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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

white satin ropes We're stretched from
each side of the main entrance to the
East room to points on the east wall of
the apartment on the north and south
sides of the floral bower.
Mrs. Roosevelt was followed by her
son Kermit and her daughter Ethel and
her sons, Archie and Quentin, in cou-
pies. The children stood with their
mother on the north side of the altar
platform.
Following her almost Immediately
came the bridegroom, the Hon. Nicho-
las Longworth, accompanied by his
best man, Mr.. Thomas Nelson Perkins,
one of the members of the corporations
of Harvard College and a classmate at
college of Mr.. Longworth, entered the
East room under the escort of the mil
itary aides. The groom and his best
man took their places at the foot of
the embowered platform to await the
coming of the bride. Already, Bishop
Satterlce had taken his place on the
platform, attired in the purple and
ivory robes of his clerical office.
Scarcely had the bridegroom entered
the East room when the doors of the
State dining room, at the west entrance
of the main corridor, were flung open
and the bridal procession started for
the extemporized altar. The President
and Miss Roosevelt had descended from
the upper apartments of the White
House by the elevator. They had passed
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

dress was completed. The gown had a
particularly long court train of elegant
silver brocade. The bodice was made
high without a collar, was trimmed
with beautiful old point lace, the sleeves
being finished at the elbow with the
same flmy material. Long white
gloves barely me the sleeves. A vol
luminous tullc ALPHABETICALLY completely
enveloped the graceful figure of the
charming bride. In her hair it was
caught and held in place by clusters of
orange blossoms. Her dainty slippers,
in perfect harmony with hergown, were
fastened with silver brocade and tulle
bows, caught with orange flowers in
stead of buckles. The bride wore no
jewels except the magnificent diamond
necklace, which was the gift of the
groom. She carried a lovely shower
bouquet of the rarest and daintiest
white orchids, which the groom was
able to procure. The fragile blossoms
were arranged in a cascade effect, fall
ing over right arm nearly to the foot of
her gown. The bouquet was tied with
chiffon satin ribbon in long bows.
As the ushers reached the platform
they separated and the President and
the bride passed through the two lines.
MIR. Longworth stepped forward and
received Miss Roosevelt from the arm
OF the President, and together the
bride and bridegroom assembled the two
steps of the platform. Miss Ethel
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into the private dining room and thence
into the State dining room. They were
joined by the ushers, Quincy A. Shaw,
of Boston; Frederic Winthrop, of New
York; Francis r. Bangs, of Boston;
Guy Norman, Of Boston; b. A. Wal
lingford,o of Cincinnati; Larz Anderson,
of Washington; Vice comte Charles de
Chambrun, of the French embassy,
and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Shaw led the bridal
procession. Following the ushers came
President Roosevelt and the bride of
Mr.. Longworth, her hand resting
lightly within the right arm of her ia
Their. AS the procession moved through
the main corridor into the East room
the Marine Band orchestra rendered
effectively the grand march from Wag-
ner's ~Tannhauser."
Miss Roosevelt never appeared to
better advantage. Perfectly self-pos-
sessed and thoroughly appreciative of
the situation, she g~raciously recognized
and bowed to personal friends who lined
the way to the altar. Her wedding
gown was an exquisite creation. 1t was
of heavy white brocaded satin, point
lace chiffon, filmy tullc and silver bro
cade. The material from which the
gown was created was manufactured
expressly for Miss Roosevelt. The de-
sign, intricate and delicate in its de-
tails, was destroyed as soon as the ne
cessary amount of the material for the
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Roosevelt relieved the bride of her bou-
quet and held it throughout the cere-
mopv
THE BRIDAL CEREMONY.

u bHlDEiI 1EIkfVION1 l..
AS Miss Roosevelt and Mr.. Long
worth faced Bishop Satterlee a hush
fell over the assemblage. Every one
of the thousand present wished to catch
each syllable of the ceremony which
was to follow. In distinct and resonant
voice the Bishop began the beautiful
marriage service of the Episcopal
Church. The responses of both the
bride and bridegroom were audible dis
tinctly throughout the great apart
ment. Particularly clear were those of
the bride, whose voice was as natural
and distinct as in ordinary converse
ton. While her face was a shade paler
than usual, her self-possession was
perfect and she went through the cere-
mony without a symptom Of nervous
ness.
When the venerable Bishop Satterlee
asked the question prescribed in the
Ritual: "Who giveth this woman to be
married to this MANI" President Roose-
welt ascended the platform and bowed
to the distinguished prelate. Taking
then his daughters hand he placed it
in that of the bridegroom. Having
performed this function, the President
resumed his place to the right of Mrs.
Roosevelt. The best man, Mr.. Perk-
ms, then produced from a pocket of
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MISS ROOSEVELT
MR..
Brilliant Wedding at the
White House.
WAS NATIONAL EVENT.
The Presidents Daughter Becomes Bride
of a Wealthy and Distinguished
Cnnnraccnnn Eenna Ahin
WAS NATIONAL EVENT.

