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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
June Term of Court.

Preparations are beine made for Cour, next
week. The court room door is having dose
Of lye and water, and the benches are being
washed. Wben Judge Townsend raps the
room to order next Monday the following
persons will be on the criminal docket:
Robert Wilsoo-Murder.
John Bsylock-Murder
Frank Nance-Highway Robbery.
Commodore Couucil-Murder.
DAME, Mock-Burglary and Larceny
Henry Carser-Assaalt and Battery. inient
toKill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
Praise for Our Fireman.

More than our town people appreciate our
Fire department. THIS is what the Volunteer
Fireman, published in Greensboro, n. 6 , has
to say abou, our two reel squads, which are
the pride Of our city !:
The Sumter, S. c., departa en-. has some
OF the finest horses We have ever seen n q FIRE
department
Tue South Caroiiua 6remeo who attended
the Charlotte Tonynamsnt were whole-sonl,
clever lot of fellows, and we bope to SEE them
in the Old North STATE again.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
a PARODY FOR THE PRESENT.

What though lassie don the breek.
WI bloomefs Draw and a that?
We bend ia alteration meek
And are her slaves for a. that,
For a. that and a. that,
The wheel bestride and a. that:
Blithe CupSd's eyes heed no disguise,
She shall be wooed for q that
The warld may .remble at her call,
VIZ bonnet doffed and a. that:
Her voice may ELL the council hall;
She bides lass for a that,
For a. tha, and a. that,
Our duds nsurped sud a. that,
The one who works TO pay the gowd,
de is the man, for a. that
-Washigton Evening StaI
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09

Lamp shades when srtisticaliy made Ct
crepe tissue are things of beauty II yet
wart to make SHADES to beautify your homee
Il G. Osteen l. Co. can supply the materials.
A large stock of crepe tissue in ten foot rolls
lust received
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
Death of Mrs. Roger.


From tie Colamb;a Register of June 4th,
ia taken the following notice Of the death OF
ars- Roger, and sketch of her life:
Mrs. Roger died at 4 o'clock yesterday
AFTERNOON at the Columbia Female College
dany hearts over1owed with sadoess to learn
]. that one who adorned wonanhood, one who
seemed 10 6l such sphere of usefulness bad
been called from life's labors.
Fancy Smith, the daughter of Nr. W. a.
and Mrs. IL. J. Smith, was born October 81.
1853 She completed her education at 1he
Columbia Female College in the class Of rs.
She vas married to Rev J. w. Roger of the
Methodist Church in 1880, and went With
him to Brazi in October. 1881, as messeng-
er..of the Gospel cf peace. In Brazil she was
his co-laborer until the Master Of the Vine
yard called her noble young husband to lay
dowa his life's work. after his death in
January, 1856, she hoped to continue his
labors, bu, realizing that she could 90 longer
stand such trying climate soc came home
in October OF the same year, With her four
fatherless children. 10 Sumter County she
lived with her mother until the tai! Of 1894,
when she came 10 reside II this city. She was
elected teacher iu the Columbia Femaie College
ia 1895. Mrs Kaeer was woman OF supe-
rior mind. clear and accurate All who came
In contact with her leant upon her calD,
qniet Judgment, and looked rp to her as an
example, model Of educated Christian wo-
manhood as friend. teacher and parents She
had few eqnals Those who knew her best
loved her most. Every position OF life she
crowned with excellence; she was one whom
her companions placed above the petty jsal-
ousies and spirits of life She sned the sweet
ness of her pure oatnre upon all woo came in
con,ac, with her Fer constitution was
wrecked by her scjourn urder tropical SUP.
aud as truly as her hososud gave Dis life in
his Masters cause. So after eleven years of
conaict With weakened constitution she had
at last 10 suecumb
She was permitted to lead her children
from infancy iu,o girihood and toyhood, to
teach ,her :he truth as we hare it 10 Christ
Jesus. Though her !ife has closed a, this
meridian, had she lived the fulness of three
score and ten, she would have borne no
greater perfection than now she bears, zone
who loved God and served her fellow-man.'"
>-Mrs. Roger leaves to mourn her, two
sons and two daughters, ter aged mother,
her sister Ars. j. a. Rice and three brothers,
Rev. "A. Coke Smith, Rev C. B. Smith, bon.
e. D. Smith. She will be buried in the old
family burying grorad, st Luke's Church
yard. Sumter County, to-day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
10 HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fire healthy con.
dition try Dr. Cabs Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. %
cents pei package. For sale by druggists.
For sal. 10 Sumter By Dr,A. J. China
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09

