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Quite Too Much.

1mpassioned Lover-Tell me, my an
gel, what to &c to prove my love. Oh,
that might, like some knight of old,
battle for you, suffer for you, die for
you!
Sweet Gill wish You would give
up smoking.
Ignpassio:.e,l Lover-Oh, come, now,
that s asking too much New YORK
Weekly.
Children Under Z years Of age are dis
cogered almost Invariably to prefer yell
low Ecfura all other eolors.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19
Cork Rome.

A cork rope is made Of small corks
placed end to end and the whole covered
with a braiding of cotton Irvine Over
this is coarser braiding in heavy
strands. The rope will stand strain OF
1000 pounds.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19
Sure Wey to Popularity,

II suppose the secret Of his popularity
Is that he talks WELL"
"Not at all. The secret Of his popu.
larity Is that be laughs we'll. "-Chioagc
Post. <,...
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19
A Counterstroke.

"We're ruined" exclaimed the ed.
itor, utterly ruinedP'
"Why, what's the matter now?"
"We advertised sheet music as a
premium to subscribers, didn't we?'
ave did,"
"Well, our miserable contemporary
over the way is giving away pianos to
play it on. Atlanta Constitution.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19

tbs Eraras f;;!!ztauce between sae syss
u shs Hiash d aas s7A
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19
A Popular Choice,

Lady Castlerosse heads the list of the
newly elected poor law guardians OF
Killarney. She was nominated by her
father-in- law, the Earl of Kenmare.
Her election, it is said, has aroused the
greatest interest among Ireland's poor,
who hope that if members of the aris-
tocraoy take up such duties larger meas
ures for the relief of distress will fol-
low.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19

Knightly iances were from 10 to 30
feet long, the heads 4 to inches broad
and from IL to 20 inches long
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19
If YOU would be we'll spoken of, Learn

IT you would be WelI spoken OF, learn
to speak we'll of others, and when you
have learned to speak we'll endeavor
likewise to do we'll, and thus you will
seap the fruit of being we'll spoken of.
a-Epictetus.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19

Train II and train connects with Southern
K. X. at StrasbuTg Junction at IL so and 7.45 d.
m. for Harrisonbure and points on Valley Ry
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-19

Al II So
Mixed. Pass. Pass.
Lv. Harrsonbu'g am 45prn 20 COam
Staunton, 49,. 90 n. 3 Al i NJ Y co m
Ar. LEXINGTON. 81 p NJ 5 so p m ....,,.,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
THE SERVANT QUESTION.
How Much Worry and ye1ation May Be
Saved the Mistress.

How Much Worry and ye1ation May Be
Saved the Mistress.
"Much of the cry against the tyranny
and impudence Of servants comes from
those who exercise their authority i'll a
disagreeable way and who do not know
the first principles Of successful man
agement," argues Jane Lowry Cum
mings in q thoughtful paper on ''Man-
aging the Servants, y in The Woman 8
Home Companion.
"Every woman has her own theory
Of how the housework should bo done,
but it is not always necessary to insist
upon having it done in her way provid-
ed it is done satisfactorily in another
way. Bridget may come we'll recon-
mended and be discharged at the end OF
week or month because her method
is not what her mistress considers ths
proper one. Wherever she goes she is
likely to be confronted with new meth
DDS and blamed for doing her work aft
er system which she has laboriously
acquired at her last situation. She is q
machine upon which each succeeding
mistress imposes her own pet theories,
to the exclusion Of all others. Without
reference to results she is compelled to
change her method Of handling the
broom, building fires, attending to the
bedchambers, etc., and because shS is
awkward at doing things in a new way
she is probably upbraided and told that
she does not know her business. If
Bridget is quick tempered, she may re-
sent this injustice, and then she is dis
charged without character, and her
late mistress has another opportunity Of
oonfding to her friends her troubles
over the everlasting Servant girl prob
lem.
"But Bridget is the one to be pitied.
She is confronted by the more difficult
problem of how to conform to the rules
and whims of every new mistress under
whose orders she may find herself. She
knows how to do her work if let alone.
and she proves this if she is fortunate
enough to be employed by housekeeper
who is broad minded and tactful enough
to give her fair chance. The woman
who does not interfere unnecessarily
with the work Of her servants-who
judges their work by results, who speaks
to them gently and treats them with
nsideration-seldom has trouble In
getting faithful servants and keeping
them. The display Of little tact, lit
tie judgment, little kindness, will Of
ten save the housekeeper much:useless
worry and vexation Of spirit. -
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raDidly increasing crowd.

