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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-08

Grc3?' screamed Carmel
Bat hy tbs tlGle Harry was running
down the street laughing The b3S A.
tonic went cn smoking, and Tie 1.c1gf-
bors came cut cf their houses to see Car-
rlen and lier u,n;.lv child.
Come b,cl-H' siloute>. the i1cthe>:::
But Mary always turned lier laugh
ing head and cried, "No, nc!''
"A1ay I tell you al about it::'' 1alJ Mary
said one rlcl:aiilg.
All about wllat:'' asked Dora, ard
Mary cried: "Oh, the most wonderful
thing has happened, tire NEST magnifi-
cent thing. Ny cousin, who is & widow,
mourls 10 longer. Her house Is a the
place, as big as these two rooms Ihs
floor cf her house is Lot like the eartn
floor of the house CT my father. 1t is a
floor Of boards, all smooth pla1lks. Last
night nv cousin came out Ct her mourn
ing A great dance she gave to US al.
If you could see our Spanish dances!
We have egg shells-hollow, gilded egg
shells. And, you sec, we are to break
the shells Oh the head Of the enc that is
most dear to Us. The girls are to break
them on the heads Of the men, and the
men on the heads Of the girls. And all
the men have broken their shells on my
head. And the American mamie, too,
has covered my hair with gold. See,
see!'' and blushing cruelty she held
down her head, which sparkled with
fine gilt dust.
There were more dances, and this was
not the last time that the gold glittered
in the girls hair.
"IS is ominous," Dora said to her
husband. ''I am afraid that Mary has
discovered that she is beautiful. y
"What is she going to dowhen we go
awav?'' asked Robert. "What is going
to become Of her?''
Glow serious you are, - laughed
Dora ''I suppose she will go back to
her laundry. -
At the end Of the season, when the
Enslands went north again, Dora gave
Mary many pretty sits. When she got
into the train, she held the baby up for
Mary t. kiss and was quite frightened
at the look on the girls face.
"It seems pity Robert said. "A
good deal might have been done With
her, poor little pitiful thing!' And the
train moved off, and Mary went out CT
the station. But she did not go back to
the adobe home CT Antonio and Carmen.
When Mrs. England heard Of it, she
cried little, and she did not look III
her husbands face that day or the next
day. Niva Sedgeley told her. Nlva was
not surprised. And in the meantime
Horace Dulaney staid on at the big hotel
until the hot weather drove him away.
Eta Ramsdell Goodwin in -Argonaut.
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A Boys Composition on "Hens."

'Eens is c.rio,ls animals. They don't
have no nose, nor 10 teeth, nor 10 ears.
They swallow their vitties whole and
chew it Up in their crops inside OF them
The outside CT hens IS generally put II
to pillars and feather di.sters. The III
side cf hen is sometimes filed up with
marbles and shirt buttons and sich. A
hen is very much smaller than good
many other animals, but they will dig
up more plants than anything that ain t
q hen. London Tit-Bits.
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THE ANGELS OVERSIGHT.

We have little sister.
wonder if they missed her
When she wandered out Of heaven to come so
far away.
How could they ever spare her?
know she must be falrer
Than any little angel tEey are keeping there
today.
Her eyes are blue and shining,
And her hair is soft and tw:nlng,
Just like bit Of sunshine all curlcd III little
rings.
But. ah, who woald have thought 1t:
perhaps they all forgot it,
They Let i.cr conc from heaven al the way
without her wi:aSs
-Sydncy Dayvc il Outlook
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Desirable Real Estate for Sale.

A TRACT OF $50 ACRES, situate about
~ miles from Bingham, be luded by
Lyuch's Creek, the public road and land DOW
or forerly of Jesse James. The last named
tract of land we'll umbersd, and admirably
adapted for planting and pasturage. Terms
easy. Apply 10
Attorneys 1T Law,
o., On Snuoter g q
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Gen. z. HsGg IHsg 3. Young Dead.

NEw YORK, July 6.-Gen 2. N.
B. Young. Uui:ed States minister to
Guatemala, who has been sick in the
Presbyterian hospital for fortnight,
died at noon to day Of Brights dis
ease He reached New York from
Guatemala two weeks ago to-day On
a leave of absence and went at once
to the hospital for treatment The
body will be shipped at once to his
home at Gainesville, Ga.
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ECtu al Occe.

