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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
G AND COMEDY.
What a New York Reporter Found Out on
His Strange Assignment.

What q New York Reporter Found Out on
His Strange Assignment.
It was Sunday evening, about 9 by the
clock, and the usual calm of that one
night in the week brooded over The Press
Office. A stranger entered. H~esitatingly
he thrust forth a little pack of grimy
cards written on with ink and rapidly
said: Gentlemen, I'm a writer of jokes.
I've got some here I want to sell. Pm
desperately hard up. It's a horrible
The little man stopped short.
Are you a professional jo-ah-hu-
moristy? asked a reporter.
Eyes, sir" said the stranger. "Atany
rate, I was a month ago. Now I don't
know what I am" He spoke the last
sentence with a half groap.
Then the visitor continued: Seven
years ago I was employed as a railway
clerk. I had a little turn for writing
funny paragraphs. So / left railroad
ing. I've written jokes and paragraphs
and verses for nearly every paper there
is in town. Sometimes I made $50 a
week and sometimes double Chat amount.
But since the new year began I haven't
earned a $40 bill. have a wife. Well,
we've been pretty nigh starvation, and
the landlady wanted to put US out for
not paying our rent only yesterday. Oh,
Lord. this is what I've come to! Yes,
yes; I saw that you gentlemen looked at
my shirt. I know my degradation, and
you needn't be afraid of hurting myfeel--
ings. There aren't enough left to be
hurt"
The reporter sent him to the night city
editor. That gentlemen dived into his
pocket and produced a shining half dol
lar. The entire staff contributed, and a
small amount of money was realized.
The reporter who had first talked to the
stranger was assigned to go up to the lit
tie mans home and do what was best
with the money. AS if dazed, the man
in the flannel shirt followed him.
A short walk brought them to his
home. Strewn over the sidewalk lay the
scant household goods of the family Of
two. The reporter interviewed the land
lady, while the little man sat down in
one of his own chairs outside with a
blank look on his face.
ssThat couple" the burly landlady was
meanwhile saying. "Why, they're the
most worthless lot around. They haven't
paid for q month, and tonight I just put
their things out in the street. The wife?
Oh, she was taken sick or something, and
they carried her to the hospital in an
ambulance"
To the hospital the reporter rushed,
leaving the husband still sitting in a
chair on the walk. The house surgeon
came to the door. "This case from IS
D. ~street?" he asked. Dead; died 10
minutes ago. CONCENTRATION and
lack of care, together with exposure. In
plain English" cheerfully explained the
doctor, ..that is starvation. Look at the
book if you like"
Then the reporter broke the news to
the bereaved husband and returned to
the ofce.-New York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16

Trains 80 and 81 connect with No. l at
Vances.
Trains "a and SO connect with No. 2 at
Vances.
No. Al connects with No. l at Eutawville.
No. | has connection from S. c., No. II at
Pregnalls, connects with Harlin City Branch
Trains 80 and 81 at Vances and connects with
G.. c.. No. 43 at Hamlet.
No. 2 has connection from e. C. No. So at
Hamlet, connects with Harlin City Branch
Trains "a and 80 at Vances and connects
with S C. No. IL at PregnalIs.
No. ! connects with Seahoard Air Line
at Hamlet for Wilmington, Charlotte,
Shelby, Rutherfordton; and at. Charlotte
with R. l. D.. Vestioule Limited for
Washington aod New York. Passengers can
take sleeper at Charlotte at 8.35 p. m.
No. 2 passengers by this train have through
Sleepers. New York to Charlotte. connects
with S. A. L, at Hamlet from Charlotte and
North, and from Wilmington, counetcs with
S. G. R. R. at Pregualls for Charleston
and Augusta. Dinner at Hamlet.
c. WILLARD, Superintendent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
Bobby Burns and the Mayor.

