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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

Chief Constable Bahr has ordered
the hotel dispensaries to close at 9
O'Clock.
The Columbia Eveniog News sue-
pended publication on Saturday. AD
income inadequate to the necessities cf
the business was the prime cause of the
suspension.
The London Chronicle claims to
have Authentic information that the
powers will commence the blockade
of the Cretan and Greek coasts on
Wednesday.
A Havana dispatch says that 25,-
600 troops are to be withdrawn from
Cuba for service in the Philippines
The Withdrawal of this number of
troops would give the Cubans an adj
vantage that would speedily end the
!. war.
Hopkinsville, Ky. March IA
Last nigh. at 9 80 o'clock Policeman
Tayne was shot and IL ,tantly killed
by Walter Merritt. a gambler, who
was in turn killed by two policemen.
Merritt was drinking and had been
disorderly and Tayne tried to arrest
him
Atlanta. March IA special
from Macon to the Constitution says
that DR.. James A. Etheridge died
there to-day just as surgeons were
about to operate on him. They ex-
amined him before he was plsced OH
the table and they decided that he
could take an anaesthetic. Almost
at the very instant it was applied ne
expired. The surgeons were shock.
ed, but a postmortem showed that
death wac caused by paralysis Dr.
Esheridge was prominent pbysl
clan.
Little Rock, March IA 4-Governol
Jones has decided to issue call fol
an extra session of : the legislature.
He said the appropriation bills have
not been passed and he has no funds
with which to run the State govern
.sa61 or the next two years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
KILLING WOLVES.
Some OF the Methods Used to Get Rid of
the Pests.

the Pests.
Whole families of the animals are
sometimes asphyxiated in their dens.
A wolf of the gray variety generally
makes its home by getting on the side
Of dirt gulch ard burrowing straight
inward until safe distance from the
surface is reached. There her young are
born and raised to sturdy cub estate.
When cowboy locates den in
which he believes the entire family to
be gathered, composite mass Of cotton,
saturated with damp -four sulphur and
other noxious smelling substances, is
thrust into the den and set on fire. The
mouth of the hole is then filed with
clay tamped down solidly, and the i'm
prisoned wolves are speedily sufocated
within. In this way from 6 to 10 and
II wolves, young and old, are wiped
out at one stroke.
Another effective method is to bore
four or more holes in a flat piece of
board and plug them up with beef fat
soaked in strychnine. The odor of the
fat attracts any wolves that may be in
the vicinity, and they lick the fat vora-
ciously until the leavening of poison
does its work upon them and they drop
dead. Very often as many as dozen
wolves are killed off by this process be-
fore the fat in the holes is exhausted.
Strychnine inclosed in capsules is also
used. The capsule is thrust into slit
cut in a chunk Of beef, and the wolf,
boiling the meat whole, falls an easy
victim. Steel traps, baited with raw
beef, are also tried with fair success
Denver Republican.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

After having been confined to the house
for eleven days ard paying out S25. in doc
tor bills without benefit. Mr.. Fraok Dolson
Of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, cured ey
one bottle of Chamber lain's Pain Balm cost
ing 25 ceots and has not since been troubled
with that complaint. For sale by Dr.. A. J.
China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
NOTICE FOR CHARTER.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that thirty
IN days from this date application will be
made to the Clerk OF Court fc, Sumter Coun.
ty, for a Charter of Incorporation for the est.
Paul Burial Aid Society," in Concord Town
ship, Sumter County. South Carolina.
EDMUND REID, President,
ROBERT GRANTHAM, v Prest
ROBERT PR1NGLE, Chaplaiu,
GEORGE SINGLETON, Treasurer,
FANNIE SINGLETON. Secretary.
March ;. l897-4t*
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

Truly Astonishing Miss Annette N. Moen,
Fountain, Minn., says layers Cherry Pee
tcral has bad wonderful effect in curing my
brothers. children of severe and dangerous
cold I; was truly astonishing how speedily
they found relief after taking this prepara-
ton -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

