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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-05-29
FELL NEAR FEaNANDINA

FERSASDlNA, Fla, May 27.-Shortly before
8 o'clock this evening an immense meteor
passed over Fernandina from southeast to
northwes, and fell on Tiger Shoal- |, was
apparently as large as tub, gave out light
like the sun, and IS said 10 nave exploded
with u loud report as II tell. 1t Was seen by
many people. The difference in time be-
tween Columbia and Fernandina is Que
hour)
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GlarenQlt L0dge No. 64, 4. /. NJ:

rvHE REGULAR MONTHLY CONMU-
NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No.
Ga. A. F. NJ: will be held on Thursday
Evening, June sth, at y p. m. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
BY order, A. Z. PHELPS, W. M.
H. C. Moses, Secretary.
Msy S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-05-29

The New York Weekly, No. 80, at H. G.
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Typewriter supplies at q. G. Osteen +
Co.'S, Liberty street.
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A .Beautif!l! Sight.

Ats.50 o'clock last evening one of the
prettiest meteors ever seen by Coumbians
passed over the sky in soutbeaslerly direc-
ton from the city No meteor has ever been
seen in these parts " hich was so bright and
altogether beautiful for at least three or four
seconds. Those who saw it were charmed
with the lovely sight.-Ths State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-05-29

The Sumter Sash, Blind and Door Factory
will make vegetables crates to order See
the advertisement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
FOLLY AS 1T FLIES.

1t is hard to see the logic of a situa-
ton when some other fellow is occupy
ing it.
Poets are born, not made. The pres
ent state of the market wouldn't war
rant their manufacture.
The Sultan of Turkey has declared
himself reformer. Every wicked thing
but his own harem must go.
Papa, what's twins?" 1.-TWO chill
dren of the same age of the same par
ents." ''Why, 1 thought they was a
philopena." -HarpefEo Dung People
The man best qualified to enjoy the
honeymoon is the one who had all the
romance kicked out of him before he
reached that period.-Tammany Times.
Scientists are trying to find what the
effect of temperature of 400 below zero
would be on iron. The man who at
tempted to kiss Boston girl might tell.
Minneapolis Journal.
In an eastern display of millinery was
a bonnet of the 177S fashion. kissing
a girl in those days must have been
very much like crawling into section
of stovepipe for gum drop. The old
fellows say it was awfully good,
though, when you got where it was
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
REIGN OF THE CANDLE.
Fifty Years Ago 1t Held Almost Undis-
puted Sway.

