called the president,
while at the foot is the youngest man,
and he is termed vice president Selec-
lions of food are often made by vote,
and two or three will club together for
special dishes or wines. the president
generally putting the question.
A dinner costs in this way from 90 to
rs cents and other meals in proportion,
very good food and service being had
throughout Great Britain and Ireland
at these prices At these dinners and in
the general conversation no introduction
of one to the other, if strangers, is
necessary, and all join in the general
conversation and story telling, a trait
common to the whole brotherhood of
commercial travellers, be they found in
London, New York or Kamchatka
Hardware.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-15

beasts still exist in the deepest gal.
leries of the catacomhs
The dead body of the spider was con-
veyed to the Museum Of Natural His
tory, where it was carefully prepared
and stuffed and is now ON exhibition -
Once q Week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
EXPELLED.

Every poison aud impurity of
your blood. by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. Then there's
a clear skin and a clean system.
letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysi-
pelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged
Glands, Tumors and Swelling, and
all Blood, Skin, aud Scalp Diseases,
from a common blotch or eruption
to the worst scrofula-these are
perfectly and permanently cured
by it.
10 building up needed flesh and
strength of pale. puny, scrofllous
children. nothing can equal it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
De Teu Read

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and it is also the best Farm Family
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South.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
Constable Sale,
State Of Observation-Disclosures of Kay-
miRoa,-lst Justice Court.
SEVERN Leblanc vs.. Bertrand Lon.
viAre-NO.

By virtue of a writ of fieri faoiasl
issued by the LIST justice court in mat
tiers of the above numbered and emil
tied case authorizing and empowering
me to sell at pubeie auction the nron-
erty hereinafter described, win
proceed to sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder in front efi
the Justices office in this parish, on
Saturday, December S, 1884.
between the hours Of IL o'clock e.
m. and 4 o'clock p. NJ, the follow-
ing described property. seized IL
satisfy said writ, TO wit
Two Creole gentle herses-eue
bay and one black.
Terms-Cash.
Given under my official signature
this Oath day of November, i. d.,
1894,
CAMILLE LEBLANC,
Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
Novelties in Ladies' Skirts.

The portion of the costume which
seems to be the leading subject OF
enquiry at the present moment is
the akirt. While bodices and
sleeves are still following to some
extent the general lines of the former
season, skirts are the absorbing
theme Of interest in the new impor-
tations. Great is their variety.
The question Of choice embraces an
extensive field, both Of extreme
novelties and simple practical de-
signs. Models to suit everv taste
and occasion are illustrated in the
popular Mcdowell Fashion jour-
pals" which we have at hand. "La
Mode de Paris and paris Album
OF Fashion" cost $3.50 each per
annum. or 35 cents per copy. "The
French Dressmaker" is So 90 a wear
OF 30 cts. q copy. la Mode" which
is The best home magazine of its
kind, costs only $3.50 per year, or
10 cents a copy by mail direct to
Nerssrs Mcdowell . Co, 4 West
4 x.
l4.h Street, New York.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
Constable Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIAN A-PARIS
OF VERMILION-6th JUSTICE
COURT-No.
Despalier Breaux
Wilkins Stroud.

Wilkins Stroud.
By virtue OF a writ of ieri facias
issued by the Sixth Justices Court
in the matters of the above num-
bered and entitled suit, authorizing
and commanding me to seize and sell
the following described property of
defendant, I viii proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last highest
bidder, at the Office of the Sixth
Justices Court in this parish, on
Saturday, December g, 1894,
between the hours II o'clock a. N.
and 4 p. M, the following described
property seized to satisfy said writ,
to wit
One lot Of cogn-ahout 60 barrels.
Que lot of cotten-abeut 1000
pounds.
Six hogs-One blue mare and
colt-One two year old flIv.
Given under my official signature
this 9Th day of December, 1894.
john A. FAULK, Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
Succession Sale.

81 a1E VT OO1ClANd,
Parish of Vermiion, 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, No. 29S.
Succession of Elouisa Bergeron.
By virtue of an order of sale
granted in the matters Of the above
entitled aud numbered succession,
authorizing and empowering me to
sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder. for cash, on the day
of sale. at the late residence of the
deceased in this parish, all the prop
erty belonging to said succession, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to pay the debts of said succession
on
Wednesday, January 8, 1895,
the following described property, be,
longing to said succession, to wit
One certain tract of land lying
and being situated in the parish of
Vermilion, containing one hundred
superficial acres. more or less, and
designated as the north eastern
portion of the NE1, of Section 26,
Township 10, SR. 2 East.
Another tract Of land situated in said
parish of Vermilion, being wood
land, containing six acres; bound
ed north by Julie Baudoia claim,
south by the Primeaux claim, west
by J. A, Gibson, and on the east
by land of Mrs. Pauline ]. Put.
nam.
One dwelling house and kitchen
One corn crib and chicken COOP
$50 pannels of fencing, 3 pieux and
wire, picket fence, Including garden
and yard, three heads Of old horses,
one horse, one lot of hogs, two
feather beds, one lot of loose feathers,
Is pounds, 5 mattresses, Is blankets
and quilts.
CLEoPHAs VINCENT,
Administrator.
Abbeville. December s, 1894.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Yer
million, 18th Judicial District
lfNn,rA NJ lAl --.H- -

STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish Of N6T-s
million, 18th Judicial District
Court, No. 242.
In the Succession Of Jane a. Harvey.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested, or having any oppo-
sition to make TO the 6nal account sa
settlement of the partnership OF >.
A. Conerly aud Son formerly exists
ing between G. ". Conerly, and
VIM. NJ. Conerly aud Jaue A.
Harvey, deceased, in .c0snaas-
nifty, aud now pending before court.
to file the same in writing in tte
Office Of the clerk OF the distr;ck
court within ten days from the date
hereof.
Given under my hand and zeal of
court this l7h day Of Novemheg,
1894.
ALcIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
W. B White, attorney.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08

NOTECE..--AH parties having claims
agasnst the succession of Aymar Bourque,
deceased, will please present them to the
undersigned at once for adjustment.
Likewise those indebted to said success
sion. EDWARDS & GREENE, Attys.
Abbbeville. Dec. I'94-tf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
Disagreement Between Cane Growers
And Refiners.

A serious disagreement has arisen
between many of the small cane
growers Of a portion of the Fausse
Pointe district of this parish and
the two largest reiners of that Sec
ton, Messrs sAdrieu Gonsoulin and
the New Iberia Refining and Plant
ing Co., of which Mr.. W. R. Haw.
ley of Galveston is president, and
may result in serious loss 10 all
concerned. Up to a few days ago,
the refners were paying Soc per
ton for every cent per pound of the
market price of sugar, as per pre-
vious agreement. This, they now
refuse to pay. The HaWley estab-
lishment offers two dollars per ton
delivered at the refinery while Mr..
Gonsoulin, it is said, announces that
he can no longer pay the Soc rate
and makes no specific offer. The
growers refuse TO haul their cane in
both instances. Valuable time ia
being lost, as the weather is very fine
for harvesting, and with the proba-
bilities of cold and vet weather
later, the outlook is not bright.
Mr.. Gonsoulin has put up a large
new mill this year and expected to
grind from 800 to 500 tons per day;
but it seems that the water in the
Teche is so polluted by the filth run
into it by the re6ners themselves
that it is impossible to generate
steam to run :he mill to its full
capacity and its output has been
only $50 and 400 tons per day. It
takes as large a force for this output
as for the larger one; hence the
profits Of manufacturing are serious
ly affected. The growers are not
willing to bear this less and insist
that Mr.. Go1seulin should provide
himself with wells as is done on
other places where there exists no
natural supply of water. Another
cause of complaint from the growers
at a distance from Mr.. Gonsoulin's
refinery, is the charge made by him
of l5c per ton for unloading cars
and Soc for transportation over his
railroad to his refinery, leaving
them only 81 .35 for their cane.
Mr.. ]. f. Martin, owner of the
Vida refinery. situated betweeB the
two other plants, is paying sec per
ton per one cent market price of.
sugar.
Mr.. John Peter, of Keystone
refinery, ia paying $2.25 per ton with
the promise of increase as the den
sity of the juice from the cane
increase.
1t is to be hoped that the disa-
greement between the parties to the
controversy will be promptly ADJUST
ed on an equitable basis to both side.
L. S.-Since the above has been
put in type, we learn that Mr.. Con
soulin has agreed to pay the SOC
schedule. Iberia Enterprise.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08

By virtue of writs of feri facias issued
in matters of the two above entitled
suits, from the 10th Judicial District
Court and the I'd Justice Court of the
parish of Iberia, commanding me to
seize and sell, for cash, the property of
defendant, to satisfy said writs, / will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, at the principal
front door of the courthouse of said
parish, on
Saturday, January 5, 1895,
between the hours of IL o'clock a. M,
and 4 o'clock p. M, the following des-
cribed property seized to satisfy said
writs, to wit
One certain tract of land lying and be
ing situated in Vermilion Parish, con-
tanning eighty acres, mere or less,
and designated as the north half of
of the north east quarter of section
twenty, township twelve, south range
two east, together with all the build
ings and Improvements thereon
situated.
Sheriff's Office, Abbeville, Louisiana,
December l. 1894.
A. L. LEBLANC, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-12-08
GOOD SERVICE.
Prompt Returns.
RICE Mill,
NE Y1RK..

The undersigned call the
attention of Planters and fac
tors to the above mill which
is among the largest in the
United States. It is equipped
with the latest and best ma
chinery for the milling Of
RICE, and secures o~ut-turns
equalled by few and exeelled
by none.
C~onsignments and CORES
solicited.
DAN TALMAGE'S SONS,
115 WALL STRET,
New YoRK.
July Z, 6m.