The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 24, 1900, Image 1
VOL. XVI. LAU RENS S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -'4, 1900. No 9
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KU.I, Altl'S DOG IS 1)14A 1>.
Ilo IiAllientu Hie Iidsm ol Hist I ? l Iii n I
<iiiipatilon Tho Collie W*h Uivcn
n Decent Rurial.
Old Laddie in doud. Oar good old
dog. We ne'er shall see him more.
Ilo died last Sunday at 10 o'clock : we
buried him at >.
Laddie was seventeen yoarsold. We
raised him from puppy hood to doghood
and all those years he scorned like one
of the family. Ho loved us all and we
loved him, for ho was affectionate,
good mannered, dignified, courageous
and very handsome. He never sought
a light with another don, hut never
declined one and always came oil the
victor. His face and neck and feet and
purt of his tail wore white; his hair
long and glossy and his eyes wore
ambor or rathor a brilliant yellow
sapphire. In truth, ho was a very
handsome dot; ar.d came from well-breu
stock, his grandslre having been sold
for $f>00 In Montgomery. Ho wa
known as u shepherd dog?a Scotch
oollio -and know his duties and qualitlc
by instinct and Inheritance. We did
not have to train him to go after the
sheep or the cattle and bring them
homo. When I left tho farm ami
moved to town ho seemed lost and
unhappy for awhile, hut soon adapted
himself to the Iittlo grandchildren and
followed them around, and during his
last illness, when he couldent walk, it
would ploaso him for mo to lift him up
to tho sandbed, where tho children
wore playing. Tho smaller the children
tho stronger his love for them. They
wore tho sheep and ho was tho good
shepherd.
Wo did not send his carcass to the
potter's (leid. I dug a shapely grave
down In tho corner of tho garden,
then lifted his dead body gently into
the wheelbarrow ami rolled it to the
place. Tho wheelbarrow was the
hearse. I v/as the horso and livo of
tho grandchildren were the escort.
When all was ready my wife and
daughters came down to tho funeral
and wo buried Laddie and mounded
up bis grave ami placed a board with
his name and age upon it at the head
and another at the foot. The little
children plucked some green asparagus
nearby and some Texas pinks an3 roses
and slowly and sadly we went away as
mourners. Dogs have a curious and
interesting history. In ancient times
they were umlor the ban of .lewish
contempt and were pronounced and
denounced as unclean by tho Mosaic
law. Not a good word is said of them
in all Scripture. " The price of a dog
Is an abomination to the Lord," saith
Moses. Job saith : " J disdained to
net their fathers with the dogs of my
Mock." " Am I a dog ?" " Beware of
dogs." 11 l*'or without are dogs and
sorcerers and idolaters and murderers
and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie." Hut surely they must have had
some good reputable dogs, or they
would have killed off tho breed. It
was tho mean, thievish trilling dogs
that gave a bad name to all the race,
just as thoy do now.
Cuvlor says that dogs In general are
the most contemptible of all domestic
animals, but that the improved species
are the most useful and complcto
conquest ever made by man. All their
faculties aro adaptod to profit and
pleasure and protection. Barbarous
nations owe much of thei r bettor nature
to tho possession of the dog.
Cuvlor says that tho principal and
best species aro indigenous to certain
countries. Such as tho shepherd to
Arabia, tho K quimuux and Newfound
land to Siberia, st. Bernard to the
Alps, eto. But dogs havo got mixed
anil crossed into all sorts of forms and
fashions, like the Cubans In Cuba.
They now range from the llttlo pug
anil rat terrier and bench leg lice, up to
the boar hound of Germany and the
mast;IT and drover's dug of southern
Europe* Pointers and setters and span
iels and the long-cared hound have
come in later by traiuing and breed
ing, but most of the different kind of
dogs are degraded mongrels. But a
ib?g is a dog and every man and boy
loves his own and will defend him,
" Bovo me lovo my dog," is a proverb
'{")() years old. Alexander Stephen- was
asked what was tne secret of his at
tachment to a dirty little snarling dog
that followed him around. Be replied.
