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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15

The A. G. L. pay train stopped ovor at the
depot for short time Monday moraing and
when it left the A. G.. L. crowd were all in &
good humor.
The Kings Daughters will have charge Of
China's soda fountain everv day this week.
Number Two anG Number Three should not
forget the Kings Daughters.
Mr.. q. J. Seymour killed q niue pound
trout at the First Mill pond yesterday
The trout was beauty and ooe of the largest
seen in this city within long time.
Mrs. NJ. V. Patterson, widow of the late
Giles J. Patterson, of Chester, S. c., has
donated to the ''Epwoyth Orphauage" the
muni6cent sum of (l,200) twelve hundred
dollars.
Rev. C. NJ. Richards, who filed the Pres.
byterian pulpit Sunday morning, preached
sermon that has been generally praised by
those who were presen. and heard it. 1t was
forceful, earnest and retained the attention OF
the congregation from first to last.
Rev. S. B. Hillock, the rector Of the Chsrch
Of the Holy Comforter, conducted services
and preached Sunday morning and evening
Mr. Hillock has been il charge oftheparish bat
two weeks and has conducted services on two
Sabba;hs only, but has .nadea decidedly IA
vorabe impression.
Velvet molasses is q aev variety OF candy
that is to be had al Ch;aa' drug store. II is
as toothsone as it is cheap, and is reco1med-
ed for numerous ills 1t can be chewed with
out teeth and will preyent fuses in the
family
Mrs. ". X. Brown, Of Charleston. came u?
Monday, bringing with seg special so!o
dancers TO take part IN the s.. jose2a's Ac-
gdemy concert on Wednesday eveniug. Oae
of the original and prettiest features Of the
programme of the evening win be TIE Testal
Drill by narber Of young ladies CT this
CITY. The Orchestra aes volunteered 70 fur
nish the rnuslc for the concert, and ne"
music viii be played.
There IS snch demand Tor artssiaa water
from Ryt,enbergs BRICK yerd we'll that it IS
now kept on dr&ught at DeLorme'S soda
fountain. II is caroonated and ice cold, aud
IS very pleasant drink and very beneficial
TO those who have neeC; Of mineral water
The analysis CT the water made by the chem
lists a Clemson College shows the following
constituents Carbonate of soda, line. mag
nesia, potash a little chloride Of sodium
small quantities Of sulphates and traces Of
litha; also 0.385 grains OF carbonate OF iron
per gallon The analysis shows also that
the water is free from contamination With
organic matter from Objectionable sources.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
.E2S-o& ..

Tbe Kings Daughters 'y;ll serve soda at
ChiaN's drug store i4aiil cock, pm, 50
,i:s. The youag folks can pat:onize after ies..
There was fire of some sort or. il ihe
country nevond The Poor House, OF perhaps
il wes at DesCnamps mil pond, Sunday
morning aboat O. CLOCK and the Ere bell
was rune TO cali out the fire department.
Deigar and No9aghan squads ai:chsd u: and
raced up Me;n street 70 TIE corner q Wasrea,
where they discovered that the fire was en-
trely outside the sphere OF stand pipe nres-
sure, SO they .etucned to their reel nonses and
reconi:aenced their vigi!aut wait fo- FIRE.
1t VIII be an agreeable sarprise to pe-sons
saoiect 10 attacks cf bilious coic TO learn
that prompt relief may be had by taking
Chambe-ain's Colo, Cholera aud Diarrhma
Remedy In many instances the attack may
be prevented by taking this remedy as soon
as the first symptoms of the disease appear.
25 and so cent bottles for sale by Dr.. A. j..
China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
For Cotton W eigher

Mr.. Joseph B. Roach has decided to have
his name presented to the Board of County
Commissioners for election to the office Of
Cotton Weigher for the city of Sumter. Mr..
Roach has the three necessary requisites for
discharging the duties Of the Office capably
and acceptabIy. He has practical experience
extending over period Of thirty years he
hiss the confidence of the community, and ne
is steady in his habits Ii he is elected he
will perform the duties Of the position hon
estIy ind satisfactorily
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
New Advertisements.

