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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
The Patriot Forces Capture
Another Town.
Facts About Some Recent Engage
msnts. Rejoicing Over the Ac-
ton Of Ccngress-More Cru
city to Prisoners and
Non-Ccmbatants.

Key West. March 13.-Private ad-
vices received in this city by the steam
er Oiivette Wednesday night from Ha-
bapa. dated March 10, at General
Aguirre's headquarters, report battle
at the town of Jiguiabo in which the
rebels defeated detachment of Span
ish troops. capturing all their arms and
ammunitions.
The insurgents under the command
Of Major Paul Arrange captured the
town of San Antonio de Rio Blanco.
half mile from the city of Jaruco,
which was guarded by detachment Of
Spanish volunteers At the approach
Of the insurgents, the volunteers sent
commission to the insurgent leader offer.
ing to surrender. They delivered about
80 rifles and 1000 rounds Of ammuni-
ton. Twenty volunteers deserted and
followed the insurgents. Arrango's
force went 10 the direction of the
Oviedo plantation. There they we're
aubushed 0y 5OV Spanlso troops. A
small reinforcement coming up from
Maceo, they charged the troops, dis
lodging them and drove them in great
disorder from the field. The troops
left 20 dead and the insurgents six
killed and two wounded. From Oviedo
plantation the insurgents went in the
direction Of Campos de Florida, where
they met train carrying 500 troops.
They wrecked the train, defeated the
troops, killing many and captured lot
of arms and ammunition.
The report of the action by the Unit
ed States congress has caused much re-
joicing among the insurgents.
Oscar Held, celebrated German
artist, has joined the insurgents and
been commissioned color bearer to Gen.
eral Aguirse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
CONSECRATED TO GOD.

TTbe following article should have appear
ed in our last Issue, but was inadvertently
omitted
The consecra,ioo services of the Church of
the Ascension, the recently completed Episco-
pal church near Hagood, we're attended
Sunday by an unusually large congregation,
many having come from Camden, Stateourg,
Sumter and other sections of Sumter and
Kershaw Counties. The church was filled TO
overfowing and many could not 6nd even
standing room within the church.
The services were conducted by Bishop Ca
pers, who was assisted by the Rev. Mr..
Stouey, of Camden After the conservation
services were concluded, Bishop Capers
preached an earnes, and deeply impressive
sermon that breathed the spirit of piety ana
religious fervor. The key note Of the dis
course was an appeal to the believers IN
Christianity, The true Christians, to be bea-
con lights of religion sad soldiers of the
faith in this age of skeptical Investigation
aud experimental disbelief.
The services we're concluded by the admin
istration of the rite Of the Holy Communion
to the many communicants who were pre- cent
in the congregation.
Toe house Of worship thus cousccrated to
the service of God is situated on the Camden
road, about mile from Hagood and twelve
miles from Camden. 1t is of the gothic order
of architecture and is substantial and taste
fal structure, we'll Lighted, comfortable and
sufficiently large for the accommodation Of
any congregation that will gather on ordi-
nary occasions. The building is a credit to
the congregation that built It, and the con-
gratuations of the Bishop were we'll deserved,
for in building this church and furnishing ii
inside and out in so handsome manner they
have accomplished work that would have
been commendable ic much larger congre-
cation.
The many visitors we're entertained By the
hospitable people of the community, whose
doors are ever ajar to the stranger as we'll ss
to their friends. To those whose privilege It
is to know the people whose families have
lived in that favored region along the
Wateree river for generations it is rare
pleasure to spend even so short space Of
time as day among them. There is TO be
found true hospitality and all CT the social
virtues that make life something better and
more pleasant than mere existence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
Union Meeting.

