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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
Loving Cup Prophecies.

have not seen any loving cup passed
that is true to its name The loving cup
originated as a matter Of precaution in
olden times. when apparent friends had
an unpleasant method of killing a friend
who was a rival while he was drinking.
So an immense heavy cup was made with
a heavy cover. The method of using it
can still be witnessed at banquets at the
Mansion House in London.
The person receiving it stands and
turns to his neighbor, who also rises
and takes the cover with both hands
The first person then raises the heavy
cup to his lips with both hands, and,
having slipped of the contents, holds it
while the friend at his side replaces the
cover and takes the cup, repeating the
same process in turn with his next
neighbor. Thus, both hands aeing occu-
pied, there is no possibility Of one friend
stabbing another.
In our time the custom has degener-
ated, and the cover, as a rule, disap-
peared. Nevertheless if both hands were
occupied that would not prevent tongues
from wagging later, and words are
sometimes sharper than swords.-Phll-
adelphia Times.
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pe1ican and Duck In a Duel.

In Kew gardens, in the presence of a
considerable number of spectators, an
afff ir CT honor was settled between a
pelican and duck. The birds had had
words together, so to speak, and the
pelican determined that the next best
thing to making the duck eat his words
was to eat the duck. So, after little
thrust and parry on the water, he made
for the smaller bird and snapped it into
his pouch.
Then battle royal began inside the
pouch Of the pelican. The duck strug-
gled, kicked, quacked and occasionally
managed to get leg or a wing outside,
while his captor threw his beak high in
the air, then dipped it into the water,
and kept it there, as if trying to suf-
focate or drown it's enemy. From the
look Of the agitated pouch it seemed as
if the contest was by no means one sided,
but that the pelican was having rather a
rough time.
At last the duck got his head and one
wing out, and then, with magnificent
effort, managed to get entirely free.
Once again on the water, the duck de-
clined further combat and fed, while
the pelican remained, looking as if honor
were thoroughly satisfed.-London Tel
egraph.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
1nopnortune Deaths.

julius Caesar was assassinated- when
he had almost completed the task OF
consolidating the administration and
dominion Of the Roman empire, and his
deatb opened the way TO that despotism
and corruption which ultimately undid
his work. Henry of Navarro was killed
when he had almost healed the differ
ences between Catholic and Protestant,
which subsequently, rent not only
France, bat Europe, and William the
Silent also fell when he was on the
point of uniting the Netherland prov
inces into a compact barrier against the
encroachments of Spain.
In English history Lord Give died at
the moment when he was the one man
who could have. saved the American
colonies and kept the Anglo-Saxon race
united, bnt there is the case of Mira
beau. He was literally the one man in
France who could have averted the hor-
rors of the revolution, saved and re-
formed the monarchy and go spared Eu-
rope the murderous career OF Napoleon
and all the devastation it brought. II
he had lived ten or even five years
longer, the history not only of France,
but of Europe and the world, would
have been different. 1t is in fact suh-
cient to say that he would have made
both Robespierre and Napoleon impos-
bIe.-Strand Magazine,
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Picking Pockets With Toes.

The gauchos, or dwellers in the ex.
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously dexterous with both hands
and feet. Many Of them have acquired
through long practice such skill in
using their toes as if they were fingers
that they can fling the lasso and even
pick pockets with them. Some time age
a Frenchman who was fishing IN one OF
the rivers of Buenos Ayres was warned
to be on his guard against the light tln-
gered natives He forthwith kept Wig
liant watch on his companions, but
nevertheless one day, when his attention
was closely riveted on his float, willy
gaucho drew near, and, delicatcly IN
serting his foot, extracted the French
mans hooks and other valuableS from
his pocket. t.-Boston Transcript
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carlyle siIences a watchman.