Schwartz Bros This firm set the pace in
fashionable dress goods for this section of the
State for several years, and they now have 10
stock the finest and most beautiful selection
of goods that Trey have ever displayed
Their store is itself display Of the latest
AMI most fashionable goods to he bought in
the leading markets OF America Their past
record is their pride snd guarantee to their
customers. SEE few Of the prices in the
rev nd to-day.
The S inter Dry Goods Co The keystone
of success 10 business is fair and :qu,ie deal
ing This concern Is pointed outa An rSa.n
pie OF unusual Success, and that this is true
is due largrlv TO the fair and square dealing
that is the irhexiole rule in tnis establish
ment Their prices tell the aie and The store
is DIVIDED daily with buyers. The stock Is
new and the est ihet could te bought for
spot cash, and their patrons are receiving The
herehr OF the inside prices they obtained by
buying for cash.
Rrttenberg l. Sons give prices that re-
quire no comment for they tell their own
story and the public is quick to appreciate
good thing This week they are showing
something new 10 ladies' waists and neck
wear. Ryt,enberg' 5 s'o'e needs neither ln~
PRODUCTION nor recommendation. 1t is the
largest and best equipped in this section, and
the prices are as low as can be given in legit-
irnale business
Crosswell Il CO. are moVing the town on
groceries and are now telling the people of
The comfy how tc live on the best the land
affords at the minimum cost. They sell at
wholesale and retail ard are selling the very
best goods II prices heretofore demanded for
the inferior qualities. They a,e moner savers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
Pythian notes.

At the meeting of Game Cock Lodga, No.
II K. of Monday night Dr.. H. NJ Stuckey
and Mr. A A. Strauss were elected delegates
to the Grand Lodge, which will meet in
Rock Hill in May. DE-. Geo. w. Dick and
Mr. J. H. Levy were elected alternates.
Three candidates for Knghtbood were elect
ed. They are: Messrs. T. G. Mcleod, E.
A. Lowry and BLAND.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
DEATH.

News Of the death OF Mr.. F. Richard
sou, of Pinewood WAS received III this city
Thursday afternoon Mr. Richardson had
been quite sick with meSsles for several
weeks. but was improving and in fair way
towards recovery until be suffered relapse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
A Social Event.

Miss Marie Lee gave delig ghtful Salmagun-
di Party last evening in honor of her friend
Miss Mel! Robertson, of Charleston, an at.
tractive brunette who has, oy reason Of her
beauty and charming manners, received a
great deal of attention since she has been in
the city. Misses Lee and Robertson received
the numerous guest with graceful ease that
was a felicitous beginning of a pleasant even.
ing that was thoroughly ENJOYABLE to all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
MARRIED.

Mr.. L. Spann Viusou and Miss Lena Allen,
daughter of Mr.. John Allen, of Catchsll,
this county, were married at the residence of
the brides father, on Thursday evening,
April 9Th, the Rev. W. J. Dowell officiating
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
Easter Election-St.
endon.

wardens-A. NJ. BrsiIsford, r.. C Rich
ardson.
vestry-H B Richardson, j. NJ Richard
son, J. C.. Manning. J 3. Richardson, R. |.
Manning.
Delegates to Diocesan Council-R. /. Man
ming. r. B. Richardson, J. 81 Richardson
a. 81 Brailstord Al,ernaies-J B. Rich
arCson. J. c. Manning
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
The Municipal Election

The election held yesterday by the city for
a Mayor and Council of eight Aldermen to
serve during term Of two years next en-
suing was the quie,est and most uneveutful
city election held in Sumter. The result was
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-15
Marriage

