The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 12, 1905, Image 6
Tin' cottage was ?t tho western end
of tiio village, r.nd thore it stands yet,
u poor, ugly bou e. closo <>n tbo strost.
\. o wc?t tu, und after making clear
to tbo good woi inn who owned u Uiat
wo were not looking for lodgings wo
snw ?!i that i' ro was to see of the
dwelling. Tinte woro four rooms,
two downstairs und two above. All
woro bar? and disorderly, because, a*
the woman explained, liousocloaulug
was In progress, it was needed. Bhe
showed a winding stair, bardly bet
tor tbnn a ladder, wblcb lod from tbo
lower to the upper roams*. There was
no view, no garden. But in Coleridge's
ib)y there veaa a small plot of ground
bolongiug to tbo kouso and running
back to the largo and pleasant placo
of hl? friend l'oohv Dr. Henry Van
Dyke lu S?. rlbncr's.
Dlauk XcrKc.
Blank or unrbyuied la that form of
heroie vorso which la commonly em
ployed In English dramatic and epic
poetry, rt was Introduced by the Earl
of Surroy, who died In 1517. In his
translation of the second and fourth
books of "iEneld." It was first cm
ployed In the drama lu Backvlllo and
Norton'? tragedy of "Porres and Por
res," which wan printed In 1505, but
It was not till Marlowe adopted It lu
his ploy of "Tainhurlalne the Great"
that It became the form regularly em
ployed lu tbo metrical drama, which It
lias Since, with ouly occasional Inter
vals, remained. After Milton's use of
it in "Paradise Lost" It was widely
extended to many other classes of com
position.
Growth of the Ilnlr.
The Influence of diet on tbo growth of
hair has often been discussed. It has
boon shown that starchy mixtures,
milk and many other foods recognized
as being highly nutritious are, In fact,
sure death to hnlr growth. Chemical
analysis proves tbat the heir Is com
posed of o per eeut of sulphur and Its
ash of '20 per cent of silicon and K> per
cent of iron and manganese. The foods
which contain the largest per cent- of
the above named elements arc meat,
oatmeal and graham. Henry pointedly
says, "Nations which eat most meat
have (he most hair."
Wanted to Ho c?efui.
Woman of tlie House (with shawl
tied around her bead)?What are you
bothering mo now for? Can't you poo
we're getting ready to move? Huffon
Bats?Yos'ra. I thought mebby you
had some pies or scraps o' cake that
wuzn't worth movln' on' you nij;'it
like to git rid of 'em, ma'am.?Chicago
Tribune,
('?Ulf of the Ilow.
Mrs. Popley ? For goodness' sake,
what's tbo matter with Willie? Mr.
I'oploy (from tin* bathroom)?Oh, be
wants the earth. Mrs. I'opley- Wants
the earth? Mr. Popley?Yes; at least
that portion of It that I'm trying to
wash oft ids hands and face. Philadel
phia Press.
Uta Ou?r Chano?.
"Ii there a man In all this audience,"
demanded the female locturer on wo
man's rights, "that ha? ever done any
thing to lighten the bunion ou bis
wife's shoulders? What do you know
of woman's work? Is there a man
here," sho continued, folding her arms
and looking o>?r the assembly with
superb scorn, "that has ever got up lo
tho morning, leaving Iris tired, wornout
wife to enjoy her shunb?rs, gone quiet
ly downstnira, ' made the Uro, cooked
his own breakfast, sewod tho missing
buttons on tho children's clothes, dnrn
ed the family stocking*, scoured tho
pete and kettles, cleaned and filled tho
lamps and done all this If nocessnry
day after duy uncomplainingly? If
thero be such a man 1^ this audlenco
let hhn rise upl I should really like
to see him."
And in the rear of the hall a mild
looklug man In spectacles. In obedlcnco
to the summons, timidly arose, flo
was the husband of th? eloquent speak
er. It was the first Ome ho had ever
had a chance to assert nlruaelf.?Novel
Meg&Sinc,
lue? Kor H?imti Book*.
