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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

TITS mystery to me-" said dentist
OF large practice recently, "that a
woman will make up her face to come
to a dentists chair. Yet many OF them
do. Hardly a day passes that I don't
have some lady In here rouged, pow
dered and pencilled 20 the last degree
You would think they would hardly
care to face the strong. cruel light
which l employ in my work, or my own
close, II Involuntary. scrutiny; but they
don't seem TO mind either
"only yesterday | worked for three
hours over woman whose lips were
so besInudged with some vermililon
paste that ii came on generously.
THE powder on her face busted my
coat sleeve with every motion, almost,
and ! discovered before 1 had finished
that even the veins on her temples
owed their delicate blue look to some
outside influence"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

Have you heard from your daughter
since she started on her wedding tour?
Ia she happy?"
VERY much no. Only think, In Ven
ice she commenced TO have her own
way in everything, and ever since they
left Rome she has carried the purse"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

"You say you love me; how are you
going to prove it2''
II swear TO you by"
swear by something OF supreme i'm
portance-something dear to You as life
itself"
"Adela. swear to Won nv my sal
aryr'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-07

You have read ALTON Locke no
doubt, Kingsley's strong book, and of
course you have grippcd your
hand hard and swora. II yuu
are rsofane person, over
Tom Hoods Song OF the Shirt and
those bitter cries OF the weak and
the outcast. An investigation now be-
ing carried on in New York city has
showed n condition of affairs that
might well lead a conservative man to
think that the Socialists and Anar-
chists are not so wrong after ALL
Women, young and old, went ON the
witness stand and swore that they
arose at six o'clock in the morning and
worked until after midnight, save when
they stopped to eat their poor meals
or suclle their children when they
had any A score Of them would work
until they fell from sheer weakness
and would sleep where they fell. 1t Is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Highway Strategy.

II don want nothin to eat, ma am, :"
said the tramp, tbut would you mind
tellin me who lives next door south::'
GA family named Higgins, - replied
the woman OF the house.
sDo you know anything about 'em"'
"No; they've only lived here a little
while. They came from Kansas City. y
''That'll do, ma am. Thanky.''
A few moments later be appeared at
the kitchen door Of the Higgins man
sion.
II don suppose you want to be both
cred By beggars, ma am he said to
the woman who came to the door in re-
sponse to his knock, but I amt no
Professional. I'm pore man that's been
tryin fur 10 years to make a livin III
St. Louis, and I've had to give it up.
The towns too dead. I'm maxim my way
now to Kansas City, where a mans got
some chance, and if you can give me a
bite O cold victuals and kind word
I'll be ever so much
'.Why, certainly, certainly! Come
right il. 1t won't take five minutes to
fry You slice of nice ham, and I'll put
the cofeepot Oh right away. Ten years
in St. Louis! Well, well!n'-Chicago
Tribune
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
captain Bookhar5

The many friends of Or. Tom W. Book
aari who removed from here 10 A.a-riie:
X. G., a'out t"o YEAS s.so: i'll he eased 10
learn Of his success professionally aud other
wise. in his new bone The following
clipping is from & !a:s issue CT lae Ashev!!e
C;i=en
Ashevil.es military company, the Light
Infantry, ,>r evening at rs regular lartt'Gg
choose u successor TO Capt White G Smith
Dr. T. " Bookhar, is .te ,uck.y ,nar aviug
been olotnoied from the proposition Of seco!.d
lieutenant, 10 which Us was e:ecied Two
we-ks ago, to tie highes, in the COMPANY :
gifi. The vacancy caused ny his promotion
was 6.led uy be election, by rcc!ama'ion, Of
Arthur Rankin. who is also secretary "t.i
trersnrer Ct he company. Capt Bookhari has
risen from :he ranks wlthin a year. and II is
believed that he will prove rlost worthy
successor 10 Capt. Smith, who re;ires from
the company vito the best wishes Of every
one Of h, men
TIE cewly-elected officers Of the company
viii give oysie. supper on the evening Of
January
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Appearances Deceptive.

