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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22

To regulate the meuses, stop flooding and
too frequent Appearance Of meuses. take Sim.
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
Temporary arrangement of digestion,
through overwork, worry or emotional ex.
element, are quickly recti6ed by Dr. N A
Simmons' Liver Medicine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22

New subscribers to tho WATCHMAN
AND SoUTHRON, or old subscribers not
in arrears, who pay for one 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, 1899-11-22

is an ominous sound to the man who
isn't insured. wheo be sees bis home
disappearing 10 flames and smoke.
We can hardly have aoy comp passion
90 him. when it is SO easy aod at such
small outlay to provide against such
loss A policy 10 the Hartford Iosur.
ance 20. costs you but 9 small sum
when We draw it for you. and gives
YOU security as safe es the Bank Of
England.
A. c. PHELPS CO..,
Genllnsurance Agents, Sumter, s. G.
Mch 80
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
THOSE BREASTPLATES
Did Marion Iron Works
Make the Steel Plates P

Thursday the State telegrsphed to
Sellers to have the reported use OF
breastplatos by the naselden party
Investigated The statement below
wss sent. but was not used because
later Q telegram from its author
asked that it be withheld. However.
another paper having profited by
the States enterprise, and printed
the substance Of the statement, il IL
used here There was bad faith some.
where.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22

Tho reliable cure for leucorrh1a. ovarian
disorders and falling of womb, 10 Simmous
Squaw Vine " ioe or Tablets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
GROCERY STOCK.

This department is up the usual standard, and that
saying about all that necessary for it, Our MIILBURNE
FLOuk OF which we believe there is sold in this county
than other Brand pronounced by those who it unsur
passed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
CLOTHING.

This has certainly been banner in the clothing
business and if there any the boys in the cony
who have not bought suit it has been fault; but fear
ing there still may be few provded keeping up orr
stock by teegraphng orders for shipment by express
II you need an overcoa before buying we have
some great values.
In our Hat and Furnishing Goods De-
partm ont will be found values that compare avor
bly, with the balance of our stock
This announcement would be complete without
word about our
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-22
LIVE AND LET LIVE

Although tried to anticipate this seasons wonts h
buying heavier stock than before our trade has 50 far
exceeded our expectations that have been obliged to re-
Pensh frequently and freely every department. of our store
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
Fearful TOrtures.

For many years | was teacher In
Afghanstan. and during my stay In
that country | was often an unwilling
witness of some horrible exhibitions
OF torture Here is one they use In the
case of women 10 extract testimony
1t consists In prying off the finger
nails by means of small chiSel OF
bradawl. which Is showed I'm slowly
but firmly from the finger tip down
ward under the quick of the nail, which
is then lifted up and out
This is another that once saw used
I'm the case of small child who would
not own up To some petty theft: Sticks
We're thrust between its fingers and
the fingers then squeezed together, SO
that the sticks crushed into the bones
SO much for women and children
Here Is Il method of eliciting informa.
ton from an unwilling man The cul.
prit is stripped to the waist, and then
boiling oil is ficked on to his back.
This seldom fails To find the mans
tongue.
The above are the chief forms OF
"fa hama" or torture for the purpose
OF eliciting information, but 1t must
be stated that such infections rs
nipping of noses. tearing out tongues
or splitting cyeballs do not come under
the heading of 'fahana," they being
punishmcnts rather than tortures.-
London Standard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

