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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-12
Animals at Play.

Animals have keen sense Of 'mak-
ing believe which is the essence Of
play. a child's first game is bopeep-
make believe. When a couple Of dogs
have jolly tussle, they make believe to
engage in deadly combat. A striking
instance of this occurred to a writer
some years back. He gave dead mouse
to kitten. It was the first time she
had seen one, and she sniffed at it in
quisitively before deciding to toss it
about.
A pair of slippers lay on the floor.
She dropped the mouse into one of them
and Immediately proceeded to look for
it most zealously in the other slipper
till took up the first, which contained
her. booty. Then she showed that it was
no real lack of memory that had sent
her on the bootiess search.-Buftalo
EXPRESS
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It Beats Acting.

They had just emerged from the tele-
phone exchange where they were en-
ployed.
t.Sometimes. . said one Of them, ttI
think that I would Ike to be famous;
that l would like to so On the stage and
act or on the lecture plaforn1. Then,
again, think not. -
81 think not all the time, was the
positively spoken rejoinder.
sStill it must be nice to play upon
the emotions of the multitude. -
"Of course it is That's what makes
it so jolly in the telephone exchange.
When we talk sweetly to some man
through the phone, I can tell by the
way he COOS back that he is smirking in
the most absurd manner. And if Iwant
to make him angry l can tell him the
lines busy and ring in his ear. ] tell
you, my dear, when it comes to playing
on the emotions of the multitude Sarah
Bernhardt will have to give extra matt
nees if she wants to surpass us IN op-
portunity. ';-Kate Fields Washington.
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sTake It Aisy."

One cannot travel in Ireland without
perceiving that the so many horsepower|
and perpetual catching Of trains theory
of life is not one that is accepted by the,
Irish people, and I dc not think it ever.
will be. Their religion, their traditions,
their chief occupetie,is, their temporal
ment, all Of which suppose are closelyI
allied, are opposed to it.
The saying, "Take it aisy, and if you
can't take it aisy take it as aisy as you,
can,'' doubtless represents their theory
of life, and, for my part, if it were a,
question either of dialectics or Of NOR
ais, T would sooner have to defend that
view Of existence than the SO many
horsepower one. Sofar from wise man
getting all he can out of himself in one
direction, he will, it seems to me, rig
idly and carefully abstain from doing
so in the interests Of that catholic and
harmonious development which requires
that he should get little out OF him
self in every direction.
One would not like to assert that the
bulk of the Irish people are "harmc-
niously developed. y But neither, if 1
may be permitted to say so, are the
English or the Scotch people, and as
in reality all three probably err by lob
sided activity or lobsided inactivity, it
still remains to be seen whether too
much perpetual catching of trains or too
much taking it "aisy" is, on the whole,
the wiser course and the less insane in
terpretation of the purport and uses Of
life.-Blackwood' Magazine.
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MARKED DOGS EYES.
An Explanation Wanted Of the Presence
of These Tan Spots.


