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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
RECENT INVENTIONS.
A list Of New and Useful Devices for
the Benefit OF Mankind

10 prevent the sparks from locOmo.
tives from setting fires new device is
formed OF an inverted cone placed over
the smokestack, ending in a bent tube.
into which an exhaust steam pipe pro-
Iccts to put out the sparks as they enter
the lube.
in newly patented churn for butter
making two h0lf-rOund dashcrs are
used, the handles being attached to
ccccntrics on {; shaft set in Il frame
work over the churn, turned by
crank or power, the two dashers work
lEg alternately up and down.
10 prevent bicycles from being stolen
q new lock is placed inside a small
chamber on the back side Of the head,
with bolt turned by II key to fit a re-
cess inside the head, when the front
wheel is brought in straight line
with the frame.
TO prevent the stealing Of combs
from motel washroomS new patent has
wire loop set into the metal back OF
the comb with both ends OF wire fas-
tened inside the back to make strong
attachment for the chain to which it is
fastened.
a handy ladder recently patented
has the rungs pivOtcd to the uprights
at each end, the inside OF one Of the up-
rights being recessed to receive the
rungs when the ladder is folded up for
carrying, the ladder being fastened
when open by an y brace.
For use as pcnwipcr new device
has two parallel rods fastened together
by spring hinge at one end, one rod
containing n revolving convex piece Of
| felt and the other rod holding con-
cave felt pad, the rods being brought
together by the hand over the pen.
For the purpose OF bracing stove
| pipes and holding the sections together
rod is placed inside the pipe connect
ed with an anchor inside the chimney,
the other end OF the rod projecting
| outside the pipe at the elbow and
being fitted with a thumb nut to
tighten the pipe.
| y new patented stool which folds up
has metal band attached by vivet to
one OF three uprightS, which are fas-
tened together at the centre to open
| out and form three legs, the upper ends
being recessed to hol4 ~ metal band,
over which is strctche. :. piece OF can
| vas to form the seat.
"A table for drawing purposes recent
| ly patented has Il roller ut each end Of
the table to hold the ends OF roll Of
paper which passes over the top and is
held in place for work without pins or
paste by means OF clamps at the ends,
the table being fitted with all the latest
drawing appliances.
a German inventor las patented q
device for preventing collisions be-
tween ships. which consists OF a tcle-
scOpic Jlb extending out In front Of the
vessel, which slides Upward when
touched by any object And completes
an electric circuit TO rSverse the en-
!, gines and turn the rudzher to alter h
II nourEe of tho ehin1 eEH1A.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

reply to the question whether he would
allow his name to bO used in the race
FOR Governor, he was very emphatic
and pronounced against it, while ox-
pressing high appreciation Of the
intended honor, and saying that under
other circums tances he might make a
different answer. On being told that Il
decided majority Of the convention ia
Vored his nomination, he explained
the position in which he was placed,
saying that he had said to Governor
Richardson far in advance OF the con
vcntiou that he would not oppose his
nomination, and that he could no,
break his promise, even though it was
made on the spur OF the moment, to
secure any position iu the gift of his
fellow citizens, as it would hc dishonor-
ing his pledge. In spite OF his refusal
an eitort was made to place him in
nomination, which was only prevented
by declaration on the floor Of tn.
convention by his brother, DR.. II. II
Earle, who was a delegate from Green.
vile County, that he would not serve
ii nominated.
The campaign of SOC opened will
the 'suggestlon" OF Capt. b. II. Till
manns II candidate for Governor by tn,
State Farmers Couventjou after the
issued by Capt. @. W. Shell.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

repeated those verses Of his whore,
aIiuding TO the coming marble mem.
orlaIs TO the slain soldiers Of the South.
he said
" And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shat is in the stone"
| have thought bctimes that South
Carolina has not properly appreciated
this gifted mau's memory. He de-
serves to be cherished among her
greatest treasures. Is it any wonder
that some Of the contemporaries of
Timrod, witnessing his melancholy
career, turned from the mise. and
sought gainful occupations in trade or
prose, especially men Of family who
mad no assurance that wives and chill,
urcn would be cared for by the public
when they were wandering on Mount
olympus? Some Of these men, lone
surviving their brethren, do not
regret their abandonment OF poetry
Tor increasing years eliminate romance
ana make the mere ambition for fame
Il vanity of vanitios. Still the practical
men, VINO once asDircd to become what
the world calls immortal as poets, ad-
mire the lofty ideal of Timrod and his
hdeLity to his art. They look with
pathetic interest upon his record and
would rejoice to see his memory resru.
ed from the sOrdid things OF earth. For
my part | do not value as | once did
those things that many men contctG
ior and | know how empty they are,
but it is impossible to c0ntemplate
what III hnry Timrod accomplished and
not desire that he should be properly
honorcd, loved and crowned.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

