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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15

No, my lady did not commit suicide
in the rock galleries of Gibraltar. Yes,
we did have the salnte. And again we
were blowing our way through the
Mediterranean. Night had shut dowp
in sudden fog one memorable night. J
shall not soon forget that night. ]
couldn't sleep. The ship was rolling.
and the old china in the pantry was
promenading with cracked voice. I was
restless and alert for every new sound
that might intrude itself
What was that?
sprang from my bunk and listened.
A low, rustling sound which I can
only compare to the slow oozing out of
come creature through lush thicket
growth. The sound formed again and
faded, and again rustled forward.
To spring to the saloon was the first
thought. But I could not move. am
man every inch OF me, but could not
bulge. / believe I waited three good
minutes.
Hello, caithness, is that you:" }
called.
Only the silence answered and the
heavy swash Of water against the roll
ing Of the ship.
I threw on my clothes and was in the
saloon in moment. Far along in the
dim light the Lady Jemappes was stand
ing at the door of her stateroom, dress
ed as we had left her at the late supper.
Her glittering eyes held me through the
dark. Her hands clasped the girdle. 1t
was not around her waist.
sis it to be a Storm" she said. "This
must not go down. She held up to
me the long, long belt. Her eyes gilt
tered again.
81 think not, Lady Jemappes, I
stammered as reached her side. Alb,
how beautiful she was! The flush was
upon her cheek; her ripe lips were part
ed; her bosom heaved. 81 think not,
my lady. It is only small blow. -
Thank you. she said and was gone.
I heard her stateroom key turn in the
lock.
could not sleep the rest Of the night.
What was that noise which 1 had heard?
Her step? But no one was moving save
the watch before the compass on deck
and the sea of china in the pantry.
Again through the black I seemed to
hear that strange rustic oezing ont on
the silence. The darkness was but
framework for it. The night was its
track. It ringed itself in a spiral of
shaking color. The great night held its
breath before the jewel dazzle Of bad
eyes.
I sprang, lest that cone Of gathering
power whose apex shot upward in a
thin streaked tongue of flame should
reach me. / sprang, and found it was
dream, and went on deck and stamp
ed out the dream along the cool caress
Of the early morning air, and saw it
fade and trail away and thin and van
ish in the great fresh leap of waters and
the measureless bril4iance of the blue.
Caithness and I agreed we would
solve this mystery, however, or--the
gods take Us.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15


in which the building is situated, and
there they find abundance Of water so that
they can clean themselves. After few
days they are placed in the house in the
fattening pens 1t requires four or five
weeks of careful feeding to fatten the
geese. The establishment has steam
corn mill and corn shelter. The corn is
purchased from the farmers in the neigh
borhood ana is shelled and ground into
meal. the cobs run down shoot to the
furnace and make enough fuel to run
the machinery. The meal is mixed into
dough and in that form fed to the
geese.
ga goose is the cleanest fowl alive, y
says Mr.. Renaker. "I have been in the
poultry business since 1871, have han
died all kinds cf domestic fowl and have
studied their habits closely and have
never seen anything which equals the
goose in cleanliness. They are constant
ly at work keeping their ieathers clean,
and if they have plenty Of water they
are never seen except when fit for dress
parade. They are equally careful re-
garding their food. On one occasion we
bought lot of corn which had musted,
and the geese would not eat the dough
made from it. nor will they eat dough
after it has soured. On this account we
have to be very careful to mix up no
more dough than the geese will eat in
day.
"Anotber peculiar thing about geese
is that they eat a great deal more some
days shan they do on Others. For in
stance. it frequently requires 80 Or 40
buckets Of dough day to q given pen
Of geese. Then for few days they will
probably not eat more than dozen
buckets. When they have plenty of wa
ter and wholesome food, geese fatten
rapidly and have no disease, but unless
they have an opportunity to keep clean
and have pure food they die rapidly:
''They are sold by the brace and aver
age when fat from IA to IS pounds
brace. We sell our geese in only one
market-New York city. They are
shipped in poultry cars and are furnish
ed with an abundance Of water and
cornmeal dough while they are on the
way. The reason they are shipped alive
is that Hebrews may not purchase them
after they are killed Last year we ship
ped about 1000 geese to New York
city, and this year we will handle 49,
600. The capacity Of our house is be-
tween 5000 and 5000. It requires
three men to attend the corn shelter and
the mill and to feed the geese. We have
waterworks connections and keep the
house nice and clean by flooding the
floors, and we keep the geese supplied
with all the fresh water thew need -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
FATTENlNG CHICKENS.

