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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
Lisbon Crop...Talk and Personals.

Lisbon, June Give had a severe
washing rain last Sunday. You have
heard of washout in places, but washouts
occurred in every place in this commu-
nifty, and much damage was done to the
growing crops. Some will have to
plant their entire corn crop over on the
little branch bottoms, which was grow
ing very nicely, and promised to make
a good yield. The harvest is about
over, and it looks like it will be better
than for years. The first planting of
cotton is looking very nice, though last
Sundays rain has made the stands very
bads.
Gardens and melons are looking very
fine. We expect to have melons by the
4th of July. Everybody seems to have
cabbages for sale, but no place to
market them. In the winter we had to
give two and a half cents per pound for
them, now we can't sell ours for one
cent each, so they say.
The good people of Lisbon church
made a nice little sum for the benefit
of the church last Friday evening.
j. t. A. Ballew lost a very fine COW
last week.
Mr.. w. P. Morris has just returned
from Charlotte, N. c., where he spent
several days with relatives and friends.
Miss Ella league has gone to Ala
bama with her grandmother, Mrs. T. S.
league, to visit Mrs. Matte league
Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. P. Milan, of Cole
Point, spent last Tuesday with Mr.. Mi
lam's mother.
The candidates are coming around oc-
~casionally, and we expect a warm time
this summer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
MARVELs OF MEMORY.
Feats of Famous Me That Seem al
most Aeyond Belief.

Feats of Men That Seem AL
most beyond Belief.
Some examples of the marvels Of
memory would seem entirely incredible
had they not been given to us upon
the highest authority. Cyrus knew the
name of each soldier in his army. 1t is
also related of Thcmistocles that he
could tell by name every citizen of
Athens, although the number amount
ed to 10000. Mithridates, king of Pom
tus, knew all his $4,000 soldiers by
their right
Scipio knew all the Inhabitants Of
Rome. Seneca complained of old age
because he could not, as formerly, re-
peat 1000 names in the order in which
they were read to him, and he stated
that on one occasion, when at his
studies, 200 uuconnected verses having
been recited by the different pupils Of
his preceptor, he repeated them in a
reverse order. proceeding from the last
to the first.
Thomas Cranmer committed to mem.
DRY in three months an entire transla.
ton OF the Bible. Euler, the mathema.
tician, could repeat the "IEneid," and
Lcibnitz, when an old man, could re-
cite the whole of Virgil, word for word.
1t Is said that Bossuet could repeat not
only the whole Bible, but all of Homer,
Virgil and Horace, besides many other
works.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
Favor X. of p. Libraries.

Charleston, June 6.-Grand Chancel-
lor M. Rutledge Rivers of the Knights
of Pythias has come out in favor of the
establishment of libraries at castle
halls, or under the charge of the lodges
throughout the State, making this one
of the features of this policy in the first
address that he has made to a lodge
since his recent elevation to the office.
Mr.. Rivers asks the cooperation of all
lodges in the establishment of the libra
ries, and will doubtless issue an address
later to all the lodges on this feature of
the work which he thinks will rebound
to the good and credit of the order.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
Ekoms News Items.

EXON, June 1.-THE farmers are
very busy now, and so far as we know
they have had very little trouble with
the grass.
Gardens are doing well, and we are
now having Irish potatoes, beans, ETC.,
in abundance.
Miss jamie Belle Stribling and her
brother, of Abbevilie, visited the fam
lily of Mr.. Ehhu Moore last week.
Messrs. Ionic Moore and Otis Martin,
Of Honea Path, spent Saturday night
and Sur with their parents here.
DIR. godfrey was up to see his
brotht Nh. Y. A. Godfrey, Sunday.
He was accompanied by Mr.. B. Y. Gull
bertson, of Maddens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
A Western Wonder.

