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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
MILLIONS IN DIAMONDS.
Enormous Increase in the Product Since
the Discoveries in Africa.


The discovery and working of the
great South African mines has enor-
mously increased the production of
diamonds. During the past quarter of
a century. says the New York News.
ten tons of these gems. selling for
$500, 100000 uncut and for 5000, O0O. 900
after cutting, have been added to VIE
worlds wealth. This quantity of
stones is twice as great as the sum
total Of all that were known to exist
before, the value represented being in
the most concentrated possible form.
single corpora ton controls more
than nine-tenths Of the worlds output
Of diamonds. owning practically the
whole of the mines in South Africa.
Thus 1T is able to maintain and
regulate prices, restricting the produc-
ton SO that the supply may not ex-
ceed the demand. Up to date it has
placed upon the market about Z, 800. 900
carats
During the last year it dug and sold
100000 worth Of diamonds. During
1898 diamonds to the value of about
$15,O0O,000 were imported into this
country. Since 1868 S175. 900, 900 worth
OF these gems have been brought into
the United States.
The cutting of diamonds is carried on
in the United States by fifteen firms.
employing $50 cutters, cleavers and
polishers. The American public de-
mands much higher quality of cut
ting than is required by European
markets. At the same time less is
paid for the work here than abroad. 50
being considered fair wages per diem.
The pioneer cutter on this side of the
water was Henry D. H. Morse, of Bos-
ton. In 1869 he cut the famous Dewey
iamond-the biggest gem of the kind
ever found in this countrv-vbicb was
dug out of a clay bank near Richmond.
weighing twenty-five carats in the
rough. In his shop was invented the
first diamond-cutting machine. which
made it possible to do the work faster
and with more precision. 1t has not
been adopted abroad to any great ex-
tent as yet. Amsterdam, the greatest
center OF diamond cutting, has seventy
two factories engaged in that industry.
The largest employs 1000 hands. Next
IN Importance is Antwerp London
ranks third. In the world there are
$500 cutters of diamonds and 5000
dealers The latter carry in stock
$3.50, 100000 worth of diamonds, repre-
senting probably one-third of all the
diamonds possessed by human beings
to-day.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
STATUES OF LlTTERATEURS.
Twenr,: ne Netablcs to BE Ronored in
til. N,.w Congressional library.

TySenrs-: I'D Netablcs to BE Ronored in
tn. NV Congressional library
The new congressional library,
which Is now nearing completion. is to
be decorated with statues of twenty
five men who have been famous in lit
erary work. Mr.. Spofford, the librarian.
was authorized to make the selection.
The great reading-ropm is the most
conspicuous feature of the interior It's
plan of decoration makes provision for
eight groups, illustrating the several
forms of the literary art. and under the
emblematical designs are inches. for
sixteen statues.
The subjects for these Mr.. Spofford
has selected asfollows: Poetry, Homer
and Shakespeare; art, Angelo and
Beethoven; science, Newton and Henry:
history, II rodotus and Gibbon: philos-
ophy, Plato and Bacon: commerce, Co
lumbus and Fulton; law, Scion and
Blackstone, and religion, Moses and st.
Paul.
On the exterior of the building are
inches for nine busts, and the subjects
selected for these are Franklin, Demos
themes, Dante, Irving, Macauley, Sir
Walter Scott, Emerson, Hawthorne
and Goethe.
The work of producing these statues
and busts has been intrusted to a com
mittee, consisting of j. @. A. Ward,
Augustus st. Gaudens, and Mr. Adams.
who are to assign each subject to the
sculptor they think will be able to do
it best. The committee is responsible
for the results and has power to APP
prove or disapprove the models. Gen.
Casey, the chief of engineers. who has
control of the construction of the build
ings, has placed the entire matter in
their hands, with Mr.. Spofford as liter
ary critic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
ALL EUROPE READY FOR WAR.
The Great Nations Prepared for a Decla-
ration OF IIOStilities.