Mr Sidney W Stubbs and Miss Olive Boyt
will be married in the Methodist church this
afternoon at O'clock. No cards.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

showed Mr. straiton there was eola
there, and he staked ont claim abon,
the btE bowlder and weut 10 WORK /,
was the Fourth Of July when he be-
gan to mine. and he named his prom
erty The Independence in honor or
the day.
He found gold almost from the grass
roots. The ore grex richer a. he duv
down, and after a short time he found
pockets and fHsures ined with eola
Tbs gold did not run regularly. some
times there would be a pocket as big
NJ the average parior. and sometimes
the rock containing the rich ore would
extend only to the size Of a tumhlsr.
He sunk his shaft, however. ana ran
out lai.rais from 200 to 500 feet on
either side He soon began to md gold
CveryShere. Even the rocks lying on
The surface Of The ground neited him
4 fortune. There were some great
bowiders near his shaft. He had these
broken up with dynamite. and from
them alone he got $4,000. It was not.
however, all clear sailing Al one tIms
the gold sesmed to have played out,
sad he offered to sell the mine for
$50 900. Eis offer was refused. ana
Sithin 4 few days after this he made
another rich strike. aud for g days
be took out about one thousand dollars
a day. A. present be has gone between
600 and 100 feet down into the earth.
and there Is no doabt whatever but
that there are millions o. dollars worth
of gold between the ieveis which have
been already mined The mihe seems
to Be growing richer as Il goes down
ward. and his refusal TO sell Il for
$1,000 90 sRH. IN tho minds OF many
here. Eood business decision. A man
whose income has been about s. a day
iinda Il hard TO jump " once TO the
spsEdinE o. 5000 to 5000 a day. Mr.
Stratton a. preEent is no, attempting
20 live Up 10 his income. His Offices
are Of the mos; unprcientlous nature.
and ho seeiudes himself in order TO
keep OF the beEgars, For some weeks
he had 70 have policeman about his
bone al Crippls Greek 10 keep the
crowd away from him. and his private
secretary says that be receives about
200 begging letters a day. He Is not
4 mean man. but be has no idea of the
possibilities nor the pleasure OF giving
FIis charities 50 iar have been purely
Individual. and in most cases to his
iriends. No, long ago his driver saved
hia Mfe and that OF his sister by keep
Ing the horses in shs road during an
attempted runaway. At the end Of the
drive strAttou gave the man a cheek
for 81 coo He has given his wife, who
Is separated from him. $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19
cuRE FoR CONSUMPTION.
rb-r- I. Pot of Money for ths Dis
esssry % Cure That CGrs.

II an NEGATIVE were needed In the
search for cure for consumption, It
would be found in the bequest Of re-
Gently deceased French woman. Nine.
AudIhred, who has left the sum Of
yis0. 900 in trust. the interest to be paid
annually for the rest OF his life. TO the
physician OF any nationality who dis
covers such cure II any person stin
exists who does not believe that this
dreadful disease is contagious he must
be convinced upon reading the facts in
relation TO Il brought out in the study
OF It's prevalence in converts. A sta
tistical inquiry among the Catholic
nursing orders Of Germany shows that
the deaths from tuberculosis form
nearly two-thirds OF the total deaths,
and in half the returns this proper
lion reached three-fourths. A case was
cited where a nun died from the dis
ease. and. although the cell was. as
supposed, thoroughly purified, two
other nuns. both healthy women, who
tenanted the cell. one after the other.
speediIy suecnmbed TO the fatal NAL
ady. A minute investigation after the
death OF the third showed that the cord
near the bed, which was attached to
the dropping bolt Of the door, had not
been removed at any cleansing. This
was taken away, publication again re-
sorted to. and a fourth nun took the
cell. and after five years has shown no
signs OF consumption
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

HE story OF Mr. W.
s strAtton, a Grip
pie Greek goiaa,ihe
oEnes. Is like a
tale from Arabian
Nishts SIR, STRAIT
ton owns the great
Inicpcnaenos mine
vhIca has been
tnriling out HeAriy
s. 90 a day for the
pas, year. and in
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

