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The record-union., 1899-10-26
GERMAN ADVANCE.

On the first day of the year 1900 Ger
many is to try the experiment of a new
civil code. For four hundred years the
Roman Judicial code has been recog-
nized as common law. Only in certain
districts and small communities has ma
tive judicial procedure, says Professor
Sohm in the Forum" obtained The
civil code has been a sealed book to
the people and comprehensive only by
the more learned lawyers. In the new
code the Roman system is mostly to
be excluded; systems drawn from the
various provincial codes are to be en-
bodied in the new order of things, de-
veloped, broadened and simplified and
worked into one great system compre-
hensible by the laymen and beneficent
to all the people. Professor Sohm says
this great change is to be credited
wholly to the influence Of the merchant
class. It is commercial power in the
Empire which has risen in it's might
and secured revolution in the judicial
system long needed and to be hailed
as full Of promise, While the new code
VIII be comprehensive by laymen, it
viii not be easily understood without
some considerable study, nor without
knowledge Of many abstract cases and
terms. Still, we take it, a great ad-
vance has been made in breaking down
the rigor and exclusiveness of the old
system, though the new one may not
be in popular form, but, says the es-
sayist, in sense and effect the new code
is in accordance with the popular spirit
as 1t accommodates itself to the com
mercial activity of the time in every
way. As the Professor puts it:
on opening its pages we feel that we
are entering upon the world Of to-day.
In 1t we behold, as if reflected in s. great
mirror, the financial enterprise and
other splendid activities of our age.
The record-union., 1899-10-26
SECOND HAND MEDALS.

Stockton Mail: "A San Francisco deal
er in curios is offering second hand
Philippine war medals for sale. The
Oakland Tribune" thinks this indi-
Gates BLACK sheep among the Cali
fornia volunteers. One thing 1t does
indicate, viz: That some of them We're
badly In need of money soon after their
discharge,8 which fact makes more in
teresting the question what the news
paper triumvirate of San Francisco is
doing with and intends to do with the
S42,OO0 which the public placed in their
hands for the benefit of the men of the
First California.
The record-union., 1899-10-26
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Los Angeles Express: To offer the
people of the Philippine Islands inde-
pendence at this time, as advocated by
Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Lentz, Mr.. Altgeld,
Hoke Smith, Mr.. Atkinson and others,
would be a delightful proposition,
wouldn't it? What mockery! What
would they do with it? The very
statement of such proposals reveals its
absurdity. 1t would be to turn them
over to the tender mercies of revolu-
ton. 1t would be to invite carnage, as
sassination and spoliation of the isl
ands that will be saved to them by the
kind, if stern, hand Of the United
States of America
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
.HOAR'S VOICE IS
TO BE HEARD.
Opposition to American Ex.
pansion.

Washington. Jan. 8 The week pro-
misses to be busy one in the senate.
It will begin with 40 elaborate and care
fully prepared speech by Senator Hoar.
80 be delivered Immediately after the
transaction of the routine business to.
morrow 10 opposition to the exsention
Of American territory. This speechais
of considerable leag.h. and with the
interruptions that are liable to occur it
will probably consume the greater
portion Of she day. Tuesday Senator
Mason will discuss briefly bis resolution
in opposition to this couDtry's asserting
sovereignty over Cuba and the Philip.
pines, taking strong grounds for iade,
pencence of the people Of those islands.
Senator Morgan will make an effort
early 10 the week to get the senate to
name date for taking vote upoo his
bill for the construction of the Mica.
raguau canal. aud whether he succeeds
or not. will press the bill as continuous.
ly upon the attention of the senate as
circumstances will permit Unanimous
consent is necessary to the fixing of a
time for vote, and it is not probable
that this will be secured for some time
to come.
It is the expectation that the peace
treaty will be reported on Wednesday,
and also that some of the appropriation
bills not in the committee on appro-
priatioos will be brought in towards the
close of the week. Immediate consid-
GRAFTON will be asked for the appropria.
tion bills, bat it is possible shat the
beginning of the debate upon the
treaty may be postponed until next
week. There is an effort on foot
among the opponents Of the treaty to
have it discussed 10 open session, but
the indications are against such a
course.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
The Death of Coaching.