The banana is the most prolific of all
the fruits Of the earth, being Al times
more productive than potatoes and 131
times more than wheat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09

Hundreds Of thousands have been induced
to Try Chamoerlaio's Cough Remedy by read
ing what it has done FOR others, and haviog
tested its merits for themselves are to-day it's
varmes, friends. For sale by DR.. A. J.
China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09
Buoklen's Arnica salye.

The Best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheuul. Fever Sores. letter
chapped ,.-nnt chlblains. sorns and all
sA Erupriona. and positively curss Piles OF
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25cenrs per box For asle by DR.. J. W. De
I.nrn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-09

chamberlain's Bye and Skin Ointment
Is upequalled for Eczema, Ietter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Eead, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids
For sale by druggists at rs cents per box.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

oonstrainedly and bolt upright; a dead
yellow skin, hard penciled brows, a
straight, masterful nose, lips jammed
close together under a dar k mustache
pointing straight upward to the whites of
his eyes. A face at once repulsive and
pathetic, SO harsh and stony was it, SO
grimly solemn. A face in which no indi-
vidual feature was very black, but which
altogether was black as thunder. He
raised his gloved hand in a stiff, mechani-
cal salute and turned his head i,npassive-
ly from left to right; but there was no
courtesy In the salute, no light in his eye,
no smile on the tight mouth for his loyal
subjects. He looked like man without
joy, without love, without pity, without
hope. He looked like man who had
never laughed, like man who could
never sleep. A man might wear such a
face who felt himself turning slowly into
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
HOW TO AVOID LIGHTNING.
some Valuable Advice as to What to Do in
Storm.

The other day gentleman who hap.
pened to be in the middle of field was
struck by lightning. Most people would
have thought his position about the least
dangerous in thunderstorm. The point
they have asked themselves, therefore, is:
"What should we do when caught in a
thunderstorm? says the London Chroni.
Gle.
Campbell Swinton says lightning is
most apt strike projecting objeots-for
example, tree. On that principle you
ought to keep clear of trees, just as you
would keep clear of hayrick. Similarly
il you are in fiat space-take farmer 8
ield-you should make Yourself as little
an object as possible. If everything about
is level you yourself become the protective
point which may attract the lightning.
Therefore, lie down fiat on the ground,
or, even better, get into hole.
"a person who took shelter in hole. -
Campbell Swinton continued, would be
absolutely safe, should think. Even IL
lightning were to strike the ground near
W Aoo poNSA VouAA sSoelOr 81 III uCn tlldU
he would hardly be likely to come to
harm. Then, if you are in house while
a thunderstorm is raging the safest shell
ter would be in the cellar-that is far
away from the objective parts of the
building. For myself am rather skep-
teal how many folks would care to crawl
into hole or plunge into a cellar. You
see the risk to life and limb in England
from lightning Is very small indeed-so
small that the average man would run 1t
rather than disturb himself y
IT suppose the idea which you have in
dictated to me explains the damage that
factory chimneys and the chimneys of
dwelling houses occasionally sustain from
lightning"
just SO. They are point of attrac-
ton. Not only that, but there must be
an additional attraction in the column of
warm air which rises from chimney
when fire is burning beneath it. once
saw a chimney struck by lightning, and
smoke had been issuing from it. There
were various neighboring chimneys, but,
so far as / could make out, none OF them
were active. The incident occurred while
I was sitting in the Wellington Club and
the. damaged chimney belonged to a house
on the other side of Grosvenor Crescent !"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
An Antiuua Treasure House.

