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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

it II he has such affectionate regard
f,r those negroes why not give then
aplace at Washington or Albany Oh
Boston or consulship at Ilayti or San
ID ,mingo?
These offices are the nearest of ali Ia
our people. The postoffice Is our
trysting place, kind of Mecca. and
the postmaster our cOnlidant. That
officer should above all others be &C.
ceptable to the majority of the people.
The collector has the commerce
of city in his hands and under
his control, and that commerce is all
white-none of il comes from the ne
gro race. What excuse can he give
for such appointments None, and
when is he going to retract and apollo
gize for that SANDER of Mr.. Davis?
Echo answers when?
BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

AN UNUSUAL FEE.-After a large
wedding in Washington the "best
man " started at hardly an hours
notice for South Africa. On his re-
turn to Washington, after an absence
OF some eighteen months, he received
the warmest sort of welcome from his
old associates. "A dinner given in his
honor afforded the first occasion since
the wedding for donning evening dress.
and in the midst of the evening, hav-
ing occasion to feel in his waistcoat
pocket for something he electrified the
party by drawing forth q 800 bank
note.
Where had ii come from? Who
had put it there? His fellow guests
had all sorts of suggestions to offer,
none of which seemed satisfactory.
Early the next morning the truth
flashed across his mind. He called
upon the clergyman who had performed
the marriage ceremony.
You remember The fact. | sun
pose," said the visitor, "of marrying
Mr. H and Miss C. about year
and half ago?"
con, very WELL" answered the
oIoi Sy ihau' sec Inem constantly.
They attend my church,"
Then L hope you will pardon q
rather delicate question, asked in strict
confidence. How much did you re-
ceive as your fee on that occaslon?"
will return frankness with frank
ness" and the clergyman smiled whim-
sical'y. 1T was the strangest fee
that ever came my way. After the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21
THE SLEEPING PREACHER.

An Interesting Subject for the
Scientists and Lovers of Gu
riosities.
Saluda County has an extraordinary
freak in the person of negro who
breaches admirable sermons while he
lis asleep, and last week test was
made by leading citizens with q physi-
clan and stenographer at hand, which
seems conclusive that he is not fake.
The Saluda correspondent of the News
and Courier gives the following ac-
count:
The "Sleeplng Preacher :" was here
Thursday night and large crowd
went out TO hear this strange man.
"Major Perry" for that Is the preach.
er's name, was in the charge of Messrs
II. T.. Bouknight and j. p. Bodie, two
of this county's most reliable citizens
Perry has been living with Mr.. Bouk
night, few miles below this place, FOL
twelve or fourteen years and, with the
exception of a few nights, he has never
failed to preach sermon on going II
sleep during this long period.
| Pofry is Sd years of age, Of medium
Isize, copper colored and wears flow
ing beard. He was raised in Fairfiel,
County, but not by Baptist preacher
as has been said ia explanation of thi
strange phenomenon.
Mr.. Bouknight has been in the com
munity where Perry was born an
raised and lived until Id years age
and emphatically states that Perry di
not belong TO preacher. The plac
of his birth was near the present tow
of Ridgeway.
!, One Of the peculiar things abo'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

Another scheme similar to the
z" Cherry Tree" affair has come TO
grief in the State of Pennsy lvania,
Two men under the firm name of Van
Kirk ~ Robbins started about two
months ago, what they called the
4" Endless Chain Letter." The post
office department sent special agent
TO Wilkesbarre TO investigate the mat
ter, and after the agent made his re.
port, the department ordered all the
letters sent TO the dead letter Office and
gave orders that the business must
cease. Over 10000 letters were sent
TO Washington and they contained
over 100000 in checks. This con-
Germ was doing business all over the
South.
A couple married recently in Dam
vile, Kentucky became acquainted
through the splling of bottle of ink
by the man on the girls gloves.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21
THE CHILD LABOR PROFILE
Senator Tii1man Speaks Out on
a. Grave Industrial Issue.

