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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1893-12-27
A Chance to Make a Million.

Five years ago Russian princess who
died in this city left by will $1,000, 600 to
the person Who would consent to remain
for the space Of one year in the chapel
which is erected over her tomb in the
cemetery Of Pere Lachaise. The prin-
cess lies in crystal coffin. Thus the
whole body is distinctly visible, and this
is what causes so much fright to all who
have as yet attempted to gain the prize.
But the will forbids all visitors. The
candidate must be alone with the dead
for a whole year before the 81 100000 is
won. No work is allowed. Books and
newspapers, however, are permitted, and
servant brings meals regularly to tie
watcher. One hours walk day is al
lowed, but this must be undertaken be-
fore 5 o'clock in the morning i'll summer
and S O'Clock during the winter months.
Several Frenchmen have essayed to
win the prize, but all have given up
after short trial. One. lasted out near
ly three weeks, by which time he had
completely lost his reason and still re-
mains jabbering idiot. The will makes
no mention of foreigners being ineligi-
BILE. There is every chance. therefore,
for strong minded American who fears
neither ghosts, ghouls nor gravestones
to become rich in the short period of 365
days. Application is to be made to tie
municipality Of Paris. Paris Core
spocdent.
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REMOVAL.

r EVANS BARBER SHOP has been
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Barnett's store, in his new building on Main
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corporation IN heart anu purpose or MIL
lions of people of all races and nations
with one thought and one purpose.
The vast crowds of people who poured
through those gates from day to day and
filled those palaces and grounds were
the best looking people of equal number
that ever gathered on this planet in one
place.
And ..sassiety" was nowhere to be seen.
Let the dudes and loafers and buffers
who crawl up the stoops of the so called
great and count it an honor to wash their
dishes make note of this fact.
This was worlds fair.
And the world was represented there
And the world was there to see it.
But society" was not there.
Where, then, is the place Of this petty
mob that arrogates to itself so lofty a
title?
Nowhere.
IT'S A SUPERFLUlTY.
1t has no mission in the real work of
the world. It is frotil There are two
great problems that now weigh on the
minds of ''sassiety.' They are the two
problems that always arose to trouble
the peace of a distinguished cipher in
that august coterie. There are two
. things that bother me" he said. '.Oce is,
how the world got on before came into
it, and the other is how it is going to
get on after leave it.
This exposition, that marks the glory
of centuries of human achievement, has
given a mos. emphatic answer to these
solemn queries.
Yet how ,nany poor fools there are in
this big world of ours who actually be-
lieye that the universe is no larger than
their conception of ''class. or caste. of
artificial social distinctions!
Most of our sighings and heart burn
ings are not over the great problems OF
the human race and human heart, but
over the tremendous problemo. ..N,.
class position and limitations.
An uneducated man who had mace Il
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a pocket and took out several thousands
of dollars in gold. Then he came and
thanked the miner who had sent him mp
there, and went down into the valley
and bought a farm. while the other min
ers dotted that same rocky hillside for
days without finding Il pocket. They
agreed that it was a joke, but not ex-
actly of the kind they had intended.
So society" lifts its nose in supercil-
ious surprise at the simplicity ola bound
less faith in man. and would roar with
laughter at those who toll for that faith
were not roaring vulgar. Born Of
this measureless faith in man was the
uniform good nature and kindliness that
beamed on the faces of the hungry mil
lions that crowded those palaces aud
beautiful grounds.
NOWHERE AN ANGRY, sCowLlNG FACE.
Everywhere good nature and fraternal
kindness! Who that saw it will ever
forget that crowd Of joy-lit human fac 5!
No drunken revelry! No euvious glances!!
No standing on privileges! Fraternity!
Humanity! Verify, society" was not
there!
Third-The common people are hu-
manity. By the common people mem
the aggregate, inclusive Of the two great
classes continental writer's would desig-
nate as bourgeois and proletariat. In
America there. is. strictly speaking, no
middle class as distinguished by hostile
ideals from the working class. The mid
die class people with Us are working
people, and they arc identified in the
main with the working people in life and
aims and hopes. Human progress is
bound up in the common people. Prog
ress that is not in them and of them is
not progress. The little cliques of peo-
ple that form themselves into petty un-
social mobs apart from the common peo-
,le may be grouped as intellectual and
spiritual paupers, and with other feeble
folk cared for by the state may be lett
n,.. .a. account of the H.
manltv.
The one lessen the vastness OF l.. il
taught. with overwhelming emphasis.
was the measureless grandeur OF man
and the insignifcance Of men.
Individual interests We're dwarfed and
lost in the immensely of the world idea.
Corporations whose name circle the
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vast fortune in few years by spe;c:.!a.
ton, while driving in the park, encoun-
tered a plainly dressed middle aged nan
on foot.
.sThat man" said he to his wife. '.be-
longs to one of the oldest families in this
city. His grandfather was one of the
signers of che Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. He belongs to a set cannot
enter. I would give half am worth for
his position.
Meantime the middle aged gentleman
on foot mused as he looked at the mag
nifcent carriage and equipments. IF !
had some of that mans money, how
many comforts I could bring into our
bare hvesr'
So the Wall street magnate, who once
made speech 81 minutes long at din
ner and saw his name in the papers next
morning, envies the peculiar glory Of
the man Of letters whose name appears
daily.
So the poor man Of letters sighs for
the gold of his neighbor and resolves
LQat IL u6 cfSI SCCo CuoOSA VI ~ tA0 " la
never write another line.
So when we aspire we hope to climb
from class to class.
WE LIVE IN CLASSES.
We think in classes; we forget the hu-
man. In proportion as class is a class,
it is not human. The class idea is the es-
sence Of self-that is, brutality. The So
cial ideal in which we are willing to sub
ordinate self to the good of others-this
is the very essence of humanity.
If this exposition can only burn this
great thought into the minds of the mil
lions who saw it's glories and wept
with the rapture of its beauty and har-
mony, it were worth twice $500, ,O0O,0 900.
Scarcely day passes in our history
but that the cable brings us the news of
divorce suit or separation between an
American girl who married a titled brute
under the impression she was getting
into society" When will they learn
they are getting out of society and join.
inga contemplate little mob, the founda-
af .-Loeo o1,ec &c &bo h,.,,to no rt IF
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
The Bearded Women Of the Future.
 From the London StandardLl

