The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-10-16
The efforts of Sanators Mor,u;,

H..
and others of the South Carolina dele
CATION in Congress-, to secure for the
coming exposition at Charleston the
united States government exhibit, has
at last been crowned with success.
The action of the cabinet in agreeing
to send the Buffalo exhibit to Charles
ton is very pleasing TO the Charleston
ians interested. The exhibit will be
sent, and the clerks who were desig-
mated to look after the government
exhibit at Buffalo will be sent TO Char
lesion with the exhibit, being desig-
mated by the heads of their various
departments in Washington for that
purpose.
1t is stated that the longest railroad
tunnel in the United States will be-
built through the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains of California If the plane of E..
81. Hartman are carried out. The
tunnel project, which will involve an
outlay of from three to five million
dollars, contemplates the boring of a
hole II 900 feet in length throug gh the
heart OF the Sierras. Besides saving
a climb OF 1000 feet the tunnel will
shorten the Southern Pacific line about
seven miles. Preliminary surveys are
now being made.
81 saw you sitting in car last
night when there were s~Teral ladies'
e-+nding," she saia rather frigidly.
" Yes" =. replied, "but my wife
was there, you know, and the ladies'
who stood were all young and good
looking"
Having been one of those who stood
she permitted hlm TO lead her away to
corner where they could be alone.-
Chicago Record-Herald.
F" went so high in de balloon I
could heah de angels singin'," said the
old colored deacon.
What fer you come back, den9"
he was asked.
Kaze hit wuzn't my intention ter
meet de angels dat way; sides, I'd
done top my family I'd be back fer
supperl"--Atlanta Constitution.
81 have found out one thing about
my husband," said the bride who had
been married before, that surprises
me greatly"
Her friend moved up little nearer,
so that they could whisper, and asked:
|" What ls 1t f'
His salary is just as big as he told
me it was"
"Pardon me, sir" began the ped
dler of the supplies, "but may ask
what is the style of your typewriter 9n
Right up. to-date," replied the
business man, enthusiastically. GEL
bow'sleeves, lace insertion, shirtwaist
nd all that sort of thing"
Advertising may be too r1uch of a
good thing. Some weeks ago an item
went the rounds of the press comment
ing on the scarcity of train hcld-ups
this season. Since then they have
averaged about one day.
| "That white cow" said the wag-
gish farmer, "is the one that siyes
milk.o
"Ah," exclaimed the city girl, "and
those brown ones, I suppose, give beef.
tea. ."-Philadelphia Press.
| Mrs. Mary Minich was sought for
eight years by a New York banking
firm that had legacy Of S4O, 600
that was left to her only to discover
that the woman died about year ago
lu Che poor-nOuee.
The Sultan of Turkey has six sons and
seven daughters, who are kept In the
securest seclusion, the former never
leaving the grounds OF the house In
which they were born.
1 Select specimens of your choicest
grains, vegetables, finely brod stock,
lnciuding poultry, for exhibition at the
State Fair. A little effort on your
part will secure one or more OF the
handsome premiums.
The Siberia, one of the largest ships
ever built on this hemisphere, will be
z launched on October 10th at Newpori
# News, Va. It WAS built for the Pacifio
II Mail line and has 19, 900 tons displace.
g ment.
nj When young man asks q Girl 4,
!. clip thread off his necktie, and tbert
Is nobody else around, she may bs ex
cused for being disappointed il that /,
Il all that happens. Somerville journal
It's usually the head of the famil,