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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
Boston's Great Man.

ttBoston may be the center of culture
of the United States, but found no
evidence of that fact in my first trip to
the Hub, " remarked the young CONNER
cial traveller. "The culture may be
there all right enough, but the Bostoni
ans with whom came in contact SEEM
ed less proud Of it than Of certain 9th
er feature of the town. When landed
in Boston, approached policeman
and asked him to direct me to a good
hotel. He mentioned good house to
me and added, 'On your way up to the
hotel you'll see the house where John
L. lives. John L. who?' I asked, very
stupidity. Sullivan, of course, said he,
with look of supreme pity for my ig-
norance.
GA little farther on I met fellow
whom I knew slightly. Come, have
cigar, said I. He said he hadn't time,
but he told me where could get good
cigar. It's little store in the middle
of the next block. By the way, see thas
house on the other side Of the street:
That's where John L. lives. passed
on to the cigar store. They tell me I
can geta good cigar here, I remarked.
That's right, said the man. Stranger
in the city?' yes We'll, that house
over there-that's where Sullivan lives.
Conductors, bellboys, business men,
elevator boys, clerks BARRIERS, bartend-
ers-everybody called my attention tc
that house during my stay. He was the
only great man to whom the natives
saw fit to call my attention. ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Shark charmers.

In the Persian gulf the divers have
curious way of opening the season.
They depend implicitly upon the shark
conjurers and will not descend without
their presence. To meet this difficulty
the government is obliged to hire the
charmers to divert the attention Of the
sharks from the feet. As the season
approaches vast numbers Of natives
gather along the shore and erect huts
and tents and bazaars. At the opportune
moment-usually at midnight, SO as to
reach the oyster banks at sunrise-the
feet, to the number Of 80 or 100 boats,
puts out to sea. Each Of these boats
carries two divers, a steersman and q
shark charmer and is manned by eight
or ten rowers. Other conjurers remain
ON shore, twisting their bodies and
mumbling incantations to divert the
sharks. In case man eater is perverse
enough to disregard the charm and at,
tack diver an alarm is given, and nc
other diver will descend on that day.
The power of the conjurer is believed
to be hereditary, and the efficacy Of his
incantati ms to be wholly Independent
of his religious faith.-Frank 81. Sweet
on "Pearl Seeking" in Lippincott's.
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in W1ich the building is situated, and
there they find abundance Of water 60 that
they can clean themselves. After few
days they are placed in the house in the
fattening pens It 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 and 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
a dough and in that form fed to the
geese.
"a goose is the cleanest fowl alive,
says Mr.. Renaker. II have been in the
poultry business since 1871. have han
died all kindsof 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 feathers clean,
and if they have plenty of water they
are meyer seen except when fit for dress
parade. They are equally careful re-
garding their food. On one occasion we
bought a 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
a day.
Another peculiar thing about geese
is that they eat great deal more some
days than they do on others. For in
stance. it frequently requires 80 or 40
buckets of dough.a day to a given pen
of geese. Then for few days they will
probably not eat more than a 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 38 pounds a
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 12, 900 geese to New Yo-k
city, and this year we will handle 49,
600. The capacity of our house is be-
tween 5000 and 5000. 1t requires
three men to attend the corn shelter ard
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 they need. "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
A Neat Idea.

The innkeepers in the countries on
the Rhine follow a practice which is
worth limiting to persons Of the same
profession in this country. They give
their guests carte, OF piece Of paper
measuring about 16 inches long and q
inches broad and which folds together
like small map. This carte, when
folded, exhibits on the outside a view
of the hotel, also its name, and the
name of the keeper; on expanding 7t
we find that the other parts consist OF
lists of the principal curiosities or pub
lie buildings which are worth visiting
in the town and its environs, and along
the whole inside we hnd map of the
chief routes from the place. Thus the
German hotel keepers carte is a card OF
his house and local gaide, all in one
bit of paper. the expense Of which can
not be much greater tkan that of 4 COM
mon bill of fare.-New York Ledger.
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GOLD In THE GOOSE.
CLEAN FOWLS ALWAYS ON DRESS
PARADE.

Plenty OF Pure Wacer and the Best OF
Food-Healshy Geese Fatten Rapidly AM
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
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 white stripe
nearly covering the side Of the face.
The breast is light gray, which grows
darker as it approaches the legs; the
plnmage 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 lighter shade than
the primaries. The tail feathers are
glossy black, and the thighs are gray
The shanks, roes and webs are biz ck.
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 leo feet long. 1t 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 OF 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
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CHAPTER. II.

