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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

Their Jonathan" whose James are being
freely used, too, In the passing inter-
national furry, there Is no doubt about
their origin. When Gen. Washington
went into Massachusetts to take conc
mand OF the revolutionary army, he
founda great lack of ammunition and
other supplies. He turned for aid to
Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Con-
necticut. and got IL. ana in'many emer-
gencies of that period ne used the
phrase, I'VE must consult Brother
Jonathan on the subject" The ex-
preston became nationally current,
and 1t stands as the American PARALLEL
John Bull Uncle Sam was not In
vented until the war of 1872. Two i'm
%spectors Of war supplies at Troy, Ny,
were named Ebenezer and Samuel
Wilson.
A workman in their employ was
marking a lot of casks received from
one Gilbert Anderson, q New York con
tractor, and which we're thus stamped:
II. A.-U. s." A ~bystander asked
the workman what these marks meant,
and he replied that they probably
meant Gilbert Anderson and Uncle
SAM" alluding to Inspector Samuel
Wilson, who WAS locally called Uncle
Sam. Thus the initials of the United
States were transformed by.a local joke
into q national sobriquet, which will
doubtless last as.long IS our republic
But who first undertook to give the
portrait of Uncle Sam or Brother iona
than as q long, lean, slab sided, lantern
jawed individual is not known. Who.
ever he was he libeled US. There IL
strong reasons for believing that the
average American of today is heavier
In the scales, broader between the
shoulder, deeper in the chest, and more
generous waist girth than any of hi
civilized contemporaries.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

There was a meeting of the direc.
tors OF the railway lines comprising
the Seaboard Airline system at the
office of the company in Baltimore
Wednesday afternoon. President Hoff.
man was directed to issue and order
appointing Mr.. e. st. John general
manager of the entire system, in addi-
ton to mis- other duties as vice presi-
dent. In compliance with this order
Mr.. st. John assumed the general
managership Immediately. General
Manager. Winder being retired from
the position.
AS to further connection with the
railroad ny General Manager Winder
nothing could be learned at this end
OF the line except that at the meeting
In Baltimore a new position, hat Of
general superintendent, was created
which will undoubtedly soon be filled.
When an important official of the road
was questioned as to whether this
position would be- rendered Captain
Winder he declined to say. He also
declined to answer the query If he
knew who would be appointed to the
position.
The announcement Of the retirement
OF Captain Winder as general manager
OF the Seaboad Airline was q surprise
although In railway circles it was not
unexpected. 1t lie asserted that other
Important changes in the officials of
the system will follow. Vice President
John st. has gone to Baltimore, pre-
sumably to confer with Hoffman.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28
COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION
An Appeal to the SelfInterests OF the
Farmers-Must Make the Cotton
States Entirely SeIf.Supportinp.

An Appeal to the SelfInterests of the
Farmers-Must Make the Cotton
States Entirely seIfSupporting.
The second annual convention of
Southern Cotton Growers and othera
directly concerned with the cotton
crop, convened In Memphis, Jan. 81.
upon q call from President Hector D.
Lane, OF Alabama. Every one of the
cotton growing States were represents
ed, Mississippi and Arkansas having
conspiciously large and intelligent
delegations. President Laue, who was
chosen permanent chairman, delivered
his address Immediately after the CON.
vention was called to order, dealing
extensively with statistics to demon.
strate tho necessity for holding the
cotton acreage within bounds. He
pointed out that the annual surplus Ia
the effective instrument used by the
cotton " bears" to depress values and
that over-production fosters manipula-
tion.
AT the conclusion OF the address, the
various committees we're appointed,
and then Hon. Charles Scott, OF Mis-.
sissippi, was introduced. He dwelt
upon the method OF Southern
growers, which carried him
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