The Sumter Union, Sautee Association,
will meet with the Bishopvile Baptist Church
on Friday, March 9th, 8 p. M,
After devotional exercises, led by Rev. S.
iD...Ya,es, the Uniou will organize.
Subject for discussion-''What is Being
Led by the Holy Spirit?" Discussion open
ed by Hon. J. 8. DaPre.
SATURDAY.
10 a. m-Sutjsc': "What Constitutes
Discipleship ?" Discussion opened by Rev.
j. VI. Davis.
II a.. m.-ssW:at Constitutes 8 Live
Church ?' Discussion opened b. Rev. j. r
Smith.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Sermon by Rev. J. j. Meyers. Assisted by
Rev. j. R. Smith.
SUNDAY.
loa. Reports from the several Sun
day Schools, to be made by some Que from
each school in the Union. Followed with
addresses by trethreus Joel Hough and W.
a. James
la Dedication of new church build
ing. Sermon by Rev. j. B. Parro't, of
Barkesdale, assisted BY Rev. J. J. Meyers and
Rev. j. a. Eutzminger.
S D. m.-Sermou BY Rev. j. N. Entz-
sa;nger, assisted by Rev. J. R. Smith.
Pastors will please come, and insist on
every Church and Sunday School sending
delegates. Fiue music may be expected.
Every Church io the bounds Of the Union
cordially invited to join US. A hearty wei
come TO all. Fraternally,
T. w. ScRUeGs, Pastor.
All comfy papers please copy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
Legacy to the Church.

The will of Miss Il. Ellen Ridgeway, Of
Davi. Station, Clarendon county, whose
death recently occurred, was probated yes
terday in the Office Of the Probate Judge,
and she bequeaths her property to the super
annuated ministers of the South Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. Mr. Joseph Spro,t, Jr., is the execu-
tor. The property is worth several hundred
dollars.-Manning Times, llth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
The ideal Panacea

James L. Francis Alderman, Chicago, says:
.'E regard Dr. Kings New Discovery as an
Ideal Panacea for Coughs, Colds and Lung
Complaints, having used it in my family for
the last five years, TO the exclusion of physi-
clans prescription or other Preparations
Rev John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa write: 81
have been Minister of the Methodist Episco-
pal Ch%rch for 30 years or more, and have
never found anything beneficial, or that
gave NE such speedy relief as Dr. Kings New
Discovery" Try this Ideal Cough Remedy
now. Iri:! Bottles free at. z W. Dcl.orme's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18

were met on the public road by de
tacbment of Spanish troops, who fred
on the boys, killing theu
At Palnas de Pedroso. the Spanish
troops entered the town, killing every
thing 10 sight. 1t is said tha' ID per
s1us were shot. and that among the
killed is man by the name of Per
domo, an American citizen.
At Artemisia it is reported that Span
isu soldiers favished many women aud
young girls. and entered the churches,
carrying off everything of value.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
Important to Pensioners.

Under the new law the surviving soldiers
vii. have to meet on the lst Monday in
April 10 organize and elect two members of
the pension board. The board will then be
composed of the two members 80 elected, the
Auditor and Treasurer and a FIFTH mau, a
prac;icieg physician, to be selected by the
otber four. The board so constituted will
then meet on the third Monday ia Alrii to
consider applications, etc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
Cubans Sign Under Duress.
Forced to Protest Against
The Action Of Congress.

Habana, March IL, Via. Tampa,
March II The protest against the
action of congress being circulated in
Habana for the signatures of CONNER
cial houses. presidents of clubs. corpo
ratioos and merchants generally has
stirred up riot here. Many houses
refusing to sign have been threatened
others signed under duress. The mem.
bers Of the Uoion club threaten to de-
pose the president for sigripg the name
of the club. The editor of La Discus
sion declined to sign the game Of bis
aper oo the ground that he had no
authority during the absence of the d.
rector. who i. IN Madrid Given the
choice of signing or cease publishing,
be signed.
General Weyler's last proclamation
providing for c,n6scationa Of the prop
erty of those in active or passive aid of
Of the rebellion is bitterly denounced
by Cuoans. It is said to furnish the
pity officials basis for extensive
blackmail operations sud also to wreak
vengeance upon Cubaus generally.
Under Its terms. the property of any
person failing to present. himself 10 10
days must be seized Many are com-
PEELED to fee to interior towns, or to the
cities of the coast and others who have
gone abroad awaiting quietcr times,
and left their homes deserted or iu
charge Of servants, may lose all.
The elections ordered to take place
Apr;, 10 attract little attention. The
three parties will 60 through the form
of holding 40 election. all voting for
the same candidates. who have been
named, not by the parties themselves.
but by the Spanish authorities. The
mockery Of the elections will be appar-
ens when among the candidates are
found the names Of Gea. Suarez VAL
dez, now 10 command of the troops 10
Pipar del Rio +; Gen. Pola Aviega,
who is 10 Spain Gen. Pando, who is
in command Of the second division Of
the army here. and Romero Robledo,
who is in Spaiu and whom all Cubans
bate Just how the voting is to be
managed while the island is vast
camp and large portion of it in the
hands of the enemy, bas Dot been
divuged The wise meo at the palace
have been at work for days on procla-
nation covering the elections, which is
waited with interest
A number of residents of Seiba
Delucus. Habana province. have arriv-
ed here and tell the following story ::
A large party Of insurgents appeared
near their town Saturday The Span.
ish garrison Immediately took from
their homes all the Cubans in town
and at the poios of bayonet compelled
them to stand in line 10 front Of the
garrison. They were 10 mortal terror.
as the insurgents advanced to attack
the town. The invaders seeing unarm.
ed men standing io front Of the Spanish
troops, withheld their fire. and finally
withdrew without making any attack
After this occurrence, the best part of
the residents of Seiba Delgua fed to
this city
Signed Clark.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18