How to Secure the Best Results With the
Least Expense.
The return to the producer for fatten-
ing his stock, writes b. S. Babcock in
The Country Gentleman, comes in two
forms - first, by an increase in the
weight Of the chickens, and, second, by
an increase in the price per pound. Sup
pose, for example, the poultryman has
200 chickens to sell, which, unfattened,
would aver sge four pounds each and
bring Is cents per pound-that is, he
would receive for 800 pounds. at Is
cents per pound, S120. Now, suppose BY
fattening them he makes them weigh
but one pound more each-a small gain
-and be gets but 2 cents per pound in
crease in price "a sum frequently greatly
exceeded), his chickens will bring him,
1000 pounds at II cents, S170, an ad-
vance of s50-a very convenient little
sum. Should he add two pounds per
chicken and get cents additional per
pound-by &, means an extravaganza
hypothesis-he will raise his $120 to
S240, exactly double what he would
have received in the unfattened condi
tion.
In this country, as the popular taste
demands as yellow chicken as can be
had, the food should be chosen accord
ingly. For grain, l think nothing is bet
ter than sound, yellow corn, either
whole, cracked or ground. For rapid
fattening, / prefer it ground and made
into dough by being slightly moistened
with milk. If to the cornmeal is added
about 10 to 15 per cent Of ground beef
scraps, the fattening will proceed more
rapidly. For drink, nothing is better
than sweet milk, except sweet milk
sweetened with sugar, about 8 heaping
tablespoonful to each gill Of milk. i
the droppings show a tendency toward
diarrhea, the milk should be boiled.
Cost of production consists Of three
elements-the price of the food used,
the labor employed in feeding and the
effects upon the fowls. By feeding
mashes in the morning more time is
consumed in preparing the food and the
cost Of production is thereby increased.
We feed our hens dry food, and thus
save the labor of mixing the mashes.
It is also a more cleanly way of feeding.
Our e-perience has been that fowls fed
ON dry grain keep in better health than
when they have warm mash given to
them. Inasmuch as ailing fowls seldom
lay we'll and require mere time for their
care, the system of dry feeding possesses
an advantage over the other system.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
The Letter %.


The Semitic people called D Daleth,
door or opening, whence the Greek
delta. To US in its present form it is
not much like a'door, as we know, but
if the orientals lived in tents shaped
like the letter B it is not wonderful
they should have doors the shape Of q
D. Our form Of the letter is greatly
changed from the ancient D, but
glance at the Greek delta, which is a
right angle triangle, shows it identical
in shape with the triangular tent door
closed by flaps Of canvas, and when one
Of these was drawn back a shape was
represented which must have been IA
miliar to all orientals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
Suitine Both Parties.

Poor Wife Ito husband, whose loud
snoring keeps her awake)-Charlie,
Charlie, do stop snoring. Turn over on
your side. (Nudges him..
Husband, only half awake, grunts
turns on his side and continues to snore.
Wife has happy idea. Remembers
line from ali article called ''How to
Prevent Snoring" Gives her husband
second nudge, which elicits another
grunt. "Oh, Charlie. if you'd keep
your mouth shut, you'd be all right. "
Charlie (semiconscious)-So would
you.-Lordon Answers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
GOLD IN THE GOOSE.
CLEAN FOWLS ALWAYS ON DRESS
PARADE.