WASHINGTON, February 17.-With a
plain circlet of virgin gold, in the his.
toric of the White House at thir-
teen minutes after twelve o'clock to-
day, Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest daugh-
ter of the President OF the United
States and Nicholas Longwortb, the
Representative in Congress from the
LIST district in Ohio, were united in mar
riage.
The ceremony-one of the most i'm
pressive ever performed in the Execu-
tive Mansion-was according to the lit
urgy of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, of which the bride is a mem
Der. 1t was solemnized by the Right
Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of
Washington and was attended by all
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

his waistcost the gold circlet with
which the couple was welded and
handed it to Mr.. Longworth. When he
had placed it on the fourth finger of
his brides left hand the Bishop pro-
nounced that there were IMAM and
wife"
THE WEDDING GIFTS.
1t is extremely doubtful whether
any bride who was not a princess of
royal blood was ever so overwhelmed
with wedding presents as Mrs. Long
worth.
For weeks wedding gifts of every
description have been flowing into the
White House, until the library was
actually filled with the gifts. They
came from every part of the United
States, from every corner of the
world and varied in value from a few
dollars to a kings ransom.
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OF SLEEP.
The Effects of SIumber Upon the
Brain and the Heart.

Brain and the Heart.
shakespeare" said a scientist, "call-
ed sleep the ape of death. That is q
striking name for n striking thing.
Sleep is a wonderland. Let us explore
1t.
"Self hypnotism is a mysterious force
that we a exercise OH ourselves in
sleep alone. We are all self Hypnotists.
We all, on certain nights, tell ourselves
firmly that we must not ovcrsleep, that
the next morning-at 4, at 5 or 6 pre-.
~cisely-we must wake up. And we do
wake up. Our sleeping selves respond
to the hypnotic suggestion made the
night before by our waking selves.
That is mysterious and striking, isn't
1t? Still more mysterious and striking,
though, is the fact Of our keeping track
OF the time somehow in our slumber.
How on earth do we do this?
at is impossible to do without sleep.
Me nave slept standing, walking, even
running. They have slept in battle, I'M
der fire, with guns roaring on all sides.
They have slept in uncomfortable and
deadly pain.
There is no torture equal to that
which the deprivation of sleep entails.
The Chinese are the cruelest folk on
earth and the most ingenious of tor
turers. Well, the Chinese place the dep.
rivatlOn of sleep at the head Of their
torture list.
"Sleep is n state of rest. The heart
rests in sleep. The heart is a rhythmic
muscle, not one that never reposes, but
one that works at short shifts, like a
puddler, a moment II, a moment off.
We'll, when we sleep the hearts shifts
Of rest are redoubled. 1t works, then,
one on, two off, getting, indeed, pretty
nearly as much repose as we do.
1.-THE brain in sleep becomes pale
and sinks below the level of the skull.
When we are awake the'brain is high
N full and ruddy.
mot only the brain and heart, but
even the tear glands, rest in sleep.
That is why when we awake we al
ways rub out eyes. The rubbing is an
instructive action that stimulates the
Btagnant tear glands and causes them
to moisten properly u eyes, all dried
from their inaction."-Buffalo News.
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HABITS OF HARES,
Making the Toilet In n long and
Careful Process.

