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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
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Program for the Annual Meeting
Next Month.

Program for the Annual Meeting
Next Month.
The annua meeting of the ST; 10
Bihie Society will be held in the CITY II
CoIumbia on the fst and End OF Augu. l..
and the following is the Laogram:
First Days Session IL O'Clock m.
Calling of the meeting to order by . ~
president, Rev. Wm. Nj. Grier, ID. D.. F.;
Heading OF the Holy Scriptures and
devotional exercises; Enrolment OF
delegates; Reading of the minutes of
the last annual meeting; Annual adj
dress OF the president Appointment
Of standing committees. Night session
Address by Rev. DIR. Thos. III. Law,
OF Spartanburg, district superinten-
dent oil the American Bible Society.
Second Days Se-s sion, . O'clock u. M,
Reading of the Holy Scriptures and
devotional exercises; Reports of local
Bible societies; Discussion: Address
by Rev. DIR. III. w. Bays, of Abbeville ;
Reports of committees: Election of
officers Adjournment.
In connection with the meeting Of
the Association the following circular
has been issued
Charleston, s. g., July 10th, 1895.
10 b Local Bible Societies of the
State.
Brethren: The executive committee
of the State Bible Association beg To
remind you that the annual meeting of
association will be held at the First
Baptist Church. Columbia, S. c., on
Thursday and Friday, the LIST and u
days of August.
You are earnestly requested to send
at east two delegates To this meeting
and IL d that arrangements may
be made Tor their entertainment, you
Will please send at once to the com
mittec OF arrangements at Columbus,
the names OF the delegates You prop, &c
to send.
The following named gentlemen con
stitute The committee OF arrangements:
itev: w. g.. Lindsay, Rev. w. w.
Daniel. Rev. NJ. NJ. Kinard.
Please attend to this important mat
ter at once.
You are also requested to send to the
annual meeting IL report, covering the
operations oil your society during the
past year, the number of members
belonging, the number of Bibles dis.
trlDuted, the amount of money col.
lected, and anything calculated to add
to the interest Of the Bible cause
throughout the State; report as full
as possible. The committee have
made every effort to make the APP,
proacnlnS meeting u success anC
earnestly ask you to lend them your
assistance. If practicable, defray the
travelling expenses. 1t will NOT cost
you very much, Us will b, seen from
the schedule of reduced rates here
with On closed.
Give the Bible cause the benefit o
your presence at the meeting in August
and yolr prayers.
Respectfully,
HENRY Il. ARCHER,
Chairman Fix. Com. State Bible Assn
ROBERT NJ. MEANS, Secretary.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

HORTICULTURAL HINTS. Garden
ers are trying so hard to get rid OF
seeds in fruit that in u few years a
person could not have appendicitis if
he tried. Already we have seedless,
or navel, oranges.
Some varieties of apples have been
produced that have almost no seeds.
They are abnormalities. Sometimes
they are called "bloomless" because
the blossoms have no petals. and in
some cases lack stamens.
Raisin producers in California are
try ing to obtain seedless grapes for
raisins. The famous seedless grapes
OF Corinth are called currants.
The banana is seedless and has been
SO for centuries, though 'obody knows
why. 1t is u modified berry cutting
tho middle you will sometimes see
some little brown spots which are
rudimentary seeds.
The pineapple is nearly seedless and
is propagated from slips. The egg
plant is occasionally seedless.
Horticulturists are also endeavoring
to rid fruit Of thorns. Some oranges
and lemons are very thorny. Efforts
are being made to get rid OF the thorns
on raspberry and blackberry plant
simply for convenience in picking.
The thorns are intended by nature to
protect the planks from animals.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

House plants that have become
sickly looking, can often, by the aid
of a few doses of nitrate of soda, be
quickly brought to a perfect state of
health; but being very powerful in
its action, this must be used in small
quantities; a piece about the size of
u marble is large enough for a
twelve-inch pot. This fertilizer has
also the effect of forcing plants on
much o quickly than other ma
nures, and is therefore, valuable for
assisting those that are naturally o.
slow growth.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
Evolution of Table Manners.

