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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-25

of slavery which has been hitherto a
closed book to the reading public
although in the oral traditions of the
freedman there have been frequent
suggestions and hints of the social
conditions which even the most zeal
GUS Abolitionist would have thrust
aside as Incredible. -
Then follows statements that we
can not for decency's sake copy, for
it is too internal to be repeated
And this is the sort of literature tia.
corrupt Chicago concocts for its youth.
Shame upon the liar and slanderer
who wrote the vile book and the
house that published it.
Mr.. Maurice Thompson in his
excellent dissection of Tess" makes
a point well worthy Of Thoughtful con-
sideration. He suggests that literary
fine art even now is essentially
heathen." He finds cause for 80
thinking alike in the poetry and fiction
of this time. He says these appeal
directly and palpably and vigorously
"to the ancient, elemental, con.
scienceless substance of humanity. I"
William Morris, Swinburne, Sir
Edwin Arnold and other lesser poets
cam answer. The lascivious. the
unhealthy, the impure in poetry and
fiction attract and sell. Their COM
mercial value is great for they fetch
in return for the outlay thousands OF
dollars into the till. Mr.. Thompson
says, and we copy it with sympathy
and Endorsement.
ave must admit that novels and
poems on this subject are immensely
fascinating, and that in cold COM
mercial view they are good property.
In the same view whiskey aud gambl-
ing rooms are excellent investments.
Gilded dives pay large dividends in
the lawful currency. St. Peters
Church has fewer visitors than Monte
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-25
Many other Ne1
Goods

Have just been received and
you will find the prices aston
ishly low, even for these times
of Bed Rock prices. Don't
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-25
Get our Prices

On Groceries before buying.
If you desire quality we can
give it to you. If you desire
quantity you can get that also.
We are selling-agents for a
number of firms, and merchants
can buy certain lines of goods
from us cheaper than else
where.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08
Man and the Lower Animals.

There used to be a man day after day
IN the gardens of the Tuilerics at Paris
who was just as well known to the
birds frequenting the place as if he
had been one of themselves. AS soon
as he appeared in the open spaces
everything with wings, near and far,
fiocked to him, hoped upon his boots,
perched upon his arms and shoulders
and even on the top of his cap, perfect
ly fearless and friendly, while they
waited joyously for the crumbs or seed
which he oas sure to have in his pocket
for them. There was a lady also, re.
siding every summer in the highlands
of Scotland, who had in the same way.
by steadfast kindness to all the feath.
cred world about her. gained thei1
complete confidence. Morning after
morning, as soon as she went out on
the lawn. every kind of bird in the
vicinity would come at the sound of her
voice, betraying not the slightest timid.
atty, the vary widest of them taking
food from Ier hands. 1t is pathetic
Thought to reflect how willing the lower
animals are to make friendly alliance
with man, who, being. as it were, Il god
to them. asks from Heaven that mercy
and compassion of which he shows so
little to the living beings committed te
ais care.-London Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08
PlTH AND POINT.