Perhaps the widest of all the many
wild suggestions in Mr. Rider Haggard S
King Solomon's Mines was the exist
ence in Kukuanaland of mighty treasure
in cave, the entrance to which was pro-
tected by a falling door of stone, IT at
once struck the reader that the treasure
was improbable because the foreign race
who dug out the diamonds would, as fast
as they appeared, send them on to their
employers. A correspondent of the Biz
mingham Post, however, declares that
Messrs. Neale and johnson, who are ex-
ploring Zimbabye in Rhodesia, have salts
fed themselves that native story of the
existence OF q great building with massive
stone doors, never yet opened, is true
They have not been able to visit it because
they could not store water enough for the
journey, but they believe it could easily
be visited, as TIE natives are of the sub
missive kind. 1t is hardly probable that a
building erected by adventurous miners
would be SO protected unless it were a
storehouse of some kind, whether of weap-
ons or of treasure, and we might find in it
clear evidence as to who the builders of
the Zimbabye works were 1t is as yet
only guess though a guess with much
probability, that they were Phmnicians -
London Spectator.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

changed indeed, and SO have manners for
the new princess became the rage of F,ur-
ope. She set the fashion In everything.
Her house hummed as the very center of
the very best society of the continent.
Disraeli said of her that what sbe wore
one day the world wore next day. She
made the fortune of the man milliner,
Worth. Her husband began to fling her
money away as he had flung his own.
Presently scandal entered the fine man
sion. The new princess had lost all sense
of her extremely high place. She believed
that she was royal and could do no
wrong. But De Sagan did not think so.
One day he called all of the servants into
the hall of the house and asked them to
be witnesses of the fact that he left that
house never to enter it again. He took
with him nothing of his personal proper
~. but his umbrella This matter was
talked of everywhere, but it did not pref
udice society against the brilliant prin
cess. She was finging the shoe and the
shoddy money just like her husband
But after the prince left her she drew in
her purse strings and went to law with
her husband to prevent him squandering
his share of the wealth on the ground
that she wished to protect the future of
her sons. This was an idle pretext, be-
cause these sons some day will get the
wealth of their ancient grandsire on the
fathers side-the Duo de Valencay-lnore
than they can possibly spend.
The princess now has her poor wrecked
and marred beau safe In her keeping,
and every resource of the faculty will be
drawn upon to keep his brain from death
in order that he may he alive when his
father, the duke, dies. Should the son
survive he will be very rich and will sue
coed to all the estates and the full titles
will go down to his own son and the
princess the count, and not to the
princes brother, the Duo du Montmoren-
cy. De Sagan is now IS years old. and
until his recent attack of hemiplegia he
did not look to be more than 40. The
gray, but she affects the airs of youth
and carries them rather we'll for SO old
creature The family is a sad assortment
of humanity. The young count was in
volved in the late Max Lebaudys forge
ries and was himself accused of forgery.
The grand old houses are in most
pitiable state of decadence and decompo.
sition, and why not? France is republic.
can. J. B. l..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
A BOYS IDEA OF PIRACY.
Frank Stockton Confesses That He Want
ed to Be Maritime Robin Hood.

