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MAILS CLOSED.
By the Postal Department-Unc
 Appalling Conditions.

Washington, March 2G.-Oraers have been issued by the postmaster general instfucting the postmasters at New York and Brooklyn to refuse to admit to the mails the advertise. ments of 52 illegal '"medical offices located in those cities, and also to refuse to deliver mail matter received addressed 10 the fictitious and assum- co names under which parties con ducting these concerns hide their identity. For some time past the department has had inspectors work ing in New York gathering the neces sary evidence to close the mails in these cases, and the officials of the department today expressed the belief that practically all of the criminal concerns of this character in these cities have been covered. This ac- 'icn at New York and Brooklyn is in line with the efforts previously made by Postmaster General Cortelyou in Boston and Philadelphia to enforce the law against this class of criminal concerns.
 In Boston, last March. 90 of these concerns were barred from the mails, and the governments crusade in Phil adeiDhia last September resulted in closing thirteen establishments charg- ed with being illegal medical offices" thus practically closing all such con- cerns there.
 A statement given out at the post
 ee department today says:
 "The condition of affairs which has developed under the departments in :astigations in all of these cities has been appalling It was found that in a large number of instances those en- saged in conducting these offices have
 minal records and are dope fiends. ln Boston one of the concerns eXclud- ed from the mails was supposed to
 we been the office at which was per formed a fatal operation upon the young woman Susan Geary-the suit case murder. One of the doctors whom the department found identi- fled with several of these offices in Boston was also connected with the Susan Geary case. The number of deaths that have been caused in these offices can never be known. The vol ume of businss done by these con- high as 20 criminal operations day were performed in some of these offices. and that the income sometimes ranged as high as $20,OOO a week"
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R{QR YOUNG @
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COCOANUT WARE.
Pretty Ornaments That Can Re Made
 Out of the Shells.


 Out of the Shells.
 The next time you buy cocoanut instead of throwing away the hard shell let 1t be the nucleus of a set of cocoanut ware. for the ugly, hairy shel! may be converted into a beautifully carved vase, drinking cup or flower holder if you follow the directions giv- en below
 The first operation consists of scrap ing off all the growing fiber from the outside with a piece of broken glass. Be sure to work ill the same direction in which the strands run.
 After this outer coating is cleared away go carefully over the same sur faAe with your knife until it Is sym metrical Then rub the surface to a perfect smoothness with a piece of sandpaper. wiping away all superhu- ous dust. Rub beeswax or candle end over the surface and into the nut with the hands and piece of old silk (do not use woolly clothl. Continued application results in fine mahogany colored polish, leaving the nut hard and very smooth.
 Saw off the top of the thick end You must use your own judgment as to
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The Word "Tarf6."

The word tariff has an interesting origin It is derived from the Arabic ta 'rifa, meaning an inventory of fees payable on demand, and became cur rent in the following way: A certain Moorish general, by name Tarifa, seized in the year TO upon small seaport some twenty miles from what is now Gibraltar and the southernmost town in Europe. Here he founded a station for levying toll on all craft trading in the neighborhood and be- slowed his name upon the place, after the manner of Constantine, Alexander and others. The word came eventual ly to signify schedule of charges and passed into the French, Italian and English
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shadow of the porch of the ranch house. It was known that in some way the people of the ranch kept up communication with the absent bus. band. but all attempts to discover the messengers were fruitless, though the sentinels were doubled. The troops had succeeded in rounding up and cap turing scores of the bandits, whom Captain Chase had turned over to the authorities, but the chief offender was still free
 One night signal light flashed across the camp of the troops. It faded ana was gone in an instant, and it's source could not be traced.
 Several nights later word passed along the line of sentinels that strange sounds had been heard near the ranch house. Quietly but quickly the largest of the outbuildings was surrounded by troopers. A door flew open and four mounted men dashed out into the darkness. There was an exchange of shots, and one man fell stricken from his horse,
 shrill word of command in Spanish came from behind latticed gallery of the house, and the next instant man jumped sheer twenty feet downward to the ground. In another instant he had caught the riderless horse, had vaulted into the saddle and had dis appeared through the darkness in the direction of the chaparral Tn his flight he passed within twenty feet of the leader of the troopers and with him ex- changed shots. The cavalryman in the starlight saw that the fugitive was the outlaw Garza
 Caterno E. Garza escaped that night, and from that time to this no one has been found who can say that he has seen the face of the Mexican-Texan bandit.
 Senora Inez GarZa is still waiting for the return of her husband She be- lieves he will come, and she daily tells her son on the gallery of the ranch house of Palito Blanco that he will yet see the face of his father, who will come riding ill from the chaparral.
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Weird Story of a Chair.

