The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 18, 1903, Image 4
WATER POWERS
$0 BE MEASURED.
&mll Passed by House of
Ileproj^ntatives.
PLAN OF A GEORGIAN.
Promises to Benefit the
South.
Tho Bill is Yet to Cotuo Befbro the Sen
ate?Some of Iis Pro
visions.
Of considerable importance to the
dovolopniont of the water powers of
the Southern States is an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which tho National House of Repre
sentatives adopted Thursday on tho
motion of Mr. Adamtoo of Georgia.
This amendment Increased to $100,000
tho appropriation for gauging and
measuring the streams of tho country.
As reported from! the committee this
item was $100,000 Judge Adamson
argued in bohnlf of his motion that
that was In tho interest of tho entire
country, aud not of one particular sec
tion, but at the sumo time told of tho
great wealth which the South has in
its wator powers and the value of their
development.
THEY DH1NK SKA WATER.
Cocltntoos ami Wild I'tgconi Do Not]
Scoui to Mind It.
"In 18S1, whilo resident on Gazelle
peninsula, tho northern portion of'thej
magnificent Island of New Britain, in'
the south Pacific, I had many oppor-J
^unities (if witnessing both cockntooSj
tend Wild pigeons drinking salt water.
I was stationed at a place called Ka
bnirn, the then 'farthest out' trading)
Station on the whole island, and. as T
had but little work to do I found
plenty of time to study bird lifo In the
Vicinity. Parrots of several varieties,
nil of beautiful plumage, wero plenti
ful, and great llocks of white cocka
toos frequented tbo rolling, grassy
doAvns which lay between my home
nud the German head station In
Blanche bay, twenty miles distant,
(While tho heavy frost of tho littoral
rwns the haunt of thousands of pigeons.
These pigeons, though not so vlarge as
tho Samdnn or eastern Polynesian bird,
formed an agreeable change of diet for
U? white traders, and by walking about
fifty yards from 1 one's door half a
dozen or more could bo shot in as
many minutes.
"My nearest neighbor was n German,
nncl one day when wo wero .walking'
nlong the beach toward his station I
noticed sumo hundreds of pigeons fly'
down from the forest, settle on the
margin of the water and drink with
bppnrent enjoyment. Tho harbor at
this spot being almost landlocked and
tho water ns smooth as glass nyl with
out the faintest ripple, tho birds were
enabled to drink without wetting their
plumnge. My neighbor, who had lived
many years in Now Britain, told me,
that this drinking of sea water was
common to both cockatoos nncl pigeons
hllko, nncl that on some occasions the
beaches would bo lined with them, the
cockatoos not only drinking, but bath
ing, and apparently enjoying them
selves greatly. Durirg tho next six
months, especially when tho weather
(was calm a* d rainy, I frequently no
ticed pigeons nud cockatoos como to the
palt water to drink.
"At first I thought that ns fresh
(water In many places bubbled *ip
through the sand at low tide the birds
(Were not really drinking the sea water,
but by watching closely I distinctly,
Saw them walk across these tiny..run-'
?eis without making any attempt to'
drink. Then, too, tho whole of , the
Gazelle peninsula is cut up by'count
Jess streams of water, and rain falls
roughout the year ns a rule. Whnt|
causeS-tWa ?WWflnJMbjbji_^ drinking!
eea*water? Another"peculiarity.of thcT
New Britain and New Ireland pigeon'
ds Its fondness .for the chill pepper!
perry. During three months of 'the!
jyenr, when these berries are ripe, the!
(birds' crops are full of them, and Oftcnl
111611' flesh ,1s so pungent and smells so.
ljtrongly of the chill as to bo quite unj
Ratable."?Chambers'- Journal. g
EnfflLli In Java.
1 A book published In Java, called
"The West Java Travelers' Guide,"
?ays of o certain sanitarium: "At the
establishment is a physician. The sick
limy invoke tho physician for dally
treatment, with use of medicaments.
Children below ten years pay for lodges
holf of the price."
