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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

"a convert OF the Salvation
Array I'M Seattle, Wash, gave q etart-
ling proof of the ge~nuineness of his pro-
lesion OF repentance by making public
announcement that he was an escaped
convict. hsStDg sixteen years vet to
ssrse ia the Leayenwortb, Kansas,
ne~nttentiary. and that he was ready
: go back 20 Jail. A few days e q
guard from the peniten.iary arrived
In Seattle, Identified the c.nyertsd
convict and took him back.
-Rey. DIR. Il. H.. FLOSS, editor of the
Nashville Christian Advocate. told
the Boston Methodist ministers re-
Gently that the negroes were absolute
ly sure to continue To be q distinct
race. Over 10000 0 of the American
colored people, he said, were of UNI
mixed. blood and 1000, 600 of mixed
blood included not only the half
whites, but those who had as much as
one-sixteenth of African blood In their
veins.
Ralph Swinburne, who recently
died at Charleston, w. Va, at the age
OF 30 years. is said to have been the
Oldest locomotive engineer in this
country. He was born in England,
and was associated with Geo. Stephen
son, the inventor of the locomotive,
cShotO SouhiBS w fAI1GrlCa. -
"A circular has been issued by
Governor Mitchell, of Florida, calling
for q meeting in Jacksonville of the
mayors of cities and general passenger
agents ON June -, to make arrange
ments for the entertainment OF the
National Editorial Association, which
Will hold its next meeting in Florida.
&c M. Mills, formerly of Tryon, N.
T., has been arrested on a charge of
embezzling money order funds Of the
government, to the amount of $500,
and was held till the Federal court in
bond OF $4,000.
Don't be talked into having an opera
tton as 1T may cost you your life.
Japanese Pile Cure is guaranteed to
cure you by Carpenter Bros, Green
vile, S. G.
Men are made manly, the old made
young and vigorous by Magnetic Ner-
vine. Sold by Carpenter Bros, Gre, n
vile, S. G.
Mental depression, wakefulness, lost
manhood caused by errors of youth or
later excuses quickly cured by Mag
netic Nervine. Guaranteed BY Cal
penter Bros, Greenville, s. G.
Johnsoa's Oriental Soap is far SUI
perior to all the other so-called medi-
cinal soaps for identifying the COM
plexion: Sold by Carpenter Bros,
G~reenville, S. G.
Magnetic Neryine quickly restore s
lost manhood and youthful vigor. Sold
oy Carpenter Bros, Greenville. S. G,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
TAT NEWS IN BRIEF.
,ntcresting No,es nom yarions Son

interesting Notes from Various Sour
GEES.
The Anderson County teachers,
institute will begin on july /. School
Commissioner Russell has
some of the best talent in the county
to conduct the institute.
Miss Lizzie Belts. a popular
young lady of Trenton, Eigefeid
County. died recently of blood poison-
ing caused by picking a pimple on her
face with a brass pin.
Judge Simonton has dismissed the
case OF Pratt against John Gary
Evan ct al, involving the registration
law. This was the case brought by
DR.. Sampson Pope of Newberry,
and since the reversal of the Cor de,
cision the verdict was anticipated.
Two white prisoners escaped from
lall In Anderson VI Sunday morning.
Ihey were Stiles Smith and Will
Chapm9n, the former charged with
larceny, and the latter with violation
oil the dtspensary law. They made a
wrench out of a piece of iron that had
been used as q poker and with it took
OIL the nuts which secured "a piece of
iron over a hole in the floor, and made
their way into the parlor below and
then got out the window.
-
Rev. Henry w. Mahoney. the old
est Baptist minister in the State. died
at his home near Packville, Clarendon
County, on the 18th inst. He was in his
Dist year, and had labored in the work
OF the ministry for sixty-fours years.
he was born in Marlboro County,
December %, 1904. He labored in the
counties of Sumter, Darlington, Rich
land, Kershaw, williamsburg, Clarcn-
don and Georgetown. He died in
perfect peace and consciousness, the
spark of life fading out as quietly as
the light of q candle that drops down
into its socket. The funeral services
were held at Cavalry Church, Claren.
don county. and Rev. G. @. Brown. OF
sumter, conducted the services.
Mr.. Thomas A. Sherard, a promi.
nent citizen OF Anderson County, drop.
ped dead on the l7tn inst, aged II
years. He had just started u mar
planting peas near his house and came
back into the yard. where another
man was at work. when suddenly he
threw up his hands and started tc
fall. The negro caught him. and his
wife, who was standing in the door,
ran to his assistance. Then he gave
one or two gasps and died with his
head in his wife's lap. His loss will be
keenly felt by his community, especial.
ly by the poor. to whom he never turned
II heaf q He was engaged in the
mercantile business. and had ac.
cumulated n fair share of this worlds
goods.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
THE OUTLOOK FOR CROPS.
Report Ofthe Weather Bureau forthc
Week Ending June ~. 1SD5.

