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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09
The Deal Didn't Go Through.

A man with red nose which locked
chronic end had the air of being legiti-
mately acquired, says the Louisville
Times, called at the office of a big
lite insurance company, and address
ing the first nfficia he happened to
meet, said:
Sir, am insured for $4,000 in
your company"
"W ell ?''
"Tie policy. ttrang" :" say, is
made. out IN the name ofluy wife She
has possession ct ii
"Nm strange at al, but emnentIy
proper" )" said the official.
And if could get hold OF the pol
icy | would hook it, continued the
man with the red nose, "but she
keeps it hid am here, however, for
the purpose Of making proposition
to you, and the whereabouts of the
policy is neither here nor there. Are
you op Ii to deal ?'
1--WE are" answered the official,
coldly
We'll. here is my plan Since l
cannot raise anything on that policy,
i spring upon you the following
situation: Before nightfall | shall be
a dead man, and you'll have to pony
up that S5,000'
Glow do you make that out?" de-
manded the official, in tones Of sur
prise
Simply because cannot get
drink" replied the policy holder.
''lf whiskey is not forthcoming |
perish simply lie down and stten
out and you lose your money. A
quarter Of dollar, however, will save
my life and save you 5000 bones
Twenty five cents fixes me and live.
Withous it | breathe my last and
prove a dead loss to you If survive
however, my wife will go on paying
premiums and who knows but may
become centenarian ~
He looked anxiously at the official
but the latter seemed to be frozen
solid.
.'Do get the quarter?" he de-
maEded after pause.
"You DO not' was the reply, in icy
tones.
Very WE'LL" and he sighed heavi-
ly, "that settles ii Make out your
death claims and things Fill up the
check payable to the order of my
weeping widow Charge me to
profit and loss " He walked heavily
out
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09
Between Reed and Allison.
How the Campaign for the
Presidency Next Year Is,
Shaping Itself.

Politically speaking. Thomas Bfack-
EFT Reed is stili in the woods. but not
so far away as to be beyond telegraphic
and mail com munication with the poll
teal centres.
Just at present Mr.. Reed strength
is growing to proportions aiarmiay to
his opponents and. although be is IN
the woods, be knows it
The managers of his campaign are
Joseph H Maaley. one Of the Repub-
,ioan National Committees big tour;
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, W. Muir
ray Crane, National Committeeman
from Massachusetts,. and James Phil
lips. Jr !, of Fischbnrg.
The maxim of these gentlemen 10
affairs political is "Work, but don't
talk
The result of their labor is most ap-
parent in Penosylva"ia. which has
swung from the Mckinley into the
Reed column. as was exclusively re-
ported 10 the Herald on Tuesday.
Thomas G. Platt and Mr. ManleY
have long had an understanding that
New York's second choice should De
A1r Reed, bus because Of Mr. Reeds
au.i-McKinley tariff speech in Ann
Arbor. Mich which was mare drive
at Mckinley than at a protective tariff
-Pennsylvania mau:acsurers were 10
clined to look askauce at the ex-Speak-
er's Presidential aspirations.
Mr.. Reed s managers. with his help.
have paci6ed the Pennsylvaniaos. as
surine them that the Maine candidates
belief in protective tariff is as strong
as any republican candidates and have
also assured them that ex-Speaker Reed
will look after their interests.
While the Reed men contend they
are making inroads iuso McKiule5's
following in they south. they will not
make any estimates Of strength. because
they knew that Mr.. Reed has got to pla-.
cate and harmonic the republican fac
sions in the Fift3-foarth Congress before
be can safelS lay claim to any actual
strength outside Of New England.
But as conditions are at present for
mer Speaker Reed will probably 60
into the National Convention assured
of the support of Pennsylvania. aud of
New York after Mor,on's chances are
gone.
A signifcaotacs for io the under
standing between Mr Quay, Mr.. Plat
and Mr.. Mauley is 'he relation which
Mr.. A.liscn' s candidacy bears to Mr..
Reeds James S. Clarkson and Sen
asor Quay are very near friends, aud
the Pennsylvania leader, it is under
stood. will support Mr. Allison as ssc-
cnd choice.
Mr.. Clarkson will make .he Fifth
Avenue Hotel his headquarters this
winter, aud will direct the Allison
canvass from this city instead of from
Iowa, because New York is the
political centre Of the country He
believes that Western man will be
nominated, aud that. With SO many
prominent candidates in the field, to
be the second choice of a majority Of
the delegates would make Mr Allison
in reality the strongest candidate.
Another of Mr.. Allison's managers
who is making New York his bead
quarters is Colonel Henry L. Swords,
Sergeant-as Arms Of the National Coui-
mistee. The Iowa Senator will have
the solid delegation from his own State.
and on the FIRST ballot. so his friends
say. will get votes from Delaware. Ne.
braska, Kansas, Colorado. California,
Oregon. Nevada and Utah.-N. 7.
Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09
SOUTH CAROLINA
Co. Educational Institute.
Formery known as the Williston High SchooL)
VILLIS70N, BARN ELL COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Next Session Begins Thursday. September 26 1895.


