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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

He RIDIoULED THE BIBLE The
hose of Mr.. @. S. Crawford, OF Buena
VISTA, Ca, was struck by lightning q
fey days ago and one corner was torn
OFF Tho piano was torn to pieces and
set on fire. His wife and children
wfe unharmed. A little servant girl
wts stunned for awhile.
I strange coincidence is connected
wlb the occurrence which good many
thnk was intended to be a warning to
Mi Crawford. AT the time it hap
pePd, he was entertaining crowd by
citpg certain portlone OF the Scripture
which he asserted he did not believe,
and declaring that the truth within
the lids OF the Bible could be spread
updh ten pages OF ordinary book 81 20
When the report was heard and the
fash asseen OF this particular light
ming stroke, one OF the crowd to whom
Mr. Crawford was talking jumped from
frikht. When he did so, Mr.. Crayfo
romarkedN !" Now look at you old sin.
nets with all your professions scared
nearly to death, and am as cool as
you pleasep When q half minuts
later he WAS informed that his houss
was struck, he turnnd pale.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

-MeXico's great drainage G
which is 80 miles long, will be op
in about sixteen months. It's
struction will:cost something like
100000.
Our great-grandfathers bell
that unless the sign of tho crosk
made before the mouth when al
yawned the devil would fly .dN
throat. m
The Lord Mayor OF Londo E
precedence of every other Brit
iect within the Jurisdiction s.
city, the Prince Of Wales eve
ing an exception.
"A Darlington farmer
week 2, 100 pounds OF tobacco
per pound and realized $79d
as much as thirty-tive bales
would give under the preseI
Last year the copper p1 ;
the United States was 3
The increasing demand fol {
for use in connection with
promises to become unlimI s.
Tho jewish Messeng Il j <
fact that 1t has become qf
especially in the West $.
raihbis to invite Christia s
preach In their pulpits. 4
The electric light
erected on Fire Islam! s
York coast, will give E|t
of about $50, 900, 900 ca Z
expected to be visible'f1
'sea.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19
HON. sTANYARNE WILSON.
The New Congressman from tho
Fourth District of South Carolina.

The New Congressman from the
Fourth District of South Carolina.
Columbia Register.
There are two new men in the South
Carolina'delegation in the Fifty Fourth
Congress-, Stanyarne Wilson and j.
VIM. Stokes. Both have been promi-
nent in State politics and their many
admirers are confident they will take
high stand in Congress.
Stanyarne Wilson represents the
Fourth District, having succeeded
Captain Shell. The interests of the
District will not suffer in his hands.
He is abundantly able to take care OF
them. Though young, he Is brainy
and is well-equirped for Congressional
work.
He was born in Yorkville. His fa-
ther was Col. w. B. Wilson, whose
many virtues are well-known to thous-
ands OF Carolinians. He received his
early education at Kings Mountain
Military Academy at Yorkvile. His
higher education WAS obtained at
Washington and Lee University in
Lexington, Va. He graduated in 1878
and had the honor of being university
orator, the eloquence for which he is
now famed having at that early period
in his life shown itself.
BY an Act OF the Legislature, while
under 81, he was admitted to tho bar
In 1880. He removed to Spartanburg
in 1881, where his good qualities were
quickly discovered, for in 1884 ne was
elected a member OF the Legislature,
whore he Immediately took an active
part His biggest work in his first
session was introducing and securing
passage of q bill repeating the Act
which exempted factories from taxa
tiOn, o measure to which there was
much opposition In Spartan burg
County. He also tried to secure an
amendment to the Constitution to de-
prive Charleston OF one Of her two
Senators, but Charleston's hold on the
State government was too strong and
he failed. He made strenuous effort
to get the Legislature to reapportion
the members of the House according
to the census, as required by tho Con
stitution, but the measure was killed
In the Senate.
He returned to the House in 1890,
when his chief work was the introduce
ing and securing the passage through
the House of general railroad bill
roconstructing the railroad law of the
State; and a labor bill, limiting the
working hours of factory operatives tc
eleven hours per day. They were
DOJn Klllcu In Jne senate.
He was elected to the Senate In 1885,
by one Thousand majority in what was
then considered strong Conservative
county. He succeeded In securing the
enactment OF both bills. He held the
responsible position of chairman OF the
Judiciary Committee OF that body III
was recognized as leader in tina
body and made wide reputation as ,
ready and able debater. His epeecbe
were always listened to attentivel,
and carried weight.
Last year he ran for Congress- Ii
the Democratic primary he carried tn,
District by 1900 majority and hi
county by over 1900 majority, owe
two competitors. In the general cleo
tion he carried the Disf~ict by owe
5,0 Hmajority, despite detection
+ "a suublica fyoter
pied 'upl
se, ret
th I'd :
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