There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex, that's
twice as big as last year. This wonder
is w. l.. Hill, who from a weight Of &c
pounds has grown to owe $50. He says;
81 suffered with a terrible cough, and
doctors gave me up to die of consump-
ton. | was reduced to 80 pounds, when
l began taking DR.. Kings New discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
Now, after taking IL bottles, | have
more than doubled in weight and am
e COM cnra G cured; odl Sy sHre im Seaghb ama
Co. and Laurens Drug Co. Trial bot
ties free.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
THE SCIENCE OF A LIGHT.
Cheap Acetylene Gns Was Discover
ed by IN

Cheap Acetylene Gns Was Discover
ed by an Accident.
Cheap commercial acetylene gas was
discovered by accident. Wilson, n sci
entific eXperimenter, believed that near
ly all metallic oxides could be reduced
to Il metallic state by heating them to
an extremely high temperature by the
voltaic arc in the presence of free car.
bon. Aluminium had been successfully
reduced in this way. Mr.. Wilson
wished to obtain metallic calcium. He
therefore mixed ii quantity of quick
lime with pulverized coke and brought
the mixture to n high temperature by
the action Of the voltaic arc. He ex-
pected to obtain n white metal, but in
stead he appeared to produce nothing
but Stag. This was thrown into the
yard, and one day ut noon while the
boys were having their luncheon they
picked up these bits of Stag and threw
them at each other. One piece fell into
a pail Of water and produced a bub-
bling effect and q strong odor. This at,
tractcd Mr.. Wilson's attention, and
upon investigation he found that the
strong smelling gas was extremely in
fammable. Further Investigation re.
vealcd that it was pure acctylene gas
Sir Hiram Maxim in Harpcr's Weekly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
The nealthfu1 UpbtII WALL

The best way TO get Oxygen into the
blood is to walk a mile uphill two OF
three times a day keeping the mouth
closed and expanding the nostrils. This
beats all other methods. During such
n walk every drop of blood in the body
will make the circuit of the lungs and
stream, red and pure, back to its APP
pointed work of cleansing and repairing
wornout tissues. Recreation piers are
coming into use Mt scaports, and people
are being advised to use balconies and
fire escapes in the fresh air treatment
of consumption. The uphill walk, as q
prophylactic and curative cas- in
many chronic ailments dependent upon
n weak condition Of the heart, lungs
and blood vessels, would prove inyala-
able.-Medical Brief.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
NOTES

A note given by n minor is void.
Notes bear interest only when so
stated.
Altering n note in any manner by
the holde makes it void.
1t is not legally necessary to say on
II note FOR value received"
If a note is lost or stolen it does not
release the maker. He must pay 1T.
If the time of payment OF n note is
not inserted it Is held to be payable or
demand.
Notes falling due Sunday or on a le-
gal holiday must be paid on the day
previous.
a note obtained by fraud or from n
person in n state of intoxication can.
not be collected.
An indorser has n right of action
against all whose names were preyi-
ously on Il note Endorsed by Lin.
An indorscr Of a note is exempt from
liability If not served with notice of its
dishonor within twenty-four hours of
Its nonpayment.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
I,oxsra NJ co1ea.

The London Globe doubts whether
there Is anywhere in the world n place
more addicted to coffee than the little
island of Groix, about nine miles dis
tant from Loriept. The customs rec
ords show that the annual consumption
Of coffee IN the island Is about 10000
pounds. Now, the population is $500,
and, as the men pass practically their
Fhole lives afioat as seamen, this large
quantity must be consumed by about
1000 women, children and old men.
1t works out at thirty pounds u head
per annum.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
A Miraculous Cure.

The following statement by H. M.
Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa, will
interest parents and others. "a miracu-
lous cure has taken place in our home.
Our child had eczema 5 years and was
pronounced incurable, when we read
about Electric Bitters, and concluded to
try it. Before the second bottle was all
taken we noticed a change for the bet
ter, and after taking z bottles he was
completely cured" It's the up-to-date
blood medicine and body building tonic.
Guaranteed. SOC and $1.00 at Palmetto
Drug Co. and Laurens Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
When Dieestion I. Perfect

Moderation in diet has more to dc
with D%rolonging human life than any
other n thing. a proper dietetic regl.
men, once attained, brings all the rest
In its train. Sleep, exercise, cleanliness,
equanimity of spirit, all hang upon it.
Life Is not only prolonged, but is con.
stantly enjoyed. most OF its minor al
noyanccs vanishing when digestion Ia
perfect Pay no attention to fads. They
give rise to too much introspection, and
that Is bad for every one.-Roger s.
Tracy In Century.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
The Journex of the stork.


