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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-16

TIE steamer Daautless which has
been engaged for several mouths 10
carrying 6libustering expeditions to
uoa, vas seized By revenue officers at
fcksonyilIe, Ella. yes.erday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-16
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-16

Art Booklets for holiday gifts at remarka-
bly, low prices for sale by H G.. Osteeu and
Co.'S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-16
CLOTHING, HATS AND. FURNISHING
GOODS.

For Men, Boys and Children that has been brought
Sumter If you want real cheap suit you get it
you want medium price suit have hundreds for you to
select from you want 6ne taior-made perfect fitting
suit you will find good assortment Of the most popular
fabrics made Cambridge Princeton and Oxford Sacks and
the latest style Cuaway No other house will show you
larger better selected stock No other house will sell you
cheaper and will appreciate your patronage than
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
This Rat Catches Birds,

A rat that catches and eats birds is
the latest novelty on the West Side.
Under a sidewalk at Twelfth and Loo
mis- streets lives a rat From the size
of the rodent and his gray whiskers it
is evidently an old resident in the
neighbOrhoOd. Unlike some other rats
it does not depend on cheese and bread
for his living, but prefers a nice, juicy
sparrow.
On the corner stands building occu-
pied as q saloon. and in front of the Sa-
loon is a watering trough, where team
sterS allow their horses to slake their
thirst. The teamsterS also find the
place a very convenient one to feed
their horses while they sample the pro-
prietor's free lunch and lager beer.
AS a result. the pavement is thickly
strewn with oats pushed out of the
feeding sacks by the hungry horses.
An army of Sparrows has been at
tracted to the place, and each morning
the pavement is covered with the little
fellows eating their breakfast.
The rat, having cultivated a taste foI
sparrows, now has one for breakfast
every day. Hangers-on around the
place have come to watch the manOeuv
res Of the rat every morning. Soon
after daylight the sparrows make theil
appearance and the rat slyly crawlS
out of it's hole After looking arounC
to see that the coast is clear the raj
selects a plump sparrow, and, while
the bird is busy filling its crop, the ra
makes a spring and secures its prey.
The bird is dragged under the side
walk, and nothing more is seen of thu
rat until the following morning, whel
he comes out for fresh victim. s.
expert has the rat become that thos
who have seen it say it can catch ant
kill a bird as cleverly as a cat.-Chl
cago Chronicle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
A HORsE DIES FRON GRIEF.

The emotional life of a horse IS re-
II arkable There are instances on record
where the death OF the hOr,e has been
traced directly to grief One instant is
CaUed. to mind, which occurred more
tan twenty years ago. a circus had
been performing in the ttle town Of
| nlOnvIIie Pa, when one Of the trained
horses spraIneI one OF his legs so that he
couI not travel. lie was taken to the
hotel and put in box stall. The leg
wa bandageI. and he was made as COM
Portable rs possible.
lie a'e his fool, and was apparently
contente until about mi might. when the
circus began moving out Of town. Then
he became restless AMI tramDei and
Wnined. As the caravan moved past the
hotel he seemel to realize that he was
being deserted, and his anxiety AMI dis
tress beca ne pitt ul. He would stand
with his ears pricked in an atttu lie of in
tense listen NC. and then as his ear caught
! the signs of The retiring wagons he would
rush, as best he could with hs injured
| leg, from one side of the stall to the
other, pushing at the door with his nose
ami making every effort 10 escape The
stableman, who Was stranger to him,
tried to s0othe him, but 10 no purpose.
lie would not be comforted.
Long alter all sounis of the circus had
ceased, his agitation continued. The
sweat poured from him in streams an he
qulve ed i'll every part OF his body.
tinay the stableman went TO the house,
woke up the proprietor and told him he
believed the horse would die if some OF
the circus horses were not brought back
to keep him comp my At about day
light the proprietor mounted a horse and
rode after the circus. lie overlook it
ten or twelve miles away, and the groom
who had had cha ge o. the injured horse
returned with him. When they reached
the stable the horse was deal.
The stableman sal that he renrined
for nearly an hour perfectly still AMI with
every sense apparently strained to the
utmost tension, and then, without max
ing sign, fell and die with scarcel, 8
struggle The veterinarian who was re-
rllle remlrkcl after the circumstance:
were told hin that I'm Iuestionably the
hocse u;e from grief If it is possible
Tor al! the mental faculties of the horse
to becomt abtni,ned ~ grief to such al
) extent a. to cause death, now much m ort
does he appeal to the sympathy and re
| gard of mankind.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
Insects Speedier Than Birds.

