davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Selecting tho I,Ims.

lu selecting tho pig best suited for
converting food into pork, there are
several matters to be observed. and
these should be paramount at the out
set, rs no after caro- can compensate
for errors of selection. Fineness of
bono insures having but little oflal,
and Il pig with fine bone seldom dis
appoints his owner when he is
slaughtered. \ broad, dishcd face,
with snout short and turned up, indi.
Gates an aptitude to fatten, and is ono
of the surest indications of n good
pig.
No hog should have bristles, as
these have been bred away from all
the best breeds, and they will not be
tolerated ut present on any respecta-
bic farm, rs they Indicate c]oarsenoss,
restlessness and preponderance of
otfal. Besides these outward indica-
%tions, which include squarenes of
form, tinencss Of hair and depth and
length of carcass, the propensities of
the pig should be observed. He
should not be n squcaler, nor should
he be restless. He should patiently
lilo down without even travelling
oround tho pen. As q rule, the dis.
position of tho pig aud his proponsi.
ties correspond to his form, and but
few errors will be made ii the selec-
ton of the pig is made as directed.
No corn shorld DC fed until lust
previous to hardening the fat, and all
heating or fat.producing food should
be avoided rs much rs possible dur
ing the summer. \ pig when in the
pen will do we'll enough on vegetables,
refuse, etc, ii given a little bran and
milk daily, rs corn can do its duty
later in the season.-Tenncssee Fyr-
mcr.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
CHAPTER XIV.
ERIC's SUCCESS.


AS Erie Brentwood paused at the
head of the stairs of the old haunted
house, he listened attentively to hear
the sound repeated.
All, yes; there it was again! IT
sounded as if some one were sobbing,
and from what he could understand of
the position of the rooms, he sur
missed that the person who was utter
ing them was confined in the apart
ment at the extreme end of the corri-
dor.
Striking another match, he pro.
ceeded in that direction and could
o o see n pale streak of light shining
form beneath the door.
AS he approached, lie decided to
knock on the panel.
AS he did so, n voice, which he re-
membered so well and which lived con-
tinnally in his dreams, spoke in n
plaintive tone:
ION, do go away and leave me alonel
l so hate the sight Of you that [ would
rather be alone forever than to look on
your facet
1T is not he whom you suppose it
to be, but n friend who has come to
release you" answered Eric, in tones
SO earnest and unlike those Of Carlos
Monteri that the girl uttered q little
gasp of surprise.
ooh, sir, do you really mean it?"
she cried.
"On my honor rs a gentleman, / do.
Tell me: Has not that man who left
here a short while ago locked you in
here against your will?"
YES" she answered. ooh, sir,
whoever you are, 1 will bless you for
ever il, you will only rescue me from
that man! You will have to break open
the door, as he has the key"
Eric pushed his strong frame against
the door, and for q second time sue
ceedcd in forcing OFF alock. The door
swung inward, and there before him
stood the girl for whom he had been so
vigorously searching-for whom he
would willingly lay down his life, if
necessary.
Comet" he said, as he went for
ward and took her hand in his. 1--WE
must leave here as soon as possible,
lest that villain return. But first tell
me: Are you his wife?"
His wife!" she exclaimed. "No,
mol How could you think that?"
THANK heaven!" said Eric. "I
felt certain that you were not that
mans wife, although he told Jock, the
gypsy, So"
Jock the gipsyv" she repeated.
"Who is he2"
DO you not remember Of being ill
in q gypsy Campo"
mo, sir. I was ill, 1 know, and anu
scarcely well yet. See how weak and
neryouq 1 am. The least exertion I'M
nerves me-
Have you had. any medical atten.
tion since you have been here? Has
that ~ left YOU to suffer without tbs
proper restoratiyes2p aeked Eric, az
be still held er.hand close in his.
mo. Although he has kept me q
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
WISE WORDS.