Panther Harry selected the sharpest
and the most pointed of the knives he
found in the table drawer and took from
the shelf, whereon it stood, big drink
ing cup made from the horn of buffa-
10. Then he gathered up few strips of
the rags he had left lying near by, and
after glancing for brief second at the
motion!ess figure of the old frontiersman
he raised the blue blanket curtain and
stepped into the inner room.
The girl was lying white and silent
as before, with a tleathlike, peaceful
smile wreathing her parted lips
Harry stole to the couch and looked
into the girls eyes. A merest sgleam Of
a heartbreaking recognition fickered
there, like stray and feeble sunbeam.
and vanished. The young man dropped
- one knee bv.the side of his DYING
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01

he stared as an 5cr rev. nearr pears-
space with feverishly flashing eyes, and
then astrange little peal of sickly laugh
ter rang family between his barred teeth.
He stretched out white and bony hand
of welcome, but the newcomer held up
his blood stained rags and swiftly en-
tered the house, finging his frozen COW
erings from him as he walked. Broad
red streaks revealed themselves upon
his hands and face as he unwrapped
them, like ugly, deep, newly cut gashes.
The skin where it was visible was of
deep purple blue, like dull tempered
steel. The old pioneer, having rapidly
closed the door, beckoned him to take a
seat by the lire which cracked cheerily
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
roar .en,. Eees seldom Batch.

A correspondent Of The English Fan
ciers' Gazette says he has been watch
ing his hens and their eggs and the
Matching of their eggs and has discover
ed that the eggs of the abnormally tat
hen seldom hatch. The chicken dies
about the tenth or twelfth day Of incu-
baton. The eggs from the most active
and healthy hens hatch first and often
a day or two in advance of time. lnva-
riably the egg from the sleepy, lazy hen
matches late. He has two hens whose
eggs he has never fonnd fertile, though
he has mated them with different rocs-
tiers, and they are the worst tempered
hens in the yard, always quarrellng ana
beating the others
How to- Cook irarsnips, French 7ty4e.
Peel. wash and divide the parsnlps-
Boil in salted water, with dash OF lem
on iuice. When tender, drain and dry
in cloth. Brush them with egg anc
crumbs and fry golden brown IN not 1as'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
Thoughts of a Bachelor.

Without life death wouldn't t be worth
dying.
Some nlen have corns On their so0ls,
and their bodies hurt them.
A girl is never really III love till she
feels herself blush when she says her
prayers.
Widows get along best with men be-
cause they know enough not to aegra-
vate them too far.
Socrates always claimed he married
Xautippe for discipline, but probably
she knew how to cry at the right time.
New York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
Graya: :-or fruz,;s.

Now that there is so mach snow upon
the ground good supply of gravel III
the henhouse is most important. With
out some gravel in their crops with
which to grind their food hens will often
become crop boned and die. a good
supply of gravel is necessary to enable
fowls to Yuake the most Of the nutrition
in their food. Lack of it is more often
the cause of soft eggshells thar aH3
other
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01

Twenty years ago Germany was with
out colonial possessions, but now that
empire has dependencies with an area
of about l, 900, 900 square miles IN ex-
tent, with population of S,0oo, ooo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
A Blissfu. Sapposit:on.

"Mistuh Pinkley, said Miss Miami
Brown, 'does you know whut bird o.
paradise is:''
.Well,'' was the reply, "of co'se ]
doesn't know fch sure. But when l gifts
ter de mex worl / wouldn' be bit sur
prize to discuvuh dat it was spring
chicken. Washington Star.
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Raising her dropping head acitn solicitons

Raising her dropping 1tcad o:ith solicitons
care.
and fed n with rancid pork and mo-
lass .omach that's been starving
for or two can't stand that.
The story of Panther Harry cordial
is told to this day by many pioneers
ireside out west.
The gold which Harry discovered at
Such an awful cost did not ruffle the
even tenor of his ard Nellie's homely
lives
THE End
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01

"Yoh kain t git sumpin for muffin, >
said Uncle Eben. "Some men is wlll!n
an anxious to glib away dah opinions
But de goods mos allus amt reliable
Washington Star.
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No Aid From Him.

