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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

s.ituticn of the United States and as
crime against free institutions. Mr..
Tillmau in his speech approved this
declaration 1t was intended to be
in words a direct condemnation OF
Mr. Cleveland as President OF the
Unitei States tor using the power Of
the executive TO brush out OF tEc, way
every obstacle to the free passage Of
the mail trains OF the United States
and the inter State commerce. And
my friends. whenever the people APP
prove the choice of a President who
believes he must ask Gov. Altgeld or
any other governor Of any other State
permission to enforce the laws of tine
United States we have surrendered
the victory the boys won in 1861"
(Great applause
The other reads this way:
lone of the kindest and most dis
eliminating critics who ever wrote
with a,foreign pen about American
affairs. Mr.. Bryce in his American
Commonwealth pointed out this
danger that the Constitution did not
fix the number of the supreme court
judges, and it was possible for reck-
less congress and reckless execu-
tive to subordinate and practically de-
stroy the supreme court by the pro.
cess have just described, and the
Englishman. after speaking of this,
says:
What prevents such assaults on
the fundamental law? Nothing but
the fear Of the people, whose broad,
good sense and attachment to the
principles of the Constitution may be
generally relied on 20 condemn such
a perversion Of it's powers ;
"Our English friend did not mis-
Judge, l think, the sound good sense
of the American people when an issue
like this is TO be presented What
ever the question is. whether Mr..
Bryan's views or Mr.. Tillmans view
OF the Constitutional question shall
prevail or that of the august tribunal
appointed by the Constitution to set
tie it. the courts are the defense Of
the weak. The rich and powerful
have other resources, but the poor
have not. The high minded, inde-
pendent Judiciary that will hold to
the line on questions between wealth
and labor, between the rich and the
poor. is the defense and security of
the defenceless :"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
VOLTS 90 not Ekf3M PEOPLE.
It Is the A,npe-asc That I,oes tl:c neadiy
Da:n:..c

Da:n::.c.
Newspaper reporters, copy readers
and head writers ;grH in need Of (, pcl-
mary education IL electricity. Every
now and again the newspapers rcccId
the death Of somebody from the effect
Of given number OF volts, Or tc-l OF
another 3 wonderful survival afTe2' re-
ceiving the shock cf manv thousand
volts. Strange enough, IL the Hcrs-
paper accounts nobody is ever killed,
nor has remarkable escape from an
peres Of electricity been c!ironicled,
nor is the damage oftc,i done }v q cur
rent, nor has anybody ever seen
watts" figure III ths. ,;iut1er. The num-
Der Of volts in Il current Of electricity
is its speed OF prcsS1re. The number OF
amperes is its volume. Volts with
out amperes would be speed without
substance.
A light molecuie moving with q
speed or voltage Of 1S5, 900 miles per
second strikes the eye without injury,
but if the molecule had weight or
ampe1age of one two-thousandth part
CT a g1ain it would have the same effect
as an ounce ball moving 1000 feet per
second. Any number Of 'amperes' with
out voltage would be q dead engine in a
roundhousc.
An article in New York paper was
headed, "Nct Killed by 1000 Volts "
It told Of boy who had become locally
famous because "2, 900 volts Of electric
ity had passed through Joe's body with
out killing him. - Without the am
perage of the current being known the
statement means nothing. Another story
of escape from electricity was headed,
"Shocked by 1850 Volts. y
The electrical current used i'll the Ed
ison horoscope has Il minute fraction
of all ampere, but az almost incalcula-
Bile voltage of perhaps above 10000.
To receive these $50, 900 volts in the
body would feel like the prick OF
needle.
At the state pcritcntialy the victims
of the law ;,rc given about 1,Sco volts
Of electricity, but it is the electrical en-
ergy. as expressed in watts, that kills.
The amperes multiplied BY the volts
give the energy OF the current, or watts.
Iie who would caress q live wire
need care nothing for the volts or am
peres it may have concealed about lis
person, but let him carefully calculate
its watts before he grabs hold.-New
York Mail and Express.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
Altar Of L.osG.