After several visits in Scotland du1-
ing the summer of 1888, Carlyle went
home again to Scotsbrig, writes Charles
T. Copeland in The Atlantic. On his
reSa.rn thence he spent few days IN
Manchester with Mrs. Hanning. "He
had been put to sleep in an old bed,
which he remembered IN his father s
house, 'sI was just closing my senses
in sweet oblivion wrote be, "when
the watchman, with voice like the
deepest groan of the highland bagpipe
or what an ostrich corncraik might ut
ter, groaned out 'Groo-o-o-on close under
me and set me all in gallop again.
sGroo-o-o-o!' for there was no articulate
announcement at all in it, that could
gather. sGroo-o.o-op repeated again and
again at various distances, dying out
and then growing loud again for an
hour or more.
'I grew impatient, bolted out of bed,
flung up the window. 'Groo-o-o-o!
There he was, advancing, lantern in
hand, a few yards off me. 'Can'tyou give
up that noise?' hastily addressed him.
'You are keeping person awake. What
good is it to go bowling and groaning
all night and deprive people of their
sleep:' He ceased from that time-at
least I heard no more Of him. No
watchman, I think, has been more as
tonished for some time back. "
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Glycerin and Foreordination.

A glycerin man in conversation with
a reporter the other day said that the
majority of those who are engaged in
the business Of shooting wells believe
in foreordination. 81 think that a man
will not die till his time comes, he
said. GA man is liable to die at any
calling, no matter how safe it may be
considered. He will pass through all
kinds of dangers and never sustain the
slightest injury. Then he is knocked
out of existence when he least expects 1t.
tsG1ycerin men have to be quite
nervy, but there is not one of them who
does not feel that he is in no great dan
ger. They think they will ] 7e out their
allotted time and will not be blown up
until the predestined event is due. We
are handling death every day and know
it, but by the exercise of caution and
common sense there are but few of us
comparatively that are killed. The rail
road men are much more liable to accl-
dental death than glycerin men are. -
Bradford (Pa.} Era.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
SCENE OF CAVALRY ATTACK.

Mote to Map.-The blockhouse, the house
north of it and the one on Kettle hill had
trenches There were trenches between the
blocklouse and the one north OF it. Positions
of cavalry regiments are approximate In the
charge the lines merged into one Scale OF
map about 1000 yards to the inch.
chaparral. Again there was cry that
there were troops in front. The line
halted few minutes, and it was seen
that the brush was full of troops. 1t
appears that the Sixth cavalry, the
Ninth and the Third, and the rough
riders from Woods brigade were all
aiming at the same point.
Woods brigade meantime had had
experiences all its own, which must be
told next in order to fill oct the story
of the cavalry division in its brilliant
and successful dash up the entangled
and rocky slo!es of San Juan ridge.
GEORGE L. KILMER-
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Blue Stockings.

According to an English magazine the
appellation "blue stockings originated
in the dress of a Benjamin Stiilingfeet,
grandson of the bishop, as he used to
appear at the parties of Mrs. Montague,
in Portman square. He used to general
ly wear blue worsted stockings, and he
was a very amiable and entertaining
man. Whenever he was absent from
Mrs Montague's evening parties, as his
conversation was very interesting, the
company used to say, "We can do moth
ing without the blue stockings" By de-
grees the assemblies were called "blue
stocking clubs and learned people
sblue stockings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
THREE QUEER CITIES.
Each One Is Built on Islands Connected
by Many Bridges.