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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09

Ifyonr children are subject to Group watch
for the first symptom Of the disease-hoarse-
ness. If Chamberlains Cough Remedy is
given as soon as the child becomes hoarse il
will prevent the attack. Even after the
croupy cough has appeared the attack can
always be prevented By giving this remedy.
1t is also Invaluable for colds and whooping
cough For sale by Dr.. "a. J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09
TO Horse OWNERS.
TAX NOTICE, 7
OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,
SUMTER COUNTY.
SUMTER, s. c., Ocr. l, 1895.


The Treasurer of Sumter County
hereby gives notice that bis books will
be opeu a, his Office in the Court House
from the 10Th day Of October. 1895 to
the 31st day Of December, 1895, inclu-
sive, for the collection Of taxes for the
fiscal year 1894-lS95. for Sumter
County.
The following are the rates per CEN
tum Of the levy:
For State purposes q mills on every
dollar cf the value of all taxable prop
crty.
For ordinary County purposes. 8
mills.
For Constitutional School Tax, 2
mills.
Making a total of 81 mills.
Also tie following additional levies
10 the special School Districts enumer-
ated below:
District No. 90 mills.
District No. 1S-2 mills.
District No. So mills.
District No. 12-2 mills.
District No. 16-2 mills.
District No. ID mills
Also one dollar on each poll between
the ages of 81 and so years.
II. !. SCARBOROUGH,
County Treasurer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09

chamberlain's Eye and SKIN ointrzent
Is urequal!ed for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheun, Sc;sld Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids
Fer sale BY druggists ct 25 cents per bcx.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
Fo:- putting horse n Q fine healthy con.
dition try Gr. Cadv's Condition Powders.
They tore up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
ncw life to an old or ovcr-worled horse. %
cents per package. For sale BY druggists
For sale IN Sumter by d.. a J China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09

Look T;.rorgh Your Old Papers.
Confederate Postage Stamps wanted. Will
pay good prices for Them Lea7e nil stamps
on original envelopes And orirg or serd 10
me atoncs. C. D. SCH HWARTZ,
3tr. Sumter, 5. C..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23

Irving Scott, of San Francisco, Says we can
Whip EneIand,s Navy.

Irving Scott, of San Francisco, Says we can
Whip EngIand's Navy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23.-Irving M.
Scott. president of the Union Iron works,
who built several of the best American
war ships, says that in the event of war
between England and America. this
country would come out on top.
There is no question of England's
great strength on the water" said Mr..
Scott ''but it is not always the strongest
navy that gets away with a battle, Eng
land might give US dash at first, but in
the end we would whip her.
"She would have to come over to fight
Us. By the time her bRttleships crossed
the Atlantic they would be short of fuel
and it would be necessary for them to
reload. The English warships would
make for Halifax and our effort would be
to intercept them. The first naval battle
would take place of the mouth of the
st. Lawrence river. Our people would
cross into Canada and force the British
to send reinforcements there. The Eng
lish would no doubt attempt to lay siege
to Buffalo, Milwaukee, Chicago and 9TH
er lake cities Then our objective point
would be the Welland canal. With the
canal destroyed, connection with the
lakes would be closed and the British
feet shut out"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
OUR BIGGER P. o.

