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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-14
Fall Medicine

Us Fully as Important and Beneficial
as Spring Medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the medicine
70 keep the blood rich and pure, create an
appetite, give good digestion and tone and
strengthen the great vital organs. It wards
on malaria, fevers aud other forms of
illness which so readily overcome a weak
and debilitated system. Remember
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is Americas Greatest Medicine.
Hoods Pills cure Indigestion 8 ccnis-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-14

pi1urcated nothing, If you we're for
lorn failure, you would be allowed to
go undisturbed; but the fact that the
whole pack is in full cry after you is
proof positive that you are splendid
game and worth capturing. There
fore, sarcasm draws on you it's finest
bead" Therefore, the world goes gum
ming for you with its best Maynard
breech-loader. Highest compliment
is TO your talent, or your virtue, or
your usefulness. You will be assailed
in proportion to your great achieve
ments. The best ana the mightiest
being the world ever saw had set after
him all the hounds, terrestrial and dia-
bolic, and they Tapped his blood after
the Calvarean massacre. The world
paid nothing to its Redeemer but a
bramble, four spikes and a cross.
Many who have done their best to
make the world better have had such
q rough time of it that all their pleas
ure is nm anticipation of the next
world, and they could express their
own feelings in the words of the bar
oness of Nairn at the close of her long
life, when asked if she would like to
n
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-14
what She Called IL

Hoods Pills cure Indigestion Is cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-14

Would you be young again7
So would not |;
One tear of memory given,
Onward I'll HE:
IifeS dark wave forded DER,
All but at rest on shore,
Say, would you plunge once more.
With home so nigh?
If you might, would you now
RetTace your way?
Wander through stormy wilds,
Faint and aStray?
Nights gloomy watches fed,
Morning all beaming red
Hopes smile around us shed,
HeayenWard away
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Ministry to Resign.

Madrid, Dec. 19.-Is is semi-offcial-
81 announced that the Spanish minis
fess viii placs their designations 10 the
hands Of the queen regens tomorrow.
TIE friends OF both Premier Sagasta
and Seuor Monseso Bios declare they
are 10 full accord 90 all questions Of
policy.
The noss discussed solutions Of the
crisis ore Sagassa ministry to include
among It's members Gen. Weyler, SeDar
Romero , Robledo aud Senior Canale-
Jas ! Mendes; a Monsesc Rios ministry.
composing representatives Of the differ
ent groups Of she majority. or Mar
sinez de Campos ministry. including
Senof Siiyelo and other Conservatives.
In the event OF the frst or the last,
tae cortes will be dissolved.
The general commanding the army
has proclaimed the closure frem tomor-
row Of all the Csrliss clubs and societies
id his>districs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE president
will submit the peace treaty to the SEN
ate during the present session; that
mach has been definitely determined
upon.
The text is stils lacking here, and as
the commissioners have not thought
proper to ensruss the document to the
mails, it will not reach Washington be.
fore next Saturday.
Although desirous Of placing it before
the senate at the earliest opportunity.
the president will not be able to do SO
for week after iss receipt, for the rea-
son that congress will then be in holi-
day recess.
Meanwhile the treaty will not be
given to the public.
Strong pressure has been brought to
bear already to change this decision, but
8 strict observance of the established
custom 10 such cases will be followed in
order to avoid exciting aoimosity
against the treaty on the part Of sticklers
for the observance of courtesy due the
senate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Col. Bryan Still
SiIVer's Champion.
Says It is to be the Main
Issue IN Next Election.