The city of Ghent, in Belgium, is
built on 26 islands. These islands are
connected with each other by so
bridges. The city has 800 streets and 80
public squares It is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles Y and of John Of
Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called time
honored Lancaster, and as the scene Of
the pacifcation of Ghent Nov. s, 1916,
and of several instructions, sieges and
executions of we'll known personages 1t
is associated with American history by
the treaty made there Dec. "a, 1914,
terminating the second war between
England and the United States, known
as the war of 1912.
Amsterdam, in Holland, is built OF
piles driven far below the water into
the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly 900 bridges, and resembles Ven
ice in the minglipg of land and water,
though it is considerably larger than
that city. The canals divide the city,
which is about ten miles in circumfer-
ence, into 80 islands.
The city of Venice is built on SO
islets, which are connected by nearly
400 bridges. Canals serve for streets in
Venice, and boats, called gondolas, for
carriages. TIE bridges are, as rule,
very steep, rising considerably in the
middle, but have easy steps. The cir
cumference of the city is about eight
miles. The Venetians joined the Lom-
bard League against the German en-
peror, and, in lit, gained great vic
tory in defense of Pope Alexander III,
over the feet of war vessels headed by
Otto, son Of Frederic Barbarossa. In
gratitude for this victory the pope gave
the Doge Ziani ring, and instituted
the world famous ceremony Of "Venice
Marrying the Adriatic Sea-" In this
ceremony the doge, as the chief ruler OF
Venice used to be termed, with appro-
pirate ceremonies dropped ring into
the sea every year in recognition Of
the wealth and trade carried to Venice
by the Adriatic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
Cheerful Antipodenn Truta Teller.

An ex-sea captain, now living in Sgd
ney, many years ago was in charge of a
ship carrying some convicts. The con-
victs mutinied, murdered the crew and
ordered the captain to navigate them to
the islands, and, being prudent man,
he did so. When satisfied as to their
course, the convicts deliberated, decided
that he had behaved himself we'll and
put him ashore on the first large island
they came to. He was musician and
took his violin with him. A threatening
crowd of savages greeted his arrival,
but Orpheus played to them till they
thought him a god, brought him unlim-
tied pigs and yams and bowed in adora-
tion. Finally he married the chief S
daughter, succeeded him and ruled the
island for years, till a ship called in and
he sailed away.-Sydney Bulletin.
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Excessive Coffee Drinking.

The Moors are inyeterate coffee drink.
ers, especially the merchants, and they
sit in their bazaars and drink continu-
ously the whole day long. 1t has been
noticed that almost invariably, when
these coffee drinkers reach the age of 40
or IS, their eyesight begins to fail, and
by the time they get to be SO they be-
come blind. One is forcibiy impressed
by the number Of blind men seen about
the streets of the city Of Fez, the CO oital
Of Morocco, and this is invariably at
tributed to the excessive use Of Coffee
New York Ledger.
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*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.

*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. So runs through to Columbis via Cen
tral R. R. OF S. c.
Trains Nos. 1s and 80 run via Wilson and
Fsyetteville-Sbort Liue-aud make close
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. l. D R. f. leave Florence
daily except Sunday As m, arrive Darling
ton els n, Har;sviile II 25 q N. Cberaw
10 80 a No, Wadesboro 2 Is N. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday Is p 10, ar
rive Darlington SO p n, Benpettsvllle 46
D N, Gibson 10 10 N. Leave Florence
Sunday ouly SO q n. arrive Darlington
9 20 a %
Leave Gibson daily exce2s Sunday IS
N, Benn lille 49 ~, arrive Darling
too 40a., leave Darlington IS n, ar
rive Florence 10 a m. Leave Wadesboro
daily except Sunday 2 CO p n, CEeraw 5 IS
D no, iIartsviIle 2 l5 p 10, Darlington s 29
D n, arrive Florence 90 p u. Leave -
liug,ou Sunday only SO n, al :
euce is m.
]. r KENLEY, JNO. F. Q5 u -
Ges'l Manager. -
M. EMERSON, Traffic NJ -
H.M. EMERSON. Gent Pa
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
Nuxt Have Been a Canniba1.

The writer of book of travels, tell
ing of the insect pests encountered in
British Guiana, makes a statement OF
which the best that can be said is that
is is probably not SO bad as it sounds.
"One lady that I knew, while busy at
her toilet, felt something crawling on
her shoulder. She screamed and called
her husband, and he had just time to
knock the centiped off before biting
her in the neck. !"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30
There is a curious little Holland I'll

There is curious little Holland VII
lage in Wisconsin named Little Chute,
whose chief manufacture is wooden
shoes The people there are as thor
oughly Dutch as their progenitors. Ine
town stands Oh the ground where Pere
MARQUETTE had his winter quarters, and
where the Dutch priests instructed the
Indians.
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His Way OF Finding 1t.