Much as men of honest convictions
may berate the policy OF broader OPP
portunities in the scope and influence
of American ways and ideas, as brought
about by the wider extension Of terri
tory, the fact remains resistless that
there should be no turning back. The
idea OF conquest may jar the sensibili.
ties OF any people OF higher civilization
but the place and mission of war is too
plain in the development OF nations
to warrant aimless condemnation. Pc
culiarly the progress we now boast OF
was made possible by the rule OF force.
Barbarism does not give way to civil
cation without a struggle. Had the
policy OF the puny sentimentalist held
sway in the centuries past the precious
gifts OF nature in the pathway OF EN-
pire's star might still be one vast waste
for the incident savage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. ID. b. Cargile, of
Wa,hila, |. Il. He writes: -Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer Of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, aud the best doctors could give No
help: but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent. = This shows what
thousands have proved-that Electric
Bitters is the best blood purifier known.
It's the supreme remedy for eczema,
letter, salt rheum. ulcers, boils and
running sores. 1t stimulates liver, kid
neys and bowels, expels poisons, helps
digestion, builds up the strength. Only
80 cents. Sold by Fisk Bangs and Con
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

The present administration needs
neither apologist nor eulogist. It's i'm
perishable record is written and Is be.
fore the world. 1t is an administration
OF arduous deeds done, which lift il
above the dead level Of history. 1t ha:
been confronted with great questions
OF domestic policy; it has solved them
II also has encountered grave foreign
problems, and well it has met them
No emergency has been so great or ex
igency so severe that IL has not beer
met on the high plane of National
duty and National honor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

There is a wonderful cockatoo In one
Of the islands OF uhe Indian ocean, near
New Guinea. IL Is as large as full
grown pheasant. and II Is OF jet black
color The bird Is remarkable for It's
Immensely strong bill and the clever
manner I'm which II Is used. The bill
Is as hard ms steel. and the upper part
has a deep notch.
Now, the favorite food Of this cocka-
too is the canary nut; but there Is Won
derful ingenuity required To get at II.
for the nut is something like Brazil
nut, but IL Is ten times as hard. In
fact, IL requires the blow of heavy
hammer TO crack IT, 1t is quite smooth
and somewhat triangular In shape.
Nature appears 10 have given the
possessor of the wonderful bill some
Intelligence To direct its powers, for
the cockatoo takes one OF the nuts
edgewise In its bill and by carving
motion of its sharp lower beak makes
small notch on II. This done, the
third takes hold of the nut with its
claws, and. biting off piece OF leaf,
retains il IN the deep notch of the up
per part of the bill. Then the nut Is
seized between the upper and lower
parts OF the bill and is prevented slip
ping by the peculiar texture of the
leaf. A sharp nip or two breaks off
tiny piece OF the shell OF the nut. The
bird then seiZes the nut In Its claws
and pokes the long sharp point OF its
bill into the hole and picks out the
kernel bit by Savannah News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

l;cpu blicans throughout the county
will do well to keep an eye on the free
silver project of placing public libra
ries" in each TOWNSHIP p in the county.
The library, according To the organ oI
the Silver party in this city, comprises
three hundred and seventy i've books
on such subjects rs bimetallism, imper.
ialism, tariff and trusts, government
control. sociu-economy, and labor
problems. The subjects are all right
and merit the careful study OF every
American voter, but the voter into
whose hands these books may fall
should remember that the list of Off.
GERS of their library organization il
made up OF the Silver party workers in
the county and that the scheme is a
very clever plan for spreading their
literature among the voters The
books comprising the library for a
great part are to be regarded as parti.
san representations of the questions
presented in such way as TO attempt
To create dissatisfaction with the Re
publican administration, rather than
as dispassionate, perfectly non-partisan
expositions of these important sub
jects. Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

When the administration overthrow
the Spanish authority in Manila 1t
owed a high and solemn duty To the
Americans, the British, the Germans,
the French, the Spaniards and other
Municipalities in the archipelago, to
preserve them from massacre and to
save their homes and property from
pillage and the torch 1t could not
have Withdrawn its support and left to
chance the protection Of the thousands
of citizens and subjects of the leading
nations Of the world who were there
under the guardianship Of the Spanish
authority. 1t would not have com
ported with the dignity, the justice
and the mercy of the republic for the
ad ministration to have recalled our
victorious forces, lest by staying we
should assume some unexpected respon-
sibilities. Such "A policy would have
been dastardly, and would have dis
honored the flag, which is without its
first blemish. Yea, more than that, it
would have been the master crime of
the age
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

