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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-03
Closing Out

Umbrellas, wholesale price $50,
clO-ed cut fOf 81 >.
Umbrellas. wholesale price. sl.25.
cl,rsed out for 81.
Umbrellas. wholesale price 81, closed
Out for &c.
Umbrellas, wholesale price, 7jc-.
clUsed out for soc.
Hose for ladies and children closed
out for less than wholesale prices
Knitting and crochet silk for SC. per
spool.
Flo and Roman hOss closed out for
2fc. per skein.
Underwear closed out for less than
wholesale prices
TIE Ladies' Bazaar stock. Remem-
Der the place.
The Leader.
l6 spnOls guaranteed best sewing
thread for &c.
4-s e Cd &w
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-03

Properly used, Perfection Dyes are
superior. Insist on haying "Perfec-
tiOn' Dyes. 2S-IT
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-03

Perfection" Dyes are as near per.
fection as dyes can be. PSI
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-03

Hear the great Genevra JohnStone
Bishop at the NJ. +. church to-
night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-03
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

QUEER REPUBLICS.-The queer
little Italian republic of San Marine,
with its 33 square miles of territory
and its population of 5000, lies up
in the eastern spurs of the Apennie
Mountains. 1t is governed by a
Grand Council of 60, who are elect
ed for life, and two Presidents, one
of whom is appointed by the Coun-
Gil, the other elected by the people.
The little republic has an army of
$50 men, who are employed only as
policemen. San Marine Is the only
country in the world that prohibits
the introduction of the printing
press. The city of San Marine, with
a population of 1900, is one of the
queerest old towns in the world. 1t
has undergone no change in 500
years. This republic began in 1851.
A little bit larger than San Ma
rino in population, but six times as
large in area, is the republic of An
DORA. 1t lies in a valley of the
eastern Pyrences between France
and Spain. 1t became Il free state
in 819. 1t is governed by Sovcr-
cign Council of "a members, elected
by the people, and a Syndic, or presi-
dent, chosen for life by the Council.
1t has an army of LOO men, and
one big gun planted in the centre of
the republic. This gun carries a
ball twenty miles, and Europe
trembles at the thought of it being
fired. II Andorra, the capital, is
the palace-a stone building several
hundred years old. Here the Coun-
cilmen meet. The ground floor is
the stable where their horses are
kept and fed by their masters them
seves.-F1'0m Harper's ROund IT,
ble.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
COTTON SEIZED AND SOLD.
Twelve Million Dollars In the Ma
tional Treasury Belonging to Pri-
ate Citizens.

Twelve million dollars arc in the
treh ury awaiting the claims of right
IN Owners-men whose cotton was
seized after the war. The prosecution
OF these claims is barred by n statute
of limitations specially passed, and one
of h measures that was prepared but
not pressed at the present session of
Congress was u bill for the repeal of
the limitation act. Three New York
broker in the world, are back of the
scheme, and will press it at the next
session OF Congress.
After the close of actual hOstilities
in 1865 cotton was seized throughout
the South and sold. Secretary Chase
was doubtful of the right Of the govern
ment to do this, and the st me doubt
ranked in the mind of William b.
Chandler, at that time acting secre-
tary OF the treasury'and now a Senator
from New hampshire. The doubt was
so strong in Mr.. Chambers mind that
he would not use the proceeds of the
sale, but organized IL division in the
treasury department which he called
and Lands" which is still in existence.
He then turned all Of the proceeds Of
seized property consisting Of about
$4,000 ale of cotton, great quantities
OF tobacco, sugar and rice, together
with some ~turpentine, tar and resins,
over to William l.. Noerr, CHIEF Of the
new division.
In 1874 Gazaway B. Lamar, a high
official in the New York Bank of Com
merce, a Georgian by birth and a com
mission merchant, retained the late
General Benjamin F.. Butler and ex-
Attorney-General George H.. Williams
rs his counsel in a suit against the
United States to 5000, 600, the
proceeds of the sale of cotton taken by
United States troops. When Lamar
secured his verdict of 5000, 600, Robert
Q. Schenck, of Ohio, late Minister to
the Court Of st. James, was chairman
of the committee on ways and means.
Believing hat a raid would be made
on the treasury by holders of claims, he
introduced a bill creating a statute OF
limitations, thus barring the prosecu-
ton of this class of claims.
In this way the money has remained
in the treasury. 1t has been invested
in the United States bonds, and now
amounts to the enormous sum OF
$l2, 200, 600. Outside of four or five
Southern Senators, it is doubtful il
any n knows the true situation.
The Legislation which the New York
syndicate wants passed is very simple.
1t consists of a five line resolution re-
pealing the statute Of Limitations
against these claims, and allowing
them to be sem to the United States
Court of claims for adjudication.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

