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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
kLEPTOMANlAcS ARE LISTED.
Big Stores Collect the Names of Those
Who Should Be Watched.

Big Stores Collect the Names OF Those
Who Should Be Watched.
It will doubtless be astonishing to
those who have not studied the question
TO learn that kleptomania has grown so
much during the last few years that
dry goods merchants have, so to speak,
formed cooperative union Of self pro-
lection against the evil. Shoplifters are
easily dealt with and disposed OF, as
they are generally of the class who can
be punished to the full extent OF the
law, but the kleptomaniac is usually
woman of refinement, good family and
possessed of ample means, which per-
nit of the qualification of her most ex-
travagant needs.
Strange as the assertion may seem, 1t
is. SO true and has assumed such proper
tions that in the majority OF the stores
there IS q book kept in the private office
of the firm in which are written the
names Of the women who are known to
be thus afflicted, and when they are
caught in the act bill for the goods
stolen is sent to the husband, father o.
the person who has made himself re-
sponsible for the things taken. 1t was
found necessary to do this after two or
three arrests had been made and the
culprit found, upon investigation, to be-
long to some well known family. 1t was
not only necessary for the protection OF
the merchants against loss by the theft,
but it was also more imperative from
the fact that these exposures endangered
his business. After such an arrest and
the consequent publicity the family OF
the accused were very loath to trade at
that particular store, and the with
drawal Of such patronage meant loss OF
thousands Of dollars to the proprietor.
This explanation was given me by the
superintendent Of one Of the largest de-
partment stores, where, after thorough
canvassing of the principal retail stores
in the city, found that it was no mere
gossip as to the existence Of this book,
and the fact that nine out Of ten en-
ployed women detectives, not only for
the conviction Ct shoplifters and pick
pockets. but to watch the more wealthy
offenders who were afflicted with what
is called q nervous disease in the medl-
cal books-kleptomania. These women
are obliged to be very clever, bright and
Intelligent, as they must learn to know
these kleptomaniacs by sight and to dis
criminate between the professional and
the afflicted if they delect stranger In
the act of purloining the firms goods.
New York Herald.
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We are Read y.
OUR FALL STOCK

Is department. and buyers will do themselves
justice they fail to before making their winter pu
chases 1t is impossible do Justice in the limited allowed
the different departments of and feel that
well enough known the territory tributary Sumter require
into detailed description Of it. Our annually in
creasng business warranted buying
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
REVIVAL OF ROMANCE.

Too long. too long we keep the level plain.
The TILED, tame fields. the bending orchard
borSh.
The byre, the barn, the thrashing floor, the
plow
Too long have been our theme and our re-
Enough. my brothers, of this Doric strain.
Lift up your spirits and record q VOW
To gather laurel from the mountains brow
Ard bring the era Of rich verse again.
Yepainters, paint great Nature at her helsht-
Seas, forests. cliffs upreared in liquid air,
And touch with glamour ell things rough
and crude.
And ye who fiction weave for our delight,
Give US brave men and women good as fair
And shame our hollow Sadducean Elool.
Edith NJ. Thomas in Century.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
Birds as Seed Carriers.

