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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
Ants as Germ carr,ers.

A German bacterlologist was con-
Quoting an experiment in the cours of
which he made use Of typhoid infected
mice. In another cage he had some
mice which were in good health. Short
ly after the unaffected mice also devel-
oped typhoid. Investigation showed
that ants were passing from one cage
to the other. Some Of these ants were
examined, and their bodies were found
to be covered with the typhoid germs,
which they were carrying from the sick
to the we'll mice.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
Am Anatomical Purnlo.

Behind the bridge Of your nose 10 O
little cavity in the skull, the origin Of
Nhlch appears to be unknown. 1t
prco0hly was a gland, consisting of
two ,nr lobes, Joined together, and is
name1 no Sella turcica. Psychologists
believe rat this is the remains Of a
sixth sense, which was Of practical
value to our antediluvian ancestors,
but whether 1t enabled them to see In
the dark in days before they possessed
fire or helped them to find their way
through trackless forests as wild beasts
eau today or what other purpose Il
may have served we do not know and
probably never shall know,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
:'NOT AT HOME" IN SWEDEN.
The Curious Custom of Hanging the Key
Outside the Door.

m When the Swedes go calling they
lock up and then hang the key on the
bell or door knob or in some other con-
spicuous place. When they go visiting
for a few weeks bolts and bars are slid
INTO place and then out goes the key.
the house is shut up for an entire
tason or a full year the gaily swing
3hg door key says "Not at home'' to
passers by.
y There is no kicking your heels on the
door mat in Sweden while the bell or
knocker awakes the echoes in an empty
house. Agents, peddlers, friends and
relatives all know this message Of the
door, and, seeing it, pass by.
As can be readily imagined, writes u
correspondent of the Los Angles Times,
this strange custom has been put to
'4good use in many instances when visi-
tors were not wanted. Instead of tell
ing the maid to inform visitors that
Mrs. Jones is not at home, the mistress
says to Jennie: "Hang out the door
key at 3 O'Clock this afternoon and
it in at 8 o'clock; / don't wish to
zee anyone Tor q few hourS.'
About the first of the month in GER
Jam districts door keys swing to the
breezes in great numbers, and ~collec-
tors, Knowing the custom and also its
mlsuses, scratch their heads in ~perplex-
lty at his not-at-home signal.
Many amusing stories are told of
creditors sitting down to await the
return Of their mar while the debtor
%sat &$@her side of the locked door
and chuckled. There have been in
stances when a collector has taken the
key, unlocked the door and entered the
house to be met by the owner, who
calmly laughed over his ruse. Again,
q creditor has entered the house in
which he supposed the owner to be
hiding, only to find it vacant and to be
Acaught by the irate master, arrested
Pnd made to pay a fine, while the debtor
Rot an extension of time on his bill.
These illegitimate uses of this very
old custom of not only leaving the
latchstring out, but also putting the
door key at the disposal of all who pass.
are not discovered at first glance, and
@
they are really very much in the mi
nority, for Sweden is pre- eminently an
honest land. In and about Stockholm
there is very little need of policemen
Or strong boxes, for every man, how
ever low down in the social scale, seems
to have due respsct for another's o
erty.
Although a few of the more suspi-
cious, or the foreigners who have not
beer brought up in this strange custom
OF leaving the door key out, may lock
zap with bolts from the inside and use
bother door for exit when they leave
&c for an extended visit, the old
dents actually leave their homes at
disposal of any who may care to
lends who call and find the kew out
at perfect liberty to unlock the
eter and rest before passing on.
seldom misuse the confidence.
% started YaeEs ago, when
HFlFFyo
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

fight about t5s eoinT The merchant
dit SO and found a small Office ana two
clerks busy at work. Presently the
sweeper appeared. but. oh. so SIteredi
he was dressed neatly and looked like
a business a "Oh. yes." he said
TO tho astonisbed merchant, "you were
correQA Our receipts today were nbout
10 shiiiings more than usual, 80 here Is
your half sovereign" AS the merchant
left the "~ofice." vowirg ne would new
er give to the rogue again, tho sweeper
called after him. you've forgotten
your usual slxpence. sirp-Dundee Ad-
yertiser.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
Tho crooodile,s strong Jaw.

