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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
Usefa, Suggestions For tho Hygienic Diet
of Children.


A few hints as to what not to give
to young children may be helpful to
mothers, for children are creatures OF
habit from earliest infancy, and if they
have formed habits of caring for cake
and sweets and refusing other food
whose fault is it? How many mothers
give a child slice Of bread not only
thickly buttered but covered with lay
er of sugar or jam besides? Was not the
bread good enough with either alone:
Such mothers when demonstrated with
answer, "Why, my cl:ild would not eat
bread and jam unless it We're buttered
also.'' That habit was formed i'll the
child by the mother. Even young chill
dren are very shrewd in dealing with
their elders and will soon discover their
weak points Perhaps when there are
callers the mother, to avoid q scene,
gives piece Of cake, and this is adroit-
" made use of to secure q like favor at
subsequent time.
Young mothers, do not allow your
own ease and comfort at the moment to
cause your child to form a rernicious
habit, be it the candy habit or the cake
habit. Consistent frmness will spare
you a world of trouble and annoyance.
Of course a piece of light spongecake
will not hurt we'll child, but let it be
given as a rare treat. Never give any
kind of pastry. You and your child will
be happier for it. Neither are rich pud-
dings and pudding sauces allowable.
Tea and coffee should not be given
under the age Of 81. Old vegetables or
hearty fruits, such as bananas, should
not be given to children under 6.
A helpful book for mothers is "How
to Feed Children, % by Louise Hogan.
The following extracts may we'll be
copied in large letters and hung in the
kitchen or pantry wherever children's
food is prepared.
ssThe amount of nutrition required
in every instance must be carefully con-
sidered. One of the most important rea-
sons for this is that energy must not be
wasted in getting rid of superhuous ma
terial, as organic disease may result. A
little food thoroughly digested is far
better than much that lis half digested.
Many of the diseases to which children
are liable would disappear under strict
supervision Of hygiene and diet, espe-
cially the various intestinal disorders,
including many resultant throat, ca
tarrhal and nervous troubles. Nature
resents carelessness and is relentless in
her punishments. -
"a legal enactment in France pro
hibits the giving of any form of solid
food to infants under 1 year of age
without authority of a prescription from
a qualified medical man. The employ
ment of the rubber tube for nursing bot
ties is also forbidden, as it is almost I'M
possible to keep it clean.
cleft overs are decidedly not to be
used in the nursery, if for no other -rea-
son than in many houses cooked and
uncooked foods of various kinds are kept
in uncovered dishes from day to day IN
one common refrigerator or closet abb
sorbing unwholesome germs from sur
roundings that, to say the least, are not
sanitary. American Kitchen Maya
zine
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Ionia Items.

Iona, S. C, Nor. 2, 1886 One negro
shot spother on last Saturday event 'g, uesr
the Eampton Corbett place. Ooe by the
na e of Williams accidentally shot another
by The came Of Sam. that beiag bis sirnAme.
I don ttnk that he is seric usly hurt, the
gun being loaded, suppose, with smali shot
The Salem public school commenced to-day
With Miss Sarah A : Barket., as teacher. We
have had two new school houses built, and
one repaired iu this district this fall, which
Was much needed.
Farmers are aboat through gathering, f-r
this season, except pess and potatoes. Some
have made faiores with their pea crops,
while some have made pretty fair crops
We had light fall OF rain yesterday, but
not near enough to wet the land. 1t is too
dry to plant oats, that is on bottom lands.
am glad that the election will soon be
over, as think that it affects all kinds Of
business. | am for Bryan and free silver.
but it may not be for the best. hope and
trust that the Almighty will rule in this
election, and know il he does, whoever is
elected, will be best for the people in the end
Some think that if Bryan is elected cotton
will 60 dowo, while others think it will GO
up, and everything else; but have come to
the conclusion that none know what is in the
future. Dry JlM.
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a CARD.
SUMTER, S. G., Nov. 3, 1896.

