The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 20, 1916, Image 15
Three New Store
Rooms
Are now xe aring ompletion. the
Public Square, next to Ente ise Bank
Building. Thes.e thr e St e Rooms are
in the best locations f business houses
in the city.
They are for rent at a reasonable price
for one two or three years. See
B. M. WOLFF or
L. E. BURNS
| Gray's | Gray's Gray's |
GRAY'S
Announce
GRAND FALL
Millinery Opening
. Tuesday, Sept. 26th'
We issue a ordial i station to
see our be utiful d stylish
Hats a rchandise
-bef e buying
We call attention to our large
stock of Dry Goods, Furnishings.
Our lines are complete.
GRAY'S
Gray Court, South Carolina
Gray's | Gray's | Gray's -
Coal Still Going UP
IWe withdraw our price.
on Coal for October deliv
Sery quoted in last week's
SAdver 'ser at $6 per ton.
ICoal ill e Higher
You ma lo for the highest priced
Coal this wii that you have seen in
many years
We cannot say what the price will b
later, but we will take your order for bal
ance of September for $6.00 per ton.
- We have put our coal business on a
strictly cash basis, and coal will only be
Sdelivered for cash.
Eichelberger Bros.
EXPLORING A RIVER
The Niger, the Mystery ofAfrica,
Was Long a Puzzle.
SOLVED IN A C'JIOUS WAY.
Two "Armchair" Sciniair, Who Never
Sot Foot in tho Dark Continent,
Worked Out tho.Problom of V/horo
tho Groat Stream Entored tho Sea.
Thile Nie(r !s the thirdt greatest rilver
In Afrien nand the eleventh iI ink in
the world. A eentury ago nobody haid
found where the Niger river renehed
the sen, andil s lie miyst ery grew the
theory bee nit oiiliar that lie Konzgo
or Zaire river was t he lower part of
the Niger.
The most Inpressive fnet kIvown
about. Il Kongo wa*:s that the ninljestle
flootd It. poareti Ito (he A\Itlantic fresh
ened (lhe Fen several ntilles f'roni the
shore. It < erinia y n% ais .1 great river.
Aliungo l'ar." (lhe splentlial ant In
tiephi young Sc-otehtuntsu who inhaugu
rated the mltlerni er of .\ frinn ex -
liloration. wv as largely responsible for
the theory that the Kongo miight he the
oiltlet of lie Nhter ie was enthtsi
astile over lie lien. lie wrote that ir
the theory turnetd otil to be true the
fart, In in nomnlerilt sense. would pe
seconi in ituportunee oinly to the lls
covery of the Cape of (good dope.
The Gerian geogriapher eiclhard
becme interestetd in tlhe problem of*
the Niger, and, gatherinig till data
available with regarti to the waters
in the equatorial regions of West Af
rica, he came to the conclusion that
tlio Niger must lind its way to the
ocean throttgh the sitr eamis of i delta
ant that this dielta was probably on
the coast of the hight of ilenin. where
a large ntunilhe' of small strenlls were
knowni to enuter the Atlnntie.
The eminent geogrI'aphler hilt the unit
on tile hentl. Ills theory to(lie truth
The lprohltui was soIlve.l ill in ari
ehnir. but the English t.entlemten, who
t t IIne were organ33iinig (the 'T'uck
ey (Konigi.s expetliltion. lauiglied to
scorn the G,erman hypothesis, declareil
lint Itetlchati's <ledl'itions were "'eil
titledl to vex N. litlie alientiont".amd that
his uaint weite '"whei lly grau1-itouis.""
slaies Al"e~u uns1 anolther rInI1:
choir In vest igator but thet books he
retdl were IiuiitlIretls 4.1 htbak slves
taken to the \\'est la4 ies from the Ni.
gelr 'iver region. Ilie hal rel Muiigo
l'ark's 1 fieinnting story of his joiur
ney (hlov th! Niger for hiniiretls of
miles and Ihought It very stinge that
no explorer hnil ever fitinil w here the
great river reahbett the sea. Alequteen
begaiin to questieon every n11tive of (ie
lower Niger he cotei litu amid kept ne
eutultiig this testimny for live
years be ore he was reitly to publish
Uis esutt!s.
Ii 1S21, when lie had stil e,l the puz
zle to hil1% uni I si':iet in. he issietl i3 book
Itn which he anllionneell as, a fact wn(l
not i.s a th eory Mhat the Niger reachedt
(lhe sen I lroniii:h ni wide sprentliing delta
in the region of, the ''oil ri'veris.'' As a
fact. the i1el11 frn 'lit is exa'ltly where
AleQtteeti slud it wias. Th 1e 411 rivers
are the dlelta streinsi 411 the Ngr
le(ltuee's iook liditle inure 'nl for
the le'eir l geto~ t'phers thoui any
't'hie nluti Ipler. The ien a that an
tbee 14ihh tratline''!l \\l's inilesi
thhe')41 Mlre sI ha hi confabls1 with
sin.rnit. siiie hse the Nliger'Oi
jokerl~ o was'evo liea asi so 4ojle'i geIo
iTI'!hey Nier lta. ii nhe dfthie inrguiii in
the wobl.tt it 1etche~s. E0 tllies 1a0ong
foiutitl tha1t Ihey inighlt struggle for'
weeks op n ttrienin ilon44ly t) priove 11 n
Niger Is Ithot not a few uidnlelnt
ri ver's forma het weeniI ihe dlelta branch('I
es nili have nlo oeti ons 411 wi'th the
Nlger' itselfI. .\losit of the' dellta is ui
44etwork. llIeulIt to eiiteri ori to iretrent1
fromi.