Sir Samuel Baker in his wild
Beasts" says that the power of the
Jaws of the crocodile Is terrific. Once
he had the metal Of a large hook, the
thickness Of ordinary telegraph wire,
completely ben together, the barbed
point being pressed tightly against the
shank and rendered useless. This COM
preston was caused by the snap Of the
jaws when selling a live duck which
he had used Ms a bait, the hook being
fastened beneath N wing. On one
occasion he found n fish weighing SOW
enty pounds bitten clean through as if
divided by n knife. This, again, was
he work Of n snap from the jaws Of n
crocodile. NJ. Paul Bert once made
experiments on the strength OF n croc-
odile's jaws by e Of n dynamome-
ter. He found that u crocodile weigh
Ing 120 pounds. exerted a force Of sos
pounds In closing his jaw. The lion
has an enormous jaw power. On one
occasion an African traveller pushed
the butt enc OF his gun into a lions
mouth, and the pressure Of the jaws
cracked 1t as though 1t had been struck
by n steam hammer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
ADDenrnnceH.

one had long hair and a high collar,
and the other had hair cropped close to
his Their silk hats were a little
rusty, yet there was an air Of gentility
about the two men. I saw them this
morning from the window of n chop.
house. They walked to the side door
OF a pawnshop across the way after
they had first taken a furtlve look
about to see if anybody observed them.
They would not have been seer enter.
Ing a pawnshop for worlds. They
came out n minute later. The one
with the long hair had one less watch
chain han he had when he went in.
They stopped within two feet of the
door from which they had come. The
long haired man divided some bills
with his companion. He looked at n
little slip Of paper In his hand, and any
n might see that the slip was a pawn
ticket. There they stood for ten min
utes by the side door of that pawn.
shop, within sight of Sixth avenue and
Broadway, that all who walked might
see that they had been to visit an
avuncular relative. Yet they wouldnot
have thought of boldly entering that
pawnshop by the front door.-New
York Telegram.
NJ
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

vegetation matured in the eastern and
middle states. The suns rays seemed to
be destitute of heat Throughout the sum-
mer; and all nature was clad in a sable
hue and man exhibited no little anxiety
concerning the futuuc of his life. - Ro-
chester American, New York, 1916.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
Tho WoIYen, NInzzIea.

He was telling a thrilling story Of
one Of his hairbreadth escapes abroad,
and the young girl leaned forward and
hung upon his words breathlessly.
"And they were SO near" ne said,
chat we could see the muzzles Of the
wolves"
"Oh." she gasped, "how glad you
must have been that they had their
muZzles on!'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
A street svveeper.s Gratu,t,es.

~ D"NSUUE WFHNUItIcH
A city merchant used to give an old
crossing sweeper sixpence every Sat
urday. One day he discovered he had
given half a sovereign by n mistake.
So he hurried back to the crossing. The
sweeper said in reply to a question,
"Wil you come. sir, after a o'clock to
this address and L viii see IL You are.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

1--WE have only one life to live" she
sighed.
Eyes" replied the man who was try
ing to keep up a house on a fiat income,
"and with prices at the present mark
it's a mighty lucky thing that one is
our limit. Chicago Tribune.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

Mabel-No man could kiss me against
my will.
Stella-Huh! If a man ever does kiss
you it will probably be against his own
will. Chicago News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
RMlLk.
Product, It's
Stood.
learned TO
cocktail. was