Plenty Of Pore Wafer and the Best Of
Food-Healthy Geese Fatten Rapidly ant.
Are Easily Marketed-An Ideal Goose
Farm.
There is growing impression that
American poultry raisers have been
neglecting the goose. Of the seven
standard breeds the gray wild variety is
extensively raised. These geese have a
rather small head, small bill, sharp at
the point and long, slender neck, snaky
in appearance. The back is long and
rather narrow, and is arched from neck
to tail; breast, full and deep, and body
long and somewhat slender. The wings
are long, large and powerful, and the
thighs are rather short. The head of the
wild goose is black with a white stripe
nearly covering the side of the face
The breast is light gray, which grows
darker as it approaches the legs; the
plumage Of the underparts Of the body
from the legs to the tail is white. The
wings are dark gray; primaries dusky
black, showing only dark gray color
when the wing is folded; secondaries
are brown, but of a lighter shade than
the primaries. The tail feathers are
glossy black, and the thighs are gray.
The shanks, roes and webs are black.
The eyes are black.
A goose farm of unusual interest is
that Of Sol Renaker Of Cynthia, KY, on
the Licking river, says correspondent
Of the New York Sun. Mr.. Renaker has
erected large wooden building about
80 feet wide and $50 feet long. It is
two stories high. The floors slant grad
ually to the center SO that they can be
flooded and thus kept clean. There are
troughs placed at convenient points to
hold the food for the geese. At present
there are $500 geese in this building in
different stages of the fattening process.
They are gathered from all parts Of the
state, and when they arrive their aver
age weight is from four to eight pounds.
They are first placed in the large yard
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
Reasons rcr Road Improvement.

The three most important reasons for
road improvement are, first, the desir-
ability of reducing the cost of hauling;
second, the importance of making most
Of our roads fit for pleasure driving.
thereby attracting to the rural districts
in summer thousands of people who
create local market for various farm
products; third, the economic principle
of preventing the great waste of labor
which now is fruitlessly expended in
making bad roads.-Professor F. j. d.
Merrill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15

Caithness again.
Eyes. gentlemen. Through English
influence / have secured fine post in
the Egyptian army. I hope to accom-
pany it on its projected campaign for
the relief of KassaIa. I have been much
in Egypt and have had an audience
with the khedive. .
What induced me to lift my eyes
upon tie Lady Jenappes? Those beauti-
full eyes had sought my own with the
beseeching, hungry, doglike pain of a
wounded animal. And the mans soul
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
ILldy' Strange Girdle
By LUCY CLEVELAND.


I ICopyrisht. 1897 by the Author.l
ss What do you think is in it?'' I ask
ed the question again of my companion
asSwe paced up and down the deck Of
lie Peninsular and Oriental steamer.
We we're plowing our way through
s stLe bay of Biscay Our destination was
gieutta via the Snez canal. The first
st9pwas Gibraltar, and the captain had
assured as at luncheon that we should
hear the bulldog menace of its sunset
gIsn that night. The steamer was to
st5patlharock224 hours tacoal There
nlon tie ladies had indul b frantic
hopes and plans OF ascending the rock
1f Gibraltar on appropriate donkeys,
aEd Of seeing possibly a famous after
Moon hour when the $ thin red Ine'' of
Eigland, made up OF men who are va
I15nsly SCARED Moln wars an the Sudan,
zla1uland, the Criimea ana India, parade
|er tEe Alameda, regiments who name
Bunker Hill and the New York Battery
as tYo western objectiiye points Of con-
stai
The steamers passengers were inter
sztiE4 for each member OF eur compa-
sAsEWas abroad with q special intent,
M 6 the usun1 aimless lettering, as along
s1s i.pt;s,s l;,,.,,.s rara .vs,, F,ol;sh of,;.
:,.s,;;,,s,s An. Eornf fathers of fam.
s,,, s., ostr;cbes On
s.,.ts. J. =. q - t.a3o,.s f,,,,,
- = a., ~ 1,,iaased thor
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81 s;ssnt = sSmas 3 fslSosv ls q S s s :nrofessar 81
s,o,,., e a. s.,l.; ,,aIs n,,t INF
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
Getting Even.

81 notice, - remarked the literary ed
itor, casually turning over the leaves Of
the book the struggling author had
brought in, "you have given your hero
six fingers On his right hand, and there
is nothing in the story, so far as can
see, to explain why. May I ask what
the extra is for?''
''To snap at the critics, vociferated
the struggling author, with a gleam Of
vengeance in his eye.
The worm bad turned.-London Fun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15