Can any of ycur readers explain the
meaning Of the tan spots seen so COM
monty over the eyes in black and tan
dogs Of most breeds?
When in Melbourne last year, I went
carefully over all the dogs in show
with one of the stewards, and we found
the spots in all the black and tan ter
riers, foxhounds, deerhounds, collies.
lurchers, etc., but could get no infor-
nation regarding them from the ex-
perts.
In some of the highly bred toy dogs,
as the small black and tan terriers, l
found on inquiry that these spots, for
merly so very conspicuous, were being
bred out and had nearly disappeared.
Their persistence through SO many
strongly marked varieties, except those
of late date, is singular, for there is
fairly good proof that when first donoes-
ticated the dog was red or brown, ike
the pariah, dingo, etc.
AS far as can see, we do not IND
the spots white on black or dark
ground, nor yet black or dark on
white or light ground My explanation
is that they have arisen as permanent
marking after the dogs ''sported" to
black under domestication and have
been preserved and developed through
natural selection. Possibly they are pro-
tective and simulate eyes.
One morning, just at dawn, l had oc-
casion to go out into the garden, and
while STOPPING to examine some flowers,
near fence partly covered with creep
ers, suddenly saw an animals head
looking through, and what seemed to be
two seemingly large and ferocious
black eyes glared at me. Suspectlng
that black leopard was about to spring
over, I started back, clapped my hands
and shouted. TO my relief, however, I
saw tail wag and found that the spec
tator was a cooly's dog I knew very
we'll and which recognized me. The
use Of the tan spots-in this case at
least-then occurred to me.
May it not be that the spots thus
serve protective purpose and have Of
ten saved the lives Of dogs (black dogs
from their enemies, the smaller felines,
such as the clouded leopard, etc.? Perl
haps the matter is not new, but If it Isl
it seems worth looking into.
have several dogs about here now
with black bodies and heads. The tanl
spots, rather pale, are of the size of a
shilling. have shot one, keeping the|
skin of the head as curiosity.-S. p.
Peal in Nature.
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VELVET CoFFINs FOR TWO.
They May Be Utilized as Ornaments Uati;
Needed For Use.


s'Of all the queer persons Of this
queer world the undertaken, I believe,
meets his full quota, so reporter was
told by man wearing a funereal ex-
preston on his face and black gloves on
his hands who came from small town
in a western state to attend the meeting
Of the Association Of Undertakers.
Zone Of the queer persons is a
wealthy woman who lives in my town.
One day she came to my rooms, and as
the tears coursed down her sad face she
managed to tell me between sobs that
she wanted coffin that was covered
with royal purple velvet l knew that
her husband had been i'll for some time
and was not expected to live. So be-
gan to offer word Of coincidence on ac-
count Of his death, as she and her hus-
band were intimate friends Of mine.
".Oh, he is not dead yet, sobbed the
woman, but I want you to call at the
house end steal his measure while he is
asleep. want royal purple velvet
coffin, and it may take you several days
to fill the order.
ct assured the fearful woman that it
would perhaps be impossible to fill the
order, as had never heard OF coffin
Of any such description ever having been
on the market. She went back home,
and while the order was hanging fire
her husband began to grow better and
in few days was entirely out of dan
ger. He afterward recovered, and today
he is a strong, healthful man.
"But that woman still insists that l
shall ill the order for a royal purple
velvet coffin for her husband, and, fur
thermore, she has given me another or
der for royal purple velvet coffin for
herself. On my present trip to st. Louis
called at a large coffin factory here
and surprised the proprietors by leaving
the special and unique orders to be filed
When the orders have been filed, l
cam say whether or not my queer Gus
toners will use the two royal purple
velvet coffns as ornaments to match the
decorations in their parlor at home. -
ST. Louis Republic.
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BARRIERS in BRITAIN.
Frank Ru1's Description of Dublin and
London Shaving Shops.

Frank Ru41's Description Of Dublin and
London Shaving Shops.
In Dublin the first class shops are
managed in the same way as the lead
ing shops of London, and most OF the
first class journeymen BARRIERS hail from
London, and they are paid what are
called London wages-that is, IS shll-
lings a week-but barber in order to
get those wages must also be a ladies'
hairdresser. The cheaper shops only
pay their journeymen from 1s to 30
shillings week. The first class shops
charge sixpence-that is, IL cents-for
shaving and the same price for hair cut
ting and shampooing. The cheaper
shops charge only twopence, or 4 cents,
for shaving, hair cutting OF shampoo
ing. Some shops in Cork only charge
penny for each. The first class shops
here turn out customer just as well as
the BARRIERS in America, if not little
better, but would not let the cheaper
BARRIERS shave my dog.
Some Of the finest shops in Dublin
have our old fashioned chairs, and some
have just an upholstered chair, with a
headpiece attached. The cheap shops,
most of them, just use a wooden chair,
and the barber wears dirty apron, but
in the finer shops they wear white coats
and clean white aprons London has
great many shops, but there are only a
few really good shops. Most Of the bar
Der shops here are called toilet clubs,
and they are all located on the second
floor. They get threepence for shaving.
The journeymen BARRIERS get about 80
shillings week. A few get more, but
they depend largely on their customers
for tips. The best shave I ever had in
London was in barber shop conducted
BY lady. She employs five other Ia
dies and charges threepence for shaving
and a little extra for dressing the hair.
There are only about half a dozen shops
in London which have modern Amerl-
can chairs. National Barber.
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FRAUDS EXPOSED.

