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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-09
III.

Night comes, and the streets Of the
old town grow more quiet. Men have
cheered themselves hoarse, and intense
excitement has wearied everybody. An
even so men have signed the roll, and
more will come in tomorrow. The re-
cruiting Office has been closed by the re-
moval ct the table and the departure of
the captain. With that officer we have
little to do. With the man in citizens
clothes who assisted him we have much.
Let me introduce to you as be sits on
the veranda Of the village inn Duke
Wyle, 20 years of age. a bachelor, the
only son of ex-Judge Wyle, the nabob
of the village and county. The young
man has been educated for nothing in
particular. He has done nothing in
particular since he left college.
"Duke? Oh, Dukes all right" was
the reply to any half meant criticism.
1.-The old mans got plenty of money,
and Duke is his heir. Good boy, that
Duke. Likes to hunt and ride and is a
little wild, but he'll steady down after
a bit. Don't you worry about Duke!'
And when the news of war came
Duke found the excitement his nature
craved. When the volunteer company
was full, he was to be it's first lieuten-
ant. He and Royal Kenton were ac-
quaintances, but not friends. In the be-
ginning they had been attracted toward
each other, and there was promise OF
close intimacy. But no two men can
love the same woman and be friends
be anything less than enemies. Both
were frequent callers at the old man
sion standing at the head Of the long
street, in which resided the widow and
daughter Of the late Hon. John Percy,
one of Virginia s Oldest and wisest SEN
ators and statesmen. II Marian favored
either enc, if she was interested in any
one of her numerous callers, no sign Of
encouragement had been given. Ken
ton and Wyle were only two out of
twenty, and yet it seemed to be general
ly understood that she would ultimately
favor one or the other.
"Hooray! Hooray! We uns will be
in Washington in less'n 80 days."
It was the voice Of Steve Brayton
shouting as he drew near.
"You there, Steve?:" called Wyle as
the enthusiastic volunteer was swinging
his hat and making ready for another
cheer.
"W'at's wanted, lootenant?:"
Come up bere!!"
"Doggone my hide, but want to git
down thar and hev a fout SO bad that /
can't stand %still!' growled Steve as he
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sarum. Tat generation knew nothing
sof war. sMen looked upon the waving
flags and nppling Banners, the march
ing volunteersand The holiday attire and
said to each other:@
"Then this is war? Men who have
written of war have deceived ne. There
is no suffering, no wounded, no dead.
Let us also join in the march,"
But historians had not deceived them.
They were deceiving themselves. The
beginning Of war is merriment and
q The end IS marked by Thousands
Of marble headstones bearing the single
word ''Unknown''-those and Grape
and tears and desolation. 1t is O'Clock
in the afternoon of one. of those never to
be forgotten spring days of 1861. re-
membered now only by gray barred
men and women. The scene is the an
cient town of. Winchester, in the beau
tiful Shenandoah valley, the garden
spot of the Old Dominion. Under cover
of a wooden awning sheltering the front
of the old store and postof6ce two men
are seated at a table borrowed some
where for the4occasion. One of them
wears the uniform Of a militia captain;
the other is in citizens dress and has a
list of names on a paper before him.
Hear what the captain is saying to the
men crowding up until they stand six
or eight deep before him.
I'VE want 60 more. men to fill up this
company. Within a week we shall be
ordered to the front. We want only
young men and good men. Now, then,
you all who want to go to war and see
some fun put your names down on this
paper. You, there, Steve Brayton, step
up and sign!"
Chow long shall we n be gone.
~captain?"
81 reckon on 60 days."
"Then I'll put down."
"And I!n
"And T."
"say, captain" called a young farm
er from the rear rank Of the crowd,
''can't 20 make the time 80 days? The
old mans feelin porely this spring, and
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"SaN, Stcuc, do you knoW there's Yankee
among uS:."
came along down the veranda. What's
up, lootenant: Hain't dun gone and got
word that them ar Yankees is goin to
give up without a fout, hev ye:"
'"No. There's no news this evening.
Sit down."
"Whoop! I'm powerfully minded to
sot out by myself and git thar befo' the
fussin is all over!!" exclaimed Steve as
he hesitated to take the chair pushed at
him by the others foot.
"Sit down. You'll get there soon
enough without any extra hurry! Say,
Steve, do you know there's a Yankee
among us-a regular, full fedged Yam
kee right here in this town."
"Lordy, no! Has he un cum down to
captur' we uns::"
HE is here as a spy, Steve-as a spy
to let 'em know up north what we are
doing. You fellers are not very bright,
or you'd have got onto him without my
telling"
"Shoo. A Yankee spy right yere in
this town? Hevyo' seen him with yo'r
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There is a great principle herein in
vo1ved, but our greatest statesmen are
divided over it,. The south seeks indie
pendence fromsa federation which has
become unbearable:s Tie north, orat
least a goodly portion of it, denies the
right of secession. This coming war is
the consequence. I stand on neutral
ground"
"You are neutral today, but you can
not be 80 days hence, "said the oldlaw-
yer as a troubled look came into his
face. DC you find any neutral men IN
that crowd down there? Have you heard
any neutral talk among our people? 1t
may not be 10 days before you will be
put to the test"
"What test?"y
"Of your allegiance to one side or
the other. Every young man in our
town is fastening to volunteer. | am
too old to be taken now, but later on !
may be forced into the ranks. 1t will
be a wal in which the south will need
her last man. / am not pledged to a
southern c~onfederacy, but I Am pledged
to Virginia: l go with my state. You
have come down to cast your lot with us.
It is for you to answer whether you are
for or against your adopted state.
Think it over. If you wish to go north,
the routes are still open. If you wish
to remain, you will be asked why you
DON volunteer. I do not seek to infu-
ence you. Be guided by your own con-
science. Tomorrow we will settle all
business matters between Us. 1t may be
years before there is any further call
for our legal talents in this or any other
Virginia town. Military law will soon
override everything"
The old lawyer s up and passed
down stairs on his way home without
further remark, leaving Royal Kenton
in a brown study, which was interrupt
ed 10 minutes later by wild cheering on
the street. He went down to ascertain
the cause, and a mar who had just vol
unteered swung his hat and replied:
"Hooray! We uns is gwine to send
feilers right on to captur' Washington
and ole Abe Lincoln""
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Saved From asPunla by = Dogs Strategy