Two centuries ago the Dutch destroy
ed every nutmeg tree in the Moiuccas
in order to enjoy a monopoly OF the
business, having planted the trees in
their own possessions.
In spite of their most earnest efforts,
however, the islands were being con-
stantly restocked. For a long time the
thing was a mystery, but at length it
was solved.
The doves of that quarter of the world
are of large size and readily swallow
the seed Of the nutmeg, with the fruit
of which they traverse wide stretches OF
sea and land in few hours and deposit
the seeds Of the nutmeg not only unin-
jured, but better fitted for termination
by the heat and moisture Of the birds
system.
By similar process thousands Of acres
of land have been covered with trees OF
different kinds, the birds acting as ma
ture's agents in the dissemination OF
plants.
But in quite another manner do they
transport seeds from place to place.
Darwin found in six grains Of earth ad-
herring to the feet Of plover three diff
ferent kinds of seeds, and in mud stick
ing to the feet Of ducks and geese shot
in England he found the seeds of plants
peculiar to the Victoria Nyanza, in
central Africa, thus proving not only
the extent of migration. but also the
possibility Of plants appearing in strange
localities through the agency Of these
BIRDS
In the mud sticking to the feet Of a
Texas steer the seeds Of five different
kinds Of weeds and grasses common in
Texas were found by microscopic
after the arrival Of the animal in New
York.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters Is a medicine suited for any
season, but perhaps more generally needed,
when the languid exhausted feeling rrcvei!sa
when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and Alternative is felt. a
prompt use cf this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medi-
cine will act more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from malarial poison. Head
ache, Indigestion. Constipation. Dizziness yicld
to Electric Bitters. soc. and S1.O0 per bottle
at f. W. DeLorlAe's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
SHE WANTED TO KICK.

But Somehow the Gentle Clerk Managed
to Balk Her Scheme.
cts this the water Officer" she asked
as she entered, with fire in her eye and
tight in her voice.
SIT is, madam replied the gentle
clerk at the desk. els there anything /
can do for you this fine morning?"
"There may be, and there may not
be, - she replied, with much asperity,
"but I came in to say that while l was
drawing water to make coffee for break
fast great fish came out of the faucet,
and"-
"Oh, see, the clerk interrupted,
with an ingratiatiDg smile. "You
came in to pay the city for the fish.
That was very honest and good of you,
Pm sure, but the city will not accept
any money for a single fish. It is true
the city charges for water only and does
not guarantee to furnish fish as well,
and I'm bound to say that most ladies
would have taken the fish and said moth
ing about it. However, the city will not
take advantage of your unequaled gen.
erosity. 1t will make no charge for it. y
With a magnanimous wave Of his
hand the clerk tried to dismiss the sub
ject, but the caller resumed:
"But this fish was''-
"Oh, yes, know what you would
say. The fish was fine large one and
made an agreeable addition to your
morning meal, but still the city would
not think of charging you for it. If
you are so very conscientious about it,
however, you might keep count of the
fish that the city supplies in that way,
and after you have had, say, a dozen
we may make some scrt of a charge,
but we could not think of accepting pay
for one or two, not for a moment. %
"Young man," glared the woman,
"do you think it is the proper thing
to get your fish by way of your water
faucets?''
''To be frank with you, madam, do
not think it is, and for that reason I
would advise YOU to say nothing about
it, especially among neighbors. If the
people generally got to know that the
city was favoring you by sending you
fresh fish for breakfast in your water
pipes, why, VIC should have streams OF
people coming III here to kick because
the city does not provide them with
fresh fish also. Yen can easily see that
the city canGct undertake to do that.
Fine mo1niIc, but think we shall have
more rain Htfolc night.
The clerk resumed his scat, and the
compiainer departed, muttoring some
thing which 40 one could hear.-Town
Topics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
DICKENS DUMMY BOOKS.
The Most Delicious Satire Was Inscribed
On Their Covers.