from his desk, and walked over to a
chest of drawers and took out Il
bundle of papers among them an
envelope containing seventeen dol
lars and some cents, the exact sum
in identical money of the govern
mcnt safely in keeping until called
for. AS he handed it Owe to the
agent of the Postonice Department,
he said: There it is. | never
use any other mans money!
christian Register.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
What a Woman Can Do.

Last week | clared, after paying all
my expenses, $355, So, the month pre-
vious $3.50 and have at the same time
attended to other duties. / believe any
energetic person can do equally as well
as | have had very little experience.
The Dish Washer is just lovely and
every family wants one, which makes
selling very easy. | do no canvassing.
People hear about the Dish Washer
and come or send for one. 1t is strange
thai a good, cheap Dish Washer has
." Ii" fore been put or tho market.
T.. I'd CITY DISH WASHER fills
as = With it you car wash and
dry the dishes for u family of ten in
two minutes without voting your
hands. As soon as people see the
Washer work they a one. You ear
make more money and make it quicker
than with any household article on the
market. | feel convinced that any
lady or gentleman can make from $40
to $l4 per day around home. You can
get full particulars by addressing, THE
MOUND CITY DISH WASHER CO., st
Louis, Mo. They help you get started,
you can make money awful fast.
A. l., G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

SOME CURIOUS FACTS CONCERN
ING HEARING.-An inquiry was
recently made in London as to the
greatest distance at which a mans
voice could be heard, leaving, of
course, the telephone out of consid-
Grafton. The reply was most inter
esting, and vas as follows: Eigh-
teen miles is the longest distance on
record at which a mans voice
has been heard. This occurred in
the Grand Canon of the Colorado,
where II nan shouting the name
"Bob" at one end and his voice was
plainly heard at the other end,
which is eighteen miles away. Lieu
tenant Foster, on Parry's third arc
tic expedition, found hat he could
converse with a man across the har-
Dor of Port Bowen, a distance of
6,G96 feet, or about one mile and a
quarter ; and Sir John Franklin
said that he conversed with east at
Il distance of more than a mile. DR..
Young records that at Gibraltar the
human voice has been heard at a
distance of ten miles.
Sound has remarkable force in
water. Colladon, by experiments
made in Lake of Geneva, estimated
that a bell submerged in the sea
might be heard Il distance of more
than sixty miles. Franklin says
that he heard the striking together
of two stones in the water half a
mile away. Over water or a surface
of ice is propagated with great clear
ness and strength. DR.. Hutton re-
lates that on II quiet part of the
Thames near Chelsea he could hear
person read distinctly at the dis
lance of l40 feet, while on the land
the same could only be heard at 7G
feet. Professor Tyndall, when on
Mont Blanc, found the report of a
pistol-shot no louder than the pop
of a champagne bottle. Persons in
a balloon Il hear voices from the
earth a long time after they them
selves are inaudiblc below.-FlOm
Ha.per's RounN Iablc.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

ANECDOTE OF LINCoLN.-John
Wanamaker, at a dinner party given
by the Philadelphia Association of
Underwriters, told the following
story of Abraham Lincoln: "While
at Washington it came under my
notice in the Postoflice Department
that Abraham Lincoln in his early
life had been postmaster at q small
Ohio town. In the changes that
took place the office was consoli-
dated with Salem, and the man
twice wanted for President was for
once not wanted for postmaster.
Years afterward it was discovered
that no settlement had reached
Washington of the affairs of that
little postoflice. A visit was made
to Mr.. Lincoln and the case stated,
when the always great man rose
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