Saved From asPunsa by = Dogs Strategy
Billie, tie 1Syesr-old daug6terpfJom
Flock, an Asom county, Warmer,
narrowly escaped attack from a noun
tainlion. At 8 sharp turn itheual
the girl came in. full view of a large and
ugly looking lion. It slowly advanced
toward her, when she called for the dog.
The dog appeared upon the scene and
made for the lion, but kept out of reach
of the animals sharp claws. The dog
kept worrying anti tormenting the beast
to attract it's attention from the child
until the little girl was out of harms
way, when it, too, left for the home of
it's master.-Portland Oregonian.
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Model Man.


OF course women like good men, but
they don't like priga One bright girl
was entertaining another with the de-
scription Of a young man who lived next
door. He seemed a model. He never
smoked, played cards, staid out late,
talked back to his mother, told a lie or
said a swear word in all his life.
"Now, what do You think of a young
man like thats:' cried the first bright
girl, with the expression Of one who has
played the ace Of trumpa
'"I think said the second bright girl
slowly and solemnly, .'that he must have
liver complaint and have it badly
Chicago Post.
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Suffrage Progress.

The Boston Evening Transcript says
editorially: THE drift of things in the|
direction Of equal rights for women Isl
shown in The following chronology: In,
1s45 Kentucky gave school suffrage to-
widows. In 1861 Kansas gave it to al
women. In 1859 Wyoming gave full
suffrage to all women, and England gave;
municipal suffrage to single women and
widows. In 1875 school suffrage was!
granted by Michigan and Minnesota, In:
1876 BY Colorado, in 1878 by New Hamp-
shire and Oregon, in 1879 by Massa-
chusetts and in 1880 by Vermont and
New York. In 1881 municipal suffrage
was extended to the single women and
widows Of Scotland. School suffrage:
was granted by Nebraska in18Ss and by:
Wisconsin in 1885.
Municipal suffrage was given to the
single women and widowsof New Bruins
wick in 1885 and school suffrage to the
women Of Washington in the same year.
In 8e7municipal suffrage was granted in
Kansas to all women, and school suffrage
was given in North and South Dakota,
New jersey, Idaho, Arizona and Montana.
In 1891 school suffrage WA granted in Il
linois. In 1893 school suffrage was grant
ed in Connecticut and full suffrage in
Colorado and New Zealand. Evidently
the common sense Of the world is work
ing around by degrees to a belief in
equal rights for women. No disasters
havefollowed the aeceptancee Of the
ciple elsewhere, and there IS no reason to
suppose that twill result incatastrophes
and cataclysms in Massachusetts,"
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Exteuuatins Circumstances.

Extenuat1ng circumstances.
There was trouble in the coffee COM
plexioned young woman's eye as the two
policemen escorted her from the alley.
"What made you hit that girl" asked
n Of the officers.
"What made me hit 'er? had er call
ter hit 'er. Da's what made me hit 'er."
.She wasn't doing anything. You were
making all the trouble"
81 had a right ter make de trouble.
Twas her talk dat done made me- smash
'er."
.sWhat did she say"
''she didn't say muffin. She 5es' sinni-
vated."
"Well," asked the officer impatiently,
sswhat did she insinuate"
"'Twas bout ms new dress. She done
axed ne how j; got de labeb often de ham
covers dat I sewed in fob sleeyes.-An den
I smashed 'er."-Washington Star.
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ITO BE CONTINUED.
ODDS AND ENDS.