After the dreadful Franco-German
war of 1S70-1S71 the principle of pro-
longed military service and of dimin-
i>hcd annual contingents was given up,
says McClurc's Magazine. The mon
sfrous principle OF universal service
wa" adopted instead. BY this prin-
cipi;A the whole nation is under arms.
:, country is no longer country,
''ccIie is no longer q people; a nation is
s.w nothing but an army, and a coun-
y is only q barr;,clz Every body wears
'e uniform. Everybody is sur lie qui
'is-e. II war breaks out to-day all pro-
issslons become deserted, all functions
abandoned; the life OF the nation stops
$, that national activity may be said to
began again only with the blood that is
s;icti. Moreover. before two hostile
armies, that is. two nations which are
enemies, join in combat, each of the
40 armies, that is, each of the two in
finite hordes which traverse their sew
v:'al countries to meet eventually on
The field of battle, will leave behind it
ii country in famine. its factories silent
I'D it's trade paralyzed. Again, enor-
i.'sus stocks of food supplies must be
accumulated on the frontiers where the
iwo armies are likely to meet; but be-
.''re reaching these inexhaustible mag
iizi:sea the armies must be fed while
'-:'nsing their own territories. and that
sv'laires money. SO. that. before even
Ne iirst gun is fired, each army will
awe expended enormous sums and left
~ il train towns and villages stripped
az salen and beasts, the cities in famine,
t':e country without single tiller of
the field
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
carnot and the Figure Seven.

Tao French papers have been noting
the curious way in which the career
Of PRESIDENT Carnot was connected
with the figure 81" He was
born in 1887, was admitted to
tie Ecole polytechnique in 1857, was
elected by virtue of article of the
constitution to the Office of president of
sic republic in 1887. was assassinated
at the age CT 81 years, in the seventh
year of his residcncy, in a carriage
containing zen persons tour inside
and three on. side, a coachman and two
footrnenl, on the seventh day of the
week, by an Italian "a word of seven
letters) nalns:l Ccsario (also formed of
seven letters. Finally, he was borne
in triumph to the Pantheon on the first
day OF the seventh month of the year
seven days after his death.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
THE JUDGES CARRIAGE.


NO Marshal Gets 1t Paid For as Trans.
portation of Prisoners.
Attorney General Olney tells the fol-
lowing story about Justice Gray, of the
United States supreme court. Judge
Gray prefers riding to walking and a
carriage or cab to street car. When
he first held court in Boston, he asked
the United States marshal to provide
him with carriage to transport him
from Ms hotel to the court and back to
the hotel after the days session. The
marshal was commercially prompt and
cheerful in complying with the wishes
OF the distinguished jurist From Bos-
ton Judge Gray went to Providence to
hold court. he asked the United States
marshal there to provide him with .
carriage to carry him back and forth.
The marshal said he could not do so
without paying for the vehicle out of
his own pocket.
Why. how's that?' exclaimed the
astonished jurist.
The department would not allow
the account, and I'll have to nav II ;,
explained the marshal.
But the marshal at Boston furnished
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
They Were rbere.

1t was aptly said of the Columbian
exhibition that one might almost ell
bow his own grandmother and never,
know it. A Massachusetts gentleman,
having his camera along, took snap
shot at certain scene When he
reached home and developed his photo
graph, there in the foreground
were imaged his brother and sister-in-
law, near neighbors of his whom he
had not supposed to be within thou
sand miles of Chicago. IS
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21
A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.


The important experiences of others are
interestil.,. The following is 10 exception:
81 had been troubled with heart disease %
years, much Of tha5 tine very seriousiy.s For
five years | was treated by one physician con-
tinuOusIy. / Was in business, but obliged TO
retire oil account OF my health. A ply
sician told nv friends that | could not live q
month NY feet and limbs were badly swCi-
len, and was indeed in q serious condition
when a gentleman directed my attention to
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure and said that his
sister, who had been afflicted with heart dis
ease, had been cured by tie remedy, and was
again a strong, healthy woman. purchased
a bottle of the Heart Cure. and in less than
an hour after taking the first dose L could
feel decided Improvement ii the circulation
of my blood. When | had taken three doses l
could move my ankles something | had not
done for months,and my limbs had been swol-
len so long that they seemed almost purified.
Before had taken one bottle OF the New
Heart Cure the swelling had all gone down,
and was so much better that did my own
work. On my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedJ."-Mr Morgan,
500 w. Harrison St, Chicago, ILL.,
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure, a discovery of an
eminent specialist in heart disease, issOld by
all druggists on a positive guarantee, or Sent
by theD Miles Medical Co, Ell<hart, Ind, on
receipt of price, 81 per bottle, six bottles for
S., express prepaid. lis positively free from
all Opiates or dangerous drugs
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-12-21

entler sex, every one of W ON ehould subscribe to
'emorests Magazine. If you unacquaintcd with
8 merits send for specimen copy ifreel. and
on will admit that seeing these THUMBS has put
on in the way OF saving morey by finding in one
sagazine everything to satisfy the literary wants Of
he whole family.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

