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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

house is a long, low, whitewashed
structure, and in the rear as well as i'm
front is a very pretty flower garden,
containing all the old-fashioped flow
ers that our grandmothers loved.
noticed the Sherman rose bush as j
passed it on my way to her doorway.
Its trunk, or stem, as near as / could
judge, measured about five inches in
diameter, and the beautiful foliage
overhead was gay with the golden
blossoms.
The senorita had just come in from
a walk, and received us with a low
courtesy In Spanish, after which my
interpreter replied that L was DESTROYS
of seeing her house and pretty flower
garden. | was pleasantly surprised al
her appearance, rs she still retains
traces of the beauty for which she held
so high a reputation when young. Hel
diminutiye figure was alfred in black
with touches of white about the neck
a sweeter voice can not be imagined,
and, although she speaks no English
was able to make us understand
There she lives her monotonous life
dreaming away her last days among
her tloweis, and cherishing the swee
recollections of the bygone days
Philadelphia Record.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
GREEN TrA AT rnpuuns

GREEN TEA AT PINEHURsr.-A
Washington dispatch says that one of
the most notable discoveries of recent
years has just rewarded the efforts of
the Department of Agriculture. IL is
a process of making green tea without
the use OF chemicals. When the leaf
is dried in the ordinary way the oxygen
OF the atmosphere unites with a natural
ferment in the leaf and turns it black.
10 preserve the color of the leaf and
make a green tea two deadly poisons
are usually employed. The new dis
coyery is that by heating the leaves to
a high temperature The fern.aat is
killed, oxygenation prevented, and the
green color of the leaf Is retained.
Secretary Wilson shows some SAM
pies of beautiful green tea grown in
South Carolina and made by the new
process. AS the problem of making
green tea without the use of chemicals
has puzzled scientists and tea growers
for years, Mr.. Wilson is highly salts
fed with the success of his expert
ments. With the labor of the little
negroes, the cheapest labor in the
world, tea is a very profitable crop i in
South Carolina.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

dred where it was given a fair and faith
full trial. BY that record you have only
two chances in a hundred of failure and
ninety-eight chances of being restored
to perfect health. 1t is worth trying.
Abram Freer, ESQ, OF RoSkbridge, Greene Co.,
Ill, writes: "My wife had a severe attack of
pieurisy and lung trouble; the doctors gave her
up to die. She commenced taking DR.. Pieces
Golden Medical Discovery and she began to
improve from the first dose. By the time she
had taken eight or ten bottles She was cured,
and II was the cause of a large amount being
sold here. l think the Golden Medical Dis
sovery' is the best medicine in the world for
lung troubles"
FREE. DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser containing over a thou
sand large pages is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send ri one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DIR. r. v. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

the jail officials. CT am done,o he
said, /" we might as we'll go back"
The asscmblage was quiet for q mo-
ment and then someone with a finer
appreciation of dramatic effect than
decorum proposed three cheers and the
hall rang with instant clamor. 1t was
an uproar too vast for the efforts of
the court officials to suppress. 1t WAS
the glorlfcation of what was regarded
as undoubted perjury and of a convict
ed murderer-but of one who had be-
come, a hero because despite all brides,
he had shielded and screened the
woman who had betrayed him.
She did not wen give him a glance
as he was led out. Her whole soul
was concentrated in the expression of
smiling insolence with which she ia.
vored the outraged prosecutor. 1t wac
a smile that later became q badge of
triumph as the twelve good men and
true delivered the verdict of acquittal
that enabled her to leave the court
room-an Innocent Proclaimed. Ii
should be added, however, that there
was a disposition to enlarge upon the
theme of ingratitude among the groups
that ueldyeu to gossip III tue courthouse
yard and that in the evening the gentle
men of the jury called upon the vindi.
Gated widow and suggested the advisbi.
lily of her prompt departure from st.
Anne's.
And two weeks later the county seal
again became a Mecca. 1t was the
day set for e%Xpiation, and the natives
had begun to jog into town hours be.
fore sunrise. There was something
more than mere morbid curiosity in the
throng that clustered about the little
Jail yard, and swarmed over the hill
side at it's rear, and the belief that
Thome in his last scene would prove
worthy of the prestige he had earned
was full realized. 1t was a crowd thai
fingered thoughtfully long after justice
had been done and that nodded ap
provlngly at an observation of the
sherif's.
"Gentlemen," said that officer, &c.
do not propose to deduce any moral
on this sad OCCASION, but what L do in
tend-ls to be present at the burial
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