OF this sort, and Judge Earle was nom
nnatod in the second primary on tho
9TH OF September by majority of 331S
votes He continued to act as Circuit
Judge until tho Legislature elected
MN United States Senator on the Goth
Oh January by a unanimous vote, and
he was holding court at Florence when
the ballot was taken.
Senator Earle just before the inau-
guration went to Washington, and
when tho extra session was convened
on the 10Th Of March he was sworn ia
as u Senator from South Carolina. In
couple OF weeks he was taken sick,
and from Il stubborn attack of the
grip was developed other compiica-
lions, which resulted in the advice Of
lls physician at Washi. gton that q
'eturn home would be beneficial. For
month he has been battling against
'he encroachments, Of Bright's dis
'aSo, which finally terminated his life
st haif-past five o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, surrounded by his entire
family, and in full possession of his
consciousness that the end was at
hand.
IT is not proper to intrude further
nto the family circle than to say that
nls domestic relations were OF t.c
aapplest and sunnicst nature. His
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
SAM JONES ON THE POWER OE GOD.
WHAT IS DOWNRIGHT LOYALTY?
His Prelude on the Collcction-3n
Earnest Sermon in Which He
Strikes Some Sturdy Blows.


Strikes Some Sturdy Blows.
Sam Jones, the noted evangelist, is
conducting series Of meetings in Au-
gusta, Ga, and is creating u stir in
that city by his direct and forcible
bows at the sins of the day. HIS SER
mon on the concluding sentence of the
Lords prayer is striking in its vigor
ana earnestncss, and MS remarks at
the time OF the collection were SO typi-
cal that we give them as a prelude to
the sermon itself:
Now comes the inevitable, ubiouit-
Gus collection. 1t hpunts some peopie. |
wish everything in this world was free.
You have free schools; youwanted free
silver, and some OF you would like to
have free toarding houses. Some Of
your sons-in law have them, too. It's
hne thing to be able TO live on YOUR
wife's father, amt it? Some time a
man thinks he's lost daughter when
he finds he's only got another kid. It's
fine thing, but if you ever catch me
living of my father-iD-law or having
my daughters husband living on me,
Just hang me. Pm like the woman who
always was borrowing her neighbour
| orass kettle and when she got one OF
her own she said: Thank God, ri
Nio''oi ooiio" hOI lCIlu. ALI pn0 aver
| age girl who has leisure and bicycle
has to do is to run down some dude and
alt he'll have to do will be to keep his
bicycle in repair"
| This morning | want to talk to YOU
on subject that has always been in
terestlng to mo and cannot fail to inter
est every Christian. | mean to take as
text the last clause OF the Lords
prayer: For thine is the kingdom,
the power. and the glory for ever.
/ Amen"
1 Ii you take the supernatural out oil
Christianity you will have only a sort
OF Buddhism and Coniucianism And
l have noticed that II you take out the
original fervor from religion you soon
DRIFT to intidelity. Some deny the ex
istence OF God with their mouths and
others act like they deny it. | love tC
be candid and If act like didn't be-
lieve 1t wouldn't profess belief with
my mouth.
When preachers lose their first fer
vor they make good essayists, good ora
tors, but hardly goodpreachers. $50,
thine is the kingdom, the power anc
the glory" L wantto talk to you, bu,
| object to your going TO sleep here
give you boarding, but not lodging
IL you want to sleep go to a hotel
Some OF these morphine eating sisters
may be asleep WITH their eyes open
but | don't mind that so much. A
morphine sister. II [ had wife lik,
that I'd go to Chicago where a maj
Gan get divorce six minutes after h,
lands there. And I'd be grass wild
over and she'd be a dog.fennel widow
Do you know the difference between
grass and q dog.fennel widow I? On,
leayes her husband and the others hus
5band leaves her.
i Ilillustrate what / mean by thi
I lpower of God by an illustration. FoI
Tpeople will stay awake to hear an illus
ktration though they'll sleep through
a the rest OF tho sermon. Suppose h a,
n three dogs standing here, ali eqhal Il,
welght, size and condition and iaae Al
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
HE WON THE PRIZE,
The Married Man Whose Wife Gave
Him So She Found on the Floor.

