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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08
METROPOLITAN POLICE LAW.
FULL TEXT OF A FAMOUS ACT.
The State Board is Authorized to An.
point Public Commissioners i'm Cities
OfOnc Thousand InhabitantS.

The state Board is Authorized to Ap-
point Public Commissioners i'm Cities
ofOnc Thousand Inhabitants.
Section |. That on and after the pas
sage OF this act, whenever the Govern
or, the Secretary of State and the
Comptroller General shall deem it ad-
visable or necessary for the better and
more perfect government of any city
and incorporated town in this State OF
more than 1000 inhabitants, q board
composed of the Governor, Secretary
of State and the Comptroller General
shall appoint a Board of Police Com
missiouers, to consist of three members,
for such city or Incorporated town.
Such commissioners shall have been
qualified electors and froeholders of
such city at least one year next prior
to their appointment. The official term
of such commissions shall be co-ter-
minal with that of the said State board
appointing them, and until their sue
cessors be appointed and qualified, but
such commissioners, or any one of them,
may be removed and the vacancy or
vacancies filled by the said State board
at any time they may deem such re-
moval expedient or necessary to pro-
mote the object of the original appoint
ment, and so long as it may be deemed
necessary or expedient by said State
board or their successors to continue
said State board shall make new ap-
pointmcnt OF the same or other com
missioners for the succeeding term,
to-wit; co-terninal with the term of
such said State board and until their
successors be appointed and qualified,
II such enforcement OF tho laws of this
State in any city or Incorporated town
under police regulation be continued
under this act. Before entering upon
their duties, such commissioners shall
each take and subscribe and cause to
be fled in the Office OF the Secretary of
State an oath of Office for the faithful
discharge OF their duties and the usual
constitutional. .oaths required of public
officers, and IL the appointee shall, for
ten days after notification of appoint
ment, fail to cause such oaths to be
filed as aforesaid, appointment shall
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08
WHAT is THE LLOYDS
Fire Insurance at IL Smaller Cost Than
The Old Line COmnnnicS.

Fire Insurance at IL Smaller Cost Than
the Old Line Companies.
From The Grccnv'llc Mountaineer.
OThc entrance of Lloyds Fire lnsur-
ancc into this State has created quite
q ripple Of excitement in insurance cir
clcs. AS their success means decrease
premiums for the board companies, a
bitter fight is being made against them
All sorts Of rumors are current, and
very few people being familiar with
this system many ridiculous and alb
surd stories are told.
The fight is on in this city, and the
agency established her g by Messrs.
Thackston 81 MOnteith is going right
along and receiving substantial en-
couragement.
The following extract from the New
York World gives complete history of
this systom OF insurance, and shows
how insurance can be safely and sue
c1SSfully written at lower rates than
are charged by the old line ompanies ::
INSURANCE and mercantile circles
in this city are greately interested in a
discussion OF the merits of the Lloyds
system of insurance, which has been
successfully extended during the past
few years from purely marine to COM
mercial insurance, and which has been
repeatedly made the subject of attack
by the "Old line" companies, whose al
logged expensive management and auto
cratic rule have been threatened by the
new departure.
" AS nearly everybody knows, the
Lloyds system of insurance originated
in England but few are aware that it
was begun as far back rs 1858. Another
surprising fact is that up to the present
time no Lloyds insurance association,
| either in England or this country, has
failed. AS matter of fact, q company
OF this kind cannot fail because every
| dollar Of the assets of tho members is
available to pay IL loss and not merely
the premium alone.
From the little seed dropped by
Lidward Lloyd in London in 1868 has
grown a gigantic Lloyds, whose fnan.
cial responsibility is never qucstl ned
throughout the whole world, and
whose annual premium income is uD.
ward of $25, 900, 600. In transplantine
the system to the United States it has
met with some alterations. Under the
modernized plan those who wish to
enter upon individual underwriting dc
so by appointing an attorney or attor'
neys to act and sign for them, thus re-
lieving them Of the incidental work and
| placing their interests in the hands OF
those more experienced in the business
:" A "Lloyds Is not corportion nor
a copartnership, nor is one individual
member OF the Lloyds responsible with
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08

very slowly those days and people
wrote but few letters. The peddler
was not expected home for long time
and nothing was thought of his not
being heard from. Finally, months
after, his friends in the east made an
effort to trace him, but to no satisfac-
tory effect. he was followed without
much difficulty to the vicinity of the
tavern in question and the fact that
his horse was found running at large
the other side OF the tavern was elected
and that was really all. Suspicion
pointed quite strongly to the tavern
keeper, but no evidence sufficient to
cause an arrest could be brought out.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08