Science says that many insects can
p fly faster than birds. The common
house fly can ordinarily fly twenty-five
feet a second But when it is alarmed
it has been found that it can increase
its rate of speed to over 160 feet per
second. If it could continue such rap
i'd flight for mile in a straight line it
would cover that distance in exactly
thirty-three seconds. 1t is not an un-
common thing when travelling by rail
in the summer time to see bee or
wasp keeping up with the train and
trying to get in at one of the windows.
A swallow is considered one of the
swiftest of flying birds, and it was
thought until recently that no insect
could escape it. A naturalist tells OF
an exciting chase he saw between
swallow and dragon fly, which is
among the swiftest Of insects. The In
sect flew with incredible speed, and
wheeled and lodged with such ease
that the swallow. despite its utmost
efforts, completely failed to overtake
and capture it
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
How the Cricket Saved the Ship:

Just as Alvar Nunez's vessels were
almost on the rocks cricket COM
menced to sing. which cricket sick
soldier had put into the ship at CadiZ.
hping anxious to hear its music; and
for the two months which our naVlga-
ton had endured no one had heard it,
whereat the soldier was much enraged;
and as that morning 1t felt the land
1sintio la tierra) it commenced to sing.
and it's music wakened all the people Of
the ship, who saw the cliffs, which
were distant almost a crOSs-bOW shot
from where we were: so we cast our
anchors and saved the ship; and it IS
certain that if the cricket had not
SING. all of us 400 soldiers and thirty
horses had been lost.
Some of the crew and soldiers ac-
conted the occurrence as miracle
from God. but Nunez himself Is silent
on this head, being better observer
Of natural history than a theologlan.
But from then aud sailing more
| than a hundred leagues along the coast,
always every evening the cricket gave
rs his music. and thus with it we ar
rived at little port beyond Cape trlo'
where the AdclantadO landed and un'
furled his flag, and took possession OF
the country for his majesty. .'-Nlne'
teenth Century.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
Met an Army of Rattlers.

Mrs. D. O'Dell had an exciting expe-
renee with mass meeting Of rattle
snakes on the Eagle Valley road while
she was on her way to Highland Falls,
y \. But for the timely help of VIM.
carpenter, the serpents would un-
doubtedly have enjoyed a morning
meal on the contents Of her farm
wagon.
,.TS. O'Dell started early in order to
avoid the heat. She had several crates
Of plump chickens which had been or
d"r"d by families in 1ne village Sure
footed and dOcile as a mountain mule
was the pony that carried Mrs. O'Dell
and her treasure. Wild birds tiuttercd
and screamed in the dense woods
through which the road lay. but the
/ pony needed them not. Suddenly,
when emerging from the Pond road,
the animal stood still and seemed
stunned with terror. Almost at the
same instant a peculiar ratt,ing, rasp-
! Ing sound filled the air, and an army Of
>"rpents began crawling toward the
/ wagon.
Mrs. O'Dell thinks there were a hum
! drpl snakes advancing to attack the
pony. They came from every direc-
ton. She almost tainted with terror,
while the horse shook almost hard
enough to shed his harness. Mrs.
O'Del's voice came to her aid at this
trying moment. She screamed loud
enough to be heard mile away.
70 !, y &c
farm when the cries of distress
reached him. He was soon on the spo1
end a lively battle began. The snakes
attacked Mrs. O'DelIs horse and trieC
10 get at the chickens. With a stou
spade Carpenter slaughtered eight anC
the rest fed. The horse is still alive
although bitten in a dozen places. Tht
dead snakes are on exhibition in a drug
<tOre-New York Times.
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swITl'- BABIES.

