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Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
Farragut.

David Glascoe Farragut. first ad miral of the U. s. navy, was born in Knox vile, Tenn, July 5, 1901, and dled at Portsmouth, N. H., August 14, 1870. He entered the navy at nine years oi age and served in the war of 1912. He was made lieutenant in 1895, appoint ed commander Sept. 28. 1841. In 1855 he was in charge of the Mare Is. land Navy yard, California. He held the rank of flag officer in the Union Army during the first years of the Civil war and for his dash and boldness earn. ed the title of "Old Salamander." Af ter the victory at Mobile he retired from active service and in December 1864 was appointed vice-admiral by the Government and in July 1866, admiral His father was Major George Farragu' Q Catalan by descent a Minorquin by birth and who had emigrated to Amer ica in 1876 where he married Scotcf lady. Admiral Faragut could talk flu ently either Spanish or the widely diff ferent Scotch dialect.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
LEI "wIFEY" SHOP FOR YOU
She Always Has a Sharper Koss For
 Real Bargains.

She Always Has a Sharper Nose For
 Real Bargains.
 The sign which caught Mrs Dawson's eye read; "Suits SEQ. Positively the Last Week Regular Price s30.
 Mrs Dawson had the womanly lovo for bargain She had often spent 10 cents car faro to secure some lovely treasure that was marked down from Bi to 9s cents just for that day. She was moro than provoked that Dawson, who was with her, did not grow enthu- siastio
 "You know you need a suit said Mrs Dawson. "Why not order it now and save sio."
 Dawson was certain the suits would be as cheap next week, but his wife re- fused to move on and dragged the help- less man into the store. The polite clerk assured them that 1t was the bar gain of the century and that this week was positively the last. With mental protests but with out ward calm, Dawson, like clay in the hands of the potter, allowed himself to be measured Then he left deposit He called in four days and took the suit away.
 "There, " exclaimed Mrs Dawson, in triumph, when her husband appeared arrayed in his new suit. "you never had better fit nor n moro becoming pattern Just think how much money your wife saved for you by being on the lookout for bargainf'
 Mir. Dawson preserved dignificd si- lence and waited patiently for his bet ter half to get her hat on straight pre- paratory to accompanying him to the city.
 Mrs Dawson awaited with impa- tience tho passing of the store where she had saved money for her husband She wanted to call his attention Co the fact again that he might remain prop erly thankful
 With all the faith of woman Mrs Dawson was convinced that the salcs- man was telling the truth when he as- sured her it was tho last week of the $2o sale
 She looked for the window, and her faith was rewarded 1t had been the last week Tho sign now read, Any Suit In This Window $ib. "-Chicago Record
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
Effect of the Czar's Visit on France

met the other day on the Boulevard des Italiens two friends, one of whom is monarchist, the other republican Both were in high spirits. "Mon cher" exclaimed the first, monarchy is an accomplished fact. Who will now dare to tell us that the country wants re- public? Consider the enthusiasm excited by the emperor of Russia's visit. At sight of Nicholas II the monarchical sentiment was reawakened in the breast of the Frenchmen. repeat, monarchy is an accomplished fact" Thereupon the second, holding me by the button of my coat: "Mon cher, the republic has, from now on, nothing more to fear. It is indestructible. The homage of the most powerful sovereign in Europe has demonstrated its strength. Who will dare to tell us that the republic has no prestige?'
 My friends were right, both of them, and also wrong. The czar's visit has done no good to the monarchical cause, but it is not certain, either, that it will do good to the republic. A republican regime is regime of labor, not of fes- tivities; of reason and forethought, not of enthusiasm and vivid impressions. It must look to itself for stability, and in | this stability it must find its strength. | The capital of republic cannot be-
 come the favorite resort of kings and emperors without an influence being ex- | erted on public manners and habits by
 the fact. A people which has main | tained the republican form of govern
 ment perseveringly through innumer-
 able dangers and difficulties does not
 certainly revert to the principle of he
 redity, but it is always confronted by this temptation-to abdicate the liber-
 ties of which it is every citizens duty to avail himself into the hands oi 1 chiefs. Pierre de Coubertin in Century.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
yaforous Cosvn.