80 r We raised our hats.
balt she wears, no matter what the
gown She is a silent woman. ! have
.ssrted any number OF topics from Nan
,aas and the north pole to the Derby and
fhs Roentgen rays. She smiles sweetiy,
bu taeems to avoid conversation. 2
silence in awoman is the great dis
scaFeTy awaiting the tweptieth century =
TIie afRcer smiled and reIit his pipe. ST
doubt n they II get It.
ssl;cme; that's unfair, = I said join
mg, however, IN the laugh.
Nov, here's this woman you re
salkingof, 2 the English officer resumed.
I've seen her often in animated COM
fsbs with the Turks. = z. sz's
3 tsBy Jove! I wonder If she avoids me,
hcanse ! always inevitably keep my
eies On that strange giTdle she wears.
There's beginning to be a little breath
aboat II; on board. Everybody is talking
aboutit The captain thinks it's myste-
rious too. There is no.fashion at present
among the fair sex Of knotting a belt or
frdie around the waist. It must be 21a
yards long. I'm good at staccato meas
rrements. The woman has q fashion of
Keeping her hand ON it whether she's
talking or walking. I've watched her
st table. She twists the belt IN her lap
and is perpetnally staring away from
ssr plate at it. There's one portion Of
it I've noticed, that won't twist. It
lies stir and.strong, an hameyable out
lire. It's a queer outline. can't tell
you why, but it's queer. I don't like it.
sEhe other day the gIrdIe came unfas-
tened and fell TO the deck as the woman
ateadied herself in the ships lurch in
that big blow of the Channel islands.
lady Jemappes was for the moment
winter than the foam tipped wave of
There. ! jumped forward and restored it
to her. There's something inside it. I
could feel that the moment it was in
my hands. As gave it to her ladyship
lhe gave me q look which can't for
net. Perhaps it contains her will or til
Ties to an estate sr Bank Of England
notes or love letters There is something
inside It. could feel that. y
Hold up, billions. You are: getting
'lis curious as woman. But I'll find
int the secret, bet you. How much
5ihall I put up ON it," The officer raised
his feldglass and swept the sea where
s;Ee winter sun hung low FOR a glimpse
h the dark lion couchans-impregna-
t5le Gibraltar.
"Look cat, man; she'll hear you.
There she comes!'' Accompanied by
aer maid, who carried the wraps and
nrcs, steamer chair, etc., a beautiful
'Toman came slowly forward with the
lsraceful high bred carriage of one long
1ncustcnaed % contact with the worlds
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15

All the suitors for girls hand in
Borneo are expected to be generous IN
their presents to her. These presents are
never returned. Therefore the willy
young lady defers as long as possible 3
positive selection Of the happy man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15


There comes my lady again! Rest
leas creature today, for some unexplained
reason. f believe she retiyes below to
read the leve letters in that belt. There
comes the silent German professor! Why
do you suppose he's always in his state
room? He:is seldom in the saloon. He
registered Dr. Schmalenstopfer. !
began.
Hold upp' laughs Caithness. '.Tbe
name would knock you down. But if
you sneeze you'll get,it. The captain s
cabin boy says he has in his large state
room huge apparatus
.'By Joye! have it, Sure as you re
born its n cathode ray photo appara-
tus." af
II wouldn't wonder" says Cath
ness, but what is he after with Z rays?
Where is the man going? Do you know?"
"Yes; Alexandria first. / heard him
say; later, Constantinople. I"
.Hello!" laughs Caithness again. ''It
would be good joke to play the Crookes
tubes on the sultan and get the shadow
graph Of his inner meaning for Armenia
and Crete. Don't laugh so. II will come
to that-this stupendous discovery Of
Roentgen's We shall get the psychic
man presently. y
God forbid! The divine right Of
privacy is no more then. -
NO" laughs Caithness and turns to
the professor. eve hear, doctor, that
you are spending these hours when the
most of us loiter and smoke and firt on
deck in the depths of scientific analyses.
You are interested in the Roentgen
rays?" goes on sly Caithness, Offering a
cigar.
eyes, gentlemen, answered Selma
lenstopfer, with strong foreign accent.
'sIt is the marvellous already. I have
seen the inside of many things -
Lady Jemappes' hand that was lean
ing on the rail as she stood and gazed
out eagerly over the ocean closed tightly
upon the long girdle. sudden idea
came to me. would get that belt and
subject it to the x rays. Get that belt?
I laughed to myself. 1 might as well
Try to photograph the depth Of the sea.
"You 80 to Egypt, doctor?' says
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
It Depende.

Teacher-At what age does man
usually get bald?
Bright Pupil-What kind of man
married or sing,e?-Chicago News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-11
THE SPIRIT OF IMPERIALISM.