Frank Stockton Confesses That He Want.
ed to Be Maritime Robin Hood.
Frank R. Stockton, in his story, "The
Buccaneers of Our Coast, ~ In St. Nicholas,
says:
When was boy, strongly desired to
be pirate, and the reason for this was the
absolute independence of that sort Of life.
Restrictions of all sorts had become oner-
Gus to me, and IN my reading of the adj
ventures of the bold sea rovers of the main
l had internationally selected those por-
lions of pirates life which were attract
i've to me, and had totally disregarded all
tho rest
In fact, I had great desire to become
what might be called marine robin
Hood. would take from the rich ana
give to the poor. would run my long,
low, black craft by the side OF the mer-
chantmain, and when I had loaded my YES
sci WITH the rich stuffs and golden lngots
which composed her cargo l would san
awayto some poor village and make lts
inhabitants prosperous and happy Tor the
rest of their lives by a judicious dlstrlou-
tion Of my booty.
would always be as free as sea bird.
My men would be devoted to me, and my
word would be their law. / would decide
for myself whether this or that proceeding
would be proper, generous and worthy of
my unlimited power and when tired OF
sailing I would retire to my island-the
position Of which, in beautiful, semi
tropic ocean, would be known only to my
self and to my crew-and there would
pass happy days in the company of my
books. nv works of art and all the various
treasures had taken from the mercenary
vessels which had overhauled.
Such was my notion of pirates life. I
would kill nobody, for the very sight of
my black flag would be sufficient to put
an end to all thought of resistance on the
part of my victims who would no more
think of fighting me than fat bishop
would have thought of lifting his hand
against Robin Hood and his merry men,
and I truly believe that expected my con-
science to have great deal more to do in
the way of approval of my actions than it
had found necessary in the course of MY
ordinary schoolboy life.
I mention these early impressions be-
cause I have notion that great many
people-not only young people-have an
idea of piracy not altogether different
from that of my boyhood. They know
that pirates are wicked men, and that, in
fact, they are maritime murderers, but
their bold and adventurous method Of life
their bravery, daring and the exciting
character of their expeditions, give them
something of the same charm and interest
which belong to the robber knights of the
middle ages. The one mounts his mailed
steed and clanks his long sword against
his iron stirrup, riding forth into the
world with q feeling that he can do any
thing that pleases him if he finds himself
strong enough. The other springs into
his rakish craft, spreads his sails to the
wind and dashes over the sparkling main
with feeling that he can do anything he
pleases provided he be strong enough
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND SIS,
MUNICIPAL COURT.

TUESDAY. Nov 30 1897
William B. Coombs of Portland in said county
of Cumberland, plaintiff, versus A. ID. Launder
alias A. ID. Launders, alias A. d. Landers alias
A. d. Lander. late of said Portland now OF parts
unknown. defendant. Action of assumpSiI on
account annexed to recover the sum of tv enty
dollars (S20) alleged to be due from the defend
ant to the plaintiff according 10 the declaration
i'll the WIT. The writ is dated on the nine
teenth day Of August A. d. 1897. and made re-
turnable the fifth day of October A. D. 1897. al
said Municipal Court. AID damnum forty dol
lars $40. NJ. A. Floyd ATTY for Pitt
Upon the foregoing, it appearing to the Court
that the said A. ID. Launder, allasiA. u. Ialln-
ders alias A. D. Lander, alias A. ID. Landers is
not an sinhabitant of his State. and has no
tenant, agent, or attorney in this State and that
his goods OF estate has been attached il is
Orderedby the Court that the Plaintiff cause
the said A. ID. Launder. alias A. ID, Launders
alias 4. ID. LanderS alias A. ID. Lander to be
notified of the pendency of this suit by publish
ing once week for three weeks sneces siyely
in the Portland Press. newspaper printed in
Portland, in the Countyof Cumberland. an abb
stract of the Writ and Declaration and this
Order OF Court thereon. the last publication 10
be seven days at least before the term of said
Court TO be holden at Portland aforesaid on the
twenty eighth day of December A. D. 1897 that
he may then and there in said Court appear
and show cause. if any he have why judgment
should not be rendered against him and eXecu-
ton issue accordingly
ATTEST: L. TURNER, Recorder.
now dIaw3wS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Tennyson,s Fondness For the Sea.

