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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
A New Departure.
A Great Reilrcad System Deter.
mines to Shar its Profits with
it's Employees.

Railroad men hereabouts are dis
cussing with a deal of interest re-
cent speech made by M. E. Ingalls,,
president of the Big Four and the
Chesapeake and Ohio systems, Presi-
dent Ingalls,, speaking to some of his
employees. said "Our directors have
determined that with the improve
ment in business they will establish
plao by which the employees shall
receive fair share of the earnings
after the fixed charges have been pro-
vided for. This was agreed upon
two years ago, but owing to the
panic of 1893 and the hard times
there has been nothing to divide, and
therefore the scheme could not be
made effective, but with the improve.
ment in business hope that in the
next few years this cen be made effec
tive. and that we can show to the
world by the results upon this road
that strikes and troubles between en-
ployers and employees are unnec.
essary. and that they shall be part
ners and all work together for the
common good" A we'll known local
railroad men said yesterday: ut
has long been the desire of all pro.
gressive men of our profession that
an experiment Of this kind might be
tried. You will find that the scheme
is in great favor among railroad en-
ployees throughout the country, and
l have frequently heard the belief ex-
pressed among them that in such an
undertaking lies the germ Of the
solution of all the labor troub-
les known to the railroad business"
The roads represented by Pres;pent
ingalls, are probably in better posi-
tion than any others in the country to
make such experiment, and men here
and elsewhere will watch with keen
interest for the time when he puts
his plan into practice.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Robert Battey Dying.

ATLANTA. Ga, Sept. PA special
to the Constitution from Rome. Ga
says that Robert Battey, q noted sur
geon, is dying. He has been uncon-
scious for two days Few names stapd
higher in the world in the practice OF
medicine and surgery than Robert Bat.
tey's. As originator Of the famous
operation, that now bears his paul-.
for the removal Of the ovaries, remedy
ing in women certain olaladies that ~ere
otherwise iucurable, he suddenly leaped
into worldwide fame He has been
successful ic a number Of difficult sur
gical operations, using methods original
With himself
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02

future. The college has been put
into five natural divisions, and the
head of each charged with and made
responsible for the proper conduct OF
his department, and the president
charged up and held responsible for
the supervision and management OF
the whole -
'Has any change been made in the
faculty ?"
eyes, Mr. Williams WEIGH, the in
structor of drawing, has rendered his
resignation 1t was accepted by the
faculty. Oh. there has. doubtless,
been more or less indiscreet talk, but
no more than perhaps can be found
in all college communities Upon
the whole, the faculty of Clemson
College is strong one, and we be-
lieve compares favorably with any
college in the country. ."-The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Inpaled on Iron Spikes.

SAVANNAH, September 224.-John
Hodges, painter, at work on wall
thirty five feet from the ground, was
killed to-day by the falling Of the
platform upon which he and another
painter were working Hodges was
impaled OH a barbed iron picket of a
wire fence. which pierced his body,
striking the heart Five inches Of
the iron entered the mans body and
was held by the barbs SO that it was
with difficulty that it was lifted from
the fence. Death was almost instan
taneous Charles Burnham, another
painter, was seriously injured. The
accident was due to the ropes which
held the platform being eaten by
acids used ID washing the walls.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02

The members of the swell clubs have
been talking aud laughing over good
story that has to do with the young
story writer, Richard Harding Davis,
says the Philadelphia Record Out at
Bryn Mawr last week there vas horse
show, which was attended by ali the
fashionables 1t being. therefore. an
eminently fit and proper event for a
young man of his celebrity to adcru.
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis wen, He
eutered the Bryn Mawr hotel aud with
the quiet dignity which SO we'll becomes
him. be opened the register and in.
scribed: Richard Harding Davis,
Esq, aud valet The ink was scarce
ly dry on the register when Barclay
Warbur.on drove his four-iu-hand no.
der the portecochere with dinner
party from town Oh board. Mr. War
burton glanced at the hotel register,
and noticing the alaest inscription upon
the open page be smiled He smiled
broadly in fact be laughed Then be
took up pen and wro'~: Barclay
Harrison Wsrourton. ESQ nd valise
The clubmeu. knowing th indignation
that Mr.. Davis must bsv felt upop
learning of Mr. Warburton's fling at
him, are hourly expecting to hear that
Mr. Davis has called Mr.. Warburton
out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02

Two Bold Escapes From the
S. G. Penitentiary.

