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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
THE SIMONDS NATIONAL BANE

OF SUMTER.
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSIT
TORY, SUMTER, S. G.
Paid up Capital $4,000 90
Surplus Fund 1880 90
Liabilities of Stockholders to
depositors according TO the
law governing National Banks,
in excess of their stock S75,0 900 90
Trausacts a General Banking Business.
Careful attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of 81 and upwards received. H.
terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. per
anuum. Payable quarterly, on first days OF
January. April, July and October.
R. VI. WALLACE,
r. s. CARSON. President.
Aug l.. Cashier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Annoying the President.

The French government are taking
measures to protect the president from
annoyance A man was arrested because
he wanted to give NJ. Casimir-Perier a
package of newspaper cuttings CRITICS
ing his policy. The offender will be
prosecuted on the charge Of insulting
the head Of the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
OLE daattbmaA AMI soatbroa.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1895.
Peanut Candy.

Some gloomy day, when young folks yawu
And wish the weary hours were gone
Go to your storeroom and there get
Brown sugar, heavy, almost wet;
Send some one to q peanut stand
A quart, fresh roasted. you'll demand.
Set all the children Smelling these,
And make them whistle, if you please.
When these are shelled, chop, not too fine:
Butter some piepans set IN line;
Then take 8 pound of sugar, turn
Into a pan and melt. not burn,
But add no water. When It's done.
And like thick strip, quickly run;
Your chopped up peanuts lightly salt
And TURF them in. If there's no fault.
Stir just a minute. pour in tins
And cool-and then the fun begins
Good Housekeeping.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Act In the Present.

Don't keep alabaster boxes Of love and
sympathy to break over collins. Living
is none too sweet at best, and flowers
on the coffin cast no backward fra
GRANGE.
What do the dead care for the tender token,
The love, the praise, the floral offering?
But living, palpitating hearts are broken
For the want Of just these things.
Selected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Saw! You Bee-Keeper!

Send for a free sample copy Of Roots
handsomely illustrated 36-pAge. Glranings in
Bee-Culture, Semi-Monthly, 81 90 n ye"r)
and his 52-paees Illus. ca'alog of Bee
Keepers Supplies free for Your name aud
address on a postal. His a c OF Bee
Culture, 400 double-coIumn pp price Sl23,
is Just the book for YOU. Mention this paper
Address A.. l.. Root, the Bee-Man, Medina,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Railroad Temperance Men

1.-The temperance movement says the
Glasgow Herald, lis spreading rapidly
among railroad men. Already 10000
white buttons stamped with initials sig
nifying the Railroad Temperance asso-
citation have been distributed among en-
gineers and trainmen, and the demand
for them has been so great that $4,000
more have been ordered"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Burns Improved.

Il fairies lived. and one should visit me
And say, IA favor ask, I'll grant it thee"
Think you I'd seek the power craved by my
brothers,
To see myself as | Inn seen by others?
Alb. no. this would / beg the gentle elf
Let others see me as I see myself.
B. A. Heydrick.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
Y+bon art worn and hard beset

Il thou art worn and hard beset
With troubles that thou wouldst forget,
# thou wouldst read q lesson that will help
Thy heartfrom fainting and thy soul from sleep,
Go to the woods and hills! No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears:
-LOnCfellOW.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
vIIII. i, ALTA SOLUuOAS,
DENTIST.