New York, Dec. 1S-The World
to-day published the following
William J. Bryan Is in town. He was
found last night, (Sasurday) at the
Bartholdi hosel. Col. Bryan declared
himself an uncompronislng opponent Of
the Mckinley policy of expansion. He
said /:
sit is too early ct this time to discuss
party politics for the presidential cleo
ton Of 1900. bns / think the issues will
then be free silver, anti-expausion.
aati-imperialism aud the rights of
labor.
II have already expressed myself
against imperialism and territorial
expansion. The proposal to adopt the
colonial idea of European nations is
fraught with the greatest danger.
What will be che fate Of the treaty
I'D the senate do not care to predict.
While was in Washington, / sought
all the information could get. l
cannot say shas / learned sufficient to
warrant me 10 expressing q positive
opinion
..Do I think free silver will be the
Issue in 1900? Certainly. It will be
the main question. How about the
labor problem { I am not prepared TO
answer that question.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

peciaily interested are twelve counties,
including Richland, Kershaw, Collector,
Charleston, Clarendon, Hampton,
Barnwell, Beaufort, Abbeville, Aikea,
Anderson and Laurens, which did not
receive say Of the first distribution, as
their school funds already amounted to
So per capita. It is now coutended
that the remainder Of the. dispensary
profits for 1898 is distribuable among
all the counties Of the State, ipcIudiog
the twelve counsies above mentioned,
according to the enrolment OF pupils.
It has not yet been ascertained if the
otf'r county superintendenss will CO.
operate with County Superintendent
Cspers. They can put themselves in
Communication with him aud secure,
along with Richland, the benefit of the
proceedings 10 case the Supreme Court
sustains the position taken.
It is stated. 10 addition, that if the
State board Of control will pay over to
the State Treasurer ali money now on
hand and not formally turned over to
the Treasurer for credit to the school
fund, that the amount involved will rua
up to $100, 900.
The rule is made returuable on the
9th of January before the Supreme
Court. Mr.. Derham is not 10 the city
Today and the petition could not, there
fore, be served On him.
Some time ago Mr.. May6eld. Super
intendent Of Education, called attention
to the fact that many teachers had to-
have their salaries Shaved" 80 as to
get the money they needed, aud aug-
guested that the very fund now in
question. which was, according 60 his
construction, available for school pur-
poses, should be paid out so that the
teachers and others could get their
money.-Cor. News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
RI N MONEY FOR
THE SCHOOLS.
If Any is in the Treasury the
Schools Should Have it All.

Columbia. Dec. ia motion was
made to day to get most important
construction Of resolution passed at
the last session of the General Assem-
bly,, relative to the distribution of the
dispensary profits. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Constitutional Con.
vention, by way of a compromise,
agreed to guarantee every county 10
the State So per capita for each child
enrolled This was to be derived from
the dispensary profits. aud if not
obtainable 10 that way then a
supplementary tax vas to be imposed
for the support Of the poorer Counties
those that did not raise the So per
capita on their OVID account.
There are q dozen counties which
have not yet gotten anything from the
dispensary profits going to the State.
and to-day's proceedings before the
Supreme Court, brought by Mr.. John
P. Thomas, for Mr.. Ellison Capers,
Jr., county superintendent Of Richland
County, is. in word, move to get
the fund not used, to make up the
deficiency for use in all Of the counties
of the State, to be divided according to
the enrolment of school children. The
action does not in any way seek to
interfere with the $4,000 which has
been set aside for the deficiency ae-
couos, that is to run up the school fund
in certain counties to s. per capita, but
it seeks to utilize the fund now 90 hand
in the State treasury to the credit Of the
school fund.
The contention is that the resolution of
the General Assembly provides that all
money paid into the State treasury and
not used for the deficiency account
should be distributed among the coun-
ties of the State. The view taken is
that the $4,000 has bsen appropriated,
aud that there now remains 10 the treas
ury 100000, which should, according
to the terms of the resolution, be distrib.
uted among all Of the counties of the
Ssate-sbose getting the So aud those
having more than that amount out OF
their own resources.
All of the counties of the State are.
of course, interested, but those es-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Old Manuscript Ink.
A Recipe From Which an
Excellent Quality Can
Be Made.