Somewhere between ! and o'clock
yesterday moraing bold escape was
made from the South Carolina peniteu-
siary by GsrlandeGood aud Landrum
Williams, two white prisoners who
have been serving out sentences at that
institution It seem that the? succeed
ed during the night in saving through
the iron bars Of their cells, which we're
located on toe secocd tier of the maic
prison, which is about ten feet from the
ground. They carried their blankets
with them. and by this meaos made a
rope to let themselves down to the
ground, and then securing q ladder
they made their way over the outer
wall to liberty. The authorities of the
peuitentiary are making diIigent search
for the meu, and have published de-
scriptige list and an offer of reward !,
which reads follows
Garland Good (whi'e). age 25, crime
burglary and larceny. county Spartan
burg, place of nativity North Carolina.
term six years; received February 9,
1895; height 5 feet lls inches, black
hair. blue eyes and fair complexion,
small scar on forehead, long nose and
crooked to left escaped September 26.
1895
Landrum Williams. alias R. l. Will
liams white), age "a, crime shooting
into railroad car, aod assault with in
teot to kill, county Spartanburg. term
four years received February 9, 1895;
height 5 feet II inches. black hair,
brown eyes and fair complexion ecar
over right eye, scar under right
shoulder and ou right arm above elbow;
escaped September 26, 1895.
We will pay reward Of $50 each
for the capture and delivery at this
Office The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Sklrmishes in Cuba.

HAVANA. Sept 24.-Reports have
been received here that Col. Herman
dez. commanding The govern ment troops
in the Sagua district. overlook band
of rebels on the plantation of Carload
aud routed them. pursuing them, be
attacked them again at Llbauo, killing
three, taking three prisoners and cap
turing q quantity of horses, arms, am-
munition, etc.
1t is also reported from Sancti Spir-
titus officially that Lieutenant Colonels
Cavas and Cavestauy. with their com-
biDed forces had battle wish the re
bels at Oeita 90 September II io which
four rebels we're killed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
The Clemson College.
\ White Washing Report
Given Out to the Press.

The board Of trustees of Clemson
college held meeting in this city
last night, and passed upon num-
Der Of matters which came before
them among other things the report
of the investigating committee. upon
the recent reported troubles at Glenn
son. The board, as whole, gave
on. nothing for publication concern
ing the actions decided upon, but
President Simpson, of the board Of
trustees. gave out the following in.
terview this morning:
'.Have you anything to give out
with reference to the work of the
committee of investigation appointed
at your last meeting ?"
Col. Simpson replied. "Yes, we
wish to say in the first place that
under the circumstances it was un-
fortunate that the word "investiyat
ing" was used, fos. the committee
really was appointed more for the
purpose Of inspection in order TO
satisfy the board that the depart
ments were working together har.
monionsly 1t will be remembered
that the comni;tee was appointed
prior to certsln newspaper criticisms.
While the committee was not charged
with the work. it did give especial
investigation to the departments
criticised, namely, agriculture and
mechanics They found that while
much remained to be done before
they are completely equipped and
developed yet they are progressing
in such way as to meet all reason
able expectations We are glad to
state further that most of the recon-
mendations of the committee were
adopted by heeboard Of trustees
that the various departments and
branches are now SO arranged and
co.ordinated as to ensure, we pc
lieve, good and efficient work IN the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
The Frantic Cry Goes Up
From England to Australia.

