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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-06-01
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Little Women,
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OF those works the Booksellers dude "8
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Saturday Night, by "Briok" Pomsroy.
10 Runs the World Away. =.
Hanmer 4 Rap'sr, by E'te. Cock.
Redas q Rose Il She.
Diary ofa Medical Student, BY Warrsn. =,
The Ruh.xay Match. By Mrs. Henry "0'N'
Tho 0ipoy Daughter.
Josephine. by Grsco Aguilsr. q,
Tho Hidden Path, By Marion As.!sad'
Phemis's Temptation.
Hofpsfs'4 Lesliea Illustrated papers, =.
Every Saturday, an English repfa5
IN which l. being publishsd Diekene New hs"'
The Mystery Of Edwin Droed. nn
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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-06-01
KERsHAW MOVING WITH SPIRIT,

The call for mass meeting of the
citizens of kershaw County, to choose
delegates to the Convention, to meet
on the 18th Of June, published in the
Camden journal, is signed by ninety citi.
zens, headed by Gen. j. b. KERsMAw.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

SOCIAL LIFE IN HorELs.-The Mary
land Free Ptess says the proprietors Of
some of the leading hotels in Washington
ssy that they have been notified by the
corporate authroities that they cannot here.
after be licensed unless they first certify
that their houses ar, open in all parts to all
classes ol the travelling public, without dis.
tinctiop of color-or in other words, that
they must place the negro on the same
footing with the whites, and admit him to
:" bed and board" on perfect social equali-
ty. This does not surprise US in the leas1
as the city authorities Of Washington are
largely composed of negroes; and We think
comment unnecessary, as the abovs is suf-
fcient to show were We are drifting. 5as
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29
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Commerce of the World.

France exports wine, brandics, silks
fancy articles, furniture, jewclry, clocks
watches, paper, perfumcry, and fancy goods
generally.
Italy exports corn, oil, fax, wines, es.
senccs, dye stuffs, drugs, fine marble, soap,
paintings, engravings, mosaics and salt.
Prussia exports linens, woolens, zinc,
articles Of iron, copper and brass, indigo,
wax, hams, musical instruments, tobacco,
wine and porcelain. '0 p' Aeeu~
Germany exports wool, woolen goods,
linens, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead, tin,
fax, hemp, wine, wax, talow and cattle.
Austria exports minerals, raw and man.
ufactured silk, thread, glass, wax, tar, nut
gall wine, honey and mathematical instru-
mcnts.
England exports cottons, woolcns, glass,
hardware, earthenware, cutlery, iron, me-
talic wares, salt, coal, watches, tin, silks
and linen.
Russia exports tallow, fax, hemp, -four,
iron, copper, linsecd, lard, hides, wax,
duck, cordagc, bristles, furs, potash and
tar.
Spain exports wine, brandy, oil, fresh
and dried fruit, quicksilver, sulphur, salt,
cork, saffron, anchovics, silks and woolens.
China exports tea, rhubark, musk, GIN
ger, borax, zinc, silks, cassia, filigrce work,
ivory ware, lacqucred ware and porcelain.
Turkey exports coffee, opium, silks,
drugs, gums, dried fruit, tobacco, wines,
camcl's hair, carpets, shawls; camlcts and
morocco.
Hindostan exports gold and silver, coch.
meal, indigo, sarsaparilla, vanilla, jallap,
fustic, Campeachy wood, pimento, drugs
and dye stutis.
Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar, rice,
hides, dried meats, tallow, gold, diamonds
and other precious stones, gums, mahoga-
ny and India rubber.
West Indies export sugar, molasses,
rum, tobacco, cigars, mahogany, dye
wood, coffee, pimento, fresh fruits aud pre-
serves, wax, ginger and other spices. ..
Switzerland exports cattle, cheese, but
ter, tallow, dried fruit, linen, silks, vel
vets, lace, jewelry, paper and guupowder.
East India exports cloves, nutmegs,
mace, pepper, rice, Hudigo, gold dust,
camphor, .bcnzine, sulphur, ivory, rattan,
sandcl wood, zinc and nuts.
United States exports principally agri-
cultusal produce, cotton, tobacco, flour,
provisions of all kinds, lumber, turpentine
and wearing apparel. ...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29
pwWyon,ing Territory. receutly o

pT Wyoming Territory, recently Of
ganized, complete, contains $1,000 square
miles of Territory. II is on the line Of
the Union Pacific railway, north Of Colo
rado and Utah, lying between the 104th
and .ll1th degrees Of longitude aud The
4lst and the 45th parallels Of latitude.
The country has fertile soil, and is said
to be rich in coal deposits and petroleum
springs, but we judge from GOV. Gimp.
bells message that it is deficient in trees.
He very earnestly recommends the plant.
ing of forest and fruit trees. < It'll -;,,ar
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