"My face pains me, doctor. What
shall do?" asked the patient.
'I'm sure I don't know, replied the
doctor. "You know I have no way OF
improving your looks. :" = Yonkers
Statesman.
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lpa
The man climbed on down hill un-
ssdauuted Many time he slipped and
staggered and fell. but rose again, pant
ing and now. and chen suppressing q
low moan chat surged to his throat in
s1ite Of him The rags which he had
tied over his hands showed broad red
ss1ains through their dingy frozen folds,
and he hInped more and more painfully
as he proceeded On his awful journey;
hut meta sound escaped him. He might
have been a suffering du,nb creature
y trngglirg for life against the murder
sous fury Of the elements.
Sc last the ground sloped mere even
~ the fendish webwerk of naked brier
and creeper ceased to impede the foot.
and, save for the sheet Of snow, yard
deep through which the man had to
wade, progress was easy and unobstrucs-
At 8 sudden turn of the mountain,
nestled against a towering spur OF the
foothilI which sheltered it from the
fmy Of the wind and surrounded by
some threescme OF leadess cottonwoods,
4 the traveller espied the Low, SNOW COW
cred roof Of human habitation. The
smoke curled away Justify from its clay
schimneys, and the warmth OF the fire
beneath had melted the white shroud
which covered the rest of its slopes, and
thus revealed the brownish yellow lay
ser of clay and prairie grass which had
served fM tiles in its construction.
The man strode ON, as with new
heart, as the near proximity Of life and
warmth strengthened his stiffening
nerves His failing sight grew keener,
and he even thought that a sensation Of
existing presence, painful, yet reassur-
ing, returned to his nearly frozen hands
and arms. The huge projecting hillside
deadened to him the blast Of the tenn
pest, which still ragged and rioted over
head to waste its now yictimless fury
until, in Its widening sweep, it touched
the barren, rolling plain far inland.
The desperate journeyer had reached
level ground, and some 800 or 400
strides brought him to the log hut that
lay SO snugly ensconced in the protect
ing shadow Of the mountain The wind
had piled a small hillock Of snow
against its side, and no window or open
ing of any kind was visible. The man
plodded his weary way around the back
sof the house where the warmth Of the
schimneys had transformed the snowy
covering. CT s1:e' PLAIN Into a swamp OF
freezing slush, and, again turning the
corner, reached the side where the
thickly clustered cottonwoods had af-
forded stanch screen against the drift
ing fakes Here the rough bark covered
logs and the clay filed creyices were
still In pristine greenish brown, save
for few white ridges and lines. The
wailiBg wind was denied its play
ground here. The daring pioneer had
so cunningly planned and constructed
his house that he defied the elements to
bar ingress or egress to or from his
wild home
The rough plank door was open when
the shivering traveller at last reached it.
On the threshold stood a tall and lean
old man, his grayish, pale face sur
rounded by long gray beard and with
veil of sparse silvery hair struggling
behind him. On the wrinkled brow and
cheeks the skin lay i'll fabby streaks.
and the eyes shone with hungry lus
Ter.
wbcn f,,e MD man saw +t,a rov,daro,
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O.,li.y is frs' consideration OF 'hs F" e
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898.

TITS questionable whether sales and
other legaladvertising done in a news
paper recently established and having
no accredited circulation will stand
should the matter be brought to the
attention of the court. This is the
opinion rendered by no less than three
of the foremost lawyers practicing at
the Garrett and Allegany county bars.
Therefore a person buying property
so advertised is taking a risk that
could be averted should the advertise.
ment be inserted in some well-estab'
lished medium having bona ttde sub
scription list
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20


IT IS understood that Mr. Bryan
comtemplates writing a column or
two price not yet agreed upon lex
planning either that 1897 has not
been or else why it apparently has
been the best business year for the
United States within the memory of
this generation. In view of this pro-
posed explanation it must be annoy
ing to Mr.. Bryan to have such a pub
LEGATION as Dunn's Review show by a
multiplicity of figures that in every
line of trade and industry the year
has been one of exceptional prosper
ity. Its statement of simply the small
number of business failures as com
pared with those of other years is one
of many indications ,of commercial
failures. for 1897 representing "a per
cent. less capital than in the proceed
ing year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

THE final election of NJ. A. Hanna
to the Senate for the long and the
short term closes one of the bitterest
fights which has been waged for long
time. After the Republicans had
made tremendous campaign in the
State election and won by a handsome
majority, the issue being the free-sil-
yer question, the defeated Democrats.
in conjunction with few recalcitrant
Republicans, attempted to defeat Mr..
Hanna for the Senatorship, notwith-
standing the fact that he had been in
dorsed by the entire Republican par
ty in the State and county conven-
tions, and that this attempt to over
ride party lines and party pledges
ought to have failed is evidenced by
the fact that it did fail ,notwithstand
ing the cowardly and strenuous at
tempts OF personal enemies of Mr..
Hanna, who thought they saw an OPP
portunity for personal revenge, but
whose treachery to the party and the
party candidate has only reacted upon
themselves. Mr. Hanna is strong
and able man and he energies from
this fight before the people of the
country stronger than ever before.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
AT THE recent meeting of DeHo..-