There is we'll attested story of az
officer Of the Army of the Potomac who
won great rcnown for his personal cour-
age. In every action Of consequence his
post was in the heart Of danger, a;d ii
was notice! that no matter how thickly
the bullets We're flying he sat his horse
in apparent disregard Of them and never
moved, even when the enelny's hTc
seemed concentrated upon him. 1t
WASH until 20 years after the war was
over that he confessed that the secret of
his apparent Indifference TO danger lay
in the fact that be was SO badly scared
each time that he didn't dare to 1nove
for fear OF running against some bullets.
Nov York Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
An Official PurSatOry.

Messrs. Allen and ;sachtlelen, who
made bicycle tour around the world,
describe their journey from Saaarkand
to Kulja in The Century. Of one city
on their route they say:
Tashkent has long been known as
refuge for damaged regulations and
shattered fortunes, Or s'the official pur-
gatory following upon the emperor dis
pleasure. - One of the finest houses OF
the city is occupied by the Grand Duke
Nicholai Constantincvitch Romanoff,
son the late general admiral Of the
Russian navy and first cousin TO the car,
who seems TO be cheerfully resigned to
his life in exile. Most Of his time is oc
cupied with the business Of his silk fac
tory on the outskirts Of Tashllent and
at his farm near Hodjent, which GER
tain firm in Chicago at the time of our
sojourn was stocking with irrigating
machinery. All of his bills are paid
with checks drawn on his St. Peters
burg trustees. His private life is rather
unconventional and even democratic.
Visitors to his household are particular
ly impressed with the beauty of his wife
and the size of his liquor glasses
The example of the grand duke illus
trates the sentiment in favor Of indus
trial pursuits which is growing among
the military classes, and even among
the nobility Of Russia. The government
itself, thanks to the severe lesson of the
Crimean war, has learned that great
nation must stand upon a foundation of
something more than aristocracy and
nobility. 70 this influence is largely
due the present growing prosperity OF
Tashkent, which, in military impor-
tance, is rapidly giving away to Aska-
bad, the key to Eerar -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
The Needful Inspiration.


This little story is told of Mrs. Ward S
most famous book When the manu-
script was completed the hero bore a
name altogether unsatisfactory to the
author. She had fixed on Robert, but,
although she went through long lists OF
names, could not get a surname which
pleased her. Mrs. Ward was in London
Just then, and her husband playfully
suggested that the fresh air about their
home at Haslemere might bring her the
needful inspiration. 'Haslemere, . the
novelist repeated dreamily, ''Haslemere
-Elsmere I have it Robert Els
mere!' And so the novel was named.
New York Times
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Effect of Cold Upon Metals.

A series Of experimel 5 was recently
made with view to sting the rela-
tive strength Of metals when heated or
cold. The result was ST: -orising even to
those who conducted th. tests. Under a
very low temperature the tensile strength
of many metals was enormously in
creased. The breaking strain Of tin was
increased from 200 pounds to 400
pounds; that Of fusible metal from 40
pounds to $50 pounds. The magnetic
powers Of metals seem to be in some
way closely related to their tensile
strength, and these as we'll are many
times multiplied by excessive cold
New York Ledger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
THIS IS a DUN.

The proprietor of the Natchman
md Somhron does not believe in the
custom pursued by many publishers
of dunnlng delinquent subscribers
through the newspaper, and has not
done so for years. However this
season will be an exception-at least
in this instance, and for this reason ::
In the fall bills were sent by mail to
all in arrears, at the expense Of
several dollars for postage Com
paratively few have responded. 1t
would be spending money in hand,
that cannot we'll be spared to 60
through the list again
You can all see-and your wives
and children also-by the dates fol-
lowing your name addressed on the
margin Of the paper, the date to
which you have paid and from which
tine subscription is due. Please look
at those dates. and then make an
effort to pay something, if you cannot
pay all. If you have no money left
from your cotton, look around and see
if you have pig, OF chicken, or a
a few bushels of corn or peas or any
thing that you can spare. Bring it
in and the full value of it will be a!
lowed in settlement Of your subscrip.
ton 0fcourse money is of more use
than anything else, and it is to be
hoped that all who can pay in money
either in whole or part will do SO :;
but don't stand back or that account
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Her Devotion to a Cause.