LONDON. Sept. 26-The Yachting
World in an article on the yachtin g
situation says: The 6asco at New
York seems to have whetted cupidi'y
for the cap to an extraordinary de-
gree. Lord Dunravens yacht has not
even started homeward before another
challenge is issued aud accepted
'This matter is certainly matter
for congratuIation and s'ultiGes IN a
practical manner the absurd comments
upon the impression said to be produc-
ed upon British yacbtsmeu over the
contest. Matches between English and
American clubs should be greatly en-
ccuraged as such. but imbuiog them
with international importance is just
as absurd az to seek for political mo.
tives in the lord mayors visit to
Paris
The Yachting World also prints the
following note from we'll known col
onial yach.sman
Il know that am expressing the
feelings of many orders of Englishmen
abroad and at bone when I say Ameri-
cas- cup should have been brought
back to the old country. l am pre-
pared to form syndicate to build
yacht to be called Westralia to bring
the cup back to old England. and sub
scribe 500 pounds. (Sigued Herbert
Moir."
The Yachting World, commenting on.
this note. says "Mr. Moir, who is
very much in earpest, has been simply
astouuded at the responses to his let
ter. lie has been Inundated with Of
fers to subscribe ranging from so to
1000 pounds. until at the present mo-
ment. he has been promised over So
600 pounds or the purpose Of challeng-
ing for the cup Mr.. Morris idea is to
build boat on lines similar to those
of tie Britannia. but with larger
sail-spread 1t is probable that Mr..
Mo;r will shortly interview Mr.. Wat
SOD, in which case it will be safe to
assume that the order for the boat will
20 to the Clvde firm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Can They Fight.

AUSTIN. Tex. Sept 27.-As aid.
night last night Governor Culberson is
sued a proclamation for session Of the
legislature to pass Law prohibiting
prize fighting. The session OF the
legislature is to be convened 10 the city
Of Austin, beginning at noon Tuesday,
October l. for the following purposes:
l. To denounce prize fighting and
kindred practices in clear aud unambi.
guous terms, and prohibit the same by
appropriate pains and penalties. putting
the law into immediate operation aud
making necessary provision for its en-
forcement so that the proposed exhibit
ton of this character within this State
may be prevented, the uudoubted will
Of the people on the subject respected
and this affrout to the moral sense
and enlightened progress of Texas
averted.
2. To consider and acs upon such
other uatters as may be presented pur-
suant to section 40, article 3. of the
Constitution
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 27.-The pro-
clamation issued by Governor CuIbersou
late last night couveuing special ses-
sion of the legislature next Tuesday to
pass another law against prize fighting,
was the popular topic to-day It was
said to-day that populsts and other
political opponents the governor may
defeat his plans by enaciing a law to 60
into effect in 80 days. Representative
Ward said that the Legislature ao-
doubtediy would pass a law to 90 into
feect Immediately. aud that it would
make prize fighting felony He thinks
the law will be passed within week
after the Legislature meets
New ORLEANS, Sept 27.-Eitzslm-
mons and party left here tonight for
Texas. lie viii not accept Louis
Houseman Of Chicago. as referee. He
is in 6ne condition and believes Brady
is writing to Governor Culberscn so
that the fight will be inierterred with.
Fitz boxed with Roeber to-day at the
Ioang Mems Gymuastic club. lie
scored Lawyer Friend AID asserts bis
affairs are now IL the hands OF Howe &
Hummell. II Corbcts backs ou;, he
will fight Maher or any man in the
world
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Philadelphia Offers Gold.