"Wbile examining large number
Of manuscripts of an old scribe, some
twenty-five years ago." said we'll
known New York librarian to Star
reporter recently, 81 was struck with
the clearness and legibllity of the
writing owing, in great measure, to
the permanent quality of the ink.
which had not faded in the least,
although many of the manuscripts were
nearly two hundred years old. It was
remarked, too, that the writer must
have been celebrated in his day for
his caligrapby, for I met with q letter
or Two from his correspondents in
which there was request for the recipe
of the ink be used. [ found his recipe,
which copied and faom ore of them
dated 10 1868. l have during the last
eighteen years made all the ink l have
used.
The recipe reads as follows: Rain
water, / gallon. gals, bruised. l pound !;
green copperas. J pound; gum arabic,
10 ounces, 5 drams. soruple. Not re-
curing so large quantity at time. |
reduced the proportions to oue-eight.
and the recipe ssauds thus:
"Rain water, pint; gals, bruised,
III ounces green copperas. 6 drams !;
gum arabic. 10 drams. The gals must
be coarsely powdered and put into a
bottle with the water and other ingredi
euts added. The bottle, when securely
stoppered. should be placed 10 the light
(sun if possidle) snd its contents oecs-
siopally stirred until the gum aud cop
peras are dissolved. after which it is
enough to shake the bottle daily. and 10
the course of month or six weeks the
ink will be 6s for use. I have ventar-
ed to add ten drops of carbolic acid to
the contents of the bottle, as it effectual
ly prevents the formation aud growth OF
mold With out any detrimens to she quail.
ity of the INK 80 far as know"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
THREE QUEER CITIES.
Zach One Es Built on Islands Connected
by Many Bridges.

by Many Bridges.
The city of Client, in Belgium, is
built on 26 islands. These islands are
connected with each other by 80
bridges. The city has 800 streets and 80
public squares. It is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V and of John Of
Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called 'time
honored Lancaster. and as the scene Of
the pacifcation of Ghent Nov. s, 1876,
and of several instructions, sieges and
executions of we'll known personages. It
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 on
piles driven far below the water into
the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly 800 bridges, and resembles Ven
ice in the mingling 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. The 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 1177, gained a 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, 1898-12-21
UNVEILED TO.DAY.1.

Columbia, Dec. 20.-At the State
capitol today at noon the mural
tablet commemorating the lives and
deeds of the signers of the ordi-
nance of secession, will be unveiled
with betting ceremony.
Gen. Millidge L Bonham Of An
derson is the orator of the occasion.
a feature of interest is the pres
ence among the boys who will unveil
the stone of Lamar Wardiaw, grand
SOD of Chancellor Wardlaw, who
wrote the celebrated and momentous
ordinance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
QUALIFICATION OF
JURORS QUESTIONED.
Can One Serve on 3 Jury
Who is Not q Qualified
Voter /?
sneciaI 10 The State.

Special TO the State.
Charleston, Dec. 19.-Fhe far
reaching questions Affects the
business transacted at this session OF
the court of common pleas-of the
constitutional disqualification OF .
iuror who Is not qualified elector,
Was set for argument before Judge
Benet az 2 O'Clock this afternoon
As the appointed hours Q distinguished
array Of unsei-representing both
sides Of ehe question aud constituting
nearly the entire bar-were gathered
IN the court room
The defeated lawyers in nearly
every important case tried duringsthe
term read affdavits going to show
filst one or more members OF the
sinries il the respective cases were
diisouaIifed By non payment of poll
tax and the absence of their names
Hom the registration books as quail.
fed electors, and one attorney. Mr..
Joseph W Barnweli, gave notice
thai while opposed to the setting
aside of the yevdicts on account of
the disqualif6catio of Jurors, he
would take advantage Of the decis-
ion Of the court If it sustained the
objection under discussion in case
shat had been heard By the court
and ia which he. had appeared as,
counsel.
Among tine counsel who actively
arrayed themselves on the respective
sides Of the question were For the
motion to SET aside the verdict-Mr.
W. ST. Julien Jeryey, Bnist C Buist,
Nathans & Sinkley, W. ID Fitch,
Young s. Curtis and others. Opposed
10 the motion were 2. z.
Bryan, Mitchell & Smith, Joseph w.
Basnwell, Mordecai & Ga6sden and
others. Mr.. We. Sc. Julien Jeryey
opened the argument maintaining
that the provisions Of the constitu-
aion regarding the qualifications of .
iurer were mandatory aud that the
court had beld that verdict could
not stand when participated in by 9
Juror who was not q qualified elector.
r. Jer7ey was followed by Mr.. 81.
A. M. Smith and others. The dis
cussion consumed the afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Long Lived Germans.