AllI naturi ie is' hbiltoons there.'- the
br'owna w'aters Inazily cotrsiing, Ithe evil
otlor's of the sllime 31114 OIze,) the retpul
sii'e ainimal life fr'omi erillO't1ie to
pythlons. hiirk log In theit shlo w for
their prey. nsIa ntchotlee 'opheIion tof
insec't plaguies, lit'hlinug ihe aniepheIleC.s
miostquilto, wth IiIts poinouis sting
These teribhet conitltins. Iler'sisting
for a bout fort ile3 ii Is iinm14. are t hen3
iinil swevtet ir. hut Ithe swamp111 regin
of I I the ' dlelta is olne of thle moosi
foritlling 11u1 t 4 of A frien3.
Islehar'tl I .0 mier ait Iast ini 1830
fltoating 41own thIeII Nig4er. wals tiikeli by'
nat1 Ives Iito Ite Nun bran3 h of'i t 1he
"IlIa amd dleseendell it to) Ihe sen. Theii
Ling.: id gave' t' Nigtr a4 w oli
berth t.l aifter' 18~.-. It was thought
to tbe I a -1i e sIiti kenl re4giil ion o
whteh no411 t'l't It 0 lii er en. 1 lris
ttilein0. knowtli. 3414 Ni.a'i in. ssel11
ling~ ('niriiie of lhilusiry, VI wih its great
P4our'es,. Is .lt 'nietl to thle sell biolih by
rItl Iiliii riveri.--Cyruis C. .lamhins in
A mienn 3lie low' o'Vtf lIetvtews.
Dpeipoa c y.
"I .w I i I :i ifm ii 1y?"
' i'm 4-('111: m.fl-ctotot.
WAGNER'S TWO WIVES.
One Helped Him to Attain Success, the
Other to Retain It.
In the ense of WVagner we id fe.
ntie itl(Iuen c xertingI strong powWer
Ill soine' of his c'olusit ionr..
The uncomrplaining decvotlou of hils
(l'st wife !'{ 1{nreey he exaggt'ratid.
D)uring (the l'aris dlays of' poverty ;.he
ltrdgecd about -veeking ad obtnuinnIg
tosns i'r her iish nolii (a \V'n'(g'ierian
honit w%-as p'rac;tinally a gifti, she too' in
lodgers in their hum )1I lpal't2ii'nnts,
she biaked the bo tus of Iush and utl
lodger.
She sewed and washted andl drudged.
only to be set asdLe when the days of
prosperity eanme anl when she object
ed to her Iustlali seeking ispilration
frot the wivis of other tutn. Such
i1spirtlonl 0 he found iIn Mathiilde \e
sendonekc, who was the (ltief facl or in
bringing forth "Tristan und Isohle."
But the reader shotil( imagine two
distlict Wagnels, almost aI real )r.
.ekyll and Mir. Ilydo-Watogier the Lit.
lie and Wagner the Great.
'Tht latter it was who never forsook
his highest Ideal in art, who wol'ked a
quarter of a lentuiry upon a great
music drama. "i'he fting of the Nile
lungs." without It' hope of ever see
ing it given. ali wroie to a friend. ''if
I live to conmplete it I shall have lived
gloriously, and (I' I d!e before It is tin
Ished I shall have di d for something
beautiful."
The' second wife or \Vngne' was Cos
lma. the daug hter of Liszt. ('osima
Vapnr was a helpmate indeed for her
imlwrative and very erratic bushand.
She was his secretary. She stood as
the buff'er bet ween him and trouble.
some visitors. She was the diplomat
who smoothed out many a trouble that
was caused by Wagner's impolitic and
irritating ways. and, next to htuself.
Wagner loved her as well as anything
on earth.-Louls C. ilson In Mother's
Magaz.itne.
TORRICELLI'S VACUUM.
Experiment That Led to the Invention
of the Barometer.
The harometer was invented iy 'Tor
riccli, a p'iiil of (alileI. In I(i:;. In
attmptlug to punnp wiier frond i very
deep well near 'lorenie Ie Iounld that
in spte of all hIs efforts Ihe liquid
would not tise higher is the pun
stock than I lrty-t wo feet.
This set the younig siielist to think
lng. all as lie coil not ) 'count fot the
lphenomenonii in Iany other way Ie twas
not slow In alitributing it ta atmois
pheri' pressure. l1e argued ihtit water
would rise In I vt12 n11I only to such ni
height as woild realer (he dmnward
pressure or weight of the colimin) of
water Just equitli to the atmiospherli
IlI'essture and. firthert, that should a
heavi'r iluid be used the leight of the
column could he ltull:h reduced.
