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. - - ..r_-v .--_?? ? ' REBEL GENERAL CLAIMS CONTROL _ Head of Chinese Revolt Asks Recog nition Would Bring About Reform. HanKow. Oct. 14.?Gen. Li Yan Heng, rebel " generalissimo, today I sent a note to the foreign consuls de manding the recognition of Ills author ity, as administrator of the cities of Hankow, Wu Chang and Han Yang. Oen. Iii announced that he will pro test foreigners if they remain neutral. The rebel genft \lisslmo also exhorts ?he Chinese A V".r" to drive out the ManohU traitors." Corpses are piled everywhere about the streets in Wu Chang. Recruits are Rocking to the revolutionary .standard. Gen. LI Yuan Heng said at / bis headquarters in WuChang that he i wow has 25,000 soldiers formally en rolled and plenty of cash.. The rebel viceroy. Tang, who is es tablished at Wu Chang, said : tervlew today: ?'The object of v< the governmen \: irlca. Th estly admlnli pie revenue lions, with a velopments v such as harnest ing railways. We ma) , all we have planned without fort., loans, but we will borrow if necessary. We are dtternilned to be on friendly terms with foreign nations." The situation in Hankow is un changed. Four British warships and two vessels representing the Ameri can. German and Japanese navies are protecting the foreign concessions, in Had Plight Peking, Oct. 14.-?The recall of Yuan i Kai, formerly grand councillor and Commander-in-chief of the army and .navy, who ws.:< dismissed from power and banished from the capital some four years age., and his appoint ment, as cleroy to Hu Peh and Hu Nan provinces, indicates the plight of the Manchu administration. Figura tively speaking, Yuan Shi Kai is their las! and liest card. He is known a strong man. and it was he who first organized the northern modern army. It is believed he is the only man around whom the troops will rally, but it is uncertain whether he will accept th" appointment or, in accepting, can prevent a calamity. Runs on the government and other Chin. se banks have resulted in heavy transfer to foreign banks. The Chi nese government is endeavoring to make emergency loans for mil purposes and to pay the lndemn Proposals for heavy loans were mitted today to banking gro" four nations, but it is not like., these will be accepted. The cons tlon'of the Hu Kwang railway, as the conclusion of the refori gramme, will be retarded indefl Ldeut. Col. William D. Bach tiago, Cal., who reached here t from HanKow reports that se troop trains were passed procei on their way south, but there I growing belief here that the " ment will not seek an em with the rebels for weeV months, in the hope - dilating the masses leaders.?The State. "I want to use Which is in limes'/ <>!>' .?. at' >>.... ^.......ich or lies . lead, refusing to digest. ?.i gas and eructate sour and i. ste food, or have a feeling of uizzinest heartburn, fulness, nausea, bad tas in mouth and stomach headache, th is indigestion. Bloodlne costs only fifty cents ai will thoroughly cure the worst cat of Dyspepsia, and leaves sutliciei about tlie house in case some one els. in the family may suffer from stom ach trouble or indigestion. (Jet a bottle of Bloodlne now and eat what you like the next meal and then take a toaspoonful of Bloodlne to digest and prepare for assimila tion Into the blood all the food you eat: besides, it makes you go to the table with a hearty, healthy appetite; but what will please you most is that you will feel that your stomach and intestines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to laxa tives or liver pills for biliousness or constipation. This city will have many Bloodlne cranks, as some people will call them, but you will be cranky about this splendid prescription, too, if you ever have indigestion or gastritis, or any other stomach misery, take Bloodlne. Mail orders, will bo tilled by the Bloodlne Corporation, lioston. Mass. Laurens Drug Co.. 1.aureus, s. C. lust received a beautiful line of Par lor Suits, and they are splendid values S. M. & E. II. Wilke^ & Co. . WANTED I YClUR COTTON SEED! I am going to make the Laurens Market ? pay as much for cot ton seed as any place in the county. The market here has al ways been just a little below other ? places. But this season bring yidr seed to Laurens and you will always get the highest market price. FREE! I will also unload your seed off your S wagon free. J R. M. EICHELBERGER f Laurens, South Carolina ? LOTS OF FUN! Mr. R. B. Farmer, who represents the Ton Pcnnetl Manu facturing Co. of [ndinnapol>.n-J[ndinna, will install a battery of three modern Ton Pen n.jr, alleys on West .Main street. These differ greatly from the uld style bowling alleys. They are strictly up-to-date and will he conducted in a first class manner for ladies and gents. Nothing will bo allowed that themost refined lady or dignified minister could object to. All gambling features cut out. This is a very amusing and innocent game, offering much need exercize, brings every mus cle into action. Mr. Farmer wishes to please the people in Laurens and surrounding country and will he glad to have the advice as to how these alloys etc. shall he conducted. He wants the h< st people to play, others must stay out. No cussing language or intoxication, boisterous talking will he allowed. Bums arc requested to stay out. He means tr> l>e nice to everybody, hut does not care to mix up with those that make trouble. Pl?ase accept this ad in the good spirit in which it is meant. Comr to see me. You shall be treated nicely. W?* have a ranged to hare a private bath-room, in connec tion with the alley. P. B. FARMER Wonion ah contemporary jr modern "fem! no." I? ~~ the eighteenth century th< lady student nt Florence, from Malta under the pair the Knights of Malta. The ao trator of the Majeur hospital somewhat embarrassed with his pupil, hut ho found a means o\ the difficulty. , The chief of the Order of w.s Knights of Malta in Introducing his lady protege to the professors of the Florence School of Medicine wrote: "It seems to me that the matter could be arranged without any great Incon venience if the young lady were hoarded during the period ?ho was studying at your medical school with the nuns In a neighboring convent, for which we would pay live crowns a week In regard to her Instruction, she should assist in operations at the women's hospital, notalMy those per formed by Professor M*nnnonl. Ho Should also Rive her some private les sons at the convent, for it appears to mo that she should not be present In classes with young men." The council of the hospital, beln well disposed to the Knights, adopt* the suggestion. More than a centui elapsed before another lady was < rolled in the schools of Florence. SI was a Russian and was admitted ?J. the schools of Srtnta Maria Nuovfe London Globe. ANCIENT CUSTOM MANC Queer Procession That Marks Com pletion of Harvest and Repast That Follows It. An interesting ancient custom Is ob served in Manche nt the harvest time. When the work is on the point Of com pletion a sheaf of honor Is made and decorated with flowei . which the farmer himself carries In procession, surrounded by tin harvesters, Two of the party, under ih'o pretext of sweep ing the v ay. raise > cloud of dust. If in the progress tic procession meet* a stranger tho pris offer him somd corn from a power plate. if be ac cepts and makes them a small mone tary present, t.e girls kiss him. Hut tho principal ceremony is re served for tho rpi.st, in which curds occupy a promimnt place. When this part of the mem is reached the girls each choose on? of the young har vest men and endavor to force him to tako a spoonful. 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