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The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

Folks don't want to go in service in
no ha'nted house." they declared. and
passed on. And so 1t was several DAYS
before Estella could get a servant to
come to 1.-THE Acre." as the Hickes
called it, but at last chore woman was
secured-an old, black creature, too
shiftless and mo count" to be able
to chose her place of service. But
even she insisted on leaving the place
before dark, and would never make her
appearance until broad daylight every
morning.
And such grewsome tales as old SAL
ly related about what was told of the
"ha'nts of Berry's acre!"-tales that
made Estella's heavy braids almost un-
coil from her small, pretty head. She
of course dutifully related them to John
Hicks, who only laughed as he an
swered, I'VE get the place cheap and
until the ha'nt tries to force its ac-
qusintance upon us let us ignore It's
existence II II does exist"
And so they stuck to their quarters,
hearing OF seeing nothing out of the
ordinary until early spring, when the
place improved so much in general APP
pearanee under the beautifying touches
OF leaf and grass that the Hickses en-
tertained serious thoughts of trying to
become possessed OF this property.
One evening Estella sat at an open
window In the second story. The
house was very quiet. for John Hicks
was away and the black woman had
long since finished her accustomed la
bors and departed. Estella was very
happy and satisfied. Outside on the
lawn. now softly greer. long phalanx
OF white hyacinths shot up, permeating
the balmy air with their pungent odor.
Suddenly, through the silent house.
sound vibrated. the distinct patter OF
pair Of feet descending the stairs.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE POISON
Certain Cure for the Bites of Reptiles
Il a Last Discovery,

Certain Cure for the Bites of Reptiles
Is a Last Discovery.
From the Chautauquan: 1t Is very
noteworthy that many nations, races
and castles lowest in civilization have
for a long time protected themselves
against poisoning from snake bites by
4 method which never until the present
time, the twentieth century, has been
discovered by European scientists.
The races of Psyller in Africa, Morser
in Italy and Guner in India ages ago
possessed a means to insure themselves
against poisoning from snake bites,
and today there are people who are
not harmed by snake poison, If we
may believe the descriptions OF travel
ers. Such are the negroes on the Gui-
nea coasts, the race OF Elsower in
Barbary, some fakirs and snake charm
ers in India, the inhabitants of Ma
zamhique and some KafIlrs in South
Africa. The means used by all these
people to secure immunity from snake
venom consist in taking as medicine
the venom, either fresh or dried, from
the venom glands of snakes. The ma
jority eat the venom, but in Mozam-
bique the same result is gained by in
cculating with 1t. That these people
really do make themselves proof
against snake bites in this way seems
to be sure beyond doubt. Although
this method was made known long ago
in Europe by travellers, nobody SEEM
ed to take any notice of it until the
experiments of Pasteur and his school
had demonstrated the possibility of
utilizing it. Then scholars began to
study the effects on animals of feeding
snake venom and Of inoculating with
it, and to convert into scientific capt.
tai the avowals of these fakirs, KAT
frs, etc.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
standard varlet,e. of Chickens.

Langshans. - Langshans are the
smallest and most active of the Asiatic
class. They are a practical fowl in
more senses than one, and their pro-
life laying and excellent qualities make
them a profitable fowl for the farmer
and market poultryman. They are one
Of the Oldest varieties of poultry and
have always been held in popular es-
TEEN. The shape OF Langshans is dis
tinct from that of the Brahma or Co
chin. and should not be confused with
either Of the last-named varieties.
Langshans have white flesh and dark
legs, while the others are yellow SKIM
ed and acknowledged. The quality Il
the flesh of the Langshan is excellent,
being fino graine1. tender and nicely
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13