| Garden hose should be appropriate
wear for a lawn party.-Truth.
The most accurate weather report
is the thunder-clap.-Texas Siftings-
Man does not need one-tenth of the
/ space he imagines he needs. Calves
| ton News.
| With all his practice, the devil has
never improved on the first hypocrite.
| Rams Horn.
For constant cheerfulness the 1um-
| herman takes the cake; he is always
chipper.-Lowe1l Courier.
While the theatrical manager makes
most money in the long run. the coal
| man builds up successful business in
small weigh.-Philadelph Record.
She (sweetly)-"What did you see
| (savagely)-'.The biggest cartwheels
| that a milliEer ever madem-N. Y.
| Journal.
-s'Footlight made a great hit in the
| last play he was in" ''Great Cesar,
man! he was discharged"' Eyes. but
| he had drawn his entire salary.''-In-
ter-Ocean.
-'De man dat uses de big words
| remarked Uncle Eben, ''may git de
'plause. but he aim nigh SO likely ter
make plain folks change deyre Minis. .
Washington Star.
-Nell-''How do you know that she
| is in love with Jack?" Belle-''Because
she told me that he was perfectly hor.
rid. and if she were in my place she
| wouldn't have anything to do with
| him ''-PhilaGelphia Record
-Doctor-''What you want now, my
| man, is fresh air. You want to be
| taken OUT Patient-''Shall engage
stand me. sir; did not say you wanted
to be taken in but taken ut."-Yon-,
| kers Statesman.
Expecting Too Much.-Woman lin
third-class carriage)-''Oh, what a.
| noise! That horrid whistle is enough
to drive one mad" Guard-'I suppose
you want us for your six-pence to en-.
gage Patti to sing ON the engine for
| you!"-De Avonpost.
Breaking the Ice.-A.-"Mein frau
| lein, will you permit me to introduce
to you my friend B.?' Young Lady
but you are yourself perfect stran-
ger to mel" A.-"Oh! but my friend
Il. will Introduce me to you presently"
-Fliegende Batter.
Miss Scare slack Marblehead
gave me great reception yesterday.
He has cannon on his yacht, and
| when l came on board he fred salute
of ever SO many guns-forty nine, 1
think it was' Miss Smarte-''One for
every year of your age, l suppose. =
Vogue.
The Universal Nimrod. Wife.
chubby, dear, if you are going out
shooting, don't forget that we have
large supper-party the day after to-
morrow, and bring something nice
home" Husband-"Let me look at the
menu-I'll shoot anything you like. -
Der Floh.
MIR. Wayback's Johe.-Mr. Way
back-''Wall I've got good joke on
my son Ike. He wanted to know what
the weather was goin to be mex Thurs
day, and he went to the nail and took
down an almanac De Science
''Ha, ha, ma, ha!'' Mr.. Wayback-
Cant yeh wait till git through? It
| was last years almanac!"-Pucl.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08

''Yes, year before last had twenty,
and last year eighteen. and now this
year am narrowed down to one"
WHY, didn't the girls
Eyes, seventeen of them did. Six
teen thought had got beyond the age
of romance and now ought to live on
the solids of life, but the seventeenth
still thought might cling to little
of the romance. am glad there is
one who still holds to the old custom.
1t isn't nice to think one is dropped out
of the old life
''Oh! ! am sure the girls didn't mean
-" she stopped, for though she might
explain the meaning of the biscuit,
could she explain the one valentine?
cousin Albert told me shouldn't
always have SO many valentines, and
he was right But it is only the end
of a lesson that I have been a long time
learning. Martha says man can have
but one valentine. Now that 1 have
really come down to one, I find that
have never had but one, That l have
looked for yours first, and last night
when thought what it would mean if
you stop sending each year l could
hardly wait to see you and ask if you
! would come yourself as my valentine
Ruth, love you dearly; / think | al
ways have
Ruth still kept her eyes on the far
away hills But her heart was as full
of Joy as her eyes were full of tears.
Now she could say what she had been
| trying to ever since they started. Il
have felt so badly that l couldn't
! ~ Ir,t lilo I.
entines-"
"But do
well. you said you didn't s'pose one
| of the girls could make biscuits, and we
declared we'd like to smother you in
| them"
That explains it. couldn't think
what had done to bring down a flood
of that kind. Well, was overw helmed
, if not smothered."
but can't make biscuits and"
eff you could see the stacks at home.
sixteen dozen of them, you wouldn't
| wonder that l say with emphasis, I'm
glad you can't
Ruth turned with laughing eyes:
! Then l needn't apologize?"
No, indeed. l like valentines bet
ter than biscuits, but 1 guess it needed
just that to show me that l did"
sixteen dozen. What are you going
to do with them alp
Take you home with me to help eat
them. You haven't answered my ques-
| ton yet
I'm too young" but bright blush
was on the face turned again to the
hills.
10 laughed, liking her shy ways, yet
sure that he had seen favor in her eyes.
He wished he could surprise he- into
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08
TRUTH IN THE HOME.
flow Mothers Often Undermine Their Chill
dren's Regard for Truth.