How did table manners arise
Where do they come from? Like
Topsy and other human institutions,
they "just growed." And it is sur
prising how slow of development
has been the sentiment of cleanli-
ness and neatness, which f& y .he
principal cause of the invention of
the Implements and dishes used in
serving food and in eating.
In good old palmolithic times,
when human beings were always
within t%wenty-fom hours of starva.
ton, man ate with his fingers. He
hunted for his food in the woods or
by the sea-shore, and he picked the
bones clean. Two table articles are
found among uncivilized peoples
the Knife and the spoon. The knife
was originally a weapon of attack or
defence it was used for cutting and
carving flesh, but its convenience in
eating soon became apparent.
The origin of the spoon is uncer-
tain. 1t must have been invented
at a very ancient date, for it is found
among people who have never come
into contact with civilization. The
necessity of having some implement
for dipping water seems to have led
first to the invention of the calabash,
or the use of the cocoanut-shell, and
later on to the spoon.
We must wait four thousand years
before we find the fork. Or, as a
French writer on the table etiquette
has said, "from the creation of the
word to the beginning of the seven
tenth century man ate with his fin
ger" This is, however, a mistake
of four hundred years for we find
forks as early as the thirteenth cen
tury, when they are mentioned as
being kept for special purposes.
Thus, John, Duke of Brittany, is
said to have used % fork to pick up
"soppys," and Piers Graveston had
three Tor eating pears with.-Lee j.
Kaace, IN Lippincotf.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

Mrs, Morgan whenever she showed
symptoms OF relaxing or giving up the
new system. And ii was astonishing
what an influence Miss Susanna gained
and kept over her girls by her
hearty, CHEEKY, kindly counsels. at
first, too, Tom WAS disposed TO draw
the lihe AZ bread-making ; but what
uid that artiui Miss Susanna do but TO
offer u watch as u prize for the best
loaf OF broad from that household,
which set all the boys fermenting like
their own yeast, and sent them all
head over heels into the -four barrel,
and i~naugurated u series of "larks'
that almost took the roof of the house,
but resulted in two leaves of bread
that q French baker need not have dis
owned. Whereupon Miss Susanna
came down handsomely with two silver
watches that were much appreciated,
and henceforth bad bread was q thing
unknown In that household. BY devices
like these the ball was set rolling, and
once set rolling rolled on with mOmen-
tum OF its own. In q few years the
Morgan girls" were the pets, the
pride, the standing joke of Winnville.
They could take a sewing machine to
pieces and put IT together again like u
professional: They ran it altogether
hNS Nttos AO OIL bupoTNloOn, anu
sewed, n pressed their own suits,
and worked their own button-hOles,
like so many little ~tailors, having,
indeed taken lessons from Mrs.
Shearer, the tailor of the place. The
most notable housewife could have
found nothing to quarrel with in the
perfect cleanliness, order and pro.
priety of the Morgan menage, and the
Twins, In sweeping, busting n bed
making, might have put to the blush
most Milesian Maidens of much ex-
perience.
The lads grew daily more clever,
more manly, more gentle and gentle
manly uLder Miss Susanua's system-a
synonym for good behavior and suc
cess, the model boys OF the community
without any of the provoking priggish.
ness of the model. Winnville began
by laughing ut them. of course. II
went on to wonder at them, and talk
about them to any extent. 1t ended
by admiring ana respecting them,
Mrs. Morgan came to be regarded as
the wisest of women and mothers
So many people complimented her
upon the good dispositions, reputa.
lions, and characters Of her girls
n tneir various remarkable achieve.
ments. That sue in time quite lost
sight If Miss Susanna's share in ii
all. She formulated the system,
she lectured upon it, and mildly me,
every d~.ssentient objection with g
Look at my seven p that was un,
answerable. She went further than
Miss Susanna even, bring up your
ooys as girls" she would say, impress
sively, and bring up your girls az
boys neither Of them will be hall
educated as they are now
One OF her "girls" is u bank Presi.
dent now. Another is at she head of
large foundry in Birmingham. An
other is a successful mining engineer
And tho twins are at Annapolis anC
West Point. But none of the sever
Is the worse for bsing bred as they
have been, anu Winnville will boas,
for Il long time to come OF "our girls
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

