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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The first duty on Dext Tuesday is to

The first duty on next Tuesday is to
vote.
Vote the joint ticket All of the
men are good aud representative men.
Elect them and Sumter County will be
woll represented.
After all it looks like tGere will be
bus one ticket in Riohland county.
None Of the prominent men can be in-
sdueed to run
The election of Judge Wallace By
the Democrats Of Union county will be
creditabie to them, and will contribute
much to the strength of the Constisu-
tional Cooveutlou. We trus. Judge
Wallace will be elected :.
Some of the negro politicians in this
cocnty are telling that the negroes are
going 10 with the Tillmapites. They
have said tia. they are advised that it
will be folly for them to autagonize the
Tillmauites, who will control the State
aud make ali laws for thirty years to
come. Now this is not idle rumor, for
three men, who have been told cub
ssantially the same thing By negroes Of
some inHuence, are our informants.
And these three men are all Reformers.
so there can be no grounds for charge
that she reports have been manufac-
tured. What do the negroes mean to
do. and With what Tillmaniles do they
propose uniting? Are the Tillmanites
the ..otoer parties" With whom the
committee should consult before filling
out the negro ticket?
A, ssst we paid DO attention to the
reports that reached US, but when one
person after another came With the
same story from different sources, We
decided to ventilate the matter and see
who will take up the task of explaining
what is on foot.
If there are any Tillmanites in Sum-
ter County who will unite with the
negro Republicans to defeat the ticket
now 10 the field, We would like to know
their names. We do not believe there
are fifty white men in the county, not to
say fifty Tillmanites. who form less than
half the white votes. who would sup
Dor. joint ticket composed partly Of
negroes aud of white men, 1t would
be political folly aud political suicide
for auy white man or set Of white men
to support such fusion ticket.
1t is the height of folly for the ne
groes of Sumter couaty to antagooize
the ticket nominated by the white peo-
ple, for this ticket is composed of men
of ability and influence. who are pledg-
ed to use all their influence towards the
adoption of constitution that will bear
equally upon every mao, regardless OF
color, aud that will guarantee honest
and fair elections. If the negroes de-
sire or EXPECT more than this they are
more than foolish They should see at
glance that the men we propose send
ing from Sumter county will be able to
influence the adoption Of their views.
where ticket elected by negroes would
be absolutely powerless If the negroes
of Sumter county have any sense at al!
aud wish to serve their owu interests,
they will keep oat of the fight. if there
is to be 6gbt. at the general election
Mayor Strong was elected By the
people of New York City for the ex'
press purpose Of reforming the many
abusee existing 10 the various depart
meots Of the city government. The
Mayor went to work as sooo as install
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14
MONEY TO LEND.

THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES HAVE
authorized us to resume the business OF
lending money on improved farming lands.
and We are now prepared to consider sopica-
tions. LEE l. NOISE.
June 26, 'e5-3 mos.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

The Sumter Watcanaon was founded
in 1850 and the True Somhron in 1866.
The Wctchnsan and Soushron now has
the combined circulation aud influence
of both Of the old papers, and is mani
festly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

Winburn's Studio will be closed for few
days only, commencing to-day, Aug. IA.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

No white man can be excused for
not voting on Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

A man with an unamiable-not to say
mean wife-wculd want to leaye Selma,
Ala, if he should happen to live there.
All women would DOT oe SO lenient and
thoughtful in their treatment Of their
husbands as Mistress Elviry Smoke
The Atlanta Constitution is raking
Hoke Smith fore and aft because be
has changed his views on the financial
question since 1892 If the Constttn-
ton is to be accepted as authority, a
man has no right to alter his views on
finance if he has said the horse was
forty feet high be must stick 20 it
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

curtains, book shelves and bric-a- brao
hooks are now regarded as essential to
the artistic we'll being of almost every
kind and condition of bedroom suit.
In early Victorian days the purchaser
looked first of all for convenience in
his furniture and then to the beauty of
the mahogany and the quantity and
elaboration of the carving. Nowadays
it seems to be the vogue to judge piece
of bedroom furniture by it's eccentricity
and the number of more or less useless
little hooks and crannies that trespass
upon what might be valuable space.
Such condition of things is welcome
enough as novelty, but occasionally
in our cheaper productions we are apt
to seriously, or rather comically, overdo
the quaint fashion of the times. Be this
as it may, however, there is demand,
both at home and abroad, for some-
thing quaint and novel, and therefore
are here reproduced some practical con-
siderations of this interesting subject,
from Decorator and Furnisher:
1t was the introduction of the Japan
ese style that suggested the quaint spirit
which pervades over fashions, and to it
we may attribute the present indulgence
in the one sided type of furniture that
is now so common. Until the japanese
familiarized us with such irregularities
wardrobes and toilet tables of unequal
~ arranged sides would have been re-
garded as absurdities. In those days it
was supposed that two sides of every
piece Of furniture should exactly COR
respond, and no attempt seems ever to
have been made to break through this
quite gratuitous regulation. The clever,
sprightly little artists of the Land of
the Rising Sun, however, have shown
us that a mysterious charm lies hidden
in the fashion Of unequal designing
The curious bric-a- brac cabinets of the
east betray much beautiful cunning in
their unconventional construction, and
the admiration of them which we in
voluntarily bestow has prompted the
industrial artists Of our own land to in
dulge their fancies in similarly eccen-
trio vein.
The employment of stained soft
woods has materially advanced this
cause Of SO called estheticism by max
ing it economical, and it is moot ques-
ton whether such "art furniture"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