Marguerite, he murmuced, will
you be mine::''
Harold, " she answered, 81 believe
in the emancipation Of cur sex. My
Jealous devotion to the cause comDels
me to insist upon what may, to yo",
seem punctilious a5suroiry. "
Nothing you say can seelA absurd,
he protested
''Modesty forbade me, she went on,
''to frame the original question, but
now that you have spoken there is no
impropriety in my offering al amend
ment Do not ask me if will be YOURS.
Ask me if I will permit yoa to DC mine.
Washington Star
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Egyptian HierogIyphicS.

The Egyptians had four separate and
distinct styles or forms of writing-the
hieroglyphic, the hieratic, the enchorial
and the Coptic The hieroglyphic was
probably in use as early as the year
1000 B. c., and at first was made up
entirely of pictures. About the year
1000 B. c. the hieratic form or style
was introduced. In this the picture
hieroglyphics were greatly simplihed,
finally developing into forms purely
linear. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Dog or Snake Bite.

If you or a companion should be bit
ten by dog Or a snake, suck the wound
as hard and as long as you can. You
would not be likely to swallow the
blood, but if you were to do so it would
not hurt you, for such poison is serious
only when injected into the veins or
arteries. The life Of an English king,
Edward l, was once saved by his brave
wife, the good Queen Eleanor, who
sucked the wound made by a poisoned
..-,,o51-.-NNew ofk Z iIiic=.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Superior to Time.

1t is strange, said jeweler on Twen-
ty-third street, but women seldom ever
consult the official timepiece in the
window. A man involuntarily pulls out
his watch to set it by the standard time
from the United States observatory,
and if he passes ten timekeepers in day
would be apt to compare with half of
them, but woman, unless she is very
businesslike, wouldn't pull out her
watch to regulate it, not if she passed
100 standard timepieces. She is superior
to time. New York Recorder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02

The populists are fighting the Car
Isle currency plan, because it would
give tie country relief apd the occupa-
tiou Of the calamity Lowlers would be
gone.
The pluabers are 10 luck. The
freeze made enough work to keep them
busy for weeks. ''Its an i'll wiud, y
etc.
The Augusta Chronicle is one of the
most valued exchanges that cones to
this Office. The editorial page is DOT
surpassed in the South in both amount
aod quality Of work.
The Neus and Courier is doing a
great dea! to arouse interest in hog
raising in this State by the publication
Of the weights of the hogs killed in
various parts of the State. All people
knew that there were more hogs 10
South Carolina than ever before, bal,
few people we're aware that pork rails
ing had made such considerable devel-
opement until the Ne,cs ana Courier
began to investigate the matter.
The old year finishes its work with
to-day Fer it can be said that it was
faithful to its mission. Not day was
skipped nor an hour Of time lost It
is true that the year was filed with
hard times. busines depressions. trials
and disappolnfmeats; but these have
passed, we trust. with the old year. and
We should all turn our face resolutely
toward the new year with desern,ina-
tion tc work for better tunes and pros
perity in this the favored section of the
country. May the New Year, be hap
Ply indeed, and may prosperity and
peace dwell in all our homes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Chains That Bind Us.

When the protectionists of Piedmont
invoked the example of the United
States, Count Cavour answered: What
does that prove: 1t proves that these
people, though Republicans. knew net
how to give up private interest to public
interest and that Republican forms Of
government are not sufficient to tear
seltishness from the human heart.
Tariffs have done nothing but crib,
cabin and contine' the genius OF Amer
lean industry. And now that a major
ity of the American people would snap
these bonds they find that the great III
terests, the fearful power they have
evoked, cannot so easily be destroyed. =
Joseph Dana Miller.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
III tie case Of The Dundee Mort3aol