The Most Delicious Satire Was Inscribed
On Their Covers.
Gad's Hill was merry house, writes
Stephen Fiske in fordly recalling incl
dents Of his visits to Charles Dickens in
an article telling Of the personal side Of
the novelist in Ladies Home Journal.
Dickens was a wellspring of mirth, and
his humor infected the whole party.
Often when came down from London
he would walk out and lean against the
doorpost while I was at the gate, and
we would shout with laughter over the
fun that we had had and were going to
have. When everything else failed, the
library was an uneniing amusement.
The room was lined with books from
floor to ceiling, even the backs Of doors
being bookcases, but TIC books on the
doors and aloi:s the foo: were bogus.
Dummy backs had beeL lettered with
titles and pasted on the glass, and the
titles had been selected by such wits as
Dickens, Yates, the Collins brothers,
Albert Smith and Mark Lemon Of
Punch
We used to sit on the floor to study
this mock library and roll over with de-
light at some clever satire. I remember
"The Virtues Of Our Ancestors, F" vol
ume so thin that the title had to be
printed lengthwise; Give Minutes In
India, by q British Tourist, - in Two vol
umes as large as al unabridged diction-
airy; "Lives Of the Poets, u mere pam
phlet; Eggs on Bacon, 10 match
Cooke on Li.;ie,on;;' '>'t;.tucs i.lecfcd
to the Dn,.e i Nc!i;;!s5:un, = is Dcrtly
volumes, ;;jId l:!,Ic eqe:2 Gc;e:is Il o;eaer
quir:s ;;";; yI,,..:.; :. c..::.io-;,<. ,'l these
bogus bc;j:,, och, !: -, r>crvcd,
Bat no:.;'.:..- :-.o>.1... :. "....:.:;; It ci:5;
noGo!.y av....,.>.. tsi.-t :>--..>cls "oult.
ever q -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
sale OF REAL ESTATE.
By j. &. Je1vey, Auctioneer.

OO Cs NSOS3
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC oUTCRY
w IN front OF the Court House. in the
town of Sumter, County of Sumter, State Of
South Carolina OF Monday the 7th day of
December, 1895, ut eleven O'Clock 10 the
forenoon to the bighest bidder, the following
described property to-wit:
''All that piece. parcel or tract of land SIT
mated in Sumter County. State Of South Car
olina, ou the waters of Black River, known
as the Cedar Grove tract. containing eight
hundred and nineteen acres, more or less.
bounded on TIE north by lands Of W. l..
Wilson aod " E. Mills, on the east by lands
now or formerly of D. D. Barber, and on the
west by lands now or formerly Of n. W.
Bradley.
Also all that piece, parcel or tract of land
situated in Sumter County, in the State Of
South Carolina, on the east side Of Black
River, containing seventy acres, more or less,
bounded on the north by lands Of W. +.
Mills, on the east by lands of W. l. Wilson,
on the eou,h hy lands of A. Salinas Sons,
on the west by !ards of Walter L. Wilson.
Both the above described tracts OF land TO
be sold as one tract.
Terms: One half cash, balance secured hy
bond aod mortgage OF the purchaser, payable
10 one ca. from date Of purchase with in
terest at the rate ofsaven per cent per annumi
purchaser to have the privilege TO pay all
cash; and purchaser to pay S25 for papers.
Possession 10 be given purchaser on the hrst
day OF January 1897
A. SALINAS i SONS.
Nov l8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02

The largest stock we have ever bought,
should be fortunate enjoy liberal patronage from
the will have
purchases
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02

81 wonder why SO many telephone
operators are women?" said the man
who cultivates AN idle curiosity.
81 don't know" replied the misan-
thrope, "unless it's because the occupa-
tion puts them in position to have the
last word every time. ashington
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02
sncklen,. arn1ca sa1ve.

The Best Salve ia the world for Cuts. Bruise
Sores Ulcers. Salt Rherm. Fever Sores ,ett"'
mapped chlb'ains Corns ann q !
s. Eruptions. and positively curo< Pill
no pay required It ls guaranteed to We per-
oct satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per ho1 For sale hv Dr. j. F. W. De
Lorre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-02

We will saw nothing about GROCERY STOcKhy cheap
they no worth advertising space .
Every child Sumter County will need something M
the Winter all invitation to and see Our
statesmen will take pleasure showing through stock and they
cannot you they will make interesting for those who do
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
Women Burglars in London.

