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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
Austi WhlatInr-

Whlstlcr's caustic wit is shown by
the following anecdotc:
"Of II who was held to be Eng.
lands most brilliant young artist, Yes
he said th%oughtfully, he's clever, but
there's something common in every
thing he does, SO what's the use of
IT."
Like many great men, he had but
little time for any but his own work.
HE told me a story demonstrating this
most clearly. His "Nocturne In Blue
and Gold, Valparaiso" was in the Hill
collection I'm Brighton. Mr.. Hill had
two galleries and n well known collec-
tlon, eventually sold Mt Christie's.
Whistler went down to see Mr.. Hill,
and said he:
"I was shown into the galleries and
OF course took n chair and sat looking
Mt my beautiful "Nocturne." Then, as
there was nothing else to do, / went
to sleep "-Sidncy Starts personal
Rccollectlons of Whistler" in Atlantic.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
MIR. J.. E. Goddard Visits L.aurers.

Among the visitors in Laurens last
Thursday was Mr.. j. e. Goddard, now
of Coronaca, but a native of Laurens
county, having been born and reared
four miles south of Ware Shoals. Mr..
Goddard is a veteran of the civil war,
6S years old and we'll preserved. His
call at The Advertiser office, and his
reminiscent talk, especially hat part
IN reference to his close friendship to
Col. b. w. Ball, was fully appreciated.
Mr.. Goddard will always be Il welcome
visitor here.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
BURIED HER VOICE.
Why Pauline Luooa Never Sang After
Her Husbands Death,

Great stage artists die twice-the
first time, when they take leave of the
stage and set aside the harp; the sec
ond time, when, like ordinary mortals,
they go the way of all tiesh-and who
knows but this last act is not more
bearable, not less dreadful. than the
first, when, after all the binding glory.
the shadowy curtain of oblivion de-
seconds? For Pauline Luccn this first
act WAS of long duration-ncnrly TWEEN
ty years. She had time to Outlive her
glory and to become acquainted with
the bad memory of mankind. Ilka
Horwiz-Barnay tells this story in con-
nection with n visit which she made
to the Luccn home I'm Vienna: 81 ask
ed, DO you ever singr No! No!
Never!' she almost shouted. Il never
sing, for I lost my voice, lost 1t sud
denly, by suggestion, through the will
of another After being urged to ex-
plain she eXacted a promise of secrecy
until h was no more and said:
You know, my husband, the Baron
Won Wallhofen, was sick for n long
time and heard little singing. When
l. uNu SlIP lOf iii IL nHu 10 ne III OH
song which l disliked, but he was
fond OF 1t because of Its words. One
evening we had n few friends here.
He was feeling somewhat better and
had his chair wheeled into the draw
Ing room. TO please him l sang his
favorite song. lie wcpt with pleasure.
Then he took my two hands and
carcssed them, stroked my hair and
my face and whispered to me: "rhank
you! Thank you! You are an ANGEL"
And, still caressing me, he said, $50 1
shall take your voice with me to the
grave!' l laughed and said, You
Will outlive my voice and me-" But
ne repeated, al shall take your voice
with me to the gravel" Two days
later the baron died, and I was never
able after his death to sing q note.'"-
Vienna Neue Freie Presse.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
(Continued.)
Case After Case.
Plenty More Like This i'm
LaufenS.

Scores of Laurens people can tell YOU
about Doan's Kidney Pills. Many a
happy citizen makes a public statement
of his experience. Here is a case of it.
What better proof of merit Ear be had
than such endorsement?
Mrs. Georgia Pitts, 139 Mill ST., Lau-
rens, $. c., says: 90 cannot a too
much in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills.
i suffered a great deal from dizzy head
aches and constant pains through my
back and loins. The kidneys were very
irregular in action. / was weak and
nervous and at times felt so run down
that | could not do my work. None of
the many remedies | tried helped me
and when j learned of Doan's Kidney
Pills | procured a supply at the Palmetto
Drug Co.. | took them as directed and
as a result am now free from any of
the above named annoyances."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's- and
take no other.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
Chronic DiarrhOea Relieved.

Mr.. Edward f.. Henry, with the
United States Express co., Chicago
writes, Our General Superintendent,
MIR. Quick, handed me a bottle of Cham,
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhora
Remedy some time ago to check an at
tack of the old chronic diarrhoea. |
have used it since that time and cured
many on our trains who have been sick.
| am an old soldier who served with
rutherford b. Hayes and William Me
klnley four years in the 23rd Ohio Req
lment, and have no ailmcnt except
chronic diarrhoea, which this remedy
stops at once. For sale by Laurcns
Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
RObt. c. Davis Contributes SI.00.