The coaching system died a lingering.
lamentable death. can remember
something Of few coaches in remote
districts which longest escaped strangu-
1ation, and memory OF those distant
days has been swester without them.
They resemble what Nimrod describes
as the obsolete, old fashioned coach Of
his boyhood, drawn by dispirited, Ill
fed jades over long stages. One Of his
paragraphs well describes what used to
make my blood boil with impotent
fury, lmbittering the joy Of returning
home for the holidays, and deepening
the depression of the schoo1ward jour
ney:
The four horse whip and the Not
singha1n whipcord were Of no avail over
the latter part of the ground, and some
thing Like a cato -nine-tails was pro.
duced elnt OF the boot, which was jocu-
larly called .the apprentice, and q
shrewd apprentice it was to the art OF
torturing, which was inflicted on the
wheelers without stint or measure, but
without which the, coach might have
been often laft on the road. .
No; the Iass OF the road coaches
carruptio optimi- disappeared and left
none 10 mourn then. Baackwood' 8
Magazine
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11

Chicago, Jan. 8.-A Tribune special
from Vancouver, B. c., says: News
was received here to-day of tremeu-
dous land slide near Spence's Bridge,
ou the Canadian Pacific Railway. The
receos thaw had the effect of loosenlng
the sijes of small mountain. which
overhangs the Fraser River at that
point. This mountain has long been
an objecs of curiosity to travellers on
account Of its peculiar position. It's fat
summit extending considerable dis
tance over the river, wbich is narrow at
that point. Shortly after midnight last
night. With 8 rear tina. could be heard
for over mile, fully huodred acres
ef the hill. anywhere from twenty to
City feet 10 depth, crashed into the
Fraser, damming it completely, and
sending the water 10 torrents over toe
fertile Nicola Valley. The course of
the river was changed completely.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
lady quiet, be resolved to use her disties

for his own benefit, and accor dingly
published a book bearing this title :
"Songs for the Nursery; or Mother
Goose's Melodies for Children" Print
ed by T. Fleet at his printing house,
Pudding Tame (uow Devonshire street),
Price TWO coppers.
Ever since that time mothers have
said aud sung the pretty, flowing non'
sense to their children and the little
ones have unconsciously but very posi-
lively shown their gratitude to ''Motber
Goose and s'T. Fleet"
Many others freely used their pens
for the young. Among these we're
Jane Taylor. Maria Edgewortb, Mrs
Barbauld. Perhaps the books written
BY these good women would seem dull
to modern eyes, but they we're indeed
gladly welcomed by the children Of that
period. Mrs. Sherwood's "Little
Henry and His Bearer was read With
interest BY old aud young alike, aud
other stories, such as Hannah Moore's
Shepherd of Salisbury Plslu." have
retained their places in literature,
Robinson Cr1sos,' Don Qaixote, !" the
..RambIer" and such works were read,
and are read to-day with keen pleasure
by little folks. Also such stories as
..Li.tle Red Riding Hood, " Jack and
Che Bean-Ssalk," ..Cinderella'' aud
other like fairy tales are devoured by
every child who can get hold of them.
The poesical merit Of Isaac Watts,
..Divine aud Moral Songs" 10 Ian.
guage comprehensive to children. have
given them lasting place in Juvenile
literature.
An army Of Americas noble writers
are giving their uusiriDg energies to
literature for children. and the press is
continuously sending forth beautiful
volumes. adorned with dainty covers
aod illustrations. It is the writer's
whose words are kiDd!ed by warm sad
genuine personal sympathy and love for
children that will retain permanent
place in the hearts Of their readers
Mrs. j. w Doar iu the Augusts (Ga.)
Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
si1ty-swo Children.

A remarkable tale of human fecundi-
ty is told by the London Daily News.
An Italian peasant woman named Gra-
nata, married at % years, has borne 60
children. She began with single
daughter, followed by six boys at a
birth, then by Eve more, and these by
triplets twice and four at a birth. After
this she limited herself, like ordinary
womer!, to single babies and twins, but
wound up with another batch Of four.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
Swedish Railways.

The first railroad in Sweden was
opened in 1876, and the coantry has
now in proportion to its population
more railways than any other country
in Europe They are owned partly by
the state and partly by private corpora
tions. Sweden has the only railway in
the world which passes the polar circle
Ii. Q. the state line from Lulea to Gel
liyare, in tine Lapland district.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
An business.

Tim afraid .onr new son-in-law isn' 9
mich Of 4 business man, = she said.
Don't yon worry about that, re-
plied the old gentleman. IF he doesn' {
know how to make the best of a bargain,
i don't know who does. The day before
ths wedding he discovered that Minnie
had s freckls under her left ear, and he
made me add 81, 600 to he, dowry on
tbs ground that the goods Eeren' T en-
sirely sd accordance with the invoice. I
was almost tempted to believe that he
wasn't 8 nobleman as all but a New
England Yankeein disguise. - Chicago
Pest
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11