Topeka Almost Certain to Get the
S13O,OO0-Mr. Curtis Presents the
Bill Today.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Representa-
tive Curtis today Introduced his bill for
enlarging the Topeka poat office and for
u government building at Emporia.
The bill calls for an appropriation of
100000 Thirty thousand of this is for
the purchase of fifty feet of ground to the
north of the present building. In case
this land can not be purchased for that
sum, there is provision ordering it con-
demned The other 100000 is for the
addition to the present postoffice build
ing. The proposed enlargement will
make room for the accomm odation of all
the government offices now in Topeka,
those at present in the Office and the pen
sion office. It will also give more room
to the postoffice. This bill was reported
unanimously by the committee at the last
session, and is almost certain to pass at
this session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
FROM GLADSTONE
Joseph Pulitzer Receives a Dis
patch From Him.
Only Common Sense is Re-
quired" He Declares.
BRITISH PACIFIC.
Talk is Much Less Warlike
Across the Atlantic.
But Feeling is That America is
in the Wrong.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Ths afternoon pa
pers today continue commenting .editori-
ally and at length on the Venezeulan
matter, but their remarks are on the
financial rather than on the political
phase of the case. While there is no
abatement of the expressions of belief
that the ground taken on behalf of the
United States is untenable, the tone is
altogether more pacific. Yet there is a
considerable display of satisfaction at
the financial difficulties in the United
States.
The dispatch which w. E. Gladstone
sent to Joseph Pulitzer. proprietor of
the New York World, in answer to the
latter's request for a message to the
American people on the Venezuelan
question has attracted wide attention
here and elsewhere. Mr.. Pulitzer tele-
graphed that American sentiment was
at the turning point, that once
turned the wrong way no
power on earth could hold it back,
and that word of peace and fellowship
from Mr.. Gladstone would aid to check
the clamor. to soothe the passion, to eu-
courage sober thought, and avert calam-
ity.
not interfere. Only common sense re-
quired. / cannot say more with advan-
tage."
The ST. James Gazette this morning
editorially commenting upon Mr.
Gladstones message to the pro-
prietor of the New York
World says: Common sense would have
avoided the shock which has been given
to both countries It will find its way
out, but it is the Americans who must
supply the needful pinch of sanity which
they are fully capable of doing"
The Westminster Gazette advises all
concerned to stake a holiday and a
breathing spell, and to allow common
sense to assert ITSELF" Adding, when
both sides discover that there is ample
room for consideration, concession and
adjustment, the common sense party in
the United States may be sure that it will
be met half way by the common sense
party here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
DOING THEIR PART.
The Bond Buyers Send the 81 900 For
felt Money.


felt Money.
W. c. Spaulding s. Co. of Cleveland
who purchased the Shawnee coun-
ty bridge bonds notified Coun-
ty Clerk McCabe by wire
this morning that they would today for
ward the one thousand dollar forfeit pay
ment. The firm pays $4,000 premium
for the bonds.
When the sale was made County Clerk
McCabe wrote TO the firm enclosing
certified copies of everything connected
with the issue of the bonds and also
stated that Judge Dillon of New York
was to pass upon their legality.
The following is the telegram received
by hIr. McCabe:
"Cleveland, Ohio, Dec 23. 1895.
"Chas. I. McCabe, county clerk: VIII
today forward $1,000 as part pay
mens for $150,0O0 Shawnee county
six per cent bridge bonds,
subject to the approval of our attorneys
and provided they are legally issued
w. c. SPAULDING 6 Co."
The telegram says + per cent
the $1,000 to be deposited
was to be in the county treasury tomor
row when the board meets.
County Clerk McCabe sent the follow
ing telegram this afternoon:
w. C. Spaulding & Co., Cleveland, Ohio:
The bonds draw per cent not q. They
are to be approved by Judge Dillon and
not your attorneys as stated in my letter
of the 10Th inst.
CHARLES I. McCABE, County Clerk.
If the firm is not given the
bonds the $4,000 premium will be
a myth, because the next bid was
by the firm of Deitz, Dannison &
Prior and the premium offered is $5,35
which is almost $4,000 less than was
offered by the Spsulding firm. This bid,
it is said, Will be accepted if the Spauld-
ing people do not comply with the con-
ditions made by the board in reference
to the deposit.
The commissioners should be careful
and not defraud the county of this pre-
MUM by any undue haste in declaring
the bid forfeited, as Spaulding & Co.
evidently mean business. The word six
may be a clerical error.
We don't want want any quibbling al
this end of the line about these bridge
bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
Senator Baker Fortunate.