In his preoocupation with ideas of poetic
workmanship Tennyson walked about the
world forever prepared to seize with deli
cate exactitude impressions of physical
beauty. In all his journeyings he was
watching for effects, for conditions, for
phenomena which he could use as the IL
lustration or the ornament of moral ideas.
And the first place must be given to his
Incompatible study of the sea. 1t is evil
dent that the movement of water was the
physical fact which in the whole of nature
gave Tennyson the most acute pleasure.
All of us know the exquisite and we may
have thought the somewhat bold image
with which ''Audley Court closes. Here
is the source of it, in note made at Tor
quay in 1842, 81 saw star of phosphor-
escence made by the buoy appearing and
disappearing in the dark sea. /" The sea on
the coast OF the English channel displeased
him. 1t is mot grand, - he wrote, ''only
an angry, curt sea. -
The finest seas I have ever seen are at
Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland,
Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire and in Corn
wall. At Valentia the sea is grand,
without any wind blowing and seemingly
without wave. But with the momentum
of the Atlantic behind it dashes up into
foam-blue diamonds it looks like-all
along the rocks like ghosts playing at
hide and seek When l was in Cornwall,
it had blown storm of wind and rain for
days and all of sudden fell into perfect
calm. was little inland of the cliffs
when, after a space of perfect silence, a
long roll of thunder, from some wave
rushing into a cavern, l suppose came up
from the distance and died away never
felt silence like that. Edmund Gosse in
North American Review.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
PRINCE And PRINCESS.
The Story Of De Sagan and the
Queen of French Society.
A DESCENDANT OF TALLEYRAND
DYING AN IMBECILE.

Ferigord Prince dc Sagan-He Has
Been Famous in the French Capital as
wit and Beau-He Married for Mon
ey and Startled the World by His Law
ish Expenditures.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Erfaeet Strikes.

Mr.. Poore-Is Miss Tiptop in?
Self Respecting Servant-Yis, sor, she's
in. OF towld her this minute that Old
risk mi sowl no more tellin We she was out
when she do be in.-New York Weekly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
PORTRAIT OF THE GERMAN EN-.
PEROR.

And between the walls of reclamation
came riding the kaiser says the London
News. A man of middle size. sittinr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-07

her their best thought, their best effort
and are very loyal and steadfast to her
great interests; resisting every measure
that will In the slightest degree cripple
her advancement. and advocating every
reasonable policy that will give to her
ana her people better or additional facili-
ties for fastening onward her develop
ment
1t has been to me a source of extreme
satisfaction that in every official act
designated to advance the interests of
our beloved State. ! could always con-
ndently rely upon the cooperation of
our State officials. BY the great interest
you nave always manifested, by your
Kindness, by your answering fidelity, by
your constant and unremitting care in
the administration of the affairs of your
various departments and positions, you
have lightened the burdens of the Ex-
ecutlVe; ay, you have made his duties
comparatively easy, pleasant and agree
able.
Words cannot convey the deep sense Of
obllgation am under to the Executive
Council to the chiefs of departments and
the various officials and clerks of the
state government. The confidence you
have SO generously reposed and always
VIII always be appreciated.
In .severing my connection with the
public service | also desire to express to
the people of Maine, of all political par
ties and affiliations my sincere appreci-
alton of the hearty and cordial support
they have given me in the administration
of the affairs of state. They have not
been eXacting. they have only required
that there should be a conscientious pur-
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rly. your administration will ba p,orn-
oraDIe IN our political history for its Arm
sntorcement of those right views which
make the executive office an instruynn,,t
ipr the promotion of public progress and
the general welfare. eS' anu
~ is an observation no less inst than
common. that there is no stronper test
y, :, llan real character than power and
saulhorlty; there is an ancient saving
, ,,n, gus among men. that thou shouldest
n az. iuuse Iuiiy of a mans life before his
HHea :n' put your official life as governor
y. ueins enqed. am justified by the record
M VIII. nave said. and but voice uni
VERSA pupnc sentiment when | exclaim
Well done. good and faithful servant. :" >
we 90 not agree with the ancient
proVerb That there are but two good
Is not born" ' '''e ''her
II is true that honest men esteem and
value nOtnlng SO much in this world as
y real friend, and their company is an
ev,SS,riasting pleasure to us.
me poet had the truest convention of
TINS when ne penned the immortal verse
Vulgar souls no part of friendship share
Poets and friends are born to what they
are" nay
we all feel that we are highly honored
10 pc permitted to call you our friend
anu we prlng you the assurance that We
are all your friends.
NOVoS AMIGOS papar. yeteres cole"
W nile you seek new friendships cult
vate the DID,"
And now. Governor Cleaves. in behalf
OF tne honorable executive council and
Ill oehall OF those composing the various