TIE CONDITION OF TEE STATEI
The Charleston News and Courj
publishes "a general review of the /
dustrial condition of the State. 1t n
received replies from thirty-threel
its correspondents, practically eoY{
ing the entire State, and touchn
generally upon the condition of 1,
farmers, merchants, manufacturv
and working people, as compared WI
their condition in previous years III
the people generally have met thI
indebtedness of$he closing year,
what credit they will be able to obtl
in 1893 how the volum6 OF tra1ls-at..l 3
stores has compared with former y1
and what policy the farmers will adv
as to the cultivation OF cotton and III.
vision crops in the now year.
replies vary very much as to de o.
and the reports in several inst,
arc evidently colorcd by the pessim D.
or optimistic sentiments Of the writ&
but there is general cOnscnsu1
opinion that money is very scarce: ~
labor Is cheap and plentiful, and ~
home raised hog and hominy are| E
abundant than in many years. g
mills, with very few exccptions,t
reported rs llourishing, having
their annual dividens.
u is clear from this report tha -,
acreage in cotton will be very
reduced; that provision crops vi
plal ed extensively, and that
will, be much less commercial
liZ1rs bought this year. Altos
the outlook is not as blue as 81
the croakcrs would make it appe
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08

Yon have bad cold, +" he sal
have, she replied, huskily. -
SO hQarse that if you attempt J.
| couldn't even scream" -
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-01-08

antecs the individual insurer in ]
right to do SO business in any State
the Union. Lloyds are not under d
supervisor of any State department.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
GOT A BABY BOY NOW.
Happiness in a Southern Mans Homo
Tells About the Red Flag OF
Danger at the Railroad Cross
Ing Warning to Americas

Men.
For twenty-six years I have USED
tobacco in great quantities and OF late
years took to cigarette smoking, writes
Mr.. w. e. Simpson Of Lecompte, La.
II want to go on record that tobacco
has robbed me Of many years Of life ana
great deal of happiness. l realize II
now as 1 compare feelings and my
condition with that of a year ago, when
I was tobacco saturated cigarette
fiend. Many and many time did l
try to quit smoking myself into etern-
ity, but could not put through a day
without suffering extreme nervous tor
ture, which would increase hour by
hour till finally, to save myself as 1t
seemed, from almost flying to pieces, l
had to light the little, white pipe STICK
and swallow the smoke. One day l
read in my paper Don't Tobacco Spit
and Smoke Your Life Away" just what
/ was doing, it came to me like the
warning of the man who waves the red
flag of danger at the railroad crossing,
and said that No-To-Bac was an abso-
lutely guaranteed relief from tobacco
slavery. did not believe it, but like
drowning man grasping at straw l
commenced taking No-To-Bac. The eff
fects were magical, it destroyed the
nerve craving, and desire for cigarettes.
Two boxes, would you believe it, made
me well and strong. I have gained
mentally, physically, in vigor and man
hood, and with the brain free from the
nicotine and a breath no longer be-
fouled with tobacco smoke | am SO hap
by to-day to write No-To-Bac did it all
year ago, so the cure is time tested
several Of my friends who have been
also cured.
1--WE have baby boy now. My wife
and feel that all this happiness start
ed from the time when I first used No
To-Bac, and in evidence Of our appre-
citation and in order that the memory Of
the happiness may be perpetuated in a
living form, we want to name our baby
boy after the man who wrote the line
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life Away"
o-To-Bac is popular here and all our
druggists sell it. Hardly a day passes
but somebody asks me about No-To-
Bac, so don't want you to hesitate to
use these lines in any way that you
think will make known to suffering hui
manity the happiness that there is in
lied brains and weakened resolutions.
If they will only make UP their mind to
save the waste Of vital power-to say
nothing of the money-now going up in
smoke and out in tobacco Spit
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
The Greatest whist Player

Deschapelles, : the greatest whist
player the world has ever seen, had
but one hand and was an advanced re-
publican. His manual dexterity was
remarkable, and it was very interest
ing to watch him with his one hand
and that his left-collect the cards,
sort them, play them, and gather
them in tricks. Late in life, when he
had developed into ardent republi-
canism. he was supposed to have been
mixed up in some Of the attempts at
revolution which broke out in the
earlier days of the reign of Louis
Philippe. His papers were seized,
and it was proved that he had drawn
up list of persons to be disposed Of.
Among them was an elderly acquaint-
ance, so described: '.Vatry (Alphie)
to be guillotined. Reason citoyen in
utile. Vatry is bad whist player. !"
-ArpOnaut.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
Ant Ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
properties Of aperfect lax
alive; effcctually cleansing the system,
aispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and ST bottles, but it is man
afactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
DRoUGHr PROOF FIELD CORN.