SUMTER, S. G., Nov. 3, 1896.
To the Public ! am Informed that some of
my friends Of the town Of Bishopville have
taken offence at my opposition to the new
county scheme. have only to say iu justi6-
cation of my course that own large property
interests which will be iojuriously affected 10
the increased burdens cf taxation, and hence
l have exercised the right of every citizen
viz: that of eudeavoriag to protect my own
personal interest
| accord the same right to all my fellow
citizens of Bishopville who favor the new
county. They are trying to promote their
own interest, financially and otherwise, and
am merely trying to protect mine. While a
few may receive the benefits of the scheme,
there are many who must bear its burdens.
The oaly argument have seen advanced 10
its favor ls the convea ience Of attending
court. The citizens Of Bishop-ille are now
within An hours ride by rail of the court
house while formerly it was % miles each
way by private conveyance besides being too
convenient to law suits is questionable ad
vantage, it is calculated to encourage them,
and if my Bisbopvlle friends are like me,
they do not want any law suits. have no
quarrel with any person favoring the new
county, it is simply question of private and
public interests, and every citizen is entitled
to bis opinion upon that question and should
be allowed to vote accordingly.
Very respectfully,
ii. G. RYTTENBEEG.
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After meals you should have simply a feel
ing of comfort and satisfaction You should
not feel acy special indications that digestion
is going on. If ecu DO, you have indiges-
ton. which means not-diges,ion. This may
be the beginning OF so many dangerous dis
eases, that it is best to take it in hand at once
and treat it with Shaker Digestive Cordial
For you know that indigestion makes poison,
which causes pain and sickness. Aud tha,
Shaker Digestive Cordial helps digestion
and cures indigestion. Shaker Digestive
Cordial dces this by providing the digestive
materials IL which the sick stomach Is want
iog. 1t also tones up and strengthens the
digestive orgaus and makes them perfectly
healthy This is the rationale of its method
Of cure, as the doctors would say. Sold by
druggists price 10 ceots to ST. per bottle
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A Portraits Eyes.

Wollaston's curious discovery was
that by adding to each pair of eyes a
nose directed to the right or the left the
eyes lose their front direction and look
to the right or left, according to the di-
rection of the nose. By means of flap
representing the lower features in q
different position, as DR.. Wollaston re-
marks, ga lost look Of devout abstrac-
tion in an uplifted ccuntenance may be
exchanged fer All appearance of inquisi-
tive archness in the leer Of a younger
face turned downward and obliquely
toward the opposite side.
AS by changing the direction of the
lower features we change the direction
Of the eyes, SO by changing our position
the eye of the portrait apparently fol-
lows US. If vertical line be drawn
through the tip Of tho nose and half
way between the eyes, there will be
the same breadth of head, Of cheek, of
chin and Of neck Oh each side of this
middle line, and each iris will be in the
middle of the whole eye. If we now
move to one side, the apparent horizon
tai breadth of every part of the head
and face will be diminished, but the
parts on each side Of the middle line
will be diminished equally. and at any
position, however oblique, there will
be the same breadth Of face on each side
of the middle line, and the iris will be
in the center of the whole of the eye
ball, so that, being Oh fat surface,
the iris will be seen III front of the pic
ture or obliquely. Notes and Queries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04

Mr.. L. D. Chide. who was in the
city working up interest in the State
fair, reports excellent progress. lie
says the people are giving him liberal
encouragement and the indications
point to a full attendance He is
especially charged with getting the
manufacturers interested in making ex-
hlbits All of the cotton mills of this
county will send exhibits. While
some of those mills do not cater to the
home market, there will be ao interest
ing and valuable ezhibits.-SPartan-
burg Herald.
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AUGUSTA, Ga Nov. "a special

AUGUSTA, Ga Nov. "a specia
to the Chronicle from Greenwood, s.
G, says: I. c Perrin, living two
miles from Bradley, was murdered
aud robbed by negroes this after.
noon. He had just returned from
Bradley, where ne sold his cotton
The weapon used was an axe
Bloodhounds have been sent for, and
if caught the murderers will NEE!
speedy death.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04

Job work done in the Watchman and South
ron Office is always first class. A shoddi job
is never turned out of this Office. Get esti-
mates here when a fret class job is wanted.
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ST. VITUS DANCE.
A Physician Prescribes DR.. Miles
Restorative Ncrvine.