"I made a few calls tho other day,"
said the pastor of an uptown church
to his congregation, "and in one of tho
houses I saw a strange thing. What
do you think? One of the church hymn
books, the property of this church, had
been carried home and was placed un
der the leg of the table to lengthen It
out. I remonstrated at this menial uso
of hymn books. Apologies and blushes
were profuse. Now, I om not scolding
about this, but hynm books cost this
church money, and if any of you have
tablos too short in the legs please put
a newspaper under them or a piece of
wood. If you do this, we won't have
to send out and buy auother hundred
hymn books, as we did last week."
The pastor had no sooner ended
these remarks than a girl sitting al
most under his nose calmly opened a
hymn book, placed It between bor back
and the back of tho pew and settled
comfortably down to listen to'the ser
mon.?New York Press.
Tlio T*r?i "Crony."
Every one uses the term "crony" In
the sense of "chum"' or "pal," and tho
phrase "old cronies" has become spe
cially familiar, but It Is doubtful
whether the. original word bore any
reference to friendship. The new ling
Ush dictionary puts down Its origin to
academic slang and quotes the Immor
tal Pepys for the earliest Instances of
Its us?'. Quite recently, however, an old
letter of n si 111 earlier date has come to
li?lit, in which m scholar is described
as "conteutPto destroy his body with
night labors and everlasting study to
overtake bis ohrouyes and contempora
ries." From this It would seem clear
thai tb" word wai a bit of university
Jargon, med to denote students of the
sann- date and eo'ned from tin* Greek
word that appears lu the terms "chro
nology," "chronometer," "chronograph,"
that are connect'd with time.
The 1 I.iw of Knicland.
"I am onm/.cd." writes an American
vlnitor, "at what seems to ho a custom
in Englaii I of blowing loud trombone
blasts on tbQ liiiman nose. In Urat
Clans railway carriages, rodnuunts,
churches, in tin* street, one is startled
by these Bounds, generally explosive,
sometimes BUstulhed. Old men, ??i 1 -
dren and delicate ladies seem to bo
Qdeptfl at 't. Is It a mark or a sound
of delicate breeding?" It la merely an
Instance of the untloual manners that
illffcr in spit ? of k>o'! communications;
An American Is Btartled ut Ibo tromj
bone of the English nose. But the
[jugllshmqn always 1ms a *???! i, and
tint fact set ?? Ibo Uoto of tbo n.lional
manners. And c.s wo travel wo ?hd
many start I big things. Wo noto tlial
(be Oer until makes strango uses of hi.s
knife at tublo. Beaching (ho summer
resorts of the Black sea wo Und tbo
neighboring lady bathing without a
br.tblug f.rcfis. It Is merely a matter of
ItitltiuV,'. T! ? ila.t of England Is the
!? ". ilkcrch'cf, and (ho morning bugle is
the nose.?Tiondon Chronicle.
IlrtdcRrootns ttsm red.
Britleyis are :. mully considered
iioctiss try to Ibo wedding festivities the
world over, about (bo only land where
they ar.6 regarded as unnecessary bc
Ing Polynesia. There (be young man
who would a-wo >lng r- ? turns die luat
tcr ??.? r lo his parents and friends and
takes tu the woods no dllHeull matter
In tliat p u t of the country. The fami
ly proct ed t > i rofllc with die parents of
the bride elect, and after a more or less
extended palaver (be arrangements are
brought to it satisfactory conclusion.
Then ensues n festal Ihne, with feast
ing, spoechmaking and other forms of
celebration until at last the nuptials
arc announced and the groom makes
bis appearance among bis friends. In
(henry at lenstl niilllelontly hungry for
human companionship to regard bis
bride with more than usual compla
cency.
A I'o.iluge-Sliniiii Dilemma.