On one occasion, arriving at Carlisle
IN horseback, Bobby Burns is said to
have turned his steed out to grass for a
while, and the animal strayed on to a
meadow belonging to the corporation
al got impounded. Although the horse
was given up to him, the poet retaliated
upon the mayor, whose tenure Of Office
was to expire on the very morrow Of
the incident, as follows:
Was ef puir poet sac bef1tted?
The master drunk-the horse committed;
Pufr harmless beast! TAX thee nae care;
Thou'lt be a horse when he's nae MAR (mayorl.
Dundee News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
AN ANIMATED NEWSPAPER.
An Old Man Reads the News and Tells

An Old Man Reads the News and Tells It
to His Customers.
Speaking of queer occupations" said
8 Fourth street merchant, ''there is an
old fellow down town who makes a good
living reading the newspapers. Of course
everybody reads the evening paper, but
in the rush of business the morning pa
pers may get lost in the shuttle. The old
man gets out of bed at an early hour
and gets a copy of each of the morning
papers as early as they can be bought.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
A Decorated Woman

Miss Charlotte Robinson of London,
who designed and applied the decora-
tons Of the ceilings and panels in the
cabins of the steamships Lucania and
Campania, bears the title of decorator
to the queen" Miss Robinson has been
decorated herself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
Electrolitic Indicator.

Moisten paper with a solution Of So
grams of glycerin, 20 grams Of distilled
water, 3 grams of potassium nitrate and
1. 05 gram Of phenol-phthalein. Bytouch
ing the ends of both wires the negative
pole is indicated by becoming of a red
dish violet color.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16

He then reads them exhaustively, and
by the time business men get down town
he has thoroughly mastered all branches
of the news Of the day. He is well edu-
Gated and bright and has a keen percep-
ton. He then starts out, dropping mon
first one and then another of his sub
scribers, for he lets his services by the
week, just as a newspaper.
sHe enters a bank where everybody is
busy. He knows the likes and dislikes
Of every one of his customers. and he en-
tertains each for a few moments with
the news Of his choice. and then with q
few passing remarks about the general
news of the day passes on to the next.
You will find him discussing the silver
question one moment and ace horses
the next. He can tell the tips for the
day and the prices of silver. He knows
the latest in art and literature and is
thoroughly posted in politics. He is a
walking cyclopedia. He is not only a
daily newspaper, but a whole file Of
newspapers, with a lightning reference
index. He tells you the news of the day,
and if asked will refresh your memory
on past events. BE is strictly business,
and while he answers every question
asked by a subscriber freely he abso-
'lutelywin hot talk tothe nonsubser1ber.
eff you want to talk to him about the
happenings of the day, you must pay a
weeks fee in advance. Then he will see
you every day for a week. # you are at
your Office regularly, he viii come to
you daily, but if ypu fail to be on hand
there that is your loss. One beauty of
his system is that he has no bad debts.
He has a preferred list Of 10, whom he
charges 81 a month, and upon whom he
waits at any hour they name. Then his
common customers pay 0cents a week,
and he agrees to see them all before
noon. When a subscribers time is up,
the fact is mentioned, and unless pay
ment is made at once you can't get the
old fellow to open his mouth. Pay him,
and he isat your service.
HE isstrictly business and does not re-
gard himself as an excrescance on the
face of business, nor is he so regarded
by his customers. He is q kindly old
fellow who has a smile for everybody,
and for whom everybody has a pleasant
word. He does not bear tales, but con-
fines himself strictly to what is in the pa
pers, and thus avoids the responsibility
for tales he might otherwise be able to
teu."-Cincinnnati Times-Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
Say! You Bee-Keeper!

Send for a free sample copy of Roots
handsomely illustrated 36-pnge, Gleanings in
Bee-Cul,ure, ~Semi-Monthly, (S1.OO year,
AID his 52-pages illus. ca,alog of Bee
Keepers Supplies free for your name and
address on a postal. His A B c of Bee
Culture, 400 double-column PIP price Sl.25,
is Just the book for you. Mention this paper.
Address A. I. Root, the Eee-Man, Medina,
n
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
Africa's Hottest SPOT.