& Discovery of the Home Of Buddha.
Far away on the border Of Nepai the
home of Guatama Buddha has been dis
covered Buddha lived about 500 3. G.
and was the son of the rajah of Kapila-
vastu. A pillar, inscribed by the En-
peror Asoka in the third century 3. c.,
marks the city's site. The ruins are all
of brick and are covered with jungle
and SO extensive that their exploration
will require years. The city was de-
stroyea during Buddha's lifetime. It
was mass Of ruins in a. D. 40, when
the first Buddhist Chinese pilgrim made
his way there. The buildings that are
now being excavated are older than any
thing known in India heretofore. Lon
don Letter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11

of six men, and all cases 10 such cour.
vii! have 30 be tried by a jury 1nless
jury trial is waived By the defendant
10 criminal case and the parties in
civil case
"a box should be provided 10 which
the names Of one thousand persons quail
fed as jurors shonld be placed during
January of each year as is pow provided
for the courts of common pleas aad gen
eral sessions and eighteea names should
be drawn from this box once in each
mouth and the persons so drawn sum
mooed to attend the next regular term
Of the county court Six challenges
should be allowed the defendant 10
criminal cases aod two to the State and
in civil two to each side. The pay of
witnesses and jurors should be ffsy
cents per day and five cents per mile.
1.-The rules of practice. pleading and
procedure should be the same as those
in the courts of common pleas and gen.
eral sessions, and the appeal should be
to the supreme court; and the clerk
aed other officers of the circuit court
should be the officers of the county
court The prosecuting attorney SHOULD
be elected by the people of the county,
and the judge also. | do not believe that
the people will always elect the best men
that offer for these position, bns /
believe they will come as near TO it as
the Legislature or the delegation sent
to the Legislature from the county. .
Greenvilie Mopntaiueer
If you want nice organ an easy terms
see Randle.
To see is to try. to try is to buy the
"White.''
Call, see, and buy embossed or floral Crepe
Paper. Il. G.. Os!sen 4 Co.
The White is king of Sewing Machines
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11

New subscribers to the WArcHMAN
AND SoUrHRoN, or old subscribers not
in arrears, who pay for Que year in
advance, will be presented with any
book they may select from the above
list. The book will be delivered
postage paid to any address in the
United States, Canada or Mexico.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11

=
"My idea Of a county court is that
it should kave jurisdiction in all Grim
inai cases except those given by the
present constitution exclusively to the
court Of general session, to wit Mur
der, manslaughter, rape. or attempt
to rape, arson, common law burglary,
bribery and perjury and except larceny,
receiving stolen goods and breach OF
trust, where the amount alleged to be
stolen OF respecting which there is
breach of trust exceeds one hundred
dollars, and that it should not be allow
ed to impose sentence exceeding five
years at hard labor 10 the State peol-
tertiary and that it should have juris-
diction 10 all civil actions where the
amount or property claimed does not
exceed one thousand dollars. except
that it should DOT have Jurisdiction to
try a case 10 chaocer5 CT to try the
title to real estate.
ut should be presided over By a
judge paid salary of from one thousand
to twelve hundred dollars per gear and
should have prosecuting attorney at e
salary Of five hundred dollars per year.
It should be court of record and
should have stated terms for the trial
of cases once 10 each mouth The con.
stisution provides that the jurles 10 10
fer;or courts shall be composed Of six
men The jury in county cour.
would, therefore, have TO be composed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
Dancing Birds.

