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Mexico Missouri message., 1905-11-30
MUTINY IN BLACK SEA FLEET
Report Current I'm ST.. Petersburg,
Also That Portions of the sebas-
tPOl Garrison HIVE MutinIed.

London, Nov. 25--A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Co. from st. Peters
burg says It is perslstently reported
there that there had been mutiny in the
Black sea feet and that portions of the
Sebastopol garrisC have mutinled,
killing the chief of stan and wounding
a colonel.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
MISSOURI RIVER BOATS.
Trips OF tho ola side wheslera Ia
the Early Days.

Trips OF the ola side wheeIers In
the early Days.
In the early days there was a regu.
lar line OF packets between st. Louis
and st. Joseph, all side wheelers. and
the average round trip occupied eight
days. A boat left st. Louis every day
for the Missouri river, and as there
were fourteen boats In the line each
boat made a round trip once every two
weeks during the season. During the
winter the boats ran between st. Louis
II New Orleans.
Coming mp the river the boats ran
all night, but ia going down they al.
ways laid up as soon as darkness set
In. In going down the river fle boats
usually left st. Joseph early In the
afternoon and laid up for the night at
Weston, where there was always a lot
of freight to load. The next day they
went to Lexington, the next to Boon
Vile and the next to st. Louis. Occa.
sionally during high water a boat
would leave Lexington at daylight and
reach st. Louis In time for breakfast
the next morning.
The boats carried from 200 to 400
passengers on the trip up the river,
counting the immigrants on the deck,
but going back they onky had cabin
passengers. The cabin fare from st.
Louis to st. Joseph ranged from $40
to $50, which included meals and state
room. The boats were all supplied
with fine cooks. and the passengers
lived on the best that money could
buy.
The average boat carried 500 to 600
tons of freight In addition to passen-
gers. During low water freight that
now costs 20 cents a hundred cost $3.50
n hundred. The expense Of q round
trip from st. Louis to st. Joseph, IN
Guiding loading and unloading, was cs-
timated at $4,000, and the income from
cost TO $1,000. Each boat carried a
crew of from 80 TO 100 men. The aver
age value Of the boats in the line was
probably $4,000 each.
The boats were often OH sand bars.
where they sometimes remained for n
day and night. but altogether the time
was made surprisingly well. \ pilot
who had a reputation for keeping his
boat Off the bars commanded as high
rs $500 n month. Each boat was pro-
vided with two pilots, and this expense
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usually amounted to from 5000 to ST.
GOO a month. All a river pilot saved
ne put In his watch chain. You could
tell q high priced pilot by the size of
the links In his gold watch chain. A
rattling good Arst mate who knew how
to handle a boat after II ct ok a bar
received $3.50 q month.
Poker was a favorIte river amuse-
ment, and 1t wac not an uncommon
sight to see eight or ten games going
at the same time In the main cabin of
a steamboat. And the playing was for
actual money. which was displayed in
stacks on the tables.
Among the famous boats on the river
at that time were the Kate Kinney, Il.
G.. Aubry, Morning Star, John d. Per-
ry. Sioux City, Omaha, Carrier and the
m III. Lucas. The last named made
the fastest run in the history of the
river-60 hours and 20 minutes from st.
Louis to st. Joseph.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
The Theological Labyrinth.

Stephen Essex, II Methodist minister,
Is the hero In 1.-The Bishops Niece"
His state Of mind after his early wan
behring's in the theological labyrinth Is
Ii II described by the author, George
III. Picard:
At t~wenty-seven stephen Essex had
not made II perfect recovery from the
panic into which a premature dlscov-
cry of the plan of salvation had thrown
him. He had employed the remedies
which are prescribed TO heal DIR COM
mon moral illnesses, but their album
dance and variety as we'll as his dis
position TO leave zone untasted had re
tardcd his convalcscercc. Ills present
condition was that OF one who, though
realizing that he has halted, almost
m~iraculously, Just inside the end Of op-
portunity, Is still fearful OF doing
something which will undo everything.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
PITH AND POINT.