DENTIST.
Office
OVER BROWN l. BROWNS STORE
Entrance on Main Street
Between Brown h Brown ahd Durant & Son.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 100; 2 to 5 o'clock.
April 9. 2
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07

a retentive clay soil. The land midway
between two drains has its surface
water conveyed away mostly by seep,
age. But all through the land adjacent
to tile drain the water also makes a
few little channels for itself toward the
tile. Is is known that such little chan
nelS are made from points as far ava Y
as twenty-five feet from a four-foot
drain. 1t may be taken for granted,
then, that a well drains naturally a
very large area about it, and the i'm
portance of allowing nothing of filthy
nature to exist within that area ought
to be apparent. 1t sometimes happens
that well is contaminated by matter
brought from a considerable distance
by surface water in time of a spring
freshet or heavy rain at other sea-
sons. To obviate this the ground about
a well should have height of some
two feet, a mound like arrangement
around the well curb, as shown in Fig
4. A well may also be contaminated by
earth worms. rats, mice or toads 1t is
wise, therefore, to lay the upper por-
ton of the wall in cement and bring
the wall up tight under the platform.
Ventilate by an opening covered by
wire.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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DIPPING STRATA.
INCLINED STRATA.

very sharply and again with but a
gradual dip. Fig. l shows such a
structure of the soil, and a well dug
down through it. 1t can be seen at a
glance that liquids soaking down upon
the left-hand side and striking a layer
of clay or other more or less impervi-
Gus soil, will be conveyed directly into
the well.
When it happens that nothing filthy
exists upon the surface on the side
where the strata slope toward the we'll,
the water remains pure, but when the
reverse is true, there is nothing to
hinder the filthy liquids soaking down
and running finally into the well. made
somewhat less harmful, but not wholly
so, in their passage through the soil.
Fig. l shows another structure of soil
that is often found. Here the strata
dip on two sides toward the well,
which has perhaps been dug purposely
in a depression, with the idea of a
greater likelihood of there finding
water. Any filth on two sides of a
well may thus be conveyed into it..
Moreover, in the case of soil that is
homogeneous in character there is a
natural drainage toward a well, as is
indicated in Fig. 3.
Land drainage is toward both wells
and drains. Tile drains laid three rods
apart and sunk four feet underground,
drain all the land between unless it be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
SELECTING LAYERS,
The Experience of Poultryman Who Has
Kept His Eyes Open.


1t is true that there is no infallible
rule for selecting the best layers in a
flock of hens, but there are few indi-
cations that show which hens are prob
ably the best layers. J say probably,
for the rule does not always work, and
exceptions to it are not rare.
1t will be understood by this that l
only give these rules from observation
among my own hocks, and from my
own experience.
The most active hens in a flock are
usually the best layers. The hen who
stands ready to run out of the house in
the morning as soon as the door opens
and flies at the feed as if she were
starving, is the one that will produce
the most eggs, commonly. Such hen
will not stand around in the sun after
eating her morning feed, but will be
seen far away from the house foraging
for food. She is the hen that sings as
she goes about, and is the one who
will find her way into the garden if
she can possibly get there.
large comb is sign of good
layer. BY this | mean large comb for
the breed she belongs to. Almost in
variably the Leghorn hen that has a
large thin comb that drops down over
one eye will be found to be good
layer. The comb of good layer is of
bright red all the time she is laying,
and as soon as it becomes pale, or dark
colored, you may be sure she has
ceased to lay.
The good layer is rather narrow
across the shoulder and wide in the
runp, with the rear of her body deep
and low. Her feathers are glossy and
her eye bright, and she is full of life
and action. If a hen possesses all
these indications, there is not much
danger in picking her for a breeder,
as she will almost always be prolific
and eggs produced by her will be fer
tile and the chicks strong and vigorous.
&C. c. Gale, in Farm News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
FACTS ABOUT HORSES.