q
One of the many strange sights ou
the plains Of southern Africa is party
of waiting ostriehes. Their queer an
tics haze been described thus:
hen there are number OF them,
fhsy will start off ia the morning and
after running few hundred yards viii
stop, and with raised wings will whirl
rapidly round till they are stupefed or
perhaps break leg. The males pose
also before fighting and to lake their
court. They kneel on their ankles,
opening their wings and balancing
themselves alternately forward and
backward or to one side or the other,
while the neck is stretched on level
with the back and the head strikes the
sides, now on the right, now on the
left, while the feathers are bristling.
The bid appears at this time SO absorb
ed IA It's occupation as to forget all that
is going on around him and can be ap-
preached and caught The male alone
ueters cry, which sounds much like
an effort to speak with the mouth shut
tight. e
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which the years have brought 10 Ju-'
Eveniie Literature, We sometimes feel
that perhaps che pendulum has swung
a wee bit TOO far. and that the exquisite
beauty and deiieaey Of the illustrations
and print of the chlldren's books of
today. while pleaaiug to adul.s. would
be better appreciated By children it
they we're no. SO overRhelmed with
picture books.
The change is charming from the
roughly bound. badly printed books of
oldep times TO the tastefully. covered
typographical works of ars which now
end their way 70 the nurseries. Yet
those old tine books with coarse type
and rade pictures are much priced as
they recall to the minds Of the old
childhood friends slowly and laborions-
| y. ses eagerly read.
The most popular writer's for child
rem are those who reveal loving SYM
pa,hy 10 their feelings. and the best
illustrators Of juvenile books are those
who awaken admiration 81 gentle.
touches inspired BY srue love Of child.
hood.
Children are trained more rsreIy
than Is generally supposed. to disofini-
nate between good aud bad reading.
The morals and taste being properly
educated. they will with their keen
instinct, pass judgment upon objection
able matter.
Pleasant associations cIuster around
| the names Of many writer's of juvenile
literature. Who vas truer friend to
children than "Peter Farley 2" His
gentle methods and his sympathetic un
ders.anding of children's feelings, Won
frsm ali reverens love. A genial, kind
hearted man who ever had bis pockets
flied With books which he generously
distributed to his scores of little friends.
His sketches from nature, histories snd
anecdotes sere graphic. aud his illus
t.asions beautiful for that period. and
he won BY these many youthfal hearts.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich published
many books under the nom de plume Of
..Peser Parley.'' His books numbered
at ieas. l70 volumes, Is of which bear
the name Of Peter '.Parley.''
Three million copies Of bis "Geog.
raphy for beginners alone we're sold.
Other books met With similar success.
Jacob Abbott was another lover CT
children His creations we're founded
on realities. He loved children and
liked to have them arouod him.
'.The Young Christian which was
published 10 1882. brought the author
prominently before the public.
He wrote with great facility. The
high morals inculcated, aud bis philoso.
phic, yet simple explanation Of the rea-
son of things were marked features Of
Mr.. Abbo,t's works.
And then the immortal "Mother
Goose" real parsonage, bearing the
unique name of Elizabeth Goose, aod a
native Of Boston will never cease
to be admired as long 40 there are
babies to be pa. to sleep and
little children to be kept in hap
py humor. Whether Mother
Goose sang to Der own children we
are not told, bus when she became
happy grandmother, she Warbled her
song il the nursery from morning till
night, much to tie annoyance of her
son-iu law, Thomas Fleet. Aod when
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-01-11
MATES OF GREAT MEN. n

ME wires Of Both DisraeH ard Gladstone
Were Brave.
Once when Gladstone was making an
outdoor. speech it began to rain. Quietly
Mrs Gladstone, with her sweet, moth
egly aase, and who always accompanied
her husband, stood un, and, opening a
domestic looking umbrella OF the Camp
species, held it over him. The spectacle
which the old couple presented there
standing together was SO touching ard
appealed 50 thoreaghlY TO the good fee. {
ings Of the crowd, because OF the strik.
ing pN.ture Of Darby and Joan domes-
Ecity, that when q burly costermonger,.
who had been loudest il his catcal1s
and hteting cf NJ. Gladstone up to
that msment, suddenly shouted, phres
chee1s lsor the grand old woman y every;
one responded with q Will.
Lady Beaconsfeld showed similar de-
vction 10 .Gladstone's great rival on
more t1ian one occasion. She, too, was
devoted. TO her husband, and many old
parliaulenfarians recall the story Of how
after having had her hand terribly
cruahed in the carriage door while driv-
ing down to the house of parliament
with Disraeli She refrained from Tstter-l
ing q cry or from saying a werd about
her injury lest his mind should be divert
3sd from the great and important speech
which he was to deliver that night. Il.
was net until he reached home and.
found the doctor at her bedside that he
was made aware that she mad sustained
any hurs.-NeT York Herald.
The daily sentinel., 1899-12-09
About the Weather,

From Observer Stewart.
The maximum temperature during the
past n hours, 81 degrees, and the mini
nun this morning % degrees.
The snowfall to 1Oa. m. was inones'
amount melted 0. % inches.
Yne forecast for this section is:
Threatening weather tonight; SUNDAY
fair.
The daily sentinel., 1899-12-09
The Beautiful.

About four inches Of snow covered the
grodnd this morning when the inhabi-
tants of this city awoke from their slum-
bers. 1t commenced showing about
$50 o'clock last night and kept IT up
pretty nearly the whole night.
1t looks very much as If winter mas
set in in good earnest. For the crops
the snow is much better than the rlme
frost th at has fallen the last two days.
Without the weather turns cold the
snow will soon disappear under the
warm rays of a Grsnd valley sun.
The daily sentinel., 1899-12-09
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Communication.
Grand Junction, Colorado,
December 7th, 1899.

December 7th, 1899
To Editor Sentinel:
Notwithstanding your opinion to the
contrary, as servants of this city we be-
lieve that our position at this time is a
correct one in refusing to proceed with
new business, or desiring to enter into
contracts for the city, where large sums
of the peoples money are to be spent.
We further believe that the taxpayers
and the people, bear us out in this posi-
tion.
With the charges of bribery against
certain members of the city council,
CLEARED UP sewerage or any her
business for the welfare Of the people
and city, can have immediate attention.
Respectfully,
j. II. Ramey,
A 7. Wharton,
j. G. Dickerson