s0und save the rush
waters.
where is he-where is he ?n
she moaned heiplessly and then,
turning with an instinct of terror, she
ran back to the gate and stood watch
Ing for him there, with the rain beat
ing down mercilessly on her gray head.
The dawn Of day brought to light
the wide ~desolation for which the
spring OF '9I is we'll remembered.
Trees had been tom up, cottages swept
away, many lives lost. On the east
bank of the river q rescuing party
from Ell Campo came upon an old
pheeton. partly wrecked and turned
upside down, with q carefully-knitted
afghan caught in one of its braces.
They dared not tell her; but che knew
1t from the talk OF some passing school
children, and all day she sat alone, not
bowed in her hands. The clock struck
one-twO-three.
He said he would come at three"
she thought, In a dazed way, lifting
her eyes to the clock.
There was a step on the gravelly
walk outside that made her heart
stand still. The latch lifted, the door
opened, and DIR. Rutledge stood there,
tall, gaunt and gray as ever, but more
beautiful in her eyes than an angelic
vision.
Kit ran away and left me,n said
he, la~conically, with q grim smile over
the a%bsurdity Of such q proceeding ON
the part OF bis we~ll-regulated and re-
spectacle old steed.
But his wife could only bury her
face In her trembling hands; and then
she felt the same protecting arms
about her that mad shielded her from
troubles for forty years, and the same
gentle voice that had SO often com
forted her in days gone by was whisp-
ering a deep prayer of thankfulness
that, In their old age, they whose lives
had been so long united, were not
separated the one from the other.
1t was evening before their trip was
even thought OF, md then Mary, wise
and provident az ver, said
Henry, dear, , horse is lost and
the buggy ruineG We shall need all
our money to get us started again.
end to help others that are worse of
than we are. We can't go yet. You
will not care very much, will you, now
that we have each other?n
And good old DIR. Rutledge came
nearer using violent language thar
ever before in forty years.
THE wedding trip be- hanged p
saip he.
And 80 that journey is still in the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

An association is being formed in
washington for the purpose of pro-
motlng sabbath ~observances among
the ladies Of the official circles and
fashionable societies in Washington.
Miss Morton, sister of the Secretary of
Agriculture, with the encouragement
n cooperation OF Mrs. Cleveland has
taken up the matter. The habit OF
devoting Sunday afternoon and even
ing Tor social enjoyment has been
growing more common until now it is
quite general to hold receptions to
crowded drawing rooms on this holy
day. 1t is to cause a more rigid obser-
vance and a greater generation of Sun
day that these ladies aided by MANY
others, with the clergymen of the
city have undertaken this great re-
form.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28
JOHN BULL. AND JONATHAN.
Various Theories as to the Origin OF
These Two Mythical Personages.
ICrnIn Tho DnIIi.aA.a c..

euI.ous AiioOFleS rs 10 inc origin OF
These Two Mythical Personages.
From the Baltimore Sun.
John Bull" tho mythical parsonage
supposed to represent the English peO-
pie and o figuring largely In our
editorial writing and In cartoons, was
the invention of DIR. Arbuthnot, in one
OF his satirical sketches ridiculinp the
great Duke OF Marlborough. In the
opinion OF DIR. johnson A%rbuthnot was
"the first man among the eminent
writers In Queen Anne's time" He
drew John Bull as the typical English-
mana stout, rea-faced old farmer,
far too %corpulent for comfort, choleric,
but withal an honest and well-meanine
fellow. He clothed him In leather
brooches and top boots, put q stout
oaken cudgel in his hand and a bull
dog at his heels, and set him up for all
time to serve as a representative Eng.
!ishman. He may have been not SO
bad a %caricature in the days OF Queen
Anne. But today certainly there is
muoh force In Leslie Stephens remark
that he completely hides the English
man OF real hfe." The average En-
glishmen of 1895 is physically no stouter
than, probably not SO stout as, the
average American, and the stout
cudRel and the bull dog are no longer
apt symbols OF the modern Britisher's
disposition. He has lost the excessive
pugnacity of bis forefathers, and, as
we have lately seen, is above all anx-
lous TO Keep the peace with his Uncle
Samuel.
Speaking OF "Uncle Sam " and BRO
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

or Fort Wayne, Ind, writes on Nov. 30, 1894:
II was afflicted for forty years with heart
trouble and suffered untold agony. Ihad
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
palpitato so hard, tho pain would be so acute
and torturing, that / became so weak and
nervous 1 could not sleep. 1 was treated by
several physicians without relief and gave
up ever being we'll again. About two years
ago using DIR. Miles Remedies.
One bottle of tho Heart Cure stopped all
beart troubles and tho Restorative Nervine
did the rest,and now 1 sleep soundly and at
tend TO my household and social duties with
out any rouble.
sold by druggists. Book sent FREQ. Address
DR.. Miles mcllcal Co., Elkhart, Ind.
DR.. MileS' Remedies Restore Health.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28