THE STATES FINANCIAL CoNDI.
TION.-Governor Evans is now III tn,
opinion that tho dispensary system
can be operated v..rv near the avlua
cost OF purchasing. bottliug and ship
ping the liquor. He says it has been
the desire to furnish yOnd IiQunr to TIL,
people as near as the actual cost price
a possible.
The new schedule of prices, which
has been prepared, but has nov We
been adopted by the State b ard Of
control, makes very material reduc.
tion in the prices. The price of 80 per
cent. .whiskey for Instance has been
brought down to III cents a half pint.
Governor Evans says u at III. di =
pensary now has the State's $5O, WO
appropriation for the starting of the
dispensary In the State treasury.
though 1t has not yet been placed To
the general account OF the Siate. II,
Is there, however, and 1t is OILY kept
OIL the general account as u safeguard.
1T can be transferred to the general nc
count and be utilized at O moments
notice.
He says that the State now has 1885,
600 in bank In cash on the general ac-
count. Notwithstanding the fact that
the July interest has just been paid In
FULL. He does not think that the State
will have to borrow any money this
year with which to meet it's Obliga-
ton.
And thus 1T is that the Governor
says the State board Of control feels
That the time has come to make the
~dispensary self-sustaining, and, at tho
So ms time, furnish the people with Ii
quor as near the actual cost as posi-
Bile.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

A veteran housekeeper in the
Boston Transcript gives a long list
of rules tending to the eluciGation
of this subject, from which a few of
the most significant ire culled.
Give her as good wages as you can;
pay her regularly, or give her rea-
sons why she should wait.
DO not expect her to be a mind
reader, but tell her just what you
want done.
Give her as pleasant a room as
possible, and let her have time to
keep it in order.
DO not talk as if your way was
the only right way to do things.
Never allow the children to treat
her with disrespect or make her un-
necessary work.
Never reprimand her before chill
dren or strangers.
Always say "good-morning" and
"good-night."
always say "please" and
"thank you" when You ask her to
do anything for you, and insist upon
the children's doing the same.
A command given in an abrupt,
dlsagreeable tone will often make
her angry OF unhappy.
If You like her, tell her so some.
times
If she is cross or irritable, be pa.
tient with her. She may be suffer.
ing acutely, mentally or physically,
Above all things, do not scold
blame or find fault with her any
more than you can possibly help
Nothing will discourage her Sc much
She needs encouragement a thousand
times more than she needs discour.
agement. TO sum up, be as kind
patient, sympathetic, considerate
and respectful to her as you would
wish other ome to be to..your own
daughter if she is ever obliged to dc
homework for a living.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
THE PUnnIo oHooL
An Appeal to Preserve the Constiu-
tiOnal Provision for Education.

fAh appear I'D reserve Lne COnkIln-
tiOnal Provision for Education,
The following preamble and resolu-
tions,o introduced by Superintendent
w. ID. Mayfield at the recent meeting
of the Teachers Association OF South
Carolina, were unanimously adopted /:
Whereas inasmuch as there is to be-
held n constitutional convention 70,
the pucpose of reforming the State
Constitution during the month of Sep
TENDER of this year, and
Whereas we are deeply interested in
the welfare of the whole State, i'm
every line and in every department.,
and stand ready to lend u helping hand
IA all, but
Whereas we are more especially and
directly Interested in the education of
the sons and daughters of South Caro-
lima, who are to be the future fathers
and mothers of the State, and upon
whose shoulders the responsibility of
citizenship will rest and into whose
hands the reins of government must fall,
anu being confirmed, as we are, in the
beiief that intelligence must and will
best promote the greatest happiness of
our people and govern and direct their
destiny morally, and
Whereas we deem it but proper to
express our views on this subject and
to Offer our advice To the people of the
State and especially to the delegates
to that convention, therefore, be it
Resolved, first, That the people of
the State owe it IL themselves and 10
their posteriLy TO know how the candi-
dates Tor the Constitutional convention
stand upon this subject by seeing to it
clearly n distinctly declare his iposi-
| lion for or AGAINST "a constitutional olp-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

SALT AS A CURATIvE.-An excess
sive use of salt on food is injurious
to the digestive and other organs Of
the body, causing scurvy and other
scorbutic diseases. But it has some
curative properties which should be
known. For the reason that it is
cheap and always at hand, the ours
tive qualities of salt are not appre-
ciated as they should be. We gather
from an exchange that if used per-
sistcntly enough it will cure nasal
catarrh. A weak brine should be
made and snuffed up the nose, al
lowing it to run down the throat.
One Of the most effective remedies
known for u sick headache is to
place a pinch of salt on the tongue
and allow it to dissolve slowly. In
about ten minutes it may be follow
ed by u drink Of water.
There is nothing better for the
relief of tired or weak eyes than to
bathe them with a strong solution
of salt and water, applied as hot as
it can be borne. Salt is most excel
lent for cleansing the teeth. 1t
hardens the gums and sweetens the
breath.
Salt enters into the composition
of a sure cure for II felon. Take
common rock-salt and dry it
thoroughly in the oven, pulverize it,
and mix with an equal quantity of
spirits of turpentine. Keep a rag
saturated with this solution applied
to the affected part for twenty-four
hours, and at the end of that time
the chances are ten to one that the
felon will have disappeared.-M-
ReyieW.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