Glow Go you feel, Bill:" asked the
sympathizing friend.
''Some better, " answered the wound
ed cowboy. 81 guess it won't be long
fore 1 kin get round an get square =
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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LONDON July 6 Henry Nj Stanley,
the African explorer aud member of
parliament fox North Lambeth. who has
been i'll for several weeks with gastritis,
suffered relapse last night and is now
lying in critical copdision.
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Oct. &c
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that acts i'll the capacity
there. This tree has u bl
and leathery that they
soling shoes. When the
one of the trees, they bo
trunk. and s lets dowr
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-16

his side wins, for he is about as clever
a man as a republican can be, and
that is not fattering him very much.
But Vermont don't prove anything,
for they all want protection up there
where there is a little mill on every
branch and waterfall making fish
hooks or hairpins or jews harps or
suspander buckles or something. just
wait till the west is heard from, where
oats are now selling for 13 cents
bushe and the railroads get 7 cents a
bushel for hauling them to market.
What is protection going to do for
them? A writer in the Review of
Reviews, a gold standard monthly,
says he has just come from there and
you might as we'll sing psalms to a
dead holse as to convert them from
the silver craze. He Gays that all the
golden literature you send them is
thrown into the fire without reading.
The argument is exhausted and they
are almost fighting mad.
But what troubles some of US is that
we are consumers. We don't produce
anything, and if free silver at 16 to l
makes prices 60 up, we will be the
sufferers. Reckon I will have to e.
back to farming again. There are a
good many of us in the same fix that
the fellow was when he heard that the
town bank had broke-ran all the
way home to see how many of its bills
he had. When he got home he found
he dident have any bill on that bank
nor any other bank. When our bank
failed in Gainesville last year Tom
Lyon took on and lamented more
than anybody. He almost cried. I
took him aside and asked him how
muck he had on deposit in that bank.
"Nary dollar" he said; "nary
dollar, but if I had had any money,
major, it would have been in there,
and that's what's the matter with me-"
But hope is a good invention-and
"God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" and "the Lord loveth whom He
chasteneth," and Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof" And so I'm
not going to cross the bridge before I
get to it. dug little basketful Of
Irish pota.oe out of the weeds and
grass yesterday, and set on the back
piazza and old Sis Cow came along
and eat them ali up, but she didn't
know any better, and Sicily smiled,
and said I would get it all back in
milk. and so I did not put that down,
but it was very aggravatiDg. May
the Lord help US all to bear the ills Of
life. BILL ARP.
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Shoes With Springs.

A spring heel attachment for shoes
to aid in walking is one of the latest
devices for the comfort of pedestrians:
With this attachment the effort of
lifting one Is footis practically reduced
to minimum. The spring actually
lifts the foot, and the pedestrian does
the rest.
DR.. George e. Sewan is the inventor
and patentee Of this curious device,
which is nothing but stiff strip Of
steel about an inch in width and some
three inches long. 1t is first bent
double and one end turned upward
over the other end so as to fit it close
ly to the edge of the heel of the shoe.
The spring is screwed to the heel of
any ordinary shoe, and once in place,
it gives a "spring" to the step, which
is of great assistance in walking or
running. The idea is taken from the
natural action of the muscles of the
foot, which are familiar to everybody
who has ever tried to run without
touching the heels to the ground.
The weight of the body forces the
spring close to the heel, aud as the
step is taken and the foot partially
raised from the ground, the spring
gives an impetus to the step, and
practically forces the body forward.
It is claimed by the inventor that the
use of this apparently simple device
reduces the fatigue of walking one
third. 1t is practically adapted for
use by those who take walking tours
during their vacations, and persons
whose business necessitates much
walking.
There is somewhat similar spring
attachment which is fitted to the sole
of the shoe, just under the ball of the
foot, but that is intended only for use
in taking long walks over soft country
roads and is not so strong as the heel
spring. When fixed to the sole OF
heel Of the shoe, this attachment does
not show, and may be worn with any
description of foot wear.-NeW York
Tournn1
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A Fire Emergency.