The Bryan campaign fund being
raised in this county is slowly but
gradually growing. The Laurcns Ad-
vertiser, a Democratic paper to the
core, issued a call last week for sub
scriptions to this fund, starting the
good work with it's 81 contribution.
Last Thursday Mr.. Robert G.. Davis, of
Clinton, route 1, sends in his check for
81 to be added to the fund.
Laurens is one of the strongest Bryan
counties in the State and before the
date closes she will come up with her
part right along with the best of them
in spite of the imputations and insinua-
tions of that vicious" newspaper,
The News and Courier, that the fund
was started in this county by an ''un-
holy corporation, namely The Adver-
tiser. Just watch Laurens; her Bryan
enthusiasm will not stop with the shout
ing.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
CLIMBING AN ICE SLOPE.
Vain and Perilous Effort to Scale
Mount Mckinley.

Vain and Perilous Effort to Scale
Mount Mckinley.
The long trail to the north brings out
the best in men md the worst, declares
Mr.. Robert Dunn in THE Shameless
Diary of an Explorer" AS n member
to reach the top of Mount Mckinley
he tells something Of the hardships of
one days travel:
Furtivcly, imperceptibly, the steep.
ness had stolen Il march OH us. AS
one line OF footholds gave out we had
to slide deXterously to another. The
sleeper slope was swept clear and hard.
Steps had to be cut.
We have only three ice axes. AS l
never gave them a thought this morn.
Ing, all of them were gobbled up when
we started, and | was left with only
one long willow tent pole. 1t was never
meant to balance you in half cut steps
that may or may not hold your toe.
AS the steps changed from n stair
way to Il stepladdcr the other three
betrayed M excitement, no uncasiness.
NclthcI ulu Il III uTSt, DuI L lclt DOtn.
1t was not dizziness, not vertigo, but
simply that rs l looked down the sheer
1000 feet from where we chung by
our toes Imagination rcsistlcssly told
over how 1t would feel, how long 1t
would last, what the climax In sen
satiOn would be, We're | to fall.
AS hour succeeded hour / lived each
minute only to make the false step.
Courage Is only n matter OF self con
troll anyway.
Climbing the highest mountain on
the continent with Il tent polei Some
times | boiled In those dizzy, anxious
places that l had put myself in such
n position with such men. Yet must
reap my w sowing. once I asked II
1t wasn't customary 10 rope on such
steep slopes, but no one but Fred an.
swercd, and lie said: "Y' amt goin' to
ketch mt tied up to anybody. A mau
don't want to take chances with any
II but himself, hauliu' him down
from these places"
One requisite of explorers besides
aversion to soap and water is insensi.
t~lveness. They can't see; they can't
feel. They couldn't do these stunts II
they did.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
PET ANIMALS IN WILLS.
Fortune to my Red Horse"-Parrot
Bequeathed to Queen Victoria

Fortune to my Red Horse"-Parrot
6equeathed to Queen Victoria.
A. II. Ncwbold, the Stafford brewer,
who has left his greyhound, Wildhre
H., an annuity OF f25, is one OF many
testators who have remembered their
pet animals In their wills.
a farmer lear Toulouse who died q
short time ago left his entire estate to
my red horse" One John Spooner
or Chicago bequcathed f4OO to his dog
I'm recognition OF his sympathy and
tender nursing when I was seriously
ILL.," and the Will OF a MT. Garland
contained this clause: 81 bequeath to
my monkey, Jacko, the sum of f1OO
per annum and to my faithful dog,
Shock and my well beloved cat, lib,
n pension OF f5."
DR.. Christians OF Venice left &C, 1000
forms for the maintenance of his
three dogs, a Mr.. Harper settled f1O0
on his young black cat" and a
Frenchman named Souchat left his
entire fortune to his tortoise.
A good many years ago an old lady
bequeathed her pet parrot 10 Queen
Victoria, with 100 guineas a year for
Its keep, on the amusing condition
that her majesty publicly exhibits 1t
before her court twice a year to prove
that the person intrusted with its
care has not wrung it's neck."-West-
minister Gazette.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR.
But There Was Ono to Whom She
Would Always 90 Beautiful.