PA15ADESrnlA. Srpt.-The na'looal
banks of philadelphia have offered 10
deposit 81. 800, 900 in gold with the
Uoited States sub treasurer in this city
in exchange for greenbacks. SUB treas
urer Bigler stated to day that nego'ia-
tons are pending and he thinks i; pro-
bable that the money will be ac-
cepted By the government in few days
Meanwhile he will aos disclose the
names Of the banks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02

If your child is puny, fretful, troubled
with glandular sweilings, infamed eyes, or
sores on the bead, tAce, or body course of
Ayers SaTsapariIa is neede;! TO expe the
scrofulous humors from the blood. The
sooner YOU begin TO give this snedicine the
better
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
SOUTH CAROLINA
C0-EduCati0nal Institute,
(Formerly known as the Wilston High Scboel(
VlLLBqON, BARN WE'LL COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Next Session BEGINS Thursday. September 2, 1896

WIlio
Board Trustees annual decided build
Charleston, s. CH
$50 boarding students Of the
buildings
gu auen Sunday their
Ecut Mill
Sll5 S00 similar
One
of
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VII will: educe e. Il NJ amo
Vocal cr me tai pc
PALMETTO BUSINESS COLLEGE. x.w=z.s~.~
full BuinesC Course unim
complete Course Sunogapby
f. n K BAILEY,
H I. RICE, President.
Supt. Military Department.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02

Base Balls and Bats, all prices, for
sale BY q. g. osteen & CO.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1895-01-03

Der iunge @ef4Gftsz
m a n. 9err: r9ter, Mar, gieb mir
bteien 8rtef Deiner S4neiter, Du Be-
tommit aud flint pfenntg!" Mar:
Roitet 5ebn pfennt9; biniger tpie bic
poit tbu i@'s aud niht!"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22
EXTRAORDINARY VITALITY.
The Longevity of Toads and Frogs Said to
Be Surprising.

The Longevity of Toads and Frogs Said to
Be Surprising.
The persistence of life in frogs is
very long. Spallanzani preserved
some frogs in a mass of snow for two
years. They became dry, stiff and
almost friable, but a gradual heat
brought them back to life. Vulpian
observed a return of life in frogs and
salamapders that had been poisoned
with curate and nicotine. In both
cases the animals in question had been
for several days in the condition of
cadavers. Toads have been shut up in
blocks Of plaster, and then. having
been deprived of all air except what
may penetrate through the material,
and OF all sources of food, resuscitated
several years afterward. The question
presents one of the most curious prob
lens that biological science has been
called on to explain. The longevity
and vital resistance of toaos are sur
prising. Besides the experiments we
have cited, nature sometimes presents
some already made, and vastly more
astonishing. Toads are said to nave
customed to visit a certain village at a
certain hour on a certain day each
week, always found a dog of his ac-
q%uaintance waiting for him outside the
town. and it was proved that the dog
never came to the place at any other
day or hour.
Evidently, all that can be said in ex-
PLANTATION Of such cases is that animals
are susceptible OF having periods or
cycles of time established in their in
telligence by use, and that their igno-
rance of timepieces only %servesto make
the instinct the keener. 1t is well
known that men who have never pos
sessed watches, and who work or hunt
habitually at a distance from clocks,
are very expert at estimating the lapse
of time. Perception of this kind I'M
d%oubtedly may be cultivated in an in
telligent animal as we'll as a man.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22
The WhistliDg Oyster.

That the whistling mania should 90
as far as the oyster is not at all aston
ishing, for why should not a bivalve
do what a mi does? 1t was an en-
terprising oyster who lived in a shell IN
the year 1910 and was exhibited in Lon
don. If we a believe the words of
thousands who saw it. the thing some
how actually whistled. Douglas Jerrold,
who saw it, surmised that the oyster
had undoubtedly "been crossed in love
and now whistled to keep up appear
ances, with an idea Of showing that it
didn't CARE" London Answers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22
DID NOT INTERRUPT TRAFFIC.
A Railroad Bridge in Switzerland Weigh
ing GAG Tnns Rafsed Five Feet.