A clever observer writes: "a good
many hares find a secure retreat IN the
sand hills during the daytime and feed
on the marshes In the morning and
evening. The hour at which most Of
them leave the marsh varies, but 1t is
any time before o o'clock. All the
hares, however, do not return, some
preferring to lie out all day and make
their forms" in any standing clumps
OF grass In the Enclosures. / found this
out one day while taking shelter among
the FIR trees from a downpour Of rain.
AS soon as the rain got really heavy 1
saw first one and Their another hare
appear, as 1t WERE, out Of the ground in
the middle of the fields and race for
b shelter Of the sand hills.
ION their return to the hills in the
morning many Of them take up their
station on the sunny side Of a FIR tree,
generally on q slope, and sit there, ell
ther among the FIR needles or else on
the bare ground or sand, without any
sort Of form apparently. They like n
warm, sunny seat, out of the wind, or,
In wet weather, sheltered from the
rain. Here they sit Inc sleep, unless
disturbed, until an hour or two past
midday.
"At some time between 1:3O and 8
o'clock they wake up and begin their
toilet, which is a long and very care
full process. / have seen them roll in
the sand, then get up, shake them
selves and finally lick their bodies ali
over, for the most part directly with
their tongues, but those parts Of their
bodies which they cannot reach So
face, back Of head, ears and nape Of
neck-are dressed by the fore limbs ex-
actly in the same way that q cat does
It.
"These toilet operations often take
half or three.quarters of an hour.
When complete, there is a short time Of
rest, then a long stretch and a yawn,
fore legs first, then the hind legs;
hnally, the whole body 10 raised into
an arch. after which the animal be-
gins to move of for another feed"
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It's limbs was so rent asunder that
three branches rested on the ground,
but Mt much cost and labor they were
replaced In their former positions and
held together by iron reds and bolts.
The great gale I'm June, 1860, injured
the tree to such an extent that its for.
mer symmetry vas destroyed, and at
this time the cavity in the trunk was
filled with several loads Of material.
On one of the branches which were
torn off at the time 100 rings were
counted, which indicated the great ago
Of the tree.
The opening OF the centennial year Of
the republic, 1876, found the tree alive.
but decrepit, and 1t would probably
have been decorated on Evacuation
day and the Fourth Of July, but, as
stated at the beginning Of this article.
Feb. 10 saw its destruction.
The old elm fell Mt 7:17 o'clock IN the
evening, its trunk pointing toward the
Park Street church, and the force OF
the fall shattered the trunk, while the
branches We're scattered in every d.
rection. The melancholy news spread
like wildfre through the city, and soon.
despite the storm, the fallen monarch
was surrounded by relic hunters. Arm
ed with saws, hatchets and knives,
they quickly detached pieces of the
to preserve as souvenirs. Per-
sons were seen in the theaters laden
with boughs, and 1t was a common
sight that evening TO see men in the
streets carrying limbs several feet in
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-14
BOSTON LANDMARK
HISTORY OF A FAMOUS OLD ELM
DESTROYED sY THE WIND.

4 Celebrated Tree, believed to
Have Existed Before the Settlement
of the City, Was Blown Down In
the Great Storm of 1870.
Feb. Is, 1876, was a sad day for To-
cal historians in Boston, for the news
papers announced the next day that at
about z o'clock the previous evening
Tho old elm on Boston Common had
been destroyed by a great storm which
Gwept over the city at that time. So
many eulogies, both oral and written,
were delivered On this most ancient Of
Boston's landmarks, and 1t was real
lied hat q connecting link with the
remote past was gone forever.
1t is not known when the tree began
10 grow, but an old Boston tradition
was that the wife of Thomas Hancock,
tho eminent merchant, who was Lydia
Hcnchman before her marriage, claim.
cd that her grandfather, Hezckiah
Henchmau, planted the tree when he
was a boy. This would have made the
tree just 200 years old at the time Of
tie destruction.
1t is probable that some OF the many
persons on record as being publicly
executed on Boston Common looked on
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An EnrIx ns4rathnl-