Ask a German where the storks go
when they leave the fatherland, and
he will reply, "South!" That is all he
knows about 1t. But some years ago an
American clergyman temporarily resid-
ing at Berlin had an opportunity of de-
Gliding where these birds spend the
colder part of the year.
He enticed one OF them into his gar.
den, caught 1t and placed Il silver ring
about its leg, on which was engraved
"Berlin, 1885" Having observed the
habits of the birds, he took II for grant
ed that the stork would reoccupy its
usual quarters upon its return In tho
spring, which indeed proved to be he
case. The surprise of the clergyman's
household was great however, when
its members noticed that "thoir stork"
now wore two silver rings upon his leg.
The bird was %recaptured and, behold,
the old ring was back again and nc
campaigning 1t another, which read,
India sends greetings to Berlin Pill
grim.
An Honest Man.
Hiram Stroode for the seventh time
was about to fail. He called In an
expert accountant to disentagle his
books. The accountant after two days
work announced to Hiram that he
would be able to pay his creditors 4
cents on the dollar. At this news the
old man looked vexed.
Heretofore" he said, frowning, ~
have always paid 10 cents on the dol
lar"
A virtuous and benevolent express
sion spread over his face.
"And 1 will do 80 now" he resumed.
81 will make up the difference out of
my own pocket" 49,,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
Long Tennessee Fight.

For twenty years w. l.. Rawls of Bells,
Tenn, fought nasal catarrh. He writes;
1.-THE swelling and orene inside my
was fearful, till / began applying
Buc6len's Arnica Salve to the sore sur
face: This caused the soreness and swell
ing TO disappear, neve to return"
Best salve in existence. 25c at Palmetto
Drug Co. & Laurens Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
A Healthy pupnv,

There's only one good thing about
that young puppy that eame to see you
last night" said the irascible father,
"and that Is he's healthy"
I'm surprised to hear you admit
that much" replied the dutiful daugh-
ter.
II wouldn't except for the fact that
when you met him In the hall last
night / heard o say, oh, George,
how cold your nose isl'"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
Piedmont Summer School,
LANDER COLLEGE, GREENWOOD. S. c.

The official Sumner School for teach
ers of Laurens County will be the Pied
mont Summer School to be held this
year at Lander College in Greenwood.
The session will open on Tuesday, June
10th and close Friday, July 18th.
There is a faculty of eight expert in
.structors under the supervision of Mr..
W.. II. Hand, assistant professor OF
Pedagogy of the University of South
Carolina. The courses are offered IN
English, Mathematics, History, Geog-
raphy, Primary Methods, Singing,
Manual Training, Physiology and Ped
agogy.
Board may be obtained in the dormi-
tories of Lander College at $1,000 for
the session.
A special rate of one fare plus 2E
cents is allowed on all railroads.
All teachers of Laurens county are
urged to attend this school. Teachers
holding certificates are entitled to have
them renewed upon the satisfactory
completion of courses in the Summer
School.
r. w. NASH,
County Supt. of Education.
June 5th-td.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
The Wall street way.

Jobson-You bought the stock on
your brokers' advice, didn't your Dob
son-Yes; he. gave me fonr excellent
reasons why 1t should go up. Jobson-
What has he to say now2 Dobson-He
has given me four equally good reasons
why 1t went down.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
ooh, 7. AM SO TIRED!''

Is Is heard daily from old and 70 rngs nnh and poor. Did you everstopn and consider
caused by improper digestion. This, or other symptoms of Indigestion such as
nervousness, nausea heart-bu I, our stomach, fatuency and de@pondency,
should be a warning to you w ho ar in danger of having indigestion, the great
eneny of American health, to-day, fasten its mercncs fangs on your health.
Remember, "a Stitch in time, saves nine, and a bottle of the celebrated
kelums S IRE Cure for Indigo st ion has saved untold misery tic people in man
parts OF this broad land, by CIR ng them permanently of this miserable disease.
Yes, not like the pepsn dgesivtS that help for a time, but cures permanently
by causing the digestive organs o perform their functions. Nature being such
a great re ctLher of its own ills, " 18th the assistance of tms. powerful medicine,
nentE Sold on a $500 guarantee = so cents and 81 90 per bottle at
Laurens Drug Company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
A LOVE IDYL.