"a competitive examination for the
Normal Scholarship of the South
Carolina College will be held by the
School Commissioner of each county on
Friday, Aug. %. Applicants will be
examined on English. Mathematics,
and History, the requirements in these
subjects being the same as for admis-
sion to the Scientific Course of this
College. Further information, if
desired, will be chcerfully furnished
by James Woodrow, President of
South Carolina College.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

CHESTERFIELD IN DETRoIT.-A
small boy was at u table where his
mother was not near to take care of
him, and a lady next to him volun-
teered her services. "Let me cut
your steak for you," she said "IfI
can cat it the way you like it," she
added, with some degree of doubt.
"Tbank YOU" the boy responded,
accepting her courtesy; al shall
like it the way you cut it, even if
You do not cut it the way l like it"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

The PERPLEXITY OF THE PLU-
RAL.-The young students in Eng
lish grammar, who are getting set
tied in their singular and plural
numbers, will be aided, perhaps, in
their effort, by the curious combina-
tons in the following lines, en-
bodied in an article on words, by
Frederick Saunders:
Remember, tho'box in the plural makes
boxes,
The plural of OK should be oxen, not
OXcs;
And remember, tho fleece in the plural
is ~tiecces,
That the plural of goose isn't goOscs nor
gceses
And remember, tho house in the plural
is houses,
The plural of mouse should be mice and
not mouses
Mouse, it is true, in the plural is mice,
But the plural of house should be houses,
not hice.
And foot, it is true, in the plural feet,
But the plural of root should be roots
and not rect"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

--Cripples are rarely seen in China.
Any child born deformed is at once
put 10 death.
1t is claimed that Lake Erie pro-
duces more fish to the square mile than
any body of water in the world.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

OF Fort Wayne, Ind. writes on Nov. 90. 1854:
81 was afflicted for forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. had
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
palpitatc so hard, the pain would be so acute
and torturing, that ! became SO YEA and
nervous l could not sleep. l was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
up ever being well again. About two years
ago IL commenced using DR.. Miles Remedies.
One bottle OF the Heart Cure stopped all
bcart troubles and tho Restorative Nervine
did the rest and 20 | sleep soundly and at
tend to my household and social duties with
out any trouble.
Sold by druggists. Book sent free. AddreSs
DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind. -
Dr.. Miles, Remedies Restore Health.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

promptly, pleasantly, and naturally.
The weak, emaciated, thin, pale and
puny are made strong, plump, round,
rosy, and robust. Nothing so effec.
tive as a strcngth-restorer and flesh.
maker is known to medical science.
Filthy Cod liver oil and all its dis.
gnised compounds can't compare
with it.
They build up fat, not healthy
flesh.
Practically, you IA get the "Dis.
covery" M trial. In everything
that's claimed for tin purifying the
blood, and building up the flesh and
strength--if it ever fails to benefit
or cure, You have your money back.
On these terms, is any substitute
that may pay a dealer better to
urge and sell, likely to be "iust az
gooS" for you to buy?
Nothing else, at any price, is really
as cheap. You pay only for the
good you get.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

Hair dye is considered 80 detri-
mental to long life that II Paris insur-
inces company refuses to insure I'll Q
OF persons who use it.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
Heart Disease Cured
By DIR. Miles, Heart Cure.

Painting, Weak or Hrugry Spells. Irregu-
lar or Intermittent Pulse. Fl..ttcring or Pal
pitation, Choking Sensation, Shortness OF
Breath, Swelling OF Feet and Ankles, are
SYMPTOMS OF Il diScnscd or Weak Heart.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

We export. d less wheat to foreign
countries by IL per cent. this year
than last year. The cheapnes was not
all ~inducement. Russia supplied
our deficiency.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

Official statistics declare tlat
Brazil raises nearly 500 000O tons of
coffee a year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

DIR. Sage's Remedy promises to
cure your Catarrh-permaneaty.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
MARTIN j. CAHOON,
Pennsylrany,
Socks from Nh. q. =. :


"What's the town ?" inquired the
clerk softly.
"Ain't any"
"But we must have the address,
ma'am. Where shall we deliver the
bundle?"
"Pennsylvany."
"Well, but that"
"Don't you know where Pcnnsyl-
vany is? she asked angrily.
"Certainly."
"Well, then, you send that bun
die, and you send 1t quick, and if l
don't hear by next week that they
got there all right I'll come in here
and chuck you clean through the
winder, with them pussy willer socks
gein' first. Hear"
He heard.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
She Knew the Address.
Detroit Froc Press.