In h early days Of California the
daughters Of the Lugos were sought In
marriage by the best families of the
state. 1t was a boast that they were
even courted in the cradle, as when the
young officer Colonel Ignacio Vallejo,
being In San Luis Obispo on the ocoa-
sion Of the birth of a daughter to the
Lugos, asked her father for the hand
of the day old baby. provided when the
time came to fulfill the contract the
senorita should be willing. This seem
ingly absurd betrothal took place. The
child grew up to be an intelligent as
well as attractive young woman, mar
ried her betrothe6 and became the
mother of many children, among them
Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo.
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the fair world for the last time when
standing beneath it's branches, for it
was one Of the largest trees, if not the
largest, in the town, and it stood on
its outskirts, and also In 1922 it must
have been n prominent object in Bos-
ton, for Bonner's map of the town,
published in that year, shows 1T us a
feature.
In 1925 the first recorded measure
ment Of the old elm showed its di.
mansions to be as follows: Height, Go
feet; circumference, 81 feet 8 inches at
2 feet q inches from the ground, and
he extreme diameter of the branches
was SO feet. At this time it was said
of tho tree that this pride Of our Com
mon is pronounced by judges to be as
handsome in form rs 1t Is large in size
and venerable In age and 1t may be
worth the remark, Notwithstanding all
the buffeting it has received from
storms and hurricanes for more than
n century, its original beauty and SYM
metry have not been impaired, al
though 1t has at times lost many of it's
branches"
The tree was accurately measured by
the city engineer of Boston in 1856, and
1t was found that 1t was considerably
larger than In 1925, Its height being
figured at seventy-five feet. This
showed that it was still growing I'm its
extreme old age.
The first serious damage the tree re-
ceived was in 1882, when the largest of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-14
HOW CITY
CAN BE OBTAINED.
Plan Advanced For Increasing P~ostoffice
Receipts Which is Necessary Be-
fore Free Delivery.

EDITOR ADVERTISER: Your issue of
May g, 1905 contained an editorial on
Free Delivery for Laurens" which
had my heartiest approval. l believe
That an increase of $500 per quarter
will raise this Office one grade, making
it a second class instead of a third
class, as at present. This will be a
step nearer free delivery than we are
now.
| see from the dailies that our neigh
boring city of Greenwood will have free
delivery on and after May LIST. Lau-
rens has been a county seat nearly one
hundred years; Greenwood about 10
years. By the census of 1900 Laurens
County had a population of thirty-seven
thousand; Greenwood County twenty
eight thousand. Laurens city, 1929;
Greenwood city, 1924. What they have
done surely we can do before long.
How can we do it? Here is the answer:
Let every firm in business here buy
and use the government stamped en-
velopes and by these purchases increase
the receipts of this Office. The person
doing this helps his town and at the
same time saves money for himself.
The P~ostofice Department sells good
envelopes at cost and prints them
for nothing. Why pay $500 for one
thousand printed envelopes and $50 for
the stamps to be licked and put on them
when you can buy one thousand better
ones already stamped for $21. 20? l sell
envelopes and know whereof / speak.
Raising the grade of the office entities
it to a larger appropriation for quarters
and fixtures. If we want better apart
ments Uncle Sam says: "All right
give me a little more of your business
and you can have them" Those who
discard the old annoyance of licking
stamps for the more satisfactory way
never go back to it and this is a good
argument that the new way is the bet
ter way. The receipts of this office
are on the increase. Let's increase
them a little faster.
There is only one way to do it and
every one who wants to see his home
town keep up with the procession can
help.
Yours for improvement,
II. K. AIKEN.
Feb. IL, 1906.
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length and as large around as n stove
pipe. Much Of the tree was made into
veneer, and II book Mt least of local
history has on its back cover a large
veneer from the tree, bearing on its
face q lifelike engraving of the same.
30 passed he old elm, and Boston
mourned for its passing.
DR.. Jerome v. G. Smith, MAYOR of
h city In 1854. showed his interest in
the old elm by having the tree care
fully pruned and cleaned. and he
caused to be placed around 1t an orna-
mental iron fence, octagonal in shape.
On the entrance gate was attached an
oval tablet bearing the following in
scription:
THE OLD ELM.
This tree has been standing here for
an unknown period. 1t Is believed to have
existed before the settlement of Boston
peing fun grown In 1722; exhibited marks
OK ola age In 1872 and was nearly destroy
% by q storm in 1882. Protected by an
IRON Enclosure In 1854.
]. v. c. SMITH, Mayor.
Soon after the falling of the old elm
q young tree Of the same species was
planted in the center of the Enclosure.
and today it has attained n large and
sturdy growth. Coming generations of
bostonians may be familiar with n
second old elm on Boston Common. but
it VIII always be the first old elm
which witnessed, very possibly, the
hrst settlement Of Puritan Boston In
18S0.-Boston Budget.
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Rousini and Mexsrhaar.