It is interesting to recall the extracr-
dinary longevity of the three founders
of the German empire. William was
81, Moltke was also 81 and Bismarck
was S3, but indeed all the most illustri-
GUS Germans Of the latter half century
have been long lived. Ranke was 81;
Curtius was 70; Mommsen is 81. The
poet Geibel was 70, Wagner was 20,
Liszt rs, and the present chancellor is
~.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

Terre Hau,e. Iod., Dec. 19.-The
worst IRE 10 the history Of Terre Hauss
broke out tonight, causing g loss of
1000. 600. The blaze started 10 the
big show Windows Of the Havens i
Geddss' company, wholesale aud retail
dealers 10 dry goods and notions. The
cause is Dot definitely knowD. but it is
supposed that live electric wire set
Gre to the cotton With which the
window was decorated, sod before the
blaze could be extioguished the fire
spread to the decorations Of evergreens
10 the store and the building was
wrapped 10 flames in an Incredibly
short space Of time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
pa-ea,p In Rasl Estate.

Agent think I can sell this place
for you, but I can't get the SIS, 600 you
ask. You'll have to take 81, 998
Owner-That's queer. Why should
the extra SO stand in the way?
Agent-My customer is woman
Chicago News
The Death of Coaching.
The coaching system died a lingering,
lamentable death. I can remember
something of few coaches in remote
districts which longest escaped strangu-
lation, and memory of those distant
days has been sweeter without them.
They resemble what Nimrod describes
as the obsolete, old fashioned coach Of
mis- boyhood, drawn by dispirited, Ill
fed jades over long stages. One Of his
paragraphs we'll describes what used to
make my blood boil with impotent
fury, imbittering the JOY Of returning
home for the holidays, and deepening
the depression of the schoolward jour
ney:
s'The four horse whip and the Not
tingham whipcord were of 10 avail over
the latter part of the ground, and some
thing like CATO nine-tails was pro-
duced out CT the boot, which was jocu-
larly called the apprentice, and, a
shrewd apprentice it was to the art of
torturing, which was inflicted on the
wheelers without stint or measure, but
without which the coach might have
been often left on the road"
No; the last of the road coaches
corruptio optimi-disappeared and left
none to mourn them.-Blackwood' s
Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Woodward. Dec 19-While Warren

Wood ward, Dec 19-While Warren
Hope. colored, was working in Maj. F.
w. Brieo's ginhouse belt runniog
from the engine to the gin caught his
leg and drew him agalnssa wheel. He
caught the belt, and pulling agaiost it
with bis full strength. be stopped the
gin while it was running at full speed
thus saving himself FROM very serious
injury. if not from death His leg was
cut in two or three places, but he vas
not seriously hurt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21


Macon. Ca. Dec. IA special to
The Telegraph from Lsesburg. Ca,
says: A most horrible crime was
pespetrased on the eastern edge of Lee
county to-day and lyuching is almost
certain. Two negroes weat to the
house of s. S. Moroney, white farm
er. knocked him down and bound him
fast They then committed a double
rape on che person of his wife. and,
after robbiug the house of everything
Of value they could carry away. left.
The alarm was given quickly aud a
strong posse started out in search of
the criminals. 1t is reported they have
been captured If SO, they have doubt
less been lynehed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Southern Illiteracy.