equal. AS a tonic il
srything alcoholic. AS
Is without a rival. A
dill pickle. A lump
ilk to the brim. Quaf
eh a drink would not
Noes of any prospective
President.
here is sweet buttermilk and sour
}ktermilk. Let the former severely
lone. Give it few days in the ice
box, and it will ferment. Then drink
~, In the old days in the country, no
appsewife ever thought of churning un-
PIX was sour, and the residue
butter was skinned off-was
or the gods. Buttermilk from
T creamery, is a fraud. Only
dealers serve good
Never touch it unless it is
white. Yellow buttermilk is
Know that buttermilk was q
Product in the North up to about
Fact, j have a vivid recollection
specimen of Yank touring the
at that tESe. At dinner in a
lie inn ne Nd to 1.-THE waitress,
haye you sak?" 1--WE have
Ss hatGermilk, f" she replied,
va glass. sob, take that
Way" he cried; eve only feed
he hogs in. my part of the u
At last the therapeutic value of
) ermilk is beginning to be under
Bd. If hospitals would use more
ttermilk and less sweet milk their
1icnts would be less permanent.
"a buttermilk diet will invariably cure
ne gouS. 1t contains more casein than
Ah9le milk, cream, skim milk, or but
4. The fact that casein does not
I'm uric acid adapts it for the use of
equity. AS govt and rheumatism
first cousins, buttermilk is good
CINE for the rheumatic. There are
who feel obliged to take an occa-
Asjink of whiskey. Some of the
Zones take a small glassful of
dttermik as a chaser, which shows
nuch wisdom.
The most eminent scientist in Europe
pent years trying to understand the
merits of buttermillS. He has discov-
pred a few of them. A great majority
spf men prefer sweet milk. In the good
bld summer time they should never
bike a drop of it in a public house with
ut the, addition of a little lime water.
here are 5000, 900 microbes in every
bic inch of sweet milk left at your
pr in the morning by the delivery
I'm. A few of these fellows may be
nd; most of them are not only harm
Us, but necessary to help you digest
3e milk. Be not fearful of microbes.
1t has been stated and stated again
Chat milk is the only perfect food. 1t
IS supposed to be meat, bread and
drink. 1t is also stated that the mo-
ment a glassful Of sweet milk reaches
your stomach, it is curdled, which
means, of course, that digestion has
|un. Why allow this curdling pro-
to occur in the stomach? Sour
kermilk is curdled before it enters
Aalimentary canal, which relieves
B~mach of one duty. The bacteria
pre- enabled to set to work Immediately
TO relieve your vitals of sundry distem-
ypers.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14

Nothing helps you more than a good
nights rest. You a get this every
night that you sleep on one of our Vic
tor spring and Dexter mattresses. Get
them. You wont regret it.
S. M. & e. H. Wilkes & Co.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
MANS ACTIVITIES.
Agriculture Holds the Leading Place
Among Them.

Agriculture Holds the Leading Place
Among Them.
At the annual banquet Of the Ameri-
Gus Club Of Pittsburg, in honor of the
birth Of U. S. Grant, Secretary of Agri-
culture James Wilson, Congressman
Grant Mouser of Ohio and Washington
Gardner of Michigan were the chief
ture in Our Industries" He said in
part:
agriculture is creative force
among our industries. The result Of
the farmers work of 1906 was Sc, 1884,
100000, an increase of a per cent over
the last census year. We exported in
1906 $1,71S,OO0,O0O worth Of goods Of
all kinds, and of this Y per cent was
grown from farms and forests. AMI
mails and their products yielded $685.
100000, Or 10 per cent, for export af-
ter supplying the home demand. Cot
ton and cotton products exported. were
$4S1, 100000, or % per cent; grain and
products sold abroad were 7,OOO,-
900, or 11.5 per cent; and $113,O00,00O,
or .6.5 per cent, was miscellaneous farm
products.
Forest products are rs per cent Of
our exports. We use tobacco extensive
ly and pay around 100000 for i'm
portations from Cuba and Sumatra,
Porto Rico, Mediterranean countries
and Brazilian ports. We raised Su-
matra wrappers last year to the extent
of 100000 worth. The department,
after discovering principles, conducts
OBJECT lessons on the farms of the peo-
pie to help them toward better things.
Eve found in the Connecticut valley
and in Florida the same soil that grows
the wrapper tobacco in Sumatra, after
visiting that country and studying their
methods and soils. We found in Ala
bama and Texas the same soil that pro-
duces the filler tobacco in Cuba, after
learning what soil is suitable, and last
year raised 400 acres Of it in those
States. We hope in time to grow all
the tobacco now imported from Cuba
and Sumatra into the United States"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

the only ones seen in Uncle Sans
realm had been adjuncts to circuses.
When the experiment was first at
tempted there were many misgivings
as to what success would attend the
venture. It had been the accepted
opinion that the birds would not thrive
anywhere save in the Dark Continent.
This doubt has passed away, for not
a single one Of the farms is loser,
and some are yielding a considerable
profit
Outside of the first cost of the birds,
ostrich farming is not costly ven
ture. The food bill is not a big one,
and a farm of couple of hundred
acres is big enough to take care of as
many birds as any farmer would want
to handle. The herds have to be kept
in Enclosures, for while many of them
become tame, others never lose their
wildness and tendency to pugnacity.
The ostrich in this country is feel
ing so much at home that it is more
than a dream of the future that nine
tenths of the plumes nodding over the
American waman's hat will some day
be the product of her own country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
ORIGIN OF THE KISS.
It's Earliest FOrm-The Caress of the |
Ancient Indians.