Former lTe.*?ldoii( Salomon of Haiti
hod his troubles with (ho post a go
stamps of that disturbed republic. (b-u
eral Salomon objected to his own por
trait being placed on the stamp-;, bo a
local artist was commissioned to de
sign a female bead representing Liber
ty. But tbo pcoplo mistook ibis for a
portrait of Mrs, Salomon and objeclcd,
They said, "The president would not
have bis portrait on our slumps, bill Ii ?
put bis wife's on Instead." Salomon
admitted the resemblance, and Anally
he consented to use b'i i own portrait to
adorn the stamps. At about the time
the new Issue was made Salomon had
been deposed by his enemies, who final
ly decided not to go to (ho expense of
Issuing new stamps, hut do use (be Sal
omon stamps, afilxlng them upside
down. I'-1, (bis device all concerned
wer?> satisfied, and from that (hue for
ward, all letters bearing the slumps the
rigid way up woro said to have been
charged doublo postage on delivery,
Just as (bough no postogo had been
paid.
Hint IuMpired Mn*l?.
One of tho most pathetic sceucs re
aiomborcd from the experience* of an
unhappy genius is given, among other
fuels, about Beethoven In the? "Life of
Kir Herbert Stanley Oakcloy." The
great composer delighted In the out
door world. He love<l a tree, ho once
do 'tared, with pardonable exaggera
tion, "better than a ma*..
After he had become Btoiio deaf he
visited the vnlloj of Ilclllgonstndt, near
Vienna, \yherO he had stayed In other
and happier days.
"Here," ho said to tho frleud who ac
COinpanli I him, ! composed my 'Pas
toral R^rmiihony,' und here tho birds
eoinpo I with me. Can you hoar a
yellow hummer?"
?No." wr )t<" Iih friend <>n the conver
sation slate, "And In the symphony 1
only remember the nightingale, quail
and cuckoo."
1!.' believed certain phrases to have
been ). e :i lor a direct imitation of
certain birds, but Beethoven's method
was a more poetic one. The birds bad
inspired him; they had "composed"with
him. Hut they had done it i>y contrib
uting unconsciously to the Joyous har
mony of the scone.
Beethoven In answer to bis friend's
suggestion took the slate ami wrote
upon il a passage for the fltlto In the
"Brook Scene." That wns what the
yellow hammer had inspired him to do.
The ''BrentultiB rave."
In the western part of North Caro
lina, In the mountains known ns the
Fork range, is located the most remark
able cavern now known to exist. It is
called the Breathing cave ami Is cer
tainly a most wonderful natural curi
osity. During the summer months a
? in ?.?? nt of air cumes from It which
is so troug that a full grown man oun
nol wall: against It, and In winter the
Inrush of air is equally strong. At
times a most unpleasant odor Is emit
ted from the cave, which Is supposed
to be from the carcasses of dead ani
mals which have been sucked In and
killed by coming in contact with the In
ner walls of the Inanimate, breathing
monster. During the spring months,
when the change from Inhalation to
exhalation lakes place, tin- air is filled
with pellets of hair, dry boucs, small
c'aws, etc., which are supposed to come
from creatures sucked into this dry
hind maelstrom in times passed, Many
sc Mists have visited and rovbltod tin
place for the pur;' ?. " of studying Its
peculiarities, but still the inyslory re
mains unexplained.
Tnrtful.
Mr.;. John Sl'.erwo d was as fnmou-i
far h?r exquisite nature us for her line
style. AI n dinner on" ulghl tit the
lime \vh a her novel "Tin* Transplnnt
od lto ?o ' wu i ha ring n wl le circulation
her uelghht ? turned and asked In per
fect gool faith tho almost incredible
question, ??. Sherwood, <ii you
know u! o wrote "The Transplanted
Hose?' "
"!i sound.) U t though it might he
Hardy,'' Ian/died the gifted woman
without n iraco of ill nature.- Wo
man's i fonie < onmanlon.
Prrnldent Hnrea' Wutrln-?.