Some of the Tricks of So Called Mind
Readers Solved by DR.. EDslop.
DR.. Hyslop of Columbia college, says
a writer in the Boston Herald, has help
ed to bring down several so called mind
readers who have visited New York.
The Taylors, a man and woman who
gave exhibitions in New York two
years ago and convinced nearly every
one who saw them Of the genuineness OF
their manifestations, gave private Sc
ance for the benefit Of this Columbia
professor and some Of his scientific
friends. They found hidden objects,
they picked out cards that had been Sc
lected from a pack and then shufied in
again, and all the other familiar tricks,
with more than common success, one OF
them staying in the room and being IN
the secret, and the other coming Ill att
er all was ready and supposedly read
ing the partners mind.
All went we'll until DR.. Hyslop and a
confederate took the Taylors aback by
announcing that they could do the same
things. They had found that the words
used by one Of the "mind readers" IN
calling the other into the room were
what gave the desired information. 1t
was discovered that by skillful arrange
ment of not more than six words a sur
prising amount Of information could be
conveyed. This is the first time the fact
that the Taylors were not genuine mind
readers has been made public.
Another "mind reader" exposed by
DR.. Hyslop and coinvestigators was
Guibal, who gave exhibitions IN New
York recently and astonished hundreds
Of persons, most of whom suppose to
this day that his tricks were bona fide
psychic phenomena. Guibal's assistant
was woman called Greville, who sat
on the stage, and who, so far as could
be seen for q long time, gave him abso-
lutely no sign Of what was in her mind.
Gribal apparently read that mind as If
it were an open book. The whole thing
was found to be a trick, and the expla-
nation is now il the archives Of the So
ciety for Psychical Research. 1t is be-
lieyed that Guibal and Grevllle were
the same persons whose performances
had amazed London not long before.
The woman breathed very heavily, and
the code of signals lay in the manner OF
her breathing, messages being conveyed
by long and short breaths, something
like the dots and dashes in the Morse
telegraph code.
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SUMTER. S. c.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1894.
t6g docks, for there was the shadow Of

the docks, for there was the shadow OF
gateway beyond.
The man I had first met again beck
oned with his bullseye and led me to-
ward this gate, while the other remained
stationed as though on the watch.
I groped along after the bullseye un-
der a high wooden fence, on the other
side Of which I saw the dim outlines Of
the masts and rigging of large vessel.
At the farther end of this fence, near
the gateway, three men were bending
down, and one Of them, apparently a
surgeon, was bandaging the head Of a
person who was being supported by the
others.
The constable who had conducted me
to this spot now gave me a quick look
as he threw the light from his dark Ian
tern upon deathlike face.
A cry escaped me. It was Frank
Bowser!
He uttered my name in faint voice
when leaned over him.
s'Tell her," said he, speaking so low
that I could scarcely hear the words
..tell her that my scheme succeeded.
What I said would do, tell her, have
now done. I have found the man. l
have hunted him down. Tell her.
No further words reached my ear.
His lips still moved, but unconscious
..., .-:ob1@, fo11ou,o1
Many days passed before he spoke
again.
he then told meas he lay upon. the
sofa in my chambers with Alice Darrell
seated beside him and Miss Pilkington
near the fire in an armchair looking
very stern-he then told me how he hap
pened accidentally one day to be clink-
ing some gold in his pocket in scrog-
gie's presence when he noticed that a
strange look came over his face which
reused his suspicious, and he then and
there determined to adopt this plan and
thoroughly satisfy himself before giving
the affair more serious thought. He
acknowledged his fault in emitting to
take me into his confidence, but he did
not wish to destroy my belief in Scrog-
gle without stronger proof.
Upon the eventful night on which he
related the details connected with the
bank tragedy his suspicious had been
confirmed. He had gone to Limehouse,
where Scroggie was known to the po-
lice, and where, 1t was supposed, ne
lived, and a warrant had actually been
granted for his arrest. That evening
as Bowser supposed-Scroggie must
have followed him, and there, near the
gateway, had nearly succeeded in his
evident design to take his life
It will be remembered that Scroggie
had told me in confidence that he was
"going to travel" !" Whether the dread
full meaning which has ever since at
tached itself in my mind to his words
passed through his brain when he ut
tered them can never be known. He
was found drowned in one Of the dock
basins at Limehouss upon the day fol-
lowing his attempt upon the Life OF
Frank Bowser.
These incidents which I have related
occurred some time ago, and Frank has
been married for years to Alice Darrell,
but every detail must remain fresh IN
nv memory % long as I live.-Belgra-
via.
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A Bicycle Groom.