a'At SsN ~ ~
Week Ending June 1S, 1896.
The weather during the past week
was more nearly seasonabie than it
has been since the beginning of May,
and were it not that ruin is badly
needed in portions of the State, it
would have been eminently satisfac-
tory and favorable for crop growth
rs it WAS for farm work.
The reports from all portions of
the State are OF q more encouraging
tone, especially as to the staple crops,
although the so.called minor crops
show the greatest Improvement, ex-
cept sweet potatoes in the western
countess, where draws are still scarce
and there is slow growth OF those
planted heretofore these two causes,
1T is estimated, will reduce the crop
in that section to less than half the
crop of last year.
The temperature deviatsd but little
from the normal, except on the 18th
(Tuesday) and on the 18th (Monday),
when twas considerably below, the
deficiency having been about 6 de-
grees on the first date and nearly 5
ON the last. On the others days OF
the week the daily mean temperature
approximated the normal. although
the nights were cool and the days
correspoudingly hot.
Tho highest temperature reported
wa 100 on tho i4th ut Otkwood, Aiken
County, and the lowest was 80 on the
9th at Kingstree, and on the 18th at
~Batesburg. The mean temperature
or the week, for the State, was about
rs, and The normal for the same period
is approximately IS.
Tnere were sufficient and very
benehcial showers in Barnwell, Beau.
fort, G~reenville, Darlington, Kerr
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
The Rise of Horace Greeley.

One hot day in August, 1881, an
ungainly journeyman printer from
Erie, Pa, was among the "arrivals"
in~New York City. 1t was Horace
Greeley, born twenty years before, on
u farm in Amherst, N. II. From
childhood an Unsuitable reader, at
ten he had become the prodigy of
his native town. His stump-grub-
bling IN Il farm in Vermont, whittier
poverty drove his fathers family,
his service as printers devil there,
and later as job and newspaper
printer at Erie, paid little. The
young man reached the metropolis
with only ten dollars in his pocket,
while the rest of his earthly goods
formed Il bundle which he swung in
his hand. After long and vain search
for work he at last secured a situa-
ton so hard that no other printer
would take it. In it he wrought
twelve or fourteen hours a day ut a
rate never exceeding SIN dollars a
week.
After various vicissitudes in lob
printing and desultory editorial
w9f'k, where he evinced genius and
aeal but no special aptitude for bust
ness, Mr.. Greeley, in 1871, started.
the Tribune. For this venture he
had borrowed $1,000. The first
weeks losses engulfed nearly half
this sum, but at the end of a year
the paper was an assured success. 1t
soon became the mouth-piece of all
the more sober anti-slavery sentiment
of the time, whether within or with
out the Wing Party, and rose to
power with the mighty tide of free
soil enthusiasm that swept over the
land after 1850. Greeley and his
organ were the chief founders of the
Republican Party, and the most eff
fective moulders of its policy. The
influence of the paper before and
during the war was i%ncalculable.
far exceeding that of any other sheet
in America. Hardly a Wing or a
Republican voter lin all tLaaNorth
that did not take or read II. 1t gave
tone te-the minor organs of the
party, and no politician on either
side acted upon slavery without con-
sldering what the Tribune would
say.-From "The History of the
Last QUARTER Century in the United
States" by Pres. f. Benz. Andrews,
the April &cribner.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

"a DURABLE FLOOR STAIN
Take one-third turpentine and two
thirds boiled linseed oil, with u lit
tie Japanese dryer added. Buy %
can of burt sienna, and blend It
thoroughly with this mixture. This
gives q rich reddish brown. Mix
the paint quite thin, so that it will
run readily. Lay it on with a good
sized brush, stroking the brush the
way of the grain of the wood. Put
on several coats, allowing each one
to become perfectly dry. Lastly,
give the floor q good coat of yarnish.
and when thoroughly dry it will be
found as satisfactory as a stained
iloor can be and easily kept clean.
The yarnish gives it The appearance
OF polished wood. 1t can be kept
in good condition by simply busting
and wiping off with an oily cloth.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
Secretary olnev has written