The thing that most impressed Ian
Maclaren during his visits To the
United States was the ceaseless activ-
ity OF the people, and their inventive
resourcefulness in practical affairs. In
an article in the October number OF
the North American Review, entitled
"The Restless Energy OF the American
People" he gives delightful account
of his observations, and he suggests
that In this feature of their character
may be discovered the prophecy OF the
future primacy Of America among the
nations of the world. He says:
mo man goes slow il he has the
chance of going fast, no man stops To
talk If he can .alk walking, no man
walks il he can ride in a trolley car, no
one goes In trolley car II he can get
convenient steam car, and by and by
no one will go in a steam car II he can
be shot through pneumatic tube. No
one writes with his own hand if he can
dictate to stenographer, no one die
tates il he can telegraph, no one tele-
graphs IL he can telephone, and by and
by when the spirit of American inven-
tion has brought wireless telegraphy
into thorough condition, a man will
simply sit with his mouth at one hole
and his ear ut another, and do business
with the ends of the earth in "a few sec
onds, which the same machine will
copy and preserve in letter books and
ledgers. 1t is the Americans regret
that at present he can do nothing with
his feet while he is listening at the tel
ephone, but, doubtless, some employ
ment will be found for them in the
coming age.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
stomach and liver are out OF order a II
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful stomach and
liver remedy, gives a splendid appetite,
sound digestion and a regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only % cents at Fisk
Bangs and Connell Bros drug stores.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

BY flaming, itching eczema find com
fort and permanent cure In DR.. Chase :
Ointment, preparation which has a
record of cures unparalleled in the his
tory of medicine. Eczema, salt rheum,
letter, scald head, old peoples rash,
and all itching skin diseases, are abso-
lutely cured by DR.. A. w. Chase 5
Ointment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
MUSIC TEACHING.

Miss Helen Baker, teacher OF instru-
mental music, both piano and organ,
will be at the home of Adam Wagner,
on Friday and Saturday of each week
10 give instruction.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
EXCURSION NOTICE
Def. CD. RAPIDS& WEsT'N
FALL FESTIVAL
EXCURSION

GRAND RAPIDS, OCTOBER 20.
Good time in store tor all who take
advantage of the excursion rates on
this date. The ID. O. *. X. will pro-
vide an entertainment that will rival
the late carnival without the 'ITot
Time" features. Matinees at theatres
too. You may like to attend ID. G
X. w. X. X. train will leave Belding
at 9:45 "a. m. Returning leave Grand
Rapids at $40 y. IN. Rate Sl.O0.
Ito 26 GEO. DEHAvEN, G. L. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

There are few mortals so insensible
that their affections cannot be gained
by mildness, their confidence by SINGER
ity, their hatred by scorn and neglect.
Zimmerman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19

WANTED -SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
w honest persons to represent rs as Man
ayers IN this and close by counties. Salary 1900
"a year and expenses. Straight, bona-tde. no
more no less salary Position permanent.
our references, any bank in any town. II Is
mainly office work conducted at home Refer
ence. Enclose selfaddressed stamped enve.
lope. The DOMINION COMPANY Dept 2, Chl
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
Babies Tortured

There are some truths that never get
too old for men To learn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-19
The Appetite Cont

There is no scheduled time for the
arrival of opportunities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
FOOL"
CANDY VICTIMS