It's Earliest FOrm-The CareSs of the
Ancient Indians.
At a recent session Of the American
Oriental Society Prof. Hopkins of Yale
read paper on 1.-The Sniff Kiss in An
Gent India.'' Reduced to it's founda-
ton, the paper was history of the kiss
as we know it. The learned Orientalist
traced it from it's birth and proved that
the earliest peoples and earliest times
knew it not. That there might be no
mistake he labelled the kiss of to-day
1.-THE genuine kiss and 1.-The perfect
kiss
Oddly enough, he finds that the genu-
inc kiss was invented by a woman The
description is given in the epic of an
cient India which treats of the science
of love.
"She laid her mouth on my mouth"
recites the poet, land made a noise
which gave me pleasure"
1.-The early peoples" declared Prof
Hopkins, knew nothing of the kiss in
any form. Had they known of it they
would have told something of it in the
mass of records that has come down to
us, for surely an act which conveys
such pleasure could not have been for
gotten.
even to this day there are races
that do not kiss. The Mongolians and
certain of the tribes in central Asia
do not osculate, and the Esquimaux, we
are told, employ the kiss only as a
prophylactic.
1.-THE earliest form Of the kiss is
|, that which we know as the sniff kiss.
This is smelling, usually of the head.
The father of a newborn son shifted
his head that his days might be long
and that honors might come to him.
Returning from journey, he shifted
the heads of his children in the same
manner.
"Gradually with this sniff kiss there
came also a caress, a touching usually
of the head. Gradually, also, the en-
dearment came to be applied to others
than children. The rubbing of noses,
which has persisted in some tribes, was
probably an intermediate process in the
evolution.
with the development of the genu-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

When physicians assemble to criti-
else their own Institutions and score
their own methods the layman may be
pardoned if he pricks up his ears and
becomes an interested and anxious lis
tener. When a doctor, high in medical
councils, declares that medical colleges
graduate every year 1000 doctors who
are incompetent and should not be per-
mitted to practice medicine the faith
cure begins to assume imposing proper
lions. Happily it is not for the lay
man to arraign the medical profession;
the profession is abundantly able and
willing to perform that function for
itself. Yet it may be said for the much
berated doctor that perhaps he is re-
proved too harshy along the lines both
of elementary and higher education. 1t
is truly an excellent thing to be good
speller, but it is possible that a prac-
titioner may be as deficient in OrthOg-
raphy as the good Martha Washington
and still be extremely helpful in mat
ter requiring medical attention. There
may be in the isolated country districts
practicing physicians who are, as
charged, unable to make satisfactory
laboratory test Of typhoid fever and,
still serve a useful and benefcent pur-
pose in ministering to various sick and
afflicted. The hard working doctor who
may not have enjoyed the full advant-
ages of a modern collegiate and medi-
cal education is not to be utterly
despised because he fails to come up
to modern requirements. The fact that
the fraternity has been so violently as
sailed by it's own associates, with the
further fact that in the council Of
physicians 1.-The opinion seemed to be
unanimous that there is something
wrong" makes it important for the
honor of the profession and the safety
Of the public that something should be
done This is a matter that lies Who'll
ly within the discretion of the frater-
nifty and to the doctors the public must
look for a correction of their own evils.
If medical colleges are as faulty and
criminally careless as is asserted, and
if thousands of ignorant practitioners
are annually turned loose to prey on an
unfortunate community, it is to the
interest of competent and honorable
physicians to see that the abuses are
ended. The public has no alternative;
it must judge the profession from the
standpoint of its own criticisms and its
own confessions If ignorance is to be
checked and malpractice averted the
physicians must take the initiative;
they must begin their own houseclean-
inc
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
Our Voices Deepen.

