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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-23
a SHADY GLORY.

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The war has not been productive Of
glory to the Republican party. The ad
ministration went into it reluctantly,
driven by popular indignation at the
destruction Of the Maine and the mur.
der of her gallant seamen. How reluc-
family the administration was to engage
in war to maintain the honor Of the
stars and stripes can be judged in the
light Of the telegram sent by J. Addison
Porter, the presidents private secretary,
to business men all over the country
urging them to bring powerful pres.
sure to bear upon congress to prevent
that body from forcing the president
into war with Spain.
Mark Hanna sent out the same kind
Of telegram and in private he urged set
Element by Spain paying an indemnity
for the destruction Of our battle-ship
and sum that would enable the United
States to pension wounded sailors and
the families of the dead, without loss to
our own treasury. Senator Hanna could
not understand that there are offenses
against national or individual honor
which money cannot liquidate and he
was much disgusted when he found
that the people of the United States do
not place such a low estimate upon the
honor of the nation nor such high es-
innate upon the value of gold.
When the war came Hanna and Elkins
decided to make the most of it and at
once began to make contracts with the
government to supply coal and other
necessities at double and triple prices.
War was declared Then the Repub-
licans began to take all the credit
When Dewey destroyed the Spanish
fleet in Manila bay, he did it after he
had cut the cable to prevent interfer-
ence from the board of strategy.
Dewey is a Democrat
When the Spanish feet was destroyed
at Santiago, it was by schley, although
he had been placed under command of
Sampson, q pet Of the administration
Schley is an ardent follower Of Will
liam Jenning Bryan.
Sampson has since been advanced
eight numbers and Schley six numbers,
leaving Sampson the ranking admiral.
When the mouth Of Santiago harbor
was blocked, bottiing up Cevera's feet,
that was done by Richmond Pearson
Hobson, another disciple of Bryan.
The first American killed in the war
was Ensign Bagley. another disciple Of
Bryan.
The battle Of Santiago was won by
Gen. Joe Wheeler, another Bryanite,
after he had been ordered to retreat.
Where then has been the glory Of
the Republican party2
The young men-''sons of somebody"
by the president have had
charge Of the quartermasters and sur
geon generals service in the war. Col
umns of the bitterest censure in every
in the country has been the
result. They have been responsible for
thousands Of graves and tens Of thous-
ands Of young men ruined in health
from starvation and lack Of attention
That Joined with the bond issue, has
been the distinguishing features of the
management of the war
Deadwood Independent
81
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-23
Money to Loan

On real estate. Call on L. H. LARSEN
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
Rebellion IN China.

Hong Kong. August 30.-The
:Kwang 81 rebellion, which has been
,auiesceut for some time, shows signs
Of serious recrudescencei The reb-
1els are in great force fifty miles north.
west of Canton, and are preparing to
attack the city. Tan, the viceroy of
Lang Kwang, has protested against
the surrender of Kwarg Chow to the
French, and when the foreign Office
insisted upon the surrender Tan teIe.
graphed his resignation to Pekin and
handed his seals of Office to the gov
ernor of Kwang Tung. The viceroy
OF Canton, having failed to dispatch
the troops to suppress the rebellion
in Hal Nan and protect the American
missionaries, the United States con-
sui at Canton has made strong repre-
sentations tc the acting viceroy re-
iterating his demand for the prompt
of the general disturb
snce. The uprisings appear to have
been fomented by the Triad and
White Lily societies, which have
combined for the purpose
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
A Disastrous Ending.

Two Detroit merchants were sitting
on adjacent stools and taking 15 cent
lunch, when one asked the other if he
consulted his wife in his business affairs.
Cant do it, was the response.
GIVE tried it dozen times month for
years, but it always winds up just
about as it did yesterday. I asked her
if she thought she could discuss little
matter Of business calmly and dispas-
sionately. She said she could, but had
never known me to be able to do so. l
complimented her sarcastically on her
angelic temper, and she at once ac-
cused me of being angry. 1 told her
that was regarded among men as hay
ing very equable disposition and that
my employees called me Old Suavity.
She called attention to the fact that
her pet dog, that weighs abouta pound,
was called Danger. Then I told her
straight from the shoulder that I de-
clined to be made angry by her taunts
and odious comparisons, but served
pointed notice that was going to have
the respect due the head of the house.
She laughed cheerily and declared that
I was entirely too touchy.
'sBut what about the business confer
ence?"
''Oh, I slammed the door and left "
Detroit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
RACHRAY ISLAND.