As an instance OF the growing Republican
tsm "a England. II Is stated that a suggeS-
l1a ilas been made to replace the high
Nhlla OF Bnckinzhnm palace by n low and
single railing 80 that the general public
may BE- granted view Or the grounds with.
IN, which, by the way are scarcrly ever us
81 hy the ruyal family. Tl,e duke OF De
Senshire, also, Is said TO be contemplating
house..
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Lori Grimthorpe Is, perhaps, the most dis
Hufaih He has one of this most complete
Workshops In the worla regularly employ
ths several accomplished jotirlieymeu to car.
- out the roughes part " his experiments
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Taecher-what celebrated event occurred
AZ plymouth Kockl Totnmis-I know Teach.
er--Wvli- let Us hear you tell the class what
u WaA Nobody else seems to know Tom
Ilf-Ihey started a new breed OF chickens
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19
Everybody Wants H.

AZ least every one does who wants 10 save
money send for t. Ths Golden Eagle
,aiaipgue for Fall and Winter. Sent free,
saNs you money on Dry Goods Cloaks, MIL
nnhery, shoes. Boys Clothing and Groceries.
We want you TO do Is to send your name
~ ~ y 90 the rest. The Golden Eagle, corner
sistrfnth aud Lawrence SIS. Denver. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

remH- -kable discovery was recently made
In the Assiot metropolis In Egypt. Among
the objects found was a whole company OF
wooden soldiers fifteen Inches In height The
OF their equipment in the Phnraohs' time.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Kicksby-wlfe. can you tell me why am
like n heni Mrs. kicksby--No, dear why Is
itT KickSby- because | eau seldom Ind
anything Whera laid Il Yesterday.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

q Il a estimated there are from
70 seven mIiiioa dollars Of Eold
ssi Il u one of the richest gold
- nf tho World. and the man who
S 4 vas working ave yeArs ago AZ
trpeztsr's beneh Up TO that time
R0als hays bscu glad to have nctted
: tie vork of his hands so a
,A Hs nine lSs, year. li is said.
igssd tge1.Ue9. ~ cost o. about
rrnts oa tAs dollar. and the ore -
r1ah that be has 70 keep back his
tzea for fear thAt he Siii nos be
10 invest he money which be re-
Is irun the sold whieh they scl
So far be has Esen, his surplus
1yiuE other Mines. and ho hAS to-
properties vhich make him the
~ iadlylduai owner os gold mines
ss world Mr. MArahali Field and
r CAieaso capitalists offered him
ocla for his Independence mine
aad iunE ago be refused an oofer
1bop.0Qo for Il. He does rot like 20
abogt &. and an otter % SIC. 90. :
E0ultn't tempt aim He says thn;
so!e Is IN the mine and can't run
p, Il Il sateT there than in the sAfe
s1,. and the bcss bank Tor hin is
N9thsr Earth.
idspnkire s;rssion II only as years
~ but As looks TO be more than 50.
hair Is az white as the driven
+, ard his naturally dark compiler
Aas bssn changed to a mahogany
Va By the kardshiDs Of his lzbo-
career and the anxiety for his
for gold. He Is nervous In the
rene. and he has little capacity for
7isess, The story Of bis life Is thar
1aa who has deTosed himself 20
Ing a mine. and who. after twenty
% o. failure, has 81 last sueceeded.
AAs sacceeded by luck and work
~ than BY any special ability, and
30 he Il man Of good common
=. you might dad 50 men quite as
out Of any 100 carpenters that
eDald ssle.,.
ora In Indiana. having learned the
f2eaieS's trade. he drsfied out to Col
% Springs when he was along about
TeaFs Of age. He began at once to
speet for gold He worked AZ his
Dc n the winter TO get the money
sssslry to keep him alive In the
ln'sins In the summer, and day aft
asy and year after year he climbed
rocks and wandered over the hills
Hing for the mines. At one time he
saved 5000. He Invested this in a
De and lost IL He Is a man OF few
asements and Of little intellectual
fourre- He failed again and again.
up 10 1891 he was worth practio-
Y nothing. He had at this time n
Use in Colorado Springs. which was
7isaged, and It was In May OF that
p thai he, rendered almost desper-
BY his repeated failures, went to
Pspect about Cripple Greek. He real
r that there WIS some gold in the
PSlders or float which lay on the
F.iing lands OF this region, but up TO
r tine no one had considered the
q to be worth much. As Mr. STRAIT
walked over The fields he noticed
stone, the corner OF which some
aer Prospector had ehipped on He
.ed up the broken piece and sent it
lenFer TO be assayed. 1t yielded
re- $500 to the ton. This surprised
stratton. He at once gathered a
fson load o, other stones lying about
4 place and sent these to the assay
a They told him that the last was
pm only $40 a ton. This. however,
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