There were five or six of them sitting
about the stove in the drug store, ana
they had been telling some pretty tall
stories, says the Detroit Free Press.
inc druggist was man O. some hu-
NOR and invention and he cOncOcted
a mixture OF great potency and fine
tlavor composed of sp. frumenti, sac
charum alba, cOrtcX limonis CaroDhil-
lus aromatlcus and aqua pura q. $.
This mixture he proposed to admins.
ter to wnomsoever should tell the big
g.st story, and the party at once began
to stretch their inventive powers to
the fullest extent. a toilet soap
drummer was appointed Judge, and
the prize mixture, steam hot sat in an
eight-ounce graduated measure upon
the edge OF the stove.
Tho colonel told q war story OF the
Munchansen variety, the squire relat-
ed II hunting adventure that evinced a
decided genius for evading the truth,
and the postmaster made strong bid
for the prize with u snake story big
enough to make the sea serpent jcal
Gus. The others followed in turn, and
the last man, the major entered the
competition. 4'hc major had in his
mind a remarkable narrative about u
dog that he owned that did some won
derful things, and he began his story
in this way
Last Wednesday morning I got up
little later than usual and went down
to breakfast. Most of you have seen
that brown setter Of mine--L c's good
deal smarter than most men. Well,
that dog was in the dining room when
| went in. AS | came in the door my
wife, who was waiting for me, said:
John, when went in to wake you
up this morning found this 50 bill on
the floor. You must have dropped it
from your pocket when you undrcssed
last night Then she handed me the
bill. Now, that dog OF mine was ="
"Wait minutc," said the toilet
soap drummer, you needn't go any
further with your story. The prize is
yours. Pm married man myself, and
that lie you've just told is one that
you'll never improve on. / hereby
render a decision in your favor"
AS there were no single men in the
crowd not voice was raised in protest
against the judges verdict.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
HEKBEKT /
Fort Worth, Texas.
A POETS TRIBUTE TO TIMROD.
The South Carolinian's Lofty ideal
and His Fidelity to Art

J. II. Randall in Augusta Chronicle.
| read with interest the article writ
ten by Prof. Link on Henry Timrod.
| knew the poet well. My first knowl-
edge OF him was at Charleston, when
used to write poetry myself. DR.. John
Dickson Bruins, at that time, q brilliant
young man, the friend and patron of
the tuneful brethren, told me several
sensitiveness. He seemed to be alb.
sorbed in hiD art, and was painfully
hurt when anyone disagreed with his
estimate OF the bards OF high renown.
He could not comprehend how any in.
telligent being had the lemerity to
rank Byron above Wordsworth. He
appeared to forget that this wor Id is
made up OF contradictory clements,
and that men are to he taken wise as
they are and not as we desire them To
be. The fact Is, Timrod, full OF the
noblest genius, was not practical, and |
have seldom met anyone so singuarly
unified for combat with this world
He made several heroic efforts to fit
himself for lise's struggle or to adapt
himself to circumstances, but frail
constitution, delicate nerves, ideal
longings and u spirit that constantly
wore out the pnyslcai envelope, proved
too much for him. Poverty and neglect,
along with sorrow and Disappointment,
were added to his other agonies, ana
80 death was inevitable. | once met
him at MOBILE, in the ear part OF the
war, and he unbosomed himself to me
We visited together the celebrated
lady who wrote "Beulah then Miss
Augusta Evans. Timrod was victim
OF night.bindness. He could not guide
himself after dark, and piloted hin
around.
He was true to his art to the last
just as Hayne was, and deserves to b,
ranked among the first OF our Southern
poets. In some respects he was essen
TALLY the first He was In Americi
what Keats was to- England, and ther,
is a pathetic sim PARITY in their live
end ldenths IL " said that Governo
y SslkpdtatS. g. MasHachusetts,. constautl,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
n PLEASANT SURPRISE.
Charleston Wakes Up to the Fact
that 1t Has piano Factory and
Now Wants Several Mere Uhinrs