We live no more Of our time here
than we live well.-Carlyle.
Ono ought to have q good memory
when he has told n lie. -Fuller. '
The fruit derived from labor is the
sweetest Of all pleasures. -Yanenar
CUES.
Kindness Is the golden chain by
which society is bound together. -
Goethe.
The highest manhood resides in dis.
position, not in mere intellect,-H.
w. Beecher.
He that wants money, means and
content is without three good friends.
Shakespeare.
Unbecoming forwardness oftener
proceeds from ignorance than impu-
dence. -Gfeville.
OF all the faculties of the mind mem
DRY is the fret that hourishes and the
first that dies. Cotton.
The desire OF knowledge, like the
thirst OF riches, increases ever with
the acquisition of it.-Sterne.
Always remember that there are two
sides to every question, and that there
is a possibility Of your being OH the
wrong side. -Spurgeon.
Spare minutes are the gold dust OF
time; tho portions Of life most fruitful
in good or evil the gaps through which
temptations enter. Mrs. Thrall.
Opportunities are never found by
the INDECENT and inattentiye; they are
for the men and women who try to adj.
vance, and you should endeavor to en-.
Joy them in their fnlness. -Sterhe.
That is not the hest sermon that
makes the hearers 60 away talkip "a,
II another and praitingth the ppy .cher.
but that which makes them 90 away
thoughtful and serious, and Fastening
to be alone.-The Watchman,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
The Word "Expediency."

SO scrupulous was tho Queen iniak-
ing care to fully understand every doe
ument placed in her hands that Lord
Melbourne was reported to have coca
sionally declared that he would rather
have to deal with ten kings than ono
queen. Having submitted some act OF
Government for the royal approval, he
was proceeding to urge the expe,ii-
ency of the measure, when the Queen
stopped him, observing: u have bcen
taught to Judge between what is right
and what is wrong, but 'expedicney'
is a word 1 neither will ) hear nor to
.r'derstand. New York Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
THE TWO QUALITIES
That Cannot Fail to Rendor a Maria -
Happy,

Happy.
III M starts on a trim with friends
the great necessity as a means to fruit-
ful pleasure is compatibility of spirit
ana a constant guard upon thoughtless
impulse. How much more is this true
or the trip through life with the friend
CHOSEN from out the world as the one
most verify our love, respect and self
sacrifice. In all friendship it IS wise to
hunt out the sunny spots to be found in
every character II rightly sought: and
SO In marriage-if man and wife find
themselves sitting in the shade Of each
others dispositions. they must seek the
sunlight together or storm clouds will
gather overhead, says the National"
What we need In marital partnerships
IS more courage and consideration
courage with which to meet our own
faults; consideration with which to
meet other peoples. A marriage bal
ahced by these weights IS sure to pros
per and point out & paradise where the
circulation Of the soul is purified.
III facts were SNted, the statistical re-
suit would probably show that the ma
jority OF married people are az happy
as it is intended mortals should be.
Unhappy marriage is sensational,
therefore the world hears all about IT,;
happy marriage Is like the American
whom one never hears about In Eu-
rope. because he is merged into the
great human class OF the u~nostenta-
tiously refined, wearing no sign OF his
good breeding except the breedin, tt
self.
Men and women make their own
conditions: conditions do not make
them, but as Thomas Carlyle puts 1t.
Life anywhere will swallow n man
cnless he rise and vigorously try to
swallow It,"
Marital existence. we admit. IS a
struggle with possibilities and pessi-
mism; however, we are pilots OF our
WI boat. and unless we mark II
channel well through the shoals and
rocks we are likely to go to the bot
tom as food for pessimistic fishes.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

The rabbit pest in Australia has
grown to such proportions that many
armers and sheep men IRE practically
ruined. All the efforto of science,
stimulated by the governments stand.
ing offer of n big bonus, to cope With
the evil have proved fruitless, ard
now many of tho farmers have turned
rabbit hunters, with shipload after
shipload of the little rodents sent to
England for food. Conditions are so
favorable to rabbits in California and
Colorado that ereat hunts to extern.
lnote the peat We already common
Any tendency to promote rabbit
breeding in other sections should be
discouraged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
---.
A Doctors Advice Frcci

About Tetterine. DR., NJ Il. Fielder
OF Eclectic p. O., Gilmore Co., Ala,
says: 81 know it &c be a radical cure
for letter, salt rhcun, eczema and all
kindred diseases Of the skin and scalp.
never prescribe anything else in all
skip troubles" Send soc. in STAMPS
for a box Of it, postpaid, to the man
ufacturer, j. II. Shuptrine, Savannah,
Ga, if your druggist doesn't keen il,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

The original thirteen States con
tanned 325, 785 square miles, or POS,
oo2, . acres. In 1898 the United
States contained 2,720, 100 square
miles, or 1888, 1873, 800 acres, in or,
ganized states. 1t also contained
oo6, 2I0 square miles. or SGT, PIP, SOC
acres of territory not organized MS
states. This does not include the
new foreign possession acquired by
the war with Spain.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

simply a post set in the ground at an
anglo, and the one at b consists of
two posts with a top piece. Ono of
these posts must be considerably
higher than the other, so that the
upper piece will slope. Tho posts
must be set firmly in the ground and
the top piece mortised in; otherwise
it will be broken of.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
STATE OF ONO. CITY or ToLEDo.ls