Secretary Olney has written Il
letter to the cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants National Bunk OF
Waco, Texas. in which he has clearly
laid down tho duty of citizens OF tie
united States in the observance OF
strict . neutrality as between the
Spanish government and the Cuban
insurgents touching armed assistance,
but also as to rendering aid and en-
couragement in II financial way. The
cashier wrote the Secretary asking
him If his bank would be permitted to
act as u depository for contributions
from Cuban sy~mpathizers in the
United States. and the Secretary in
ms reply, quotes from the Supreme
Court t." show that such action on the
part OF the bank would be in violation
OF the duty of it's officers to the govern
mcnt and in conhavention of thc
neutrality laws.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

hundred pounds of qusrtzAholding
gold at the rite of $5O,009 per ton,
and was found in a mins at Ishpem-
ing, Mich.
The largest sum ever asked or
offered for a single diamond was
$2,150,00O, which the Prince of Hy-
derabad, in India, agreed to give the
jeweler who then owned the Imper-
ial, which is considered the finest
stone in the world.
The Shah of Persian the Sultan
of Turkey each possesses a prayer
mat, or rug, made of diamonds and
pearls, and valued at something over
$2,500,000 apiece. The largest and
most expensive rug in the world,
made of the ordinary materials of
which such things are manufactured,
is owned by the Carlton Club of
London.
A broken wooden horse, with which
Napoleon Bonaparte played when u
child, was recently sold for 1000
frances.
Think of paying $25O,O0O for a
single meal! That is what a wealthy
Roman once did, when he wished to
impress a dozen guests with his dis
regard for riches.
The most valuable of modern
paintings is Meissonier's 1914
which was bought by "a Frenchman
for $4,000. The same gentleman
paid $15O,OOO for "The Angelus,'
by Millet, of which you all have
doubtless seen photographs or other
reproductions.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
In Your Grandfather's Day.

Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Bos.
ton.
Six days were required for a Jour
ney between New York and Boston.
Colored e~ngravings, very badly
executed, G the only wall orna-
ments. =
The houses were not numbered and
many of the streets were not named.
A gentleman bowling to u lady al
ways scraped his foot on the ground.
The whipping post and pillory
were still standing in Boston and
New York.
Vaccination had not become popu-
lar and smallpox was an everyday
disease.
The Mississippi valley was not so
well known as the heart of Africa
now is.
All the exports, the rice, pitch,
tar and wheat, went from southern
ports and the South vas regarded as
controlling the commercial situation.
The first dentist to ply his trade
IN America had opened an office i'm
New York and had just finished a
set OF teeth for Gen. Washington.
Coal oil vas unknown. Shortly
after the beginning of this century
1T was discovered, and the first use
made of it was as an ointment for
rheumatism.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
What Some Things Have Cost.
Harpcr's Young People.

Harper's Young People.
The magnificent national Capitol
at Washington. has cost, since the
laying of its corner stone in 1898.
very nearly $15,000,OOO, but the
State Capitol of New York at ALBANY.
although not yet completed accord
ing to the architects designs, has
already cost almost 2O,OOO,0OO and
is the most expensive built ing of
modern times.
The largest and most expensive
City Hall in the United States is
that of Philadelphia, and its princi-
pal tower is to contain the largest
clock in the world.
The greatest price even paid for a
horse was $150,OOO, given by Mr..
Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, for Arion,
which he bought from Senator Stan
ford, of California. Axtell, the trot-
ter, brought 100000 when three
years old, while in 1891 Saint Blmse
was sold for 100000.
One hundred and three Thousand
dollars has been offered and refused
for a Hebrew Bible now in the Ii
brary of the Vatican at Rome. This
makes it the most valuable book in
The world, so far a. dollars and cents
go.
In 1885, when the entire Dutch
nation was crazy upon the subject of
tulips, u single bulb was sold for
$4,000. At such prices it would pay
abetter to raise tulips than to own
the most valuable gold NINE in the
world.
Speaking of gold mines, where do
you suppose the most valuable bit of
ore ever smelted in the world, so far
as Is known, was found ? In Cali
fornia or Australia or India? Nc,
indeed. 1T was a lot containing two
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
Tho nm of Alexondrio Va