The primitive inhabitants of Europe
were all tenors; their descendants of
the present time are baritOnes, and fu-
ture generations will have semibass
voices. The voice has a tendency to
deepen with age. The tenor of twenty
becomes the baritone Of twenty-eight
and the bass of thirty-siX The inferior
races have higher pitched voices than
the more cultured. The negro has a
higher voice than the white man.
Among white races the fair complex
toned man has higher voice than his
darker skinned brother. The former is
usually a baritone or a tenor, the lat
ter a contralto or bass. 1t is asserted
that tenors are usually Of slender
build, whereas basses are stout, but
there are too many exceptions to such
a rule for it to be reliable. The same
remark applies to the statement that
thoughtful men have deep toned voices
and vice versa. The tones of a voice
are perceptibly higher before than
after a meal, for which reason tenors
are generally careful not to sing too
soon after dinner-Pearson's Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
King Oskar to the Rescue.

At the time of the marriage OF the
crown prince of Sweden, Miss Emma
Thursby, the American singer, and
Mime. Christine Nillson were appear
ing on alternate nights at the Royal
Theater at Stockholm. Madame Mill
son would sing in opera one night and
Miss Thursby in concert the next.
Both ladies were invited to the court
ball given by King Oskar in honor of
the. crown prince and his bride, and
both wished to attend. But neither
had a court train Miss Thursby recent
" wrote in the Philadelphia Press, and
they were at their wits ends to know
what to do. Every dressmaker in
Stockholm was busy night and day it
was too late to order their trains from
Paris. Madame Nillson finally solved
the difficulty.
Il will write to the king about it, y
she said And she did.
Your Most Gracious Majesty" she
wrote in her letter, Miss Thursby and
l have no flaps to wear to the court
ball What shall we do?"
Come without them. Oskar," was
the answer they got back the same day.
They went to the ball, and had a
memorable time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

The meat used in making Som boo
lost none Of its nutritive qualities Re-
move it and chop fine one solid mint
Make a thick white sauce by melting
two tablespoonfuls butter and working
in four tablespoonful -four to a smooth
paste; add one cup milk and cook. Set
aside to cool. Then add chopped meat
and season with salt, celery salt and
one tablespoonful lemon juice. Beat
one egg well, and add thereto one IA.
blespoonful water. Make cylinders Of
meat paste, roll in pulverized cracker
crumbs, dip in eggs roll in crumbs
again and fry in deep fat Serve hot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
Picked Herrinr

Use only mich herring and romoro
the heads and scales from six of tboao
Wash we'll, open, take out tbn roi,or
and lay this and the herring in wafer
over night. Next day lay the berrina
in a stone jar, alternating each Iavo~
of fish with one of sliced onions sIicod
lemon, whole peppers, few bav Leaves
some capers and whole mustard sood
Rub the mich to cream with a bean,
ing tablespoonful of sugar and cnr
OF white wine vinegar and pour Il
over the herring. There must no
enough of this sauce to cover the how
ring entirely. They will be ready 70
eat in four or five days, but will keen
for u long time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

That is an interesting but incredible
story about a Pullman car porter max
ing off with $4,000 in city bonds. In
the first place, the Pullman porter
would be ashamed of any such coarse
work as downright larceny. In the
second, he is so aftiuent as to be be-
yond the reach Of vulgar temptation.
In the case in point it will ultimately
develop either that the bonds were not
distracted by the porter or that he
mistook them for some of his own Sc
curities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

y beautiful and touching secret of
twenty-three years duration has been
disclosed by the death Of Sir Francis
Tress Barry. For nearly a quarter of
Il century Mr., Labouchere. the editor
Of London Truth, has maintained the
pleasant custom of distributing toys
and giving Il little show at Christmas
TO the thousands of poor children in
the London warehouses and workhouse
schools. TwenIy-three years ago a mes
senger visited the office of Truth two
weeks before Christmas, bearing a
heavy bag and a letter. The bag con-
tanned five thousand new sixpences,
fresh from the mint, and the letter re-
quested that they be given to the work
house children. Every year since then,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31

lust before Christmas, the incident has
been repeated, and although the editor
OF Truth has frequently expressed to
the messenger the wish that the gen
erous donor would make himself
known, the answer has always been
that he preferred to remain unknown.
For several years the number of the
lew sixpences distributed has been
eleven thousand. Think Of the amount
of happiness they have conferred, and
Of the modesty and supplemented
kindness of the giver! Sir Francis
family revealed the source Of the gifts
only after his death.