EVEN in winter the horse is better
for outdoor exercise.
TEACH a horse what you wish him to
do and he will always do it.
WATER the horse in the morning be-
fore giving him his breakfast.
IT is said that men working in livery
stables are exempt from cholera.
BECAUSE prices are low is no reason
for starving or neglecting horses.
THE horse shows have done much to
develop enthusiasm for fine horses.
ABROAD only geldings are used for
city work and the brood mares are kept
on the farm.
ATTEMPTING to drive a smooth-shod
horse over slippery, icy roads is the
cause of many accidents.
IF the young stock are not thrifty
when they go in to winter, we doubt il
they will come out thrifty in the spring.
The shrinkage of value of horses last
and the total loss in falling off of
prices will no doubt aggregate $GO,O OO,-
600 since the commencement of the
present depression of values.
THE manner in which horse stands
still is one of the best indications of
soundness. If he stands with his legs
straight and well under the body there
Is not much the matter with them. II
he favors limb or straddles before or
behind, examine him carefully.--N Y.
World
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so the lambs can pass under mot the
sheep and in here have small troughs
and sprinkle ground oats and corn,
equal parts, and a little salt, and the
lambs will soon learn to eat it, and
continue this course till grass has a
nice start and then turn out your sheep
aud lambs in the daytime and fair
weather, bnt yard and grain at
night till feed is flush and weather
warm. About April Is you will have
some lambs fit for market, and by June
16 you should have them all sold. If
your sheep have been well handled
they will be fat and you can sell them
for mutton and have your flock all dis
posed of at a sharp advance on the cost
by July 20, and the mutton sheep
usually sell well at that time, and then
buy new flock for the coming winter
In September. In this way you have a
heavy fleece on wool, a valuable lamb
and an advance of cost of sheep of from
one to two dollars per head, a fine lot
of manure and only few or no sheep.
In August and September the months
feed is shortest and they do the land
most harm and with good care they al
ways pay well.-Farm journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
AN ALPENA MIRACLE.
11rs. Jas. M. Todd, of Long Rapids.
Discards Her Clutches.
In IN Interview with n Reporter She Re-
views Her Experience and Tells the
Real Cause of the Miracle.
tFrom q. ArQu.. Alpena, Meh.l


We have long known Mrs. Jas. NJ, Todd,
Of Long Rapids, Alpena Co., Mich. She
has been a sad cripple. Many of her friends
know the story of her recovery; for the
benefit of those who do not we publish 1t to-
day.
Eight years ago she was taken with nerv.
Gus prostration, and in few months with
muscular and infammatory rheumatism.
1t affected her heart, then her head. Her feet
became so swollen she could wear nothing
on them; her hands were drawn all out Of
shape Her eyes were swollen shut more
than half the time, her knee joints terribly
swollen and for eighteen months she had
to be held up to be dressed. One limb be-
came entirely helpless, and the skin was SO
dry and cracked that it would bleed. During
these eight years she had been treated by
score of physicians, and has also spent
much time at Ann Arbor under best medi-
cal advice. All said her trouble was
brought on by hard work and that medicine,
would not cure, and that rest was the onA
thing which would ease her. After goisJ
to live with her daughter she became emit u
ly helpless and could not even RI ~
arms to cover hefseh 80 -...sht. T1e t1nters'
esting part Of the story follows In her own
Words
II was urged to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People and at last did so. In
three days after commenced taking Pink
Pills could sit up and dress myself, end
after using them six weeks 1 went home
and commenced working. / continued
taking the pills, until now begin to forget
my crutches, end can go up and down steps
without aid. I am truly living wonder,
wa king out of doors without assistance"
Nov, If l can say anything to induce
those who have suffered as l have, to try
Pink Pills, l shall glady do so. If other
like sufferers will try Pink Pills according
to directions, they will have reason to thank
God for creating men who are able to con-
Quer that terrible disease, rheumatism. I
have in my own neighborhood recommend
ed Pink Pills for the after effects of la
grippe, and weak women with impure
blood, and with good results"
Mrs. Todd is very strong in her faith in
the curative powers of Pink Pills, and says
they have brought poor helpless cripple
back to do her own milking, churning,
washing, sewing, knitting, and in fact about
all of her household duties, thanks to DR..
Williams Pink Pills
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y,
for 5Oc. per box, or six boxes for $3.50.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
DRESSES FOR GIRLS.
Some New Ideas in the Making of Tasty
Costumes.