A child is always surprised that you
don't know the washerwoman at its
house.
When you throw a friend n bouquet.
don't throw 1t SO he will catch the
thorns In his hands.
Hope is n progressive game. Ones
children failing to become famous, the
hope progresses to the grandchildren.
1t is easy for a woman to be polite;
oil she has to do is to smile, but n
man has to smile and raise his hat.
Worrying about the future is believ-
Ing there will be ghosts tomorrow,
though you know there are none today.
Parents are hard on their children
when the children are young, aud when
when the parents are old the children
are hard OH the parents. - Atchison
Globe,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Spare Moments,

Chancellor D'Aguesscau, observing
that his wife always delayed ten or
twelve minutes before she came down
to dinner and reluctant to lose so much
time daily, began tho composition Of q
work which he prosecuted only while
thus kept waiting. AT the end Of If
teen years a book in three quarto vol
u-es was completed, which ran
through three editions and was held In
high repute.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Artificial Rxea.

The first false eye was a metal band
which gripped the head and was fitted
with a plate to cover the blind eye
covered with leather on which an
eye was painted. Then came shells,
like halves Of nutshells. Of gold. silver
or copper, enameled or painted to re-
semble an y and inserted under the
eyeiid. AS an improvement upon these,
artificial eyes were made of porcelain
and at last Of glass.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
A Freak,

One of the earliest OF the American
bearded freaks was Louis Jasper, who
lived In southern Virginia at about the
time of the close OF the Revolutionary
war. His beard was nine and a half
feet long and correspondingly thick
and heavy. He could take his mus
tache between his fingers and extend
his arms to their full length, and still
the ends of the mustache were over. a
foot beyond his finger tips.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Too sumnentixn.

Henry Hyde-You ought to be in the
workhouse. Roohess Rufus-1 know
1t, boss, but I Jest can't bear de idea!
Henry IIyde-You shouldn't be 80
proud. Rooiess Rufus-'Taint pride,
boss; It's the name O. de place 1 can't
stand.-Cleveland Leader.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Important aueution,

The wasp was buzzlng languidly
around the house cat.
"You needn't come any nearer" said
the cat.
II won't hurt you" snid the wasp.
I'm half sick today, anyhow"
(Which halfP" asked the cat, back
Ing Off.-Chicago Tribune.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Aiinost human InteIiigence.

Mrs. McBryde-John. I'm simply dis
gusted. While I was out this morning
the cat got Into the pantry and ate
every single thing except a cake 1 had
Just baked. Mr.. McBryde-What q,
wonderful thing animal instinct Is. to
be surei-Cleveland Leader.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Hta pecuYi,-3sx

did you ever notice anything funny
about his conversation
"Funny2 1 should say not. There's
absolutely nc point to It."
That's the funny part Of 1t. Having
no point to 1t. how Is 1t that he bores
30 quickly Y"-Philadelphia Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
A PlaOo For Kim.

First Floorwalker-Poor old B]opes
has completely lost his hearing. I'm
afraid he will lose his Job. Second
observation-disclosures. He's TO be
transferred to the complaint desk
Philadelphia Record.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Not Thnt Kind OF "a server.

Heavy Tragedian - Hurry up with
my order. am used to people serv-
Ing me in q hurry. Waiter-t don't
doubt 1t, but | am no sheriff.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

Nothing is 30 good for an ignorant
man AS silence, n II he was sensible
OF this he would not be iBnorant.-
Saadi.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

/ have seldom known n one who
deserted truth In trifes that could be
trusted In matters Of Importance
Paley.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
More Than Bent,

Are you bent on spending all Of
your money!"
"No; I'm broke."-Clcveland Plain
Dealer
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

Most people would rather preach half
Il day than practice half an hour
Montreal Star.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Does Appearance
Count With You?