The hottest region in Africa is in the
Nubian desert, where food may be
cooked by being buried in the sand.
The Arabs say Of it, The soil is like
fire and the wind like a fame" The
hottest portions Of the British empire are
India and Australia.-Spare Moments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16

*Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. SO runs through to Charleston. S. c., vi.
Central K. R., arriving Manning 6:22 P. NJ,
Lanes ZOO P. NJ, Charleston $40 P. NJ.
Trains on Manchester l. Augusta R.. r. leave
Sumter daily except Sunday, 1850 A. NJ. ar
rive Rinini 1l.59. Returning leave Rimini
LOO, P. NJ, arrive Sumter 2:1O Pm
Trains on Hartsville 4. r.. leave Huntsville
daily except Sunday at 500 a. M. arriving
Fleyds 6.35 a. M. Returning leave Floyds $40
p. m, arriving Huntsville 800 p. N.
Trains on Wilmington Chadbourn and Con.
way railroad, leave Chadbourn 1910 a. N.
arrive at Conway 1870 p. M, returning leave
Conway at 200 p. M, arrive chadbourn $50
p. IN. Leave Chadbourn SIS p. M, arrive at
Hub $40 F. m. Returning leave Hub at SIS a
IN. arrive at Chadbeurn 900 a. m Daily ex.
cept Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't.
]. R KENLY, GenI Manager.
T. NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16

Dinner at Kershaw.
CONNECTIONS.
Camden-With S. C. Ry., for Charleston,
Columbia, Augusta and all points South.
Lancaster-With Cheraw & Chester n. G..
R. R., for Chester.
Catawba Juuction-With G.. C. + N. R. R.
Rock Hill-No. SO with "Vestibule Limi-
ted'' on R. l. D. R. R., arriving at Charlotte
$50 pm, Washington Z 20 a m, Philadel.
phia 10 46 a M, New York l.23 p M.
Yorkville-With Chester & Lenoir R. R.
Blacksburg-Tith r. 4 D. r. R. for Spar
tanburg, Greenville, Atlanta and points
South, aud Charlotte and points North.
Shelby-No. 80 with Carolina Central R.
R., also with Stages to Cleveland Springs.
Marion-No. II with R. 4 D. R. R. for
Round Knob, Asheville and Hot Springs.
SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. Pass Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
HARLiN CITY BRANCH.

No. SO going North leaves Vances 6 so y.
NJ, Smells 7 08, Parlers I II, arrives Harlin
City Z IS p. m.
No. 81 going South leaves Harlin City 5 Is,
Parlers 5 IS, Shells 5 48, arrive Vances 6 10
p. "a.
No. 81 going North leaves Vauces IL Is g..
M, Smells II IS, Parlsrs II 48, arrive Harlin
City IL 10 p. M.
No. 80 going South leaves Harlin City 8 80
q. m, Parlers 8 4s, Smells 8 81, arrive Vances
8 Is a. M.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.

Through sleeper on train leaving Charles
ton 5 80 p N, for Atlanta.
Tram leaving Charleston at IT'S p. m. has
connections for Charlotte, Raleigh, aud
Wilmington, via C. s. b N. R. r Connec-
ton made from points on the C.S. l. N. R.
r. for Atlanta and the west.
Through trains between Charleston and
Walhalla, leaving Charleston Z Is a NJ, and
arriving at Charleston at 8 As p 10.
For further information apply to agents, or
E. P. WARING,
Gent Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. c.
j. NJ. TURNER, Superintendent.
C. ". WARD, General Manager.
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POND BLUFF BRANCH.

No. Al leaves Eutawville e.45 a. m.,, Beivl-
dere 9 .55 arrive Ferguson 1905.
No. AZ leaves Ferguson 10 35 am, Belvi-
dere lO.45, arrive Eutawville 10. S
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20

masses of rabbits are then inclosed by
wires. The work of killing the ami.
mails is the next and the larger under.
taking.
Mallets, clubs and fails are used to
put the creatures out of existence.
One blow of club or mallet on the
skull of rabbit generally stretches
him on his side. But well-directed
fails descending on the backs of the
animals lay ont hundreds more. The
skinning is the next action. Many of
the large ranches employ private
force of hands to attend to the rab.
bits. Some of the land companies en-.
gage 200 men to look after the aggres.
sions and interests of the animals.
The hunters who following rabbit.
killing us business make So and 81
per day skinning the animals. Quite
a number of people daily and yearly
engage in this industry, and it is
found more remunerative and certain
to parties with small means than the
cultivation of crops.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20