The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent.
~ performed a great deed of charity,
although 1t was not designed as a
charity, being nothing more nor less
than an advertising scheme. 1t how
ever resulted In great good just the
same. They gave away 1000 bottles
OF their Digestive Cordial to those suf-
ferlng from stomach arrangements.
1t was 80 effective in curing those
VINO used the remedy that they were
loud In their praises of it and in con-
sequence a large demand for the r
ola was at once created.
The druggists OF this town have lit
Tie books that tell all about it. Di-
g.ostiye Cordial creates an appetite,
aids digestion and brings abouta rapid
increase In flesh and strength.
Laxol Is the name of q palatable
[ taQfnr flIl V,tAtt a. ~ "
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

Laxol Is the name of q palatable
.astorOil. Just the thing for children.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28

"P,"p. m. "A,"a.m m.
Trains leave spartanburg, A. and G. division
nofthbound. eils y. m.,3,9s p. M, e,1e D. m
lVsstbulsd Limitad)j seuthbound, II, 80 q, M.
S'eo D. N, i,sf a. m. Vsstibuled Linited.)
Trains leave drssnviiio. A. aud @. diyision.
no~f'hsoand, eIIsa- m, lie p. m. and 80 D. M
!Vesupeiea Limtted)I seuthbound. 1i0 .. M.
a'Aop p. m. i2ias p. m. Vestibulod rimitsdl.
Pullman Service.
ynliman palace sleeping cars on Trsins n
". n. GREEN, JIM. cuIp
Gen. Superintendent, Traffic Me-
Warrington, d. {. W~sshtpatoa' n a
". A. TURK, q. II, HARDWrcT
Gen. Pass. Aga Ast aen. Psaa I.,s
" Atlanta, O.
R.L- WELLS. aupt Columbia, 8. {.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-28
Heart Disease Cured
BY DR.. Miles Heart Cure.

Painting, Weak or Hungry Spells, Irregu
lar or Intermittent Pulse. Mattering or Pal
pitation, Choking Sensation, Shortness OF
Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, are
symptoms of q diseased or Weak Hoart.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
NO.. 49,.

and private. 1t is not "intrinsic value, but
LAW, that makes a twenty-dollar gold coin
worth twenty dollars. Let it be remembered
that all money is "fiat," and that there is no
such thing as "intrinsic value" in money.
Let us also bear in mind the fact that money
does not inhere in gold, silver or paper. They
are only commodities. Money is created by
LAW, and can be made out of anything that
will receive and retain the STAMP OF THE Gov
ERNMENT.
The reason why 'hammered-out' silver
dollar is only worth fifty cents after the gov
ernment stamp has been defaced is that, like
beef pork, wheat or any other commodity, it
has no price or value FIXED BY LAW, but gold
has; nor has silver any rights in the mint, as
its coinage has been stopped, while gold is en-
titled to FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE.
Is it not very clear to every intelligent citizen
why, under these circumstances, gold and sill
yer are not kept at parity? Demonetize gold,
repeal the law fixing the price of gold bullion,
remonetize silver, make silver full legal tend
er for all debts, and pass a law fixing the value
of 4I2H grains Of standard silver bullion at
ONE DOLLAR, and that amount of silver bullion
would at once go up to one hundred cents, and
gold bullion, in five years, would not sell for
$40 per ounce. But, to do this would be Just
as great wrong to the people as it was to de-
monetize silver in 1873. The righteous thing
to do is to restore silver to all the rights it en-
joyed prior to its de1nonetization in 1879. Re-
peal all laws that discriminate in favor of one
metal and against the other. Let the silver
dollar be made full legal tender, the same as
the gold coin is to-day.
This is what the advocates of free coinage
contend for, and yet we are told that to do this
would be the "rankest kind of fraud"
l confess l cannot see where the "fraud'
comes in, but can see that to NOT DO IT is to
perpetuate a system of legalized plumber that
is rapidly robbing people of their homes
and filling the land with tramps.
JOHN P. ST. JOHN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
THE COMMON VIEW.
JOHN P. ST. JOHN.

