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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

Scores Of Quaker families in South
ern Pennsylvania have preserved the
marriage certificates of their ancestors
for many generations, signed, as is the
Quaker custom, by all the guests of the
ceremony.
An authority on bridge architecture
says that the longest bridge in the
world (uot taking into consideration
the famous Lake Ponchartrain t%restle-
work. is the Saratova bridge across the
Volga, length 1872 feet.
The temperature Of the planet Nep-
June is believed to be about 900 degrees
below the zero of Fahrenheit. while
that of Mercury is much too high to
admit of a possibility Of air-breathing
animals i~uhabiting it.
The winds which for a number of
Gays blew up the Niagara river had a
curious efe,t 90 the falls. The Ameri-
can falls had but a mere shadow Of
their usual flow, and the water in the
hydraulic canal fell over a foot without.
however, Interfering with the mills.
As a result of the examination Of
1000 eyes, Dr.. Miles Of Bridgeport,
Conn, found that 65 per cent. re-
CURED glasses. The and girls
far exceed the men and boys The
period during which the people havethe
most trouble with their eyes is between
20 and 80.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06
Defeated by the Japanese.
$4,000 Chinese Engaged and
Routed by the First Army.

LONDON. March 3-Tbe Hal Cbeog
correspondent Of the Central News
selegraphs under the date of February
81: 1.-The First army to-day attacked
the enemy eucamped between the
Liaoyapg and New Cbwang roads. The
Fifth brigade entered the right wing,
routed it and drove it back toward
Daifuop. The main column attacked
and routed the enemy at Chang Hoai.
The Sixth brigade marched along the
Liaoyapg road. joined the main d.
vision, and With it occupied Tung
Yueptai and the immediate neighbor-
hood in the direction Of the Liaoyang.
The japanese loss vas 10 killed and
80 wounded The Chinese left $50 dead
on the field"
Lospox, March s.-Oaioial dispatch
es received at Hiroshima confirm the
above report. The Japanese occupied
after the fighting, the entire district to
Saiyenti-Tafuton, and further move
meuts we're projected for March /.
The official japanese reports of Feb
ruary %, said that the enemy had
$1,000, men and ten guns. Gen. Yih
was in command. During the action,
a second Chinese force Of 5000 men
made an attack on Hai-Cheng from the
eastward, but we're ~repulsed without
difficulty. On March l, Gen. Nodsu
reported from Hai-Cheug.
1.-The third division began the ad-
vance at 8 q. N. The advance guard
engaged and repulsed 1000 of the
enemy. Gen. Hayashi's brigade then
Joined the main division. which routed
the Chinese aud captured Konsbinho at
noon. The advance guard then drove
5000 other Chinese from Sautisu. The
japanese outposts DOW guard Maltsu.
Lushoktao aud Kun Fantzu. The
Chinese retreated aud. afterward the
final japanese advance. their main
body lay but a short distance from the
japanese front. Throughout the
morning Of the 18th it showed heavily:
The storm has DOE abated on March l"
A Central News dispatch dated at
Seoul on March ! says that the Corean
war minister and other exalted officials
have received permission, in response
to their own request, to accompany
the Second japanese army throughout
the rest Of the campaign 10 China
The will be attached to General
Noeei's staff. It is reported in Toxic
that the Chinese peace ENJOYS will be
received at Simooosaki and the negotia-
lions will be conducted there.
A Central Mews dispstch from Pekin
SAYS that Ii Hung Chwaug, the head of
Chipa's new peace mission, is still at
the capital. BE has conferred with all
the conspicuous officials and most OF
the European diplomasists-
There is a unanimous desire of men
Of influence 10 Picking that United
States Minister Denly help the Chinese
mission by acting as intermediary 10
arranging for the meeting of the nego-
tia.ors and the course of procedure.
The care with which Ii Hung Chang is
preparing for his duties gives the best
evidence of the earnestness of Chlna's
purpose.
The government has given abundant
nroof 10 the last few days that it will
make a sincere effort to secure peace.
The Central Nsws correspondent IN
Chez Foo says thas the Japanese are
advancing steadily upon New Chwang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

The witch tree" of Nevada and
Southern California exudes or exhales a
ohosphorescent substance which makes
every branch, leaf and section OF It's
bark visible on the darkest night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