Ladies on horseback should always be
attended by a groom, according to the
rules of society. Now the gentleman
who is supposed to lead New York So
cietv pronounces that every lady cycllst
must he duly accompanied by groom
on bicycle. His own daughter sets the
En..hior,
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The habit of turning around three or
four times before lying down has sur
viyed III the domestic dog from his say
age ancestry 1t then served to break
down the tall grass and make a bed.
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Papa was carefully studying the fam
lily history in the big Bible when Ills
9-year-old daughter surprised him by
saying, "Papa, was Aunt Ann one of
your Ann. .sisters?''
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CHAPTER ~.

AS soon as 1 reached the street I
sprang into cab which was passing
and drove back to the temple. If I had
been released from prison, could not
have experienced a greater sense OF
freedom, though the position Of affairs
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even now look back upon without a
pang, for much Of the tronble which
soon followed might have been ayerted
Ihave little doubt, If I had kept wake
ful and watched
soon began to dream that some one
was knocking at the door-a knocking
which seemed to continue for hours
when suddenly I opened my eyes and
found myself in broad daylight.
AS the knoc6ngstill went on Isprang
up and exclaimed, 1'Who's there?''
Only me, sir!''
It was the voice Of my laundress,
Mrs Billings.
ssWhy, what's the timer
s.Struck 8, sir, if you'll believe me.
Iopened the door and glanced quick
y toward the sofa
.Scroggie had vanished!
Where is Mr.. Scroggie?' said L
s.Gone, SIR, hours ago, . said Mrs.
Billings tsSays he, sir, Don't disturb
Mr.. Field Them was his words. Says
he, sir, eMr. Field amt well, and, says
he''--
tsWhat time did he go?''
Mr.. Scroggie?'' said my laundress
meditatively. .sWhen Icomes into the
rooms, sir, he jumps up and goes out,
If you'll believe me. .
When had given Mrs. Billings any
reason to suppose that doubted her
word I could never discover, but she
seldom answered any question I put
without taking the precaution to add eff
you'll believe me, - as If her principal
ambition was to establish confidence in
her statements
Do you know II Mr. Bowser is in?"
Mrs. Billings gave me asmile through
the black patches on her red face and
said:
.Ia, sir, Mr. Bowser went out early
too,
But he may have returned %
Again my laundress smiled and this
time as if there was some fear that l
was losing confidence. She placed her
head ON one side and looked at me
thoughtful1y out Of her fshy eyes, while
took a glance at her bonnet, which
never failed to interest me. 1t was
crushed and neglected, as usual, and
looked as if it had been long forgotten
in the midst of domestic affairs Of more
immediate Importance.
s'No, SIR; he amt returned, said
Mrs Billings. 'tIwas in his rooms rot
five minutes ago, if you'll believe me. !"
now remembered my engagement to
take tea with Miss Pilhngton and Alice
Darrell, and it occurred to me as not i'm
probable that Frank Bowser had already
gone to Guilford street, where they
lived It was nearly 4 O'Clock, so I
fastened to make my toilet.
AsI drove to Miss Pilkirgton's, medi-
tating over bowser's scheme to awaken
a guilty conscience with the clink Of
gold, a thought which had hitherto only
taken shadowy form in my mind now
took shape. I became convinced that
Bowser suspected Scroggie, and Scrog-
gle was the man ne was hunting down.
When his suspicious had been first
evoked, it was impossible for me to de-
termine. The men had met frequently
for year or more at my chambers, anG
yet it was only within the last few
weeks that Bowser had invented the
plan of clinking his gold. He had never
told me that the scheme had been sug-
gested by Scroggie's remarks or man
ner, and yet this now seemed to be the
only possible explanation But what
seemed most certain was that he had
been Intentionally concealing these sus-
picions from me.
The necessity for seeing Bowser con-
cerning this strange affair appeared ev-
cry moment more urgent Yet az the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-06
City Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
REQUIRING ALL PERSONS SELLING
FRUIT TO KEEP THE SAME COW
Erred AND PROTECTED.