lrEOm lue L0uuoh ctauuhIul
 A learned German, who has devoted himself to the study of physiology, sn- thropology, and, and allied sciences, makes the rather startling assertion that mous- tsches are becoming oommoner among women in the present day than in the past. He tells us that In Con- stantinople, among the unveiled women that are to bs met with, ,one out of ten pos sesses an unmistakable covering of down on the upper lip. In the capital of Spain, again, the proportion of ladies with this masculine characteristic Is said to be quite equal to that observable on the Golden Horn. An American medical man states that in Philadelphia fully three per cent. of the adult fair sex are similarly adorned, and probably the proportion would be still larger but that many women take the trouble to eradicate the unwelcome growth by the application of depilatory prepara- tons. Is this increase in the number of women with hair on their faces to be re- garded as sign that human race is i'm provin9i Very few men, at all events, will be disposed to consider that moustache adds to the charms of the opposite sex. Engishmen. indeed, only generation ago. had such deteststion of moustsches and boards that the practice of shaving all the hair of the face down to their mutton chop whiskers was all but universal. From one extreme our clean n-shayen fathers plunged into the other, and boards and moustaohee rapidly became the fashion. The fashion has of late years sgsin been modified. BeaIds are less common, but the moustsche is cultivated in England ss on the continent. But why should the fair sex be visited by this ipfictioni Some writers on ethnology hold that the higher races of mankind are always the hsirier, and MT. Mott thinks that in few centu- ries men and women will all be clothed with hair. But we do not believe MT. Mott; and we certainly should not care to live to see the day of bearded beauty.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
Work and Play Combined.