Sylvia was sobbng as if her heart
would break.
"My dear little daughter" said mamma,
''it is impossible to have so many kittens
around under foot. You may pick out
just one for pet"
'I want em ALL" sobbe | S lvia. ''Oh,
mamma, don't have them drowned,
please"
Listen, dear; the kittens are very
young, only a day old, and it is a great
deal better to drown them now before
tt cir e>es are open than later for they
will have to 90 some time. 1t will not
hurt them, because they are too little to
know what water is. BE mothers gooI
little maid, and dry your eyes,
1t was very hard to do. but mother
knew best, of course, so Patrick put them
in water and then Sylvia and Douglas
buried them under the old gnarled apple
tree, and shed more tears at the funeral.
Only one dear, ugly, soft little ball of fur
was kept to wait until its eyes opened 10
be their playmate
Sylvia and Douglas were not the 0nl
distressed ones; Switz, the old st. BernHr
dog, watched the proceedings with wei
eyes and stayed behind to guard the grave
when the children went in to supper
For couple Of weeks Switz behaved
in very strange manner, and he anc
Mrs Tabby became very intimate, otter
sauntering off together. One day Doug
las followed them and he came back il
great state of excitement, inviting thu
whole family to follow him down to th
old ice house. Finally he succeeded il
persUading mamml, papa, Aunt Mel
and Sylvia to go, and what do you sup
pose they found!
Moth ng more nor less than Switz con
tented y washing three playful little kit
tens. while Mrs. Tabby sat on ledg
near by, watching the happy family i
the straw, and purring contente lily.
Loving old SwItz mad not left the poe
babies in tner grave it was his natllr
as St Bernard to save life, and he ha
dug the kittens carefully up, and Wit
his soft, warm tongue had licked thci
back to life; then he had told Mrs. Tabh
all about it, and she had thanked hil
and let him adopt them and keep the
safe in the straw in the old ice hous
where no one would be likely to see the
and lake them away again.
And no one ever mentioned getting r
of the kittens again for Switz broug
his family up we'll, and kept them whe
l they belonged.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
Curious Glimpse Of Family History.

A curious glimpse Of family history
has been opened up by the death Of NJ.
Tallien, which occurred the other day
in Guatemala. Towards the end of last
century there t1Ourished at Malaga, in
Spain. French merchant named Gre
vignee The latter had two daughters,
one of whom married Count Mattieu
de Lesseps and became the mother OF
that Ferdinand de Lesseps who con-
structed the Suez canal, while the Sec
ond daughter of NJ. Grevignee married
Il Scotchman. Mr.. kirkpatrick, Of Close
burn. British consul at Malaga, and
,,ore a girl, who in due time married
the comte de Montlzo and became the
mother of Empress Eugene and of the
late duchess Of Alba. Ferdinand de
Lcsseps had a sister named Adele, who
espoused Dr. Tallien, grandson Of that
celebrated beauty Nine. Tallien, who
played so great a role at the beginning
of the century at Paris as Egeria and
helle annie to many Of the principal men
af the day, including the dictator, Bar
raS. The son of Ferdinand de Lesseps
sister Adele. Julien Tallien, was sent BY
E1noleon III as charge daffaires Of
France to Guatemala, and when he los
his office through the fall Of the empir
in 1870. he decided to settle down ther
and to make his home in Guatemala
where he has died
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tains all day long from daylight till sun.
down, when tie tiocks are driven into
corrals an the children get their second
meal for the day. the first meal they get
at daylight. As they never take any
dinner or lunch or any kind of TOYS with
them, the long days would be very dull
if they did not possess the capabilities.
common to all children, of self amuse-
ment.
During a trip among the hills where
the sheep and goats are pastured, we
came upon miniature ranch which
some Of these young herders had made
Tor their own amusement. The grease
wood had been broken Off and cleared
away, and the grouni stirred with
pointed st:yk in imitation of blowing. A
canal and headdi'ch brought imaginary
water from nearby gnrh, and system
of irrigation bitches ard cross burrows
had been made to cary wa er to all parts
of the field. All had been done with the
same regard to grade and S.Ope that their
a'hers bestowed upon their real farms.
Nor was this all for upon a slight emn-
ence c'ose to the cultivated fields of this
! imitation ranch. mud (abodel house
had been built by bringing water from
an irrigation ditch one fourth of a mile
away. With this mud, moran had been
made, and thin the outer walls of the
! house We're shaped in an oblong form.
! Alter the walls had dried sho,t time,
| sticks of g easewooI were laid across
from wall to wall on these small branches,
and weeds were laid, and then the whole
covered with mud AT regular intervals
near one ed.e Of the roof, humps of mud
had been worked into block-hke forms
for ch!mneys. and Ijnger-hole made in
tn top Of each one for Il tlue Openings
in the wa |, for doors and windows had
not been ne~.rcIC!. he whole structure
was about two teet long, one foot wide
and eight inches nigh.
The boundaries of the little farm were
marked with tiny wooden crosses, the
same us the b g farms, thus showing a
disposition, that is share by boys and
girls every where. to initiate their elders
in religion as well as in other matters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
Lumber Used in Box Making.