Tho nature Of the wind, as lately
defined by Professor Langley, OF the
Smithsonian Institution, is not that OF
an approximately uniform moving mass
OF air but Of a succession Of very brief
pulsations, varying in amplitude, and
relatively to tho mean movement OF
the wind in direction also. Once
launched into the mean velocity Of the
wind, u flying machine could therefore
he says--if it had the power to vary its
inclination = take advantage OF the
varying velocity and direction of the
wind; falling with the slower wind, it
would accumulate the energy which it
would have TO expend in rising with
the higher and thus become capable of
indetinate sustainment or advance. 1t
would require, however, a v Q more
intimate knowledge and quick percep-
tion OF the currents Of the air than a
mariner possesses as to sea currents.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
WORK OF THE ~SHARPERS.
Wall street Making Threats and Pre-
pairing to Bride Delegates to Chi
cagO.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Atlanta Constitution writes as fol.
lows:
There was alumor here today that
Spain had decided to execute the
competitor prisoners and that the
President had prepared a message to
Congress on the subject, which would
lead to "a declaration of war. The
rumor could not oe confirmed and
later 1T was pronounced a New York
stock exchange story. Thet15asoenpStt IS
oe rifg in tue stock exchange which is
circulating quantities of wild stories.
ono VI this crowd is now over hc",
Attempting to induce the Presidel.'
write q letter protesting against L..>
Democratic party adopting a free coin
ago platform at Chicag go.
This man says tho New York clear
ing house has decided to expend 800
100000 If necessary to prevent u free
coinage platform at Chicago. He is
quoted as saying that every delegate
already selected is known by the men
In charge OF this work in New York
and that every man who can be chang
ed will be. 1t matters not how much
it may cost, he says every vote pos
sible to get will be secured.
He further declares that every note
or mortgage in the South or West held
In Now York will be called in immedi-
ately il the Chicago convention de-
clarcs for free coinage.
AS q matter of fact the gold mon think
that Il Democratic candidate on q free
Ipinage platform can be elected, and
Ncy propose to prevent the adoption
osuch u platform If they can. But
ny cannot. The people arc clecting
ueegatcs to that convention who can
nobe bought.
=, VILLAIN p. st. John, president of
theIercautile National bank, of New,
40r is being talked of as a good
soiedon for vice president by tho
Shlcgo convention. ST. John is a
DemSrat, and is the only bank presi-
dent New York who favors the free
colnaa Of silver. Another man much
taIkedpi for vice president is John
McLoa, OF The Cincinnati Enquirer,
the ma who carried Ohio for free
silver; Boies is yet the most talked OF
candidaN for President. The gen
cral option here is that he will be
nomlnatd,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
Vacation Time.

The grammars and the spoilers,
The pencils and the states,
The books that hold the fractions
And the books that hold the dates,
The crayons and the Dlackboards
And the maps upon the wall,
Must all be glad together,
For they won't be used till fall.
They've had to work like beavers
To help the children learn;
And If they want q little rest,
1t surely is their turn.
They shut their leaves with pleasure,
The dear old lesson books,
And the crayons and the b~laCkboards,
Put on delightful looks.
So, children, just remember,
When you are gone away,
Your poor old states and pencils
Are keeping holiday.
The grammars and the spoilers
Are as proud as proud can be
When the boys forsake the schoolroon
When the teacher turns the key.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
BATTLE OF THE CRATER.
Ihriiling Experience OF a South
Carolina Command In that Fearful

BY request OF his comrades Capt. G
=. nalc' oil Camden, has given the fol.
lowing account OF the battle of tho
Cratcr on the 3Oth OF July, 1864. AT
That time ho was First Lieutenant OF
Company a, 23rd Regiment S, G. ".
commanded by Col. III. l.. Benbow'
Eiliotts Brigade, Bushrod Johnson's
Division.
On the day previous to the explosion
we occupied that portion Of tho line
which was blown up, at q four gun
battery sltnated on an elevation, at an
angle OF the breastworks said to be the
nearest point to the enemy's lines.
W. moved to tic right the day before
just far enough TO mako room for
another Regiment, 22d s.. G. ", Col.
Fleming, which occupied the ground
that was b!o@n up. Capt. Shedd, of
Fairfield, ono Of the officers or the 22d
Regiment, that vas blown up, occupied
the game position / did the night be-
fore tho explosion. He was partially
buried on the right edge OF tho Crater.
He crawied ont whore he had retired
TO sleep, fHii in with our regiment,
b%arefootcd without coat or hat, re.
NAMED with US during tho battle,
rendering all tho assistance he could,
having lost his company in the explos.
Ion. Adjutant fleming OF the same
regiment, also rendered good service.
who was a brotherpf the Col, who was
buried in the explosion.
About dawn of tlc 30th OF july the
explosion occurred blowing up the
battery and the gretter portion OF the |
23rd Regiment, throwing one or two
OF the canons owe il front OF our line |
about fifty feet. Tho guns were
brought back and mounted again.
This was accomplished by mean OF a
windlass and ropes over a covered
course which was dug for the
purpose, and so constructed for con-
,ealment and protection from the
,nemy's fire. AT the Time OF the er.
! had just started of to get
'onae ammunition for the sharp.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