Under "Addresses and Announce
ments" Is politely recommended "the
hotel prigln, with occasion for warm
baths, whero till now all reconvnles
ccnts, ns well as Mrs. Physicians and
particulars and oflleinls, have found
back tlmir health. Cures malaria, com
plains 111 the chest and other fatnesses,
green sickness, cutaneous disease,"
etc., and wo are assured that "this
healthy abode for reconvulesconts has
;olso occasion to many delightful Idylle
excursions to which saddle horse nud
tnndecs are stationed when before,
timely ordored."
The Movement of ronalntton.
If the progress of population bad
been continuous from the remoto .peri
ods of antiquity, It Is evident that tho
numbora of mankind would bo much
greater tbnn tliey are, nnd tho globe
(would be already overstocked with hu
iium brings. But other causes not less
mysterious in their operation have
ohooked thlrt progress. Many of tho
populous countries of antiquity havo
become depopulated and apparently
unable to support life. It Is uncertain
Whether at tho present moment tho
population of the globe Is greater than
it was 2,000 or 8,000 years ago. There
Is congestion In Europe, in India nnd
In China. There nre Innumerable tribes
In central Africa on whom even tho
slave trade makes no perceptible Im
pression.
But the vn?t plalps of Asia, which
swarmed with men under tho Assyri
an, Babylonian nnd Persian empires,
nre deserted. Tho civilization of Bu
r?po Is no longer threatened by the
eastern hordes which swept over the
Roman empire In tho earlier centuries
of the Christian era. But that prodi
gious migration laid the foundation of
the states of modern Europe?Edin
burgh Be view.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Childron.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
SEA FLOWKIIS AS PETS.
The Qoeer Little Creature* Known
am > iii iiioiit-H.
The queerest pets lu tho world aro
kept In n beautiful row of clear, flash
ing, round glass tanks on an upper
floor of u largo aquarium. As you ap
proach the tanks you behold glowing
Uttlo groups of color and artistic blend
lug and mingling of fantastic woede
Und shining stones. Then when you
peer into tho tanks you see what at
first seem to you Just like particularly
handsome niid gorgeous flowers grow
ing all over the little rockeries. Some
of tho flowers look llko dainty pink
and white and yellow and purple and
crimson dahlias. Others look almost
like daisies, with lacelikc petals.
Otners look llko little star flowers, all
pure white and perfect. These flowers
aro of all sizes, from tiny ones barely
largo enough to see to great ones al
most large enough to fill n saucer.
But If you \y*H1 watch these "flow
ers" for a few minutes you will Jump
suddenly, for all at once you will seo
one move Its petals. Then yon will
see another nnd another do it Slowly
tho petals unfold or contract, with
little Jerking movements, sometimes
twining in tho water like snakes.
Tap smartly on the table on which
the tanks stand, and like lightning nil
tho petals will have disappeared.
Those son flowers aro really not flow
ers nt all. They are living creatures,
known as sea anemones.
For many years a scientist has
tended and fed them, and the little
animated flowers actually have come
to know him. Whon ho feeds them, ho
puts a little bit of fish on the end of a
long pointed stick and puts it care
fully down Into tho water until it is
near tho anemone. It did not take long
for tho beautiful things to understand
it, nnd, whereas nt first they used to
Withdraw ? their petals and shut up
tightly when the stick approached,
now they twine gracefully and stretch
their dainty arms out as far ns they
cnu go In order to reach it.?London
Answers.
Poaalhtlltlca of the Feet.
' If instead of the cramping imprison
ment of boots and shoes the foot from
Infancy were nllowed a free and nat
ural development, it may bo questioned
whether tinder such conditions it might
not bo rendered capable of performing
other functions besides those of loco
motion nnd sustaining tho weight of
the body. Certain at least it is that
some uulucky mortals born without
nrms have managed to use a knife,
fork, spoon, pen, paintbrush and even
a violin bow.?Pall Mall Gazette.
The Driver Knew Him.
It is related of the late Bret Harte
that he was ouco traveling through a
mountainous region by coach. His scat
was next to the driver's, nnd it oc
curred to him to entertain that func
tionary nnd. incidentally his fellow
passengers by narrating a series of
hair raising episodes in tho coaching
history of the wild west.