NEW YORK. March - As the
results n eating April Foel'' candy.
William Francis Casey. the six year
old son ~ Thomas Casey. 81 - VIII
low avenue. tfohoken. died az : yss-
terday morning In the horne 81 bic
parents. The child attended 81.
Mary'a psroc hlal school 81 Willow
avenue aud F1fih street. tie went
home from school at II o'clock en-
Tuesday. feeling very lll lie toll
his mother that hc had eaten a piece
- April fpoi'' candy given % hin,
by school mate named Henqic
Robinson. whom he met while on his
way 20 school. lie began tn has +,
pains in his stomach after be ate TIE
candy.
His condition grew wprEa during
the day aud IN the evening Mrs Ca
ssy summoned Or. Michael Foley
he Is positive now that the ehft1
vas suffering from poison. The boy
died In high fever.
Dr. Foley notified County rhysi-
elan. who. IL Is believed Hiil order
an autopsy The police have begun
an investigation for the purpoar 81
ascertsiuiuE where the April f1oi''
candy was sold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
FELT COLD
AND LONELY
So He Married a
Dawson Girl.
VOW ELl'S FRIENDS ARE WRiTlIY
And erothsr Charles HAS Ms Say
About II Down In the City
Of Chicago.

CHICAGO. March g -Charlcn 4.
Weare. president of the Wenre
Commission company. ,tid not seem
pleased with n letter received Yca
terday from Seattle. Wash. that his
brother. Eii Wearr. who IL connect.
- with the North American TRAM
portatiun and Trading company. has
been married in Dawson city. Alas
ka. TO Mary Fellows. Of Chicago.
cashier % the company at that
point
Why are yoa people running
about making asses ~ yourselves by
trying 20 mad out about thiHs" he
demanded Of a reporter who had
dared ask him As to the report be-
Ink true.
iselux somewhat moiined by the
assurance that the news was af vital
intetckt to the public. AZ Weara
further declared that be knew moth.
ms whatever about the matter. tbht
he did not know the young woman
mentioned ard heard nothing fH1n
the young man
I'll Nvsre Il Weli advanced IA
years and has represented the North
American Transportation and Trad
lng company ia AiaHka for two
years. 10 = said tat hn was acs
qunintsd with Miss Fellows la chi.
cage. the families being intimate.
bat these facts Mr.. Weara would not
substantiate
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
MYRTLE SIGHTED
The Schooner Not Lost as
Reported Recently.

The ASKING schooner Myrtle.
which according 60 sensational re-.
ports recently published. was sup
posed e. have been wrecked IN Tho
waters % The North Pacific ocean.
IL stiIi anoat shc YRS seen sun
day by the steamer Haaaile. IN the
vicinity ~ Cape Scott on THE north
west enaat ~ Vancouver island.
Whom noticed. everything seemed 20
he we'll with the schooner. Unless,
she has met WITH adverse winds, tho
Myrtle should soon arrive here.
The Myrtle Is n row addition e. the
local nshiug feet having been built
here lac. summon She o. owned by
Captain 11men 9. Hanson. ~ rauis-
bo Tho schooner. with Captain
Hansen in charge. left Seattle Iauu-
arg g. lu hallhut cruise in the
vicinity OF cane Flattcry, 4 severe
storm came up which lasted several
dava Tho Myrtlr was caught in
the teeth NJ the rnio, and was blown
many miles cut 10 sea.
Meanwhile. tho schooner Admiral
Dewey. which was Ia company WI.h
the Myrtle In Scah bny whom tho
gale arose. and which became sep-
aratc1 from her while wroatilne with
the elements. returned 10 Seattle.
She hrouTht the news ~ the Nyrtlc's
disappearance. hence the story ~
her probable loa7.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
Chance for aImrods.

Or y. Moreno. the commissioner
of the Argentine itepnhlir. VINO is
now ~ LONDON IN connection with
the arbitration over the bouuiar,
dispute with Chile. has brought win
hiln a piece 81 the skin ~ the n.y.
sefi1uu quadrnprd which 10 said 10
exist IN the interior ~ tbs territory
90 Santa cruE Ia Patagonia, Accord
ms Ia the reports of the iudiHnH n
b. strange creature. with long
claws and a tefrlfunr appearance.
impossible % kiii because he has u
body impenrtrabie alike - hrrarwH
and missiles The piece - the skin
which Dr Moreno has hcrr fa.iy
confirms this description I am t4id
hy an expert who has seen Il. and O.
close examination and study led e.
The conviction that the animal 90
which the skin belonged was about
the sinr az cow Taa specimen VIII
shortly he sent Ga the British Mus
scum. bars Il mag be added thai
hupes arr entertained that whole
skin. with the skeleton. sill before
ipuR be nbininel for the museum.
ainee This - enc u ths main objects
Of Harry Cascndish'a r1reditlnn 10
Patagonia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
HE STOLE THE
DOCTORS SAWS