Grover Cleveland is dood-
He's Yankee Doodle Dandy.
He's fooled all the people all the time
Because he is so handy.
With bonds and mortgages and loans
He has loaded us quite heavy.
It's no trick for us to pay it all
With the income tax he'll levy.
The millionaire gets all the gold.
TO him it is no rarity.
Silver stays among the poor.
That is our present parity.
He promised us SO very much,
And then he is so sandy;
Like suckers we did vote him in
For our Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Our dandy was too smart for us.
He fooled us we'll, not wisely.
Not what WE want, but what HE wants,
Is what we get, precisely.
In "busy high-protection times"
We had no time for pleasure.
In good old Democratic times,
We have nothing left but leisure
We cannot work-we buy our goods
From the far oceans over.
We pay the bonds, we foot the bills
Made by our Dandy Grover.
He promised us that in his reign
We would get an education.
We have learned so fast, we think this fall
Well succeed in graduation.
And if we do, We'll plant him deep,
And anywhere that's handy
An educated man shall be
Our Yankee Doodle Dandy. Pupil.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
EX-GOVERNOR ST. JOHN
ON "HONEST MONEY!.
A RINGING LETTER, FULL OF FOOD
FOR THOUGHT.
ON "HONEST MONEY!.

A few days ago, i clipped from the Twenti-
eth Century the following letter from Thos. ].
Brett, and the answer thereto by J. w. Mar
GETS
Editor Twentieth Century
DEAR SIR In your issue of October 81,
1895, i'll an article by Mr. Margetts on what
fiat has done for mUnopoly-in which he says
the United States passed law, January ID,
1875, fixing the price of gold bullion at S2o.o7
per Troy ounce, irrespective of the cost OF pro-
duction. While i'll conversation with friend
OF mine lately, Iquoted Mr.. Margetts' assertions
relative TO the fixed price of gold bullion, and
my friend contradicted the assertion, and said
the government did not buy any bullion, but
took the gold bullion that the producers OF gold
brought, and coined it and gave it back to
them, less the seigniorage.
Will you please make that point clear to
your readers, no doubt many of them are
under the impression that, under free coinage,
the government has no fixed price for bullion.
am not certain, myself, on that point hence
ask for Information.
Fraternally yours, THos. J. BRErz.
ANSWER.
To the Editor of the Twentieth CENTURY:
DEAR SIR: The prices for gold bullion ar
ranged to be paid by mutual agreement between
the United States and British governments are
as follows
y"%" Owed pTs IN Gr ssl al ys"s sMsa 'f n q Bank ak
al "Fy "i "% molten" "n'% 9s d-l h"Ea Gls. a"% nS'e'
less CON-
Troy ounce of u. S.
standard gold S1S.6o4.65 I3uI6.,5H
Troy ounce British
standard gold 1s,949.1S 3..17u1oH
Troy ounce of pure
standard gold 2o,67I.S4 4st4oIIT
Latterly, however, the United States govern
ment have been paying for the bullion they re-
qure with interest bearing bonds
J. w. MARGETTs.
In order to make sure as to whether Mr..
Margetts was right or not, | forwarded the
two letters to Hon. H. M. Teller, Republican
member of the United States senate, and count
ed among the most reliable authorities on the
money question in the nation, and here is Mr.,
Teller's reply:
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, d. c.
March 23, 1896
HON. john P. ST. john,
Olathe, Kas.
DEAR SIR | have yours of the 18TH instant.
Mr. Margetts is right. If you will look at Sec.
35II of the Revised Statutes of the U. S.. you
will see gold dollar consists of IS $40 grains
of standard gold that is, gold that is 600 fine,
or nine-tenths gold and one-tenth alloy. An
ounce of standard gold will coin IS oo-Ioo dol
lars This you get by dividing 4So the num-
Der of grains in an ounce, by rs $40. Every
gold dollar must contain 20 22-Ioo grains of
fine gold; that is, gold 1000 fine, Now, if
you will divide $50 grains of fine gold by
20 2a-1oo, you will get $40 67-Ioo, the amount
that one ounce of fine gold will coin,
Sec. 35I9 of the Revised Statutes of the
U. S,provides that the holder of gold bullion
may deposit 1t at the mint to be formed into
bars or coin for his benefit Now, he may wait
for his gold to be coined, or he may get gold
coin for his bullion as soon as the mint officials
acre rtaiu itc hueuecc II fine he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-17
The Potency of the Stamp.