Professor Garner says that gorillas do
not converse with chimpanzees.
Three CIT IF the frs. ecc. presidents 9:
the United States married widows.
Workmen in Italy wear boards as a
rule, owing to the cost of shaving.
The jewelers. wheel was employed by
Greek artisans in cutting canoes from
agate.
During Victoria's reign India has COIN
ed e2, 900, 600 in gold and eoos, 000, 900 in
silver.
Don't gyowl because it's raining. If it
was dry weather, you might get sun
struck.
It is computed that 1000 cattle give g.
tons of beef and 1000 sheep 124 tons of
mutton.
The Chinese claim to have possessed
the art of enameling metals from at least
1000 B. C.
All the glaciers in the Alps would not
equal in size n OF the largest in the
territory Of Alaska.
Since the dawn of human life NADIA
gascar has been inhabited by at least II
species of gigantic birds.
An advertisement in a Chicago paper
describing a lost dog stated that the ami
NAL has a gold capped tooth.
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Safe and Unsafe Rubber.

Rubber articles that float in water
and are elastic and soft are harmless.
Black rubber dolls that are colored
throughout the mass and the mate
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Red and brown rubbers contain
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Gray rubber contains zinc oxide
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SENT IN A LETTER.

For hours she sat with paper spread
Beneath her hand as if to write,
But not a single word she'd said
Upon that page of purest white.
An easy task it was to her
With schoolgirl eloquence to gush:
Then wherefore does the pen not stir?
And why this most attractive blush?
Had common friendship urged her pen,
Swift on its GRAND, III engage,
The little scribe had travelled then,
And covered over many page.
But, all! 1t is no easy task
For this dear maiden to indite
A letter-and her heart unmask-.
When tits a lover bids her write!
"A sentence may so much convey!
One word volume may express
To those who read it far away,
And make the meaning more or less!
And so she fingers DER the page,
On which, in words of living light,
Her heart has written to assuage
Its panther task to expedite.
She bushes as she reads the lines,
And-modest maiden-seems to think
AS she at last her pen resigns,
That they are writ with common ink.
And on the page, still pure and white,
She presses one long, lingering kiss,
And trusts that he who babe her write
The letter will not read amiss.
He breaks the seal with eager haste.
What! Not one word? Oh, yes, seel
This that appears barren waste
Betrays my darling's love for me!
When tongue or pen their aid refuse
The heart is then most eloquent.
So, love, your letter l peruse,
And take the kisses that you sent"
Josephine Pollard in New York Ledger.
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Wild OYSTERS

A traveller who has eaten oysters
in all lands has this to say about wild
oysters: 81 never want to eat better
oysters than some 1 found growing
in the trees at Station Creek, Port
Royal. I used to go out before break
fast and pick enough for feast.
They were tree oysters, and used to
take a stone to dislodge them. Sounds
like a yarn, but it is true every time.
The tide comes in there 10 or IL feet
high, and the trees were submerged
twice every 81 hours, and the oysters
lodged in them. And they staid there
and attracted more. When the tide
went out, they were stranded high
and dry, and lazy fellows like myself
were glad to eat them"
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An Ancient Maiden's Courtship.

She was a spinster of only too GER
tain age. Her long, pale face was
surmounted by a magnificently lux
urious red wig; her bony figure stood
5 feet liz in her maidenly CATERS,
and her relatives had long been per-
suaded that only death could deprive
them of her.
Mr.. Jones was @ dear neighbor
and a mild man. When his wife fell
i'll, Miss Samantha was most atten-
tive. When Mrs. Jones departed,
then did the spinster recognize the
rising of that tide in her affairs
which was to lead her on to-Mr
Jones.
So persistently and warmly did
she console the widower that he
lived in an atmosphere lurid with
her wig and was swallowed in the
vortex of her destinations without a
murmur. From the grave she led
him at once to the altar, and three
hours after Mrs. Jones the first left
her home for the last time Mrs.
Jones the second crossed the thresh-
old triumphant bride.
1t is recorded of the dazed bride
groom that, when asked if he would
take Samantha for his wife, he an
swered mournfuHy:
Il s'pose mought as we'll Pears
like the Lord'n never quit tromplin
on my feelins. New York journal.
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The annual meeting of the Kelly
motor stockholders is postponed "for
few months" in order to enable Mr..
Kelly to perfect the motor. This
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last 20 years or SO.
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A statistician with an appetite for
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of the United States drink s, 1875, 900
gallons of water every day of the
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