Charleston Wakes Up to the Fact
that 1T Has piano Factory AID
Now Wants Several Mere Things.
Charleston News and Courier.
The greater part Of this community
We're rs much surprised as pleased
when they read the announcements
yesterday morning that Il piano manu-
factory has been added TO our local
industries within the past few weeks
and is actually making pianos for sale
IN other parts of the country.
1T Is fact, nevertheless. The story
OF the new enterprise was briefly told
yesterday, and Is u very interesting
one. There was no fuss and feathers
before or about its birth. There were
no appeals for subscriptions; no meet
'ngs and talks and resolutions. and
more talks aftcrward. 1t was a sur.
prisingly simple matter-gctting the
concern on its feet and putting it to
work.
t beats everything, as the saying is
why, we might as well have had a
piano factory here all this time. All
tnat was needed was TO put up the
small capital needed for one, and hunt
up Mr.. Dustonsmith and secure his
co operation in the business Doubt.
so " Souiu nave you nlIll, experience
and all, twenty years ago, instead of
asst month.
We have recently got a box factory
and bag factory and shoe factory
and hose factory in that way We
might get some more small factories
IN the same way. Our pleasant sur
prise in the matter Of the piano fac
tory is suggestive. 1t suggests that
we should look out and advertise for
more Oustonsmiths aud Codys, with
their experience in making things for
the wholesale trade, and induce them
to make several things here. There
are lots of vacant buildings, even build.
ing sites available, even below Lime
street. We should try to have them
occupied by more good looking young
men giving shape to things never
shaped here before.
Possibly we might get blcachery
in this way. Possibly Il spool thread
factory Possibly wool factory.
Possibly a furniture factory. Possibly
"a glass, or pottery, or pork, or beet
sugar, or stove, or cutlery, or button.
or bucket, or Agricultural implement,
or some other kind Of factory that we
have not now.
Possibly we will not make an intel
Iigcnt and earnest effort To get any one
OF them, but will wait for some other
strangers from distant points of the
country to come down and discover
our natural advantages for themselves,
without aid or invitation or sugges-
tion on our part. We shall see what
we shall see.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
PECAN CULTURE,
N Texan Tells About the Value of
the Tree and How to Raise II.

Probably there Is no investme Mt of
80 small cost that will yield so large q
revenue for the life time of the planter
and his descendants as that of growing
large pecan grove on the farm. Not
only the value OF the acreage contain
ing the trees, but every acre of the
farm will be increased In value IL a
grove OF twenty to fifty acres be
planted.
Comparing the cost of planting of
fruit trees, orange groves and the like,
the expense OF planting pecan grove
is the least OF them all Not only that,
but when once planted, always planted,
Tor when they come into bearing at Al x
years OF age they continue to increase
their bearing until the trees are thirty
years old, but will bear during their
long life of six hundred years. The
pecan trees are very hardy, being OF
the same family as the hickory and
olack walnut, have deep tap cots and
1T Is a rare sight to see In our forests
elther dead pecan tree or one blown
down.
Planting tho pecan tree in groves as
they do tae olive in California, 20x2O
leet apart, gives 126 trees TO the acre.
we have reports from California OF
olive trees earning from 81, 300 to 81 500
per acre The oil from them sells ut
$l'oo per quart. AT seven years of age
they earn $500 to the tree, and double
tnat when they are twelve years old
Inc owner OF The largest olive grove
In California says these estimates are
rather under than over. In fact, he
said he was almost afraid to tell the
whole truth, for fear he would not be
believed. Did / give his name he
could be easily recognized as one o
the most reliable growers Of the Pacific
| coast.
WHAT'S true OF the olive is true o
the Texas thin she'll pecan, which, Will
cuitiyat on and care, far exoels tn,
forest growth. We have many will;
trees orseedlings which are under cul,
siyS.l9n S,.hs1s gita 81 ,S, Yields q Vi Gee
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25
Gatherings
Va.