JonN RANDoLpn's ADvIcE.-When
John Randolph was in London he wrote to
a gentleman who married his favorite niece.
In it was the following advice:
Have no dealing that can possibly be
avoided with your noighbors. The disrc-
gard Of this caution will certainly lead to
squabbles and strife. 'H'
Take no receipt on loose pieces Of pa
per. Carry 4 receipt book in your pocket,
and take all receipts in it; if you are afraid
of losing it keep it in your desk. Always
have the receipts witnessed when practi-
cable.
Copy or have copied all bills IN your
book, so that you must at glance see the
cost of an article or branch of expense.
Without accurate accounts, you must fall
behind hand.
What voyage would ship make with
out observation or reckoning? You are
now embarked on voyage of life; with
out a good lookout you may be cast away
Form no intimacies with your neighbor.
under seven years. acquaintance. The
rigid observation or reckoning Of my own
maxims preserved me from strife and from
loss by those. With the rest 7 was on the
best of terms.
Economy-the adapting of your sup
plies judiciously to the intended end; thai
is the gift of God. 1t cannot DO taught, al
least. l have tried all my life, without
success. My mother had it to perfection
Frugality-it is in the power of every
honest man, who means to refrain from in
dulging in expenses which he cannot Of.
ford. a disregard of these maxims, the
result of the ignorant Incidence Of theil
own affairs, has ruined all my name and
race. They did not know what they could
afford and some, / fear, did not care.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

- A recently appointed post-mistress
at post-ofice on the plains, sends her
first quarterly report to the Department
with the following foot-note:
"For weeks past l have slept with six
shooter by my bed side and carving
knife under my pillow, expecting at break
o'day the Indians would come for my
scalp, but all this has not been half so
harrassing to my mind as the making out
of one quarterly report"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

EUROPEAN Pacific RAILwAY.-A
European Asiatic Pacific Railroad is talked
of, from point in Belgium or Northern
France through Europe into the heart of
India and China, and so on to the shores
of the Pacific. It is claimed that a rail-
road from the Atlantic to the Pacific
through Europe and Asia is just as prac-
ticable as railroad across the American
continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific
We have made the idea fact ON this con-
ti1Dht. The movement fairly illustrates
the force Of our example and its positive
influence on the rest of the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29
A Startliug Address to Young Men.

We don't know to what journal the
credit Of this article belongs, but we vouch
for the truth Of its utterances, and adjure
young men to study and profit by it: o.,
The Republican party has created 81
gantic aristocracy based on your labor
on bonds given and exempt from taxation.
These are simply your notes, they must
be paid from your earnings. To-day, to-
morrow, next week, next month, next
year-for years to come, you, young men,
all the while growing older, must, to re-
deem those notes which are their claims
binding you to toll, give mortgages on your
Ia, or. ......-........ ~. I,..,.. ,.-''. e.
Whom the war begun these notes did
not exist. Under the laws of America
| they cannot legally exist as created for
they bring wealth to those who hold them
and are not taxed. The Republicans leg
islated power to create such notes and
called them bonds, sold them for half
their face, declared them exempt from tax
alton, and declared that young men, work
ing men Of America, must pay interest on
these notes in gold, and in time pay the
principal. -.''. .se. f,em s.f
If you have team or trade or farm or
a piece of property worth one thousand
dollars, on it you pay taxes. This is right.
IF rich man has million dollars invest
ed in bonds, he pays no taxes. He locks
his bonds in safc rides at his pleasure,
and you pay him the interest in gold, you
pay the principal, work hard and live
poor he docs nothing and grows richer,
and in time dies and leaves his children
the very dollar you have earned, which
should have benefited and made your
children at least the equal Of his children.
Your labor, under Republican laws, en-
riches the aristocrat, who produces moth
ing lie does no work-the laws compel
you to support him.. The carpets on his
floor the books in his library, the pictures
on his walls, the horses he drives, the car
riage he rides in, the watch he sports, the
diamonds on tho neck Of his wife, the silks
on her body, the laeos next to her flesh,
the beautiful dresses on his children, you
young men, who work, are paying for;
your wife may.wear chemiset;e of coarse
linen or Gotten, his wife wears laces. Your
children go with bare feet, his with warm
stockings and pretty boots. You eat from
a pine-boatd, he from mahogany. You
have one course, he half dozen. You
pay for these Injuries, he does not.
If you are content with this inequality
Of taxation, if you are willing to be rob-
bed to support the rich, if you are willing
TO work, not to beautify your homes, but
the homes of the bondholders, then you
are indeed unfit to be husbands, fathers or
citizens of America. l,. r. .o...- ga
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