Dr. Miles Medical Co., EIkhart Ind:
: My daughter Matte aged Il, was afflicted
last spring with St. Vitus dance and ner-
vousness her entire right side was numb
aud nearly paralyzed. We consulted ply
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04

sician and lie prescribed d.. Miles Restora-
tive Ncrvine. She took three bottles before
We saw any certain signs Of improvement.
but after that she began to improve very
fast and now think she is entirely cured.
She has taken nine bottles Of the Nervine,
but no other medicine OF any kind.
Knox, Ind, jan. S, '95. II. W. HosTETTER.
Physicians prescribe DR.. Miles Remedies
because they are known to be the result Of
the long practice and experience of one OF
the brightest. members OF their profession,
and are carefully compounded by expert
enccd chemists, in exact accordance with DR..
Miles prescriptions, as used in his practice.
On sale at all druggists. Write for DR..
Miles Book on the Heart and Nerves Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
MR.. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,

81 have been a sufferer for eight years
with that horrible disease, Eczema, at
times all over my body, and no person
can describe the burning and itching I
had to endure.
THE extent of my sufferings can be
appreciated when I state that my con-
dition was such that I could not take
my bed, and for three months 1 never
laid down, but was compelled to sit IN
my chair when not moving L
was treated by the best of physicians
with no success, and tried all the patent
medicines recommended for Eczema,
without any good results. l then wen
to the Indiana Mud baths, with the same
results, and then 20 Mt. Clements, the
celebrated medical resort, where the
treatment partially helped me, but the
disease shortly returned. l went to
Florida, thinking that a change OF eli
mate and water and the citron fruit
might cure me, but found nc cure.
II then tried SIS. and after three days
The burning and itching subsidized, and
/ continued to improve steadily until L
was well-entirely cured. After COM
mencing S. S. S. I never put an exter-
nal application to my limbs or any part
of my body. You may refer to me any
person suffering from Eczema. l Will
always keep the S. S. S. IN my house,
for 1 consider it the best blood medicine
OF the present age. I am seventy years
of e and am now in perfect health"
For real blood diseases relief can only
be Obtained by using a real blood RENE
dy. So many people who are sufferers
from an obstinate or deep-seated blood
disease make the mistake of taking rem
edies which at best are only tonics and
cannot possibly reach their trouble. 1t
is in just such cases which other so-called
blood remedies cannot reach that SIS.
has made some of the most wonderful
cures.
S. S. S. cures permanently Cancer,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Eczema, letter,
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrotula, and
all other diseases having ~theirorigin IN
the hlnod. II Is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30

The need-the absolute necessity-of
a genuine i~nvigorator at this spring
i. season mas impressed itself on the at
tention of all thinking people.
In the famous laboratory of Dart
mouth Medical School, Prof. Edward
E. Phelps, NJ. d., Ill. D., discovered
the formula of Paine's celery COM
pound, a remedy that has become the
standard nerve r%estorer, blood puri-
fer, and strengthened from m end
of the country to the other, 4 prepa-
ration that stands unriValled as the
medicine that makes people we'll.
1t is a fact much commented upon
that men and women of national rep
utation and prominence, like Gen.
Beals, State Treas. Colvin of New
York, Mr.. Carlisle's private secre
tary, Mayor McShane of Montreal,
Rev. FIR. Ouellet, Com. Howell, ex-
minister to Austria John nj. Francis,
and a host of others who are careful
what they employ when sick, and
have the amplest opportunities for
finding out what is best, have of their
own accord sent letters describing
fully their permanent recovery from
rheumatism, heart weakness, sleep
lessness, debility, kidney troubles,
and diseases of the stomach and liver.
In all these cases Paine's celery com
| pound was the one remedy that was
able to completely and permanently
bring back health, make poor blood
again rich and pure, and regulate and
build up the system when
weakened and deranged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30