Do you desire that exclusive quality in tailoring attained only by big city
style creators who are in touch with the newest ideas in fabrics and fashions?
This indescribabe element Of style, richness and exquisite taste is
shown in every garment we produce.
W. are IN extensive aud weMknown firm IF merchant tailors making
to measure only, with representatives all owe the country. %
The scope Of our business permits the carrying of a stock of o than
500 vare6es-the newest impotahons and the highest grade of domestic
goods. 1t also permits the employment of expert cutters and tailors. Cut.
fit and finish are imeproachab1e.
If you desire the highest quality of tailoring service at moderate price,
it will pay you Ito investigate. the Hays System-th "Modern Method"
Our new Fall and Winter styles in smings and overcoatnes ae
unusually attractive.
If we have no representative in your city write II direct
l. E. AVS & CO, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
BUCKINC THE SYSTEM
Wig Tona L,auson Is After the Money
Powers o2 Wall Street.
HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST aSTANDARD OIL"
In the Fight the Bucket Shop
alites of the Hen on Both Sides - The War Is Just
Begun---A Moral Public.
By All EX-BRoKER.

leaving them. Cromwell must have
mad such a presence.
Yet al. agile fencer who isn't afraid Of
Presence may lure an Impressive man
to defeat Corbett defeated Sullivan,
for all his eye Of set purpose.
Chiefly, Lawson is after the
Standard Oil people, for reasons. IN
cidentally, his attack will injure 9TH
ers whose methods are similar. First,
the Morgan group; after that, the
groups Of minor capitalists allied with
the one or the other
Take New York as example. With
all the vast increase Of business in the
city, there are fewer national banks
than 20 years ago Far fewer big
ones in Wall street For practical
purposes there are two groups Of al
lied banks-the Morgan banks headed
by the Bank of Commerce, and the
Standard Oil banks, headed by the
National City. with Stillman, father
in-law Of a Rockefeller, as its presi-
dent These banks are closely allied
with the trust companies. in which the
same men who control the banks ap-
pear again as directors. Thus a few
men control the loaning power in the
market By calling" in loans they
can at any time produce a break"
in Wall street. By furnishing money
at low interest-your money and mine,
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before the break. Wall street knew
that When he began his war ne
went short, covering later at suo-
stantial gain at the expense of his Toe.
The advertisements by which ne
fought cost about $4,000, triffe IN
comparison with the possible gains,
Any warrior must have the sineWs OF
war. Apparently ali Lawson has to
do when he wants money is to jump
out from behind the fence, say Boo
and gather up what is left behind by
the other fellows in their flight.
He may say Boot. once too often
and get the worst drubbing of his life.
You never can tell.
Nothing Like the Truth.
There's nothing like the truth to
brighten people. Lawson has the audi
ence because what he says jibes with
facts that everyone knows. He eriti-
cises insurance methods and backs 1t
up by extracts from an insurance SUI
perintendent's report, He tells the
story of the Delaware receiyership Of
Bay State Gas, and all the men con-
cerned in that strange proceeding
tumble over each other to tell their
stories. He brings in Jim Keene's
name, and Keene admits having
manipulated $22 100000 worth Of
Amalgamated stocks for insiders-ap-
parently remainder they got
caught with" when they made the
first Unloading"
He told the truth as to the manner Of
Rogers acquisition of the New York
Commercial as a Standard Oil and
Amalgamated Copper organ.
He told the truth to Col. Greene.
l have kept that marvellous incident
for the last because it gives the key
of this mans power. When Greene IS
sued his famous midnight message by
advertisement his language meant
murder. Greene is man who has
mined copper. He has four notehes
on his pistol stock Two days later he
went to Boston, met Lawson, talked
seven hours. What magic did Lawson
use with Greene? Just the truth.
Just told him how, because he tried to
sustain the stock of his Greene Cop
per company in general decline
he was loaded up with it from every
source until his banks-oh. those
banks, controlled by the very people
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mainly bulls and il is his business
sweet businesst-to break them. Nine
customers out of ten are loaded up
on the long" side, with only three
point. margin between them and loss
Take a dry goods clerk who invests
ten dollars in stock, at a time like
last September The stock keeps go
ing up and at every raise the poor
fool puts his paper profits back into
more stock at the same margin. He
does not put in any more cash-an-
other ten dollars looks SO small when
he is carrying a line of perhaps a hun;
dred shares. Along comes Mr.. Law
son with his thunderbolt. What is
the bucket-shop mans poliey2 Obvi-
ously to go into the market with his
own customers money and sell-he1p
the bear reaction. In every reac-
tion Of Wall street history bucket-shop
men have helped And their clients
have lost their ten dollar stakes-or
larger. as the case may be. That is
worth remembering.
At reputable brokers' firm the
least margin accepted is ten points
ten dollars per share. IN troubled
times a careful broker demands 20.
points upon .gilt-edged7 stock.
Even then a customer may be CLEANED
OUT within few weeks unless he is
prepared to put up more margin. The
gambling is more dangerous the better
the stock one CANDLES upon, odd as
that may seem. In a time when all
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28