Some New Ideas in the Making of Tasty
Costumes.
One might be forgiven for the stereo-
typed remark that children's dresses
were never as pretty as now The
styles are simple and quaint, with just
enough character to them to relieve
all things, is discouraged in such cos
tunes.
Velvet is as popular for children as
for grown people, and is such service
able and becoming material that one
may be pardoned the trifiing additional
cost for the excellent effect produced by
this most useful and excellent of all
fabrics.
A little girl of five years has dress
of velvet made in almost perfect Mother
Hubbard fashion. The yoke is edged
with deep Vandykes of Irish point; the
sleeves are very full at the shoulders
and gathered into narrow cuffs at the
wrists There is plain collar, and fancy
buttons close the dress at the back
A dress for a little girl of nine is
made of lady's cloth. The skirt is cut
Al IL oCHlcWId SlullldT ldSulOH 10 LnOSo
worn by ladies, the fullness in the
back being similarly arranged. The
waist is little Elton jacket over full
blouse, that is gathered into belt and
buttoned on to the skirt belt inside,
the skirt belt being wide and forming
a sort of corselet, so that the blouse
does not show below the jacket The
ct ~,
the fullness caught up to the lining
near the shoulders, making loose
puff; the lapels of the jacket are turned
back over the sleeves.
A girl of twelve years has dress of
Henrietta cloth. The skirt is plain,
with the exception of three rows Of
narrow braid just above the hem. The
waist is fitted with one dart, and has
very wide revers, forming deep collar
at the back. This is faced with silk of
the color of the dress goods; the sleeves
have large puffs above the elbows, and
are plain below, with turned-back
cuffs. A guimpe or blouse is worn un-
der the waist. This has the front made
of embroidery, with collar of silk.
A combination suit of spotted delaine
over plain wool of the same sort is
made with the skirt of the figured ma
terial in front and at the sides. In the
back it is draped to the waist-line, ard
falls apart over the back breadth.
which is of plain goods. The tops of
the sleeves and the vest, and a deep v
in the back are of the plain goods; the
sides of the waist are of the figured
material.
A stylish and becoming costume for
a small girl has plain skirt of vel
veteen, gathered into belt Tho
blouse is Of silk, with velvet collar,
very deep in the back, growing mar
rover over the shoulders, and with
one end finished in surplice effect,
extending across the front and under
the arm, where it ends with a small
rosette. There is vest-shaped trim
ming of embroidery, and the collar has
a deep edging to match. The sleeves
are very full, in puffs from shoulders
to elbows, with plain cuffs below.
A pretty dress of surah has feather
stitched hem, square yoke with =
deep fall of Lace, ruffies over the shou-
ders and bishop sleeves. Another Is Of
India silk, with a yoke and sleeve caps
of embroidery. This is worn over q
silk petticoat with side-plaitcd ruff1es.
N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
FEMALE PUGNACITY.
Ut Is Necessary Accompaniment of tn


1T Is . Necessary Accompaniment of the
Mother Instinct
Boys earlier inheritance is all in the
AZ of offensive weapons, of bows,
bats, balls, and noise, with tendency
tcteasing and bullying, feature for
Which the male has been famous, the
sufferer who was put upon being the
fehale-the weaker vessel; weaker be-
cause the males fought with one an
other for her; had she fought with her
sisters for the males she could have
been the stronger and the bigger
bsained.
The female, however, does inherit a
Dpgnacious instinct, chiefly defensive
she has had to fight on behalf of her
Young ones, and in such cases the ma
ternal instinct becomes very strong,
indeed. Children show this character;
md witnessed in one of mine very
fnrious exhibition of what might be
called perverted instinct arising from a
conflict of inherited associations. She
was quite little girl and was nursing
her doll with all possible expression of
affection, loving it, kissing it, and call
|ing it all the endearing names she
Eknew. Up came her brother and began
\ to tease her. In an instant the pugna-
cious idea was aroused in defense of the
doll, but, having no available weapon
in Hand, she seized the doll by the legs
and, wheeling it aloft, brought its
cbina head down with resounding force
'6h the cranium of her brother. He re-
tired, bowling and discounted. She,
excited with her triumph, returned to
the caressing of her doll with re-
doubled ardor, quite unconscious OF
the incongruity of her actions, an un.
consciousness which heightened the
comicality of the Incidents. S. Buck
man, in Popular Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
EARLY LAMB RAISING.
Some Valuable Hints from an Old Hand
at the Businesa