'There are none more miserable than ept-
leptics. For 20 years 1 suffered with epilep-
tic fits, having as high as FIVE in one night. I
tried any number Of physicians. paying to
one alone, fee Of $4,000 and have done
little for years but search for something to
help me, and have taken all the leading
remedies, but received no benefit. A year ago
my son, Chas. S. Gallaher, druggist at 191
Reed ST., Milwaukee, gave me DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine, and 1 tried it with
gratifying results. Have had but two fits
since began taking it. Il am better now in
every way than have been in 20 years."
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by druggists
on positive guarantee that the first bottle
will benefit or price refunded. Book on the
Heart and Nerves, free. Address,
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Ell1art. 1nd
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

The first election held in BAN berg
County resulted in the election of S.
G Mayfeld as Senator, and James
Dickinson, Treasurer The remain
ing officers will go before the second
primary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
#Part!y cloudy.

#Part!y cloudy.
Thunderstorm without much wind on the
night of the 18th. There was also some
thunder on the night Of the 18th and on the
morning of The l4th, followed by decline Of
temperature.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

selkirk, S. c., Feb Is, 1897 i cheerfully
recommend Hoods Sarsapariila to anyone
who is in feeble health owing to impure
blood. l have found it an excellent medicine
aud the best have ever used ]. Fl. Crews.
Hoods Pills are easy to take. Csc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
Drowned in a Tub.

Beautiful little Lena Alberta Kind,
the l6-montbe-old daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. Artie Kind, was picture
Of health when she arose yesterday
morning Her soft golden hair hos,er-
ed in :be breeze, as, clad in her reas
little piDafore. she toddled out into the
yard about IL O'Clock to play. Little
did her devoted mother. who foodly
watched her childish glee as she passed
out through the door. dream that al
that very moment the angel of Death
was lowering near the loved little one
sBut such was the case 10 short -
minutes the eyes were forever closed
upon the world the life Of the lovely
little flower had fed.
Soon after the little Lena had gone
out her mother asked some one where
she was. She could not be found.
She had disappeared. The mother and
others about the house instituted
search, going out iuto the street aud all
over the neigbborhood Finally they
returned to the yard aud going to
the rear, where an ordinary tub was
sitting, tie mother was horri6ed to 6nd
her little ones body. The tub had been
used for washing on some clothes aud
some dirty water bad been left therein.
to depth Of DOT more than six inches
The child had gone to the tub. aud,
while bending over the side had lost
her balance. falling head6rss into the
dirty water. When the child was re-
moved from the tub. there was DO sign
of life. The little body was cold aod
still 10 great haste Dr. Kuowlton was
summoned and he was quickly 90 the
scene. A hssty examination convinced
him that the child was dead, but be did
everything known 10 his efforts to
bring her back to life all the same.
No efforts we're of any avail.
The mother vas almost prostrased by
the death of the child.-The State.
Frszier Tuggle was shot and
fatally wounded by young man
named Dozier in Rock Hill on Sum
day night
There was a $500 fire in St.
Louis yesterday. several firemen were
killed
Fifteen men were killed and Il
wounded by the explosion of a gun
on board one of the Russian war yes
sells now on duty in Cretan waters.
Postmaster General Gary has made
an announcement of interest to Demo.
cratic pcstmasters whose terms expire
on various dates under the new ad-
ministration. He says he has decided
to adhere to the four-year tenure OF
Office policy for postmasters, ex-
cept in cases where such officials
should be removed for cause.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
Meteorological Record.

The following is report of observations
of the weather taken at Stateburg, by DR.. w.
W. Anderson, for the past week ending
March IA, 1897:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
Epilepsy 20 Years.
Cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.

A few years ago, Mr.. L. ". Gallaher, was
an extensive, successful expert manu-
facturer Of lumber products. Attacked with
epilepsy, he was obliged to give up his busi-
ness. The attacks came upon him most in
opportunely. One time falling from a carri-
age, at another down stairs, and often in the
street. Once he fell down a sh2ft in the
mil, his injuries nearly proving fatal. Mr.
Calais. writes from Milwaukee, Feb. l6, '95.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

caamberlain's Eye end Skin Ointment
is unequalled for Eczema, ietter, Salt.
Rheurn, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites
Chronic Sore Ewes and Granulateo Eye Lids
For sale by druggists at p cents per boz.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
no HORSE OWNERS.