To lirove this he selected i) glass tube
four feet long and aftr sealing onc
end tilled it with muercury and then In
verted It in a basin containing a 1111n.
MIly of the same peculiar liquid. The
colunis In the tibe quickly fell to a
helght of near)ly thirty lnishes shove
the mercnry in the lasin. leaving in
ile tolp of tie tub ie vacuum which is
the most perfect that has ever been
obtained and which is to this day enll.
ed tei' 'I'o'ricelli vac1utun1 in honor of
is disicover'e'.
Ti'e mle of lthe instr'ialunt nlis
fu'silamenalI pilncliles enno hillale hot
er~ lil ustrn'tild 1ha li by 1he (hove i) de
Jeems Henry Was Conjured.
''Maris .llhn.'" ex''iiedly exeilie
Anti1t TIl iidy as she 1111ntig 'lyrushe'd
intoI 2) tire en~gine i t' ils. "'please, suh.
phlonogra)ph t de enr' CII'enner01s' semplio.
r'unn~ II)'n 113'tify ln'I Ito emer'gr'ate
homl~e dIiurIgenitly. Laze .Jeemls il)Iy
shio' done0 s hin'onjured! IDr. Cutter
11res froIl) is 'I endere'iit Is, ain' I let"
himi) now1 prezaminatin111)11' dle chIile's ate.
he l im fill' de germIlan's oh die neuo-i'0
plh~~tnIa. whleh of he's disin fected
widt d1ey gotter' 'IIoeublite hun1 w"Id the~
lt'e ihiedl i (tl)aantImes. I lut
b'lievi's i's 'ora':t ion.'"--Ihilhtuond
TIime's I ispatch('1.
.Test of the Elect.
Let me1 nisk you1 n questlonl. DIdI y'ou
ev'er onl a) free0zing w'1Inter' 1day stan~d
prec0arioul in one01) slppery wa'ishbasin
wh'ile Iy3out sponlged y'our5 Sl shierhg self
other' ('hinn2 howl? If you tIntk you1
w1oul have " peiste5lId in tils moiO'ing
alfter2 monin'ilg iln ani tunhelated bedroom
throutgh zero w1eatheri I salute youi. You
hl'ong to te elet't.-At(lale1 AIonthly3.
Flow of Solid Metals.
.Nieltis (lowl into enoh 0other Julst as
eases 11nd1 ib1uk11 lOSIix. though mnore
sltow' v. If a t'nhe oif lead Is pilnc(ed on
0o)e of goldt. I le sur1faces(' of contne)(t be.
ia1151i mo t a1)11 smalslilantit of' gutsd wil
Getting Solid.
"YouIi' i'rrilis alinue iaoik. ili'am."~i
'"Oh. I didni't ('ook that1 i'uodn you nie,"'
sa1idt thei holy. "'I keeop nl Ismidi.'
otu id."''--Voink ets Stateo'5a2i.
A Backltiidor.
111 ''Is .\11der 5 il -Iiss I )(nni'. qu~tl
Mon.ter' Trout.
ITinbowI'i0 trot gr~iow toi sa -h a p
-''0 In .\ ' 'n.* ospe-h'l' in Ne
liiih 0'' ,C. il: hiti iie ti'l, , II.- ,
ter..
Now Paid for W t He Knows
No brig!iter, no more capable an you, but dot in to -
rise. He took the easy step rovided -autons.
D O <erworked 1, rler ' .oun .n d . o. . i 18 states have taken the
Draugehon Co.s un in Bookkeeping, Stenography, Banking,
Accounting, Con nrrcial Law, etc., and their small investments have
yielded enormous dividends in higher positions and BIGGER PAY.
This Draug fton Tr.-rining is the helping hrnd that will take youout
of the long-hour, short-pay class into Ih select, well paid circle.
Write us O .AY for our book of Bankers' Advice to Young Men,
and ourCA C'A'OG,
DRAUGrn 'S PRAOUGAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
PRKINS BLDG.. GREENVILLE S. C.
C. H. DUCKETT
(CONTRACTOR)
Rough and Dressed Lumber, Doors, Sash,
Blinds, Paints, Oils, Laths, Brick,
Lime, Cement, Pla;ter, Etc.
Undertaker Supplies.
If Anything Wnted in the Building Ma
terial LieSet1rMe.
C. H. Duckett
Office and Yards Near City Power House.
Telephone 268.
FallMllinery
Our Store Room is now Check
Full of Fall Merchandise and
our Millinery Department de
serves your special attention.
our hats are-ofte smartest
designs yet at moderate cost.
Come and see- them.
Visit us at our Present Stand
next to J. N. Philpot's store
and the'n again i our new
store room now occupied by
Powe Drug Company.
WE WiLL MOVE SOON
Hayes' 5 & l0c. Store
hen ou wan
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Advertiser Printing Co.
Laurens, S. C,
Agg A RO UT &CO. Louisville Ky
M1 ANUJFACTURNGO ENGRIAVElAs
Prices Quite as Reasonable as Consistent with Quality.
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Auerne''