Weeds along railro ad tracks are now
killed by the "electric weedkiler. "
It consists of ear carrying dynamo
which sends heavy current into rake
of 6ne wires dragging among the weeds
on each side of the track. AS the
wires touch them. the weeds are "elec-
trocuted' down to their smallest root
lets 1t is proposed to introduce the
same system in farming.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-18
SPANISH BARBARITIES.

Jose Azcui and 127 other Cuban
sympathizers have been transferred 10
the Moro castle dungeons, where their
suferiogs are something terrible. They
are fed on bread and water and are
compelled to sleep on the damp ground
amidst lot of filth.
On the 10th inst, some Cuban boys
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
Prairie Pimples.

Southwestern Louisiana is bordered
along the coast with broad sandy and
gravelly plains to which the name of
"pimply prairies" has been given. This
curious title comes from the circular
mounds, arranged in zones and along
intersecting lines, with which large
areas of the plains are covered. Former
" these mounds, which average so feet
in diameter and attain occasionally a
height of ten feet, were supposed to
have been made by ants, with whose
nests they abound. But recently Prof.
Clendenin, of the Louisiana state uni
ycrsity, has found reason for thinking
that the mounds were formed through
the blowing up of mud by gas escap-
ing from vents in the ground. The
arrangement of the mounds in zones and
lines is accounted for by supposing that
the gas vents existed along the fractures
radiating from an earthquake CENTER
Youths Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12

If ones complexion is muddy" sal
low or covered with blackheads, the
lntion bottle is not the remedy which
should be sought first. Instead, the
candidate for n complexion of Isl and
cream should begin to diet. Hot water
taken half an hour before breakfast
with a little lemon juice in it is better
than creams to restore the skin to clear
ness. Graham and whole wheat bread,
fruit, clear tea and coffee. if tea and
coffee are used, plenty of green vege-
tables, lean meat and broiled fish form
an admirable complexion diet. Pastry
and candies should be avoided. After
diet and exercises have paved the way
for other treatment, a weekly face
steaming may be tried. The woman
whose purse does not permit her to
go to heprofessional beautificrs should
fill & bowl with boiling water. Over this
she should hold her face, into which a
cold cream has been rubbed. for ten
minutes or so, covering her head and
shoulders and the bowl with a heavy
Turkish towel. After drying the face
she should rub more cold cream into it,
and she should not venture tut into tine
lir for at least three hours.-Boston
Budget.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
Railway,

There is soon to be a new country
to visit and a new way of going round
the world. 1t seems only the other day
that Jules Verne's man went around in
so days, and thought it a considerable
feat. The record for circumnavigation
is now &C days, or thereabouts. Baron
Hilkoff, the combination of American
mechanic and Russian prince who was
in this country recently, said that when
the railroad across Siberia is finished,
which, he thinks, will be in four or five
years, the time of getting around will
be cut in two, and from 30 to 80 days
will suffice for it. He allows ten days
to cross Siberia from St. Petersburg,
ten days from Vladivostok to San Fran.
cisco, and Is days from there to st.
Petersburg again. Early in the next
century, then, the tired American NAV
turn his face eastward when he starts
on his months vacation, and keep IL
turned that way until he gets home,
just about in time to resume his work.
Harper's Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
CARES SLAVE.