Women burglars will exercise n
soothing moral influence on the profess
sion If their example of always includ
ing a family Bible in their plunder be
adopted by their brethren, followed by
assiduOus devotion to reading the vol
ume. One burglarious damsel named
Sarah Cummins broke into q house in
Fortescue avenue, North London, and
appropriated the family Bible, a clock
and an album-the last either through
curiosity or splte-and would. no doubt.
have taken something else had her
movements not been sufficiently noisy
to awaken the sleepers and thus cause
her own arrest. Sarah honestly ad-
mitted that she broke into the house
for the purpose Of stealing, and asked
to be allowed to retain the scriptures.
This could not, of course, be done, but
no doubt a copy will be provided for
her in her cell, although it might te adj
visable for the authorities to attach II
20 the wall with a chain. She has been
committed for trial at the central Grim
inal court.-London Telegraph.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
Endnranca

"The pine Is trained to need nothing
ind to endure everything. 1t is re-
;olvedly whole, self-contained, desir-
ng nothing but righteousness, content
with restricted completion. Tall or
short it will be straight. Small or
arge, 1t will be round. 1t may be per-
nitted to these soft lowland trees that
:hey should make themselves gay with
show Of blossom and glad with pretty
charities of fruitfulness. We builders
with the sword have harder work to
DO for man, and must do 1t in closest
troops. To stay the sliding Of the
mountain SHOWS, which would bury
him; to hold in divided drops, at our
sword points, the rain, which would
,weep away him and his treasure fields;
10 nurse In shade among our brown
fallen leaves the tricklings that feed
he brooks In drought; to give massive
shield against the winter wind, which
shrieks through the bare branches Of
the plain-such service must we do him
steadfastly while we live. Our bodies
also are at his service, softer than the
bodies Of other trees, though our toy
Is harder than theirs."-John Ruskin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
A yranp.s Usefu, Companion

met q very sensible tramp at ARGOS
man who ought to go long way and
not fare badly, either. He was accom-
panied by a tame nannygoat, with n
fine. full udder Of milk: and SO. go
where he would, his wholesome wine
bottle was ever at hand. 1t looked odd.
but why not goat, instead of useless
dog? The dog Is a dear, good fellow,
feeling and sympathizing with all our
cares. There Is no one like him when
he way is long and the heart is low
You can't mistake the charity In his
eyes. He is everything for you, and
proud to be your companion in ad-
versity-few men and women are like
him in this. But you can't milk a dog,
md you must feed him, while this
nanny" feeds both herself and her
master. l am selfish. 1 would like to
lave been the discoverer of the ad.
Tantages Of a goat companion. but
will give the Spanish tramp his due
Nay he go far and get fat on the rich
nutriment which his little friend yields
aim.-From "a Vagabond In SPAIN"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
Chat and Wheat,

Cnou anu neat
Growth IL always the result Of life
inside.
People who think too little are sure
to talk too much.
A face without q smile is like q Ian.
tern without light
What a man Is, always depends upon
what he believes God is.
Difficulties overcome become horses
which draw our chariOts.
A lazy man does his hardest work
looking for an easy place.
Sin may sometimes hide its head, but
It can never cover up its tracks.
Great victories are not always won
on fields where great armies fight.
Mans plan Of salvation always be.
gins and ends with his own work.
The man who wouldn't be honest II
he didn't have to 10 . thief at heart.
There are still some people who only
follow Christ for the loaves and fishes.
When . Christian begins to neglect
ais Bible, he has begun to forget his
God.
The Bible speaks of the bottomless
oit, to show that all lost sinners will
fall to the same depth.
Until the devil can find something
that will hurt a Christian, he will never
know the meaning Of rest
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
An Old Transfers Maxsms,

As driving a horse is something that
almost every one has to do, even In this
lay Of electricity and steam and bi-
cycles, the proper way to drive Is q
natter of universal interest, and the
.ollowing maxims, which are the work
If an old driver, will be found good for
men as well as for the animals:
The more whip, the less horseman
Ihip.
Bad-tempered driver-bad- tempered
cam.
Axle-grease modifies the grain bip
There are more balky drivers than
,alky horses
The golden rule applies to horses as
much as 1t does to men.
Whips, like emetics, are to be usee
cry seldom.
Noisy drivers are like noisy wagons
10Th empty.
Flinders are worth more ON the
lriver than on the horse.
A horses power is proportionate to
lis food.
Five cents invested in sugar Is bet.
er than a dollar invested In whips.
He who cannot govern himself can
lot govern horses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26