A good deal is being said in the
public press these days about "imperi-
alism." Professor David Starr Jor-
dan in Saturdays San Francisco Post
has very interesting article on this
subject from which we take the fol-
lowing: J.:
The spirit of imperialsmis the most
dangerous that ever came over the
American people. 1t is the more
insidious because, in general those
most anxious for American dominion
abroad are those least solicitous for
good government at home. The
business Of America ia to make mon
OF it's citizens through the experts ces
OF selfgovernment. It's problem is to
delevop American manhood that gov
eminent by the people may be good
government. 1t is not so yet except in
patches, but the outlook for the fu-
ture is most encouraging.
We have no machinery for the good
government Of dependent provin Ger
nor do we want any. To insure contin-
uous good government in any branch
Of public service is to take it out Of the
peoples hands. The people in Eng.
land have no voice in foreign affairs
financial matters, military matters OF
in any public question where CON.
tinuous policy is necessary Our ex,
perience with Alaska-miserable
neglected, misunderstood, misman.
aged outpost Of our civilization
shows plainly what we shall do with
the PHILIPPINES. We shall use them
TO pay political debts. load on them
the offscourings of our politics, starye
them with our parsimony, while the
officers we send them will grow fat
with the waste. Until the time Is pas'
when any Senator can demand Fed
eral Office for any henchman, we ar,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-11
TUESDAY. ..OCTOBER IL. 1893
NOT TO BE ExTINGUIsHED.

The anxiety of the money trust to
attract attention away from financial
subjects, sand, il possible, prevent
their further discussion during che
present and future campaigns, Ii en-
.irely natural. 1t cost these people
not less than 500, 100000 to secure the
election of William Mckinley in 1896.
Notwithstanding their enormous IL
nancial resources, they came periously
near failure. Worst Of all, however,
that campaign set the middle classes
to tn mixing upon matters Of finance
as they had never thought before.
This il what members of the money
trust dread more than any other one
thing. They understand il the time
should ever come when our people
shall carefully consider questions Of
finance the day of fat stealing is over
for them. To carry the election of
1900 on the financial issue would cost
them not less than S4O,O00,000, and
then the result would not be a FORE
gone conclusion. Perhaps they be-
ieve by the judicious expenditure of
100000 or S6,OOO,OOO they can con-
troll the current of political discussion
this year, and thus side-track a
dangerous issue. They have already
practically shut off the great city
daiies. Through the Associated
Press, tho Ameitcan News company,
and other news agencies, they hold
the metropolitan press in the hollow
Of their hands. Every agricultural
and religious journal willing to pros
titute itself for money has been Sc
cured. Party leaders with life in
them are now in strong demand.
They do not invest in dead politicians
any moro than i'll dead horses, 30,
when you see politician trying to
crowd the money question to the rear
and minor issues to the front, it il
safe to bet there is q hen ON. The
people crowded the slavery question
to the front and kept it there until it
was settled IN spite Of Of politicians
and financial interests. They can be
trusted to treat the money question in
the same way. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-11
A Small Boy with Bohemian instincts
Who Disdained White
LUCK Suits. -

A certain newspaper man has little
protege of six years who frequently
tastes of his bounty in the shape of
soda water and peanuts and popcorn
and other luxurics, says the Cleveland
Leader. What the scribe especially
likes about the little fellow is his
scorn of social amenities. He is one
of the boys who delights in dirt, and
plenty of it, and dirt is decidedly be-
coming to him. A few days ago he
came out of his home in spick-and-
span suit of white. as.. .....
"Hullo," he said to the scribe.
But the latter professed not to know
him.
Don't you know mer' cried the
little fellow. "I'm Georgia"
But the newspaper man shook his
head. ..".
81 don't know any such clean boys"
he said. "The boys like best are al
ways nice and dirty" -.
Then he walked on, while the boy fell
behind. ..E.. ..r... a.s -....,.
Pretty soon he heard the patter q
little feet behind him.
'Mr. Blank" cried a shrill voice, Fam
l dirty enough now?"
He looked around. ... ....
The young scamp had actually rolled
himself in the gutterl ..- ..-.
And it was weeks before the news
paper man dared to visit the boys
mother without fear and trembling.