The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-12


Naturalists in Germany are much in
tcrested in Il wnnd,rfu old tree which
has been discovered near Hamburg,
says the NcU York Ucruld 1t is an
oak, and is notable not only on ac-
count OF its great bu'k, but ALEC for
the fact that at the base of the trunk
1t is entirely hollow. The trunk, i'll
deed, is not mole than ii .ht or mne
feet high, but it is more than twenty
feet in circumference. Some idea of
the size of its interior may he gathered
from the fact that four persons re.
Gently found ample room in 1t. In
winter the old oak looks very bare and
gaunt, but, according to peasants in
The neighborhood, who have known it
for many years, il regularly puts forth
new twigs and foliage every spring, so
that, anclcnt and decayed though Its
trunk may be, it IS nevertheless crown
cd and surrounded with masses of
green leaves, just as it VAS in the days
of is youth.
Rev. John McNcll was recently
holding Il revival service at Cardiff,
Wales, AMI announced that he would
At once II note WAS sent up To him
reading as follows: Dear Mr.. Nc
Ncill: If you are seeking to help
young men Kindly tell me who was
Gains wiie.o That seemed poser,
and the audience waited with intense
intcrcS., tempered with anu ,emenl, to
see how the great man would eXl.l,atc
hnmsclf. After II ;.arsc he SAID: ~
love young men, especially young in.
qnil crs for light, and would give this
,oung man word of advice. Ii Is
his: Don't lose your souls salvation
looking after other peoples wives"
Mrs. Lucinda Sampson, ore If the
v'ry few women who lived To see three
cnturics, die,l ,n Mnud ~ last ut the
home of her son in Cambridge, Muss.
She was lO4 years of age, and remark
ably clear in mind and memory even
up to the hour of her death. Mrs.
sampson was born in Newpor' r. |
July 10, 1896, and was he grand
daughter Of j 'hn Fowler, chief OF the
Pcquot tribe of lldiaus. Among the
things plainly remembered by nj y.
Sampson was the burial Of Cpmmod re
Perry, whose body was brought To
Rhode Island from Lake Erir. Mr..
Sampson is survived by one sou, David
"A. Sampson, seven grandchildren and
four grcat-grandchidrcn
Mrs. Elizabeth BUR- Hamilton, said
to be the last member of the seventh
generation of the Burr family, who
died at Bridgeport. Conn, last week,
at the age Of ninety, was The illh
cousin OF Aaron Burr, the third Vice
President Of the United States, who
killed Alexander Hamilton, the LAWYER
and statesman, in a duel in lS04. Her
death recalls the fact that, though the
families Of Burr and llamil. III were
the most bitter enemies al .hc beyinn.
ing of the last century, low, found a
way thirty-twO years a!.er the famous
duel to bring The families together
again by the MAJ irage uf FL zabeih
Burrand Alexander Hamilton in 1885.
Lord Ovcrloun, the millionaire ,.aer
OF Glasgow, has conducted Il Bible
class OF about 800 young men in that
city Tor more than thirty years, aud as
a preacher and evans clisL he is much
IN demand. He is specially interested
in every thing that has To do with the
well beng of young men, anl, among
other things, he pays well known
scotch minister 81 900 ycarin devote
himself ,o the work of AN evangelist.
lie is keen fisherman, IS NOR than Il
ialr shot and is not be dcspi-cd at
golf.
The party of Tuskegee students so.
lccted by the German government to
dlrcct and experiment in c0L'rn culture
On inc west coast of Africa have reach
%. thflr destination, and with the aid
oi 100 natives have prepared sky
acres for cultivation.
we need educated men on the farm.
Ihere is work for the educated and in
'clliSent farmer. Our advice To The
young boys is TO educate themselves
ma stick to the cd plant ,tion. The
armer is the backbone of the country.