LUCAS pbSll
FRANZ j. CHENEY makes 0ath that hcls he
senior partner of TIE firm % j. +. CUENEV s.
Co..doint businose IN the City o. oledo, oua-
ty end state azores, i'd, and thatsaid firm will
Q CHI and every case of CATARRH that cnunoi
be cured by the use OF H>nL's CATARRn
CURE. FRAME y CHENEY,
Sworn To before me aud subscr.p bed in my
- presence, this oh day OF eroin yer,
SEAL y. ID. 1851, A. w. GLEASON,
- Notary publ g
Halls Catarrh Guieis Saken in formally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
fhceE Of the system. send for testimonials
free. II. j, CHENEY IL CO, Toledo, q.
Sold by Druggists, &c.
Halls Family / Ills are the best.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

; FARM TOPICS
Observation-Disclosures
Rubbing Posts For Stock

In pastures where there are no
trees or uuderbrush, stock will often
rub against fences, causing consider
able injury, particularly il the fences
are made e. rails or boards. If rub.
bling posts are provided this will be
obyiated to a certain extent, and the
stock given considerable comfort.
Two convenient forms are shown in
the illustration. Tue one at q is
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Lost SIcht

Restored and the eyes cured by usiog
Elndley's Eye Salye. No pain, ,ure cure or
money hack. 2SC. box. Ali u~iuxgistR. or ny
mail, "jC. per tox, J. L. MAYPsE, DevatuE,
lex.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
MALTA FEVER.

Malta fever takes it's name from thu
fact that It was first studied among
the British troops in the Island Of NAL
ia. 1t occurs along the shores and
among the islands OF the entire Medtt-
errarean sea. In this country 1t has
become OF interest from the fact that
among the troops returning from Cuba
iast autumn several cases were found
or a disease which closely resembled
IL. indeed, 1t is now believed that NAL
Ia fever prevails in the Mediterranean
or the western hemisphere as we'll rs
IN that OF the eastern. 1T occurs In
Hongkong, and doubtless also in the
Philippine Islands.
Malta fever prevails all the year
round, but by far the greatest number
OF cases occur in summer. 1t is not
believed to be contagious; the specific
microbe. as III the case of typhoid few
er, is supposed to be conveyed in
water.
The early symptoms are like those
OF any other fever, namely: wakeful-.
nSss and headache. n large n flabby
tongue covered with a thin yellowish
fur, loss Of appetite. aid sometimes
nausea, or even vomiting. THERE'S n
slight cough, and every night, toward
morning. the patient suffers from q
profuse perspiration.
After about a week OF these symp-
toms. the fever. which has till now
been very slight. begins to rise. 1t rises
a few degrees above the normal, sell
dom to a dangerous height. and then
goes on Il on, sometimes for months,
until the patience OF everybody Is ex-
hausted.
The patient does not seem to be very
sick; indeed, he often feels fairly well,
but the wretched fever continues, now
up, now down. and the sufferer loses
hesh n strength, and takes on a
dirty, sallow look. Occasionally he has
eumati symptoms, which resemble
very closely those of real infammatory
rheumatism. One Of the larger joints
VIII suddenly become painful, red and
swollen, remain 80 for a day or two,
and then get suddenly we'll, while an
other Joint begins to suffer in the same
way. This may go on indefinitely from
Joint to joint. till the patient is as
weary of the rheumatism as he is OF
the fever. .
Malta fever may last only a few
weeks, or 1t nay continue with inter-
walls OF apparent freedom for a year,
or even two years. Very few people
die OF the disease. SO far as doctors
have yet discovered, there Is no medi.
cine that will cure or shorten the dis
ease; all that can be done is to nurse
the patient and keep up his strength
until the fever dies out. Quinine Is USE
less. We shall probably lear more OF
his tiresome affection during the pres
ent summer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
AN INTERRUPTED HONEYMOON
lie "Keepa His Ego Peeled" Even {,
This Day.