Miss Mary, second daughter of
Murat Halstead, is engaged to be
married to Mr.. Arthur Stem, of Gin
cinnati.
Gen. Wade Hampton has received
five fox hounds from an English
Earl. The dogs came by steam from
Liverpool, via Port Royal.
Napoleon would not trouble China,
because as he said, the Chinese were
troubling no one. and if they were
conquered they would be-: taught the
art of war, and would then be a me-
mace to France. The Japs are giving
them lessons
For quiet, cheap and modest bit
of jewelry, Nine, IHenri Schneider,
wife of the proprietor of the Creusot
Iron Works, wears diamond which
belonged to the crown jewels OF
France, and for which $4,000 were
paid at the auction sale.
A hen in neighboring county re-
Gently laid an egg that had we'll
defined pictute of three prong pitch
fork on the shell. The hen must
have attended one of the Tillman
Campaign meetings where there was
80 much talk about hell and pitch
forks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

"Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. S. runs through to Charleston. s. c., vi.
Central R. r.. arriving Naming e:2l P. NJ.
Lanes 7:o5 P. M.. Charleston $40 P. n.
Trains on South and North Carolina r. r.
leave Atkins . 40 m, and 30 p m, arriving
Lucknow IL 10 m and 8 90 N. Returning
leave Lucknow6 As q and 20ip m. arrivin 6
Atkins Is IN and so P N. Daily except
Sunday
Trains on Hartsville r. r. lsave Hartsville
daily except Sunday at 4-S9 .. m. arriving
Fl.yds 500 a. m. Keturnfng leave Floyds $40
p m., arriving fiartsvihsS SI0 p, q.
Trains on Wilmington chsdbeurn and Con
way railroad, leave Chadbourn 1910 q. m
arrive at Conway 1880 p. m, returaing leave
Conway at 200 p. M, agive Chadbourn 4.5o
p. m: Leave cbadboarn 5.35 p. M. arrive at
Hub $40 F. m. Returning lseve Hub at 8. Is q
m. arrive at Chadbourn 500 Am Daily OK.
cept Sunday.
JOHN. F. DIVINE, General sup't.
I.R EENLE, Genl .Msnager.
f.. NJ EMERSON; Traffic Manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

Do, but there are thousands who
charge more.
DRY GOODS we have all you
want-cheap, medium aud 6nc. but they
will be sold cheap.
If you are man aud want a Hat
come and see our Job Lots before buy
ing. We bought drummers' samples at
fifty cents on the dollar is the reason
we sell them 50 cheap. The nobbiest
aad latest styles as cheap as you could
buy second hand one.
Come and pay us social call if you
do not want to buy-but when you see
how cheap we can sell goods you will
buy any way. It will pay you to buy
things you don't want, 'they are so
cheap.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

Trains 80 and 81 connect with No. at
Vances.
Trains "a and SO connect with No. at
Vances.
No. Al connects with No. 9 at Entawville
No. counects at Hamlet with the famoua
ssAtlanta Special" of the Sea Board Air Line
carrying Pullman Sleepers from Washington
and Portsmouth and runs solid from Hamlet
to Charleston. This train leaves New York
800 p. M, Philadelphia AL, Baltimore 7.31,
Washington $50, Richmond 1928 9. m
Portsmouth $50 p. N. aud Raleigh s. Tia. m.
No. runs eolid from Charleston to Hamlet
and connects With s. A. L. ''Atlants Special
With sieepers from Hamlet to Washington and
Portsmouth, arriving Raleigh l.30 a. M,
Portsmouth 900 a. M, Richmond $40,
Washington l0.45, Baltimore, 1900 m, Phil
adelphia 2.20 p. H., New York 4.53.
c.. MlLLARD, Superintendent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
Cheap :!
Cheaper! J!
Cheapest :!
Did you ever hear
of goods being sold
so cheap?

Ali goods except Corn and
Bacon are cheaper than ever
before.
Cotton is cheap because SO much has
been made. Corn and Bacon are high
because so little has been made.
We are not intending to deliver q leo
tare on political economy, but to letyou
know that you can buy things SO cheap
from us.
Believing that money would be scarce.
We only bought what we could sell
cheap. Don't imagine we mean to say
that our stock is cheap, common goods,
but CHEAP FOR THE QUALITY.
Our Groceries will always be the best
that money cas buy, but they will be
sold cheap. There is not house in the
South that carries better class Of
GROCERIES than
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
HARLlN CITY BRANCH.