The editor of tho Condon (Or.) Globe saw deed of COW valor that was worth recording as well as seeing A herd of cattle, and among them two cows. ac- companied by their calves, were graz ing in tall dead grass when the calves became separated little from the rest of the herd
 Just then two huge. hungry coyotes crept up through the grass, cut off the calves from tho rest of tho cattle and started in pursuit of them. After rum ming about 200 yards the calves camo to high, five wire. barbed wire fence and, being small, managed to get through it On the other side of tho fence wns an open pasture
 The wolves quickly followed the calves through the fence and were rap idly running them down on the other side, when the two COW mothers discov- cred what was going on. Each uttered a loud below, hoisted her tail and started for the rescue
 It appeared to be hopeless chase for the wire fence intervened. and the cows were certainly much too large to get through 1t. They knew we'll enough that it was there, and could, besides. sec it plainly, but both cows plunged together straight into it.
 The watching editor, mortified. look ed to sce them hurled back, frightfully wounded, but instead one of the posts gave way under tho onslaught the wires sank down. md in another mo ment the mothers were on the pasture side of the fence, badly cut and bleed ing. but still able to charge the wolves successfully and put them to flight.
 Soon the cows were licking the res cued calves affectionately, and the ooy- otes were bowling disappointed duet from the summit of knoll near by.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
Most Wonderful Cave In tho World.

The most wonderful cave in the world is in the island of Tonga, in the south Pacific. Byron called it "a chapel of the seas. :" It is formed in rock that is almost surrounded by the ocean. This rock is about 50 feet high and broad approximately.
 Many years ago boy, the son of D native chief, was chasing huge turtle, when his game seemed to sink into the rock. The lad watched and waited until the tide fell, disclosing small opening in the rock about six feet under low water mark.
 Diving boldly, the young hunter en- tered the aperture, and, to his surprise, came to the surface inside the rock The rock was hollow, and its interior was found afterward, when the natives ex- plored it with torches, to contain many beautiful stalactites
 When attacked and followed by ene- mics, the natives, who know the secret, leave their canoes, plunge into the water and disappear Their foes finger, aston ished at their disappearance, for TO per son not acquainted with it would sus- pect that the rock was hollow. London Telegraph.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14

Not long ago an English architect was heard to make a curiously suggest i've remark. Conversation had turned upon the manifold dangers to which we expose ourselves by travelling in rail way carriages ''The great rule, !" said this architect, "is never to look out of the window until you are a good 30 miles from London. Otherwise you risk seeing the Crystal palace. !"
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
COUNSEL.

Anxious mother, bending low
 Ger thy child now calmly sleeping. Seek not its destiny to know,
 Leave it in the Fathers kecpingi Thou do well the mothers part Gently training, gently leading Guide the restless, untried heart
 With loves chiding, with loves pleading. Never doubting, SOW the soed,
 Watch it budding into beauty. Take out every useless weed
 From the firm, straight path of duty. Simple teaching, pure and plain,
 Will its little life be molding Into one bright golden chain,
 Day by day for thee unfolding. Careful mother, turn nside,
 Turn with tears of deep contrition From the tempting voice of pride, Tempting thee with enrth's ambition. Holior thoughts should now be thine, Upward gazo toward heavens portal Thy child must bow before this shrine Teach it to win a crown immortnli -1smar Anne kermode in New York Ledger,
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14

INTERNAL con trivances for de- , struction in war lost caste when tho Monitor set
 tied tho monster Merrimac for good and all in Hanp-
 ton Roads, but the fate of their first ram didn't scare the Confederates from the field by any means. The fact that if TO-
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
THE ARROW AND THE SONG.

l shot an arrow into the mir 1t fell to earth. l knew not where, For, so swiftly it flew. the sight Could not follow it in it's flight. 1 breathed a song into the air. It fell to earth, l knew not where, For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of songf Long, long afterward in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke, And the song, from beginning to end found again in the heart of friend
 Henry W. Longfellow.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
symnathetio nnstnn.