SOWING AND REApING.-One day the
master of Lukman Gan Eastern fabulist)
said to him, "Go into such a field and SOW
barley" Lakman sowed oats instead. At
the time Of harvest his master went to the
place, aud seeing the green oats springing
up, asked him, "Did I not tell you to SOW
barley here? Why then have you sown
oats 7" Ne answered, 81 sowed oats in
the hope that barely would grow up" His
master said, What foolish idea is this ?
Have you ever heard of the like"r LUX
man replied, You yourself are constantly
sowing in the field Of the world the seeds
of evil, and yet expect to reap in the res
direction day the fruits of virtue! There
fore / thought, also, might get barley by
sowing oats !" The master was abashed
by the reply, and set Lukman free.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

'ai CoMpREssED hFnoun. THE Emperor
Napoleon I'LL, I'D stated, having obsery-
ed the great space occupied by -four in
sacks, directed that experiments should be
made to test tho practicability Of packing
the rations of the French soldiers in small
or bulk, 50 as Ia be rendered it more easy Of
transportation. These experiments PROV
ed successful, and the -four is now sub.
jected to powerful hydraulic pressure, and
after having been packed IN small tin
cases is served out to tho different, regi-
ments. - The fous is. also protected from
the dampness Of the atmosphere, and thus
is less liable to become mouldy. sse
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

WANT OF CouRAGE.-Sidncy Smith in
his work on moral philosophy, speaks in
this wise of what men lose for the want Of
little brass, as it is termed:
"A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of little courage.
Every day sends to the grave number of
obscure men who have only remained in
obscurity because their timidity has pre-
vented them from making first effort,
and who, if they only had been induced to
begin, would in all probability have gone
great lengths in the career of fame. The
fact is that in order to do anything in this
world worth doing, we must not stand
shivering on the bank, thinking of the
cold and danger, but jump in aud scram-
bic through as well as we can. 1t will
not do to be perpetually calculating risks
and adjusting tho chances"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

MARK OF I'LL BREEDINu.-Thcre is no
better test of i'll breeding than the prac-
tice of intcrrupting another in converse
ton by speaking or commencing remark
before another has fully closed, no well
bred person ever does, nor continues con-
versation long with one who does. The
latter finds an interesting conversation
abruptly waived, closed or declined by the
former, without suspecting the cause. A
we'll bred person will not even interrupt
one who is in all respects greatly inferior.
1t is often amusing to sec persons priding
themselves on the gentility Of their man
ners, and putting forth all their efforts to
appear to advantages in many other re-
spects, so feadily betray all in this respect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

EWhen Rosecrans was falling back
from Clickamauga, he called his staff
around him and asked for . pencil
Every one of the staff felt 10 his pocket;
but nary pencil did hc fnd. The gen.
eral, flashing his eyes upon them, With
much bitterness Of tone, remarked:
eff had asked you for cork-screw,
every one Of you would have had one"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29