WouId Always 30 Beautiful.
The blind boy raised a rapt face to
the light.
"And my mother?" he said question
ingly. Tel me how she looks again.
| shall soon be able to see, and | know
| shall find II more beautiful than oil
the rest and cry: Mother. motherl Why
do you not %speak?'"
e His sensitive face was turned re-
proachfuliy toward his father. "You
have always told me how lovely she is.
She liz little-not taller than my shout
der-I know that"
The old man laid his arm over the
lads shoulders.
"You must know now what your
blindness would have kept you from
Knowing" he said. your mother is
mot fatr Qph beautiful row in face, but
her soul is what God made for n moth
er. When you IA see, hook for the
face which holds the gteatest love.
You Will not be mistaken, 1t will be
your mother's."
The great surgeon looked for n mo-
mcnt or two into the sightless eyes and
then turned and laid his hand on the
fathers trembling arm.
"Only God can make him see, my
friend" he said kindly. "Your boy
was born blind. and human skill can
not help him."
The blind boy was the first to speak,
and he laid his arm around the sud
denly aged form OF his father.
Come" he Snil. "lct us 90 hock IN
mother. She will always be beautiful
to me now" and they turned md gave
place to the others.-Exchange.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
A Chinese Delioaey.

The tips from the topmost shoots of
the bamboo tree are cullcd when they
are not more than three inches long,
peeled and preserved much as pine.
apple is, though the tips are cut In
quarters. This fruit has n remarkably
delicate and pleasant taste and is large.
by used rs n ~6avoring for meat, though
1t can be eaten In the raw state, being
Rich and Juicy. The edible is expen-
sive on account of the difficulty in Sc.
curing 1t from the tops of the tall,
slender trees at Just the right time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
What is Best for Indigestion {?

Mr.. A. Robinson, of Drumquin, On
tario, has been troubled for years with
Indigestion, and recommends Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets AS
"the best medicine | ever used" If
troubled with Indigestion or con%stipa-
ton give them a trial. They are GER
tain to prove beneficial. They are easy
to take and pleasant in effect. Price
70 cents. Samples free at Laurens
Drug Co.. s drug store.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
An Uncomfortable Anawsr.

In one of Sir George Colley's letters
he says: lord Lytton had n good
story about poor Lord Leitrim, who
shortly before his murder, talking with
a countryman about some cases of
landlord shooting. asked, why don't
the rascals shoot meT 'Ah, thin, yer
homer said the man, ITS Just this
what's everybody's business is no.
body's %businessl'"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05

Mr.. Newlywed-But, my love. why
are you weeping? Mrs. Newlywed-
oh, John. John! 1 just peeped into
the kitchen and saw that cooR has
ON her travelling gown. = Harper's
Weekly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
Tho Real Ganlua.

"They say It's hard to live with a
genius"
"Bosh! Were not all women gen.
fuses how would most families existf'
Louisville Courier.Journal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
In Ninntesn San
Else.

The dead man found q the fifty
hVe story building is believed to have
iaIlen from n neighboring root. He
was terribly crushed.-Success Maya.
zine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05