Be it ordained by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of San Antonio:
Section l. That all persons ex-
posing fruit for sale, within this
city, shall keep the same fully
protected and covered by mosquito
bars, or other like covering.
Section 2. Any person or persons
falling to comply with Section l of
this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be fined not less
than ten, nor more than twenty
five dollars, and each day shall
constitute a separate offense.
Passed and approved June 21st,
1894.
Signed GEORGE PAsCHAL,
Mayor, City of San Antonio.
Attest:
f. r. NORTON,
City Clerk. 6 % lot
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When quicksilver runs in GEN.
tenpial figures an antidote is need
ed to counteract these influences.
Dullnig's Iron Waters are the
finest and best as now offered in
summer drinks, cooling, refresh
ing and health giving in its effects.
72tf
--Harrison's Town and Country
Paints. r. , 6tl NJ. HERwEcK.
Peaches,
Apples, plums,
Tomatoes, berries,
The finest and choicest
Received fresh every morning
by CAMPBELL Bros, 2l0 Houston
street. If
-Inhamed. itching, burning, cruSty
and scaly skin and scalp Of infants sOoth
ed and cured by JohnSOn's Oriental soap.
G. Schasse, druggist, San Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. Geo. Dullnig now handles
the panacea in his chalybeate or
iron water. Preparations are now
complete for shipment and orders
can be filled at short notice in pint
and quart bottles. It's true merit
will prove itself upon first trial and
the cry for more is increasing daily.
Z 2tf
-Barkeepers are kept busy these
hot days in making the longest
and coolest OF drinks they can con-
jure up.
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CITY ADVERTISING.
[OFFICIAL.l
NOTICE.
TO FURNITURE DEALERS.
MAYORS OFFICE, I
SAN ANTONIO. Tex,
limo Olth 1901 1


SAN ANTONIO. Tex,
June Goth, 1894.
Sealed proposals will be received
at this office until u o'clock m. on
the 18th day of July, 1894, for three
hundred and sixty double school
desks with separate seats, as fol-
lows:
go Double Desks and 10 Rears,
height of seat III inches. .s
60 Double Desks and 10 Rears,
height of seat II inches.
$50 Double Desks and % Rears,
height of seat 49, inches.
80 Double Desks and Is Rears
height OF seat 10 inches.
Said desks to be delivered and
screwed to the floor, ready for use
A sample of each desk offered
will be required to be submitted.
A deposit of two hundred dollars
or a certified check to that amount
must accompany each bid for the
faithful carrying out Of the con-
tract if awarded, aid to become
forfeited to the use of the city upon
failure to carry out the bid.
The city reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
GEORGE PAsCHAL,
Mayor.
Attest:
E. r. NORTON,
4 81 IQt T;E,, H1o,Ir