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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-04-20
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FAC ULTY:
REV. A. M. SHIPP, d. D., President and
Professor Mental and Moral Science.
DAVID DUNCAN, A. NJ, Professor Ancient
Languages and Literature.
REV. WliITEFOORD SMITH, D. D., Professor
English Literature.
WARREN DU PRE-, A. NJ, Professor Natural
Science.
JAS. II. CARLISLE, a. NJ, Professor Mathe.
mates.
REV. A. II. LESTER, A. NJ, Professor History
and Biblical Literature.
Tho Preparatory Sch nol, undor tho Immediate
supervision of tho Faculty, Jno. W. SIlIpp,
A. b., Principal.
Divinity School-Rev. A. M. Shipp, n. d.
ltov. Whitcfoord Smith, D. D.; Rev. A. II
Lcstcr, A. NJ.
The first Session of tho Sixteenth Coller,ate
Yonr begins on tho first Monday in October,
1899. tho second Session begins on the flrst Mon
day in January, 1870.
Tho course of studios and tho standard of
scholarship remain unchanged. but tho Faculty
now admit irregular students or those who wish
to pursue particular studios only.
The Schools also open at the same tims
Tuition per yonr, in College Classes, includius
contingent fec, Sol in Spocio, or its equivalent /,
Currency.
Tuition por yenr, in Preparatory School, includ
ing contingent fec, $44 in currency.
Bills payable ono half in advance, Board. ne
Month, from $40 to $l5 in curroncy
For further particulars address
A. M. SIIIPP, President
May1 ~
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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-04-20

sInV Iatner was patron OF the store.
The levers arranged system of corres-
pondence aud the gentleman wrote his
love messages on the eggs which the
daddy Of his betrothed bought. Practi.
cal, certainly. He was "sctting" for her,
as the Yankees say.-Cd San.
Ono rod makes an acher, as the
boy said when the schoolmaster busted
his back.
In a thunder storm, always get iu-
to railiva train that has good con-
duotor.
~--Fo!Iy-to think you can make
pork out of pig.iron, or that you can
become shoemaker by drinking sherry
coblers.
"A prisoner was examined in court,
and oontradicted himself. "Why do
you lie so," asked the judge. "Haven't
you lawyer
--Dobbs says he has one of the most
obedient boys in the world-all he has
to do is to tell him to do as he pleases
and ho does it without murmuring.
-"HouId on |! SAID Patrlck, as he
stood looking after the departed train,
motioning it to stop. aloud on, ye
u'uthering stame ingin; yez got o pas
sengor aboard that's lift behind"
"A Sacramento man thinks he will
crafty the President by sending him a
monstrosity, which he calls a cigar,
thirty.eight inches long and fourteen
inches in circumference, and weighing
six pounds.
-Genl. Beauregard is engaged in
several street railway enterprises in New
Orleans.
The newest style for dressing the
hair is called the "Cleopatra." The
hair is brushed high off the forehead
and braided low in the neck, surround
ed by large imitation snake which is
coiled around the head.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-04-20

I'D Young Mon, FREQ. in senled envcl6rcs
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box p, philadel-
phia. Pa.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
An Implement i'm Java.