"poctor, my wife has insomnia-lies
awake most OF the night. What shall
do for herg" Get home earlier. =
Life.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Uncle Josh--Thcre's lots Of money drop
ped in Wall street, ain't there1 Nephew
Lots of IT. Uncle Josh-And ii's all drop
ped by fJlks that's tryln' to pick II up.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Such Is Fame 'sThey say that Scott did
not make great a success as he should
OF his IvHnhoe." Perhaps he didn't adver-
tise i as extensively as he does his Emul-
sion. F"
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God send 70 Ine.-wm. Il. Mcclellan. Chester,
FLORIDA, Sept. IL. 1898.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19
IKE A MONTE CRIsTo.
eArToN's GREAT LUCK AT
CRIPPLE CREEK

l. Geld at 0ras. Resss-Fsr Many
l., n. wsad.rsa over th- mn. sf
kgsr.dss Fsos a. aes-.. Looking
|, r.y pirt-saEaeS Ia Eish ss Last
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19
Did You Ever See aa Indiane

Expect not. so send n two-cent stamp to
the General Passenger Agent Colorado Mid
land railroad. Denver. and he Will send you
fine colored picture Of one
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

ii Hung Chang's diplomacy seems to con-
sist largely In saying just what he thinks
and allowing suspicious people to infer that
he must neeessarily mean something else.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

FITS stopped free aud permanently cured No
kestorer. Free - trial bottle and treatise.
Send 10 Da- KLINE. gsl Arch ST, PhllaSielphia Pa
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

Hair. catarrh cure
Is taken internally. Price. T5c.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-19
lr the naby I. Cuttinx Teeth,

Bs sure and use that old and vetried remedy. MIA
wIssLow.A soofnSG sTnrF for Children reething.
, 1896-07-08