WINS n boudolr shared by
II "a the grand duchess ad-
~ Joined 1t, and, entering
thctc, TO her dismay the girl saw her
mother lying on II sofa, attended by
Erncstinc, the French maid.
Nirginia's heart sank. She had sup
posed the grand duchess to be in tile
white drawing room with the baroness
II the other guests of the house.
Now there WIS no hope that she might
be left alone n unquestioned. And
the girl had longed to be alone.
cat last!' exclaimed a faint voice
from the sofa. 81 thought YOU would
never come"
The princess stared, half dazed, un-
able to tear her mind from her private
gricfs. ".Are YOU i'll, motler?" she
stammercd. Had YOU sent for mc2"
Il came very near faint'ng In the
drawing room,' the grand duchess an
swcrcd. "Erncstinc, YOU may leave us
now"
The Frenchwoman went out noise
lcssly.
Still Virginia did not speak. Could
it be that there had been another p
besides Egou o Breitstein and that
her mother already knew how the cas-
tie of cards had fallen? Was II the
news of defeat which had Frustrated
her?
HAY you-did IL one tell YOUR"
the girl tailored.
GIVE had II tclcgram-a horrible tclc-
gram. oh, Virginia, | am not young.
as you are! | am too old TO endure all
this. l think YOU should not have sub
jccted me to it,"
The grand duchess voice was plain
tive IL pricd among the girls sick
nerves like hot wire.
What do YOU mean, dear? | do not
understand she said duly. "I'm so
sorry YOU arc ill. If it's my fault in
any way T.
Her mother pointed toward n writing
table. THE telegram is there" she
murmurcd. at is too distressing-too
humiliating."
gthff picked up a crH+~WSMMWle.
graph form and began to rcad the mes
sage, which was dated London and
written in English:
some one making Inquiries here about
inc Nlowbrays. Beg to advise you to OK
plain all at at once or cave INronburg to
avoid almost certain complications.
LAMBERT.
cN-ambassador 10 the court of Rhactia
from Great Britain.
The princess finished in silence.
isn't it %hideouST" asked the grand
duchess. "Io think that you and j
should have deliberately placed our
selves in such q position! We are to
II away, like detected adventuresses.
unless-unlcss you are now ready to
tell tho emperor all"
NO." said Virginia hopclcssly.
What! Not yet? Oh, my dear, then
YOU must bring matters to a crisis
ACKNOWLEDGMENT even. It's evident
mat some enemy, perhaps some ieal-
Gus person, has been at work behind
our backs. 1t is for You to turn the
tables upon him, and there isn't an
hour TO waste. From the first YOU
meant to make some dramatic rcvcla-
ton, Now the time has come"
An, meant-I mcant!' echoed Wiz
ginia, with Il sob breaking the ice i'm
her voice. Nothing has turned out
as meant. You were right, dear;
was wrong. We ought never to have
come to Rhactia."
The grand duchess grew palcr than
before. She had been vaguely dis.
trcssed. Now she was sharply alarm
cd. If Virginia admitted that this
great adventure should never have
been undertaken, then indeed the earth
must be quaking under their feet
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05
TWELVE

~ was for refuge that the
nv princess fled TO her own
NJ nv n Doudolr shared by
II "a the grand duchess adj
iAinnl L. n.1 -..I.At.-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
PERSONAL,

Wilbur Wright broke the European
record for sustained flight with an
aeroplane, remaining in the air more
than SO minutes.
Senior Corea has resigned as Mica
raguan minister to Washington and
DR.. ROdolfo EspinOZa has been named
to succeed him.
Wilson Collins, former cashier of a
bank at Elkhart, Ind. was released
from the federal prison at Leaven.
worth, Kan, after a siX-year sentence
for violation of the national banking
law
Louis A. Gregori, who fired upon
Maj. Dreyfus during the ceremonies
last June incident to the placing of the
body of Emile lola in the Pantheon
the Dreyfus affair, was acquitted by a
jury.
John Mouton. leper, who escaped
from the Louisiana leper home in
1berville parish about year ago, was
found selling tickets at nickel the
ater in New Orleans.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
NEWS Of MINNESOTA.
Killed a Bear.

South s& Paui.-Driven from the
Northern woods by the forest fires
that are raging on the Mesaba range,
4 big black bear lost his way and ran
into South Park.
The bear was first, seen in front Of
A. ID. 8. Clark's residence, postmaster
at South Park. The animal was RIM.
ming along with his tongue hanging
out and seemed completely tired out.
He ran down the bluff In front of
Clark's house toward the river, where
he quenched his thirst.
A small army of men and BOYS
armed with guns pursued the beast,
but Bruin managed to elude his pur-
suers until almost dusk.
The crowd of hunters increased and
about 8 o'clock the animal was killed
by NJ. Mikkelson of South St. Paul,
who came upon the bear on the out.
skirts of the Park. 1t took only one
well directed shot from Mikkelson's
gun to lay the bear out.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
NEWS NOTES.

st. Paul.-Fire which started in
Gribben Lumber company's plant
causes an estimated loss of $4,000.
st. Paul.-Farmers along Dodd road
may be forced to take decisive action
and stop practice of automobile
drivers kicking up so much dust.
East Grand Forks.-An action in.
volving one of the most valuable
pieces of property in East Grand
Forks has been started by the Mime.
apolis Brewing company. The action
is brought to quiet title, according to
plaintiff, but there are enough side
issues to make 1t an interesting case.
st. Paul-At a meeting of the Ger.
man-American Alliance held in MOI.
art hall last night arrangements we're
made for German day which is to be
celebrated Sept. ~.
Minneapolis.-An attempt to fill a
kerosene lamp over a light gas stove
caused the death of Mrs. Anton
Bloomburg of 100 Washington street
northeast.
Grand Meadow.-The McGuire.At.
wood company of Minneapolis has
purchased the townmill property
formerly owned by the LIE Roy Fiber
company.
Baudette.-Northern Beltrami
county's first annual fair at Baudette
closed here. Some of the exhibits.
especially Of grains, grasses and veee.
tables compared favorably with the
exhibit at the state fair.
Notwithstanding herself in the
abdomen, Mrs. Nina Higgins, wife of
a saloonkeeper, John w. Higgins, at.
tempted suicide in the European hotel
Sept. Il.
st. Paul-Joseph Klein slashes
throat from ear to ear and runs
through streets to hospital, where he
dies.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
WOMAN KILLED
Struck Down BY Lightning in a Rain
less Electrical Storm.