The criminal was led i'm the morning to
the place of execution, and laid upon his
belly. being held 10y four men. The eNecu-
toner then made a transverse incision at
the lower part of the body; he then intro
duced the sharp point of the spike, which
was about six feet long and made of pol
ished iron, into the wound, 50 that II
passed between the backbone and the skin.
Two men drove it forcibly up along the
spine, while the eXecutiOner held the end
and gave it proper direction till II came
out between the neck and shoulders. The
lower end was then put up into wooden
post and riveted fast and the sufferer was
lifted up, thus impaled, and the post stuck
in the ground. AT the top of the post,
about ten feet from the ground, there was
"A kind of little bench, upon which the
body rested. The insensibility or tortitude
of the miserable sufferer was incredible.
He did not utter the least complaint, eX-
cept when the spike was riveted into the
pillar; the hammering and shaking occsi-
stoned by il seemed To he intolerable To
him, and he then beloved with pain;
and likewise once again, when
he was lifted up and set on the ground.
He "a, in this dreadful situation till death
put an end to his toments, which fortu-
nately happened the next day, about three
o'clock in the afternoon He owed this
speedy termination to his misery To a light
shower of rain which continued for about
an hour, and he gave up the ghost half an
hour afterwards. There have been in
stances in Batavia of criminals who have
been impaed i'm the dry season, and have
remained alive for eight or more days.
without any food or drink, which is pre-
vented to be given them by guard, who
is stationed at the place of execution for
that purpose. One of the surgeons of the
city assured me that none of the parts inn
mediately necessary TO life are injured by
implement, which makes the punishment
more cruel and intolerable; but that as
soon as any water gets into
the wound it mortities and occa-
sions gangrene, which brings on
death almost Immediately. This mis-
cradle sufferer complained continually of
insuflerable thirst, which is probably Incl
dental 10 this terrible punishment. The
criminals are exposed during the whole
dav To the burning rays of the sun, and are
increasingly tormented by nlmbcrless sting
ing insects L went to see him again about
three hours before he died, and found him
conversing with the bystanders. He relat-
ed to them the manner in which he had
murdered his good master, and expressed
his abhorance of the crime he had commit
ted. This he did with great composure,
yet minute afterwards he burst into the
bitterest complaints Of unouencheble
thirst, and aved for drink, while no one
was allowed to alleviate, by a single drop
of water, the excruciating tormente he
underwent.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
Read. and Yom Will Know.

THE mother of the great Sir William
ZONES used To say 10 him. when a Mite
hoy. and full of wide-awake inquiries
Read. and YOU will know. Al the same
time taking great pains TO teach HIM where
to look for the information he desired
Now, boys and girls, take this Tor
motto. If YOU are DESTROYS OF niorma-
ton on any point, take the trouble To hunt
up something that treats of ii, and then
read il over carefully. and thoroughly. IN
every point as distinctly rs If written WIN
a diamond point on glass. Don't SAY iazl-
". IL wish | knew about this or that m;t
ter" but stir yourself up 10 search Tor II.
and read about it. Don't wonder over
subject. while there. ten feet from You: Is
book i'm the book lease which can tell YOU
all about it. You will never grow Wise or
learn until You have learned To I've a thor
OUCH. frequent reader of good books.
Good papers, too, teach You many excellent
things. You will greatly miss. if YOU do not
read them Take one of your own anu
YOU will prize il much more on that account
and he more likely To give II thorough
reading. When we have expended our
money for anything. we are anxious 10 get
our moneys worth back again.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
Hints to Young SpOrtsmen.

Punchinelo, the New York comic paper
thus advises young sportsmen that are
about to take to the fields and woods:
Before taking the field, look well to
your shooting irons. Fowling- pieces are
far.more apt to get foul while they are lay
ing away during the off season, than when
they are taken out for days sport by the
fowlers
On releasing your gun from its summer
prison, always examine it carefully, to
certain whether it is loaded This you can
do by looking down into the barrel and
touching the trigger with your toe. If
your head is blown off, then you may be
sure that the gun was loaded Otherwise
not.
Should your gun be breech-loader, al
ways load it at the muzzle This will
show that you know better than the man
who made it, or, at least, that he is no bet
ter than you.
If you are novice in gunnery it will be
safest for you to put the shot in before the
powder BY doing this you will not only
provide against possible accidents. but will
secure for yourself the reputation of being
a very safe man to 60 out shooting with.
The best time to acquire the art of shoot
ing flying is fly time.
When YOU hear the drum of the rufted
grouse seal silently through the thicket
and let drive in the direction of the sound.
Should YOU bring down target company
instead of IA ruffed grouse, SO much the
better. 1t will only be bagging rufus of
another kind, and by silencing their drums
YOU will have conferred an obligation upon
humanity.
There is much diversity of opinion re-
garding the best kind of dog for fowling
purposes. 1t all depends upon what work
you want your dog to do for you. If you
want to have birds pointed, a pointer is
best for your purposes. If set, setter.
Before going out for days sport, re-
solve yourself into committee of one for
the preservation of choice Ornithological
specimens BY this we do not mean that
YOU are to set up in business as a taXider-
mist, but that you are bound-if true
sportsman-to protect the song birds, and
the birds that are useful i'm destroying noX-
ious vermin, and all the beautiful feathercd
creatures that ornament our woods, and
fields, and parks, from the depredations of
the ignorant, loutish, pestilent, pernlclous
pot hunter The Sportsmen's Clubs that
have been organized throughout the coun-
try should he supported 10y every true
sportsman and if you lay thick stick
vigorously across the back of the first fool
YOU see about to kill Cock Robin, you will
have established a very efficacious Sports
mans Club of your own.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
NUMBER 8.