Och, WI at was it got me at all that time
To promise I'd marry Racnray man?
An now ell not listen TO rason Or rhyme,
He strivin to hurry me all that he can.
sCome on an ye be to come On, says he;
''Ye're bound for the island, to live wi me.
See Rachray island beyant in the bay!
The dear knows what they be doin out there
But fishin an fghtin an tearin away,
An who's to hindher, an what do they care:
The goodness can tell what d happen to me
When Rachray d have me, anee, anee.
might have took Pether from over the hill,
A dacent poacher, the kind, poor boy;
Could keep the ould places about me still
I'd never set foot out O. sweet Ballyvoy.
Ny sorra on Rachray, the could sea caves
An black neck divers an weary ould waves!
I'll never win back now, whatever may fall.
On, give me good luck, for you'll see me no
more!
Sure an island man is the mischief an all
An me that never was married before!
Oh, think O. my fate when ye dance at fair!
In Rachray there's no Christianity there!
MORA O'Neill in London Spectator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
Keconciled to Earth.

"What did you say those are:?' in
quired the man with the old fashioned
derby hat who had paused to patronize
the curbstone astronomer.
''Those are the moons of Jupiter, re-
piled the proprietor of the telescope.
''Let me see. Jupiter-that's one Of
the planets.
"Assuredly.'
We'll, there's Il great deal to COM
plain of on this earth, but it might be
worse With al the drawbacks. I'm
glad I live here instead of on Jupiter. y
''Of course You have no assurance
that the conditions there would be
adapted to your kind of life. -
1t isn't that. I'm one OF the sort OF
people who can bunk down anywhere
and be comfortable with a piece of hard
tack and a cup Of coffee. There's only
one thing that gives me the blues, and
that's seeing the new moon over my
left shoulder. It's bad enough on this
earth having to be on the lookout for
one moon every four weeks, but If l
lived on planet where there We're four
of them I never would know where l
stood 1t all goes to show that no mat
ter how bad things are they might DO
worse detroit Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
HOW THE ARKANSAS
RAN THROUGH TWO
FEDERAL FLEETS.

To the Editor of the News aud
Courier In yeur Issue Of August "a
Veteran" gives 8 list Of South. Caro-
Tina naval officers during the "war
between the Statee In your issue
of August rs Bishop Stevens calls
attention te the onissien Of the name
of Lieut. Henry z Stevens from the
Hes, aud gives a short sketch of the
services Of Lieut.. Stevens and an &C
count OF his death.
Bishop. Stevens states that Lieut.
Stevens was in command of the Ar
kansas when she passed the United
States feet on he way to Yicksburg.
In Volume /. page $40, of The
Military Operations sof Gen Beaare-
card, 2 by Alfred Roman, there is .
description of the s6ght put up by
the Arkansas July Is, 1852. in which
it appears that Capt. Isaac N. Brown
commanded the Arkansas, and that
Lieut.. Stevens was executive officer.
Other South Carolinians were in the
fight, and send herewith the &C
CONT of the battle given in Romans
work. =.
Robert R. Hemphill.
Abbeviile, August 90.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
A Negro Turning White.