The Kansas papers, discussing rural
love, relates a homely idyl. such as
Theocritus never sang, about a love af-
fair oklahoma Dave" Payne once had.
Payne lived on a farm when a boy, and
his raiment consisted of a linsey sack
with holes for his head and arms. He
was deeply in love with a neighbor
farm girl. One evening he went over
and spanked the girl while she was
milking the cow. She sat on one side
of the cow and he squatted on the other
so he could look her in the eye while
she MIXED. Dave felt his love for the
girl growing rapidly. 1t affected the
boy in a peculiar way. Something
a would chase itself up and down
his spinal column. 1t was a new sensa-
ton, and in his inexperience he was
sure it was love. Just when the sensa-
ton was the greatest the girl re-
marked: "Davie, the calf is chewing
the back out of your sock"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

"THE DEAR OLD DAYS"
Gimme back the dear old days-all the
boys in line
boy stood on the burnin' deck" and
"Bingen on the Rhinel'
"Twas midnight; in his guarded tent
I'VE spoke it high and low,
While Mary troted out that lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow!''
Gimme back the dear old days that
Mem'ry loves to keep,
With "Pilot tits afearful night-there's
danger on the deep!"
The old-time, awkward gestures-the
jerk, meant for a bow
We said that "Curfew shouldnot ring"
but Lord! it's ringin' now!
Ill.
Gimme back the dear old days-the
pathway through the dells
To the schoolhouse in the blossoms; the
sound of far-off bells
Tinklin' 'crost the meadows; the song
of the bird an brook;
The old-time dictionary, am the blue
back spellin' book!
Gone, like a dream, forever!-a city's
hid the place
Where stood the old log schoolhouse;
an no familiar face
Is smilin' there in welcome beneath a
mornin' sky
There's a bridge acrost the river; an
we've crossed, an said "Goodby!"
F. l.. S.
"When a man keeps complainin' dat
he aim had no opportunity in life,"
said Uncle Eben, you kind o. wonder
whether he ain too busy kicking to no
tice an opportunity if it comes along"
Washington Star.
Wigg-I don't believe he ever told
the truth in his life.
Wagg-If he ever did he tried to lie
out of it. Philadelphia Record.
you're her brother, aren't you?"
well, in a way"
"By marriage?"
"No, by rejection. cleveland Lead
er.
"Yes," said the fair young girl,
everybody says Pm just the picture of
mamma"
"Well," replied the gallant youth,
you're certainly a flattering picture"
Exchange.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13
The DnAtnn Mind.

Mary-I think | be like the boss coat;
I'm made to order. Mistress-Well,
Mary, you certainly are not a ready
maid article.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13

Don't be fooled and made to believe
that rheumatism can be cured with To-
cal appliances. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea is the only positive cure for
rheumatism. rs cents, Tea or Tablets.
Ask your druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13

We have in stock a solid car load of
Fruit Jars in all sizes at prizes that
will make it to your interest to see our
line before you buy.
S. M. 81 h. III. Wilkes e. Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13

ARRIVALS:-Train No. 1, Daily, from
Augusta and intermediate stations L: do
pm; No. So, daily, from G~reenville and in
termediate stations l:35pm; No.S7, daily,
except Sunday, from Greenville ana
intermediate stations 6: 40pm; train No.
2, daily, from Spartanburg and interim
ediate stations /: 80 p m.
c. VI. Gasque, Agt., Laurens, S. c..
G. I. Bryan, Gent Agt. Grcneville sc
Auguata, Ga,
7. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-06-13

We are offering a special bargain in
a solid oak suit of three pieces: Roll
foot Bed, six feet high, with 24-inch
French bevel mirror on Bureau and
Wash Stand. For a short time we of
fer this beautiful suit for $15.7 rs. 1t is
q regular twenty-dollar value.
S. M. q f.. III. Wilkes e. Co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-09

Women's Walking Skits,
white aud tan union linen, trimm-
ed and piped with white circular
cut 1.29
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
RECRUITS IN FRANCE.
Leon Felendier Doing Goose-Step at
Fifty.