his'n, and then ties it up. This is pretty
much all which l can think of about necks"
4 MAN in Leavcnworth evidently thinks
II Is not well for man to be alone. His
wife lay very sick, not expected to live,
and while in that condition, she heard him
make proposals of marriage to the servant
girl That night the wife died, and was
buried the following day The widower
of day renewed his proposals to the serv-
ant-girl, was accepted, and she is now en-
gagged in making her wedding garments.
THE murderer Wilson, who tried nine
days of self-starvation in the Connecticut
State Prison. thus describes his feelings:
" On the fourth and fifth days the trial was
terrible; the rawlings of hunger were fearful !;
| could hardly stand it. After that hunger
ceased. On the sixth day, nv thirst was
so intense that involuntarily brought the
wash-dish 10 my lips and drank several
swallows of water; the dish came invol-
UNFAIRLY to my lips; could not help it /;
this was the only time | drank during the
nine and a half days" He claims to have
been engaged in over one hundred bur-
glaries, besides having broken Jail several
times.
n CERTAIN Judge while attending court
In shire town, was passing along road
when a boy was just letting down the bars
to drive some cattle in. His father stood
in the door of his house, on the opposite
side of the road, and seeing what his hope
full was doing, shouted out John, don t
you drive them cattle in there told you
to put them in the pasture behind the
house. The boy took no notice whatever
of the remOnstrance, and his father repeat
p1 the order i'm n loll1nr fopp without tba
least effect, and the third time gave positive
orders not To drive the cattle in there. The
son didn't deign to look up, and disobeyed
the parental injunction with "A GOODNESS
which positively shocked the Judge, who,
looking at the culprit, said, in a tone of
official dignity: Boy, don't you hear your
father speaking to your" "Oh, y-a-a-s, y
replied the boy, looking at the Judge. but
| don't mind what he says Mother don't
neither, and tween she and | we've about
rot the dog SO he don't"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
" Don't Give Up"

4 GENTLEMAN travelling IN the north
ern part of Ireland. heard the voices oi
children and paused To listen
Finding the sounds proceeded from
small building used aS school house, he
drew near: and as the door MAS open, he
entered. and listened 10 the words the
bows were spelling.
One little fellow stood apart, sad and
dispirited
"Whv docs that boy stand there =
asked the gentleman.
"Oh, he is good for nothing replied
the teacher. There's nothing in him. |
can make no,hin@ &c him. He is the most
stupid boy in school"
The gentleman was surprised at this
answer. He saw that the teacher was 50
stern and rough that the younger and more
timid bows were nearly crushed. He said
a few kind words Ia him; then placing his
hands upon the noble brow of the little
fellow who stood apart. he said, One of
these days YOU may he fine scholar.
Don't give up, but try. my boy, try.
The soul of the boy was reused. Ills
dormant intellect awoke "A new purposc
was formed From that hour he became
studious and ambitious Ia excel. And he
did become fine scholar. and the author
off we'll known commentary on the Bible;
a great and good man, beloved and hon
ored. II was Or Adam Clarke.
The secret of his success is worth know
ing Don't give up, but try, my boy,
try
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
.. The Paper Age.''