and three feathers also. Fine plaitings
Of chiffon, with either flowers or feath-
ers, are arranged from both hats and
bonnets to fall on to the hair at the
back, and curtain of lace caught up
in the middle is another fancy. A pref
ty Jet bonnet, with wide spreading
wings of jet, is trimmed with cream
colored pansies above the ears. Violets
and roses are used in combination, and
roses in all the unnatural colors are
mingled with the uncommon tints Of
the new ribbons, which are lovely with
chene figures, and both satin and velvet
stripes.
The chapeau rond is one Of the new
hats of the season which has straight
round rim and is very becoming. Vio-
let colored straw is trimmed with yio-
let's and green fern. Cavalier hats are
trimmed with large roses and bows of
glace silk. In fact, there is every shape
of hat imaginable, and the straws are
SO soft and prettily colored that middle
aged women will find less trouble than
ever in getting becoming hat.
Toques are little larger, but they
are to be worn as much as ever. Deep
yellow straws. trimmed with valen-
ciennes lace, will be popular later when
the warm days are with US. Another
style of hat called the Welsh shape
turns up at one side The new sailor
shape is much like the old, except that
the rim is crinkled. Iridescent wings
are feature Of the bonnets. A pretty
confection has crown of sequin Jet
embroidery over gold tinsel, iridescent
green wings and fan ends of fine French
lace, with punches of pink roses. a
butterfly toque of mechlin lace has bows
of amethyst ribbon and piquet of tea
roses A small fan of lace falls on the
hair, fastened with brooch. Bows and
rosettes are placed on the crown Of some
hats. Rims are often faced with black
killed chiffon, and it is relief to know
that all hats are to be worn we'll on the
head and perfectly straight. says the
New York Sun. authority for the fore
going.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
Live Stock POinta.

After shearing dip the sheep The
ticks on them will go to the lambs and
bite them murderously if you do not. A
breeder says that the man who does not
dip his sheep at least every other year
ought to go out of the business.
First class thoroughbred stations
command higher fees in England than
they do in America. In this country we
care as much for trotting race as for
q running one.
A daily paper cannot understand why
it is that while there was ali actual in
crease in the number of sheep last year
in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico and Arizona there was falling
off of 800, 900 each in New York and
Pennsylvania and Of so, 900 in Vermont
The reason is that in the eastern states
sheep are largely Merinos and bred for
wool, while in the west mutton is the
object of breeders, and mutton eating
cannot he destroyed by any kind of a
tariff law. There is twice as much NUT
ton eating in this country as there was
generation ago. One point let orr
ShOOP hOOp DV1OiO
The better mutton they raise, the more
demand for it there will be and the bet
ter prices they will get. Even in the
present depression farmers in all sec
tions derive handsome profit every year
from spring lambs.
Breed COWS for February calves in
May.
Now is good time to plant plum
and peach trees in your chicken yard.
The fowls will eat the worms and grubs
that destroy the fruit, and the trees
will make grateful shade for the fowl
in hot weather.
Mix salt and unslaked wood ashes to-
gether in the proportion of pint of
salt to peck of ashes and keep it where
your hogs can get at it all the time 1t
is good for their digestion, and they
like it
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
Sensible Way of Marking Pigs.

A correspondent in Otero county has
no trouble in keeping tab on the various
litters of pigs that come from time to
time. He says: Number the litters
each year in the order of their birth
and mark each pig with the number Of
its litter-that is, all the pigs of the lit
ter with the same number. One notch
in outer rim of right ear is one. One
notch in outer rim of left ear is three.
One notch in the inner rim of right ear
is ten. One notch in the inner rim of
left ear is 80. One hundred filters can
be numbered this way. For instance,
number the first litter with one notch
in right car, the second would be two
notches in the same ear, tile third would
be one in the left ear, the fourth one in
each ear, and SO on. If there were 40
litters, it would be one notch on the
inner rim of both ears. To make the
system complete, record must be kept,
giving name of SOW and date of birth,
and corresponding marks can appear in
the book. Field and Farm.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