"The Devil was first coacher," says
an exchange. He coached Eve to
take first. Adam stole second. When
Isaac met Rebecca ut the well she was
walking with a pitcher; Samuel struck
out many times when he slew the
Philistines. Cain made q base hit
when he killed Abel. Abraham made
a sacrifice. The prodigal son made a
homo run. Moses shut out the Egyp-
tians at the Red Sea. The game was
called when the flood came on account
of wet ground and Noah had all the
rain checks"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
A ROMANCE OF cALIFoRNIA
General Sherman's Sweetheart
Waited i'm Vain Upon His

OeheTai Snertnan'S sweetheart
Waited in Vain Upon His
Promise.
Monterey, nee the capital of Cali
fornia, contains many ancient build
lngs, adobe houses and bits of history.
Overlooking the intensely-blue bay is
the old Spanish custom house, with
the very flagstaff off historical signii
canoe. This building was originally
erected by the Spanish, anil afterwards
excessively added to by Mexico and
the United States. The building ia
two story, with wide overhanSing
caves, and its creamy-white plastered
walls contrast pleasantly with the dull
red titles and mossy shingles of the
roof. There is % cool, shady porch
running along the front, where fisher
men are wont TO mend their nets. or
lounge about smoking or telling yarns.
On a little back street is a tumble
down building, very long and narrow
with the old stage upon which JENNY
Lind sang in 1851. Back among the
pines Ia San Carlos Mission, built by
Junipero Sierra in ITO, in which may
be seen the church ornaments and the
priests robes wrought in gold and sill
yer embroidery. These and many
other historic places could be mention.
ed, but most interesting is the house
where Mercedes Castro was wooed bv
Gen Sherman. More interesting be.
cause she still lives her solitary life
behind the high, whitewashed, tile.
covered stone wall which shuts in her
flower garden from the street and the
eyes of the too curious.
Many years ago Mercedes Castro
was a happy and beautiful young
Spanish girl, the belle of Monterey.
Gen. Sherman was then a young man,
and he met Mercedes and quickly sue.
cumbed TO her charms. Their wtoine
was an ideal one. Her loving, trust.
ing nature had implicit faith in him
and lie worshiped at the shrine oil he,
beauty. On a certain evil day he wa.
ordered East, and when he told hel
they must part her heart was almos
broken. To somewhat lessen her grie
he planted a small slip of rose bush
known as the Cloth of Gold, at the lief
of her doorway, and, covering 1T will
earth, said: When this rose busl
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

The barn for a good farm on which
mixed farming is done should be sufi.
GENTLY ample TO contain all the pro-
ducts of the farm, the livestock and
the farming Implements, and should
be SO located that the distance for con
veying ANIMALS and crops to and from
the various fields and of hauling ma,
nure may be as short as possible. Pro,
vision should be made for yards for
horses and cattle near the barn, where
the animals can ote daily exercise
during the month"; of the year when
it is not worth while to take them TO
pasture.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

blooms i will return and make Mer-
cedes Castro my BRIDE"
Years passed, the little rose slip
fiourished and twined its beautiful
branches around the latticed arbor.
Mercedes lived happily with her moth
er, thinking always trus,fully of her
sweetheart. Always fond of flowers,
the rose claimed her constant attention.
AT last she thought she saw some
buds, and ever with her careful watch
ing the petals seemed TO unfold before
she knew into golden-yellow blossoms,
just as if they had been touched by
some of the SUMS rays. Still she wait
ed expectantly day by day.
How soon was her young heart made
TO feel the pangs of sorrow, for he In
whom she had such perfect faith had
easily forgotten his promise 80 thought
lessly given?
Gen. Sherman returned to Monterey
when the rose bush bloomed, but he
brought with him his American wife.
Again years passed, Mercedes Castro
was now a woman and devoted TO her
mother. Many suitors sought her
hand, but none received her favor. AT
last came one of her own race who had
a different aspect from the others, and
he loved her 80 long and SO truly that
she almost relen.ed, but decided to re-
fer it to her mother. The elder lady,
not being DESTROYS of losing her daugh-
ter, strongly objected. So Mercedes
vowed that so long as her mother lived
she would not marry. After the moth,
er's death she yielded to her lovers
%entreaties, and the day for their we'd,
ding was set, when suddenly the young
man died.
1 longed to visit the old house ant
obtain a peep at the senor.ta. The
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