Senator Tlllman has written the fol-
lowing letter to one of his constituents
and is desiious that it have the widest
circulation possible in South Carolina:
My Dear SIR: L have your letter of
May 6. The House committee has re-
jected the Lowering resolution, look
ing TO q Constitutional amendment al
loving Congress TO fix the hours of
labor, and am glad of it. No such
amendment should ever pass or be-
come law. The people of the respec-
tive States alone should control such
matters and they are fully competent
to do so. Your looking at things from
only one standpoint is the reason why
you have been misled into advocating
such centralizing and n.Democratic
doctrines. Suppose, for instance, that
Congress, under the pressure of or.
| gaLized labor in the cities, should pass
an eight-hour law for all workmer
throughout the United States? Wha,
would become of the agricultural work
ers of the country?
agree heartily with the idea of tht
South Carolina Legislature being com
PEELED TO protect child labor in our fac
tories, as we'll as prevent the excessiv,
hours of labor among adults, and
shall lend my support, with all tn
earnestness L possess, TO force the mex
Legislature to relieve the State of tn
Nlium now attaching TO 1T. The cot
ton mill presidents may clamor for tn
p 'ivilege of blighting the lives of tn
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

The pearl industry of Arkansas has
reached a point of prominen1e
now among the enterprises of the
State. Not only are the pearls valu-
able, but the mussel shells are being
utilized in newly established button
factories. The Valley button factory
Oh Newport, AK, has been chartered,
and will soon Start factory of 100.
saw capacity, Employing about thirty
men, fourteeA Of whom have already
been contracted for I'm Iowa and Iii.
nois. The capital stock of the CON.
pany is $50, 900, and it is backed ex
clusively by home men.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

ia - n 0 RrA.
Bears tho n'he Kind You Have Always Bought
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-05-21

- "A. - m q R TA..
sssrs the n The Kind You Have Always Bodgh.
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New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

William S. Kahnweiler, who visited Angkor-
Wat, says Of the place:
Most places Of renown that one has heard
and read much of produce a sense Of disap-
pointment being visited. The Angkor- W. II
is one Of the notable exceptions to this rule, at
least SO l found it Situated in the heart of a
country where architecture in stone is other
wise unknown and where. in consequence, all
Testges Of the earlier surrounding races have
disappeared. the hhmer people have left in the
Angkor-Wat, the Angkor-Thom, and other less
important ruins in the surrounding country un-
dying monuments TO their greatness This isola-
tion undoubtedly adds much to the effect they
produce upon the mind, but even without this
aid, and placed in any other country, these
ruins would impress by the vastness of their
dimensions, bv the scope of the ground plan and
general scheme, by the solidity of structure the
wealth Of decorations and the beauty and deli
cacy Of execution
Nothing finer more Impressive can be
imagined than the great avenue of approach
the immensely of the first outer cloistered quad
rangle with great gate in each wing high
enough to admit the elephants and wide enough
for entering chariots-
Passing through this the impression is
heightened by the -reat proportions of the in
closed space, and the length of second process
sion path leading up to the terrace, from which
springs the main structure, a triple temple, pre-
senting three of its tall, domelike towers at the
front This entered. one wonder crowds upon
and surpasses the other-the delicately chiselled
pilasters of classic pattern at the portals; the
eXceliently preserved carvings on pillar and
wall, wherein the whole Indian pantheon is
recognizable; the beautifully moulded window
bars; the endless cloisters with their zones of
bass-reliefs telling the oft-repeated story of the
Ramayana presenting scenes of heaven
earth and hrE. those of earth incidentally Civ
ing interesting pictures of the daily life of
the people; the numerous inches now appropri-
ated ~ figures of the Buddha and his disciples
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

