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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09

Glove and handkerchief Boxes, Cadelabra
Atomizers, Je~elry b xes, Trinket Boxes
Vaseline Holders, Pin Cushions. Pin and
Hair Pin Trays, Ring Trees, Silver Baby
Carriages, Bon Don Dishes.
We cannot mention ALL The best cata
logue of the store is walk through. Yot
are welcome.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09

There are frequent rumors OF Sunday cock
6xhts in the vicinity Of this city.
Eggs are growing scarce, and an advance
in price before Christmas IS not unlikely.
The Dispensary sold out all of the bes.
grades of liquor several days ago, and rush
ing business is dons every day.
Wild ducks are beginning to appear in
large droves on the ponds and savaanahs il
the vicinity of this city.
The crowd of losfers around the passenger
depot continues to be an annoyance TO al
who have business there at train time.
The chain gang was at work Monday clear.
ing away the limbs and trash that mas lit
tered the Court House Square since the freeze
There have been several marriages in this
city since esrlv autumn, bot the knowing cues
sa: that there are 10 be several others before
Ceristmss
The provision of the game law that pro.
hibiis the selling of game by anyone is g
dead letter, not only in this section, bu,
every ywhere else in the State.
Mr.. Thos. Edeps, of Marlboro, who was
reported to have purchased place in the
Wedge6eld Deighborhood, bought the A. S.
Brown plantation 10 the Providence section.
The chance to get pair of horses cheap
Will be at the Delgar Bazaar when the paii
given by Mr. Il Hardy will be raf1ed.
The Opera House should be leased during
the summer months by the Peoples Ice Man
nfacturing Company. 1t is a magni6cen,
aud costly refrigerator, and: if in summer,
i, is proportionately as cold as iu winter, an
ice plant can be operated in i; most ecouomi
cally.
The crowd. .in town Saturday was larger than
was expected and the trade was good. The
thaw brought out all Tho have been kept in
forced retirement during the last few days.
Town people aud country people were both
to be seen in large numbers on the streets
during the forenoon.
Now is a good tin TO recolect that we
shall need ice next summer and that there ere
sill a few shares Of Peoples Ice Mfg, stock
unsubscrhed for. If We want cheap ice, we
should not neglect the opportunity OF oo-
tanning it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09

Holiday goods, and Christmas presents
now on fall display at The Sumter China
Hall.
Dec 9-1m
New 10, of Library and Stand Lamps just
received. Can't be beat iu price elsewhere,
for same goods. TIC. Scaffe.
Dec 81 mo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09
Land Surveying.

H D. NOISE, will give prompt attention
10 calls for surveying and plating land Can
be found at the office of Lee and Noise, Sum =
ter, S. C.
Nov. Is.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09
The Palace Dry Goods Emporium.

of Fancy China Bc Brac Egravings Paste
Cups and Saacers Plates. Fancy Odd Pieces JOers,
Also an entire line Of Fancy Silver Articles just in
prsing almost everything made in fancy silver pieces
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09
Just in--New Line of Capes.

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The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
Oats and Anthrax.

A case of much interest to farmers
has been decided in one of the Eng
lish courts. The plaintiffs sued to re-
cover the price of certain oats. The
defendant denied liability on the
ground that the oats had contained
the germs of anthrax, which had
caused the disease to break out in his
stables and led to the loss of fifty
horses. Some of these were covered
by insurance, but he counter-claimed
in respect to the others. Several corn
dealers who had bought some of the
oats in question from the plaintiffs,
mixed and unmixed, and sold them
again said they had received no COM
plants concerning them. An expert
veterinary surgeon said the oats had
considerable quantity Of dirt in
them, and should not have been fed
to horses without being screened. He
thought 1t possible that winnowing
the oats would have got rid of any
bacilli, as 1t was possible, II there
were any spores, they were all on the
surface. He thought there was room
to doubt that the oats in question
caused the horses to die. The jury
found that the goods were unmer-
chantable by reason Of latent germs
1 Of anthrax in them when they were
first delivered to the defendant; that
the defendant had not been guilty Of
negligence in not having cleaned them
but that he had been so guilty by rea'
son Of not taking the order Of a sec
ond supply Of the oats off the file
Judgment was given for the plaintiffs
for $11O, the value of the second lot
of oats supplied, and for the defend
ant for S1,4OO, the value Of clever
horses which died in consequence Of
the first delivery.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
Ranre Cattle proxr-..