Tie rose, tie quoea Ct licwars, dat
has beeu SAD to preserve ali ,2e ia
g,sncc q susnncr whoa .;;;c;1:!laer il
gone, yieids It's fragrant astar 81
otto to tie villagers OF Tu,i;eSy aud
the peasant proprietors Of Giasse
Cannes. Nee and the N"lois n no n:S-
sardly quantity Yet the true altar does
not satisfy thc lseeds Of the toilet. Pure
altar of roses is of extreme rarity, and
is WORT, its weight in sold, the rose
altar OF commerce being largely adul-
terated with sandal, CT Wit. altar Of rose
geraniun., which is largely grown for
the purpose IL Franz. and Turkey. The
characteristic rose scent is shared by
Pnoni;; aiui1iora fragrans Gam ally CT
the lovely rose scented china pecnics
of our gart;ens). the root OF Rhodlola
rosea Ga species Of sedunl growing Oh
damp rocks on the high mountains CT
Scotland, Ireland and III the north OF
England, and on sea cliffs), and by the
rasped wood of the Brazilian tulip tree.
Chambers Journal,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
What Ex-Presldeut Harrison
Said About Tillman.

Considerable interest is being ta-
ken in the open challenge of ex. Pres
ident Harrison by Senator Tillman to
meet him in joint debate. Tillman
said he suggested that tie debate
take place at Harrison's home pur,
posely At the same time he has no
idea that the challenge will be accep-
ted, notwithstanding the fact that
Harrison has digniied him by spe-
cial'y referring to his name in, in his
New York speech Thus. Tilman
says, he cannot say that he can refuse
to debate with him There were
two passages in Harrlson's speech
upon which the challenge was bas-
ed One reads thus:
"They denounce in their platform
interference by Federal authorities in
local affairs as violation of the Con-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
Knights of Pythias.


CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug 31.-As the
morning session of the Supreme Lodge
of the Knights Of Pythias reso-
luton was introduced prohibiting the
payment Of death benefits to suicide,
whether the victIM be saue OF insane,
or whether the self destructios be
brought about delirium treueus, des-
poudeucy, narcotics or ooiates. IL the
deed is dooe within period Of five
years after bis reception toto the Order
the suicides heirs do net get cent. a
move is on foot to cut the time down to
one year. The resolution will elicit
red-hot discussion, but will probably be
adopted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
She Changed Her Mind.


Mrs. Pious-I do wish, Mr.. Nc
Shorter. that you would would come up
and see my husband He is very i'll,
aud | am afraid will die without expe
rienclng religion Don't you think you
can convince him of the necessity of
atoniog for his past neglect
Rev. McSnorter-I will try, Mrs.
Pious; will come up this afternoon
and zee if can It induce him to leave
some of his fortuae to the new theoog-
icsl seminary.
Mrs. Pious-On second thought,
Mr.. McSDorter, I don't believe your
presence will be necessary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
The Bill is Dismissed.
Judge Simonton's Decision IN
the Injunction.

Judge c. Fl. Simou,ou's decision in
the famous railroad injunction case was
G!ed 10 the Uoited States Circuit Cour;
Yesterday morning. The decision de-
clines ou three several counts to take
jurisdiction, and dismisses the bill
brought by Receiver J. H. Averill, OF
the Port Royal and Augusta Road
The case was too recently made an at
tracted far too wide an interest while 1t
was before the Court to need more thar
the briefest recapitulatiou Of the lead
ing features now. The Seaboard Air
Line system, alleging that the Southern
system established line of steamers ca
the Chesapeake Bay for no better pur-
pose than to iojure it and its connec-
tiors, retailiated by making cut of
3311 per cent in existing rates from The
East to Southern interior points The
fight of the Southern was taken up by
the Southern States Freight Associa
tion, of which the Southern system is a
member After some delay the Asso-
citation met aod ordered cut of 80 per
cent. in the rates. Many minor details
in rate cutting were subsequently deveI-
oped. but these. 10 few words. are the
points of the war.
After the Association had ordered its
cut of 80 per cent. the Port Royal and
Augusta Road, which is member of
that organization, applied to Judge 81
monitor, through its receiver. COL j.
H. Averill, for an order restraining
both sides from continuing the rate
war Mr.. 4. T. Smytbe. acting as
Receiver Averill's attorney, applied to
Judge Simouton for the injunction and
it was granted. The order at FIRST con-
mapded an immediate restoration of the
old rates. but it was subsequently modi-
fed so as to allow the Seaboard Alr
Line time 10 which to give the ten
days. notice required by law Of its pur-
pose to raise its rates. The time set
for hearing the case vas the 10Th Of
August. and the place was the Uuited
States Court House 10 Greenville. An
imposing array of legal talent assembled
there at the appointed time. The hear
ing lasted for several days. Judge ST.
monton declared that tie first point to
be considered was the jurisdiction of
the Court, and the arguments we're for
the most part confined to that subject.
The briefs of the lawyers and the
arguments on both sides were given 10
full in The News aud Courier, staff
correspondent being kept 90 the ground
during the continuance OF the hearing
The case excited more interest than
any other that has come up in one OF
the United States Courts of THE Sout-
eru district 10 a score of years. The is-
sn"s involved we're national aud far
eeacaing. The poiut raised by the
temporary Injunction was new to the
authorities of Courts, State aud Federal.
Some adequate conception of the inter-
est taken 10 Judge Simouton's decision
may be gathered from the fact the To-
quires about it from the press asso-
Citations Of the couoty have been we'll
nigh uuceasiug.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
Bnck,en,s Arntca saIve.