be told by the brand-new, shiny sign
iaring over the rickety gate, and they
were also young couple. Not so very
young in years, but young as a married
pair, for Miss Estella Warner had
looked quite over the head of Fellow
like John Hicks, but as year after year
passed and found her an unsuited fe-
male still, her gaze began to lower
until 1t rested not unkindly upon the
same John Hicks whom she had indig-
nantly fiouted five years before. They
were married very quietly, and as John
had little money laid by, they de-
cided to rent and furnish the Barry
cottage and settle down to housekeep-
ing at once. The cottage, quite large
and pretentious affair, was good enough
in its way, If the need of repair were
overlooked, but the reputation of the
place was what was to be considered.
"Give dog bad name and hang him."
1t is the same with a house in certain
localities. The Barry cottage stood
In the middle of an acre lot. pretty
lawn sloped to the road in front and a
nice garden stretched at the back to the
edge of tongue of woods. There
were many tempting bits of fotsam and
1etsam lying about the place, but none
of it was ever appropriated. The col
ored population, those strange folks
who exhale superstition with every
breath, gave the place a wide bertrand
though colored settlement stretched
along the other side of the wood, no
short cut was ever attempted across
Barry's acre.
"The place was haunted" was the
impression that was spread throughout
the country, though by what or whom
nobody seemed to know. One or two
OF the colored inhabitants. more i'm
aginative than their neighbors. asserted
that they had "done seed de ha'nt," but
what 1t looked like or what it had done
they were unable to say.
Estella was not long kept in ignor-
ance of the reputation of their new
abode. The Hickses came and settled
and the next step was to look out for
servant. Downing her wraps one even
ing Estella walked over TO the colored
settlement She had proceeded but a
little way up the road between the two
rows Of houses when she met two ne
crosses coming out Of cabin. Does
either of you want to hire?" she asked.
ITO do what?" they asked in chorus.
General homework" Estella an
swered, tersely. One OF the women
shook her head. Use q cook. mysef,"
she declared. with slight infection of
scorn.
"Whar you live at?" the younger one
ventured.
Estella pointed across the fields to
the cottage nesting among the groves
of china berries" "R ght yonder" she
sai1. There is only my husband and
l." The woman's jaw dropped and her
eyes rolled as she stared at the white
woman who was asking her to come to
live at Barry's acre. dat place. No,
not dis chile!" the younger woman de-
clared emphatically, while the elder
emitted long drawn out sound OF
serious denial. "Um-um. honey!"
why, what's the matter?" asked Es-
tella, q tri1e surprised.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
500 To ANY Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat and
Fail to Cure.

An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public a MAGICAL TREAT
MENT for the cure of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs 1t is
a WoNshRFUI TREATMENT magical in its
effects-positive in its cure. All readers,
who are suffering from weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar TO Lost Man.
hood should write to the STATE MEDICAL
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send you absolutely FREE, valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs.
of their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. Thous-
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cure, are being restored by them to a per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken.
Mt home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to 60 there for treatment, IL they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. O. ID. fake. They have
20O,000 capital, and guarantee to curs
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; OF their charges may be deposited in
bank TO be paid TO them when cure il
effected. Write them today.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
Cows MIX for FoaIs.

The Live Stock Journal has the fol-
lowing remarks on the feeding of foals
with cows milk: when the milk of
the dam proves insufficient for the
young foal it should be supplemented
by cows milk. Indeed, in any case, If
1t is desirable to force the growth and
condition of ioals, cows milk may he
freely given to 1t, in addition 10 TWO or
three feeds of oats daily. Many thor
oughbred foals are given cows milk
in almost any quantity b2th before
and after weaving, and Mr.. William
Day, the celebrated breeder and train
er, believes without any evil results.
While recommending pats for tho
young animals in tho early stage Of
existence when following the dam, the
same authority strongly dIscountenan-
ces the practice Of giving them beans,
peas, oilcake. or any Kind IF cund!-
ments or continental foods. Cows
milk, being considerably poorer in sac
charine matter than that of ;he mare,
should be sweegened by the ai1i.ioa Of
sugar 20 make 1t more pala;able to the
foal as we'll as more nutritious, by imi-
tating as closely as possible the nat
ural product Of the mare. IT is well not
to supply foals with milk from herds
known to contain tuberculous subjects,
although the horse IS nor, ike cattle
and human beings. very susceptible to
tuberculosis. Still, in valuable studs,
even the chance If infection should be
avoided"
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
PAIR OF BLACK LANGsHANs.

metallic black. with greenish sheen:
breast, primaries, secondaries, tail,
fluff, shank and toe feathers, black. The
undercolor is black or dark slate. The
White Langshan is pure white through
out. The standard weight of cocks for
both varieties is 10 pounds; hens, Z
pounds; cockerels, pounds; and pull
lets, 6 pounds.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
DoctorIng Fowls.