posterous ideas of some Englishmen in re-
gard to this country are often source of
great amusement to Americans abroad.
A Bostonian having been somewhat an
noyed at the questions and invidious COM
PARSONS made by party of Britons, at an
English hotel, finally loaded them as fol-
lows:
Haw you ave an 'orrid changeablc
climate in America, 'aven't you - said one
bccfeatcr.
Yes," said the American, I" in some
places. | remember in South Carolina
one morning when got up the thcrmon-
eter was at l35 in the shade at ten A.
NJ. the wind changed. the thermometer
fell to 20, it commenced showing, and at
one o'clock there was two feet of snow on
the ground, when suddenly the wind
changed, the thermometer rose to 1870 in
the shade, andE Il saw the remarkable sight
Of people out slcigh-riding in their shirt
sleeves"
This statement the mattcr-of-fact Eng
lishmen received in open-moutbcd silence,
until finally, one Of them, after several
minutes, heavy thinking, said
IIaw yaas, but how could people so
sleigh-riding with the thermometer at l30
ye knaw snow would ave melted, by
Jove"
"Oh. yes, said the American, with an
unmoved countenance, IL forgot to say
that the heat came on so suddenly that in
stead of melting the snow 1t baked a Mick
Jyoua crush Orer IT," and the Yankee
walked away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

~ Dr. John Burdell, distinguished
dentist Of New York, boiled down pound
of young hyson tea from quart to half a
pint, and ten drops killed a rabbit three
months old; and when boiled down to one
gill, eight drops killed cat of the same
age in few minutes. Think of it. Most
persons who drink tea use not less than a
pound in three months; and yet pound
of hyson tea contains poison enoug gh to
kill, according to the above experiment,
more than II 900 rabbits, or nearly 200 a
day; and if boiled down to gill, it con-
tains poison enough to kill 10000 cats in
the same space of time. DR.. Burdell made
similar experiments with coffee and black
tea, and found the results nearly the same.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

TIE WONDERS OF WATER.-Thc cx-
tent to which water mingles with bodies
apparently the most solid is truly wonder
iul. The glittering opal which beauty
wears as an ornament is only flint and wa
ter. Of every twelve hundred tons of
earth which landlord has in his estate,
four hundred are water. The snow capped
SUBMITS of our highest mountains have
many million tons OF water in a solidi6ed
form. In every plasterof Paris statue
which an italian carries through the
streets for sale, there is one pound of wa
ter to four pounds of chalk. The air we
breathe contains fonr pounds of water to
c,ch cubic foot of bulk. The potatoes and
turnips which '~arc boiled for our dinner
hive, in their raw state, the one seventy
five per ccnt. and the other ninety five per
cent. Of water If Il man, weighing one
hundred aud forty pounds, was squeezed
in i hydraulic press, seventy pounds of
waterswou!d run out. the balance being
solid nntter. A man is, chemically speak
in", forty pounds Of carbon and other ele
meats, with nitrogen difuscd through five
and half palsiul of water. the comniny-
Ing no less wonderful. The sunhower
cyaporltcs one and a quarter pintS of water
day. and cabbage abou; the same guam
tity. The sap of plants is the medium
through which this mass is conveyed. 1t
forms delicate pump, up which the wa
terry PARTICLES run with the rapidity of a
swift stream. BY the action of the sap
various properties may be communicated
to the growing plant Timber in France
is, for instance, dyed with the various
colors, mixed with water, and sprinkled
over the roots Of the trees. Dahlias are
c)lorcd by a similar process.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

u The Moscow Gazette, which is the
organ Of the Russian Emperor, has lately
come out strongly in favor of Cuban indie
pendence. 1t sustains the American doc
trine that America belongs to Amcri-
cans, and argues that the European pow
ers should gracefully yield to our manifest
destiny, and give up their American colo
nies as Russia has done. What is more
signiGcantis is the fact that the Russian Le-
cation at Washington has had the Ga-ettc's S
editorial translated into English and sent
to Secretary Fish, with polite note call
ing his attention to its importance, and re-
1uesting its publication, in order that the
American people may know what Russia
thinks on the great question of America
for the Americans.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

ABOUT VINEaAR.-It was an obserya-
ton made by Schcele, but the fact has re-
Gently been published as new discovery,
that ordinary brown vinegar will keep
bright and clear, for any length Of time,
if heated to the boiling point for few
minutes. lA H.sl..t.4 II. 4.sn lE
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