Fifty Years Ago 1t Held Almost Undis-
puted Sway.
In domestic lighting, for nearly the
first half of the present century candles
held almost undisputed sway Old
stagers may yet recall the dimly light
ed parlor, the fire burning softly in the
twilight, where the elders kept blind
mans holiday. The bell is rung and
Mary brings in candles, pair of molds
in tall brass candlesticks, brightly pol
ished, with snuffers of steel, with jaws
that opened and shut with a snap, and
something sinister in their appear
ance. There were plated candlesticks
and snuffers, too, for occasions of state.
with silver branches that suggested the
spoils of Jerusalem. But there was also
Tampa stately edifice of bronze that
lowered over the family circle at times,
and shed a generous and genial light
when so inclined. But what a demon
it was to smoke and to smell! And it
would burn, when it condescended to
burn at all, nothing but the finest
sperm oil at a fabulous price per gall
lon.
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IN get a good rooster for Sunday,
mamma" she said one day, IF you're
not tired of chicken"
Il like poultry better than meat" the
unsuspicious lady replied. Its shame
you should part with your jewelry.
though.
"Oh. earrings are out of fashion, you
KNOW" said Sabrina.
Her mother did not ask of whom her
daughter bought the fowls. nor did she
guess how at midnight she opened the
kitchen door and hurried away to the
scene of her former depredations, with
a cool audacity born of success in evil
doing.
In ten minutes she had fine speckled
hen in her basket, had pocketed six
eggs and was STOPPING to creep under
the fence, when a voice behind her said:
Poultry isn't worth much, to my
mind, without proper fxings. I've got
the basket all ready for you. The things
are fresh, anyway. The cranberries 1
got over in the meadow, and there's
sugar for them as WELL
Sabrina Fair uttered a scream and
leaned against the fence, white as a
ghost in the moonlight.
Farmer Oaks TODD before her; his
hat on the back of his head, his hands
An instant more and a flood of hot
tears burst from Sabrinas eyes. Never
was human being so bitterly mortified
before.
Mother was almost starving" she
said. "She's been sick, and there was
no money. That's my only excuse"
why didn't you come to the fence
and tell me to bring over what she
wanted?" said Oaks. ''The idea of your
mother wanting anything 1 had plenty
of"
1t occurred to Sabrina to look
naughty, but she could not manage it.
The tears fell faster than ever. Oaks
drew an Immediately clean handker-
chief from his pocket and wiped them
away.
Don't" he said, tenderly. Look
here, Breny, all Of this is mine and
thine:'''
Sabrina was not aware that he was
quoting from the Lord of Burleigh";
but the speech was pretty and she al
lowed the young man to put his arm
about her waist.
You've liked me better than you
would let me see for long while, my
dear" he said. I've L. 81 you since
the day we met.
Tomorrow 1 am coming over to ask
your mother when can have you both.
Sister Jessie is to be married soon, and
I need a wife and a mother-in-law-
and there's no woman in the world
could love but you" Then he kissed
her, picked up his burdens. and led the
way under the fence. Sabrina following
meekly.
When Oaks had gone away, leaving
the baskets on the kitchen floor, she
stood looking after him until she heard
her mother calling downstairs:
"Breny. what are you sitting up so
late for?'
I've been to take a moonlight walk,
mamma" Sabrina replied.
AT this time of night-are you
crazy?" Mrs. Fair inquired.
ooh, 1 had an escort" Sabrina re-
/ piled. MIR. Oaks was with me-"
Il do believe you have come to your
| senses at last" cried Mrs. Fair costa
tically.
''Yes'm, 1 have" was her daughters
answer. and I'm awfulIy happy.
mamma
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
BROAD TIRE WAGONS.
There Is No Reason Why They Should
Not BE Used Everywhere.

There Is No Reason Why They Should
Not BE Used Everywhere.
While the subject of good roads is be-
Ing agitated in every part of the country
those most interested in the subject are
doing their best to make bad roads
sun worse by using narrow tires on
their wagons. Heavy loads are drawn
over our mud roads on these narrow
tired wagons and deep ruts cut into
them. that in wet weather make them
almost. and sometimes entirely. inn
passabfe. I have a sort of pity for
a man who urges his team along a
muddy road, all the time grumbling
about the badness of it, when he might
reduce the labor of his team from one
third to one-Ealf by using wide tires at
very little additional cost to himself
ana to the great saving of team and
temper. 1t is to be hoped that the first
legislation looking to the Improvement
of the roads Of the country will be in the
way Of encouraging the use of wide
tires, for one narrow-tired wagon will
do more damage than a dozen with
wide tires If the roads are at all soft.
NO one disputes the philosophy of wide
tires, and no one seems to have any
not be used. Our farmers simply fol-
low precedent and go on using narrow
tires because their fathers did before
them. Lumbermen and freighters use
wide tires almost universally and save
money by doing so, but it seems that
farmers do not care to economic in
this direction. The condition of our
roads costs us more than any other
single item of waste in this country,
and the common use of wide tires
would reduce this waste of energy to
large extent.-American Farmer and
Farm News.
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NOTHING BUT FEET.
Allowed on the Sidewalks Down in At
lanta. Ga.