 An English writer on inventive geniuses tells story of a certain August Pircb, who is the happy posssssor of a dozen fine healthy children. Ar. Pirch, 90 ths story goes, had tract of land that could not be used for the want of water, since 1t was far from any available stream or other body which might prove of use in the fertilization of his acres, and how to irrigate the land without spending large sum of money was a mystery which for a long time MT. Pirch could not eolve. He figured out the cost of we'll, and found that his resources would permit of hts dig ging 60.foot we'll and the purchase of a cheap pump, but how to make the pump work was question Suddenly his in- ventive mind suggested solution. He re- membered his children, and he also called to mind certain large family swing which he had seen in nsighboripg town. He knew the swing would please the children, and he hoped that through in their pless- ure might be able to serve his iaterests The we'll was bored, the pump was set up, and the swing was put in working order.
 s'Here. now, boys" said he, when all | was ready, calling the children to him, .'oome out here and get into this swing. I'm going to give you something to play with.n
 In five minutes the children were flying backward and forward through the air.
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open confession to some one he never hunts up the assessor.-Troy Press.
 She-Charley Touchall never seems to work. What does he do for livingi He (with sigh)-His friends.-Buffalo Cour- fer.
 Wiggs-How is 1t you have booked our new play, Husband and Wife," for only one night at Chiosgof Futlites-I know the town.-Exchange.
 A henpecked husband called the servant maid aside and said: "Look here, Robus- tina, I am told that my wife and daughters are planning trip to Biarritz; do you know whether am going with them or notf'-El Libral.
 Mandy, I've just been readin' about the arc lights they are goin' to have at the worlds fair" 'Mandy-Law, Josiah, don't 1t seem strange to think of them usin' the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Gent-Then am to understand that you absolutely reject my offeri Lady There is really nothing else forit. Gent What a pityl Here I've actually gone and purchased "Badsker's Guide" for our wedding tripl-Deutsche Warte.
 Would Have aSnap.-Mazzam-Do you think that people will have some occupa- they have herei Goddox-I hope SO. Mszzam-Whyi What do you dol Gaddox-Nothing.- ng.-HArvsrd Lampoon.
 Jack-America Is 6 glorious country for freedom. A man can do just ss he likes here. Tom-Oh, no, he can't; not always. Jack-Yes, he can. All he has to do Is to drop 8 cent in the slot and he can have his own weigh any time he wants.-Kate Fields Washington.
 Mrs. Msnn-It is strange that you cannot hold the baby 6 few minutes, when you used to be able to hold me on your Tsp for hours. Mir. Mann-The young one is, so restless He equirms and kicks all the time. You didn't kick the least little bit. Indianapolis Journal.
 Bai Jovel-Bertie FItz -Plantagenet (so- liequizing)--I have shaken hands with him, pve had a drink with him, and I've asked him to dinner. knew had met him somewhere, and, bal love! I've just remembered that he is my jootmaker. Dash 1t all, you know.-Fun.
 First Reporter-We've got the scoop on you in that robbery in the street car. We were the only paper that published the name of the pickpocket, his arrest, and the recovery of the money. Second Ditto Yes, but we were the only paper that gave the number of the car.-Boston Tran script.
 'I was in @ railroad accident once, said the man in the smoker to group of listen CTS, land had both legs and arms broken" "Did you retain your presence of mindi" inquired one of the listeners. "No." ''Noi What did you dof' 'I retained lawyer and got SIG. .000 damages. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 Cholly-Did you hear about Weggiei He was widing in the park, and his horse threw him, and Weggie came wight down on his head. Chsppy-Gwaciousl Was he hurtl Cholly-Yes. He bwoke his left arm. But that wasn't the worst of 1t. He had to wide home with his hat smashed in! -Hsrper's Bazar.
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MAN

MAN.
 It is we'll known (by Man) that Man Is the most noble and capable and useful creature in this world. On his shoulders rests the tremendous responsibility of keep ing things moving. He is at the head in the State, in tho Church, in business, and in all that is big and useful. Many cen turies of work and achievement have made him record to which the men of today can point with pride, aud which they can rely upon for inspiration and hope. They can point to the fact that after Woman got Man into his first trouble he went to work like man. And he has been at work ever since. He has wrestled with the beasts of the field and slain them, or harnessed them and made them work for him. He has made ingenious tools and machines to deal with what he has found in or on the earth. He has titled the soil and reaped the rich harvest. He has built cities, bridged riv- CTS and gone down to the sea in ships. He has made the lightning his obedient serv- ant. He has conquered the land and the water and seems about to conquer the air. He has made and unmade syst ems of reli- zion and of government. He is ever rest- lesr, ever looking forward, ever discon- tented with what he has done and ever eager to do more.
 Such is Man, and being such it is not to be wondered at that he feels his oa.s. It is the glorious consciousness of being a Man that gives the orator his strength and fire, that gives the warrior his 6erceness and force, and that gives the promoters of ''the Industrials" the idea that they are fnanciers. It Is also this consciousness that animates the evening tslker in the country grocery store, who, ss he talks, forRets his own narrow limitations and shares in the illimitsbleness and glory of Man as a whole.
 This is the general situation. Of course there are accidents and exceptions which appear to conflict with the general idea. For instance, some men feel their respon- sibility as parts of Man too much and take to drink. Others do not feel the pride they suoulu hS representatives OI nhu But even in those who do not fully repre- sent Man there is rudimentary idea that Msn is the crown of creation and the lord of the earth. But things are happening nowadays which are very disturbing both to thnse who know that Man is at the top of the heap and to those who know thst he ought to be. For in stance, in Philadelphia the other dsy the men clerks in dry goods store combined to demand an increase of salary, and thought to carry their point by sug- gesting cut-down on the women clerks, "who had no one depending on them." Investigation proved that the single women employed in the place actually supported more people than the whole force of men, married and single, and the proposed change was not made.
 This won't do, if Man is to be Man. If Woman is going to do the work of the world she will be wanting to run it. And everybody knows, or ought to know, that Man is and always has been the only being in the world capable of being "the boss"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
Sardou Always Sure Of Success.