Gotham-People are so different hero in Boston. See how sad everybody looks
 Backbay-Naturally. How could they look otherwise when they think of the unfortunate people who cannot live in Boston?-Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
So Ingenious.

"simplex answered an advertisement in which somebody offered to sell him the secret for preventing trousers from getting fringes around the bottom. !"
 "What did they tell him?"
 ITO wear knickerbockers. "-Cteve- land Plain Dealer.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
The Homing Instinct.

Ut is so aggravating to go house hunting every spring." said the lady in the city.
 "We generally have to hunt ours up two or three times a summer" said the cousin from the cyclone belt.-Typo- graphical Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
FARRAGUT'S FIGHT.
WITH THE CONFEDERATE RAM TEN
 NESSEE IN MOBILE BAY.

A Sea Monster of the Merrimac Type-Thc Tennessee Gave Battle to a Whole Fleet of Ships and Monitors-Da Daring Deeds of Thirty Years Ago. Copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
 tion. Book rights reserved.l
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04

from the other nations OF the world.
The presence of an oraplishcd yourg
gentleman trcn. Germany or Italy CT
Japan opens TIE eyes CT the youngsters
who sa-rculia hin. IL the classes Ct such
institutions They begin to learn, what
it is so hard to teach boys, the mysteri-
Gus lesson which had been alluded tc
above; they learn thae Cranberry Cen
ter, although it is al important metrop-
Oils to itself. is not SO considered by the
rest Of mankind.
As the United States senator said, it
viii be a great thing when the average
congressman can Ee taught what are the
resources OF Arizona, Of the state OF
Washington, Of Maine and Of Florida,
in an object lessen which shall fix itself
upon his memory as nc misty cloud of
statistics Will ever do. The college stu
dent CT the college class which should
be trained rightly to understand the
place Of the Argentine Republic, the
place of Japan, the place of Ceylon OF
the place Of Hungary i'll the commerce
Of the world, how much and how little
each Of these countries has to do with
the balance Of trade or with the course
of exchange, would be, as things go, an
exceptional class or an exceptional stu
dent in cur institutions Of education.
The intelligent president Of a college
or the intelligent head Of high school
ought to be on the lockout for every op-
pcrtanity of which he can avail himself
to introduce such cosmopolitan habits
of study into school CT college.
EDWARD E. HALE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
Perfection in Cake-Making.

Housekeepers frequently wonder why it is
that they cannot make biscuit and cake that
are light acd paletable and that taste as deli
Cious as the bisc2it and cake made by their
mothers and grandmotders, the delightful
memory of which even to this day creates a
sensation of pleasure 10 the palate The
trouble arises from the highly edllterated
state of the materials they have to work With,
particularly the cream-of tartar and soda
used to raise or leaven the food. Cream-of-
tartar end soda that are now procorable for
domestic purposes contain large quantities
Of lime, earth, alum and other adulterants,
frequently from Eve TO twenty-five per cent,
and consequently vary SO mach in strength
that 90 person can tell the exact quantity TO
use, or properly combine them, to insure per-
feet results. From using too much or too
little, or because of the adulterants in them,
bitter, yellow, or heavy biscuits OF cakes are
frequently made. These a1ulterants are also
injurious to health.
All This trouble may be avoided by the use
Of the popular Royal Baking Powder. Where
this preparation is employed in the place of
creaU-of- tartar and soda, its perfect leaven-
irg power always insures light, aaky, digest
ioie biscuit, cakes and pastry, that are per-
fectly wholesome and free from the impur-
ties invariably present when the old raising
preparations are employed.
The Royal Baking Powder, iwe are inform
ed by the most reliable scieotis,s, is perfectly
pure, being made from highly refined ingre-
dents, carefully tested, and go exactly pro-
portioned aud combined that it never fails to
produce the best and uniform results. An
additional advantage in its employment
comes from the fact that bread or ether food
made with it may be eaten while hot withon,
fear of indigestion or any unpleasant results,
while being equally sweet, moist, and CRATE
ful to the palate when cold.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04