"A leading British astronomer says
that the so-cellcd canals on Mars can
not possibly be the work of mon. They
are large enough to contain 1,624, 900
Suez canals and would have required
the labor Of 2O0,000,000 men for 1000
years. The scientist believes them to
be assures caused by the contraction OF
the planet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

Mrs. Nell Stapleton, OF Brazil, Ind,
has had her husband arrested on the
chargs that he bowitched her and
forced her to marry him. She alleges
that he is possessed OF supernatural
powers.
San Autonia, Texas, counciles
lave passed an ordinance which pro-
(ibits physicians from charging more
nan one dollar visit. It was passed
the solicitation of the leading ply.
clans of the city.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

The Hindoos show singular frank
moss in making census returns. Among
those who we're called upon to describe
their callings, some designated their
means of living ~ "villago thieves"
supported by relatives" or living
on loans"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-19

Tho easiestway 10 appear vice l.
TO keep your mouth fhut..
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19
a CHARITABLE MAN.
Tho Good Deeds or m Enthusiastic Old
Phuanthropist.

Tho Good Deeds or m Enthusiastic Old
PhuanthropIst.
Lord Shaftcsbury, the philanthro-
pist, used TO repeat, clIuckling with
amusement, the speech of an old beg
gar woman to whom he had refused
mlIns. As he walked away from the
imPortu1ifEtc Segg2r, sho called after
himi -You witi.ercd specimen of by
gone phi1rnthropyl" Miss Cobbe, in
her Life remarks that his lordship's
philanthropy, unlike that of some
cther noted philnnthropists, was never
scantily kind to those Immediately
around him, while very benevolent to
those nfar off.
Tic exhibited an enthusiasm for hui
manity on tire largest scale. A score of
great charitable undertakings rested on
him. He did vast amount of good by
promoting legislation which protected
women and children in factories and
coal-nincs. But he also remembered to
perform all sorts of little llindncsscs to
individuals, and never did he omit an
act of courtesy.
Not long before his death Miss Cobbc
had IN interview with him in his
study. The conversation had fallen
on the woes and wrongs of the poor
girls and poorer women of London.
which he had learned by personal i'm
yesti9ation among the slums of the
great city. Overcome by his emotions,
he said:
when feel age creeping on me, and
know / must soon die, hope it is not
wrong to say it, but L cannot bear to
leave the world with all the misery
in it."
The old philanthropist found so much
pleasure i'll doing good that even the
joys of Heaven were less attractive to
him than the work OF mitigating the
SORROWS of earth. 1t required no moral
effort for him to do good. He did it not
as duty, but because he loved it.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19

Tno french academy follows us I'M
memorial custom by setting apart n
niche alnoug the busts OF it's immor-
tails for future efllgy of Tasso. Fer
dinand Brnnotierr aud Henri dc Bar
nicr read poems i'll honor of the ter
centcnnary.
King HurRbert has headed sub
scrjption to found Tasso ohnir Of lit
eraturc in the University of Bologna.
tits noteworthy that tho American am
hassator to Italy has been tho first TO
contribute TO the fund with which it is
pr9pesed to erect in the city,of Romo n
st;rtne to the memory of poor, neglected,
hystcrical TaSso.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19

The critics soon pcrcclceu rnls, anu
they had no mercy on him. What with
revising and rewriting and retorting,
the poet went from distraction to down.
right madness. He did all sorts of &c.
centric things, and in 1877 had to be
sent to a prison hospital At various
times he was either released or escaped,
but was invariably sent back. Finally
he wandered in abjcct poverty to Tu-
rim aud was kindly received by the
brother OF Duke Alfonso
The rest of his career affords very lit
tie that is pleasant in the telling. He
went back to Fcrrara in 1874, remained
under constraint for about seven wears
lie became what we call nowadnvs -
crank and a has been.
FINALLY there came new outburst of
literary enthusiasm in Italy. On sud
den 1T was felt that in Tasso living in
poverty and neglect there was a real
immortal unhonorcd and unsung. A
public coronation was decreed him Mt
the capitol in Rome, and the ill-starrcd
genius emerged from squalor TO attend.
lie died III the convent of ST. Orofrio on
April 20, 1885, on his way to the great
event. Excitement brought on fever.
and fever killed him
1t viii be three hundred years in a
few days since Tasso died. ANY tnan
who can have the worlds poets write
in his honor when he has been in the
grave so long must have Il foremost
place in the poetic art. Tasso has that.
Swinburne, who is at the head Of the
British celebration, WHICH takes place
IN Westminster on the 25th, places Tas-
SO above Petrareh and onlya grade be-
low Dante. William Morris makes the
address.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19
MANUFACTURE OF WILD MEN.