In a discussion of the amount OF
lumber consumed in the making Of
boxes. Barrel and Box. paper recent
" started at Louisville, is authority
for the statement that a certain Chi
cagO soap concern uses every year
H1UJ, 900 worth Of white pine soap
boxes in Chicago and $4,000 worth Of
cottonwood boxes at st. Louis. The
total number of boxes used by this
company last year was 1.541 ,666. An
other Chicago concern uses 1,5OO,O 600
boxes every year. The firm operates
It's own box factory at Rhinelander,
i IS. There are fifty other soap manu-
and Box estimates that altogether l5O,-
900 coo boxes are used in packing
SCauS alone. Two OF the larger soap
manufacturers eXpcnd each year $780,
Wn for boxes. If 100000 boxes cost
Sl0O. 900. $50. .OOO.OUO boxes would in
volve the expenditure of $4,000. 900 fol
SOAP packages alone. Continuing the
calculation through the vast range OF
| packinr-boX demand which involves
! almost every industry known to man
we can imagine how enormous is the
/ pynendi1urr in its grand total, anC
what an amount of lumber is con
sumed in its manufacture. 1t is evi
dent that the making Of boxes fur
nishes the largest percentage of tht
demand for the coarser and common
Grades of lumber, and that. as tht
years pass. there will be a sure Quite
for low grade white pine, cottonwood
| yellow pine, and all other lumber tha
can be worked into bOXes.-NorthWest
ern Lumberman.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
ADVERTlSES HIS INJURY.
A Kansas Farmer Bound to Get Back"
With the Railroad.

Farmer Jake Stoddard of Donphan
County, Kansas, believes in telling the
world of his grievance He has been
wronged and he is determined that ell
who Whirl by his house on the Burling-
ton road shall know all about it. Uncle
Jake's troubles, are to.,! by a si"uDoard
which stadS near his hCuS" by tn, side
Of the railroad tracks. The passenger
on the Burlington, if he is a lover of
the romantic scenery which abounds
in northwestern Kansas. may observe
form the car window as the train from
AtchlSOn arnrG&rh"s Tanning station
large sign covering board one by
five feet. nailed to pole twelve feet
high, which reads:
This Man Has Been Wronged BY
The Railroads.
When the road was built it suited the
convenience of the company. A"r0rliug
TO loca! correspondent. to lay the track
within ten feet Of the corner Of Farmer
Stoddard's house. The construction
gang plowed through his barnyard re-
moved his hen house and cut a wide
swath through fine young orchal
which was the pride of Farmer Stod-
dard's heart The agriculturist fixed
his damage at high figure; so high il
fact that the company compelled hin
to 60 into court and take what he re
garded as a ridiculous sum.
It WAS not long unEil the trains were
running. When the first excursion
ST. '-"nisOn the passen
gers, when the t.,--. '"d Farmer
Sloddard's place. observed the sign il
bold. black letters, with background
as white AS snow. Stoddard had paint
ed the sign himself, and, while it wa
not executed in the highest style Of tn
art, it could be distinctly read
Farmer Stoddard has raised a larg
family of boys and he has taught then
to hate corporations. Not less than
half dozen dogs Of doubtful breed ca
always be found on the Stoddard place
The dog. too are taught to hate the raj
road. and when Il train passes the Ell
tire pack runs out and barks at it. I'll
old farmer feels that he is in a meG
sure getting even. Brakemen o
freight trains have great sport throw
ing pieces of coIl at the dogs as tn
train passes. StGdIard figures that b
gathers up almost enough coal aroun
his premises to keep one stove ruI
ming through the winter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
BLOWING 1H% BAG.