President Hnyes wns In the habit of
wearing u ehettp nickel watch while In
tin* White House, aud much common!
wns aroused ns to the reason. The
truth wr.s that almost weekly a depu
tation of western Indians called upon
him, always bringing presents of boiuo
kin I to the great father. Of course he
was expected to Klve something In re
turn, and the object was to find some
thing cheap and at the same time ac
ceptable Watches were a novelty to
the Indians, and to present a chief
with a watch which the great father
himself had boon carrying always Im
pi ?sed him greatly. Having discover
ed this and not caring to distribute
ild watches or even : liver onoa, Mr.
Hayes hit u;>-i:t the expedient of buy
ing nickel watches at $.1? u dozen and
tlwnys im de I! convenient to have one
with him again M an emergency.
A \ovwity I.etrond,
According I > n work on Norway, the
scantiness of the soil In that country is
explained by some of the country peo
ple as follows: At the creation of tho
world the nugels whose duty 11 was to
scatter the soil forgot Norway. Seeing
this, the guardian a 11 gel of the land
made complaints to the Creator, What
was to be douoV Impossible to restart
the whole of the creation for the sake
of Norway. "Tome, my little angels,"
said ho, "look carefully and perhaps
you may still find a it.l'o earth." Iii
conscience stricken ana ds swept tho
Moor of heaven, and the little dud they
found they gathered in their draperies
and scattered over tho Norwegian
rocks.
Paces nttri Fce<.
An English nrllst, writing In a Lon
don woman'.; magazine, pays:
"I do nol know If any one hau over
drawn attention to Ihn fact before, Iba!
you can generally toll the shape of :i
woman's fool by her fuce. There is n i
much character In a fool as in a b ind.
Yon will generally find Iho round
faced, short no3cd little w >: inn Im i th"
prettiest ankle and foot; Iho high
cheeked, long nosed wonm i l!to ugliest.
Women with very pretty fae< s i old il I
have pretty feet. Nature. eomchow or
other, compi n sates it i daughters."
PI :< lied i.:tIvor.
In thi? course of her llrsl call upon
one of h"i\ hmbnnd'u parishioners
young Mi i, fin y sp ko feelingly of his
noi.io, generous spu".t.
"Ho Is as nearly un ultrulst as man
may be." she said proudly and affec
tionately.
"Is ho nn nltrul IV sal l her hostess,
with mild surprise, "I though! from
the tone of his (tint ho probably
was a bass."
o?m Honte P? - i.
"What do you think il feeding horat i
on goose eggs?" ;? !.s mi Australian
backwoodsman. "Thai wan done by
a party who wi re stuck up Iho Ade
laide during tb wpl <on. Tho na
tives used t> bring hi e^.noo loads of
eggs, which wove bi"?!:c!i into buckets
and supplied to tho ! uv< ."
"Gle V* u Lend."
Deau Hole lit his book, "More Memo
rier," (ells an amusing story of how an
old woman got the bettor of bor clergy
man in nn argument. The vlllago
churchyard was overcrowded except on
Its soilless northern Bldo, in whieh (he
BUlclde was burled. One day (he vlcur,
while visiting a poor old woman who
wa < ulgli unto death, thought he would
try to get her consent to be buried in
(bo roomy northern plot. lie begun by
assuring hor tbal the eoiumon aversion
to burial In any particular portion of
consecrated ground was a silly preju
dice und a foolish superstition. Then
be besought her, as a porfiOUUl favor
to hlmsolf and as an example to others,
to permit her body to be bulled in tho
northern plot of the churchyard.
The old womuu thought it all over
for a few minute., and then answerc.l,
"Well, sir, as you seem to tliink as one
pari of the churchyard Is as good us
another and that it makes no difference
where wo be put, perhaps you'll gle us
a lead."
The vicar did not grasp the argu
ment, but be changed the subject.
A i >.'- ii e. ? ? ? i ii 11 ma Celebrity.