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec 23-In the ar
rangement of senate committees by the
committee named by the Republican
caucus which is to be put into effect
when the senate is reorgauized, Senator
Baker is given place on each of the
following committees:
District of Columbia, pensions, en-
crossed bills, improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river, private land claims. He
is made chairman of the committee for
the investigation of trespass On Indian
lands
On the whole, Senator Baker received
better appointments than any of the
new men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
NOT ANXIOUS TO FIGHT.
Edward Dicey Says Refusal to Arbitrats
Shows EngIand's Weakneas.

Edward Dicey Says Refusal to Arbitrats
Shows EngIand's Weakness.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Edward Dicey, C.
B., who was formerly an editor of the
Obse rver, and also of the Daily News,
and has been a writer of some authority
on political questions, has long letter
in the Sunday Observer which is likely
to carry considerable weight He says:
"Englishmen would make any conces-
sion short of the national honor sooner
than go to war with America The only
weak point in our case is the refusal to
submit the dispute to impartial arbitra-
ton. If our contention is as strong and
just as we imagine, We have nothing to
fear from an independent and fair inqui-
ry. Arbitration on President Cleve-
lands lines is utterly inadmissihle, but
the refusal TO admit the principle Of ar
bitration lays US open to the imputation
that we have doubts of the justice of our
contention. Even now, without loss of
dignity, England might consent to sub
NIT the frontier dispute to some inde-
pendent authority, such as the king of
Italy, or the president of Switzerland.
But, if necessary, we must light sooner
than tolerate President Cleveland's pre-
tensions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
LET Us HAVE PEACE,
But IF That VIII Not Do, Then War t
the Inst, Says Raw. Lyman Abbott

But IF That VIII Not Do, Then War to
the Last, Says Raw. Lyman Abbott.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dec. 23.-Plymouth
church last night was packed to the
doors to hear DR.. Lyman Abbott's sermon
on THE Venezuelan question, shall it be
peace or war;"
DR.. Abbott said in part: There is
reason for our prejudices against Great
Britain. Wherever she has gone she
has gone brusque, bold and defiant.
But wherever she has gone she has
carried higher life with her. No na-
tion has been worsa for her presence.
"a war with England is like a civil
war We are of the sams blood and kin.
We have the same history.
"If we must imperil our trade and
commerce. if we must sacrifice our man
ufactories, if we must call our farmers
from the plow we have done it twice be-
fore aud we would do it again in a
good cause. War is just as shameful
when aggressive and unnecessary as it
is glorious when it is the last resource
of people who have exhausted every
effort at peace. If we are to folio W
Abraham Lincoln We shall fire no shot
until the first shot is fired at Us. Let US
have pe2ce.N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
THE COMING bond ISSUE.
1t VIII he Sufficient to Cover tho Discrep
ancy in the Reserve.

1t VIII he Sufficient to Cover tho Discrep-
ancy in the Reserve.
WASHINGTON, Dec 23-A At confer
ence of the cabinet officers with Presi-
dent Cleveland yesterday it was decid-
ed to issue bonds at once to replenish
the gold reserve. Members of the cab
met who are in the city were summoned
to the White house, and the president
went over the situation with them. 1t
was decided that Secretary Carlisle
should at once prepare for another bond
issue.
The administration was in consultation
with some of the members of the late
Belmont Morgan syndicate, but it could
not be learned last night whether the
new bonds are to be taken by that syndi-
cate or whether proposals are to be asked
Tor by the secretary of the treasury.
The amount of the issue it is said will
be enough to raise the gold reserve above
SlOO,O0O,0O0 although it is not intended
TO sell any more bonds than seems
to be absolutely necessary because it is
believed the present furry will pass
over in view of the growing belief in the
peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan
question, and that restored confidence
will remove the necessity for more
bonds or make it easier to place them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
SIR LEWIS POEM.
The English Laureate Regrets that Amsrf-
Holds Britain's Arm