r0p1Q1y INCREASING CIOWu.
The warden, who also understood,
lifted his daughter, held her in his
arms and kissed away the tears that
were fltering through her smiles.
..I don't believe it, said the sheriff
to his companion.
because you're chump," said the
dark man.
s.What's it all about?' asked the
messenger Of the agent.
'.Where is the murderer" cried a
newcomer, brother Of the dead deputy,
and then. catching sight of the messen-
ger, he ran straight toward him, hold
ing out cooked revolver as though it
had been a sword with which be in
tended to run him through. When he
was within four or five feet Of the
wounded nan, the dark man struck him
fearful blow with a 40. The man
went down. The dark man coughed and
q great food of blood gushed from his
mouth; he clutched at his throat and
fell forward upon his face. When they
turned him over, he was dead.
"My poor dead friend, the messen-
ger almost moaned, dragging himself to-
ward the PROSTATE form, "and dom t
even know his name. -
ST do, said Sheriff Shores, who had
just arrived upon the scene and pushed
himself through the crowd. "It's Huer.
fano Bill, the bandit.
THE END.
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TRAINS GOING NORTH.

aDaily. TDaliJ except SUNDAY.
No. bS :uns through to Charleston, 8. o.,
,,s Central K. g., arriving Mauring 6s p.
~. Lanes 7 Sc M, Charleston 8 10 ?. N.
Trains on Conway Branch laave Ctsd.
bouru IL 43 q. n., arrive at Convey
wsv 40 p. m, returning leave Conway at
245 p. m., .-ive cbadbourn IL ?: n.
leaYe Chad nonru ,.A5 p NJ, arrive at Aoo at
E 25p. m., returning leave Hub 8 80 8. m.
arrive at Chsdbourn 9.l6 q. N. Daily e1-
cept Sunday
tDaily except Sunday.
J. r. KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
TN. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
r. ". EMERSON, t3en'l Pass. Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
THE fIsH's COLOR.
Able In q Marvellous Degree to Adapt
Ifself to Its Surroundings

Able In q Marvellous Degree to Adapt
Itself to Its Surroundings.
It is familiar fact that fishes can
change their colors ct will. Many fishes
make remarkable changes. Free swim
ming fishes most commonly preserve
their normal colors, though these fishes
can change. The fishes that change most
are the bottom feeders. For their own
protection from other fishes that would
prey upon them and the better to enable
them themselves to capture food these
change their colors to match the bottom
they are on so as to make themselves
invisible. They do this often to degree
that seems extraordinary.
In one of the smaller salt water tanks
at the New York aquarium there are 6
number of small hatfsh. The bottom Of
the tank is covered with coarse gravel.
The great bulk of the gravel is COM
posed of pebbles of brownish white, a
sort of pale iron rust color. Scattered
in this are pebbles of deeper tinge,
with now and then one Of a brcwnish
gray or brown black.
The fatfsh lying on the gravel at the
bottom of this tank initiate its colors in
their own backs in manner that is
marvellous. They are Of a mottied brown,
like the colors of the gravel, and the
smallest Of the fatfish is the most
wonderful. They are all thin and lie
close to the bottom. The edge Of the lit
tie one blends with it, and its back is a
wonderful mosaic of browns so like the
gravel of the surrounding bottom that
it appears to be part of it. Even i'll
this clear water at little distance the
fish is scarcely distinguishable.
York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
A Cord of Wood.