Oh, God, cannot always see Thy way
In the sharp turnings of my earthly path
At times 1t shines before me clear as day
And then with eager steps hasten on,
To find that suddenly the light is gone,
And 1, In darkness, fearful of Thy wrath,
Stand trembling, waiting, hoping for some
sign,
Some light or vision of Thy face benign,
To warn me, lest my erring feet have
strayed;
To bid me, Still press on, be not afraid"
I do not ask that Thou shouldst make fol-
The path an easier, smoother ono to tread
Nor that my burden weigh less heavily,
Nor that the biting stones hurt not my
feet
My expiation else were incomplete
But breathe upon my wearied, grief
bowed head
Some whispered word Of guidance, tha,
Thy child,
Made new of heart, may stem the torren,
wild,
Fill once beyond, lay my burden down,
To find what seemed q Cross to be Z
Crown.
John Henry Dick.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26

The above announcement appeared
one day last week in all the Philadelphis
daily papers.
Jewel Up-to-date says she is respon-
sible for it. She says that after Sue
|Spendthrift told her that the genuine
Fibre Chamois stood out regardless Of
conditions. did not tear, pull out or
shrink even when wet, and that it
could be found in New York in all col
Ors, she went to Sharpless Bros. store to
get enough Fibre Chamois to interline
two dresses. They only had ecru, but
Mr.. Lemaitre, the obliging head of
the department said he would tele-
phone at once for complete line, Nos.
10, 90 and 80 in all colors.
Jewel told her friends-Result, an
unusual call for a desirable article in
dressmaker's furnishings, and a stock
to supply the great demand that Jewel
claims she helped to create.
The price of Fibre Chamois is So cts
a yard If you cannot visit the store,
write for it to
Mail Order Department,
SHARPLEss BROS,
Chestnut and Eighth street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
The Evil Of Sin.

To none is Christ precious who has
OF some adequate sense Of the evil Of
in. Only he who has felt the burden
his sins knows the relief experienced
ihen that burden fell off as he saw
esus as his Savior. AS years roll on
his sense Of relief does not lessen.
Doubt and uncertainty may be long
asst. but the enlightened Christian has
.ttained to a more perfect conception
the spirituality Of Gods law. More
nd more he recognizes his constant
ailures, his omissions, his ignorance
nd his coldness. More and more he
ecognizes the necessity Of the hourly
pplication of Christ's blood to remove
he stains Of his daily walk, and as he
ooks at the sufferings Of Christ, though
lie may confidently rest in their sum-
iency, he is ever more and more hum
,led at the knowledge that they were
IN part caused by himself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26

If you have to reprove a man, it Is
letter, as q general thing, to do it d.
'ectly; but there are times when 1t Is
allowable to come at the matter In .
more roundabout course.
Two young clergymen were engaged
n a warm dispute over some deep theo-
ogical question, says an exchange, and
lnally raised their voices till they dis
mrbed a dog that had been lying by
the fire sleeping soundly. Thus sud
lenly wakened, the dog began barking
oudly. At this an old preacher, who
tat at a table slipping his tea, turned
ind kicked the dog.
BE still" said he "What have you
70 say about 1t, you silly brute? You
know no more about 1t than they do"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26
eAlLkCE CT THE NEW WOMAN.

OF the new woman now to sing
1ou bid me. Prince. whose tangled Tyre.
Whose wrinkled muse. of weary wing,
Has lost her early might and IRE.
More readily your fond desire
Would | concede and chant for you
If the fair being you admire.
If the new woman were but new.
She is. alas! no novel thing:
For history herself might tire.
Might faint and fall. in following
Where the old woman did aspire.
What stellar space. what mortal mire.
Has not the fair sex ventured through
Indeed. we men folk might admire
If the new woman were but new.
She vexes now with questioning,
Must taste. experience, inquire,
For Curiosity's the spring
That sends her soaring higher and
higher.
That bade her with the snake conspiret
And to the snake alone be true
Who brought on us that heavenly ire.
II the new woman were but new!