For putting Eorse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cabs Condition Powders
They tore 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 per package. For sale by druggists.
For sale in Sumter, by DR.. A. J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

For Nitrate of Soda, see Hardy & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17
A Tough Job.

SAMUEL v1NTURs PEcK.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-03-17

DIZZY JIM.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Sir Henry Irying's characterization
Of the role Of Napoleon in MADAME
Sans-Cene" has delighted all the Lon
don critics.
Calye is to be painted as Carmen by
the French artist, benjamin Constant.
The picture will be placed in the dome
Cf the Opera Francais, Paris.
Empress Frederick is rapidly com
p!cting her plans for making the old
5chloss at Kronberg historical muse
um, which she will present as gift
to the town Of kronberg.
Chess is Count Tolstois latest hobby,
and it is said that the tables III his house
are nearly all marked out as chess
boards, and even the dogs and other
family pets Lave received the names
Of chess pieces--Rool,, Knight, Pawn
aud so forth
At Il meeting of the League of Parents
and Teachers at Barnard college, New
York city, the other day steps were
taEen toward establishing code of
etiquette for teachers similar to those
which prevail in the medical and legal
professions.
The California branch of the Lincoln
Monumcrt National league is raising
money by popular subscription for a
!. 4 lmcnt to Lincoln, to be placed in
'%%en Gate park, San Francisco, May
- is TO be observed as Lincoln day in
the public schools cf the state, and adj
dresses appropriate to the occasion
viii lie made in them.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

So impressive was The lesson that
Major Mckinley felt compelled to as
sure the public in his letter of accept
ance last year that moderate duties
adapted to the changed conditions OF
the times would be tie Gule in future
tariff legislation by the republican
party, and the same idea was clearly set
forth in lis inaugural message.
Senator Aldrich, the recognized leader
Of the protectlonists in the senate, in his
speech Introducing the pending tariff
bill in that body on May %, said:
1T was, believe, thoroughly under
stood throughout the country in the last
political campaisn that if the republican
party should be again intrusted with
power TO extreme tariff legislation would
follow. 1t was beIievet that in the
changed conditions of the country a re-
turn to the dulles imposed by the act Of
1890 would not be necessary even from
a protective standpoint"
Despite This and many other inspired
assurances that the extreme duties i'm
posed 10y the Mckinley bi of 1890 would
bot be embodied in the new tariff law,
an inspection of tue schcdnles recently
adopted by the senate shows that in | IA
classes of commodities, embracing near
ly all of our important imports, the
duties now adopted are higher than
those impose by The Mckinley bill,
In many cases tie new duties will
range from the full value Of the import
to five or more times as much. Here are
few samples of he new taxation, re-
duced to ad valorem rates:
Common window glass, l07 to 169 per
cent; pocket knives, lii per cent to,
bacco, 100 to 235 per cent; rice, 100 per
cent; salt in bulk, Ia per cent; wooden
cloth, valued at not over 80 cents per
pound l2S per cent; blankets, l25 per
cent Hannels, 102 to ll9 per cent;
shaNl1, III per CO IT,, wooden hats, III to
203 per cent feIts, lO4 to 224 per cent );
ana cheap silks, 900 to 100 per cent.
If the voters dove the republican
party from power in 1852 because Of the
duties imposed by the Mckinley bill,
what will they do to the pr, sent re-
publican administration, which came
into ofiice under distinct pledge of
more reasonable duties, and now forces
upon the country tariff bill which
rooks by comparison like democratic
device tor revenue onIy"- Denver Re.
publican.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
Hon. VIM. l. Terry's PerOr&tion of True
Democracy.

You will pass this bill and you will
do nothing to afford an increased volume
OF real money red mption money for
the people, but don't you forget, there
will come day of reckoning! You have
rldrued AID abused the democratic
puIty. 1t has had its purposes thwar,ed
and its counc Is rent by HE influence Of
men whom it had honored and trusted,
but the party still lives to oppose your
wicked class legislation and to demand
Just and equal ,ws for the benefit # all
the people, and IN the end 1t will prove
Itself stronger than all the strength Of
foes from without and traitors from
within! (AppIause)
Individual democrats may be fonnd
here and there who will bow the knee to
Baal and burn incense upon the altars
of protection, but the indomitabc spirit
of the Am rican dem ,cracy will oppose
you everywhere.
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White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
Higher Than McKinley's.