Several years ago when nearly all
the great cattle companies Of the West
were forced to wind up their affairs
1t was freely predicted that the range
business would henceforth decline and
in time pass away entirely. The ad-
vance Of farming, it was asserted,
would drive the big ranchmen out and
the cattle business would once more
be almost wholly in the hands Of
farmers. How much truth there was
in such prophecy is shown by figures
which prove the range cattle business
Of 1906 to have been the greatest on
record. Most Of the present range as
it now is, is not suited to farming,
though good deal may sometime be
reclaimed by irrigation. We may look
for plenty Of range cattle in years to
come, and better ones as breeding ad-
vances again on both Southern and
Northern ranges.-National Stockman
and Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
4 NlGH9 IN lRKABsAW.
"pid you ever visit Camden, Ark.Y'

"Did you ever visit Camden, Ark. ?"
asked young lawyer at Chamberlin's,
the other night. "Well, you don't
want to-" he continued. II came near
losing my life there one night, all
through the common, everyday Gus
sedness of few of its worthy citi-
zens."
"What is the place like? don't re-
member much about it, and that much
Ia not particularly enchanting. 1t has
a postoftice, railway station and a
couple Of saloons; you can find the
houses, or rather huts of residence, II
you look long enough. There Is an
alleged hotel in the place, too. ! found
1t after considerable difficulty, the day
I landed. 1t Is one Of those delight
fully swampy countries, where the
miasma floats in the air until you
could cut it with knife, and 1t is not
only a chilly place in the matter of
climate, but chilly for strangers at any
temperature, as found out.
my business there was in connec-
tion with a big claim, and found my
afiiators after had moone1 about tha
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
WAR PEOPLE DENY IT.
That Florida's Militia Has Been
Called On

Washington. Jan. pa fiat denial
is given at the war department to-day
to the report from Florida that the de-
partment has requested the governor
Of the state to put the Florida troops
in readiness to take the field ut a mo-
ment's notice. In the first place, it is
said, the president has no constitution
nj or lawful authority to make such a
request, and in the next place there Is
no emergency that would justify the
calling out of the LOO men who make
up the Florida militia.
London. Jan. 21.-In spite of the as
sertions of a sensational newspaper az
ticle, the Associated Press is in a po-
sition to reaffirm it's assertion of Satur-
day last that it has been informed by
the British admiralty that the destina-
tion of the flying squadron now at
Spithead is not vet determined upon,
even by the admiralty. and that, cer-
tainly, it will not go to the Bermudas
or anywhere in American waters for
the present. The reports from New
York that communications regarding
the destination Of the British flying
squadron have passed between the
governments of tile United States and
Great Britain are pronounced utterly
without foundation.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
An Effective Remedy.

The electrician is comparatively
new man In the industrial field. In
older branches of work the ground has
been gone over SO often that all sorts
Of contingencies are provided against,
but unlookei-for conditions are the
daily lot Of the electrical engineer, who
has to be alert and resourceful. An
operator who was wiring q theater in
a great hurry was driven to despair by
the way in which the carpenters would
constantly undo, in few seconds, the
work Of hours. They would insist ON
driving nails in his wires. ard cutting
the circuits whenever they thought
they had occasion to do so. As relnon-
monstrance failed, he went on another
tack. Rigging up a twelve-inch fire.
gong he connected all his circuits
with it. Within half an hour after tho
gong was installed it went of with .
Changing which brought every work
man In the building down into the
street. Cries of "Firew resounded
through every part Of the theater, and
there was huge scare. After q while
when it became evident that there
had been false alarm, the engineer
got the hands together and took them
back into the building. He there exs
planned to them that every time any
one but his own men even so much 40
touched wire the gong would 60 Of;
and the man who touched the wire
would get shock Of electricity that
would paralyze him for life. His cir.
cults were never troubled again.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
Accidental Happenings.

Three men are afloat on an ice Zoe
on Lake Erie, and efforts to rescue
them have failed.
A disastrous fire occurred in the Her
minigildo coal mine in Silesia, with
much loss Of life. Fifteen bodies have
been recovered, and seventeen injured
miners have been taken out.
The sealing schooner Kilmeny, w.
Halgram, master, and carrying a crew
Of four whites, Is reported to have gone
to pieces ON the west coast of Victoria
Island, B. c., in gale.
A fire destroyed the magnificent
lone of Hugh Asher. formerly owned
by w. G. F:ance, the famous horse
man, near Lexington. The family had
q narrow escape.
The old ice bridge at Niagara Falls
was swept out by high water, carrying
away the Canadian dock and part Of
the Americas dock. Another bridge is
forming greater than the first.
Several members of the crew of the
British ship Janet Cowan which was
wrecked off the coast Of Vancouver isl
and on Jan. i, attribute the loss Of
the ship to the incompetency Of Capt.
Thompson. The captain is said to
have been Intoxicated when the ship
struck and went to the bottom. Seven
Of the crew, Including the captain, lost
their lives.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
Proper Food for Dairy Cows.