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Scents per box. For sale by DR. J. f. y. De
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
Nelson's Vessel.

Nelson's s Foudroyant has been refitted
again at cost, it is said, of 500, 600
and will be exhibited at the principal
British ports, going fcst, however, to
the Kiel naval exhibition. The vessel
is a splendid specimen of the great so
gun line of battle ships. Her timbers are
in good condition in spite of her lo7
wears. She was Nelson IS flagship for on
ly one year, the most disgraceful one IN
his career, when, under Lady Hamll-
toms influence, he encouraged and aid
ed the atrocities committed by the Ma
pies Bourbons. Itwas from the yardarm
of the Foudroyant that Prince Caraclolo'
admiral of the republican feet, a prls-
oner of war, was hanged without a
trial. 1t was on the quarter deck OF the
Foudroyan. that Sir Ralph Ahercromby
died of his wounds after defeating the
French at Alexandria i'll 1S01.-Bcston
Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

4 hacking cough keeps The bronchial tubes
in stale of constant irritation. which, it
not speedily removed, may lead to chronic
bronchitis. No promp,er remedy can be
found than Ayers Cherry Pectoral lie effect
is immediate and the iesnlt permanent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

Minnesota and South Dakota are the
only two states IL the Union that have
half Of their population made up OF for
eiru BORN residents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

It is /. safe rule to we1 the wrists be-
fore drinking cold water if at ali heat
ed. The effect is i,nncdiate and CRATE
ful, and danger OF fatal results is ward
ed off.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

The standard dollar was authorized
bv act of congress Feb. rs, 1878, and
coinage was begun i'll the same year
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02
A Great Relief.

Tramp-Plctsc, ma am, [ haven't
friend or relative III the world.
Housekeepcr-Well, I'm glad there's S
no one to worry ever you in case you
get hurt. Here, Tigcr!-Boston Tray
eller.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

Copper wires are used for Mexican
telegraph lines, so that they Will bold
me weight of the birds and monkeys
chat crowd them at night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-09-02

Holland, though small il sjza, has
1.070, COO women. young and oid.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Married.

In this city on Thursday evening at S
o'clock, by Rev. +. Il. Drewett, George
b. Hitch and Miss Nellie j. Kidwell,
both residents of this place.
The happy event occurred at the resi-
dence of the groom, a neat. cozy and
elegantly furnished cottage on "Piety
Hill" prepared in anticipation of the
pleasing event We here chronicle.
The ceremony was witnessed by about
twenty members ofthe Brownie Club"
and was supplemented with such games
and social pastimes as were most APP
propriate and enjoyable upon festive
occasions, including the wedding feast,
which was replete with all the luxuries
~attainable, and was enjoyed to the full.
Numerous elegant and valuable pre-
sents were bestowed upon the happy
couple, notably a beautiful and costly
rocking chair by the Brownie Club.
The contracting parties are well known
and highly respected in this community
where all, including the CHRONICLE,
earnestly hope that their future lives
may be crowned with the highest de-
gree of happiness and prosperity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