,With mischievous ingenuity ho cnl
cnWcd each talo so cleverly that Its
bloodcurdling climax was reached nt
a particularly bad bit of road, thus
forcing present peril to heighten the
effect of imagined .adventure. At first
the adventures were not imagned; they
were true stories, but the widening
eyes ni\d breathless interest of his au
dience was too great a temptation, and
ho soon began to improvise his own
fictitious hero, Yuba Bill, and other
wondrous whips of equal power were
pressed into service; Indians, land
slides, holdups, blizzards, broken
bridges, forest tires nnd runaways were
sprinkled in to taste, and the result
was a marvelous conglomerate of dime
novel, epic, racing annals and local his
tory.
Even the slowly stirred perceptions
of tho touring Briton at length recog
nized that this was no common story
teller, and when Mr. Harto left the
coach speculation ran rife among those
who remained. The driver let them all
have their guess, and then, turning on
his perch to confront his load, he tri
umphantly decided the matter:
" 'E may think 'e s travellug hincog,
but 'e ain't! I knows 'Im, I dol 'B
don't look much like Ms picture, but 'c
cawn't be nobody else. 'E's Buffalo
Bill, gentlemen, that's 'o 'e lap'
Too Xjouot.
An old lady of his flock one* called
upon Dr. Gill with a grievance. The
doctor's neckbands were too long for
her ideas of ministerial humility, nnd
after a long harangue on the sin of
pride she intimated that sho bad
brought a pair of scissors with her
and would be pleased if her dear pas
tor would permit her to cut them down
to her notions of propriety.
Tho doctor not-only listened patient
ly, but handed over the offending white
bands to bo operated upon. When she
hnd cut ihem to her satisfaction and
returned the bibs, It was the doctor's
turn.
"Now," said he, "you must do me a
good turn also."
"Yes, that I will, doctor*. What can
it be?"
"Wbll, you have something about
you which la u deal too long nnd which
causes me no end of trouble, and I
should llko to see It shorter."
"Indeed, dear sir, I will not hesitate.
What Is it? Hero are tho scissors.
Dse them os you please."
"Come, then," said tho sturdy divine,
"good sister, put out your tongue."?
London Telegraph.
We are Going
To Sell Jewelry
to every one in this
town before we have been in bus
iness for years. We are going
to impress everybody who comes
into this store that this is the
best place to buy Jewelry, be
cause values are honest, and
prices are reasonable and as low
as fair dealing will permit.
W? are always glad to see you
whether you buy or not, and we
will m?he you feel at home.
?P?lr*mitiio- RrAft
t
?avis, Uppet & Co.'s Special
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?* Saturday,
Ladies Waist and Wrappers, also Gents Stiff Bosom Shirts, all of these goods are of New and Up-to-Date Patterns and
Designs of past Season. We do not exaggerate the least when we say they are worth almost double.
aeteteteieieieieie^^
WE ALSO HAVE
Ladies' Silk Waists Worth $4.00 to $6.00
Special Friday and Saturday 2.79 to $4.49
Ladies' Flannel Waists worth 1.25 to $3.00
Special Friday and Saturday 69c. to $3.00
Ladies' White Waists worth 75 cents to $4.50
Special price 49 cents to $2.49
Ladies'Wrappers,worth 75 cents to $1.50
Special Now 49 cents to 89 cents.
some new things in White Goods
that which we wish to call your attention. We are
selling them right along and we want you to have
some of them.
Many Special Things
that will interest you in our
I Clothing Deportment. Also Shoe department. A
"big job in Children's Shoes worth 75 cts to $2.00.
Special for Friday and Saturday
*?.) cts, ('><) cts, Si) cts and*!)!) cts.
Men's Colored Stiff Bosom Shirts worth 50 cents
Special, 25 cents.
Men's Colored Stift' Bosom Shirts worth $1.00
Special, 69 cents.
Men's Colored Stiff Shirts worth 1.25 to $1.50
Special Prices, 99 cents.
Men's Work Overshirts worth 50 cents and 75 cents
Special Now, 39 cents.
Come Quick.