PROPER FOO0 1Of OnAry SO"b.
In response to the following inquiry
of a subscriber: "In what proportion
should corn, harley and oats be fed to
COWS giving milk to make a balanced
ration, and will it pay to get these
feeds ground at cost Of one-fifth of
the cash value of the grain?" the Prai-
rie Farmer says:
If the proportion Of these grains is
one-half oats, one-fourth barley and
one-fourth corn, and the coarse fodder
is good early-cut clover hay. the ra-
ton will be fairly weell balanced
though not just right. 1t would need
some more nitrogenous food, about
two pounds a day for each cow, of
either oil meal, cotton-seed meal or
gluten meal, to balance the excess Of
carbohydrates in the corn and barley.
If the coarse fodder Is timothy hay or
corn fodder, both being more carbona-
ceous than clover, then it Is impossible
to make a balanced ration for milch
cows Of the grains named without the
addition of some more nltrogenous
food. In my opinion 1t would pay to
grind and mix these grains for cows,
even at the price named in the query.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
EVIL Doin4s.

Benjamin johnson, agent in Phila
delphia of the New York brokerage
firm of Kendall & Whitlock, who LETT
home after the discovery of q reported
shortage Of about $4,000 in his ac-
counts, was arrested in Tampa, Fla.
At Liberty, Mo-, DR.. A. Eberts, q
dentist. kissed the wife Of promi-
nent citizen of that place while filling
her teeth and narrowly escaped the
vengeance of two score of citizens who
ran him out of town.
John Morrissey, alias Lawrence
DAILY, alleged agents Of the Roths-
childs, who was arrested in Kansas
City yesterday for forgery, has been
sent to Jail to await trial, his bond be-
fessed his guilt.
The trial Of the ex-city hall commits:
sioners, John Pierson and James
Burke, and the present city hall COM
missioner, Emil Datz, on an indict-
ment charging them with misconduct
in office, was begun in Jersey City,
N. j.
Patrick Morris, an Irish laborer, so
years old, and Charlotte, his negro
wife, several years his senior, who
lived in a houseboat opposite New Or
leans, were shot and burned to death
by q mob, who were indignant at the
open violation of the miscegena tiOn
law.
Gus Jones, young merchant Of
Oakland, Ala, escorted Miss Ellie An
derson, with whom he was desperately
In love, to church. When services
were over she left him and rode home
with the young minister. Passing
Jones on the way she laughed at him.
Upon reaching home Jones killed him
sslf with poison.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
He Enjoyed the Roast.

The scholar in politics has some odd
experiences and is in a position to get
lots Of fun out Of them. Charley
Hoyt, the playwright, is a member Of
the New Hampshire legislature. Talk.
ing in Boston the other night, he re.
lated an incident that took place in his
political career. He said that he never
made, to his knowledge, more than
one successful speech, and that was
when he was endeayoring to get Q
certain measure calling for large ap.
preparation through the house. Action
had been delayed as long as possible,
but when the time came bright
young lawyer opposed the measure, at
tacking Mr.. Hoyt in a most savage
manner and making many personal
illusions. Mr.. Hoyt responded very
briefly, but the attack had been 90
fierce as to arouse sympathy, and the
measure was carried. Meeting one Of
his colleagues the next day, Mr.. Hoyt
was asked what action he was going
to take about the abusive speech.
"Why, nothing" responded Mr.. Hoyt.
"Are you going to stand calmly by
and be insulted in this manner?" the
gentleman asked. II don't exactly see
what can do," returned Mr. Hoyt
with little more than his usual
drawl. "You see, wrote that speech
and paid the man $25 to deliver it,
Troy Times
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
MiacellQnSOu0.