Special Correspondence of The Star
PARIS. October g 1906
1t matters not how old man may be,
he may even be a centenarian. but If he
becomes a naturalized Frenchman he must
serve his time in the army just as il he
were the veriest recruit in his teens.
1t is a conscripted army. the French one,
and all over eighteen must put in thirteen
months military service with some regiment
or corps either In the field or in barracks.
The born citizen does his service before he
is twenty-one, but the other day the queer
case of the brothers Felendler came before
the war minister. They have just become
naturalized. One is forty-eight, the other
forty. The minister looked up the law.
He decided they must do their service, for,
as he announced, there is nothing in the
conscript law mentioning the age Of
naturalized citizens. Even If the Felend-
lers were hundred years old they still
would have to serve.
So Leon Felendler, nearly two score and
ten. Is the man Of the moment for he Is
the oldest recruit in the French army. The
batch of recruits with whom he Is learning
the goose-step are not out of their teens
The graybeard has been photographed in
the midst of his company and looks strange
ly out of place. Hugo Felendler, his
brother. forty years old, has just finished
his thirteen compulsory days with the
colors.
The Felendlers were born in Poland. but
while they were still young children their
parents emigrated to France. Both Leon
and Hugo married French girls and have
families of grown-up children.
The other day Leon went to enter his
son, aged seventeen, at one of the govern
ment's technical colleges, but when 1t was
found that the pupifs father was not born
had taken on. naturalization papers. So
soon a. the Felendlers became naturaiized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14

Alexandria and Georgetown; tug Powhatan,
towing two scows laden with stone dust,
from Oecoquan; barge Delaware, fertilizer,
from Philadelphia. for Alexandria: barge
Katherine Brady, hard coal, from Phila-
delphia, for Georgetown.
Sailed: Schooner Edna and Nellie, mer-
chandise, from Alexandria, for river
point; schooner Belmont, for a river point
to load cordwood; schooner Bertha May,
for Colonial Beach to load; tug william H
Yerkes, jr., with a tow of oyster and lum-
Der vessels, bound to river points; schoon-
ers Lottie Thomas. Eta and Amanda
Lewis. light. for lower river points to load
oysters back to this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Sidonia Curley has
been chartered to load lumber on the Rap
pahannock river for this port; schooner
Grace G. Bennett. from this city, with a
cargo Of stone, has arrived at Norfolk:
schooner c. H. Dagger has gone to a river
point to load lumber for dealers here;
schooner Hattie G. Wheatley has been
chartered to load street sweepings at this
port for Norfolk; schooner Lewis H. Cow
ard. from this city, at Boston 18th instant:
schooner Hennie L. James. from this city.
at Norfolk 11th instant: schooner T. L.
James, from Alexandria, TOR Boston. at New
York nth instant
The little tug Martin Dallman. belonging
to Mr.. John Miller and used as q tender to
Miller's dredging machine. 10 at Bennefts
railway and VIII be hauled out - soon ~
the tides Win allow the launching Of the
little tug lobe, belonsint to Taylor & Bro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
DOLLS FOR MONKEYS.
Joy in London 'sZoo" Over Toy
Babies.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON. October 2, 1905.
That the monkeys in the London Zoo
recently have been supplied with dolls and
apparently are highly delighted with these
unaccustomed playthings are facts with
which Americans may already have be-
come acquainted. The spectacle now af-
forded at the Regent Park monkey house
Of simians gravely mothering doll babies
is. however. a highly novel one and as
there has been a lot Of curiosity as to
how the thing came to pass and how it
is regarded by the powers that be in the
Geological Gardens | yesterday interviewed
the secretary of the Zoo On both these en-
crossing points.
Oddly enough 1t seems that the introduce
ton of London's monkeys to the delights
p. Dando. who. 1t may be explained, Is
the official photographer to the Geological
Gardens. Recently Mr. Dando went to the
monkey house to take some photographs
of the chimpanzees there, and with him
went his little girl, who happened to be
carrying a aufy-haired wax doll.
.'Mickie,' one of the chimpanzees, was
so attracted by the doll that the photog-
rapher couldn't get him quiet enough to
take a picture, and at last in despera-
ton he handed the plaything over to the
monkey. The result was eminently salts
factory. After playing few minutes with
the toy "Mickie" agreed to behave and
posed beautifully for the camera holding
the doll in his arms as carefully as If it had
been alive. - ~ 49,