No. 33 going North leaves vances SIS =.
m, Millican's 6 rs, SHELLS 8 SO, Parlers e.42,
arrives Harlin City 90 p. m.
No. 90 going South leaves Harlin City 80
a. m, Parlers 8 48, Snella 8 81, Aillicaa's
10 O4, arrive Vsnces 10 Is .. N.
No. 81 going North leaves Vanees IL s. p.
M, Millican's 05, Smells Is, Parlsrs ! %,
arrive Harlin City so p. m.
No. "a going South leaves Harlin City 90
p. M, Parlers 20, Smells 533, Aillican's
Al, arrive Vaoces IS p. m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
THE
SUMTER INSTITUTE
FOR WOMEN.

TINE TWEN?Y-SEvENTH COLLEGI-
ate year of the Institute will begin
September llth, 1894. With its full corps of
efficient teachers aud high standard of schol-
arship, it offers advantages for educating
young ladies. equal to any College for wo-
men in this State We intend that it shall
grow in efficiency as it grows in years, and
thus command the continued favor of its
patrons, and commend itself to the favor of
all who have daughters to educate. Entire
expenses for the year from $3.50 to $500.
For particulars apply to
H. FRANK WILSON,
President,
july q. Sumter, S. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28
POND BLUFF BRANCH.

No. Al leaves Eutawville As a. m, Belvi-
dere 1856 arrive Ferguson HOS.
No. AZ leaves Ferguson II 35 am Belvi-
dere ll.45, arrive Eutawville ll.55.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

Dinner at kershaW.
CONNECTIONS.
Camden-With S. C. Ry., for Charleston,
Columbia, Augusta and all points South.
Lancaster-With Cberaw h Chester N. G.
R. R., for Chester.
Catawba Junction-With G. C. 4 N. R. R.
Rock Hill-No. 80 with "Vesiibule Limi.
ted'' ou R. l. D. R. R., arriving at Charlotte
$50 pm, Washington I 20 a m, Philadel-
phia 10 46 m, New York l.23 pm.
Yorkville-With Chester l. Lenoir R. R.
Blacksburg-With R. 4 D. R. R. for Spar
tauburg, Greenville, Atlanta and points
South, aud Charlotte aud points North.
Shelby-No 80 with Carolina Central for
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 Agt.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16
HE CARRIED BOMBS.
Police Captured John Kelly With Three
Of the Gas Pipe Pattern.

Police Captured John Kelly with Three
Of the Gas Pipe Pattern.
NEW York, March 14.-Three pieces
Of iron pipe, capped and primed, and
supposed to be charged with high ex-
plosives were found in a parcel carried
by John Kelly of 6S3 Grand street, who
was arrested while prowling with an
other man, in front of Florist Amman's
gardens in Harlem, about 3 o'clock a. m.
Besides the gas pipe bombs, which are
about 10 inches long, there were nine
paper cartridges in the parcel. Amman's
is one of the most extensive hot houses
in the city.
In the n~eighborhood are the finest
apartment houses in Harlem. The men
were conversing in low tones when
Officer Connors made q dart for the man
with the bundle, and grabbed him by
the collar. The other man dashed away
in the darkness. The man whom Con-
nors held tried to pass the bundle to the
other man before he ran, but was pre-
vented from doing SO by the policeman.
"What have you got i'll that bundle!'
asked the policeman.
"Oh, it's only a bundle of clothes"
answered the man.
well, let's take a walk to the house."
said the officer, taking the bundle from
the man with one hand and grasping
his prisoner firmly by the collar.
At the stationhouse the bundle was
laid upon the s%ergeant's desk. When
the latter uhrolled the piece of news
paper and discovered what it contained
he staggered back and nearly collapsed
with horror.
The sergeant on making the discovery,
Immediately notified Inspector Conlin,
and the latter hurried to the station
house and sent for an expert to examine
the find. 1t is asserted that each of the
paper cartridges contained enough
dynamite to blow down an ordinary
house. The bombs have not yet been
subjected to a test. The prisoner Kelly
would say but little. He is u laborer,
and is ignorant. The police are in hopes
of capturing the man who was with
him.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16