ChildroD Arc Kidnapped In China and Slow
~ Transformed Into Brutal Condition.
There arc many curious trades in the
world, but tho most strange must sure.
ly be the artificial manufacture of
wild men, Says the Philadelphia Times.
Yet wcll-known English doctor in
China has just certified from his own
personal experience that this art is req
ularly practiced in the F!owery king
dom.
First youth is l5idnarcd, then hi. by
bit he is ilayed alive and then the skin
of dog or bear grated piece by piece
upon bin. His vocal chords aro next
destroyed by tho action of charcoal to
make him dumb, and the double pur-
pose OF causing "etiolation" OF the skin
and utter degradation of the mental
faculties is effected by keeping him i'm.
INJURED in perfectly dark hole for a
number OF years. In fact, by treating
him like brute for sufficiently LONE
time ho is made into ono.
AT last he is exhibited to the entirely
crcdu!ous Chinese as a wild man OF the
woods, and his posscssors reap rich
harvest.
The priests, it seems, are adopts at
the art. When kidnaper, however, is
caught by the people he is torn to
pieces, and when the authorities get
him they torture him and promptly be.
head him. Such is life under the rule
Of The SON of Heaven.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19

;Tasso, his life story should be so utter
tly unknown. His Jerusalem Delivered
has been as popular here as the Inferno
OF Dante. Americans have been the
most interchangeable in searching the au-
>thorities for the life of Tasso, while
two American writer's, Henry James
and Bret Harte, have been conspicuous
i'm the preparations for the coming cele-
ibration. Not that it is difficult to tell
fthe story of Tasso's life connectedlv.
Indeed, the biographies. the encyclo-
}pedias, the books of critics are rich in
detail. We are told that he was born
,at Sorrento, in Naples, on March IL,
1854 His father, Bernardo, WAS dis
Etinguished as a literary man, and upon
the birth OF Torquato Tasso he was
destined for letters almost as a matter
OF course. 1t is curious, and ut times
gnonotonous, to observe how the lives of
poor but talented youths in that coun-
try, and in that age, became tangled
with the careers of those whose ricnes.
and whose power make the function OF
patron almost inevitable Tasso was
we read, no exception. The boy studied
nnder the tutelage OF the Jesuits, and
when his father was exiled the boy, in
165A, followed the patcrnal fortunes.
iHe left his mother IN convent at Ma
pies and never saw her again.
Young Torquato, from the moment
phe,entered his teens, became the liter
larry assistant of his brilliant father,
HE went all over Italy with him, study
ang, copying, correcting and, of course,
isyriting verses, bnt the fact is never
pnentioncd unless they blossom out at
fcnaturity into great poets. Then the
sact seems highly significant, Tor some
ssasnn or osh0s.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19

Subsequently fortune not only ceaseu
to smile upon the elder Tasso, but ac-
tually began to frown. Tortpuato was
sent TO Padua to-study law, audapplicd
himself to itiwith sul:h -ardor that he
had very soon ,6nishelifa love pocm in
twelve cantos. Afterthat he turned. up
in the University of Bologna and began,
to study philosophy, no 5do,ibt with.the,
same ardor he had previously devoted
10 the Law, We next hear of him at
Padua, where he-c1nceiveAthei den of;
his GcrusaleinnIa1 Ii beratn, Intended Us
an epic record of the conquest of Jeru-,
salem by the crusadersIrrdcr tho com
mand Of Godfrey de Bouillon
Now patronage began to come in his
direction. In 1868 Torquato Tusso WIS
introduced to Cardinal Luigi d'Este
and to his brother, Alfonso H., sover-
eign duke of Fcrrara. Ho made 1t big
hit, or. us the poets would put in real
English, the charm of his manner,
heightened bya tinge ofpensive mel
uncholy that redeemed rather than de-
traetcd FROM the languid beauty of 4
face many arwoman would havD en-
| We'd, though lit was in no way feiuiriiuo
except in refinement and dolieacy, so
| won upon the court thatShe rose rapidly
| to favor.
Unhappily, TaSso SCENE TO have had
ilipp2nt strain in him, and it asserted
| itself tho moment he discovered that
where tho court was concerned hc was
right in IL. lIo bpgan to mako love in
all directions. Practice made him so
| perfect that he had the audacity to try
his luck with Leonora, the sister OF
tho duke OF Este, a gentleman so gor-
| geous and naughty that even Gilbert
and Sullivan in their palmiest days
could not do him justice. At first
| Leonora found Tasso's love equal to
anything OF the sort she had had made
to her. Subsequently the lady dis
covered that the lowborn poet was
InadlY prcsumptuous in daring TO love
her, the pride of the Adriatic, the star
of tho night, the gem of the nristocracy
and u column and a half of other
things. So Tasso was clapped into
| prison.
| But when he had languished there
awhile a number of the susceptible
ladies of the court pleaded SO hard for
! him that they let the poor fellow go
after he had promised never to do any
thing of the sort again.
| When Tnsso got his freedom he util.
lied 1t in writing poetry. The Gerusa-
| lomme was the poem thus evolved. and
the great epic made its appearance in
| 1917. 1t was tine Trilby of its day
Everybody was talking of it, writing of
it, fighting over it. Tasso was some.
body.
But the critics and the scholars tore
tho piece to shreds. They found flaws
III the metre, in the technique, in the
detail. Poor Tasso was driven to distrac.
! ton. for he was sensitive to criticism,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19
Honor TO A POETS MEMORY
The Tasso TerCenternary an In
portant Literary Event.
THE GREAT GERMAN TEACHER
1Swinburne Will Speak. All Europe
and Most of America Will be Rep
resented in Rome. The Part
Our Ambassador
Will Take.
aoorYnIoHr. 1851