BIZ FIRM.-The winds and the waves
may beat against the rock, planted in a
troubled sea, but it remains unmoyed. BE
you like that rock, yonng man. Vice may
entice, and the song and the cup may in
yite. Beware-stand firm at your post.
Let your principles shine forth unobscured.
There is glory in the thought that you
have resisted temptation and conquered.
Your bright example will be to the world
what the lighthouse is to the mariner upon
sea-shore; it will gri lc hundreds to the
point of virtue and safety.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

{ ~ The Diamond Regions in Brasil,
from whence the larger portions Of the
diamonds in the world have been derived,
is a large valley surrounded BY lofty nouti,
tains, and called tia Valley Of Fire b Il
forty four miles long, BY twenty-five ID
width, and is the property Of the gcFsru-
Ment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

a. The principal objection in England
to law compelling all children to attend
school is that if they leave work for that
purpose, large numbers will starve. Wa.
ges is SO low that parents are compelled
to rely on the earnings Of their children Of
tender years for the support Of their
family 81 vt 800 .a 'tat la
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

r There are at present some 5oO
young American student at &c German uni
versities, and upwards Of u 900 American
youths and girls attending the highes
schools and educational institutions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

Uses OF MosQUITOs.-The uses of mos,
quitos in the natural economy have at last
been discovered. A writer in the kaleia-
oscope declares the mosquito to be the en-
emy of malaria. In his infantile state,
when he has but two eyes aud head and
tail, he purifes all stagnant waters.
Where they most breed and haunt" says
Shakespeare, II have observed the air is
delicate" Try the experiment Take
two water-butts and fill them with fresh
water. Close one with close-ftting top,
and expose the other to the warm summer
air. The latter will soon he filled with
the larvae of these industrious little men,
bers of the Board Of Health. They will
devour oil decaying substances and keep
the water sweet aud pure. In the other
closed butt the water will gradually be.
come impure, the procreant nest Of fever
AMI ague, of intcrmittant and bilious ie,
vers Open the cover, and it is like open
ing Pandora's box. The miasmatic vapor
will spread its filthy wings, and fly over
the land, spreading contagion everywhere.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

~ Modern research has established
the fact that in the winter vegetable life
is not suspended, as has been generally
supposed. The roots, especially, grow,
and there is general though slow circula-
tion ofsap throughout the season.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29
WHOLE N0i4StT.
.rWArERpRooFs. Fs.-The {" Lcusgsv,s d
the Wxstrafed London Tn,,s says ~ Oh !.

rWArERpRooFs.-The !" Lousgsr,r u
the Nlxstrafed London Iimes says. on %
by the way, touching waterproois, 7
think / can give travellers valuable kit4
or two. For many years / have .Uern
lndia-rubber waterproofs but viii ,bsy
no more, for / have learned that rood.
Scottish tweed can be made as imperyioue
to rain, and moreover have learned .hott
to make it so; and for the benefit Of nv
readers, i will here give the receipt. III
a bucket Of soft water, put half a pound
Of sugar Of lead and half.'a pound of p6wI
dered alum: stir this at intervals until il
becomes clear; then pour il of into snoih-
er bucket, end put the clothing therein,
and let it be in for twenty-four hours
then hang it up to dry, without wringine
it, Two Of my party "a lady and gentle
man) have worn garments thus treated in
the widest storm of wind and rain without
getting wet. Tho rain hangs upon tho
cloth in globulcs. In short, they are fe-
ally waterproof. The gentleman walked
fortnight ago, nine miles in storm Of
rain and wind such as you rarely see in
the South, and when he slipped Of his
overcoat, his under clothes were as dry as
when he put them on. This is, l think
secret worth knowing for cloth, if it can
be made y keep out wet, is every way bet
ter than what we know as waterprocfs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

in dust there, and I'll give it to you to let
ME kiss the child -
That anecdo.c is true.
But see how things change. Sitting at
that dinner table, listening to that anec-
dote, if / had offered double the money
for the privilege of kissing the same child
l would have been refused. Seventeen
added years had far more than doubled the
price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

s@ Portsmouth, N. H., has a wealthy
merchant who has advertisedin every is
sue of paper Of that city for the last
twenty two years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-29

nJ- Books arc the windows through
which the soul looks out \ house with.
out them is like a room without windows.
No man has right to bring up children
without surrounding them with books. 1t
Is wrong to his family.