WE sometimes hear this age called the
iron age but recent advances in the appli
cation of paper to the arts would require a
later and more significant cOgnomen. The
paper age" we are getting to be. in more
senses than one Paper-c0llar manufacture
has developed into very large and impor-
tant industry We confess to certain pref
udices in favor of the linen collar, al
though, no doubt, the most tastidiOus might
be glad of paper substitute, If on cam
paign, or on Il long voyage at sea. The
patent reversible paper collar" however,
wonld seem to imply the practice, on the
part of some people, of turning the dirty
side of their mallebclievc linen inward,
habit too disgusting to mention. The Jap
ancse custom of using paper for handker-
chiefs has much to defend it; in fact, the
japanese visitors, who were here Il few
years ago, expressed very plainly their dis
gust at our habit of carrying about III our
pockets the mucous discharges from our
nostrils. They always blew their noses in
a small square of paper, which was then
cast into some receptacle.
=. Paper has recently been prepared under
q patent process, which gives il great
strength and flcxibility, and is made into
petticoats, into Il sort of chintz for bed
furniture, into curtains, into table-covers,
and even IN imitation leather is
made of paper, which is impermea-
bic to water The fabrics from which
the articles enumerated are made, can be
scwed with machine, the petticoats being
"printed i'm imitation of the fashionable
skirts of the day, or stamped out
with open work of such beauty and
dclicacy as no amount of work with
scissors and needle could initiate;
and what is really amazing, is the
fact that these articles can be produced to
sell at retail mt fifteen cents each But if
petticoats and table-cloths, curtains, etc,
can be made of paper-if material like
leather can be produced from this sub
stance-why may we not expect in time to
have our coats and trousers made of II
Why may we not he able To go about . pa
per clad;' with paper hat, in paper shoes,
with paper coat and trousers, furnished
without in paper, and fortified in our
pocket-b0oks with Uncle Sans cookbook
ing paper money? The cost, moreover
of sach an outfit without the pocket book
would he so trifling that luxurious people
could have an entirely new suit every day
and even economical persons adorn them
selves atrcsh as often as once Il week
The paper age" promises 10 revolution
ize our social habits i'm not Il few particu
lars.-Ippleton's Journd.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03

The incumbent of an English church
being anxious to raise funds for some IL
pairs To the church, and having but IA
modest opinion of his own powers as a
preacher thought he would write his ap-
peal, get it printed, and have it placed in
the pews on the following Sunday. He ac-
cordingly sent his copy to the printers,
and told the sexton To get the bills on Sat
urtlay night and place them in the pcws
On Saturday night the sexton sent his son
to the printers office, where no one but the
devil p" of the establishment was present
This youth handed a bundle of bills TO the
sections son, by whom they were duly dis
tributed in the pews. The establishment of
the congregation and the horror of the
clergyman next morning may be imagined
on finding every pew in the church CON
tanned copies of an announcement of the
entertainment at the local Assembly Rooms
of clever Sambo singer, and the fun dur
ing the ensuing week may he better i'm
agined than described"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03

Perhaps we were wise, perhaps foolish.
Judge you who read We felt strange, I'M
nerved. and that even our lives were I'M
safe, and we gladly drew breath once more
at home, both feeling that with such I'M
scrupulous and watchful enemies on the
"Que vive our best plan was to be con-
tent a.ld thankful for narrow csci.pe.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03
POETRY.
KANTED-A WIFE.

FACE intellectual,
Color ard tone,
All the accessories
Strictly home grown.
Eyes-here hesitate
Rather like blue,
Black not an obstacle,
Hazel would do
Nose of the Grecian type
Not to seem proud,
Some little latitude
Therein allowed.
Figure that's squeezable,
Plump. but not fat.
Steer clear of -cragginess,
Couldn't stand that
Quiet and lady-like,
Dresses with taste,
Ankle displayable,
Neat little waist.
Sphere of home duties.
Her element quite;
Pie crust, especially,
Warranted light.
Common accomplishments.
But in word,
Those of useful Kind
Greatly preferred
Little hi, musical,
Able TO sing,
Claribel, Gabriel.
That SORT of thing
Lady of such a stamp
Nanting a beau,
Strictly In confidence,
Knows where TO 90
Here follows the name and address in FULL
P.S--Applicant penniles-,
Ditto with tin
Ceteris paribus
Latter would win.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03