'' Well, I hardly know, but I reckon I
lovo tho little dog l>ccaurto he loves
mo." That was reason enough, lie
had neither wife nor children to love
him, and bo ho concentrated on the
dog, but still his friends thought he
might havo ohOdon a more attractive
one.
The poorer a man is and tho more
friendless, the stronger is his attach
ment to hla dog, and the dog bcolqs to
reciprocate and will not desert, his
master. A nigger's hound is as happy
and contented as a line lady's poodle.
I 'ope. says :
" l.o! the poor Indian whose untutored
mi nd.
Hees (mh( i.i clouds and bears 11 iill in the
wind,
Hut thinks admitted to the Heavenly sky,
Hi- fail hi 'i I 11" ? i ball bear him com pans."
Wo bavo hail but live dogs In fifty
years at our bouse and they were all
good dogs, faithful dogs and loved the
children. Of course, I dont Include
the yaller pup that we had not long
ago and were raising to take Laddlo s
place, lie was an Ignominious fraud.
He stole everything that was in sight
and in reach. One day Ih ? pantry door
was loft ooen and ho t*< led off half of 1
a boiled ham. He Stole eggs <wid but
ter and carried off bats and nooks and
bonnets and kept us continually alarm
ed. One day our old peach man, who
lives sixteen miles away, came up with
a load of fruit and 1 gently persuaded
hltn that ho needed a smart dog, so he
tieil him in his wagon and hauled him
homo. I asked him the other day how
the purp was getting on. " l''ust rate,''
he said. " When I got him home that
eight I turned him loose and fed him,
and the next morning he beat me up
and run six chickens before breakfast
and chawed on 'em. 1 give him a de
cent licking and reformed him. That
night he followed the boys to the woods
anil caught a 'pOBSUUl and he's gettin'
to be a lino dog." Hodident have, room
enough bore in town to expand. As a
general rule women are not fond of
dogs. They prefer cats. The dogs aro
in ihe way and take up too much room,
and are always scratching for Hjus
and when the bad weather comes they
track tip the house and want to lie by
the tire.
My old friend Foote told me that he i
and his old 'oman had lived together
fifty-two years and there was never a
cross word or a hard thought botwOOU i
them about anything excepting dogs. 1
" I was fonil of dogs," said he, '"and my |
wife despised 'em and just as soon as j
they followed mo into tho bouso she
would take tho broom or something
and maul 'em out, especially in muddy
weather, for sho was a powerful nea\
housekeeper and I wasnt."
" How many dogs did you keep, Mr.
Foote ?"
" Well, you see in my younger days
1 was powerful fond of fox hunting and
I kept four good fox dogs most of the
time and thon I had a squirrel dog and
a rabbit dog and a 'possum dog aud a
pinter. That's only eight. That's rea
sonable, l thought, but nay wife dldnt
and she. used to lot mo know it some
times."
Hut our good old dog is dead und wo
all miss him. Nobody ever struck him
a lick, or had to say a cross word to
him. He was a dog, but ho was a gen
tleman in all ilia deportment. 1 won
der where 1 can get a good young dog
to raise to take hit, place. Tho winter
is coming on and as soon as the chicken
thieves lind out that Laddie is dead
they will come prowling around. High
er education hasn't stopped tho nig
gers from stealing chickens.
Hill. Aitl*.
Dkatii ok WM. L. Wilson. -Hx
Postinaster General William L. Wil
son died suddenly on tho 17th lust.