Dr. F. B. Foote, of New York. sends us the
following clipping, with this remark: "The
following will show you how the N. Y. Daily
World treats Populist's question"
Editor % the World:
"P. c. d." in your issue of the 29th inst.
asks the sound-lnoney people chow the free
coinage of silver would give us 5o-cent dol
lar" Will you kindly allow me to ask the
question, who in this country would be asinine
enough to sell an ounce of silver for less than
its coinage value if that silver could be taken
to the United States mints and coined into dol
lars at the rate of I6 to l.? | would also ask
the question whether it would not inevitably
raise the price of silver throughout the world
if simply the United States should open the
mints to the free coinage of silver? If our
own people could obtain the coinage value of
would silver flow towards this country before
the possessors of silver abroad would learn the
value of the metal and put price upon it
equivalent to its value here, less the cost OF
transportation? The answer given to "P. {.
d." will hardly satisfy the readers of your pa
per, it seems to me, for the stamp of the gov
ernnent on even piece of paper makes it
worth one dollar, five dollars or one hundred
dollars, according to the denomination stamped
thereon. The World is so independent and so
magni6cently liberal in its treatment of ques-
tions affecting the great masses of the people
as against the trusts monopolies and those who
are compelling our government to issue bonds,
n: of
pe if it would become all advocate of system
of finance which would benefit the producers
equally as well as the clippers of coupons.
New York, March 80. E. B. FooTE.
(Mr. Foote probably knows that discussion
of the financial question would require more
space than we could give it in this coumn. We
can only express our admiration for courage
which believes that the government of this
country can double the value of all the silver
in the world by an act of congress. Belief in
such financial miracle is rare, even among
The silverites Ed. World.)
THE Capital said recently that John w.
Prudential has given it out that if tn Peoples
party wants to fight the campaign of 1894 over
aoain. it must secure some one else to conduct
the campaign, as he will not lead such battle
Now we do not know that Mr. Breidenthal
said such thing but we do know that if he
did saw it, he uttered sound sense, and that
there are not a few who worked zeaously for
the Peoples ticket in 1894 that will insist upon
an entirely new ticket for 1896.-Eureka Union.
ttA,7 OlI Voter, wrote and asked the ChiCa-
90 News what was the issue between the OLD
parties in the coming campaign The News
answered.: "The issue in the campaign of
1906 is, Office To this great and absorbing
question there are two inely-drawn and clearly
marked sides-the inside and outside. '-Man-
Iattan Republic.
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submitted myself to me, show myself
demon. and speak to thy master
At this moment q distinct smell OF
burning birthstone caused the stout
burghers TO draw their noses away from
the door and stihe their coughing as
best they could
a sharp. shrill voice was now heard to
answer:
Master what dost thou desire OF thy
servant"
The door was broken down. ana the
stranger dragged before the magistrate
charged with being I'm league with the
devil. The stranger quietly said:
II had begun a tragedy. but as my
friends disturbed me continually at
Weimar. where I i've came 10 writ here
The hero Of my tragedy - a man who
invokes the devil. and 20 whom the devil
appears. / confess that / have an UNI
fortunate habit OF reading aloud what /
compose. as fast as I write H. AS to ny
invoking. perhaps personally the devil. /
am too good a Christian to do that, and
YOU Mr.. Burgomaster, too enlightened to
believe it"
The wizard was Goethe. and tho
tragedy Faust.