Ortonville, Mimi, Sept. 15.-Mrs.
Hendrick Nelson, widow of the
town of Artichoke, fifteen miles from
here, was killed by a stroke of light
ming during a rainless electrical
storm. Her eight-year-old daughter,
who was beside her at the time, was
uninjured. Mrs. Nelson had gone in
to the yard with the child to pick up
some things before it should begin to
rain, and had been there but a few
minutes when the lightning struck
her. De ath was instantaneous. Mrs.
Nelson was the widow of farmer
and was about thirty-five years old.
The girl is the only surviving rela-
tive.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
A DEATH TRAP
Flames Trap 500 Workmen in 4
Michigan Tunnel.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 15.-Two men
dead, three others overcome by
smoke and rescued by men brave
enough to face death for others, even
in the insensate fury of a panic, and
300 workmen, trapped by fire in the
shaft of the Michigan Central tunnel,
fighting like wild beasts for their
lives-that is the story of fire which
just escaped being all awful holo.
caust.
The 300 men were working in the
Windsor end of the tunnel, driving il
deeper in under the river, when fire
broke out in the heavy timbers of the
shaft between them and the air.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
BRIEF news NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUNDABOUT THEWORLD
Complete Review of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts of
The Globe-Latest Home and For.
eiqn Items.
POLITICAL,

Charles Evans Hughes was nominal
ed by the Republican state convention
OIL the first ballot to succeed himself
as governor of the state of New York
He received S27 out of possible zoos
votes, as against ISL for James W.
Wadsworth, Jr., of Livingston county
speaker of the state assembly, and 81
for former Congressman John X. Stew
art of Montgomery.
New York Democrats nominated a
state ticket headed by Lieut.. Gov.
Lewis S. Chanler for governor, and
closed their convention with a great
meeting which was addressed by Mr..
Bryan.
Judge A. HeatOn Robertson of New
Haven was nominated for governor OF
Connecticut by the Democrats.
The Republican party was victorious
in the Maine state election, Bert NJ.
Fernald Of Poland being chosen gov
ernor over Obadiah Gardner, the Dem
ocratic nominee The Republicans
also elected all four congressman and
maintained their majority in the legis-
lature, although the Democrats made
a good gain in their representation.
The plurality received by the Republi-
cans was not much over 1900. the
smallest received in any presidential
year in IS years
The Republican state convention of
Utah nominated ticket headed by w.
e. Spry for governor
EX-Congressman John F. Lacey was
chosen by the standpatters of Iowa to
oppose Gov. Cummins as United
States senator to be voted upon at
the primary in November.
James A. Tawney, James McCleary
and Clarence B. Miller were winners
for congressional nominations in the
three disputed districts of Minnesota.
Miller had a landslide in the Eighth
district, defeating J. Adam Bede by
three to one
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
PRINCIPAL Events 0aflbered u tho
OH Scandinavian Countries

The boundary line between Norway
and Sweden where it runs into the sea
at the southern terminus is still 4
matter of dispute. Norwegians and
Swedes have been sounding the sea
separately, and the former think that
II the results do not agree joint com
mission will have to do the work over
again. The Griseba lobster banks are
the hardest thing to dispose of. 1t is
said that the deep water trough lies
south of the banks, which would seem
to give them to the Norwegians. But
on the other hand the Swedes will
get Stenbroltet, Rodskar, Norgrund
and BadshOgen on the same principle
This question is discussed more calm.
ly than before.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23
Annul License Election.

Stevens Point, Wis, Sept. 15.-An
order for special municipal election
on the proposition to raise licenses
from $500 to $500, which was to be
held, was annulled today in the cir
cult court by Judge Webb. An in.
junction was secured by saloon inter
ests on the ground that the local for
malities attendant to the original pc.
tition failed to make af1davit that
the signatures were genuine and that
the persons signing were legal voters.
The question cannot now be brought
up for another year.