III tie case Of THE Dundee Mort5age
md Trust Luyeament Company.
Limited, Plaintiffs, against, Har-
riet Rebecca Saunders, UMta@L.
Sanders. Ann Catherine Saunders
Robert G.. -NcFaddin and -Nariou
Noise, Defendants.
l. All that plantation or tract of lane.
known rs the Wash Bracy Plantation.
situate, l.ing and being in Rafting Greek
Township. in the County of Sumter anc
State Of South Carolina, con.alnng four
hundred and twen,y-seven and one-balf
(4273) acres ore or less, bounded North br
lands formerly Of Benjamin Gerald. East b!
lands now or formerly of Burrel Cato and
South and West by lands formerly of Marou
Sanders
II. All that plantation or tract of Land.
known MS the moody Tract" situate, lying
and being in Rafting Creek Township, in the
County of Sumter, ard State OF South Caro-
lima, containing three hundred and one acres
(30l more or less, bounded on the North by
lands formerly of T. H. Sanders, South by
Rafting Creek and lands of Mrs. NJ F Moore.
and West by lands now: or formerly W ".
Anderson and T. H. Sanders, together WE
the buildings and all the improvements there
on.
Terms of sale-One half cash. Bal
ance on a credit Of one year from Gay of sale.
secured by bond Of purchaser bearing inter
est from day of sale and mortgage of the
premises sold. Buildings on last smed place
to be insured in such reasonable sum as Mas
ter may determine and policy assigned, or
be made payable TO him. Purchasers has o,-
ton of paying the whole amount of bid i:
cash.
Purchaser 10 pay for all papers, recording
fees and insurance
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02

peace dwell in all our homes.
The amended dispensary law is a
greater infringement of the personal
rights and liberties Of the people
than we ever conceived the represen-
tatives in the General Assembly
would have the servility to enact.
1t makes it a misdemeanor for man
to have in his possession any liquor
other than that sold by the dispensary
Heretofore, under the dispensarv
law, any individual has had the right,
whenever he saw fit, to go to North
Carolina and buy as much liquor as
he wanted, provided the amount did
not exceed one gallon, and bring it
into this State without fear of moles.
tation from the dispensary authori-
ties. But now all that is changed
Hereafter, if man is inclined to
take a toddy at all. be must either
patronize the dispensary or do with
out. During the session Of the
Legislature just closed, there was
passed an amendment to the dispen-
sary law which makes it misdemea
nor to bring any whiskey into the
State under any circumstances what
ever More than that; if an indi-
vidual should be detected with
any liquor in his possession, in other
than a properly labeled dispensary
bottle, he will be liable to arrest aud
trial for misdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction, must be sentenced to the
penitentiary for a period Of not less
than cne month. In case the solici
tor should believe that the defendant
cannot be convicted in his own
county, he has the right to practical
ly change the venue Of the case to
whatever county he may see fit. The
law is now practically ron clad So
far as the Legislators are concerned.
there is but little, if any, objection
to man drinking as much liquor as
he desires but under any and all
circumstances, he must buy his sup
plies from the State, in order, posi-
bly,, that he may be sure that it is
l00-proof and chemically pure
The above is synopsis Of the law
taken fror. the YorhviUe Enquirer, a
paper that has always been favorable
to reform. How do you like It?
And, furthermore, do you believe
that the provisions Of the law will
be enforced to the letter? No you
do not, nor do we. The Legislature,
which recently sat in Columbia and
raised big row because the pay of
the members could not be made SIS
per day instead of 81, seemed to be
imbued with the notion that by the
enactment of preposterous and out.
rageous laws the people could be
terrified into abject submission to the
will of the dominant element. Per-
haps the Legislature was right in
this estimate of the people of South
Carolina, but we believe that when it
is undertaken to incarcerate in the
penitentiary those who obtain and
use contraband liquor there will be
trouble The Legislature can pass
such preposterously tyrannical laws,
but men in Office will net dare to
even attempt enforce them If this
amended dispensary law is enforced
the pcnitentiary will be filled to over
flowing with the best men in the
State-Rcformcrs and Conservatives
will be cheek by jowl in their
stripes, for there are thousands Of
Reformcrs who are partial to liquor
that has not passed through the hands
Of Traxler
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02