Tourist-It wears me out completely
to travel.
Chance Acquaintance-Your business
compels you to do it, l presume,
Tourist-No, am travelling for nJ.
health. Chicago Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-30

Train No. II, going west axes daylight
connection ct Lancaster with the L. l. G. R..
R., al Rock Hill w:.h the Southern R. r.
goiug north, at B'acksburg with toe South
ero. Tram No. rs, goiag east makes connec-
tion q, Marion, N. c., with the Socthern t.
e.. at Blscksburg with Scutkero and al Ian
caster with l.. 4 C. R. R. Train No. 81,
going east makes conoecticn at Shelby, n.
c. with the S. A. L R. Z going east. All
local freight trains will carry passengers II
provided with tickets.
S. B LUMPklN.
Division Passenger Agent.
L. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager
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CheHD Injury.

Casey-Shure, an it's tn unlucky
mon Oh am
Clancy-Unlucky be dom'd! How Mt
yez kim out av tn wreck wild only g
broken arm:
Casey (sarcastically)-An for which
Oi only git foive hundred dollars Thin
fellies thot wor kilt git foive thousand.
New York Journal.
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Come and see us before buying or trading
We can please you with a White-Randle.
Old Sewing Machines made new ct Ran dies
If you want your machine made new
bring it to Rapdle.
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DiScOurnSinE.

First Theosophist-This settles it. 1
resign from the society.
Second Theosophist-What' the mat
ter?
First Theosophist-Why, one of my
tenants has gone off without paying his
rent and left me a note saying he would
try and square with me in some future
existence. Fun.
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Why He Refused to Pay.

Zone dollar, please" said the clair
voyant
"Not much, /" he replied. "I'll not
pay you a cent. +"
"Do you think reveal the future for
nothing?'
81 don't care anything about that.
You told me I was to marry three times,
and I don't propose to put a premium
on bad news. "-Chicago News.
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Trains 80 and IS carry through Pullman
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T. M. EMERSON, n. NJ EMERSON,
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me Of the stories
floating around
gdivision b Q a d .
Quarters is that
soon after noon
lon July 1, when
the battle was
|h ea w at San
Juan ridge, but
|there was some
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AT "HELL's CROSSING. .
Bloody Baptism Of Fire on the
March Co Santiago.
uAVALRYMEN TELL THE STORY.
Wheeles's scuadrons Led by War
!, g e.veterans-TheS Single Highway jam
{ med with Troops-orders, Orders,
1 All Along the Line-Coolness Under
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Icopyright. 1895. by the Author.l
The Coconino sun., 1898-04-23
ExILEs.

Exiled from home The far sea rolls Between them and the country of their birth; The childhood turning impulses of their souls Pulls half across the earth. Exiled from home From all familiar things The low-browed roof, the grass-surrounded
 door,
 Accustomed labors that gave daylight wings. Loved steps on the worn floor. Exiled from home. Young girls sent forth alone When most their hearts need close compan-
 ioning: No love and bardly friendships may they own, No voice of welcoming. Blinded with hOmesick tears the exile stands; To toll for alien household gods she comes: servant and stranger In our lands Homeless within our homes.
 New England Magazine.
The Coconino sun., 1898-04-23
THE BEAUTIFUL.

Wrinkled and old are those hands of hers: Hard and full of the seams Of labor and the years; Knotted the knuckles. And creased and crinkled The skin on the backs of them; Dark veined and large. With splotches of brown Between the drawn tendons As if scared by tears: Thick the nails and blunted, Rough and with little ridges Running the length of them; Callous the palms, And lacking all pinkness and prettiness old are those hands of hers, Wrinkled and hard.
 But oh, what story of Infinite tenderness
 And love
 Could they tell
 Those hands of a woman
 Whose threescore years and ten Have been passed in doing the good That women do.
The Coconino sun., 1898-04-23
THE LITTLE ONES IDEAS.