UNCLE GoRGE'S PREDICTIoN.-The
Augusta 0ronicle makes the follow
Ing s~tatenint as to o prophecy OF
Uncle Gorge" Tillman which is
being .veriAd "Several months
ago. before aY Of the conventions had
6eep held andbefore any OF the States
declared Tor sver, and while every
thing looked McKinlep and a Re-
publican "alkyer, the writer met ex-
congressman gorge d. Tillman OF
South Caroline and asked for HE
views on the ~sitation. He said that
ono member OF l., family was
Ing enough publ, attention lust then,
and he did not can to talk for publica.
ton. We had a pmewhat extended
private cOnversatid, however. in tho
course OF which MrTillman made this
remarkable statemnt: "What Me-
Ktnleyp He has NJ more chance of
election than you AVE. The politi-
clans do not seem to ealize IL vet, but
the demand that Is gdng up from the
people for the r~estdation of silver
coinage cannot be resiaed {; it is % rev.
olution that will sw@p everything
before IT," The writerNesponded thai
he believed that would be the result
when the revolution ONE, hut he
feared it was further i'd the future.
mo, sir, II is here alreay, and you
Will see when the State conventions
are held that silver will sweep the
country like prairie fire. It is a re.
volution, my friend, and \he people
are ripe for 1t. The next Presidenx
will BIO a silver man" AS ar as the
State conventions have actdd, there
seems TO have been something of in.
ropbecy In the word, OF the
Edgeneid sage"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

of Il coarse sort; it has to do with
masses and is not intimate or ulti-
mate. We can hardly call ourselves
more than bungling masters of ma
ture, so long as we do not know why
sodium gives Il yellow line with the
prism, or what is the nature of the
electric spark, or why a Ruhmkorff
coil will lift an immature, or how
the earth pulls m apple down in
stead of pushing it up.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

his. You tickle me and | will tickle
you, is the motto, and they call 1T a
compromise Of conflicting interests.
Congress has at last voted every mem
Der a private secretary with u 81, 200
salary. Merciful heavens ! When viii
this thing stop? Now let them apply
for Il receiver and sell out the concern.
But ! am of the subject, and will
get in u bad frame OF mind and have n
fit OF indigestion and SO | will quit
and go to my garden, where | am always
calm and serene. BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

Sebastian Laurent, who fought
with Napoleon at Waterloo, lives in q
farmhouse in Marshall county, Kansas,
with a widowed daughter. He was one
hundred years old January last. He
was born in Paris and entered the army
at seventeen. He was q private in
Lobau's Sixth army corps, and was
several times wounded. He bears the
scars yet and is proud of them. The
one regret Of his life is that Napoleon
did not win the victory at Waterloo.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

All the ~dispensery cases, includ-
ing the big case which involves the
whole principle of tho system of deal.
ing with the liquor traffic, are now
pending before the United States Court
aud they ere to be heard on October l.,
next. Attorney General Barber says
he will endeavor to have the appeal
ready. The appeal from Judge Simon
toms last injunction will be heard at
that time and the court will decide
whether 1T will stand.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

The diplomas and certificates OF
gold and the bronze medals awarded
South Carolina at the Atlanta EXPOSE
tion have been handsomely framed and
will be placed In the office OF the Sec
retray OF State. Governor Evans has
made q duplicate medal won by the
South Carolina woman's room and pre-
sented to the efficient chairman, Mrs.
Il. @. Robertson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

MIR. Edward A. Werner, a native
OF Pendleton, s. O., died in Atlanta on
the 9Th inst. in tho sixty4second year
OF his age. He removed to Atlanta.
when 1t was u respectable crossroads
town. He had been In the service OF
the railroads In that city for many
years. He leaves o wife and several
children. ss
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

-axol Is tho name OF a palatabls Gator
oh, Just the thing for childreA.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11
TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POINTS
WEST.