Few persons comprehend the produc-
tive capacity Of cord Of wood. Chem
ical experiments are occasionally de-
veloping new uses for wood in matters
remote from its ordinary adaptability.
and the feature that is exciting great
deal of interest just now is the trans
formation Of wood products into liquids.
Although under the strongest kind Of
pressure wood yields scarcely any mois-
ture, By means Of heat wood will evolve
gases and liquids Of marked potency and
utility. In converting wood into char
coal gases and smoke arise which can be
condensed into pyroligneous acid. 1t is
estimated that there is fully IS per cent
OF this acid in given quantity of wood,
and from it are extracted wood alcohol,
acetate of lime and wood tars. The al
cohol thus obtained is said to be very
satisfactory substitute for grain alcohol
for mechanical and manufacturing pur-
poses, and it can be produced at less
than one-third of the cost Of the grain
alcohol.
Investigations conducted with prac-
tical objects in view have disclosed
these interesting facts: A cord of wood
which weighs 1000 pounds will yield
about 2, $50 pounds of pyroligneous acid
and 700 pounds Of charcoal; the acid
will produce about gallons of 80 per
cent crude wood alcohol, about 20 gal
Ions of tar and fully 200 pounds Of ace
tate of lime. These facts indicate fu-
ture for wood outside of the realm OF
- .-.;,. .;u:v.-new 1e,rK ;.i:ass-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
No Necro In South Africa.

The word negro is not heard in
South Africa excepting as term of op-
probrium. Over and over again have
Afrikander Englishmen stoplvd me
when speaking of Zulus, Basutos, Mata-
belle and so Oh as negroes. "You III
America only know the blacks who
como over as slaves. Our blacks are not
to be confused with the material found
ON the Guinea coast. -" White Man S
Africa" by Poultney Bigelow.
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HUERFANO BILL.
By CY WARMAN.
rcopyright. 1881. by the Author.l

s. copyright. 1881. by the Author.l
Ny but those fellows did fight
5cked, g the messenger remarked, as
picked up his empty gun and began
to kick the shell out. Hope that was
Sold Huerfano himself that went over
he bluff
s The devil you do. .
Say, are you bleeding inside:' ask
Se the messenger as hiscompanion sank
the ground with the air of tired
reckon so Can, you set hoss:
said the messenger, but if
ssyons.ve got q herse, for heavens sake
ake this money and Sgo, for those
wolves will return, and I'd rather
B herd ret me without the money than
se money without me, or, what is
=scEe likely now. both Of us and the
IS iaauley too. =
~ F6e dark man put two fingers to his
gaye q shrin, wild whistle, and q
tiful horse black as night-came
xping p from the gu1ch behind him.
Sssss 81 but you're yerdant ycutn,
she dark. man as the messenger of
e him the money. and there was 9
salle of smile about his black mus
Come. let me help you into the
i1le while I've got strength - be
and he reached to help the
messenger to rise.
shall never leave you here alone.
sI dead IA 90 minutes SO at the
! Now don e be q fool. = and he
soped 70 life the big messenger by his
leg, but the effort caused him
aouugh Blood spurted from his mouth.
1sd both men, weak from their wounds.
sIslI down ia . heap. and then, leaning
sss heir elbows they locked at each
she dark man with q cynical tha
enger with 8 sort Of historical
The black horse shifted at his
and snorted at the smell OF
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
A RusE BOTH WAYS.
How an Actress and Doctor We're Fool1ns
Each Other.