The New York Tribune and other
northern organs Of the revolutionary
republican party-a party that sue
ceeded in destroying the Republic and
setting up an Enpire-a party the
most corrupt. unfai,hful and treacher-
GUS of all parties. are prone to dwell
on the extreme illiteracy Of the south
ern whites. The per oensage of illit-
eraoy is much greater in the south than
in the rich north, bat among whites
the ratio OF crime is as great in the
north as 10 tho south. We venture the
ste:emeut that there is twice as much
crime Of the baser and more brutal
kind 10 proportion to population 10
New York City than among the whites
in Wilmington. i!literacy or no ill;tera-
cy. We would not be surprised to 6ud
if correct census were taken among
the children Of school age, .iu New
York City and 10 Wilmington (amoDg
whites) that there was as great per
centagc OF non-attendanss 10 the great
city of the north as there is in this
small southern city.
Illiseracy is awful in the south say
the enemies of the south, who are al.
ways ''harpiog upon my daug ghter :"
Grant it. But take the average south
eru white mao from Maryland to Texas
aud he will grade we'll with the average
northern nan ,c honor and honesty,
10 bravery and true patriotism. in COM
men sense and virtue. 10 trusbfulDess
aud sobriety. 10 rsligiou and piety. 10
all chat makes real Man. He may not
be quite so we'll read 10 newspapers
and not to skilled ''in ways that are
dark ard in tricks that are." by DO
means ''vsin," but he is not puFed up
With couoeit. aud does not eternally
seek to pull out the mote from his neigh
boris eye, while carrying beam in bis
own eye. We verify believe that in
candor, 10 genuine sympathy and
friendliness Of soul, and in free. open
hospitality be leaves far behind the
more prosperous aud industrious and
money-loving average man in the
dominating, cock-sure. superior
north
I. is we'll known that SO important
to the glory, prosperity and wealth of
the American Union prior to 1861
was the maligned south. that the great
er uorsh would not allow twelve Of the
very "illiterate states to peacefully
Withdraw. Rather than lose their
trade and patronage-for the south
managed so badly as to make itself a
newer of wood aod drawer of water for
the nortb-the northern people turned
loose the dogs Of war aud sent 3.000,-
900 of men army aud navy) to whip
1000, 900 of whites al told, aud took
four years in which to do it. They
killed up half million of their own
men asd $50, 900 of the southern men
10 order to prevent the ''illi,erates"
from getting from under their thumb
aud continuing TO work for their en-.
richmens. After succeeding they liter.
ally played havoc 10 malignant legisla-
tioo, and ae Yankee soldier said
"surned loose hell."-Wilmiugson Mes
senger
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Fun From the French.

A boulevardier is at once surprised
and enchanted to meet an old time com.
panion whose suicide had been reported.
'sIt's tue," said the latter. 81 did
want to kill myself, simply from dis
taste Of life. And then came along the
doctors and discovered that I had a
grave disorder. Since then, you under
stand, take care Of myself !''-Figaro.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
What He Had on His Mind.

He-There is something have want
ed to say to you for long, long time.
She (demurely)-Well, don't-don's {
you think this is as good a time as-as
any to say it?
He-That mole on the left side Of
your nose-I know surgeon who can
remove such things without a bit OF
danger.
They adjourned sine aie that evening.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

Santiago de Cuba. Dec. l9.-Afser
20 hours of hard work with the assist
snce Of the United States collier
Soushey and the gunboat MayHower,
the United States cruiser Cincinnati,
which on Saturday evening ran full
speed upon an unbuoyed rock is
Santiago harbor, is now iu deep water
Apparently she is not damaged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

Constipation prevents the body from rid.
ding itself of waste matter. De Wits Lit
tie Early Risers will remove the trouble and
cure Sick Headache, Biliousness, Inactive
Liver and clear the Complexion. Small,
sugar coated, don't gripe or cause nausea
Hughson .Ligou Co.
The "White" ruus light. The "White"
sews right.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21

Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 19.-Maj.
Marchaud and his party evacuated
Fasboda during the morning Of Decem
ber 11tb, when the French flag was
lowered, aud the British and Egyptian
flags we're hoisted The French detach
ment STARTED for the Sobas river.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-12-21
Surely de Wouldn't.

'H 1 were only man." she said.
"we could'-
Possibly we could, +" he said, "but
the chances are we wouldn't, # you
were man, / wouldn't be here. I'd be
saying nice things to somebody who
wasn't man.
Sometimes it is worth while to think
of such facts as these. Chicago Post