In the museum at Cape Town Is shown an old fashioned, high backed wooden chair, to which attaches weird story. It is related that the chair is the one in which the Dutch governor was found sitting dead few mo- ments after the execution of a soldier whom he had sentenced to be hanged, and who on his doom being pronounced solemnly called upon his condemner to accompany him to the throne of the Supreme Judge.
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Golden Nose.

Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish mathematician, was known as the "Wizard of the Golden Nose" While at the university he lost his nose in a duel and replaced 1t with nasal or gan of gold, held in place by cement and a pair of spectacles. This addi- t,on to his countenance gave him q very peculiar appearance and caused him to be much feared by the common people, who attributed to him many supernatural powers, largely on ac- count of his remarkable nose.
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Be Polite,

School children are most apt to be guilty of a certain breach of street eti- quette. This is the forming of group on the pavement so that the knot of people interfere with passersby or the walking together three or four abreast, so that the same hindrance is present ed. Please try to remember that, while the street is meant for you as much as for any one else, it is meant for any one else as much as for you.
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Husband |An nOtt1lase'
r.,oro Gorxo Is Woi1i,,e For roe Return o Her Spouse.
RebelIed Afoin<f fbe Gov. E.~.nf. and q Price Wos Puf on His Head Soon Affer
 Tbeir Wedding Day.

An the edge of the chaparral which i+s the Rio Grande in Nueces coun- Tex. stands the ranch house of kuto Blanco. Vines cling to 1t and E,md 1t, and southern roses bloom at
 1 door the year through. The country me transformed, for the green of the
 .res and the red, the purple and the En of many flowers today hide the Sp of a land that twelve years ago
 ,e AS desolate as Death valley.
 F1n the time of drought and desolation |hby was born at the ranch of Palito s.nco. It's mother was the Sonora
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Conundrums.

In what color should our friendship be kept? In violet (inviolate).
 Why is India ink like cunning Hot tentot? Because 1t is a deep black.
 There Is well known word in the English language, the two first letters of which signify male, the three first female, the four first a great man aud the whole great woman. He. her. hero, heroine
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STILL IN DOUBT.

Reporter-Uncle, to what do you at tribute your long life?
 Oldest Inhabitant-I don't know yit, young feller. They's several of these patent medicine companies that's dick erin with me.-Chicago Tribune.
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From the Irish.

First Citizen-I beg your pardon, sir. but l am a stranger in Dublin. Can you direct me to Grafton street? Sec ond Ditto-With Pleasure. Sure it's the second turn to the right. First Ditto-Thank you, sir. (Walks off, Second Ditto Calling after him)-Hi! If you're a left handed man it's the other way entirely-London Globe.
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Marie's Accident.

"Now tell me why you cry. Marie" "I've had an accident" sobbed she. ''yVhere are your bruises? Dearie mol What was your accident. Marie?" "I almost tumbled down." she said, And very nearly bumped my head!"
 Della Hart Stone in St. Nicholas.
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M0n Sntan,a Knees."

A little girl of five or so was much puzzled on hearing the lines of the old hymn:
 And Satan trembles when he sees
 The weakest saint upon his knees.
 "Whatever," she asked, ''dld they want to sit on Satan's knees for? I'm sure I should not like to sit on Satan's knees at all, and why should he trem- ble if they were so little?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-27
A MAN JUMPED TO THE GROUND.