til Tuesday morning whenthey returned
to their prospective gold bonanzas,
which their many friends hope may
prove rich and ~remunerative beyond
their most sanguine hopes.
w. NJ. Copeland of Hemingford, Neb.,
came up Sunday morning to join his
wife and her mother Mrs. NJ. McFadden
who have been making an extended
visit with the families Of John and ID.
w. McFadden. They ali returned home
Sunday evening.
David Hunter, superintendent of the
Hawkeye Mining Company was chap
peroning some eastern friends through
attractive southern Hills points the
latter part Of last week. The party
visited Sylvan lake, with the grandeur
of which they expressed themselves as
being both surprised and delighted.
DR.. +. d. Bradley is among the
guests registered at the Kleemann from
New York. The doctor is here in the
interest of an eastern company who are
desirious of securing mica property, and
with that object in view has been in
vestigating the mines in this vicinity
with the appearance of which he is said
to behighly pleased.
III. NJ. Healey, of Newport, Kentucky,
a prominent member of the Black Hills
Water and Mining company of this city,
came in Thursday, accompanied BY b.
II. Morton, an experienced hydraulic
engineer Of Newport, on business cor
nected with the company whose hold
iugs are located q few miles west of this
place,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
The Ottumwa Quartette.

This highly popular aggregation OF
vocalists, whose melodious and har'
monious voices so completely captivated
the refined ear Of the late assembly Of
the Black Hills C~hautauoua, and who
also gained the highest plaudits Of their
auditors in the towns Of the northern
Hills, will give one Of their pleasing
concerts at the opera house on Friday
evening, August 18th. The press Of the
northern Hills. without exception,
speak in the highest terms of their
merits, conceding their superiority over
the Schuberts, %Schumans and the Woody
Brothers, and giving them the palm
over all vocal troupe that haye ever
visited the Hills. Referring to their
first appearance at the Chautauqua, the
Deadwood Times says:
Their opening selection was a master.
piece and highly enjoyed by the critical
audience in attendance. Romeo and
Juliet" captured everybody and was n
choice number as a comical song We
voice public sentiment when we say the
Ottumwa qnartette is the best that has
ever visited Deadwood. The voices are
all young and fresh and consequently
musical. They have drilled until they
sing perfectly together, giving sweet
melody TO their songs and rendering
With splendid expression and taste.
Aside from their splendid singing,
which has infatuated our people, they
are young men of splendid character,
very genteel. modest and agreeable, and
have earned the admiration Of all with
whom they have come in contact"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

The demo.pops, at a meeting held at
the court house on Monday night, COM
pleted the organization of a club, IL c
object and purpose of which is suppos-
edly to promote the interests of the
masses by aiding in the election Of w.
j, Bryan for president of the United
States upon a platform declaring for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
a ratio of l6 to /, The attendance was
not as large as it might haye been had
not a storm of more than ordinary
violence interviewed, which doubtless
kept many away, who through curiosity
might haye been DESTROYS of hearing
what b. r. Wood, q well known attor-
ney Of this city, Of strong democratic
predictions, and J. L. Booker, a promi-
nent Pringle pop, who were the speakers
for the occasion, had to say. The men,
bership of the club at the close of the
meeting was about 20, many of whom
were residents of outside precincts
whose names are said to have been pre-
%viously procured, and it is probable
that, in the event Of an active and per-
sistent canvass being made through the
county, quite a number of names may
be added to the roll.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Personal Mention.