When first drawn from the lake by hor1-
zontal tunnel eighty-fve feet below the usual
level of it's surface, the water enters big wen'
one hundred feet deep. 1t is then conducted
through a series Of passages, some called tun-
nels' and others known as "condults Alto-
gether, the distance traversed is about twelve
thousand feet, or nearly two and a half miles.
For the first half of the way the grade is
gentle one, the fall corresponding to only per
cent of the length of the channel For the re-
mainder of the distance-636O feet-the descent
is very much more rapid the difference of level
here amounting to 1882 feet. The uppermost
third of this second stage of the fall is con-
Quoted through steel pipe nearly twenty inches
in diameter. The conduit then divides into two
branches, 1874 inches in outside diameter and
42G0 feet long. The pressure at the lower part
of the system is estimated at 1867 pounds to
the square inch-almost as great as the force
exerted by the explosion of powder in cannon.
The efficiency of the water depends upon this
Hence the pipe along the lower part of the
route possesses exceptional strength. 1t is
made without a rivet, and by hand welding,
from the best open hearth steel
At the power station it is proposed to install
twenty 5OO-horsepOWer turbines, and TO employ
each to drive a dynaIno of the same capac-
ity Four sets of machinery already in
service four more now being set up. and the
remaining twelve VIII be H--IOuuceQ STdUudlly
as occasion requires. When the expense of con-
structing the conduits and station buildings in
addition that of providing water wheels and
dynamos, had to be assessed upon the first 1000
horsepower secured, each Of the latter cost
about $50 year. When the output was raised
to 1000 each horsepower cost only 500.
The addition of more machinery, of course, viii
effect a further reduction in the mean cost, and
the figures may eventually get down SO or
$50 a horsepower.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
WONDERFUL POWER FLANT
HIGHEST HEAD OF WATER IN THE
WORLD THAT IS UTILIZED

A large amount of power can be obtained from
falling water in two different ways. Pressure on
a water wheel depends both the volume of
the fluid and the distance it drop. At
Niagara for instance, there is an inexhaustihle
supply, but a head" of scarcely more than 100
feet. Some of the projects for getting power
from the tides have contemplated fall of only
three or four feet. If, however, there is an
opportunity for a great change of level only
small quantity of water is needed. The most
striking Illustration that the world has yet seen
of this latter combination is afforded at Vouvry
Switzerland, where provision is now being made
to obtain 10000 horsepower from head of only
half mile!
Vouvry is in the extreme western part of
Switzerland, little south of the lake of Geneva.
Nearby is a tiny lake, named Tanay, too small
to appear on any but the large maps of the
country. The outlet of that body of water
flows in an easterIy direction and empties into
the Rhone before the latter discharges into
the lake of Geneva. The overflow from Tanay
is not copfous, but since the mountainous char
acter of the region renders possible long as
well as steep descent it is feasible to obtain
striking results from it by following the plan of
which the Niagara plant was the first example.
In other words by means of turbine water
wheels and suitable dynamOs, power is to be de-
rived in the form of electricity for distribution
over an extensive neighborhood.
Lake Tanay has extent Of about III acres,
or less than one-fifth of a square mile The
drainage area which fills it is not quite three
square miles. At lower level this would be
only a good sized pond. ca Fable of running an
able bodied sawmll or gristmill, but nothing
more. Tanay is 4,644 feet higher than the sea-
however, and 3.117 feet higher than the adjacent
power station in Vouvry. Its waters, therefore.
Give head Of fully three-ffths of a mile,
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

enty-fve feet apart.
hades. are not on the
the outside. but one
be temple a pyramidal
colonnade is $50 feet
he inner walls OF this
bass-reliefs to the
stone slabs, eighteen
fttei without mortar
can be detected with
hich is supported on
u twelve thousand
iefs, showing about
ben. women, animals
the sides Of the main
the reliefs represent
T. side the raging sea
great Snake Nagga.
he fact that the great
ke worshippers, and
lueuts which il now
: after il became a
arvings represent the
Il and hell, and one
Tlilt the temple, with
rals and warriors Of
1 IF the temple. the
clcnuades. one within
II lSo feet, and this
at its imposing ap-
rs Of the temple are
poTtant part Of the
reProduction Of the
ss~reliefs. OF these
square yards. There
c-similes of the cary
1r-Thom and Bayon,
nth century
b Museum Of Natural
lent these casts and
|ition, said that they
c student Of ancient
would find a perma-
{ New-YorEs educa-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

the effect of constantly rising as one passes from
the outer through the central to the innermost
temple; the four elaborately carved inner courts
in cruciform arrangement, and the massive CEN
trail dome-the great climax-towering far
above. All these produce tremendous impress
sion, as of heroic work, broadly conceived,
nightly planned and lovingly executed-vast
yet homogeneous, grand in conception, yet with
detail forgotten labor spared
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
1T WAS NOT THE STOCK MARKET.