1T wAs the budding May-time,
The white boughs overhead;
On, give to me some play-time,
Good Master Care" I said. -
saw his head begin to shake
Not now; just wait and see
III give to you a holiday
When paintings DONE" said he.
ut was the glowing summer;
How cool the woodlands shaded
Again an eager conner,
"Oh, give to-day" I prayed.
Old Master Care his forehead knit;
The grass is ripe to NOV:
Work on till haying-time is past,
And then I'll let you CO."
It was the glad September; ,
The maple leaves were req.
"Oh, Master Care! Remember,
You promised me-" 1 said.
"And you will find" he answered me,
I'll keep my promise true,
And you may sport when harvest's done,
With nothing else to do"
Now winter winds are blowing
How weak I feel and oldD
And. by the hearth, bright glowing,
1 shiver with the cold.
And Care sits dow beside me,
And counts up. one by one,
The tasks that 1 have done amiss,
Or I have left undone:
While I, low muttering to myself.
Wish 1 had laughed and sung,
And had my share OF honest joy
When ] was strong and young.
Marion Douglas, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
HUMOROUS,

-HcMadam, you have my a8xrs
Rnce that I am a gentlemanis She
81 have nc reason to doubt your assur
snce."-Harlem Life.
An Idea.-"An' phwat are yez q
dom wild that pig in the seat" "Shure,
an Pm making salt pork ay him afore
I kill him."-Truth.
PAW" said Tommy Tucker. am
Idescended from the monkey?" "Not on
my side of the house." replied Mr..
Tucker, with much positiveness.-Tt-
Bits.
-Mamma-"Johnny, 1 fear you were
not at school yesterday" johnny
HIN! I'll bet the teacher told You.
A woman never can keep a secret
Boston Transcript.
-Bacon-"In Venezuela they have
trees which look exactly like umbrel-
las" Egbert-"I should think they'd
be afraid to leave them out all night
then."-Yonkers Statesman.
During the Interval. Bobbie-
"Papa, do green apples always give a
boy a pain?" s3fhgo-T believe so.
Why?" 81 was y~eS9ering if this was
going to be an exception to the rule
Brooklyn Life.
Prince de CONT was not fastidious
on the SUBJECTED the mass. He wished
to have for his almoner Able Provost,
the authoFof "Manon Lescaut." "Mon-
seigneur,'s said the able to him, "1have
never said mass" "Never mind" says
the prince, 81 never hear it."-London
Figaro.
Tive got a great mind" said the
young man, "to go west and grow up
with the country" But you don't
know anything about agriculture" Il
knop that. But there are N or two
sections where there seems to be so
many politicians that 1 believe an ener-
getic man could come pretty near get
ting a monopoly of the farming
Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
THE NORTH.
Facts About a itherto Une1plored Region
in British America.

Facts About a Hitherto Unexplored Region
in British America.
j. B. Tyrell, of the Dominion geologi-
cal survey department lately returned
from the unknown north, where he has
been making explorations. He left Sell
kirk on the oath of June. Taking
canoes at Grand Rapids, he, with In
dian guides, proceeded to Norway
house, and descended the Nelson river
100 miles to the Pine river, which they
assembled to the Wolf river. All this
territory has practically never before
been entered by white men. Reaching
the Nelson, they again descended it for
about IS miles, and followed the Burnt
wood to a remote Hudson Bay COM
pany post.
This large section of the country"
says Mr.. Tyrell, 'is not a wilderness of
rocks such as lies to the east of here
and has been described by many of the
men who have pretended to have a
knowledge of the region. 1 found a
w~ell-wonded country, interspersed with
stretches of prairie; a soil of rich clay
loan, with clay subsoil. Great stretches
that were a few years ago heavily tim
bered with spruce have felt the deadly
effects of fire and are now a blackened
stubble of dead trees.
There are large areas of rich, Gull
tiva5ie lands west of the Nelson, and,
though wheat is not grown, simply be-
cause it would be of no value, all va
rieties of vegetables are produced in
the gardens of the Hudson Bay COM
pany posts and proved hardy. Large
stretches of prairie also occur. and l
have stood on the banks of the Burnt
wood river and gazed on just such rich
stretches as might have been seen
on the Saskatchewan or Assiniboine-
land that will be COOL for agricultural
purposes and excellent for stock rails
ing some time, though now it is prac-
tically inaccessible.
"All this country is but a continual
tion of the Red River valley. 1t is all
the deposit Of Il great lake. of which
Lake Winnipeg is the sunken represent
ative, which stretches from a short
distance east of the Red to the Pembina
mountains on the west ard from Grand
Forks on the south to a point further
north than was reached this trip.
Except for the climate. that great
country to the west of the Nelson river
has been as richly blessed by Providence
as the far-famed Red River Valley
Minneapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S AXIS.
Continual Slight Changes in All Parallels
of Latitude.