Fay, papa, wot is all 'iss taut About q Tuba fight: An who Is Untle Tam at man Go wed about lat night. As i'll co dit at dem up 'ar And do away tome day To soot 'em Spaniss folkses Lite q papers alluz tay: An wy don't Pain div Tuba all A tuff 1t wan to eat. An ware is Tuba's mamma. pa. Wiz tatoes an tome meate: Do little babies tarve to des And ky for dinner, too Tay, papa. vonld vip 'em dood. would if uz %.
 Denver Time
The Coconino sun., 1898-04-23
THINKING OVER IT.

Tell you, this war talk Is spreadin'! Dunno whar the country's headin'. Only know from spring ter fall. We'll go with her-one and all Mebbe all is only bluster That fer war we'll never muster; But--ef once the bugles call. We'll shout "Ready.''-one an all. Fer the flag that waves above us: Fer the homes and hearts that love us; When the storms in thunder fall. We'll stand by her-one an all!
 From the Atlanta Constituti0
The Coconino sun., 1898-04-23
NO TIME FOR TROUBLE.

Ain't got no time fer trouble Billy:s at the gate With little willer basket that Is wriRgin' with the bait: An the river looks invitin' an it's shady kin be. An fer all the fish that's bitin', thars fish II wait for me-
 Down by the river
 Life is like a song.
 An the yaller perch air bitin
 The rosy mornin' long. Ain't got no time fer trOuble-fer weathers mighty fine, An see the worm wripgle on the fur end O the line: The mockin' birds air singin in the blossoms all eroun, But the best the weather's bringin is the cork a-goin' down,
 Down by the river
 Life is like a song,
 An the yaller perch air bitin'
 The rosy mornin' long!
 From the Atlanta Constitution.
The sun., 1898-01-21
CLAIM HER NOT INSANE
Relatives Say That Mrs. Daniel
Mnl[in Was Deceived.
HUSBAND MUST RELEASE HER
If The Imprisoned Woman is Not
Freed Her People Will
Issue u Habeas Corpus
Writ.
HUSBAND MUST RELEASE HER

Mrs Daniel Mullin is in Mt. Hope
Insane Asylum, near Baltimore Her
relatives claim that she is not insane,
and that sne is forcibly confined there.
She was placed in the institution by
her husband, assistant superintendent
Mullin of 1. Bumentllal & Co.
Mrs. Mullins relatives alleged that
her husband took her to the asylum by
deception.
Mr. Mulln declares he did not put
his wife in the asylum as a lunatic, but
as patient to be cured of the drink
habit.
Mrs. Mullins sister Mrs. Thomas
Gibson resides at HOS Conrad street.
Mrs. Thomas Gibson last evening said
that she and her relatives have as yet
taken no lawful proceedings against Mr..
Mullin, nor have they applied for writ
OF haheas corpus to secure her relea Sc,
bit stated nevertheless that she could
not fully understand the action taken by
Mr.. Mullin. He says that his wife was
taken to the institution for the cure of
her drinking habit, and Mrs. Gibson
thinks if she had such a habit then she
should bc sent to Il hospital that cares for
patients of her kind and not to an asylum
where naniacs are sent. As to her
drinking she would not deny the fact
that she drank, but to the best of her
knowledge it was only moderately if she
drank at all.
Furthermore Mrs. Gibson said, "Can
woman do her daily work if she is Il
drunkard ? She kept her home as good
as any one know She took exceeding
ly good care of her children and always
had them attired neatly
''she did her marketing twice week
and managed all business affairs as sue
cessfully as the average woman. As to
taking lawful proceedings for her release
we have done nothing and will not till
we know the course Mr.. Mullin will pur-
sue. If we find he intends leaving her
in the institution, then we shall secure a
lawyer and do as any sister or relative
would do in such case"
Mr.. Daniel Mullen was seen shortly
after and asked what he had to say. He
said, 81 have nothing to say. shall
neither deny or affirm the statements
already made but be silent, and leave
others speak about the matter'