Detroit Froc Press.
On u recent afternoon the door of
an express Office on Woodward ave
nue. opened softly and a stout elderly
woman came doubtfully in.
"Is this the express office? she
asked sharply of the small man be-
hind the counter.
eyes, ma'am."
"Send bundles out, so they get
there some time this year,"
depends on where they CO." he
replied cautiously.
"Well, I've been knittin' some
socks for my son in Pe~nnsylvany
and he's got to get 'em tomorrer."
81 guess it'll be all right" said
the clerk reassuringly.
"Of curse it'll be all right" she
said emphatically. "Them socks
must get there early. There's no
cotton about them with green and
yeller stripes and silk arrers down
'Nbhe sides; they're just the plain old
timers. Tou see," she continued, "I
oughter got Fem off last week, but
Mrs. Groghan oanre over from jack
son to visit, and my daughters two
children were sick, and | couldn't
finish 'em up, understand ?"
eyes, madam" said the clerk,
getting a tritlc nervous. "Where
shall We send the bundle ?"
"See here, young man." said the
owner OF the socks suddenly. 81
think you wear cotton socks; you
look kinder saller."
The clerk blushingly admitted the
impeachment.
"Two pairs for quarter, | sup.
pose" she continued contemptuous-
ly. "Pink cotton with blue pussy
willers embroidered down the front.
| can tell you that kind Of thing
don't go IN my family for ii cent.
You take that bundle, young man,
and write down this address
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23

DORT ROYAL 81 WESTERN CAR
olina Railway. Augusta and
Ashrville Short Line" J. B.. Cleveland,
Receiver. Schedule in effect June 22nd,
1893.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
Atlantic Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND Angus
IA Il. X. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN
EEEECT IAN ~ 10,

EFFECT JAN. u. Is05.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-09-01

crec;ante de- IA CoRRnsPoNDrNc1A. noS
obliga de dia en- dia & ampezar mas tenn
prano la impression do las ediciones para
que puedan alcanzar los correos DEL inta-
rior de la Isla, particularmente les do Ia
inea del Oest> q. debemos depositar en- la
Administration General del ramo las 10
do la noche, despu6s de llenar el servicio
de Ia Capital pueblos vecjnoa. Con este
motive rogamos las personas que de-
seen publican anuncios ell miamc dia que
los trsen, procuren, 81 son largos, enviar-
los por la ma6ana, 81 cortos, hasta las
dos y media de Ia tarde mas tardar. Los
que lleguen despE6s de esa hora, seran pu-
b!icados al siguiente dfa.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-09-01
BzBGxorzoA DR "LA OoRREsPoNDnNoIA"

IEato ea en- verdad, terrible! Pero, Iy estar ba.
jo Ell peso de una aousaoi6n de robo, de shuso
de oonfanza!
~lTe vueives loco~~exolam6 Teresa
~IHay, no~respondio 81 desgrsoiado isl
no puedo probar que he sido yictima de un in.
fame engalo eetoy perdido, deshonradoi Ise.
re condenado quizasl
-lOh, es mposible!-balbuci6 Ii pobre mu-
jer con voz apagada,
---Perd6name-dijo Esteban oayendo de TO.
dill.s delante de Teresa -perd6nane por haber-
te ocultsdo nuestra s;tuaci6n. 81 me- hubiera
conf&do IT, con tn buen sentido, seguramente
me hubieras dado algun consejo conveniente
pero me ha pordido el orgullo, el querer haoer-
10 todo 20 solo, sin ayuda de nadie. &c.
x-Te calumnias -interrumpi6 Teresa;-la
verdad e. qae 81 no me has dicho NADIA, no ha
sido por orgullo, sino porque no has querido
oausarme La menor preocupacion. iEres tan
bueno!
Logger estreoho ailenciosamente Ia mano de
81 mujer.
Sc aontfa mas animado al YER que no hahfa
perdido NADIA en- su carif1o estimation.
Ella le sujetd entire sus brazoa estreoh6n.
dole fuertemente contra au pecho, 10 dijo:
-Vamos oonsueate, mi buen Eateban. 81
lutheran pasado uno q dos dias, no hpbieraa to.