How HE WAS SLURRED.-A West
ern exchange tells of the j~anitor of a
city school who threw up his job n
day, and when asked by a friend what
the trouble was, said: Well, it's
this: Pm honest, and 1 won't stand
DEM slurred. If l ever found a pen
Gil or anything else In the school when
was sweepin' out L always gave it to
the principal; but just the same, the
teachers, or some N that's too mean
to face me, gives me the slur." "In
what wayP" asked the friend. "Well,
just this: A little while ago L saw
written on the board, 'Find the COM
mon multiple Well, 1 didn't say q
! word, but ! searched from garnet to
cellar and L couldn't find the darn
thing. Well, again last night, in big
writin' on the same board, it said,
Find the common divisor.' sWell,' /
says to myself, says L, both them darn
things be lost now, and I'll get blamed
for sweepin' 'em, 80 I'll quit"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
Gin System Bargain.

FOR SALE-A SECONDHAND
240 Saw Gin System, consisting of four
go Saw Gins and Feeders, one 240 Saw
Lint Flue, one $40 Saw Thomas Ele-
vator System, complete with fan dis
trbutor, good condition. Price low.
Thus outfit has to be moved by July
10th. Any further information cheer
fully given. Terms cash. M. s. Bal
ley & Sons, Clinton, 3. @.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

ohSS ~ y
cases " given up by
doctors, and who
were perfectly and
permanently cured
by the use of Or.
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
Nothing is more
sure than that
thousands of men
and women with
diseased lungs,
obstinate coughs,
hemorrhage, eina-
citation and night
sweats, have been
restored to perfect
health by the use
of the Discov-
cry" Will 1t cure
your
1t has cured in
n~inety-eight cases
out of every huu-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

SIartanhmrg, $. g., lGly % l0n.
White Stone lithiR Water Co, ~ hite Stone Springs, =. G..
Gentlemen. ! have piSstrinri White Stone Ultima Water
both as a diureic ana uric &C d sovcn and have been Welt
pleased with its results in each instance
FRED l.. Fnrra, Nj. -
Spartanburg, s G., Nov. 20 1871.
white stone Lithia Water Co. White Stone Springs. : {
Gentlemen; have been a great sufferer TORS years or more,
and curing that time have had five physicians with me. but
have received more benefit and relief by the use Of your White
stone lithia Water than by all the medicine taken du,ing that
tine. Respectfully,
Mus 4. l.. SMITH.
Sparianhurs, S. g., Aug Iii, 1891
White Stone Lithia Water Co, White Stone Springs, S. {.
Gentlemen: have tested the virtue 90 White Stone litlia
Water, and now most earnestly commend it TO any one trou-
bed with any kidney disease IL has done more for me than
any water | have ever tried.
= For years have suffered al times with the passage Of Uric
Acid calcul, and have tried a number Of celebrated mineral
waters among them Buffalo iithia Water. Tate. tapon Springs
mer for eight successive summers.
While was somewhat benefited, can safely state that
find no comparison in the action of White Stone lithia Water,
for in it | find that they act powerfully on my kidneys, clearing
up the urine and in thoroughly washing them out. when drink
White Stone lithia Water IN sufficient quantities. IL what
learned from my doctors is true about Iooding the kidneye
then | can see no reason why should suffer any more with
Uric Acid calculi or the fearful attacks of renal collie. As long
as can get it, will try no other water but White stone Latina
Yours respectfully,
REV JonN r. MCRRYDK, DID.
Pastor Presbyterian church of Spartanburg.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
G. III. FULLER, Agent.
The Entering Wedge

TO your consideration is gen.
orally the cost, though cost should
always be relative to value to be a
fair test. The lumber we sell may
not always be the cheapest in price,
but it's always cheapest in the
long run, because we give the best
value. Thoroughly kiln-dried, pro.
perly sawed and planed, you'll
find it matches" we'll, and will
be a lifelong source of satisfac-
ton
II. Hudgens & Son.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