AT the recent term of court at Lancaster,
Wis, a man named Laid was convicted of
stealing a horse. a short time after,
another man named Sprague came into
court and voluntarily confessed himself
guilty of the crime of which Ladd had
been pronounced guilty.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-03

GRAND Trunk RAILROADS All the
railroads in the country during the sarsto-
a season.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-30
Pledges of the Republican Party,

Don Piatt, the Washington CORES
pondent of the Cincinnati Commer-
ciaL of whose radicalism there is no
doubt, in recent letter, thus forcibly
and truthfully alludes to the pledges
of the Republican party:
"But this polygamy is fearful
thing. 1t is twin relic of barbarism,
and the Republican party is pledged
to its annihilation. The Republican
party is pledged to good deal that
remains unfinished. 1t is pledged to
an economical and honest administra-
ton OF the government, and yet
while this st. Joseph looks far over
the continent to pick out few fanat-
les to punish, under his Senatorial
nose the. most abominable extrava-
gance and corruption go on unre-
buked. Thieves and swindlers, pimps
and lewd women, swarm about the
lobbies and hurry through the corri-
dors like Norway rats about grana-
ry, each bent upon filling its nav
with the hard earnings of an over
taxed people. The accumulated capi.
tai of the country, in the hands of un-
principled monopolists, has turned
our government into huge machine
to ride down and crush out the me-
chanic, farmer, and laborer.
Pledges of the Republican party 3
/ like that. To sit in the galleries ol
the House and listen to the quarrel:
and abuse below sounds like pirates
over their plumber.
And what makes the matter more
aggrayating is that every piece of ras
cality is sugar coated with the nasty
cant of religion and morality. When
ever Solon rises to his feet and say
solemnly, Sin the name of God
amen," you may bet your inner green
back that he has hid under his Goa
tail some internal swindle."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-30

Terrible ExPLosIoN.-A dispatch
from Worcester, Mass, dated the 23d
inst, says and explosion of nitro
glycerine took place in that city at,
twenty minutes past ten to-day, kill
ing Timothy =Cronan, an Irishman
aged twenty-five years, and iniuring
about thirty other persons, none of
them dangerously. Twelve houses
were demolished and many others
badly shattered. The shock was felt
atl over the city. Bells were rung
and crockery and furniture broken a
mile distant, The cause of the. mis-
chief was nitro-glycerine that had
been smuggled into a car and ad-
dressed to North Adams and intended
for Hoosack tunnel. The wounded
were kindly cared for by physicians.
The scene of the disaster was visited
by over fifty thousand people, It is
most astounding that only one life
was lost and SO few seriously injured,
The man killed was walking on the
track at the time of the explosion.
The nitro-glycerine was in the last
car of the freight train. Three cars
were demolished, and heavy bars of
iron were thrown nearly quarter of
mile. The shock was distinctly felt
at points twenty miles distant. The
damage is estimated at $4,000. :.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-30

In TRoUBLE.-The Radicals in
Pennsylvania are having a peck of
trouble In the second district, now
represented by O'Neil, they have
nominated two candidates, O'Neil and
Greeley. IF they both run, the Dem
ocrats will carry the district sure
This the RAIDS well know, and so they
are trying to "patch up peace" by
nominating man by the name of Bo-
ker, as compromise candidate. There
is split in Allegheny county, and
two Conventions have been called to
make nominations. At the recent
Conventions held in Philadelphia for
the nomination of Judges, Congress
men, members of the Legislature and
county and city Offices, several free
fights occurred, at which knives were
drawn, and several shots were fired,
but no loves lost. The Republican
papers record the dirgraceful scenes
and admit that the result will depend
upon the Democratic Conventions yei
to be held. The Democrats have O
fair prospect before them of redeem.
ing the Old Keystone State from the
rule of the Radical destructives.