A W01N SO ELI AO 411E dNOONO.
 a Garza. It's father was the bandit verino E. Garza, upon whose head a Ice had been placed by two govern Ents.
 Today Inez GarZa is looking through
 vines that chamber over the gal des to the place far off where the hparral ends with the plain. She tches and then turns away. For ITS she has watched and waited for return of her outlaw husband, and hlng can shake her confidence that morrow he will return.
 There was wedding at the ranch the Little White Tree fourteen years last June. Inez Gonzalez, daughter Manuel Gonzalez, was married to terino B. Garza by the judge from Diego. Garza was a hotheaded lcan-American, claiming citizen p in either country as 1t best suited convenience and his schemes. Gar was ambitious, and he kept ever be- him the memory of a day when president of Mexico had but few iowers and burning desire for Rer, desire that had been gratified beyond his dreams. Garza saw 6 elon of revolution in the country CT the Rio Grande and of himself the seat of government
 me wedding festivities at Palito anco lasted week. Then Caterino sfza kissed his wife and disappeared. ! plunged into the chaparral and aae bis way to the ranch of the San Gertrudes, eighteen miles south, uere he was joined by a hundred afaoes, sworn to the cause of revo- lon In the country of President me band pushed it's way southwest @e river, picking up additional fol Ners Tor their leader on the way. ey made a camp on the American leof the Rio Grande, and then in the fkness of subtropical night they vssed the yellow waters and attacked Mexlcan military post.
 4ae sentinels were slain before they ua make an outcry to alarm the uard' and the rest of the red work as easy. Officers and enlisted men sfe put to death, and the murderers treated over the river into the terri y or the United States. The Mexi- government asked that the band arrested and punished.
 iae chaparral of Texas Is almost im- uetrable. absolutely impenetrable to Vps acting in body. but the war srtment ordered its soldiers into the '. and for two years they under ~ hardships that none but the sol
 realized. A part of the Third cav Captain George E. Chase com aalhg, was ordered to the ranch of
 Falito Blanco, there to establish aquarters in the field, with a view @e capture of Garza. the head and " or the offending, If he, should .e the attmept to visit his bride.
 ot weeks the troops watched the aca house day and night, detached ,ues making excursions to different uIs from which came rumors that bandits had appeared in force.
 sne seasons changed twice. and a " boy was born at I'alito BlancO.
 troops were still encamped at the Soarrals edge. almost within the
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DWELLINGS FOR RENT.

No. 2005 West Fifth avenue, 4 rooms.
 No 1902 West Pullen street, 4 rooms.
 No 1904 West Pulien street. 4 rooms.
 No 515 Hickory street, z rooms, No. 517 Hickory street, 3 rooms. No. G19 Hickory street, 3 rooms. Apply to Chas. Haycock, real estate and loans, No 113 Pine street.
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WANT ED.

Two men in each county to repre- sent and advertise hardware depart ment, put out samples of our goods. etc. Travelling position or oflce man. ager. Salary s90 per month, cask weekly, with all expenses paid in ad- vance. We furnish everything.
 THE COLUMBIA HOUSE..
 Dept. 610, 234 9th ave. Chicago. IA.
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Taking No Chances.