Ifa woman's clothes catch fire the
bes. thing to Go is to instantly roll her
upon the floor. Seize anyone on fire
by the hand or by some part of the
dress which is not burning and throw
her on the ground. Slip off a coat or
get shawl, a bit of carpet, anything
you can catch up quickly; hold this
before you, clasp her tightly with it,
which will protect her hands. AS
quickly as possible fetch plenty Of wa
ter; make everything thoroughly wet,
tor, though the flame is not out, there
are still the; hot cinder and the half
burnt clothing eating into the flesh.
Carry her careflly into a warm room,
lay her on q table or on a carpet on
the foor-not the bed-give her some
warm, stimulating drink, aud send for
The doctor.
Gently remove the clothing. There
should be only three people in the
room-one on each side of the patient,
and one to wait upon them. Use a
sharp knife. There must be no drag
giDg or pulling of. Let everything
be SO completely cut loose that it will
fall off; but if any part sticks to the
body let it remain, and be careful not
to burst any blisters.-Exchange.
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Baby's Scrap Book.

The mother who has not tried it
can't imagine how much comfort a
picture scrap book is to a restless
child. Save all the interesting pic
lures from the newspapers and collect
all the cards you can. Never let q
bright-colored picture be lost. Take
coarse, unbleached muslin for the
leaves, making q double page, the size
of the Republic, folded once: Hem
the edges all around. Put the pic
lures on with -four paste, and iron
them dry. They will not come of
then. Put the folded leaves together,
half.dozen in a bunch, and then with a
long, strong darning needle and strong
twine fasten them together through
and through. The child can scarcely
wear it out, and if you select your pic
lures carefully it will bequite an educa-
tor. Pretty colored cambria with pink
edges makes a dainty book, but not a
useful one, as it soon becomes soiled.-
St. Louis Republic.
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Benefits Of Water Drinking.

1t is possible to prevent many dis
eases and cure others by drinking
large quantities of water. An emil
nent French physician says that ty-
phoid fever can be washed out of the
system by water. He gives his pa
tients what would amount to eight or
ten ounces an hour of sterilized water.
Experiments have been made with dis
eases caused by bacteria, which de-
monstrate the curative value Of wa
ter. In cases of cholera, where the
system secretes large amount OF
fluid, enormous quantities Of hot wa
ter are of great benefit and will cure
many cases without other medicines.
One doctor says that perfectly sweet,
fresh cider, taken in large quantities,
has been known to cure cases of bow
ell complaint. The acid kills the bac-
terra, which are speedily thrown out
ofthe system. Hot water, in fevers, is of
great use, and an ordinary tumbler
tull of water as hot as can be taken
once an hour is one of the very best
remedies. The important thing is to
get into the system and out of it a sui
fcient amount Of water to prevent the
accumulation of ptomaines and toxins
with the body.--New York Ledger.
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Milk.