Morgan, in the Civil War. was planning his
famous raid
You see" he explained TO his followers, folks
will mistake me for ]. p. and offer no resist
ance."
However, finding he neither a bull
bear, but simply a guerilla, the opposition was
amply able TO cope with him.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
HIS FINISH.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Casey-So Cassidy is engaged to be married o.
always thought he a trifer.
Farrell-WeH. he thought himself-till he
thrilled wild a widow.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25

One cannot keep eggs in cold storage
successfully unless proper conditions
are obtained beforehand. 1 approve
of cold storage plant on every farm
where the number of laying hens eX-
ceed 200. A plant properly constructed
then will pay the owner when eggs
are so cheap that it is impossible to
find any decent market for them. Eggs
stored away properly can be kept from
six to eight months. The summer eggs
can be gathered and kept for winter
use. Not only this, but the eggs gath
cred daily should be placed immediate
y in the cold storage plant, so they will
keep in perfectly fresh condition when
shipped to market Il few days later.
1t is impossible sometimes to make
shipments every day, and often it is
very unwise; yet if one has no cold
storage plant on the farm the eggs may
be ruined within forty-eight hours by
exposure to hot weather. 1t is weather
conditions more than time which ac-
tually causes eggs to become stale.
This should be remembered in build
ing the cold storage place for them.
Heat is the worst enemy of the eggs,
and next to that is moisture, and third,
stale, impure air. With this under
stood it may be possible for one to
understand why Il cold, but damp eel
lar is Il poor place for storing eggs
The excessive moisture of the place
soon makes the eggs mouidy and
musty. Moisture must be excluded by
all means from the storage house. Oi
course, too dry an air is not desirable
although that is preferable 10 too moist
eggs.
Ventilation is essential to the welfare
of the eggs. Impure air viii cause the
eggs to decay rapidly, and impure all
generally means damp, moist air. Con
sequently it is essential on pleasant
days to have the outside air circulated
through the storage house. The cir
| culation should be forced. There !!
no other way TO obtain it successfully
where producers try to store their OWL
| eggs. To test the condition Of the nj
| instruments to register the moisturt
rs well as the temperature should b'
| constantly in use. The temperatur,
of the storage houses should be KEEP
| uniformly at thirty degrees IT, That i
| considered the best by all storage com
panies, and II properly regulated a
this temperature, the summer egg
will generally keep all right for winte
use.-Annie C. Webster, in American
Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Emperor William of Gcrman- IS for
ty-three years old.
Congressman Littlefeld, of Maine,
talks nearly 800 words a minute.
Andrew Carnegie has made Il second
gift of 100000 10 Cooper Union, New
York City.
Prince Henry has bought fifty pres
cnts to distribute on his visit to the
United States.
Theodore Roosevelt is the third Har-
varu graduate to become President of
the United States.
Professor Edmund ]. James. of the
University of Chicago, has been elect
cd President Of the Northwestern Uni
yersity.
Rear-Admiral w. X. Van Peypen,
Surgeon General of the Navy, has been
placed on the retired list after forty
years service.
Marconi, the wireless telegraphy in
ventor, has been decorated by King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy with the Or
der cf st. Maurice and St Lazarus.
Lord Rosebery has written novel,
on which lie is now engaged in putting
the finishing touches. 1t IS expected
that it will be published in the autumn.
Sir Alfred l.. Jones, of Liverpool,
England, is the largest individual ship
owner in Great Britain, his FIRMS ton
mage now amounting to over 100000
He is Il bachelor OF tfty-fvc and is a
Self-madc man.
Countess Won Waldersee, answering
an inquiry regarding the projected trip
of Field Marshal Won Waldersee and
herself to the United States, says:
I'VE both hope TO go TO the United
States in April, but nothing has yet
been decided"
Judge John IT. Reagan, of Austin,
Tex, has finally retired from politics
after half century of service. lie
was Postmaster-General and Secretary
Of the Treasury in the Confederate
Cabinet. and was father Of nc -ntet.
state Commerce law.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25
NEWST CLEANlNCS.