lie Keeps His Ego Peeled" Even e
This Day.
Even now the old lawyer CRASHES hi!
teeth and says things under his breath
when he thinks Of it, says the Detro,.
Free Press.
Il followed my fathers advice and
went west" he tells. IL haven't the
least doubt in the world that the OLD
gentleman got his idea from Horace
Greeley. ] set up my Office in a new
where the JsIaGk- ~ x revolver
ATTRACTED no moro attention than a fire
Ilarm in Il big city, and had a hand in
almost every case that was tried. But
| declined to fall into the ways Of the
community. | Denounced lynching az
worse than Darbarism, sailed into tho
a~uthor1t!es as being parties TO this
class OF crimes and even defed public
sentiment to the extent Of defending
horse thieves. ! received a good many
threatening letters, but stood ~ my
guns. During this exciting experience
1 Tell In love with the lovliest girl on
the whole bounding west, and we were
married. Then my enemies began tn,
work OF fendish revenge.
We were actually at the depot an6
0 to start on a long wedding tour
through the east when | was
ed as a witness in an important mining
suit about which l knew nothing. In
vain 1 urged this s.act, pleaded, de.
nounce and threatened. The officer,
who had evidently been coached, de.
clared me a witness trying TO escape
the jurisdiction Of the court and very
promptly clapped me in Jail. The next
day / was fined 500 for contempt OF
court and thirty days in jail were add
led because l talked back. That was
my honeymoon, and I was the maddest
man within the pale OF civilization.
once free took the flyer for Detroit
and the letter / wrote that judge fairly
scorched the envelope. He tried to ex.
tradite me, but failed, and then he sent
me a challenge. That failed, too, but
/ have his assurance, written thirty
gears ago that he would shoot on sight,
DO YOU know 1 keep my eyes peeled
while on the streets, cyrh to this day"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Start Right No~

And guard against winters trials. Kings
Emulsion will give you Flesh and bone.
you'll ieol different. zoe and Sl.OO. All
dealcars sell 1t. Guaranteed. Bruwp,i.G
DUNN Co., Charlotte. \. c..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
SEED WHEAT ,I IIII

We again ofnr tho clcnnrst s"cd whca, IN
the market, and from probably tho isrrcst
crop yield in he state, Il not the UuilcI
States.
We had 355 acres in vkeat this year. auG
the crop averaged 20 bushels Ter u"r".
Where we had n good stand, not winter
killed. we had ovcr40 bushels or acre OUc
hundred bushels OF our wheat will cpn:.in
less cookie seed than one hush:l OF ordinary
eccd wheat.
Pi!cc $l.l6 pcrbushcl on cars at charlotte.
Bags hold two bushels and arc new. 10
charge for bags. Terms: Cash with order.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

! believe Piso's Cure for on,umptioa saved
my boy 3 lie last summer. Mr.. AIIlE
DOUGLASS, le Roy, Mich, October ~, 1884.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

The actor is usually referred to as an arr.
ist when he begins so draw well.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

Fits permanently cured. No hts or nervnu,-
RES after frst days uso OF Dr. Kllne's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2tcial bottle md treatise tres
DIR. X. ii. KLINE, Ltd, P3l Arch St. Phiia. Pa
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

IN French parliament, is is undcrstood.
will convene Nov, g..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

a telephone system is to connect Paris
Rome and Milan.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

Malta fever prevails all the year
round, but by far the greatest number
OF cases occur in 1t is not
believed to be contagious; the specific
microbe, as III the case OF typhoid few
er, is supposed to be conveyed in
water.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-07
en-. & st. Pr. e. at Arion.
You Are Going to the Pacific
Coast

Don't complete arrangements until YOU
have secured information regarding the
personally conducted excursions to San
Francisco. Los Angeles and Portland
via the Union Pacific. These excur-
sions leave Chicago, Minneapolis and St
Paul every Thursday, and Omaha every
FRIDAY in elegantly upholstered Pull
man Tourist Sleepers; Illuminated by
Pintsch light: heated by steam. Bag
gage checked through from starting
point to destination. Prompt and salts
factory service. Many hours quicker
time than any other line.
For full particulars call on or address
j. w. TURTLE,
401 Walnut Street.
Des MONIES, La.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-07

was uestlned never TO forget the lovely
tintsof the clear northern sky, the broad
valley Of the river, with its bluffs and
hillocks, the dark forms. slender and
graceful both, coming nearer and nearer
until in startled recognition Of one at
least he halted in dumb amaze and
therefore caught but fitting glimpse Of
the other as it whisked jauntily away.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
NOTICE EI

The annual Old Folks gath
ering for Navajo county, will be
held at Snowflake, on the second
Tuesday and Wednesday of Au-
gust, 1899.
All persons of 65 years and
upward, are especially invited
to attend. This includes the
wife or husband of the aged per
son, whether within the age linn
it or not. All accommodations
at Snowflake will be free.
The general public are request
ed to use their influence, and
means when needed, to enable
the old folks of their respective
towns and neighborhoods, to
meet each other at these annual
gatherings, and have q good old
fashioned time.
ALLEN FROST,
Chairman Central Committee,
Snowflake.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