The women of Alexandria, Va
prompted by II desire to commemoral,
the virtues o: the mother of R,tc,t f.
Lee. propose to erect in that city Il
to her memory. An asso-
citation for this purpose has been
formed in Alexandria, called the Anne
Lee Memorial Associations. This as.
ISOLATION has issued q call to the ladies
OF the South for all in raising a fund
adj. quate to provide a shlft bofitting
tho worth Of the lady and the cminence
OF her
The right kind Of education will
develop character.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

stefan ana he prescribed Dr. Miles Rcstora-
tive Nervinc. She took three bottles before
wc saw any certain signs OF Improvement,
but after that she began to improve very
fast and l now think sho is entirely cured.
She has taken nino bottles of the Nervine,
but no otner medicine OF any kind.
Knox, Ind, Jan. @, '2. II. w. H~OsTETTER.
Physicians prescribe DR.. Miles Remedies
because they are known to be the result Of
the long practice and experience OF one OF
the brightest. members of their profession
and arc carefully compounded by expert
enccd chemists, in exact accordance with Dir
allies prescriptions, as used in his practice
On sale at all druggists. Write for DR.
Miles Book on the Heart and Nerves. DR..
Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind.
fr Niles Remedies Restore Health.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

a loving, sympathetic nature is like
sunshine, which brightens all 1t touch
es, Without charity we can do moth
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

For collie, cramps, and pans in
stomach, nothing equals DR.. Pierce's
Extract of Smart Weed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
ST. VITUS DANCE.
A Physician Prescribes DR.. Miles,
Restorative Neryine.

DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind:
My daughter Matte, aged II, was afflicted
last spring with ST. Vitus dance and nor
vousness, her entire right side was numb
and nearly paralyzcd. We consulted Il ply
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
CONF ECTION.

At Columbia with Southern Railway to md
from all points in upper South and North
Carolina. Through trains between Charles.
ton and Ashcvillc, N. G..
Any other information, folders, mans. etc
will be furnished on application to
s. q.
Il. a. EMERSON, Traffic Manager, Charles
ton, S. G.. ~
g: IL. PARKS, Travelling Agent, Columbia
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

Trains leave Spartanburg, A. and G. division,
northbound. %.26a. m, 3.l9 p. ~, 6.18 p. H., ives.
tiDuled Limited; southbound, LOS q. IN, $50 D.
M, ll.37 a. m, (Vestibuled Limited).
Trains leave Groenville. A.. and C. Division,
horthoound, 3.29a m, IA pm, and 5.27pm.. ives.
tibuled Limited; southbound. 1 81 n. H., 40 D.
m, l2.2S y. m. Vcstibuled Limited).
Trains leave Seneca, A. and G.. Division. north.
bound. 2.02 n. III. and RAJ p. III. southhound. 8 08
o. M. and b5i p. m
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Trains 10 and 10 between Asheville and Co
lunipla make connection at Columbia with r..
Z. & F., trains s. and 80. and carry through
Pullman sleeping cars between Asheville and
Jacksonville.
Pullman Ralace Sleeping Cars on Trains IS
and ~, 81 and 80, on a. and G. Division.
WA. TURK, S.H. HARDWICK.
Gen. fas. Agt. Asst Gen. Pas. Agt. LAS SyR
w. IL. Rec j. NJ. GULF.
Genl Superintendent. Trafic Mur.
Washington. ID. G.
q. BERKELEY. Supt.. Columbia, s. O.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25

Close connections at Greenwood for all
points on S. a. l.. and c.. d u. Railway, and
~ Spartanburg with Southern Railway.
For information relative to tickets, rates,
schedules, etc, address
Il. l.. OBJ Trav. Pass. Agent.
W.J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. a gem.
Augusta, Ga.
j. S. Cureton. Agent, C.. III. Spcights, Gen.
Agent, ~Grcenville, S. G..
j. IL. FAINT, Agent, Anderson, s. C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-06-25
Columbia, LaurenS an New
berry r. r..