Va.
America has 300
Rhode Island has D.
--Mtino has housed ,IS5,,
ice.
- Germany has 100000 to-.
workers.
America uses half the worlds
quininnc.
The United States contain 5000,
farmers.
The cruiser Brooklyn will repre-
Jubilee in England.
There arc one-half million women
In this country classified as agricul-
tural laborcrs.
- The San Jose (Cal) Fruit Packing
company has forwarded Il carload Ut
fruit TO South Africa.
"A natural gas we'll has been struck
at Walton, Ky, and pipe line may
De Iald to Cincinnati, o., twenty miles
distant.
Natural gas in immense quanti-
tcs has been discovered in an artesan
VOL at San Antonio, in the State of
Texas.
"A French fishing vessel struck an
iceberg of the Newfoundland Coast,
ana out of II men on board only
survived.
The governments Of Chile and
bEaHil have entered into an alliance
win view to guaranteeing # peace
in South America.
Investigations are being made OF
the extracts Of the Nile to develop
electr' power for manufacturing and
irrigahug rdrposes.
Miss Annie S. Peck has succeeded
IN placing herself on record as the
Mount Orizaba, Mex Its top is Is, """
tnot above the sea.
The only pearl farm in tn
is IN Australia. 1t covers a
o"1 square niles of water
men and $50 vessels are
the crop.
The Baldwin Locomo,
'l philadelphia, received
oiN locomotives to be built
{ government Railways, Of
! mis- is the fist order frurn
'or number OF yc""
In England
ogally give "a certi
Il death unless he ht
he person at least forty,
before death. Without such
lcate no undertaken is permi
)ury the body.
"A new episode has been added to
ne history Of the bicycle. In France
he other day two ladies were stopped
"a the road by bicycle woman, who
rev a revolver and forced them to
urren!acr thel :aluables
"A large manufacturing concern
now in Germany, has completed
to transfer its entire
business to .MiddlcseX Co, N j., to
Iotain the benefit Of the American
market aud TO avoid the high tariff.
The present plant Of the firm EMPLOYS
about 1000 persons. a few DAYS ago
me agent Of the company closed Il con-
tract Tor the purchase Of 600 acres of
and, on which it is proposed to found
.he village. Work will be begun in a
snort time to clear aud drain the land.
Thaddcus Stevens was once opposed
n debate by Horace Maynard, Of Ten
lessee. Maynard was very tall aud
straight, and had long black hair,
which he wore we'll down over his
'oat collar ana which gave him saips
Hhat tho appearance of an Indian. IT.
vas even rumorcd that lie had some
,boriginal blood in his veins. Nav.
lard prided himself on his scholarly
4tAinpents, and at tho close of his
.ddrcss he quoted one OF two Latin
'erses. Old Ihad replied to Maynard's
argument in his usual vigorous man
Ter, and then paused for few seconds,
Intil ho had secured the attention OF
# the entire House. Turning to May
lard, who sat some distance behind
lim, he delivered this parting shot: 80
much for the gentIcman's English. AS
% his Choctaw, do not profess to un-
lcrstand it,"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

The longest bridge in tho world is
stated to be the new structure orer the
Danube, which exceeds the Length Of
the Tay Bridge in Scotland by 1900
feet. The longest span of the new
bridge measures 622 feet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

-Nine-tenths of the whisk brOoms
sold and used In the United States are
made from broom corn grown in Kan
sas. MoSb OF tho ,brooms are manu-
factured ih II Rochester, and other Eas-
ternscitfee, hlItAbo row material comes
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-25

repeated those verses Of his whore.
aluding TO the coming marble mem.
orials to the slain soldiers Of the South.
he said
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-07-03
TOLEDO, OHIO, sOBOTA, LIPCA 1897

fan, gdyz O,srewski nalesy tu daw.
no do partyi niesadowol nych. w
eksplczyi tel odni6st Olszewsk
znsczne Porauienia kto vie cay
wyzdrowieje. Poranienia te odni6si
oa, ratujac tone palscego sic bu
dynku. w lynne domu mieszkasa II
CORY fsmilia Michaaovskich. Wszy-
soy jeduak zdolali VEGAS sic urato.
wac. Eksplozya ia dale wszystkim
wiele do myslenia, policya stanow
czo twierdzi, ze byas ona dzieaem
zayoh ludzi. Ludzie znajacy sic IA
sile cial wybuchowy4h powiadaja,
ze do eksplozyi ueyto okoao 200 fin.
tow dynamitu. Sskody wynosss
$4,000.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-07-03
AFORYZMY.

Jezeli kogos ME lubisz, ME powi.
nienes MIN m6w:t.
Wesolosc przedluza nam zycie;
bo wesolosc jest wynikiem dobroci.
Ten jest niezdolnym do dobrego
ozynu, kto ME luoi innym dobrze
radzi6.
Me mozemy kontrolowa6 cudzej
zsosliwosci, ale mozemy ia lekce'
wazyd.
Kiedy cz}owiek jest W b}edzie, a
ME ohoe sic dac przekonac, wtedy
swa z}osc okazuje.
Jest to maksyms niezaprzeczouej
prawdy, 20 cz}owi k mies1s 10Y sic,
W cudze interesy, czyni to zaz W.
czaj W zamisrze szkodzenia.
w dyspucie badz powazoym i
chlodno traktuj przedmiot; alb,
WIEN goraozkujac sic, bs4d got6wes
pope}nlt, m6wiac prawde, ssrac'c
przyjaciela.
Me sadz ozaowieka pozoru.
Czesto pod usmiechem, osiadiym ma
ustach miesc sic frssunek, wzrok
surowy kryje niekiedy boski spok6j
i rados6.