eyes, while the very mud that rises
seems to scintillate with light that
would appear to be an essential fea.
ture of the deep sea. We might in
this walk OF the imagination descend
to depth of six miles beneath the sea
and still find life.
In all probability the largest and
most remarkable fishes have not been
seen, and escapes the dredge. Many
of these strange forms of the abyssal
depths are types of extinct forms, and
we can only imagine what wonders the
deep sea hides. In the Atlantic and
Pacific gigantic squids from fifty to
seventy feet in length are found, and
glimpses of strange snake or eel-like
sharks are suggestive of the uncaught
mysteries and unseen dwellers in the
deep sea. Among the curious light.
glvers is shark which was caught by
DR.. Bennett. 1t was perfectly black,
but emitted strange phosphorescent
light, which remained some time after
the animals death. The shark was
placed in jar in the cabin of the
vessel, and is described as presenting
q ghostly appearance, emitting rich
green light almost sufficient to read by.
In descending into the intermediate
depths the jelly fishes and forms that
live in the open water attract our Mt.
tention. Here is jelly fish, its disk
six feet across, its train of tentacles
possibly emitting n vivid light and
stretching away in maze of brilliant
lines for perhaps one hundred feet.
The variety of tints and colors
emitted by the jelly fishes is almost
beyond comprehension, and so di.
verse are the lights that the belief is
forced upon the beholder that they
have some marked significance in the
economy of nature. One known rs
lucernaria emits a pale BLUSH light
all over its surface. Obelia has n
luminous stem alone. Cestus, or the
Girdle of Venus, has yellow light.
Idyia emits roseate hues, while the
light of Aurelia is of such brilliant
yellow that when one of the animals
was squeezed into glass of milk the
latter was rendered so luminous that
letter was read by it.
From these instances, and they are
but few in many, it is evident that
the stroller through the ocean, either
in the moderate depths at night or
the abyssal realms of day, would not
not wander about blindly, bat would
have his pathway iilumined by lights
effective and brilliant, rendering the
deepest ocean region the opposite
of the conditions of stygian darkness
that it is enormously supposed to
hold. Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20
Cold Burns.

In the accidents which have at
tended the manipulation of liquid air
and other substances in his laboratory
NJ. Raoul Pictet has distinguished two
degrees of burns from the intense
cold. In the first the skin is red
dened, turning blue the next day.
The spot doubles in area on the fol-
lowing days, there is intense itching,
and five or six weeks are usually re.
quired for healing. In the more
severe burns, those of the second de-
gree, the skin is rapidly detached. A
long and stubborn suppuration sets
in, and healing is very slow and al
together different from that of burns
from fire. On one occasion M. Pic
tet, while suffering from burn due
to II drop of liquid air, seriously
scorched the hand The scorchcd
portion was healed in ten or twelve
days, whereas the cold burn was still
open six months afterward.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20
Making Artificial Clouds.

Artificial clouds were recently made
fer the protection OF vines from frost
at Oaeleain. on the Swedish Norwegian
frontier. In carrying out this novel
innovation, liquid tar was ignited in
tin boxes placed along the vine rows,
and large sections of solidifed petro.
leum were fired at various places in
the vineyard. From these combusti-
bles large clouds of smoke arose and
thoroughly protected the particular
vineyard in which the experiment wss
being tested, although vines in the
immediate neighborhood were badly
injured by the frost. One OF the Eu-
ropean metropolitan weeklies, in com
menting on the utility of the method,
spoke very unfavorably of it, declar-
ing that it could only prove effective
in very calm weather. If the editor
of that journal will brush up little
on meteorology he will learn that calm
weather is about the only time in
which killing frosts occur. New York
Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20
THE BUSINESS MANS LUNCH.
Hard Work and Indigestion go
Hand in Hand.