The foundation of life is truth.
Truth is the foundation of home life,
business life, church life, society.
Without it there is no stability, be-
cause there is no confidence. Even
careless thinkers admit this; and the
one who least regards it in practice,
sometimes III his innermost soul values
it most While the value of truth as
basis of living is acknowledged, too
frequently mothers are the ones who
first introduce a child to falsehood.
The other day Il little child was
brought into a Kindergarten for the
first time. She absolutely refused
to remain without her mother. a
woman of wealth. and one who
might have 'in'n2nded leisure
had she wished, lat who preferred
filling her time with charitable and
social engagements. The timid little
girl held her mother a prisoner the en-
tire morning. The second morning
the child was a little more accustomed
to her surroundings, and did not cling
so tightly to her mothers dress. The
mother took advantage of this, and
said: eff you let me go out for little
while, I will come back and bring you
a box of candy" ''No, you WON'T
said the little girl, looking in her
mothers face with perfect fearless
ness: 81 know you won't" 'Oh, yes, /
WILL" responded the young mother;
''if you just let me go for little while,
/ will come back with :; box of candy
for YOU The child consented, but
her expression made it very plain
to the teachers in charge that she had
very little confidence that her mother
would keep that engagement. She sat
by and wa tchcd her little companions.
and after Il time joined in the games
and work. When her nurse came for
her, she was overheard to say: mann
ma said she would come back and
bring me box of candy, bat know'd
she wouldn't And the nurse gave no
evidence of surprise. The mother APP
peared the next day apparently with
not the slightest recollection of the
stain which she had put upon her own
character the day before. How can
that child have any regard for truth,
when the being whom she loves most
on earth cares SO little for it?-Out.
look
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08

rough-looking black woods SO much
used by Paris dressmalkers under tho
Eame of Vigones Six yards Of this
wide material make a stylish gown. A
handsome shade of Venetian brown OF
rudy tinge appears among some Of
the handsomest fabrics OF the season.
1t is made great use Of by ladies' tall
ors for elegant dresses of bengaline,
velours and velvet-striped cloth.
Nearly all the new ''dress" costumes
of velvet and cloth are accompanied by
a velvet cape to match or else cloth
cape with deep collarette Of velvet Tan
and russell skirts will be worn under
long overdresses and French redingotea
OF various rich spring fabrics. Waist-
coats, revers and cape collars to match
are added. The princess walking coat
without the arching hip seam will be .
favorite model for youthful wearera.
Cords, pipings, milliners' folds and
rows of gimp or velvet ribbon are used
by fashionable modistes for skirt and
bodice trimmings. Blouse waists and
folded serpentine bodices come nm
again for high favor.
KATE DUNBAR
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08

No one Knew why the daughters Of
to learn to make bread, but it was ID
fact that every girl in town suddenly
developed Il desire to relieve her mother
of the biscuit making. And vet. net
every one; for little Ruth Hazen de-
clared she couldn't and wouldn't, and
stuck to the china painting which she
sent regularly to Rockland, and which
brought her more money than carloads
OF biscuits would have done
Valentines day brought only one
valentine Tor 10, and he opened it
wondering if his friends had forgotten
that it was his birthday, or whether
they thought it time to drop the old
custom. He wondered who had re-
membered him The roses looked like
some he had every year, half blown
and always pink. Ruth Hazen always
wanted bunch of the blush roses by
the door, and he remembered SO we'll
how she buried her face in the last
ones he had carried TO her-yes. it must
have been Ruth. Puzzled and little
troubled at the dearth of valentines, he
knew not what to make Of it. Then
Grace Eames had refused to ride with
him last summer, giving a good reason.
OF course, but one that he knew could
have been laid aside.
After supper Il rafting wagon drove
to the door. and its driver, after
knocking, left on the step n bundle
directed to u. j. .Jcnnings.'
There, that's the Conant's wagon, 1
know; and this is Jennie's valentine. ;"
The bundle contained dozen of the
lighteSt biscuit ever seen, and this
rhyme:
y valentine dared not make
But biscuits By the dozen bake
Another knock. and another parcel was
deposited; another dozen biscuits SO
like the first that they might have been
made by the same hands, and this
rhyme:
You told the saint
didn't know how
To make = good biscuit:
just lock at this, now.
Sixteen dozen biscuits in sixteen differ
ent bundles We're spread on the table
before nine O'Clock, each bundle con-
tanning scrap appropriate to the day
and the unusual gift.
10 lay awake nearly all night trying
to think what could have brought this
avalanche OF bread upon him, and
finally concluded it must have been
that little speech Of his about the girls
not knowing how to make biscuits
But his mind kept returning to Ruth's
valentine, and 10y and 10y he decided
that q man cidn't need but one valen-
tine, especially if he had plenty Of
broad 40 toward r,DrDipcr he drowned
asleep TO dream of being shut up in Il
tower and not allowed anything but
biscuits to eat OF sleep on, ana the only
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08
FASHION LETTER.