A curiosity rarely witnessed in this
country was seen at the Office of the
pension examiners in this city today. 1t
was a negro man turning white. The
mans name is Sam Smith. He is 81
years old and came here today from
Georgetown to stand an examination
for pension, he having served in the
Union army. More than three-fourths
of the man S entire body is white, the
skin fairer by far than that of the Or
dinary white man. The dark skin re-
naming on the body is only in small
spots. Smith says that his skin began
turning white in 1867, and the dark
skin has been disappearing from the
body ever since The physicians who
examined him today think that should
the old man live few years longer he
will be entirely white save perhaps the
face. \ peculiar feature of the case IS
that the face has not been turning white
along with the rest of the body, the
white only showing at few places be-
meath the hair on the forehead, and not
on the face at all.-Lexington (Ky.)
Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
Indians as Runners.

General Crook is quoted by Edward
S. Ellis as having seen an Apache lope
for /, 500 feet up the side Of mountain
without showing the first sign of IA
tigue, there being no perceptible III
crease of respiration. Captain H. l..
Scott of the Seventh cavalry has related
some astonishing feats performed by the
Chiracahua Apaches forming Troop l.
of his regiment. He tells how nine OF
these Indians, after hard days work,
by way of recreation, pursued coyote
for two hours captured the nimble
brute and brought it into camp; how,
on another occasion, the scouts gave
chase to deer, ran it down some nins
miles from camp and fetched it in alive.
Hence I see no good reason for doubt
ing the word of an old timer [ met In
the Rocky mountains, who told me that,
in the DAYS before the Atlantic and Pa
cific railroad was built, the Pima In
dians CT Arizona would recover settlers
stray horses along the overland trail
by walking them down in the course OF
two or three days. After this one may
begin to believe that Lying cim"
Beckwourth, whose remarkable adven-
lures early in this century are preserved
in book form, was a much mallgned
man, and that he spoke no more than
the truth when he said he had known
instances of Indian runners accomplish
ing upward of 10 miles in one day
Lippincotts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
BlLlNGUAL TELEPHONES.

A Story at the Expense of a Milwaukee
millionaire Brewer.
J. G. Nolen, who is an old timer in
the electrical construction business, tells
story on "VaP' Blatz, the millionaire
brewer of Milwaukee.
"Our company had had some CORE
spondence with Mr.. Blatz regarding the
putting in of telephone plant in his
big brewery establishment, and was
sent up to try to close deal
81 took a couple of phones with me
in order to make a practical demonstra
ton should one he required, and went
with the intention Of making sale.
"I got to talking with Mr.. Blatz and
showed him.the advantage of putting in
our intercommunicatiye system through
out his establishment He listened at
tentively, and finally said:
Yes, that is all SO; very true.
But, and he spoke with the conviction
of one who was putting a poser, but
my men down in the malthouse and the
warehouses and cold storage are all
Dutchmen.
t'I, myself, though German and a
graduate of Leipsic and Heidelberg, can
speak English, but what would your
telephones be to my Dutch workmen,
who cannot speak English at ALP
"Well, I saw how the land lay. Old
Val could not get it through his head
that the telephone would transmit any
thing but the language of America 1
was bound to make the deal, as I said
before. So I remarked to Mr.. Blatz:
'' I can put on some German receiv-
ers if you so desire. have some with
me-
81 connected up the phones, made
show of changing the receivers, and IN
half an hour Mr.. Blatz was talking to
one of his Dutchmen down in the malt
house. He was delighted.
you may put them in, he said,
'and I shall want one German one in
the malthouse, one German one in each
warehouse, English ones in my Office
and the business Office and a German
one in the cold storage house.
"We closed the deal and Mr.. Blatz
was glad to pay 81 extra for each Ger
man enunciator we put in. When the
phones were shipped from the factory,
l had them labeled German and English
respectively, and the big brewer was
perfectly satisfied.
'sIt was FIVE years before I saw Blatz
again, - concluded M. Nolen. ''He rec
ognized me at once and said with a
hearty German laugh: You are the ac-
commodating gentleman who put in the
German and English telephones for me.
Well, you are good one. ''-Milwau-
kee Telephone.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
The Cars Peace Proposal,