Twenty years ago DR.. f. H. Dewey
Of Meadviiie. Penn. wrote a book
proving that the way TO be healthy
was to 90 without breakfast. TIE
cult has lived since then. aud. accord
ing to the New London (Conn.) Day,
there are more than one hundred per-
sons ia that town who eat no break
fast
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06
Camden, S. c.
Farmers and Farming in the
South.

u WTlteI III luC IOoAuoAJ
of Li;ppincott, a Northern man we sup
pose, undertakes to show that the
farmers of our country are sinking
gradually into ignorance and
illiteracy. He thinks that the down.
ward grade is manifest that they will
finally be estimated in the United
States as the peasantry Of Europe
who farm as mere tenants. That the
farmers as a class may not be so high
" educated and cultivated as they
should be is true, but the Northern
writer takes a very limited. one-sided
view ofthe situation. The West is
bad off and the farmers out there may
be so handicapped with debts, mort
cages and interest as to be practical
ly wage-earners only for: the large
land owners. But this is not the case
in the South to the same extent, and
by a very great deal.
While it is true that the prices Of
farm products have been steadily de.
clining for years under bad Republi-
can Legislation that has been alb
solutely hostile to the great farming
class, it is also true that the farmers
in the South are still independent
taken as a body, and are in no danger
of becoming tenants or of degenerat-
ing in The condition of European
peasautry. Farming has had much
to depress it in the South, but it has
yet been able to make some progress,
and now that farmers are returning
to the good old way of raising what
they consume-bread and meat-hog
and hominy and the other good.
toothsome things, they are better OF
than Northern pessimists may think.
The Jacksonville Times Union has
the following pertinent statement of
facts:
"The census reports will show that
in the South. while the agricultural
cage has vastly increased during
lac years. the size of the farms re-
mains about the same, and that so
far from farming lands passing into
the hands of a few, the number of
small farmers is constantly growing,
and the presumption of public lands
as homesteads bids fair to soon absorb
this entire territory thus reserved.
.In the South the mortgage system
is largely Of the chattel or crop lien
character, the land itself being COM
paratiyely unincumbered. And
further than this, the climatic ad-
vantages, wonderful versatility OF
soil, end the variety of products pos.
sible, render the farmer self-support-
ing, and the only causes which can
bring him to a state of servitude are
his own thriftlessness and p~rodigacy.'
The South under favorable laws,
with fairly %remunerative prices, would
rush forward in the line of progress
that would excite admiration and
establishment. In most of the South
the farmer can work out of doors
eleven months, or more, in the year.
Labor is cheap, lands are abundant,
climate is delightful, every thing is
propitious but low prices by reason
of vicious and stupid legislation The
Southern farmers would greatly pros
per if tocaceo, cotton, corn, wheat
etc fetched two.thirds as much as
they did a few years ago.-W Whining
tom Messenger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

Hoods Pills cure jauudice, biliousness, sick
headache, constipation and all liver ills.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

The biue-bird is hailed AS 4 harbinger Of
Spring. Ii is also II reminder that q blood
purifier is aeeded to prepare the system for the
facilitating weather TO come. Listen and you
will hear the birds singing: Take Ayers
Sarsaparilla in March, April, May"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

"A crick IN the back. a pain under the
shoulder-bladeS, water brash, biliousness and
constipation. are symptoms OF disordered sto-
mach, kidneys, liver, and bowels. For all
ailments originating in a arrangement OF
these organs, take Ayers Pills.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-06

1uC WI L uaSS OCCo tACoNAO W
is known as the Horn Worm, but
there is another and more destructive
little fellow called the Bud Worm,
which attacks the plant 10 the bud aud
unless taken out will entirely destroy
every plant attacked. This worm is
very small when first commencing Its
depreda,ions and unless very careful
will be overlooked.
The next important period is the
topping" aud this requires the most
intelligent Judgment up to this time
in the lie OF tobacco plant, as you
may lose in topping too low or you
may lose in topping too high. The
great object is to have tobacco Of good
size with plenty Of body but not
"bony." No definite instructions can
be given for topping. To illustrate,
one plant might bear sixteen leaves
and the next would tot do TO top
higher than eight leaves. The vigor-
BUSINESS Of the plant must be considered
and the farmer exercise his best judg-
ment. This is a part Of the manage
meut of the crop which is only acquired
by experience aud intelligent observa-
ton. As a general thing the time to
ommence topping" is when the ''but-
tom or seed vessel makes its appear
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
CHINA wlLL kNuckLE UNDER.
She Has Refused Before to Allow FOR
eiGners to Investigate Riots.