Close connections at GreeuwO Il for i'll
points on s. a.. l.. and G.. &C. Ia lway, and
atSpartanhu~E with southern Il ilway.
For information relative to TIC cts, rGtes,
schedules, etc, address
N.J. CEAl8, Gen. pae.. sent.
Al 3ta, Ga
-. S. Gureton, Agent,C. II. $pci hts, g n
Agent Greenviiie, S. {.
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BORT ROYAL & WESTG.
DINA Railway. Aug
Aeheville Short Line" j. Is.
Receiver. Schedule inetTect
1896.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

n Air Line Belle II rain (Nos, II and lS)
Will on N after June LIST, 1896, be operat.
Cd between Atlanta and NJ. AIRY Ia ~,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18

Planted In 1t. old AGO.

Captain Blake, the man who COM
mands the steamboat that runs
daily from Washington to Mount
Vernon and who was an old forty
miner seeking a fortune after the
California fashion. is a good deal Of
Gag. Hearing told the other day
the story about the tree in the White
House grounds that was said to
have been planted by Adams, he re-
called an. incident occurring in the
neighborhood of what was soon to
be Idaho City that seemed to be per.
tinent to the suggestion that a tree
blown down in the White House
grounds had been planted by Adams.
The story is repeated by the cor
respondent Of the New York Times.
1--WE have some old trees" said the
captain, ''at Mount Vernon, and /
was guilty one day Of diverting a
lady visitor to Washington's tomb
with 'whopper' to keep up the ira
dition. On the way up the hill from
che Landing l pointed out an oak
tree said to have been planted by
Washington. 1 told the lady so and
asserted that Washington was ao-
customed to come out and sit under
its shade to get a view Of the Poto-
mac as it swept along. l also added
that his favorite tree was about 500
years old. The lady did not under
stand this, particularly as it was
not supported by evidence" Cap
tain Blake explained that, although
Washington planted the tree and
lived to sit under its shadow, the
story was true. 1.-THE fact is, mad
am" he said, that the tres was
about 400 years old when it was
planted" The lady did not ask the
captain another question during her
visit.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18
IN THE PEACH ORCHARD At SHILOH.

sun Ia tho orchard shade they lay,
Stark In their wal stained blue and gray.
6oushssu men and men Of The north.
Never more would they thunder forth.
Brother seeking > brothers life
Dead on the dead Of the shifting STRIFE.
Over thsm-oves the blue and gray
pseoh petals duttarsd and fell and lay.
Jared from their boushs By the bellowtnr
guns,
The hosal shroud Of The warning ones,
AskinS not for ths wrong or right,
Vor all the samo mantle Of pink and Whit.
Plying petals, fair and true,
Doomed their duty TO gray and blue
Not TO sock for the wrong or right,
1ut 70 hide all trace Of the horrid Asht.
30 DO It hidden. we hope and pray,
IN the nations heart ~ II beats today,
With tho same strong pulsings south and
north.
Dsoehsrs and lovers from his time FORTH
~. l.. Heston In The Quilting Bee."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18
Al It Again.

II s'pose the bills all right9" he
said, as he produced a roll of bills
at the office Of the gas company.
Cant you read your meterGn in.
CURED the clerk politely.
"No."
TITS easy to learn"
"Oh, I know how. The trouble Ia
that the gas burner just over it
doesn't give light enough to enable
me- to see the figures. "-Washing-
ton Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18

In a new bed rest for invalids,
which has been patented by the In
ventor, Miss Bryson. Edinburgh, the
invalid Is Supported in a sitting pos
ture by a hampgck connected by an
india rubber ring with a guy rope
dxed to the foot Of the bed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18

There are five light vessels, six
island, pilo OF rock lighthouses and
40 shore lighthouses round the
shores of the United Kingdom,
which have been placed in electrical
communication with the general
telegraph system of the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18
MONEY.

We have plenty of money on hand
to I'LL all realestate loans at s and Z per
cent. No delay. Abstract, making
papers and recording free.
NASH d PHHLPs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-03-18

We want n good man (having a
horse), as permanent superintendent
for Audubon county to attend to our
business, on salary. Must send along
with application strong letters of rec
ommendation as to honesty, energy,
ability. First-class man only. State
occupation. Address P. o. Box 1882,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.