London. Auguis 31.-The Daily
Graphic says that Lord Salisbury. 10
1883. communicated to Emperor Will
liam a memorandum showing the tre'
meudous cost of armed Europe En-.
peror William was so impressed that he
privately io,imased bis intention to
summon a disarmament Congress
The semi official German press ven.
tila,ed the idea, With the result that SO
much auimosity was revealed on the
part of France that the Kaiser aban-
doned the project.
The St Petersburg correspondent of
the Times says Count Muravioff, the
Russian foreign minister, declares that
the idea originated entirely with Emper-
or Nicholas. Skepsicism prevails in di-
plomatic circles as to practical results
from conference. and it lie admitted
on all sides that the circular came as
the creates: surprise"
The Paris correspondent Of the Times
still insists that NJ. Faure aud the
French mioistere knew nothing before
band, and that the Czar's proposal has
plunged the entire official world into
terrible embarrassment and almost into
stupefactiop.
every body" says NJ. De Blowisz.
sis asking with dismay what it means.
It is sad awakening for France, and
her papers are making an immeuce ef-
fort 10 restrain their expression in the
face of what is regarded as Russian per.
fdy !"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07
FALSIFIED HER AGE.
A Court Trial That Disclosed Queer
Phase of Russian Society.

A Court Trial That Disclosed a Queer
Phase of Russian Society.
Even in Russia, it seems, despotism
does, not go the length of forcing
woman to tell her age or Of Furnishing
her for stating it inaccurately. A GER
tain Princess Eugalytchef was recently
tried at Moscow and sentenced to life
long internment in the province of Olo-
metz for embezzling -140, 900 rubles-
After the proceeding in court had come
to an end and after the noble lady had
retired to the country for her somewhat
prolonged rest from urban gayeties and
temptations too careful official discov-
cred that among the papers in the case
was the princess certificate of baptism,
and that she had changed the date Of it
from 1847 to 1867. Instantly this grave
crime was brought to the notice of the
authorities, and the convicted embezzler
was summoned to meet the charge OF
falsifying an official document. Then
curious fact was disclosed, and sur
prising amount of light was thrown on
Russian society.
The Prince Eugalytcheff, who was
cited as witness by the prosecutor,
said that whether his bride was 20 years
older or younger than her certified age
was matter Of absolute Indifference to
him. All he could say was that he re-
ceived the sam of 5000 rubles for Civ
ing the lady his name, that Immediate
ly after the marriage ceremony he pro-
cured for her separate passport, and
that since then he has known nothing
more of his wife OF her private affairs.
The jury gallantly declined to convict
the accused princess on the trivial
charge about a woman S age, " and she
was sent back to her provincial exile.
Princes evidently come cheap in
Russia, and this is perhaps the most in
teresting bit Of news in the whole story.
New York Times
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81 MIND THE DAY."

I mind the day I'd wish was say gull 6yin
far,
For then I'd fly and fnd you in the west,
And I'd wish was little rose as sweet as
roses are,
For then you'd maybe wear it on your breast,
Achray!
You'd maybe take ard wear it cn yor.r breast.
I'd wish could be hvin near, to love you day
and night,
To let no throuble touch you or annoy.
I'd wish I could be dyin here, to rise spirit
light.
So them above nd let me bring you Joy,
Mavror1!
Il them above 'ud let I z win you joy.
And now wish no wishes nor ever fall tear,
Nor take a thought beyont the way I'm led.
! mind the day that's oyerDye and bless the
day that's here.
There be to come day when We'll be dead,
Achray.
A longer, lighter day when we'll be dead.
MORA O'Neill in Blackwood's S Magazine.
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ROSARY BEADS.
Ehey Were In Use among the Ein&coa
Before the Era of Buddha.