FIRST M. n. CHURCH SOUTH
Cor. Dargan and Cheeves SITS. Rev J. Thos Pate - n Too
tor. Residence Dos Cheeves street. w.
White Stone Iithia Water Co. White Stone Springs, s. G.
Sentiemen: Alter experimenting with many mineral waters.
have found none superior to that of White Stone Syringe
yours is superior to the majority which claim great merit. Ii
any personis In need OF a very beautiful water he would be
Lithia Springs, Very truly.
j: THOMAS PATE.
m;,. Clifton, S. G. Nov, q, 1901.
White Stone lithia Water Co., White Stone Springs, s. @.
Henu Ut Aitera work of 20 years do not believe there
say that White Stone Lithia Water has many remedial agents
which VIII cover. the widest possible number of diseases that
NAV arise from kidney or uric acid causes, stomach or bowei
catarrh.-wlichp produces all the forms OF Indigestion. The 40
dreaded oatarrh of the head and throat will be in many cases
helPed by these sulphates. But 1t is in treatment of dropsical
CONDITIONS that l have found this water more beneficial than
any other water have ever used. would unhesi tatinply rc
ommend White Stone Lithia Water to my bes' practice for kid
ney, stomach, bladder and all forms of dropsical troubles,
GEORGE II. WALRER, NJ ID.
~ 4. Jonesyille, s. c., Dec. 10, 1901.
dentlemen; have known the White Stone iithia Springs
since boyhood, and consider them as good as the beat In tie
country, have most unhesitatingly recommended and pre-
scrioed mat water in my practice, and have found most Iatter-
ing results in stomach, liver and kidney trouble.
Very respectfully,
W. q. SOUTHERN, NJ. ID.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

There will probably be some very
warm and dry weather during July
and August, and the weeds will then do
considerable harm, as some kinds de-
light in warmth. 1t is important that
the top soil between the rows of crops
be kept loose, SO as to retain moisture
and kill weeds.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
Cotton Mill Stock Quotations

Corrected by Alester g. Eurman,
Broker, Stocks and Bonds, Green
Willie, s.. c..
The quotations on South Carollpa
cotton mill stocks are es follows for the
week ending july B, 1902
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09

When the doctor leaves and SAYS the
case is hopeless, what remains to be
donef Nothing, If the DOCTORS word is
final. Much, if you will listen to the
statements of men and women who were
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-09
OF
hite Stone Litflia
Water.

Made by George A. Ferguson, Ph.Bn and
Raymond j. Nestell, Analytical and Con
sulting Chemists, College of Pharmacy, of
the city of New York, Dec. "a, 1901.
Compounds as they exist in solution in
the water
Sodium Chloride 1870
h BicarbOnate 1.9416
sodium B~icarbonate l.4iSi
Magnesium Bicatbonate 1854
Iron B~icarbonate BIG
Potassium Sulphate 1880
sodium Sulphate O.7l72
Calcium Sulphate 25 .OSOO
Ltthtum SuIpha,e Ila82
0.0S00
Silica 3.5SOO
This is very pure Mineral Water, and
containing Lithium Salts, makes it a valu-
able water incidentally. At 100 deg, +. the
water Is clear and odorless.
GEORGE A. FERGUSON, Ph.B.
RAYMOND j. NEsTELL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22
The Currency We Need
BY HON. A.. B. HEPBURN,
Excomphonsr Of Of

JR currency laws certainly need amendment.
Their rigidity is constant menace to the bust
ness Of the country. Present laws and Our present
currency properly serve public interests in nor
NAL conditions, whennothing dsturbs public con-
fdence WHAT WE REQUIRE ARE LAWS
ELASTICITY IN TIMES OF DISTRESS
AND PANIC, when money received by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22

mistake, giving each man every dish
he ordered. I have heard shipping
clerks at some of the wholesale houses
call off long list of articles varying in
brand and kind, and intended for ship
ment to different places at different
points, and I have seen the negro fill
the order without making single mis-
take.
II met a negro at Texarkana about
a year ago. My name is not easily re-
membered. A few days ago 1 met the
negro in Texas town, but did not re-
member him until he recalled little
incident of our former meeting. Yet
he knew my name and my business and
asked me how the tea trade was. I
have heard other men comment on this
extraordinary gift of the negro in this
respect. They remember all the brands
of tea, coffee, tobacco, baking powder
and they associate one or the other of
these brands with certain face and a
certain name, and never forget it. 1t is
really very remarkable thing, and an
interesting and profitable field for
speculative psychology, and 1 would
like to see some scientist take the mat
ter up."
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GOOD MEMORY OF NEGROES.
The Race Seems to BE Endowed with
Special Aptitude for Not
Forgetting.