How an Actress and Doctor Were Pooling
Each Other.
In French theaters the doctor Of the
theater has seat given him for every
performance. He must be there every
evening. Naturally, after he has seen
the same piece score Of times he longs
to be elsewhere and prefers to give his
seat to some Of his friends. M. Ernest
Blum says that when he was young
man friend, the doctor Of the TheatA
Porte St. Martin, gave him his seat.
Just as he was becoming interested in
the first act the stage manager rushed
up-the heroine had a nervous attack
and required medical aidl Blum had
nothing else to do but to follow him.
In the lady's dressing room he found
the manager with anguish depicted on
every feature and the lady wringing
her hands and shrieking.
"Now, doctor, quickl WHAT'S to be
done?''
Blum grew as red as lobster, and
as he could not say anything he just
CIRCULATED: "Hml Let US seel Let Us
see. y
He took the lady's hand in a wild at
tempt to feel her pulse. She shrieked
more than ever and writhed like a
snake.
"Have you poured any water on her
head?' he asked.
eyes"
"And no effects'
ssNone." /"
s'Then dom pour any more. I"
After tbs display Of medical knowl-
odge he continued:
ssGive her sniff of eau de cologne. "
"Haven't any,, was the answer.
.sThen go fetch some. y
OF rushed the manager and the stage
manager, and Blum was left with his
patient.
Suddenly she opened her eyes aud
smiled.
Doctor she said, lyon are a good
fellow, aren't you?''
eyes, ma'lnselle. -
"You must be, doctor. Now listen.
There is nothing the matter with me.
You would have found that out soon.
want a couple of days off. Can't you
manage it?''
s.DelightedI'' he replied joyfully.
CHOW, ma 'mselle, you're good fell
low too. am not doctor. I came III
on the Doctors ticket. SO you must not
give him away"
By this time the manager and stage
manager came back. each with a bottle
of eau de cologne. He told them that it
was unnecessary now. The lady was
quite composed and could appear with
out any danger. But she must have a
few days rest. They made wry faces,
but granted the holiday. iladelphia
Tjmee
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The Oldest specimen Of pure glass
bearing date is the head Of lion IN a
collection at the British museum. 1t
bears the name Of al Egyptian king G;
the eleventh dynasty.
A writer in The Medical Review
maintains that coffee is responsible for
the large number of blind men one sees
in the streets of Maroccan cities. The
Moorish merchants drink coffee all day
long, and it has been noticed that many
of them lose their eyesight between 10
and So
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16

The accuracy of some parts of the To-
comotive is ten times finer than in the
watch, but for absolute measurement
the accuracy in the watch is almost
three times as fine as in the locomotive.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16

Trains between Millard and ST. Paul leave
Millard 10 Is m aud 3 45 p M, arriving
ST. Paul 10 rs IA and IS m. Returning
leave st. Paul 10 80 m aud 10 p m, and
arrive Millard 10 4b m and 30 N. Dali
ly except Sunday.
sDsiIy except Sunday
THoMAS WILSON
Predsiens
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Miles of Hair.

Few women consider that they carry
some 40 or 90 miles Of hair Oh their
head. The fair haired may even have to
dress 20 miles of threads of gold every
morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
FEATHERY.
You've heard Of the girl in the Gasnsboeo7sh

You We heard Of the girl in the GainsboFc2gh
hat,
With its plumes of snowy wlitc?
Now, know blond maiden more artless t6a1
that,
With feathers as black as night,
A plume laden hat with en- upturned rim q
And red rose like her cheek.
The tall pompons nod, and the vclyety rim
Shades face Madonna meek.
Is it true thnt ga kiss is FIR better than that9"
I'm dumb as win her smile.
The feathers are beckoning, while pitapat
My heart keeps throbbng the while.
Ten tips gently nodding, end each ono a-curl--
VOW am dizzy with bliss!
IT'S an audacious hat: she's mute, modest
girl
Shall WOO with words or kiss1
Now, the lass in the Gainsborough hat who
was kissed
By the poet in the song
Simply looked 80 coquettish he could rot resist.
But this lassie might think it wrong.
Still, I'll follcT his method Of courting and try
To steal draft from her lips.
She is tilnid and chaste and alarminsly shy
The girl with bold ostrich tips
The ehapeau, heavy, almost hides her eyes
OF fond, forge. anot blue.
Oh, will she be angry or show sad surprise
When dare begin to WOO?
Heigho! something soft swept my cheek, I de-
And my yet innocent lipsi
But il it were kisses I'm-Quite unaware:
I'll swear twas oaly the tips!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Easy.

Easy.
"What are Wadkin's ideas Of true
economy? He says that they have made
him rich.
"He never pays his debts Detroit
Free Press.
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SIT S awful for you to have to die for
me, . said the messenger as the two men
leaned upon their elbows and looked at
each other. His shirt was pasted to his
shoulder. His shoe having filed up, the
blood was now oozing out between the
lacings.
"IJ is not awful, said the dark man,
rubbing the ends of his fingers over the
wound in his breast. "It's a useful end
ing of wasted life. I never dreamed
that I should die so nearly satisfied.
And such sport! Why, that fight be-
tween you and the-and Huerfano Bill
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16

The American cents of 1887 bore the
motto Mind your business. %
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TRAINS GOING NORTH.