SOOu CCbllL 4 VAt'J SO = ECNt'N amy
war ships of the world:
Graphing in the Central Blue.
His greatest work has been in the study of
the sun and Of the sun spots, measuring the
heat of the great orb of light, and in stellar
photography. 1t was he who invented an
instrument for measuring. with the nearest
approximation possible, he heat Of the sun,
and this instrument, which he called a bolo-
meter. is SO sensitive hat the temperature of
a unbealn can De tested to a mlIllonth of a
degree. With your SENSE of touch you would
he a remarkably sensitive subject if You were
able to uetect, with your hand for example.
the difference Of several degrees taken to-
gether. This machine registers the variation
Of a millionth of one 1t docs not require a
fine and technical knowledge ol astronomy
to marvel al such an instrument as that.
SOME OF HIS GREAT DEEDS.
1t was Professor Langley, too, who found
a way to photograph and fix the location of
stars so distant as to be invisible to the eye,
even when aided by the most powerful tele-
scope that exists. Nebule. so diaphanous
that the eye, even when aided by the most
searching objective, fails to discriminate
them from black space, Professor Langley
W q dOlO w ia Ol no oCiiSlAiFS p'OLOSi bpAIC
plates, aud thus bring into the realm of the
visible.
And still again. no man has done so much
as he. to reveal the beauties and the wonderful
changing landscape, if you may call it such,
on the surface Of the sun. Professor Langley's
drawings of some Of the suns spots. which
he has observed, are really works Of art, for
it happens that he j, not only a great
astronomer and a patient investigator, but
a man with an artistic eye, as we'll. To
catch these beau les. winch he could not
photograph, he made himself an excellent
draughtsmau and matte his own illustrations
for the fascinating volume which he has
written on what he calls The New As
tronomy."
Eight years ago Professor Langley was
invited by Professor Baird to the post of
assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Instr
tuition, and on the death Of the latter became
it's director. He is older now than he is
shown in the fine and striking portrait of
Gordon Hardie. His heavy brows bave
settled further down over the eyes, the
broad and massive forehead has become more
deeply furrowed, and his countenance has
taken on something Of that rugged and
betting aspect which you see in the later
portraits of Darwin.
Withal he Is a genial, kindly and supple
hammered man, with a rather dreamy air,
which is shot through with wit and fun aud
earnestness as he grows more interested in
his talk. With all hi. honourS and his medals
and he holds many Of the blue ribbons of
science, tie Rumford medal of the Royal
Society, the Henry Draper medal and many
honorary degrees-he is still a modest and
retiring man, who is led TO speak of himself
or his work with difficulty, and who is
happiest when he can escape such things
and be alone with his laboratory or his
telescope.
, 1896-07-08
WE WILL Ely SOON.
(Nev York Herald)

1t is rather surprising that the announce
ment that Professor S. =. Langley. of the
Smithsonian Institution, had definitely solved
the problem Of ac iaI navigation has not
attracted more attention than It has. Coming
from such a man, and backed by the word Of
so practical a mau Of SCIENCE rs Alexander
Grab IN Bell, il was not such All announce
ment rs might have come from some unknown
and obscure inventor,
Professor Langley would die a famous
man if he had never taken up aero:dynamics
or attempted 10 build a flying machine. He
is iNdeod, in his chosen field Of astronomy,
the foremost man Of science whom we have
in this country. Professor Langley ranks
with the greatest astronomers and physicists
of the world. and lie is one of the few mon
whom America has produced so far who have
made any real and solid contributions to
pure science. He is TO the latter something
of what Nicola Tesla is TO applied science.
1t was a really remarkable thing that a
man like Professor Langley should have
undertaken to build a flying mechine at all.
It was still more remarkable at his age.
Although he bears them lightly, he has now
sixty two years to his credit, and, MS ] under-
stand it, he did not take up with his %investi-
cations as to aerial flight until about six to
scveM years ago. But he has prosecuted his
inquiry with all the enthusiasm of q young
man, and is, III short, one of the type whom
you are led to describe as sixty two years
young.
Again, in both it's matter and manner,
Professor Langley's invention, or his dis
covery, whichever you may like to term it,
is of unique interest. His machine is built
upon exactly the opposite principle from
that upon which Other flying machines have
been built, and his invention represents a
clear trump for pure induc,ive science.
Just what ! mean by the latter is this:-
When Stephenson built his locomotive he
proceeded in his work upon certain definitely
known facts-that is, lie was perfectly sure
that if he could find a way to push his wheels
around by steam, his engine would run over
the ground just as an ordinary wagon would.
lie was venturng into no unknown field of
physics. With Professor Langley it was
just the opposite, Although men of science
for two centuries or more have been studying
the dynamics of the air, have weighed it and
determined its compressobility, its action
under heat, &c, yet up to the time Professor
Langley took hold Of the matter there existed
no definite data as to the plan or principle
upon which a flying machine, if it is to sue
cessfully navigate the air, must be built. TO
find out these new data was his first work.