Speaking of the negro race, am
inclined to believe that some scientist
would find an extremely profitable
field in the Negroes faculty for remem-
bering things" said travelling man,
according to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, land the wonder is that
some man qualified for the work has
not taken the subject up. The negroes
aptitude in this respect has been the
subject of comment from time to time,
and we have heard great deal about
his lack of imagination, and all that
sort of things, but so far as am aware
there has been no systematic study of
the question.
'How can we account for the ex-
traordinary talent of the negro in this
respect? How is it that the negro can
remember with such unerring accuracy
the names of persons, places, things
and frequently under the most confus-
ing circumstances? We do not know.
We cannot account for it on a physio-
logical basis, and yet no doubt the
structural peculiarities of the black
men have much to do with this partic-
ular talent. The low order, if not the
total lack of imagination in the negro
has no doubt tended to improve the
faculty of memory. Still these facts
do not seem to fully explain the ex-
traordinary gift, for we frequently
find types of men of other races which
show similar structural peculiarities
and total lack of imagination, and
yet types which fail to show the ne
gro's aptitude for remembering
things. The familiar example of the
negroes unerring accuracy in handling
hats at the larger hotels has frequent
ly been referred to. 1 have seen negro
walters take as many as a dozen orders
at one time without making single
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22
THE CHRISTOPHER.

know a poet who all day long
Singeth amid the clover
"A joyous singer whose simple song
Delighteth many lover,
And maketh all the daisied mead
A gladstone, blessed place indeed.
His are no proud aerial flights
Enskied mid glowing splendors;
I'm nameieSS hooks, mid lowly lights
There he his song surrenders,
A humble minstrel quaint and coy,
Mingling his note in Summers joy.
when Morning dawneth glorifed,
This laureate of the meadow
Ere yet the lark hath far-espied
The glowing of the shadow
Hath voiced paean in her praise
And gone upon his happy ways.
And when at eve-tide from his glade
The linnet flutes measure,
Silly, he lists the serenade
And folds his wings in pleasure;
For his own Elf-haunted dell
The Grasshopper us Philomel!
But when the mid-noon's browsing beam
Makes every songster weary
And silent in a golden dream
A tireleSs voice and CHEEKY
Is heard within swarded bower,
,Soft-tinkling through the rapturous
hour:
IT'S his! the humble grasshopper's,
Beloved of many lover,
The voice that, gently shrilling. stirs
To ecstacy the clover,
And makes the daisy-starred mead
A gladstone, blessed place indeed!
Alexander Cargill, in Pail Mall Maya
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22
The Incredulou. Policeman.

His majesty the king had an
amusing experience while driving in
his motor car in Norfolk not long
ago. He was stopped by very
young policeman, who informed the
driver that he was going too fast.
The latter was rather indignant.
''Don't you know who I'm driving?"
he said. cts the king" sect along
with your nonsense" replied the po-
iceman. THAT'S the fourth king
who's passed me this morning." The
incredulous guardian of the peace
thereupon insisted on riding short
distance on the box to see that his
injunctions were obeyed. His face
grew bluer and bluer as the short
distance was protracted into long
distance, and that into a longer one
still, till at last he found himself
landed at Sandringham. = London
Globe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22
His Business,

81 thought she was woman of I'M
breakable WILL" said the man with
the lob-tailed coat.
'And so she was" said the man with
the incandescent whiskers.
"Yet you tell me that she is COM
pletely subservient to her husband,''
went on the first man.
swell, you see, she married law
yer, and he broke the will. "-Balti-
more American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-22

Woodward & Company, the old and wei
known grain commission firm Of Minneap-
oils, are offering in another column beau.
tiful picture at about half price. 1t is not
ga something for nothing scheme" but q
legitimate desire on their part to place
themselves before the public in as favora-
BILE light as possible at the beginning of q
very fine crop.
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Lacked Hospita1ity There

Col. Bluegrass-Didn't you tell me
sub, that Mistah Brown always treat.
ed his callers like gentlemen?
Maj. North-Didn't he treat you like
gentleman?
''He did not, sub! He only asked me
to drink once, suh!"-N. Y. Herald.