 '1 was 60 certain of reaching the top, " said Sardou once, in discussing his career, 'thst one night when I had not even mon- ey enough to buy my supper went quiet lT home and quite seriously deliberated how would furnish my castle, which wanted to buy as soon as I had million. I now have the castle, though I'm moi quite @ millionaire"
 Ssrdou was referring to his chateau si Marly -le- Roi- He also owns magnificent residence in Paris and 8 villa st Cannes.
 ''I still remember" he continued, "how another time took pencil and drew 6 book case of carved oak as a pastime. To- day desk made after the same design is standing in my study In Paris. But it oft en happened to me that without & sou in my pocket entered an sntiqusry's shop to examine some valuable objects. and on leaving would say, I will buy 1t later on, when get rich.' I have a beautiful oil painting of Bernard PiIsssy st MArly-le- Roi-it had to wait ten yesrs for mel l have stored away a mass of slumbering material which only needs an awakening to unfold itself"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
Vol. LxI.
Mfsce11 11anenus.
Reynolds Street Sewer Assess
 mont.


 ITO the Honorable Court of Common Council oi the City of New Haven:
 The Board of Compensation for Assessment of the cost of Sewer in Reynolds street. for the as sessment of benefits and the apportionment of the cost of said sewer among the parties inter attended to the duty assigned to them That they caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in said public im- provement in all respects, pursuant to the provls Ions Of the charter of said city, to appear before them and be heard ia reference thereto and they IuiIy heard at the time and place specified in said notice, all persons who appeared before them They therefore respectfully recommend the
 MICHAEL FITZPATRICK,
 c. B. MATTHEWMAN,
 c. T. COYLE, Board of Compensation for Assessments of Sewers and Pavements
 City of New Haven, April 3, 1893. ORDERED-That the sum of twenty eight hun dred and and seven S8 100 dollars be and is here by assessed upon the owners of property front ing on Reynolds street, between Sherman ave nus and Norton street, being proportions! and reasonable part of the expense of constructinga a sewer in said street.
 benefit assessed against each being particularly stated, viz:
 Arthur 0. Bendict, 5 v 35 Amelia c. Ticknor, 87 50 George K. Rose, 0ustave Benson, 67 50 Stephen B. Warren, S 50 IT. Old Almshouse Farm Gardner Morse, Herbert Benton, Burton Mansfield, 2,468 03
 $a,s07 ss In Court of Common Council, read, accepted, Approved May g, 1893. Payable May 19, 1895 true copy of record. Attest: JAMES B. MARTIN, my11 St City Clerk.
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The old Friends.

The old friends, the old friends We loved when we vera young, With sunshine on their faces, And music on their tonguel The bees are in the almond flower, The birds renew their strain; But the old friends once lost to us, Can never come again. The old friends, the old friends! Their brow is lined with care; They've furrows in the faded cheek, And silver In the hair: But to me they are the old friends stil In youth and bloom the same. As when we drove the flying ball, Or shouted in the game. The old men, the old men,
 How slow they creep alongl How haughtily we scoffed at them In days when we were youngl Their pressing and their dozing, Their prate of times gone by, Their shiver like an aspen leat If but breath went by. But we. we are the old men now, Our blood Is faint and chill; We cannot leap the mighty brook, Or climb the breakneck hill, We maunder down the shortest cuts. And the young men half ashamed to laugh Yet pass us with a smile. But the young men, the young men, Their strength is fair to see; The straight back, and the springy stride, The eye as falcon free; The shout above the frollc wind, AS up the hill they go; But though so high above us now, They soon shall be as low. O weary, weary drag the years As life draws near the end; And sadly, sadly fall the tears For loss of love and friend. But we'll not doubt there's good about In all of humankind; So here's health before we go, To those we leave behind
 A. G. B. iu the Spectator.
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and then arranged in deep folds. The sleeves have two puffs from elbow to shoulder and tight cuff. The two puffs and the edge of the cuff end in parrow bands of the passementerie. The waist has @ seperate yoke of cord passementerie, to which pretty Figaro jacket of jet is attached.
 Black and purple, black and tan, and black and green are all stylish combina- tions. Black and white is another, ss 1t has been for some seasons. A stunning gown has bell skirt of white satin, with four crisp black satin ruff1es set, spaced, about the bottom of the skirt, the top one coming almost to the knee. The bodice is white satin, with enormous black satin sleeves and . very wide, faring black rever ct the shoulder, narrowing to the waist. Over this gown is to be worn . short cape of black satin lined with white, and covered from edge to collar with tiny, very full black ruffles. The hat ia black with big white plume waving from the one point where you would lest expect e plume. Black gloves with white stitching, black coaching parasol, with very beau Hful white china handle and knob, e graceful gait and bright dsy-be secure in all these and you can go out and defy the world. @ . FLoRKTTK.