ST LOUIS. March = FOR the
last twa months and haif physi-
clans and surgeons - 81 Louis have
been suffering ffam the ,hefts II .
young man vim has been systemaft-
eaiiy rubhlug them ~ an the inHfru-
meats he eauld las h.a hands on
~ last be- has been captured ard
has made fuil cenfeanian. 80 thn
chief - police he Haes his name a.
Edward -. Waller. saying h. was
tbr Hoa 81 a reasaurafeuf in Louis
vile. ~. he could give na partleu-
lar reaeon uhy ~ had selected such
q vocatiaa other thEu 10 state that
h. Vas ia seei 80 MONEY
About iva and half months nEo
physicians brsau e. miHa their iiHz
pieuruts. They ALWAYS disappeared
at ths same time a young fnaa CALI
81 ~ cafue q BE- eamHgHn gossip h.
~aa the taiHf Walter worried his
game 81 tucee sHfuilv that be SAD
victiGlxei avef 70 surgeons before
his capture a.aa effected
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-22
HARk, thin
" AR Dogs!
Baying on the Heels
of Little Joe.

WAsBi%GTOS. =. 6. March "a
II Gen. wheeler IS wisa ho vii buy
ana burn every copy 81 biz booh on
the Santiago campaign. which has
just been issued. because II he does
not Il VIII make him the victim u
the veuHeanos OF evsry 0thef officer
who took part In the operations es
The Fifih army corps last summer.
Ever since the war the officers OF
the regular army have Frequently re-
ferred 90 the little general as n
fakc"-that b.. thev have treated
him az an lmpostor and n preiender.
~ LONG ~ he WIS Eatirfied 10 appear
In raradea and make speeches az
banquets and boast about bis own
achievements they were willing 10
let him alone, but when the Presi-
dent proposed % nominate him as
major general IN the regular army
they raised their hands and voices
In protest and threatened % expose
him.
Gen. Wheeler occupies in the army
n position very similar 20 that pccu-
pied by Admiral sehiey IN the navy.
lie is a popular Idol. man whom
the public delights TO honor. who
appears IN all occasions as an ideal
soldier. bat ia almost unanimously
anathclnatizsd by hts fellow officers.
who express for hin very little re-
spect. when the President was at
Montgomery last December. as re-
iater IN these dispatches al the time.
Gen. Wheeler made n glorious
speech which awakened intenh en-
ihussaETu- Gen f.awton was failed
upon as he concluded. and with
grim face. said. 4 am not a speech
maker. I avn only a soldier: ! am
not a hero. ] am only a regular"
And then he sat down. Gen. Wheel
er ga not zee ths satire. but Gen.
shsfier did.
Gen. Wheeiers book r. likely TO
excite a controversy compared with
which the sampson schley dispute
win only be a whisper TO a tornado.
because he claims for himself all the
credit Of fhe victorz u Santiago.
\ citizen Of New Zealand who per-
uses the volume would suppose that
wheeler was the whole thing. Army
officers who have examined II criti-
eaiiy claim that he steals the glory
which belongs 20 Lawton. Sumner.
Kent. Ia les and nearly every other
commander ia Skaters army. and
leads the reader 10 understand that
without him the campaign would
have been an entire failure. They
say. also. that in addition 20 hellt-
Ting the services 81 his associates.
the general IL very inaccurate In his
sfstasr aesa xehleh Of eaurae will
give his critics an opportunity -
pound him. and they viii not fall to
take advantage % u,