Its always gratifying to receive testimo-
risis for Chamoerlan's Colic, Cholera and
Diasrhoea Remedy, and when the endorse
meit IS from physician it is especially so.
"Taere is no more satisfactory OF effective
remedy than Chamberlsin's Cholic, Cholera
ard Dis.rhoes Remedy, writes Dr. r e
Robey, !hrsician and pharmacists, of Olrey,
No and as he has USED the Remedy in his
own family and sold it in his drug store for
SIX years, he should certainly know. For
sale by Dr. 4 J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
South Carolina's First Bale.

a dispatch to TIE State from Allen
dale received by Tie State yesterday
evening broueht the news Of the s6ip-
neut Of :he FIRST bale OF new crop Of
cotton from that point. Il was picked
on Col L. w. Yonmass' place aud was
shipped yesterday TO F w. Wagner
& Co.. at Charleston. This is unusal-
y early, for the Fret bale OF new cot
ton TO get in. so those who kaow say.
Nov the new crop Of ec.son 10 this
State vii. begin TO reach the market
rapidly no doubt Reports IRON all
over the State indicate that the
crop Is we'll advanced 10 every direction.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
HOMICIDE NEAR
VILE.
BISHOP.
Two Men Shot, One Fatally-l
Woman the Cause.

B1sHoPv1LLE, July 28.-A shooting occur
RED at Burke. S. c.. tour miles from here
yesterday. The circumstances are known
only from general rnmor, as to the cause
The factsare that B. B. Britton, leader o
the recent Lucknow rios. was at the house o
Ben Hill and the shooting occurred. Hill
Was dangerously wounded with four a. cal
ibre bullets, and Britton slightly wounded
in the back. Britton's whereabouts are moi
known and Hill is expected to die. Or
McLure attended Fill and thinks it serious
if not fatal case.
On the night OF the 18th inst. Hills wifi;
disappeared mys;eriously aod left three small
children on Hills hands, and report says
Britton knew something of her Whereabouts
and in all probability, this the cause of the
trouble between them. G E. z.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
a FARMER ON TIE SINGLE TAX

a FARMER ON TIE SINGLE TAX.
ara only a Kansas farmer and not
used to writing for the papers. but I no
ticed in one of your late numbers an ar
ticle by Clarence A. Miller advocating
that all taxes should be paid by the own
ers Of the land and that all money and
other personal property go free from
taxation. These men who wish to put
all the burden of taxation On the al
ready overb1rdened farmer are men, as
a rule, who own no lard and who know
nothing about farming. The farmer al
ready pays the great bulk Of the taxes.
and if all the money and houses and
machinery and factories and railways Of
the rich are to go untaxed and the ad-
ditional burden be laid upon the farmer,
then for enc want. to leave this coun-
try. Mr.. Miller's argument is that if
land were taxed so heavily that the
owner could not pay the taxes he would
be obliged to sell part of it, and thus
there would be more farmers If he or
any other of the single tax theorists
knew anything about the condition Of
the American farmer, be would know
that the great trouble now is that there
are already too many farmers in the
United States. We are overproducing IL
nearly every department Of the farm.
Wheat and corn are drugs IN the market
and are selling for less than the cost of
production. No farmer can today sell a
horse, or cow, or hog for anything
like the amount that the animal has
cost him. If all the farmers in the Un-
ion would agree to raise just one-half OF
the wheat, corn, hogs, cattle and horses
they have raised in years past, they
would get some return for their work,
but at the present prices and at the
present rate of production the farmers,
who are now nearly bankrupt, must soon
go to the wall.
The solution of the present trouble is
not in compelling the farmers to pay
the taxes of the millionaires and the
other rich men, nor to ask them to sub
NIT to taxation that will compel them
to sell cart Of their farm at a low price
to some single tax theorist. Anarchists,
socialists, agitatozs and adv coates of
new and unjust theories have, b. their
threats Of bIocdshed, revolution and
appropriating the property of others, so
frightened the owners Of capital that
many hundreds of millions of dollars
are now. lying idle in the banks all over
tie United States. Had it not been for
these threats, much of this now idle
money would have been put into fac
tories that would today be giving en-
pioyment to the idle throngs that are
suffering from the lawless methods Of
these unprincipled men.
Let factories be built to make the ar.
ticles we now import in large quanti-,
ties. These would give work to the un-
employed, who would then be able to
buy the wheat, corn and bacon that the
farmers cannot now sell unless at ruin
Gus prices. j. ". HENRY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
EXTENSION OF COMMERCE.