The English Laureate Regrets that Amsri-
Holds Britain's Arm
LONDON, Dec. 23-Sir Lewis Morris
sends half column poem to the Daily
News entitled "Armenia, America, De-
cember 1895"
The poem pictures desolate Armenia
turning to England for help and then
proceeds:
Now at the moment when our England's arm
Should save the innocent freln deadly harm,
TO cripple her for some mean, sordid aims
Some lust Tor gold Or place
sure tWere the very irony Of shame.
THE debt OF deep disgrace. -
And then proceeds to reproach the
great home of freedom in the west, for
staying England's arm. He then con-
tinues:
Forbid it heaven. it's crime. it's worse than
crime
TO dream this villany. The despot's cloak
"Of base intrigue, suits not thy limbs sublime.
August republic"
The poem concludes il a similar strain.
Sir Lewis Morris, it will be remember
ed, was the subject of rumor several
months ago to the effect that he had
been appointed poet laureate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
WHAT SHE COULD DO.
English Officers Say They Could Success
fully Hold Canada.

fully Hold Canada.
MONTREAL, Dec 23-A naval officer
said today: There should be no trouble
in Assem- bling in Montreal in three days
10000 fairly drilled and disciplined men
ready for dash across the line. A
British force once established in the
vicinity of Plattsburg, would be just as
able to maintain its position there as if it
we're closer to its base. Such a move
would cause delay to Americans and the
scene of operations would be fixed on
American instead of Canadian soil.
"The militia would be able to keep the
invaders back from the St. Lawrence
until the arrival of reinforcements from
Great Britain. Once strong force of,
say $4,000, men of the British army were
established On the south side of the St.
Lawrence it would take 5000 of such
American troops as fought during the
war of the rebellion to fight their way to
Montreal, and long before they could sue
ceed the guns Of the royal navy would
have dictated the terms of peace of Bos-
ton, New York, San Francisco, Detroit,
Chicago and Milwaukee"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
Sympathy for the Sake Of Duty.

Sympathy, beautiful and pure, is
apt to be marred by its being prompted
merely by a sense of duty, and thus its
true and natural spontaneity is veiled-
1t is true that the habit becomes second
nature to US, and by habit we may and
do develop honorable and charitable
sympathy with all suffering, but the
truly sympathetic are SO born, and it
is as impossible for them to enshroud
their true desires and actions as it is
''to soil a sunbeam by touch" It is
in the late youth and mature years
that, as a rule, we see it's most splen-
did achievements. In childhood it is
apt to be in abeyance. In the old age
of good people its beauty is enhanced.
and yet in many instances, in the sere
and yellow leaf, all that was of SYM
pathy, what little there might have
been, becomes bitterness, and the self
ish man clings to what he has gained,
coveting what he has not, with te-
nacity which battles description. All
his treasures are on earth, and as he
knows he must and shall leave them
there can be no eternal hope in him,
and his mind becomes centered on that
which is of but short duration. He be-
comes "earthen," and the rest Of his
days are spent in sordid contemplation
of what at best is but an idle dream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23

By the Naming of the Committees in thu
House.

By the Naming of the Committees in the
House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-There is gen.
eral satisfaction among the members
from Kansas over the committee assign
ments
Colonel Blue heads, in position, the
members from both states; being placed
on the committee on appropriations.
This is the second time that new man
has been placed on that committee in the
history of congress A place on that
committee is looked upon as being equal
to a Craftsmanship.
Mr. Curtis did not reach the head of
the committee on Indian affairs, as his
friends had hoped; but his defeat under
the circumstances, was inevitable, owing
to the fact that he was against fifth
term man, while he was second termer.
While he is given second place on the
committee, it is well understood that he
will have much to do in shaping legisla-
ton as he is admittedly the best posted
man on the work to be found on the COM
mittee. He is given place on public
lands, which is good position. and in
addition he is made chairman of the COM
mittee on expenditure in the interior de.
partment
Judge Broderick has the place he
asked for on the judiciary, and in that
position he can serve his constituents
well, and Judge Miller, of Kansas City,
Kas., secures place on the hard worked
committee on postoffices and postroads
kirkpatrick gets on invalid pensions
Mr.. Long has a chance to secure promin-
ence on the elections committee. while
1lr. Calderhead secures d position that
will give him a chance to develop on
financial questions, and perhaps unlearn
- hi. ~,lr H..1-