Allowed on the Sidewalks Down in At
lanta, Ga.
They have new ordinance in Attain
ia, Ga, absolutely forbidding overhang-
ing signs. The shopkeepers don't like it
a bit. The grocers are inclined to sar-
casm. They have, in a quiet way, had
their little revenge and have, inciden-
tally, amused the public in doing so.
AS every one knows, the ordinance is
a sweeping one, providing that no sign
shall hang over the street. This word
over has been interpreted to refer not
alone to signs that hang across the
street, but over it. This means a whole
sale taking down of signs. The ordi-
nance also prohibits the placing of
goods on the street beyond a certain
distance for display. 1 notice, says a
writer in the Atlanta Constitution, that
some of the merchants have complied
with the law, and one or two grocers
have put up in conspicuous places about
their places of business sarcastic signs
concerning the new law. One of these,
printed on a yellow piece of board in
lampblack characters, read:
This sidewalk for carriages"
Others read:
"See our signs in the cellar"
Keep off the sidewalk
Nothing but feet allowed on this
sidewalk"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29

That day Robert held out both hands
to Mrs. Fair as he said goodbye
Il suppose L might as well stay
away" he said. II think I must give up
an idea 1 bad of making friends with
Miss Sabrina."
Mrs. Fair was too forlorn to deny the
truth.
Il appreciate you. Mr.. Oaks" she
said.
THANK you." he replied. and was
gone.
Weeks passed, he did not call again,
but secretly he still watched and wait
ed, expecting some recall from Sabrina.
He did not know that in order to
keep the cottage little longer the Fairs
were living on bread and molasses and
rye coffee. Such diet did not agree with
Mrs. Fair-she fell ILL.,
The doctor came and ordered wine
and chicken broth. Sabrina walked into
the village that afternoon and sold a
pair of earrings to the jeweler and
bought the wine. AS for the chicken,
she had plan. Sabrina was a queer
creature, and l am sure that when /
tell my readers what She intended to
do they will be quite certain that she
was destitute of moral principle.
Sabrina Fair intended to steal those
chickens. and to steal them from Mr..
Robert Oaks
The great. clean, well-appointed
coops were close to the cottage garden,
and by loosening a paling she could
easily slip in.
At midnight she set out upon her err
rand. cloaked and yelled. as she be-
Heved, beyond recognition.
Trembling with agitation, she grabbed
rather small and skinny little hen,
and stumbled home with it, turning
faint as she reached her doorstep
However, the chicken broth did her
mother good, and she explained that
she had sold her earrings, giving Mrs.
Fair an idea that fabulous price had
been paid for them: and from that time
the two women liven on chickens and
fresh eggs. There were always a few
eggs to be found on the Oaks place
without much searching.
By degrees Sabrina grew bold. Her
heart no longer palpitated with fear
when she drew away the palings and
slipped through the aperature into
Farmer Oaks hencoop.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
CARNOT MEMORIAL CHAMBER.
Widow of Frances Martyred President
Now Has 1t Completed.

Widow of Frances Martyred President
Now Has 1t Completed.
Nine. Carnot has now completed the
memorial chamber dedicated to her
martyred husband, and means that it
shall be used as a private chapel. The
room contains some praying chairs,
President Carnot's desk and inkstand,
and the souvenirs to which he was at
tackled. On the walls hang the ribbons
that tied the wreaths that appeared at
his funeral, with the inscriptions turn
ed to view, and the different silver
wreaths sent from Russia are placed on
easels. Albums filled with the letters
Of coincidence and kilograms received
from all the great ones on earth, and
photographs of every description re-
Iating to the visit to Lyons and to the
funeral are disposed in cases especially
made for them. At Nine. Carnot's
Heath these family treasures become her
sons, but after that they will be given
to the state, if then the state is repub-
iican and cares to remember the tragic
assassination of its president well
enough to receive their charge. The age
changes so rapidly that one can not
predict, even in a matter closely allied
20 the nations welfare.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
TO PREVENT COLLISIONS.
Electrical Device Invented by a Man In
New York.