The attorney general of Illinois has
begun proceedings against the Lfnseed
Oil trust.
The property of the Angus Hausske
company, furniture dealers Of Chicago,
has been levied upon by the sheriff to
satisfy a claim for $26.O00, made by
the Milwaukee State bank.
Rolling mills in the birmingham,
Ala, district gave notice of an advance
in wages to their 1900 employees of 2
per cent for finishers and 25 cents per
ton to puddlers, in conformity to the
Amalgamated scale, recently adopted.
The Cincinnati Citizens committee,
In charge of the movement to secure
the Democratic national convention
for Cincinnati, held an enthusiastic
meeting, at which it was reported that
all the funds required were available.
Rev. NJ. ]. Kelly, pastor priest of Ce-
dar Mills near Portland, Ore. has
been dismissed from his church by
Archbishop Gross, whose decision has
been sustained by Cardinal Satolli. MIR.
Kelly had attacked the sisterhoods.
The merits Of the controversy be-
tween the Bannock Indians and the
State of Wyoming, as to the right of
the Indians to kill game in contraven-
tion OF the Wyoming state law, will
soon be passed upon by the United
States supreme court.
The poem by Alfred Austin. the new
poet laureate, entitled "Jameson's
Ride" was recited on the stage of the
Alhambra Amusement hall, London
l,y an actor dressed in an Uitlander
costume, amid continued cheers by
the audience.
In his annual message, the governor
Of South Carolina recommended that
in the passage of election laws adjust
ed to the new constitution, the famous
eight-box ballot law be allowed to re
main in force as Il breakwater against
negro votes. in case the federal courts
should invalidate the suffrage clause ot
the new constitution.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
Gown. with Pettlcoat. to Match.

Gowns With Petticoats 10 Match.
Tailor gowns are restored to much
of their pristine importance now that
dressmakers as well as tailors consid-
er broadcloth the most fashionable
woolen fabric of the season. And the
tailors have made a new and charm
ing adjunct to cloth gowns in silken
petticoat matching the silk of which
the only waist Of the dress is made,
and also matching the silk lining of
the coat and skirt Of cloth. Such
pretty petticoats are a positive COM
fort to womanly women, who began
to fear that this essentially feminine
garment would be gradually ousted by
the much-talked-of knickerbOckers,
riding tights, etc. But Its frou-frou Is
too attractive to he given up, and,
moreover, the new skirt has some new
features, such as long shallow seal
lops at the foot to make it fall in
easily with the curved folds Of the
cloth skirt and vet retain its straight
edge. Altogether the abundance of
the gay silk, usually in contrast to the
color Of the cloth, greatly enhances
the good looks of the severe tailor
made gown. At the top the five
brsadths of taffeta are gathered into
yoke Of taffeta about eight or ten
inches deep, doing away with all su-
perflous fullness around the hips, and
neatly decorated with rows Of feather
stitching. The foot is trimmed with
two or three narrow bias frills, pinked
on one edge and headed by an inch
wide ruche pinked on both edges.
For morning and afternoon shop
ping, driving or coaching nothing can
be in better form than black broad
cloth coat and skirt with waist Of
light apple green taffeta, lining Of the
came in Jacket and skirt, and green
taffeta petticoat to match. For this
suit Redfern makes very short jack
ct for the street, with little fan-pleat-
ings in the back that disclose the
green lining. The front has stitched
revers and collar, and all the seams
are strapped to a point just below the
waist line. Theskirt of eight or nine
cores may be strapped down the
seams or in two bands around the
foot. The silk waist is a very full
blouse With tucked yoke front. turned
over collar and bishop sleeves; bias
bands and bows Of the silk are only
trimmink. The petticoat is made in
the way just described and the lining
of the cloth skirt has no balayeuse.-
Harper's Bazar.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
New Accomplishment of Helen Kel.
Helen Keller the marvellous deaf and
blind girl of whom everyone heard so

Ter.
Helen Keller the marvellous deaf and
blind girl of whom everyone heard so
much, is now completing her educa-
tion in private school for the deaf
in New York City. Her latest accom-
plishE,cnt Is learning to sing. Plac-
ing her fingers OH the throat Of sing
er; she Is able to follow notes covering
two octaves, with her own voice. The
only difference between her voice aud
that Of q normal person is in its re-
sOnant quality. So acutely developed
has her sense Of touch become, that,
by placing her hand upon the frame
of a piano, she can distinguish be-
tween two notes not more than half
q tone apart.
Owing to the special efforts which
have beeen made to educate her, the
mind of Helen Keller is far more fine
~ developed than that Of ordinary
girls. The development Of her senses
Of taste and smell are remarkable.
So acute Is her sense of smell that
she Is able to detect the presence in q
room Of another person, no matter
how noiseless his entrance may have
been. But more wonderful than all,
is her sense of touch. So fine has this
become that by placing her hand on
the face of n visitor she is able to de.
tect shades Of emotion which the nor
NAL human eye absolutely fails to- dis
tinguish. In other words, her sense Of
touch is developed to such an exquisite
sensitiveness that 1t forms better eye
for her than yours or mine for IFS.
And what is more, she forms juhg-
ments Of character by this "touch
sight,
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25
People Talked About.