Prominent among the New England
men whose brains and energy have
helped to make the western states
rich and powerful is General David T.
Beals, president of the Union national
bank of Kansas City. Successful in
his many enterprises, he lives to-day
in a fine mansion at the corner of In
dependence and Wabash aves.
The work and the responsibility in
cubent on the president of SO impor-
tant a banking institution as the Union
national would endanger the sturdiest
health. Gen. Beals' observation-disclosures
and good sense were as manifest in
the choice of a remedy as in his bust
ness enterprises. He strengthened
his tired V system by the use
of Paine's celery compound. Its in
MIGRATING, health giving effects justi-
fled his expectations, and showed him
i'll his own case the remarkable power
of this much discussed remedy for
thoroughly restoring and strengthen
ing the "run-down'' system.
81 found Paine's celery compound
al agreeable tonic and soothing to
the nerves." says General Beals.
These are the concise words of
commentator characteristic of the
conservative business man and the
influential banker, who has learned to
weigh well his words.
The scanty sunlight and the stag
nant, used-up air of living rooms dur
ing the winter reduces the strength
and V energy, especially OF
persons employed constantly indoors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
Dairy Herds to Be Inspected,

COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 24.-Upon a
call made by the Secretary of the
State Board of Health, the Secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture has
to-day ordered a thorough investiga-
ton of the dairy herds of the large
cities for tuberculosis. Dr.T.E. White,
the State Veterinarian, will probably
be aided by DIR. Connoway, of the
State University, in conducting the
examination. The Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture doubts the
existence of tuberculosis in this State,
at least to an alarming extent, but if
after a thorough investigation any
herds should prove to be infected
every provision of the law will be in
voked to protect the of
milk from the contagion and extirpate
the disease.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
HIS UMBRELLA
Acted as a Parachute, and the Child
Escaped Unhurt.

FINDLAY, ONO. Apr. %. The three
year-old son of George Schriver fell
from a second-story window to-day,
landing on the pavement below, and
escaped without a bruise. He was
leaning out of the window, waving an
umbrella at passers-by, when he lost
his balance and fell head first toward
the ground. He retained his hold on
the umbrella, which opened as he de-
scended, and, acting as a parachute,
broke the force of the fall. The child
picked himself up and ran into the
house in great glee to relate his exper-
fence to his mother, who had great
difficulty in keeping him from repeat
ing the experiment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
The Weekly Ledger.
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
uary, LIST Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday in May, list Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in Jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, ID Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
FOREIGN ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A monument to Nine. NOLAN Car
valho, tho singer, by the sculptor
Autonin Mercie, is to be erected in
the Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
Oxford and Cambridge have now
rowed together a little more than 233
miles in races, oxford being about a
third OF a mile to the good in the total
distance.
Lord Rutherford Clark, who is over
30 years of age and 4 Judge OF the
Scotch Court of Sessions, has won the
first prize in the golf competitions at
Cannes twice running.
Vienna bicyclists are looking about
for a patron saint. Some think it
should be St. Gertrude, patron to
travellers; others propose Elijah, who
went to heaven on wheels, while
every martyr tortured on the wheel
has some advocate.
DIR. William Howard Russell is row
IS years of age. lie joined the staff
of the Times in 1913 and was its war
correspondent of the Crimea, the In
dian mutiny, the American Civil War,
the Prusso- Austrian and tho Franco
German wars.
Eight hundred thousand francs,
S160,0 O0, have been given to the Paris
Academy of Medicine by a Nine.
Audriffred, the income to be paid
yearly to the MAJ that discovers a
specific remedy for consumption,
whether a Frenchman or a foreigner.
While stopping i%ncognito at Naples
recently the Empress of Russia visit
ed the fair OF San Giuseppe attended
by a single companion. Seeing a
crowd of poor children staring at 4
toy booth, she bought Il the booth
and distributed the toys among them.
In the Place Malesherbes in Paris,
where stands Gustave Dore's monu-
men to Alexandra Dumas, the faith
er, statues of the younger Dumas and
of Gen. Dumas, his mulatto grand
father, are to be set up. 1t is pro-
posed to change the name of the
square to "Place DIES Trois Dumas"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
VEST TO STUMP KENTUCKY.
An Aggressive Campaign to be Made
For the White Metal.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 23.-An ag-
gressive silver campaign is to be made
in Kentucky by the Democrats this
year. Senator George G. Vest is COM
ing here on invitation of the State
Bimetallic League and will stump the
State in the interest of silver. Senator
Vest was selected as the most available
man in view of the fact that Senator
Blackburn has declined firmly but
~courteously to take the stump for free
silver during this campaign.
Senator Blackburn's friends say that
he has announced his intention to re-
main in Washington and to attend to
duties there and that he will not under
any consideration take the stump for
free silver during this campaign. Sem
ator Vest was selected as next best
man
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
Champ Clark.