A COW should be MIXED carefully
and speedily, and if we'll treated
otherwise she will give milk much
longer.
The continued feeding of a rich ra-
ton for long time induces some COWS
to give richer milk, and others a larger
quantity.
If the different skimmings of cream
are not well mixed and made of one
age, the butter will not all come to-
gether when it is churned.
The sources of germs in milk are
dust and dirt, from whatsoever source,
coming in contact with the milk,
whether it be from soured milk al
ready in the pail, dirty or impure
wash water, dirt from the clothing of
the mixers, drippings from his hands
or filth particles falling from the I'D
der and sides Of the animal.
To cool the milk and start the pro-
cess of separation and then strain, is
to lose a portion of the cream. In
summer the milk should be set as soon
as possible after it is drawn, and at as
near. q normal temperature as posi-
BILE. Cream ripened too soon will not
give you all of the butter, as sour
cream is not always ripened. Milking
is g. work that should be thoroughly
understood in order to successfully
manage a dairy or dairy work on the
farm.
Improper methods of milking and
caring for the milk while in the stable
in most part account for malodorous,
ill-tasting, poor keeping types of milk.
One cannot expect a good quality Of
milk from foul-smelling, ill-keptstables
at which the man-ofall work does the
milking, with the same unwashed
hands that have performed previous
stable work, or from another in which
the horses receive all the currying and
the COW is nevec Brushed, because
"she is a dirty animal, anyhow" 1t
is of great economic importance before
the work of milking begins, that both
the cow and the mixer should be as
neat as possible. No amount Of care
on these points, however, will be worth
while if the pals are allowed to stand
about the barn before and after milk
ing.
Milking COWS should be practiced
according to the following prescrip.
tions: 1. Work rapidly; slowness
causes loss of cream. 2. Milk thor
oughly, to the last drop, b ause the
last milk is the best. 3. n * at the
same time every day. 4. Milk cross
wise, that is TO say, one fore teat Oh
the right and hind teat on the left
and vice versa; the milk thus flows
more copiously than by parallel milk
ing. 5. Milk with four fingers ano
not with index and thumb, fault toc
common with mixers. 6. DO not EN-
ploy any kind Of milking machines
7. To milk young, restive COWS, raise
one of the fore feet. Never strike
them. s. Always keep the hand:
clean and also the cows udder an(
dairy utensils. 8. During milking
avoid distracting or disturbing th'
COW. Those who neglect any Of these
prescriptions invariably lose milk.
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Care Of Manure.

The American Dairyman is firm in
its belief that the beginning Of thrifty
farming commences with attention to
and care of the manure made on the
farm, and it is right. Alleged good
farmers boast of digging drains to cal-
ry off the surface water on their place,
and neglect to build one to save liquid
manure made by the animals on the
farm, or pay the slightest attention to
the manure heap. This is an age of
progress and reform, and there is
nothing that the average farmer to ac-
cept these ideas in more than in the
care of manure. Think of $4,000, 900
wasted yearly in this direction, and
s10,000,000 spent annually to make
good this unnecessary loss. The
amount of money retained on the
farms of the State would make their
owners comparatively comfortable.
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Temperance Work In Chicago.

a departure in Christian temperance
work has been made by society organ
lied in Methodist Episcopal church In.
Chicago. It attempts to unite all who ops
pose the liquor traffic in an effort to lessen
the use ofintox4catirg liquors, to attack
the letting of property by church meme
bers to liquor dealers or manufacturers,
to induce Christian people TO refuse TO
patronize department stores" or Other
shops that sell liquors, and to oppose the.
election of candidates for Office who man
ufacture or sell liquor. The society has
nothing to do with political methods, and
among Its members may be found people
of all shades of political opinions. On the
sale of liquors In the department stores
the Standard a religious paper Of Chicago,
says: ut ia more or less disreIutable 70,
be seen in q saloon or even wholesale;
wine store; but The groceries department
of the large city stores, where in many
cases wines and Liquors are conspicuously
displayed and advertised, is supposed to
be perfectly respectable, and hence q!
check on the traffic L. removed
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-Jeweled umbrella heads are the
latest and only thing if you wish to be
strictly in it. This is almost aiding
and abetting petit larceny.
"Adam and Eve never rode the
bicycle" said Northside reaectively.
"They never did, replied Hilltop.
"It seems strange" What seems
strange ?'' "That though they never
rode a bicycle they made the most
disastrous fall in the history of the
human race.
"Iwonder why" said Mrs. Noodle,
as she stood looking in the grass, "the
nose is put in the middle Of the face. y
Mr.. Noodle laid down his paper.
''That's easy enough" he replied:
"It's because it's the scenter piece. y
And when Mrs. Noodle had had this
explained to her she laughed and de-
clared that it was just as funny as
some of the things you read in the
papers.
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In a recent letter to the manu-

- LII TeceuG leICcT w Iue mduu-
facturers Mr.. W. T. Benjamin, editor
of the Spectator, Rushford, N. Y,
says: 'It may be pleasure to you
to know the high esteem in which
Chamberlain medicines are held by
the people of your own State, where
they must be best known. An aunt
of mine, who resides at Dexter, Iowa,
was about to visit me few years
ONCE, aud before leaving home wrote
me, asking if they were sold here,
stating if they were not she would
bring a quantity with her as she did
not like to be without them. The
medicines referred to are Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, famous for its cures
of colds and Group; Chamberlain S
Pain Balm for rheumatism, lame back,
pains in the side and chest, aud
Chamberlain S Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel COM
plants. These medicines have been
in constant use in Iowa for almost a
quarter of a century. The people
have learned that they are articles of
great worth and merit, and unequaled
by any other. They are for sale here
by Hill Bros.
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Fear OF Thunder.