HE poets Of nn
the world unite
in q celebration
this,nopth which
promises to at
tract more atten-
ton than n ny
pu re y, literary
event has, lind
bestowed upon
: t for Ina n V
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-19

years. Tho occasion is tue tercrntcn-
nary of iaso, one, but by pomea rs third,
SSan the great tralogy OF italian t1oets,
tine Tan whose fame has spread
rT3rereyFE what HyyinbuIne e1lts the
cnlture OF dssadence is mado possible.
That should mean everywhere, If the
fyneriy dressed old theories of dcgenora-
ton have anything in them.
/, Although the headquarters, us it
were, of this demonstration will be
Rome, our own country takes prom,
inent part in it, as does England, France.
and Germany. Tho Americans on
American soil who are interested in
cludo Richard Watson Glider, Louise
/: Imogen Quincy, Richard Henry Stod-
dard, and, in fact, all the big and little
poets we can boast. The Americans in
Rome will be the ambassador, Mr.. Mac
s!Veagh, TO whom has been accorded the
honor of replying to the orator of the
day on behalf of our republic, the
tStones, Mr. George ". Vanderbilt, who
expects to BIO passing through Rome on
$Aprn25, tho day of the celebration, and
;spthers as universally known in their
own country, The scene of the COM
imemorahory esercises will be the cons
$venb nj SAINT, Orofrio, where the author
.,m the Gerusalcmnla Iiberata and
iA1nlnta died on April 25, 1895. The
dtalinn ministry, through DR.. Bnceni.
1.-THE nriHister OF public instruction. has
established Il competition for the best
work on Tasso, written by students in
the universities of Italy. The prizes
viii be awarded Oh thc capitol, where
the poet was TO have been crowned
when he fell i'll.
Ii is somewhat singular that in the
limited States, the country which, ont
side OF Italy, has taken most kindly to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
ways Of au,leles. prusslsts.

II noticed" said the druggist to his
assistant. shat n gentleman came In
with prescription, and that you tool;
Il and gave him the stun in about three
minutes. What do you mean by that :"
ut was only little carbollc acid and
water" replied the assistant. II sim.
ply had to pour few drachms of acid
into the bottle and I'll It up with wa.
ter"
"Never mind II you only had to do
that" the druggist declared. Don't
you know that every prescription must
take at least half an hour to All or the
customer will think he ISM getting any.
thing for his money? When a pre-.
scriptiOn for salt and water or pepper.
mint and cough syrup Is handed to
you you must look at It doubtfully, as
II It were very hard to make up. Then
you must bring It to me, and we will
both read II and shake our heads. After
that you go back to the client and ask
him II he wants II to-day. When he
says he does you answer that your
make special effort.
snow, patient appreciates a pre-.
scriptlon like that that he's had ~
much trouble over, and when he takes
Il he derives some benefit from II. hut
don't sou do any more Of that three.
minute prescription business, my boy.
II you want to become first.class
0ruggist."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
Children,

Let children grow. Give them time
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What matter II all their daily behav ior
Is not quite pleasant or perfect, II they
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oven to divert attention from them ut
the instant. Afterward, mt some m.
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ton to the improperly, fault. or lack
Of suitable care, and point out kindly
the remedy.
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help his wife In marrying again.
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