From the Kansas City World.
The fact that Champ Clark was nom
mated for congress by the Democrats
of the Ninth district has, of course,
been announced, but it has not been
generally known that, while he had no
opposition, $4,000 votes were cast for
him at the primary election, which
was within 1000 of the total Demo-
cratic vote in the district in 1894. In
four of the counties in the district
| Audrain, Rails, Pike and Lincoln-1,-
500 more votes were polled for Mr..
Clark than were cast in these counties
| at the general election in 1894.
All this indicates that Champ Clark
| will be returned to Congress by the
| voters of the Ninth congressional dis
trict, as he ought to be. 1t shows, or
at least it ought to show, that the good
people of the district in which MI.
Clark lives are sorry for the Temporal
| ry dementia which led them to elect a
music teacher to take the place of a
man who stands high as ar orator, a
scholar, a man of letters, a lawyer and
a gentleman this with NJ disrespect
| to the Hon. William NJ. Treloar, of
Mexico, Mo-, who has played his part
in the Fifty-fourth congress probably
as we'll as any man of his environ
ments and political education could.
Champ Clark ought to be elected to
congress from the Ninth district by a
practically unanimous vote. While he
was in congress, he spread the fame
and name of Missouri, and especially
of Pike county and the Ninth district,
throughout the length and breadth of
the land. His Tammany hall speech
threw the New York papers into con-
WILSON'S. They were amazed to see a
Missouri congressman of the verbal
Drawn which is naturally associated
with the West combine the literary
| culture which the provincial East al
ways locates on the Atlantic coast side
of the Allegheny mountains. That
| speech made Mr.. Clark and Missouri
! and the Ninth district and Pike county
individually and collectively a reputa-
ton which they had not enjoyed for
some time. There is not a man in the
Ninth district, be he Republican, DEM
ocrat, Populist, no matter what his
previous condition of independence or
servitude, who should not unite in re-
turning Champ Clark to Washington.
There are not many congressional dis
tricts, to say nothing of states, who
have men like Champ Clark within
their confines, and those who have
ought to show their appreciation.
MIR. Clark's recent letters on "Men
of the Day." show a literary ability OF
an order that in a cultured community
like the Ninth district ought to settle
his election in advance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
Candidates For 1898.

FROM tue EdrDtf FOTuIH-
Before the smoke of S turday's bat
tie had cleared away, rumors were
ahoat as to the probable candidates
for county offices for two years hence.
Brown and Leeper have signified their
intention of being in the contest for
collector again, and 1t is generally un-
derstood that Geo. w. Daniel, of Van
dalia, will also be In the race.
j. T. Williams, of Mexico, and Judge
8. E. Kendall, of Vandalia, have ex-
pressed themselves as likely to be in
the a c for recorder.
Creason will again ask the suffrage
of the people for representative. His
vote in the recent primary attests to
his popularity.
Daniel, the second man in the race
for surveyor, will probably groom for
that office again four years hence.
Bakers friends assert that he will be
a strong candidate for sheriff at the
usxt primary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-30
Itching,
Burning
Eczema

Is the external indication of a con-
dition of the blood which produces a
fiery irritation almost ~unbearable. It is
a mistake to think that this local irrita-
ton is the disease itself-it is simply an
evidence of a disordered condition of the
blood. The seat of the disease is in the
blood, and this is why the various salves
and ointments usually applied have no
effect whatever. They cannot possibly
reach the origin of the trouble; only a
blood remedy can do that. S. S. S. is
without an equal for blood diseases, and
promptly and permanentlycures Eczema
and removes all faint.
Much torture could be avoided if the
first itching symptoms were needed and
a course of ISIS. taken promptly, as ap-
parently insignificant skin irritations
usually develop into the worst form
of Eczema unless properly treated.
1t matters not what other treatment
has been tried in vain, S. S.. S. always
gets at the seat of the disease, and
forces it out.
Mr.. William Armstrong, an old resi-
dent and highly respected citizen of
De Pere, Wis, writes on April Ist, 1896.