molding and rail from which VIII hang
a plush or silk curtain. This will ma
terially enhance the general appearance.
1t will be necessary, too, to make the
back standard very deep from back to
front for purposes Of strength, as the
mirror is heavy, and also in order to
permit the glass to be easily swung.
The large, deep drawer in the lower
part is intended for bonnets, and the
upper cupboard reoedes the usual dis
lance from the front.
The design of the small chair at the
side is similarly quaint and serves as a
useful suggestion for either bedroom
or drawing room chair.
While there is no doubt that this
original manner of breaking up" the
drawers and spaces is favorably regard
ed by the modern purchaser, there is
also no doubt that the straightfor-
ward designings of some ten years ago
represented the acme of good taste and
convenience. The straight fronted toilet
tables, with their jewel drawers on
either side the dressing glass, have new
er since been surpassed, and variations
from those lines generally result in a
proportionate diminution of comfort and
beauty. The stern mandate of fashion,
however, demands novelty - and thus
we are constantly being confronted
with more or less irregular arrange
ments of the cart" kind, which, though
they attract attention and buyers, do
not offer any improvement upon the
modern Jacobean lines of recent preva-
leuce
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
SCIENTIFIC SHEEP SHEARlNG.
A Man who Learned the Trade In the
Old Country.

A Man who Learned the Trade In the
old Country.
The process was as follows: One man
to catch and belt, or cut off, any locks
of dirty wool; also to wind and tie up
tho aeeoes. The shearer turned up the
sheen, letting it sit upon its rump, then
placed his toes well under and knees
close to body Commencing under right
ear with right hand open narrow strip
to the brislet, which trim. Then turn
ones self to the other side, shearing
around from open part to center of neck,
thence down to shoulder. When this is
reached the head of the sheep is allowed
to hang between the shearer's legs,
keeping the knees close up to the shout
der, causing convex surface and stretch
ing the skin tight so that it does not
run in front of shears. Continue in this
position until the hip is reached. /
should have mentioned that when we
come to tho shoulder another strip is
opened from the bare spot on the fore
flank to the bare spot under the hind
flank, and also to keep feeling with left
hand for the center of the back, to shear
just so far and no farther. In fact, when
shearing for prizes the shears are often
Again, by pulling up the shoulder to it's
natural position occasionally one can
tell whether the lines are perfectly
straight and at right angles to the back
bone. Before laying ON the side put
the left hand on the stifle joint so as to
press and hold out the hind leg, then
run the points of the shears once from
the lowest point where wool grows up
along the leg bone. This opens up the
fleece nicely, and it is one of the hard
est places for an amateur to work at
unless done as directed.
When placed on the side, put the toe
of the right foot over the neck, which
will hold the sheep down without press
| ing upon it. Now let your strips point
a little upward or toward the head SO
that when finished near the tail they
| point, say, at an angle of 40 degrees.
Trim belly, etc., when down, also in
| side of legs. When that is completed,
set up Oh rump again, getting toes well
under, and after shearing the neck take
| left hand and so continue until finished,
| when if well done the sheep will appear
like a barrel with hoops around about
| one-half to three-fourths of an inch
| apart, as regularly and truly as though
done with square and compass. When
| skillfully performed, it is a work of
| art 1t cannot be learned in day, but,
like every work that the hand of man is
required to do, the most simple as well
as the most intricate, there is right
and a wrong way of doing it, and 1t is
just as easy to learn the right way as
the wrong
All this have no doubt will act as
red rag to a bull, and shall have
some one jumping on me and saying:
CAN fudge! What does it matter so
long as you get the wool off?' I will an
ticipate by replying nothing where you
sell to the buyer by weight or to one
who has no eye to the niceties OF art
farming, who cares not whether his
fences are parallel or his blowing we'll
4 done and burrows straight. r. Gibson
in Breeders Gazette.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
Eggs In Milk.

Cocoa is now much used in the place
of chocolate for icing cake. The icing is
made by beating the whites of 2 eggs
and mixing with them nearly cupful
of powdered sugar. Add 2 tablespoonful
of cocoa. An icing that many prefer
is made without any eggs. Boil 4 table,
spoonfuls of granulated sugar with the
same quantity of water for minute.
then add teaspoonful of vanilla and 2
teaspoonfuls of cocoa, boil minute
longer, and the icing will be ready to
use.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
SPRING MILLINERY
An Erratic tumble of Shapes and Combi.
nations, Many of Them Becoming.