"Perhaps," suggested the waiter, "you would like Welsh rabbit"
 "No," said the austere customer; "1 am vegetarian"
 "A Welsh rabbit is made of cheese. you know, sir"
 sI know 1t. As I said before. l am vegetarian. ."-Chicago Tribune
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Meeting grand lodge, K. of IT. of Arkansas, Little Rock Ark, Fen 'uary q and 22, 1906. For the tbcye oc- oasion the following round trip rates and arrangements are authorizel to Little Rock: Rate-$17O for the round trip. Dates of sale-Tebrlla y 19 to 21, inclusive. Return limit, February 23.
 s. M. Dickey, Agent
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Special oneway second-cIass colo hist rates to the northwest. Rates and arran scments outlined below will govern in the sale of one-way second. class colonist tickets to destinations shown and to intermediate points ef- fected Rates-To Billings, Mont, from Pine Bluff. $29.65; Livingston. Logan, Cinnabar. Mont, s31.5o; Hel. ena, Butte, Missoula Anaconda, Mont, s31.50; Spokane. Wash. $34; Port land, Ashland, Astoria, Ore, Tacoma, Seattle. Wash. Victoria, Vancouver F. C., sSo5C. Dates of sale-Febru. ary Is to April ', 1906, Inclusive; Sep tember E to October 31. 1906, inclus- i've. These tickets will not be honor. ed In standard sleepers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-27

Special one-way second-c1ass colo hist rates to California, February 15 te April ', 1906; September 15 to Os. tober 3l, 1906. The following rates and arrangements are authorized for the sale of one=way second-class col. onist tickets to San Francisco, Sac. ramento, Los Angeles and San Diego, Cal, Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, Granger, Wyoming, also to Prescott, and Phoenix, Arizona, and all interme- diate points on direct lines to which the regular second-cless rates are higher: Rates-From Pine Bluff, so via Texarkana and s31G5 via St. Louis. Dates of sale-February 15 to April 7, 1906, inclusive; September E to October 31, 1906, inclusive. These tickets will not be honored in standard sleeping cars.
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To Hot Springs, Ark, account of Arkansas Federal on of Womens s clubs One and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale April "A to 26. in elusive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-27

To St. Paul, Minn., account of bi- ennial meting General Federation of Women's clubs. One fare plus g. for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2G, 2S, g and 90. Return limit, June 3, 1906.
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To Paris, Tex, account of Women's Board of Missions, Cumberland Pres. byterian' chruch. One fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 3 to 6, inclusive. Return limit. May 15.
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IRON MOUNTAIN SPECIAL RATES

To St. Paul, Minn., account of bi- ennial meting General Federation of Women's clubs. One fare plus g. for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2C, 2S, g and 30. Return limit, June 9, 1906
 To Hot Springs, Ark. account of Arkansas Federal on of Women's clubs. One and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale April "A to 26, in- elusive.
 To Paris, Tex, account of Women's Board of Missions, Cumberland Pres. byterian' chruch. One fare plus $2 May to 6, inclusive. Return limit. May 15.
 To Nashville, Tenn, account of student volunteer movement for for eign missions One fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale Feb ruary 25 to 27, inclusive. Return :im- 1t, March 9.
 To Los Angeles, Cal, account of Imperial council, Ancient Arabic Or der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and National Congress of Mothers. One first-class fare for the round trip Tickets on sale April 25 to May 5, with final return limit of July 31, 1906. For full particulars relative to stop-overs, etc., call on or write local ticket agent of Iron Mountain.
 To Des Moines, Iowa, account of General Assembly Presbyterian church in U. s. A. One fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May IA, 15, 16, F, 21 and 23. Re- turn limit, May 31.
 To Louisville, Ky, account of American Bowling Congress. One fac plus s2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale March 15 to IS, inclusive. Re turn limit, March 31, 1906.
 Special rates to northwestern points, California Mexico, Colorado and homeseekers excursion rates to various DO nts. Will be gladly fur etc. by local ticket agent.
 H. N. ATWOOD, Agent.
 DWELLINGS FOR RENT.
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To Nashville, Tenn, account 0 student volunteer movement for fol eign missions. One fare plus $2 fo the round trip. Tickets on sale Eel ruary 25 to 27, inclusive. Return .in it, March 9.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-05-09
SHOOTING ARRAY AT CHAPLIN.
Little Town Scene of Sensational Occur.
renee Thursday.