Concentrated thought continued in, robs
the stomach of necessary blood, and this is
also true of hard physical labor.
When a five horse power engine is made
to do ten horsepower work something is
going to break. Very often the hard
worked man coming from the field or the
Office will "bolt " his food i'll a few min
utes which will take hours to digest. Then
too, many foods are about as useful i'll the
stomach as a keg of nails would be in a
fire under a boiler. The ill-used stomach
refuses to do its work without the proper
stimulus which it gets from the blood and
nerves. The nerves are weak and ready
to break" because they do not get the
nourishment they require from the blood,
finally the ill-used brain is morbidly wide
awake when the overworked man at
tempts to find rest i'll bed.
The application of common sense in the
treatment of the stomach and the whole
system brings to the busy man the full ell
joymcnt of life and healthy digestion when
he takes DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to
relieve a bilious stomach OF after a too
hearty meal, and DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery TO purify. enrich and
vitalize the blood. The pellets are tiny
sugar coated pills made Of highly concen-
trated vegetable ingredients which relieve
the stomach of all offending matters easily
and thoroughly. They need only be taken
for short time to cure the biliousness.
constipation and SlothiulneSS or torpor, of
the liver then the Medical Discovery"
should be taken in teaspoonful doses to in
crease the blood and enrich it. 1t has
peculiar effect upon the lining membranes
of the stomach and bowels, toning up and
strengthening them for all time. The
whole system feels the effect of the pure
blood coursing through the body and the
nerves are vitalized and strengthened, not
deadened, or put to sleep, as the so-called
celery compounds and nerve mixtures do
but refreshed and fed OH the food they
need for health. If you suffer from indi-
gestion. dyspepsia, nervousness, and any
of the ills which come from impure blood
and disordcred stomach, you can Cure
pOHJSeJ with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery which can be obtained at any
drug store III the country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Poisons are sometimes developed in
the systems of sick peple.
Aluminium has been substituted for
steel in the manufacture of nails and
heel plates for the shoes of German
soldiers.
1t is estimated by gardeners that in
the course of u season a frog or toad
will devour fifty-seven times its weight
in insects.
Oil meal has twenty eight per cent.
of protein or muscle forming food and
is an excellent addition to the feed of
young, growing animals.
Scientific research shows that meats,
fish, milk and other animal foods cost
three times more than -four aud
other staple vegetable foods to get the
same nutritious result.
Zinc is being extracted in Sweden
by new process, after the electro
lytic manner, by which ores hitherto
considered worthless are made equal
to the best. Pure metallic zinc has
not been produced in Sweden for
thirty years.
The well known attraction which
light has for fish has induced ingenious
fishermen to utilize the electric light
as bait, and it is said that this never
fails to bring together large shoals of
| fish, which swim round tie illuminat.
ed globe, and are easily caught.
Scientists of Berlin think it will be
possible to foretell the weather by
means of photographs of the sun far
more accurately than by the barome
ter. Circular and elliptic halos indi-
cate violent storms, especially if they
are dark in tone and of large size.
Air can be frozen at temperature
of 296 degrees below zero, and the
product, which can be handled and
felt, burns, so to speak, with its ex.
cessive cold. Frozen air can be pro.
duced in any quantity. but its cost,
$500 gallon, is likely to prevent a
large business.
The heat developed by the firing of
| heavy guns is remarkable. During
some recent tests Mt Sandy Hook, N.
j., Il gun that had been fired seventy.
five times melted solder placed upon
the chase, while another was hot
enough to soften lead, indicating a
temperature of 600 degrees Fahren.
heit,
DR.. James E. Young, of the Edin.
burgh (Scotland) Royal Society, has
recently been making II chemical and
archaeological examination of the soil
of graveysrds. He has found that tho
soil which has been used for burial
does not materially differ as regards
the organic matter it contains from
ordinary soil.
The American Line steamship Paris
carries in reserve spare length of
shafting made of nickel steel and hay
ing tensile strength OF 10000
pounds. This is said to be about
twenty-five thousand greater than any
shaft of English or German make,
though both countries are famed for
| the excellence of their steel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-20
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by loca; applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of he ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tonal remedies Deafness is caused by an in
Gamed condition of tine mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
lamcd you have rumbling sound or imper-
Deafness is the result, and unless the inaam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten arc
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F.J. CHENEY s. Co., Toledo. o.
eB~ Sold by Druggists. 75c-