o@1i Oao'e wiz P'0o'y Nc az Wv
publication Of daily in Spartauburg
at an early Gay Alas for the Pied
moat..
Kelley town. - the dark corner of
Darlington county celebrated Christma as
by Loyalty filing up on dispeosary poi
SOP and killing man.
Every voter should register for the
approaching municipal election. 1t is
true that only one alderman is to be
elected, but it will make great differ
ence to the people of the city if an
undesirable or improper person should
be elected Register at once. It is a
duty you owe yourself aud the city.
The Florence Messenger. one of the
ivest papers in this section Of the State.
celebrated Christmas oy coming out in
portrai; edition Besides giving an
excellent write up Of the business of the
city, editor Starr had portraits of the
mos. prcminen. and enterprising bust
ness men Tie Messenger deserves a
happy aad prosperous New Year after
celebrating Chritmas in SO enterprisiug
a manner,
The idea Of the South sending corn
to the West may appear to many per-
sons as very novel, and of these per-
sons many Of them live South of Mason
aud Dixon's line, Yet it is not an
impossible :dea by any means. There
is an abundance of corn in the South,
and what is better still, the South can
raise surplus for sale, every year if
the effort is made.
\ number Of farmers will p mt rice
aexl year to a greater extent than ever
before. Rice is staple article of diet
ID :ais country and so long as our
apfesites suffer no change there will
always De demand for rice, therefore
those wAo plant rice are acting wisely
Co.1., rice, potatoes, sugar caDe. sor-
guc,, oats, pess, vegetables and live
stock will eventually displace cotton in
South Carolina, and We shall once more
be prosperous people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
1t is not the living that worries the

1t is not the living that worries the
people in this part of South Carolina,
it's the debts If they could get out
of debt they could live along very
comfortably, although they might
never get rich
The fact that the er';re cotton
crop is not sufficien> for the
coffee and sugar impo..vd into this
country accounts for part of the
hard times. AS people the Ameri-
cans are too luxurious in their tastes
John L. McLaurin has fought the
Carlisle financial plan with greater
virulence than populist or republican.
He may feel that it is slight 10 his
! dignity to have anybody's financial
bill before Congress for consideration
after his own little scheme was SO
summarirly laid on the shelf some
months ago, and his attack upon the
Carlisle bill can thus be accounted
for.
The Constitutional Convention
must be controlled by those who are
opposed to the centralization of all
the power of the State in the hands
Of the Governor, or we shall have
fixed upon US condition that is intol-
erable even when we have hope that
the condition is only temporary. The
convention can be controlled in the
interest of democratic principles and
good honest government if the effort
is made.
Capt B R Til'man's name has
been scarcely mentioned by the
papers for several days The pne
nomenon may be due to the fact that
all Christians endeavor to put ou: Of
mind all unpleasant subjects during
the Christmas season, or it may be
that since Capt. Tillman has removed
from Columbia he has not been in a
position to work the reporters for SO
much free advertising
An interesting editorial from the
Charleston Post in reference to the
3C's Railroad extension is reproduced
to-day. We do not agree with the
Post in regard to the gift Of $4,000
to the road, especially wien it must
be made in the form of township
bonds. We are unable to stand any
increase in taxation, and we are
opposed to subsidies i'll any form.
AS an investment we believe it
would be good thing for both
Sumter and Charleston to take stock
in road from Camden to Sumter
with the connections to Charleston,
but as gift to the road it would be
nothing less than folly.
The Freeman, in the issue of Friday.
announced the dissolution Of the firm
Of Dargan & Miller, by which the
Freeman was established and has been
published up to the present time.
Hereafter the Freeman will be publish
ed weekly Cd Friday, under the ex
elusive control of Col. John j. Oar
gan. MIR. Miller will continue the job
department Of the Freeman 90 his
individual account. The Item wishes
these gentlemen success in their enter
prises
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
Masters S Sales.
BY j e. Jerrey, 1Auctioneer
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

PURSUANT. to the judgments and ords-s
following entitled cases, will cHer for sale
at Public Auction, before the Court HOUSE
in the City of Sumter. Count and State
aforesaid. or the FIRST MONDAY il
JANUARY "ext, 1895, (being he 7;h Gay
OF said month. between the hours OF eleve:.
o'clock il HE forenoon and FIVE O clock i:
afternoon OF SAID day. the real estate il eac:.
case described co lie terms Il each case
specified
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02

GA crick in the pack." pain unde: the
shoulder-biales, wafer brash. tilicusness
and constipation, are symptoms Of disordered
stomach, kidneys. liver, and bowels For all
almenis originating in arrangement Of
iElese organs, ihhe Ayers Pills.