Electrical Device Invented by Man In
New York.
A New York electrician has invented
a compass which, if it will do all he
claims for 1t, will be of value to the
mariners of inland waters as well as
to those who sail the trackless salt
wastes. 1t will, he says, avert all dan
gers of collisions between ships, and he
Is trying to interest the navy depart
ment In his device. Being an instru-
ment Tor the good of mankind the in
ventor will no doubt release all pecun-
larry claim to it and make it free to the
world. The compass is about two and
one-half inches in diameter and three
inches high. Under the needle is a
strip of metal. Underneath the face of
the compass is a saucer in which
chemical is placed. The whole is con-
nected electrically with an enlarged
horseshoe magnet, ten feet long, made
OF soft iron bars. The poles of the mag
net are connected by wire with the
ships dynamo, thus giving the cleo
trical power. The moment a ship en-
tiers the magnetic field of the vessel
which carries this compass, which the
inventor says he calculates at six miles,
the needle of the compass is directed in
the direction of the ship. In turning it
passes over the metal plate on the face,
and as it does so it closes an electric
circuit which sets alarm bells ringing,
telling of the approach of the other YES
sci. Il was on the steamer La Gas
cogne six years ago." said he, looking
at the compass. Suddenly noticed the
needle shake and turn half way around
The captain pointed to a steamer four
miles off. That steamer said he, is
loaded either with steel rails or canned
goods. 1t has DETECTED our needle by
magnetic attraction That set me to
thinking, and my magnet is the result.
1 experimental in the bay two weeks
ago with the magnet and it worked per-
fectly. l shall soon experiment on some
craft furnished by the navy depart
ment."
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TITLES ARE OFTEN CLOUDY.
London "world" Explains the Origin of
Bogus Noblemen

London world" Explains the Origin of
Bogus Noblemen
The London World in an article on
foreign nobility" says: In France 1t
is extremely difficult to draw a hard
and-fast line between those titles which
are genuine and those which are not.
The utmost which can be done is to
classify them as "old," new" and
doubtful" This uncertainty clearly
opens a road to the adventurer. He
must take care not to assume too high a
rank or TO adopt name which is too
well known or already belongs to some
historic family. But if he is content to
name himself after some orchard in
Perigord or Anjou and to style himself
no more than Baron or Vicomte he may
almost defy exposure, even though he
do not escape suspicion. In Italy there
is well-defined list of old Roman, Nea-
politan, Piedmontese, and Tuscan fam
lilies. But there is also the considera-
ton that it is not so many years ago
that the minor grades of nobility might
be obtained by purchase. The republic
of San Marino raises a regular revenue
by the sale of titles which possess a
very apparent Italian origin. In Aus
trla up to quite recently the rank of
Baron was sold to all who would pay
the price. In the minor states of Ger
many and in Prussia, before the for
nation of the German empire, a very
considerable proportion of the crea-
tons OF the present century were pur-
chased. The innumerable Jewish baron
les, with curious hybrid names, which
are found all over Western Europe, are
the result of transfers" by needy mon
archs to wealthy finanoiers. In Bel
GUM and Holland the same practice
has prevailed to greater or smaller ex-
tent, and the little republic of Andorra
still drives continuous trade in pat
ents of nobility. Even the grandeeship
of Spain has been recruited with self
made men by this means. In order,
therefore, to differentiate the real head
of an existing family from his needy
cousin who lives by his wits, and both
from the adventurer who has made a
fortune by successful swindling and
adopted title of his own free will as a
social passport, it might be necessary
to search through many ponderous
tones which only skilled genealogist
would know where to find and how ia
use.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29

Plain as he looked. he had read more
than most of the folk in Longbridge
and knew Milton by heart.
"'Sabrina fair. listen where thou art
sitting, under the grassy. cool.
translucent waves,
In twisting braids of lilies knitting the
loose train of thy amber-dropping
hair"
he silently quoted from "Comus."
Aloud he said:
Yours is quite striking name. Miss
Fair"
WELL" Mrs. Fair said, II always did
hate Jims and Johns and Marys and
Sallys, and l wanted something extra
for my first girl. Just then we had a
doll-fair at the church, and the min
listers wife, Mrs. May. named the dolls.
There was one lovely doll, and some
one said: Why her hair is amber
color
"I'n name her Sabrina. them said
Mrs May
1T struck me as a lovely name, and
/ had my baby christened by it. It's
Bible name, suppose. as the minister's
wife chose it. She had Ruth, and Ma
omi, and Rebecca, and lots of Others"
Young Oaks said: "Ah, yes. natur-
allyr'-and Mrs. Fair went on:
"Sabrina's hair is sort of amber-col-
ored. too, if you notice.
who could help noticing it?" asked
the farmer. Sabrina tossed her head
and gave Mr.. oaks naughty look.
From that moment she spoke only
when addressed, and then in monosyl
tables.
"Oh mamma, how could your she
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29
TRUTH.