AT THE recent meeting of Demo-
Gratis at Columbus. Ohio, to do honor
to the memory of Jackson, the propo-
sition of Ohios truest and purest
Bryanite, Mr.. Allan O'Myers, for eli
gibilitv to the Democratic party was
given the cold shoulder Mr. O'Myers'
proposed test of true Democracy con-
sisted of either having voted forBryan
in 1896 or for the silver Democratic
ticket in 1897. A number of men
were present, older than Mr.. O'Myers,
and who felt, too, that their Demco-
racy dated much farther back than
Bryan and his free-silver proposition.
The resolution was tabled"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

LESS and less is being heard from
the free-trade screamers about the
deficit of the Dingley law. The two
million dollar surplus of December
was something of a staggerer, and al
though January will undoubtedly
show deficit, owing to heavy inter
est and other payments incidental to
the commencement of the year, the
receipts for the month will be larger
than in December, and it will now be
but short time until receipts will
meet all current expenditures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

General Lee at Havana. There have
been half dozen critical times at which
a less level-headed official would have
embroiled this country and Spain in
serious trouble, if not in war; Gen
eral Lees conservatism has stood us
in good stead. He has the confidence
of the Administration and of the coun-
try. 1t is understood that he knows
his duty, and there is feeling of con-
fidence that he is performing it. 1t
is given out that the situation rests
entirely in his hands. He may send
for war ships and do with them what
he pleases when they get there. In
other words, the issues of peace and
war are practically in Gen. Lees
hands. He is entitled to the gratitude
of his countrymen for his cool, sensi-
BILE patriotic course in a very trying
position.-Balto. News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
Free of Charge to Sufferers.

Gut this out and take it to your
druggist and get sample bottle free
ofDr. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. They
dc not ask you to buy before trying.
Ills will show you the great merits
ofthis truly wonderful remedy, and
STOW you what can be accomplished
1.-The regular size bottle. This is no
experiment, and would be disastrous
to the proprietors, did they not know
it would invariably cure. Many of
the best physicians are now using it
in their practice with great results,
and are relying on it in most severe
cases. 1t is guaranteed. Trial bottles
free at A. G. Sturgiss' Drug Store
Regular size 80 cents and $1.00. 1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

for county printing which it did not
honestly earn and to which it was not
justly entitled. If the charges made
by the Journal are true it should in
defense of the tax payers institute
proceedings to GUST the County Com
missioners. Come now, let the people
see how fearless the Journal will be
in their defense. Such charges should
be made before legal tribunal which
could deal with them.
IF THE CHARGES ARE TRUE
EXPOSE THE COMMISSIONERS
BY ACTION, NOT BY TALK.
Put up or shut upr'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
Order Of Publication.
Edgar j. Wintermute VS.. Susan Wintermute
No S94 Equity. In the Circuit Court for Gar
rett county in Equity.

The object of this bill is to procurea divorce
a Uincui0 nsdtrimOnii of the plaintiff from the
defendant.
l. The bill alleges that the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT were married July 4th. 1866. and
lived together until July, 1895, in Wyoming
county, Pennsylvania.
O. That about July lst 1875, the defendant
committed and was guilty of adultery with
Charles Custer and that she has been living
in adultery with him ever since.
8 That there are three children by said
marriage aud that the plaintiff has resided in
Garrett county since August, 1895.
4. The bill then prayS Tor II divorce q cinclt
10 matrimonii and for the usual process and al
order of pub ication.
1t is thereupon, this Goth day of December
1897, by the Circuit Court for Garrett county
in equity, ordered, that the plaintif cause {
copy of this order, together with the ohjec
and substance of the bill, to be inserted il
some newspaper published in Garrett county
once a week for i0ur successive weeks before
the 2lst day of January 1893, giving notice t.
the defendant in said bill and warning her t(
appear in this court in person or by solicitor
on or before the 18th day OF February, 1898, Il
show cause, if any she has. why decree
should not be passed as prayed.
DAVID w. SLOAN.
True copy-test:
42l4 Z. u. TOWER, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

A NEW outlet for the surplus pro-
duct of our coal mines has been dis
covered. 1t is stated that American
coal can be delivered in Brazil at a
price to easily complete with English
coal. There is no reason why this
should not be true, in view of the ease
of production in Alabama and other
Southern coal fields, and the demand
in Brazil for supplying steam vessels
and smelling is large.