Some Valuable Hints from an Old Hand
at the Business.
There is money In early lambs if you
live within easy access of some good
market and have natural grass farm.
Lambs do not bearlong transportation,
and twelve to twenty hours is as long
as they should be en- route to market.
Begin by purchasing flock of two
year-old sheep, say August /, after
their lambs are weaned, about half
Southdown and half Merino, or natives.
Give your flock good pasture, and avoid
all excitement of dogs and noise, and
get your sheep as familiar with you by
quiet and kindness as possible, giving
them salt twice a week, and when win
ter first sets in take them from pasture
and have a nice large, dry yard con-
nected with your sheep barn fenced
with four-foot board fence, and then
three-foot wire netting on the top,
30 that dogs can't get in to bite or scare
them.
Have the barn dry and warm, but
not too tight, and with windows open
ing to the south for sun, as sheep like
OhoO III NihtCAs anu ollleill IOOul Ill OnO
end made quite tight and warm by cell
ing inside, filling in with sawdust so
as to avoid frost, in which to keep your
grain, salt, ETC., and also as place to
put your ewes few days before they
drop their lambs, and also a few days
after, till they and their lambs are
strong enough to be placed with the
flock; and movable partitions in this
room are very useful, so that it may be
divided into two or three or more parts
as necessary. in case a sheep does not
do well or fails to own her lamb land
here let ME say sometimes dog tied
In one corner will effect cure of that
fault in a few hours. If you can have
spring or very small stream in the
yard do so. and if not you must water
from a well, once day will do, till
near Landing time and then always
twice
Now as to feed: Sheep farmers al
ways raise corn and they wish to feed
some stalks in early winter, but they
should be cut and cured early and fed
once a day only, and at night feed hay;
and supposing you to have fifty good
ewes land that is all ever should be
kept in one party, and twenty-five is
BETTER, feed at night one-fourth bushel
of sound whole corn, and you may grad
ually increase this feed SO that by Jan
uary Is you are feeding one-half a
bushel; after this time add good sound
oats gradually, so that by February IS
you are feeding half a bushel of each
per day and if you have good early cut
fine hay, natural meadow or clover hay,
together with one bushel of carrots or
roots of some sort, this is grain enough,
and your sheep will not require great
amount of hay, and only feed just what
they readily will take, as many farm
ers make their sheep dainty by feeding
too much hay; better keep them little
hungry for hay.
And now about the care of your lambs:
Have frame or pen of hemlock boards,
thirteen feet square in the yard, three
boards high and the bottom one raised
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
DROUGHT PROOF FIELD CORN.

Here is something new. Despite 10
days without drop of rain, Salzer's
new Yellow Dent corn yielded on a
large acreage over sixty-eight bushels
per acre, while the department of
agriculture reports the average yield
on corn but trife over twenty
bushels per acre in the United States.
Now think of the possibilities of this
corn in good corn season! 1t will
double this yield then or 1876 bus.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with l4c postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed company, Lacrosse, Wis, you will
get free a pack of this DRoUrH PROOF
CORN and their mammoth catalogue. IKl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07
STATE OF OHIO. CRY OF TOLEDO, o.


FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he L.
the senior partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY
q Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
cannotbecured by theuse of HALL S CATARRH
CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this6th day of December, "A. D. 1886.
60, A. W. GLEASON,
l( Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimo nials,
free. F. y. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
G5g Sold by Druggists, Csc.
Hall's Family Pills Csc.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-07

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