There is little or no patriotism in pol
itics.
Stinginess always pinches its owner
the hardest.
The devil has various bait to catch
different fish.
The theater hat in front causes lots
of back talk.
Our neighbors are those who need
our help most
Sin is never able to buy anything but
a shoddy coat
You will find every candidate is
friend of labor.
Love may never die. but it gets awful
sick sometimes
Never denounce vice in way that
will advertise it
Some people marry bad luck. and
others inherit 1t.
Divorce. like the potter. commences
with family jars.
1t takes more than a coat of paint to
make lie white.
The OK never gets his horns broken
in good company
The man who loses is never accused
OF not playing fair
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-29

The ratio of sickness rises and falls
regularly with death rate in all coun-
:ries, as shown by DIR. Farr and Mr.. Ed
monds at the London congress of 1860,
when the following rule was estab-
Iished: Of 1000 persons, aged 80, it is
probable 10 will die in the year, In
which case there will be 20 of that age
sick throughout the year, and 10 in
valids. OF 1000 persons, aged rs, it is
probable that 100 will die in the year,
in which case the sick and invalids of
that age will be 300 throughout the
year. For every 100 deaths let there be
hospital beds for 200 sick, and in
firmaries for 100 invalids.
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AFTERTHIRTY YEARS.
THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIB
UTES THIS STORY.
How Fred Taylor. of the Gallant 1seth
n. T., v. l., Finally Found
What He Sought.
F'rom the Ashtabula. Ohio. Beacon

(F'rom the Ashtabula, Ohio, Beacon.)
Mr.. Fred Taylor was born and brought
up near Elmira, N. Y, and from there
enlisted in the 1s9th regiment. N. p, ".
l., with which he went through the war.
and saw much hard service. Owing to
exposure and hardShips during the SER
vice, Mr.. Taylor contracted chronic
dlarrhoea from which he has suffered
now over 80 years. with absolutely no
help from physicians. BY nature he
was wonderfully vigorous man. Had
he not been his disease and the expert
ments of the doctors had killed him long
ago. Laudanum was the only thing
which afforded him relief. He had ter
rible headaches, his nerves were shat
tered, he could not sleep an hour a day
on an average, and he was reduced to a
skeleton. A year ago, he and his wife
sought relief In change of climate and
removed to Geneva, Ohio; but the
change in health came not Finally on
the recommendation of F. J. Hoffner.
the leading druggist of Geneva who
was cognizant of similar cases which
Pink Pills had cured. Mr.. Taylor was
persuaded to try box. LAS a drown
ing man grasps a straw so 1 took the
pills." says Mr.. Taylor, but with no
more hope of rescue. But after thirty
for relief at last found it in DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills. The day after took
the first pills 1 commenced to feel better
and when l had taken the first box I
was in fact new man." That was
two months ago. Mr.. Taylor has since
taken more of the pills and his progress
is steady and he has the utmost con-
fidence in them. He has regained fun
control of his nerves and sleeps as well
as in his youth. Color is coming back
to his parched veins and he Is gaining
flesh and strength rapidly. He is now
able to do considerable outdoor work
AS he concluded narrating his suffer.
ings, experience and cure to a Beacon
reporter Mrs. Taylor said she
wished to add her testimony in
favor of Pink Pills. ITO the pills alone
is due the credit OF raising Mr.. Taylor
from helpless invalid to the man he is
to-day" said Mrs. Taylor. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor can not find words to
express the gratitude they feel or recon-
mend too highly Pink Pills to suffering
humanity. Any inquiries addressed to
them at Geneva, Ohio, regarding Mr..
Taylor's case they will cheerfully an
swer as they are anxious that the whole
world shall know what Pink Pills have
done for them.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They arc for sale by
all druggists, or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine company,
Schenectady, n. Y, for so cents per box,
or six boxes for $3.50.
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