William Lyne Wilson was born in
Jefferson County, Virginia, May ;il
1813. Ho sorvud in the Confederate
ar.ny, was professor in Columbia Col
logo for a time and afterwards prac
ticed law at Charlestown, Va. He was
president of West Virginia University
1882-1883. Ho was elected to Con gross
from the Second district of Wost Vir
ginia in 1882and quickly became prom
inent as an orator, economist and civil
service reformer. Ilosorvod six terms
in Congress aud in the Fifty-third
Congress was chairman of tho ways
anil means committee. As leader of
the Democrats, the majority nartv, on
the floor ho introduced tho tar I if tdll
known thereafter as tho "Wilson tar
Iff bill." In 1802 he was permanent
chairman of tho Democratic national
convention, which nominated Grovor
Cleveland for President. In 1895 ho
was appointed Postmaster Genornl in
Cleveland's cabinet as successor to
Wilsou 8. Bissell. On his retirement
from public life in IS'.iT ho was olcclcl
president of Washington and Lee Uni
versity.
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Columbia state.
i.'.-ss than ono month from today the
presidential election will take place
in ?iat time a groat deal can happen
and the reslHt may be very different
from what it would he were the elec
tion to occur tomorrow, hut 0U0 thing
is certain : whether he lt> oleotod prea
Ident or not, Williams Jomilngs Uryan
will go down In history as one of the
most remarkable piditioal loaders the
world lias ever known.
A fow year* ago this man Uryan was
a lawyer and editorial writer in Ne
braska, lie bad served a short while
iu Congress where his reputation had
rested obleSy upon his familiarity with
tho tariiT question. His discussions ol
this ueually dry Bubjeot were excep
tionally Interesting and entertaining,
and though then quite a young man,
he was looked upon with favor by tho
leaders of tho tar ill reformors.
The Issues were shifted and tho coin
age question became paramount. To
this tho Nebraskan gave his earnest
attention and it is history that he be
came the leader of one party because
lie could talk free silver in a more in
teresting and convincing manner than
any other man in tho country.
II hi opponents BOdulously tried to per*
suado the peoplo that this man Uryan
Is a follow of (lie idea?free silver?
forgetting, or rathei ignoring, his rec
ord as a tariff debater before silver
was the leading issue. If any were in
olined to accept this estimate of li^yan
they have now reason to reject it even
if they could find nono before.
Another and a now issue has arisen.
Tho tariff and hi metal 1 ism wore ohi
Issues even when they were paramount.
They had been thoroughly discussed
in Congress and hail played their part
more or less prominently In prcsidoil
t'.al campaigns. A heginner was able
to draw upon speeches and arguments
of the past and it required originality
in conception and expression to -;,\
anything original on either subject.
Hut not so in this campaign. The
paramount issuo Is entirely new to this
republic. No ono ever dreamed even
four years vgo that there would one
day again be waged a great political
battle involving the preservation of
the republican form of government in
tho United States. Indeed the Issue
was upon us while only a few realiz
ed it.
The. man who recognized its import*
anec first and most thoroughly was
this same Uryan,?who had neon put
down as a shallow person ol one idi a.
It was ho who saw how the McKinley
administration was drifting towards
militarism and imperialism, while
those terms were ?tili almost unknown
In this free country. Having entered
the army in a war for liberty, he re
signed when it became plain that the
army was to be used In a war of con
quest. Resigning lie began at once
to light tho vicious tendencies of the
administration, and as the chosen and
reohosen leader of his party, ho has
kept up tbjs goodly light. When ho
first began to talk "Imperialism," there
wore few who understood the signifi
cance of the situation. Many of his
own party failed to realize the magni
tude ol the issue, and some of his most
admiring adherents thought he. was
making a mistake both from the. stand
point of party policy and of patriotism.
They besought hirn to stop; they point
uil out that ho could i ot hope to ovor
ho elected president Ott an Issuo that
Involved hauling down tho il ig : tnoy i
show od hltn tha' hisown party wasnot
only divided on this question, but that
thoso who agreed with hint woroapa
thetloor unlntluontial. ah tin sq con
'derations and more wore presented
to him. A more politician would have
yloldod. A tlmo-soivor would have
on dor sod tho president's foreign polity
on the safo pica of patriotism ami tin n
Bought out a dornt 8i lo It a 10. That was
what tho Liberals did in Bnglanil in
the campaign just closed. Tiny lucked
tho courage to denounce tho unjust
war upon the ISoers and iii nie the light ;
On other lines?and lost, as they do
served to lose.