* 7frs /V\ 71n 7f\ 7I\ 7In 7Wn Tps Tis 7TT>
Our Mr. Davis and W. H. Anderson will leave this week for New York and oilier points for New Spring Line Special things will be bought and will have surprises in store
for all of our friends and customers. The biggest store, the best Values the Lowest Prices 'vill be our motto for Spring. We invite you
to continually bear us in mind and \vc will do the rest.
DAVIS, ROPER &l CO.
m
Rosy Cheeks, Yum Yum.
Rosy Cheeks and a clear complexion devote perfect
health. You can not possess either if you have a
foul breath arising frwn?"? disordered stomach, a
torpid liver, ov bowels constipated. ^Do as hundreds
of others .ire doing?taking Dr. Hobson's Liver
Invigorator, and seeing only the bright side of life.
W. W. DODSON.
KENNEDY BROS.
Is Headquarters for
Fruits and Candies and Confections.
Our Groceries, Canned Goods and Eatables
Of all Kinds are Reliable, which the People Know.
Therefore we at e prepared for a bigger liristmas trade and
with Finer Fruits, Candies and other things than ever.
Kennedy Bros.
I STIRRING TIMES. jj
8Just now before Spring opens up there are stirring limes in our store. ?
We want to get all ready for the new things that come with the new season.
We are trying to make it attractive for shoppers here, by offering stock at o
a extremely LOW PRICES. We do so because it stimulates enthusiasm and a
sells goods quickly. 9k
I It Helps You and Us. R
o Hen's strictly all-wool, pure worsted Suits in stylish patterns and made o
a in just the right style; in these suits the linings are the very best and won't a
jra wear out, they are yours at from $7.49 to $10.00. Suits in all-wool Cassi- x
gff meres and other fabrics stylish and as well lined as above, equally good SC
? values for the money, $4.98 to $6.98. We have a strong line of boys', and 1j
o children's garments. Boys'. Suits $2.78 to $4.99, all-wool, well made, well 0
a lined, will give best of satisfaction. Childrens' suits, well made double a
3? breasted suits. Some excellent Reefers, the double-breasted kind, can be ^
j| bought very cheaply if taken now $1.98 to $3.79. Ig
8 IN THE SHOELINE. J| S
Hjp ' Shoes at way below what they ( o
2m, did cost ought to make you think. Now /0%2HB\\
is a good time to look at these. A few special t^^^^sS^O^ ^M.
ffk . from the McCord Shoe Stuck: m ffk
o A Fine pair of Women's Shoes only $1.49. Men's Shoes, H q
a High-grade quality only $2.49. Children's Shoes at LOW hb a
x TIDE PRICES 59 cents to $1.00. All sorts of house shoes for T/*% ||
j| the family can be had now at better terms than ever before. j|j
8 J. E. Hinter & Bro., S
^f^^^^Laurens, S, C. Clothing, Shoes and Dry Goods.
ANNUAL
Stock Taking
-has just been completed, and we find, as usual, man}'- ?
ODDS and ENDS,
-which we propose to close out at a price
j \x ptir fine all- wool blankets left, $5.00 values, at . $3?6o.
Lot of Ladies' hoes, value #1.25, at . 89
Lot of Ladies' hoes, value $1.00, at . 75
Lot of Boys' Clothing at less than Cost.
Lot of Ladies' Wrappers at your own price.
We have just received a special lot
of wide Embroidery and Insertions.
THE HUB.
tSJkW Dial. Corner.
C, N. & L. R. R.
In effect Sunday, October i9:b, 1902.
No. 62.
Passenger.
Leave.
Columbia, 11 ?0 a m
Leaphnrt, 11 40
Irmo, 11 40
Balentine, 11 54
White Rock, 1159
Hilton, 12 02 p m
Chapin, 12 09
Little Mountain, 12 19
Slighs 12 23
Prosperity, 12 32
Newberry,; 12 46
Jalapa, 1 00
Gary, 1 05
Kinards, 1 10
Goldvillo, 1 1 7
Clinton, 1 80
Parks, 1 42
Ar Lnurers, 1 50
No. 63
Pass.
Leave.