= Season Of Great Activity In tho Fashina
World-Novelty. Variety and Originality
New and Tempting Spring Fabrics.
Especial New York Correspondence
The opening season gives promise OF!
being one Of great activity. merciless|
in its demands for novelty, great varie-l
~ and originality. Already the shops
are OVERLOOKING with new temptinRt
spring fabrics. and women are clamor-f
ing to know just exactly how THINGS
are going to be made for spring.
OF course, the first gowns Thoughts
about are the tweeds, cheviots and fnet
woolens, embracing the handsome CAM
els hair fabrics and English serges,
which come this year much lighter inf
weight, but softer and even more beau
tiful in quality and coloring than those
imported for costumes and coats last
year. The novelty in some of the rich
silk and wool mixtures is decidedly in
the weave, and, their coloring, influ-t
enced by Louis XIV. ideas, is more deli-
cate and less pronounced, and in many
cases more trying than that of the fab
rics OF last spring. Many of these gowns
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-08
MILITARY TRAINING,
Drilling the Conscripts in the Italian
Army.

Army.
Military drill, for the single reason
that it demands cerebral tension as
intense as study does, is to be pro-
scribed. In physical education, in
order to remedy the fatigue of the
brain, we ought to abolish all studied
movements of military gymnastics,
which demand regularity of rhyt thin or
the immobility of the soldier. Any
one who has been present at the drill
ing of conscripts must have noticed
that one-Ealf of the time is passed
standing IN listening to the ex-
PLANTATION of the exercises, and the
other half is passed on the stretch to
follow abrupt movements, which are
contrary to ma ture and which shake the
human frame without helping the
health. Military exercises are the
triumph and perfection of immobility.
Even the tips of the gun barrels must
not vacillate in the ranks, though the
m ovement of unconstrained breathing
is sufficient to cause a wayering.
The United States is the only coun.
try where the experiment OF obligatory
target practice has been made. In
1890 law was enacted by which all
persons of eighteen years and more,
available for military service, should
be trained in arms, and no one could
vote without having paper certifying
he had undergone the drill. But in
America also this requirement fell in
to disuse. Only after the war of 1850
was there another momentary awalx-
ing of the military spirit, and now the
conditions of America in this respect
are like those of Italy and Europe.
Target-shooting still holds it's own in
Switzerland for local reasons, due to
the natural formation Of the country.
Hunting is kept alive there by its
mountains and forests while the 1e-
gends of the nation make the marks
man most honorable among his fell
lows Not festival is held there but
all flock to it from the surrounding
country, to shoot at the target, and the
victors are crowned with wreathes and
carried in triumph. But elsewhere in
Europe the tradition of the cunning
archer has not survived the invention
of firearms. Mosso, in Chautauquan.
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ODD THINGS ABOUT CENTS.
Among Other Things They Are Quite Ex-
tensiyely Counterteited.