#Daily, fDsily except Sunday.
Trains 80 and IS carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars hetween New
York and Macon via Augusta
T. N. Emerson, q NJ Emerson,
Traffic Manager, Gen Faes. Ags
- R. Keuley, Gen'l Manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16

No. So runs through from Charleston wa
Central r. r., leaving Charleston Ia. H.,
Lanes % 9. NJ. Manning 05 q. ui-
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DANGER IN A SHAKE.
A LEARNED DISCUSSION ON c!s
EASE TRANSFER.

Microbes Of Every Find Find Lodcment
In tho skin-Contact Even of the Clean
1y May Spread ContAgion-serious Re.
suits From Hand ClaspinZ.
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- xS;s, =u:r
The sun., 1898-02-04
has been granted a pension.
! It'W('S.

A delightful musicale was given ut the
residence of Colonel and Mrs. l.. ".
Mustard last night by Professor Wcton.
lie played with Il master touch and rem
drr"' the best selections Of the old and
ncV masters Of the art. The company
W"S cDlupI"tclv captivaIed by the music
and the professor, who is now in>t,lcting
II class AT i;rurgctuWn. viii no donht bc
asked to come over to IrWcs for that
pu 80. Among Those noticed present
ut th" mrIsicaIc were Rev. and Mrs. Jesse
G. Taylor, Mrs J. p. Widen, Miss Nor
man, Miss tlud-on. Miss Nirdcn, Miss
Lyons. the Misses Mustard. A. W. Mar
shall and others,
EX-Sh"rifi TruXlon, Of Georgetown,
was in town today.
The Diamond State Telephone COM
pany will in the near future extend its
lines to H"wrs. EX-Sheriif Jos. d. Trux-
ton, Vice President Of the Company. is
in town now w"rkin" for the introduc-
tlon OF phones IN the business places and
dwellings, lie is also soliciting subscrb-
crs to the coinpAnN'S stock in order to
get some Of the citizens financially inter-
cstrd. 1t is possible and very probable
: that they "iI buy mp the two lines
already in operation here, one private
and the other uWhcd by the Icwts and
Hehoboth Telephone Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi b. Lynch will have
been married half century next
Thursday and they will celebrate the an
niversary by "Goldcn Wedding" Mr..
and Mrs Lynch are enjoying good
health. Their union has been blessed
with fourteen children, six OF whom are
living and with their families will re.
unite at the parental home Thursday
evening next.
The party at the beautiful home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles $. Morris last night,
styled Il birthday party, and held by tho
Organ Fund Society Of the NJ. Church.
was one of those occasions when every
one enjoys themselves. The commodi
ols rooms wert filled with guests, posi-
bly, two hundred in number, who conlC
not help but find enjoyment in being
present. The specially prepared program
was splendid one, full OF mirth, anc
was decidedly in touch with the feelings
of the company. 1t ran as follows
Chorus, "Dancing Over the Waves
"Thc Chattcrbox.' by the Misses Mercct
Iaucerica, Cassie Johnson, Bessie Morrj
and Hannah Hopkins; duet, "Jaunita,
by Mrs. A. L. Martin and Mr.. Charlie
II. Mason; reading "Caleb'c Courtship,'
Miss Ncttic Jones; solo, "Anchorrd,
Richard Wcton; reading, "Jane Jones,
Miss Mary Prcttynlan; solo, "The Woot
Nymph's Call,' Miss Lottic Russell
dialogue, Glow Girls Study" Mis-
Lizzie Hazard and Miss Eva Sa!mons
medley, chorus; reading, "Baniord'
Burglar Alarms" Miss LINDA Hudson
solo, Queen Of the Bicycle Girls" Mis-
Ella Twi!!cy; duet, "a. b. co. Mis
Russell and Mr.. Mason; reading, ''rh
Wifc-huntng Deacon" Miss Sallie Cor
well; solo, rit-Tat," Mr.. Welton; di;
loguc, "a Slight Msnndcrstan ding,
Miss Annie Hazard and MI
Fisher; solo, ''rhe Old Sexton,
: Thomas Il. Ingram; chorus, "America
Refreshments were in order at the tinis
of the program, and while part of til
company were enjoying tlemsel,r. i
tie dinin: roora tie oilers were bvin
\ entertained informally with songs An
iaEt.uuunts. tDus;c The affair VI