Hut Bryan, not bt imr a more politi
cian nor a timo-sorvor, refused to heed !
ail tllOSO warnings Of the wise men.
Ho kept oh, lit season and out of Boa*
son, talking agam.it " Imperialism."
tic found a few men and BOVOral news
papers who appreoiated tho dangerous
departures tho administration was
making in its purchase of the Philip
pines and its attempt to oonquor the
natives. Hut whin Bryau began the'
agitation his backoi'd were OXCCOdlllgly
soarco. Nothing daunted ho kept on.
He made spccohcs ai'd he wrote arti
cles lor the newspapers, tho reviews
and tho magazines. II" delved Into
history and studied constitutional law
more than ever heforo. Ills light began
to attract gonoi al attontlon and others
came to his aid. being convinced after
studying the question es Bryan hail
done. They were led to eon-dder the
elTcet of militarism and imperialism
upon other republics. Tiny found
Bryan was right. They studied the
constitutional question Involved ami
again found Bryan right in contending
that the republic could not govern
coloulos outside of the constitution.
" Imperialism " hail become an Ii tue.
Almost atone, that man Bryan had
aroused the people to its importance. I
It heoame tho Isstio of the hour and
naturally enough Bryan was looked to
as the leader of thoso who would de
stroy Imperialism. The " man of one
Idea" had added a third to his reper
toire, do discussed Imperialism with
all tho forco, all the oloquonco, all the
togle with which he. had dabated the.
tariIT and the coinage questions, and
not content w ith thCSO, ItO took up the
other great Issue, trusts, and to that
Applied his stunt: powers of convincing,
logical eloquence.
Four years ago when Bryan, after a
campaign of unumal features, was do
featud, it was freely predicted that he
would never li/atn he heard of as a
political possibility. We thought other
wise, but that is neither hero ctir
there. And the prophots thought thoy
had continuation of their prophesies
whon Bryan continued to tail; and to
write. ThOy said the thing for him to
do was to keep absolutely qulot, say
nothing" about anything ami perhaps
his chance might come, but it was
very douh'.ful. But, so they Bald, if!
MoKli ley made, many mistakes and no j
other leader appeared for tho Demo
crats in four year- , Bryan might got at
least the nomination. His election,'
they said, was an Impossibility under
any olrouili -lances.
Bryan refused this advice. Ho made
speeches ar.d wrote articles wheneveri
ho was ask< d or whonovor be thought
beat. Ho has never declined at any'
time during the lust four years to glvo
bis opinion on any subject. The poll
tlclans said be would blttndt r II he
talked so much 5 ho might say .-onto-:
thing that be would later have to re
tract. But he has succeeded In b? lug I
consistent and has nut been forced to
rocant anything ho has said. This Is
one of tho most wonderful facts in
Bryan's career?he has expressed his
views Irecly and often extemporane
ously and yet lias never made a mis
take from the .standpoint of consh ' -
onoy. Neither has hfl made mistakes
as a pal ty loader.
Having again boon nominated '<>.
president, Mr. Uryan began a campaign
whloh rivals his former t-.gtvt in vigor
and brllllanoy. lie I* not only doing a
vast amount o( speech making from
olio end of the country to tho other,
but ho Is personally controlling and
directing the whole campaign. The
result Is soon In tho superior organiza
tion and wiser plans which tho party
is omploying. Id 1800, the "leaders"
partially distrusted Bryan. They knew
him to he sinooro, honest, brilliant and
eloquent, hut they doubted Iiis judg
ment. They, In common with the
whole country, havo come to know
Bryan bolter and this year they do as
he ays. His enemies tell us this man
Uryan has no executive ability. Our
ttnswor Is t'> refer them to the cam
p.vigil which he is now conducting.