An ErraGlc JumDle OF Shapes ana COmD1-
nations, Many of Them Becoming.
Spring millinery is an cratic tumble
Of shapes and combinations Of materials
and colors with millions of glittering
spangles of every hue thrown in for fur
ther diversity. But if we avoid the ex-
aggerated perversions of real millinery
art it is a simple matter to find the
most charming little bonnets and the
most becoming hats imaginable
A special feature of the new MILL
merry is that the flowers and leaves are
mostly very large, the hydrangea being
one of the favorite blossoms. Petunia
is one of the most popular colors and
appears in straw hats as we'll as flowers
and ribbons. The wide effect gained
by wings and outspreading bows is still
dominant characteristic of both hats
and bonnets, but the broad Dutch bon
net, so fashionable all winter, has grown
little point in front, which makes it
resemble the Marie Stuart shape and is
infinitely more becoming to the major
ity of faces.
The jet bonnets, with their punches
of bright flowers at either side, are
very attractive Three shades of one
flower are usually grouped together,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
J. 7. keefe's,
Bellows Falls, VT.
WANTED.

Local and travelling statesmen can md
steady employment with us; new season just
opening,good pay at once, our men earn from
$40 to $l25 per month; apply at once and Sc
cure first-class territory. We are the large't
growers of Nursery Stock in Canada, over
700 acres. Can give yon superior advantages.
STONE 4 WELLINGTON
j. W. Beall, Manager. Montreal, Canada.
Mention this paper.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18


would have been so beloved for "art' s"
sake if it had entailed the outlay of adj
ditional cash. The ma jority of the sug-
gestions herewith are therefore intend
ed to be manufactured in ash or bass
wood and stained green, cherry color or
deep brown gold-a tint which may be
produced by using brunswick brown.
The first model to which attention is at
tracted is useful type of dressing bu-
reau, constructed on old fashioned lines,
with a nest of jewel drawers under the
dressing mirror.
More elaborate is the dressing bureau
with unequal drawers and long mir
ror in which may be viewed ones figure
at full length. 1t is intended that the
pillar to the right shall stand flush with
the front of the drawers and shall sup
port two branch brass candelabrum.
From this pillar to the standard at the
back of it there must be connecting
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
We Will Save You Money and
You Will Save Us Trouble
If You Pay Your Subscriptions
In Advance.

We present herewith Annual Clubbing List, some,
what revised and offer it to subscribers with the
knowledge that endeayors to save them money will
meet with cordial reception. In connection with the
clubbing rates would remind you that all subscriptions
both for THE TIMES and such other papers or perod-
Gals as you may choose
MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
There will be exceptions to this rule No paper
will be ordered until the cash is received here Our main
object in preparing clubbing list to popuarize the cash
in advance system among subscribers.
The following list shows the leading apers and maya
zines which we can furnish Ifyou want anything not in
the list, ask about it. We you money on
nearly any publication.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

The above extracts from many hum
dred letters received daily by Mrs. Pink
ham. at Lynn, Mass, go to show how
easily ailing women can obtain advice
and relief. Write to Mrs. Pinlham.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, the most successful female medi-
cine known to the world, can be obtained
of any druggist in the land.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

tiu III u very Diu NpHdllipH'
My courses have stopped from
catching cold, and the pain is
fearful. am all bloated up; and
the pain in lower part of my body
is terrible. My back and head
,ache all the time. What shall l
Wv " Des Molnes.
Mrs. Lizzie Decline, 224 Grand
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trouble, from which she was re-
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Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manches-
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The doctors gave me morphine 10
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get your advice"
Miss Jennie -, Chicago.
states that she Is twenty-five
years OF age; occupation, sales
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Constant standing has brough'
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There are several girls | know
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Miss Mary Smylie, who resides
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Kensington, Phila., writes :" am
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

Seated at her desk in the bureau OF
correspondence, this wonderful woman
opens her letters from all parts of the
world. A few extracts from their con-
tents tell the story
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

lust look at those Shoes for 99c.
S1.25, so, rs, 2.0O,2.5O and 800 ;
solid, no shoddy stock in 'em. The
best line | have seen at such low
prices. No wonder about that, for
a man who has given close attention
to shoes for SO many years and be-
ing shoemaker to boot, there is no
chance to getistuck on shoddy stuff.
Such a..place you will find here at
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
IF the Baby is Cutting Teeth,

Re sure and use that old and well-tried rem
edy, MRS. WINsLOws SOOTHING SYRUP for
children teething. 1t soothes the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and Is the best remedy for diarrh9a.
Twenty five cents q bottle.
II L. the Best of All.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
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QUAINT FURNITURE.
1T MAY BE CHEAP, SIMPLE AND Ar.
TlSTlC.

Bedroom Furniture In Ash and Eastwood
That Copies Japanese Styles--This One
Sided Type Is Popular With the Average
Buyer.
Novelty Of form and arrangement are
sought for in the matter of bedroom
furniture. Old fashioned convenience
and rational construction have given
place to more up to date order Of
things, and new tangled notions of
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18
WOMAN'S SUFFERING.
RELIEVED BY MAIL. HOW II IS
DONE.
rsrEorAL TO oSE LADY RrApEns,l

How a Woman Works for Her Sex.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-04-18

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