t.. f. ~SCHUMPERT,
Agent at Prosperity
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-22

and said, as / remember it, that 1t was
one of those bills that would bring
taxes from parties who could not 9TH
erwise be reached. A Ramsey county
member moved a favorable recon-
mendation, and the motion prevailed
without question. Of course, this was
before the bill was printed, and not
until it was placed in the files did 1
give it any attention. From the first
reading of it 1 was very doubtful as
to it's merit. Never for a moment did
1 say 1 would not oppose it, and when
1 spoke to some members who ia
vored the bill l was told it would be
amended in several particulars. When
the time came for amendment, l was
surprised by an attempt to bring the
iron mines under it's operation. Our
delegation protested, because we rep
resent interests that we feel cannot be
trified with. That is the reason we
oppose the bill, outside of it's ambigu-
ity in other respects. 1t is unjust in
the extreme to accuse myself, or any
member of the delegation, of forming
a combination with it's promoters to
forward the normal bill. The man
is not living who can say we ever en-
tered into any sort. of questionable
work on behalf of that measure. We
appealed to the good sense and the
spirit of justice of the house, that's all.
1 do not believe the GLOBE would
Intentionally wrong me or my col
leagues, but the editorial in the Sun
day issue most assuredly does an in
justice. l simply desire to be set
right"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-22
LEM WAS MURDERED.
Killed by Kurds During the Ar
menian Massacre.

-PlTTSBURG, Pa, April 21.-Rela-
t1Ves of Frank LEM, the Pittsburg
cyclist who was making a trip around
the world on his wheel for Outing. are
now convinced he was murdered by
the kurds in Armenia at the Begin
ming of the massacre there. r. P:
Langhans, cousin of the wheeIman.
has just received a letter confirming
this belief. The letter is written by
an American medical missionary I'M
. Armenia, hut his name cannot be
given, for fear that the letter might
find its way back to Armenia. and his
life would be endangered because he
confirms the special Armenian letter
OF the Associated Press of last Fri
day. The missionary says the situa-
ton, is serious, and that the danger
of an outbreak is imminent. He saws
the Armenians intend to fight for
their liberty. Speaking of Lenz,. the
missionary says he has reliable infor-
nation that LEM was killed last MAY
at KoordaH, on the Alishgird plain
near the famous pass of Deli Ba Baka
The missionary talked with a man
who saw LEM at Karakalessen CA
what the native said was a two
wheeled cart. Two days later the man
saw the dead body of the wheelman at
Zedikan. From the description given
there is little doubt that it was the
body of LEM. The missionary has
sent for three men who also saw the
body, and expects to be able to tell
how LEM met his death
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-22
ST. LOUIS COUNTY MEMBERS.


not only in the law, but exceedingly
we'll read in general literature. He
lectures on maritime Jurisprudence
at the state university, and besides
practicing law has found time to
indulge in politics. His taste for the
latter pursuit is natural, as he was
born in Ohio and grew up In that
state. He is not quite forty years
of age, above the average height,
and handsome in form and feature.
A kindly man, he can be severe if
necessary; but his general manner
is courteous and obliging He is
worker as we'll as student; only the
spirit of economy can account for
his failure to secure the normal
school appropriation in the senate.
Neil McInnis is one of the cleverest
of the quiet men of the house. He is
the senior member from Duluth, and an
all-alound good man. When he has
anything to say, he puts 1T into few
plain, blunt sentences and abides the
result. whether it be favorable or
otherwise, with equanimity. McInnis
is native of Nova Scotia, of Scotch
stock. He is three and fifty years Of
age, and for twenty years has been
engaged in mining. He has gained
a modest competency in the business
and lives in pleasant home at Tower,
where a happy family of boys and
girls keeps him from getting the lesat
bit sour OF a sturdy build, he looks
the successful, solid man that he is;
and his friends and acquaintance all
like to meet McInnis and enjoy his
quaint humor and epigrammatic re-
marks.
J. M Smith is forty-one years old,
though he does not look it. He is an
insurance agent, but his tongue does
not wag very loosely. Pennsylvania
is where he was born and raised. In
the days of bonanza wheat farming
he spent four years on the Dalrymple
farm near Casselton, N. d. After
ward he was in the commission bust
ness at Duluth, with Oliver Dalrymple,
then drifted into insurance. He is now
holding his first political office, and
attends to his duties as any wide
awake business man would. AS a
worker on the floor of the house he
is host in himself.
William A Cant is the orator of the
delegation. He is a Wisconsin boy,
thirty years of age, and a lawyer.
Cant takes life seriously, and it would
seem unnatural to see him dealing
with any question in f1ippant man
ner. After graduating from the ST.
Cloud normal he studied law at Ann
Arbor; thence he went to Duluth, and
for nine years he has been imbibing
the spirit of hustle that pervades the
Zenith city. To committee work and
general legislation he gives earnest
attention. On any measure of i'm
portance he is sure to have decided
opinions, and takes occasion to .ex-
press them. He is a successful legis-
lator, because a Woodworking one, and
no one who knows him questions his
honesty as man and public servant.