Now that the task of drafting tariff
bill is about completed, it is evident that
the troubles Of the republican trainers
of that measure arc only about to begin
1.-THE calculations made 10y experts
cmpl ,yed by the republican majority Of
the senate finance committee are trust.
worthy. the pending bill in its present
form will not produce sufficient revenue
by Sl5.0U9 O0o to meet the requirements
of tho government. aud the deficit for
the first year of its operation may easily
reach double that amount in congo
oucnce Of the vast mportations tha,
have already taken place in anticipation
of higher duties on wool, sugar, sikf.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

A Wellington, New Zealand, butcher
alyertises: Having now secured the
services Of a university man for our
small goods department, we can supply
the real Cambridge and Oxford saus
ages at five pounds for one shilling"
Melbourne theosophists have spent
Si0,Go0 in driving a shaft 1900 feet deep
at Red Bluff, St. Ktlda, having been as
surcd by Mahatmas that they would
find rich deposits of coal there. So far
only ocean mud has been found.
A Swansea tradcsman lately, feeling
depressed, went into the cellar Of his
Sop and hanged himself. His brother
and partner thercupon put up the shut
ter5, gave orderg for the funeral, with
drew into the back shop and cut his
throat
St. Bartholomew the Greats parish in
Smithfeld raised 5000 during Lent hy
the sNlc of pods of clover called Calvary
clover. The leaves have on them n
bictch Ike a spot Of blood, am the pod
when unwound looks like a crown Of
th9rns.
st. Pierre Livron, picturesque
church and village on cliff overhang
'rg the river Bonette, net far from
Cahors, and favoritc subject for paint
crs, has been swept away by a landslip,
POND formed by the river having worn
its way through the cliff.
Count Albert de Nun, the leader Of
TIE Catholic ra!ty in the Frcnc,.
chamber Of deputies. who has just beeu
elected to fiji Jules Simons' scat in the
French academy,is great-grandson OF
llclvetius, the revolutionary philosoph.
or, and grandson of Nine. de Stacl.
Lord Brasscy has been having a lively
time s.nce he became governor of Vic
tcr.a. lie has been thrown from his
bicycle, has run the Sunbeam twice on
he rocks, and lately broke his collar
HOnc, after landing on his head in fall
from his horse and having the horse roll
over him.
y life spent in the Rukh has been fit.
tingly Put an end TO by man-eating
tiger, the victim being the senior officer
Of the Bombay forest service, Mr.. Me
Grcror. lie was killed in the Kanara
Jungle, where his predecessor and an.
other high Official not long ago were
severely wounded by tigers.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
IN THE STORES.

Large hats of scarlet mousselinc for
small girls.
Table scarfs of wide satin ribbon cm-
broidered.
Many drarery silks in cardinal ard
white effects.
Straw crowns having brim of plait-
ed chiffon.
Steel effects in passementeries for
gray gowns.
Green sun umbrellas with blue
crameled handles.
White satin accessories on all kinds
Of costumes.
Separate silk waists elaborately
trimmed with lace.
Jctted braid toques trimmed with
quills and velvet.
Shoulder capcs Of cardinal mousse
line and satin ribon.
Belts. purses, cardcases, etc, Of Rus
sian leather.
Round Spanish turbans of black and
colorcd straw.
Suits trimmed with velvet appliqus
edged with gold sraid.
White leather belts having a buckle
Of colOrpd enamel.
Tiny toqucs having a straw brim,
tulle crown and tlCwers.
Girls large hats trimmed with rib
bon rsscttes and quilts.
Muusselinc braids embroidered with
silk for dress trimmings.
Canvas costumes nearly covered with
Economist.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
ARROW POINTS.