A Railroad Bridge In Switzerland Weigh
ing 4 Tons Raised Five Feet.
The raising of a bridge in Switzer-
land upon the line of the International
railway, from Paris to Vienna, has at
tracted considerable attention from
the methods pursued, which are de-
scribed by Locomotive Engineering.
The occasion for the change was that
the river crossed-the Rhine-had lost
in the sectional area of the passage be-
tween the piers about twenty-five per
cent. in thirteen years, owing to the
deposition of gravel and sediment,
while the high water level had risen
to such an extent as to pile floating de-
bris six feet deep on the bridge floor in
times of food. The alterations includ-
ed some reinforcements, besides the
raising of the whole structure about
five feet. The bridge was continuous
over a center pier, and had two main
vertical posts there and four vertical
end posts. To each of these posts an
inclined strut was attached in q trans
verse vertical plane, presenting q sur-
face for the top of a hydraulic jack to
act upon. Eight special one hundred
ton jacks were used, with an eight
inch stroke and a working pressure of
four hundred atmospheres, the piston
being nearly seven-tenths in diameter.
The fluid used was q mixture of water,
alcohol and glycerine. Sixteen men
operated the jacks, their movements
being synchronized by a code of sig
nails, designed to secure uniformity of
action. The bridge was raised a foot
or two by short lifts, followed up by
thorough blocking, and then building
under one course of cut-stone masonry.
The total load was five hundred and
forty-six tons, and the maximum load
On a single jack was eighty-seven
tons. The bridge was raised in four
stages during intervals between trains.
The longest interval between trains
was about two hours. The weight of
trains vas rigidly restricted during the
time the bridge vas undergoing re-
pairs, and their speed was limited to
three miles an hour in crossing the
bridge. In addition, a special block
system was organized upon that sec
ton of the line upon which the bridge
is located, SO that operations could be
suspended and the track restored five
minutes before the arrival of a train at
the site.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22

his teeth so tight'on the line that he
couldn't let go. Yes, sir, there they
were, oil three Of 'em. Now, what do
you think OF that?"
Wonderful, wonderful! How much
did the eel weigh?"
why. he had ought il e weighed
three pounds, / should t44.43."
"Ought to have weighed! Didn'tyou
weigh hlm?'
well. no. You see, just as l got
those three fish almost up to the pier ]
was fishing from, the line broke and
they Advent 'slup' backinto the water.
That's one of the reasons why l am go
ing to fish there again this year. /
hope to find out how many fish the
three have caught by this time"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22
A FISH STORY.
Who ssys It spois Your Luck to Let .
Fish Get Away?

Who 00y1 1t SpOttS Your LUCK 20 Let
Fish Get Away?
Gas soon as it gets a little warmer"
said the deacon, who had come up from
Broome county for a few days, 'I'm
going to make a trip to my ~favorite
fishing ground in the Susquehanna,
just below Binghampton," quotes the
New York journal.
Zone year ago 1 was fishing there
n day with my son-a young man
who thinks he can catch more fish than
I, but who cannot-when ] got q whop-
ping big bite-that is, it was a fair bite.
The fish dove underneath some snags
in the river, and / lost him and also my
hooks and nearly all my line.
"The next day l tried the same place
again. Pretty soon I had a bite, the
funniest feeling bite l v e met. I
pulled up till my hook was out of the
water and there was no fish, but the
bite was there. I couldn't believe my
nerves. l pulled up some Tor Now,
what do you suppose I found?"
"Why, of course you found you had
caught the fish that got away with
your line the day before"
HThere!" said the deacon, triumph
antly. II thought you would say
that. And you are right, too. But
that is nothing. My fish, a fine perch,
had got free from the snag and by his
peculiar method of wabbling the other
hook along had done just the right
thing to attract the attention of a
monster black bass. l remembered
that bass very well. I had fshed for
him many a time, but the perch was a
better fisherman than I, for he caught
him and / never had even fairly hooked
him, although he had often taken my
bait.
"Weli, those two fish, when they
saw how it was, must have fixed it up
between them to put up a job on some
body else. l almost think they DELHI
erately worked a morsel Of angleworm
from one of the hooks out on to the
yard line between them, and then
foated around with the line stretched
taut until they got a bite, for, when I
pulled up, there was my perch on one
hook, my old friend, the bass, Hopping
on the other hook, and between them,
squirming and twisting and making a
bustling big gimlet of himself, was an
eel, as large al my arm. He had shut