An odd Impression was that which
0 cor go Eliot conceived of Schiller aft
er her visit to Weimar with Lewes In
1 be August of the year of "the union,"
1854. SllO was thrilled, she soys, by
lb" legend over the poofs old house,
? IHer wohnte Schiller," but something
In the naturo of disillusionment await
ed her witblu. It was very Interesting
to see his study, loft In its original
state. Hut when It came to his skull,
"which we saw for tin; first time, we
were amazed at tho smallness of the In
tellectual region."
After that she could take no further
pleasure in tlie contotnjdatlnn of tho
too Mattering bust and portrait. And
(ben "Rauch told us that (Schiller had
a 'miserable Stltno'?a wretched fore
head," while to complete the dOStl'UC
' (Ion of her Ideal she heard bow "Tieck,
(be sculptor, was wont to declare that
i something in .Schiller's whole person
I reminded him of - n camel."?Pall Mall
Gazetto.
No More Work.
Hicks?I suppose Dremor Is still pot
tering alone al his Inventions, Wicks?
Well, be has actually perfected a groat
labor saving scheine at last. Hicks -
Von don't say. Wicks Yos; he's going
to marry Miss Uoxlay. Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Tho Lesser Iflvtl.
"I don't see why you asked Mr. Bohl*
to slug," said the popular girl's sister.
"I haled to do H." was (he reply, "but
it was tho only way to make him stop
talking."
To the Mouner llonu.
Grubber What a well bred man
Mixer Is I Dumlcy (who doesn't like
him) lie ought to be. His father is a
baker.
1)0 all the good you can to all tho
pe ?plo you can as long as ever you
can In every place you can.
Tho Flrlnar Fl?h. ?*
TLe flying flsli when In the air uses
Its pectoral flns precisely as a boy does
a kite, the weight of the Ush's boily
biking the pUc? of the strlug. As a
b ? runs when he lets n Ulte go, so tho
Hying tisb makes a preliminary rush
through the water before ascending
Into the nlr. In this way ns It leaves
the surface nlr Impinges upon the low
er area of the fin wluga, carrying the
body upward and onward with a glld
Ing motion. The am domical structuro
the flying floh is such that It cannot
flap Its "wings," and BO It possesses
Iq or no guiding power when in
flight. This accoiints for the fact that
it frequently finds its way through
; Ipn' open ports or down skylights or
Is Iielpl033ly Upon deck.
Unit a Chrlntlau Aiiilcrurn,
A critic writes of I Inns Christian An
?hrsen: "Ills vanity was perhaps his
most salient characteristic. lie was
photographed score? of time* in every
position and costume, and ho never
wearied of new presentments of his
a!roug but unhandsome features. Ills
whims were legion. He had a mor
bld horror of being burled alive and
always set a slip of paper by his bed
rid" hearing the words, 'Sog es sklu
d id' el am in a trance'). His hosts
' u 11 found him an exacting guest, but
his little fallings were easily pardoned
for the snko of his genius and his child
like nature."
An Irlali Incident.
"Driver," said an English tourist who
was being driven on a jaunting car
through the Donegal highlands, "I
not let? that when you speak to your
friends whom you meet on the fortd
you Invariably do so In Irish, but when
you address your horse you do so in
English. How Is this?" To which
oame the retort: "Musba, now thin,
isn't English good enough for him?"
Good Iden.
"The ancient Chaldeans/' observed
the professor, "used to write their let
ters on bricks."
"And a good Idea too," chimed In
practical Mr. Graball. "Then when a
girl sent a fellow's letters back to him
ho could use 'em to build a stable or
something."
The rtoiil Acme.
"The acme (,f happiness," gushed the
ardent lover, "Is t<> marry tho woman
you love."
"There's something in that,"' respond
ed tho old married man, "but tho main
point Is to love the woman you mar
ry."- Louisville Courier-JournaI.
Two or n Kind.
"1 tell you my love for you Is Tank
ing me mad- -mad!"
"Well, keep quiH about It. It's bid
jusl tho same pflYci upon papn."