Here is something new. Despite 10
days without drop of rain, Salzer's
new Yellow Dent corn yielded on a
large acreage over sixty weight bushels
per acre, while the department OF
agriculture reports the average yield
on corn but trifie over twenty
bushels per acre in the United States.
Now think of the possibilities of this
corn in good corn season! 1t Will
go double this yield then OF 1856 bus.
II You VIII Cut This Out and Send 1t
with l4c postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis, you Will
get free package of this Drouth Proof
Corn and their mammoth catalog Wnu
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
HRI0ANps.
They Descend at Night and Loot Sar-
diaian village.

Iney Descond at NlEht ana Loot Sar-
diaIan village.
= The story Of the recent attack of
Ibrigands upon the little town of Tor
toll, in Sardinia, reads like page out
OF the history OF the middle ages.
The robbers, more than 100 in num-
ber, descended upon the town from
the mountains. They were armed to
the teeth and carefully masked, as if
they were afraid of being identified.
Their first proceeding was to station
piclsets at. the end of every street
leading into the open country; then
the main body entered the town,
shouting and yelling and firing their
rifles, in order to intimidate the in
habitants.
The garrison consisted of only two
gendarmes in charge OF brigadier.
These three brave fellows turned out
on hearing the firing, and, being
Joined by several courageous and we'll
armed citizens, opposed the brigands'
advance. The fight which ensued
lasted several hours, and dusk had set
in before the defenders of the town
were finally routed, leaving the briga-
der dead on the ground and the two
gendarmes and several citizens griev-
ously wounded The brigands now
spread all over the town, helping
themselves to everything OF value ex-
posed in the shops, and breaking into
and looting private houses. The in
habitants were terrorized, and nobody
ventured into the streets.
The strongest detachment of rob
bers made for the house of Sig. Depon,
formerly syndic of Tortoli, and we'll
known to be possessed of ample
means. The servants had been
warned of the projected attack and
had bolted and barred the house. The
brigands, however, soon forced an en-
trance, and after short fight, in
which the syndic's coachman was
killed. the defenders fed. The rob-
bers then went through the house and
secured, among other spoils, $4,000
lire in gold, 10000 lire in paper cur
rency, and jewelry worth 5000 lire.
With this and other booty they
marched of to their retreatin the hills.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Exidentlx Slander.

1t was the regular biennial conven-
ton of the Philadelphia Citizens club.
What action" inquired the chair
man, lido l understand is to be taken
in recognition of DR.. Conan
Doyle's complimentary remarks about
our venerable community? DR.. Doyle
said, you will remember, that he
found life in this city very charm
In an instant scorn of members
We're on their feet, r.emulous with
emotion.
Have him sued for SANDER said
a dozen voices in a chorus. 'Dr.
Doyle knows he never found any life
in Philadelphia. Chicago Record.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Mommsen's Latest Honor.

Theodore Mommsen, the historian,
has been appointed vice chancellor of
the German order, 'Pour lie Merite."
The order was established by Fred
erick the Great as reward for mill
tary services. In 1910, during the
war against Napoleon, it was re-
stricted to those who had done some
deed Of valor in battle. In 1912 a
second class was instituted, consisting
OF persons eminent in science and
in civil life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Significant Qdors.

The odor of printers ink has al
ways had fascination for me- said
citizen. st brings to my mind
wildly and stirringly that great
modern production. the newspaper;
just as the odor of gunpowder brings
to the soldier ideas of battle. love
the odor of burning soft coal; that l
associate in my mind always with To-
comotives; with the rush and go OF
railroading. | love the odor of tar,
which reminds me always of wharves
and tall ships, the ocean and strange
chimes To me these three are the
typical odors of civilization and ro-
nance New York Sun.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Deafness Can Not be Cured

by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it Is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
that cantnot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY, Toledo, O.
eB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills, 25c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Kent Secret for Centuries.