eiEners to Investigate kiots.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2I.-The state de
nartment has received information con-
firming the news given in r is
patches Yesterday. that there Is So re
disDosition on the part of the {: '1C-e
officials not TO allow the American and
British officers TO be present at the III
yestigation of the Ku-Cheng riots. In
,yerv case where there has been an in
yestigation of the kind proposed the
same objections have been made, the
Chinese officials feeling that they Will
lose prestige with their people II they
allow foreigners to participate III their
courts. These objections have always
ended in the submission of the Chinese
after some DELAY. 1t can be stated au-
thOritatively that the instructions to
Minister DENLY cover all questions now
in controversy, and that the lnvesuga-
ton will be conducted III such manner
a TO allow the American representative
to secure complete and full information
as to the cause of the riots a the per-
sons participating in them, whether
high OF low.
The assurance is also given that this
Will be done in such a manner as to
leave nothing for complaint by the
American people ON the score of failure
to obtain the facts relating to the dis
turbanceS. 1t Is understood that the
Chinese minister has informed his gov.
ernment that the best interests of China
will be served by according to the
American and British officers, the most
thorough facilities for obtaining all in
formation desired. The attention of
China has been called to the fact that
when the United States government
was Investigating the Chinese riots III
this country officials of the Chinese
government We're asked TO be present to
obtain all the particulars.
a London special says: Sir n. r.
O'Connor, British minister at Pekin,
has been armed with full authority to
demand the issue of the necessary in
strucuons to the local Chinese officials
there 10 insure the presence of the
American and British consuls at the
inquiry which is being made at ku-
CAeng into the recent massacreS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
FRANCE WANTS TIME.
Saws Waller Case Documents
Are Hard to Get.
EUsTIs URGED TO BE ACTIVE.
The state Department Resolved to Press
the Matter TO "A ConcIusion-w oodford
Rescued Walters Family to Prevent
Outrages on His Daughters.

PARIS. Aug. 2I.-The GilblaS says
that an important conference has taken
place between United States Ambassa-
dor Eustis and NJ. Benoit, in which the
latter SAID that however deslrOus the
government might be of satisfying the
demands made from Washington II
would take time to get the documents
bearing upon the case from Madagas-
car. Mr. Waller Is reported to be III an
advanced stage of consumption
a London special says: Mr.. Ethelbert
WOodford. the American who assisted
Mrs. Waller and children out OF NADIA
gascar Is here. According To Mr. Wood
ford, the sole evidence against the eX-
consul was embodied III letters To hls
wife and from a Nova friend, wherein
the occupation of Madagascar by the
French was d scUsSed and description
given of alleged outrages upon women.
Mr. WOodfOrd declares, however, that
the real cause for the French action
against Consul Waller Is the fact,that he
had obtained valuable concessions from
the HOvas, and that Mr. Waller had
received his eXeQudtur from the Hova
government though opposed by the
French. who hold the right TO deter
mine who shall be the consul at
Tamatave.
Said he: The heavy additional ex-
pense of rescuing the Waller family was
unexpected to me. l could not, how
ever, do otherwise. There We're grown
up girls in the family, and | knew the
fate that would be III store for them
when the French should occupy the
capital. So took them to Mauritius-
a Washington special says: The
state department has not ahated its in
terest in the Waller case, but 1t l.
firmly resolved to actively press the
matter to a conclusion. a dispatch III
line with this policy has been sent to
Ambassador EuStis.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
MINNIE WILLIAMS NOT DEAD.
She sends a Telegram to Holmes Attor
ney From Providence. X. L.

She Sends Telegram to Holmes Attor-
ney From Providence. X. L.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2I-W. 4. Shoe
maker. the attorney for H. Fl. Holmes,
uccu>ed Of a score of murders, has re-
ceived a telegram purpOruug to come
from Minnie X. Williams, one of
Holmes alleged victims Ii was sent
from Providence. r. L. and read as fol
lows: Reports that I WIS murdered
absurd. Am alive and well -
When the message was shown to
Holmes, he said excitedlv: i knew
my story that | did not kill the girl
would be confirmed
Attorney W \. Capps. the Fort
Worth attorney who has been here in
the interest OF the Texas people, who
aru trying 10 prosecute Holmes. was on
his way TO take a train from New y Ork
when told that Minnie Williams had
been reported alive He said: Il
never thought she was dead. The Fort
Worth people think she Is alive; but II
seems mighty hard 10 locate her. She
may be somewhere near Boston. She
has many friends there. / would not
be surprised If the telegram, you say
has been received from her l. correct. ~
Assistant District Attorney Barlow
would not say whether he thought the
telegram was genuine or false. He ad-
mitted, however, that he would not be
aStOuIshed II Minnie Williams appeared
on the scene at auy time
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
CAMPBELL is THE MAN.
Ohio Democrats VIII Nominate Him n
Their Convention Today