Electric storms are far less danger
GUS than the majority Of people imag-
inc. That a severe lightning storm is
terrifying admits Of no question, and
will sometimes bring great uneasiness
to the heart of the strongest man. But
the real danger is sslight. The chance
of lightning striking house, for ex-
ample, is not one in million. Par
ticularly is this true in cities, strung,
as most of them are, with electric
wires. The great dangerfrom electric
storms is in the country, and even there
the danger may lie lessened if the SIM
plest and most common-sense of pre-
cautions are exercised. The surest
electric conductor is a draught, and
if, when q thunderstom approaches, it
is seen that all windows and doors liza
BILE to occasion a draught are kept
closed, the danger is at once reduced
to minimum. If woman Is
Caught" out in a thunderstorm the
safest shelter is a house; the most
dangerous tree, particularly an oak
tree.
It is peculiar, but nevertheless a
proven fact, that the oak is the most
susceptible of all trees to q current of
electricity. Over so per cent. Of trees
struck by lightning storms during the
summer, the government statistician
tells us, were oaks, while the beech
tree was the least harmed. There
fore, the worst possible place Of shell
ter in an electrical storm is under an
oak tree, while by all odds the safest
place in house and out Of a draught.
The actual danger from an electric
storm is, in truth, not from the light
ming nor the thunder, but from the
nervous condition into which persons
allow themselves to fall.
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Boston Boots.


A wealthy citizen had been until the
small hours with convivial companions
and he arrived home slightly exhilira-
ted. BE managed, by describing sew
eral cratic rather than geometrical
lines, to get to his bed room and into a
chair. Then he called to his wife in a
single whisper:
"I can't get me boots off,"
"What's the matter with your
boots?"
"NozziD," (in faint whisper:)
whats the matter with your hands
then?"
"Nozzin."
"Why don't you pull your boots of,
then?"
maria, I've forgotten the combina-
tion!'
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Naturally Enough.

First Omaha man-What's the mat
ter; not out of business again, are
you?
Second Omaha man-Yes, my last
venture busted the first week.
"That's queer. I thought you start
ed a factory to darn stockingsfor young
men, old bachelors, and others with no
women folks to look after them. That
ought to pay"
aPay! Got more orders than I could
fill, hired a whole lot of nice girls who
knew how to darn stockings, and they
did their work beautifully-but then
the enterprise busted"
"Why, what happenedYt
"Girls allleft."
Dissatisfied ?"
"No; the whole crowd CT customers
hunted 'em up Sunday and married
'em."
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Sent It to HIs Mother In Germany.

Mr.. Jacob Esbenson, who is in the
employ of the Chicago Lumber Co., at
Des Moincs, Iowa, says: 81 have
lust sent some medicine back to my
motherin the old country, that l know
from personal use to be the best medi-
cine in the world for rheumatism,
having used it in my family for several
years. It is called Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. Italways does the work. y
80 cent bottles for sale by Hill Bros.
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Discovered the Secret.

They had only been married two
weeks and had just commenced their
life of love in cottage.
''I'm going to bake some biscuits,
dear" she announced. "Won't you
help me ?"
ice. .ainly, love-" he replied.
They kissed and took down the
bread pan.
"Now, let me see, dear; I take a
little baking powder. There-a spoon
full and half
He kissed her rapturously.
"Now little salt, dear. There, |
think that will do. Now, a little
pepper-no, how silly Of me +
They both laughed and kissed again.
"Now, some water, DEAR" and she
poured cupful in the pan and stirred
it up.
"Oh, deaf; now I've forgotten what
else I must put in she sighed.
"Wouldn't little-er-four help
it out, love p
"Ob, yes; fo.r," and they kissed
again.-San Francisco Post.