John Craven was a visitor in the city
on Tuesday from Edgemont.
Miss Cushing of Lincoln was the guest
Of Mrs. B. r. Wood last week.
+. Dodds, of Lead, spent Sunday in
the city, q guest at the Kleemann.
G.. Davis was a Chicago man who had
business in the city On Saturday.
Robert Dempster of Omaha was a
guest at the Kleemann on Saturday.
Charley Stokes was in the city Satur-
day on a business mission from Rapid.
II. L. Bond made a business visit to
northern Hills points early in the week.
G. J. Wildly of Hemingford, Nebraska,
was among the Tuesday arrivals in the
city.
Ed. Cuthbertson and w. F. Wright
represented Omaha in the city on Wed.
nesday.
l.. r. Prichard was registered at the
Kleemann from Meadow Grove, Neb. on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Struck were regis
tered at the Kleemann on Saturday
from Lincoln.
A. N. Featherston and A. Gueinster
were registered at the Kleemann On
Thursday from Sioux City.
j. L. Barber, of Rochelle, Illinois was
among the numerous o~ver-Sunday
guests at the Kleemann.
Jas. A. Clark, ofthe Bellevue company
at Keystone was among the business
callers in the city on Monday.
Andy johnson came over from Hill
City on a business trip Tuesday night
and returned the next morning.
r. T. Bacon Ed. G. Drake and w. B.
Hogan were Omaha travellers doing
business in the city on Thursday.
L. e. Dunn the we'll known Council
Bluffs commercial man, was noted
among the Saturday arrivals in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman and child of
Hemingford, Nebraska, are the guests of
Mrs. M. j. Bailey and Mr.. and Mrs. W..
F. Hanley.
DR.. H. F. Rate, of Hill City, came in
on the Saturday morning train from an
extended business visit in st. Louis and
Chicago.
Mrs. Jennie Petelers of Hot Springs
and Mrs. Ruby Martin ofSioux City were
Thursday arrivals in the city enroute to
Sylvan lake.
Alonza Ayers and Miss Gsrtie Ras-
mussen. of Fairburn. were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Scott Of this place,
the latter part of last, and the
early part of the present week.
d. Butterneld, of Belle Plaine, Iowa,
whose wife has been visiting for some
with her son-in.law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Smith of this place
came In Monday. He will remain two
or three weeks before departing with
Mrs. B, for his Iowa home.
J. E. Pitcher and w. ". Odds came in
Saturday from the northern Hills,
they have valuable mining inter.
este. aud visited with their fanatics un-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Clinton, Missouri,

Mr.. A. L. Armstrong, an old druggist,
and a prominent citizen of this enter
prising town, says: 81 sell some forty
different kinds of cough medicines, but
have never in my experience sold so
much of any one article as / have of Bal
lard's H%orehound Syrup. All who use
it say it is the most perfect remedy for
Cough, Cold, Consumption, and all dis
eases ofthe Throat and Lungs they have
ever tried" 1t is a specific for Group
and Whooping Cough. 1t will relieve
a cough in a minute. Contains no OPT
ates. Price % and so cents. Free trial
bottle at A. j. Jones & Co.'S drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man

Are you Bilious, Constipated or
troubled with Jaundice, Sick Headache,
Bad Taste in Mouth, Foul Breath, Coated
Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Hot
Dry Skin, Pain in Back and between the
Shoulders, Chllls and Fever, &c. If you
have any ofthese symptoms, your Liver
is out of order, and your blood is slowly
being poisoned, because your Liver does
not act promptly. Herbine will cure
any disorder of the Liver, Stomach OF
Bowels. 1t has no equal as a Liver
Medicine. Price IS cents. Free trial
bottle at a. ]. Jones q Cos drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
f. A. Scorr, County Auditor.

If you have ever seen a little child in
the agony of summer complaint, you
can realize the danger of the trouble
and appreciate the value of ~instantane.
u relief always afforded by DeWitt's
Collie and Cholera Cure. For dysentery
and diarrh9a it is a reliable remedy.
We could not afford to recommend this
as a cure unless it were a cure. A. j..
Jones e %
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Personal.

FREE-64 page medical reference book
TO any person afflicted with any special
chronic or delicate disease peculiar to
their sex. Address the leading physi-
clans and surgeons of the United States,
DR.. Hathaway & Co., Corner Nebraska
and Fourth Streets, Sioux City, Ia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

CUSTER CRY, July Is, $50 a m.
Board in session pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present, d. Carrigan, +. NJ. Ayres and
county auditor.
On motion, minutes of previous meet.
ing read and approved.
Affidavit Of q b. Hyde filed.
On motion, J. Kubler is WI rded the
contract for supplying the county with
the necessary blanks, envelopes, letter
heads, bill heads, etc, provided he gives
bond in the sun of $500 for the faithful
performance of his duties.
On motion, the following bills allowed
on county general fund:
h. A. Hopkins, service as coun.
ty commissioner, and mileage 5 65 GO
+. M. Ayres, service rs county
commissioner ana m~ileage.... 90 90
ID. C%arrigan, service rs county
commissioner ''....,........." OF O0
The following bills allowed on county
general fund, as per court certificates
now on file in this office:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08
Notice for Bids.

Bids will be received by r. A. Hop
kins, clerk of Point Rocks school district
No. 10, up to ~ o'clock m August oath,
1896, for the erection of a school house
Plans and specifications may be seen at
my Office. Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
II. A. HOPKINS,
Clerk School District No. 10.
Dated at Custer, July 25th, 1896.