ONO Democrats " III -NoHtihsaAt hhih' ~
Their Convention Today
SPRINGFIELD. O. Aug. 2I.-The Ohio
Democratic convention convened at &c
o'clock this morning. Senator Brice
presiding as temporary chairman and
later a. permanent chairman.
The BriCe men control all the com
mirteeS. but did not exercise their power
in uuSeatiug opponents III the commit
Zee ON Credentials They made Senator
Brice permanent as well a. temporary
chairman of the convention and con
tinued the temporary organization
throughout So far as the ticket Is con
cerned the talk Is for nothing but the
old tickets of 1889 and 1891, which
means Campbell for governor and Mar
quis for lieutenant governor And II Is
understood that Ex-Governor Campbell.
has been assured Of such financial anC
other support as 10 secure his accept
ance.
When the committee on resolutions
met. ex-Congressmau Frank Hurd, who
Is as radical for u gold standard as foI
free trade was made chairman, and II
was f0uud that J. NJ Lewis of the
Eighth. A W. Patrick Of the Seven.
teeuth and Z. J. Blandln OF the Twenty
first district We're the only free silver
men on that committee OF y members.
The committee on resolutions appO. nted
a subcommittee of five 10 draw up
platform, on which the opposition was
given a representation, ami which was
instructed TO reaifirm the national
financial plank of 1892, which Senator
BrIce says the president and Secretary
Carlisle had interpreted 10 mean a gold
standard.
1t was also instructed TO endorse the
tariff bill passed by the last congress
and the national administration and
the record or Senator Brice. Strong
speeches We're made for the resolutions
of the silver men, but II was not lncur-
porated in the instructions to the
trainers Of the platform. 4 iIt Will be in
corpoTated III the majority report OF
BIandin, Lewis and Patrick, and II Is
thought the vote Will be 5OJ for the ma
iority report and 200 tor the minority
report The platform will arralgn Gov
eTuOr Mckinley state administration
severely and point to the revival OF bus
mess as the effect of Democratic rule
and legislation, and to the depression OF
1898 and 1894. a. the effect of previou.
Republican legislation The recent
RePu licau legislatures viii be severely
2rraGued on charges of extravaganza
and restrictive legislation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
SYNDICATE WATCHFUL.
Prevents Gold Seserve From
Going Below $Ioo, 900, 900.
a DEPOSIT OF $1,000, 900 MADE.
This Is Done to Offset n Heavy With
drawsI Made For Shipment to Europe.
s2s5O.OOO Taken Out From the New
York Sub-Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The gold
syndicate has prevented the gold re-
serve from falling below the 800, 600,
600 mark. When the treasury depart
ment received word that 81, $50. 900 III
gold had been withdrawn for export
from the sub-treasury i'll New FORK the
treasury officials found the reserve had
thus been reduced to S99. .611.l4S. \
few minutes afterward, however, Act
ing Secretary Curtis received a telegram
saying that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan of the
syndicate had deposited $1,000, 900 in
gold in exchange for greenbacks. This
deposit swelled the reserve to SlOl,61I,
LIS.
The officials at the department dis
play no apprehensiOns as To the gold re-
serve, and intimate that the syndicate
will continue to make deposits to Offset
Withdrawals. But they decline to eX
press their reasons for their faith, and
the question raised constantly Is aS IN
the pledge under which the syndicate
is making these deposits and the period
il covers, as well as the ability of the
syndicate TO continue to protect the re-
serve. But little light can be shed on
these questions, however. as 1t is said
that probably only two government Of
ficials, President Cleveland and Secre-
tary Carlisle. know the written part of
the agreement made with the syndicate
which secured the last issue of bonds.
The syndicate has so far voluntarily de-
posted about IS, 5000 i'll gold.
The manner III which the syndicate
has accumulated the gold which it has
voluntarily exchanged at the treasury
for greenbacks il not absolutely known,
as the syndicate does not make public
its operations, but at the treasury de
partment il is believed that most of it
is obtained by giving exchange on San
Francisco and by buying bullion checks
The circulation III San Francisco l. prac-
tically all gold The movement of
money Is east as a result of which San
Francisco exchange on New NOTk l.
usually at a premium, equal to the cost
of the transportation of gold across the
continent.
For the same reason New y Ork eX-
change on San Francisco Is often at a
slight discount, although Just now II l.
at par. By Offering exchange on San
Francisco therefore the syndicate can
accumulate large quantities of gold in
San Francisco at practically no expense.
The syndicate can also procure gold by
buying bullion checks issued for bul
lion deposited at the assay offices and
the government mints. These, at the
present time, will result in demand
for gold. bringing a premium. 1t Is
not believed. however. that the syndi
cate Is put to much expense i'll accu-
mulatlng in this fashion, practically the
entire product of the American gold
mines. which averages usually about
$50, 900, 600 "a year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23