tensively Counterfeited.
From time to time one sees references
in the daily papers, referring to the
difficulty experienced by the ferry COM
panies, car lines, etc, in disposing of
enormous accumulations of ordinary
copper cents. The reader is very apt
to remember this, particularly if in ex-
change for dollar bill he is returned
ninety-fve oue-cent pieces by a con-
ductOr.
AS matter of fact, there is no excuse
for the item, much less for car con-
ductor or change taker in unloading
his weight of copper upon the always
more Or less abused passenger. The
United States sub-treasury, at Wall
and Nassau streets, makes, and has
made it u practice for years. of es-
changing minor coin for United States
mone7 of large denomination, and it
has many regular customers who are SO
served.
There are number of curious things
about cents as they come to the sub
treasury. In the first place, they are
quite extensively counterfeited. This
may seem strange, as the profit in
counterfeit cent is necessarily small.
It is true, however, nevertheless and
is supposed to be the work of Italians.
who, more largely than any other ma
tionality, seem to favor the imitation
of our minor and subsidiary coin.
The Brooklyn and New Jersey ferry
companies, the elevated railroads of
both New York and Brooklyn and the
various slot machine companies are
regular customers for the exchange of
cents for other money at the sub-treas-
urv. At times they turn in enormous
quantities, the slot companies alone
ranging between one hundred and
twenty-five dollars and seven hundred
dollars a day.
AS might be expected, all sorts of
oddities in the way of coin come in
with the quantity taken in the ma
chimes. In addition to the counterfeits
are scores of mot one cents of war
times, metal discs and foreign copper,
Austrian money predominating. AS the
copper cent is simply n token, no mat
ter what it's condition is, it is redeemed
at par if it can in any way be identi-
fed as United States money.
The popularity of the slot machines
ii tcdI VI 81 ago DIou0 hG dDouo q
curious condition of affairs in the
country. This was nothing short of a
''cent famine" The headquarters of
the company is in New York. and all
the agents sent their cents here for
redemption. which drained the coun-
try OF its supply and overstoclzed the
minor coin vaults of the sub-treasury
here with ccnts.-N. Y. Herald.
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thing he could see for miles were fields
of biscuits in all shades of brown,
which he was told he must eat as fast
as they ripened. Then he saw Ruth.
with her hair flying wildly about her
face. and, when he looked closely, he
found that what he thought hair was
only hundreds of valentines, and when
he tried to take them off her head she
suddenly turned into plump biscuit,
and the establishment awolSe him. to
find that the sun shone, and also that
his head ached.
this morning and see about that grain"
said Martha, when he came down COM
planning OF such a dismal headache.
The air'll do you good, and You can
take Ruth along. You 50 right by
there"
Ruth's eyes were red when she came TO
the door, TOR she had secretly shed tears
that she had not tried to learn bread
making, SO as to have had her dozen
with the rest which she knew must be
reposing on theapantry shelves i'll the
Jennings house. She had told herself
a hundred times she didn't care, but 1T
didn't alter the feeling in the least. and
she knew every time she repeated 1t
that deep in her heart she did care
good deal Yes, she would go. and as
she pinned on the jaunty black hat
with its red wing, and tucked her
hands in u wee muff, she thought to
herself there might be some chance to
explain why she hadn't done as well as
the rest of the girls
There had been little snow this year,
and the grouui was hard and smooth.
Only a few drifts by the roadside and
in the fields. and these were fast going
in the bright sunlight. The black
horse was in high spirits, the air was
clear. JOS headache drifted away.
Ruth was SO pretty to look at, and his
mother liked her so we'll
You haven't heard word / said!'
We'll, when l get old and feeble.
want to have few OF my senses left,
and SO while had such good use for my
eyes / thought l would let ICY ears
rest"
Ruth laughed, but she would not
look at him again, for she had seen the
love in his eyes when she lid look, and
she decided that the view toward the
hills was better for her than the one so
near at hand.
did you know had but one valen-
tine this year?" with peculia. en-
phasis on the zone"
Didn't you have more last year3"
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turning this way again. Eyes, think
| am too young. Why, I'm only thirty;
but we can both be growing older as
fast as we can, and by next June we
shall be old enough
He insisted that her aid was neces-
sary in consuming those biscuits, SO
they stopped to tell Mrs. Hazen. What
she could have seen in his face I cannot
tell, but she went into the house with
the remark that it wouldn't be the last
meal Ruth would eat in the Jennings
house,
He lifted her from the carriage with
mute caress, and, leaving the black
pony to walk leisurely into the open
door of the barn, he led Ruth into the
sunny sitting-room where his mother
sat III her cushioned easy-chair, and
said: Il have brought home valen-
tine, mother. One am going to keep"
and while she drew the blushing face
down to hers with her thin, white
hands and kissed it, 10 went out hur-
riedly to look after the pony and whis-
per in her ear that he was SO happy.
Meeting Martha on the way he stopped
to tell her that Ruth would stay to
dinner, but his face must have been a
very telltale one, for he might just as
we'll have said that she was to stay for
ever, and Martha shook hands with a
hearty ''I'm SO glad, Jo."-Mrs. n. A.
Nj. Roe, In Good Housekeeping.