Rosslni, walking one day on the bou-
levard with the musician Bragg, was
greeted by Meyerbeer, who a~nxiously
inquired after the health Of his dear
Rossini. bad, very bad" answered
the latter. "a headache, a side ache
and q leg I can scarcely move" After
a few moments conversation Meyer
beer passed on, and Braga asked the
great composer how 1t was he had sud
denly become SO unwell. Smilingly
Rossini reassured his friend: ooh, I
couldn't be better. / only wanted to
please Meyerbeer. He would be so
glad to see me smash up"
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Tho Mobn In seryia.

Servian peasants help each other by
means of an institution known as the
moba. A man who has not hands suf-
fcient to plow or reap his farm calls
in the moba-that is to say, invites all
his neighbors to come and help him.
He pays nothing for this service, pro-
viding only generous supplies OF food
and drink; but when any of them APP
ply for the moba 1t is understood that
he will take his turn.
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Catharine Parr, the sixth wife Of the
much married Henry VIII, owed more
to her intellectual than to her personal
charms. She was not good looking,
but had a pleasant face and a world
Of tact. SO sldllfully did she manage
her troublesome husband az actually
to turn him against some Of the most
trusted of his own officials. Once an
order was made out for her arrest on
a charge of heresy, but she got news of
the matter and 80 cleverly fattered
and soothed Henry as to effect o. com
plete reconciliation, and when the Off
GERS came to serve the order he drove
them out with curses and threats.
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Nof In HOE nxneriannn.

~ NHNFNN NSHOUe
This proverb," said Mrs. Hiram Of
fon over her evening paper, always
makes me tired"
What proverbs that, dearf" asked
her husband.
Too many cooks spoil the BROTH
1 don't believe there ever was such a
thing as too many cooks.".-PhlIadel-
phia Press.
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ANALYZING MILK.
The Process In Neither Difficult Nor
Complicated.

Complicated.
The chemical analysis of milk Is not
complicated nor difficult. First the
chemist weighs a small dish, cup or
saucer and carefully notes down the
results in ounces, grains and fractions
of grains. Next he pours in some milk
to be analysed and again carefully
notes down the result. BY subtractlng
the weight of the dish from that Of
both the weight of the milk is found
n recorded. Next the receptacle is
placed over u steam Jet, which evapo-
rates the water OF the milk, leaving
only the residue or Solids" Again the
dish n It's contents arc weighed, and
by Il simple calculation the percentage
of solids is ascertained.
The "solids" of the milk have been
found by innumerable analyses to
average about ID per cent, and while
the fat varies in milk from different
cows the solids left after extracting
the fat are found to be II very constant
quantity, seldom falling below 10 per
cent or over ii. This gives the chem
LIST n positive basis for his calculations
and enables him to state with great
certainty whether or o the milk has
been watered.
The fat or oil In milk Is determined
by dissolving 1T by means OF ether, the
residue remaining after such test be-
Ing termed "solids other than fat"
The average fat or oil found in milk
from COWS Is 8 per cent, and any
amount less than 8 per cent indicates
almost to a certainty that the milk has
been SKINNED. If analysis shows Il
decrease of fat 1t indicates that the
milk has been watered, while If fats
and other solids together are low you
may infer that the skinner has done
It's worst.
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Red Hot Sale Prices:

Big line Mems and Ladies' Hosiery.
&c, DC, &c, &c and IL 1-2c.
loo dozen Cluett-Peabody Collars, dc.
2cO dozen good Linen Collars. SC.
100 dozen good Rubber Collars, 13c.
A big line of Towels will be sold in
this sale at &c, &c, SC, lie and 18c.
Big n of White Quilts, 48c, 69c, SIC,
98c and $1.18.
Big lot 25-cent Wool Baby Caps, 1sc.
Our line of Table Covers will be
thrown out in lots at 23c, SOC, CSC, 79c
and 98c.
Big lot of Underskirts, soc, &c, SOC
and 81. 18.
Big line Dress Skirts from CSC, $1.19,
$1.67, $1.94 and $2.87.
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"a

In the book Of Ruth a shoe Is men,
toned as being handed over to ratify
a bargain, and the custom In a sense
seems to have been repeated later, for
In the year 1909 certain bishops were
put into possession Of their sees by re-
ceiving a glove. These may have been
richly jeweled gloves, for such formed
part Of the episcopal habit, and when
SOM abbots thought fit to array them.
selves in similar hand covering pecul.
lar only to bishops they were forbid
den their use by the council.