N THE A Is Z OF
poultry culture, J.
II. Davis, the au-
thor, says: Doctor
ing fowls is time
and money wasted.
If 1 ever cured a
fowl of any amic-
ton I do not know
it. OF course a few
got well, but they
might have got well
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
No Chance for nreaIsage

Gobang.-"He boasts that he never
breaks his word.
Grymes.-"T1at's so. No one win
take it long enough to give him the
opportunity"
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

Prices of Butter and Cheese.--The
relation existing between the cheese
and butter solids of milk is such that
the producer receives equivalent VA
ues for his milk when the Wholesale
price Of butter is approximately two
and one-half times as much as 1t is
for cheese. When the ratio OF prices
is less than this. milk can be made
into cheese with more profit. At the
present writing the market quotations
of butter are about twice those of
cheese. and 1t should be noted that
greater activity Is being shown in
cheese circles this spring than has
heretofore been the case for some
years.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

OF two evils. choose the least; of two sins.
neither.
More have repented speech than silence.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

1t pleases woman to be told that she Is
fascinating.
He that is slow to wrath is of great under
standing.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Parma Few
Hints as to the Care OF Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
ESTELLA'S liant"

HERE was q new
tenant at Barry's
acre. This family
was the first since
the young married
pair who had come
in the evening on
ly to hasten away
before the following
nightfall. The lord
and master was a
musician, as could
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

Seventeen cotton mills are in course
OF construction in North Carolina.
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13
No-To-Bac for Firty Cents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong blood pure. soc, 81. All druggists
The Yale expositor., 1897-08-13

Read a good agricultural paper II you
want to know how agriculture is pro-
crossing.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16

quickened ms pace, but TO his surprise
she did the same. only her motion con-
tinued to be that Of q swift gliding
along rather than walking. She was
near the tower, he fancied. and now as
he saw her form sweeping ON thither he
redoubled bis speed and once or twice
called out. Whether il was that he had
exhausted himself in the chase or that
the horror of what seemed to him now
the working of some awful, subtle.
wicked power had temporarily paralyzed
his voice he knew not, but he was con-
scious that bis efforts to call were little
moro than a whisper or a gasp, and this,
SO common in nightmares. ~ouriously
enough made him fancy m~omentarily
that he was only dreaming and would
presently wake. The next moment he
smiled to himself, even in that terrible
moment. for. he distinctly saw tho white
figure reach and melt into the gopuram,
and when a few minutes later he reach
ed the gateway he found the massive
door closed and immovable, and he
pressed 1t with all his might.
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tai in 1872 aud he was twice wound

raj in 1872 and he was twice wound
ed in battle.
! He visited England three times
and delivered over five hundred adj
dresses under the auspices of the
United Kingdom Alliance in every
part of the kingdom. He was ini-
tiated into the National Division,
Sons Of Temperance of North Amer
lea, at the session held in Richmond,
Va, in 1852, and was elected Most
Worthy Associate of that body.
He was the candidate of the Pro-
hibition party in 1880 for the Pres
idency of the United States and re-
ceiyed 1896 votes.
He was vice. president of the Ma
tional Temperance Convention, held
at Saratoga Springs in 1865, which
organized the National Temperance
Society and Publication House, and
has been a vice-president of the So.
ciety from its commencement, and
has always taken a deep interest il
its UNCONSTITUTIONAL Temperance I'D
V0cate.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16
A FASHIONABLE SYRUP.
The Experience OF an Ambitious Man
Who Wanted to be Tony.