The HOvas threaten to burn down their
capital city, AntaLauarivO. Madagascar,
to prevent ii from falling into the hands
OF the French
Five victims OF the Ocean City CId }
drowning accident were buried at SiIby-
vile Del.
Destructive forest fires are reported
frCm the kas.O-S SlOCan the koOcena. and
other districts il Washington and British
Columbia
Justice Van Syckle Of New Jersey an
nounced that the decision a tC the con
stItutionalii of the elective judiciary bi.l
would not be rendered till after the iuGzes
were elected under it
Cumberland county N. J oyster men
are talking Of putting on q steam boat line
TO carry their product owing 10 disagree
ment with the railroads
\ gang OF thieves robbed the granary of
John Robinson, in Hunt erdon county, y
j.. and farmers are organizing against
them.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the Federation of Trades of New Jersey
met at New Brunswick
Several attempts at burglary were made
near Morristown, y. J.
\ forest FIRE burned over 800 acres of
ground near Mays Landing. n j. SerI1us
losses also occurred near Medford- Cam
den county.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
SETTLERS MAY BE PUNISHED
Department of Justice Asked to InVesti-
gate Murder of Hammock Indians

Department of Justice Asked to InNesti-
gate Murder of Hammock Indians
WASHINGToN, Aug 2l.-The question
of what action should be taken by the
government III connection with the
killing of the Bannock Indians. III the
Jacksons Hole country on July - last.
has been referred to the department OF
Justice. 1t Is understood that a com
municatiOn on the subject has been for
warded, which recites the ciTcum-
stances III the case and ends with a
strong recommendation for an investi-
CATION of the matter by the department
of Justice. 1t Is understood that the at
torney general was asked TO send spe-
cial agents to Jacksons Hole and that
the services of the Indian inspectors
were offered as assistants.
1t Is believed that the arrest of Ger
tain settlers by the United States au
thorities has been recommended, sc
that the case may be brought into court
and the relative weight of the treaty
with the Bannocks and of the laws OF
Wyoming may be Judlcially deter
mined.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
TIE MARKETS
PITTsBTRG Aug .

PITTsBURG Aug 20
WFEAT-No red new. 35l,i &c. No Z red
7.G-=c
CGkN-No ? yellow ear ga 45c, No
yellow skelled- 5YGi5c mixed ear, !.
q 45c.
OATS-No l white 26d27ci No do 24d
PC extra No : white 23G24c: light mixed
Z2G&c
HAY-NO ! new timothy SIC OOdlo ., No
timothy. Sl5CUlG 10 %, mixed Clover slS.5Oa
l4OJ, packing SSOOGs 80 No feeding prairie
AlOUGll25, wagon hay, $I6OoGI7.O0 foI
timothy.
BCTTER-Elgin creamery 23IIa24kc; OH,
fancy creamery. lSa2 2Uc. fancy country ron
lsdl5c, low grades and cooking, safe
CHEESE-Ohio, mia. new, Sd SIC; New
York rev. sG9tzc, hH.berger. new l0GlO.5c
Wisconsin Swiss lzSl5c, Ohio Swiss IL.
dI2o
EGGS-Strlctly fresh Pennsylvania and
Ohio il cases. l2gl214c, 1.Glc more foI
CarGled
POULTRY-Large live chickens 5=d65t pc,
pair, live chickens. small 4OG5Jc sprirp
chickens =SGi5c. a. to size, dressed chickens
lOGl>c per pound. dressed sprins chickens
l51Ioc ducks l2dl3c