Columbia, May IA highly sensa-
tional shooting scrape between two
prominent men, both we'll known in Co
lumbia, occurred Thursday at 9 o'clock
at Chaplin, a small station on the C. N.
d l.. road, as the mixed freight and
passenger train stopped there on its
way into Columbia from Laurens. DIR.
Rowland X. Smith was in the baggage
coach on his way to Columbia, where
his father lives, when the passengers
in the coach next to it were completely
taken by surprise by a regular fusilade
of revolver shots between DIR. Smith
and his fellow townsman, Capt. L. M.
Brown, who opened up on his assailant
from neal the tracks. The two men
emptied their revolvers at each other,
but not a shot took effect. DR.. Smith
came on to Columbia, Mr.. Brown re-
naming at Chaplin.
The passengers were indignant about
the matter, and on the arrival of the
train here President w. G. Childs, of
the road at once instituted an investiga-
ton among the crew and others with
the result that the matter was turned
over to the roads attorney with in
structious to prosecute the principals in
the difficulty. 81 am going to find out
whether there is any law in this land to
punish those responsible for such an
outrage" said Mr.. Childs. 81 am 60
ing to lay the facts before a jury"
From the heated words that passed be-
tween the combatants and from other
facts spoken of at Chaplin it is under
stood the trouble between the two men
arose over relations existing between
DR.. Smith and Mrs. Brown. Mrs.
Brown is said to be now in Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-05-09
CLEAN ELECTION IN UNION.
Hon. Macbeth Young, Native of Laurens,
is Again Elected Mayor.

Well, whiskey did not do the voting
in Union last Tuesday. 1t was the
cleanest, most b~usiness-like election
ever held in this city; less drinking; less
brawling less everything except the
free and uninfluenced use of mind
More interest was manifested in this
election than any previous one; for
there were issues at stake that de-
manded the interest, judgment and de-
cision of the citizens.
AS a result of the election three of
the city officers are elected, while there
must be a second race for the other
three. Mr.. Macbeth Young is Mayor
W a majority VI 81 votes, Capt. Geo.
G. Perrin, alderman from Ward Two by
26 votes, and Joseph H. Gault for Ward
Three by "a votes. A second election
must be held between j. G. Long, jr.,
and Jno. w. Crawford in Ward One; j.
w. Nance and W.. II. West in Ward
Four; and between ID. H.. Wallace, and
w. S. Mcclure for Commissioner of
Public Works. Union Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-05-09
SALARY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
1t Is Folly to Expect TO Get More Than
We Pay For.

1t is a good point which the York
vile Enquirer makes when it says that
If We would get the best advantage of
our higher institutions of learning for
the benefit of our common schools let
us raise the salaries of common school
teachers.
The work of the common schools is
indeed a most important work, and we
are glad to believe that the last decade
has witnessed a very marked improve
ment in the personnel of the teachers
engaged in it. That Improvement has
been most perceptible, however, where
the salary increase has been greatest.
This is but natural. 1t is true that in
every department of labor, and there is
no reason why it should not be true in
this. We do not always get what we
pay for in this world, but it is folly to
expect to get more han we pay for.
There are certain matters which one
cannot afford to economic in too
greatly. This is one of them. There
Is too much at stake. The duty owed
by parents to their children and by
trustees to those for whom they have
pledged themselves to act, is too i'm
perative. We want no blind leaders of
the blind as teachers, but we want
young men and women whose eyes have
been opened, and who have been init
ated into the mysteries of how to open
the eyes of others, how to reveal to
them the wonderful things of life and
fit them for living it as it should be
lived. That is what the child really goes
to school for, after all is said; or per-
haps it were more accurate to say that
is what it should go to school FOR.
The day is not long past when twenty
dollars was about an average salary
paid2to the public school teachers in the
country schools of many of the coun-
ties of South Carolina. Perhaps there
are some parts of the state where such
meagre salaries as this still obtain. But
we are informed that in many of the
counties double the amount would now
be nearer an average. This is a very
gratifying increase. 1t is none too much,
however, : it is not enough if the best
teaching ability is to be gained and
kept. And those who have charge
should not allow themselves to become
contented with anything short of the
best. News and Courier.