Who Wanted to be Topy.
The following story is told of q
Kansas man who allowed his ambition
to interfere with his gastric
ments. The man, whose name was
Ike Dorchy, was In from his farm and
stopped at a general store i'm Emporia
to get some supplies. Fortune had
smiled on him and he had plenty of
money for a Kansas farmer.
He told the store keeper that he
was fixed up for better times and
wanted the best he had.
"Gimme Some raisins an some cove
oysters an somethin' nice to put on
griddle cakes" he particularized.
Nav; something nicer. Ben
eatin' molasses for twenty years. Amt
ye got somethin' slicker ?"
The grocer told him about maple
syrup and praised it highly. All the
tony people" OF Emporia used it, he
said.
"That's what 1 want. The high
tonedest you've got"
BY a strange mishap when the boy
went to pack the goods for the socially
ambitious farmer he took a tin Of
varnish, the varnish coming in square
can Of kind similar to those contain
Ing the maple syrup. ~hree or four
months afte~ward the man came back
to town and reported at the store.
The store keeper, having made the
discovery OF the error, was In a panic.
AT length he mustered courage to ask
how the maple syrup had answered.
"Oh, she was all right" said the
customer. "Kinder highfalutin, but
good. My wife at frst said she thought
1t was some rancid, but when 1 told
her what you said about 1t bein' a
heightened dish that the best people In
Empory jes' nacherally craved she
seemed to take a second holt, and now
she won't eat nothin' else. l thought
there was a kl1d Of a snap an bite tC
it that sorter reminded me o. what we
used to git when prohib tion first
mighty good stuff"
twas there any bad effect at all p
inquired the amazed store keeper.
We'll, now, | can't say there wasn't
You see it was my wife's first expert,
ence with dude grub an size kinder
lost her bead. Got ambitious. Allow,
ed that if we was good enough to have
that kind OF eatiu' we was good enough
to have some other things to match.
Bought a lot o. new chiny dishes from
a peddler an mado me promise I'd gi,
her a new hat with red in it an o dress
this trip in town.
Yes, l s'pose you might say thai
they was some bad effects, because
vanity Is certainly sinful, but you're 6
married man yourself an you know
they amt no wsy to stop q woman's
ambition when she begins to kinder
git In society. Gimme a couple gal
Ions more o. that strip, an if you have
some that has jes' a lee tie more o. thai
pleasant bitin' sting to it, why, let's
have that"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16

U.Nt .rff fas.E 49, Htf
to enter a Hindoc temple and became
utterly incapable of continuing her mis-
sionary work.
Ross dissolved his partnership with
Karney, and, having persuaded Lillian
TO give him the right to protect her
night and day, they were married, and
it did not require much further persua-
sion ON the part Of Ross to induce his
wife to leave India and her brother, for
whom she felt the same contempt as her
husband. Lillian could not explain how
she was irresistibly impelled to walk in
her sleep into the temple, but it was
long before she could Danish from her
mental vision the cobralike eyes of Prob
rada, the Brahman, and, truth to tell,
naturally human as he was, Ross could
not resist uttering an exclamation OF
profound satisfaction when, q few years
later, he read in a newspaper that Prob
rada had been ignominiously hanged for
his share in one of the fell massacres OF
the Indian mutiny.
THE END,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16
Hon. Neal Dow.

Hon. Neal Dow was born in the
city of Portland, Me-, on the Goth of
March, 1904. His parents we're of
the Society of Friends. His first
Identification with the temperance
movement was in connection with
the Maine Temperance Union, an or
%ganization composed of those who
withdrew from a society which had,
by the form of its pledge, compro-
missed with wine-drinkers. The Un-
ion appeared before the State Legis-
lature in 1887, demanding the abro-
cation of all license laws and the
substitution of prohibition of the
sale of all alcoholic beverages.
His first public appearance as an
advocate of the prohlbitory policy
was in 1889, when he appeared be-
fore the board of aldermen in his
own city and induced them to refer
the question of "~license" or sno IL
cense" to a vote of the citizens. No
license was defeated by a majority of
35 out of a vote of 1,163. In 1912
he again succeeded in having the
question submitted to the people,
and it was carried by a majority of
440.
He turned his attention to the
State in 1843. printing and circula-
ting at his wi expense petitions to
the Legis allure praying for a strin-
gent law and that "the traffic in in
toxicating liquors might be held and
adjudged an infamous crime" In
February, 1874, he went before the
Legislative committee, which report
ed a bill favorably. 1t passed the
House, but a defeated in the Sen
ate. Meetings were held all over the
State the next two years. Mr.. Dow
was speaking in school districts and
scattered a literature profusely ev-
erywhere over the State. In 1916
he secured the passage of a prohlb.
itory law by a vote of 81 to AZ in the
House and % to 5 in the Senate.
The penalties were insufficient, and
the next year another bill was pass
ed, but was vetoed by the governor.
In 1850 he presented a bill of his
own drafting and secured it's passage
in the House, but it was lost in the
Senate by a tie vote.
In 1851 he was elected mayor of
the city of Portland, and for the
sixth time appeared before the Leg.
islature with bill of his own, which
passed the House Sc to 40 and the
Senate Is to 10. Mayor Neal Dow
issued a proclamation that he should
promptly enforce the law, giving
vendors sixty days to ship their Ii.
quor out of the city. He seized two
thousand dollars worth of liquo,
and had it openly destroyed.
Mr.. Dow was reelected, and O
mob gathered to resist the execution
of the la Y; but he was equal to the
emergency, and the mob was repell.
ed and dispersed.
In 1853 he attended the Worlds
Temperance Convention, held in the
city of New York, and was made
president of the Convention. The
"Maine law" was repealed in 1856
but Mr.. Dow rallied the people anC
it was re. enacted in 1857 with in.
creased restrictions and penalties.
In 1861 he recruited the Thir
teenth Regiment of Maine volun
teers and a battery of artillery ane
entered the army. President Lin
coin appointed him brigadier gene
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16