The commercial spirit is the domi-
nant practical force in our country aud
is ever alert for new fields of activity.
The recent Inauguration of the Phlla-
delphia Commercial museum is wor-
thy movement, as it brings together
representatives Of all American repub-
lies. This is great gain and will en-
courage the spirit Of cooperation. At
the meeting held in Philadelphia NJ.
Meinhard, consul OF Venezuela, said:
While the unity of interests of all the
republics represented was frequently
dwelt upon as against the political and
commercial aggressions of European
nations, it was generally accepted that
the United States, as the most devel-
oped, must take the lead in the pro-
posed new movement. AS the most
effective means OF overcoming European
supremacy in the markets of Latin
America the delegates unanimously
recommended, principally, that the
tariff rates Oh South American products
be never made so high as to exclude
them from the United States, thereby
removing the main obstacle to the de-
velopment OF closer and larger business
connections; that greater banking facil-
tiles be assured through the founding
of American banks, which so far do not
exist in South America: that American
steamship lines provide the necessary
transportation facilities between the
northern and southern trade centers;
that longer credits be granted to the
southern merchants, the same as Europe
allows, and finally, but not least, that
American manufacturers adapt their
goods to the precise requirements and
wants of those markets.
- Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhooe Pamadv alwpva aff,rda nrnmnt reliaf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
4 Remarkable Cure of Chronic
Diarrhoea.

Iu 1852, when served my couutry as a
private il Company a, l67th Pennsylvania
Volunteers, contracted chronic diarrhoea
Il has given me great deal of trouble ever
since. have tried dozen different medi-
cines and several prominent doctors with
out any permanent relief. Not long sgo q
friend sent lie sample bottle of Chamber
lian's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and after that 1 bought and took 80 cen
bottle; aud now can cay that an entirely
cured. Icaono e thankful enough to you
for this gre .dy, aud recommend it to
all suffering veterans If in doubt write me.
Yours gratefully, HENRY STE1NBERGER,
Alenlown, Pa. Sold by Dr.. A. j. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
THAT LAMAR BALL GAME.
A Statement From Manager La.
mar Ciab.

Editor Daily Item.
Lamar, s C, Jalg 2s-Ia your issue of
'ae 2s,h, ooiice a party signing .'Bal Play
er," Claims the game between Lamar ard
Elliott on the 24tb TO have been Eve to seven
10 favcc Of Elliott, saying that the first report
Of nine TO nothing 10 favor CT Lamar was an
error. ''Dah Player Is cF When the
score stood ten to seven ia Lan,sr's favor
a;gh hg ball was koocked On ,he Inside of
diamcrd, near Sd base and 90 account of the
wind, ;he bal! curved after passing Cd base
10 foii ground.
Of course this vas fair ball, as asy ball
ba,,ed shst passed frs: or third base on ipside
diamond is fair. When tie umpire decided
itso. Elliott refused TO play. thereby forfeit
ing tie game Elliott vas whipped already,
though, Lao2ar being three scores ahead, but
the uppire could not call the gan otherwise.
according 10 rules taan 9 to 0.
S c STARR,
Manager B. B. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-04
Look Before You.
Have you heard what happened Il

Have you heard what happened 10
the Dollieum girls r
What was is?''
.'Tkey had seen photos of actresses
With tue head through tern aewspa-
per, aud we're SO delighted With the
idea that they decided 70 get themselves
taken the same say. They arranged
it with photographer, aad the resuI:
vas a charming picture. They we're
very proud Of 1t. and sen: copies round
to all their friends -
"Well, what of that p
"Only that they had chosen the 3D.
vertisemeot page CT the newspaper, aud
cnaer their heads were the words, 10
big type. Our Pants are Double
Seated ="