On Monday THE TRIBUNE received the
first annual report OF the bureau of ag-
riculture, labor, and industry of Montana
for the year ended Nov. 30, 1893.
The book is a compendium of statistics
which at the present time are much
sought after, not only by our W citi.
zens, but by prospective settlers and in.
v%estors. The report is divided into eigh,
parts, each relating to some very impor'
tant subject. An appendix is added Civ
ing a summary of the Montana laws rela'
tive to labor; also ar excellent map cor
rected to date. The completeness ano
comprehensiveness Of the whole work il
a monument to the immense patienct
and toll it takes to gather innumerabl,
details, and reflects the highest credit or
Capt. Mills, the commissioner.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16

One of the New York city newspapers
interviewed a number of successful and
we'll known men and women the ether
day to see if they had any regrets at days
misspent. Vice President Stevenson, Tom
Reed, DIR. Depew, Ward McAllister,
Corbett, LATE Pence, Ella Wheeler Will
cox and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher were
among those consulted, and as a rule
they seemed to be very well satisfied
with the past. Some of those ques-
toned acknowledged their mistakes. but
thought these peccadillos served as
guides and warnings for the life that
followed. The fact is, everybody has
made mistakes, more or less, not except.
ing Moses. But there is this difference
between a wise man and afool-the wise
man keeps his follies to himself, and the
fool publishes them to the world. And
| there is another difference also-the wise
man changes his mind and thus corrects
his mistakes, but the fool never does.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16

DISPATCHES from London seem to in-
dictate that in liberal circles all seems
clear for practically a united party be-
hind Lord Rosebery, and for the con-
tinued support of the Irish n~ationalists,
the tory and liberal unionists speakers
and newspapers profess to believe he
Will not fulfill the promises of the Glad
stone program upon home rule, but will
endeavor to frame a compromise meas
ure, which may be accepted by the duke
Of Devonshire and enough other seces-
sionists from the liberal party to give
him a majority without the Irish votes.
This is probably mere bluster. The
radicals and Irish leaders appear to be
very sure that Prime Minister Rosebery
will 60 not less far and possibly farther
than did Mr.. Gladstone himself, relying
upon his own extraordinary popularity
with the English people. There are re-
ports that Mr.. Gladstone really was not
sincere in his outwardly warm support
of Lord Rosebery. This apparently is
an %unfounded canard. Gladstone's re-
cent actions toward the Irish leaders in
dictate that while resigning the premier.
ship, he has no intention of resigning
his interest or active part In national
affairs.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16
NOTICE To VOTERS,

Notice of Election in and for the City of
Great Falls, Montana.
Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the 9th day Of April, 1894, from 8
o'clock a. m. TO 6 o'clock p. m. OF said
day, the annual city election in and for
said city will be held, at which election
are to be elected the following officers
of said city, to-wit:
Treasurer to fill ~unexpired term.
One alderman from each of the four
wards of said city.
The following are the judges and
clerks of the several wards:
First Ward.
Judges--James Bird, Nicholas O'Brien,
G. W. Junkins, ID. ID. Lambie and b. p.
McNair.
Clerks james Bennett and W. e.
Haines.
Polling Place-Corner First avenue
north and Second street.
Second Ward.
J~udges-Fred Wright, Samuel WILDER,
Ezra Delebaugh, Aaron James and w,
ii. Allison.
Clerks-Charles Fletcher and John
EWerZ.
Polling Place-Corner Fourth avenue
south and Fourth street.
Third Ward.
Judges-E. ID. Pring, j. II. Barnard
j. G. johnson, Amos Desilets and H
Wildekopf.
Clerks-A. +. Kyle and G. II. Chase.
Polling Place-Old school house.
Fourth Ward.
Judges-William Williams, j. NJ. Pat
ten, David Hartnett, j. S. Alling and A
w. Paul.
Clerks-Don l.. Willard and Geoyg,
Lockhart. 49,
Polling Place-Realty block on Fiftl
street.
G. II. GLARS,
City.Clerk.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16
SNUG ROBBERY.

Over $12 900 Worth of Bullion Stolen
from tho Anaconda Company.
BUTTE City, March l2.-Meager in
formation reached here today of a silver
bullion robbery last night at the works
of the Anaconda company. The amount
is placed at $4,000. 1t is said the rob-
berry occurred between - and 3 O'Clock.
The Waterman was away at the time for
ashort while and when he returned he
found that the retort had been
broken into by the use Of crowbars and
the bullion carried off. 1t was hauled
away in a wagon. 1t is said that two
men hired a team about u o'clock last
night in Anaconda and returned at
o'clock. The police here have no Motif.
cation of the robbery. Several men who
arrived from there today confirm the re-
port that the robbery actually occurred