New York.--1'homas W.. Lawson S
war upon. the System" is but begun,
At the outset it seems an unequal
struggle Lawson is a man in the
prime Of life, possessor Of q number
OF unusually nimble millions. but he
is apparently without close allies. He
stands alone.
Lawson has in the past advertised
himself by his lavish expenditures, al
ways with the name Of Lawson blown
in the glass. He paid $50. 900 for new
kind of carnation; he has owned some
Of the finest horses il America. he built
a yacht to defend the Americas Cup,
and when he quarreled about her With
the New York Yacht CLUB monopolists
VINO manage the cup contests, he broke
her up and made medals out Of her
bronze for presentation to the public.
Lawson is generous, prodigaI-yet a
Yankee.
The system is hydra-headed. For
Mr. Lawson's purposes it is led by
Standard Oil-that little knot of
financifrs who, beginning with a $780,,
000 refining plant in Cleveland, have
encircled the world with a power be-
side which the Rothschilds is toy;
who have as secure grip upon the
oil trade Of Japan as of the United
States; who with their German allies
control the oil trade Of Germany; who
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the money of all the country; for
country banks send their surplus to
the city to tie loaned-they can send
prices booming. Stock gamblers sell
dom hesitate to buy a four per cent
stock, however high, when call money
is plenty at two per cent Each figures
that he is sharp enough to get out in
time
The Life Insurance Companies.
| have hesitated to toucn one source
Of power to the System. The life in
suranee companies.
The three great life companies of
New York have written 1000, 900 900
worth Of insurance-$250 for every
family in the United States. They
have sf,000,vo0.0o0 of assets. The
fluid portion Of those assets, the
steady inflow Of hard cash, It IS the
duty of the directors to invest. Con
slider the power of men who control
great railroads, who have their di-
rectors in the trust companies, and
who loom large in the directorate of
insurance companies also What a DO
SilIon from NHlcH 10 5HOaI@ the ponds
of new trusts and combinationst
The temptation is the greater be-
cause the position of the companies is
50 strong. The security Of the policy
holder is absolute. If Lawson ever
says otherwise. call him an alarmist,
which it is not a nice thing to be.
The Improvement of public health in
recent years and the constant length
ening of human life is the greatest
asset of the companies. But
Morgan's partner Perkins. is a di-
rector Of a great insurance company.
When Morgan started the Inflated
Shipping Trust, that insurance com
pany took a quantity Of the bonds of
the company. The trust failed from
over-capitalization but the bonds are
still carried on the insurance com
panyss books at par. It's easy enough
to call par their price 50 long as none
Of them are ever sold.
It would be easy to multiply such
cases. Take the kindred evil Of con
yerting stock into bonds SO that trust
funds may be used to pay for them
It is not good finance.
Such things ought not to be:
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company to hold majority Of its
stock, 81 per cent. Form now another
company to hold 81 per cent. of the
holding eompany's stock. An invest
ment of some 100000 IN the second
holding company will control the
whole business. Now let there. be a
prosperous season or two; let the
company lease other companies; let it
sell bonds to trust companies and in
suranee companies in which its direc-
tors are interested, and presently ten
men with an investment Of less than
$4,000 apiece may be controlling mill
lions
Let anyone who doubts that such a
preposterous disproportion Of power
to investment is possible examine for
himself the manner in which the great
Rock Island system IS now con
trolled
1t is this kind of thing that makes
people nervous when Lawson threat
ems to tell all he knows. Suppose he
should.
Just for one minute-suppose he
should!
Observe now the power Of weakness
and the weakness Of power The
System" nervous, stung to anger,
trembling at what disclosure next it
knows not.
And Lawson alone, not a, notably
great millionaire, but-with an Idea.
He has told that idea. often enough.
There is. one power in the country
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rnom ronE1en SOURCES