Judge Robinson, Of the Maryland
court of appeals, died at Baltimore Oh
heart disease.
DIR, Louis Borsliniere. one OF the olu-
est and best-knO WI physicians IN %.
Louis, died, after an illness OF I'VE
weeks.
George Rockwell, one of the most
venerable and influential men IN ran
sas, is dead at his home, In the lowh
of Junction, aged eighty.
The death of Rev. Robert samuel
Gregg, Protestant archbishop OF Ar
magh and primate of Ireland. ~ "n-
nounced.
The latest reports from China say
that III Hung Chang, who is living III
retirement in Paris, is rapidly 1alllhs
in health.
John l.. Bremer, II dry goods commls-
sion merchant at Boston. died at MS
residence, aged seventy-one years. MI.
Rremer went to Boston In 1886, from
Philadelphia.
Gen. Francis Charming Barrow
former attorney general of New YORK,
and widcly-kn0wn lawyer. died Weu-
nesday, in his sixty-tirst year. his
death was attributed to the effects OF
la grippe, contracted year ago.
Among the passengers on the steam
er La Champagne, which arrived ut
New York Wednesday,, were NINE
Sarah Bernharlt. the actress, ana the
members of the company which opens
at Abbey's theater on Jan. 70.
Prince Pedro of Coburg, grandson or
the late Dom Pedro of Brazil, Is only
thirty aud is now hopelessly insane.
He ilnagines that he has succeeded MS
grandfather, and treats his attendants
accordingly.
Rev. II. Il. Hawels, who has re-
turned to London after prolonged
sOjourn in this country, says that the
distinctive thing about American rellg-
GUS congregations is that they prefer
what is unconventional and up to
date.
Now the gossips say that Willie H.
Vanderbilt will marry again. For
some time his name has been hnked
with that of Miss Amy Bend. beauti-
full young woman, who made her DEBUT
about six years ago. and has been
quite belle ever since.
Col. j. j. Platt, poet of national
reputation. has accepted the responst-
biiity and honor of writing the centen~
NAL ode for Cleveland's celebration
next summer. The ode will be read,
probably, by the author himself, on
July %, the anniversary of the landing
of Moses Cleaveland.
Capt. Isaac Vreeland, aged seventy
one years, one of the oldest pilots In
the vicinity of New York, died, after a
lingering illness, at his home, in Tomp-
kinsville, s. j. Capt. Vreeland had
been employed OH the Staten Island
ferry ever since he was boy, and was
in command Of the ferry boat West
field when her boiler exploded when
she was lying in the New York slip In
1871, resulting in the killing of about
100 persons.
DIR. Abraham Losier, a prominent
physician and real estate owner OF
Harlem, died of heart disease at the
Hotel Winthrop. On the following day
his daughter was married to Stephen
Fl. Payne. in accordance with DR.. Lo-
sier's wish, expressed shortly before
his death. DR.. Losier served through
the war with distinction, and was one
of the most prominent physicians of
the state.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-25


The men who were arrested at St.
Louis for insulting Mrs. Herzog and
her friend, Mrs. Hassan, an dwho gave
fictitious names and addresses to the
police at the Chestnut street station,
have been positively identified as two
Of the best known society leaders Of
the city. They plead over-indulgence
In wine as an excuse.
1t was reported ut Philadelphia that
Gideon Marsh, ex-president Of the de-
funct keystone bank, whose vast en-
bezzlements wrecked that institution,
Is back in the city. He fled in 1891,
when price Of 5000 was set upon
him by the city. It was said Marsh
has been in the Mills Eye hospital and
is about to surrender himself.
1t has been reported to the probate
court ut Salem, Mass, that Capt. John
Allen Of Manchester, trustee of the es-
tate Of the late Harry Roberts Of that
town, Is short in his accounts to the
amount Of 100000. When Mr.. Rob
erts died the estate valued at $2O0,OOO
was left to Capt. Allen in trust. and it
is claimed that nearly one-half of this
money has either been lost or hope
lessly involved in speculation.