The tallest woman in the Uni
ted States, and probably in the
world, says the Chicago Record,
is Miss Ely Ewin, of Gorin,
Mo, a little town not far east
of Kansas City, on the Santa Fe
road. This high born lady" is
26 years old and measures eight
feet four inches in her every day
shoes. Her parents are we'll to
do farmers Of the ordinary sta
ture, and her father is a highly
respected member of the com
munity. In her girlish years she
was quite sensitive about her
height, because the other chill
dren teased her; but when she
discovered it was worth $50 a
week from Barnum's circus, she
took another view of the case
She earned money to lift the
mortgage from her father S farm
and retired to private life. Miss
Ewin has had several offers of
marriage, but so far her heart is
still unpledged,
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

ga New Years Dream" d
bright, catchy and strictly high
class society sketch, in one act,
will be presented in La Prade S
Opera House on the evening of
the 18th. All those who desire
to witness some very clever act
ing, and to have an evening of
genuine pleasure, cannot afford
to miss this. Seats on sale at
Mr.. Finn s. General admis-
sion, % cents. Reserved seats,
| so cents.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

Frank Flickinger and Dick
Bauerbach returned from their
White Mountain fishing excur-
sion Saturday afternoon, Frank
Krentz getting in Sunday after
noon, Frank Wallace stopping
at the Hashknife headquarter
ranch. They had a pleasant
trip. Caught more fish than
they knew what to do with. But
after a week in camp, the fish
they ate, the water they drank,
or the rattlesnake bite antidote,
of which they had an abundant
supply, had a peculiar effect on
the boys. Frank Plickinger
climbed on the hurricane deck of
a cayuse one morning, and hadn't
more than got settled in the sad
die, than he yelled out, "Justsee
the brute buck All the rest
declare the horse was standing
perfectly quiet. Frank Wallace
and Frank Krentz were up the
stream fishing one morning ear
ly, and when they returned to
camp, Bauerbach and Flickin-
ger both declared the camp had
been surrounded by bears and
mountain lions. The largest
track that could be found in the
vicinity Of the camp, was that
of a solitary skunk. The next
day Frank Wallace got his hook
fastened to log and thought it
was a whale. He yelled Justify
for the rest of the boys to come
and help him land it. But the
strangest hallucination occurred
to Frank Krentz. He imagined
he attended a ball at Pinetop.
Gentlemen were scarce, but a
LARGE number Of ladies. Some
of whom we're very handsome.
Frank thought, and thinks yet,
that the handsomest girl in the
room, fell desperately in love
with him-that she lowered
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

Limited trains No. 3 west bound and No
eastbOund, run tri-weekly.
No leaves Chicago pm, Mondays. We'd
nesdays and saturdays passes Albuoueroue
at III ~ a m MONDAYS, Wednesdays and Fri
days, arriving at Los Angeles at 80 u. M.
tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
NO leaves Los Angeles at 20 d m Mon
days, Wednesdays and SATURDAYS. passing
Barstow ON the same day. AibuQuerque at
6:l3 p m, Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays
arriving in Chicago at 8:15 a m. Thursdays
Saturdays and Tuesdays. Only 65 hours be-
tween Chicago and Los Angeles the fastest
train across the continent.
Passengers from north of Mojave may take
the limited either at Barstow or the Needles
only first class tickets sold at full rates
are honored on the Limited trains
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through
daily between Chicago and San Frarcisco
and Chicago and Los Angeles.
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars daily he
tween Chicago and San Francisco and Chi
cago and Los Angeles
Tourist cars leave San Francisco every
Tuesday and Los Angeles every Wednesday.
running through to Kansas City, Chicago
and Boston.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado can be
reached only by this line.
Ask for a beautifully illustrated book
which will be mailed free.
JOHN j, BYRNE.
General Passenger Agent,
Los Angeles, Cal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

Going the rounds of the press
is the following from a down
east editor: Book agents may
be killed from October 1 to Sep
tember 1; spring poets, from
March 1 to June I; scandalmon-
gers, from April to February 1
umbrella borrowers, from Aug
ust 1 to November 1 and Feb
ruary / to May l, while every
man who accepts a newspaper
two years, and when presented
with his bill says, II never or
dered itr' may be killed on the
ssot, without reserve or relief.