The prevailing idea in regard to 8
rosary is that it belongs solely to follow
ers of the Catholic religion. But take
away the cross that is hanging to the
beads and we fnd that one mus: turn to
the dim, mysterious east for the origin
Of the rosary, for it is among the tenn.
pies Of India, China and Japan that the
FIST sign of the practice is to be found.
Ancient pictures of the Hindoo gods de-
pict them with chaplets of beads in
their hands, and it is believed that this
method of keeping count of their many
prayers was in use among the Hlndoos
before the era of Buddha, or at least b.
G. 500.
The use Of the rosary seems especial
" suited to an eastern cline and to the
repose of an oriental mind. The Bud
dhists are fond Of using very smooth
beads of glass, polished jade or coral,
and it has been thought that the smooth,
cool beads gliding through their fingers
as they murmur the holy name for thou
sands of times help them to arrive at
that state of holy abstraction from
earthly things which is so much priced
among the followers of Buddha-
The favorite japanese rosaries are
made of polished wood, crystal, onyx
and chased silver, and the japanese
Buddhists repeat in endless devotion
Manu- Amida Butzu" C'Save as,
Buddha''), while their Chinese brothers
have the blessed name "O-Mi-to-fu'
forever on their lips A rosary of very
great size was recently brought from a
temple in Kioto, Japan. The largest
bead is about SIX inches in diameter, and
the rosary entire is about "a feet long.
The huge beads are of dark brown pol
ished wood They are hollow and have
each figure OF a god inside the little
shrine, which can be seen through
lattice of brass work.-Cincinnati En-
Uuirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07

The members OF the Cuban junta
have lately called upon the President
to urge the release of the Cuban pat
riots languishipg in prisons at sant'
ago where they were committed by
the Spanish government for treason.
Their visit has served to call atten-
tioa of the general public to the fact
that these political prisoners have not
yet been released although Santiago
has been in possession of the United
States authorities for six weeks.
The public are considerably puzzled
over the matter and no one mas yet
ventured plausible explanation of
the conduct of President Mckinley in
continuing the punishment of
these offenders against the
sovereignty of Spain in Cuba
The members of the junta con
tend that the continued incarceration
of these men has tendency to make
the Cubans feel that the United
State does not come to them as
friend and that it is great mistake
on the part of our government TO per-
NIT itself to be at fault in matters
that furnish rational grounds for dis
trust on the part of the Cubans, and
insist that finding excuses for our
government in this matter has soreIy
taxed the ingenuity of their leaders
in Cuba, who have labored with
great diligence to counteract the
efforts of the Spaniards to impress
upon the Cubans that the United
States did not come to them as a
friend
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The assistant secretary Of war has
made the discovery that au order issued
by the department autborising the sui
seou. general and the surgeons 10 charge
eof the various camps to provide pecesea
ries aod delicacies for the sick and
wounded soldiers to the amount of 60
.eeuss per day for each man iu addition
to the regular allowance, had not been
promulgated, and that at Fort My -
within four miles of Washington, i've
hundred sick and wounded soldiers were
suffering wretcbsdly becouse no provis
ions bad been made to supply them
such nour,sbment ADD delicacies as their
eufeebled condition required. The ad.
ssiutans general of the United States IS
charged with negligence in promulga
,iug this order shicb would have fur
nisbed so much relief to our thousands
of suffering soldiers and perhaps have
saved the lives of number of them.
The outsposen charge of incocpe'eOcy
made by ex-Secretary of State Sherman
against the sec-esaty Of War has lnteu
si6ed the already excited feeling that
prevails against that department on
account of the revelations of the last
few DAYS as to the condition of our SOL
diers. Secretsry Sherman is as we'll
known as any public mau 10 Washioe-
ton, aud is credited With always speak
Jog with great del;berssiou aud circun-
spectiou. Thefore. positive change OF
incompetence against Secreta'ry Aleer
comes from him With gaeat force at this
time -Sparsanburg Herald.
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To Examine the Eye.

If anything gets into your eye, don't
rub it. Good advice, but little diff
cult to follow, for one instinctively rubs
the eye under these circumstances
Nevertheless, don't do so. Get some one
to turn the upper eyelid gently over
thin penholder, so that he may see the
ball of the eye thoroughly. If lime gets
into the eye and if you see the substance
at once. wash out the eye with vinegar
to two parts of water. If, however, you
don t see the particle Immediately, sim
plv put sweet oil or olive oil into the
eve and send for the doctor.-New York
Ledger