The Oldest secret trade process now
in existence is in all probability either
that method of inlaying the hardest
steel with gold and silver, which
seems to have been practiced at
Damascus ages ago, and is still known
only to the Syrian smiths and their
pupils, or else the manufacture of
! hinese red or vermillion-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01

An Irishman, having been arraigued
and convicted upon full and unmistak,
able evidence of some fragrant misde
meanor, being asked by the judge il
he had anything to say for himself,
replied, with the characteristic humor
of his country, Never a single word,
your honor! And it's my raal opinion
there's been a great deal too much
said as it is"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Gave His Blessing.

With her sweet, peasive face she
came and sat beside her father.
Papa she whispered, Alfred and
are two souls with but single
thought" The old man stroked her
golden hair. ':My child" he said re-
assm.ingly, don't be discouraged.
That's one more than your mother
and | had when we were married y
Then he gave her his blessing. Puck.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
PROTECTION OF IRON COLUMNS.
Bricks Laid In Portland Cement Sue
cessfu,iy Withstand Fire.


Some experiments were recently
made by the building inspection de-
partment. Vienna, on the protection
of iron from fire by casing it with
brick, says Engineering. A wrought
iron column twelve feet long. and
built up of two channels connected by
lattice bars. was used: This was set
up in a small chamber constructed of
brick, and the column was loaded by
levers This done, it was surrounded
by four and one-half-inch brick wall
laid in fre-clay mortar. The wall did
not fit closely around the column. and
advantage was taken of this to fix
there samples of fusible metals. and
which should serve as Il gauge of the
temperature attained. Various sam
pies of stone concrete and other ma
'terialS were also placed in the cham
Der within the column. This chamber
was then filled with split tirewood,
which was lighted and the doors i'm
mediatcly walled up with slabs of
plaster Of paris. After the fire had
broken out the doors were broken in
and a stream of water turned into the
room FROM a fourteen horsepower en-
CINE An examination of the room
next showed that the walls of brick,
laid in Portland cement, retained their
strength. while most of the material
stone left in the chamber had been de
stroyed. The ceiling had been lined
partly with plaster of paris and partly
with terra Gotta tiles. Both We're
damaged. The Enclosure around the
iron pillars was still standing firm,
though corners of the brick work were
clipped one inch or so, and the Gre
clay mortar was largely washed out
of the joints. On removing the casing,
however, the pillar was found to be
uninjured, even the paint being I'M
Scorched. and the fUsible plugs only
showed temperature Of 149 degrees
Fahrenheit
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Like, and pis,lke. OF Animals.

Herbivorous animals do not eat all
of natures menu. The horse refuses
the water hemlock that the goat eats
with avidity and, on the other hand,
the goat refuses some plants that are
eaten by the sheep. The tobacco
plant is avoided by all save the goat,
man, and the tobacco worm.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
African Diet,

African diet varies as much as do
the people, and such trihes as roasted
spiders, caterpillars, ants stewed in
butter, ostrich eggs, baked elephants
trunk and feet, puma, fat sleeps
tails, stewed puppies, and odd articles
not generally regarded as food, are
consumed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01


"you will not forgive mel have gone
too far-you hale me- You will never
love me again.
She pushed him back to his seat,
and regardless of the boats rocking
stood up before him.
mo. | don't hate you-any more
than | hate myself, but / have never
loved you Only your coming was
such relief to mel was so miserable
! then She paused and her slender
figure swayed with the boat.
II had quarreled with my husband
just before you came. | misiudged
him cruelty and drove him from me,
SO that he went away and ] was left
! here to break my heart; for | love my
husband and | knew / was wrong.
When you came it was a comfort to
me. | guessed it almost from the first,
but you are SO young, that it didn't
seem serious. You must go away and
forget me--there are so many sweet
young girls, and your cousin and /
want to see you happily married. He
has forgiven me-" she went on, for
getful of the pain she was inflicting on
him. as her face flushed and her eyes
lost that odd look of despair; ''he loves
me SO that he wants to come back and
is willing"
She stopped abruptly-a terrible hor-
ror palling her face her eyes strain
ing at something behind HIM, her
white lips opening. but giving forth no
sound. There was a movement in the
still, deep water and she threw up her
hands with Il shrill cry of horror. The
boat ierked at the chain and the bow
rose in the air There was a dull
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-01
Loves Labor Lost.

Biddle-Jimson has given up his
contemplated great genealogical work.
Riddle-How is that?
Biddie-He found among his an
cestors, only 100 years back, three
murderers, two horse thieves, a big
amist and several other Objectionable
people. Truth.