Uryan may never he. president, but
?ief. at doos not dim the fame of BUOll
u nun). Tho groat triumvirate of Amor
lean politics each failed to realize his |
ambitious, yotCalhoun, Clay and Weh
ater rink abovo many presidonts.
Bryan w ill bo famous. His two cam
paigns wili he hist -;c. As a popular
orator ahme I:is claims lor immortality
are gn ater than any other American'-*
l?'or tonaclty of purpose, for purity o!
motive, for honesty of political and
private character ho will ho placed
among '.he 11 rat. As a student of the
science of government ho will rival
Jefferson and Calhoun i as an orator he I
will equal Webster; as a man who
vii ihl "rather he right ti an presi
dent," he will surpass tJlay ; as a lead
er and as an epigrammatist be Is the .
superb r ol Lincoln Like all of these,
he i.- vlllillcd, traduced, misrepresent
ed and misunderstood by some of his
contemporaries, hut impartial history
will do him justice.
The now arc light of Bremer Is
claimed to effect great saving through
the addition to tho carbons of 15 to 50
pi r cent, of non-conduoting mctalic
-,-.it~. suoh as compounds of calcium,
-i.i dum or magnesium. No complicat
ed d< vice is necessary for keeping the
carbon points at a constant distance.
Phore aro two carbons?-forming an
acute angle- for each pole, and they
slide down I y their weight to the
point of contact. The positive and
negative carbons arc at right angles,
lie- aro being blown down from the
point of tin- V by magnetic influence.
A n i lectromagm t brings the carbons
Into contaot for lighting. It is stated
i luvt the light is less absorbed by
steam ami fog than that of tho ordi
nary arc, aim that the lamp therefore
has [" - ill advantages for lighthouses,
searchlights, etc.
< i ic nvi ling la-it week a va^t flock
of chicken hawk:, forming aline loo
wide and over a mile long,
passed ever tin- village of (Jallawny,
Nob. Tin y settled In a nearby erovo
one night and a great many Were ki led
before the Hock made Its escape. Not
over half a dozen of such birds hail
. vor boon seen in that neighborhood
before at one time.
?The latest experiments tend to
prove that pituhor plante are not car
nivorous, as has been so long believed,
and that any apparent digostive notion
la duo toextornal microbes that may
onter the pitchers.
Does Your
Baking Powder
Contain
Alurn ?
Prof. Geo, F. Barker, M.O., University of
Penn.: "All the constituents ol alum remain
(from alum baking powders) in the bread, and
the alum itself is reproduced to all intents and
purposes when the bread is dissolved by the
gastric juice in the process of digestion. 1 re
gard the use ol alum as highly injurious."
Dr. Alon/o C lark: "A substance (alum)
which can derange the stomach should not he
tolerated in baking powder."
Prof. W. (i. Tucker, New York State
Chemist: "I believe it (alum) to he decidedly
injurious when used as a constituent oi looil
articles."
Prof. S. W. Johnson. Vale College: "I
regard their (alum and soluble alumina salts)
introduction into baking powders as most dan
gerous to health."
In view of such testimony as this,
every care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
Baking powders made from cream of tartar.which
is highly refuted gt ape acid,arc promotivcof health,
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The groom retired on the wedding i VO
and fell into a sound sloop, from which
the most strenuous efforts failed to
arouse him. Over a wook bas passed
and the young man still Blumbors,
while his bride-to-be is disconsolate
? Ashbury Harris, administrator,
BUed Anderson County, under the
1 Stute lynching statute, for $10,000.
i Klbcrt Utirris had died from tho of
. ,ects of a whipping administered by a
. mob. After throe hours' deliberation
: tho jury returned n verdict for tho
j county.
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