Not c. Coiifrrtr- >t?,
?'T).>;<; your son worry you by con
tracting debts?"
"Ho dottsu'l contract debts; ho ox
PPT: Is ihem."
l-'irnt Bccordi??] vn? lit Rave.
A race across tho Atlantic u ? au
would have seemed u wild ron tuco to
King Gharlos II. when ho took
log part In the Or t ?<? onV I
race. "I sailed Hiir; morning." n tj ?
Evelyn on Oct. 1, 1001, "with :. . maj.
esty in one of Ids yachts, or pl<
bout*. vessels not known nmoi g n< Uli
tbo Hutch East Iii< 11n company pre
Beutet! tlmt curious piece to Iho king,
being very excellent Balling \> ?s< Is. it
was on a woger botween bis oilier now
pleasure boat, built frigate-like, and
one of the Duke of York's; tho \vi
{100; tbo rii?e from Greenwich lo
Graveaend und back, The klug lo i
going, the wind being contrary,
saved stakes In returning. Then were
divers noble persons and lords oil
hoard, Iiis majesty Sometimes
himself." "Yacht,'-a word now to Eng
Inn I in 1000, is Dutch, from ": igten,"
to hunt, to siice l, connected with our
"go."?London < 'hronlclc.
iti-Hilust tlio llenrt,
"Rest your heart now and tin ii dur
Ing tho (lay," said an ln. tiu. | ?
gymua dies.
"But Iho benrl ean'l be rcsti I," .?; i?u
]?11 objected. "It works Incessantly
from birth 10 death."
"It rcsH the heart to lie down." : 1
tho Instructor, "livery night's
nine hours saves (be heart Iho lift
of .'12,000 or.nccn of blood, Cousldorohl ?
:?<? ; tboVo, eb ?
"When we lie down, you s i?, lljo
heart's action becomes slower
by but strokes a minute. Thus i
hour <i;>0 strokes are saved and In
hours 5,1'< i strokes. Each stroke ]
"'?x cv.n'r" of blood, and tberofo
nine hours Iho heart is saved tb??
of pumping "-'.loo ounces.
"Tho heart often requires a rest." -
Philadelphia Rullctin.
Han the Ilulc Ont of Town,
A lecturer recently (old of a Uns
he saw some years ago In Manchuria
whose methods of achieving results
were not according to tho usual c Ii
The Russian had a well In his fronl
yard which be concluded to til] up,
He began digging a bolo by the side
of the well, throwing the dirt from Iho
new excavation Into the well.
"In tho course of time," said the
speaker, "the old well was filled, bill
there was a bolo alongside as big
(lie first. Tbo Russian went farther
away and dug another bole to fill the
second. He continued this process ot
digging one hole to fill th?> other until.
! he literally ran (ho hole .au of town."
licit 1th nml Money,
There is this difference bet ween
those two temporal blessing-, health
and money. Money Is tho most envied,
I but tho least enjoyed; health i- the
J most enjoyed, but the least envied,
.and this superiority of the latter Is
still more obvious when we reflect that
the poorest man would not part with
health for money, but tho rlchesl man
would gladly part with all his money
for health.
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AT
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We are Looking
forward to dou
ble this business
during
1906
Our
Underselling
Prices
Have Startled the Wholesale and
Retail Merchants of this Country
by selling the same Identical
Merchandise for Less Honey.
"John Says Sell 'em, He Can Get
More." So these Goods must go
at Way Down floney Saving
Prices.
U-Come! U-See!! U-Buy!!!
U-Save Money!!!!
Six Special Bargain Days Each Week
DURING
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December,
1905
Our Business is growing, you know the
reason why? Yes! By selling- same Goods
Tor Less Money all Cue yea)- round. Buy
your Goods at Red Iron Racket and save
15 to 35 per cent on purchases. We have
what you want in every line, and we are
receiving Goods for all of our many de
partments. Each week the newest styles
and latest effects are shown he *e just as
soon as they are created.
RED IRON RACKET
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