single eyeglasses are pTen'0lss1
German army income
Only one Tho though the tax IS LEVIED o.
TAX , ~ lnaz4 Of SIS and upward ..,os1
- prof william Smart. the the Pg aaaltn
seanonist says that II Brls.sa You'd
nsra divided equally each pedsoa neaE
were ~ s1as IS ; year, or 1892 q HeeA
receive e1 9ass - Exeter, England, Rl eea.
together in England undeF 100. .or tribes
n which Kafirs or wild Aii1o'se
Eoasa a no1 Madonna Of the great great
.e 81 &c eant,,ry Venetian palnsea
1 niessnsn ReIlini painted on WOOD ne =
fam at Trieste, in Austria. -
The amount Of money aasaA o. their
49,; 80 tenants for the purchase o. liz III
, : - nnder the various acts Of pallla
.a aa,s 5 s since 1856 is, aeeord1ns -
! a eaTli amen paper, $12s .s6s,ol9,
! Russian officer. who with SIX o'n the
broke his parole and eseal'e esa.aan vas
i i, ssr cruiser Diana at sargon. 1 -
ranri,7anf1ed when he arrived as -.
Petersburg sst for breaking his paroie sha
49, eon oratulated on behaving iihe .
=sas1ar The seven officers have askeu -
he sent hack to the far east.
The British government has dee s
70 withdraw the British troops no -
Egypt. Only the native army y. VIZ sar ~
left left IN possession and a new ponce lolss
will be created For a year the gs-kil ss..
will consist of neld battery, a moan-
tain battery and two battaiions oa a an
fantry. At present the army IS As'0oo
strong. r5an
An agitation is going on in LONDON
for horse ambulanees, for, inereolole as
Il NAV seem. a person injured IN tn9
streets of London is joggled TO the nos
nital in a two-wheeled hand oafIo".
drawn by one or two policemen. Ihere
are only three horse ambulanees ID no
whole city, and they are owned by prl-
waite parties, who charge for their uss.
There is no drst aid 4ysteHa,
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ODD BITS OF INTEREST.

It is. supposed that the average depth
nf fbe sand in the deserts Of Africa is
from 80 to 10 feet.
A statistician states that there are
fewer Free Masons to be found among
lawyers than in any other profession
A postal curiosity is the fact that one
of the smallest countries in the world,
San Salvador, has issued the enormous
number of 4o5 different postage stamps
Wheat Beals, of Vermont, built the
first railroad known in the United states
the wooden track affair four miles
long at the Quincy granite quarries in
Massachusetts,
There are 300 Porto Rfcans in San
Francisco who want to be educated at
the public expense, and the board of
education is providing separate even
Ing school for them.
After circling around vaguely Ter
some time a huge whale charged upon
and rammed the Spanish schooner Anna
IN the North Atlantic and SO crushed
the vessel that the crew had TO abandon
1t and take to their boats The whale
received two huge gashes in its head.
John Jordison, postmaster of Coal
vile, Ia. has written out his resignation
time without number in the last six
years, but without avail No one else
will have the Office and the incumbent,
under the law, is compelled to remain
until q new postmaster may be found.
The Glare family of AbbottstoWn,
Adams county, probably holds the rec
ord in Pennsylvania for the largest
number Of e1ergymen In one family. At
the annual meeting Of the West Penn
sylyania Lutheran synod Martin L.
Glare was licensed to preach, making
the fourth member of that family to en-
ter the ministry, the others being Rev.
Il. I. Glare, pastor Of the Lutheran Con-
gregational at East Berlin and Abbotts-
town; Rev. Harry Clare. OF Philadel-
phla, and Rev. Robert Clare, of York.
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of trouble for Standard On and made a
great fortune for himself as copper
magnate in Montana, will not weep at
LaWson's campaign.
Every bucket-shop proprietor will be
in effect his ally, without any neces-
sity for an understanding. The most
damaging accusation that can be made
against Lawson is that he is in league
with bueket-shops, because they
profit by him. That he cannot pre-
vent.
Every man in the country with a
collar to waste ought to know that a
bucket-shop man is always a bear
Why? Because his customers are