When you breathe mo IA paper bag to
puff it up, and then burst i. with blow
to produce an explosion, do yol ever ask
yourself anything about the extent Of The
force Of your breath thus imprisoned!
Great scientists nowadays you know,
are talk n "UOut compressed air taxing
the place of even steam AMI electricity a.
a motive power. TO give Yourself some
sort Of an idea of this force. take ba-
quite long AMI narrow, and ma lie OF
strong paper Lay it fiat upon the edge
of table, the opening toward you, pace
q weight upon it: and pan it well by
blowing. Gradually increase the weight:
and continue blowing, and YOU will be
surprised at the amount your breath vii
lift. 10 make two large. heavy volume;
fail one over The other will seem the light
est kin | Of play, so easily can it be &C
! complished.
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Flow easy it Is for little people, and
elder ones too, we fear, to lind fault
with everything that interfc~es with their
espec a. enjoyment. The shower which
puts stop to the fun you have had
pannei, is wecome to the farmer whose
crops need ran and some OF the hot days
over which YOU fret, are just what is
needed to ripen t grain. Don't f2r@et
about other people AMI complain because
everything is not just as you like it best.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
Extraordinary Drinks.

Of the many extraordinary drinks
yprularly consumed the blood of live
horses NAV be considered the most so.
Marco Polo and Carpini were the first
To tell the world of the practice of the
Tar1ars and MOuG0is opening the veins
in their horses uccllS taking drink,
and closing the Wound again. AS far
as can be seen tu:S has seen the prac-
tice from time i,.m"nUriAl. There is
q wine habitually cOH>U!!."d in China
which is made from the flesh Of lambs
reduced to paste with milk, or bruised
into pulp with rice, and then ferment-
ed. It is extremely strong and nutri-
tious. and powerfully stimulating to
the physical organism. The Lapland-
ers drink a great deal of smoked snow
water, and one of the national drinks
| of the TOnQuinese is arrack favored
with chickens blood. The list would
scarcely be complete without the men
ton of absinthe, which may be called
the national spirituous drink of France
Il is a horrible compound of alcohol
anise, corander. fennel, wormwood
indigo and sulphate of copper. 1t ii
strong, nasty and a moral and physl
cal poison.-Boston Traveller.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22

The idea which mos! children have Of
a King is that he goes around with a
crown on his hea and wrapped in royal
robes or riding 4 >plen lid sized. This is
no true, of cour<e. rs some Of you may
know. The only rHler OF Europe to day
who is ever seen wearing crown is King
Oscar of Sweden. fac Emperor of Ger
many owns a beau ifui crowl, which, it
is sad, he has never put on his heal
The crown is the emblem of king.y rule
but it is kept for sta'e occasions only.
and then it IS more 0 ten Born into the
state chamber resting on a cushion than
on the brow of the MIN who is entitled
to Wear it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
THE YOUNG FOLKS,
ONE WAY TO GROW.

ONE WAY 70 GROW.
WHATS the use. I'd like to know.
Ot boV who is quiet and prim;
II boy mist min his p'7 and qs
l-e'I ought to TIE her instead of him.
It's the girls that snould sit still and
straight
Iha1s what they're made for, don't you
know:
While boys must jump and shout and
race
It's noise and fun that makes us grow.
They say "You're like your mother, Bob"
But that's great m stake, you see,
For she likes gentle, quiet boys,
While I-wny like boys like me.
The more we fellows shout and jump,
The more we race AMI tear and climb,
The bigger men we'll grow u be
If you will only give US time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
AIaskans Astonished by Horses.

A prospector in Alaska took some
horses with him. At the first Indian
village the sight of the horses drove all
rho dogs bowling into the woods The
children dropped their rude playthings
and fed crying into the huts. The men
and women stood their ground, al
though in open-eyed wonder. After
much inducemcnt they We're finally
prevailed UPON TO approach the horses,
and their wonder knew no bounds. No
amount of persuasion would induce
them to mount. These We're the first
horses they had ever seen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
PLAY RANCH IN NEW MEx1oo.

The writer recently made trip through
8 part of New Mexico where the natives
gain livelihood by farming in very
primitive manner The Buys there at the
ag' of eight or len years are sent out IN
pm rs, with focks OF sheep or goats
W ion they herd in the Mills and noun.