Laurens, 2 02 p m
Parks, 2 09
Clinton, 2 22
Goldvillo, 2 34
Kinards, 2 43
Gary, 2 49
Jalapa, 2 54
Nowherry, 3 10
Prosperity, 3 24
.StiKliH, 3 34
Little Mountain, 8 39
Chapin, 3 51
Hilton, 3 57
White Rock, 4 01
Balentine, ? 4 07
irmo, 4 17
Leaphart, 4 23
Ar. Columbia, 4 45
For rates, time tables, or furtherein
formation call on any Agent, or writ
to?
W. G. Childs, Preaidont.
James A. Sommprsett,Train Master
State of South Carolina.
County of Laureus.
In Court of Probate.
Whereas, Martha E. Rowland has
made suit to me to grant her Letters of
Administration, on tue Estate and o He eta
of Kiln it t \ Rowland, dec'd?
Those are therefore to cite and admon
ish, all and singular, the kindred and
creditors of said ElbertO. Rowland, dec'd
that whey be and appear before me in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens
O. M'., 3. C, on the 27th day of February,
1903, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon, to show onuse, if any they
have, why the said administration should
not be granted.
Given under my Hand this 10th day of
Feb., 1003.
I O. G. THOMPSON, J. r. o.
Charleston aadWesUrn C^roUaa EE.
AUGUSTA and A8HEVILLE SHOUT
Schedule in Efleot Dec. 29,1001.
Lv AugiiBta.10 0.r) aui 55 pm
Ar Greenwood.12 30 pm
Ar Anderson. 7 10 pm
Ar Laurens.HO pm 5 .'55 am
Qreonville. 3 25 pm 10 30 am
(Jlenn Springs. .
Spartanburg.3 30 pm 9 00 am
Saluda. 6 33 pm
Henderson ville.... (5 11 pm
Aabeville.7 15 pm
Lv Asbeville. 7 05 am
Lv HenderaonvlUe. 8 05 nm
Lv Flat Hock. 8 15 am
Lv Saluda. 8 89 am
Lv Tryon. 9 13 am
Spartanburg.12 15 am 4 00 pm
Glenn Springs.
Groonvilltt.12 22 am 1 45 pin
Laurens . 2 07 pm <i 8o pm
Anderson. 7 '-'5 am
Greenwood. 3 07 pm 8 35 pm
Ar Augusta.6 40 pm 11 35 am
Lv Augusta . 4 16 pm
Ar Allendale . ? 20 pm
Ar Fairfax . G 2(5 pm
Ar Yemasee.10 25 am 7 J'5 pm
Ar Beaufort.11 40 am 8 35 pm
Ar Port Royal.11 f>5 am 8 45 pm
Lv Port Royal. 1 00 pm 0 40 am
Lv Roaufort. 1 15 pm 0 50 am
Lv Yemasee. 2 30 pin 7 10 am
Lv Fairfax. 8 48 am
Lv Allendalo. 8 58 am
Ar Augusta. 11 00 am
Close connections at Greenwood for
all points on S. A. L. ami C. AG, Rail
way, and at Spartanburg with South
ern Railway.
For information relative to tickets
rates, schedules, etc., address . *
ERNEST WILLIAMS,
Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta,
E. M. NORTH, *?. AgefTUl
T. M. EMERSON, T% WiSfc*\^
High Class Fori
The intelligent farmor ifr^areful to
know what ho is buying when htettet i
his Fertilizer supply. ar?^
Acids.
I am offering Royster's GiAnosjand
3ldS. ^|
It is a.wo 11 known fact that Mr. Roj
jster usos Fish Scrap ontireTy for ail.
Are
moniated goods. He uses no'couo.i
eeod meal. These goods hitvo been
used for several yeara In Laurons
County and have given UDiveisal aatit
faction, Hoystor's acids are Second l >
NONE.
1 am also handling t.he colobratf d
Ober &)3ons Co.'s. guanos which are too
well known to Laureus farmers to nee i
any recommendation.
Tho?o goods a man oan conscio .
tlQiisly commend as being all that Is
claimed for thorn.
I shall be glad to have your orders
nd Inquiries.
W. 0. IR?Y,