Brazil is having its money coined at
the Vienna mint.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Kenton,
Ohio, $17,J00 for Il library.
y whole county wishes to secede
from Oklahoma and join Texas.
A scheme is on foot TO provide an
elevated railroad for st. Louis, Mo.
Speed limit for automobiles is about
to be raised by the British Govern
ment.
T-e University of Berlin has Gs57 STU
with 4203.
All the transatlantic steamers are
now coming over the long route TO
avoid icebergs.
Nearly 100000 horses were shipped
from Montana last year, many OF them
to South Africa.
More students are in attendance at
Yale from Japan than from any other
foreign country.
The Lewis and Clark fair, to he held
in 1908 ut Portland, Ore, has been
permanently organized.
y new design IS to be prepared for
biItlSl DuStaSc SlillliJS OWING 10 de-
fects in that just issued.
President Benjamin T.. wilson. of
Converse College, Spartanburg, $. G.,
has resigned after twelve years ser
vice.
Jimmy Collins, manager OF the Bos-
ton American League club. who has
been playing ball ten years, says he is
worth $4,000.
Because of neglect the trees en- the
Boston Common are in woeful state
Of degeneracy. Ninety-four of them
are past salvation.
A pension Of $50 n month has been
granted to the widow of Colonel Lis
cum, Ninth Infantry, who was killed
ut Tien-Tsn during the war in China.
The latest bank statement embracing
all the hanks in Mexico, shows the
total banking capital to be $50, 300 600;
Eote circulation, $50, ,GTG, ,G2G; reserves.
$l4,232, ,393 and deposits, $l12,00O, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25
Great Naval Stronghold.

1t is not generally known that with
in eighty miles of Victoria and forty
six miles inside of Puget Sound. there
is nucleus of navy yard which is
destined to be one of the most impor-
tant-if not the most important-in the
Union. Ten years ago n wilderness, it
now teens with life. Its situation is
IDEAL 1t is absolutely landlocked, its
shortest approach being narrow,
winding channel six miles long, heav-
lily fortified and mined. lis longest ap-
proach is fourteen miles, with an ems
trance so narrow an enemy's ship
would stand no chance of getting
through Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25
The Power of Speech.

Speech is the result of Il slow process
of natural growth and there is no
human race that does not possess it.
If in the present state OF the world
some philosopher were to wonder how
man ever began to build those houses,
palaces and vessels which we see
around us, we should answer that those
were not the things that man began
with. The savage who first tied the
branches of shrubs to make himself Il
shelter was not an architect, and he
who first fioated on the trunk OF q
tree was not q navigator. SO it is with
speech, which grew from rude begin
nings. All the more intelligent ami
mails can express simple conditions OF
mind both by sound and gesture. The
dog can emit four or five sounds, each
fully understood by its companions.
The common barnyard fowl has from
nine to twelve distinct vocal sounds.
all of which are comprehended by its
chickens and by other fowls There
can be no doubt that tie speech of
man arose, in the beginning, from
similar sources. Gesture speech was
frequent. Many sounds were imlta-
tive. Purely conventional and non
initiative sounds were adopted for con-
venience, just as deaf mutes now in
vent arbitrary sounds to stand for the
names of friends, etc. 1t is not pre-
cisely true, then, to say that Language
begins where interjection ends" How
ever it originated it is the condition
of progress. AS Romanes said: "A
manlike creature became human by the
power of speech" When did the speech
originate? Romanes thinks that our
human ancestor may have been in
the age of flint when he added to ges-
ture, vocal tones and facial grimaces
the power Of speech.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-25

Fowls that are expected TO lay in
winter require exercise. Feeding
should not re too often. When millet
seeC is scattered in litter. or over !
wide surface, the hens will be kept
busy seeking them. In the spring the
hens will begin laying rs soon as the
weather becomes mild. This shows that
warmth controls egg production to a
certain extent. 1t is in the spring that
the hens can seek variety OF food, as
worms, seeds and grass can then be OBJ
tanned. The breed OF fowls is not so
Important as management in winter,
for the tendency of birds is not to lay
during the cold weather, but in spring
and summer.