NO kissing ever occurs in Japan
except between husband and wife
not even between a mother and child ;
no shaking Of hands in salutatiou. II
one were to Offer a kiss to q japanese
maiden, she would probably think she
were going to be bitten.
Great beds of fossilized fish have
been found in northwestern Colorado
at an elevation OF 5000 feet above sea
level.
Some men win a reputation for
what they don't say.
1t Is ~beauty's privil gre to kill time,
and times privilege to kill beauty.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16

Hon. Joseph N. Dolph, formerly
United States Senator from Oregon,
died on the 10th inst. at Portland. His
leg was amputated the day before, as
his life vas threatened with blood
poisoning, but the shock was too great,
and there was no chance of his recov-
cry. He vas born in 1885 at Watkins,
N. Y, and went to Oregon ia 1862. He
was appointed United States District
Attorney for Oregon by President Lin
coin In 1862. He was elected United
States Senator and served two Iull
terms. He received the caucus nomi-
nation for n third term at the session
of the Legislature two years ago, but
was def, ated after a deadlock, which
lasted until the last day Of the session,
when Mcbride was elected. Since his
retirement from the United States
Senate, Mr.. Dolph has practiced law
in Portland.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16

Close connections at Greenwood for all
points on $. A.. l.. and g.. &C. Railway, and
at Spartanhnrg with Southern Railway.
For information relative to tickets, rates.
schedules, etc add css
w. }. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Angus
ia, Ga.
T.. NJ. NORTH, Sol. Agent, augusta. Ga
j. S. Cureton, gent, &. Ill. ,Speights
Gen. Agent, G~reenville, s.. G.
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V.

What we do in moments OF sudden
and overwhelming trial is usually en-
tirely unlike that which we should pur.
pose to do could we know beforehand
what was going to happen.
When Ross reached the temple door
to find 1t fast, and yet was absolutely
positive that Lillian or her phantom had
gone in by that gate, he reeled back
ward, giddy for the moment and help
less. Then an inspiration and an inn
pulse came together, and he resolved
what to do. The gopuram was built on
the pyramidal principle, often acted on
In Hindoo temples, and the wear and
tear Of centuries had produced many ifs
sures, wherein flourished many peepuls,
the sacred fig tree Of India. One side Of
the tower was quite covered with the
luxuriant growth-very much, indeed,
as ivy covers an old wall in European
countries. The peepul is sacred to Wish
nu, and those trees were of great antiu-
uity, and by day Ross had often gaze6
up at some Of them-a singular sight
to heather eyes-growing literally out
Of the upper portions Of the building,
rooted deeply in mold deposited during
ages in the ~orevices of the decayed stone
work.
He had been as a boy a champion
climber in his native highlands, and he
went up now in the darkness, feeling
his way, determined to be doing some
thing and hoping to find some mode Of
entrance or observation into the temple
itself.
The ascent was much more easy thar
he expected, and as he mounted up he
found the masonry more ruinous than
it had appeared to DO from below in the
daytime. Some of the stones seemed tc
orumble beneath his hands and knees,
and he proceeded with the greatest care
to avoid knocking down some Of the