OF all the astronomical problems un
der discussion OF late years, one of the
most interesting has been that OF
changes in the earth's axis. 1t has been
found that the Imaginary line about
which the earth rotatcs once a day is
not invariably fixed with reference to
the earth, but is continually changing
its position in that body. The term
'pole" has. therefore, to be taken in
two different senses: ~ As the end
of the shortest diameter of the earth
this is a fixed point, with reference to
the earth, as long as the earth keeps its
shape, and may be called the pole Of
figure" (2) the pole may be defined as
the end of the diameter about which the
earth is revolving, and this pole may be
called the pole of rotation"
1t is found that the pole of rotation
is continually shifting its position with
reference to the pole of figure, along a
curved line of considerable complexity.
The distance between the poles is very
small, never as much as 40 feet. Large
~ through the unwearied researches of
DR.. S. C. Chandler the motion has been
shown to be mainly composed of two
parts. One part is a motion of the
pole of rotation about the pole of figure
in a circle of radius IL feet, with a time
of revolution of about 42s days. The
second motion is of somewhat the same
character, but with a period of one year.,
and the amplitude of this motion has
varied during the last half century from
four to twenty feet.
Some idea of the actual motion may
be got by imagining a crank-arm IL feet
long attached to the pole of figure and
revolving once in 42s days. To the NOV
ing end of this crank-arm is attached
another, which gradually changes in
length and revolves once a year. The
free end of this traces ont the path of
the pole of rotation. This actual path is
apparently quite complicated.
One Of the principal effects of this
shifting of the pole is that the ATTITUDES
of all places on the earth are continually
changing. In fact, it vas by this peri
odic variation in the latitude that the
motion of the pole was detected. All
parallels of latitude are continually
shifting, with a range of motion of less
than 40 feet from the mean position.
There is little OF ne astronomical evil
dence of any progressive change in the
position of the pole of rotation, by vir-
tue of which it occupied a position
greatly different from the present. APP
parently the former existence of trop-
ical plants and animals in what are now
polar regions of the earth could be ex-
planned on such a hypothesis; but no
one has yet been able to suggest a prob
able cause in the axis of rotation, and
explanation must be looked for else
The small, periodic variations
are the only ones about which we can be
At all certain.-Popular Science News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
INTERPRETING POLICE DIALECT.
The Court Was Next" to That Sort of
Language.

The Court Was Next to Sort of
Language.
"You see, yer honor" said the copper
to the court, 81 pipes dis guy squeezin'
de glim. an"
whats that?"
Stealing a diamond, sir" interposeo
the clerk.
"An'," went on the copper, when he
gifts fly dat I'm neXt he lands his tongs
in me lamps"
"Stuck his fingers in the officers eyes,
your honor" explained the clerk again.
81 o me wings around 'im," cOn-
tinued the copper, IAN, Citing mex dat
de pinch is on de level de gun blows de
glim an puts de case on de bum"
(Which means, =" said the clerk, that
he threw his arms around the prisoner
and that as soon as the thief saw he
couldn't get away he threw the diamond
in the street and spoiled the charge of
robbery"
"And now" said the copper. Il hcz
on'y me OWL whistle an kin on'y
squeeze out de one tune"
"Or. in other words" said the clerk,
che has only his own word to offer as
evidence"
The court pondered a moment, then
said:
Case of conalorum and very much on
the string order. My w lamps are
on the bum and l can't see the spiel.
All of which means that the officers a
liar and that he can't build any monu-
mcnts for himself in this court at the
expense of a tin horn who couldn't steal
an eyebrow off a flea without letting the
whole fly force in with 1t. Blow the gun
and tell the guy in blue that he's a little
the coarsest hat ever trotted down the
bicycle path. NeXt!"-St. Paul Dis
match.