The boy who is always telling what
jobs are offered him, is not the one
who gets them.
It sounds funny TO hear the most
shitfless man in town criticise another
mans shiftlCssncss.
Nou cant tell how big n mortgage
IS on mans property by the kind Of
dress suit he wears.
When woman becomes suddenly
rich, one cf the first pieces of furniture
she buys is a folding bed.
\ good many think that lawyer
from big town is a good deal smarter
than our own lawyers.
Some men do more labor trying 10
avoid work than it would require 10
make a living in honest lines Wash
iEgtOn (IaD Democrat.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
The EAGLE

HAAS just received "a large
stock of first class letter
papers, envelopes, bill
Raeiaqas. HROGe heads, caK'aEs<&c.
which we are pzEttinS UP i'm
fiMc style and sat reasonable
prices.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
Neutrality-suspicious. OF A PLANT.
rcntcGria Accommodates Itself to
Repeatedly Changed Quarters.

rcntcGria Accommodates Itself to
Repeatedly Changed Quarters.
A curious incident of the power of
plants to adapt themselves to circum-
stances came under my notice recently
in the shape Of a pontedria Crassipes,
Last fall, says a writer in Meehan's
Monthly, | obtained slip of poutedria,
which | placed in bowl in my sitting
room window. By spring it was a
thrifty plant, with beautiful waNen
leaves. When it was time to set my
plant out of doors l Looked about for
something in which to place my lily.
For want of something better | put it
in an old dinner boiler of generous pro-
portions, BY midsummer it had out
grown the boiler. Again looked about,
and this time | found a crock, quite
deep, but not very wide. divided my
plant, putting half in the crock and the
other half in the boiler. This latter
kept thinned out by giving slips TO
friends; the .Other plant was left to
grow at its own sweet will, and, being
a thrifty plant, very much bent on
growing, and finding it could not spread
according to its natural mode, it
changed its tactics and took to grow
ing upward. The air bulbs developed
into long stems, and at the end of each
grew a very large leaf twice the size
CT an ordinary leaf. And here I would
like to say that, as house plant, there
is nothing more attractive than q
healthy pontedria, with it's CLASSY, wax
en- leaves, and, moreover, it requires SC
little attention, merely keeping it re-
plenished with water.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
TINcING DOOR BELLS.
a Pnstimc That Seems to BE Disap
pcaring from the Sports OF Youth.

a Pnstimc That seems to BE DisaI'-
pcaring from the Sports OF Youth.
"In the days when Knockers graced
the house door, said Mr.. Stoggleton,
reports the New York Sun, ''the
small boy found sport in banging
the linoclier and running. When bells
came in he yanked on the bell pull and
then fed. Nowadays he mysteriously
presses the button; but the sport of
calling people to the door for nothing
is rot what it was; and it seems prob
able that with the general Introduction
of the push button, it will finally fall
into decadence.
There was some fun in pounding
with the door knoclcr, whose thunder
rcvcrberated through the hall and filed
the house, all of which you could hear
yourself. And you could yanll the bell
pull out to the limit, causing the bell to
fly almost off the spring; there was fun
in this. But there is no such fun in
pushing in push button. You can
press that in perhaps a quarter Of an
inch, and that is all you can do with it..
Say you are in the vestibule of n fat.
Very likely you don't hear the bell ring
at all; it may be that it is up three or
four flights of stairs; you hear 10 sound.
Nobody comes to the door; you don't
have to run. Possibly the people whose
bell you have rung may press button
up there in the air somewhere and you
may hear the click of the door-opener
ct your side, or they may not do even
that.
at is dry fun; not like the old slam
bang knocker on the outside Of the door
or the bell pull with the jingle bell right
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15

Some of the territorial papers are
having a great deal to say just now about
bringing the murdefers of Col. Foun-
tain to justice. If any one of the editors
of any OF the papers which have been
calling on the authorities to bring these
murderers to justice knows who the
guilty parties are the one who knows
should give his information to the prop
er officer at once. There is nothing to
BE gained by calling on officers to arrest
the parties when they do not know whom
to arrest. Silver City Eagle.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-15
Bcara on Anticosti.

Mr.. Mcnier, the Partisan millionaire,
who bought up the entire island Of
Anticosti, in the Gulf Of ST. Lawrence,
has found bears so plentiful on the
island that he has granted a concession
Tor the establishment Of a curing plant
for bears meat, bears hams being now
n fashionable delicacy IN Paris.